Hey Everyone,
I had to re-work the chapter. The powers that be asked, and I felt weird about it anyways, so yup, keeping everyone with metaphoric blue balls. Hope this is a decent re-write for ya'll.
Thanks for your support,
Snow
Getting There
"What do wish for in the future my love?" it was a whispered question from one half of her heart.
"You ask me this every morning since we woke up," Hermione said softly with a smile.
"Yes, but I never tire of hearing it," Narcissa said as she kissed Hermione's temple. Hermione smiled.
Fleur opened her eyes and saw Hermione curled into Narcissa with the woman's arms around her. Fleur watched them. She saw how far they had come in the month they were apart and part of her heart panged. She wished she could be apart of it. Then her hand was clutched. Hermione held her hand as she slept. Hermione never seemed to let her go. Fleur scooched closer to the women and saw twin smiles stretch over their lips.
"You know already," Hermione said smiling.
"But I don't," Fleur said voice horse from sleep. Narcissa lifted her arm and let both of her lovers cuddle onto her. Both very careful of her wound, but Narcissa nodded as Fleur asked quietly if this was alright and Hermione never moved. It seemed as if Hermione was saving a place for Fleur to come back to.
"I wish for when this is all over, we could buy a place here in France, in the country. Lush green fields, possibly surrounded by high hills or mountains, and have a bee farm. Grow local honey and sell it. Make them artesian, with cinnamon and orange, lemon or lavender. I wish for a small home, but open and spacious. I don't need a mansion, or manor, as long as I have you both," Hermione said and Fleur clutched her hand and Narcissa squeezed her.
"I wish for children to run the halls of our home, dogs and cats running about living in harmony, loving and sharing the same space," Hermione swallowed, "I wish to survive the war," Hermione said and then moved her head. Fleur watched the love in which Hermione kissed Narcissa's chin and then shifted and kissed both of Fleur's eye lids and then her lips.
"We missed you lover," Hermione whispered. Fleur smiled as she felt tears threatening to slip from her eyes.
"Please tell me how you both became so close. I feel like I am a third wheel on a never-ending date," Fleur confessed and Hermione pulled out of Narcissa's arms and sat up so the three of them could see each other.
"We died, but Blake stored part of our soul in his jars. Andy got us here and shoved so much of the antidote into Hermione that Andy almost gave up until Blake finally arrived. He said he was taking care of you," Narcissa said as she rolled onto Fleur reaching for the string and the gem. Fleur breath caught. She never had Narcissa like this, never in her arms available, and hers. Narcissa kissed her lips and both women breathed through their kiss, and felt their world tilt back on the right axis. Narcissa smiled and came back with the item. She placed it on the sheet that covered Fleur's chest.
"No one really talks of their experiences under the Living Death potion and Hermione knows why now," Narcissa looked to Hermione and Fleur followed her gaze to the woman on the bed. She looked like she aged a few years. She was still young but not the 16 she was before.
"You worse nightmares occur while you are under that potion," Hermione whispered looking at the designs on the comforter, "People killed before you. People you love and adore, and in a thousand different ways. You being killed in just as many if not more while your loved ones watched," Hermione's breath caught, "In the time it took to get to Andy I gave up. I was wounded so deeply, then the potion… it was too much. I couldn't watch you both die one more time so I let go. I couldn't be tortured as you watched one more time so I gave up," Hermione looked at both of her lovers.
"I am so sorry I gave up," Hermione said and Narcissa nodded and Fleur sat up against the same headboard with Narcissa. They both opened their arms for her and she gently crawled in to them. She lay chest down between them. On lee over Fleur's pinning her to the mattress, and her nose buried into Narcissa's side. Narcissa immediately looked to Fleur and began to stoke Hermione's back. Fleur took the cue and slowly drew circles over her lovers back as Narcissa stroked up and down the arm that she threw over Narcissa's lap. It was awkward, and uncomfortable, but it worked for them.
