文档介绍：“梦想”成真
I'm sitting on a hotel room bed under harsh1) fluorescent lights2). I'm surrounded by people who seem like my friends, but they are mocking me. They're telling me my gender is confusing to them and that I need to "pick a side". They say my preferred pronouns are "weird" and "not grammatically correct" and therefore unusable. I can't get a word in to defend myself without someone interjecting3), "Stop being so sensitive! Learn to take a joke!" I'm frozen with4) anxiety. I need to escape.
Suddenly I'm running down a corridor clutching a magic wand. I turn a sharp corner and run into a locked door. Alohomora! I think as I point my wand toward the keyhole. The lock clicks and the door opens with a low creak. I enter and shut the door behind me.
This is my Room of Requirement. In the Harry Potter series, this is a shape-shifting secret chamber that appears only when a student is in dire5) need of it, and right now, I definitely am. I lean against the marble6) wall and sink to the ground. My breathing returns to normal. I'm safe.
I started fantasizing like this when I was six, after seeing the movie Matilda, about a girl my age who took charge of her own life with sorcery7). Matilda's ic8) powers let her punish her abusive9) parents, ge
t revenge on cruel teachers, and enjoy simple pleasures like ically stealing chocolates! It all sounded pretty great to me.
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