the_debt_of_time

Alice gasped loudly and fell forward into Mia's arms and, unsupported, they both
collapsed to the floor. Neville and Sirius both rushed to help them. Mia was wincing and
holding her head, and Alice was breathing heavily and coughing as she struggled to sit up.
"Mum, are you all right?" Neville asked as he pulled her up in his arms.
Alice looked up and, in a hoarse voice no longer used to speaking, she whispered,
"Neville."
At the sound of his mother's voice, Neville's lip quivered, and he hugged her
desperately, ignoring the stares of everyone else in the room.
Augusta began screaming for Healers, calling them all idiots and incompetent fools
who did not think to even try Legilimency, and she would certainly be speaking to the
hospital board about this!