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Stuck By Law COMPLETE	By : Talented_Mrs_Lupin Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 56665 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Hermione sat on the patio at her house, basking in the warm summer sun. It was the second week in August and in two more weeks they’d be back at the school, it had been a cool and rainy summer so it was nice to just sit in the sun which was something she wouldn’t be able to do at the school. Her stomach had finally popped, she still felt like a whale but Severus had taken up a new interest in laying near her stomach while reading at night. It was rather cute and she couldn’t bring herself to think poorly of herself when he actually seemed so happy that she was pregnant. Their sex life had finally woke up again, in fact she was usually so horny all the time that he barely slept at all this summer. He claimed to enjoy it but she was sure he was just being sweet, then again he was able to rise to the occasion each time.
“Hermione?” Harry called from her living room “Where are you?”
“On the patio” She called out to him.
“Oh” He smiled and sat down next to her, his eyes were bright, nearly shining out of his head “It’s great to see you”
“How is fatherhood?” Hermione asked with a sly look his way.
“It’s great” He said “I can’t wait until our children can play together”
“I still have four and a half months to go” Hermione reminded him “I’m scared…Ginny looked like she was in a lot of pain”
“Oh she was” He announced with a laugh “But she told me that she can’t wait to do it again”
“She’s mental” She laughed “How is Lillian doing?”
“Good” He answered “She’s got a voice on her. Screams until about midnight and then wakes up every few hours” He yawned “But it’s worth it, she really is amazing and I can’t imagine life without her. I have to say that I was terrified at first but now…I don’t know what to say”
“That’s great” Hermione answered “So, why are you here?”
“Well” He smiled “There’s a dinner meeting that Ginny and I need to attend, she’s against the whole thing but will do anything for my career as this could get me higher up in the office”
“You need a babysitter?” Hermione guessed “You were kind of beating around the bush there”
“Sorry” He blushed “I just don’t want you to think that we’re bad parents, I mean Lily’s only a few weeks old and I’m already trying to pawn her off…”
“Harry” She said soothingly “I would never think that you guys are bad parents. You have to work and to further your standing within your office is a great step to take, don’t think about this small sacrifice you have to make right now, think about the future you will be giving your children if this meeting goes well”
“Thank you, Hermione” He sighed “Are you sure that Severus will be okay with this?”
“No” She answered honestly “But you asked me not him and I said it was okay”
“Do you mind if we bring her around at five?” He asked “I’d like us to have time to get ready without rushing, this means a lot to me”
“That’s fine” She smiled “Come over whenever you want, Severus and I are here all day”
“Thanks” He smiled “I’d love to stay and visit but I shouldn’t leave her alone with Lily too long, they both need me”
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Hermione was up and dressed the morning of her five month check-up. It was not for another hour and it would only take ten minutes to get there and get checked in but she was anxious. She and Severus had gone back and forth on whether or not they wanted to know the sex of the baby but finally decided that they did. Hermione had pointed out that logically knowing sex would make shopping and decorating easier. He tried to make her see that the surprise would be fun and she promised that the next child (if there was another child) they would be surprised if he wanted to be. He was awake as well but was taking his time to shower and get dressed as if he didn’t care at all if they went or not.
Severus had a very different view indeed. He was excited and terrified at the same time, they would be finding out if they had a daughter or a son and that made it all more real. Part of him wanted a son, to keep his name going and all that, but the part that feared he was going to be just like his father wanted a daughter in hopes that he would not harm her. Then again he wasn’t entirely sure having a girl would be a great idea, the thought that she would be dating, marrying and having a child of her own was enough to make him angry for no reason. When they were ready they used the Floo to get to the hospital for her appointment. They waited for a few minutes and were finally shown to her exam room and waited some more.
“Hello Hermione, Severus” Healer Sharpe greeted as she walked in “You are both looking well”
“Thank you” Hermione said with a smile “I feel huge”
“Let me check your weight” The healer said and waved her wand in front of her, the number was hidden behind a colored screen as Hermione told her that she didn’t want to know her weight and didn’t want Severus to know either “You are right on track, neither over nor underweight. Is there anything concerning you that you want to bring to my attention right away?”
