𝐾𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑆𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑒 💚❤️

Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3

"Someone in the ministry tampered with my file so I cannot marry a Weasley. That is not the reason I wouldn't marry Ron though, just so you know."

Ginny's eyes grew, "Wow, who would do that? And why you?"

"I don't want to worry anyone, which is why I made you promise not to tell or mention it," Hermione gave Ginny a pointed stare, "but I think it is because I am so close to Harry and part of the ridiculous Golden Trio."

Ginny nodded.

The next morning came much too quickly for Hermione. She crawled out of bed and quickly dressed in some jeans and a jumper. It was a Saturday and school robes were not required. She tiredly pulled a brush through her hair and grabbed her bag and ran down to the library. Madam Pince had just arrived, "My, Hermione, you are down here early today."

"Yes, I have some research I wanted to do."

"Have you seen The Profit this morning, Hermione dear?" Madam Pince asked her gently. It was a topic that would change her life forever.

"If you mean about the marriage law, yes I have. I was actually curious about wizarding marriage ceremonies and unions?" Hermione realized it would save time searching if she just asked, since Madam Pince had mentioned the topic anyways.

"Ah, yes I have a few books you could read right over here." Madam grabbed three books and handed them to Hermione; they were labeled 𝐴 𝐵𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑: 𝐵𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶𝒉𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛, 𝐶𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝐶𝒉𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑊𝒉𝑖𝑐𝒉 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐶𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑦 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝐵𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑌𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒. Madam Pince pursed her lips at the books. "The first will probably be the most useful for you at the moment, and I'm not sure the second will be of any use at all. Apparently the ministry has final say over what type of ceremony will be used, and most will involve infidelity, charms and basic bond revealing."

"Thank you Madam Pince. Would you mind if I borrowed these for a few days? I promise to not take longer than a week at most."

Madam Pince looked at the girl and sighed, if anyone else had asked the answer would have been no, but she liked Miss Granger.

"Alright you may take them, but please return them as soon as you finish them, because I have a feeling they may be requested by other students very soon."

Hermione nodded, gave her thanks, and hauled the books back to her dormitory. Hermione tried to be quiet around the other sleeping roommates as she crawled back onto her bed and closed her curtains. She muttered a quick lumos and opened the first book, A Bond United: Bonds Related to Marriage and Children

𝑇𝒉𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑡𝒉𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝑇𝒉𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡𝒉, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝒉𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡𝑐𝒉 𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. 𝑇𝒉𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝒉𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑤 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝒉𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔𝒉 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑜𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠. 𝑈𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝒉𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒.