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Forever and Always	By : cls2256 Category: HP Canon Characters paired with Original Characters > Het - Male/Female Views: 6832 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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As Mia began her summer after Hogwarts, she fell into a depression. The first couple weeks at home with Susan were the worst. Mia spent most of her time crying in her room, and when Susan would try to talk to her about it Mia would shut down even more. Susan tried employing Penelope to figure out what was going on with her, but even her best friend couldn’t break through the wall. Mia and Penelope were scheduled to take their muggle equivalency exams just before Christmas, so they spent a lot of their free time studying and preparing for their tests. She had a hard time focusing some days, her mind wandering to Remus, but Penelope was patient with her and they took breaks frequently to reset her mind. Penelope didn’t push Mia to talk, but had informed Susan she believed her anguish to be from someone she was seeing during school, that ended right around graduation.
Mia spent the whole month of July in Florida with her father, but had a hard time enjoying the trip. She did ok during the day, as long as she kept busy with activities and her studies, but at night she cried herself to sleep, unable to shake the loneliness. Her nightmares had returned, plaguing her every few nights with memories of the night her father was tortured, and reliving Andrew’s attack. The vivid scene of him kicking her in the ribs and touching her made her skin crawl when she woke up.
She felt thrown away like trash, like the last year was all a lie and she was too blinded by love to see that she didn’t mean what she thought she did to him. Mia hated talking about her feelings, and her feelings about Remus and their breakup were not an exception. She refused to confide in Penelope, Susan or John, and became irritable and lashed out when pushed to talk about it. She had lost her appetite for the most part and had a hard time keeping food down, a habit she was known for when she was upset. Food felt like glass sliding down her throat, and the idea of eating made her sick to her stomach. She dropped nearly 20 pounds off her already trim frame in just a couple months, making her clothes baggier and her face look sunk in. While in Florida, John threatened to take her to have a feeding tube put in if she didn’t eat. He called Susan one day, begging for help
“Suz, she won’t eat. She maybe eats 3 bites of oatmeal in the morning, I don’t know what to do.” John called one day, voice breaking over the phone.
After the threat of the feeding tube, Mia tried to eat a little more each day, but still was eating less than her parents would’ve liked. She would insist that she wasn’t hungry, and would start to choke and gag on bite of food if made to eat more than she wanted.
Susan had gotten her a graduation present, a tawny owl, which she named Lionel. It seemed like the only time Mia smiled was when caring for her owl, she had wanted one since she started at Hogwarts. At the end of the summer, The wizarding world was buzzing with news from the quidditch world cup being attacked by a group of death eaters, casting the dark mark above the campgrounds after they tortured a muggle family and burnt down many tents throughout the campsite, and of Hogwarts hosting the Tri-Wizard Tournament this year, but to a surprise, 4 champions were chosen instead of the typical 3. Harry Potter’s name had somehow ended up in the goblet, despite an age limit of 17 set by this ministry this year. Mia wasn’t sure if she believed the buzz that Harry put his name in, bad things always seemed to happen to that boy that he didn’t ask for. He would have to have been barking mad to put his name in the goblet at only 14.
Mia and Penelope had begun working at the Clearwater’s wine and cheese shop in downtown London, saving up to get their own flat for after they passed their equivalency exams. Susan had hooked up the Clearwater’s fireplace to the Floo Network so Mia could Floo there, and then walk the few blocks to the store with Penelope. Susan didn’t like Mia to apparate alone, paranoid that she would splinch herself even though she passed her apparition test the previous year just fine. Starting work seemed to help Mia’s day to day mood over the fall months, her crying at night and the nightmares started getting farther apart each week.
Coming home from work one day, Mia thought her mother would still be at work so she apparated into her living room, the small pop sound unmistakable to any wizard or witch. Susan had been working extra hours after the Quidditch world cup in Ireland was attacked by the death eaters, the Aurors working overtime to snuff out Voldemort’s supporters before anything can escalate.
“Mia, dear, why didn’t you take the Floo?” Susan came into the room, her voice slightly scolding.
