Regulus had been moved to a proper bed and was back asleep with the help of a dreamless sleep potion and the strongest sedation spell that Pandora knew. She was in another room with Bill and Minerva talking about what could be done with the charm that was on Regulus.
"One thing I do know is that a ritual space is needed for this type of healing. It is going to be a long and rather painful ritual for Regulus, but it is the only way if we want to get this lifted without shattering his core or alerting the caster that the spell has been lifted. It will be done in parselmagic, but I am going to have to ask you, Minerva, to call your coven for this. Preferably only the inner circle. Bill, you will be needed in the ritual as well due to your bond with Regulus." She looked at Bill as she said the last and he nodded, feeling relieved to be included in the healing of his bonded.
Minerva nodded as well at Pandora. She put all of her trust in the child and knew that it would be a success. Pandora had become somewhat of a daughter to Minerva in her early years as a student at Hogwarts. Pandora did not mind that at all and was happy to be a part of Minerva's life in such a way since her parents had disowned her socially when she was revealed to be a parselmouth. She still remained the Heiress of the Fawnlight family and the Countess of Ravensworth.

They stayed for a while, planning the ritual and making the early preparations for the ritual where they could. It was going to be held at the Rowan Circle since Pandora was well-versed with the magic there and it had been built by a parselmouth many centuries ago. Once they were finished with everything, Pandora got up, ready to leave for the day since she had a mission from the ICW to carry out. She had just left Minerva's quarters when Bill caught up to her, taking her to the side.
"I just wanted to talk to you really quickly before you leave, Pandora," he said as he leaned against the wall. Pandora regarded him with curious eyes.

"What's on your mind Bill?"
"I hope you won't give up on the pull that is happening between the three of us once the ritual is done and Regulus is back on his feet and back to his normal self. I know I at least want to explore this and see where it leads, even if it might lead us nowhere. I think it's worth a try, don't you? I mean, it's not every day a triad emerges in the magical world and especially not in Britain."
He looked down at his hands and tried his hardest not to fiddle with the bracelet he was wearing. Pandora looked at him and wondered how he wasn't married a million times over. The man in front on her was, for lack of words, gorgeous with his somewhat long red unruly hair, hazel brown eyes and muscular build. He was a few inches taller than Pandora in socks.
"I have avoided relationships like the dragon pox before, mainly for the reasons I stated earlier when we were all were talking. The other reason is because those in my line of work rarely live to 30, which makes me even more of a rarity around here. But I would like to explore this between the three of us and see where it takes us. After all, I've spent every night the past three weeks searching for whoever has been pulling on my magic." She smiled as Bill looked up at her with big eyes.
"Three weeks? What's been keeping you from finding us? It's not like we've been hiding on purpose." He said as Pandora regarded her boots. She looked up with defeat in her eyes.
"Wards. More precisely Dverger wards. I could only get within a 50-kilometer radius every time and then the wards would make me bounce. The area moved every three or so nights, making it even harder to pinpoint the exact location. I may be the best tracker in the magical world, but I also know better than to breach Dverger wards unauthorized and violent. The first layer had limb removal and they got lethal in the second and third. I do enjoy living, so I didn't want to test the wards." She looked down the hall as she said the last and Bill took a deep breath.
"Yeah, those wards. My parents insisted on constantly moving the family since they believed they were being hunted by Death Eaters, despite every single one of them being dead or in Azkaban. They launched those wards every time. The whole thing made it even harder for me to come home since I rarely knew what location they had stopped at or what the floo address was."

He blushed slightly at the statement, which made him look even more handsome in Pandoras eyes. She cleared her throat and made him look her in the eyes. "Don't worry about it too much, Bill. I can and will find the two of you without any problems now that I know about you. I have to leave now, but I will be back in a few days. Just have to carry out a mission for the ICW that landed on my table this morning. Along with the letters from Regulus and Minerva. Min has a communication mirror that you can use if something happens with Regulus while I'm gone." She kissed his cheek and started to leave. Bill stood there while she left, surprised with what had just happened before he shook himself loose from the surprise and ran after Pandora. He caught her by the wrist, whipped her around, and kissed her on the lips. She squeaked in surprise and welcomed the kiss. They parted and Bill rested his forehead against Pandora's, looking deep in her eyes. "Be careful and come back to us, Pandora." She nodded and backed away before turning on her heel and apparated through the wards of Hogwarts.

