The Law That Brought Us Together

Introducing The Law

Hermione's Pov:

I waved my Mother goodbye and stepped into the train, I entered the compartment that my friends and I are always in, and was greeted by everyone's smiling faces. I hugged them all, I was so relieved to see Harry, Ron, Ginny, all of them! I sat between Harry and Ron across from Ginny, Luna and Lavender. 

"Hi everyone!" I said, pulling a book out of my bag. 

"Hey 'Mione!" Harry smiled, "Back to the books are we?"

He smirked, I chuckled. We heard an awfully hard knock on our compartment door, we open it up to find a rather annoyed Draco Malfoy. 

"Malfoy." Ron whispered death in his eyes. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to get Mudblood," He turns to me, still annoyed. "McGonagall wants us in her office."

I put down my book as he spins around and walks off in the direction of Professor. McGonagall's office. I follow after him right on his heels. We find her compartment and I gasp her compartment is well furnished she looks up at us and gestures to two seats opposite her desk. 

"Please, take a seat." She sighs.

We sit down I was confused as to why we were here. I glance around taking in my surroundings. 

"I would like to inform you both gladly, you have been selected as the head boy and girl for this year. Congratulations." She glances at Malfoy and then back to me. "We will introduce you both before a big announcement... you are both dismissed."

I stand up and hurry back to rejoin my friends. My mind wanders back to what she said about a big announcement it's probably nothing, maybe a new Professor? I return to my book. I look up to see Hogwarts come into view. I sigh, it gets me every time. I start to put my things away as we pull into the station.

 I walk to the grand hall. What's this? The hall has been changed so that there are 5 big tables instead of four. Are they adding a new house? I'm shocked and so is everyone else. Still, I make my way over to the Gryffindor table and sit beside Ginny across from Harry and Ron, who is nonetheless complaining that he is hungry. He and I agreed that we just want to be friends over the holidays, we both admitted that we were more like brother and sister than lovers. I watch as McGonagall approaches the front silencing everyone.

"Welcome back to another year students, I would like to ask for a minute of silence for those who fought in the war last year, and unfortunately did not make it."

We stand in silence and a lot of tears were shed. I peeked to see Ginny stifling a couple of tears. I place my arm around her and the silence ends.

"I would Like to notify you that this year's heads are Draco Malfoy and Hermione Granger."

She looked solemn all of sudden.

"Due to the odd circumstances of the past war, the Ministry has introduced a new law... " McGonagall looks very serious. " The new law states that anyone from the age of 15-25 will be matched with a partner (unless they are already married, but that does not apply to any of you students) accordingly by the sorting hat. The law further states that they must be married by the time they turn 19 (unless of course, you are over that age, still doesn't apply to you). And have a child in the next two years. "

Everyone gasps. Everyone under the age of 15 looks at the older kids. A few girls cry and the boys complain. Ginny and I gasp. We hug each other and she sobs, I know why. She and Harry just got together over the holidays, and she had waited for ages for that to happen. She loves Harry so much. I glance up at Harry over her shoulder, his face is crossed with worry. 

"We will sort out the 7th years first, everyone you are dismissed." She stiffly turns around. "The first years will be sorted into their houses tomorrow tonight."

Everyone files out. Everyone except our year. 

"Okay everyone, the girls will be called up and whoever the Sorting hat matches you with will come up and you will collect the girl." She continues, "After that, you will wait for the group, you are in a group of four couples. Then a Professor will show you your portrait. There will be four rooms in the dorm with the boy's last name engraved on the door. First up, Ginevra Weasly."

I let Ginny go, she stumbles up there her head down.

"Hmmm." The hat thinks, "Harry Potter"

I see her face light up and she smiles and Harry goes up and gets her and waits by Professor Pomona, who had been assigned to show us our new rooms. 

"Lavender Brown"

She steps up confidently not afraid of her fate. Well, she is a Gryffindor after all.

"Ronald Weasly" The hat yells.

Ronald gets her, he doesn't mind Lavender. I think...

"Luna Lovegood"

She steps up and sits on the chair.

"Ahhh, Blaise Zabini"

A gasp goes around the room and a confused Blaise steps up and collects her. I'm scared now, you can cross houses!

"Hermione Granger"

I quiver as I walk back up there, I feel like crying. I am afraid who will be with me? That hat didn't even touch my head before it yelled the name of my husband-to-be:

"Draco Malfoy!"