the_debt_of_time

"Harry?" a voice called from below the steps that led into the room.
Sirius looked down to see Neville, Alice and Frank's boy, looking up at Harry with
shock and elation, one eye swollen yellow and purple, visible gouge marks on his face.
"Harry!" he yelled and rushed up, taking his friend into a tight embrace.
At Neville's shouts, more followed.
"HARRY!"
"It's Potter; it's POTTER!"
"Ron!"
"Hermione!"
"Is that Sirius Black?"
"I thought he was dead."
"Neville, what is this place?" Harry asked, eyes wide as he took in the giant room.
"Room of Requirement, of course!" Neville exclaimed. "Surpassed itself, hasn't it?
The Carrows were chasing me, and I knew I had just one chance for a hideout. I managed
to get through the door, and this is what I found! Well, it wasn't exactly like this when I
arrived: it was a lot smaller, and there was only one hammock and just Gryffindor hangings,
but it's expanded as more and more of the D.A. have arrived."
"And the Carrows can't get in?" Harry wondered aloud, looking around for the
door.
"Only need to worry about one now, anyway," Sirius breezily commented.
Harry turned to look at him. "What's that?"
"What? The Carrows? Yeah, I spotted old Alecto on my way in. She's allergic to
dogs," Sirius said with a devious grin.
Hermione frowned at him. "Do I even want to know?"
"She pulled a wand on me," Sirius said hastily. "It was all in defence, love, I promise.
I didn't even have a wand in my hand."
Hermione narrowed her eyes. "Did you have hands?"
"Trust me, Hermione, if you knew the Alecto Carrow that I knew growing up, you
wouldn't give her memory a passing thought. Or her brother either. In fact, I'm looking
forward to a little reunion with Amycus."
"Can you just... I don't know, try to avoid trouble?" she pleaded with him, a stern
look on her face. "Is that even possible?"