Chapter 4
A hand waved in front of Sigrid's face, making her blink vigorously. She looked over at her new friends; clearly, they were worried about her too. 'Sorry' Sigrid looked around the table to her new friend, 'So I'm a Gryffindor then. So what's next? 'Cuz if they ask us to do something, they will have to wait, my stomach can't and I haven't eaten since this morning. '
"Why didn't you say so? I could have shared my food with you. Now I feel like an arse for not giving you any." Ron looked at Sigrid curiously but he still felt ashamed for not offering her anything.
"True Sigrid, we would have shared our food with you." Even Harry looked a little bit ashamed for not offering her anything to eat. If he was still at his mama house, he was sure that Mr and Mrs Liam would have smacked him on the head for being so inconsiderate. Mr and Mrs Liam have become his parents, instead of his biological aunts family. He was quite grateful for having Mr and Mrs Liam in his life.
Sigrid cringed upon remembering how Harry and Ron devoured the sweet stuff. Lord, she might like sweets but not to that extent. Hermione saw Sigrid cringe and understood. "I'm sure she is not as interested in sweet things as you guys are."
"Impossible, everyone loves sweet things."
Right after Ron said this, Sigrid held her hand high which only Hermione, Ron and Harry saw and knew what it meant. 'Well, I do tend to avoid sweet things. Especially the ones that the two of you devour like you have been raised in a piggy barn'
"Hey, that's rude and how can you hate them?"
'What? I'm telling the truth, I don't hate it, but I also don't love them. I prefer something less sweet like a dark cocoa. Perhaps eighty-nine per cent of cocoa'
"It's the same. You hate it." Ron argued which made Sigrid roll her eyes. 'As I told you, I don't hate it. I just don't love it. There is a difference between hate and dislike. Hermione, do you want to explain to this pinhead the difference between HATE and DISLIKE?'
"Gladly!" Hermione looked at Ron with her head held high and started to explain the difference between dislike and hate, much to his dismay, while both Harry and Sigrid start to chuckle upon seeing and hearing Ron's discomfort.
Sigrid was about to sign something but was interrupted by the twin redheads. "Hi, my name is Fred and next to me is George. We are Ron's brothers." Sigrid looked at the two brother's and nodded her head in acknowledgement but then start to sign. 'No, you're not Fred, you're George and next to you is Fred.'
The Weasley brother's frown at each other but its Harry who is the one who explains what was going on. "She said that you're actually George and next to you is Fred." The twin grin but then looks at Sigrid in wonder. This time it is George who the one is asking. "How did you know that I am George and he is Fred?"
Sigrid looked at the twins again with her head tilted to the side in wonderment, 'I have twin uncles and my father is one of the triplets. I think I can clearly know which one is who, after all, I have a lifetime of practice with them, and I can clearly see something that no one else can see.'
Before the Weasley twins could say something, she was glad that Ron was the one who explained it to his twin brothers. "She has twins uncle and her father is one of triplet's, that's why she can tell who is who, and she also said that she is able to see something that no one can." The twins frown, both raise a single eyebrow in question at Ron. "What? Don't ask me, I just translate it. I don't know what it means."
Both Hermione and Harry look at Ron incredulous, while Sigrid rolls her eyes. "Why do you use sign language?" Sigrid looked over to where the twins are and tilted her head.
"Well, if you're a witch how do you say the words?"
"You can't just wield the wand just like that, right Freddie?"
"True. You need to say the words as well, right Georgie?"
Ron, Harry and Hermione looked at the twins in horror. How could they be so mean? Upon seeing Sigrid's emotionless face, the trio started to cringe and not only that, the trio started to feel some type of aura that they couldn't describe. It was scary but they could tell that the aura was not aimed at them.
Meanwhile, on the professor's table, both the potions master and the headmaster heard clearly what the Weasley twins said to the young Z'ev. The potions master wished that he could do something that would make the twins regret what they had said to his witch's niece, how dare they speak to the young Z'ev like that. Both he and his witch have been researching how to bring the young Z'ev's voice back, but they always hit dead ends.
Dumbledore looked at his sister-in-law's grand-daughter with sadness. She should not be treated like that, it's not her choice to be how she is. Upon seeing her aura and magic shift, he knew he didn't need to interfere, he also knew that if his wife was not in a coma, she would have already been on her way to the Gryffindor table to smack the twins on their heads.
Not only that, he knew that his adopted sons and his daughter will make the Weasley twins life miserable. Not only them, even the Marauders will turn the Weasley's life upside-down. Before he can say anything, both Dumbledore and Snape flinched when they saw what she signed to the twins.
Sigrid took a deep breath and gave a long sigh. 'Dear Freyja, please allow me to borrow some of the patients that you have obtained.' The trio looked at each other with a frown, wondering what she meant by that but before they can say anything, Sigrid started to sign again.
'So let me get this straight. Just because I'm unable to say a single bloody word, then that means I'm unfit to be a witch? I deemed not worthy to be a witch, is that it? Well, I guess your tiny little bird brains can only handle knowledge about pranking and nothing else. Here is a newsflash for you; whether I can speak or not, it is not for you to decide if I am or if I'm not, worthy of being a witch. If magic shows that I am fit to be one, then I will. Just because I'm unable to speak that doesn't mean I'm not fit to be a witch. There are so many things that you don't know about me or of the wizarding world as I do. I suggest, before you speak of things you don't understand, try to remember what world you live in and try to remember that the wizarding world is full of wonders. There are so many things that you don't know. Do not assume that everyone is as ignorant as you are. '
Both Fred and George blink vigorously, not understanding what she had signed to them. When the trio saw what she had said, their eyes widened. The words had cut them deeply, especially Hermione. Without wasting anytime, Hermione explained to the twins what was said, it made her feel better to see how ashamed the twins were for what they said.
