the_debt_of_time

"Adrian, you may call me Mia as you always did," she insisted, shaking his hand in
greeting. "Keep your eyes up here, though." She pointed to her face when she caught her
former classmate looking over her twenty-years-too-young body.
"Sorry," he said, flushing red.
Elora stood, staring Mia in the face. "Potter."
"Zabini." Mia smiled politely at her. "Didn't think I'd have your vote."
"You were a self-righteous little cunt in school, but I'm not stupid enough to deny
how smart you are. It'll be an enjoyable experience not to be the only witch on the
Wizengamot willing to stand up to the ridiculous patriarchy. Lady Longbottom aside, of
course."
"Does Madam Umbridge not speak up for her fellow witches?" Mia asked sweetly.
Elora rolled her eyes. "If it pleases her to do so."
"Did you know... I hear she's a half-blood," Mia leant in and whispered, echoing
gossip that Laurel had given her twenty years ago.
Elora's eyes widened and then narrowed in Umbridge's direction.
Mia knew from the occasional run-in with Elora's son, Blaise, in school that the
Zabini family did not care much about blood status so long as you were Slytherin and/or
good-looking and wealthy. By the look on Elora's face, Mia deduced that Slytherins also
greatly disliked being deceived.
"Oh, and Zabini?"
"Hmm?"
"We'll get along famously as long as you keep your eyes off my fiancé."
Elora grinned and then muttered, "I've learnt to swim."
Mia chuckled in amusement. "I'll keep that in mind."
"Theo, may I introduce my cousin," Draco said as he led Mia toward a tall, dark-
haired wizard, "Hermione Potter."
The man Mia recognised as Theodore Nott stood and took her hand, bending his
head slightly to brush his lips across her knuckles before smiling at her. "I assume this will
all come with a proper, lengthy explanation," he said, his crystal blue eyes questioning
Draco, who merely gave a quick nod in reply. "I feel like some bits and pieces were left out
of your delectable drift through time. Speaking of delectable, your hair is tamer than I
remember from school, but I can't imagine it still matches the witch."