death is the only certainty -- Scorpius Malfoy

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My mother insisted that I should write a journal, an autobiography of sorts, so that it appears I am somewhat sane in her eyes. Instead of a raging bloodthirsty freak which I feel she’s beginning to fear I might be along with the company I keep. You’d think she’d trust me and my friends to not be the people others say we are. Especially after how long she’s known them.

So I’m starting my journal with this prologue. Even though I think this is a ridiculous idea. Who on earth will be reading this apart from me?
On that note if anyone else is reading this go away!
While I rant about my oh so exciting life.

My name is Scorpius – I feel like such an idiot writing this – hello to myself!
My birth date is the November 27th and I’m fifteen years old.

I live in an old four poster bed with dark green covers which sits on the clean but worn floor of a castle that we call Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I’ve been in this spot for five years now but I have yet to tire of it.

I am currently writing this in a sinister looking diary which was a gift from some distant relative over the Christmas holidays. I’ve got my copy of ‘Advanced Potions’ resting on my head. Though I couldn’t tell you why. Posture I suppose.

I have a three syllable first name and a two syllable surname.
I rarely use my first name and tend to be know by surname only. I’ve struggled with my name for years. I still believe it’s ridiculous. Apparently I’ll learn to love it.

I usually have short hair and dark grey eyes.

I like my handwriting but have been told that it’s rather feminine by other members of my group.

I’m a Slytherin.

Some of my friends just happen to be vertically challenged and claim that I am too tall. It’s my belief that I am of a perfect height and they are the abnormal ones.

There are about fifty-seven more things I could rant about, but since my ink is running low, I’ll skip the rest.
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How can we go about defining good and evil?

It’s a question I’ve asked myself lot more since the rumors started of Death Eaters rising again.

Those two words are so small each with only four letters, yet each holding hundreds of interpretations. Everyone has their own view of what is wrong and what is right.

Even the houses at Hogwarts have different beliefs of good and evil.

We seem to define evil as going against what the majority believe to be right.

What we consider to be right however are beliefs forced upon us while we were younger.

The majority believe that Death Eaters are more likely to be Slytherin’s and therefore evil. I however disagree with the majority. Does this mean that I myself am evil, or does that count as loyalty?

Are evil and loyalty really the same thing but in a different context?

If You-Know-Who had been able to gather the majority of followers would that automatically make him good and those who disagreed with him evil?

As a society I don’t think we have the right to force the labels of good and evil upon others when we are so unsure of the actually meanings ourselves.

We should live only our own beliefs.

I’ve come to my own conclusion that there is no good and evil. Only our own existence and what others make of it.

If anyone ever got hold of my journal they’d probably wonder why I bothered concerning myself with things such as this at my age.

I'd argue procrastination.
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Apart of me would like to know for certain whether the stories I get told about my parents are actually true, but most of the time the question doesn’t play on my mind. If the stories are true then it was their choices to make the decisions that led to those actions. If not I doubt others would believe the truth in any case. It doesn’t matter if my parents were perfect role models or if they did terrible things in their past. The stories are already set in stone and it’s those stories which affect me. Yet I do not believe my own worth can be taken from my parents. It is a rather shocking thing to judge someone on the actions of their parents.

I in no way pretend to be innocent from these actions. I will try to uphold my own beliefs.

I believe that graveyards should have no tombstones.

I believe that once in a lifetime, a person must get drunk.

I believe that no one can truly be right or wrong, good or evil.

I believe that stereotypes will continue to run this school for years to come.

I believe that vengeance is worst choice a person can ever make in a lifetime.

I believe that no one can judge another person without living one year in the other’s shoes.

I believe that death is the beginning of another great adventure.

But I’m not ready for it just yet.

My name is Scorpius. I have my own beliefs and I shall live how I see fit.
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