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Dumbledore stepped through the crowd and toward the happy couple and congratulated them.
"That is some ring Harry," he said as examined the ring on Hermione's finger.
"It's a promise ring," Harry explained, "it means that we'll marry each other no matter what."
With that, Harry and Hermione chatted to their friends all night and the party went on into the wee hours of the morning. But it really was some ring on Hermione's finger, four carat diamond, laced with rubies, with a gold band perfect for a Gryffindor. Dumbledore looked at it all night and in his mind, he recalled an equally brilliant girl wearing the same ring many, many years ago. Severus Snape also recalled the brilliant girl who wore the ring years before. It brought him a feeling of sorrow and loss that has been haunting him for the past sixteen years.
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The smell of breakfast filled the air as the residents of Grimmauld Place rose reluctantly from their beds after the last night's partying.
"Molly," Remus Lupin came into the kitchen and said, "I love summers here, the meals are so delicious."
"Why, I'm very flattered," Molly Weasley said, "but I'm not cooking this morning."
Soon, they were all seated to a hearty breakfast cooked by none other than Hermione, who in order to live up to her new role as future wife by getting up early and cooking.
"So, that's why you're so healthy looking, Harry, eh?" joked Fred Weasley at breakfast.
"Yeah, with this good of cooking, why don't you come and marry me, Hermione, I'm just as good looking as Harry." George joined in.
A regal looking owl flew through the window while everyone was eating and no one noticed until Hermione screamed and fainted.
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(A/N: I love doing that!!!()
It was Harry who took the letter first, it was addressed to Hermione, from none other than Malfoy.................. it was about the dratted Marriage Law.
"Malfoy just proposed to 'Mione." Harry said with astonishment in his voice.
"Well, tell him that you beat him to it." Ron said.
" I'm afraid that Harry can't do that." Albus Dumbledore said as he came through the door and revived Hermione.
"Why not?" Harry asked
"I shall tell you soon, but we shall hold a meeting first." Dumbledore replied.
The order members held their meeting in the meeting room that had the door that won't let the old extendable ears through. So none of the children had any ideas what went on. But in the meeting a rather long discussion was going on.
"What are we going to do?"
"Hermione is too brilliant to give to a Malfoy."
"What we need to do is to get her with a pureblood that can out run Malfoy." Dumbledore said at last, " Do you have any idea what Voldemort need with Hermione, besides her brilliance, Severus?"
"Yes, it had to do with her counter curse to the killing curse."
Dumbledore smiled as he recalled the day, just last year, when Hermione came into his office just after she was attacked by death eaters in Hogsmeade. She had told him that she could slightly deflect a killing curse. A death eater shot a killing curse at her, but before she could respond, a shield shot out of her wand. It was very brief, but before the shield evaporated, she was able to move out of the way. They had practiced on bunnies in his office, but they always hopped away before the shield evaporated. (A/N: For Becca!!! The Bunnies!!!!)
"So, the only way for her to be safe is if she marries a death eater?" Dumbledore asked, "that's what Voldemort wants?"
"Yes, headmaster, he wants to keep Miss Granger under his thumb so that he could use her when he need to." Snape answered.
"Well, it's settled then," Dumbledore said, "Severus, you will write a proposal letter for Hermione and ask her to marry you."
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" Snape exclaimed, "I will do no such thing."
"Yes, you will." Dumbledore explained, "It is the only way for her to be safe."
"Why not anyone else, why me?" He asked.
"Because, your family is still quite respectable and old, perhaps better than the Malfoys." Dumbledore replies.
After a long reasoning period, Snape finally agreed and went on to write the letter. While Dumbledore went to tell Hermione.
" WHAT?!!?!!?!!?!!?" , she screamed, "I can't marry him. He's my teacher, it is strange, it is wrong, it can not happen!!!!!!!!!! What about Harry?"
"We will find a way for you and Harry to get together, one way or another, the promise ring always gets its way." Dumbledore explained.
~***~
While in the library drafting his letter, Severus Snape stared out the window and thought about the mess that he just got himself into. Well, you did get what you wanted. He told himself. He didn't know when his feelings for the Granger girl changed from the hatred of the Gryffindor changed. But one day, he saw the girl in new lights, she was suddenly a vivacious beauty, not just a brainy know-it-all. Probably it was then, his feelings for the Granger girl changed. Now that his thoughts are collected, he bent over and began to write.
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(A/N TH.TH.TH.That's all folks, for now, but I need some more reviews, COME ON PEOPLE!!! CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS WELCOMED!!!! PLZ REVIEW NOW!!!!)
THANX to cyanide242 and whimsical lady, my first reviews !!!
ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO MY FRIEND BECCA FOR THE IDEAS!!!!!!
