Bonded Souls
C37: The Second Task
Standard Disclaimer, I don't own any of the recognizable characters.
When they arrived at the Lake, they saw that everyone was already seated, most of them wearing a blanket around their shoulders. It was still cold outside, even if it was almost March.
They were led towards a pier where Mr. Filch was already waiting with his trusty cannon.
Dumbledore stepped up to a small stage and smiled at the students "Good morning everyone to The Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament. Last night something was taken from our Champions and it was placed at the bottom of the Black Lake. They have only one hour to retrieve it, all under the watchful eye of our Referee, Mr. Krum and Mr. Potter will be the first to enter the Lake and will be closely followed by Ms. Granger and Ms. Black."
He then turned to the Champions. "Mr. Krum, Mr. Potter, you may dive in at the sound of the cannon, which will sound once Mr. Black is in the water."
Fabian smiled at that "Then I'll make my way to the water, the sooner we can start this, the sooner we can get this done." He said as he flashed a quick wink to Hermione and Fleur.
He walked outside and threw off his robes, ignoring the whistling from most of the girls. He dove in the water and quickly applied his charm to keep his temperature under control.
The cannon sounded about a minute later and once Harry had swallowed his Gillyweed, He and Viktor dove in.
They both dove under the surface and Fabian saw how Viktor Transfigured part of his body to a shark before they went out of sight.
Another minute passed when the cannon sounded again. He saw how his mates walked out and threw off their robes, hearing cat calls and whistling from the stands.
On the inside he was getting pissed at all of those boys lusting after his mates, but on the outside he could see that Hermione and Fleur had their eyes locked on his.
He smiled slightly as they dove in and quickly dove down and out of sight. He then applied his Bubblehead and dove down, ready to go rescue his mates and friends.
He saw that they were waiting for him just out of sight of the crowd above and it made him smile.
Once they saw him approaching, they swam down, everyone watching each other's back for any threat around them.
It took them maybe twenty minutes before they saw the Mermaid Castle. And it was obvious that Parvati, Natasha, Bella and Yvette were unconscious, but had a Bubblehead placed around them. Fabian sighed in relief but still had to fight the urge to free them himself.
The Champions had also seen their hostages and swam down to free them, Fabian close in pursuit. He could see the Mermaids that were on alert, but when they saw him, seemed to relax. He gave them a nod and saw how everyone was swimming back towards him, all of them with their hostages in their arms.
They all looked to him once they were close and he nodded, giving them the signal to swim back up.
As they made their way back up Fabian had to smile when he saw Yvette and Bella stir in his mate's arms.
About ten minutes later they were at the surface again, all of them stopping just out of sight of everyone above. "Remember, surface all at once. That way they'll look to me to give extra points." He said as best he could through his charm.
They nodded and swam up as one, Fabian swimming closely behind them. There was a reason beyond the rules of the Task that he did this, but it was something he would never admit out loud. From here he had a perfect view on both Fleur and Hermione's butt, and it was the most glorious sight he had ever seen.
When the Champions resurfaced, it was under loud applause of everyone, and once he resurfaced he saw the shocked looks of the judges. Inwardly he smiled and swam towards Hermione, who still had Bella in her arms. He didn't care who saw, but he kissed them both deeply, smiling as Bella opened her eyes. "Hey love, you okay?" he asked softly.
Bella smiled and kissed him again "I'm fine love, but aren't you afraid there will be talk after everyone has seen this?" Bella said a bit concerned.
He smirked at that "Let them talk, I don't want to hide my feelings for any of you anymore." He said as Fleur and Yvette swam up to them. He then pulled them into a deep kiss, letting his love flow into it. He didn't notice the gasps from the stands. But instead softly stroked Yvette's cheek. "You okay baby?"
Yvette nodded and kissed him "I'm fine, even better now that we are all back in your arms again." she said smiling.
He smiled and looked towards the others, who were currently still in each other's arms and kissing each other deeply.
"I think we should tell the lovebirds that we should get out so we can get our scores. It's getting cold in here." He said smiling.
