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Chapter.1 The Truth Revealed

The Hogwarts Express was speeding through the Scottish countryside with friends telling each other what had happened over the Summer. Before the Summer Lord Voldemort had been defeated after many years of terror. Harry, Ron and Hermione were the ones that faced Voldermot on the battlefield. The war had changed many people's views on the main dispute; blood. Plenty had died on both sides and the Wizarding population had decreased drastically. Over the summer Harry and Hermione had stayed at the Burrow with the Weasleys and the 1st of September had rolled around quicker than ever, however strange things had happened over the holidays and all parents, Wizard and Muggle had received an owl from Hogwarts. All parent were mandated not to share the information enclosed in the letter. Once the parents of the child had filled out the information needed then it would be sent back to Hogwarts.

The Golden Trio were on their way school to start their 6th year at Hogwarts without the threat of Voldemort for the first time in many years. Harry and Ron sat in one of the compartments playing wizard chess; Ron was winning. Hermione was reading Hogwarts a History for the 15th time, give or take a few, where as Ginny was reading Witch Weekly.

"I think we're going to have quite a year at Hogwarts" mused Hermione all of a sudden.

"Probably not" replied Ron focusing intently on the game in front of him.

"Yeah especially with those mysterious letters circulating", calculated Ginny who had finished her magazine. The past year had been on hard on her, her best friend and brother had been out there fighting for theirs and everyone else's lives.

The door to the compartment slid open and in walked Draco Malfoy, with his cronies: Blaise Zabini, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. These four and a few others had switched sides with their families and joined the light just before the war had escalated to its apex and with their knowledge they had helped defeat Voldemort. Although they had sided with the light in the end, the Slytherins were still arrogant, big headed, over indulgent gits who thought they were better than everyone else even though blood held no power.

"What do you want Malfoy?" spat Harry reaching for his wand.

Smirking he replied, "Didn't your mother teach you any manners. Oh wait, she was dead before you could wipe the drool off your face." Harry jumped at his neck; it took both Weasley's and Hermione to keep him from killing Malfoy.

"That was below the belt ferret," yelled Hermione standing up her eyes filled with pure hatred, however because of her short skirt she showed the Slytherins a surprisingly delightful view of her shapely legs. "But it's not like you have anything below there in the first place," she snapped smirking like a Slytherin.

Blaise had taken full advantage of the view in front of him as he ogled Hermione with his wandering eyes. Luckily for him, she and the rest of the little crew were too busy focusing on the blonde to notice his eyes on her. The first thing he noticed, her legs, had darkened from the sun giving her a sun kissed look of sheer smoothness, they were also long and slender teasing him to slide his hands up and down them. Her breasts had finally developed to be large, firm and voluptuous. Something that instantly made his jealousy rise was the thought of someone else ogling her chest. Going to the top of her body, her once dull brown, bushy hair was now smooth and caramel with curls down her back. Her eyes were his main focus, they simply took his breath away, and they were a stunning chocolate brown that with one look he was sure she could penetrate his soul.

Shaking his head slightly to free himself of images of Hermione, he looked towards his lover of two years. Draco was perfect in every way with blonde hair that was so pale it looked white from a distance. His equally fair, porcelain skin was like that of a dolls and in Draco's molten grey eyes, he had seen every emotion from passion to depression.

His best friends were the only ones who knew of his crush on the petite brunette as they heard him whisper her name in his sleep a year ago. The next morning was hell; he was forced to tell the truth to a very pissed off Draco and his amused friends. Soon discovering that Draco, also held feelings towards her; the blonde's feelings for her had formed after being punched by her in his 3rd year. He'd felt sparks from her touch. He chose to ignore the fact he had liked her from 1st year when she helped him when his bag had split. The cute smile on her face when he said thank you was still embedded in his brain.

A scowl painted its way on to Draco's face at Hermione's comment, whispering something to Blaise the four turned around and strode out of the door. Before shutting it he looked back and winked at Hermione. "How would you know Granger? Have you been down there?" and with these final words he walked sliding the door shut leaving an angry and stunned Gryffindor in his wake.

"Hermione, have you been down there?" questioned Ginny with a sly smile on her face.

Shuddering she said " No!". She was trying to stop her heart from fluttering, and she couldn't understand why her heart was acting that way. Frowning she tried to concentrate on her book, but no matter how much she tried, she couldn't focus.

In an other compartment further down the train sat Draco, Blaise, Crabbe and Goyle, Pansy, Millicent and Nott; they were talking about the scene in The Golden Trio's compartment.

"…And you winked at her then said, 'How would you know Granger? Have you been down there?' Draco nodded his head.

"Man, you got it bad for that bird." Theodore Nott chuckled

"I know," he moaned burying his head in his hands feeling like a lovesick puppy dog.

"Did your parents say what was in that letter?" Asked Pansy hoping that someone knew.

"No" was the reply she got from everyone.

"Well what could it be?" Interjected Millicent rolling her eyes as they all shrugged at her.

"Maybe it's a task like we did in our 4th year," suggested Crabbe. Everyone assumed him to be completely stupid but he was just overlooked and suffered from a short attention span, causing him to lose focus a third in to the lesson.

"Don't be silly Vin it'll be something different," responded Millicent.

A booming voice from the captain's room silenced their conjecture. "We'll be arriving at Hogsmeade Station in 5 minutes, you must be changed into your robes when you arrive at the station, thank you."

"Well you heard him so get out. We need to change," demanded Pansy bossily pushing them out as they just stood there looking gormless. Huffing to themselves they turned towards the door, Draco mumbled something about stupid moody girls, and they left.

