Chapter One

It had taken a total of 3 months to rebuild Hogwarts after the war. Harry, Ron and Hermione wanted to stay behind and help but Professor Mcgonagall said you've had too much stress this year go home and rest, be with your family. And that is just what they did.

It was September and the 'Golden Trio' as they call us, sat in our train compartment, awaiting the rest of our friends. Just as if they were called Luna, Ginny and Neville joined us in the tiny train compartment. Ginny and Harry embracing each other, Neville and Luna going over a Quibbler Magazine, Ron and I just staring out the windows. Yes, we kissed but it hasn't ever been the same, over break I tried to get closer with him but he seemed to be pushing me away… until Lavender Brown came over this morning before we left. "Hey Mione, do you have any idea what kind of law the ministry is making us follow?"

"From what I heard it's only for 6th and 7th. Mcgonagall sent a letter to the Headboy and I... we are supposed to address two houses each. So when we get to Hogwarts I'll read the letter to Gryffindor and Ravenclaw." Harry held Ginny close, nodding, as the train halted to a stop.

I gathered the 6th and 7th year students from Ravenclaw and Gryffindor outside the main entrance. "Okay, listen up. I am your guys Headgirl. I have been tasked to read aloud the letter explaining the new law. Okay?" I waited for an interruption but revived nothing but anxious looks.

"The Attraction Law: a marriage planned and agreed to by the Ministry, while bride and groom, have no say in the matter themselves."

Headboy and Headgirl please read this aloud to the 6th and 7th year students.

Dear 6th and 7th year students of Hogwarts,

As you already know, the wizarding population is down by 45%, since the end of the war. The Marriage Law is being enforced as an attempt to save our world from Extinction. On Thursday September 1st you will go to potions and brew a batch of Amortentia and look into the mirror of Erised to find your soulmate. On Friday, September 2nd, you will get your new Schedule, which has old classes including the new ones that are provided with this law. Your partner and you will have a total of 3 to 4 classes together, it is mandatory. If you did not find your soulmate on Thrusday, you have until Monday, September 5th to find them, once you find them, you two will be moving into houses that are scattered along the grounds. You will attend your classes every day, given the break and weekends off, use it to learn about your partner. You will plan your Wedding, things such as: Guest list, food, vows, dress, tux, bridle party, etc. The ministry has offered to pay for The Wedding itself and the honeymoon, as long as everything is turned in on time. Some dates to consider are : You have to find your soulmate before Monday September 5th, you must have a guest list turned in before you leave for Winter break, on December 10th, you must met the parents before your wedding and have a date set before your return to the grounds after break. You should have a ring on your finger by February 17th but its not mandatory. You MUST be married before May 22nd and MUST have conceived a child before Graduation, June 18th. Failure to do so will result in probationary actions. We hope that things work out and the blood prejudices and house fights won't be an issue.

Yours truly,

Kingsley Shaklebolt

Minister of Magic

Draco's POV

"what do you mean 'a new law'?" Pansy yelled out as Headmistress Mcgonagall tried to quiet down the hall, of 6th and 7th years. Son of Salazar!! I forgot to read the letter to Hufflepuff and Slytherin...opps

"The headboy was supposed to read the letter aloud... I see now that I should have let Miss Granger inform all of the houses seeing as Mr. Malfoy is incapable to do so. But Miss Parkinson I assure you that Professor Slughorn will explain everything in Potions class, now like always Slytherin and Gryffindor have Potions 4th hour, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw 5th hour. Please children don't make this harder than it needs to be." She ushered us off, keeping Potter, Weasley and Granger behind. I saw the way she hugged them… like they were her own children. Which I guess in a way they are. Mother was reading the daily prophet and Rita Skeeter had written about how Granger obliviated her parents before the war, Weasleys family is falling apart and how Potter seems to only be happy around Weaslette. After the war, my family has been torn apart, my father was dragged to Azkaban, Mother was a mess. Never leaving her room, always having Lucky, the house elf, bring her liquor, all but drinking herself to death.

I found myself wondering into Professor Slughorn's classroom, my least favorite class, 15 minutes late, I find my seat next to Granger herself.

"Great to see you decided to show up Mr. Malfoy." Professor cleared his throat, to get the younger girls attention again.

"Okay class, today we are brewing a potion and when we are done I will tell you the significance of it and the new law. Please turn to your partner and begin" He clapped his hands together.

