"Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose."
-Richard Bach
Name: Marriage Law
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine. I'm pretty sure the idea isn't even mine.
Summary: The Ministry is now enforcing a Marriage Law. Anyone 15 and over is now given a spouse. Set after OoTP. Sirius lived. It'll be explained.
Notes: Harry defeated Voldemort in the fifth book instead of the seventh in this story. It is a trend in my stories. I need Sirius and Fred and Lupin and Tonks alive. It's just my thing.
Pairing: (Main) Sirius/Ginny (Secondary) Ron/Hermione, Harry/Cho, Remus/Tonks
Molly Weasley rushed around the kitchen at Grimmauld Place. It seemed that now a days she spent more time here than at her own home. But since the war had been ended the year before things were more tranquil. She could come and go from the Burrow as much as she wanted. Her children seemed to prefer the long, creeky, dark halls of Grimmauld place to the short, crooked, familiar halls of the Burrow. Therefore she spent more time here with them.
She picked up a stack of envelopes off the table and started flipping through them. Marriage letters were coming that day. She would still be paired with Arthur, the Ministry wasn't breaking up marriages. She sorted through them. Fred, George, Ron, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Remus, Tonks, and Sirius all had a letter addressed to them. She scoffed and threw them down.
"Arthur, this law is ridiculous!" she said as her husband entered the kitchen.
Arthur sipped his coffee and nodded in agreement. "There's nothing we can do about it Molly. The Ministry can do whatever it wants. It just seems as though they're taking advantage of their power." Arthur spotted Ginny's letter and grabbed it. "Should we take a peak at our future children?"
"Arthur, that information is private."
"Not when they're only fifteen and sixteen! Hell, Fred and George are only just of age. We have a right to know."
Molly shot a look at her husband that made him drop his letter. Her eyes lightened suddenly and she walked over, taking a seat next to Arthur. She grabbed Freds letter. She slowly opened it. Before looking she slammed it down.
"I can't invade their privacy." she said.
"I can." Arthur took the letter. He smiled. "Fred got Angelina Johnson. She's a nice girl."
Molly smiled. She had always liked Angelina. She opened George's letter. He was to marry Katie Bell. Another good pick. Ron was paired with Hermione. Not a shock. Harry was paired up with Cho Chang. Neither Molly or Arthur had heard of her but they were sure she was nice. As Molly reached for Ginny's letter Sirius walked in. She quickly dropped it.
"Tisk, tisk. Going through your childrens letters." Sirius said with a laugh.
"Drop it, Sirius. You have a letter regarding marriage." Arthur handed it to him. he started resealing letters that had been opened, letting the kids open them when they got the chance. He snatched Ginny's letter away. That one could be a surprise to everyone.
Sirius poured himself some tea and started opening his letter. He discarded the envelope and started walking to the table. Halfway there he dropped his mug, which shattered on the floor. He stared at the letter, a look of pure shock and disbelief on his face.
"Sirius?" Molly asked.
"No. No. My pair is too young. There must be a mistake." Sirius muttered.
"How young?" Arthur asked.
"Fifteen. Just making the cut. Oh god, no." Sirius sank into a kitchen chair. He put his letter on the table, allowing the Weasley couple to read it. What they saw shocked them. In big bold letters was the sentence; Mr. Sirius Black is to be married to Miss Ginevra Weasley by the 16th of September.
TBC...
A/N: Short chapter, I know. I'll try to make the next one longer.