It took some convincing, but Kreacher was eventually willing to let them have the locket. The three were sitting at the table staring at the locket. "So now what do we do with it?" asked Sirius. "Nothing," said Hermione. He looked at her like she was crazy. "We take it and now you want to do nothing? Are you crazy?" he asked.

"Look Sirius, I want to destroy it just as much as you do, but we need to go about this carefully. One wrong move and Voldemort will win." "Then what do we do Hermione?" asked Severus. Hermione sat there silently thinking how to go about this. "We take them back to Hogwarts. Then when the time is right we destroy them all at once." "Hermione as much as I like the idea there is one problem. You can't go there what if your friends recognize you. What happens then and how would we explain why you look three years older," said Snape.

"Honestly Professor I would think you would have figured that part out already," laughed Hermione. Sirius looked at her and started to howl with laughter. Severus looked at her a moment before he smirked. "Of course, you would think of that. Very well get to work on it." Hermione got up and went to the bathroom. Looking in the mirror she smiled as she pointed her wand at her hair. "Colovaria." Her hair changed from chestnut color to red that could rival the Weasleys. She also needed to change eyes. With one more cast she thought of Harrys' eyes. When she opened them, they were the same shade as his.

Satisfied with her appearance she went to rejoin the two in the kitchen. Sirius was drinking pumpkin juice while Severus just sat there looking annoyed. When she reappeared in the kitchen Sirius spit his juice onto Severus who hadn't noticed, and Severus looked like he had just seen a ghost. "what's wrong?" "Uh, Hermione I don't know if you realize this, but you look exactly like Lily," said Sirius. "Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry! I can go change it," she said. "No, its fine it'll just take some getting used to is all," said Snape.

She went to sit down and rejoin them. "So, what is the plan?" asked Sirius. "So, I will pose as a relation to the Black family and Weasley. I was raised in the U.S. until this year when something called me back home. By staying vague we have a better chance at succeeding." The two of them nodded and agreed that She would stay with Severus for the remainder of the summer. Not only would it be safer they would have a better chance at keeping her away from Hermione of the past.

The next few weeks passed and before Hermione knew it, it was time to return to the school. "So, Hermione what should your name be?" questioned Snape. "I'm not sure Professor maybe you should pick it for me." He sat there thinking before smirking. The smirk scared her because there was also a look in his eyes that she couldn't place. She was his student for many years, but this was a look she had never seen before. "I know how about Rose Lillian Black," he said. "That should work. Is it alright if I read a book from your library?" she asked

He nodded and went to finish packing. Hermione finished packing herself and took to reading a book. This book was on the history of the most ancient and noble house of black.

A/N: you can skip this next part until the italics end. It is just the history of the Black family.

The Black family traces its origin back to the Middle Ages. They claim to have entirely magical ancestry, but as no true pure-blood families existed by the twentieth century without some disgraces they were blacked out. The pure-blood families like the Blacks simply removed Muggles and Squibs from their family trees. The Blacks place an immense importance on blood purity, considering themselves akin to royalty in the wizarding world and disdaining Muggles, Squibs, blood traitors, and Muggle-borns. The family motto, which can be found on the family crest, is Toujours Pur, which means "Always Pure" in French. Many members took this phrase very seriously. Because of their views, many the Black family members practiced the Dark Arts and supported Lord Voldemort during the First Wizarding War. A few Blacks even became Death Eaters, while many others never took the Dark Mark but believed in the "purification" of the wizarding world nevertheless. A few members of the family, however, disagreed with the traditional views of their blood purist ways and were disowned for this. Supportive of Voldemort at first, the family loyalists who did not become Death Eaters got cold feet when they saw the levels he would go to achieve his goals. Their hatred towards muggles is such that some members who are not outright Death Eaters would go to lengths to persecute them, such as Araminta Meliflua trying to pass a Ministry Bill to make Muggle-hunting legal. However, even those who originally supported Voldemort's actions to purge the Muggles got cold feet when they saw what he was willing to do for power.

Snape cleared his throat and Hermione closed her book. "It is time to go. I will be dropping you off at the Platform, but I must warn you be careful who you make friends with. If we are to succeed you need to thing tactically." She nodded and grabbed her trunk as they apparated to the platform.