the_debt_of_time

Hermione laughed, hugging him back, and beaming at the praise. She would have
likely basked in it a touch more, but her attention refocused on Sirius, and she sighed.
"Come on, Remus. There'll be plenty of time to celebrate after we get him out of here."
Minutes later, they reunited with Tonks outside the lift. Slowly, they made their way
inside, Remus holding his wand out as he levitated an invisible Sirius ahead of him.
Tonks gave them a teasing grin. "Good trip? Bring me back anything?"
"You could say that," Remus muttered, removing a section of the Invisibility Cloak
to reveal Sirius's face.
"What the fuck?" Tonks screamed, jumping backward and almost into Hermione's
arms.
Unprepared for the attack, Hermione collapsed beneath the weight, and the two
women hit the floor as the lift began to move upward.
Remus chuckled mischievously.
Shifting her focus up from the floor, Tonks saw the underside of Sirius's body
where it was not covered by the Invisibility Cloak.
Hermione groaned. "You said you liked surprises." She removed her glasses as
Tonks's transfigurations faded away, her straight black hair shifting back to honey-brown
and winding back into bushy curls.
"Bloody hell," Tonks spluttered, looking up to meet her husband's eyes. "Is that
actually—?"
"Yes."
"And is he—?"
"He is."
Tonks gestured to Hermione. "And she—?"
He nodded. "She did."
"Bloody hell," Tonks repeated, lifting the Invisibility Cloak once more to look at
her cousin's body. After a beat—with Remus and Hermione anxiously observing her—
Tonks flicked her wand and Disillusioned Sirius, muttering, "Just in case."