the_debt_of_time

"I put a Stasis Charm on the engine. Something your Aunt Hermione taught me,"
Sirius told Jamie. "Honestly, don't touch the bike. When you're old enough, I'll teach you
all how to drive it."
"Really?" Regulus asked, hope in his eyes.
"How mad is your mum?" Sirius asked.
Regulus took a moment to think about it. "Umm... stronger than a Stinging Hex,
less than a Cruciatus?"
Sirius winced. That did not bode well. Her Stinging Hexes hurt like a bitch, and
sometimes she shot them at tender areas and pretended she had a terrible aim. At least it
was the boys in trouble this time and not him. "You finish packing your trunk?"
"Yes, Dad."
"You help your sister with hers?"
Jamie answered for him. "Al's helping her. Hey, Uncle Sirius, you want in on the
bet?"
"What are we betting on?" Sirius asked, shifting Pandora from his shoulder down
to the floor.
Teddy chuckled, shaking his head. "Whether or not Albus ends up in Slytherin."
Sirius frowned at their mirth. "I know you boys are a happy little lion pride, but
don't cut your siblings out just because they get sorted into Slytherin. I'm serious about
that."
"Aren't you Sirius about everything?" Teddy snickered.
Sirius ruffled Teddy's green hair until it turned yellow. "I like you, kid."
"Mum already gave us the lecture," Regulus chimed in. "Grandma Dorea was a
Slytherin."
"So was your Uncle Regulus," Sirius pointed out.
His son nodded and smiled. "And he was a hero."
"Yes, he was."
"So is Uncle Draco!" Pandora said loudly.
"He's not our uncle, munchkin, he's our cousin," Regulus said, pulling his sister into
a hug and looking up at his father. "Is he still coming?"
Mia walked around the corner. "Yes. He, Astoria, and Scorpius are meeting us all
in Diagon Alley for some last minute shopping; at least that was the plan as of last night,"