This is a story of Noh Knight, a muggleborn witch who tries to find herself in a world that was in front of her the entire time. It's hard not being accepted by the people in your house, and this is her journey to show them the reason why she's there to begin with.
Mudblood is the muggleborn version of the story Blood Traitor that follows Martel Selwyn - a pureblood.
I own nothing of Harry Potter, expect for Noh and any other characters that will be introduced as OCs.
A woman with piercing blue eyes glared at the man with dirty blond hair who was looking worriedly down at the woman in the hospital bed before him. "Daniel, I swear to God if you get me preg -!" The woman with raven black hair screamed as she felt a contraction pierce through her abdomen. Her husband Daniel grimaced and sucked in a breath as he felt his wife's hand squeeze his at an ungodly amount of force.
The two were sitting in a lovely pale yellow hospital room, outside the window it was a beautiful looking sunset of July 7th 1979. Yet here in the room, it seemed anything but beautiful as one woman was screaming bloody murder and her husband appeared as if he was ready to pass out from the pain that his wife was inflicting upon him. Oh, yeah the nurses definitely believed that he was one of the most sissiest fathers-to-be in this building.
It took little more than three hours added upon the already existing thirteen hours of Lorraine Knight already having been in labour before there was a piercing scream in the little hospital room. There was a chorus of giggles and congratulations once the scream dulled into a crying wail. Lorraine released her husband's hand and laid back down into her hospital bed, breathing heavily yet smiling gleefully as one of the nurses brought over a small baby girl with a small blob of nearly platinum looking blonde hair sitting on her head.
Lorraine grinned before finding herself nearly falling asleep as the doctors awaited for whatever was left from inside of the womb. Daniel Knight took his daughter into his arms wrapped up in a pastel pink blanket and already donning a little white hat saying It's a Girl! He felt so blessed to finally have a child of his own, his brother and his wife had brought two children already, one was three and the other was one.
"Noh… Daniel, her name… Noh." Lorraine mumbled as she finally finding herself being allowed to fall asleep. They traveled across the world before they actually decided to come into London and settle down. The couple stayed in Japan for many months, learning all that they wished to learn about the culture. Lorraine was enthralled by by Noh Masks, finding the culture behind them macificint.
Daniel grinned and nodded his head and kissed his daughter's forehead and holding the small babe close to his chest. He couldn't believe that they were starting a family now…
You are a You,
Destined for something greater
Eww… The thought spazzed through the young mind of a four year old that laid in bed, it was horribly early in the morning, the birds weren't even chirping! Blue gray eyes opened slowly and stared into the darkness. Yet the sensation of something dry and wet made the young child wake and move her hand away from her small cheek. Some time during the night she must've began to drool, a mixture of both new and dry droll was against her cheek and hand, Noh suspected it was also on her pillow too.
Although that wasn't the reason why she had woken up, her drool hadn't been the culprit of the reasoning why she woke up at all. Even if it was, the small child would do what she always does, flip the pillow over and go right back to sleep. No, there was something else that woke Noh up.
A sobbing sound down the hall.
Gray blue eyes blinked slowly before getting out of her small bed. There was something about the sound of whomever was crying that was familiar, as if she had been listening to it in a far off dream like state. Thankfully neither her mum nor pa would close her door all the way, in case she had fallen out of bed or needed to get out of the room for whatever needs.
Noh could remember her mother and father telling her and some of their friends about the first few months on how she had pure platinum blonde hair. Now though, her hair having turned darker until it was a soft mixture between her father's dirty blonde and bleached straw yellow hair. If anything, she was a slight mixture look between her father and whoever else from either side of the Knight-Chambers family.
That's when she became startled hearing what was a mixture of hushed harsh yelling between two people. It caused delicate blonde brows to knit together in confusion, Noh didn't feel scared or worried, after all this was her home. So the only people that were in the house happened to be her, her mum and pa.
"Daniel, don't start with this again!" Noh stood around the corner doorway that led into the kitchen where she heard her mum's harsh whisper. There was a force behind it as she tried to settle the tempo in her voice, her mum's word were still slightly shaky from the sob that she released what seemed like a few moments earlier.
Noh jumped when she heard a slamming sound on the countertop and there was heavy breathing. "Then tell me, Lorraine, are you sure that Noh, is a hundred percent mine?" There was silence that filled the Kitchen as Noh found her stomach drop. A hundred percent his? Wasn't that man in the kitchen around the corner her father?
She rounded the corner.
"God damnit Lorraine! Is Noh my daughter?!"
A sob racked Lorraine Knight's body as she flung herself from the stool of the island, realizing who had rounded the corner into the Kitchen. Wide, scared and teary gray eyes stared at the scene in front of her four year old body. She wasn't her pa's daughter.. that wasn't her daddy…?
