Hermione's eyes shot open as soon as the alarm went off. The awareness of the day's appointments washing over her as soon as she was out of sleep's tendrils. She immediately started worrying about the tests. As if reading her mind (but probably feeling her distress), Fleur wrapped her arms around her and pulled her close nuzzling into her mane to kiss her neck.

"Eet's going to be fine, chérie. You are brilliant and I'm pretty sure you've been studying ever since we established zat you were to do the tests." The blonde all but mumbled into her neck. Hermione felt her body relaxing, the anxiety, previously present, fleeing and her mind agreeing with her girlfriend. She knew she was actually ready.

"Thank you, love." Nothing else was needed to be said as she was sure the veela understood.

The couple got ready for the day with practised rhythm. They were ready to go in no time. Hermione grinned at her blonde as they left the room, being immediately greeted by the smell of fresh coffee and pastry. They descended the stairs to comfortably wait for the other three to have breakfast. The table there was filled with food and Hermione's stomach rumbled as she looked at it, making them both laugh.

"Sweet Merlin, that's a lot of food!" Ginny said as soon as she laid eyes on the table twenty minutes later. Hermione was too engrossed in looking at her girlfriend and kissing her to notice the others coming downstairs. "Oi! Lovebirds! Food?"

The older lioness rolled her eyes at the redhead's antics and Fleur smiled at her. "Yes, Red. We were graciously waiting for you." The blonde answered.

"You were graciously eating each other's faces, that's what." Ginny teased.

"Gin, sit and eat. No talking from you until we have finished breakfast." Hermione rolled her eyes at the Weasley female. "Good morning, Harry, Luna..."

They ate a reasonable amount of food but kept in mind that they would possibly have to make a lot of physical workouts.

"Tonks and Bill are setting up zee tests at zee Ministry so we should be 'eading out to meet zem zere." The group left to Hermione and Harry's flat to go to the government building from there. As they reached the area where they were going to be tested, Hermione felt herself begin to tense up and her nervousness get worse. "You are going to be great, chéri. We are only assessing what you know. You'll be fine." Fleur had apparently noticed how nervous the lioness was and reassured her with soft words spoken in a whisper near her ear (the brunette felt a cold go down her spine when she felt Fleur's hot breath on her neck) and kissed her shoulder lightly, making Hermione's mind go far away from the task she was supposed to be focused for.

"You are really good distracting me." She was far from annoyed but did put up an upset front. The blonde chuckled.

"As eef you didn't like eet." She murmured. Hermione turned to Fleur with a raised brow. They were entering the modified training area and the brunette was really trying to keep focused. "You know I'm able to know what you are feeling, right?" The lioness nodded, beaming.

They approached the two people that were waiting for them. "Hey…" Hermione greeted them, still smiling.

"G'Morning! You ready?" Tonks beamed at them all as Bill waved. "I figured we could test your abilities separately firstly and then get you to a training routine to see how you deal with the situations presented…" They all nodded. The three younger witches and wizard waited while Fleur joined her boss and coworker. Hermione took a steadying breath, locking eyes with Fleur she felt the confidence the blonde had on her and forced her body to relax. The blonde smiled and winked at her. "The first task for you is a physical test." As Tonks finished talking, she motioned to their left where an obstacle course presented itself to them. They timed them as they went through it (they did it three times each). After the first round, Hermione transfigured her clothes into something a bit more comfortable to run (She could swear she was able to feel Fleur's hungry gaze on her as she waited to go again - she had transfigured her pants into running shorts and her t-shirt into a tank top; Ginny followed her example as soon as she finished her own circuit). The blonde was smiling when the lioness finished her last round and handled her some water. After the others went on their last ones, Tonks nodded as she took notes. They spent the rest of the morning completing tasks that evaluated their efficiency on the most needed abilities for an auror, such as identifying poisons and antidotes (something Hermione and Luna excelled), identifying magical traces and whether they were or no dark magic (Harry nailed if, Hermione was a close second), their knowledge on offence and defense spells (the older lioness and Harry seemed to be on a tie on that but the other two girls weren't too far behind) and their ability on stealth and tracking (Hermione might have chuckled before complying with this one as she remembered that the department head had failed this specific course; Ginny was especially good at it apparently - living with six had its perks according to her). "We are going to take a break to lunch after the next test and when we come back you're going through the training routine," Tonks informed. It was a series of situations where they had to be able to remain unnoticed. Hermione smiled a bit, after the fiasco of trying to disguise Harry, she had taken to studying the subject. A glance was exchanged between her and the raven-haired man, she knew he had been studying this too. All of them went well on this one as the four of them had been in situations they needed such abilities.

