Author's Note: I would just like to say thank you to ms(dot)dm(dot) for pointing out the mistake in the title. Sorry, I don't speak latin so I used the online translator.

Also to all those who are worried that Hermione is marrying Ron, don't worry I don't want that to happen either.

Chapter Two – The Plan

"Ron?" Harry asked. Only a few minutes ago he had seen Hermione shoot a look at Ron that announced to the world that she hated him. And now she wanted to marry him?

"Yes, Ron is the best choice. Not only is he my boyfriend but he and I have known each other since we were 11. Isn't it better to marry someone I know than someone I have never even met before? What if that person turns out to be awful? And this way when the marriage law is repealed I won't be stuck married to someone I don't want to be." Hermione told Harry.

"I don't think your being fair Hermione." Harry said.

"What do you mean I'm not being fair?" Hermione narrowed her eyes at her best friend.

"It's not fair on Ron."

"Not fair on Ron? When is life fair, Harry? How is this marriage law fair?" Hermione shouted at Harry.

"What I mean is that Ron really loves you. I don't think that it's fair that you are going to marry him and then break his heart when you ask for a divorce. Anyway how are you going to marry Ron tonight? He's under age." Harry asked.

"Simple. I know that Ron is under-age to get married as he is only sixteen and you have to be seventeen to be married, but if we get full permission from his parents then we can marry. And Mrs Weasley has always wanted Ron and I to get married, so I don't see a problem with getting her permission." Hermione stood up from the armchair and walked over to the window that looked over across the lake.

Harry shook his head and turned to Dumbledore.

"You have to make her see sense. She will break his heart if she goes through with this. And what if they don't repeal the marriage law? She will be stuck with him for the rest of her life and she would hate that." Harry told Dumbledore.

"Harry. Hermione knows her own mind. I cannot stop her if she wishes to go through with her plan but know this, she will need her friends behind her. There are dark times ahead Harry. But everything will work out for the best. It always does." Dumbledore told him solemnly. Harry nodded at the wise wizard. He couldn't see any way of persuading Hermione not to go through with it, he would just have to like it or lump it.

"Well then, I think you have some explaining to do to Mr Weasley." Dumbledore said dismissing them. He held open the door for the pair as they trudged out of Dumbledore's office. "Good luck Miss Granger. Return to here by seven o'clock. We will visit the Weasley's and then we will go to the ministry."

"Thank-you sir." Hermione said gratefully and turned on her heel to sprint down the corridor to the Gryffindor common room.

"Thank you." Harry told him and ran after Hermione.

Hermione returned to the common room to find that Ron hadn't moved an inch in the thirty minutes they had been out for.

"Hermione!" Ron greeted her.

"Ron. I have some news." Hermione picked up another Daily Prophet that somebody had left lying on the side table and handed it to Ron, who began to read the article Hermione had pointed out to him.

MINISTRY BRING IN MARRIAGE LAW

The wizarding world was shocked today as the Minister For Magic- Mr Rufus Scrimgoeur- announced that he would be bringing in a new law. This new law (law 3456) means that any witch or wizard not already married and over the age of seventeen and under the age of sixty must marry a partner approved or selected by the ministry within two months and there after produce two children within three years. Mr Scrimgoeur stated "This law is being brought in to maximise wizarding births which we have witnessed a steep decline in. The partners must be approved - or in the event that a witch or wizard doesn't have a partner already one will be selected - by the ministry in order for the maximum number of children with wizarding powers to be born."

The Ministry have set strict guidelines for how each marriage must run. Each marriage will be closely followed by a ministry official and several charms will be placed over the couple so that the Ministry can watch each and every move the couple make. The fidelity charm will also be placed over each couple. Any breaking of the rules set out by the Ministry and there will be severe punishments. Also, unlike marriages at this current period of time, the marriages made under this new law will be unbreakable. This means that at no point can either spouse file for divorce or ask for an annulment, these marriages are for life.

The public were deeply disturbed by the news of the new law that will take affect tomorrow evening at 12 o'clock. Protesters have been marching up and down Diagon Alley for the majority of the morning, but these protesters were firmly dealt with and the Ministry have released a statement saying that if anyone does not agree with the new law then they should contact the Ministry complaints department and not take the law into there own hands, those who do so will be punished.

And what do we do if we refuse to comply to the new law? I hear you ask. Well ladies and gentlemen, the Ministry have seen fit to set severe punishments on anyone who refuses to agree with the law including eviction from the wizarding world, sentences in Azkaban and worst of all de-magicking anyone who fights against the new law.

However, we also received some good news. The Minister for Magic stated that the law would only last a certain amount of time until they see a rise in wizarding births. This could all be over in a matter of months but any longer than two months and the people that are affected now will be stuck in a marriage they may not want to be. Is this a good idea or has the Ministry once again been persuaded into bringing in a ridiculous law that could affect many people's lives?

Ron finished the reading the article and shrugged.

"So?" Ron asked nonchalantly.

"So? Is that all you can say Ron?" Hermione asked, shocked at his reaction.

"Well it's probably no going to affect me. Like it says, the law will be repealed in a couple of months, probably before I turn seventeen which isn't until March and its only November." Ron told Hermione and went back to chewing a piece of liquorice.

"Ron! You may not be seventeen but I am. I turned seventeen in September, not that you even acknowledged my birthday. But I will be affected when this law comes in tomorrow night. I will be forced into a loveless marriage with someone I hardly know." Hermione told him.

"So? What do you want me to do about it? Marry you myself?" Ron asked.

Hermione turned to Harry and smiled, finally her plan was working out and she didn't even have to ask him to marry her. Harry rolled his eyes.

"Yes, that is exactly what I want you to do." Hermione told him, trying to put on a loved-up face. She grinned and battered her eyelashes at him. She hated pretending to be a silly loved-up female, but that was exactly what Ron wanted as a girlfriend and if she could convince him to marry her then her problems would be solved.

"Oh Hermione." Ron gushed out. He stood up and in doing so sprayed mud everywhere again as he still had his filthy Quidditch robes on. "I thought you were going off me. But now you want to marry me, that is great."

Hermione smiled and awkwardly returned the hug Ron was trying to give her. Hermione peered over Ron's shoulder and winked at Harry who was staring at the hugging couple. Hermione pulled out of the hug and shook Ron lightly by the shoulders.

"Ron, go and get changed. We have to ask your mother and father's permission as you are under age. This will be great news for them." Hermione said.

"What? Now?" Ron asked as if getting up and changing was the hardest job in the world.

"Yes now! What better time is there to tell your parents we're in love and want to get married." Hermione told him through gritted teeth, she hated lying.

Ron grinned and bounded up the stairs and off into the boys wing of the Gryffindor tower. Hermione turned back around to face Harry.

"See. It worked." Hermione said smugly.

"Just you wait. The whole thing will come crashing down around your ears and there will be no-one there to help you. Ron won't trust you after you break his heart and I won't support you if you hurt my best friend." Harry told her.

"I won't hurt him. As soon as the law is repealed the divorce will be quick and painless."

"You're using him Hermione. He won't forgive you for that." Harry told her and stalked up the stairs to follow Ron.

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