Tears streaked down her small child like cheeks, the arms that were wrapped around her and the salty lukewarm tears that pitted against her shoulder felt so different and far off. Noh didn't feel like she was standing in the doorway to her kitchen, instead it felt like she was beginning to disappear.
When she finally began to feel like she was tangible again, there was a flush against her delicate soft pale skin. It was as if something had broke inside of the young four year old. Eyes became distant and seemed to lack the emotion that was eating her up inside.
Despite the fact Daniel Knight stood there against the island, he watched as his… as Noh stared straight at him, but it appeared as if she was looking more through him rather than at him.
That he wasn't even there to begin with.
You aren't like they,
You are something special & greater than they
If there was anything that a nine year old Noh hated, would happen to be whenever the lunch period rolled around. Did she enjoy her classes? Barely, but they were much better than her basically shoving herself back into the same corner every other day since she started this horrid school. There were often times when people would approach her and try to befriend her, the key word being tried.
Noh scoffed to herself as she pushed around the food in front of her that could be called mashed potatoes, oh god did it move? The light blonde haired child huffed out hot air, it could be seemed as surprising for a child that had such a grasp on reality, who could already be so bitter.
Fifth grade, that's what she was and already dreading the rest of her life. Ah, lest her food decides to get away from her, Noh picked up a forkful of the mushy substance and shoved it into her mouth in hope of being able to enjoy it this time already. Whether or not that was going happen was still to debate.
"Oi, lookie who's sitting in the corner again!" Noh felt like spitting out the substance when she heard that shrilling voice. Oh, no it wasn't a female that was spewing taunting sounds, yet it was none other than Ethan Smith.
Gray eyes looked up tiredly and boredly at the dirty haired child, oh how Noh loathed the poor boy who was what, maybe a year older than her? Noh tried to ignore his existence after the first encounter where they didn't like each other. Despite the fact that the two children disliked each other, their mothers got along famously.
It was infuriating.
Noh blinked slowly, taking in those that were around Ethan this time around. Sarah O'Rouke, Elena Su, Roderick O'Kefe and William Bursak. The typical group of people that would follow around this kid, not that Noh would truly care about the fact that these people would be following him around. To be quite honest, Noh really didn't care about the idea of getting along with people.
They were stupid and they were well… really, really stupid.
"What do you want Ethan? Can't I eat in peace of a single day." Noh moaned as she rest her chin upon her open palm. She really didn't feel like dealing with any of them today, it just simply wasn't her day at all. However, it seemed like Ethan wasn't in the mood not to be taken serious at all this afternoon. It caused Noh to roll her little gray eyes as the boy in front of her began to show signs of throwing a tantrum.
"You know, if you didn't always act like a prat you'd have friends!" The small boy stomped his foot against the hard wood floors of the school's cafeteria. His little friends began to nod their heads in agreement while crossing their arms and trying to look intimidating.
It was entertaining considering they were all a group of nine and ten year olds.
One of the girls giggled and what their comment was really made her forget exactly what her name was. "Maybe it's because her parents don't love her that she's such a prat." The small girl giggled as her hazel eyes swam with a quiet taunt in them.
Noh found her insides become like jell-o, or like pudding. All sloppy and liquidly and cold… Her parents…? Yeah, sure Noh got used the idea of her pop not being her pop because.. because of that one night, despite the fact that ever since that night all that her pop tries to do is really show that he is her dad, and that he loves her very much. But yet Noh didn't believe it, she was smarter than that..
But her mum? No, her mum was everything to her, she was there every time that she fell down and got a cut on her knee, she was there when Ethan made her cry for the very first time ands he was there for her mother when her pops had gone off on her that one night when she was four years old. No, Noh could accept the fact that her pop may, but her mother?
Noh stood up and slammed her small hands against the table top. "Y- You know nothing, you little pig!" Gray eyes snapped shut, all that Noh could think of was the idea that Ethan was actually a little pig. That's all he acted like, pushing people down during their recess, he ate like a disgusting pig with his food - hearing him from the other side of the cafeteria.
Some of Ethan's friends gasped before screaming, it was their screams that caused Noh to open up her eyes to see that majority of Ethan's face had appeared to become like a pigs. Noh stood there and gaped as she saw the ten year old grasp at what was once a nose and became a snout; he screamed but that scream quickly became a snorting sound.
That was the first time that Noh felt like she didn't belong in the place where she was being forced to be in.
You'll be shown a World
A world where you're just like the next person
The next morning Noh told her mum that she didn't feel good, coming down with a cold and even playing the part of coughing and having the sniffles. Of course Mrs Knight became worried over her daughter's well being and told the small blonde child to get right back into her bed and rest for the rest of the day.