She came back to Hogwarts three days later, worn out and exhausted. Luckily for her, there were still four days until the Ritual and Minerva had everything under control. Pandora moved around the school like a shadow, not being seen by any of the students who milled around the castle. When the hallway where Minerva's quarters were was clear, she sneaked inside and exhaled loudly. She moved towards the sofa that was placed just inside the room and jumped in surprise at the sight before her. Bill was sitting there, silent and sleeping. She smiled at the sight before she moved to sit beside him, cuddling down and resting her head on his shoulder, quickly fell asleep.

Bill moved slightly, stretching his legs after sitting down for so long. He noticed that Pandora was sleeping next to him, her head resting on his shoulder. He smiled broadly and snuggled back down, not wanting to disturb a Pandora that was in a very deep sleep. He was soon fast asleep again, which was how Minerva later found the two when she came back after dinner.

They both woke up at midnight, hurting everywhere after sleeping is a sitting position. Pandora noticed that Bill was awake and jolted up, blushing at how she fell asleep against his shoulder. Bill smiled and looked at her with sleepy eyes. "I woke up and saw that you were cuddled against me, and I didn't have the heart to wake you up. You looked so peaceful and at rest so I decided to let you stay that way for a little while longer. Looks like we both needed a good long sleep after all," he said with a smile. Pandora blushed even more and looked down at her boots.
"I hope you didn't mind that I used you as a pillow, Bill, but it's been a long three days and exhausting to say the least. I had to hunt some arse through four countries before dueling the minister's sons in Rome for the honor of bringing both Wizards back to the ICW for processing." She sighed and stretched her body, taking note of her stiff joints and muscles. She yawned and started to stand up when Bill pulled her back down into his arms. He nuzzled against her neck and took a big breath.
"Do let me know if I am crossing any boundaries here, Pandora. I'd never want to take more than you can give and the same goes for Regulus, once he is back up on his feet again. We know better than to take more than someone else is giving." Pandora smiled sweetly and turned to Bill.
"This is perfectly fine, Bill. I will let you know if any of you crosses any boundaries with me." Pandora leaned in to him and kissed him on the cheek. She got back up and started to walk towards one of the bedrooms that Minerva had arranged for her during her stay.

She closed the door behind her and took a deep breath. The room was airy and large, just like the one at her own Mansion. She sighed and looked around her, taking in the scene in front of her. The room was covered in dark tapestry with large velvet curtains. Her bed was big enough to house three people, with canopy in transparent white for a privacy if one wished for it. There was a vanity table to her right with a beautiful ornament mirror and a bench that looked extremely comfortable. To her left was a big closet made from oak. The doors were covered in beautiful carvings of a phoenix and a dragon looking at each other. She moved away from the door and walked towards the one that led to the bathroom. Once in there, she turned on the shower to get the steam going and started to get undressed. She put the clothes in the basket for the elves to wash and bring back to her. The bathroom held a large shower, again big enough to fit three people, and a large tub sunk into the floor. She moved towards the shower and got in, feeling the heat from the warm water wash away the past three days' worth of dirt, grime and sweat.

It was the day for the ritual. They had all gathered in the ritual room in Hogwarts, Minerva's coven standing at the side talking in hushed tones. Pandora was at the altar, talking to Regulus who was lying down in his ritual robe.
"Don't worry so much Regulus. It's going to go well and I have Dverger healers on hand to help afterwards with the healing and shoring up your magic. It has been bound for so long due to the charm work that's been put on you. Both you and Bill are going to go through a small surge when we are done here to match with my rating. I've talked to the Dvergers at length about this as well, since they know me very well and my magic as well." She looked at Regulus, who were doing his best not to fiddle as she spoke.

