the_debt_of_time

"No!" she screamed and threw herself at her brother as he hit the ground, bleeding out onto the
grass. She was unable to think clearly; her blood began to boil with uncontrolled rage.
Have to mean it, have to mean it, Mia repeated in her head. Aim your wand and mean
it! Her wand was brought up almost of its own accord, and she let her gaze linger for the briefest of moments
on James's body before the grief was consumed by rage.
Have to mean it.
Her eyes locked onto the Carrow twins, and she shouted, "Avada Ke―"
Her spell was muffled by a hand covering her mouth and another gripping her arm tightly, diverting
her curse away from the future Death Eaters. Remus stood behind her, holding her as she fought against
him, struggling to get free so she could kill them, kill the Carrows, kill them both. The twins cackled and
then rushed off the Pitch, disappearing from view as Mia cried and screamed against Remus.
"Mia! You have to heal him," he yelled, snapping her out of her rage.
Taking a deep breath through her nose, she nodded. When Remus released her, she collapsed to
her knees beside her dying brother. She held her shaking wand over his chest, tracing it over the deep wounds
that the curse had made, muttering the Vulnera Sanentur Healing Spell that almost sounded like a song.
She was grateful that, despite a foolishly young Severus Snape creating the Sectumsempra Curse, a
much older and wiser Professor Snape had created the counter-curse and had thankfully left detailed
instructions in some of his notes that she had discovered one afternoon during her original sixth year while
helping Professor Slughorn clean up the potions room.
The flow of blood eased, and she pulled James's robes open to look at the wounds as they began to
knit themselves back together.
It had taken three passes with the counter-curse before she deemed James stable enough to be moved
to the hospital wing, where Peter had rushed off to the very moment that the Carrow twins vanished.
When James was stabilised an hour later, a nervous Madam Pomfrey looked at the Potter parents
and cleared her throat. "You all can stay the night, but only family will be allowed in the room from this
point forward."
Dorea raised a daring brow at the mediwitch and hovered near the three remaining Marauders.
"These boys are family." The issue was immediately put to rest.
Sirius sat on the bed next to James, staring at his best friend with a mixture of guilt and rage.
Mia knew how he felt, and a part of her remembered an older Sirius Black in the Room of Requirement,
arguing with Hermione Granger over his methods of fighting.