There was a knock at the door around 1:00pm when Mrs Knight was making chicken noodles for her daughter, the small blonde had moved from her bed and onto the family couch when the knock came at the door. Little fingers pulled the blinds away from the window to see some strangely dressed woman at the door, gray eyes narrowed in suspicion.
Lorraine Knight opened up the door to find a woman just a tad wee bit taller than her, wearing heavy dark purple and green tinted velvet robes, a pointy black hat with a few feathers pointing out from one side. Graying black hair was pulled back into a tight bun as spectacles rested upon her sharpy nose bridge.
"Why, hello. You must be Lorraine Knight, is your daughter home by chance, your husband too?" There was a sense of authority to the woman's voice causing Lorraine to stutter and allow the woman into her house. The two women whispered by the front door as Noh strained herself to listen to what's going on.
By the time the older woman entered the living room, Noh had turned off the TV and watched as her mother went off into the Kitchen, muttering something about making tea for whatever was going on. Gray eyes met with a vibrant colour of youthful looking green eyes, and those eyes suddenly lit up with a slight twinkle in them.
Minerva wouldn't admit until she met up with Albus that following afternoon, that there was something a little bit special about her.
"You must be Noh, we heard about your little stunt yesterday." Minerva smiled softly as she watched Gray eyes fill with surprise meanwhile her face held a emotion of discontentedness and mistrust. It was rather interesting to see for someone so young to have a deeper grip on their emotions and knowing how to outwardly show them.
By the time Lorraine had entered back into the room, Minerva had found herself settling down into a chair, looking quite content and taking in the muggle finished room meanwhile watching as the nine year old looked so upset with someone new being inside of their home. Lorraine handed tea over to the older woman meanwhile settling down on the couch beside her child.
It was as Lorraine took a sip of her tea that Minerva admitted that her daughter was a witch, causing the woman to sputter out her tea.
The older woman chuckled and excused herself. "I apologise, Mrs Knight. My name is Minerva McGonagall, I am the deputy Headmistress of a school in Scotland called Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Yesterday during your daughter's lunch break, she had a bit of accidental magic incident."
Lorraine looked at her daughter with shock, but found herself even more surprised when her daughter wasn't as surprised as she was. "A - A witch? How could this be, I - I mean… wel - well…" Lorraine sputtered as Minerval smiled gently.
Noh blurted though, "It proves that pops isn't my dad." The blonde haired girl looked at the carpet with a scorned look on her face as Lorraine turned to scold her child about the entire situation. On the other hand, Minerva looked at the small child with a surprise and sorrowful look on her face.
Well… Minerva would never admit it because she was unaware of the family's position, there could be a chance that she was… yes, a half blood. But yet, Minerva watched the emotions swirl in those gray eyes as they looked up from the ground. No, this child was a muggle born with a magic more pure than any magic she's ever seen.
Minerva smiled gently and moved from the chair and crouched down with ease in front of the child. "No my child, you are quite a special one. Come September 1st of 1991, you will be at King's Cross, platform 9 ¾ to come to Hogwarts."
Noh found herself genuinely smiling for maybe the first time in a long time.
March Forward,
But always take a look back, for it may not be there for long
Noh scowled as her mother's embrace was tighter than anything else in the world, and she couldn't believe the look on her… on Daniel Knight's face. The years weren't as kind as some would hope for the Knight family. Things got more and more sourer when the husband of Lorraine was told that Noh was a witch.
Between Noh and Daniel, it was all believed that it was Noh who was tolerating the man who had once again jumped to the conclusion that maybe Noh wasn't his daughter, after all he didn't have magic. Once again, Noh was there to hear her mother's sobs and the target of an accidental spurt of magic that involved plates and glass.
The blonde eleven year old couldn't understand why the man was actually with her by this point, why would he come to the train station if he didn't think that she was his? It made her stomach do upsetting things that she found disgusting.
"Mum! I'll be fine," The blonde flinched away from her mother's touch, rubbing her shoulders suddenly feeling cold all of a sudden. "It's a school, mum, there will be people looking out for me." Noh frowned though, she didn't like the idea of leaving her mother around the man that stood behind her and she didn't like the idea of being watched over.
Yeah sure this was a school where there were other students attending that were definitely like her, something called a muggleborn, a first generation witch or wizard born between two muggles. Apparently that's what they called people without magic. Noh had snickered when Daniel found that part out and was furious of being referred to that behind his back.
Heaving a small sigh, Noh allowed a small corner smile escape her facade just as a small ashy looking Maine Coon cat pounced between the space between Noh and her mum. The blonde took a single step and watched as the animal bound towards a family with red hair, just as she was then ran over by someone else.
