Bonded Souls
C10: And Your Champions Are…
A/N: Standard disclaimer, I don't own any of the recognizable characters. Also I never had French in school, so I just wrote Fleur and Gabrielle with a French accent.
Classes the next day were boring and all of them were anxious to see who the champions were.
Once everyone was seated in the Great Hall Mr. Bagman and Mr. Crouch wheeled in the Goblet of Fire.
Dumbledore took the stage "The moment has arrived for us to choose our Student Referee. After much deliberation among the staff it has been decided to choose the Student Referee for Gryffindor." He was handed an envelope from Professor McGonagall. "In this envelope is the name of our Student Referee. If your name is called, please come up to the front and you will be escorted to the Champions Room when the first Champion is selected."
He opened the envelope, his eyes getting a little bigger when he read the name. "Our Student Referee is, Fabian Markov, please come forward Mr. Markov"
Hermione clamped down on his arm, tears running down her cheek "Please love, don't go. This has to be a mistake." He smiled a bit grim "I know love, and I think I know whose mistake this will be." He gave her a kiss and then walked to the front.
"Congratulations Mr. Markov, this is a great honor as you can imagine." Mr. Crouch said smiling as he shook his hand. Fabian just smiled, but he didn't say anything. He was still processing everything.
Dumbledore once again took to the podium "And now it is time to choose our champions." The Goblet of Fire spat out a piece of parchment. Dumbledore caught it out of midair and read it "And our Beaxbatons Champions is Fleur Delacour"
There was and applause from most of the room and Fleur walked to the front, looking a bit nervous. She shook hands with Dumbledore and stood next to Fabian "Please Mr. Markov, Ms. Delacour would you please move to the Champions Room and await the rest of the champions.
Fleur and Fabian shared a quick smile and together they walked down the hall towards the room.
Meanwhile The Goblet of Fire produced another parchment "The Drumstrang Champion is, Viktor Krum." The room exploded in applause and Viktor walked confidently to the front. He too shook hands with Professor Dumbledore and then walked on to the Champions Room.
The Goblet gave another piece of parchment "And finally our Hogwarts Champion is, Hermione Granger." Hermione looked shocked at that. She got a glare from Ginny, but that instantly softened when she saw the look on her face. "You didn't enter did you?" Hermione shook her head "Of course not, why would I want to."
Hermione walked to the front "This has to be a mistake sir, I didn't enter" she said when she shook Dumbledore's hand "I figured as much Ms. Granger, gut I'm afraid there is nothing we can do at this point. And if it is any consolation to you, Mr. Markov is waiting for you in the Champions Room." She nodded and walked the short distance towards the Champions Room.
When she entered the Room and noticed the look on Fabian's face, she ran over to him, hugging him tightly. He hugged her back and kissed her "What are you doing here love, don't tell me you are the Hogwarts Champion." She nodded sadly "Yes, although I didn't enter myself."
He looked her in the eyes "I think someone is trying to get us killed love, and I have an idea who it is." At this point Fleur hugged the both of them "don't worry you two, we will be fine, I won't let anything 'appen to you, I promise."
Both Hermione and Fabian smiled at her, hugging the French witch a bit tighter "Thank you Fleur, I wouldn't know what I would have done if I had lost Fabian" Hermione said with a sad smile. Fabian gave her a kiss "You won't ever lose me love, we're stuck together remember." She smiled at him and kissed him.
A little while later Harry also entered the Room. "Ah Harry, come to wish Hermione luck have you?" Fabian said with a smile
Harry shook his head "No, somehow my name also came out of the Goblet, I am also a Champion." He said with a sad look. "Really Harry, I didn't know you entered."
He again shook his head. "That's just the thing Fabian, I didn't." Fabian had a bit of a shocked look on his face. "As I suspected then, someone is out to get us. I figured it couldn't be coincidence that Hermione got picked while she didn't enter, you got picked while you didn't enter and me getting picked as Referee, while there are clearly better choices within Gryffindor."
Both Hermione and Harry nodded, but before any of them could say anything Professors Dumbledore, McGonagall, Snape and Moody, closely followed by Madame Maxime and Karkarov entered the room.
"I don't recall reading in the rules that the hosting school could have two champions Albus." Karkarov said angry.
Dumbledore turned to him "It was never the intention Igor, something must have gone wrong with the Goblet. But whatever the case may be, our Champions are now bound to compete and the Goblet has been extinguished, not to be relit until the next Tournament."
"Zey must 'ave tricked it some'ow, enchanted it to give two names." Madame Maxime almost yelled.
"I assure you we have not, and even if we wanted to, The Goblet is a powerful magical artifact, no other artifact known in existence has such powers. No one could know how to mislead it."