Dumbledore stepped through the crowd and toward the happy couple and congratulated them.
"That is some ring Harry," he said as examined the ring on Hermione's finger.
"It's a promise ring," Harry explained, "it means that we'll marry each other no matter what."
With that, Harry and Hermione chatted to their friends all night and the party went on into the wee hours of the morning. But it really was some ring on Hermione's finger, four carat diamond, laced with rubies, with a gold band perfect for a Gryffindor. Dumbledore looked at it all night and in his mind, he recalled an equally brilliant girl wearing the same ring many, many years ago. Severus Snape also recalled the brilliant girl who wore the ring years before. It brought him a feeling of sorrow and loss that has been haunting him for the past sixteen years.
~***~
The smell of breakfast filled the air as the residents of Grimmauld Place rose reluctantly from their beds after the last night's partying.
"Molly," Remus Lupin came into the kitchen and said, "I love summers here, the meals are so delicious."
"Why, I'm very flattered," Molly Weasley said, "but I'm not cooking this morning."
Soon, they were all seated to a hearty breakfast cooked by none other than Hermione, who in order to live up to her new role as future wife by getting up early and cooking.
"So, that's why you're so healthy looking, Harry, eh?" joked Fred Weasley at breakfast.
"Yeah, with this good of cooking, why don't you come and marry me, Hermione, I'm just as good looking as Harry." George joined in.
A regal looking owl flew through the window while everyone was eating and no one noticed until Hermione screamed and fainted.
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****
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*
(A/N: I love doing that!!!()
It was Harry who took the letter first, it was addressed to Hermione, from none other than Malfoy.................. it was about the dratted Marriage Law.
"Malfoy just proposed to 'Mione." Harry said with astonishment in his voice.
"Well, tell him that you beat him to it." Ron said.
" I'm afraid that Harry can't do that." Albus Dumbledore said as he came through the door and revived Hermione.
"Why not?" Harry asked
"I shall tell you soon, but we shall hold a meeting first." Dumbledore replied.
The order members held their meeting in the meeting room that had the door that won't let the old extendable ears through. So none of the children had any ideas what went on. But in the meeting a rather long discussion was going on.
"What are we going to do?"
"Hermione is too brilliant to give to a Malfoy."
"What we need to do is to get her with a pureblood that can out run Malfoy." Dumbledore said at last, " Do you have any idea what Voldemort need with Hermione, besides her brilliance, Severus?"
"Yes, it had to do with her counter curse to the killing curse."
Dumbledore smiled as he recalled the day, just last year, when Hermione came into his office just after she was attacked by death eaters in Hogsmeade. She had told him that she could slightly deflect a killing curse. A death eater shot a killing curse at her, but before she could respond, a shield shot out of her wand. It was very brief, but before the shield evaporated, she was able to move out of the way. They had practiced on bunnies in his office, but they always hopped away before the shield evaporated. (A/N: For Becca!!! The Bunnies!!!!)
"So, the only way for her to be safe is if she marries a death eater?" Dumbledore asked, "that's what Voldemort wants?"
"Yes, headmaster, he wants to keep Miss Granger under his thumb so that he could use her when he need to." Snape answered.
"Well, it's settled then," Dumbledore said, "Severus, you will write a proposal letter for Hermione and ask her to marry you."
"WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?" Snape exclaimed, "I will do no such thing."
"Yes, you will." Dumbledore explained, "It is the only way for her to be safe."
"Why not anyone else, why me?" He asked.
"Because, your family is still quite respectable and old, perhaps better than the Malfoys." Dumbledore replies.
After a long reasoning period, Snape finally agreed and went on to write the letter. While Dumbledore went to tell Hermione.
" WHAT?!!?!!?!!?!!?" , she screamed, "I can't marry him. He's my teacher, it is strange, it is wrong, it can not happen!!!!!!!!!! What about Harry?"
"We will find a way for you and Harry to get together, one way or another, the promise ring always gets its way." Dumbledore explained.
~***~
While in the library drafting his letter, Severus Snape stared out the window and thought about the mess that he just got himself into. Well, you did get what you wanted. He told himself. He didn't know when his feelings for the Granger girl changed from the hatred of the Gryffindor changed. But one day, he saw the girl in new lights, she was suddenly a vivacious beauty, not just a brainy know-it-all. Probably it was then, his feelings for the Granger girl changed. Now that his thoughts are collected, he bent over and began to write.
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****
*****
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(A/N TH.TH.TH.That's all folks, for now, but I need some more reviews, COME ON PEOPLE!!! CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS WELCOMED!!!! PLZ REVIEW NOW!!!!)
THANX to cyanide242 and whimsical lady, my first reviews !!!
ALSO A BIG THANK YOU TO MY FRIEND BECCA FOR THE IDEAS!!!!!!