"What is your relationship with the Dvergers, Pandora?" He asked and looked her in the eyes. The pull towards him increased and she smiled, welcoming the pull.
"I...can't really speak about it. Not yet at least due to oaths, but they have been there for me since I was a toddler and I've helped them on numerous occasions with anything from hunting down witches and wizards that they've been looking for to some other things that I can't speak about at all." She looked away towards the Dvergers that were hovering at the wall next to the door. They inclined their heads and the High Priestess started walking towards the two of them.
"What are you two lovebirds talking about?" Leonore asked as she came up to Pandoras left. Pandora grinned and Regulus blushed as Leonere looked down on him while trying to figure out the correct words to say. Leonere smiled softly at him. "Don't worry about courtesy or manners, Black. I take no offense at all considering the situation, and the bond between the three of you is practically glowing in restraint since your magic is compromised at the moment." She turned towards Pandora that was flabbergasted and had dropped her chin at the proclamation.
"You knew all along about this whole bond thing between the three of us and you didn't tell me whenever I was in the same room as Bill at the bank." Pandora accused and huffed at the High priestess. Leonore laughed richly and shook her head.

"How could I without revealing your identity at the bank? And why would I ruin the fun for myself, seeing you in such angst and confusion whenever the redheaded menace was in the same room as you? It was golden to watch every single time." Leonore patted Pandora on the shoulder and walked back to her own coven while laughing. Pandora huffed again and turned towards Regulus and noticed that Bill that had walked up to the altar while Leonore was talking. He looked at Pandora with big eyes.

"That sure explains why I've been reduced to a ninny every time you walked into the same meeting as me. Even if I only knew you by your codename and did not even know what your face looked like." He smiled and Pandora blushed instead. They kept talking for a while as Minerva approached the three of them and cleared her throat.
"We are ready if you are Pandora. Everyone has arrived and they are merely waiting for your instructions now." She looked between the three of them before focusing back to Pandora. Pandora took a deep breath and squared her shoulders. "Let's get this show on the road then, Aunt Min. No need to drag it out any longer." Minerva inclined her head and turned towards her own coven. Everyone started to assemble and Pandora looked over the circle, inspecting everyone's positions and rearranged it a bit so it would fit her as the main caster better. Once she was satisfied with everyone's placement, Bill included, she turned towards the altar and called her staff forward. It was a 6 feet long stave made of snakewood with a sapphire the size of her fist attached in the mouth of a snake head.

She looked at Regulus and nodded once before starting. "May magic bless us in our unified purpose." She released her magic as she said that and it hung heavy in the room, showing everyone present what she was made off.

Sixteen hours later she closed the circle and the Dvergers came forward to aid Regulus. Leonore stopped by her side as she fell to her knees. "That was far more intense that we could ever have imagined, child. You did very well and managed to get all of the entrenched magic to let go of Black. I would be more impressed if I didn't know beforehand what you were made of and how well you wield ritual magic of this kind, since I'm the one that trained you." She laughed as Pandora smiled, tired and on the cusp of magical exhaustion. Pandora tried to stand up but failed and fell down on her knees again.
"I think I could use some help to get to a bed for some rest. This ritual took a bigger toll on me than I expected it would." Pandora said and looked around. The ones remaining after she had closed her circle were down on their knees as well, looking worse for the wear. She locked eyes with Bill and he managed to produce a small smile before passing out in the arms of a Dverger that smiled towards Pandora and Leonore before apparating away with the wizard. Leonore placed her hand on Pandora's shoulder and Pandora felt a familiar squeezing feeling, indicating that Leonore were apparating with her towards a bed. They appeared in the infirmary a moment later and Pandora laid down, falling asleep immediately. Regulus and Bill were placed at her sides and they were all passed out moments later, surrounded by the care of the Dverger coven.