This seemed to make sense to the other Professors and no one said anything about it.
At that moment Mr. Crouch and Mr. Bagman entered the Room. "Congratulations to all champions. And now that we have all made acquaintances, Mr. Bagman shall now give you the information required for the first task." Mr. Crouch said with a smile.
Mr. Bagman took over "The first task will take place on the 24th of November, and you will only be allowed your wands for the task. You may not ask any of your Professors for help. Now of course due to the immense preparations for each task, all Champions are excluded from all end of year exams, as is the Student Referee. Now I suggest you all get some rest, in a few days there will be the Weighing of the Wands."
The champions nodded and made their leave, Fabian being right behind Hermione. "Mr. Markov if you could wait a minute, there are some things we need to discuss with you."
Fabian sighed and kissed Hermione on the cheek. "I'll see you in our room in a few minutes." She nodded and smiled at him.
He turned back to Mr. Bagman "I suppose this is to instruct me on my duties during the tournament?"
Mr. Bagman nodded "Indeed it is Mr. Markov, first off, I wanted to congratulate you personally on being selected as our inaugural Student Referee."
He smiled "Thank you Mr. Bagman, it is a great honor."
Bagman smiled at him "Thank you Mr. Markov, now for your duties. You are to oversee the tasks with unbiased eye, and of course see over the safety of our champions. I trust you will have no problem with this, given your relationship with Ms. Granger, your friendship with Mr. Potter and your relations with Ms. Delacour."
Fabian nodded "Of course sir. I am perfectly capable of separating my duties and my personal life."
"Very well, of course you are not to help the champions directly, but you may give advice. They can come to you with their problems and concerns."
Fabian nodded "I understand sir, and I will try to help everyone as good as I can."
"Good to hear that. Now, there is one more thing you need to know. This tournament was mainly organized to stimulate international friendships. You are the one that knows three of the champions well, so it will be up to you to stimulate this. And one last thing, you will also get the information on the first task after the Weighing of the Wands, so you can help prepare the Champions. But remember no direct help to the Champions."
Fabian nodded once again "I'll keep that in mind sir. And thank you again for this opportunity."
Bagman smiled "It is we who must thank you Mr. Markov, it is our first time using a Student Referee and we are certain you will not disappoint. Now we have kept you away from your girlfriend long enough. We will speak more after the Weighing of the Wands, where of course you will be required to be at too."
Fabian nodded again and then took his leave, he already felt his separation from Hermione creeping up his spine. He quickly walked towards his room, feeling the need to be with her taking over. He couldn't actually think of anything else at this point.
When he entered their bedroom he saw how Hermione was sobbing into the sheets. He immediately made his way over to her, taking her into his arms. "Love, I'm here, please talk to me."
She sat up and curled into him "I'm so scared love, what if one of us doesn't survive this tournament." She said between sobs.
Hermione felt like she was drowning, she didn't want to lose him to this tournament, and she was afraid of what he would do if she would die. He already told her he suspected he knew who was responsible for putting their names in the Goblet, and she had her suspicions as well, but that did not take any of the fear away.
He kissed the top of her head. "It'll be fine love, I will never let anything happen to you, Fleur or Harry. You're the one I'm going to spend the rest of my life with. Harry is our best friend and Fleur is family, she is the big sister I never had."
Slowly her sobs started to lessen, crawling in his lap as she did. He hugged her a bit tighter, slowly rubbing her back. He could feel she needed the comfort more than his love now, so he changed them into their sleepwear and slowly put the covers over them.
She smiled into his shoulder and kissed his chest. She needed to claim him, before she felt it was too late. "Baby, I need you now." She said huskily.
He looked into her eyes, the eyes that held his heart. "Are you sure my love." he said with a husky voice.
She nodded, slowly taking off her panties beneath the covers. "I've never been so sure of anything else in my life, I need you now."
He smiled and he could feel how she pulled his boxers off and her hands slowly started stroking his already hard penis. He groaned and let his hands glide down her stomach towards her pussy.
He found her already wet "Hermione, baby, you're so wet. I love it." She moaned as his fingers worked on her "That's all for you baby, now fill me like only you can."
Fabian smiled and climbed on top of her. "Here I come baby, you ready." She nodded and moaned loudly as he entered her. They fell into a nice rhythm and soon their room was filled with moans from both of them.
After a while she flipped them over, she started riding him and raked her nails over his chest. He moaned and pulled her down for a kiss. He could already feel how she was tightening up. "Fabian, my love, I'm going to cum" she panted heavily.
"I'm coming too love." She kissed him again "Lets come together. Make us one." He nodded faintly and felt how both of them came at exactly the same time. Both of them screaming each other's names as they came. Once Hermione came down from her orgasm, she settled herself next to him.
