The Year of the Revolution VII The Power of Bonds

by ontzilore

How a single act of a single person can determine those of an entire generation. What would have become of the fate of Severus Snape, of Hogwarts', of the entire Wizarding World's, if he had decided to make a simple timid gesture in a direction that no one suspected could have such consequences? This story is part of a series, but the first part can be read independently.

11. Rituals

Rituals

The seven Sly occlumants Apparated to the entrance of the cave without any problem. Valerie exclaimed out loud and they continued talking like this, "Wooow! What a place! It's amazing!"

"I already told you that it is very tempting," Sev said.

"Of course we're going back and you should do it with us too, my love, to see that sunset, after the exams, the night you stay with us at the Refuge."

"Very good idea. It can also be seen by the sea, do you see that cape?" pointing it out. "And sleep on the beach."

"We could all do it," Andrew said. "We'll leave your privacy with the girls."

"We will come one day to the cave and another just to enjoy ourselves on the beach, Deborah objected. "We are already giving Prince enough work."

"Thank you, Deborah," Sev said.

"We could also invite the Gryffs," Jack said.

(Lily might not be too happy seeing me with Deborah and Valerie.) "I'll check with Lily, they'll need a good alibi to miss dinner and the whole night."

"That they come to see the sunset and go back to sleep at home. They're next door, Filch won't catch them, they can always say they've gone for a walk."

"Yes, that's a good excuse," Sev agreed. "Thanks Jack." (He's starting to play his part a lot, I wish he did it with Lauren, too.) "Let's go there."

They entered the cave with their Lumos, attentive to the ground they stepped on. They reached the back and performed the six individual rituals, Deborah being the first. Afterwards, she and Sev planned with the ones that weren't doing ritual, bonded, the order in which they would perform the joints and the ones that were left in trees. When they finished it was half past eight.

Sev bonded with everyone. "Let's go with the joint ones."

"Aren't you going to do individual, Prince?" Valerie asked.

"I did it on Saturday and I haven't thought my meditation."

"Then it will be short, and important things have happened to you since Saturday."

(She is absolutely right, after Saturday I got involved with her, I have already despised her without intending it,) Sev thought. (I am going to do it even if I only think about her.) "Of course I will."

"Take time for yourself while we make the joint ones, first we'll do the ones we have with you and then the ones we have between us so that you can stay calm for a while. It's enough to look so much for others, we are older, we must learn to take care of ourselves."

(That goes for Andrew and Jack.) "Okay, and besides, the last ones I'm going to do will be yours, to have more recent experience. Deborah, organize us."

They did so, in the order they had already planned, altering it only so that Sev performed their joint rituals in a row and leaving Valerie's for last. It allowed him to become more deeply aware of his life experiences with each of them, aided also by the new power of Insight.

First he did it with Jack. (Ugh… how badly he thought of me during our entire common stay at school, until Anthony started talking to him about me before Christmas. At least he's not occluding it, let's move on from this. Anthony had a hard time convincing him, but it also influenced how I dealt with Lauren in the Potions row, not compromising her despite her insults.

(And since he met me in person, he had no doubts, even before I told him my story, but since that day with the Guard he considers me his brother and hasn't stopped doing so despite Lauren.

(He's grateful to me that I taught him Occlumency so he could be with her, all the trouble I put into it. But at the same time, since then, he considers me his rival and continues to do so, he's furious that Lauren chose me over him at the beginning of the year, it's good that he's not occluding it either. Very, very contradictory feelings, let's see if they change with mine.

(I have to talk to him about all this calmly, not today, of course, the reason why Lauren did it, because he didn't look for her and because I was in danger since Christmas, actually since the beginning of the term, because he doesn't understand. On the way back to the Refuge we'll drink water from the well again.

(At first he felt offended that I demoted him, especially in that way, the truth is that I went too far. But then he has thought about it and considers that I was right, because everything is going much better since I have made Deborah second, of whom he is also jealous now. Enough with him.)

They had agreed to squeeze each other's hand when they had had enough and Sev did. He waited for Jack to do the same. (The feelings that I have had for him have been much more changeable and coherent. Before I met him I did not think badly of him, I admired him for being the brightest student of his year. Later I began to distrust when Lauren half explained to me the relationship they had, but as soon as I met him I began to matchmake them without expecting anything from her. And later, when I found out about the Magic of the Moon, I let her choose and I have respected all her decisions since then, not considering him my rival or getting jealous more than that first night with her in the hidden bedroom. And my opposition to him being with her is only because I believe that he does not love her as she is.

