Chapter 6
"Love, did you just say that today is the anniversary of Dumbledore and mama?" Severus looked at his witch with wide eyes. He didn't know that today was Dumbledore and Professor Laran's wedding anniversary.
"Ja, my love." Dagny looked over Severus with a calculating look, before starting to smile upon hearing him refer to her comatose aunt as a mama. It was quite a shock when half of Slytherin started calling her mama; this happened whenever a Slytherin was around her aunt. Not only that, even with combination class'. Some of the Slytherin's would call her mama, which obviously her aunt didn't mind been called at all.
Not only that, her aunt even took four boy's in as her adopted son's. Two of them still were with their families but from what she heard, the boy's families were not exactly family of the year. Her aunt took another boy as her adopted son and this time it was a werewolf. Right after she took the five boys into the family, she received the news that she was pregnant.
At first, the boys were afraid that one day her aunt would abandon them, just like their families abandoned them, but of course, her aunt would never abandon them like that. Her aunt loves the boys like they were her own. Even the children in Slytherin at Hogwarts, she thought of like they are her own children. In fact, she had always called them her own children.
"You still called her mama, even after all this time. The Slytherin's really do love her like she is their mother."
"Of course I do, she is the kind of mother that I always wished to have and it's the same for most the Slytherin's. Not all the pureblood's are able to have what she had given had them, Dagny." Severus muttered, standing while still holding his witches hand.
Dagny looked up curiously but stood up nonetheless. "Perhaps we should return to my rooms. I have been missing you for quite some time." Severus replied cheekily which made Dagny chuckle as she nodded her head. "Then we should return to your room fast. We don't want to be caught by Minerva now, do we?"
Sigrid sat down on the couches in front of the Gryffindor common rooms fireplace, taking out a picture of her family. The people in the picture started to move and look at her intensely. The only way she could communicate with her family, other than the Floo network or by owl, is through the pictures.
Which only the Z'evs were able to do. Without wasting time, Sigrid started to sign everything that she knew to the picture, knowing that her whole family would know what was 'said', well, all but her Aunt Dagny, as she could feel her aunts aura in the castle.
Aunt Dagny must have come to remind grand-Dumbledore about his own wedding anniversary. Grand-Dumbledore tended to forget his own special moments, but when it comes to the Hogwarts special moments and events, he never forgets, not even one.
"Are you sure that Malfoy is there, little one?" Her uncle Ake looked at her intensely, as if he was trying to calculate something.
'Yes uncle Ake, he is there. Well, his son is.'
"And he is being quite rude to the youngest Weasley boy." This time it was her uncle Einar trying to ask a question, only to be interrupted by her uncle Randolph. "But, who is starting it all?"
"I'm sure it's Weasley."
"Well, aren't you friendly with them, Egil?" her uncle Uffe winked at her uncle Egil which earned him a scowl.
"What are you trying to imply Uffe? I'm not being friendly, I'm just being reasonable. The Malfoy boy wouldn't give that kind of retort if someone hadn't been rude to him first. For example, I guess the boy snorted at the Malfoy boy. Correct me if I'm wrong, Flamme"
Sigrid blinked her eyes vigorously, she never expected her uncle Egil would hit a bullseye on the first go. Slowly, she nodded her head and signed that her uncle Egil was a hundred per cent right.
"Sigi, did you just say that the boy gave you a look?" her aunt Helga asked. Sigrid knew why her aunt Helga asked that question; she enjoyed listening to the Z'ev males yelling about how Sigrid was too young to date.
"I guess you should return to your room, Flamme. Tomorrow is your first day of class. You need to head to bed, honey." Viggo said while glared at his sister. No way would he let his daughter be with that Malfoy boy.
"Come on Viggo, I'm sure the boy just has a crush. Look at our Sigi, isn't she the cutest. I'm sure most the boys will have a crush at her at some point." Helga tried to look innocent, but on the inside, she is laughing hysterically at the look of irritation on her brothers face, while thinking about his daughter with a boy. Ever the protective father.
"By the way, do any of you know where Dagny is? She hasn't returned from seeing Uncle Dumbledore." Again Helga asked her brothers and this time it was Randolph who replied with his cheeky smirk on his face. "Oh, I'm sure she with Severus. Lucky bastard."
