A NOTE FROM BETHANY, GUYS:

FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANY OF THE SERIES CHARACTERS, EVENTS THAT HAPPENED, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. THOSE BELONG TO JK ROWLING AND HER INFINITE BRILLIANCE.

SECOND, YES, I REALIZE FRED IS DEAD. BUT I HATED HIM DYING. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE SERIES, MY TIME AS A READER/WATCHER, I GOT QUITE ATTACHED TO HIS CHARACTER, THE WEASLEYS IN GENERAL, ACTUALLY. SO NOBODY HAS TO TELL ME THAT HE'S DEAD. I'M AWARE OF THIS, IT'S ALTERNATE UNIVERSE FOR A REASON, PEOPLE.

THIRD, THIS STORY VASTLY IGNORES A FEW OF THE PAST EVENTS, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE AU, YOU WON'T LIKE THIS ONE, I'M AFRAID.

NO FLAMES, PLEASE?

I'VE READ A LOT OF GOOD MARRIAGE LAW FICS, SO I THOUGHT ABOUT USING IT TO BRING FRED BACK, GIVE HIM HIS OWN 'LIFE' POST WAR. THE WRITERS OF THE OTHER AND ARGUABLY BETTER FICTIONS ON HERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED ME. THE OTHER REASON I WROTE THIS IS BECAUSE I LOVE ROMANTIC COMEDY AND WHAT BETTER TO BASE ONE AROUND THAN A MARRIAGE LAW.

FYI: MY ORIGINAL CHARACTER WAS NOT A MAJOR PLAYER IN ANY OF THE EVENTS OF THE BOOK, SHE WAS A BACKBURNER PERSON WHO ONLY REALLY KNEW GEORGE AND FRED, THE WEASLEY FAMILY, ATTENDED BEAUBATONS UNTIL HER PARENTS DEATHS DURING THE WAR, WHEN SHE FLED/WAS SENT TO AMERICA TO LIVE AMONG MUGGLES.. THAT SHOULD MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY, OC'S TEND TO GET A BAD RAP, BECAUSE THEY KNOW LITERALLY EVERYONE IN THE STORIES AND ARE FRIENDS WITH ALL OF THEM. FOR THOSE CURIOUS, SHE IS A PUREBLOOD. HER FAMILY, HOWEVER, WERE CONSIDERED 'BLOOD TRAITORS' BY MOST, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LOOK DOWN ON MUGGLES.

SHE'S NOT THE DAUGHTER OF ANY CANONS, EITHER. I ALREADY HAVE ONE OC CANON'S KID STORY POSTED. TRYING SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WITH THIS ONE.

SHE LEFT THE WIZARDING WORLD BEHIND BEFORE WAR BROKE OUT, BECAUSE HER PARENTS SENT HER TO LIVE WITH RELATIVES IN AMERICA, IN THE MUGGLE WORLD, TO BE EXACT. HER PARENTS STAYED BEHIND TO FIGHT AND WERE BOTH KILLED IN BATTLE, THEREFORE, SHE FELT NO REASON TO RETURN TO THE WIZARDING WORLD AFTER THE WAR ENDED.

FOR INFORMATION ON MY ORIGINAL CHARACTER, READ MY BIO.

AGAIN, I REMIND YOU: THIS IS ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, AND IT LARGELY IGNORES DEATHLY HALLOWS, SINCE IT IS SET POST WAR AND OBVIOUSLY, FRED ISN'T DEAD FOR MY STORY. THERE IS AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER HERE, SHE WILL BE PAIRED WITH FRED WEASLEY. OTHER CANON COUPLES REMAIN INTACT, SO NOBODY BITCHES ME OUT ABOUT 'BREAKING CANON' OR SOMETHING. THERE WILL BE COARSE LANGUAGE, VIOLENCE (MY CHARACTER'S IN A BAD RELATIONSHIP PRIOR TO THE LAW COMING TO PASS) AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

MY VERSION OF THE MARRIAGE LAW:

* I ACTUALLY TRIED FINDING THE REAL MARRIAGE LAW, SO FAR, NO SUCH LUCK. SO I SAT DOWN, MADE UP MY OWN. I TRIED TO KEEP IT SENSIBLE, LEAVING SLIGHT WIGGLE ROOM, FOR FUTURE PLOT PURPOSES. IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE OR YOU DON'T LIKE IT, SORRY. BUT I DO HOPE THAT IT IS SUITABLE AND NON OFFENSIVE FOR EVERYONE WHO READS IT.)

