the_debt_of_time

James had his wand pointed at Alecto to fight back, but Amycus was on his feet
again, sending Stunning Spells across the pitch, and James had to put his energy into
throwing up a proper shield to prevent himself from being stunned.
"Expelliarmus!" Alecto yelled, disarming Sirius, who had been barely keeping a grip
on his wand with his arm injured as it was.
When James dropped his shield to come to Sirius's aid, Amycus followed his sister's
lead and disarmed him with little effort. The Slytherins had clearly planned this all along,
and neither James nor Sirius looked like they expected to be played so easily.
Suddenly, both Carrows turned their attention to the unarmed Sirius. This should
have meant the end of the duel, but the Slytherin twins looked excited and feral as they
stared ahead.
"Fine. You two win this round," James conceded bitterly.
"This round?" Amycus laughed, grinning madly. "Potter, we win every round. Two
blood-traitors. You have no idea what we'll get when we tell him what we've done."
Mia paled and reached for her wand, taking quick steps toward the field, Remus
following closely behind her.
"Tell who? What? That you finally beat us in a duel?" James laughed. "There's a first
time for anything, I guess."
"As well as a last time." Alecto cackled, keeping her wand on Sirius while Amycus
aimed his at James. "I'm going to be elite. He'll put me higher than Bellatrix, maybe."
The mention of his cousin's name wiped the smirk from Sirius's face; his eyes
widened as he took an instinctive step toward James.
"I can't wait to see the look on the Dark Lord's face when I've told him that I've
killed Sirius Black!"
Mia could see the spell sitting on the edge of Amycus's lips; before he had a chance
to even whisper the first syllable, she screamed, "Stupefy!" and watched as he fell backward
onto the ground.
She had expected Alecto to turn her wand toward her in retaliation, but the girl was
solid in her determination to attack Sirius. Before Mia or Remus could bring a spell to their
tongues, Alecto grinned maniacally at Sirius and screamed, "Sectumsempra!"
"No!" Mia shouted and rushed forward, tears already stinging her eyes.
Crimson blood soaked the field beneath their feet.