The girls nodded and swam to shore while Fabian swam towards Harry and Viktor. "If you four are ready, we should really get our scores and continue this on land, it's getting cold in this Lake." He said smiling to them.
The two couples smiled and only nodded at him, swimming with him to shore where Ginny and Luna were already waiting for them with robes and towels for all of them.
After a quick round of hugs they made their way towards the judges table. "Great show, every single one of you, but since you all resurfaced at the same time, it is up to Mr. Black to determine your scores." Mr. Bagman said smiling brightly at them.
Fabian smiled at that "Well it is not easy to score these amazing performances, but I saw that Mr. Krum and Mr. Potter were just slightly faster to get to their hostages then Ms. Black and Ms. Granger, So what I would believe that is fairest is to have them go into the Third Task tied at fifty points each. That way we should have a real challenge for the Final Task." He finished with a smile.
Bagman smiled and turned to Crouch shortly. "And you called me crazy when I suggested a Student Referee, Barty." He then turned towards the crowd. "Everyone, the scores are in. Due to the outstanding performances of everyone involved, we have decided that for the Final Task all of your Champions will be completely equal at fifty points each. And now may I have an enormous applause for your Champions and Referee. The Final Task will take place on the 24th of June, and in the coming months we will share what information we can with you." He finished as the crowd erupted in applause.
Once everyone had quieted down a bit Dumbledore took the stage again. "And of course just as with the First Task, everyone is free from classes tomorrow, and of course lunch is waiting for everyone in the Great Hall.
No one that had been in the water heard it, since they were again in each other's arms, entirely closed off from the rest of the world. This was more true for Fabian and his four mates, all of them sharing kisses between each other while they held each other tight.
They didn't even notice Professor Dumbledore walking up to them "I think the Bond the five of you share is going to be big news." He said softly.
Fabian smiled at that "We don't care Headmaster, we don't want to hide how much we love each other anymore. We can't cope with that pain anymore." He said smiling at his mates.
"I understand my boy, but what are you going to say to anyone who asks?" He asked curiously.
Again Fabian smiled "The same thing we have told anybody else. The truth. They will just have to accept it." He said confidently.
Dumbledore just nodded and smiled "I suppose that will be good enough for most, but I believe lunch and your mothers are waiting for you." He said with a smile.
He nodded and turned back to his mates." Ready my lovelies?" He asked softly.
They nodded and kissed him "Of course we are brozer. This will be loads better zen after ze First Task." Fleur said smiling as she wrapped an arm around Yvette.
Yvette and Bella both wrapped and arm around him while Hermione wrapped one around Bella and together they walked back towards school, all of them glad to be in each other's arms again.
…
As they entered the Great Hall they noticed that besides their mothers, Harry's Aunt and nephew were also there, Harry and Parvati talking to them with smiles on their faces.
They saw how Eliza, Narcissa, Draco, Pansy and Gabby came towards them, all of the with big smiles on their faces. Gabrielle was currently in the lead and made a beeline towards her big brother.
She jumped into his arms and hugged him tightly "I'm so glad you are all okay, we were so worried about you." She said softly.
"We're okay Gabby, I had our sister and my fiancé to keep me safe." He said smiling.
He set her down and smiled as she jumped into her sisters' arms. The process was repeated with Hermione, Bella and Yvette, and by now Narcissa and the others had reached them. He was pulled into a three way hug by both of his mothers who smiled at him. "We're so glad you are okay Fabian. We were really worried about you." Narcissa said softly.
"We're all okay Mum, we kept each other safe, just like we promised. And we will continue to keep each other safe until the very end." He said softly.
They both smiled and kissed his cheek "we're glad to hear that baby, we are so proud of the men you have become. You and your brother both." Eliza said smiling.
"Thanks Mum. As always your support means so much to me." He said smiling.
They both gave him another kiss on the cheek and then moved on to hug the others.
Draco slapped him on the back with a smile. "your actions provoked a lot brother, everyone is talking about the kisses you shared with the girls." He said softly.
"Let them talk, I don't care anymore, I love them all and no one is going to change that." He said with a confident look.
