Oh gads another Marriage Law fic! I liked Bernice's reaction to being invited to Harry's on weekend during Christmas hols. Shouldnt she ask kHarry first?I love the reactions of the students to the stuff in the papers.

Yep, things are going to go from bad to worse in the Wizarding world. I love that you added in PC to the mix! The Slytherin reactions were great. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Things are brewing in the wizarding world.  It's funny that Goyle would turn to Hermione for tutoring. I mean it makes sense, but he's hated her for 6 years.I like the OC's, especially the girls.

Good job showing a worn torn Wizarding world. I'm surprised that Hermione would opt to enslave Winky. What changed her mind?the Malfoys are in for a rough time in Azkaban.

An interesting and engaging premise, but I'm disappointed that an un-beta-ed version was posted. The multiple spelling and grammar errors are really distracting. Perhaps the next chapter will look better?

"accidental" drowning of Dementorized prisoners -- hah!  Draco is right to be fearful.  Very rude of Cissa to not show up in court to support Lucius.  I hope Harry has dinner with Draco, perhaps have Hermione come along to discuss Marriage Law tactics; I hate to think of Draco having nobody all summer to talk with.  Thanks for updating!

What a complex story -- there are so many layers. You have done an amazing job with the plot and character development.

I love discovering all the people who are trying to help Hermione.

I thought she would have to resot to going to Draco for financial help. I can only imagine what the conditions of such an arrangement would be. So far, Draco's attempt at getting to Hermione thru Harry is off to a very rocky start. I hope he didn't think it would be that easy!?

Edithe and Graceilla seem to be  totally off the rocker. In their opinion the girls should lay back, close their eyes and think of their duty for Magical Britain. Haven't I heard that somewhere before?Hermione working to get a studen't loan and dividing her time between job and studies won't sit well with Draco. I bet he's going to try to "save" her - which will throw him out of her good grace even more.Where was Ron in this chapter? It doesn't seem that Mrs. Weasly is too happy with him, and he doesn't seem to be visiting Harry either.Good chapter, as always.

It will be fun to see how Sunday dinner with Uncle Stanford goes when he hears from Edithe how her unions are falling apart left and right.  And I really pay big Galleons to be a fly onthe wall when Edithe finds out that Granger chit is working at the Ministry and going to law school.Poor Draco, he's trying so hard and keeps stepping on his own toes.  I think he is genuinely attracted to Hermione, but there is so much history between them that he's going to have to be truly resourceful to win her hand. Perhaps when they are studying Dane Law together he will have her attention as a study buddy.Now I want to sit back and watch what happens.  Who knows?  Perhaps Severus will even choose to visit Brittain. What?  Stranger things have happens.  Yeah?A lovely chapter you have here, dear.  Looking forward to the next one.!Beth

I knew I shouldn't have started reading this until it was finished! It's awesome! Demanding reader satisfaction of updates twice daily is out of the question, i take it?

Oh, no!  Poor Hermione.  It's good to have a job, but I've heard the line "We're a little understaffed, can you start today?" before...  Nice work!

I've really been enjoying this story, and eagerly anticipating each chapter.  The characterizations are wonderful.  I'm loving the thrill of Malfoy's chase.Great job!

I just found this today, looking for something to read while waiting on updates to other stories I'm following.  This is a wonderful and unique take on the marriage law stories.  I would love to see you continue it.  I want to see Draco and Hermione get together and see Lucius enter into their fight against it.  I loved to see Severus return as well. 

Bad Ron!  What a heel!  “What’s sad is that his efforts to help the wounded Muggle-borns had been over-looked in his trial, and he’d never received the acclaim for his discovery,” Ginny stated.“Well, if you want to write it up, I’m sure my dad would love to run the article,” Shelia stated. “My father will, too,” Luna said wistfully. “We have a lovely picture of him on file.” It seems that it is NOT the time to be pointing out that there is a way to reverse the steritilty curse.  But maybe I misunderstood what Shelia was refering to when she talked about writing an articleCan't blame Hermione for rejecting Draco out of hand; as she pointd out, they don't have a good 'history.'

Yay!  Snape is alive!  regarding Genrou's question about when Harry & Ginny  and Ron & Hermione got engaged: I assumed they simply made that up, claimed it, even if untrue, (and here's a baby on the way to prove it.)  I like your OC, Merilynn-Elizabeth.  I hope she helps in the fight later on!

continues to delight!  So happy to see Draco's good idea to make certain no one is left out.  Good for Minerva and Poppy!  Clever Poppy!  this is great.

What an original idea!  marvelous!  such a clever twist on the MLC.  At least the Wizarding world had one good law, making its fathers take responsibility, something the Muggles were centuries behind in, due to no DNA testing until the 1980s.And gotta love Luna's dad for taking advantage of his printing press to give the poor kids a heads up.

You are doing such a good job with this tale.  But what about pureblooded witches? there are as many of them needing husbands, after all.  or did I miss something?  Potential wizards wishing to marry must show that they: .... can give rights over spouse’s property... I'm glad you had one of the pureblloods explain that!  I was thinking that a good solicitor might claim that that means they are GIVING the rights to their spouses, so the witch gets the property rights.   Being a female, that's how I'd read it!--Richard Scarry!    

“See, Hagrid uses the Ministry of Magic’s classification system to determine what is appropriate for each year level: one X for first-years, two X’s for second, three X’s for third-year, and so on,”SO funny!

Excellent chapter!  No freedom of speech if it might be offensive to someone we were persecuting last year. 

I have wondered before if muggleborn kids were ever forcibly taken from their muggle families.  Espeically in the Middle Ages, when you simply couldn’t take a serf’s child and say to the Lord of the manor, “We are educating him to be a wizard.  He’ll be back, if he chooses, in some years, but he’ll be more powerful than you and you won’t be able to control him anymore.”    Nice to see something that might have been deemed necessary in the time of the Founders, back on the books.  So Progressive!

Goyle mentiones shillng and half pence- no longer used in muggle money.  (Maybe the Muggle studies textbooks are old or hopelessly outdated.) 

Euell Gibbons is a Wizard!  I LOVE it!

You have brought up a good point, all the Muggleborns and sympathizers that were hurt or killed in the past year.  That will mean that fewer Wizards will be born to the next generation, because so much breeding stock is dead or out of action.  Bringing on a marriage law is a ‘logical’ way to remedy this.

Interesting chapter- you have made some excellent deductions about how life would have been after the battle of Hogwarts.  Many muggleborns dead or hurt, Deatheaters in prison, and the lame-ass government saying, “It’s all right.  Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!”

So, Hermione has learned that until house-elves can be rescued from the enslaving enchantments that bind them, they may well be happier enslaved.  I was surprised that she did not add some clause about each generation being free of the obligation unless it was mutually pleasing, or giving Winky and her descendants the right to break the contract at any time.

Luna is very sensible at times, people think she’s flighty but she has a clever and observant mind. Interesting that the return of bad memories is longer and (mentally) painful.I think you did a good job getting so much information into the first chapter. 

I like your portrayal of the Malfoy family. 

GIRL POWER~~!!

Of course Poppy would realise what's going on; thankfully she's siding with the girls - or at least she's not happy whith what the ministry wants to do.I loved the scene between Draco and his father. They didn't even give them a minimum of privacy! Thank god for Legilimency.Oh Ron. I do see that he felt trapped and used for a moment, but he really could have stayed and tried to so see Hermione's POV. I hope he will come around, just like he did in DH. But I feel for Hermione, should he always react this way. I do suspect they won't end up together, though.What a complex story you are telling us! I'm hooked, impressed and very, very delighted.