The Power of Four: A Coven's Tale

C28: Home Sweet Home

Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters

A/N: So, this is the last chapter for this one, and there will be at least one sequel for this, once I get around to writing it and find my inspiration again. I'll be very honest and say that I have been suffering from a major writers block at the moment, so I can't really give you guys a timeline as of yet. I do want to thank everyone who has taken the time to read this fic.

When most of the Coven stepped off the train the following day, minus Bella and Dora, who had Floo'ed home with their luggage, they were met by most of their family, being Apoline and Jean-Paul, Eliza and Narcissa and Andromeda and Juliette, who looked quite comfortable in each other's arms. "Good morning sweeties. It's good to see you all again." Narcissa said as she hugged her sons.

Fabian smiled at her. "We missed you too Mom." He said with a soft smile.

Narcissa smiled at him as he stepped back to hug the rest of the family. "Bella and Dora are already waiting for you all at home, as is Xenophilius. We'll talk there about everything there. There are too many unfriendly ears here." She said nodding towards Molly Weasley who was openly glaring at her daughter and Gabrielle.

The blonde knew of the Howler her girlfriend had received late yesterday evening telling her not bothering coming home while she was involved with that French hussy. Narcissa didn't mind having her over though, and after a conversation with Apoline and Jean-Paul late last night, they had agreed to let the two young women have the same freedom they had allowed Fabian and Fleur.

Narcissa and Eliza already saw Ginny as one of their own and they were planning to take over guardianship if Molly really disowned her only daughter.

Ginny on her turn did not spare her mother another look as she followed her girlfriend and her family back to the Floo point. "Are you okay ma cherí?" Gabrielle asked softly.

The redhead smiled at her lover. "I'm okay love. She made her point clear, and so have I. There is no one in the world that can take me away from you, especially not my bigoted mother."

Gabrielle smiled and pressed a chaste kiss to her lover's lips. "I will always be by your side Ginny, for as long as you will have me."

The redhead smiled at her as they stepped through the Floo, seeing a smiling Bellatrix, Nymphadora and Xenophilius waiting for them in the living room. "It feels good to be home again. No Dumbledore trying to get information out of us, no Umbridge watching our every move, just our family and nothing but peace for two months." Hermione said as she molded herself in her lover's arms.

Dora smiled and pressed a kiss to her lover's neck. "Not everything will be peaceful though. We have the trial coming up, and of course a very lavish wedding, not to mention how our nights together are going to be."

Hermione blushed a little. "Not in front of Mom, Dora."

Nymphadora smiled at her. "Sorry love, you know sometimes I can't resist the urge to tease you."

"We are quite used to sappy moments. They have been quite common here in the last few months, but perhaps such moments are better suited for after dinner. We have a lot to discuss until that time." Andromeda said with a soft smile from Juliette's arms.

They all nodded at that. "That we do, so where are we on the case against Dumbledore?" Fabian asked softly once they had taken a seat.

"Amelia Bones is going to press the official charges tomorrow, and she will push for the trial to happen in two weeks. All of the evidence is sorted and reviewed, and in the two weeks leading up to the trial will be used to hear everyone involved, under Veritaserum. If all goes well, he will not be allowed to remain Headmaster when he is found guilty. He will also be tried by a new Minister, since Fudge was forced to resign when his involvement and knowledge of Umbridge's practices came out, and speaking of that vile woman, she is currently in a maximum security wing of St. Mungo's where she will probably remain for the remainder of her life." Narcissa said with a smile.

"While I don't regret what happened, I did not expect it to have such an effect. It was not even a conscious response." Fabian said softly.

"What happened sweetie? We haven't heard anything on how it happened." Eliza asked with a soft smile.

He took a deep breath before answering. "I felt my gift building up to something all through the exams, and when Fred and George flew in and burned up all the exams, she had the gall to imply that Luna and I were involved. I felt how my gift ballooned out and let her feel all of the negative emotions that had piled up since she walked into the school. I didn't know what it would do to her, nor had I any control over it, but we found out it was something our gifts are capable of if we are threatened in any way."

Eliza and Narcissa smiled at him. "It's okay sweetie, your gifts, even with all the information you have are still mostly a mystery. I am sure that you all will continue to grow." Narcissa said with a kind smile.

They all smiled and nodded at that. "We have done some research and we have found out that it all should balance itself out once we are married and are close to the same age, which should not be long after that. Our guess is that we will all balance out around twenty within the next couple of months."

"Well you certainly look a lot more youthful, Bella. Perhaps the process has already started." Andromeda said with a smile.

Bellatrix smiled at her. "We haven't really checked because we didn't want to tip off Dumbledore or the Toad."