"How is that possible Fabe, I thought that Hermione was your mate." Draco said confused.
"If you two come to our room after lunch I'll tell you everything you want to know. But I want to apologize that I didn't tell you before. I kind of forgot." He said with a blush.
Draco nodded and smiled "It's okay Fabe, I understand. But I'm looking forward to your explanation." Draco said softly.
Fabian smiled and hugged both him and Pansy. "Thanks you two, your support means so much to me." He said smiling.
Draco and Pansy smiled and hugged him a bit tighter, Pansy standing on her toes and softly kissing his cheek. "don't mention it Fabian, we are a family now. And your girlfriends are my best friends, so how can I be anything else but happy for all of you." She said smiling.
Hermione walked up to them and wrapped her arms around her fiancé. "Any particular reason you are kissing my fiancé Pansy?" She said smiling.
"Not particular, I just wanted to thank him for everything he had done for all of us. I felt he deserved that." The raven haired witch said smiling.
Hermione smiled at that "That's fine Pansy, I was mostly teasing. I know you are madly in love with his brother, and you are one of my best friends too, so I understand it." She said softly.
The two girls hugged each other and smiled "It means so much to hear you say that 'mione, I'm glad you consider me on of your friends." Pansy said smiling.
Hermione just smiled and tightened her hug "Of course you are a friend to me, why wouldn't you be. We both love boys from the same family, it's only natural that we become closer. I mean we both need someone to talk to concerning our boyfriends." She said with a smile.
Pansy laughed lightly. "You're right, and we both know them so well it's only to be expected we talk to each other about them." She said with a smile.
Hermione nodded and saw how both Draco and Fabian looked at them with a pout. "Are we that bad love?" Draco asked softly.
Pansy just smiled at him "No baby, you're not that bad, but girls sometimes need to gossip about their boyfriends, it's just part of who we are." She said softly after giving him a kiss.
Hermione smiled at her fiancé and wrapped her arms around him "Don't worry love, you have come out of that pretty unscathed to this point." She said with a wink
At this point both Draco and Fabian were blushing, but both were saved by their sister. "Zat is enough teasing my brozers. You two know zat zey both never would do anyzing to embarrass you." She said smiling.
Both Pansy and Hermione mock glared at her. "Okay Fleur, we're sorry. We know they love us. We were only teasing them, it's good for them to loosen up sometimes." Hermione said with a wink to her lover.
Fleur shook her head at that "Zat is true, but for now let's get somezing to eat and then go to our room, I believe we 'ave some explaining to do." She said softly.
All of them nodded and took a seat at the table were lunch had just appeared. Hermione and Pansy filled a plate for their boyfriends and gave them a soft kiss before they started eating.
…
After lunch Draco and Pansy followed them towards their room, both of them a bit curious about how it would look, since they hadn't seen it since Fabian's birthday.
As they entered the room they were surprised to see that not much had changed since they were here last. "Im surprised at you Fabe, I would have expected a lot more changes to this room, given everything that's happened. He said with a big smile.
Fabian smiled and shook his head. "We can't change too much here Draco, since we still share this part with Ginny and Luna. Our bedroom however has had a lot of changes." He said with a smile.
Draco nodded and took a seat next to his girlfriend, feeling how her arm quickly wrapped around his waist. He smiled and softly kissed her, seeing the love in her eyes.
Fabian and the girls had by now also taken a seat on the other couch and Draco noticed that all of them were in contact with him in some way.
"I suppose you want to know what is going on with us? It is a bit of a long story , but I'll explain as much as I can. When we came home for the Holidays, Hermione and I noticed that there were some things that shouldn't be possible, considering the Bond we had. Now I have told you the bond I had with Fleur before my father forbade the contact. When we were home again, I realized we both had fallen madly in love with both her and Yvette. And when Bella came back to us, I was so angry at those bastards that did that to her. Some more things happened, which I'll save you the details from, and after the wedding we decided to do some research. We found out that Hermione, Fleur, Yvette and Bella are all my mates in what they call a Polyamorous Bond. Since we found out we hadn't spent a night apart before yesterday, and it hurt so much when Bella and Yvette weren't there. That is why I kissed them when we were back up." He finished with a wistful smile.
