A/N: so I've received a few reviews which disagree with the content or writing this story has. I invite you all to return to the disclaimer on chapter one. This is not meant to be a serious story, it is an alternate world fantasy meant to amuse and entertain. It is only chapter 3 so I am as yet unsure of where the story is going. I suggest if this story is not your cup of tea do not read it. Thank you and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the HP characters depicted in this story, those are fully under the copyright of JK Rowling.
Chapter 3: A Little Adjustment
"No way!" A girl from from the third row exclaimed and Hermione let out a sharp gasp as the water's surface began to sizzle and crack. Images flying out of the bowl almost instantly as Ginny Weasley's hand touched the icy depths.
"That is super rare." The process of Daxosia was not newly invented under Mikaeus Levant's government, but this was the first time in the history of the magical realm that it had been mandatory. It was hard for Ginny and Hermione to believe but some people participated in these subservient lifestyles by choice. Ginny had been super confused at first until Hermione had explained the muggle lifestyle known as BDSM. The idea was that one party, purely consensual, agreed to submit wholly to a dominant, but Hermione had explained that this could be a 24/7 lifestyle or a bedroom play and actually did not require the "submissive" to be female. This was very different from the lifestyles within the magic world that were forced upon all witches and only witches. Finally Ginny looked up at the images that were flying high above her head; so much for a private session. She cursed herself for refusing to attend her physicians physical. She gasped herself as the images danced above them. There were several, rather than images of chains, leashes, cages, food bowls and litter boxes she saw a pacifier, a diaper, a crib, and a pile of blocks. Ginny groaned and turned back to the bowl her back to her fellow students.
"Ginny Weasley is a little!" A dark haired Slytherin exclaimed excitedly. "just wait until I tell Draco." Snape crossed his arms shooting a smug look at a very surprised looking Mikaeus. He knew he'd been right all along. After her second year, Snape had known Ginny was a submissive; Tom Riddle had easily taken control of her actions. However, it wasn't until her later years that Snape had discovered signs of the littles in her. He knew Mikaeus was probably pissed. He'd promised Ginny to him if it turned out that she was in fact a little.
"Alright Severus, the potion please." The Minister called a tone of resignation in his voice. Snape stepped forward pulling a vial out of his bag, a small vial of blue liquid with a cork in the top.
"Ginny don't do it!" Hermione called out from the back of the room.
"You really think i'm stupid? I'm not taking anything from you." Ginny spat at Mikaeus violently. The Minister raised his eyes at Snape who stepped forward. This would be step number one for compatibility.
"Ginny, drink it." Snape said firmly holding out the vial. Ginny immediately reached for the vial and was uncorking it before she stopped herself and re-corked it. What was she doing? Why had she just taken it without question. She opened her mouth to tell Snape to bugger off, but no words would come out of her mouth. She closed her mouth in a thin line. Opening her mouth, she tried again but she still could not say a word. Snape leaned over and gently took the vial from her and uncorked it again. Unfortunately Snape was faster and stronger than she was and before she could say Quidditch, he had slipped his one arm under her arms leaned her over and poured the vial down her throat. Ginny coughed looking up at him with a look of surprise as she feels the room start to spin slowly, her vision blurred and within half a minute, everything had gone completely black as she slipped into nothingness.
"Ginny!" Hermione screamed running to the front of the room. "What did you do to her?" She demanded rounding on Snape who tapped Ginny with his wand and she vanished before Hermione could reach her.
"Miss Granger, Miss Weasley is going to be perfectly all right. The potion can be a little uncomfortable so I included a small sedative. Don't worry, she will be awake and ready to receive visitors by tomorrow afternoon." Snape placed a hand her shoulder in an attempt to comfort her.
"Don't touch me, Snake!" Hermione exclaimed angrily.
"Yes, definitely needs a muzzle doesn't she Minister?" Snape stated coldly.
"Yes indeed, my Raven was just the same when she was first identified. It didn't take long for her to accept her lifestyle, did it my dear?" Mikaeus said with a laugh.
"No Sir."
"Alright Girls, thank you for your attendance today. Please return to your dorms at once, you can wait there until your House representatives escort you to dinner."
"Hermione? Where is Ginny?" Ron asked puzzled as she sat down in the Great Hall for the dinner feast.
"A private room in the Hospital Wing it would appear." She explained what had transpired that afternoon in the Room of Requirement. "Professor Snape said she would be able to receive visitors tomorrow afternoon. Didn't stop me from trying of course. Madam Pomfrey of course wouldn't let me in. She said she was under strict instructions to not let anyone in to see her yet. She assured me she will be just fine though."
"What the devil was the potion he made her drink?" Ron demanded.