Narcissa smiled at her. "I can check right now if you all want to. That way you all have some certainty at least."

"We'd like that Narcissa, thank you, and perhaps we should do the same for Hermione and Dora too since they are as involved as we are." Fleur said with a smile.

Narcissa smiled and nodded. "I was planning to, dear. Could you all stand next to each other? That will make this all a lot easier."

They nodded and did as they were told, standing up and next to each other as Narcissa waved her wand over them.

The results shocked them all a little. Fabian, Luna and Hermione were already seventeen, and Bellatrix, Fleur and Dora were twenty. "Amazing. I've never seen anything like this."

"Does this mean we don't carry the mark anymore?" Luna asked softly.

"No, unlike most other things in our world, the mark is connected to your physical age, so you are all free to use magic, but no Apparition until you have taken your tests. We can do that in a few days if you want." Narcissa said with a smile.

"It would certainly make things easier when we want to go and visit a few of our properties this summer, and it would be less strain on Bella and myself as well to not have to side-along them every time." Fleur said with a soft smile.

Narcissa smiled at that. "Then we'll make sure to plan that in a couple of days when everyone has settled in a bit, but for now I think a nice lunch is in order. I think Jupi and Edi have prepared us a feast once again."

They nodded and followed the blonde into the dining room, where indeed a lavish lunch awaited them all.

…

After lunch the Coven including Hermione and Dora made their way to Delacour Manor with the rest of the Delacours including Andromeda and Ginny, because they wanted to talk about the coming ritual. "What do you think they will say, Fleur. Is something like this common?" Hermione asked softly.

"I've seen it mentioned in the Chronicles a few times, as I am sure you have, and I think my Gran-mere will understand our situation. She is a full Veela after all." The blonde said with a soft smile.

Hermione smiled at that. "I've read the same things, but I just can't help but worry a little about this."

Fleur smiled at her. "Maman will understand, Hermione. The rituals of the Veela are as ancient as our Coven. I think there will be something written in our Family Book as well. There is bound to be something there that includes our Coven, and I think Maman knows that, given how much she has been involved with our Coven so far."

Hermione nodded as they stepped into the Chateau, smiling at the familiar surroundings again. "I don't know why but the Chateau makes me feel as much at home as the Manor does."

Apoline smiled at her. "That was our intention when we moved to England, 'ermione. We wanted to make sure everyone would feel at home as soon as we learned that the Coven had returned."

As they took a seat in Juliette's Solarium, where Bella noticed a lot of influences of her sister as well. "I like what you have added to the room Andi. It really reflects both of you now." She said with a kind smile.

Andromeda smiled at her sister. "Juliette insisted that I bring a little of myself here. Chances are that I will be moving into the Chateau soon enough."

Bellatrix smiled and nodded. "I'm glad you finally found your eternal happiness, Andi. You deserve it."

Andromeda smiled and gave her big sister a hug. "You do too Bella, and personally I think you couldn't have found anyone better than Fabian."

Bellatrix only smiled at her as she pressed a kiss to her lover's neck while the three girls wrapped their arms around him in some way, making him blush a little.

Once everyone had taken a seat Hermione started, supported by her brother and her lover. "So, where to start? I think it's best if I explained why we wanted to talk to you. We have read a lot in the Chronicles in the past couple of months because of the night Fabian and I had to share together in order to stave off the effects of the Curse of Black. That got us thinking about the Veela rituals and the Coven and we were wondering if your family's book said something about this."

Juliette smiled at her. "We were wondering when you would figure out the connection. It is true zat the Covens of the past 'ave allowed their Consultants to partake in the marriage ritual, and from what we 'ave read, it 'as strengthened the Coven as a whole each time. So if you and Dora are okay wizt it, we 'ave no issue in letting you two join us."

Hermione and Dora shared a look with each other and then with Fabian and his lovers, who merely smiled at them. "It is in everyone's best interest if we become as strong as we can possibly be for the final confrontation with Tom, so yes, we would like to be included in the ritual."

Apoline and Juliette smiled at them. "Zat is a very brave decision, we will make the final preparations. The ritual will be performed here on the night after you all have gotten married. It is bad manners to perform this on the actual wedding night, and might actually hurt your Bond." Apoline said kindly.

They all nodded at that. "We figured as much, and we were going to ask if we could postpone the ritual past our wedding night anyway." Fabian said with a smile.

Apoline smiled at him. "We know 'ow you are with each ozer, and even if it wasn't a part of the ritual, we would've suggested it anyway because it is easier for everyone involved."

"Is there something we need to do in preparation for this ritual? Things we need to do or avoid?" Bellatrix asked with a smile.