Busted Mia thought to herself, surprised her mother was home early.
“You are not that good at apparating yet, I know you think you are just because you passed that test but if you splinch yourself…”
“I’m ok, I swear” She giggled at her mother for a moment, until she realized that her mother’s eyes were red and puffy. “Mum… what’s wrong?” She asked, her face falling.
“Your father called this morning. You should call him. He originally asked to speak with you but you were at work.”
Mia walked over to the telephone and slowly dialed the country code and phone number. Her heartbeat was audible in her ears, what could her dad tell her that would make her so upset? As the phone rang, her anxiety began to build.
“Eglin Air base, how may I direct your call?” a monotone voice of a woman answered the phone.
“Lt Colonel John Roswell, please.” Mia said politely.
“And this is?” the monotone voice asked her.
“His daughter, Amelia.”
“Ok please hold”
After a moment of silence, a familiar voice appeared on the other end.
“Mia! Honey it’s good to hear from you. It’s quite lonely here without you. Tell me, did your mother tell you the great news?” John said with excitement in his voice.
“No, she didn’t, she just told me to call you. What’s up?”
Mia was confused. If it were good news, why was her mother so upset?
“I got the call from the General; they are stationing my whole unit overseas. They are sending us back to the UK, so I will be in London.” John said happily.
“Oh, Daddy that’s amazing!” Mia exclaimed.
She loved her father, and for the first time since she was a kid it would be nice to have him living in the same country.
“You bet kiddo. I should be there in time for Christmas, I’ll keep you posted. Are you eating ok?” John asked, his Midwestern American accent sounding almost twangy.
“Yes dad…” she groaned irritably.
“Alright sweetie, just make sure you keep it up. I gotta go, love you.”
After Mia hung up the phone, she walked into the other room where her mother was sitting on the couch, crying again.
“Mum, why are you so upset that Dad is coming back to the UK?”
“Because of the very reason I sent him to America in the first place!” she hissed, dabbing tears from her eyes. “There are whispers, Amelia. The death eaters are beginning to show activity again. It feels like the beginning again, like it did before. Your father is safer in America. He may not remember, but some of the death eaters that were around the first time, including the one who tortured him, do remember. We had a spy in the Order, Sirius Black, who fed them information that my husband was a muggle. He told them that Auror Susan Byrne married a muggle American and their daughter then was a half blood. Of course this was before be blew apart a street full of people.”
Susan dabbed at her eyes again. Mia tried not to scoff at the accusations Susan just said about Sirius, there was no way for Susan to know that it was indeed Peter Pettigrew who was the spy, and framed Sirius.
“I can’t believe he escaped ministry custody AGAIN, it’s made for so much paperwork.”
Mia sat on the couch and hugged her mother.
“I did what I had to do to protect my family. I sent the two of you to America because I thought it would be safer. I would’ve restored his memory if he hadn’t met Miranda, but I couldn’t shatter his happiness. I was the one who made it seem as we had a broken marriage. I just wanted to keep him safe. I love you and your father so much.”
Mia and Susan sat there for a good hour, hugging each other.
“Mum… I think we should restore Dad’s memories. I think it would help for him to know who we are. Maybe his position in the military can help.” Mia said gently.
“Absolutely not, the less he knows the better. He is less of a target if he doesn’t know. If someone uses Legilimency on him, they won’t find anything of value.” Susan snapped, standing up from the couch.
“This is for his protection. I forbid you to say anything to him, Amelia. I don’t want to have to charm him a 3rd time.”
Susan walked into the other room to return to her paperwork, and Mia rolled her eyes and started off towards her bedroom.
The night before Mia and Penelope’s equivalency exam, an unfamiliar owl tapped on Mia’s bedroom window. Mia opened the window and let the bird fly in, it landing next to where Lionel was perched. Lionel clicked his beak at it distastefully.
“Oh Lionel, be nice” She scolded her owl, removing the letter off the visitors leg. She opened it and gasped. It was from Sirius.
