the_debt_of_time

"Why?" he asked, suddenly back to looking worried. "Are you having nightmares
again?"
"No, I just―"
"What's the list for, Mia? I let you keep all of my secrets; don't you think it's only
fair that you trust me enough to keep some of yours?"
"I trust you more than anyone, Remus."
"Prove it then! What are you up to?"
"I'm spying on the Slytherins to see which of them are Death Eaters!" she snapped,
blurting out the one thing that she had not planned on telling him.
He gawked at her, his eyes back to green. Somehow, despite the colour shift, his
gaze looked much more intimidating than when she saw the wolf reflected in his golden
stare. "What did you just say?"
She frowned, watching as his look of shock and worry turned to foreboding. "I...
I take Jamie's cloak every night, and I sneak into the Slytherin common room and listen...
and look for the Dark Mark. That's what the list is for."
Remus pinched the bridge of his nose, looking more frustrated with her than he
had ever looked when dealing with James, Sirius, and Peter. "Why... Why would you do
something like that? Mia, what if there really are Death Eaters down there?"
"Then I'll find the proof I need," she answered indignantly. It was not as though
she had not fought Death Eaters before. Then again, Remus did not know that.
"If you're suspicious that there are actual Death Eaters in Hogwarts, then go and
tell Professor Dumbledore!" he yelled, his voice echoing in the circular stone tower.
"I can't! He won't listen to me! I have to do this on my own," she tried to explain,
hoping that Remus would just give up and let her have this. Let her try and do this for the
rest of them. "They tried to kill Lily. They tried to kill Sirius and Jamie. If they try for you
next, Remus, I.. ." Mia said, her breath becoming short and heavy, her chest tightening
at the mere thought of Death Eaters coming for Remus. It made her see red, and she could
feel her magic rolling beneath her skin like an electrical current.
"I have to stop them, Remus. It's my job. I can't waste the chance... Time's
running out, and they're going to just get away with everything." She breathed in slow and
deep, not even noticing that he had stepped forward to run his hands up and down her
arms, trying to calm her down from her mild panic attack.