The two women shook their heads and smiled. "Non, zere is nothing special involved. It is one of our most ancient of rituals and it was to make sure the Veela's mate was accepted by the clan. It was made to be easy for everyone involved. One thing zat is advisable is some sort of Stamina Potion, just in case Fabian should need it, although I doubt that will 'appen given all the practice he's had over the last few months." Juliette said with a teasing wink.

He blushed a little at that. "I don't understand what you are so embarrassed about, mon amour. We are always very impressed with your sexual stamina." Fleur said with a soft smile.

"I know, but it is still a bit embarrassing to talk about this in front of your mother, grandmother, and my aunt." He said softly.

Juliette smiled at him. "We understand Fabian, and while Andromeda knows everyzing about our rituals by now, she has told me not to be included yet as not to make it awkward for everyone."

They all smiled at that. "We appreciate that, we don't need to make things even more awkward than they already are." Bellatrix said with a soft smile.

Andromeda smiled at her sister. "Trust me when I say that I have seen you naked plenty of times and heard enough of your conquests over the years that I know enough not to be involved in this, nor would I want to embarrass my daughters and nephew like that."

Bellatrix laughed lightly at that. "Don't forget the opposite is true as well, my dear sister. I have been privy to a lot of yours and Cissy's phases, or did you tell Juliette about Felicia and Yvette?"

"As a matter of fact, I did. Juliette and I had a lot of talks about everything in order to move forward together. We have no secrets from each other." Andromeda said with a soft smile.

Bellatrix smiled at that. "I figured as much, I was merely teasing you. When it comes down to it You, Cissa and myself are not so different in terms of our lovers. We cannot help but be honest with them and lay out everything on the table."

Andromeda smiled at her sister. "That is very true, and while I will not be a part of this ritual, I understand its significance, and I am very much aware that once Juliette and I get married, or even take the next step in our relationship that Fleur and Gabrielle will be there. You all know better than most how important rituals are to any type of Coven, and I have found that the Veela are no different."

They all smiled and nodded. "Yes, we have found a lot of rituals that we need to perform before our wedding day, and even after our wedding there are a few we need to perform to make sure we and our Bond become as strong as we need to be for that final confrontation with Tom, and after that we shall see what happens." Fabian said with a soft smile.

"I zink you will find your way once everyzing is over, and you will be 'eroes for saving the Wizarding World from it's greatest threat since Grindlewald." Apoline said with a smile.

They all smiled at that. "We never got into this to be 'eroes, Maman. We all love each other so much and merely want to do our part, and the fact that we discovered that this went deeper than anyone could've thought is something we did not expect." Fleur said with a soft smile.

Apoline and Juliette merely smiled at them. "We understand zat, and we commend you for it. Not many would 'ave done the same with the powers you 'ave been granted."

"We knew that the powers we have been given we needed to be careful, because it would've been easy for us to go to the dark side and take over for ourselves, but it is mostly thanks to the love we have been always been shown into our families that we have stayed to the path set out for us." Bellatrix said with a smile.

Apoline and Juliette smiled at them. "We'll talk about this some more in a couple of days. If I'm not mistaken you 'ave almost two months of vacation to look forward to.

They nodded and hugged the two Veela and Andromeda before the made their way back to Black Manor, minus Hermione and Dora, who stayed to spend some more time with their mother and Juliette.

…

By the time they finally had some time to relax a little, it was well after dinner, and they took generous advantage of this by taking a bath together.

"Mon Dieux, how I have missed this. I love our room at Hogwarts, but nothing beats the comfort of home." Fleur said with a content moan as she tightened her grip around Luna's waist, and even though the two blondes were almost the same height now, Luna just loved to cuddle up against her mates in any way, shape or form.

Bellatrix smiled at her from her spot against Fabian. "I can't help but agree, it's good to be home again, nothing beats a soak in our bathtub, especially after such an information laden day."

He smiled and pressed a kiss to her neck. "Technically this is still my bathtub, and I would be willing to bet that the bathroom in any of our homes will be far more luxurious."

"Since we own an actual island, I would be inclined to agree. Perhaps that is something we can do tomorrow, actually trying to decide where we would want to live in the near future." Fleur said with a soft smile.

"Since we have nothing else planned and I know we don't need to fit our dresses in at least two days, I'd say we can definitely go look at our properties to see if something catches our fancy." Bellatrix said with a soft smile.

Luna and Fleur shared a mischievous look before crawling forward. "I see something that catches my fancy right now." Luna said as she straddled one of Bella's legs and Fleur straddled the other, both of them kissing their way from her neck to the raven haired witch's nipples.