Pandora woke up by degrees the next day, cataloging her surroundings before she opened her eyes, something she always did whenever she didn't know where she was. She recognized the bed she was in and the walls around her, allowing her to relax. Leonore had apparated them to the healing halls under the bank after the ritual. Bill and Regulus were sleeping on either side of her, both seemingly still sound asleep. She was just about to wrangle herself free from them both when Bill turned and threw an arm over her waist. "And where do you think you are going?" he said with a sleepy smile on his face. She couldn't deny him at that moment, so she lay back down and accepted his cuddles. Regulus turned at that moment too and threw his arm over her and partially over Bill as well.

Leonore was watching the whole scene from the doorway, not wanting to interrupt it. Ragnok carefully cleared his throat behind her and she turned towards her husband as she carefully closed the door. "How are they doing?" Ragnok asked his wife of 85 years. She regarded him with a grin before responding. "They are doing just fine, sleeping right now. She just woke up but decided against leaving since both the boys thought they should hold her hostage a little while longer". sHE started walking down the hallway with Ragnok trailing after. They eventually reached her office and once inside, they sat down at a grouping of chairs just as a tea tray appeared on the table between them. Ragnok poured for the both of them and waited for Leonore to finish doctoring her tea before he spoke.

"Did Pandora get the charm off of Black or do we need to help?" he asked.

Leonore shook her head as she sipped on her tea. "She managed to get everything out and heal the fractures that were formed during the ritual. To say that she brought us to our knees is an understatement." Leonore chuckled at her husband's reaction to her statement. "The three of them share an affinity, and her reaction when she realized that I had known about it the whole time was quite priceless. Bill finally understood why he had felt the pull on his magic whenever the two of them were in the same room within the bank, even if she was under her hood and using her codename." Ragnok did recall both of them being confused and not really knowing how to act when they were in the same room.

A few hours later, the doors to the healing hall the three of them were occupying opened and Omis entered the room. Both Regulus and Bill tensed and tried to sit up properly in the bed as Omis walked towards them. Pandora chuckled lowly and looked toward the Dverger. "Hello Omis, it's been a while." Omis glared at Pandora, which seemed to make Bill and Reg nervous. Suddenly the Dverger let out a laugh and shook her head at Pandora.

"Don't get cheeky with me, child. Or you will see the bottom of my favorite mineshaft", she said as she stopped next to Regulus. Both the men looked at Pandora with confusion evident in their eyes as she smiled.

"Oh, come on Omis, don't be so sour. I thought we were on good terms after my last visit in your esteemed halls. I thought we had a blast last time", she said as Omis started running diagnostic spells on all three of them.

"You humans and your wretched view on what a good time is," she muttered under her breath as the diagnostic finished and she looked them all over.

"Pandora, care to share what the two of you are talking about?" Bill asked in a whisper to Pandora, who was on her back, watching the ceiling. She turned her head toward Bill who was utterly confused by the whole exchange, but before she could open her mouth Omis did.

"So, she hasn't told you two anything? I am utterly unsurprised if I am going to be honest about it." Pandora turned to Omis with a shocked expression on her face.

"Rude, you old banshee. I haven't had the time to tell these gentlemen anything, seeing as I met them during compromised situation." She glared at Omis who was shaking her head, grinning widely.

"Child, it is not the first time your bleeding heart got you into a compromised situation," Omis said to the glaring Pandora that was now trying to fight back a smile. She looked between Regulus and Bill to see that the pair were even more confused now.

"I will explain, once Omis here has given us permission to leave this tiny bed to move around in the room at least. I want to get up and stretch my legs before sitting down somewhere to eat, and then I'll explain what we are talking about," Pandora said, getting out of the bed as Omis was nodding and moving away from them to order some food for the three of them. "And don't forget my coffee this time, dear Omis," Pandora shouted, earning a chuckle from the Dverger who was talking to someone outside the door.

Once up and seated at a small table with some food and drinks for everyone. Pandora doctored her coffee as she liked it before leaning back in the chair. "So, now that everything has calmed down, we might have a chance to talk about what it is that's moving between the three of us." She looked between Regulus and Bill as she spoke.

