A/N- my very first fanfic. Yay Me!!!!
disclaimer: all of JK Rowling's work.
Chapter 1
It wasn't as if she asked to be married, she was just forced to marry. Well, we can't say forced exactly, it was more like given no choice in the matter. After voldemort died from the result of his own curse aimed towards Harry, the new minister, extremely daft, mind you, decided to help repopulate the wizarding world with a monstrosity of a law. The marriage law. Those words uttered brought more fear to the public than the name voldemort. It was now being referred to as the-words-that-should-not-be-said-together-in-that-way. Hermione Granger, who has no time to say such a pointless nicknames simply calls it the ML.
Now as you know, our three favorite people, skipped their last year of Hogwarts in search for horcruxes, as a result, they didn't graduate with the rest of their peers. Instead, they get to retake their 7th years. They get to be students at Hogwarts one more time. And that is where we find the group, sitting in their usual spots in the Gryffindor table. Harry and Ron sit across from Hermione shoveling as much food into their mouths in the fastest time possible, while she sits quietly reading the Daily Prophet.
"They can't actually be going through with this. It's barbaric. It's uncivilized, it's wrong!"
"Wha iz et ermone?"
"Please swallow before you talk Ron, I'd like to actually keep my breakfast down this morning. Anyways, Minister Eklehart has actually approved of the ML. I thought that it was just some silly idea that will get overlooked, but it's actually coming true. That monster, that idiotic useless waste of air. If I get a hold of him I'll make sure he'll never walk strai-"
"Uhh, Hermione, sorry to rain upon your ranting, but what does the article say?"
"Oh, sorry Harry, I get a bit carried away sometimes."
"A bit?"
"Shut up Ronald, the article says that the minister approved the law and they are finalizing the paper work. M.O.M will then send letters to all witches and wizards of age with information regarding their possible spouses. Witches are unable to choose whom they marry, and they can be petitioned for by a wizard. No one is excluded from this law except for married couples, engaged couples, squibs, or Harry Potter."
"Me? Why me?"
"Who knows, Harry, maybe they think you'd be getting death threats from psychotic witches that want your babies."
"Maybe, so are you going to ask her?"
"I hope so, I mean, I wouldn't want some other bloke trying to have a go with her, would I?"
"Um, Hermione?"
"Yes Ron?"
"About the whole ML thing, um, how do you petition for someone?"
"It's easy really, they have the instructions in the paper. All you have to do is wait for the letter to come explaining it as a whole, the males will get a paper to fill out. You just put in Lavender's name and fill it out and send it back."
"Thanks Hermione."
"No problem Ron, I know that Lavender will accept you. Come on now, we don't want to be late for transfigurations. We were almost late last time."
"We were there 3 minutes before class started."
"And that is almost late. I'd like to be there at least 5 minutes early to check that I have all my supplies needed for the class. I hope you know, I left one of my spare quills on the Gryffindor table that day."
"Oh wow a spare quill."
"I heard that Ronald."
A week passed by rather quickly for our trio. They were situated at their usual spots when three ministry looking owls flew by and landed in ron's porridge bowl.
"Our letters are here. This one's yours Ron, and you get one too Harry."
Hermione took her letter and opened it with frenzy.
Miss Hermione Granger,
The ministry has passed the Marriage Law and you are eligible. Congratulations You are able to be petitioned for. For the next two weeks, you will receive letters from possible spouses. You get to choose whom you wish to marry. The ministry hopes that you will find a suitable spouse, and we hope that you will start a family soon. The following paper will have more information on choosing your spouse.
Sincerely,
Jiminy Ecklehart
"They made it seem as if I won a prize."
"My letter says that due to my help in the defeat of he-who-must-not-be-named, I am exempt from the ML."
"Oi, we helped too."
"But we're not the one with the scar on our foreheads, are we Ron?"
"Yeah, still unfair though."
"Life's unfair mate."
"Shut up Harry. So who do you plan to wed?"
"Well, I was actually thinking about waiting a year, so umm, she can finish school."
"So your planning on asking my sister then?"
"Yes, if that's okay with you."
"Better you than some other bloke I guess. Just don't hurt her or I'll finish off what you-know-who couldn't do."
"You guys are complete idiots."
"Yeah, but we're your idiots."
So yeah, that was it. Tell me what you think, if i had any errors or if I can improve anything.
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