Bellatrix moaned softly as Fabian decided to join in on the fun, kissing her neck teasingly, smiling as she moaned softly. "I thought we were supposed to be relaxing here, and we all know that doing this now will not relax us."

"We know love, but a little teasing will relax us all a great deal. We need to build up a little resistance towards each other, otherwise we might get distracted at an important time." Fleur said with a soft smile.

Bellatrix smiled at her. "I think at this point we have proven that building a resistance to each other is impossible, but you are right that it is very relaxing." She said as she let her hands roam to both of the blondes breasts.

Fleur and Luna moaned softly as the four lovers quickly lost themselves in each other, not going so far as to actually make love but instead chose to make out for most of their time in the bathroom, only getting out when the water finally turned cold.

Once they were back in bed they wasted little time in cuddling up together as Bella summoned their Chronicles and the list she had made of their properties. "Since we have a few weeks before we get married and even longer before we actually need to decide where we want to live in the future, but it never hurts to get a head start on making some sort of decision."

Fleur smiled at her. "As long as we can come to an agreement on making one of our French properties our summer home. I can't wait to take you girls shopping in Paris." She said with a dreamy smile.

Bella smiled and kissed the blonde softly. "Ah Paris. I have such good memories of the city of love. I had my first real kiss on the Eiffel Tower and it is still one of my fondest memories." She said dreamily.

They all smiled at that. "I thought Mom was your first kiss?" Fabian asked softly.

She smiled and kissed his cheek. "It was to a degree, but we are sisters. My first real kiss, by a non-family member was from my then girlfriend Amelié. We met at Hogwarts in our last year and decided to go to Paris together for our summer. Unfortunately she got killed in the First War. It was one of the few times in my life I felt something for someone besides my sisters, and while I also cared a lot for Aurora back then, we both knew it could only be flirting at school."

Luna smiled at her as she rested her head against Bella's breasts. "We know, you've told us the story a couple of times, usually just before reassuring us that we are the only ones for you." She said as she placed a soft kiss around the raven haired witches' nipple.

Bellatrix moaned softly and smiled at the petite blonde. "That's because you are. I love all of you so much, and I am so excited to get married in a couple of weeks, knowing that I finally have found the loves of my life."

"I'm still a bit jealous that another French woman got your first kiss. I hoped that I at least got that first from you." Fleur said with a soft pout.

"You are certainly the first French woman I ever had sex with, so you got that first time, but remember that I am supposed to be twenty years your senior if it hadn't been for our Coven Bond." Bellatrix said softly.

Fleur smiled and kissed her softly. "I know, but as it stands right now, we are the same age and won't age until Fabian and Luna are twenty, and that is why I hoped to be the only French woman to kiss those lips, at least before my mother."

Bellatrix smiled and returned the kiss. "You are the only native French woman to ever kiss me. Amelié was half English. Is that good enough?"

Fleur nodded and rested her head against Bella's shoulder. "It is, mon amour. Sorry that my jealousy rears its head sometimes."

"It is only natural, my love. From what I have found is that we are quite unique in the Coven's history. The fact that we all found each other so young and so quickly has left us little time to talk about all of the events that led us to this point. Jealousy over past relationships is only to be expected, even if they are only mine. Or was there something you needed to tell us, ma cherí?"

Fleur smiled and shook her head. "Non, all of my sexual encounters before I made love to Fabian were with one of the toys I had gotten from my mother and grandmother, which is why it was such a surprise to find out our lover was packing so much meat." The blonde said before kissing Fabian deeply.

He smiled and kissed her. "You felt it plenty of times though, I believe every time you pressed yourself against me in the carriage."

Fleur blushed and got comfortable against Bellatrix again. "I felt it every morning, and every morning I had to restrain myself not to mount you and ride you like I wanted to."

He smiled at her as they got all got comfortable against each other. "Thankfully you don't have to show that type of restraint anymore, with any of us."

She only smiled at him and shook her head as she fell asleep against Bellatrix, the other three not far behind in joining her.

…

The following morning Fabian woke up with only Fleur next to him, who was cuddled into him much like she had done for most of the night. It brought him a bout of nostalgia from last year, when waking up to this sight was more common.

She stirred against him and pressed a soft kiss to his chest. "Good morning mon amour." She said sleepily.

"Good morning cherí. Did you sleep okay?" He asked with a soft smile.

She nodded and cuddled into him even more. "Of course I did, although I expected to wake up to a few more women in bed."

"I think Bella and Luna have made a head start on the properties we are going to see, although one is a must, since our Prophecy said that we needed to visit the mansion in Ireland as soon as possible, so I'd say we have a little while." He said softly.

