New Neighbor
Chapter 5
Needless to say, Vernon was scared. Eryk terrified the obese man almost to the point of wetting his trousers. I could hardly contain my glee. After that, Vernon and the others stayed as far away from me as possible.
I spent every day over at Eryks, reading his books and playing on his computer while he did other things. Sometimes we would go out, but we mostly just stayed indoors because of the sweltering heat. That's when I decided to pry into his life a bit more......
"What side are you on?" I asked one evening while we were playing Rummy. He cocked an eyebrow at me. "I'm just curious. You don't seem to be on Voldemorts side, cause then you would have handed me over by now." I paused, putting down a card in the discard pile. "But you don't seem to like the Ministry or Dumbledore."
"Well," He began. "I believe in what Voldemort is saying, but I don't believe in how he's going about changing things." I cocked my head and hooked my feet in the chair rungs.
"What do you mean?"
"Well if we allowed muggles into out world, just think of the possibilities! Wizards and witches would have children with muggles and soon the magic in our blood will be diluted until there is none left." I sat back. "We'd cease to exist."
"I never thought of it like that before. But wont it be the same if we don't introduce new blood?"
"Yes. Which is why I think we should keep track of all the muggle borns and the muggles we allow into our society."
"That seems reasonable enough." I stated.
"It does. But Voldemort has twisted it up so badly that people think it's wrong. What we need is for someone to come out and take up that side in the war." I cocked my head again. "This war against Voldemort. There are three sides; the Ministry, the Order, and Voldemort."
"Yes."
"The other side would be a mix of all three sides. Something anyone who agreed with one of the groups ways, but not the others." Realization dawned inside of me.
"A neutral side of sorts. One that is all three combined, but only has the perks of them." Eryk nodded. "I get it now."
"Good. I think that's something Dumbledore should have told you long ago." I sat back, deep in thought. "Want to go watch some TV?"
"Yeah." Eryk picked up the cards and I wandered into the living room. When he joined me minutes later, I could barely concentrate on the movie. I couldn't help but think about the possibilities of a fourth side of the war and the help, or harm, it might bring.
TBC
Needless to say, Vernon was scared. Eryk terrified the obese man almost to the point of wetting his trousers. I could hardly contain my glee. After that, Vernon and the others stayed as far away from me as possible.
I spent every day over at Eryks, reading his books and playing on his computer while he did other things. Sometimes we would go out, but we mostly just stayed indoors because of the sweltering heat. That's when I decided to pry into his life a bit more......
"What side are you on?" I asked one evening while we were playing Rummy. He cocked an eyebrow at me. "I'm just curious. You don't seem to be on Voldemorts side, cause then you would have handed me over by now." I paused, putting down a card in the discard pile. "But you don't seem to like the Ministry or Dumbledore."
"Well," He began. "I believe in what Voldemort is saying, but I don't believe in how he's going about changing things." I cocked my head and hooked my feet in the chair rungs.
"What do you mean?"
"Well if we allowed muggles into out world, just think of the possibilities! Wizards and witches would have children with muggles and soon the magic in our blood will be diluted until there is none left." I sat back. "We'd cease to exist."
"I never thought of it like that before. But wont it be the same if we don't introduce new blood?"
"Yes. Which is why I think we should keep track of all the muggle borns and the muggles we allow into our society."
"That seems reasonable enough." I stated.
"It does. But Voldemort has twisted it up so badly that people think it's wrong. What we need is for someone to come out and take up that side in the war." I cocked my head again. "This war against Voldemort. There are three sides; the Ministry, the Order, and Voldemort."
"Yes."
"The other side would be a mix of all three sides. Something anyone who agreed with one of the groups ways, but not the others." Realization dawned inside of me.
"A neutral side of sorts. One that is all three combined, but only has the perks of them." Eryk nodded. "I get it now."
"Good. I think that's something Dumbledore should have told you long ago." I sat back, deep in thought. "Want to go watch some TV?"
"Yeah." Eryk picked up the cards and I wandered into the living room. When he joined me minutes later, I could barely concentrate on the movie. I couldn't help but think about the possibilities of a fourth side of the war and the help, or harm, it might bring.
TBC