"What about nibbling or caressing?" Harry asked back.
"Just remember someday you'll be taking your tests and you wouldn't want me to disrupt your testing zat way would you?"
"Who would you kiss to disrupt my tests?" Harry asked but was immediately bombarded with images of his older bondmate in her black knickers and matching lace bra that seemed a half size too small. That was followed by an obviously choreographed time of her slowly starting to remove them. "Okay...okay...uh...you win," Harry stammered. "No kisses. Now I think I need a shower this morning. A very cold one."
Fleur giggled as she smiled her victory smile. "I love you 'Arry."
"I love you to my flower and in four more days there will be no more hiding it."
Those four days passed quickly. Each day Fleur left for exams and each evening she returned mentally exhausted. After dinner, Harry, Hermione and Gabrielle would escort her back to her room to study for the next day. It became routine for Fleur to lay her head in Harry's lap and as he ran his fingers soothingly through her hair, Hermione and Gabrielle would query their sister on the next day's topic. Gabrielle had to spend a great deal of time translating certain parts of French textbooks for Hermione. Though unintentional, Fleur benefited from the bond during the testing. On several occasions as she pondered a particular problem, her thoughts bled over to the rest of them, and Hermione couldn't help but respond with the correct answer if she remembered it.
The examiner for Fleur's Charms exam was impressed by Fleur's Patronus. In fact everyone who was testing at the time paused to stare at the silvery Osprey as it circled the room.
***July 2nd 1995 ***
The day of the End of Year Feast arrived and the bondmates had gathered as they normally did to walk to breakfast together. On their way their path was blocked by two house-elves. One had large brown eyes while the other elf looked nervous.
"It's after the third task and Winky has not drunk a butterbeer in weeks," Said the little elf. "Winky wants to know about this family that will have lots of children."
"This is yours Gabrielle," Harry said as he pushed his acknowledged girlfriend forward toward the little elf.
"Bonjour Winky," Gabrielle said in a quiet voice. "You look much better zan you did."
"You said Winky had to not drink butterbeer if Winky wanted a new family. Winky did that."
"As I said zen, it's not a real family yet, but someday I think it will be."
"Who is this family? Winky wants to see them," The elf pleaded.
Gabrielle looked over at Harry and he smiled and nodded.
"We are the family," Harry said as he knelt down to look at the elf. "Someday these three women will be my wives and I guess sometime after that, there will be children."
"Three wives?" Winky asked suspiciously.
"They are bonded Winky," Dobby said.
Winky's eyes grew even larger and a look of excite came over her. "Harry Potter and his wives want Winky to be their elf?"
"Oui," Gabrielle replied. "We want you to be our elf."
"We also want Dobby to be our elf as well," Harry added remembering Dobby's request. "But we don't have a house yet so if you do bond with us, you can either spend time at the Delacours in France or here at Hogwarts."
"What about Sirius?" Hermione asked. "They might be able to help him."
"That's a possibility also," Harry agreed. "So you two want to bond with us?"
"If you do bond, we'll have some rules you must follow," Hermione added.
"Dobby wants to be elf to the great Harry Potter sir and his wives," Dobby replied. "Dobby's greatest dream has been to be Harry Potter's elf sir."
All eyes turned toward the female elf. "Winky wants to bond. Winky promises to be a good elf, always doing what she's told."
They ended up in the Room of Requirements to perform the required bonding ritual which seemed pretty complex to Harry and Hermione. When the bonding was completed Hermione gave the rules that Fleur had suggested.
"Winky, Dobby now that you are our elves, you must follow three very important rules at all times," Hermione began. "The first one is if you ever want to be free, you must ask us."
Dobby and Winky looked nervously at each other.
"Dobby that rule is because we believe all families should be required to free any elf that doesn't want to be a part of their family like you and the Malfoys," Harry explained.
Dobby nodded his head rapidly. "Dobby will never want to not be Harry Potter's elf."
"The next rule is you must always tell us if we ask you to do something you don't want to do," Hermione continued. "For example, Winky your old Master told you to go up in a very high place when you didn't want to go."
"A good house-elf does what she's told," Winky replied and then remembered she was speaking to her new mistress. "Mistress Hermione."
"Hmmm, make that four rules then..." Hermione started but Fleur cut her off.
"You don't need to make zat a rule. Zey will call you want you want as long as you allow zem some latitude to show zat zey are your elf. Remember zat zey want to serve you," Fleur smiled at Winky. "I would like you to call me Miss Fleur and I think Miss 'Ermione and Miss Gabrielle will be good."
Winky nodded. "Miss Fleur. Do you have other house-elves?"
"My parents 'ave three," Fleur replied. "Zey 'ave a very large 'ome in ze south of France. You can work zere if you want."
"Large home?" Winky asked in an eager voice. "Children?"
"Non, Miss Gabrielle and I are ze only children, but zere are large gardens to keep and a boat to clean and ze 'ouse itself is very large."
"Can you work in a muggle house?" Hermione asked.
"Only if the muggles know about magic," Dobby replied.
"Maybe you could help my parents then," Hermione suggested. "They loved Dobby when he served them when they came here."
Dobby beamed in pride at the compliment.
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