the_debt_of_time

"To join up with my brother and our friend." She watched as he hesitated, lingering
in the door to the compartment that had—up until she arrived—been his safe and secluded
place. She waited patiently, communicating with her stance that she was not letting up.
"If you come sit with me, I'll buy us all a feast off of the trolley," Mia said, resorting
to simple bribery. "You like Chocolate Frogs?"
With mischievous grin, she watched as the invisible barrier he had put up between
them fell down with a silent crash.
As they made their way to the back of the train, she could hear loud laughter coming
out of a compartment near the end on the right side of the aisle. And then a very familiar
voice shouted out, "See ya, Snivellus!"
Mia frowned. "Oh, no."
"Something wrong?" Remus asked.
"At least two things." She sighed in frustration as she witnessed a young Severus
Snape bolt from the compartment door, a sneer on his face as he stormed down the aisle.
Severus made his way past Mia and Remus, shouting, "Move!"
Mia jumped back, not wanting him to push her over again as he had done in Diagon
Alley.
A small red-haired girl passed Mia and Remus, tossing them an apologetic look
before following after the boy, calling out, "Sev, wait up!"
Mia let out a growl of frustration and made her way to the compartment door,
throwing it open and staring down at a laughing James and Sirius. "What did you do?"
Hazel eyes bright with delight, James smiled up at his sister. "We got a
compartment!"
"That's not what I meant. Were you mean to the two other students that just came
out of here?"
"We didn't do anything," Sirius defended immediately. "That greasy git started it."
"Yeah, he called us stupid."
"And the girl?" Mia asked, eyes narrowed at her brother.
"Probably just another Slytherin like that kid." James shrugged.
Mia rolled her eyes. Oh Jamie, if you only knew what you'd just done.
"You know he's the one that pushed you in Diagon Alley, right?"
Sirius growled. "Yeah, I'm not polite to blokes that shove girls."