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Marriage Vows

Disclaimer: This
story was inspired by the Marriage Law Challenge on WIKTT. All Harry Potter characters belong to JK
Rowling and those with whom she has agreed contracts. This story was written for practice not profit.

Chapter Twenty-Four Shell Shocked

By Saturday lunchtime Poppy was able to confirm eighteen
further pregnancies amongst the senior girls including Ginny Weasley, Hannah
Abbott and Lavender Brown. The
Infirmary was not big enough to contain them all so all those who tested
positive were sent to the room of requirement whilst the father-to-be was
summoned to join them. After all the
girls had been tested Albus, Poppy, Hermione, Charlie, Melissa and all Heads of
House went to meet with them.

Most of the girls were crying and the boys looked
shell-shocked particularly Blaise who had three crying Slytherin girls all
claiming him as the father. Of all the
couples only Neville and Ginny seemed reasonably calm about their position. Susan was stin ain a state but Ron was doing
his best to comfort her.

Dumbledore began to address the assembly.

�Children, I am sure many of you have worked out why I have
gathered you all together today but just in case anyone hasn�t understood I
would like to point out that we have a spate of unexpected pregnancies. At the moment we have discovered
twenty-three. Conceptions seem to have
occurred at the end of the first week of term.
We are working on the theory that when Professor and Madam Snape had
their binding ceremony they created a wave of magic which disrupted the
contraceptive measures taken by many of you.
Many of you are of age and therefore able to make your own choices about
your situation. I know that some of you
already have entered into an understanding with your partner about your futures
after Hogwarts. Equally I know that
some of you have not. I would urge you
therefore to have serious discussions over the weekend. Some of you are under seventeen however and
I will have no choice but to contact your parents. If those of you aged seventeen and above would like me to contact
your parents as well I am willing to do so.
I will summon parents to meetings next week with Heads of House. Professor McGonagall would you like to say a
few words?�

Minerva stepped forward.

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�I know this must have come as a dreadful shock to many of
you. The situation only became apparent
yesterday when some of the adults began sharing their news. Please be assured that no one is going to
expelled over this. I feel I must ask
you to try to stay as calm as possible.
There is no problem that a little time and a little effort cannot sort
out. I would hate to find any of you
had endangered yourself through anxiety.
Your children will be welcome members of our society. Those of you who are not in a position to
raise them yourselves will have no trouble finding suitable foster
parents. If any of you need to talk to
an adult all of us are willing to listen to you and advise you. Remember that you are not alone in
this. We are going to allow you to have
as much time together as possible and all Heads of House will be in or around
their offices. Professor Graceworthy-Plank and Mr Weasley will be around the
cabin and the stable block. I think any
further discussions should be in smaller groups. You are dismissed.�

The gathering gradually split apart with the children going
of in small groups. Eventually only
Severus and Hermione were left amongst the adults and Blaise�s group amongst
the students.

�I think you four need to come with us right now,� said
Severus irritably. You are all in my
house.�

That said the group made their way to the upstairs sitting
room. Hermione felt a little
uncomfortable at being there but Severus seemed intent on encouraging her to
share some of his house duties.

�Right,� said Severus, after the party had secured itself
some privacy. �I would like to know how
you, Mr Zabini, managed to father three children in the course of one evening
on three girls, none of whom are your actual girlfriend.�

�Millie and I had a falling out on the train. We were just about to make it up when this
damn law was passed which would stop us marrying. She didn�t come to the feast and she was as mad as hell that I
went. These charming little harpies
were at a loose end because Draco and co weren�t around and decided to compete
for my favours instead.�

�And so you favoured all three. Are any of you actually sixteen yet?�

�I am,� said one.
�It was my birthday last week.�

�Congratulations Miss Andreas,� said Severus sarcastically.

Hermione was beginning to feel rather nervous about her
husband�s temper. The three girls had
managed to rein in their tears for the moment at least but were looking very
fearful.

�Madam Pomfrey informs me that none of you had requested the
potion. What were you using instead?�

There was a moment of silence. Hermione could see that this was obviously a key question from
the looks they were giving each other.

