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manor, I will put a fucking Fidelius Charm around the whole place and keep them out
permanently!"
The men set off in different directions, a silvery stag Patronus following after James
before darting away in the distance.
Mia's gaze raked over Remus's wounds before she pulled her robe off, transfiguring
it mid-air into a large blanket to cover his shivering body. She cast a Warming Charm before
wrapping her arms around him. "Hold on, love. This is going to hurt," she whispered
before taking him Side-Along out of the orchards.
When they Apparated into Mia's old bedroom, she levitated Remus to her bed,
wincing at his cries of pain. She forcefully wiped the tears from her eyes as she stared at
her best friend, pulling the blanket down away from his body to look at some of the deeper
wounds over his chest and stomach.
"Remus, are these all bites and scratches?" she asked him, knowing that they would
be harder to heal.
"No. Took a good... couple of hits from a Gouging Spell and a Severing Charm,"
he admitted, wincing as Mia used her wand to syphon off the dried blood as best as she
could without causing further harm. "They knew, Mia. They knew I was different."
"That you were an Alpha." Mia nodded, fighting back the tears again. She could
spit-roast Dumbledore alive for this. "That's what I told Dumbledore when the Order was
informed you were missing. He actually thought you could temporarily join a pack."
"I thought I could do it, too." Remus frowned, dryly swallowing through the
obvious pain. "I just... just wanted to do something."
"Hush, love, hush." Mia turned, wand held tight at the cracking sound of
Apparition.
The sight of Madam Pomfrey walking down the hallway gave her such relief that
she nearly collapsed to the floor in tears, although the gasp that came out of the mediwitch's
mouth was disheartening.
Finished with her one faltering emotion, Madam Pomfrey straightened and looked
to Mia as she set to work. "Are you going to assist?"