the_debt_of_time

Lily looked hurt when Snape gestured back toward the train where a group of his
Housemates stood waiting for him. The Carrow twins were flanked by two older Slytherins,
Evan Rosier and Titus Wilkes, and off to the side of the little posse was Regulus.
Snape sighed when he returned to his friends, looking defeated as he avoided eye
contact with his fellow snakes. Sirius thought the defeated look on his face was kind of
funny until he overheard the conversation.
Wilkes narrowed his eyes. "Are you done playing house with your little Mudblood,
Snape?"
Snape did not respond but looked properly admonished.
Sirius, triggered by the horrible word, immediately went into a frenzy. "What the
hell did you call her?!"
James followed suit and moved to stand in Wilke's face. Remus, who stood just as
tall as the others, immediately flanked him, pushing Rosier out of the way.
Wilkes grinned smugly. "I called the little ginger bitch a Mudblood. What's it to you,
Potter?"
Sirius turned toward Snape, growling as he shouted, "She's supposed to be your
fucking friend, you bloody coward! You going to stand up for her, Snivellus?"
"Why would he?" Amycus glared at Sirius even as Snape remained silent. "Severus
knows better. He might only be a half-blood, but his blood is still too rich for the likes of
her. Is that it, Potter?" Amycus asked, turning toward James. "Eager to dirty up your
House?"
"The Potters are already filthy," Regulus said, stepping forward. Already wearing his
pressed Slytherin robes with his hair neatly pulled back, he looked the absolute opposite of
Sirius regardless of the colour of their hair and eyes. "Hanging around with this blood-
traitor."
Thinking of Andromeda screaming on the floor as Bellatrix cursed her while
Narcissa—along with the rest of his family—looked on, Sirius snapped and punched
Regulus right in the face, feeling a crunch beneath his knuckles.
It was the worst fight since he had started Hogwarts. Five students in total ended
up in the infirmary. Regulus, Peter, Snape, and Amycus were all treated for broken noses,
and James fractured his collarbone. Remus was the only one to get by with nothing but a
few scrapes, and he stuck around the hospital wing long enough for Madam Pomfrey to