�Do I have to repeat myself?�

�It was a charm,� said Miss Andreas sullenly. It�s supposed to be more effective than the
potion because it needs to be lifted.�

�Most contraceptive charms need to be renewed at intervals,�
stated Severus. �Which one was it?�

Again there was silence.
Severus looked furious and the girls looked panicked. Blaise looked confused. Eventually one of the other girls spoke
up.

�It was In Medium Fidem she said.

Hermione had never heard of this. Severus evidently had. He
looked angrier than he had since Sirius was alive.

�That charm is intended to render females useful as safe
prostitutes. Who the hell put you three
under it?�

The girls were now crying again. Blaise spoke this time.

�They work at a brothel in Knockturn Alley in the
holidays. My father sometimes takes me
there. He says I need to learn how to
deal with women.�

�I presume it was the brothel owner who put you under the
spell,� said Severus. �How did you come
to be working there?�

�Our father owns it,� said the girl who hadn�t spoken
yet. �He had the idea of having his
women breed the next generation of whores for his brothel. That�s how Athena and I came to be born and
he says we�re old enough to earn our keep now.�

�You are sisters?�

�Diana and I have the same father,� said Athena. �We have different mothers and go by their
name. We were raised to live thlifelife. Loretta joined us this year
because her mother was fascinated at the idea of what our father asked of us.�

�Will you give us a potion Professor?� asked Diana. �You know to get rid of the babies?�

�I am not an abortionist,� hissed Severus. �You three get to your dormitory. Blaise get out of my sight. I will speak to the Headmaster about this
mess.�

The four students left hurriedly before Severus could change
his mind. Hermione watched him warily
as he paced the floor in his fury.

�Is there anything we can do?� she asked quietly.

�I don�t know.
They�re little girls for Merlin�s sake.
How could any father choose to put his daughters into that life? They�re fifteen now and Diana doesn�t look
that. When did they start working?�

�From what they said it sounds like their father regards
them as animals bred to work. I�m more
surprised at Loretta�s mother.�

�I�m not. I�ve met
the woman. She�s a prolific amateur
whore. She must have slept with a dozen
or so Death-Eaters y cey certain knowledge.
Loretta�s father was killed in an accident supposedly, not long after
the wedding. I was at school with him
and she was a few years younger than us.�

�Is there anything we can do to keep them away from their
families? I mean it can�t be lawful can
it?�

�I don�t know.
Wizarding law tends to promote the rights of parents as far as I know
but those girls are far too young to be prostitutes. Two of them stilstill under the age of consent.�

�Why don�t they just refuse? I mean they can�t want to do those things at their age.�

�Perhaps not at first.
I would imagine they were dosed with a potion when they began. They may still or they may now be craving
the opportunity to behave in that way.
I�ll speak to Dumbledore and then I�ll see if the girls have a stock of
any suspect potions. Actually come with
me and we�ll do the search now together.
It will give them less of a chance to hide anything.�

They left the room together only to bump into Colin Creevy
and his Ravenclaw girlfriend Lucretia Borgin.
�Were you coming to speak to me?� enquired Severus.

�Actually sir we were hoping to speak with Hermione,� said
Creevy hopefully.

�Very well,� said Severus.
�Hermione, I seems I must attend to the other matter alone. I may be gone for some time.�

He turned and entered Slytherin House slamming the portrait
into place behind him.

�I�m sorry Hermione.
I hope we haven�t got you into trouble with Professor Snape,� said
Colin.

�Oh no, he�s not cross with me. He�s wound up about problems in Slytherin and we were just about
to go in together to sort something out.
What can I do for you?�

�Lucretia is pregnant, but we are in love and we want to
have the baby and get married.�

�Congratulations!
I�m glad I�m not the only student to want her baby at the moment. Are you going to ask your parents to allow
you to marry?�

�This is our problem.
Lu�s family want her to marry a pure-blood.�

�My grandfather told me this summer that he�s going to
arrange a contract for me to marry Mr Ollivander. Mr Ollivander�s had his eye on me for a while and he�s offered my
family a good price. We were so pleased
when the Marriage Law was announced because it meant it couldn�t happen and
once we turned seventeen I could take the decision out of my family�s hands.�

�And then we could easily arrange it with me being a Muggle
born.�

�When will you turn seventeen?� asked Hermione.