"Randolph, we didn't know that you were into incest. Mate, you need to check your brain." The two of his triplet siblings replied, but before anyone else could say anything, Randolph replied while rolling his eyes "Dude, I didn't mean it like that. I mean come on, I do love our siblings and I do respect our siblings and all. But let's be honest, I'm proud of us and Severus is one lucky bastard for having one of our sisters as his own. I mean, come on, Dagny is quite a good potion mistress and hell one of a famous doctor in the muggle world. He is one lucky bastard. But don't get me wrong, just because he is one lucky bastard, that doesn't mean he won't get hexed or anything by us. Especially if he hurts her."
The male Z'ev's started to grin wolfishly upon hearing what Randolph said, while Helga rolled her eyes and mutter 'boys'. "Well, I guess I can accept what Randolph said and let it be. But honestly, it is our duty as the male Z'ev's, to make sure that the man you choose is suitable for you and will be able to make you happy. That's what brothers and uncles do." Ake said, winking at his niece, making Sigrid giggle.
Slowly she opened the door to her dormitory, trying not to wake Hermione up. Again, she looked at her watch, thankful it's not electronic, instead of using a battery. Both her aunts and uncles told her that technology will not able to be used in the wizarding world.
She was thankful that her dorm-mates were already asleep, including Hermione. Thank Odin and Merlin, or she was sure that her new friend would keep on asking where she had been, and Sigrid didn't want anyone to know that she was related to grand-Dumbledore.
As soon as the door was closed, she ran to the bathroom before she went to bed. She opened the bathroom door and jumped when she saw Hermione standing there with her arms crossed. Dear Freyja, she wasn't ready to enter Hell yet.
"Where have you been?" Hermione whispered, making sure not to wake their other dorm mates. "I woke up and went to the bathroom, when I noticed the time and that you weren't in bed, I was worried. Where have you been?"
Oh dear Odin and Merlin, could this bushy haired girl be any cuter? It was a weird feeling, knowing that someone outside of her family was worried and cared about her. Hermione was still waiting for Sigrid to answer, but seeing Sigrid's wide eyes, she realised that she was still in shock at seeing Hermione standing right outside the bathroom door.
"Sigrid?" Hermione waved her hand in front of her friend's face, trying to brake Sigrid out of her shock. 'Yes?' Sigrid blinked vigorously and looked at Hermione with a frown. "Where have you been?"
'Ah, in the common room. Still not used to the new environment. I needed sometime to process what happened today. I was trying to control my up and down emotions.'
Upon seeing what her new friend had signed, Hermione relaxed. Guess she could not fault her new friend for that. After all, Sigrid had already told her that she wasn't used to or all the comfort in the new environment. She also knows that Sigrid wasn't all that impressed with what the Weasley twins had said to her earlier.
"Guess you can't be faulted for that. But tomorrow is our first-day class, don't want to be late on the first day."
Hearing that tomorrow is the first day of classes, was enough to make Sigrid perk up. Seeing Sigrid perk up like that, reminded Hermione of a dog getting excited over something.
'What is our first class tomorrow?' Sigrid looked at Hermione with her head tilted. As she had been in Grand-Dumbledore office, she hadn't had a chance to read her timetable.
"It's transfiguration class is first in the morning." Hermione looked at Sigrid when she rubbed her face. "What's wrong?" Hermione frowned, this is the second time that Sigrid showed her discomfort. 'I hate mornings. I'm not a morning person.' Hermione put her hand over her mouth, trying to stifle her laughter.
"Do you want me to wake you up in the morning?"
'No you don't have too. But if I'm still asleep when you ready to head to breakfast, you can wake me up. Don't worry, I'm easy to wake up.' Sigrid reassured Hermione when she saw her eyes start to twinkle. She might hate mornings, but her body had already become an automatic alarm for her to wake up at the same time every single morning. And once she was awake in the morning, she couldn't fall asleep again until night time. All because of that woman.
Hermione lit up hearing that, moving aside as Sigrid headed to bed and Hermione headed to the loo, before going back to sleep herself.
"Where are you going, sweetheart?" a sing-song voice can be heard. Sigrid knew this voice meant danger, so she kept running.
"You can run but you can't hide. Do you hate me, darling?" Sigrid didn't reply, no matter what, Sigrid wouldn't reply. She stopped running and hid behind a wall. Slowly, carefully, she tried to peek around the corner, but there was a face right there.
Before she is able to react, a hand grabbed her neck, strangling her. "I found you." The woman said, giggling like a maniac with a wide grin on her face. Sigrid could tell that something dreadful was about to happen.