(Nothing, neither his feeling of rivalry nor his jealousy have changed, even worse, because he considers that I am far above him in that regard and he is not going to try to get the three of us to understand each other, but to hope that she ends up deciding on him in instead of me, tempting her with the things that I cannot offer her, an easy life, a good last name, money, being faithful to her.

(You take it clear, lad. I've had enough with you for today, we're not making a jointone in the tree anymore.) Sev released Jack's hands and bonded with Deborah. "Next, Deborah."

Deborah's Lumos came on and she and Anthony moved closer. The four bonded.

"Put yourself and Anthony between Jack and me."

They settled, Deborah turning her wand off and putting it away, and they held hands. (Wonderful, they consider me much more than a friend, their family since that day with the Guard. Our relationship will only end at our death, we will never abandon each other. They are infinitely grateful for everything I have done for them since then and they feel very lucky to have met me and to be sharing all this with me. They have come to feel fear for me, while we did not know how things would turn out and the days after the mess, but they no longer feel it, because now we are many with the same goals and they know that it was also due to me and thank me for it.

(And Jack doesn't interfere, he feels the same or maybe now he is occluding. Poor guy, he must be in a mess, let's see if among all of us who know his secret we can help him to think again during the summer. Their feeling is exactly the same as mine, so I'm going to wait for them to tell me they want to break up, because I feel great that way.)

They enjoyed it for five minutes until Deborah squeezed his hand. He waited for Anthony to do the same, two minutes later, and he broke away from them.

Deborah spoke, "It's your turn, Anthony."

Jack and Deborah unbonded from them and left without turning on their Lumos. The one they did was very special. (Longer than I expected, because my roommate, deep down, has always appreciated and admired me regardless of my relationship with the malefics, never considering me of the same ilk as them, because I always treated him, if not with cordiality, yes respectfully, and he's always wanted a relationship with me, since we've shared a dorm room and sat in the front row together in classes for five years, and he's always taken great notice of me, how diligent and talented I am, and my example has inspired him to be diligent in turn.) They stayed feeling it for almost ten minutes. They were both crying when they finished and hugged for another minute.

Sev bonded with Deborah, who was a step away. "It's your turn, Deborah."

Anthony walked away, unbonding and not turning on his Lumos. Deborah didn't either, she fumbled for his hands. The one they made was also very special. (I ignore the previous feelings that she had towards me, because they were coherent according to her way of thinking, she considered me a mortal enemy, but as soon as she met me personally, she has loved me with all her heart, she has been willing to give her life for me ever since, and she's worked hard to get to know me since then, patiently waiting for me to get to know her, which she doesn't blame me for, even now she'll never force anything on me, knowing how busy I am she puts herself behind the rest of my obligations.

(A feeling born of deep knowledge and acceptance, the most authentic of all. It's a pity that she can't be feeling the same from me, my interest in her has been much less extensive, but at least I think I've made up for it in these almost two weeks that we've been together, which has become mutual. I'm going to let her be the one who wants to finish, she'll want to know in detail everything I've felt for her since I've known her. And I also want to enjoy the feeling without thinking about anything else.) Five minutes later Deborah squeezed his hand and he squeezed hers, they hugged and kissed passionately.

"I love you, Deborah, I love you, I have no words, you are wonderful."

"You too."

"I'll give you everything I can, anything you want. Paul and I are also going to Bond as a Couple, we have already discussed it."

"Wooow… wonderful," she said.

"Of course, the feelings we have between us are also very healthy and we want to enjoy them for the little time that remains of the term. He has told me that he regrets not doing it with you now, but that he prefers to wait to do the steps correctly, as you have suggested."

"Sure. In large part I do it motivated by giving myself time to wait for you, I already told you that I am not going to do anything with him until you are ready to make the Union of Souls with me."

"I won't make you wait too long, because he's going to wait for you, he's not going to have sex with anyone until you're ready, he says that he would feel bad doing it with another woman when he's in love with you," he explained.

"Wow… he didn't tell me that."

"Surely so you don't feel bad or rush. I think he deserves more than me to be the first for you."