�We both have birthdays in November.�

�We were hoping to not tell her parents so we could get
married in November before they could stop us,� said Colin. �It�s not long to wait so we were hoping you
might be able to persuade Professor Dumbledore not to tell them.�

�I promise I�ll do what I can. I�ll see if I can get Severus to support you as well.�

Colin shifted nervously.
�I�m not sure about that. I mean
he married you didn�t he. He might not
see any problem with Lu having to marry Ollivander.�

�I assure Severus is a strong believer in a woman being able
to choose her own husband. He was
horrified when the Ministry forced me to get married and I was very glad to be
able to marry a man I can trust absolutely.�

�Sorry Hermione. I
didn�t mean to upset you. If you�re
happy with him then that�s fine.�

�I am happy. There�s
so much more to him than people realise.
He�s very good to me. Hopefully
when you�re married you�ll understand.�

�I hope so. It�s
good to know that things are okay for you.
I suppose we ought to let you catch up with him.�

�I think he�d appreciate it.�

The three of them got up to leave and this time Hermione
found her way to Slytherin without incident.
She saw Draco in the Common Room but they ignored each other. Up in the Fifth year girls� dormitory the
three girls were sitting on someone else�s bed while Severus went through their
possessions. Almost immediately as she
walked in Severus held up a perfume bottle and sniffed it.

�Who does this belong too?� he asked impatiently.�

�It�s ours,� said Diana petulantly.

�Do you have some of it as well Loretta?�

�Yes,� she admitted.
�It�s in the bathroom.�

�Fetch it,� he ordered.
�Now where did this stuff come from?�

�Our father makes it for all the girls. It helps you to let go and enjoy yourself.�

Severus regarded her with disbelief. �It does a great deal more than that you
stupid girl. It would be indecent for
me to describe the effects of this potion to children as young as you. How long
have you been poisoning yourself with this?�

�Since we were thirteen.
Loretta�s mum buys it from our father and started to give it to her when
she found out we used it.�

�Is this all you have?� he enquired when Loretta handed over
her bottle.

�Yes. Someone
usually passes us some more on Hogsmeade weekends.�

�Hermione and I are going to take this to Professor
Dumbledore. This is an illegal dark arts
potion the effects of which it is inappropriate for me to explain to
children. I think you are going to be
able to say goodbye to your budding careers as the Aurors will be very
interested to find anyone involved with the manufacture and distribution of
this substance. For the immediate
future you three will be moving into the Infirmary as I am no longer willing to
house you here and you are going to feel very ill until this stuff is out of
your system. Take your night clothes
and nothing else. Tell Madam Pomfrey I
will speak to her shortly about the nature of the substance you have been
using.�

The three girls picked up their nightdresses and left under
his furious gaze. Severus turned to
wif
wife.

�Severus what is this stuff?�

�Inservire libido.
A potion made to enslave people to lust. It is toxic over time and has secondary effects on anyone in
contact with the user. It is illegal
not only for its effects but for the ingredients required to make it. It�s vital to isolate the girls and it provides
the means for us to get the parents away from them. That gives us three years to try to lead them away from the path
they�re on.�

�That�s progress then.
Well done. Colin wants to marry
Lu but her family are arranging a contract between her and Ollivander. They want to keep the pregnancy quiet so
they can marry in November when they turn seventeen. I said I�d ask you and Albus.�

�That sounds like a good idea. Lucretia can�t be contracted during the pregnancy itself because
Colin has first right while she is pregnant.
The danger would be if they pulled her out of school so they couldn�t
have contact. I�m sure Albus would be
amenable.�

�Shall we go and see him now?�

�Let�s go. I don�t
want to leave the office unattended for too long. When we get back you might want to visit Gryffindor to see how
the Weasley�s are faring.�

Impulsively Hermione wrapped her arms around his neck and
kissed him. He smiled at her and
stroked her cheek.

�I should be making more of a fuss of you shouldn�t I? I�m sorry but yet again events are moving
too fast. I promise to make it up to
you as soon as I can.�

�I look forward to it,� she replied, pulling him down for
another brief kiss.

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