"Morgan's tits, I'm starving!" Ginny exclaimed as soon as they left the training area. Tonks and Bill insisted they should eat something sustainable and Fleur agreed, knowing what they were to face next.

"Ah, the Weasley appetite…" Tonks chuckled as Bill glared at her.

"You might want to go slow, Gin. We still have that last test." Luna offered

"Yup, I know." Ginny smiled devilishly. "I wouldn't want to ruin my chances to be beat 'Mione."

Hermione rolled her eyes but said nothing. She was too entailed on the feeling of Fleur hugging her while they walked to a nearby restaurant.

"The next one is a team effort, actually." Bill offered, smiling at his sister.

"Eet's a simulation. You'll go in as an auror team and will have to -"

"You know they weren't supposed to know any of this right?" Tonks interrupted smiling at the blonde auror, who was pouting.

"I figured we would go through something like that, honestly…" Hermione said, after kissing her girlfriend's cheek.

"Of course you did." Tonks laughed. "I wouldn't expect anything else from you, Hermione. It's just that we shouldn't be giving you any intel over the tests." As they turned a corner, the metamorphmagus almost ran into a man with a baby carriage. "I'm so sorry!" She said as soon as she realized what almost happened.

"For the head of the department, you are certainly too clumsy, dear."

Hermione smiled before she saw the owner of the voice. She knew who it was.

"Remus! What are you doing here?" Hermione could see the happiness shine on Tonks' eyes as she realized it was actually her husband and son she almost had run into. "Hey, baby boy!" She took the baby from the carriage to hug him. The rest of them greeted the werewolf cheerfully.

"I figured you would need to go to lunch at some time, so I came to make sure you wouldn't hold them hostage and hungry…" The marauder smirked.

"I wouldn't, not with Weasleys in the room."

Harry stole the baby from Tonks and began playing with his godson.

"Besides, Teddy missed his mom."

"I see… We are heading to lunch now. Care to join us?" Tonks kissed her husband's cheek and they continued their walk after she took Teddy from Harry.

"Great. Luna we are the only single around here…" Bill groaned.

Hermione snickered as she saw her three friends turn red. She had forgotten they didn't say anything to anyone but her and Fleur yet. Tonks might have seen something when they were talking with McGonagall and presumed they were together as she too was chuckling.

"Actually…" Harry began, reaching for the back of his neck. Her turned a deeper shade of red as Bill looked at him.

Hermione was amused. Harry was blushing profusely, Ginny tugged at Luna's hand and made her walk in front of her as she hugged her (basically mimicking how Hermione and Fleur's position) and hid her face on the younger blonde's hair.

"What? You broke up?" Bill asked, taking in the three of them.

"No!" Harry exclaimed.

"Zee zree of zem are together, Bill."

"It's pretty obvious to me." Tonks offered. "You just need to see how they carry themselves." Remus nodded.

"Oh…" Bill looked at the trio once more, "Damn, I'm the only single here then…" he shook his head, making the group laugh. Suddenly he looked at Harry and Luna, "You better be good for her. I-"

"Bill! Please!" Ginny groaned, trying to make her brother shut up.

"Hey! I have the right! I'm your older brother!"

"Does it mean I get to give a shovel talk too?" Hermione beamed, knowing her brother would beg for her not to.

"'Mione…" Harry groaned.

"It's only fair." Bill smiled devilishly at her.

Fleur shook her head their antics. "Right? Harry, you have no say in this. If I remember correctly you talked to Fleur even before we were together." Fleur laughed, remembering the conversation.

"So, we do it now or do we wait until after lunch?" Bill asked seriously. Hermione could see the mischief glint in his eyes.

"Bill!"

"We're here!" Tonks exclaimed as they reached the restaurant.

Harry and Ginny sighed in relief. Bill sat near Fleur and Hermione at the table and Hermione smiled at him. She could see that despite all the teasing, he was worried about his sister's wellbeing.

"Bill, look at the three of them." She began in a whisper. "Can you see how they orbit around each other?" She saw his eyes widen as he looked at his sister and her companions. "Right, they are soulmates. Har and Lun will do anything to make Gin happy. Don't worry. Just don't say anything to anyone else, it's something they have to do." Bill nodded.

They were back at the training centre, Hermione was stretching a bit while listening to Tonks as she explained what was going to happen. The other three followed her example.

