Chocolate Frog Card: (Gold) Babayaga: Challenge: Write about someone who actively dislikes children to the point of physical or verbal abuse.

March Event: Walburga/Sirius - 50 points

Gringotts: Laughed [Instead of Said]

Word Count: 333

"Merlin, I didn't miss this," Sirius declared once he was home in Grimmauld Place from his first year at Hogwarts. He hadn't even taken his outer robe off or put his trunk down and he'd had to listen to the incessant nagging from the woman who had given birth to him.

"You owe me some respect, you ungrateful little sod!" Walburga screeched, spittle flying from her mouth. He didn't even bother withholding his grimace. "You are a stain to this family."

"You're a pain in my arse," he muttered quietly, but of course, she heard him.

"You disgrace me and our family," she growled. "I would be extremely grateful if you were to have broken your neck falling down the staircase at that school. It would save me the hassle of doing it myself."

"Are you going to kill me?" Sirius asked curiously, tilting his head. "Because I'm a Gryffindor and not a Slytherin?" She carried on glaring at him. "Have you ever considered that I share the family views and have been placed into Gryffindor as a spy?"

She stood straighter, looking at her eldest son curiously. "Have you?"

"No," he laughed, throwing his head back and belting it out. "But it had you going. Merlin, I'm not narrow-minded like you, you old hag."

His head whipped to the side at the force her hand had struck his cheek.

"The only reason you are still in my home and breathing is because your father thinks you can be redeemed. You shall not disappoint me or you'll know about it."

"Of course I'll know about it, you hating bint," he blurted. "I'll be the one plotting your every disappointment."

Her hand struck his cheek again but he didn't back down.

"My little Reggie will not be such a waste of space like you," she cooed, her eyes bright with happiness at the thought of her other son. "I find that I can't hate him, unlike my feelings for you."

Sirius still didn't care.