"It's called a Complacency Draught." Hermione said softly setting her fork down. "Up until Levant came to power its use was highly controversial. I mean it is not a brainwashing potion or anything as it doesn't cause you to do anything you truly do not want. It just more or less encourages you to be less difficult and more accommodating. The Minister has been using it to get those who have gone through Daxosia to be more accepting of their true fate. Scrying during Daxosia just shows them what that fate is supposed to be. That is if you believe in Divination of course."
"What about you Hermione?" Ron asked softly. "What was the result of your Daxosia?" Hermione groaned and put her head down on the table.
"Don't ask."
"Oh come on were your best friends you can tell us. And wait why aren't you unconscious in the hospital wing?" Harry said with a quizzical look.
"For your second question, I did not take the Complacency Draught. You see the potion is typically given at the claiming ceremony, which means that the Department of Statistics already knows who Ginny's Daddy will be." Hermione said seriously looking between Harry and Ron. She sighs softly. "As far as your first question goes, I'm a little too okay? I'm keeping it on the down low though. I had mine weeks ago and still haven't heard anything so I'm hoping I slip under the radar."
"Aww you'll be adorable Hermione." Ron said with a laugh. Hermione blushed softly and kicked him hard under the table. "Hey owww what was that for?"
"Well at least you know you'll have a kind Daddy." Harry offers with an apologetic smile. Hermione nods thinking of Ron's brother George.
"He was so sweet to me when he was here yesterday. He was so gentle with my chastity belt and harness. I believed him when he apologized for having to do it at all. I know he will be a good Daddy when the time comes." She said smiling for the first time.
"I'll pet sit anytime." Ron said with a laugh.
"I'm sure you would Ron," Harry commented, but Hermione did not look amused. "So every female student has to go through this?"
"Well technically every student goes through a form of Daxosia." Hermione said. "But you guys have already had yours. For boys they just take a urine sample during your routine check ups. Seems so much simpler in my opinion. They do it so they have on record who are Masters, Daddies, owners, etc."
"Oh yeah I got a letter about that at the beginning of the year." Ron said. "It said I was a Master I guess. In all honesty I don't really know the differences but I don't really care said I have until I am like twenty-five to choose a sub to claim."
"I'm a Daddy actually." Harry said with a laugh.
"Maybe you'll get to be Ginny's babysitter." Hermione suggested.
"I could handle that I think. She'd look adorable with a pink pacifier in her mouth." Hermione and Ron both turned and looked at Harry. "I have no idea where that even came from."
"It's alright Harry, welcome to post war society."
Ginny opened her eyes slowly. She blinked a few times, her head hurt and she wasn't entirely sure where she was. The ceiling wasn't her dormitory that was for certain. She tried to sit up but with a tug on her arms she realized both of her wrists were restrained. She turned her head to left and saw that her bed had low barriers around it. She recognized the small bed as one belonging to hospital wing and tried to recall how she had gotten there. Did she fall off her broom during quidditch practice? Then she remembered women were banned. They weren't even allowed to fly anymore forget playing quidditch. Her head feels fuzzy but slowly the events of the previous afternoon comes back to her and she remembers the horrible taste of the blue liquid from the vile. She doesn't feel any different so who knows what it did to her. Ginny feels something rubber in her mouth and after moving it around a little figures out that it's a pacifier she is sucking on. After trying to lift her arms again briefly she purses her lips and spits it out onto the bed. She looks down and sees her legs are free from bonds but that they're mostly bare; she's dressed in a pink polka dot onesie and matching socks. After looking around again, Ginny realizes she's not in the main hospital wing. She had heard there were private rooms but reserved for very important cases. As she turns her head to the right she sees one large red armchair and sitting in the armchair sound asleep is Professor Snape. Ginny rolled her eyes. Of course, who else would it be. She pulls at both her wrists impatiently.
"Ginny relax it's okay sweetheart." Snape says softly standing up and approaching.
"No!" Ginny kicks her feet violently. "Untie me you monster."
"Ginny that was just for your safety sweet pea. In case you woke up and were still dazed and confused.
"I'm fine." She says pulling at them again.
"I will release your arms if you promise to stay put and behave yourself." Snape says giving her a firm look that makes her stop and stare wide eyed up at him.
"Yes Sir." She says obediently without hesitation. Ginny shakes her head wondering where that came from. She feels the bonds around her wrists dissipate and she stretches her arms out in front.
"Now lie back down and go to sleep darling." He says with a smile. "But first does your bum need changing?" Ginny frowns wondering what he means by that. As she moves down in the bed she feels a soft padding under her and gasps as she realizes she's wearing a diaper under her onesie.
