the_debt_of_time

Mia sighed and turned back to her brave Gryffindor boys. "Marauder does not equal
Pack," she said firmly as she stormed past James and Sirius, her eyes fixated upon the
shadowed trees in front of them. She knew what she needed to do in order to save her
friend—her Alpha—and she felt a weight lifted off of her shoulders in knowing that Peter
Pettigrew would not be a part of the pack they would create.
Where they were going, there was no room for cowards.
"Mia, have you been in the Forbidden Forest before?" James asked as he and Sirius
followed his sister.
Her steps held no hesitation as she turned toward an unmarked path. "Sort of," she
lied.
She had been in the forest numerous times over the course of her life. She
remembered that the thestral herd generally lived to the right of where they were headed,
and noticed the prints on the ground confirming her suspicions. She knew that the centaurs
lived closer to the centre of the forest in a large clearing that was similar to the one where
the final battle of the Second Wizarding War took place. Where Harry killed Voldemort.
Where she, Remus, and Sirius almost died.
Not again.
"I turn the Room of Requirement into the Forbidden Forest sometimes. It
replicates it perfectly, but since the room can't produce living beings, it's virtually empty.
Allows me access to the forest without the element of danger. It's where I trained to
become an Animagus," she explained, leaving out the part about how it was her go-to room
to shag Remus.
"Moon will be up soon, kitten," Sirius said. "Better start explaining your plan before
we have to shift."
"Werewolves are similar to regular wolves in that they can either belong to a pack
or be a lone wolf. Remus is a lone wolf, but only because of circumstances," she said as
she struggled to step over a large, broken tree branch, watching as both Sirius and James
cleared the obstacle with the ease of their long legs. "Each pack has an Alpha, the strongest.
He controls the pack, and amongst werewolves, the progeny of the Alpha don't have the
ability to fight back. They aren't powerful enough. Remus needs to embrace his inner
Alpha."