the_debt_of_time

"A little help here!" Harry yelled as Rabastan descended upon himself and
Hermione. Lestrange cast curse after curse at the two. Ron stood guard over the bodies of
the stunned and bound Death Eaters while keeping eyes peeled for any potential backup.
"Crucio!" Rabastan's curse missed Hermione by mere centimetres.
Hearing the curse, Sirius spun to attack, but before he had a chance to retaliate—
and before Rabastan could cast another Unforgivable in Hermione's direction—a voice
from behind him called out, "Avada Kedavra!" and Rabastan's body fell forward, pale and
lifeless.
Hermione gasped at the sight and looked up in time to see Draco Malfoy drop his
Disillusionment Charm.
"What the hell, Malfoy!?" Ron screamed and stormed forward. "You tricked us!"
"Didn't I say not to let him do anything?" Draco scowled at Harry. "Here, get this
away from me. It's given me nothing but trouble." He handed over the package roughly,
shoving it into Harry's hands before turning his gaze on Ron. "If you couldn't tell, Weasel,
I wasn't a part of this welcome wagon for you! Being on your fucking side has given me
nothing but problems!"
Ron scoffed. "Oh, poor you."
"Granger, get your boyfriend out of my face before I set him on fire!" Draco
threatened.
Sirius ignored the squabbling. Instead, he used his energy to check everyone for
injuries since they seemed to be too busy to bother with such trivial things. Malfoy's tone,
however, was grating on his last nerve.
"Ron, back off!" Hermione directed. "And he's not my boyfriend."
"Like I really give a shit about the specifics. Well, is that it?" he asked Harry who
was staring at a fine, golden cup in his hands.
"This is it," Harry confirmed. "Let's get back to Shell Cottage."
"Not yet. You want them to follow you?" Draco pointed to the unconscious and
bound Death Eaters behind them.
"They need to be arrested," Hermione insisted.
"Oh, I'll just go call the Aurors then, Granger." Draco's eye roll was accompanied
by a long-suffering sigh. "Except if you haven't noticed, they're all working for the Dark
Lord!" Shaking his head, his attention turned to Sirius who was walking up the steps.