"I've been thinking about this since you arrived at Hogwarts to help me. I think that this, whatever it is between us, is the reason to why I managed to fight the loyalty charm for as long as I did," Regulus said quietly. Pandora looked at Regulus as he spoke. "Well, ever since Ronald confessed about it at least. It's not like you can fight something you don't know exists. I noticed it when you passed the ward boundry at Hogwarts, because it made the pull on the charm lessen even more the closer you came us." He took a sip of his tea that had gotten cold before he vanished it wandlessly and reached for the tea pot. Bill took it before Regulus could and poured for him, receiving a small smile before he continued, "Bill told me that you wanted to explore our connection and see where it leads us, and I am on board with that as well. Even if it may not lead anywhere, we would be stupid to not try at the least." He smiled warmly and Pandora couldn't help but smile back.

"That I do agree with, Regulus. I know enough about magical affinities from the Dverger to pass up on this opportunity. And speaking of the Dverger, you both are probably dying to know about the relationship I have with Leonore, Omis, and Ragnok." She paused as they both nodded their heads. "I won't be able to tell you everything now as I have sworn an oath. Well, several oaths to be honest. The Dverger took me in the summer before 2nd year at Hogwarts. My mother and father tried to disown me but couldn't do it since Arcturus Black had appointed me the Heir of Fawnlight and thus granting me the barony of Ravensworth. Grandpa Arc never told my parents that he did this because our Family magic deemed my parents both too weak magically to carry the title." Regulus inclined his head.

"How close are we linked, Pandora?"

She looked at Regulus and shrugged. "Not as close as you think. My great-grandmothers sister is from the Blacks and Arcturus has always regarded me as one of his grandchildren even if we are too far removed in the Family tree. He held regency over our titles when my maternal Grandmother passed away and I was too young to be named as Heir. Our family is Matriarchal which is one reason why my father could never claim the lordship and my mother never really bothered with it, until it became clear that I was to inherit everything on my 15th birthday. It did not help that I was revealed to be a parselmouth as well right before my 12th birthday. It does run deep in the family but every generation has suppressed the trait out of fear and embarrassment." She shook her head slightly and looked down.

Bill looked at her with big eyes, shock evident in them. "I thought everyone knew that parselmagic is the lightest magic there is. No parselmouth can perform any form of Dark Art and keep their parselmagic." Pandora looked away.

"My parents knew about that and that's why they tried to get rid of me. There was so much dark magic going on in our house before I started Hogwarts. I am very grateful that Grandpa Arcturus took me most of the time and I got to grow up with Sirius. He too was happy to be out of his house as well, since his parents weren't the best either." She looks at Regulus.

"No need to sugarcoat it, Pandora. Our parents were horrible to him while they doted on me and kept me really close, which is why I never got to play with the two of you. You were a disgrace and terrible influence on me, according to our batshit crazy mother." He laughed a little at that before Pandora continued.

"I won't argue that part about your mother, Regulus. She was a special kind, that is for sure. But that is the reason my parents only managed to socially disown me and, in the process, threw me out of the house. Arc took me to Gringotts to ask the Dverger for help and they decided to take me in and tutor me whenever it was possible. Ragnok and Leonore more or less adopted me before the end of my 2nd year at Hogwarts and they both tutored me during summer break. I aced my OWLS and took all the NEWTS I could, some of which I had to take at the Ministry. I also went abroad to study at the Acadamy in Rome, before I took my Masteries through the ICW."

Bill cleared his throat. "You've been kept busy in other words. What masteries do you have, Pandora? Other than curse breaking and warding that is."

She giggled at the statement. "You could say that. Ragnok and Leonore wanted to make sure I was thoroughly educated before they unleashed me on the magical world. My masteries are Curse breaking, Warding, Charms, Transfiguration, Magical Law, Dueling, Runes, and Potions. Dueling is at the behest of Grandpa Arc since the Blacks are notorious in the dueling circles around the world. All my masteries are international and backed by all the major magical governments, ICW, The Protectorate and the World Court of Magic." She shrugged at the last when she saw the reaction the boys had to the answer.

