the_debt_of_time

"What's wrong?!" Remus shouted as he ascended the staircase.
Sirius pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. "The fucking elf is having an
attack."
On the floor in front of him, Kreacher seized in obvious anguish, the filthy rag tied
around his waist gave off an odour as he writhed, causing both Sirius and Remus to wince
in disgust.
"It came back! Master, the ungrateful brat he is, wasn't supposed to come back! Oh,
my poor Mistress! What should poor Kreacher do? Kreacher serves the Noble and Most
Ancient House of Black, but its Master is a filthy blood-traitor, a nasty stain on his Most
Noble House. Oh, my poor Mistress!"
Remus just stared at the aptly-named elf. "What happened?"
"I'm trying to do what Dumbledore said and be nice to the little git!"
"Then why's he banging his head on the wall?" Tonks approached, looking down
as the elf moved from faking a seizure to punishing himself by smacking his head against
the wall.
"Oh, evidently accepting kindness from the stain on the Noble and Most Ancient
House of Black is against whatever orders my darling mother gave him last," Sirius
answered sarcastically, hissing out the words. "I said hello, and he's been sobbing and
smacking himself ever since. Merlin, I miss Tilly."
Kreacher continued to cry as he smacked his face against the railing of the staircase.
"Oh, if Mistress knew that the traitorous brat has come home, what would she do to
Kreacher? What would she do if she knew that poor Kreacher was to serve this Master,
the rotten blemish on her House and his filthy half-breed friends?"
"I wouldn't be calling anyone filthy, there. You smelled yourself lately?" Tonks
asked, scrunching her nose up in revulsion, morphing her features to shrink her nostrils.
Kreacher glared up at her with a look of pure and utter hatred. "The shifty one
speaks to Kreacher. She smells like a Black, but she tricks Kreacher and breaks his
Mistress's treasures."
Tonks rolled her eyes. "Oh, it was one vase, and that was an accident. I'd hardly even
call that piece of shit a treasure. It was hideous."