the_debt_of_time

"The portraits," Mia whispered. "Is Dumbledore there?"
Minerva glanced at Remus who silently shook his head at her. Dumbledore was not
a subject to be trifled with when it came to Mia. Her hatred of the man was bone deep. He
was not entirely certain, but he suspected that if he focused on it, he could feel her loathing
through the Pack Bond.
"If you'd like," Minerva began, "I could go ahead and ask him to leave for the time
being?" At Mia's quick nod, she smiled politely. "Right then, I'll go ahead, and you just
come up whenever you're ready. Password is 'tabby cat.'"
Remus looked down at Mia once Minerva left to give them a moment. "Love?"
"I refuse to see him. He needs to be gone before we go up there. I didn't change
anything, and he stopped me from―"
"I know you're angry," Remus interrupted with a sad pang in his chest, "but
Dumbledore didn't kill James. Voldemort did."
"Four people killed my brother." Mia looked directly into his eyes, an angry scowl
on her face. "Voldemort held the wand, Peter delivered them to him, and Dumbledore and
I did nothing to stop it." She raised her chin, eyes shining with unshed tears. "Voldemort
and Peter and Dumbledore are dead and I, unfortunately, will have to look at myself in the
mirror every day for the rest of my life knowing what I've done—what I chose not to do."
"It wasn't your fault," he insisted.
She shook her head quickly, shrugging him off when he tried to console her. "I've
no one left to take out my anger on. If I see Dumbledore's portrait, I will fucking set it on
fire," she finished calmly with a blazing gaze.
"Mia―"
"No! He knew I could change things. He knew I could save lives. I may not have
tried in the beginning because I was scared, and I thought he was right, but I wanted to...
I wanted to try." She rubbed the tears from her eyes. "Even if I could forgive him for letting
James and Lily die, he let the Dursleys raise Harry. I know what those Muggles did,
and that, I will never forgive Dumbledore for. Never!"
"Come on, love." Remus kissed the top of her head. "Let's go home."