Disclaimer: I cannot claim, no matter how much I could, that I am the creator of the
Harry Potter world and all of its characters. That honor belongs to the one and
only J. K. Rowling. I claim only the plot. If this plot has already been done, I do
not copy with any knowledge of it being done.
Just Maybe
I ask you, when you think of a world with such capabilities and potential as ours, would you think of a world in disarray? Would you believe that a world with such potential would throw it all away because of high-minded opinions that refuse to even listen to others? That each believes themselves absolutely in the right and all the others in the wrong? That instead of listening and trying to understand each other, the automatic solution should be violence and dominance?
Why is it that those who believe they are in the right never want to listen to the other side? Are never willing to just listen? Why do those who believe they are right, try and change everyone to their beliefs?
In a world of such beauty and glory as our own, why are we tearing it apart?
I guess I shouldn't really be as amazed by this. I mean, the world as far as I know, has always been this way. If the world had at any point in the past been any other way, it has long been forgotten or ignored. To me, it just seems like things are getting worse everyday.
Ah well, what can you expect from a little peon like me who is stuck between the two powerhouses in the world. See, I cannot longer say that I belong to one group or the other. I am a neither and damn proud. It is difficult to be like me, not fitting in with one group or the other and always shunned by both. But, in my opinion, it has its compensations. I get to be myself. I don't have to act according to any of the beliefs set by the groups; I am not chained to prejudices each group has toward the other. I have the freedom, however costly, to choose between the two. I have learned the ways of both, listened and hoped. Hoped that maybe, just maybe, that there doesn't have to be two, but one.
Hoping for a united world is probably far fetched, but there is always hope. I have met others like me, the ones that are neither. Some, like myself are listening, learning and hoping. While some refuse to acknowledge half of themselves and cling to one side or the other. They pretend that they belong to that group and always have. While this may dishearten me a bit, I just remember the others that give me hope. I am talking about those small minority of people from both groups that try and understand each other and where they come from. Those who are tired of the fighting and want something better in life and in the world.
Since the day my life changed forever (in my opinion for the better), I have struggled, learned, loved and lost. With the helps of those I call my friends, I have gained in faith and hope that maybe, just maybe, one day we will listen to each other.
As for me, Lily Marie Evans, I will tell you my story. A story of being a neither. Of growing up in one community and coming to learn of the side of the self that belongs to the other community. So, I will tell you, if you will listen, of how I grew up non-magical and learned that I am also magical. I tell you this not make you think one way or another, but in hopes that you will listen to my story and learn to listen to the stories of others.