"No, it is not like that, he has already done it with many, for you I would be the second or third," she objected.

"The second, Deborah, next winter it will happen, we have to try that Knockturn board house."

"Don't tell me that, I get very horny and we have to continue."

She broke away from him, pulled out her wand, and turned on her Lumos. Sev didn't hear her call out to Paul, he moved towards them and immediately bonded with Sev, who unbonded from Deborah.

He and Paul held hands and Deborah switched off, walking off into the dark. (Wow…wonderful. He already suspected before he was invited to the Guard that I was not on the evil side, that I parted ways with Lily because the others were blackmailing me, and he noticed my movements with the Guard when we started training, which confirmed his suspicions.

(He regrets not having taken any steps to get closer until they proposed it to him, but he did it out of discretion and because he didn't imagine that I would find myself in such a compromising situation. Deep admiration for having resisted for so long until I had the opportunity to disassociate myself and for how we did it, managing to throw the malefic Slys out of school, knowing the danger I was going to run.

(Proud to have participated and hope since then, patient too, that I would appreciate him for what he's worth and get in closer contact with him. He already squuezes my hand, of course, what I feel for him is very recent, he already felt it in the tree. But I don't want to finish yet, his is not so much.

(The morning he fought me and Genevre in the Room of Requirement he enjoyed it like never before. Good, now he will remember it in detail, we have to relive it together. He considers the day Deborah summoned him for the lynching and the day after, when he got to know us more personally, as milestones in his life, and the great joy Deborah gave him when she told him I was willing to share her with him.

(And since then he has been delighted with the direction our relationship is taking, so open and sincere, and all the projects we have in common. He wants to be close to me forever and is looking forward to the time when I can spend more time with him, but he's going to let me propose to him because he understands how busy I am and will do everything possible to make me less busy in the future, so that we can also enjoy ourselves without obligations, since he considers me much more than a friend, he would also marry me if I were a woman and he wasn't already in love with Deborah.) He laughed. (I've already broken the silence, I've cut off the ritual.)

"Give me a hug, Paul." They embraced. "I love you very much, we will make Deborah happy between the two of us."

"Of course, and all our children."

"We will all live together when we finish with Voldemort."

"I'm looking forward to it, Prince. You have to look at yourself in the mirror again."

"We had planned it for today but it will not be possible, it will be very late."

"Sure, sure, let's continue."

They separated and bonded with Deborah, who was a step away from them. They fumbled for their hands. (Wow… wonderful, from the first moment, desire to be a family, like me with them, and conviction that the three of us are perfectly capable and mature of bringing the project to a successful conclusion, as long as none of us die in the war. If so, determination that the two that remain will support each other unconditionally in the loss, and with the rest of the relationships that we are creating among all of us, no one will be left alone even if very important people die, even two of the three of us.

(That is why they are going to do everything in their power to ensure that these relationships are as close as possible, that we are all supported by others, as I am doing, to relieve myself of that weight, because I have too many weights right now. What a healthy and mature feeling, now I understand why, despite not being liberal, Deborah's parents have accepted the Magic of the Moon without knowing it. I'm going to wait for them to squeeze my hand, because it's a joy.)

They did it on the minute, first Deborah and then Paul. (Too bad, they're in a hurry to give everyone else time, but I doubt what I have left except for Valerie and Valerie with Deborah will be as fantastic as this. I deserve it, so I'm going to enjoy it a little more, if they don't have time to do the joint ones I don't participate in, let them do them when they come back.) He waited two more minutes, enjoying the sensation.

Then he told them, "A hug of three! Family…" They gave it to each other, all three excited. "It's been fantastic. We will repeat it as soon as we have the opportunity, we will return in September."

"Of course," Paul said. "As soon as you can and want, and we'll see the sunset earlier. Afterwards, we'll skip dinner to assay with the band."

"Brilliant! Turn your Lumos on, Deborah, I want to check the time."

They did so, Deborah pulled her wand out and lit it up on Sev's watch.

"Almost a quarter past nine, I have four joints left and my individual," he said. "If you don't have time to do those I don't participate in, I'm very sorry, you'll do them when you come back."

"Of course," Paul told him. "And with the ones in the trees the same. We'll make only the ones you have left."

