-Chapter 10: Memories hold the Truth, will it be believed?-

It was a week later when the memory sharing process was ready. It only really took that long so that Ayame would have the chance to become more familiar with how Riven's mind worked, and how to get to the memory quickly. Once they were ready, Riven was waiting in training room 59, which was saved specifically for memory sharing. Ayame arrived a few minutes later, excited about what was going to happen. Riven was sitting and doing a something like a meditation that Sona had shown to her, it was to make telepathic communications easier for both parties. They both waited for about thirty minutes for the Head Summoner and Yasuo to arrive, both entering at the same time. The Head Summoner never allowed any memory sharing without her in presence. Safety issues apparently. When they entered the room Riven was still doing the meditation Sona had taught her, and she didn't open her eyes until she heard the door click shut behind them. She opened her eyes and looked around, the Head Summoner was drawing old magik circles on the ground with the help of Ayame, and Yasuo was standing by the door with his sword by his side, his hand gripping the hilt of his sword tightly, and he was watching the Head Summoner and Ayame setting up the magic circles as well. His gaze turned to her a moment later, and his expression changed from neutral, to untrusting in the blink of an eye. They locked gazes, neither blinking for at least half a minute until the Head Summoner called the attention of the two of them.

"The circle is ready. Yasuo, you will be sitting here." She said as she gestured to a circle across from two more and directly next to her. "Riven, you will sit in the circle directly across from Yasuo, and Ayame will be to your left. You will be facing her." She said a she gestured to Ayame who was already seated. "I will watch and direct from here." She said as she sat in the final fourth circle. Moments later both Riven and Yasuo were seated, while Ayame began chanting in a strange ancient language, and the energy could be felt flowing through the air with each word.

"Riven, close your eyes now, Yasuo keep yours open and watch the spot where the circles meet." The Head Summoner said, directing what they are to do. Both followed the directions, and Ayame continued to chant. A moment later, the room darkened.

"What's going on-" Yasuo started to say and look around before being interrupted.

"Hush. Keep watching the spot on the floor. You'll see the memory there in a moment." The Head Summoner said quietly and pointed to the spot on the floor.

A moment later an image appeared just off the ground and was tilted towards Yasuo and the Head Summoner it was blurred for a moment, but it cleared. It was of people marching, but sped up, from Riven's point of view. It was like watching a movie in fast forwards, but with sounds coming from seemingly nowhere.

Watching and listening, the sounds of battle were heard, slowing down to a regular speed as a gate was seen and crossed. Yasuo knew that gate. It was the one to the temple. After crossing the threshold, the speed increased again, until a figure was seen exiting a temple, and it slowed to normal.

The figure jumped from the temple door, and shouted in ancient Ionian. The figure looked terrifying to the soldiers, and it took Yasuo a moment to realize, it was him. A voice was heard shouting then, then source unknown to those watching.

"Commander, go now! That's the guard! The way should be clear!"

With that, what was being seen changed. It showed a large Green Sword being drawn, and held in the right hand. The temple door opened and the viewer ran up flights of stairs, opening a door at the top and a battle was taking place between the Grand Elder, and a blue green wisp. The growl of words was heard as the Elder was cut down. The wisp turning into a dragon, gusts of wind, and almost being choked to death, only to be a saved by a group of people she didn't even know.

"What is this?" Yasuo said as the memory faded out, and Riven opened her eyes, disoriented and holding her head, the circle broken and disappearing as Ayame stopped chanting.

"Riven..?" Ayame asked as she looked towards Riven with concern when she saw her holding her head in her hands.

"So that was her proof that you were innocent of the murder of him.." The Head Summoner said, slightly in shock of what they had seen. She had expected something, but not that.

"Her proof that I was innocent?" Yasuo said quietly, more to himself than anyone else within the room.

Riven shook her head and removed it from her hands, "Fine," was all she said to Ayame before turning to Yasuo to speak. "Now you know who really killed him, or what they look like at least. You can also prove to the others from Ionia that you are innocent in this." Riven said in a tired voice.

Yasuo understood what she was saying and why, but he was fuming. "If you knew this the entire time, why didn't you-" he started to say before being interrupted by Riven.

"No. I didn't know the entire time. It was only very recently that I was able to...you could say unlock the memories, I blocked the majority of them when I left Noxus. Some things you just want to forget." Riven said in a solemn tone with a slightly depressed expression on her face.

"Do you know who it was?" The Head Summoner asked after a brief silence.

All she got in reply was a shake of Riven's head, but she spoke a moment later. "I went to the temple that this all happened at. I spoke to the current Grand Elder, and I asked if any others were ever known to use elemental wind magik, and she said the only other that was known to do that was the previous Grand Elder's master, the one who taught him. When I pressed for more information, she told me he was an elemental wind dragon. I later asked Shyvana about it. She is half dragon, and she had only ever heard of one Elemental Wind Dragon. She described him. It matched the dragon I saw exactly. I'm pretty sure it was him."

"Did you get a name?" Yasuo asked, now seemingly very interested.

Riven's expression got deadly serious as she answered, but she was looking towards the ground. "She said his name was Ao Shin."

After Riven spoke, Yasuo stood to leave the room with an expression of incredible anger and betrayal. Both Riven and Ayame turned to face him, the Head Summoner had already been watching. He rose and quickly left the room silently with a new kind of determination on his face beneath the other emotions.

"Apparently that means he believed me." Riven said as Yasuo left the room. She then turned to the Head Summoner to speak, "What is the name of the newest champion joining the League? The Dragon in the rumors?"

"...Ao Shin..." The Head Summoner replied with a deadpan expression.

"...dammit." Was all Riven could say.