Survival was not easy. Even when she was a Muggle-born living in the world pre-Albus Dumbledore's murder she had to ignore some of her scruples to make it. Culture shock was an understatement. To go from a very privileged childhood in the Muggle world to suddenly being at the very bottom of the wizarding society had been a difficult adjustment. Many times she was tempted to snap her own wand in half and pretend she had never been a witch at all. Life amongst the Muggles would have been decidedly easier with someone of her background. Within the magical community she would never amount to much. The hierarchies were unsurmountable at times.