"When she woke up it wasn't some fantastic jerk it was a slow opening of the eyes and Poppy was there to welcome her back from the land of the dead first. Once she woke up it was like a chain of events. She got just a tad stronger and asked where I was and they told her I was in this room. In the middle of the night she hobbled into my room where she found me in a coma. She lay down next to me, talked to me, told me she loved me, she would do anything for me and you. I could hear every word in my coma. The next morning Andy found us curled around the other. She woke Hermione and as she woke our girl, I followed as they tried to make her go back to her room. Hermione gently walked back to this bed and lay with me. We simply looked to the other, thanking any deity that would listen," Narcissa leaned her head back and swallowed.
"I should not be here but she brought me back, you both brought me back," Narcissa exhaled, "Blake saved us, but you both had me tethered to this world. Hermione was furious for days. She never wanted Blake to play with our souls, but he recognized a bad situation. We have been waiting for you my love," Narcissa and Hermione cuddled them both from her awkward position.
"What do I have to do with any of this? What do I have to do with the bond you both seem to already have?" Fleur asked but tried not to sound like a child. Narcissa tilted Fleur's chin and she kissed Fleur's lips.
"Your stone has a piece of all our souls in it, and can only be activated by your touch and intention to heal," Narcissa said softly hoping to pull the sting out of the issue.
"If I take this stone in my hand and simply wish for you both, I could have us healed and whole, and we are one?' Fleur asked and Narcissa nodded.
"Another reason why Hermione is upset with Blake is that by doing this be bonded us. He merged our souls for our survival. The only reason why Hermione and I are so close is because we have been together just a little bit longer. Soon my love you will feel as we do, listen as we do, and know just like we do," Narcissa said.
"Or so that's the theory," Hermione muffled from Narcissa's side. Fleur took the string and Hermione turned her head and Fleur took a breath.
"Will I have nightmares?" she asked.
"You will see what we do. So basically, we are all apart of each other's dreams, and nightmares," Hermione looked to Narcissa and there was a nod.
"Narcissa and I have gained small abilities. I can feel people. Their intentions their worries. Basically, I'm an empath. Narcissa is a reader, almost enough to read one's mind but its more of an accurate intuit. We are both excited to see what your little ability in this would be," Hermione smiled. Fleur smiled. Hermione always knew how to talk to her, see her, and now she knew how and why. Empath, and a reader.
"I'll share everything with you both? Dreams, nightmares, thoughts and desires?" Fleur asked softly. Both Hermione and Narcissa nodded.
Fleur took a deep breath and closed her hand around the gem. She felt it warm slightly and opened her eyes. She watched as a soft mist flowed from the stone to each of them. Each of them took a gasp of air as the mist entered into their chest. Fleur watched as Hermione and Narcissa doubled over. They fell unconscious. Fleur stood up on wobbly legs and tried for the door but dropped.
"Blake!" Fleur yelled and the little elf popped to her immediately then looked around. He sighed as he helped Fleur stand up and get back to the bed.
"Thank you for doing this in bed," he said as he pooped around putting the three of them in the large bed. Fleur in the middle as Narcissa and Hermione curled in on her. She looked down as she felt her entire being come back to her. She felt amazing, yet weak.
"They had their souls yanked out and now put back in. Its hard for them. Their souls are also still returning to them from the vail," Blake said as he sat on the bed. Fleur glared at him.
"You tore their souls from us, how could you?" she gritted and then he shook his head, "What?"
"She asked the same exact thing," he said as he pointed to Hermione. Fleur looked down.
"Well she has a point," she said.
"She profusely thanked me," he pointed to Narcissa, "The bloody witch even hugged me," he said with a shudder. Fleur smirked, then looked at her lovers.
"Will they be alright?" she asked. He nodded his head.
"I am beyond apologetic for unintentionally bonding you," the elf said and Fleur watched him.
"Did you know that would happen?" she asked and his ears fell forward.
