A MALFOY ALWAYS GETS WHAT A MALFOY WANTS

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RATING M+ for explicit scenes. I hope you all enjoy.

Chapter 4

72 days, 11 hours and 23 mins and counting not that he was of course; it's just that, that was how long ago it was that Draco Malfoy had finally succeeded in becoming the minister representing the department of Law and regulations. Since starting at the ministry he'd worked hard, really hard – working late quite often and going that extra mile when ever he thought it necessary. It did help that Hermione also worked in the ministry in the Department of experimental Charms and Potions as a result he saw her fairly often though more only in a work capacity. He dated very little putting everything into work which in turn had put the Malfoy family name back in a good light. Still he had not been able to pursue Hermione since she still dated Ron, he had a few ideas of what he might be able to do but it was a matter of executing them. Before his promotion there had been some talk of some sort of Marriage law being introduced to bridge the divides that still existed with the older generation. It had been noted that while many young people didn't care about status many of their parents still did to a degree making it difficult for young couples of different backgrounds to join together. Some who wanted too couldn't and others that just didn't know what to do. Nothing could be decided but Draco decided to take the idea and develop it, when he was finally made the minister of his department he decided to implement the idea getting the law passed but first he needed to write up the guidelines. He knew if it was left to the witches and wizard's parents would not accept the decision so all wizards and witch couples or not needed to apply to the board which Draco of course would secretly head up. The board would need to be secret so as to not suffer reprisal for their decisions. If couples wanted to get married all they needed to do was state it on the application. They would have a certain amount of time to submit their paperwork, but first the guidelines – he needed to submit them to get the law passed, while he could pass it to a degree the final decision still lay with the minister himself – the thing was that the minister was Harry Potter and there was every chance that he wouldn't agree.

The report that Draco put forth was as follows;

Report on the Guidelines for Marriage Law

The Marriage Law idea was put forth by a number of community members who were concerned by the lack of marriages since the end of the war. It has also been noted that while some young couples did express an interest in joining - their parents still held concerns over their different backgrounds or other such differences even as ridiculous as what houses they were in at school no matter what side they fought on in the war. A basic outline was drafted about a year ago but it wasn't taken until further even though the concerns are as evident as ever. It is recommended that a secret panel is set up under the direction lead of my department, secret being so that no members encounter any reprisals if anyone does not like the decisions made by the board. The regulations would be as follows;

All unmarried witches and wizards between the ages of 20 and 25 are to submit to this law.

Any couple with current intentions are to submit the proposal of marriage form to secure their intended. This form must be submitted by the wizard.

Forms must be completed and returned by close of business September 1st this year.

All other witches and wizards will be matched as seen fit by the panel.

Appeals will be considered in extenuating circumstances.

The marriage will be binding until one partner dies at which point the surviving spouse may remarry.

Marriages should take place no longer than one year after the official announcement.

All matchings will be deemed as engagements.

No marriages will be allowed to another partner, will be performed, passed or accepted in any way or form until all requirements of the law have been fulfilled - this rule will be an exception to those already engaged at the time this law is passed.

The consequences for breaking the engagement can be found in Volume 1 of The Law and You, chapter 3 section 13e.

Draco sat in his office going over the report and guidelines once more, he was nervous about submitting it to Harry, he would admit he was worried that Harry wouldn't go for it, but as long as Draco seemed indifferent about it then he should be fine, he knew Harry was bothered by the fact that there still seemed some division. Harry had married Ginny straight after the war and the family appeared to be waiting for Ron to pop the question to Hermione; he hadn't yet – which Draco was thankful for.

As Draco stood outside Harry's office he took a deep breath before knocking and waiting.

"Enter"

Draco entered the office which was reminiscent of the Gryffindor tower; apparently the room could be changed to suit each minister's tastes. Harry stood to great Draco shaking hands with him before indicating for him to sit down.

"So how's it going being the minister for your department Draco? You're enjoying it I presume?"

"It's going well thank you Minister and yes I'm enjoying it very much"

"Now Draco, there's no-one else here you know there's no need to call me minister" Harry replied with a smile, Draco nodded and smiled,

"Right"

"So, I take it you have have the report and guidelines?"

"I sure do , I've taken into account the feedback I've received along with suggestions and written what I believe to be a cohesive solution" handing over the document at the same time.

As Harry sat and read, Draco waited listening to Harry's murmured comments of "mmm, ah ha, okay" without looking up Harry asked "so what do you think about this Draco? After all you'll be affected since you're not married or are you keeping secrets from us and already have someone in the wings waiting?" Harry then looked at Draco awaiting his answer.

"No no-one waiting on the side Harry unfortunately. I can see the pros and cons for it really. I know though if I was in the situation where say I had a muggle born girlfriend and my parents refused to give permission for the relationship or would say make it difficult for me then a law like this would save a lot of trouble. I don't need to remind you what my father is like; at least with this law then he couldn't disown me over my choice of whom I marry because technically it wouldn't be my choice, it would be the panel who put me with whomever they deemed suitable even if I had helped it along by indicating who it was I wanted to be matched with." Draco was on a role, he didn't know where it came from but he kept going. Harry nodded "maybe it wouldn't be so bad, I mean I've only ever loved one witch..." at that Harry raised his eyebrows "...and since I can't have her then the panel can choose someone for me, saves me the hassle of having to date someone and try and fall in love with them if I have no choice then the jobs done".

This last part surprised Harry; the guy really didn't seem to care, who was this witch that Draco Malfoy claimed to love? How long had he been in love for, for that matter, Harry had never seen Draco spend much time with any witch besides Ginny, Hermione and a few others in their social circle and all those witches were involved if not married they were practically married – maybe it was one of them, but then he'd never noticed Draco acting anything but himself when around them.

"Well, I have to say I really don't know, I was prepared to say no but now having read your report and listened to your points I can see it will help more than it will disadvantage so I'm going to approve it. Make up the necessary forms and send them off with the guidelines that will give those that need to acquiesce just over a month to return their forms. Anything else?"

Draco shook his head "I'll make a statement to the Daily Prophet this evening to go into tomorrow's edition". Draco stood up shaking Harry's hand "I'll get a team on it right away".

"How are you going to choose who's on the panel?"

"I was thinking about that and thought that I'll get the married staff on it that way they'll be unbiased".

Harry nodded "that works for me, good luck with whomever chosen for you".

Draco smiled "I'm sure she'll be a winner" knowing that in fact she would be, it helped that they were friends though not as close as he would have liked. Going back to his office he tried to imagine what her reaction would be when she found out, he knew she wouldn't be happy at first but she'd come round he knew that. Ron of course would be a different story he'd say that Draco had orchestrated the whole thing and while technically he'd be right – Draco had and was taking every precaution it didn't look like Draco was behind it. It took Draco's committee a few days to be organised and have all eligible witches and wizards listed and the relevant paperwork sent to them. Now all he had to was wait.