"Wonderful. Deborah, in that case we won't need to turn back the Time Turner, I'm not going to do them with Jack and Anthony or with you four, what I've felt here has been enough for me. And I suppose that with the ones that I have left here now, with Andrew, with Valerie and Andrew, with you and Valerie and with her, I also avoid making them repeated on the tree."

"Sure, we should have started with the cave," Deborah said.

"Well, in the olive tree we have resolved things."

"How about Jack?"

"I'll tell you with more time," Sev said. "We will do the remaining ones in the order that I just told you and in the tree we are going to let Valerie and Andrew make a joint one, because they need to fix what happened before."

"Of course."

"Then we'll go to the Refuge and make the shield. Before half past ten we will be done."

"Great, let's get to it," she said.

"I'll call Andrew, and Valerie when I'm done with him."

"Okay."

Sev bonded with Andrew. "It's our turn, Andrew."

He immediately moved towards them, Sev unbonded himself from Deborah and Paul, took Andrew by his hand, and Paul and Deborah left, she turned off her Lumos as soon as they reached the others. (Wow… wonderful. Absolute dedication as soon as Jack told them my story, even though he hated me to death before, the same feeling as Deborah.

(Pride at being able to help me out of the hole, a certain desperation that we had so little time, which made him even more involved, as Valerie told me, he has lived for me ever since. A lot of pride for being, together with Valerie, the architects of the increase in the Guard, a feeling of power and of being decisive, but frustration because I has not appreciated it. Well, now I'm doing it, and when we're done I'll tell him orally as well.

(It didn't take him long to realize that Valerie liked me but he didn't care, because I didn't pay attention to her either, like Anthony did. Very proud that we named him part of the escort, he already told me that, and even more since I removed Jack as head and put the two of them on my flanks, although at the same time, I began to pay attention to Valerie and he began to feel insecure, especially when that night she opened up to him about it.

(He never felt jealous towards me, he understood Valerie, because he already considered me far above him. From that moment on, wanting to get to know me better and get closer to me more personally, but a lot of uncertainty about how to do it, because he felt like he had screwed up when he told me not to steal Valerie from him.

(Joy at our rapprochement, because he puts her happiness before his own, not selfish at all, at least in that respect. Something we have in common, we put the people we love ahead of us. If he's been doing it wrong, it's because Valerie wasn't honest with him, and having no other experiences than with her or having talked about it with other boys, he didn't know how to do it.

(At the same time, a lot of insecurity and fear that she will leave him for me, which I have already felt in the olive tree, but since we have talked with him, showing him that we sincerely want to help him, much more self-confidence, conviction of taking the time needed to get her back. He knows how to do it, it took him three years to make her fall in love, and that as long as he's with me, even if she does it with others, she won't get hooked on anyone and will wait for him.

(Wonderful. I'm going to wait for him to squeeze my hand, because what I'm conveying to him is also wonderful.) Andrew did so a couple of minutes later. Sev hugged him and said, "Andrew, we will make Valerie happy between the two of us."

"Of course Prince."

"Know that I thank you very much for expanding the Guard, I'm sorry I didn't tell you much sooner."

"Well, it doesn't matter, you had a lot to think about."

"And I didn't know exactly how you and Valerie felt when Jack told you my story, either, until Valerie told me on Monday," Sev explained.

"Jack, always Jack, so as not to lose prominence."

"Surely, because he knew very well that you were worth much more than him."

"How have you been with him?" Andrew asked.

"I prefer not to talk about it, I get in a bad mood and I'm very pleased with what we just felt. We have decided to do only the rituals that remain for me here, and in the tree yours with Valerie. You'll do it with Jack when you get back."

"Of course Prince."

"Bond with Valerie and call her, I'll turn on my Lumos."

They broke up and bonded with Valerie. Andrew called her, "Come, sweetheart."

"Don't turn on yourLumos, I'm here," Valerie said.

She searched for their hands in the dark, she was one step away from them.

Sev asked her, "Has Deborah already explained how we are going to do it?"

"Of course."

"Do you think it's okay?"

"Of course my love." She kissed him on his cheek, in the dark.

"Let's go there."

(A common feeling, very similar to what I felt with Andrew and Valerie explained to me the other day, I am going to enjoy myself without thinking about anything until they get tired of mine, that I want to be their family forever, even if we don't have children, but I would if they agreed.) Five minutes passed, it was Valerie who squeezed his hand, and Andrew immediately after. He hugged them.