Sigrid tried to loosen the woman's hand on her neck, but it was no use. Sigrid's eyes widened when she saw what was in the women's other hand. A muggle power tool, a cordless drill.
"Ah, you've seen it. Do you know that the muggle uses this to make their life a little bit easier in their chores? Especially in repairing, making furniture and so much more." The woman starts to push the speed switch, causing the drill to make a horrible whirring sound.
While the women were playing with the speed trigger, she looked over at Sigrid, "I wonder if I could fix you using this? Muggles use it to fix their broken items, I wonder if I could use it to fix you." The women pushed the speed trigger again, pushing the drill bit into Sigrid's shoulder. Sigrid started to scream, making the women laugh at the pain she was causing.
Sigrid woke up with sweat all over her brow, taking a deep breath she looked at her watch. It was still early, and she was grateful that no one else was awake yet. She couldn't bear the thought of anyone knowing about her nightmares. As it was early, she figured that she would have a shower before anyone else got up, and get ready in her uniform for the day.
Less than twenty minutes later, she was finished getting ready for the day, and her book bag was ready to go. She looked at her watch, seeing that there was about another hour before everyone would be awake, she laid back down on her bed, thinking about what might happen throughout her first day of classes. Before she knew it, she was asleep again.
"Sigi, wake up," Hermione said while shaking Sigrid's shoulder. To be honest, Hermione was startled when she woke up to see that Sigrid was asleep in her uniform and robe.
Slowly Sigrid's eyes open up, she rolled to her left, and before Hermione could say anything, Sigrid ended up on the floor. By Odin's beard, it hurts to fall down from a bed, but the pain makes Sigrid wake up quickly.
Without wasting her time, Sigrid picked up her bag and walked out of the dorm room door, making Hermione walk after her in amusement that Sigrid was trying to ignore.
Sigrid leaned into Hermione's side, while Hermione was finishing her breakfast. Sigrid had already finished her breakfast much faster than Hermione, yet Hermione was still looking at her new friend with great amusement on her face. 'What is it?' Sigrid's patience was growing thin when Hermione wouldn't say anything about why she was holding her laughter in.
"Your hair"
'My hair?' Hermione nodded and handed Sigrid a mirror. Upon seeing her reflection in the mirror, even Sigrid started to laugh at herself.
"It seems your hair is much more ridicules than mine in the mornings."
'That seems to be true'
Sigrid handed the mirror back to Hermione, before trying to tame her hair and make it more presentable, by tying it into a ponytail, just like how she had it when she entered Hogwarts yesterday.
"Where are Harry and Ron? We have to head to class in a few minutes." Hermione looked across the Gryffindor table, but there was no Harry and Ron.
'Have no clue, but perhaps they are just not breakfast people.'
Hermione nodded her head as to agree with Sigrid. After all, there are some people out there that don't eat breakfast. Once Hermione had finished breakfast, they both headed straight to their first classes of the day.
Hermione and Sigrid looked over to the woman, who was known as Professor Minerva McGonagall, who would be teaching them all they needed to know about the subject of Transfiguration.
She is thankful that there was a seat for her next to Hermione. Once she was settled, she looked around the classroom and noticed the Malfoy boy sitting at the table in the back corner.
The Malfoy boy had been looking at her from the time they enter the class until now. While they were sitting eating breakfast, Sigrid could feel that someone had been watching her, but she resisted looking around the great hall. She had a feeling that it might have been Malfoy, but she wasn't sure.
One thought wouldn't leave her alone though; why, by Odin's beard and Merlin's marble, did he keep looking at her? Did she have something on her face, clothes, or her hair? The boy tried to smile and wave at her, but Sigrid ignored it and turned back toward the professor, starting to take notes.
She didn't see the frown on the boy's face and she didn't want to know why the boy frowned at her, so she just kept taking notes. As she was writing her notes, she watched her Professor turn into her Animagus form, a cat.
Before she could start her notes again, the door to the Transfiguration class opened with a loud bang. There were the boys that her and Hermione been talking about at breakfast. She tried to ignore what the Professor was saying to both the boys while she was making sure she hadn't missed any of her notes.
"Next time, do not be late Mr Potter and Mr Weasley."
"Yes, ma'am." Both boys replied with their heads down, as they went to the only empty table that was left.
A/N: Thank you and please do enjoy. Thank you again to my beta FrostFire94