They both shook their heads and looked at each other. "I have mine in Curse breaking, warding, runes and working on my mastery for Arithmancy. Reg has Dueling due to being a Black, potions, charms and transfiguration. We both only have them on a local level."

Pandora smiled at them. "I don't mind that at all. I just happen to have many due to being a War Mage and a Hit Witch as well. Had some spare time between jobs so took a few more masteries. Thinking of Arithmancy and Ancient Runes just for the fun of it. And to maybe get the chance to study under Professor Babbling again." Just as Pandora was about to say something more, the door to the hall opened and Ragnok stepped inside with Leonore behind him. Pandora jumped out of the chair and ran towards Ragnok who caught her in a fierce hug.

"I have missed you child. You never visit us these days," he said as he hugged Pandora tight. She giggled a little as she hugged back just as tightly.

"The ICW has been keeping me busy lately with both training new War Mages and having me hunt stupid people down." Ragnok put Pandora down and she turned to Leonore for a hug as well. "Leonore, thank you once more for the assistance in the ritual. I couldn't have done it without your help."

Leonore hugged her tightly before backing up a little, not letting go of Pandora's shoulders. "Nonsense child, you could have done that without me or Minerva's coven if you really wanted to. But I understand why you asked for the additional numbers." Leonore looked towards Bill and Regulus that were still in their chairs, stunned by the scene in front of them.

Never had either of them experienced anything like this before. A human hugging the Dverger King and his wife. Despite of Pandora telling them that Ragnok and Leonore had more or less adopted Pandora, it was still something else to see how close the three of them actually are. Just as they came back to their senses and started to stand up to greet the Dverger, Leonore raised a hand and smiled. "Don't you worry about formalities in here, boys. Pandora is our adopted daughter and thus you two are considered family. I trust that the three of you have had a chance to talk about everything?"

Pandora nodded as she sat down in her abandoned chair. "We have agreed to explore our affinity for each other and see where it leads. I was just telling them about why I'm enjoying the relationship with the Dverger and a little of my background as well, since I am basically a stranger to them. We have just talked about our masteries and I mentioned that I was thinking of Arithmancy and Ancient Runes for my next ones." Leonore smiled as Pandora was talking, all while Ragnok were pouring them some tea.

He turned towards Bill and Regulus as Leonore and Pandora kept talking. "How are you both feeling, gentlemen?"

Bill looked between Regulus and Ragnok before answering. "I'm feeling much better now that we have had some sleep and gotten something in our stomachs. My bond with Regulus feels a lot healthier as well, something I didn't know was affected by the charm placed on Reg."

Regulus smiled a little before looking towards Ragnok. "I had forgotten what it felt like to have my own will and being able to do and think what I want without being punished for it. And our bond, that Bill mentioned, is a lot stronger for me now. I've always thought it wouldn't pass the burgeoning stage. The charm really must have done a number on my magic if it even muted the bond. I am forever grateful that Pandora decided to help me out with getting rid of it. I was trying to not get my hopes up too much, in case she wouldn't be successful with the ritual."

Ragnok chuckled at that statement. "Gentlemen, there is very little in a ritual setting that Pandora can't pull off. She has done some extremely complex rituals with my wife and every single one was done without a problem. She takes my breath away constantly with how she approaches magic and how it comes to her. I dare say she is a prodigy and the only one to challenge her so far is your Harry Potter with his approach to magic. Magic is alive, as you both know very well, and yet those two make everything seem so easy with magic. There are things both of them have done that not even I or Leonore have been able to pull off." Ragnok looked towards the ladies as he spoke. Bill and Regulus looked towards each other and then towards Pandora that was laughing at something Leonore had said.

"I think we are in way over our head with this one, Bill," Regulus said as he shook his head with a smile, "though I wouldn't have it any other way.