"I love you, I love you," she told them, without stopping to distribute kisses. "You are making me very happy."

"And we you, sweetheart," Andrew answered cheerfully.

"You make us happy too, Valerie," Sev told her.

"We'll be a family too, right, Andrew? Like with Deborah and Paul?" she asked, anxious.

"Of course, my love, whatever you want," he replied, convinced and confident.

Sev broke away and unbonded so they could hug, kiss, and chat in private. He bonded with Deborah. "Are you there, Deborah?"

"Yes, Prince, one step away from you," Deborah replied.

"Give me your hand."

They searched for each other in the dark. Two minutes later Andrew bonded with him. "Do not turn on yourLumos, I'm leaving."

"Thank you Andrew."

Andrew unbonded himself, Deborah and Sev bonded with Valerie, reaching for her hands in the dark. (Wooow… what a feeling of complicity they have between them, originated by me. They have shared a dormitory and classes for six years and they have become friends a little over a week ago thanks to me, none of them had confided in another girl as they are doing now. They want me and they want each other, they must have discovered it in the tree, they will also Bond as a Couple and they will be together, with me and on their own. They are bisexual and they just discovered it, how does it turn me on.

(How soon that wish in the Mirror will be fulfilled. Because today I'm going to be exhausted and it's Valerie's night, otherwise I'd do it right away with both of them, I'm already like a motorcycle. When we finish I'm going to grope them both at the same time, taking advantage of the fact that the others don't see us. That also turns me on very much, that they are just a few steps away.)

It didn't take long for them to squeeze his hands, first Valerie and immediately after Deborah. (Well… they're looking forward to it.) He grabbed them both by their rear and they him and each other, the three of them kissed. (What a weird feel, but I love it… this is the bomb!)

"Touch me, girls, look how you have put me."

They both took their hands to his crotch, massaging him over his clothes. He kneaded their breasts.

"Wooow… who would caught you…?" Deborah told him.

"Stay the two of you tonight if you want, decide between yourselves, the three of us will do it in the morning."

"No, Prince, it's Valerie's turn…"

"I don't care, Deborah…" Valerie said.

"But he's going to wear himself out... We'll look for a more appropriate night, we won't wait for the end of the term."

"Of course we won't wait. On Sunday," said Sev, authoritative.

"The day before your Charms exam...?"

"I've always scored Outstanding in Charms, I'm over the top," vehement.

"What you are over the top is what we are touching…" Valerie told him.

"And he will leave us both pleased..." Deborah said. "He can handle two and could handle three, at the same time…"

"I'm telling you that I can," he said proud and self-satisfied, and authoritarian, "Keep going like this for a while longer and I'll come right here."

"Leave it to me, Deborah," Valerie told her, also authoritative.

"Yes, leave it to her, Deborah, you bite my lips and tell me things of yours, that she listens to them too, so that she learns," cutting.

Valerie unbuttoned their coats and said to Deborah, "Do it to yourself, sweetheart."

"How? Standing?" Deborah asked.

"Of course, have you never done it in the shower?"

"Of course she did it in the shower," Sev said. "Remember yesterday, Deborah, I'll help you."

"Okay, I'll try…" Deborah said.

Valerie knelt before him, pulling down his trousers and underwear and mouthing him frantically, just as she had taught Deborah. The latter was biting his lips and groping his behind. He put one hand to Valerie's head to feel her like this as well and with the other he continued to touch Deborah's breasts under her clothes, pinching her nipples hard.

"Come on, Deborah, tell us things," he ordered.

"Today the two of us were dreaming that you would thrust into me…" she said.

"Wow…"

"At once, to the back…"

"Yeah…"

"So slow not to come and to last…"

"Wow…"

"That it didn't worry you that I liked it…"

"How that turns me on…"

"It has also turned me on a lot... that you used me like that…"

"Wow… I will… where you know…"

"It turns me on too…" Valerie said. "Come inside…"

(Valerie is very horny too, she must be doing it to herself, she has her left hand on me, we are going to slow down to give both of them time and to say things to Valerie, she just said that me dominating Deborah turns her on.)