"No, but my mistress, or one I would choose to be my mistress, was dying. I could not let that happen for you, for her, or for myself. I am not a house elf, you know this, but any allegiance from an elf to a witch, wizard, or even a muggle requires faith and love in that bond. She gave it to me. She treated me as an equal. That was all I ever wanted in this life, and she gave it to me with nary a moment of really knowing of me," Blake slid from the bed to the floor, "I'll get Lady Andy. She is here for the moment."
Fleur looked down on her two loves. They fought so hard while she mopped around an estate and thought little of their deaths. She thought about her loss, her heart being ripped to shreds, not the deaths that caused it. She pulled them tightly to her. She vowed she would believe in them in the future. Andromeda came through the door and smiled lovingly at the sight.
"So, you decided to clench the gem?" she asked with a warm smile on her lips as she did her diagnostics. There was a frown here and there but she smiled softly back to Fleur. She hopped up on the end of the bed and lay across and leaned her head on her head.
"Now tell me everything," Andy said.
"I… uh, what do you mean?' Fleur said as she clutched her lovers tightly to her.
"I don't mean that," she said rolling her eyes, "How do you feel? Better, lighter, whole, still missing something, regrets or none at all? Ya know, everything, but for the moment lets keep it for your health. How are you feeling?" Andy asked as she grabbed Fleur's foot and wiggled it. Fleur chuckled and looked down.
"I feel like I am dreaming and I am waiting to wake up and find they are still gone," Fleur said honestly as she kissed one then the other on the head. Andy smiled and nodded.
"You are most definitely not dreaming. This is real. How do you feel now, your Veela?" Andy's question caught her off guard. She had to think and she closed her eyes. She saw her battered and beaten Veela hunched on a stump in a desecrated forest. But she looked around the familiar dead forest was beginning to bloom with buds, and green leaves.
"We are coming back, but I think it will take some time. We were both destroyed. We need to rebuild," Fleur looked down, and then looked at Andy, "But I think it might not take as long as we feared," Fleur let her thrall drift over her lovers, cover them in pleasant dreams. She looked up and Andromeda watched her. Her eyes were wide, her pupils blown. Fleur looked in to Andy's eyes.
"That was and interesting bit of healing magic little Veela," Andromeda said blushing and breathy as she sat up and closed her eyes. Fleur tilted her head. Then Andy opened her eyes.
"You can fight the thrall?" Fleur asked amused.
"Since that one woke up, she has been unintentionally throwing in around. It's like something unlocked in her. Don't get me wrong, Narcissa has always been able to entice and encourage people to do her bidding. We just never realized it was a very small watered down Veela thrall. Since she woke up, she is actually blonder, and more in tune to almost everything around her, especially you and Hermione. Even though you are not Veela bonded yet, you are all bonded by your love and Blake's protective fuck up," Andy explained.
"She is embracing her Veela?" Fleur asked and then smiled, "She has to go to my grandmother. She can help her," Fleur said and then something hit her, "Why did Hermione say she wanted to survive a war?"
Andromeda shifted and sighed.
"She needs to go back Fleur," Andy said softly. Fleur sighed and nodded.
"She needs to finish school," Fleur said.
"Fuck that, we are in France right now not more than 200 kilometers from Beauxbatons, she could go anywhere," Andy said and Fleur looked up, "She needs to go back for Harry. When she woke and told us of the people around him, the possible betrayal the boy might have around him, he needs protection, and Hermione vowed to go back for him. Hermione is honestly the best chance at a body guard the boy could have."
Fleur nodded and then thought.
"How long until school begins?" Fleur asked.
"About a month and a week, September 1st she has to be on the train, or so to speak," Andy supplied and then Fleur edged out from between the two women.
"We need to get cooking," Fleur said as she found her feet not fighting her this time. Andromeda narrowed her eyes at her and Fleur looked back. You are about to learn a Veela potion that only Poppy knows if she can remember it. I need," Fleur thought of the damage soulfully, emotionally, and physically, "20 big fat drops of mine Hermione's and Narcissa's Blood, and tears," Fleur said as she placed her hand on Andromeda's forearm.
