the_debt_of_time

The sight triggered something in James, causing him to leave Sirius's side to rush to
Lily's aid. He easily defended himself against the onslaught of hexes and jinxes that came
his way. The Slytherins could have been throwing Cheering Charms at him for all the good
it was doing.
"Evans, you all right?" James asked, his concerned gaze running over her body for
injury.
Mia did her best to keep an eye on the situation, but she caught a glimpse of Snape
with his wand aimed at James's back.
"Levicorpus!"
An invisible hand snatched James by the ankle, tugging with the intention to levitate
him upward.
Before James could even lose his balance, however, Mia stepped in front of her
brother and shouted, "Liberacorpus!"
"How did you know that spell?" Snape demanded with a glare. "Where'd you learn
that?"
Mia glared right back. "Stupefy!"
He blocked it deftly before casting an ineffectual Knockback Jinx, which she
ducked. When his spell failed, he cried, "Serpensortia!" and a long snake erupted from the
end of his wand, hissing and striking out at her.
Sirius and Remus both stepped forward to help, but she held up a hand to stop
them, aiming her wand down, amused at the irony of the situation with which she was
faced.
"Vipera Evanesca!" she cast, watching the snake vanish in a puff of black smoke. This
only enraged Snape further, but he did not attack. She watched him carefully, waiting for a
sign, but he made no move.
The Carrows did, however.
With Lily still unconscious and being revived by James, the Slytherin twins each
sent a spell at Remus, who was distracted watching Mia.
"Impedimenta!"
"Stupefy!"