He gripped Valerie's head tightly and moved himself. (Much slower, to give them time, and hitting his throat.) "Of course I'm coming inside, you're going to swallow it," vehement and sharp. "What did you think? Doesn't itturns you on me to use you? I'm using you, I'm using you both. Or don't you realize that I don't care that you're not enjoying yourself? You have stopped being a free woman, now you are subject to me. Do your knees hurt?"

"Yeah…"

(Wow… she's horny as hell, I can tell her all I want.) "Well, fuck you, because that also turns me on. You have decided it yourself, I have not asked you for anything, you have chosen for me to dominate you and now I am going to do what I want with you."

"I also want you to do to me… what you have dreamed of…" Valerie said.

"I'll do it to both of you as soon as I break Deborah."

"When…?" Valerie asked.

"Next winter."

"How long still…"

"Fuck you, I'm in charge here," he said. "You will not get bored in the meantime, I have a wide repertoire. But I already realize that I don't have to worry about you, you're going to do what I want and when I want. Does it turn you on that others are right there?"

"Of course…" Deborah said. "Like at the party…"

"Me too..." Valerie said. "Like in the Hall…"

"It turns me on a lot," Sev said. "When we go to the beach we'll do it where they can see us."

"Yes…" Deborah said.

"Of course..." Valerie said. "It also turns me on how you talk to us and what you say to me…"

"Of course, because it turns you on me dominating you and me too, I feel powerful," he said. "I'm not going to wait very long for you, Deborah, if I finish before you, I'll stop touching you and you'll manage on your own. I'm doing it for myself, like in the dream. Go on. How did we do it?"

"Standing…" Deborah replied.

"Wow… Where…?"

"On the street…"

"Were we seen...?"

"Yes… by the people who were passing by… I'm coming…"

"And me…" Valerie said.

"Wow… and me… Swallow, Valerie." He picked up his pace coming after a few seconds and bit back his screams as Deborah gasped so the others wouldn't hear. He slowed down. Valerie was sucking hard on him and he felt her swallow.
(Booahh, she's quite the expert, even better than with Lauren. She swallowed it just as it hit her throat, so I'd feel it. My Patronus with her just changed, then we'll try them. Wooow… the one that said that it was very difficult for her to come and lost concentration, she's a machine.)

When he finished, he told them, returning to the intimate and silky tone that he usually used with them, "Thank you, girls... it's been fantastic, what a team we made, I'm going to have my plate full with you…"

"And we with you…" Valerie told him.

"Are you still horny, Valerie? Haven't you come? I'll do it as you want."

"It's not that... I'm recovering... it's been very strong…"

"Get up and hug us, don't hurt your knees anymore," Sev said.

Valerie got up and the three of them hugged, cuddling.

"Has anything I've told you bothered you, Valerie?" he asked.

"Not at all, my life, I've loved it, everything…" she answered.

"How well we understand each other, my love. I had already realized that you were doing it to yourself, I have said everything to help you."

"And wow if you've done it, it's been amazing…"

"And I have stopped you to give you both time," Sev said.

"I already realized, my love…"

"And you, Deborah? Have you been pleased?"

"Indeed…" she replied.

"Have you seen how you could? You have to experiment, also to teach us what you like."

"Of course... And I also have new material for the next few days, everything has turned me on a lot. You have already seen, it turns me on that you use me, dominate me and that others can find out."

"I'm copying you, Deborah," Valerie said, and to Sev, "If we don't do anything else tomorrow, I don't care."

"Thank you, Valerie," he replied. "You both are fantastic, how are we going to get on Sunday. Mine has also been very strong, you are an artist, Valerie, I loved feeling you swallow."

"I knew it," Valerie told him. "One of my tricks, invented by me. Don't steal it from me, Deborah, it's my personal stamp."

(Wow, I screwed up saying that in front of Deborah.)

"Calm down, Valerie, everything you've taught me it's enough for me," Deborah said.

"I had to hold back from screaming," Sev told them.

"You could have done it," Deborah told him. "Didn't you say that you wanted them to find out?"

"Well yes, you're absolutely right, a pity, because Valerie has done it perfectly."

"Thank you, sweetheart," Valerie said. "They've heard anyway, they've heard Deborah gasp.""

"And she has done very well, I am going to proclaim it."

"Go ahead!" Valerie told him.

Sev exclaimed loudly, "The three of us just got it on!"

They all burst out laughing.

"I still have my trousers down!"

Even more laughter.

