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The Potion

That afternoon all the couples were scattered around the school; some were in abandoned classrooms, some were in the library and some were in the common rooms. Harry and Pansy, Hermione, Draco and Blaise, Padma and Gregory were in the library. In the left corner of the library behind the Defence Against the Dark Arts bookcase Draco, Blaise and Hermione sat looking at each other waiting for someone to break the silence. Not being able to take it any longer Hermione said,

"So, you've both realized that this means you two will be the last pureblood offspring in the Malfoy and Zabini line- well, that is, until we can divorce." Both boys noticed the bitterness in her voice and winced.

"Whatever." Mumbled Draco pissed off that the talk wasn't going the way he and Blaise would have liked.

"Look, how about we just start a fresh and discuss living together and having a kid like mature people? I don't want any child of mine to grow up in an unloving family." Blaise said looking slightly embarrassed, as he was the quietest of the three and liked to fade into the background.

Hermione mumbled under her breath that there would be no love but Draco smiled warmly at Blaise and gave his knee a squeeze under the table. She did notice the comforting gesture but decided to keep that a secret.

"I'll go first.. if that's ok?" she asked the boys and neither had a reason to disagree so they nodded their heads.

"I was born on the 19th of September to Jane and Allan Granger who own their own dentistry. I live in Essex and I'm an only child. I went to a muggle school called Essex primary and left because I came to Hogwarts. I always wanted a very large family and a few cats. My family is well off but I was more interested in love and friends. As you may have guessed, my hobbies are reading, writing and equestrianism, which I do in the muggle world on hols three times a week. I love going to theme parks and as a child I enjoyed trips to the Zoo and the Farm. If I had to choose a sport I'm interested in it would be Football." Said Hermione confidently.

"How many kids did you say?" asked Draco causally.

"12" she whispered sheepishly.

"12" repeated Draco more loudly and he looked at Blaise who shrugged- they only thought she would want 4 or 5… not 12. Observing their silent exchange Hermione grimaced.

"Will you keep your voices down! You're in a library" snapped Madam Prince crossly, her stern face peering around the bookcase glaring at the trio.

"Sorry" murmured Hermione looking down embarrassed. With that Madam Prince walked back to her desk but before shooting a warning look at both boys.

"What's a theme park thing?" asked Blaise attempting to change the subject.

"A theme park is a place where muggles go for the day out. There are muggle technologies that they called rides. They range in size, intensity, speed and g-force. I personally like the biggest and most thrilling rides. Some drop you from a height and some send you into loops. You're always safe but it makes your blood pump faster as the adrenaline kicks in." Both boys paled slightly but recovered quickly and placated Hermione by saying they would love to visit a theme park.

Draco continued, "Well I'll go now. I was born on the 5th of June to Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. My favourite colour is blue and I was home-tutored. I would like 3 or 4 kids and a few animals." Hermione was disappointed that he sounded almost bored. As if he couldn't be bothered to explain in such detail as Hermione but she didn't call him to task and Draco passed the thread to Blaise who said,

"I was born 10th January to Marco and Maria Zabini I am also an only child and have no aunts but one uncle called Lewis Zabini on my dad's side. My favourite colour is green. No surprises there. I'm not bothered how many kids I have and I like cats. I play keeper for Quidditch but you already know that." He finished with a touch of arrogance.

Before Hermione could ask any more questions of the two, a teachers note flew into their corner and landed in the centre of them. Blaise picked up it up and read it aloud:

Mr Zabini, Mr Malfoy and Miss Granger.

Please come to the hospital wing to take the pregnancy potion.

Signed

Madam Pomfrey.

A groan was heard from Hermione as she remembered she had to take a horrible potion since she was paired with two men.

"Come on we better go." Urged Blaise as they all packed up their belongings and walked out the door after Hermione who waved to Padma Patil who was sat listening to Goyle.

Walking down the corridor to hospital wing in complete silence they saw Remus Lupin talking to Professor Snape who raised an eyebrow. Striding up to Remus she gave him a hearty greeting. Snape said goodbye and walked down the stairs to the dungeon.

"Hi Hermione I heard about the law. Unlucky for you that you're never going have a quiet year at Hogwarts." chuckled Remus, and Hermione followed.

"Tell me about it. So why are you here?" questioned Hermione politely.

"Well, I came to tell you and the guys that Tonks is pregnant."

"Oh congratulations Remus! I'm so happy for you both, how far is she?" Asked Hermione excitedly.

"Only a couple of weeks." He responded

"Oh that's great. The wedding was beautiful by the way," complimented Hermione. Over the holidays Tonks and Remus tied the knot in a beautiful church near the sea on a lovely summer's day.

