I've always regretted that the books didn't dip into Hermione's relationship with her parents. Although I must admit that there are so many elements I wish could have been dealt with that there would probably be a whole library of HP books instead of just seven... Ah, well, that's what fanfiction's for.

Cuckoo's Child
by Bil!

What did your parents think of you,
Changeling child with a head filled
With proud ideas and deep knowledge
And magic dripping freely from chubby fingers?

Did they fear you?
Were they proud of you?
Did they love you?

As warblers love a cuckoo's child
No less for its alienness
Or for killing their eggs
And faithfully feed its hungry maw.

Did they feed you?
Did they give you freedom?
Did they love you?

And when you came back from That School,
Older and wiser, forged in pain,
And nearer a death they can't understand,
Locked in a fealty they can't comprehend-

Did they hug you?
Did they let you go back?
Did they love you?

And when you chose to forsake their world
For one that could never be theirs,
To follow a boy who would never be safe
And fight in a war that would never end-

Did they let you go?
Did they hide their tears?
Did they love you?