Draco and Pansy both looked a bit shocked at that "That sounds big, Fabe but it easy to see that you are telling the truth. Just looking at all of you I can see you all love each other, but I do have a question. Isn't there any jealousy between you. I mean I've seen how Hermione looked at the girls who were whistling at you today."
Fabian smiled at that figuring that question would come "between the five of us there is absolutely no jealousy. And the fact that Fleur and Hermione glared at those girls is easily explained. They are all a bit possessive of me to anyone outside our Bond, the same as I am a bit possessive of them. The only one who no one is jealous off that isn't in our Bond is Luna. But you know how I feel about her." He said smiling.
Draco smiled at that "That is so awesome, you are living the dream of most boys who don't have girlfriends yet. You basically got a Harem of beautiful women in your bed every night."
Fabian laughed at that "That's one way to look at it, but it's not really a harem, more a sort of Coven. We just know we found our forever with each other, and we all love each other deeply." He said smiling.
"I have another question though, how do you guys manage the sleeping arrangements if you feel pain if they aren't here. Because I don't think that Fleur, Yvette and Bella sleep in there with you." Pansy said a bit confused.
Again Fabian smiled "Well, they actually do sleep with me, Dumbledore knows about our Bond and he knows what the consequences are to keeping mates apart. As for sleeping arrangements it's best if we just show you." He said softly.
Both Draco and Pansy nodded and followed towards their bedroom. Both of them gasping softly as they entered.
"I know, it's bigger than it looks from the outside, one of the perks of this room is that it changes itself based on our needs. The bed is something Bella came up with. The bed gives us the possibility to cuddle up to each other, while we are all in contact with each other." He said smiling.
"This room is amazing Fabe, and it's awesome that they allowed all of you to stay here until you're out of school." Pansy said with a smile.
"Funny you should mention that Pansy. Because there is another thing we wanted to tell you two. As of next year both Fleur and Yvette will join us in fifth year, and Gabrielle will join Gin and Luna in fourth."
Draco laughed lightly and got a few confused looks from the others. "It's nothing big, just thinking that next year our family will be as much represented as the Weasley's. Just thought that was a fun fact." He said smiling.
Fabian smiled slightly, figuring that their family would be bigger by this time next year. "I think you're right brother, it is a funny how things can go, aren't they." He said smiling.
All of them nodded and Fabian led them back towards the living room where they continued to talk for a while longer.
Once Draco and Pansy made their way back towards the Slytherin Common Room, Fabian looked to his mates. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm spent, what do you think about a nap until dinner?" He asked them softly.
The girls just nodded and followed him back towards the bedroom, all of them clearly tired of everything they had been through today.
They quickly took off their clothes and cuddled up to each other, all of them connected in one way or another.
…
A few hours later Fabian woke up, he noticed that his mates were still fast asleep, each of them holding each other tightly.
He had to smile and slowly got out of bed. He needed a shower and he needed some time to gather his thoughts. Originally he had intended to propose to Bella, Yvette and Fleur separately over the course of the year, but after today he knew that would be impossible. He had to propose to them at the same time, and he would do so tonight. He just needed to ask Jupi to bring him the rings he had bought for them, and then he needed to find a way to create a romantic setting in which he could propose.
As he stepped into the shower he sighed. He was relieved that he had his mates back, but at the same time dread was setting in his mind. He knew what was probably going to happen at the Third Task and he wanted to shield all of them from that, but he knew it wasn't going to be possible so he would keep them as close as possible. His plan was to get married this summer, while they were still free from school and any other obligations.
He sighed again and raised his eyes to the spray, letting the water wash away the tears that were forming in his eyes. He angrily wiped them away and sagged down onto the floor of the shower, unable to stop the tears anymore.
He could hear the voice of his father in his head 'you're not good enough for them, you'll never be good enough for them, why would you, you're just a boy, never good enough for anyone, everyone hates you.'