At the professor's table, both Snape and Dumbledore looked at the young Z'ev with pride. Proud that she was able to defend herself and not show just how deeply hurt she was by what the Weasley twins had said to her.
The young Z'ev could be blunt when she wanted to be and she could cut people deeply with just her words. Seeing how the Weasley twins looked, the two professors could clearly see just how badly the young Z'ev's words had cut them.
"We're so sorry, we didn't mean too.." Before Fred and George were able to finish what they wanted to say, Dumbledore informed everyone that the feast was to begin, which Sigrid was thankful for.
Well, she guessed she should probably meet with grand-Dumbledore, thanking him for his perfect timing on starting the feast. She also felt she needed a scolding because of her words.
Lord, she might be related to Dumbledore but she was totally not Dumbledore-proof.
Right after the food appeared on the table, she looked at all the food with longing, Lorde, she so hungry, but she was too nervous to eat. She should listen to what her family said, but she was too nervous about her new environment.
Without wasting her time, she grabbed whatever she could get her hands on that looked good. But before she even took a bite, she heard Harry ask Percy who the teacher was, that was talking to Professor Quirrell. She knew who Harry was asking about and pointing too, and before Percy can answer, Sigrid signed to Harry.
'That's Professor Snape.' Both Percy and Harry looked at Sigrid. "I'm sorry, but I am not sure what you just sign," Percy said to Sigrid. When Sigrid turned to Harry with her head tilted, Harry explained to Percy that Sigrid was telling him the name of the professor.
"How do you know about him, Sigrid?"
'He is known as Potion Master, and my father has been studying here. Of course, I know about it and not only that, but he has been helping me out too.' Both Hermione and Ron stopped eating when they saw that Sigrid sign that the potion master had been helping her out.
"Helping you with what?" Hermione asked and slowly put down the silverware. Sigrid was watching Hermione use the silverware since she had started to eat, and to be honest she thought that Hermione would suit one of her adopted uncles.
Sigrid saw how the trio looked at her, even Percy was wondering what she was 'saying' to the trio and she glad that the trio understood without her having to explain it all. "Did it work?" Ron leaned in to ask, she was thankful that only the four of them were able to hear.
Both Hermione and Harry saw Sigrid eyes turn sad but only for a moment, which made them wondered if the flicker that they saw just a light or if she truly was sad.
Sigrid gave a small shake of her head, showing that it was still not proving fruitful and before the trio was able to ask any more questions, Sigrid started to eat the food off her plate again, showing that she was done 'talking' about it for the moment. She was thankful that the trio took the hint and stopped asking questions.
As she quietly ate her food, she saw Ron about to take another chicken leg when suddenly, a few spirits sprang out from the table and other spirits enter the room. This made Sigrid and a few others stop midway while eating their food.
Hermione saw that Sigrid had stopped midway, with her mouth still open and with food still in there. Slowly Hermione leaned over and pushed Sigrid's chin up, closing her mouth, causing Sigrid to startle and look over at Hermione with wide eyes.
"Thank you," Hermione said with a smile and mischievous twinkle in her eye, Sigrid frowned at her while nodding her head in reply.
"Hello, Sir Nicholas. Have a nice summer?" Both Hermione and Sigrid look over at Percy when they heard him greet the spirit that had just sprung out from the table.
Sigrid frowned when this Sir Nicholas replied that his request to join the Headless Hunt had been denied, again. Not only that but when Ron called him Nearly Headless Nick, it made Sigrid start to turn around to look at this Sir Nicholas. Sigrid could clearly hear her neck cracking, which she ignored, and then the scar on her neck start to burn like lava had been poured on her flesh and bones. Again, she ignored the pain.
"Nearly headless. How can you be nearly headless?" Sigrid groaned internally when she heard what Hermione had said. Lorde, yes Hermione can be cute, but right now, she was sure that Hermione would not like what Sir Nicholas was about to do.
Right after Hermione asked, Sir Nicholas grabbed the top of his hair and started to pull, but his head didn't come off, still attached by a bit of skin at the side. Seeing this caused Ron to scream, Hermione closes her eyes to avoid seeing any more and Harry cringe. Sigrid looked over with little interest, yet internally rolled her eyes and ignored Sir Nicholas before finishing her dinner.
After dinner, all the new first years that had just been sorted were told to follow their house prefects to their house dormitories. On their way to the dormitories, the prefects showed the new students the moving staircases and the portraits before stopping outside the Fat Lady.
Upon hearing the Fat Lady ask for a password, made her think of her study, where she needed to remember only a few points, and then everything became somewhat clear to her and she understood what she needed to do. When she heard the password, she thought to herself, 'What in the name of Odin's' beard is a password like 'Caput Draconis' for the Gryffindor common room?'
She knew the meaning of it, head of a dragon, but she never thought that someone would use it as a password. Her brain starts to run a thousand miles per hour. She started to wonder if someone interested in a constellation and lunar to have used 'Caput Draconis' as the password or maybe they thought it sounded catchy or is it because of the meaning behind it or because it's quite unique or something?
Seeing that her prefect is Percy Weasley, the serious looking Weasley, she stopped her train of thought. If the prefect is Percy then it is not impossible that he would think of something unique and quite educational, typical Percy.
When the first years gathered around the common room, Percy informed them that the boy's dormitory was on the left upstairs while the girls were on the right. Thank Odin's beard, it's not that hard and thankfully their belongings already been brought up too.
It would have been bloody hell if she had to go back to the train to get her belonging, Odin and Merlin have mercy on her soul if that had happened.