He kissed her again and gently guided her head to his chest. Soon they were back under the covers, stealing kisses from each other with lidded eyes.
Soon they fell asleep, both of them wearing smiles on their faces. Neither of them noticing Fabian was still inside of her.
…
The next morning they woke up in each other's arms still smiling as Hermione tried to sit up. She noticed she was a bit restrained and when she lifted the covers to see what it was, she blushed brightly. She shook Fabian lightly, his arms tightening around her as he slowly woke up.
"Love wake up, you're still inside of me, you need to move." She said softly. He groaned lightly and opened his eyes. He felt how tight it was around his nether's and he also looked under the covers after he saw her blush.
Now he blushed and slowly pulled out of her, getting a lovely moan from her. "You sound like you wanted me to stay inside of you." He said with a wink.
Hermione stuck her tongue out at him and walked towards the bathroom, her robe in hand. He smiled and gathered his things.
A little while later Hermione came out of the bathroom, freshly showered and her hair neatly brushed. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and gathered her own things while he went in to take a shower.
When they both were ready Luna and Ginny were already waiting for them in the sitting room. "About time you two pulled yourselves out of bed, it's almost time for breakfast." Ginny said with a smile.
"Relax Gin, we had some troubles waking up this morning." Hermione said with a smile.
Ginny laughed at that "A likely story Ms. Granger, you two probably had trouble keeping your hands to yourselves, and I know I had that problem."
Hermione blushed "No we kept it tame this morning." She muttered shyly.
Ginny gave her a quick hug "it's okay 'Mione, we still love you even if you are turning into a sex addict." She said with a smile.
Everyone laughed at that comment, even Hermione herself had to smile. "You just wait until you two get there. We'll see who is a sex addict then."
Ginny smiled at that "We'll see Hermione, now let's get going before Breakfast is gone."
Hermione smiled and nodded, and less than a minute later they were all walking towards the Great Hall.
After breakfast they walked towards Defense, today was the day that the girls would undergo the Imperius Curse. Hermione was especially nervous about this. She was afraid that he would make her tell that she loved someone else than Fabian. She wasn't sure that she could resist it.
After Moody took attendance, he started his lesson "All right class, as you all know today we will continue our lesson on the Imperius Curse. Today it will be the turn of the girls to undergo it. Ms. Patil, forward please."
Parvati shallowed audibly and slowly made her way to the front of the class. Moody cast his spell and for a while it looked like nothing happened. Parvati looked like she was getting ready to jump, but she was trying to resist very hard.
After a while she eventually jumped onto Moody's desk and started doing the can-can. Everyone had to snicker at that, except for Harry, he was looking at her with an interest. Every one of his friends knew he cared for the Indian girl, but was too shy to say something.
"Very good Ms. Patil, you resist for quite some time there. You may take your seat. Ms. Granger front and center please."
Hermione gulped and walked to the front of the class. He cast his spell again and he took a glance at Fabian 'walk towards Mr. Weasley and tell him you love him.'
She could feel how her bond was overruling the Curse and inwardly she smiled, she walked over to Fabian, dropped to one knee and said "Fabian I love you, now and forever."
Moody frowned "very good Ms. Granger, your mind is as strong as one would expect. Please retake your seat."
She smiled and took her seat once more, accepting a kiss from Fabian.
Moody watched the pair and shook his head. "Ms. Brown, you are next, front and center please."
Lavender stood and walked to the front. Moody cast his Imperius and immediately Lavender's eyes glazed over, she walked up to Ron and flung her arms round his neck, giving him a kiss."
The entire class gasped and Ron looked shocked, to overcome to do anything. Moody lowered his wand and Ron noticed how Lavender did not get off of him at first. "Your mind needs some training Ms. Brown, please retake your seat."
Lavender nodded and gave Ron a last kiss on the cheek, retaking her seat afterwards.
The rest of the class seemed to progress quickly enough, and before long everyone had been subjected to the Imperius Curse. "Very well done everyone, for the next lesson I want you to read up on the other two Curses. That will be all, class dismissed."
Everyone packed their things and walked out of the classroom, Fabian taking Hermione aside once they were outside. "I'm so proud of you baby, you did so well on resisting him." He said after giving her a kiss. Hermione smiled at him "There wasn't much to resist love, once he said I had to walk over to Ron and tell him I love him, our bond took over."
He smiled and kissed her again, soon losing himself again in her lips. After a minute she broke it "As much I would love to stand here and make out with you, we do have Transfiguration next. And we wouldn't want to piss off McGonagall, now would we?"
He nodded and together they walked towards Transfiguration, both of them wearing smiles on their faces.