Mia,
I hope this owl finds you well. I have travelled back in the country to keep close to Harry. I’m sure you heard about him getting chosen for the Tri-Wizard tournament, but he didn’t enter himself. There are whispers of Voldemort’s supporters starting up again, and I need to be closer to gather information. I am writing because I have sent Remus a couple owls with no reply, and was wondering if you could have him write me.
Best,
Sirius
Mia was thrilled to hear from Sirius, she hadn’t heard from him since he escaped but it concerned her that he was back in the country.
“He’s going to get himself thrown back in Azkaban” She muttered under her breath.
She was also concerned that Remus hadn’t been in contact him with him either. She pulled out a piece of parchment and her quill and wrote her reply.
Sirius,
It is so good to hear from you. I trust that you will keep yourself safe, especially being back north. I unfortunately cannot pass along your message to Remus. He ended things with me the day after you escaped, and I haven’t heard from him since leaving Hogwarts. I sent him an owl this past summer, with no reply as well. I miss you terribly.
Love,
Mia
She tied the letter to the unfamiliar owl’s leg, gave it a treat and sent it off out the window. Lionel snapped at her, but was happy when she gave him a treat as well. Mia looked at the clock reading 11:24, and hopped into bed. She needed to get a good night’s rest so she could ace this exam, but thoughts of Remus and Sirius kept her up tossing and turning. Why hadn’t he contacted Sirius? It made sense that he wouldn’t reply to Mia’s owl, but certainly there was no reason to ignore his friend.
Penelope and Mia received their test results from the exams 2 days after Christmas, both receiving excellent scores. Susan was very pleased with how Mia did, which was an immense weight lifted of her shoulders. Mia knew it was time to start thinking about her career path, but her future seemed so unclear without Remus. She had ambitions to follow in her mother’s footsteps to be an Auror, but she knew Susan wouldn’t want her to take such a dangerous job. It felt impossible to fight her mother on something like this without Remus’ support, so she was certain she may end up in a desk job in the Department of Magical Artifacts or something boring and safe. Regardless on her future’s uncertainty she and Penelope had jobs at the wine and cheese shop that paid pretty well, so they were on track to moving into their flat together. They were scheduled to sign the lease for their new flat the Thursday after the New Year, so when Mia received an unexpected owl from Penelope that Wednesday, she assumed it was to finalize plans for the next day and moving. She unrolled the parchment that she untied from Frankie, Penelope’s screech owl, and read:
Mia,
Percy broke up with me because he said he needed to focus on his career at the ministry, as I’m sure you heard that he took a permanent position. He mentioned is workload kept increasing ever since the attack at the quidditch world cup, and his boss, Mr. Crouch keeps piling more responsibility on him. I guess he has been ill and Percy’s had to do this job for him. His exact words, ‘I do not have time for you now’. He did it over owl, too! I can’t stop crying, I thought he was the one. I need you.
Penelope
Mia sprung to her feet to run to the telephone. The Roswell’s kept a telephone at home in case John called, but it was handy when needing to communicate with Penelope or her parents, seeing as how the Clearwater’s were muggles. She wasn’t surprised that Percy took his job too seriously, but she was surprised that he would’ve dumped Penelope over it. She ran up to the telephone and called the Clearwater’s house, a faint voice on the other end picking up.
“Hello?” the small voice asked.
“Penny? It’s Mia. Are you alright?” she asked.
“Oh Mia!” Penelope wailed “you got my owl! Thanks for calling.”
Penelope burst into sobs on the phone, and Mia couldn’t understand a word of what she was saying next. She knew this emotion all too well, the memories of Remus breaking it off fresh in her memory.
“Penny, I can’t understand you. Take a deep breath” She said, but Penelope sobbed even harder.
“Do you want me to come over?” Mia asked after another minute of sobbing.
“YES!” Penelope wailed and hung up the phone.
Mia ran upstairs and threw a change of clothes, a few of her study guides, and some toiletries into her backpack. She came downstairs into their dining room, where Susan was sitting at the table, head buried in stacks of paperwork, looking stressed. The Aurors had had quite a bit of extra work after the events at the quidditch world cup this summer.
