the_debt_of_time

Sirius himself was lying in the bed, his exposed chest clean but layered with dark
purple bruises and deep cuts to which Mia meticulously reapplied Dittany to from a small
bottle. Sirius seized up in pain, his muscles stiffening.
James reached for his hand, burying his forehead into the side of the bed, unable to
watch while Mia used her arm to wipe tears from her eyes before continuing to heal more
cuts on Sirius's neck.
"We need to get in that room," Wainscott said to the Potters.
"My children won't leave," Dorea insisted.
"Only family can―"
"We are family," Charlus asserted, his temper sounding like it was getting the better
of him. "That boy in there is our son. We'll get your Healers in the bloody room, but in the
meantime, send someone to a Floo and contact Alphard Black." Before Wainscott replied,
Charlus added, "Oh, and nothing happens to our children. They meant no harm; they're
only frightened."
Mia could only assume that the Aurors and Healers nodded. She did not look up
from Sirius to confirm, not until her father quietly called out to her.
"Mia, love, take down the wards."
Mia and James both looked up at the noise.
James looked relieved at the sight of their parents, but Mia was still on edge as
though she were awaiting an attack. A part of her could not separate the smell of Sirius's
blood and the memory of her own back at Malfoy Manor under Bellatrix's blade. She
gripped her wand tightly in her hand as she carefully tried to read the expressions on her
parents' faces. Her father looked calm but stern, which was not helping ease the tension in
her shoulders.
Her mother placed a hand on the glass and made eye contact, offering Mia a kind
smile that broke her. She acquiesced and lowered the wards with a wave of her wand, the
door unlocking and cracking open.
When the Healers rushed in before her parents, James's stance changed completely,
and she could feel his Animagus spirit practically being pushed from his body like an astral
projection. She could feel her eyes turn amber as she glared at the group. Both lifted their
wands, and Mia put her body in front of Sirius.