Marriage Law Enacted by Minister of Magic

Earlier this week the ministry has been surrounded by rumors of Marriage Law 0299 which is supposedly going to help with the recent loss of over 45% of the British wizarding population. The Minister gave no comment on how the law was going to be handled ,all that is know is that witches and wizards fifteen through forty-six are eligible to the law they will receive letters containing the complete information and their partners name for the new step in their life.

'Just what I needed' I thought as I finally realized why my parents had been acting so strange around me for the last few weeks. They must have known, hell they must have given the bloody idea.

"Mum, why would you let them approve this rubbish?" I asked

"I tried my best, but the Minister was put on having it enacted." She answered

I frowned at her " You do realize that I'm going to be affected by this law, and that means that I'll be forced to marry a stranger and have children with him"

"Ophelia you do realize that you were going to get married and have kids one day, right? It's just happening earlier than you thought it would"

"Yes, because I always dreamt of getting married to a stranger, who could be a psycho, and also I'm sixteen." I answered back.

"Just run along, we'll talk about this later" she sighed.

"You know you always do this"

"Do what?"

"Make yourself look like a strong person but when the going gets tough you always give up and when you know that there's no way to get out of the problem, which was caused by you and only you."

"This has got to be a joke" said Draco has he re-read the article over again. The pale platinum blonde could not believe what he was reading, this was certainly the dumbest thing he had ever read.

"What is?" asked Blaise, he had known that something like this was going to happen but decided to give his best friend the pleasure of finding out on his own.

Draco sighed and looked at his friend "You knew something was going to happen, didn't you?"

"If I had told you it was obvious that you were going to leave Britain and lose connection with your mother, because once you leave you won't be able to come back unless you're married or here on business."

So in other words you stay and suffer the consequences of an unwanted marriage and children or you leave and never come back until the law is repelled" said Draco

"Yeah, I mean sure it's not ideal to get married right now, but better that than leaving your whole life behind you."

"Why do you always have to be right?" asked Draco with an annoyed look that was directed toward the newspaper he held in his hands.

The tension could be felt in the vast library located in Draco's wing of the manor. Both men were clearly stressed from the situation at hand, it was obvious to them that their lives were going to change and it wasn't for the good of any affected by this stupid Marriage knew that they were still seen as Death Eaters even though they were only used to lure in more followers for Voldemort.

"You know something good might come out of this if you try to make it work with whoever you end up with." Murmured Blaise, the Italian had always tried to see the good in every situation but right now nothing he could think was close to that. "Maybe will be paired up with someone we can at least deal with at a daily basis."

"Considering the bad luck our lives have been cursed with their really is a slim chance of that will probably get stuck with airheads that either hate us or want us for our money, I only hope that my partner likes to be quiet and act like they don't exist."

It was nearing three in the afternoon when my letter came, delivered by a ministry owl which I think was probably desperate to do its job to get back home. As I opened my letter it finally dawned on me that I was holding my own future in my hands. The letter said:

Miss Ophelia Claire Ashworth,

Marriage Law 0299 has been enacted and all fifteen through forty-six year olds who are not married are to be engaged in this law. This law is supposed to help the British Wizarding world which was the most affected by the war.

The following rules are the ones both partners are to follow, if not both can be punished by being sentenced to Azkaban for a minimum of ten years.

will have till August 20 to get married.

will have up to a year after the wedding to conceive a child, if anyone fails to do so both partners will be brought in for a medical examination to determine if either one of them has reproductive restrictions.

3. A second child must be brought forth two years after the first birth.

4. Partners will have to sleep in the same bed and will perform coitus twice a week.

wizard or muggle contraception will be accepted, this is to ensure that a child will be produced.

Your partner is Draco Lucius Malfoy, the both of you shall have a meeting with the Head of Marriage Law 0299 on Monday, July 13.

Wishing you a well marriage,

Minister Shacklebolt

I only had two days before I met with the man who was going to be my husband and future father to the children I'm sure that I don't want.

"Why must I always get stuck with the person that I never knew existed" I sighed as I thought of how my future husband was reacting to this stupid marriage law. Just as I was coming to the possible ways to get out of this marriage, there was a knock on my bedroom door.

"Who is it?"

"Your mother and I know that you received your letter, we wanted you to know that we love you and will back you up every step of the way" said my father

"You just want to know who I got stuck with don't you? " I asked

"Well since you asked, why not tell me now and we'll tell your mother later?"

"Fine… I got Draco Malfoy" I sighed looking at my father with a bored expression on my face.

"Draco Malfoy? As in the Death Eater who tried to kill Dumbledore?"

So that was the first chapter. Please leave a comment, also give me suggestions on how I can better the story for you guys.