Title: Tangled up in Darkness
Author: Tzippi Meshugah
Summery: War changes people, in ways we never would have known. Old rivalries are put behind us as we forge new alliances. War is upon us now and Hogwarts is changing. Students that were light are going dark, arch enemies are joining together and becoming friends. Unimaginable sacrifices will be made and it all comes down to the final battle to determine who will be victorious and what the consequences of that victory will be. We are tangled up in darkness and we must escape before the light flickers out for good.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters and I don't plan on making money off of this fic, I am writing it for my own pleasure as well as the pleasure of those who read it. This Disclaimer is for the whole story.
Tangled up in Darkness
Prologue
In a time of war there will be casualties, in order to lessen their number we must push aside old rivalries and forge new alliances. Together we can do great things. Wonderful as this may look on paper, it does not seem to register itself in our minds as well as we would like. Old house rivalries still remain, even the petty ones that were made just because of what house we are in. Like Slytherin, the house of evil. The moment I walked in the doors of Hogwarts on the clear night of my first year, I was just like every other petrified student standing there waiting to be sorted. But as the hat uttered the name "Slytherin" I became different, an evil muggle hating pure blood. Those thoughts never even entered my mind as I was growing up, I was a half blood with a muggle mother, but the Slytherin crest branded on my robes meant that I was evil. They stereotype us, the other houses that is. The influential minorities that sprout from our house cause them to do so. The only reason many from our number follow those minorities is because we are pushed to it. The other houses shut us out. We are our own family and we stick together. When we are faced with the question of which side to be on, we still stick by them, even if we know in our hearts its wrong, the other students have scarred us and we wouldn't dare side with them and betray our extended family. In reality most Slytherin families are neutral, myself included, but I don't know exactly how many, because in attempt to keep the family from dividing and fighting, the topic of the war is taboo.
We are evil because they make us evil, and I only wish someone was kind enough to give me and my fellow wall flowers a chance to prove our worth. We are good people from kind families, and to think any crueler of s is preposterous. I fear though, if nobody acts soon, the ranks of Death eater might be growing to include many neutral families that could have gone good had they been given a chance. An era of choice is upon us, will you push us away into the darkness, or will you seek us out and bring us into the light? Darkness is like a double edged sword, it cuts both ways and we must stand strong and unite if we want to resist it. We are tangled up in darkness and it is slashing us to smidgens. We must escape the twisting dark and find the flickering light before it dies. The end is nearing; time is running short and the flame is about to die.
Millicent Bulstrode
a/n- I know it's really short, but it's only the Prologue, it's like an extended summery so to speak. It foreshadows the whole fic. Other chapters will be much longer (this is only 1 page in word, my normal chapters are about 15) and it shouldn't take me so long to write because I have the whole story mapped out. Bear with me here and please review. I don't even care if you flame it, I want your honest opinion. Keep on the lookout for chapter 1, it should be out soon.