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Draco Malfoy was furious, which was how most of his mistakes began.
He meant to add Blaise to the Slytherin group chat so they could discuss—hypothetically—how to destroy Ravenclaw’s chances at winning the regional debate tournament.
Instead, he added Harry Potter.
He added Blaise for real then, but that's not the end.
There was a brief, sacred moment of silence.
Then:
Harry Potter:
hi
Crabbe reacted with 👍
Goyle reacted with 💀
Draco stared at his phone like it had personally betrayed him.
Pansy Parkinson:
Why is Potter here.
Theo Nott:
Fascinating.
Draco Malfoy:
Potter, leave.
Three dots appeared. Disappeared. Reappeared.
Harry Potter:
oh sorry
what am i doing in this chat tho
No one replied.
Harry waited a full thirty seconds, then added:
i can leave if you want
He did not leave.
Neither did anyone remove him.
This was, in hindsight, the moment everything went wrong.
Day One: Denial
Draco decided the best solution was intimidation.
Draco Malfoy:
This chat is confidential.
Harry Potter:
okay! i won’t tell ron
Theo Nott:
He thinks we’re joking.
Blaise Zabini:
I think he thinks we’re normal.
Pansy sent a meme of a flaming dumpster labeled “this chat now.”
Harry reacted with ❤️.
Day Two: Acceptance (Unwilling)
The chat resumed business as usual.
Pansy Parkinson:
Tomorrow we email Professor Mcgonagall about the project deadline.
Remember: polite, concerned, vaguely threatening.
Harry Potter:
threatening how
Pansy Parkinson:
You wouldn’t understand.
Harry Potter:
oh
okay
Five minutes later:
Harry Potter:
i once got an extension by attaching a color-coded schedule
it made her cry a little
Silence.
Blaise Zabini:
…Send the schedule.
They did. It worked.
No one acknowledged this.
Day Three: Realization
Harry, it turned out, was immune to Slytherin energy.
Insults bounced off him because he assumed they were sarcasm. Power plays failed because he thought they were jokes. Threats were met with cheerful thumbs-ups.
Draco Malfoy:
You’re unbelievable.
Harry Potter:
thanks 🙂
Pansy stared at her phone, deeply unsettled.
Day Four: Crime
The Slytherins were coordinating something minor. Not illegal. Just unethical.
Pansy Parkinson:
Okay. If Sprout asks, none of us were involved.
Harry Potter:
involved in what
Theo Nott:
Nothing.
Harry Potter:
okay
just checking
Two hours later, Sprout did ask.
It was Harry who replied to the email—politely, honestly, devastatingly—without consulting the chat.
The problem disappeared.
Draco Malfoy:
HOW.
Harry Potter:
i told the truth but nicely
Blaise Zabini:
That shouldn’t work.
Theo Nott:
And yet.
Day Five: The Point of No Return
Harry Potter:
btw i told hermione about this chat
she says hi
Typing stopped.
Crabbe stopped reacting.
Goyle sent a single 🔥 like a man watching a building burn.
Pansy Parkinson:
Remove him.
Draco tried.
The app glitched.
Or fate intervened.
Or the universe simply hated him.
Harry stayed.
Epilogue
Weeks later, the chat still existed.
It was quieter now. Stranger. Better.
Harry sent reminders about deadlines. Theo sent ominous “told you so”s before things happened. Daphne posted once a month and obliterated discourse with a single sentence. Draco complained constantly and never left.
Pinned message updated:
“If this leaks, we deny everything (except Potter, he’s allowed).”
Late one night:
Draco Malfoy:
I never should have added you.
Three dots appeared.
Harry Potter:
you did though 🙂
Crabbe reacted with 👍
Goyle reacted with 💀
And no one argued, because somehow—against all logic—Slytherin had kept him.