Dumbledore's Office

"Love runs deep in your brother, deeper than you could know."

"But right now, he draws it from the wrong people. Voldemort as we both know cares little for the boy, seeing him as a chess master would his pawn."

'But he won accept that anyone else cares about him.' I sigh, still not looking up. 'You know whats stranger? Everryone...From amy, to Death, even Artemis. They all say that something happened to crouch and I recently...We both lost our memories again. Because according to them, we were close...and then we forgot...and ended up like this. I dont understand why...'

OOC Reveal or..?

ooc yes. because i dont want her to leave confused.

Dumbledore half frowned as he turned a sympathetic gaze to her, "It's the truth River..."

She raised her head to stare at him. 'What?'

"This incident happened again, but it was years ago. You found out your lineage once, but both of you feared finding out. It seems this time though, you both chose the path of hatred."

'But why? Why would we forget? why would it change?'

"To make it easier on the both of you. Crouch couldn't process both loving you and having to hate what you were in his masters eyes, no more than you could stand having to hate him for his path but loving him."

"You both consented, but Crouch was reluctant."

'Why Would i do that?' I whisper, my eyes filling with tears. 'If i loved him...why wuld i want to forget? even for that. Hes my brother!'

"Love is a complicated emotion, the polar opposite of hate..."

'No...I had my mind wiped once. when i was young. I wouldnt have let it happen again. I cant...' I shake my head.

"Crouch, for all the dark actions I know him to be capable of, never had a moral conundrum more so than doing that, truly following in his fathers shoes.."

'then why would he let it happen?'

"Because you insisted..."

'No. I wouldnt! i couldnt have...'

"But you did. Neither of you are faultless in this new rift between the two of you, but you can be the one to mend it."

'I cant. Not when he is like this. He wants to kill me.'

"He wants to see the world outside his master's become a grave yard. But if my memory serves, he started to make friends with Mrs. Strayer after she helped save his life."

'SO?'

"An act to help him would do you wonders, it'll at least open him to the possibility."

'How would I help him?'

"That part I'm afraid I have no answer for, but it seems saving his life is what does it."

'Well.  thats never going to heppen then.'

"I wouldn't be so sure, he has been becoming more reckless and the rumors of him being weakened are encouraging."