"So the thing is, you four are to capture a group of wizards that are attacking muggles and non-purebloods. They were last seen in the village that the simulation begins. Your job is to identify their leader and make some arrests. If you engage, make sure to arrest the leader. Got it? Try not to let too many civilians get in harm's way." The quartet nodded.

Fleur kissed Hermione good luck and transfigured her clothes into the division's uniform, Tonks and Bill spelling Luna's and Ginny's clothes as well. Fleur stepped aside and transfigured Harry's clothes too. The three older wizards climbed the stairs to a mezzanine that functioned as a grandstand and the ambient around the group changed. They were in the middle of a wizarding village.

Hermione looked around and noticed the other three did the same. She took the lead, knowing they didn't have a lot of time. "Right-" She was interrupted by three explosions, in different directions. A series of screams followed. "Fuck. They are everywhere." She breathed deeply, forcing herself to remain calm and objective. As she took the third breath, she heard something coming from the opposite direction of the explosions. She opened her eyes, seeing the other three were looking at her expectantly. "Can you hear that?"

"Uh?" "What?" "No." Were her responses. She focused a bit more and swore as she heard curses being thrown. She smirked, remembering how her girlfriend's hearing was hypersensitive when she was under stress or focused enough. That's it. It was really a great moment for it to flourish.

"Thanks." She said, the sound actually almost didn't leave her mouth. The word was meant to Fleur.

"What?" Harry asked his focus on her still.

"Nothing. Let's go." She turned on her heels, confusing the other three. Harry was the first one to follow her, knowing from experience that it was the best idea. The other two girls followed, still confused. "Veela bonus." She offered as the got closer to the commotion. Harry was right before her followed by Luna and then Ginny. He smiled and passed on the information. They were close enough now for the others to hear what was happening.

"Diversion," Harry whispered.

Hermione nodded, "They wanted everyone to run this way so they could ambush them. I assume this village is largely composed of non-purebloods." Ginny left the tail of the group.

"We should try to what's happening." She offered. Hermione nodded.

"The roofs? It's an advantage point." Harry suggested.

"We can't be seen," Hermione said.

"Disillusionment Charm." Luna offered. The other three nodded.

The four of them reached the roofs under the spell already, Hermione cast a spell to identify magical traces where they were to make sure there wasn't anyone else there. All of them spelt their boots so they wouldn't make any sound as they walked. They saw the group they were looking for quite easily as they were scattered on a square, cursing anyone unlucky enough to cross said place. The number of cursed people was increasing at an alarming rate. Hermione quickly cast a protective spell (the one she used so much while she and the boys were Horcrux hunting) to keep the civilians at bay, but as soon as the shield took place, one of the group commanded them to flee. The four of them thinking quickly, stupefied the men as soon as the men gave the command. The force of the spells was enough to send the men flying to the wall behind him rendering him unconscious. As one, the four apparated to the square, firing spells towards the rest of the group. It wasn't really a battle, as the rest of the group was pretty lost as to how their leader was on the floor. In no time the whole group was either unconscious or tied. The village faded, as did the bandits. Hermione heard the clapping before the simulation entirely faded.

The first thing she saw was a smirking Fleur.

"That was rather fast." Tonks offered. "I just have one question. How did you know where to go, Hermione?"

"Oh…" The lioness glanced at Fleur, who gave her a small nod. "Being Fleur's mate has its perks." She offered, smirking. Tonks nodded. "This was a new development, actually. I wasn't expecting to be able to have enhanced hearing…" She added quickly before anyone could think she had been cheating.

"It's ok, Hermione. I was just curious. I figured it was something like that when I saw Fleur beaming just before you took off in the right direction." The metamorphmagus smiled at them. "You are free to go. Blondie, Bill and I will plan your training this week and reach you and McGonagall to get everything set… But I'd say you have the two next weeks free. There's some reading for you to do but despite that, you are free."

The whole group left the Ministry building talking cheerfully, Bill bided his farewells and disapparated. Tonks left them to walk to her house. Hermione and Fleur parted ways from the other three as they reached their buildings.

