the_debt_of_time

I would say that you have been easily offended. Wounded pride?" She asked, and Remus
growled low in response. "You know that with that glare you've got in your eyes right now,
you look extremely dangerous. But I'm not afraid because I know how fiercely loyal and
protective you are."
"I am not a hippogriff," Remus repeated, his eyes flashing gold so quickly that she
knew she was the only one to see it. "Stop trying to convince me that I'm not a monster."
She met him, glare for glare, and leant in close to his face, refusing to back down.
"Stop trying to convince yourself that you are one!" she snapped and turned on her heels,
storming away from him in a flurry of bouncing, wild curls.
Remus sighed in frustration as he watched her go, annoyed that the breeze blew
toward him, essentially shoving the scent of her hair in his face.
"What did Sirius do now?" James asked as he approached Remus, watching Mia
stomp away from the rest of the class.
"Sirius is still over there bothering Kettleburn." Remus gestured. "What makes you
think he's the one that pissed her off?"
"He usually is." James laughed, and for a moment, Remus joined in. "So what
did you say to get her that mad? She normally reserves that particular scathing look for
Slytherins." He leant casually against the animal enclosure, and Remus took a step away
from it, watching closely as the little nogtails made their way back to the centre of the pen,
one even coming up to sniff at James's hand as it hung over the fence.
"She's pissed at me."
"That is obvious," James said with a chuckle, gently scratching the nogtail on the
head.
"She tried convincing me that werewolves aren't monsters," he said, trying to take
himself out of the sentence by referencing the species as a whole. It did not do much for
the conversation, as James just shook his head and laughed harder.
"Oh, that would certainly set her off. There are few things that'll anger my sister to
the point where she looks lethal, and anyone talking poorly about you is near the top of that
list. It's about tied with anything to do with Sirius's family, or me putting myself in danger.
Remember at the river when I slipped on that rock and hit my head? She yelled at me for
hours after you all left."