Barton spent some time traveling to further his passion of baking and found himself working among an upper class muggle family in Russia in 1863. They had a daughter, a muggleborn with very little magical training, that he was instantly charmed with. She was equally charmed by him and their friendship quickly evolved into something more. When talks of eloping reached Katerina’s parents, they weren’t pleased. To smooth the situation over so as to save face, they offered the loving couple a decent amount of “hush money” which they used as seed money to start a small bakery in London in 1864. A year later, Rye was born.
1867: Magdalena is born.
1870: Madeleine is born. Magdalena is quite curious of the little “creature” her parents show her.
1873: Cane is born. Magdalena remains curious of the little “creature.” Her parents try to break her of the habit of calling her younger siblings creatures.
1875: Magdalena shows her first signs of magic by extinguishing a candle that sent a curtain ablaze across the room in her and Madeleine’s room.
1876: Rye leaves for Hogwarts. He’s sorted into Hufflepuff.
1877: Due to the unrest in London over magical folk, Barton decides it would be best to move his family to the forming town of Hogsmeade. They take up some land on High Street to build their new bakery. In doing so, they build rooms above the bakery as well so as to save on the cost of a home. They decide to hire a housekeeper so the family can better focus on building their business
1878: It is finally Magdalena’s turn to go to school. She’s sorted into Hufflepuff. She proves to be a rather smart young woman but has a hard time with making friends, especially when some take to making fun of her for her “strange” name. Rye does what he can to help but being known as a jokester doesn’t make him taken much more seriously. She starts trying to go by Maggie as often as possible but there are still some bullies who continue to make fun of her name regardless.
1881: Though Rye’s grades are high enough to maintain a partial scholarship, he opts to leave after his OWLs so that he can stay home helping his parents with the bakery. Maddie, as Maggie has started calling Madeleine, joins Maggie at Hogwarts and is sorted into Hufflepuff. She becomes something of a silent, behind the scenes protector of Maddie. She steers boys with ill intent the opposite direction and makes sure others don’t pick on her little sister. She does her best to do so without Maddie being any wiser though.
1883: Maggie sits her OWLs and does remarkably well. She keeps a scholarship and decides to continue on with her schooling.
1885: With NEWTs behind her, Maggie begins working full time at the family bakery. She is the main one to work the front counter and then helps out doing whatever she can whenever she’s needed, spending any free time she may have experimenting with her own sweet treats. Cane finally gets to leave for Hogwarts and is promptly sorted into Ravenclaw
1887: Maggie receives a letter from Maddie with news that their maternal grandparents had both passed. In the letter from their solicitor, the girls find out that the Kozlov fortune was to be left to the girls as they will eventually marry and no longer bear their father’s name. It rankles Maggie some but in a world where money means most everything, there’s little to be done or said about it other than to be grateful.
1888: Though it would be a bit peculiar, Maggie decides she wants to open up a shop of her own. With the time spent working on her own treats, she very much likes the idea of having her own little bakery featuring simply baked treats. She figures she could easily use the inheritance she received from her grandparents, and if need be, borrow from Maddie and pay her sister back once the shop is on its feet. However, when speaking with a solicitor on the matter, she finds out that neither she nor Maddie can actually access the funds willed to them until they have actually been married, no longer bearing the Backus name. It throws and obvious kink in her plans, one she has to think on how exactly to go about remedying.

Maggie elopes, surprising everyone in the family. She officially moves out on her birthday into the apartment above her new shop in Diagon Alley with her new husband, Lorcan Byrne. Her first kiss happens but the night ends up terribly awkward. She also finds out in mid June that he's taken an ad out in Witch Weekly for Lonely Hearts. She's crushed to think he'd move on that fast from her despite her original protests that their arrangement was simply for convenience. All the while, Cane comes to live with them thanks to the fog in Hogsmeade. The Byrne home above Magdalena's is an awkward shitshow.
Lorcan surprises her by being jealous about her friendship with an employee. It leads to a big talk where both admit to having stronger feelings than just out of "convenience."
1890: Having gotten into an easy swing of things, their world is flipped upside when Maggie ends up pregnant. Due in August, they're both wading through unknown waters and unsure of how to proceed.