〈 KNOCKTURN ALLEY 〉

He knew it wasn't the wisest choice he'd made, venturing down knockturn alley alone, but the fastest way back to Hogwarts was through the vanishing cabinet, and that slug repellent wasn't going to buy itself either. Resisting the urge to shiver and edging his way through a particularly tight and dark spot wedged between two shop entrances, Tao found himself shoved into the wall opposite, grunting and wincing at the impact and about to assert himself to whomever had been responsible. Instead he was confronted with a group of rather amused looking students, although their ties had been taken off and the top few buttons of their shirts undone to prevent him from identifying their house. They laughed as a collective, clearly feeling quite smug at the fact that they'd caused pain to another student. Sighing, Tao rolled his eyes and his sleeves, finding it a nuisance more than anything that it looked as if he was going to have to fight his way out of this one. The tallest made the first move, directing a punch towards his abdomen. Predictable really. Tao shifted and dodged, sending a leg round to kick him at the waist and send him to the floor. Before he could take his chance to run however, the surrounding boys seemed to swarm upon him, grabbing limbs and fistfuls of his sweater aggressively.
"Help-!" It seemed too little too late for it, but it was either try or accept the fact that he was about to get his kicked into the ground. Six on one wasn't exactly courageous but they didnt look as if they minded.