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A Fated Marriage
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Hermione/Viktor
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Adult ++
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Hermione/Viktor
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
22
Views:
30,779
Reviews:
86
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
4
Disclaimer:
I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
Prolog
A/N: Okay this is a take on the old marriage law with a onetinykiss twist. Hope you enjoy it.
Prolog
Two announcements had been made that would change the lives of dozens of witches and wizards forever. The first was the declining birth rates among purebloods, for the average pureblood couple had one successful birth out of five. And out of those births one of every six was born a Squib. The Ministry was panicking over such statistics and had been scrambling to try and find a solution.
The second announcement was about International Relations between Britain and other countries such as France, the United States of America, Japan, Bulgaria, and Mexico. The bonds of friendship between the six countries were particularly strong during the war against the Dark Lord. The friendships lasted, even after the victory of the light, and the nation’s leaders gathered together to try and think of a way to show it.
Somehow they came up with the idea that would kill two birds with one stone and came up with “International Marriage Law”. Each country would choose a their best and brightest witch and wizard to marry the witches and wizards of the other countries. The six witches would be muggleborn and the six wizards would be purebloods. This was done to promote the idea of mixed blood marriages. After all if it was good enough for celebrities it was good enough for common folk. Right? All the leaders would have liked to enforce the Marriage Law on the entire population of their own country, so that the birth rate problem would be completely under control, but they knew such an act could lead to rebellions and overthrown governments. So instead they made being chosen for a marriage look like a tremendous honor.
To be chosen for an international marriage meant that you were something special and important. It was your duty to share you gifts and talents with the other people of the world. The Ministries would see that you were always taken care of and provided for; the only thing you had to do was stand up and show how proud you were to be in a marriage that mixed blood and nationalities.
Ah yes, Ministries all around the world spent a great deal of time and money to give off this persona; however, for those who actually knew the full truth of the law it was anything but an honor. In fact it was more of a trap. A prison without bars. For those who were chosen and refused to comply, their wands were broken and they were exiled to the Muggle world. Those who chose to accept the law would have to make equally large sacrifices. They would have to marry the partner that was chosen for them regardless if their heart belonged to another.
The law seemed harder on the witches. For they would have to leave their homes in order to move to their new husband’s homeland. The marriage would have to be consummated within the fortnight and a child would have to be conceived with in a year after the ceremony. Since the law chose magical folk in the age range of sixteen to forty, if one of the partners was in school they would have to drop out and find an alternate means of education.
After all was said and done the names of couples would be announced shortly after word of the International Marriage Law spread. Although the day had no real name everyone started to refer to it as “Engagement Day”. It was on that day that the witches and wizards of many nations held their breath and waited for their fate to be announced.
A/N: Any input you have is always welcome. :)
Prolog
Two announcements had been made that would change the lives of dozens of witches and wizards forever. The first was the declining birth rates among purebloods, for the average pureblood couple had one successful birth out of five. And out of those births one of every six was born a Squib. The Ministry was panicking over such statistics and had been scrambling to try and find a solution.
The second announcement was about International Relations between Britain and other countries such as France, the United States of America, Japan, Bulgaria, and Mexico. The bonds of friendship between the six countries were particularly strong during the war against the Dark Lord. The friendships lasted, even after the victory of the light, and the nation’s leaders gathered together to try and think of a way to show it.
Somehow they came up with the idea that would kill two birds with one stone and came up with “International Marriage Law”. Each country would choose a their best and brightest witch and wizard to marry the witches and wizards of the other countries. The six witches would be muggleborn and the six wizards would be purebloods. This was done to promote the idea of mixed blood marriages. After all if it was good enough for celebrities it was good enough for common folk. Right? All the leaders would have liked to enforce the Marriage Law on the entire population of their own country, so that the birth rate problem would be completely under control, but they knew such an act could lead to rebellions and overthrown governments. So instead they made being chosen for a marriage look like a tremendous honor.
To be chosen for an international marriage meant that you were something special and important. It was your duty to share you gifts and talents with the other people of the world. The Ministries would see that you were always taken care of and provided for; the only thing you had to do was stand up and show how proud you were to be in a marriage that mixed blood and nationalities.
Ah yes, Ministries all around the world spent a great deal of time and money to give off this persona; however, for those who actually knew the full truth of the law it was anything but an honor. In fact it was more of a trap. A prison without bars. For those who were chosen and refused to comply, their wands were broken and they were exiled to the Muggle world. Those who chose to accept the law would have to make equally large sacrifices. They would have to marry the partner that was chosen for them regardless if their heart belonged to another.
The law seemed harder on the witches. For they would have to leave their homes in order to move to their new husband’s homeland. The marriage would have to be consummated within the fortnight and a child would have to be conceived with in a year after the ceremony. Since the law chose magical folk in the age range of sixteen to forty, if one of the partners was in school they would have to drop out and find an alternate means of education.
After all was said and done the names of couples would be announced shortly after word of the International Marriage Law spread. Although the day had no real name everyone started to refer to it as “Engagement Day”. It was on that day that the witches and wizards of many nations held their breath and waited for their fate to be announced.
A/N: Any input you have is always welcome. :)