MLC part 2 Answers
Marriage Law challenge part 2
1. Damages by melusin_79
2. Care of Magical Creatures by miamadwyn
3. Biting Back by a_bees_buzz
4. The Dissolution Law by miamadwyn
5. Takeover Bid by dickgloucester
6. Of Human Bondage by poe_momm
7. Second Life by lariopefic
8. Strategic negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley by Fizzabelle
9. Bride of the Potions Professor by SamusAran or severely_lupine (WIP)
10. Devil is in the Details by rhiannonofthemoon
1. Hermione and Severus continued in their sham of a marriage for the next twenty years. The twins, with the uncanny knack that children have, realised from an early age that their parents did not get on. As a result, they were very insecure as children and grew into adults that were afraid to commit in a relationship. Much to Severus’ consternation, neither child was particularly bright academically or showed any interest in Potions. At Hogwarts, Sarah was sorted into Gryffindor and Jonathon into Hufflepuff. Severus lost all interest in them.
Hermione took a lover and resumed her career, rising through the ranks in the Ministry until she was in a position influential enough to get the law repealed. Damages by melusin_79
2. Watching the expressions cross his face was like watching a train wreck in progress. She couldn't tear her eyes away.
"Miss Granger, if you are in any way expecting me to believe that we are soul mates…." The words dripped with icicles.
"It's an insipid idea," she agreed hurriedly and defiantly. "The very word is saccharine and asinine and-"
"Then what are you telling me?" he demanded.
She winced. "Just what I said. That when we kiss, our souls kiss. When we took our vows, our souls… connected. Or bonded. Or something." She took a deep breath. "And I believe that in an ordinary life under ordinary circumstances-"
"You mean, somebody else's life, because I can assure you mine has never been blessed enough to be ordinary," he spat.
"In a life without the Marriage Law," she stated firmly, "we would have eventually…" She buried her face in her hands. "Oh, god. This is so embarrassing. I feel like a fourteen-year-old ninny even spouting out this nonsense!"
"But that doesn't stop you from believing it?" Care of Magical Creatures by miamadwyn
3. “Unpleasant!” Nott was on his feet. “She’s grown bloody teeth in her cunt! Whoever marries her gets his dick chewed off every time he fucks her.”
Snape spread his hands, palms upward, his expression conveying a sense of complete disbelief. “Every time? Surely only the once? Though, I would imagine it would be near impossible to achieve even that much, knowing the penalty.”
“The Marriage Law involves a binding contract that compels … consummation on a regular basis,” Zabini explained. “Whoever the unlucky bloke is will have to regrow it and find a way to make it function twice a week until she’s pregnant.”
“Which will never happen, unless you know some way we can impregnate the sodding bitch without functioning dicks,” Nott concluded. Biting Back by a_bees_buzz
4. The door separating her quarters from Severus' was open for the first time since George had been there, but this time it wasn’t Severus standing in the doorway.
She sat up very straight and still.
Lucius Malfoy.
She raised her chin a notch. “Mister Malfoy.”
“Please, Lucius.”
She didn’t respond.
He held up two glass phials in one long-fingered hand, each phial swirling with silver. “Unless your tome has no room for Death Eater memories, of course.”
At that, she leapt to her feet. “You-you trust me with them? I don’t know how to thank you! Most-” All. “-Death Eaters turned me down.” She stopped, frowned. “How complete are they?”
He placed them gently in her hand. “The one with the dark stopper is Narcissa’s.”
“Narcissa! But-but how did you-”
“We are still on friendly terms, Ms Granger.”
The Dissolution Law by miamadwyn
5. "Miss Granger," said Snape, turning to her, "I suggest that we do, as he says, 'just get it over with'. For the present, it seems we are faced with a choice of either leaving our wands and our magic behind us right now, or of bowing to the inevitable and trying to rectify the situation - fully armed - later."
He watched her jaw clench before she gave him a curt nod and turned to face the Junior Sub-Undersecretary, who trembled in front of the silently raging witch and coolly threatening wizard.
"We are present here today to celebrate the marriage of…" he began again.
As soon as the words were spoken and the papers signed, Miss Granger seized her wand and hefted her bag of books threateningly.
