The movie poster stuck to the wall was gone. Pomona was not too surprised; she had long known Severus wanted to "get rid of" it. Besides, she had not used a Permanent Sticking Charm on it like Sirius had.
She made herself a pot of tea and found a box of Fizzing Whizbees while looking for ink in the drawer.
Albus had a habit of eating sweets while reading, and Pomona liked a little dessert too, but she could do without this kind of jelly that made one float after eating it.
Then she remembered something. It was the summer before Harry began his third year. Vernon's sister Marge had come to visit his home... She had floated up like an inflated balloon until she got snagged on some family's chimney several miles away.
At the time, they had been "talking" about Harry's parents. Pomona had released Billywigs in anger, while Harry was having a magical outburst. It was already hard to say exactly what had made Marge "inflate."
Being emotional was considered a bad thing these days, but with so many adults slandering Harry's parents right in front of him, was he supposed to learn to manage his emotions, not lose his temper, and not let those around him suffer?
Petunia said James was unemployed, and Marge said he was a drunkard. But what Pomona found even more unbearable was Marge's slander of Lily, while Petunia stood there listening. She was Lily's blood relative.
Perhaps compared with the departed Lily, Marge and Vernon were Petunia's "current" family, even though they were not related by blood.
Pomona held the jelly ball. It had been placed under a Freezing Charm, yet it remained frozen even at room temperature.
Wizards also had charms for swaddling babies tightly, without needing pins to hold