the_debt_of_time

"It could be worse, Moony. My parents could have shown up." Sirius gestured with
a grin to the two reserved seats in the centre of the crowd reading BLACK. "Just in case
they did decide to pop in and say hello, I charmed those seats to bite whoever sits down on
them."
As the ceremony commenced, they all received their certificates and praise from the
headmaster and their professors. Slughorn spent extra time shaking the hands of his
favourite students. Professor Broadmoor, their seventh and final Defence Against the Dark
Arts professor, had stopped to congratulate Remus, James, and Mia on their exceptional
work in class.
As Sirius stepped up to receive his certificate from Dumbledore, Minerva
McGonagall pulled the parchment from the headmaster's hand and greeted Sirius with a
stern glare. Instead of the certificate, she held out another parchment.
Sirius paused before reaching out to accept it from the deputy headmistress, who
was now smirking at him. Glancing down at the parchment in his hands, he laughed loudly.
Mia recognised the paper as the one Sirius had charmed to stick to Professor McGonagall's
desk.
"Does this mean you're going to miss me, Minnie?" Sirius winked at the older witch,
who fixed him with narrowed eyes.
"This means, Sirius," she said with a small smile, using his given name as she handed
him his actual certificate, "that the only reason I'm allowing you to step foot off this
platform with your hair intact after vandalising my desk, is the fact that you helped win
more consecutive Quidditch Cups for Gryffindor than we'd had in fifty years."
"Stop flirting with me." Sirius grinned at her, and the smile on her face faded away,
replaced with a scowl. "You know I'm a taken man. Shame on you, Minnie!"
Dumbledore gave a long speech that caused a few to fall asleep until he announced
the many triumphs that had occurred from this particular class of students. Damocles Belby
was praised for his work with potions and for having been recruited into St Mungo's
research department. Otto Bagman had been signed on as a Chaser for the Wimbourne
Wasps, the same team for which his older brother had played.
Alice and Frank were spoken highly of by the headmaster, who proudly announced
that not only they, but also Sirius, had been given early acceptance into the Auror program
within the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.