"You just wait until I tell your mother about this, Percy Weasley," she hissed. "She'll hex your nadgers off!" And she left without a backward glance. Takeover Bid by dickgloucester
6. "Miss Granger, please."
"Mrs. Snape." I correct. She looks at me blankly, and I wiggle the document again. "Would you mind explaining this?"
"I'm thumbing my nose at the new law."
"Would you mind filling me in? I've been 'dead' for several years."
She makes a face. "The Marriage Law." She's nursing her head again. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. Bad is bleeding out from one's carotid artery.
A paper slides across the desk, and I grab it.
Herein, signed and authorized by the blahblahblah… wheretofore it has been observed… gods, do they never stop? Ah! here it is: All male-born Pureblood wizards or Heads of Houses may, under the provisions outlined above, petition for the right to choose a Muggleborn spouse, for the purposes of propagation and protection of magic under the… more legal gobbledygook (I roll my eyes) Said marriages must produce heirs within eighteen months of union or be declared legally void and…
"Explain how I come into all this."
"I'm no brood mare." Of Human Bondage by poe_momm
7. Snape sat and fumed. How dare he question their methods? It was on Dumbledore’s orders that he became a spy, joined the Order, married the girl. It was on Dumbledore’s own orders that he would kill the venerated old wizard and become an outlaw. Protect Malfoy. Protect Granger. Protect Potter. “You take a great deal for granted, Dumbledore! Perhaps I have changed my mind!”
“You gave me your word, Severus.”
“And I’ve kept it! Through it all I’ve kept it.”
And because he was too tired to fight anymore, and because it wouldn’t matter even if he weren’t, he said, “Bellatrix Lestrange has moved something of the Dark Lord’s into her vault at Gringotts.” Then he stood and swept into the Floo.
***
She was somewhere in his chambers. He could tell it instantly as he stepped from the fireplace. Was there no end to the snooping, the spying? What was it she had said the day before? You could have asked. I would have told you anything you wanted to know. She pretended at trust and honesty, but she snuck around his home while he risked his life to protect hers. Well, he would find her. And when he did, he would scare the life out of her and remind her on whose turf she treaded. Second Life by lariopefic
8. “She has a rather vindictive nature, Miss G-Black.”
Not to mention you’re forty years younger than she, orders of magnitude more intelligent and prettier-whoa, where did THAT come from? It IS true, but when did you start paying attention to how pretty a student was, Snivellus?
“So it seems, Professor. But whether she is out to get me or not, I still need to marry within thirty days or risk being banned from wizarding Britain. It sounds as if your options are no better than mine, so… I’m ... well… asking for your hand in marriage, Professor Snape, since you would be far better than either of my other candidates.”
What a completely absurd situation-she is asking for MY hand in marriage!
“This imbecilic law! I take it you have no particular tendresse for Firenze or Professor Flitwick?” Strategic negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley by Fizzabelle
9. Partridge's eyes widened. "Ahh. It is very kind of you to come with your wife to her appointment. It's good for witches to have some emotional support during this sort of procedure."
Hermione snorted at the idea that Snape could offer any such support. Then Partridge's last words sank in. "Procedure? What procedure?"
Partridge looked perplexedly from one to the other. "The transfer, of course."
Hermione's patience was wearing thin. "What transfer?"
Partridge's eyes went, again, from Hermione to Snape. "She doesn't know? Didn't you explain the specifics of your agreement with the Ministry?"
Snape avoided Hermione's eyes, instead continuing to glare at Partridge. "I told her what was necessary." Bride of the Potions Professor by SamusAran or severely_lupine (WIP)
10. “Gentlemen,” Draco sneered at McGonagall’s opener, “you stand here today in accordance with Ministerial Decree Ninety-Seven with the purpose of dueling each other for the honor,” she stressed the word and sent a quelling glance at Draco, “of Miss Hermione Jane Granger’s hand in marriage. You are opening the first round, comprised of four duels, the winners of which will go on to fight each other and so on until a final winner has been proclaimed. That wizard will officially be named Miss Granger’s bridegroom. Remember, gentlemen, these duels are not to the death and Unforgivables are not allowed. Moving outside of the dueling square will mean forfeiture of the match.”