"No, you're wrong, they love me, and I will be good enough for them, even if it takes my entire life to prove it. NOW, GET, OUT, OF, MY, DAMN, HEAD!" he yelled finally.
He punched the wall a few times and then got up, looking at his now bloodied knuckles. He shook his head, knowing he needed to get his temper back under control. He took a few deep breaths and then turned off the shower. W
When he stepped out of the bathroom he saw that all of his mates were in the door opening with worried looks on their faces. "Are you okay love?" Yvette asked softly.
He smiled faintly and wrapped them into a hug "I am now girls, thank you." He said softly.
They smiled at him before Fleur saw his bloodied knuckles. "You are not okay brozer, come on, we'll get zat taken care of and zen you can zell us what is wrong wizt you." She said softly.
He nodded and followed them towards the bedroom, letting himself be guided to the bed by his mates.
Fleur softly kissed him and wrapped his hands with a bandage. She then placed a soft kiss on them and smiled at him "Zere, all better, now care to zell us what is wrong?" "he asked him gently.
He nodded and took a deep breath. "I heard the voice of my father in my head saying that I would never be good enough for any of you. I'm trying to convince myself that I am good enough for you, even if I have to prove that until the day I die." He said sniffing a bit.
He was then pulled into a hug by all of his mates, all of them kissing him softly. "Love listen to me, you are always good enough for us, we all love you and we always will." Hermione said softly.
"Thank you, all of you. I love you all so much, thank you for believing in me. It means so much to me." He said with a smile.
"Don't mention it love, we just want you to be better, we love you too much to see you in pain." Bella said softly.
He kissed them again and smiled as he was guided down to the matrass, all four of them tracing kisses down his chest. "Because for once you are the one that needs comforting, you are in charge tonight." Yvette said with a smile.
"That's nice girls, and I have an idea. We have done this before, but what I would love most now is for all of you to pleasure me. I need to feel you all close to me tonight." He said with a sad smile.
"Your wish is our command love, lie back and enjoy." Hermione whispered as she softly started stroking him.
He groaned and smiled as Bella and Fleur once again put his now hard dick between their breasts while Hermione and Yvette started licking his penis in tandem. He knew he wouldn't last long, but he tried to delay his orgasm as long as possible.
At some point the girls switched, which got a loud moan from him when he felt Hermione and Yvette's breasts wrap around his penis. "I'm loving the fact that your tits are getting bigger love." He said softly to his fiancé.
Hermione blushed "Thanks love, since the moment we first had sex I wanted to be able to do this to you." She said with a smile.
He moaned again and smiled at her "I know love, I wanted the same thing, but I know you were a bit insecure about your breast size." He said softly.
She smiled and quickly kissed him, letting her love flow into the kiss.
When she broke their kiss she kissed her way back to his penis, wrapping her breasts around his cock once she got there. She then kissed Yvette and together they started rubbing his penis between their breasts, both of them moaning loudly every time their nipples came in contact with each other.
He couldn't last anymore, the combined pleasure he was getting from them was just too much for him to take. "I'm going to come girls." He panted roughly.
They smiled at him "It's okay love, you can let go." Bella said smiling.
He nodded and a few seconds later he coated their faces with his load. He smiled a bit goofy and groaned as the girls started licking it from each other.
Once they were clean again, they all laid down beside him, all of them quickly seeking contact with him. "You feel better now love?" Bella asked softly.
He nodded and kissed them all softly "I do, I feel loads better, thank you for helping me through this. I know I'm not easy to live with, but I promise I'll try to work on that." He said with a smile.
"We understand love, and we know that we too have our quirks. That's what's being in a relationship is about, accepting those quirks and love the person behind them. And it is especially important to do in a relationship as ours, where we all have to accept everyone's quirks. But at the end of the day, we still love each other. That is what makes this work. Our love for each other." Bella said smiling.
He nodded and guided Bella and Yvette down to his chest, Hermione and Fleur cuddling up behind them. "I love you girls, sweet dreams." He murmured softly.
"We love you too brozer, Bon Nuit." Fleur said softly, but her words fell to deaf ears, since her brother had already fallen asleep.