Ch3. The Bond
"The bond is not something like the marriage contract." He stated, earning full attention from Bella as she knew a lot about the topic. "It is for all purposes more unbreakable than Unbreakable Vow."
Bella gasped and her hand quickly sprang towards Thomas, grasping his hand tightly.
"No, Bella. Nothing like that. You will not die because of it. Well, you are already dead but... Hehe." The Reaper supported his head with his hands, his elbows on the table as he peered at Thomas. "You know, various worlds have their own deities or gods if you will. Thomas, just remember Highschool DxD. So, even those so-called godly entities will not be able to separate you."
"So, it is something like soulbond?" Bellatrix asked, confused. "Our souls merging to one?"
"Obviously not, Bella." Thomas chided, thinking about souls, channeling his inner Bleach-fan. "Our souls are still separate. We are in our soul forms right now."
"Oh..." She embarrassedly looked to the side.
"Well, yes. Your souls are separate but it is deeper than that. Your very root of existence was merged. You can compare it to a Horcrux." He uttered and Bella gasped, clearly knowing what it was. "You won't go insane nor will your soul split. But, if Thomas dies, you, Bella, can bring him back to life and vice-versa. If both of you die, you will lose your memories but you will be either reincarnated together and be drawn to each other or end up in heaven, hell, samsara, whatever you believe in, together. You are for all matters and purposes one being with two different souls. Your very existence in the deepest sense was merged together. And that is completely inseparable and final."
"How?" Thomas questioned.
He did not ask for anything like this and didn't know how this came to be. More importantly, did he still have 2 wishes remaining? Or was one used for... this?
"Okay, in order. The bond would be there anyway between you as she is to be your companion. I just enhanced it as much as I could as a sort of a 'gift' for taking Bellatrix. Well, you can count it as an apology?" The reaper rubbed his nose awkwardly, trying to appear bashful. "I will surely receive promotion for removing her out of the equation from her world, even though it is an Alternate Universe. And you must admit you kinda walked right into it when you called specifically her name out loud."
Before Thomas could retort and call him on his fake bashfulness, Bella interrupted.
"What do you mean?"
"You see, in your World, Voldemort wins. Simple as that. You are one of the main, instrumental tools he uses to win. You would kill Harry Potter. You would kill Dumbledore due to being too annoyed about waiting for Snape to make his mind and then you would kill Snape. You would grant your master the Elder Wand, suggesting getting disarmed to him. Now that would be a clusterfuck of high proportion for your universe." He commented dryly.
"You would kill Hermione Granger while torturing her to insanity WITHOUT Cruciatus Curse. You would set Weasley's home on the flame while Molly and Ginny are still INSIDE, burning them alive. As unsurprising as it was, you would make the cowardly Ronald Weasley swap sides by killing his own brother, Bill. You would set many homes of wizards on Fiendfyre. Heck, you would kill three consecutive Ministers of Magic! The Ministry completely gave up and stopped electing them because people tried their hardest to be elected, seeing it as a death sentence! You would manipulate a lot of muggle politicians by means of Legilimency to release nuclear warheads. And while it would be done in the name of the Dark Lord, you, Bellatrix Lestrange nee Black would have much, much, much more blood on your hands than even your formerly beloved His Noselessness himself."
Bellatrix just listened and took the information in strides, not even slightly disturbed that she would be responsible for killing so many while Thomas gulped at her delicate smile with a hint of smugness in it and her eyes sparkling in amusement.
He could almost imagine her rubbing her head with the tip of her wand.
"How many exactly?" She asked, deep-seated curiosity in her eyes.
"Indirectly? Billions. Nuclear Warheads, remember? Directly by your wand or hand? Hundreds of thousands. At the later stages, you would go Fiendfyre in cities, overpowering the spell and apparating away without even attempting to control it... Needless to say, it was not a nice look. You are the worst instance of Bellatrix in ANY Alternate Universe where you are Voldemort's most trusted follower. That is why I picked you specifically, out of all possible Bellatrix's in the multiverse."
Acknowledging Thomas's look he continued.
"Yes, Thomas. As surprising as it is, there are some instances where Bella is indeed even worse. She gets out of Voldie's direct control and paves her own way as the Dark Lady. And trust me, you do NOT want to visit those Universes."
