Pranksters In Love | By : chelleybelle Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Hermione/George Views: 13428 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Hermione Granger stared at the latest issue of the Daily Profit in horror. She couldn�t believe her eyes! The Ministry of Magic was at it again! When were they going to learn to stop messing with the lives of others? She shook her head as she read:
Marriage Law To Take Effect Immediately
The Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, has announced at a press conference this morning that a new Marriage Law has been approved. Starting immediately a marriage lottery system has been set up. Due to the recent wars with He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, the numbers of Witches and Wizards has drastically dropped. In order to repopulate the Wizzarding Community all unmarried Witches between 17 and 40 will be required to present themselves to draw a random name from a Marriage Match Machine. There will be no consideration given to blood status. In this lottery system, a pureblood could end up with another pureblood, but they could also just as easily end up with a Muggleborn. The entire population who fit into this age range is to report to the Ministry of Magic within the next seven days or they will have their wands immediately seized.
�I can�t believe this,� she raged to herself as she read. �They can�t do this to us!�
Harry Potter, her best friend, looked up from his book at her tirade, �What�s wrong, Mione?�
�This! This! I can�t believe this! What are they thinking?� she yelled as she slammed the paper down in from of him.
Harry scanned the article and looked up at her in disbelief. He thought that the Ministry had gone way to far this time. �I won�t do it! I refuse!� he yelled.
�Harry, did you not read this? You have no choice, or they will confiscate your wand!�
�They can have it then! I refuse to let them dictate to me again what I can and cannot do with my life! After everything that I have sacrificed for them, there is no way in hell that I will be subjected to this crap!�
Hermione watched as Harry stood up and slammed out the door of Number 12 Grimwauld Place. She knew how Harry�s temper was, and she was pretty sure that he would rather surrender his wand than be forced to do yet another thing that the Ministry of Magic came up with.
�What�s with Harry?� asked George Weasley as he walked into the kitchen.
�This,� she said handing him the paper.
George looked down at the article in the paper. Hermione watched his eyes rise up in shock. �Not again,� he mumbled to himself.
�Are you going to comply?� Hermione asked with a frown on her lovely face.
George felt his heart skip. Hermione had become so beautiful. He had secretly loved her for the past three years, but he knew it was hopeless. An intelligent bookworm like her would never be interested in a man whose life consisted of one joke after another. �Doesn�t look like I have much choice in the matter does it?�
�Not really. I hope that I don�t end up with someone like Malfoy!� Hermione shuddered as she thought about what her life would be like with a man like Draco Malfoy.
�Which Malfoy? You know that Lucius is available now that Narcissa is dead.�
�Yeah, but thank god Lucius is over the age of 40!�
George laughed. �Are you sure about that?�
A look of horror passed her face, �He is, isn�t he?�
�He must be, I think that he was in school at the same time as my dad, and I know that my dad is over 40!�
�When are you going to go register?�
�I guess that I had better go drag Fred out of bed and tell him what is going on. Might as well get this over with as soon as possible.� He said.
�I think I will go get Ron and see if he wants to go now and register. He is not going to be happy about this either!�
�You never know, this might be his only chance at getting some witch to marry him!� George laughed as he left the room.
Later that day Ron and Hermione sat in a booth at The Three Broomsticks drinking a glass of pumpkin juice. They had just came from the Ministry of Magic where they had registered their name for the Marriage Lottery. They had been informed that they would know who their spouse was the following week.
�A week sure seems like a long time to wait to find out who you will be stuck with for the rest of your life,� Ron complained. �I wonder who I will be matched with.�
�I don�t think that this is a good idea. Can you just imagine what some of those snobby pureblood families are going to do when they have to marry their offspring off to a Muggleborn? Their lives will not be good!�
�I worry about you, Hermione. What if you get sent to some deatheaters family?�
�Well, they have set up a few safety measures. If a death occurs to one of the newly married couples within the first five years, the surviving spouse will loose all of their possessions. This will protect everyone. Nobody is going to want to loose all of their possessions.�
�Yeah, but what about after the five years are up?�
�If after five years of marriage the couple has not had a child they are allowed to dissolve the marriage. Also, if after five years of marriage, even with a child, if the couple decides that they can�t live together, then the ministry will allow the couple to live separately. For the first five years though, they have to live together and prove that they are trying to produce an heir.�
�How in Merlin�s sake are they going to prove that?�
�Honestly Ron, didn�t you read any of the information that they gave out before you signed the papers?�
Ron smiled sheepishly at Hermione. �That�s what I have you for!�
Hermione just shook her head knowing what Ron was like. �The want you to come in to St. Mungo�s once a month where you will have to be questioned under vertiserum that you have had sex.�
�That is just wrong, Hermione!�
� I agree.�
�So what do you think that Harry is going to do?�
�You know how stubborn he is, I can see him refusing this just on principle alone. He spent the majority of his like as a Muggle, I don�t think he would have any problems readjusting to living like one.�
�Yeah, but Mione, Harry loves magic!�
�But Harry loves his freedom more! Every since Voldemort was defeated last spring, Harry has loved his new found freedom. He likes not having everyone hovering over him and telling him what to do. This is the first time in his life that he has been in charge of his own life. I can�t see Harry going back to having someone controlling him.�
�He might cool off after a few days.�
Hermione shook her head, �I really doubt it. I am sure he has something up his sleeve, but I really doubt that he will let the Ministry of Magic tell him who he has to marry.�
�Well, we should be getting back, Mum will send out a search party if we aren�t back in time for supper.�
The two apparated back to Number 12 Grimwauld Place.
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