The door wasn't closed yet when Fleur pushed her into it, slamming it shut. The blonde pressed herself against Hermione, kissing her deeply. Hermione responded to the kiss almost immediately, resting her hands on the veela's hips pulling her close. Her right hand travelled under Fleur's shirt as she felt the need to have contact with her skin, she moaned at the contact and pressed the lioness deeper into the door. Hermione, spurred by the blonde's reaction, let her hand roam at will. She was lost in the kiss, not able to know where she ended and where Fleur began, she knew that if they continued, she would have the blonde on the floor in no time. She also didn't care. Her hand travelled up again, reaching the veela's bra, and followed it until her thumb was just under her boob. Fleur moaned but broke the kiss. They locked eyes, Hermione got lost in the amber pools that were Fleur's eyes. Both smiled and the blonde joined their foreheads. The lioness almost turned into a puddle as she took in the way the French woman was looking at her, the love of and adoration clear for her to see.

"You are perfect," Fleur said, making Hermione blush slightly

"I'm not. I've got plenty of flaws." The lioness answered in a whisper. The blonde shook her head, looking softly at her.

"Zose flaws you speak of are zee zings zat make you, you." the French pecked the brunette's lips and smiled. "And I 'ave to say, you were brilliant zere."

"Thanks!" Hermione beamed. "I really wasn't expecting that hearing thing..."

"Neither did I. I'm trying to guess 'ow our bonding will fully develop..."

"Yeah... I caught myself trying to guess too..." The lioness smiled sweetly at her girlfriend, absolutely happy to have an obvious proof of how deeply connected to the blonde she already felt. She embraced Fleur, still not used to how incredibly well their bodies fit together, even with all the 'destined to be' thing. She used to think it wasn't possible for two people to complete each other so wholly or to fit into each other's arms and bodies so perfectly as she now felt like she and Fleur did. She sighed in the woman's embrace. At that moment, she felt like nothing else mattered. The rest of the world didn't exist and she was where she belonged. She felt like she had her world in her arms. The couple stood there, hugging, for a long time. Fleur kissed the side of her head before disentangling herself and guiding her to her usual spot at the kitchen counter.

"I'm beginning to starve and I feel like 'aving dinner with you. Eef you'd join me..."

"Always, love." Hermione spent some time watching Fleur fluidly move around the kitchen, she loved to watch her girlfriend create some delicious dish from scratch (any food she had tasted that the French had made was absolute, undoubtedly, delicious). She smiled, remembering how she was banished from most of the kitchens she had ever set foot unless it was for washing the dishes. Even her mother usually dismissed her offers to help. Thinking about her mom made her remember their last letter asking for a visit and inviting her blonde to go along, subtlely (not really) remembering her that they wanted to meet her girlfriend. "Oh! Fleur..."

The blonde paused what she was doing to look at her. "Oui?"

"Uh... Mum and Dad were asking me when I could visit them and when they are going to meet you..."

"Zey are still acting like zey don't know me?"

"Yes. I guess they want to be properly introduced too, you didn't really talk that time..."

"Sure. I look forward to getting to know zee people who raised my wonderful mate." Fleur beamed at her and pecked her lips before going back to the meal.

"Since we are going to have our weekends really busy with the training... I thought I could pay them a visit next weekend... You know, since we won't be training..." Hermione was a bit nervous, she had never introduced anyone important to her (romantically speaking) to her parents and she had no idea of how Fleur would react to the prospect. She watched the blonde stop her cooking, wash her hands, and wave her wand, making the utensils come to life and magically prepare their meal. She contoured the counter and seriously made Hermione face her.

"'ermione, stop feeling so nervous. I just told you I want to meet zem. Just tell me zee day and I'll be by your side." She said while drawing calming patterns on her hips. "Eet's me who should be nervous, I'm zee one meeting my girlfriend's parents for zee first time." She added with a laugh.

"Oh, please! They are going to love you."

"Zen you shouldn't be worried at all. I'm sure I'll love zem just as much. Zey must be wonderful people as zey raised you." Fleur hugged her and kissed her neck in an obvious attempt to make her calm down (it did work). "So, next weekend?"

"If you are willing..."

"More zan."

"Then I'll talk to them and arrange a dinner?"

"Whatever ees better for zem. I plan on spending my whole weekend with you, eef you want me to."

"Always. I'll arrange everything and let you know then."

Fleur smiled and kissed her.

"Can't wait. Now, you 'ungry?" She asked as she noticed the food was ready.


A/N: Hello my dear readers! It's me, your friendly neighbour Celtic!

Auror tests! Sorry I didn't go through them... It's not exactly super important... Did you like the latest development of the bound?

Please review, I'm always pleased to learn what you think!

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PS: wk: Yup, but I honestly like to think the school rivalry ain't that bad now and they were invited to Gryff's victory party...

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PPPS: I'll post another oneshot in a bit... So if you like a little Drarry, go read... Oh, there's a hint of Pansmione