…
The rest of the classes that day went by as quick as anyone would expect them, and they were glad when they could get to dinner after Muggle History.
"I'm so glad this day is over" Fabian said as he plunked himself on the bench in the Great Hall. Hermione rubbed his back in comfort, getting a few shivers from him. He smiled at her and said "You know, every time you touch me I have to resist the urge to take you to our room, you know that."
Hermione nodded "I know, and trust me, tonight it will be worth it." She said with a wink. He groaned softly "couldn't we skip dinner and go to the room now, I mean we have a functional kitchen." She smiled at him "Patience love, it will be rewarded tonight." She gave him a kiss on the cheek as consolation.
A few minutes later they were joined by Fleur, Gabrielle sitting a bit further down with Ginny and Luna. "Hey Fleur, just the person I needed to see. I was thinking, since we are all in the Tournament in one form or another, I figured we should all work together. I could give you guys the info you needed on the tasks, so you can all try and protect each other."
Fleur nodded "zat sounds like a fantastic idea Fabian, any idea 'ow we are going to meet if we are not supposed to get information of ze tasks?"
He smiled a bit mischievously. "Of course I thought of that. If it's all right with my mate and Ginny and Luna, we could use our room for this. Otherwise we have to meet outside after curfew." Fleur nodded "Zat is fine wizt me Fabian, anyzing I can to 'elp?"
He nodded "As a matter of fact I was planning to ask you if you could relay this to Viktor, then I can ask Gin and Luna if it's okay.
"Bon, I'll ask 'im later, I'm sure we can schedule somezing for zomorrow." Fleur said with a smile.
Fabian nodded, tomorrow is the Weighing of the Wands, we can do it before that, since I'm getting the information on the first task tomorrow."
Soon dinner appeared and they all set out to eat, keeping the conversation as far removed from the tournament as possible.
After dinner Fleur intercepted Viktor as he walked towards the Drumstrang ship. Fabian smiled at that, already he could see how the Champions were going to be good friends, and the first task hadn't even taken place yet. He moved to Ginny and Luna and took a seat next to Luna "Hey there baby sis, how are things going?"
Luna smiled and hugged him "Hey Fabe, they are going well, thank you. I trust you guys are doing fine too?" She asked with a smile.
Fabian nodded "we're doing fine, but there is something I wanted to ask you two."
"Well your Mum always says, ask and you shall receive, so ask away." She said with a dreamy voice. He smiled at that "I wanted to ask if it was okay if we used our room as a sort of meeting room for the Champions, since they can use all the help they can get, and since I'm the Referee I get some more information."
Ginny and Luna both smiled "of course it's okay Fabian, we know most of the Champions and just imagine the look on Ron's face if you actually befriend Viktor Krum before he has a chance to." Ginny said with a smile.
Fabian hugged them both "Thanks girls, I won't forget this, if there is anything I can do for you, you just have to ask." He said with a smile
Ginny smiled a bit mischievously and whispered in his ear "you two can try to be a bit quieter when you have sex, so we can get a good night of sleep."
He blushed brightly "We'll try to Gin, we're still looking for a way to silence our chamber so you guys won't have to hear us every night." Ginny and Luna both giggled and both kissed him on a cheek.
His blush intensified and he went back to sit with his girlfriend. "What was that about love?" she asked a bit annoyed.
He sighed and kissed her "that was another attempt of my dear sister and Ginny to embarrass me into the ground, but they were okay with the proposition to have the Champion's meetings in our room."
Hermione laughed lightly "what could they have said to embarrass you?" He sighed again and whispered "Ginny asked if we could be a bit more quiet when we have sex, so they can get a good night's sleep. I said we'll try."
She laughed again and whispered "We can try, but I doubt it will do us any good, I've noticed neither of us can keep quiet during sex." He nodded and hugged her, wanting a bit more contact with her.
Hermione leaned a bit more into their hug and said "I think it's time we retired to our room love, I believe you have a surprise waiting." She said with a wink.
He swallowed and nodded, following her as if he was on an invisible string. Harry saw them leave and smiled. He knew the bond they shared with each other wasn't an easy one, but he still couldn't really comprehend what it all meant. It always looked like they were actually connected by an invisible string. If you saw one move, the other was not far behind.
He shook his head, one day he would probably understand their relationship, but right now he would try to be a good friend to them both, he figured it couldn't be easy for either of them, with Hermione being a Champion and Fabian being the Referee. He was nervous enough being picked himself, but he also knew that both of them would try and protect him. They both worked that way.
He sighed and got up, making his way to the Gryffindor Common Room to do his homework for today. He was glad tomorrow was Saturday so he could at least sleep in.