“Mum, is it ok if I go to Penny’s? I think I’m going to spend the night and just leave from there to sign our lease” she asked.
She couldn’t wait until tomorrow when she didn’t have to ask permission to go somewhere.
“Percy Weasley broke up with her, and she’s not ok.”
Susan looked up; she was very empathetic to this, as she watched Mia make herself sick over someone she still refused to talk to her mother about.
“Oh, that poor girl; Yes, Go, take care of your friend. Take the Floo, I don’t want you to get splinched”
Mia rolled her eyes as she walked over to the fireplace, pointed her wand at the logs, and said “Incendio”.
Orange flames erupted, and the fireplace had a nice crackling fire before her. She took a small handful of Floo powder from the pot next to the fireplace, and sprinkled it over the flames, watching them turn bright green. She stepped in, and said “The Clearwater Residence” and felt herself get pulled up the chimney, spinning around and around very quickly. Before she knew it, she landed in the fireplace at Penelope’s. She stepped out and brushed herself off.
“Penny?” she called, making her way through the living room to the stairs.
She began walking up the flight of stairs to Penelope’s bedroom, when she emerged at the top of the stairs.
“Mia! Did you apparate here?” she asked, still in her pajamas from the night before and hair in a bun on top of her head. She must’ve been lying around crying all day, as it was 3:30 in the afternoon and her eyes were very red and puffy.
“No, Floo. Mum still thinks I’ll splinch myself”. She hugged Penelope when she reached the top of the stairs, and they retreated into her bedroom.
The girls talked about Percy for almost an hour, Penelope telling her about how things seemed fine over the holiday, and then out of nowhere he just left her. Mia knew this feeling all too well. Even many months later she couldn’t bear to take off the jewelry he had gotten her for Christmas the previous year. Susan had asked her about the jewelry when she got home, but Mia snapped at her and ended the conversation quickly. Susan didn’t push it; her and Mia were the exact same when it came to dealing with grief and sadness. They both retreated into themselves, not ever wanting to talk about their feelings. Penelope, being the opposite, vented every thought she’s had since receiving Percy’s heartbreaking owl, crying on and off while speaking. Mia fidgeted with her necklace, feeling the texture of the prongs holding the garnet in place as she listened to her friend. After Penelope had cried until she couldn’t cry anymore, she changed the subject.
“Is this how you felt when your mystery boyfriend broke up with you?” she asked.
Mia’s eyes darted up to Penelope. Mia was sitting on the floor, leaned up against a white wood desk, while Penelope was on her bed, leaning against the wall it was pushed up against.
“You’ve been playing with that necklace for the last hour; something tells me that wasn’t a gift from your mother last Christmas.” She said, giving Mia a suspicious look.
Mia sighed and looked off in front of her. Penelope wanted it to be Mia’s turn to vent her feelings, which was not something she was in the mood for. Ever.
“Yes, you remember me crying myself to sleep every night before I left for Florida. I still do, some nights” she said softly.
“Mia, I know you said you couldn’t tell me, but now that it’s over, can you tell me who it was?” Penelope asked, moving from the bed onto the floor to sit closer to her.
Mia nodded, knowing the day would have come at some point where she was going to have to tell Penelope.
“His name was Remus.” She said, not looking at her.
“Remus, hmmmm I don’t think I know a Remus at school. What house was he?” Penelope looked puzzled.
“He was a Gryffindor” Mia said, gaze unchanged, her eyes still focused on a random fixed point in front of her.
It was true; he was a Gryffindor, just not at any time when they were in school.
“So he must have graduated then. But I don’t know anyone by the name of Remus that graduated with us in Gryffindor. Actually, the only person I know named Remus is Professor Lupin” she said, her face turning more puzzled as the thought.
Mia looked at Penelope and said nothing. After a moment, Penelope’s eyes bugged and she gasped.
“Mia, no… you can’t possibly mean…”
“Yes, Penny. Remus Lupin.” Mia sighed, she began feeling the sting of tears starting, but she took a deep breath and stifled down the feeling.