"It's that potion isn't it?" Andromeda asked.
"Yes, but slightly altered. We have to heal us all, and we have to up open Narcissa and put her potion in her wound and then make a paste to close up the wound again. How are Hermione's wounds? Cursed or anything of the sort?" Fleur asked as Andromeda led her to a large kitchen and sat her on a stool.
"Her wounds were deep, oh so deep but not cursed," Andromeda said as she brought Fleur some orange juice. Fleur nodded.
"Make it 25 fat drops of blood as many tears as we can cry and I have a feeling we can fill vials with what we have gone through," Fleur said and Andy nodded making notes.
"We will need murlap, not a lot, but quite a bit, water, blood, tears, powder for a paste…" Fleur was thinking as she was ticking off items and Andromeda was taking notes like a grocery list, "Ah-ha! Dreamless sleep, enough for about 30 drops," Fleur said and Andromeda gasped.
"If I heard correctly, we are all about to be tied to the other and their fore in each other's heads. We need to heal, not experience the others nightmares. Dreamless sleep it is. Also, something to numb out Narcissa. She seems to be resilient to potions," Fleur comments and Andromeda Nodded.
"We had to be. The House of Black was always targeted so our father made us immune to a lot of potions over the years by slipping it into our food and drink," Andromeda supplied, "How about a local anesthetic, like the muggles use. I can get myself some of those. I have a friend," Andromeda supplied and Fleur nodded.
"Excellent idea, let me know the cost and I will get it to you as soon as possible," Fleur said and then Andromeda paused.
"I thought I would take it from Cissa's account at Gringotts once they are alerted of her non-death. How are you able to afford this?" she asked and the Fleur sighed.
"Well... the Delacour's, we are the leading veela clan, and some of the most wealthiest people, not just witches but people in the nation. I think I can afford to get a small batch of professional grade lidocaine or something stronger for my lovers," Fleur said and Andromeda shut her mouth.
"You know muggle medicine? Of course, you know muggle medicine but lidocaine may not work. Because of the wound we may have to go for some morphine," Andromeda said and Fleur shook her head.
"Get the lidocaine and then the morphine for a drip. The morphine for later but not immediately because it flows through out her whole system might interfere with the potion. I want to keep it as localized as possible. So how about a potion to knock her out, keep her knocked out and the lidocaine, and then morphine IF we need it," Fleur said covering her bases, "I don't think we will but having it on had won't hurt especially where the wound is," Fleur offered and Andromeda nodded. She looked at her list.
"We can get everything except the muggle meds from Poppy. She would be happy to help," Andy said with a smile and then Fleur grinned.
"Tell the nurse to let go of the professor long enough to send me the supplies, it would be grateful," Fleur said cheekily and Andromeda left by Floo then burst back in.
"The muggle meds?"
"I'll pay you back," Fleur said and Andromeda was out the door. She owled her mother. She found her mates alive but she needed to send Andromeda Tonks 10,000 galleons for care and supplies. All was well for getting there. She knew her mother would do it. She would simply tell Andromeda to keep the remaining Galleons as a dowry for her lover.
Fleur gathered a very large bowl and went to her lovers. She looked at them tangled together and now she knew why and smiled.
"Bonjour," Fleur said lightly as she shook the bedspread. Hermione grumbled and cursed any person willing to wake her up and Fleur chuckled. That brought Hermine to her senses immediately. She looked up and found her lover and smiled.
"I thought you were a dream," Hermione said and Fleur shook her head.
"Non, amour, I am not a dream. I am here, flesh and blood and today, we will begin healing," Fleur said and Hermione smiled. She reached for Fleur and the witches met in the middle. Kissing had become a way of solidifying lives, reassuring they were the person they were bonded to, and in this case, to tell the other that they were alive. But Fleur had to break their kiss.
"Please little Lionne," Fleur said as she broke away.