"Absolutely not." Ginny spat scooting backwards to the end of the hospital bed. Snape glared at her pointing to the other end of the bed where her pillow and a small blue baby dolphin stuffy sat. Ginny crawled back over and sat firmly pulling the blanket over her laying her head down. Snape decided to let it go and not press too much the issue at the moment. Poppy was usually pretty protective when it came to patient care so he was certain she had taken care of it this morning. Snape hands her the baby dolphin and sits back down. He combs his fingers through his long black hair; Snape would wait for her to slip more into little space before pushing too hard. He did not agree with the Minister on many of his methods and would do this at Ginny's speed.
"Can we see her now Madam Pomfrey?" Hermione whined for the third time that day, she tossed her hair over her shoulder scowling at the hospital matron. Harry stood beside Hermione in hopes that a male presence would help the older woman be more accommodating.
"Very well Miss Granger. Follow me." Madam Pomfrey turned and headed towards the large oak doors at the far end of the public ward. Harry and Hermione had never been past this room and always assumed that back wing was simply storage and supply rooms. The hospital matron's shoes clacked loudly on the cobble stone flooring of the long corridor as she led Harry and Hermione down the first hallway on the left. Finally she stopped outside a steel metal door and withdrew her wand from her apron. "Alohamora." She breathed softly just incase the inhabitant of the locked room was sleeping. Madam Pomfrey stepped back holding the door open to Harry and Hermione could enter the room and quietly closed it behind them leaving them alone. Hermione looked around, no one appeared to be in sight except for a sleeping Ginny Weasley in a raised hospital bed. Harry approached the left side of the bed slowly and slid his hand across the back of her head so as not to startle her. The affect soothed Ginny and she mumbled something sleepily before opening her eyes and looking up at Harry. His green eyes were first she had looked into apart from Snape's in forty eight hours. She reached her arms up instinctively before lowering them and sitting up in the bed.
"Harry I missed you." She said putting her arms around his neck breathing in his scent. "Harry, I still love you." He blinked in shock. Her voice was soft and quiet; very deep in little space at the moment and Harry knew that. He had broken things off with Ginny before the war and missed her to death everyday. He also knew with new rules on females in the post war world that there was every chance she would be taken from him. Up until now he had thought that staying away from her romantically was the best thing for her.
"Aww Baby," He said softly. "I have never stopped loving you. You know that." Harry kissed her softly on the lips hugging her close to him. He knew it was a bad idea but damn it he couldn't help himself. Harry felt a static zap between their lips as he made contact and both pulled back reflexively.
"Sorry Harry I don't know what got into me." Ginny said with a giggle. Harry laughed too, her giggle was so cute he couldn't help but laugh in spite of himself.
"Ginny whats happened to you?" Hermione asked approaching the right side of the bed. She had stood back for a few minutes giving Harry and Ginny a few minutes.
"Well not entirely sure. I woke up here like this." Ginny replied gesturing to the bed and her clothes. Her long red hair had been tied up in two braids down her back. "Snape said they keep you for observation after the confusion of the sedation, but I heard him talking to Miss Poppy. He said that I do not get to leave until I have ascended fully into little space and until the Minister approves my discharge papers because as you heard him say i'm a 'problem child'."
"You've got to be kidding me." Hermione says rolling her eyes.
"I'm afraid she is not little girl." Snape said stepping up behind Hermione. Hermione froze; 'little girl' was a term used frequently on littles who were treading close to being in trouble. She wondered if he knew the results of her Daxosia too or if he was just attempting to get under her skin. Either case it worked.
"Err Harry I forgot I have study hall to get to." Hermione said quickly. She turned and quickly walked out of the room and down the corridor towards the large oak doors which led back to the public ward. Hermione opened the large door and quickly jumped back. Standing in the entryway blocking her was Raven Riddlecraft who she assumed was on her way to see Ginny.
"Going somewhere sweetheart?" Miss Riddlecraft asked sweetly.
"Err yeah, " Hermione said with a laugh. "I'm late for Study Hall, so if you'll excuse me."
"Actually Miss Granger your Study Hall has been cancelled so I will ask that you accompany back to Ginny's room." Raven said with a smile; the silver speckles in her dark eyes shone brightly in the darkness of the corridor.
"Cancelled? What do you mean cancelled?"
"I mean Miss Granger," Raven replied slowly as if speaking to a child. "That the Minister of Magic requests that you remain here in the hospital wing until he has signed your release papers. Oh I'm sorry I meant discharge papers. Please do not make me sedate you; if you do I have to also have you recorded as a problem child and we would not want that." Hermione spun on her heel and ran in the opposite direction down the corridor and past Ginny's door. Her shoes echoing loudly throughout the hall. Just as Hermione reached forward for the door handle of the double doors at the end of the hall she felt a firm hand grasp her wrist. Her momentum causing her feet to pitch forward resulting in Hermione hitting the floor hard. She tilted her head and looked up into the cold blue eyes of Mikaeus Levant.
"Hermione Granger!" He boomed. "A pleasure to see you once more."