“Mr. Draco Malfoy, Mr. Jean-Claude de Montague, you may begin.” Devil is in the Details by rhiannonofthemoon
1. Damages by melusin_79
2. Care of Magical Creatures by miamadwyn
3. Biting Back by a_bees_buzz
4. The Dissolution Law by miamadwyn
5. Takeover Bid by dickgloucester
6. Of Human Bondage by poe_momm
7. Second Life by lariopefic
8. Strategic negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley by Fizzabelle
9. Bride of the Potions Professor by SamusAran or severely_lupine (WIP)
10. Devil is in the Details by rhiannonofthemoon
1. Hermione and Severus continued in their sham of a marriage for the next twenty years. The twins, with the uncanny knack that children have, realised from an early age that their parents did not get on. As a result, they were very insecure as children and grew into adults that were afraid to commit in a relationship. Much to Severus’ consternation, neither child was particularly bright academically or showed any interest in Potions. At Hogwarts, Sarah was sorted into Gryffindor and Jonathon into Hufflepuff. Severus lost all interest in them.
Hermione took a lover and resumed her career, rising through the ranks in the Ministry until she was in a position influential enough to get the law repealed. Damages by melusin_79
2. Watching the expressions cross his face was like watching a train wreck in progress. She couldn't tear her eyes away.
"Miss Granger, if you are in any way expecting me to believe that we are soul mates…." The words dripped with icicles.
"It's an insipid idea," she agreed hurriedly and defiantly. "The very word is saccharine and asinine and-"
"Then what are you telling me?" he demanded.
She winced. "Just what I said. That when we kiss, our souls kiss. When we took our vows, our souls… connected. Or bonded. Or something." She took a deep breath. "And I believe that in an ordinary life under ordinary circumstances-"
"You mean, somebody else's life, because I can assure you mine has never been blessed enough to be ordinary," he spat.
"In a life without the Marriage Law," she stated firmly, "we would have eventually…" She buried her face in her hands. "Oh, god. This is so embarrassing. I feel like a fourteen-year-old ninny even spouting out this nonsense!"
"But that doesn't stop you from believing it?" Care of Magical Creatures by miamadwyn
3. “Unpleasant!” Nott was on his feet. “She’s grown bloody teeth in her cunt! Whoever marries her gets his dick chewed off every time he fucks her.”
Snape spread his hands, palms upward, his expression conveying a sense of complete disbelief. “Every time? Surely only the once? Though, I would imagine it would be near impossible to achieve even that much, knowing the penalty.”
“The Marriage Law involves a binding contract that compels … consummation on a regular basis,” Zabini explained. “Whoever the unlucky bloke is will have to regrow it and find a way to make it function twice a week until she’s pregnant.”
“Which will never happen, unless you know some way we can impregnate the sodding bitch without functioning dicks,” Nott concluded. Biting Back by a_bees_buzz
4. The door separating her quarters from Severus' was open for the first time since George had been there, but this time it wasn’t Severus standing in the doorway.
She sat up very straight and still.
Lucius Malfoy.
She raised her chin a notch. “Mister Malfoy.”
“Please, Lucius.”
She didn’t respond.
He held up two glass phials in one long-fingered hand, each phial swirling with silver. “Unless your tome has no room for Death Eater memories, of course.”
At that, she leapt to her feet. “You-you trust me with them? I don’t know how to thank you! Most-” All. “-Death Eaters turned me down.” She stopped, frowned. “How complete are they?”
He placed them gently in her hand. “The one with the dark stopper is Narcissa’s.”
“Narcissa! But-but how did you-”
“We are still on friendly terms, Ms Granger.”
The Dissolution Law by miamadwyn
5. "Miss Granger," said Snape, turning to her, "I suggest that we do, as he says, 'just get it over with'. For the present, it seems we are faced with a choice of either leaving our wands and our magic behind us right now, or of bowing to the inevitable and trying to rectify the situation - fully armed - later."
He watched her jaw clench before she gave him a curt nod and turned to face the Junior Sub-Undersecretary, who trembled in front of the silently raging witch and coolly threatening wizard.
"We are present here today to celebrate the marriage of…" he began again.
As soon as the words were spoken and the papers signed, Miss Granger seized her wand and hefted her bag of books threateningly.
"You just wait until I tell your mother about this, Percy Weasley," she hissed. "She'll hex your nadgers off!" And she left without a backward glance. Takeover Bid by dickgloucester
6. "Miss Granger, please."
