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began shouting, and Remus was suddenly up and at her side, pushing through the crowd
to see what happened.
Mia watched as her brother held Snape mid-air, using the boy's own curse against
him. She winced at the thought that it was her wand that had taught James and Sirius that
spell, to begin with. She momentarily felt guilty over the treatment of her future Potions
Professor until she saw a cut across James's face, blood leaking down his cheek and staining
his robes.
"That snivelling son of a.. ." She stormed forward, rage fuelling her.
She hated that James and Sirius were bullies, hated that part of herself that had
treated Snape similarly, but Snape gave as good as he got, and more often than not, he was
the one starting the scuffles over any perceived insult. It did not help that knowing James's
ultimate fate caused her to be overly protective of her brother. Plus, he was a mirror image
of Harry, and protecting Harry had become second nature to her over the years.
Mia reached for her wand and glared ahead as she moved, but she suddenly felt two
large arms around her, pulling her back into the crowd.
"Let him down!" Lily screamed.
"Certainly," James said, and he jerked his wand upward.
Snape fell into a crumpled heap on the ground. Disentangling himself from his
robes, he got quickly to his feet, wand up, but Sirius shouted, "Petrificus Totalus!" and Snape
keeled over again, rigid as a board.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Lily shouted. She had her own wand out now, and James
and Sirius eyed it warily.
"Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you," James said earnestly, though everyone knew
he would never raise his wand against Lily; he had a multitude of hex scars from her to
prove it.
"Let me go, Remus!" Mia snarled as she struggled against his long arms.
"I am not letting you run into this with James and Lily pointing wands at each
other," Remus argued firmly.
"Take the curse off him, then!" Lily shouted.
James sighed deeply, turned to Snape, and muttered the counter-curse. "There you
go," he said, as Snape struggled to his feet. "You're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus―"
"I don't need help from filthy little Mudbloods like her!"