Chapter 1
Hermione woke up in a cold sweat panting for breath. She was still reeling from her nightmare. Oh, how she wished it was only a nightmare, but no it was a memory. A collection of memories that she would rather forget.
She got out of her bed and with her wand in hand, snuck past the other sleeping girls in the sixth year girls Gryffindor dormitory, into the bathroom.
Hermione decides to go for a bath to relax her tense muscles. She runs the water and climbs in letting the hot water turn her skin a delicate shade of pink. She takes a breath and plunges beneath the water. The memory hits her suddenly...
Hermione was 5 years old but back then she was known as Mia her birth name or Nightshade. She was ordered to punish a 6-year-old girl another assassin in training for showing mercy. 5-year-old Mia Kurskova (Birth Name) did as she was told taking the already beaten girl and tied her to a chair. Mia chose the torture method of waterboarding using a dirty cloth and a jug of water. Pouring jug after jug full of water over her face. Practically drowning her before stopping 45 minutes later.
Hermione bolted upright from the water and climbed out as if it was filled with piranhas. Standing in front of the full-length mirror Hermione raised her wand with a shaky hand and removed her long-held glamour.
Hermione Granger never existed. She was created through makeup and wigs before magic. Then it was glamour charms. Standing before the mirror where "Hermione Granger" once was, was Mia Kurskova Russian pureblood and the deadly assassin Nightshade...!