****I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters…I merely play around with them for my own enjoyment ***
This is my first story, so please bear with me. Feel free to leave suggestions, but go easy on me. I'm definitely not an English major. Reviews are definitely helpful ;)
Why on earth was she looking at me? I'm an American citizen…why would I have to worry about this marriage law? As if to answer my question directly, Professor McGonagall spoke up, "I'm sorry Elle but as a professor on the Hogwart's staff, the ministry has informed me that you will gain dual citizenship. The only way for you to get out of this would be to move back to the U.S."
Well shit. There go any thoughts of simply marrying for love. Awesome. I just sat there dumb-founded. I'm going to have to follow the ministry's Marriage Law. Oh God. My family's gonna be pissed!
At my lack of a response, Professor McGonagall continued, "There will be an article in the Daily Prophet tomorrow stating the details of the new law. There's nothing anyone can do about it right now but accept it. I hate that it must come to this, but this is what we all must live with. Now, I suggest we all adjourn to our rooms and get some sleep. Tomorrow will be a long day."
We all sat there for a couple moments before quietly heading back to our rooms. When I got back to my rooms, I sat in silence just thinking about the situation. I knew I had to talk to my parents about it to have them weigh in with their opinions. I finally decided to get it over with and walked over to my fireplace to floo call them.
After calling out for my parents, my dad's head popped into view.
"Hey baby. How's Hogwarts?" my dad asked.
"Hi daddy. It's great. I love it here. Just met the staff and for the most part, they're pretty great," it was so nice to be able to talk to him. I've always been a daddy's girl. I hated being so far away from him.
"Well good. That's what I like to hear. You sound like something's bugging you though. What's up?" He could always tell when something was wrong with me. He must have some weird dad telepathy thing going on. If I didn't know for sure he was a muggle, I would wonder if he was doing some kind of long distance leglimency on me via our floo connection.
"Well, I don't know that something is wrong per say. Anyway, I found out that the British Ministry of Magic considers me to have dual citizenship as a professor of Hogwarts. This could either be good or bad. That's the part I haven't figured out yet. They've come up with a new law that I would apparently be included in." I felt like I had word vomit with how fast it all came out.
Dad found this quite amusing and laughed at me. When he stopped laughing, he started talking again, "And what would this new law require exactly?"
"Ummm…it's a marriage law. Magical Britain is in big trouble because of all of the death eater attacks under Voldemort. The population is down big time and from what I've been told, without the marriage law and its requirements, Magical Britain could die out." Phew. Got it all out in one try!
Never one to miss anything, dad responded, "Okay…so because of your dual citizenship, you would be required to follow this marriage law. So you would have to get married, possibly to someone you don't know? Is there any way out of this?"
Well at least he's not yelling. "Short of quitting my job and moving back home, no. Daddy, this is the job of my dreams. I really don't want to quit and come home. I know you're probably really angry and thinking of all the reasons why I should come home, but please, don't. At least wait for me to find out exactly what this law is going to entail before we bring in the cavalry. It's entirely possible that I could choose my own husband and just have a time limit on when I get married."
He was quiet for a few moments. Probably thinking over different options in his head. "Alright baby. I'm going to trust your judgment on this for now. I'm going to call your Uncle Gary and see if his boys know anything about this and if there's anything we can do if we have to, alright?"
"Alright. You're right. If anyone in the AMG knows anything, Uncle Gary will have the resources." Uncle Gary's sons were my cousins in the Secret Service. He's one of my favorite people and he's pretty nosey. Knowing him, he'll try to get in to make sure I get married off to someone rich. At family gatherings on holidays, he's always joking about trying to set me up with someone of his choosing so that I'll marry rich.
"That was the thought. I'll go ahead and call him and get started on this. Once you find out more details, let me know. We'll do what we need to do. I'm going to go ahead and get off of here for now. Love you, baby."
"Love you too, daddy. Tell mom I love her too. I'll let you know as soon as I find out anything. Bye daddy." And with that, I sat back from the floo and took a moment to just stare at the wall thinking of all the things that could go wrong. I could be forced to marry some really old, creepy guy and have a multitude of kids and have to quit my job. No. If they gave you someone that would force you to quit your job, the only reason you're considered a dual citizen, you can get Uncle Gary involved and the AMG and if all else fails, you can go back home. Well, yes. There was that. As a last resort, I can always just go back home to the U.S. God, I really hope it doesn't come to that. I already loved Hogwarts. Most of my fellow professors were really great. I still didn't know what to make of the whole situation between Harry, Hermione, Draco, and Severus though. But, really, that's none of my business. The animosity between them won't stop me from getting to know them all as I can.
I knew one thing though. This was completely different than my life in America. The AMG would never do something like this. I couldn't think any more about this whole situation. I took a quick shower, changed for bed, and tried to shut down my brain.