the_debt_of_time

Their quiet moment was disrupted by the sound of high-pitched screaming in the
background, followed by screeching, and the feel of a rough breeze just above them. Mia
and Remus separated and looked up as Sirius, James, and Peter flew their brooms quickly
overhead, all laughing as they made their way over the Black Lake.
"POTTER!" Lily's yell came from just up the hill, causing Mia to turn and watch as
her friend mounted a broom and flew upward, gripping the handle tightly with a look of
pure fury on her face as she continued screaming. "BLACK!"
"PETTIGREW! YOU'RE DEAD!" Mary came up just behind Lily as she quickly
followed on her broom. Both girls flew off in the direction of the lake.
"We couldn't have been gone twenty minutes. What on earth has my brother done
now?" Mia asked with a scowl, crawling off of Remus's lap as Alice and Frank walked down
to join them. Alice wore an expression of disapproval. Frank looked positively scandalised.
"Better yet, what has Sirius talked him into doing?"
"I don't know how they did it, but they were able to break into the girls' dorm rooms
and steal our.. ." Alice's voice lowered to a whisper as she finished, "our underthings."
"Mia," Remus said, tapping her shoulder, "your bra is hanging off the back of
Sirius's broom."
Mia groaned. "Which one?"
"The pink lace."
"Oh." She sighed in relief and reached for her book. "I didn't really like that one."
"I did," Remus said bitterly. His eyes narrowed at Sirius, who was laughing as Mary
sped after a screaming Peter, who was trying to use a flailing Giant Squid arm for protection
and distraction as he flew across the lake, dodging the few hexes sent his way as he rode
off with her red knickers hung over the handle of his Cleansweep.
"Then you go get it back from them," Mia told her possessive boyfriend. "I'm not
playing into whatever game this is." She opened her book, trying to find the place where
she had last left off. "I can't believe they got Lily on a broom to chase them. She hates
flying almost as much as I do."
"Why is that?" Frank asked as he and Alice sat down, hand in hand, beside Remus
and Mia.
"It's unnatural," Mia explained. "If we were made to fly, we would have been born
with wings."