Ferret Fiancée 1
Hermione POV
As I walked through my small English country cottage, early in the misty morning, I noticed my owl flying towards the house with something in her mouth. A letter, it looked like. I walked over to the window and let her. I took the letter from her and studied it. It had the Ministry seal on it. That can't be good.
I carefully broke the thick, purple wax of the seal on the letter and pulled out the contents of the envelope. The letter inside read:
Dear Ms. Granger ,
We must inform you of the new laws being implemented. Since the war ended three years ago, the Ministry had decided to reinstate the marriage law. Matches will be chosen for every single witch or wizard from the ages of twenty and older. You are now eligible for this law and a match will be chosen for you. The Ministry shall send another letter when your fiancée has been chosen. We hope this will appease you.
Yours Truly,
Kingsley Shacklebolt
What? Why would the Ministry reinstate that stupid, bloody law? I wouldn't mind getting married, but I want to have a say in who it is I would be marrying. So much for true love. This law certainly doesn't appease me. Time for a trip to the Ministry of Magic.
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I took the Floo network to the Ministry. Everyone was buzzing around the place as usual. The one day I have off work, I am going in to the office. That figures.
I headed straight up to Kingsley's office. His secretary, Millicent Bulstrode, was sitting at the desk in front of the office. She still hates me. I told her to let Kingsley know I was here, and that I needed to see him immediately.
Millicent sneered at me as usual and told Kingsley. I heard muffled conversation coming from the other side of the black door. I could roughly make out the sound of Kingsley's thick colonial accent and the sneer of Millicent's crud voice. Soon, Millicent returned and glared at me in disgust. She gestured for me to go into Kingsley's office.
"Hello Hermione. What can I help you with?" Kingsley asked nervously. He must know why I am here. He is right to be nervous.
"The marriage law. It's unfair to force people to with someone, especially forever. They should be able to pick the person they wan to be with. And decide when they are ready for marriage." I began, trying to keep calm as I went on.
"Yes, Hermione, I -" I cut him off. I wasn't finished talking yet. I needed to say everything all at once.
"What if the people hate each other? What then? Wait and let them kill each other? Because I don't think the families of the bride and groom would be all too happy about that." I ranted on.
"Hermione, I –" Again I cut him off.
"Why would you reinstate this law? What good will it do for anyone? I want to -" He cut me off this time.
"Hermione, I know. The marriage law was brought back for precisely that. People who hate each other could get to know each other and end up happy together. And I didn't reinstate it. There was a vote throughout the Ministry. It was nearly unanimous. This is out of my hands now." Kingsley finished, looking worn out. He sighed.
"When will I know who I am being forced to marry then?" I asked, feeling defeated and resigned. Maybe the guy couldn't be that bad?
"I was about to send up the letter about that. You'll meet him shortly. I have already sent his letter. I told him to see me as soon as possible so we could discuss this. You can go out for a little while and when I have finished talking with him, I will send an owl to retrieve you so you can meet him. OK?"
"Yes, I will wait for the owl." I said as I exited the room. Millicent growled at me as I left the department. She literally growled. Like a bloody dog. Was she the guard dog of the Minister? How the hell did she get hired here?
I left and decided to stay near the Ministry, so the owl wouldn't have to go far to find me. Now all that I could do was wait.
END CHAPTER 1
Thanks for reading! I know its short but this is only the first chapter! How many of you think true love exists? I am a little hazy on the whole idea and want some input. I hope you all like it and I will try to update as soon as possible! Love all you the readers out there!
-Sarahj
