Hey guys! I decided to go ahead and write this because I chose the couples! I hope your okay with them all-
sing. dance. dream, I chose Ginny/Harry for you cause I love them too! I hope you all like it :)
Important Note-
-Harry and Ginny aren't a couple but they secretly like each other
-Hermione and Ron dated but broke up before Hermione went to complete her seventh year
-As much as I love Fred, I'm sticking with what happened in the deathly hallows, so Fred was killed and George is still not completely himself
-It's set five years after the battle of Hogwarts
-Hermione, Luna and Ginny live together
-Ron, Harry and Neville live together near the Burrow and are all Auror's (Neville is at the moment anyway)
Disclaimer-I do not own the amazing work of Harry Potter
Chapter 1- The Girl's Letters
"Luna? Are you home?" Hermione called as she and Ginny walked into their small house. It was quite a small one-story house, but the perfect size for the three friends.
"Hermione?" Both girls turned their heads to see their roommate standing at the door of her bedroom. "You're both home early," she added before observing Hermione's arm around what seamed to be an injured Ginny's shoulders. "Ginny, what happened?"
"I fell," Ginny said softly as Luna and Hermione helped her to the lounge.
"That will teach you to be more careful during training," Hermione said, taking of Ginny's shoe to observe her swollen ankle.
"Oh, Ginny, that looks sore," Luna said honestly. "And just to think, I was complaining earlier about an owl biting me when he delivered our mail earlier," she added in her usual airy voice.
"It's alright Luna, I'm okay," Ginny said, failing to sit up straighter and falling back down with a frustrated sigh.
"If you're okay then why did one of your team mates had to call me to come and pick you up?" said Hermione, with a small giggle.
"Sorry about that…" Ginny said honestly.
"It's alright, I was just about to leave anyway," Hermione said, quickly conjuring up some ice.
"Ouch, a little warning would be nice," Ginny squirmed as the ice touched her ankle.
"I think if it's no better in the morning, Luna and I will take you to St. Mungo's," Hermione said, genuinely worried for her friend.
"No! I'm fine, really," Ginny said, avoiding having to visit a healer.
"Here, let me try something," Luna said, reaching for her wand.
"Luna!"
"Episkey!" Luna said, pointing her wand at Ginny's ankle before she had time to stop her.
"Ahh…" Ginny clutched her ankle after hearing quite an unnerving crack. "Wow, it worked, thanks Luna," Ginny said, quite amazed.
"If that spell works than the chances are the injury wasn't to bad it the first place, keep the ice on it just encase though," Luna said, proudly.
Ginny nodded as Hermione sat down next to her, running her hands through her wavy brown hair. "Luna, you mentioned something about mail. Was their anything for us?" Ginny asked, looking over at her friend, who was starting dinner.
"Oh yes!" Luna said in realisation. Dropping what she was doing and running quickly into her room, later returning with three coffee coloured letters. "One for each of us, from the Ministry Of Magic," she added, handing Hermione and Ginny each a letter and keeping the last one for herself.
"The Ministry Of Magic?" Ginny asked, looking at her letter with a confused expression. "What could they possibly want?"
"I'm not sure," Hermione said, just as confused as Ginny. "I'm sure everything's okay though…" she finished, the two girls looked at each other nervously before taking their glance to Luna.
"What?" she asked, staring looking back to the expressions on her friend's faces. "Okay, okay, I'll go first," Luna said, quickly understanding that Ginny and Hermione were suspicious as to why the Ministry had sent them all letters.
Luna looked down at the letter in her hands observing the neat cursive writing on the front that read- Miss Luna Lovegood. She turned it over and gently opened the seel, careful not to rip the letter inside.
"Read it aloud," Ginny asked as she watched Luna open her letter.
"Miss Luna Lovegood,
The Ministry has recently passed a new law that all witches and wizards are to be informed of as of today the 31st of September 2001. After the unfortunate death of a large percentage of the wizarding population after the war, every witch and wizard over the age of eighteen is to be included in this Marriage Law."
"Marriage Law?" Hermione gasped.