A few minutes later everyone was leaving the train and landing on to the platform a loud voice was heard shouting, "1st years this way!" Anyone could of guessed it was Hagrid. While Hagrid took the 1st years, every other year clambered into the Thestral carriages; regrettably, many more students could see the odd looking beasts after the war. The enchanting possibility that pure magic pulled the carriages gone to these children forced to grow up too soon. The remaining journey to Hogwarts took approximately 30 minutes and it was about half past 8 when they walked through the doors of the great hall. Everyone was hungry and tired. Drifting towards their tables and sitting down, the upper years watched as the first years filed in and the sorting began:

Natalie Armstrong was the first to be sorted:

HUFFLEPUFF!

The rest followed.

Andrew Biscuit,

RAVENCLAW!

Aaron Button

SLYTHREIN!

Jasmine Clay

GRYFFINDOR!

Gerald Dry

RAVENCLAW!

And so it went on till Wayne Zane was sorted in to Gryffindor making it 12 in Ravenclaw, 9 in Hufflepuff,14 in Slytherin and 13 in Gryffindor.

"Finally it's time to eat" whispered Ron happily while all his friends shook there heads, an amused smile plastered to their faces all thinking the same thing. While waiting for the food to arrive they noticed the hall becoming quieter as Albus Dumbledore the Headmaster of Hogwarts stood up. All heads turned towards him wondering what was going on.

"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts, Mr Flitch would like me to remind you there is to be NO!" He emphasized the no. "- magic in the corridors and there is a list outside the his doors saying what is banned from the castle and grounds. Now something has happened. All 5th years and above may have noticed that your parents have all received a letter this holiday which they have sent back to Hogwarts,"

Noticing heads nodding he continued.

"Before the Summer Lord Voldemort had finally been defeated and all those who truly worked for him have been captured,"

All heads turned towards Harry, Ron and Hermione and all three blushed slightly.

"There were many loses on each side and, in light of that, the ministry has passed a new law …" he took a deep breath and then continued. "That all children 15 and older must be married." The whole room was silent. Nobody moved, everyone was playing the words over in their heads. Looking around Dumbledore carried on. "You will be married and will have to produce a child... the natural way." Seeing all the boys faces suddenly lighten up at the last bit of news and its implication he chuckled to himself. " You will not be allowed to pick your partner as he or she will be chosen for you based on compatibility." At this a great outburst erupted which lasted for a few minutes.

"SILENCE!" boomed Professor Snape, which stopped all noise straight away.

"Thank you Severus" replied the Headmaster politely receiving a slight tilt to the head in reply. "Any questions?" he asked.

"Headmaster, wh- where are we going stay and is the... is the marriage permanent." Asked Hermione shakily.

"We have changed the forth floor into a small village where you will live with your partner and children. In order to begin instilling adult values in you, you must purchase a home in this village. To do this, you will take a number of tests, one from each subject and your results determine your income. Just like having a job the higher your marks the more money you will earn. You'll have to buy the house and pay bills like any other adult, and no, the marriage isn't permanent however you have to stay married till your first-born child is three years old. If, however, you and your partner fall in love and you decide to stay together you will sign an application form that makes your marriage permanent." He finished.

"What about if you're already in a relationship or if you like the same sex," snapped Draco. Eyebrows rose at Malfoy's statement.

"If you are interested in the same sex you will be in a three way relationship for example if you are interested in men then you'll be placed in a relationship with one woman and two men, it also works in the opposite way if you like women then you will be in a relationship with one man and two women. If you are already in a relationship you just have to hope you are put together as there is nothing I can do." He replied seeing many faces look to their loved ones sadly.

" Albus do you mean to say if you're in three way relationship you will have to have two children; one with each member to get a divorce. Asked Professor McGonagall trying to understand this obscure idea the ministry had come up with.

"Of course not my dear; the ministry has invented a new potion that the female member will take if partnered in a two male relationship and DNA from both same sex partners will be merged together causing one DNA sample although you must have sexual contact at the same time for it to work. In a two girl relationship when the oldest child of one of the females is at least three you all can split up." he said scratching his chin warily.

"What about those who are infertile, not all men and women can have children," Luna mysteriously asked him.

For a minute it seemed Dumbledore was stuck on that particular question until he pushed his glasses up his bent nose, "That's a good question Miss Lovegood. AT the moment the potion masters in the ministry are tweaking the finishing touches to a new, hopefully successful, infertility potion."

"How long do we have to live at Hogwarts?" Squeaked Neville nervously.

You will live here until your oldest child is age three and that means you will be at Hogwarts for quite some time." Snape's face dropped unhappy at the prospect of more years with the Golden Trio.

"Why is it just us that has to marry, you said everyone over 15, the professors are all over 15?" Demanded Ginny angrily.

Chuckling again he said. "Don't worry my child each professor is also participating in this law. The ministry is assigning professors together for job purposes if you must know."

"WHAT!" Yelled the staff as this was the first time they had heard that piece of information. They all had a feeling they wouldn't get out of it, but the fact that two of them would be forced to marry each other, made them all sweat.

"Now if there are no more questions, let the feast begin!" And with a clap of his hands the dinner appeared on the table out of nowhere though not many 5th years and above still had their appetite after hearing the news; Ron included.

After dinner had been eaten, the prefects had shown the 1st years to the common room. 15 minutes later the trio sat down in the Gryffindor common room with a stunned look on their faces.

"I'm off to bed," mumbled Hermione standing up and climbing the stairs to her room.

"I guess we should go to sleep too. We're going to need a lot of rest for tomorrow." said Ron and with that they climbed up the stairs to their room.

This is a vast improvement to the original chapter and I hope you all enjoy this, I'd like to say a big thank you to J. for editing this for me.