the_debt_of_time

Sirius recoiled from her smack, laughing as he said, "Mostly embarrassing stuff
about Prongs."
"You're impossible." She rolled her eyes and tugged on the sleeve of his shirt.
"Come on. I want to go and see it. It's been twenty years, and I'm sure it'll be in serious
need of a good cleaning."
"Could just hire some house-elves to do it," Sirius said, and when Mia turned around
to look at him with a horrified stare, he sighed. "What? I said hire, as in pay them."
"I didn't.. ." Mia shook her head and whispered, "Tilly. Another casualty I couldn't
protect and haven't even thought about... Where is she buried?"
Sirius scratched at the stubble on his face. "Umm... I don't know."
Mia looked over to the sofa. "Remus?"
"No idea."
"What do you mean? Where is my house-elf buried?"
Remus shrugged and looked to the Sirius for help.
Sirius shook his head. "I didn't see her body at Godric's Hollow," he said quietly.
"She wasn't staying with Prongs and Lily."
"Where the hell was she?" Mia snapped.
"Potter Manor," Sirius replied. "Prongs had her staying there."
Mia gasped in horror at what that could possibly mean for her house-elf. "You mean
to tell me that when my brother died and blood wards activated, no one thought to maybe
use Harry to check on Tilly?"
"Well, I was a little preoccupied, kitten. Azkaban. Remember?" Sirius said coolly.
All attention turned to Remus.
"Don't look at me," he said, hands up in surrender. "I didn't even have a say in the
funerals. Dumbledore did everything."
"Shit," Sirius said under his breath. "If she's... Okay, all we need is Harry, and we'll
Apparate outside the manor and get through the wards. Kitten, I swear if I'd have known
there was a chance that she was... I would have broken into the manor long before this.
But I'm not a Potter and can't get inside."
"Everyone up," Mia insisted, reaching for Remus's hand and then tugging Harry
forward as well. She looked at Sirius, shaking her head. "You are an idiot."
"You're terrible at flirting," he said.