She smiled and pushed herself up to kiss him. "While I would never say no to a morning of lovemaking, we have a lot to do, and it wouldn't do for us to let them do all the work, so we are going to take a quick shower together and then we will go and see where our lovers have absconded to."

He smiled and nodded before kissing her. "Whatever you wish, my love."

Fleur smiled and pecked his lips softly before rolling out of bed, Fabian hot on her heels as they walked into the bathroom to take a quick shower.

Of course they couldn't resist the urge to at least make out a little, but all in all they kept it tame, only spending half an hour in the shower before taking their time in drying each other and then dressing themselves to go look for their lovers.

They found Bellatrix and Luna cuddled up in the library, the Chronicles and the list of properties in front of them on the table. "Good morning you two. Did you sleep okay?" Bellatrix asked with a soft smile.

They nodded and took a seat next to their lovers in the loveseat. "We did, did you two find anything interesting so far?"

Luna smiled and nodded. "Besides the mansion in Ireland and the island we found a few properties that look interesting. We have a Chateau in Paris that looks very promising, and there is a mansion in Scotland as well. The Chronicles show that most Covens favored either the island or Paris. The mansion in Ireland was mostly used to store their most important artifacts, which are hidden in a Vault that only the four of us can open. The island was mostly used as a retreat of sorts, but it is on a convergence of leylines that makes it all very magical."

"So after paying a visit to the mansion in Ireland we are definitely planning a trip to Paris and the island, wherever that may be?" He asked with a smile.

The three girls nodded at that. "We can make that our first honeymoon, wouldn't you agree, my love?" Fleur asked softly.

"I can agree with that, and certainly a trip to our own island, which is located off the coast of France will be perfect to wind down a little after our wedding and the trial." Bellatrix said with a soft smile.

He smiled at that. "I still can't believe that in a few weeks we will actually be married and will be rid of Dumbledore meddling in our Coven's business. It is almost like a two for one."

The girls smiled at him. "If only we could get rid of Tom at the same time. Then our lives would be perfect." Bellatrix said softly.

He smiled and nodded at that. "I agree with that, once Tom is gone we can focus on ourselves, but there is a lot of fighting that we will need to do before we can actually live our lives the way we want to."

"And what do you want out of life, Fabe? We've never really talked about that." Luna said with a soft smile.

"There are a lot of things I want, all of which involve you girls. A family of our own, a nice home where we can raise said family in peace, but above all I want to wake up every single day next to the women I love more than anything in the world." He said softly.

The girls cooed at him. "You're too sweet sometimes and we all want the same things. We can't wait for the day where we tell you that we are pregnant, because I think we will get pregnant at the same time, at least that is our hope." Fleur said with a loving smile.

"Of course, my loves. If that is what you want, I would be happy to try and impregnate you in the same night." He said with a soft smile.

"We know you will love, we have done it plenty of times in the last year to know each other's limits. We are quite confident that you can do it, and to be sure we have been looking through some stamina potions as well. There are plenty in the Chronicles that will help us live out our dreams." Luna said with a dreamy smile.

He smiled at that. "Let's talk about that when we are actually ready for children. Perhaps when we have fully come into our powers, our physical fortitude will have improved as well."

The girls smiled at him as Fleur effortlessly straddled him. "We have never complained about your fortitude, my love, and I doubt it will ever be an issue." She said before kissing him.

He smiled at her as he wrapped his arms low around her waist, catching a look from Luna, basically asking him to behave a little, which he returned with a soft smile. He knew how important it was for her to have someplace special with him, and he was going to honor that.

He flashed her a smile back before pressing a soft kiss to Fleur's neck. "How about we go through the Chronicles for any rituals we need to perform for our wedding. I am sure that with three such powerful families there are at least a few marriage rituals that we can perform to help us in our coming tasks."

Bellatrix smiled at that. "We were hoping you would ask. We found a few that we can do and I think you two will like it. One is to make sure our physical ages will synchronize on the day of our wedding and another is to synchronize our magical cores. We will be truly equals when we get married."

He smiled at that. "I think that will definitely help us in time, and I think between the four of us we can find a few more that we can use to our advantage. We can also look into some more ancient rituals, give back to the ones we owe everything to."

"We have read something about the Goddesses themselves having blessed every Coven wedding in history, so perhaps we can look in that direction." Luna said with a dreamy smile.

Fabian and Fleur both smiled at her before moving to sit next to their lovers, the four cuddling up together so they could look at the Chronicles together, all of them both excited and anxious about what their futures would hold. All they new for sure was that they would be able to do anything as long as they were together, because their Coven's Tale was far from over, in fact it was only just beginning.