the_debt_of_time

She chuckled softly. "Too bad there isn't a treasure map showing a big 'X' over the
Slytherin common room. That would make this easier."
"A map of the castle would make a lot of things easier," Sirius quietly agreed, and
Mia grinned.
Eventually, they came upon what looked almost like a dead end where they met a
large expanse of bare, damp, stone wall.
"This it?" Sirius whispered, making a face. "There's not even a portrait here."
Mia flashed a smug grin. "What better way to hide something than in plain sight?
Most of them are absolute prats, but Slytherins know how to keep their secrets." She
thought briefly of Draco Malfoy being a spy for the Order of the Phoenix for nearly three
years without anyone but Snape aware of the situation. Somehow standing here outside the
common room to the snake pit, she almost missed the annoying prat.
"What now?" Sirius asked, practically jumping out of his skin in excitement.
"Now, we make sure no one's inside. Homenum Revelio," she whispered and waited
for several moments. "We're good. They must all still be down at dinner. Good thing we
left early."
Sirius lifted the cloak off of the both of them. "That reminds me, if the guys ask,
you and I sneaked off early to go snog in a corner."
Mia turned, gasping at him, her face burning hot. "Sirius Black! You did not tell
Remus and Jamie you were going off to snog me!"
"You left a few minutes before me." He smirked as he wiggled his eyebrows at her
suggestively. "You should know better than to leave me unsupervised for any stretch of
time. I'm shocked McGonagall hasn't put a tracking collar around my neck by now."
She rolled her eyes.
"But then again, they did look suspicious about me heading out after you. At
least Remus did, and I figure if they're already thinking it.. ." Sirius laughed, and Mia
smacked his arm. "Don't worry about your sweet little reputation, kitten. James was too
busy asking Evans if she was going to come cheer for him at the Quidditch match next
week."
Mia winced. "And what did she say to him?"
"Nothing. But she dumped her mashed potatoes on his head and told Remus to
find friends who weren't idiots."