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HC where Barty went to school the year after Evan and Regulas and was sorted into Ravenclaw, but just didn't accept these things.
After the sorting, Barty has found his way into the Slytherin dorms with all his stuff and boots a muggle born first year Slytherin with all Barty's robes and demands he lives as a Ravenclaw as he proceeds to steel the muggleborn's robes, saying something about how the robes are charmed so they can't be transfigured into different colours and how the first year wont survive a day as a muggle born in Slytherin. Barty then proceeds to ignore the first year dorms and makes his way to the second year dorms, scaring the everloving shit out of Regulas and Evan who were both almost asleep. Barty then transfigures one of Regulas' books into a bed and makes himself at home. The next few minutes, Regulas swears to this day are the most confusing minutes of his life but ultimately found himself not to bothered by this first years presence and went back to sleep.
The next day, though, was an absolute nightmare. Barty ended up in a meeting with Ravenclaw head of house and had the most impressive screaming match in Hogwarts history. The head of house in the end didn't want him after Barty threatened to remove their tongue the muggle way if they called him Mr Crouch instead of Barty one more time. Barty sat the first year exams that afternoon got straight A's all round and started his second year the next day, with a slightly impressed Regulas on one side and an absolute in awe at the amount of chaos created Evan on the other side.
Breakfast that morning was the first genuine smile Barty produced since he was 5. Besides, he couldn't piss his father off enough from in Ravenclaw.