Thomas nodded subduedly, vowing to be EXTREMELY specific when choosing a world.
"Well, I guess years in Azkaban and then another few under the influence of the Dark Lord would not add any more sanity to my already colorful record, now, would they?" Bella quipped in amusement.
The Reaper didn't deem it with an answer as he rolled his eyes.
"So, the bond has more advantages. Firstly, as you surely noticed," He exaggeratedly nodded in Bellatrix's direction and continued with a hint of mocking sarcasm. "she is much more talkative, open, and with bigger vocabulary than 'Avada Kedavra', 'itty, bitty, or baby', and 'kill'. That's because she feels good in your presence, Thomas. Don't you Bella?"
Bellatrix's eyes widened as she pulled her senses inwards and absentmindedly nodded, her hand still clutching Thomas's.
"In order to add a girl to the 'coven', she will have to be willing but once she joins, she will feel warm and protected in your presence, Thomas. You will also feel good in the presence of your girls. This will help greatly in having harmonious relationships among yourselves." The Reaper chuckled.
"The sex will no longer be only a matter of fleshly pleasure but your very souls would be intimately joined for that instance. And trust me when I say, that kind of feeling goes way over the pleasure of the flesh."
"There will be a mind link and you will always know the position of your linked one. With a bit of practice, maybe even long-ranged telepathy would be possible."
"And lastly, the loyalty, as you saw in Bella's case. The bonding will be the same as with Bellatrix, it will be a link of roots of existence. You will become inseparable from that point on, meaning there will be no petty jealousy, anger, or any issue like that among the people in the bond. Of course, disagreement and quarrels will still happen but it won't drive you apart. This link also means every time you, Thomas, leave to another universe, the girls will be pulled with you."
The Reaper finished his long-winded explanation, little breathless.
"That's it?" Thomas said, mentally going through what he just heard.
Yes, it was a lot but... there was nothing THAT exceptional there. In stories, these kinds of bonds usually came with some bullshittingly powerful advantage or...
"What more do you want, ya prick." The Reaper deadpanned. "You will have the ability to travel the multiverse, learn all sorts of magic, and will be practically immortal unless everyone in your coven is killed off. Yes, getting a new body will be a drag once you are killed but there are many means to do just that in the multiverse plus I am sure your companions would do their utmost to find a way. But I'll bite." He clicked his tongue and Thomas felt a slight shift inside of him. "There, happy now? Why the hell must someone as greedy as you prevent a nuclear world war! It would be so much easier if it was some selfless idiot on the level of Potter. He would ask to be given flowers on his grave and be done with it." He sighed in exasperation.
"You will now be able to adjust the age of the girl at the time of her linking. By that I mean, any girl you bond with will be turned to her fifteen years old self."
Thomas dumbly nodded as he watched Bellatrix's haunted appearance change in front of his eyes. Her ghostly white complexion significantly improved and became still pale but healthier shade. Her curly locks regained their black luster as her dead, soulless eyes gained a touch of life. Her cheeks, face, and figure filled out, no longer looking like a starved child. Her breasts enlarged to a modest-sized perky bust as her small height increased by several inches.
Thomas could feel her bony fingers, entwined with his, becoming softer and smoother. He turned his gaze towards them but stopped as he saw her enticing pale long legs, gulping loudly and tearing his gaze away with a flaming flush. Thankfully Bella was staring into a completely opposite direction. The Reaper though was snickering at him.
Bellatrix was bewildered, looking in the person-sized mirror in the office, as she started to grope, pat, and touch herself all over her body in an attempt to ascertain it was real. She felt... marvelous. All old injuries, healed. All effects of dark curses, gone. Even her skin smoothened itself!
She was young again. Her gaze lingered to Thomas, her mouth, watering up.
And horny. So excruciatingly hor-...
"Ahem." The Reaper quickly pulled her out of her reverie. She didn't feel ashamed. She belonged to Thomas and she WILL make him claim her everything! She was Bellatrix Black and her husband will know he can ask anything out of her. The Reaper decided to ignore her heated glare and teased her. "You are again a virgin, by the way."
Bellatrix instantly went slightly red in her cheeks but her glare only intensified.
"Anyway. I guess I will now allow you to choose these two more wishes, Thomas. Think carefully though."