The law

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Hermione's POV
I woke up from my dream to hear a scream I looked over at Ginny who the scream had also woken up. We ran to the hall and ran into Harry and Ron looking quite asleep on their feet. All four of us ran down the remaining stairs at the burrow and found Mrs. Weasley holding the daily profit her face white. The twins were both there and one had apparently been in the shower and was only in a towel. " Mom! What's wrong" yelled Ron. "We  don't know." "She won't tell us." Replied the twins. It must be something in the paper. My mind instantly flew to all the horrible possibilities had they decided to but Sirius back in Askaban no that couldn't be it he had been cleared. Then what could it be... there was only one way to find out I had to read that paper. "Mrs. Weasley can I see the paper please." Her response was to hand it to me and I started reading it out loud
  " Ministry of Magic passes new law
The minister has announced the passing of a new law. A marriage law. All unwed witches and wizards between the ages of 17 and 50 will be matched with their supposed best match (using an advanced magic) the letters will be sent out next week and after that the couple has two months to get married. All couples are required to have at least 3 magical children before 5 years are up. Any who do not comply will have their wand snapped and sent to Askaban." As I finish reading the paper everyone stares in shock Ginny looks sick, Harry looks mad, Ron is looking at me in interest while also looking as pale as paper, the twin in the towel who I can now see is Fred almost dropped said towel out of shook, and George looks like Ginny sick as hell. As for me I'm confused and scared. I had thought me and Ron would have time to talk about the kiss during the battle and work on our relationship. Ron thought so to apparently based on the way he is looking at me but now we don't have that privilege. I don't even know if I want to be paired with do I want Ron or would that ruin or friendship?

                                   Ginny's POV
I couldn't speak. What was there to say. I had to get married. To someone that I might not have ever meet. I had thought that me and Harry would get back together once the craziness of the war calmed down. I heard a pop from outside signaling that some one had shown up at the house. When my dad walked threw the door and looked around he said  "I see you've read the paper" "Did you know of this Arthur!" My mother seemed quite angry then even more angry when Fred and George had sent me a Hogwarts toilet seat in the post. "They made us take a vow of silence love or I would have told you" Answered my father looking around at all of us. "Why would they do this" George yelled "The magical population has dropped dramatically because of the war there was no other option." Replied Percy walking in the door behind dad. "Well there's no use in being miserable you all need to enjoy your last week as single kids - and Fred would you please go put on some clothes." I don't know how mom expected us to not be worried. I don't know what happened with the boys all I could do was drag Hermione upstairs to our room to talk.

                                  Luna's POV
"LUNA!!!!" I heard my father yelling for me from downstairs and I was immediately worried daddy never yelled. I walked quickly down the stairs "What's wrong daddy" All he did was hand me the paper. As I read it I felt my self go pale. Who would I get paired with? Most people think I'm weird. I don't want a marriage that I don't feel comfortable being myself in. I looked up at daddy "This must be a joke daddy the Nargals are messing with our heads" He just looked at me with sad eyes and I knew then that it wasn't the Nargals. I knew that dad wouldn't understand what I was going through. He had just turned 50 after all he was exempt. "May I go to the Weasleys daddy I want to talk to Ginny" He just nodded his head and I went straight to the fireplace to flew over. "The Burrow!" As I appeared in the living room I seen the twins looking distinctly ruffled. "Luna!" "What are you" "doing here" their twin sync talking had always confused me and right now I was not in the mood to be even more confused so I just said " Is Ginny here?" They looked at me sadly like they knew why I was there and it occurred to me that they did they both had to get married too. "She's upstairs in her room with Hermione" it was George who answered I noted but I hardly recognized what he was saying. "Thanks" I mumbled. I walked up the stairs and knocked on Ginny's door. "Ginny it's me Luna" I said quietly. "Come in" was all I heard in response. When I opened the door I seen that Ginny was in tears and Hermione was not much better. Seeing two of the strongest people I had ever meet sobbing over the news made me start to cry as well. I hadn't released until then just how close to tears I had been. To my surprise it was Hermione who came over to me and hugged me while exclaiming "Oh Luna!" As the three of us cried we all spilt what was worrying us the most. I told them about not wanting my new husband to think I am crazy. Hermione told us about being scared about getting paired with a pure blood who hates muggle borns. And Ginny told us how nervous she was wondering if she'd get paired with Harry. By the time we had calmed down the three of us had agreed to be each others support during this time. That we would be together when we opened the letters and that we would protect each other from whatever came our way.

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