Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with J.K. Rowling's work but I enjoy borrowing it from time to time.

-Prologue-

Comprehending Evil

By Strawberry22


The world is composed of shades of gray. There are a million different lines that divide what people call 'light' and 'dark'. Actions that people take can seem to border on these two opposing forces, blurring the answer to the supposedly predetermined and age-old question.

Are you good or evil?

For some people, this question is not so readily answered. And for others it's always at the tip of their tongues, waiting to defend themselves to those that ask.

In history, 'light' elitists always used a public declaration within text books to describe those who were noble, righteous and unselfish that would squash the cowardly forces of evil. They would build up this image of those ever so humbly powerful, saving the world from dark and lecherous things.

But where could you ever find a person that fit those qualities? How could the light side ever produce such a person when it wasn't possible in the first place? But those that consider themselves good always are quick to point an accusatory finger to those they see as evil and unfit to live within their society.

In every light person, no matter how 'good' they deem themselves, there is a small flicker of evil, waiting to be unleashed. And as well, within every evil person there is a light side trying desperately to the claw to the surface.

People forget that at one time or another they once were good, evil and everything in between before they landed in their satisfying role in life. But for even those that can see and comprehend the complexities of the forces in the world, even they forget and get set in their ways.

Though it has been said that people should not accuse any before looking within themselves, time has made the original message unclear and indistinct causing those persons to act upon rash thinking.

And as the saying goes…

History has a way of repeating itself.


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