Chapter 1

Sigrid looked over to the trio with amusement as they tried sign language for her sake. Even though she'd told them that they didn't need to as she still could hear them clearly, she was just unable to speak. But Hermione's reasoning was enough to make her agree to teach them.

The trio went back and forth with their sign language with Sigrid showing them how to do it properly, as Harry had just accidentally signed 'art' and 'school.' At first the trio could hardly understand it, but with Sigrid's help and patience, slowly, the trio started to get the hang of its, and to be honest, Sigrid was quite shocked that the trio picked some of the signing up so quickly.

"I think, we should stop here," Hermione commented.

Sigrid, Ron and Harry looked at Hermione with a questioning look. Sigrid tilted her head and she looked outside the window of their compartment, seeing an enchanting view of green fields, lush with life.

"Sigrid?"

Sigrid startled when Hermione touched her shoulder and looked over at her with a quizzical look. "Is there anything the matter?" Hermione looked at Sigrid with worry, but relief replaced that when her new friend shook her head and pointed to the view outside as an explanation, which also made her smile.

"It is beautiful, isn't it? But I think you need to change into your robes. I expect that we might be arriving soon. Both Ron and Harry are already changing into theirs, do you wish to wait for them to come back first?"

Upon seeing Sigrid nod, Hermione sat next to Sigrid and continued with learning some sign language whilst they waited for Harry and Ron to return from changing into their robes.

Both girls were so engrossed with their signing that they both startled when Harry cleared his throat, alerting them to his presence. "Sigrid, you can change into your robes now. Sorry for taking so long, I'm not quite use to it."

'It's alright, you look quite dashing there, Harry.'

Harry blushed bright red upon seeing Sigrid's signed comment and he murmured his thanks to her and Sigrid chuckled at him. Without wasting her time, she excused herself and went to change into her robes. Before leaving, she turned and asked if Hermione would like to go with her.

Hermione beamed upon seeing Sigrid willingly ask her, even though she was already wearing her robes, but it seemed that Sigrid wished for Hermione to accompany her. After all, Sigrid had already told Hermione that she was not yet used to the new environment.

To be truthful, Hermione was quite shocked that Sigrid willingly wanted to be friends with her. After all, before she had received her Hogwarts letter, no one had wanted to be friends with her. But Sigrid, she was willing to be her friend, and when Hermione rambled about her hunger for learning and knowledge, Sigrid would just smile and chuckle. Hermione wondered how Sigrid came to have that scar on her neck, she wanted to know but at the same time, she didn't want to offend her.

"Sigi, you can change in there," Hermione said, pointing out the door.

Sigrid stopped abruptly and looked over at Hermione with wide eyes, which made Hermione flush. "Ah, sorry, I didn't mean to call you that. I can call you Sigrid if you like. I thought having a short name would be much easier for you."

Sigrid touched Hermione's shoulder with a soft tap, trying to distract her from her babbling, which if she was being honest, she found amusing and cute. Hermione apologized for her blabbering.

"I'm sorry, you must not like it. I tend to blabber when I'm nervous. You know I can call you Sigrid if you don't like the name I called you before? I..."

Again, Sigrid tapped on Hermione's shoulder and pointed to her eyes. 'I like it. Nobody's ever called me that outside of my family. You can call me Sigi and I don't mind hearing you blabber, you look cute when you do.'

Hermione's jaw dropped when she saw Sigrid sign that and her cheeks turned pink.

'Can you wait for a moment whilst I change into my robes?'

"Sure, of course, I'll wait outside."

Sigrid looked over the clothes held in her hand and without wasting any time, she started to take off her jeans and her black t-shirt. She looked over at the mirror in front of her as she slowly mapped the scars on her body.

She took a deep breath and started to put on her new robes and uniform, but stops when she sees a tie. She wondered how to wear it. She had seen her Aunties and Uncles wearing them and tieing them up for each other, but she could hardly remember how to do it. She'd just have to ask Hermione for her help.

Before leaving the bathroom, she buttoned up her shirt and she put her hair up into a high ponytail and let her bangs hang loose. As she looks over herself, she smiled with satisfaction. She picked up her jeans and t-shirt and she folded it neatly into her bag.

Slowly the door opens, and she can see Hermione peeking around the door as if she was too scared to make eye contact with her, trying to let Sigrid keep as much of her modesty as possible. Sigrid was glad that Hermione hadn't seen her scars yet, she was not ready to let anyone see them.

"Do you need any help, Sigi?"

Hearing those words made Sigrid smile widely, oh, she did indeed need some help. Sigrid walked to Hermione and tapped her on the shoulder and started to sign that she indeed needed some help. She walked back into the room, making sure that she had all her stuff in her bag.

'Yes I do, can you teach me how to tie these properly? I hardly remember on how to tie it.'

"Of course."

Hermione walked into the room and she looked Sigrid over from head to toe. Her eyes turned wide as she looked at Sigrid again. With those long legs of hers, she looked like a bloody model who was wearing a male uniform and she wondered just how tall Sigrid was.

"Bloody hell, you're so tall. I will never able to reach it properly."

Sigrid's body shook with her chuckles and again Hermione's eyes turned wide when Sigrid was suddenly almost the same height as her.

