Chapter 4:
Living in the promised land...
outtake on Ministry marriage laws Harry is informed that he is to wed and produce at least two children with Malfoy.
Neville is to wed Ginerva...
We hold these truths to be self evident- (Paragraph 2 of the Declaratin of Independence), it leads nicely into the statement regarding the Ministry of Magic...Whatever the Wizengamot can do incorrectly- the Minister of Magic can do twice as quickly. Their latest bit of rampant idiocy has been egged on by Lucius Malfoy trying to get his grubby little mitts on the Potter Fortune, the Black Fortune, the Peverall vault, and whatever else that can pass for wealth that is connected to Harry Potter. His own coffers were a bit low due to the unfortunate side-effects of being caught on the losing side of the last Wizarding World conflict, therefore Lucius whispered in a few ears, stuck his tongue down a few throats, and generally rearranged his sexual habits in order to promote his new agenda.
August 1st was the day chosen to send all the letters out to the general population. In order to boost the dwindling population of the Wizarding World every person of child bearing age between the ages of seventeen and seventy had been entered into a lottery system where the newly formed households would consist of one dominant and three submissives. Only those households with five or more children under the age of fourteen would be exempt from the new marriage laws. Preference would be given to married couples requesting to stay in their quad; this gave Lucius Malfoy the right to keep his wife and child with him.
Harry and Neville were hanging out at St. Mungo's when their owls found them. They were having a bit of a party with the Longbottom parents when the letters were opened. According to the form letter that Frank and Alice received they were exempt from the new Marriage laws indefinitely because of the uncertain condition of their health. However, they were strongly urged to rediscover the 'magic' that helped them create Neville in order to present him with more siblings as soon as they felt up to it.
Neville opened his letter and promptly began cackling like a hyena. If those idiots thought for one moment that he would actually impregnate Ginerva Weasly the old fashioned way they were even more barking mad than he originally thought. When he finally got himself under control he wiped the tears of mirth from his eyes and gasped, "Harry, my new quad consists of myself, Luna Lovegood, Ginerva Weasley and Severus Snape. Who do you reckon they think the dominant is going to be?"
Harry shook his head in disbelief. "I cannot believe these people. Have they been sipping confundus potion again? They sure as hell are not trying to play happy families."
"I should think that the Wizengamot saw this as an oppurtunity to get into some of the more reclusive vaults."
"Yeah, Snape probably thinks he can claim dominant status and you will spend the rest of your life preparing potions ingredients for him. He probably wants your money also so that he can support Ginerva's children. But what is the drawing card to include Luna in the group?"
Neville shook his head. "Maybe they are after control of the Quibbler and think that Snape will force her to kowtow to him and Dumbledore."
Green eyes glowed with an unholy light as the seriously pissed off Necromancer began plotting. "We need to get our arses over to the ministry and read the complete law. I have an inking of what all can go wrong if we don't move quickly."
Neville straightened up. "Who did they assign you to?"
Harry flashed one of his truly evil smiles and replied, "I am to mate with Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy and Draco Malfoy."
Neville returned the smile.
"Damn but this is going to be good." Harry hissed. "Just you wait a week or so and they will have this marriage law off the books. Until then I plan to make Lucius Malfoy rue the day he ever thought he was a better wizard than I."
Harry decided not to wait for the Malfoys to find him. He showed up at the Ministry of Magic Marriage Register's Office and immediately filled out the paperwork. Since he was the one who did the paperwork he was considered the dominant. Then after doing a few other things, he calmly apparated into Malfoy Manor.
That was the first inking that Lucius had that he might have made a tactical error. When he came downstairs to check on why the wards felt different he was rather surprised to find Harry Potter sitting on the sofa in his favorite lounge chatting up Draco. He drew himself up into his most aristocratic manner and sneered, "Potter, I did not expect to see you until after the wedding."
Harry picked Draco's hand up gently and bestowed a small kiss on his knuckles. "Duty calls. Let me speak to my third wife and I shall get back to you, darling."
Draco was there when Harry and Neville destroyed the Dark Lord Voldemort and knew just what he had gotten into. He liked the situation the way it was turning out. He sat back and waited.
Harry stood up and casually paced over to Lucius. "I stopped by the Ministry on my way over here and filed all the paperwork. You should be pleased to note that I have accepted the terms of marriage to the Malfoy household and only made a few modifications to the terms under which we shall abide."
Lucius arched a perfect brow, "Do tell!"
Harry smiled charmingly. "I am only to happy to. Let us move to the sofa and wait for Narcissa to make an appearance before we start discussing all the dreadfully boring housekeeping details, yes?"
Lucius had no choice but to accept the extended hand and was escorted to his favorite spot on the couch. He was then treated to a small peck on the lips and a cheery smile before Harry resumed his place beside Draco.
The men did not have time enough to become uncomfortable before Narcissa was making an entrance into the salon and Harry was rising to greet her. She received the same consideration as Lucius had, she was escorted to the sofa, seated, kissed lightly and then was ignored in favor of Draco.
Harry sat once again and smiled at Draco before turning to the two elder Malfoys and began speaking. "I received an owl earlier today regarding the new Wizarding World Marriage Decree so I went straight to the Ministry of Magic and sorted out the details for us." Here he paused and gazed at the entwined hands of Lucius and Narcissa. "I really must say that I was quite appalled to discover that Draco had been included in the four-way bind and immediately did what I could to rectify the situation. Since this whole marriage law business is for the benefit of increasing the population of the Wizarding World I chose to form three separate bonds while dissolving the previous marriage of you two since I had to do an order of precedence."
Lucius could see where this was going and did not like it. "What precednce did you need to establish?"
Harry's eyes twinkled as he explained, "I know that you and Narcissa have no desire what-so-ever to commit incest with Draco so I ordered three separate bonds. Draco has agreed to become Consort Potter and help me raise any children that the two of us might create. Narcissa shall become Lady Black and bear me heirs to continue the House of Black." Then smiling like the kneasel who ate the snidget he added, "That leaves you, my dear Lucius, to provide me with heirs to carry on the House of Malfoy."
A/N #1 Refer to disclaimer in chapter 1.
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