A Poop * k8 *
Aboli tried to figure out a way to explain this to Quinn, an eleven? Twelve? year old. "So...basically," she began, knowing exactly which parts to censor. "There's this woman who has a baby from someone not her husband, and she is made to wear a BIG red A on her dress so everyone she passes in the streets and eeeeeveryone in the world knows what a terrible cheater she is," she used her wand to push some of his hair away from his forehead as she looked at the fading LIAR. "But at the end of the story...you find out....all the people who cared about her mistake and the A, the judgmental people, were far worse than she was. She was a good person. They weren't." She withdrew her wand and gave it a twirl. "Sometimes...the persecutors..." she lowered her voice. "Sometimes those who persecute others, who are extra judgmental, and who force people to wear something they deem a mistake on their sleeves.... are the real people who should be persecuted." Why did she tell him this? She was sure Quinn OBVIOUSLY knew the Alliance was evil and horrible. "I suppose the LIAR thing made me really think about how....history, literature...always repeats. Always. And reflects real life. And in the end, the main character is the one who survives and is better off," She might have been lying. She couldn't ACTUALLY remember what happened to Hester at the end of the loooooong book. "Karma came for those who downed her."
Her eyes darted around once more as he continued with his life story. His family. What kind of mother would do that to her child? Just NOT tell him about magic? It was highly unlikely a squib would produce another squib, even WITH a muggle partner. But she held her tongue to keep from being overly judgmental, something she had just preached to Quinn was bad! Her own mother was no saint, either. "Hey. You'll be fine. There's a ton of muggle-borns who start here, and usually everyone's on the same playing field by the end of first year. Trust me. I was homeschooled until fifth year, and I felt a little behind when I first got here. It was....sad. I was sad. But look at me now - prefect - " Well, kind of, "Seventh year. Near perfect OWL scores."
__________________ "You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough."
Roman Gellar ● 1st Year ● Slytherin |