Noh found herself kissing the pavement as she looked up to see a girl with hazel-green eyes and long brown hair, her skin was slightly tan and her eyes were pleading and apologising. "I am so sorry!" And with that, the girl got up and chased after the cat.
The muggleborn witch growled deeply in her chest as she was about to bark to her, having moved herself to a kneeling position. All of a sudden there was a woman who ghastly looked like the small girl who had ran off. She apologised but paused and then looked down at Noh.
The blonde young pre teen scowled and had a look of utter disgust behind her emotionless facade. There was a spark of actual shock and surprise on the woman's face, all for looking at the blonde girl who was pulling herself off the ground, Noh crossed her arms and actually scowled which caused the woman to run off after the child that Noh presumed to be her daughter.
"Stupid prissy socialites."
"Noh Astrid Knight!"
Bullet proof Skin
But a heart of beating flesh
"Excuse me, have you seen a toad?"
Noh found herself stirring out of her slumber as she looked up to find two students her own age looking at her with a sense of hopefulness. A girl with slightly bushy hair and brown eyes, another was a boy that appeared slightly pudgy and rather nervous compared to the girl who had barged into the compartment.
Groaning Noh thought back to hearing any toad sounds until her eyes traveled above to the overhang. A curious brow raised seeing… a toad sitting upon the metal overhang. If she could, the muggleborn would bang her head against the glass window. Of course fate would make it so that the toad was in her compartment and forcing her to interact with human contact.
"That, toad?" Noh pointed offhandedly towards the creature. The small boy lit up with excitement and announced a name along the name of Trevor.. such a strange name for a toad. The girl on the other hand smiled with relief before looking back at Noh with a friendly look on her face.
For some odd reason Noh had a pang in her chest, she seemed so nice… and warm. Why was she looking at her like that? usually people didn't look at Noh with that look before, a look of like… acceptance. "Thank you, my name is Hermione Granger, that's Neville. What's your name?"
Noh found herself becoming nervous which was unlikely, she was never nervous. Noh Astrid Knight was never nervous, and that was slightly upsetting factor at the moment. "Noh, my name is Noh Knight." Gray eyes met brown and they had… huh.
Hermione eyes lit up for a moment. "Are you a muggleborn by chance?" With that, Hermione took a seat across from her meanwhile Neville sat beside Hermione. Noh realized that this was going to become a very long train ride to this school.
Nodding slowly, Noh admitted that she was. With that, Hermione spurted into a story about how she found out that she was a witch herself, being muggleborn too. Noh's gray eyes became to dull out even more until the blonde wasn't even paying attention and would often glance out the window.
After a while, there was a question that brought Noh out of her daze. "What house do you think you'll be sorted into?"
Blinking a few times, her gray eyes filled with a light that showed her attention was brought back to reality. The muggleborn blonde raised a brow. "House… what do you mean by house?"
"Oh! Hogwarts has Four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. I think I would do very well in Gryffindor, it sounds like a magnificent house!"
Maybe it wasn't the first time, but Neville finally spoke up. "I'll probably be in Hufflpuff…"
Houses… huh…
And before any of them knew it, all of the first years were gathered into a rather large hall. Floating candles and everything of that nature. All witchy and wizardry. Of course Noh wouldn't admit how much she was in awe of the place, how could something like this exist without anyone else finding out about it?
So many questions were filling the muggleborn's head, anything about magic and how it could exist without any of the muggles finding out about it was outstanding and remarkable!
All of a sudden there was something called a sorting ceremony and one by one everyone was being separated into one of the Four houses that Hermione had described to Noh along the way to Hogwarts. Both Neville and Hermione had been sorted into Gryffindor, Noh couldn't help but feel happy for the duo even though Neville looked scared out of his wits with the sorting.
"Noh Knight."
Noh hated how the place got eerily silent, but her heart felt a little bit calmer when Minerva gave the young child a heart warming look. The stool look old and unstable and Noh found herself not even sitting on it wholeheartedly and scowled as the old raggy hat was about to be laid upon her head.
If it isn't Alycia's descent…
SLYTHERIN!
The Sorting Hat announced loudly, and the table full of emerald and silver that would usually cheer looked on in shock and almost horror. Noh found her nose scrunching up in disgust with the looks on their faces, almost missing the looks of sorrow and fearful look coming from Hermione and Neville.
There was room among other first years that didn't have a prissy look on their faces that Noh slide in quietly with them. One of them looked at her with a bit of confusion. "What's with these guys?"
Noh shrugged her shoulders and listened onward with slight interest, the gears in her head were turning in a different direction though. She listened to the comments that were being made about her behind her back, almost literally.
"Are you serious?"
"Salazar would have a heart attack…"
"Stupid bloody hat!"
"Why would a mudblood be allowed into Slytherin?"
