the_debt_of_time

that, but Lyall Lupin had placed specific wards around the family plot, preventing the
entrance of any creature, dark or otherwise. Remus had politely accepted the fact that he
could not be there for his mother's burial, but days later, when he attempted to visit her
grave, he had been violently thrown twenty feet from the site, breaking his arm upon
landing. It required a return trip to St Mungo's much sooner than anyone at Potter Manor
would have liked.
Mia requested that Tilly tend to both Charlus and Remus as often as possible,
knowing they were presently suffering the most of everyone both emotionally and—in
Remus's case—physically. That allowed her and Lily access to the kitchen, where they
enjoyed preparing breakfast for everyone. Lily said that it was the least she could do to
contribute to the family seeing as they had taken her in without thought or question.
Mia and James met in the kitchen the morning following the full moon, having both
thought to bring some food out to Remus to give him a little boost of energy for the walk
back to his room. While Mia was digging through the various meats they had in the cooling
cabinet, she heard a loud squeak from behind the door. Peeking, she smirked at the sight
of Lily and James, stuck in the doorway, trying awkwardly to manoeuvre around one
another.
"Sorry. I didn't think anyone was up yet."
"Yeah." James yawned, pinning himself against the door frame to allow her through.
"Sirius and Remus are still sleeping."
Lily raised a brow. "Where?"
"What?" James blinked, bleary-eyed.
"Where are they sleeping? I checked Mia's room this morning, and no one had slept
in it, and I know the four of you are still staying there."
He looked defensive, as though he were waiting for her to attack him or make fun
of him for sharing a bed with his sister and friends. "We need to enlarge her bed before
tonight," he finally said. "It's too small for the four of us."
"Or maybe you're too big to be sleeping in a bed with your sister and best friends,"
Lily innocently teased.
"Done it since we were eleven." James shrugged his shoulders and turned away
from her toward a counter, where he began preparing a tray filled with four cups and a
small collection of potion phials. Mia paid attention to her brother, making sure that he did