"Keep your wand on you at all times, James Charlus Potter!" Mia called up after
him.
Remus laughed. "How are the two of you related?"
"Pretty sure Mum accidentally hit him with a Confundus as a baby," Mia said
cheekily.
From the top of the stairs echoed a loud, "Ha! Found it!"
Mia patted Sirius's head once more and shoved at his shoulders to get him off of
her. "Go get ready."
Sirius rolled off of her, throwing his head back to get the hair out of his face, and
yelled, "James! Come help me pack!" as he made his way toward the staircase.
"Thought you said you were staying here?" James raised a brow as he twirled his
wand in his hand, hopping down the steps.
Sirius winked at Mia but was quickly thumped in the head by James, who had been
trying to stomp out Sirius's bad habit of flirting with her.
"Your lovely sister," Sirius said as he turned back to an unamused James, "has invited
me home with you for Christmas."
"Wicked!" James grinned. "We can go flying in the orchards, and you can help me
set it up for Quidditch! Why didn't I think of inviting you?"
"Because you are apparently a terrible friend," Mia said, looking up at her brother
with a smug grin.
James helped Sirius pack his trunk, and the boys quickly made their way down to
the entrance hall where the students would be loaded into carriages and taken down to
Hogsmeade Station.
"Sirius, look." James chuckled as he walked to the foot of the staircase, watching as
Severus Snape walked ahead of them side-by-side with Lily Evans.
Sirius looked up and held his breath while James fired a jinx at Snape's feet, making
him trip mid-sentence.
"Sev? Are you okay?" Lily knelt at her friend's side with a frown.
Snape growled. "Fine."