"Mrs. Snape." I correct. She looks at me blankly, and I wiggle the document again. "Would you mind explaining this?"
"I'm thumbing my nose at the new law."
"Would you mind filling me in? I've been 'dead' for several years."
She makes a face. "The Marriage Law." She's nursing her head again. Honestly, it wasn't that bad. Bad is bleeding out from one's carotid artery.
A paper slides across the desk, and I grab it.
Herein, signed and authorized by the blahblahblah… wheretofore it has been observed… gods, do they never stop? Ah! here it is: All male-born Pureblood wizards or Heads of Houses may, under the provisions outlined above, petition for the right to choose a Muggleborn spouse, for the purposes of propagation and protection of magic under the… more legal gobbledygook (I roll my eyes) Said marriages must produce heirs within eighteen months of union or be declared legally void and…
"Explain how I come into all this."
"I'm no brood mare." Of Human Bondage by poe_momm
7. Snape sat and fumed. How dare he question their methods? It was on Dumbledore’s orders that he became a spy, joined the Order, married the girl. It was on Dumbledore’s own orders that he would kill the venerated old wizard and become an outlaw. Protect Malfoy. Protect Granger. Protect Potter. “You take a great deal for granted, Dumbledore! Perhaps I have changed my mind!”
“You gave me your word, Severus.”
“And I’ve kept it! Through it all I’ve kept it.”
And because he was too tired to fight anymore, and because it wouldn’t matter even if he weren’t, he said, “Bellatrix Lestrange has moved something of the Dark Lord’s into her vault at Gringotts.” Then he stood and swept into the Floo.
***
She was somewhere in his chambers. He could tell it instantly as he stepped from the fireplace. Was there no end to the snooping, the spying? What was it she had said the day before? You could have asked. I would have told you anything you wanted to know. She pretended at trust and honesty, but she snuck around his home while he risked his life to protect hers. Well, he would find her. And when he did, he would scare the life out of her and remind her on whose turf she treaded. Second Life by lariopefic
8. “She has a rather vindictive nature, Miss G-Black.”
Not to mention you’re forty years younger than she, orders of magnitude more intelligent and prettier-whoa, where did THAT come from? It IS true, but when did you start paying attention to how pretty a student was, Snivellus?
“So it seems, Professor. But whether she is out to get me or not, I still need to marry within thirty days or risk being banned from wizarding Britain. It sounds as if your options are no better than mine, so… I’m ... well… asking for your hand in marriage, Professor Snape, since you would be far better than either of my other candidates.”
What a completely absurd situation-she is asking for MY hand in marriage!
“This imbecilic law! I take it you have no particular tendresse for Firenze or Professor Flitwick?” Strategic negotiations or Not Wasted on a Weasley by Fizzabelle
9. Partridge's eyes widened. "Ahh. It is very kind of you to come with your wife to her appointment. It's good for witches to have some emotional support during this sort of procedure."
Hermione snorted at the idea that Snape could offer any such support. Then Partridge's last words sank in. "Procedure? What procedure?"
Partridge looked perplexedly from one to the other. "The transfer, of course."
Hermione's patience was wearing thin. "What transfer?"
Partridge's eyes went, again, from Hermione to Snape. "She doesn't know? Didn't you explain the specifics of your agreement with the Ministry?"
Snape avoided Hermione's eyes, instead continuing to glare at Partridge. "I told her what was necessary." Bride of the Potions Professor by SamusAran or severely_lupine (WIP)
10. “Gentlemen,” Draco sneered at McGonagall’s opener, “you stand here today in accordance with Ministerial Decree Ninety-Seven with the purpose of dueling each other for the honor,” she stressed the word and sent a quelling glance at Draco, “of Miss Hermione Jane Granger’s hand in marriage. You are opening the first round, comprised of four duels, the winners of which will go on to fight each other and so on until a final winner has been proclaimed. That wizard will officially be named Miss Granger’s bridegroom. Remember, gentlemen, these duels are not to the death and Unforgivables are not allowed. Moving outside of the dueling square will mean forfeiture of the match.”
“Mr. Draco Malfoy, Mr. Jean-Claude de Montague, you may begin.” Devil is in the Details by rhiannonofthemoon