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up close, but I've read about Time-Turners. Plus, I know it's her. I could.. ." He cleared
his throat and scratched at his chest. "The Soul Bond."
"You can feel it?" Remus inquired, somewhat relieved.
"Barely. It's there, it's just... faint. Mum—Dorea," Sirius said, "told me that a Soul
Bond needs to have both partners fully knowing, willing, and loving. It's not strong right
now because she doesn't know me, does she?"
Remus shook his head. "She's just a normal, fourteen-year-old girl."
"When did you find out the truth about her?" Sirius asked, somewhat bitterly.
"Seventh year, just after her scar appeared," Remus replied, gesturing to his forearm.
"Mia brought me to Dumbledore and took me into a Pensieve to show me memories of
the future to prove who she was and where she came from. For years I honestly didn't ever
think that the future I saw would come to pass. I thought when she disappeared it had all
been ruined. But now, with you free―"
"You saw me?" Sirius asked.
Remus confirmed with a nod. "Saw us both. She was selective of what I could see,
of course. But I saw her, younger her, Hermione," he said specifically, "with you. It'll be a
few years, of course, she's just a child now."
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Merlin, don't remind me. All right, so when does everything
happen?"
"I send Hermione back in time September of 1998," Remus explained. "And I
charm the Time-Turner into a delayed Portkey that will bring Mia back to 1998 from the
nineteenth of September 1979."
"The night she left." Sirius's eyes widened. "You? You took her away from me?"
"Apparently." Remus shrugged apologetically. "Time travel is complicated. I only
end up doing things because I've already done them. Same with her apparently. Same with
all of us." He sighed in frustration. "I didn't want to take her away from you, I swear it.
But, fuck, I watched her leave. She called me, you know."
"That night?"
He looked up across the room and glared at Sirius, old feelings of resentment
rekindling. "She told me that you walked out on her when she was... She was trying to
tell you what was happening to her."