The Good Side of Evil
Chapter 1
A Happy Enough Beginning
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the HP characters.
Hermione was overjoyed at the prospect of staying at Ron's house again this summer. She loved the Burrow and everything it represented: family, warmth, love. The days seemed so much brighter when she was there even though the world was growing darker by the minute.
"A group of death eaters attacked Amos Diggery's house last night. Can you believe it? The nerve of them." Mr. Weasley huffed indignantly at breakfast one morning.
"That's pretty close to here, isn't it?" Mrs. Weasley fretted.
"Don't worry dear. No one can hurt us in this house and you know it."
"How can I not worry? The children aren't in this house half the time, and your gone all day and everyone is in such --------"
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny all exchanged looks of boredom. They had heard this same argument every day since summer had began. They simultaneously stood up and turned to leave.
"Oh dear, be careful!" warned Mrs. Weasley. "Stay within shouting distance."
They all nodded and left the house.
"Last one to the Quiddich field is a rotten egg" Hermione yelled as they all took off running.
"First one has to eat it." Ron yelled a minute later as Hermione triumphantly was the first to the field.
Hemione stuck out her tongue at him and went to get the brooms from the storage shed on the far side of the field.
The four spent the long, hot summer day alternating between playing Quiddich and sitting in the middle of the field talking about the war.
"I'm just glad I'm on the good side." Hermione said with a sigh.
"Yeah, but is the good side always right?"
Ron's comment shocked everyone.
"I mean, look at it this way, if you had been raised in a family of death eaters who had always taught you that muggles are evil and people like us are the enemy, that's what you'd believe. Your side, the evil side would be good, but from our point of view it would be wrong. so it's the good side but is still wrong. That is to say, from your point of view the good side would be wrong and evil would be good and ------"
"Ron stop babbling before you get yourself more confused." Ginny put in. "We are the good side. We are right to defend ourselves against the death eaters and whoever else may want to hurt us. End of story."
There was an awkward silence after that, broken once Harry suggested they pick up their quiddich game. It wasn't a very fair game, Harry and Ron against Hermione and Ginny, but it was fun and did get everyone's mind off Ron's odd statement. Everyone's except Hermione's.