"Okay Granger let's get to it." I exclaimed, for some reason I wasn't disgusted like all the other years.

1. Drop one ashwinder egg into your cauldron

2. Add a handful of rose thorns

3. Add 3 drops of refined peppermint oil

4. Add moonstone

5. Stir mixture

6. Sprial Steam

Granger and I switched back and forth between steps until the whole class was done.

"Mr. Potter what do you smell?" Professor asked.

Harry leaned over his cauldron and took a small sniff of the potion, before looking up at Weaslette. "I smell treacle tart, the woody smell of a broomstick handle, and something flowery I might have smelled at the Burrow." She looked down, blushing and waited as Professor went around the room asking what we all smell.

"Well, professor I smell an Exotic Cologne, mint, fabric softener and... green apples" Granger looked up to see Slughorn nodding in content.

"Draco?" Granger asked, placing her hand on my shoulder.

I shrugged her hand off my shoulder, before taking a large whiff, of the pink potion as it slowly faded to green. "I smell old musty books, lasagna, strawberries and... lilacs" My eyes widen as I slowly backed away for the bench.

"Hey Granger! This horrid potion smells like you! Disgusting- isn't it??" I shouted out.

She shook her head, "Sod off, Malfoy!"

"Granger, Malfoy! Be quiet, both of you!" Professor yelled, we both nodded, slowly looking down "Now class, can anyone tell us what potion this is? Yes, Mr. Zabini?"

Blaise sat up straight, smirking as he looked out at all the others, "Amortentia, sir."

"Good, very good, and can you tell the class what amortentia is exactly, Mr. Zabini?"

Blaise looked over to Pansy and smiled widely, before looking back at Granger and I, " The world's strongest Love Potion. It smells like what the particular l person is attracted to. And yes, Draco... We all heard your comment."

Blaise and Theodore grabbed my arms and guided me into the classroom next door, the room was dusty and vacant all except for an old mirror, the mirror of Erised, in the middle of the floor. "Guys, why the hell did you bring me here? If it's to show me getting hotter, which is impossible-"

"Draco, shut up and tell us what you see" Blaise smacked the back of my head and backed out of the mirror. I sighed and focused on the picture the mirror produced.

There was a beautiful lady with long curly brown hair and big bright green eyes holding a white haired little boy, no more than two years old. His knee was all scraped up, tears ran down his face as his mother kissed his forehead, I walk into the frame, only a few years older, and sweep him into my arms tossing him in the air and let out a whole hearted laugh. The woman turned around and watched us as the scene unfolded, showing Hermione and the little boy laying in bed reading a muggle book, Beauty and the Beast...

I choked on my laughter, "Okay who enchanted the mirror to show Granger and I with a little kid??"

Blaise and Theo looked at me, stepping aside as Professor Slughorn placed his hand on my shoulder, "Not one single person, Mr. Malfoy could enchant this mirror. For the Mirror of Erised, shows the "deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts." The name "Erised" is "desire" spelled backwards, as if reflected in a mirror. The happiest person in the world would look in the mirror and see a reflection of them, exactly as they were. The writing engraved on the frame of the mirror is supposedly in a foreign and probably dead language, but if you look closely it says "I show not your face but your heart's desire" backwards, with the spaces rearranged.Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi."

He took my shoulder in his hand and pulled me back into the classroom, "Class, one by one you will go into the room next door and just like Mr. Malfoy, you will look into the mirror of Erised and see what your heart desires most in life. The picture or scene it shows you will correspond with the smell you just experienced while making amortentia." He clapped his hands before lining everyone up.

"But sir, what does this have to do with the new law?" Pansy asked from her spot next to Blaise.

Slughorn gleamed, "The smell Amortentia produce is what your soulmate smells like and the mirror of Erised shows you who they are, for extra confirmation." He shrugs his shoulders, " Because we lost so many witches and Wizards during the war, the new law, is that upon brewing a batch of Amortentia and seeing your deepest desire in the mirror that you and your soulmate will have been brought together-"

"And if we are, sir?" Weaslette asked.

"You are to marry and reproduce with said person, within the year" He shrugged his shoulders and pushed us one by one into the room next door.

Wait! Amortentia points us towards our soul mate and the mirror of Erised confirms who it is... that means- Granger is my Soulmate?????