“Mia, he was our TEACHER.” Penelope said in disbelief.
“Trust me, I know. We didn’t mean for it to happen, it just kind of did. We loved each other. Well, I think he loved me. He said he did. Not sure now. I love him.”
“Did he break it off actually like you said, or did you when it came out that he was a werewolf?” Penelope wouldn’t take her eyes of Mia she was so surprised.
“No, no, I knew what he was before Christmas, he broke it off with me, saying I deserved someone ‘young and whole’ or whatever bullshit.”
“SINCE CHRISTMAS? How long did this go on???” Penelope’s eyes were wild with disbelief; at least Mia had gotten her to forget about Percy for the time being.
“We’d been seeing each other since October” Mia said, beginning to pick her fingernails.
The girls were quiet for a few minutes, Penelope trying to make sense of what her friend had just told her.
“I tried to owl him this summer, but no reply” Mia said after the moments of silence. “I know he hasn’t been in contact with a mutual friend either, who’s tried to owl him twice with no reply. I wish I knew where he was living, so I could go there and confront him. I just want to know if he actually cared about me, or was just using me for his own entertainment.”
Mia had begun to think the worst about her last year at Hogwarts. She couldn’t help but feel like maybe Remus’ feelings for her weren’t true due to the way it ended. She needed confirmation, just to get closure.
“Mutual friend?” Penelope asked, looking confused.
“If I tell you who the mutual friend is, you have to swear you won’t repeat it to anyone, or call the ministry. I need you to promise.” Mia said sternly.
“Why would you think I would call the…” Penelope started, but Mia cut her off.
“PENNY! I need you to swear”
“Ok, ok, I swear” Penelope said hastily.
Mia took a deep breath, closing her eyes for a second.
“Sirius Black.”
“SIRIUS BLACK? The murderer??” Penelope gaped at her, eyes wide with disbelief.
“Sirius is one of my best friends. He’s the friend I was meeting with last year. He’s innocent. He was framed.”
Penelope looked puzzled, but sat down on the bed and motioned for her to elaborate. Mia started at the beginning, telling her about how Remus, James, Peter and Sirius were friends at school, and how the events unfolded that landed Sirius in Azkaban, and Peter cozily in the family of the Weasleys.
“Mia, Scabbers was Percy’s rat first.” She said horrified.
Penelope was on information overload. She was feeling as if her mind was being flipped upside down. After a minute of Penelope processing everything she spoke.
“Well, do you think he can help you find him? Sirius, I mean” Penelope said evenly, her usual cool-headedness returning from the shock Mia had just given her.
“Maybe, I didn’t think to ask him before” Mia said, feeling stupid at the obvious solution.
She went over to Penelope’s desk and began scrawling on a piece of parchment.
Sirius,
I’ve got the bloody brilliant plan of going and confronting Remus, sarcasm intended. I need closure from what happened after graduation at the end of the school year, but I have no way of finding his cottage. Would you be able to tell me where I can find his cottage? I’ll ask him about not writing to you while I am there.
Enjoy the pumpkin pastie.
Love,
Mia
She rolled up her parchment and grabbed a pumpkin pastie from Penelope’s dessert box she kept under her bed and wrapped them up in burlap. Frankie was clipping his beak in excitement to get to deliver mail. He was a very enthusiastic owl. She tied the parcel to his leg and gave him a treat, sending his out the window.
“And now we wait.” Mia said exhaling. She wished owl post could be instant results.
“Come on, let’s go watch a movie. Get our minds off these men.” Penelope grinned.
Mia smiled at her friend and they went downstairs. Mia didn’t watch movies much at home, Susan thinking muggle entertainment was boring, so Mia indulged in her favorite muggle things with her father, and with Penelope. The girls made a big bowl of popcorn, poured a couple glasses of wine, and put in a comedy to help lift their spirits. At least Penelope had stopped blubbering and seemed to be calming down from the emotional blow. Mia kept thinking of Sirius, hoping she would receive his owl in a timely fashion.
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