'Is this height okay with you?'

"How did you do that?"

'Magic?' Sigrid replied, while shrugging her shoulder which earned a glare from Hermione, much to her amusement. Hermione wasted no time in showing Sigrid how to properly tie her tie.

"Done, let's go back to our compartment. I'm sure both Harry and Ron are wondering why we've been gone so long."

Sigrid nodded offered her hand to Hermione, which made her look to her in confusion.

'My Grandmother and Aunties will smite me if I let a lass walk away. Well my lady, shall we return back?'

Hermione giggled upon seeing Sigrid sign that. "Well then, Sir, let's return back. We don't want to make the others worried, now do we?"

'True,'

Hermione link her hand with Sigrid's and slowly walked out, with both girls giggling at their poor imitation. As they walked to where Ron and Harry were, there was a blonde boy who looked over the two girls with frown. He wondered why the girl next to the bushy haired girl was wearing a male uniform. Yet at the same time, he must admit that she did look like a model. Even the smell that was coming from the girl was quite soothing. He wondered what year she was in, with how tall she was, it couldn't have been possible for her to be a first-year student.

"Why does it take the girls so long to get ready?" Ron grumbled.

Harry shook his head. "Girls always take longer to get ready," Harry replied.

Before Ron could say anything, the door of their compartment opened and Hermione entered first, followed by their new friend. The jaws on both boys dropped upon seeing her wearing a male uniform, though on her it looked much better. She wore a male uniform like them, but when she wore it, it looked better on her. The boys agreed with Hermione that she looked like a model.

Hearing the trio exclaim that was enough to make Sigrid feel a bit awkward and she started to shuffle around. She rubbed at her neck and nodded to them awkwardly, showing her thanks to the trio. To be truthful, Sigrid was quite awkward when someone complimented her on something, she just didn't know how to react properly.

Seeing the trio's twinkling eyes, she could tell that she would be receiving many a compliment after this, and surely, she would not be able to accept it without being awkward.

"Well then, I'm afraid I have to return to my compartment. I'm sure Neville is out looking for me," Hermione spoke. She looked over to Ron and Harry and then she turned to Sigrid. Sigrid saw the mischief glimmering in Hermione's eyes, which she returned with smile. "My apologies, Sir, perhaps we might be able to see each other at Hogwarts?" The boys startled upon hearing Hermione say this to Sigrid, then looked at each other with a frown of confusion on their faces.

Meanwhile Sigrid smiled and nodded her head .'It is quite alright, my lass. Yes, I would be quite delighted to see you again. We shall see each other at Hogwarts. Until next time, my lass.'

The girls bowed dramatically and started to chuckle before Hermione gave a small wave to the boys and Sigrid and left out the compartment. .

'Bloody hell, I never thought that we would be arriving at night. Lord, my back is hurting. 'We will be arriving soon' my arse, Lord my back.'

The boys chuckled upon seeing Sigrid' signing. But honestly, they also had back aches and none of them had thought it would take so long to get to Hogwarts. The trio walked off the train and Sigrid looked around with astonishment. She heard a male voice greet Harry and Ron called out a surprised, 'woah.'

When Sigrid looked over to Harry and Ron she felt someone come up next to her, since the war in her home town she never let her guard down, especially now that she was entering Hogwarts, an unfamiliar territory. War changed everyone in her home town, including her. She looked out of the corner of her eyes, and there was a big bushy head of hair. She knew who that hair belonged to.

She saw Hermione looking around with interest and she was obviously distracted. She grabbed Hermione's hand, causing her to give a sharp gasp of surprise. Hermione turned quickly to see who it was and she turned just in time to see Sigrid nearly falling on the ground from laughter, only being held up by Hermione's hand.

"Well, I'm glad that I bring entertainment to you, Sir."

'Oh, come on, 'Mione, I'm sorry I startled you.'

"Mione?" Hermione asked as she looked over at Sigrid with her doe like eyes, making Sigrid want to reach out and pinch her cheeks. She thought Hermione looked really cute.

'Well, you call me Sigi, so I thought why not call you 'Mione? I think it's quite fair if you wish to call me that.'

Upon seeing Sigrid sign that to her, Hermione beamed and nodded her head. Again, Sigrid took Hermione's hand and started to walked over to where Harry and Ron were. Hermione didn't take her hand away from Sigrid at all until they stepped into the boat that carried them to the castle. For Sigrid, the castle was way too huge.

'I feel like I'm in the Batman movie.'

Hermione chuckled and spoke to Sigrid so that only the two girls could hear "Batman doesn't live in a castle, Sigi, he lives in mansion and has a cave, not a castle." Hermione chuckleed and Sigrid rolled her eyes

'Well that was the point, 'Mione. I didn't mean it literally.'

"Oh, I got it. I apologize."

'No, it's alright.' Sigrid smiled and held Hermione's hand to help ease her nervousness. She knew that Hermione was nervous when she held her hand tighter. It wasn't hard enough to hurt, but she definitely noticed it.

She wondered how her life would turn out now that she was at Hogwarts. But what she did know was that no matter where she was, she would never let her guard down. She would make sure that she protected her new friends too.

A/N: Thank you again to both of my betas for helping me out