"And the night we do it on the beach you're going to witness it!"

Everyone was dying of laughter.

"That way you'll learn! The three of us came at once!"

Their bellies ached from laughing.

"You're the best," Valerie told him, also out loud, as she pulled up his clothes.

He spoke bonded, "Take out yourLumos, Deborah, let's check the time."

Deborah already had her wand out and turned it on.

"Ugh… a quarter to ten. Go out of the cave, later Valerie and I will leave, maybe I won't have time to do my individual."

Deborah left immediately, Sev unbonded from her. He and Valerie held hands and waited for the others' Lumos to disappear. (Wonderful, deep, unconditional love since learning about my story, like Deborah. Since she wasn't quite sure what to do with that feeling, she channeled it by trying to help me as much as possible, which brought her even closer to Andrew.

(Satisfaction, not pride, for having achieved her goal. She was already satisfied with that, it made her very happy, and belonging to my escort for being close to me. She loved me deeply without hope and felt no resentment towards me for ignoring her.

(Very sad when they screwed it up obeying Jack, thinking that they would all get a good scolding and I would make an enemy with her. But that Sunday when I took them to the Room of Requirement, after the party where I hooked up with Deborah and therefore she knew that I wasn't faithful to Lily, and discovered that we shared music, she decided to fight for me, to spend so much time as she could with me until she won me over no matter what it cost her, as Andrew had done with her when they were little.

(Also satisfied, but not proud, of having managed to win me over in such a short time and that I love her to the point that I do, she feels that I do it more than she does me and that she doesn't deserve me, for the effort I'm taking with Andrew when I shouldn't have to care. Delighted with what I have transmitted to both of them in the ritual, she wants to have many children, two each, what a mess... I have to fight not to laugh.

(Very satisfied with what we have just done with Deborah, she has been very pleased and we have discovered a world for her, imagination in sex and domination by mutual agreement. On Sunday I'll ask Deborah to show us both my dream.

(I'm going to let her continue to feel what I feel for her and to do my individual like this, total, I'm just going to think about her, I already have the power.

(Universe, thank you for putting Valerie on my path, she gives me infinite joy and affection, she is a very beneficial presence in my life, the ideal companion who accompanies me in my joys and sorrows and who has taught me to express myself as I am, breaking all the rules and conventions and thus helping others to do it too.

(Thanks to the two of us, my family has become the happiest in the school and I hope that we soon set an example for everyone else, a new revolution, as she is, revolutionary, libertarian, what a beautiful word. She has made me discover what my political convictions are, an ideal to fight for, and we will also share music and a family in the future, many ties that unite us in a very short time.

(For all this, I want to stay with her, make her very happy. If she wants, I'll have those two children with her, we'll manage, once we're done with Voldemort we can afford it.

(Thank you, once again, Universe, for all the satisfaction you are giving me, it seems inexhaustible. I have lived in less than a year all the good things that did not happen to me in almost sixteen.)

He squeezed Valerie's hand, and she immediately squeezed his.

"Did has it been enough for you, sweetheart? It has been short, I'm sorry," he told her.

"It doesn't matter, you have to perform your individual."

"I've already done it, I've thought about you."

"But, shouldn't we do the individual ones alone?" she asked.

"To acquire the power. I already have it, it's the third one I've done."

"Sure…"

"Come on, we still have to get out of the cave and prepare to Apparate," Sev urged.

"Let's go."

They took out their Lumos, turned them on and left the cave in silence, attentive to the ground under their feet. The others were already waiting for them at the entrance, arranged in a circle, leaving them two gaps. Deborah wore her magical wind-up watch on her hand. They bonded with everyone.

"Time, Deborah?" Sev asked.

"Nine fifty-three."

"Ugh… time has hardly been enough. Seven minutes, like the seven that we are."

"We can afford a few minutes to look at this beauty," Valerie said.

"Of course," Sev said. "The finishing touch."

They broke the circle to look straight ahead. The sun was already approaching the water, marking its golden trail. They stayed in silence until nine fifty-seven. (Too bad, we're just going to miss the sunset, and there are clouds today, it's going to be beautiful. I could suggest we see it and then go back an hour with the Time-Turner, I'll tell them.)

"Do we watch the sunset and then go back an hour?"

"Yeah!" they all exclaimed out loud and laughed.