the_debt_of_time

"Is everything all right, Daphne?" Sirius asked as Hugo's mother came to fetch him
from Mia's arms, five-year-olds Rose and Scorpius lingering behind her.
Daphne nodded as she pulled Hugo into her arms. "One of the kids had a bit of an
accident. We had some visitors stop by to meet with some of the kids and... no one
decided to meet with her for a second interview. She got upset, and then a little boy was
mean, and she shattered some of the windows in the house. I've never seen anything like
it."
"Merlin," Mia gasped. "Is everyone okay?"
"No one was hurt, just a little scared," Daphne answered. "Tori and Draco are
sitting with her right now. You can go on up."
Sirius and Mia blinked curiously at the blonde but began their way toward the stairs,
followed by an anxious-looking Scorpius.
"Uncle Sirius? She's not going to be in trouble, is she?"
"Course not, Scorp," Sirius told his young godson, patting the boy on his head. "No
little witches get sent to Azkaban."
"And if she does, you'll break her out, right?" Scorpius asked nervously, clutching a
stuffed dragon tightly in his small hands.
Sirius grinned at the boy's question and bobbed his head before following Mia up
the stairs.
Draco was standing outside his office, waiting for them. "I'm glad you could come."
"What's going on?" Mia asked him. "Daphne said a little girl showed accidental
magic and broke all the windows?"
"I was at home preparing for the meeting next week when Tori sent me a Patronus,"
he told her. "She's a little thing, too. Same age as Scorp, Rose, and Albus."
Sirius's eyes widened. "And she blew out all the windows? That's some accidental
magic. Who is she?"
"Just another child without parents. She got here a few weeks ago and hasn't so
much as spoken to anyone except for Scorpius and me. Her father had blond hair. From
the information Potter was able to get from the Muggles, we've placed him as a half-blood
wizard from France. Her mother was a Muggle. They died in a boat crash about three years
ago. She was with the mother's second cousin or something when it happened. The girl
dropped her off at an orphanage when she started showing signs of magic and the family