the_debt_of_time

Dorea cleared her throat. "Now, enough with this sadness. I plan on helping with
what I can in the here and now. Tell me about this bond. Are you married to Sirius in the
future? Are you a Black?" she asked with a grin. "Don't mind my smugness, but the idea
of a son of Walburga taking to wife a Muggle-born is immensely pleasing to me. I'm tempted
to break out the good champagne."
"No," Mia admitted with a soft chuckle. "At least, I don't think so. He... I.. ." She
struggled to find words. "I saved his life. He died. I... called him back."
Dorea's eyes widened in what appeared to be genuine shock for the first time since
the conversation began. "A life debt ritual? Sweet Salazar... Do they teach Blood Magic
that powerful to children in the future?"
"No, well I, I.. ." Mia cleared her throat. "I stole restricted books from
Dumbledore and found the spell." Dorea laughed, and Mia gaped at her. "What's funny
about that?"
"My sweet little Mia, who follows rules to the point where she refuses to divulge
secrets about the future, stole restricted books on Blood Magic from Albus Dumbledore.
I can't think of anything funnier than that."
"So what does this mean?" Mia asked after joining in on the laughter, wiping tears
of amusement—no longer sorrow—from her eyes. "Before I left, Sirius said he knew what
was happening with this bond that was created. And the Black house-elf recognised me as
its Mistress even though Sirius and I are not married. I thought the bond was gone when I
came back here, but he... Sirius... Sirius kissed me last month, and I felt it again. Like a
strong vibration, deep inside." She touched her sternum, watching as Dorea's lips pursed
in thought.
"That sounds to me like an unsealed bond," Dorea said and then sat back, tapping
her finger against her chin. "There are several different types of bonds and they exist in the
world whether created or not. Only when prepared or provoked are they visible to the eyes
of creatures like house-elves. They have their own bonds that they are born into. That's
why they can see them so well. It sounds like you added Blood Magic, which strengthened
a bond between yourself and Sirius that already existed. Otherwise, the Blood Magic was
what provoked an already prepared bond."
Mia stared. "I didn't create it?"
"No one creates bonds, we merely accept and define or decline them altogether."