"I am never going to get over seeing the sight of you two," came a voice from beside them. Narcissa sighed and smiled as if she were a cat with a bowl of crème. Fleur and Hermione looked to the other and both smiled lecherously and Narcissa's smile slipped but never fully fell.
Two bodies crawled up either side of Narcissa, and the witch was nothing more than sighs and moans. She loved these two witches and after what she went through, she would never love another two people in her entire life the way she loved Hermione and Fleur. She was always a dominant but with these two, the situation, she knew they could and would work her over like a dream. Narcissa lifted her hand and held Hermione's head to her throat, and the Fleur's head to her breast. It was divine. Narcissa kicked out and the bowl Fleur came with crashed to the floor and shattered but the three women were not deterred from the others quest to bring pleasure to the other.
"Fleur do you need… help? I guess not," Andromeda asked. Fleur giggled on Narcissa clothed nipple and Hermione laughed against Narcissa's throat as Narcissa's head landed hard against the head board.
"My sister knows I love her, but is it too soon to light her ass on fire for this?" Narcissa asked and then Fleur and Hermione settled into her. Narcissa wrapped her arms around her mates. She had not felt this good in years despite the wound in her chest.
"I love you," Fleur said to them both. After the past month she felt she needed to say it every moment she could. She thought she lost them, and she silent vowed she would tell them she loved them every moment she could.
"I love you too, my little Veela," Narcissa said and Hermione sighed.
"I feel good. I missed you both together so fiercely. I know this will sound impatient but when can we compete the Veela bond?" Hermione asked. Fleur swallowed, and looked from her delicious lovers, and went to the end of the bed after finding her wand and fixed the smashed bowl, and then accioed it to her. Narcissa and Hermione looked at Fleur.
"After we heal you both," Fleur said and Narcissa raised her eyebrow.
"Is it the same potion?" Narcissa asked and Fleur nodded.
"But we will all take it. There is something we all need to heal, whether it is emotional, physical, or soulful. However, Narcissa we will have to wait a little bit for you to complete yours," Fleur said as she reached for her wand and sliced her hand open. Hermione gasped as began counting.
"Why is that?" she asked put out.
"Your wound, we will have to treat it like Poppy and I did with Hermione. And because of where it is, there is a risk of more pain than normal," Fleur explained as she counted halfway through her blood donation, "Andy is getting lidocaine to numb the area," Fleur said. Narcissa thought. It would be a good idea, and Andy was almost as good a healer as she was… almost.
"I understand, how long will it take to get the muggle supplies?" Narcissa asked and then Fleur reached out for Narcissa's hand. Absolute trust was given as Fleur whispered a spell and took the sling out of Narcissa's cut as she sliced her palm.
"I could not bare to see you in pain my love," Fleur said and Narcissa smile softly but a blush to her neck and cheeks.
"Fleur give me your wand and let's get this over with," Hermione said and Fleur smiled as Hermione made the same cut upon her skin after Fleur spoke her spell over Hermione's palm.
"I am not sure but we can talk to Andy as soon as we are done with the collection," Fleur said and then sighed, "I don't know if I could cry after what we just did. It was so beautiful," Fleur said and Narcissa and Hermione smiled.
"I can wait to learn how to make the potion," Hermione said a little giddy learning something new. Her lovers smiled adoringly at their lover.
After Fleur collected all of the ingredients, turns out it was a lot easier to cry when they began talking out their experiences as of late, the three women cleaned up quickly and met Andy in the kitchen. Andromeda sat on a kitchen stool with a cup of tea in her hand talking to Blake when she noticed the three walk into the room looking loads better. Still worn, but a hell of a lot better. Amazing what simple proximity did for the women.
"So… bonded now?" Andromeda asked, and Narcissa shot Andromeda a look, Fleur cracked a shit eating grin but it was Hermione that surprised them all.
"Getting there," she said nonchalantly with a little bit of a spacy smile on her lips. Andromeda looked at her little witch and pulled the girl around into her space.
