Chapter 6

Life was stupid.

End of story.

This marriage law would be the death of him... the end of his family line that is.

"Draco darling," Narcissa gently placed her fork on the edge of her plate. "There are matters that we really must discuss."

"And what would that be mother?" Draco replied still intended to eat the food placed before him.

"Cal said some interesting things the other day during his visit, about how he was going to have a new daddy." This caught Draco's attention that was at first focused on his meal.

"He said what?"

"You must do something about this marriage," Lucius was not one to talk during meals; he thought they should be sat in silence, but that did not matter today. It was a rarity to see his son nowadays. "There has yet to be any children born to other women, once one female is a mother of a Malfoy heir she is do be the mother of the rest of the children. That is how it has always been, it is an enchantment placed upon our family since the very beginning."

"Darling, there is no way around this," Narcissa began, "And do not even try to tells us that we should not want her to be the mother for our future grandchildren because she is muggleborn, blood means nothing now."

This mother could read his thoughts and expressions quite well, but then again the woman raised him from birth. There was very little she did not know. She knew sending him to Hogwarts would just be trouble. She knew what the Dark Lord wanted him to do. She knew he would grow up to love Quidditch when he was just a small boy. She knew the moment he realised he was in love with Hermione. She knew, she just somehow knew these things.

"I'm trying, ok?"

Yes life sucked very much. Not that he didn't love it, it just wasn't working out for him. Not right now that is.

Harry had just dropped off the Marriage Law moments ago and it lay before him, Draco just did not want to open it at the moment. This damn law could possibly ruin his life if he couldn't find a way around it, if he couldn't get Hermione to change her mind. Indeed life should go to hell.

"I couldn't get a list of all who was there, sorry." Harry had said. "I'll work on it though, see is Luna could do it."

"Thanks," Draco was impressed that he had actually gotten a hold of the documents, not that he doubted him, he just actually got them to him by Monday morning. "Potter, could you do one more thing?"

"Ya sure."

"Look into his background." He didn't have to say Mike's name, Harry would just know.

Now it was just Draco and a law, a law that would be activated the day before the wedding. A law that Hermione's marriage would fall under. A law that he did not know anything about, well that was all about to change.

[Marriage Laws:

Albania.

Sec. 34.20.01. Who may solemnize. (a) Marriages may be solemnized by (1)]

Not what he wanted, where was England on this things. Draco scrolled down until he found what he was looking for.

[United Kingdom.

Sec. 20.03.194. Who may solemnize. (a) Marriages may be solemnized by (1) by the Minster of Magic, a minister, or priest any church or congregation in the country, or by an Auror commissioned by the ministry, or by a senior official of Wizengamot; (2) Duty licensed or ordained clergyman; or (3) before or in any religious organization or congregation according to the established ritual or form commonly practiced in the organization or congregation.

Sec. 20.03.195. Who may they marry. (a) Marriages between a Pure-blood witch or wizard may be (1) To a Muggleborn witch or wizard; (2) To a Half-blood witch or wizard with at least one Muggleborn or Muggle parent. (b) Marriages between and Muggleborn witch or wizard may be (1) to a Pure-blood witch or wizard; (2) To any witch or wizard with half Muggleborn ancestry, they may be a Half-blood witch or wizard, or they may be a quarter Muggleborn with one parent Half-blood. (c) Marriages between and Half-blood witch or wizard may be (1) To a Muggleborn With or Wizard; (2) To a Half-blood witch or wizard, or they may be a quarter Muggleborn with one parent Half-blood; (3) To a Pure-blood witch or wizard. *Witch or wizard with more than three quarters background of Pure-blood will be put into category (a); Witch or wizard with more than three quarters background of Muggleborn will be put into category (b).]

Blah.

Primary witness, blah.

Something else, blah.

Citizenship, blah.

Blah.

Blah.

Blah.

In case of child, blah-wait!

[Sec. 20.04.01. Promise of a child to the Ministry and community a child must be conceived within a year of the contract.

Sec. 20.04.02. In case of a child(ren) born before marriage. (a) The child(ren) will be fully adopted by name by the person marrying the child's parent or legal guardian; (b) The child(ren) will go to a different parent or guardian and that parent or guardian will have full custody of the child(ren).]

So he wasn't all that screwed, he could get custody of his son, but the more he thought about it the more he was sure Granger would bite his ears off. Now onto the next.

[Sec. 20.15.67. Rights of Annulment or divorce, an annulment of the marriage will occur (1) If one of the partners dies; (2) If one of the partners is sent to Azkaban, as the soul will no longer reside within the witch or wizards body; (3) If other rights within the Marriage Law agreements are broke, such as a child is not conceived within the first year of marriage.]

Ultimately Granger would be stuck in this marriage till one of them dies. Good Merlin, this was stupid. The rest of the declaration was the basic rubbish of 'you're in it till the end', and other such things like money, wills, and emergency contacts for the hospital. There was only one loophole within the whole thing, and that was death. Really now, Draco couldn't just go up to the man and kill him, that would not only be completely unfair would it would also land him in Azkaban. He couldn't marry her if his soul was lost.

It would be easier to just have a common law marriage... never mind this law omitted those from happening. The paper one would have to do from now on just to be married, no more signing your name, it was giving your soul to the other person. A three day waiting period so that a background check could occur... wait, if that were the case then Granger wouldn't be getting married on the first, it would have to put back a few days.

There was a possibility that Mike knew all about this... or it could just be poor timing. Draco liked the first option the best. He had a feeling, that more than ever, he needed to know who signed and who was there to witness the signing. If Mike was one of those people, then the wedding would commence as planned.

Authors Note: Well there you go, I must say trying to sound like a pro is pretty hard. Hopefully I did it some justice. Thank you for your reviews, I appreciate them