"Thanks I'll tell Tonks you liked it. Where you going then?" Questioned Remus.

"Hospital wing for that pregnancy potion as my partners are Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini." Spat Hermione glancing toward the two boys standing by the wall looking out the window.

"Oh I bet Lucius really likes saying he's gonna have a halfblood grandchild." He chuckled at the thought, he had gone to school with Lucius and he remembered his hatred for the Muggleborn students and those who were Halfblood. The once ex-DeathEater was now going to become the grandfather to a small halfblood child.

Thinking along those lines, Remus remembered aloud, "I don't think you know but Sirius has also been dragged in to the Marriage Law fiasco, he himself is getting married on the 22nd of March. He met his future wife a few days back."

"Not surprising given his age. What is she like?" Hermione was pumping Remus for information to relay to Harry since he probably hadn't received an owl yet about it.

"Her name is Ceceila Robinson and she's really nice. She's four years younger than him and was in Hufflepuff. She has long raven hair that is extremely straight and it goes all the way down to her waist. Her eyes are ocean blue and rather mischievous. I'd say she is around about 5ft 4. She's a halfblood I think. The ministry is trying to also reduce the amount of non-magical folk being born obviously." In a lower voice he continued,

"I'm sure you've noticed that this law has paired most of the Purebloods with a history of Squibs with halfbloods or muggleborns. You may not know it but there have been many Squibs from the Malfoy and Zabini lines. Their families disown them as soon as they find out. I even heard in a post war trial that Lucius Malfoy is not an only child and that he had a squib younger sister who was disowned and sent to a muggle orphanage at the age of six."

Always a fast thinking, Hermione asked quietly, "Do you think that is why I've been placed with them?"

"Could be Hermione, I believe but I'm not totally sure that the Ministry thinks those two families will suffer greatly if either Draco or Blaise reproduce with a pureblood witch. Draco more so is my understanding. The reason Draco he is an only child is because both Narcissa and Lucius are infertile making Draco the only possible heir left. The Malfoys bring a substantial amount of money to charities so the ministry is fighting to keep as many of their donations as they can by rejuvenating their lines with Halfbloods and muggleborns." Explained Remus his glancing over to Draco.

"Is the infertility in the Malfoy line due to interbreeding" Remus nodded " What about the Weasleys? All of their kids are marrying purebloods bar Charlie who is supposedly engaged to a muggleborn in Romania."

"There has supposedly only been one Squib from the Weasleys and really you can't say Molly and Arthur are infertile. With the Malfoys and Zabinis only producing one heir it leaves them vulnerable, whereas the Weasleys who have 7 kids are more like to last a lot longer. You understand?" Hermione nodded her head and turned her head to the direction of Draco and Blaise.

Seeing them approach within hearing distance she said with a bubbly voice,"Amazing! It's nice to think that Sirius is going to get married and have a child himself. Imagine it, a mini Sirius," as soon as she said that though the image of a miniature version of Sirius came in to her head.

"Actually that's a really bad idea. I better go Remus I think they're getting bored, but I'll think about what you said" smiled Hermione conspiratorially.

"All right see you later." Said Remus giving her a quick hug she departed down the corridor as Draco and Blaise joined her.

Reaching the Hospital Wing, Madam Pomfrey dragged them behind a curtain and took a couple of pieces of hair from Draco and Blaise and placed them in to a cream looking potion, which quickly turned a deep purple. Madam Pomfrey gave the potion to Hermione. She looked in to it, and smelt it, and felt like she was going to puke. She looked at the nurse begging her with her expression but Madam Pomfrey gave Hermione a firm nod towards the potion. Hermione took a deep breath and knocked it back scowling when the potion burnt the back of her throat. Looking up she saw both boys looking at her with worry in their eyes and she smiled sensing that both cared for her but confused by their concern nonetheless.

"Are you ok Miss Granger?" Asked Madam Pomfrey

"Yes I'm ok." Replied Hermione massaging her neck.

"Good now. Be off with ya, I've got a lot of work to do." Said Madam Pomfrey as pushed them out of the door.

She turned to them, "Well I'll see you later. I'm off to the Gryffindor Common room so erm - bye" muttered Hermione.

"Ok bye," said Blaise a little downheartedly.

"Bye" said Draco.

As Hermione walked back to the Common room she couldn't stop thinking about the look in Draco and Blaise's eyes when they looked at her with such worry. Or what Remus had told her about the Malfoy and Zabini line. She resolved that she would speak to them both about it once they were married. "If what Remus told me is true, it might not be me that needs the potions."

Once again thank you to J. for editing this :)