"Never let her hurt you, and you never hurt her. That is all I ask for your self and my sister, alright?" Andromeda said as she locked Hermione with a glare. Hermione reached up and then kissed Andromeda on the lips. A sweet little peck.
"If I hurt either of them, I will let you put me under the Living Death potion for an entire day," Hermione said and then looked to her lovers and hooked her arm with Andromeda. Her lovers looked at Hermione.
"Cheri, it will not be necessary for such dramatic forms of punishment," Fleur said and then Narcissa clasped Fleur's hand. Narcissa looked to Andromeda and Hermione.
"If I hurt her, or Fleur, you may do the same to me, dear sister," Narcissa said and Fleur sighed. Her witches… such drama queens.
"No, I will not. I will simply steal this divine creature from you, as well as Fleur. I find myself growing rather fond of her too," Andromeda said. Fleur chuckled but there was no laugher. She looked from one sister to the other. Then to Hermione.
"Then it's a good thing she will never hurt us," Hermione said with the brightest smile she could muster. Fleur watched as Andromeda pulled her cold challenging eyes from her sister and slid them to Hermione where they were warm and loving.
"My Mate, Andy, remember who her mates are," Fleur said with a little bit of a bite. Andromeda turned to Fleur.
"Of course, love, that's why I wanted you too. I find you absolutely adorable," Andy said smirking at her sister.
"Potion, let's get it done," Narcissa gritted.
"How have you lived a whole week together?" Fleur whispered to Narcissa.
"When she isn't being a prat, she is positively delightful," Narcissa said as Fleur look the murlap, dreamless sleep and water, and mixed it up.
"When can we get the muggle supplies Andy?" Fleur asked.
"Tomorrow my lovely," Andromeda said as she took a sip from her tea. Fleur nodded and placed a stasis spell on the mix.
"This can sit like this for only three days. If we don't get the Muggle ingredients by then we will have to make another batch. I would rather not do that," Fleur said.
"Why can't you and Hermione take your doses today?" Narcissa sked.
"Because you need sleep to heal, and to be honest I don't want another waking moment with out you," Fleur said and Hermione awed from beside Andy. Fleur looked up affronted.
"What? It is ze truth," Fleur said more of her French accent slipping through.
"I am not complaining lover, I am simply saying that was the sweetest thing I think you have ever said to one of us," Hermione smiled. Fleur narrowed her eyes but couldn't fight Hermione's infectious smile. There she was, Hermione was slowly coming back to her.
"Come my love," Fleur said taking Narcissa's hand, "Let us cuddle on the sofa and read, or talk of plans for the future, or simply let me tell you how much I love you. We can leave Hermione to your sister for the moment," Fleur said and Narcissa smiled and let Fleur drag her away but looked over her shoulder to her sister and mate.
"So, who bit you?" Andy asked as she took her wand and went to heal to wound but Hermione's hand shot to her shoulder. She had not idea when she was bitten, and smile slid over her lips it must have been Narcissa. She was the only one with opportunity. Hermione chuckled as Andromeda put her wand down frustrated.
"Can't heal bond mark, can you?" Andy asked.
"Nope, I guess not. Like I said we are getting there," Hermione said then she narrowed her eyes, "Andy, do I have to remind you of my choices?" Hermione said.
"Oh, Heavens no, I just like fucking with her. Its so much fun," Andromeda said and then hooked her arm with Hermione's and then they walked to the sitting room. Hermione's stomach growled just then, and Hermione blushed.
"That tends to happen after the activities I heard coming from your shared room with my sister," Andromeda laughed as Hermione's blush reddened more.
"You heard that?" Hermione whispered aghast.
"Yup," Andromeda said, "And so did your Grams, and Gran," Andromeda cackled as Hermione rolled her eyes.
Dear Merlin, Poppy and Minerva heard her having a rather heated moment with her mates. How humiliating? She saw the way Fleur took Narcissa into her arms as Narcissa lay against Fleur's front. She would take a bit of humiliation for a lifetime with these two wonderous women.