the_debt_of_time

"Yes, but Peter said that they were attacked," Mia said.
Peter nodded slowly and whispered, "It was cursed fire."
Lily inhaled sharply in shock. "Someone used... used Fiendfyre against your
family? God, you're all lucky to be alive!"
"I'm sorry, Peter," Mia whispered.
"I felt so helpless," Peter admitted, a rapidly rising expression of anger flashed
across his soft features. "We couldn't see anything. If the people in the back of the shop
hadn't started screaming.. ." He shook with fear and bitterness simultaneously, scowling
as he said, "We wouldn't have even known to run. Mum went back in to try and help...
So stupid."
"That was very brave of her," Mia told him.
"She almost died!" Peter turned and glared at Mia. "She could have died."
"But she didn't, mate." Sirius stood from his bed and moved to Peter's side, patting
his shoulder. "You and your parents all got out safely."
"We were the only ones," Peter confessed. "Everyone else just... The... The
smell.. ."
"The Aurors will protect your family," James insisted. "Everything's going to be
okay."
"The Aurors are the reason my family was targeted!" Peter stood and, for the first
time in his entire life, faced James as though he had the ability to fight him.
Mia reacted immediately, reaching for her wand only to have her hand stilled by
Remus, who looked at her in disbelief. She silently berated herself for acting so impulsively,
trying to calm down as Peter continued to yell at them all.
"They arrested my dad, and he hadn't even done anything wrong," he spat bitterly.
"It's not illegal to go into Knockturn Alley!"
Mia frowned and shook her head. Merlin, this is a slippery slope. She could already see
the future being written out in front of her. Peter was afraid, losing what little moral
certainty he might have once had, and thanks to Dumbledore's Truth Spell, Mia could not
warn anyone.
"He was just... He wasn't doing anything dark," Peter continued, defending his
father. "They took him anyway, and now Death Eaters are... I don't know, maybe they