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Announcement

Lucius' voice was murderous, "I told you how to prevent that," he pointed the finger at her belly. "I have paid a fortune seeking how to annul this farce. Tying you to this Mud…" Aghh, his body shook zapped by the magic in their ankle cuffs.

A burly armed guard dressed in a Muggle dark suit came in the room when he saw the reason for the screaming, he grinned and left.

Draco smiled darkly and clicked his tongue. "Tsk, tsk, no bad words, you know, " he pointed at Lucius' ankle, "conditional freedom. You should have learned by now what happens once you go over your allotted transgressions; after all, it has happened more than once." He tapped his lip.

"Ah, let's see, first house confinement, second no social contacts other than supervised ones and so on, and, finally, Azkaban last stop. Do you want it?"

"If I didn't know you better, I would say you are enjoying this a little too much. Why son, why?"

'Why do you think, ask yourself?" Saying this, Draco sat closer to Hermione, wrapped his arm her shoulder and held her lovingly, while he caressed her arm. He kissed the top of her head more than once.

Lucius felt ill. He knew why, and it couldn't be. Granted that he nearly went blind that day not long ago, not his fault. He grabbed the bottle drank from it, and held his forehead with his hand.

Draco looked at his unlikely wife remembering the Marriage Law. It forced ten Death Eater's progeny to marry either one from the Order or Dumbledore's army...

The Law

At the beginning- After the war, one year later, six months after the war trials

The tensions hadn't eased after half a year, if any, they had worsened. The decision to enact the controversial Marriage Law caused many broken hearts. All the Weasley, except Bill, were the most obvious candidates. Four months later, Molly was still locked in her room, sunk in despair, Charlie, Percy, George, Ron, and Ginny were all chosen. "All my family sacrificed to the war effort, even Hermione, my second daughter given to those horrible Malfoy, why o why?"

Arthur told others that Hermione was the most painful loss since they knew nothing about her, but when he said that, he avoided eye contact.

They came in the middle of the night like thieves, broke into their homes and took them out as if they had done something had fought it, unsuccessfully. Thus, the Aurors brought both of them, Hermione and he, by force to the MoM for their hand-fasting.

They weren't alone; it was a spectacle. The Golden Trio, whose application for a triad was approved just five days prior, and invitations had gone out, were being forced to marry into the darkest of all Death-Eater families. The unfairness choked them; Kingsley's decision which they saw as politically motivated, was despicable.

They were right; it was a law enacted hoping to bring Arthur down. It was evident, he was rising as a powerful opponent, and his family was the one most affected. Arthur couldn't understand the betrayal.

The trio was forced to marry at wand point; the three were crying for what it could have been. Doctored pictures were prepared for the press releases, and the deed was done.

The three couples, angry and screaming, were taken to secluded rooms prepared for them. At once, they were magically gagged to drown their complaints. Neither of the trio could believe what had been done, and they all swore revenge.

In the rooms, healers examined them and pronounced them in good health; the witches were declared able to make and bear children after they checked them to see if they were pregnant, which was one of the reasons for annulment.

At that, Hermione cried for her folly; she wished they had made love and maybe gotten her pregnant. According to Ron, a Weasley's first coupling with his loved one, was a 100% sure pregnancy, hence her decision to wait until they were married later that month.

The wizards were declared fit and able to father babies, the other approved impediment. With that out the way, they were released. The trio also was cuffed to dampen their magic, afraid of the rumors of Hermione's powers. The couples were brought back to the cottages set for them until their bonds were 'strengthened,' which was to be determined in a case by case basis.

Just like that, they were treated like criminals, and the deed was done. The idea they were being used, made the trio regret their part in the war, and they had made a pact, one day they would topple the establishment and their rule would come, no matter what.

They understood that they would never leave their children, and it was over for them, as lovers that were. They would come together as allies.

They knew of Hermione's support. One that she couldn't call at present for fear of mass destruction, but it would be there later. If only they had a few minutes of lead time, this wouldn't have happened.

They had been betrayed by many. Those guilty should be afraid; they had messed with the wrong person.

A/N Expect this once in a while, short chapters around 800-900 words. It is a fairly short story, full of surprises. If the interest keeps up I'll continue publishing it. It was written in draft and I just found it.