(FOR THOSE CURIOUS)

- ANY ELGIBLE MALE NOT PRIORLY MARRIED BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 AND 55 MUST PARTICIPATE ACCORDINGLY.

- ANY ELGIBLE FEMALE NOT PRIORLY MARRIED BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 AND 55 MUST PARTICIPATE.

- MUST HAVE ATTENDED A RECOGNIZED SCHOOL OF WIZARDRY/WITCHCRAFT. MUST RESIDE HERE, AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE,- AT LEAST UNTIL IT'S DISSOLVE, SHOULD THAT COME TO BE-, UNDER THE MINISTRY'S DOMAIN ALSO.

- BOTH PARTIES MUST VALIDATE THE MARRIAGE (BECOME MARRIED BEFORE AT LEAST 2 WITNESSES) BEFORE THE DATE ON THEIR OWL, IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, THE PENALTY WILL BE AT LEAST 5 YEARS IN AZKABAN.

- THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT CAN BE ENDED, IF EITHER PARTY IS UNFAITHFUL, THERE IS PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL DISTRESS . THE OFFENDING PARTY (CHEATER/ABUSER) WILL BE SENTENCED TO NO MORE THAN 1 YEAR IN AZKABAN, HOWEVER.

- IN THE EVENT THAT AN ELGIBLE WITCH RECIEVES MORE THAN ONE OWL, SHE MUST CHOOSE BEFORE THE DEADLINE STATED ON THE LAST OWL RECIEVED. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE IMPRISONMENT.

- MUGGLE, HALFBLOOD, PUREBLOODS ARE ALL REQUIRED TO DO THIS, IF THEY'RE A RECOGNIZED (FORMER STUDENT) WITCH OR WIZARD. FAILURE TO COMPLY, AS STATED ABOVE, WILL RESULT IN 5 YEAR IMPRISIONMENT IN AZKABAN.

- EACH FAMILY MUST PRODUCE AT LEAST 1 CHILD (PRIOR RELATIONSHIPS THAT RESULTED IN CHILDREN WILL BE COUNTED, AS WILL ADOPTIONS, OTHER FORMS OF GUARDIANSHIP, IF THE CHILD IS SHOWN TO BE 'MAGICAL' IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM) BEFORE THE END OF 10 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.

IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, THE MARRIAGE WILL END AND BOTH PARTIES, REMARRIED TO OTHER WITCHES/WIZARDS IF FOR SOME REASON THE LAW HASN'T BEEN LIFTED.

THIS IS NO LONGER ABOUT BLOOD STATUS. THIS IS ABOUT RESTORING OUR POPULATION SO THAT WE MAY CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE, THAT OUR HERITAGE DOESN'T DIE. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO RESTORE THE POPULATION OF OUR WIZARDING WORLD AS WE KNOW IT. THERE WERE LARGE SCALE DEATHS DURING THE WIZARDING WORLD.

WHEN OUR POPULATION IS SUFFICIENTLY INCREASED, WE PROJECT THE TIME TO BE WITHIN 5 TO 10 YEARS WITH ANY LUCK, THE LAW WILL BE LIFTED, AND THINGS WILL RETURN TO THEIR FORMER STATE.. AT THIS TIME, ANY PARTIES DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE PARTNERS MAY DISSOLVE THE UNION, WITH PROPER DOCUMENTATION AND GREVIANCES, AND THE APPROVAL OF THE MINISTRY.

WILL HIS WIFE BY LAW BECOME HIS LOVER BY CHOICE?

The Marriage Law is bought back, post war, when the population is at an all time low, world wide in the wizarding community. Fred Weasley is just getting back on his feet thanks to that last battle and an extensive 'coma' with a long stay in St. Mungos as a result. His siblings have all managed to luck up and are married, leaving him to suffer the effects of the newly passed Marriage Law.

But when it brings an old face back into his life in the form of childhood 'love you but hate you' crush, Soliel Dupree, who's left the wizarding world behind her in the years since the war, is now living in America with her own set of problems, will the end result of the marriage law be a good thing or a bad thing for the pair? Will an arrangement by law become staying by choice, or will it be dissolved with the lifting of the ban?

And what other crazy and chaotic mishaps will the two of them face along the way?