Chen Chang sat in the bleachers waiting for the quittich game to start. He tried to find the farthest seat from people possible, but he was still getting insults and deadnames thrown at him by his peers. He couldn't even sit next to his friends because he lost them when he was outed by the Outing hat. It was a long time ago but it still made him wince to remember.
He was just 11 years old and was brand new to the school. Every new student gets sorted by their identities. But the outing hat doesn't just sort them, it ours them.
"you are a boy, Cho Chang," the hat echoed in front of everyone in the room. "But you will never ever truly be a man."
"Shut up," Chen muttered.
"Aww look, she's telling us to shut up! What a sensitive little girl!" Someone heckled.
"I'm not a girl" replied Chen. "How many times do I have to tell you?"
"EEEEH! ❌🙅♀️" one girl crossed her arms to signal an X. "Incorrect! Unless you have a dick!"
"Come on, show us, Chennifer!" Her friend chimed in.
"I'm telling on you." Chen got up. "For sexual harassment."
They shouted back more insults, but Chen ignored them. He waded through kid's knees and went up to the announcers booth where a teacher should be supervising. But when he got up the ladder to the booth, the supervisor Mcgonnagle was asleep, likely overdosed on cocaine. The student commentator was in the corner, and Chen didn't even notice him until he said "Boo."
It startled Chen. He looked over, with a puzzled expression.
"Who are you?"
"Come on, you don't remember me? That hurts me Chen. I was the most popular kid in year one!"
"Wait-" said Chen. Then it came to him. "Malory? Dimitiri Malory?"
"Close but not quite." He gave a crooked smile, showing his disgusting piss yellow teeth." It's me... Draco."
"Aren't you the kid that got sent to Azkaban for whipping your dick out?" Chen interrogated. "And then sent a bunch of slurs to Dead old Harry? Then how come you don't hate me?"
"I never said the T slur" Draco replied. "And I never whipped my dick out. That was another cruel rumor. I used crucio on the people that spread it."
Chen shrugged. "Okay."
He held up his hands. They were chained together. Based on his sinister expression, Chen deduced he wanted to be freed.
"What do I get for freeing you?" Chen didn't exactly trust someone that got sent to Askaban for torturing their rivals. ''Twas some real Mean Girls shit.
"This entire school has bullied you from day one. Don't think just because I was in jail that I don't know this school like the back of my hand." Draco's charismatic British accent was so sharp it could probably cut through obsidian like it was butter. Chen found himself slightly intimidated, like the years of resentment and hatred was building up over the years and was being released in his convincing villain monologue. "I bet they bullied you for years Chen... I bet not a single student appreciates you for who you are. I bet not a single student would care. And I bet not a single teacher has the merit to stop them. They just want to see us burn. Why do you think I snapped after all those hellish months? I wanted to be loved by everyone. But they were never gonna love me. Nobody ever would. Except..." his eyes were piecing into Chens soul like a sharpened wand. "Unless the kids that were just like me. Only someone like you. Together we can put an end to this awful place. Kids like us will finally get the freedom they deserve."
Chen didn't want to agree, but empathy be darned, he didn't want future wizards to end up like them. Reluctantly, he searched for a key. He deduced it may be in mcgonnagles pocket.
As he grabbed it, Draco muttered "smart boy. I didn't even need to tell you."
Chen walked over and grabbed his chained hands. With gritted teeth he whispered in his ear: "don't you dare try anything." Being only 16, he hoped it was intimidating enough.
Reluctantly Chen unlocked the chain on his hands and one on his ankle. Draco cracked his knuckles and stretched.
"We exit through the back door, under the bleachers."
"They'll notice us though-" Chen gasped. "We can distract them."
Chen ran over to the intercom, turned it on, and announced, "I've got an announcement from the nurse, one of you has got CONTAGIOUS AIDS!"
The crowd began freaking out, or cheering, depending on who wanted aids or not.
Then Chen took Draco's hand. "I have an extra uniform in my dorm. You can't be wearing the prison uniform. There we'll talk."To be continued.
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