the_debt_of_time

"Give them here." Mia reached out, annoyed. James, however, ignored her
expression as he placed his broken glasses into her hand and watched as she said, "Occulus
Reparo!"
"Little sister to the rescue!" James beamed at her, taking his mended glasses.
"You're younger?" Alice asked Mia.
Mia rolled her eyes. "By barely a minute."
"You're twins?" Lily asked in patent disbelief.
"He got the Potter looks, I got the Potter talent." Mia grinned smugly.
"I'm talented," James insisted.
Mia stared up at him incredulously. "Says the boy who dropped his wand while
balancing it on his face."
"In James's defence," Sirius interjected. "He had it up there for like a whole minute
before it fell."
Mia scoffed, stabbing her fork into a carrot with a little more effort than was
necessary. "I'm so glad that I'll be sharing a room with girls."
"You're really going to leave me alone with them, aren't you?" Remus looked up at
her, shaking his head as though she had just betrayed him, though a small smirk played
across his lips.
"You'll survive," Mia promised him. "If you manage to keep them in line, there's a
Chocolate Frog in it for you."
"Deal." Remus's happy expression disappeared suddenly, and he clutched at his
side, wincing.
Mia immediately frowned at the sight, something inside of her hurting for him. "Are
you all right, Remus?" she asked quietly with concern, trying her hardest not to sound as
though she were pitying him. She knew that the older Remus hated being pitied more than
almost anything.
"Yeah. I, uh... I was sick last week." Remus frowned through the lie. "Might be
coming back a bit."
"Do you need any... ?" Mia began but was cut off as Professor Dumbledore stood
to speak once more.
"Ahem! A few more words now that we're all properly fed. There are some start-
of-term notices. First years should note that the forest is forbidden to all students. Mr Filch,