"Shhh shh, let her read," Ginny said, suddenly very scared.
Luna looked shocked but continued to read.
"Names of those over this age limit have been matched with suitable partners based on how well you know each other and how well we believe you would get along. We would like you to be married to your match within the next year and have at least two children by today's date of 2006. Your match is printed on inside of this letter.
How curious…" Luna added before finishing.
"We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused and hope that you are pleased with your match.
Sincerely,
The Ministry Of Magic"
"Apologise for any inconvenience?" Hermione said, utterly shocked about what she had just heard. "How can they do this?" She stood up furiously and started pacing the room.
"Calm down Hermione, surely it can't be that bad, the Ministry wouldn't enforce a law unless it was absolutely necessary." Ginny said, trying her best not to freak out.
Hermione sighed, "I guess you're right…" she trusted the Ministry, she just couldn't believe that they could interfere with something so precious as love and marriage.
"Well… who's your match?" Ginny asked Luna who was now sitting opposite the other two, focusing on the letter in her hands, rereading the words. "Luna?"
"Huh? Oh right… my match," she opened the envelope the letter arrived in and saw the name of her match written in the same neat handwriting that was on the front. "Ronald Weasley."
Luna looked up to see the shocked faces of both Hermione and Ginny, especially Ginny. "You're marring my brother?" she broke the silence.
All Luna could do was nod, she still didn't understand why such a law was being put in place now, three years after the war.
"Wow," Hermione gasped.
"Hermione, I'm sorry… you too Ginny," Luna said, placing the letter on the table next to her.
"Why are you apologising to me?" Hermione asked, confused.
"You and Ron, well… dated, isn't that a little strange for you?" Luna explained.
"Luna, that was ages ago, it's okay, really," Hermione reassured her.
"Yeah, and don't worry about me, I'm okay with it… but I don't think he's going to be okay with whoever I'm matched with," Ginny let out a small giggle.
"What if it's Harry?" Hermione grinned.
"What?" Ginny blushed. "What makes you think I'll be matched with Harry?"
"Oh please, it's obvious you like him, you're just too blind to see that he likes you too," Hermione explained, trying to take her mind off looking at her match.
"It would be nice," Ginny sighed.
"Then what are you waiting for, open it!" Luna said excitedly.
"But what if it isn't?" Ginny said, her expression changing and she glanced back at the letter- Miss Ginevra Weasley.
"But what if it is?" Hermione persuaded.
Ginny stared at the letter for a good while before turning over the letter to discover whom her match would be. She pulled out a the same letter Luna had read not long ago, before looking inside the envelope to see the name written inside. "Harry Potter!" Ginny's face lit up as she excitedly jumped of the lounge ignoring her previously injured ankle.
"I knew it!" Hermione said, giving Ginny a hug.
"I can't believe it!" Ginny exclaimed, checking that the name inside the envelope was in fact Harry's.
"I'm so happy for you Ginny!" Luna smiled. "Now I'll have you for a sister and Harry Potter for a brother."
Ginny smiled happily before looking at Hermione and her unopened letter. "Now it's your turn!"
"Um… maybe tomorrow," Hermione said, walking in the direction of her room.
"Oh no you don't!" Ginny said, pulling her back.
"Come on Hermione, we opened ours," Luna said, more patiently than Ginny.
Hermione gave her friends a pleading look, which they ignored. "Fine," she gave in, sitting back down and pulling the envelope open- Hermione Granger, written in the same handwriting.
She skimmed the same letter before nervously glancing at the name inside the envelope.
"Who is it?" Ginny asked impatiently.
Hermione froze as she glanced at the name in front of her. "No way… this cannot be possible…"
"Who is it?" Luna asked, very confused.
Hermione glanced back and forth at the name before reading out in a shaky voice, "Draco Malfoy…"
So! I hope you liked it! Please tell me if you'd like to read more, if you guys like it I might write most of it in one go so I can update more quickly, and I'll try to get as much done as I can before I go back to school.
The next chapter will be the guys reactions, including Neville's match and maybe George's!
Please review :)