“I’ve stopped having nightmares” Hermione said “Now…this is strange…I can’t even believe that I am going to tell you about this”
“Just tell me” She said “I am a Healer, am I not?”
“I’ve been having dreams about things before they happen” Hermione said in a rush “At first it was something small like a glass smashing or spilling something but then I had a dream about my best friend going in to labor two days before it happened and she was early in her labor”
“Has there been any warning dreams?” She asked making a note.
“Not dreams” Hermione said “But…a feeling” She sighed “I was at work and we were all getting on to the magical lift but I got a really sick feeling…”
“The broken lift” She said suddenly “At the Malfoy company, the one that killed two people?”
“Yes” Hermione said “I got a horrible feeling and got real sick, Lucius and Draco took me off the lift and I started to worry about the other people, telling them that they had to get off right then and a few people listened but not all of them…”
“And the charms had been real weak” Healer Sharpe finished “That’s what the papers said. The charms hadn’t been properly recast and were too weak to hold up the lift and it dropped to the basement floor killing the attendant in the elevator and the one person that had remained on it”
“How is it possible?” Hermione asked.
“Sometimes” The healer explained “That’s what happens when a witch is pregnant with a child that has a core that is really magical, it comes through. I would say that the prophetic dreams and feelings are some of the baby’s magic” She smiled “Not a bad thing at all”
“Okay” Hermione said.
“Here” Sharpe ran her wand over Hermione’s form “The baby is healthy, growing correctly, magical core is still forming but is already extremely strong. Would you like to know the sex of your baby?”
“Yes” They both said.
“Okay” She waved her wand around a few more times and smiled again “You are having a girl”
“A girl?” Hermione repeated, her eyes were wide but unseeing as the image of her beautiful baby girl filled her mind. She’d never given any thought to what she wanted because she’d only ever wanted the baby to be healthy but now that she knew…she could just tell that she wanted a little girl. She felt Severus rubbing her back and realized that he and the Healer were watching her closely.
“Are you okay?” He whispered to her and she nodded, putting her hand to her face she found tears on her cheeks.
“I’m wonderful” She answered, her voice sounded strange to her but before she could wonder what was going on she burst in to sobs “I’m sorry” She hiccupped to the horrified Severus “I’m sorry…I just…a girl…it’s real, this is really happening!”
“I know” He said, she realized that while he wasn’t a sobbing mess there was definitely some emotion there. She kissed him suddenly, practically suffocating him with her lips but when she pulled away she saw that he was smiling at her.
“I just sent all the necessary paperwork to the ministry” Healer Sharpe said as she finished her writing her note in Hermione’s medical file “You are due December tenth. Which is what I told the ministry, I was told to tell you to please go to Merida Von Holt’s office when you leave here”
“Why?” Severus asked with a steely look in his eyes “Hermione needs to rest, we are babysitting her goddaughter tonight”
“I’m sorry” She said again and Hermione patted his hand soothingly “The memo I got this morning told me that after the appointment you are to go see her”
“Why would you get a memo?” Hermione asked.
“Because they are closely watching you” Sharpe said “I’m sorry Hermione” She sighed “Look, I think this law is utter bullshit. We should be able to marry whom we want, have children when we’re ready and not be bothered by the government but that’s not how it’s working”
“You say that they’re closely watching me?” Hermione repeated.
“Not just you two” The healer explained “Everyone. All those that are married because of this law, they want to know when you’re married, when you’re pregnant and how the pregnancy is going. I am not allowed to give them information about your health or pregnancy as a law” She smiled “But if there is something wrong or something that I think is extraordinary”
“Is there something wrong?” Severus asked.
“No” She answered.
“Something extraordinary then” Hermione assumed.
“I think that your baby is going to be…almost abnormally intelligent” She answered “As well as magical”
“So nothing bad” Hermione sighed “That’s good”
“The ministry just wants to know what kind of babies are being brought in to the world” She explained “They’ve done it to everyone”
“Potter told me that it happened to them” Severus told Hermione “They were told their daughter was likely to be of average intelligence but extraordinary magical abilities”
“Why didn’t you tell me?” Hermione asked “And why didn’t Harry tell me”
“You and Ginny were so busy with the baby” Severus answered “I was going to tell you and then I just forgot”
“It’s okay” She smiled “Are we done?”
“Yes” The healer answered “Have a good day and I will see you next month”
Hermione and Severus made their way from Saint Mungo’s to the ministry to Merida Von Holt’s office where they were ushered right in. They waiting in there however for several minutes, neither spoke to the other. Severus was worried that she was angry with him and those thoughts made him worry about his daughter. He knew that any stress added to the mother could be felt by the baby and that it could stunt their growth, development and magical core. He was pretty sure that was why he always found it so hard to connect with people, he was sure that his mother had been under stress while pregnant with him therefor it could have messed up his development in some way. Hermione on the other hand didn’t really care that Severus and Harry had their secret conversation, she was happy that they were both mature enough to be friends now. She was just worrying about what the ministry would want from them now. The Healer had said that their baby would be abnormally intelligent and magical, in the eyes of the ministry that could be really good or really bad.
“Mr. and Mrs. Snape” Merida greeted as she walked in shaking their hands “And a baby on the way!” She looked misty-eyed as if this was some huge shock “I have to say that the ministry is very happy with you two”
“Thank you?” Hermione offered.
“Between you and the Potters” She continued “Our world is already starting to do better” They both nodded “We were told that your…” She looked at paperwork in front of her “Daughter” She smiled “Is likely to be extremely magical as well as intelligent. Well, that isn’t too hard to expect given the intelligence and magic you both have”
“What is it that you want?” Severus snapped “My wife needs to rest and we are babysitting tonight”
“Of course” Merida said and looked back at her papers “When your baby is born the ministry would like to meet her. Then we will meet her every three months up until her second year of life unless she shows a magical ability before then”
“What does that accomplish?” Hermione asked.
“Well as you may know” Merida answered “Most, not all, witches and wizards show the first of their magical abilities by two years old and if it is as strong as we assume it will be we would request that you have another baby”
“Breeding stock?!” Hermione seethed.
“NO!” Merida nearly shouted “It’s not like that!”
“Then what’s it like?” Severus asked angrily while rubbing Hermione’s back to calm her down.
“Before the second war our community in England was going extinct” She answered “The inbreeding has been making more and more squibs, the magical cores within the children have been getting dimmer and dimmer, surely you’ve seen that Severus?”
“I just assumed that it was my stress and dislike for children at the time” He said
“It wasn’t” She assured him “They have been getting…excuse me for saying this but…dumber” She blushed “That’s why we wanted to make the couples, only cousins with three or more generations between them could marry”
“What about the Malfoys and the Greengrass families?” Hermione asked “I was told that Draco and Astoria were second cousins”
“I shouldn’t talk about other marriages but…” Merida looked around the office “Lucius Malfoy may have changed his feelings about muggleborns and half-bloods but he still only wants purebloods in his family lines. He learned of the new law and made his son marry as soon as possible, else he would have had marry someone from the list like you two did”
“That doesn’t explain why we would have to have another child” Severus said.
“We need more magic in our community” She answered, though at this point Hermione had already worked out what she was going to say before she said it “And more intelligence, with your brains and strong magical cores your children could help save our world”
“So this law wasn’t just about the repopulating the wizarding world” Hermione said angrily “Sure its about populating it, but its about being able to dictate and choose for the witches and wizards, making them marry who you guys want them to marry and having as many children and as often as you want them to”
“I’m just doing as I’m told” Merida said sadly “But sadly the new minister feels that some people are better making decisions for others than some. Therefore, yes inevitably the ministry, for the time being, will be making all decisions for the wizarding world”
A/N: I hope this chapter is good, I broke my hand so all 2,000 some odd words have been typed with only one hand. I just love you all that much!!
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