"Do you still hear the voice?"

"No," Liar.

Madam Pomfrey, satisfied with her answer released Brynn from the hospital way. Their prognosis was that over time her memories would come back and that she was lucky she didn't remember any of the torture. If she was lucky she wouldn't remember any of the torture. Sadly for James though they couldn't reproduce feelings. Memories, yes but feeling were something that you developed and if she did love him-

"She'll fall in love with you again." James wasn't so sure.

Brynn had been back at the castle for two weeks and was just starting classes on her third week back. As she walked to the Slytherin common room with Albus and Scorpius at her side to guide her around as they re-taught her things the voice in her head was preoccupied telling her everyone that was important.

You know her and him. They're important! So's that teacher. He's important too. Wait! Don't remember!

Sometimes Brynn wondered if the voice wasn't what kept her from remembering. She looked around in the common room. It was silver and green and had a snake over the fire place. It wasn't bad. Quite nice actually. The two boys led her to her dorm room and back down and then left her to roam the castle being that it was Saturday.

Brynn wandered out of the common room and over to the library. When she walked in conversations stopped and people stared.

Prats what do we have two heads or something? Brynn tried not to smile but she couldn't help it. She looked around before walking out. She was walking around the main corridor when someone practically ran her over.

"Oh, sorry..Brynn! I'm terribly sorry! I didn't see you!" Brynn looked up to see James Potter. His face was red from the weather outside and he was covered in snow. He held out a hand to help her up. The minute she took it her head started pounding as images started flashing in her head.

STOP IT! STOP IT NOW! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER! Brynn let go of his hand and held her head, cringing in pain at the voice loudly yelling at her along with the images flashing in her mind she was sure she was about to faint.

"Brynn? Are you alright?" James had his hands on her hips to keep her from falling.

"I-I think so," She murmured as she blinked trying to clear her vision.

"What's wrong?"

"I haven't a clue.." she went limp. James caught her. He decided to wait a little bit. If she was out longer than a few minutes he'd take her to the Slytherin common room.

"James!" She yelled.

"Yea?" He put his hand over his eyes to block out the sun. She twirled.

"Come here!" He walked over to her and she took his hand leading him to the pond not far off. She scooped water into her hands and splashed him.

"Hey!" He ducked but was still hit. He splashed back. Suddenly though she slipped.

"Jaaaames!" He grabbed her hands to steady her but soon they both fell into the pond. Soaking wet they started laughing. "You weren't supposed to fall in!"

"I'm sorry! I wanted to go for a swim." She giggled as she stood up and rung out her hair. James stared at her from his place on the ground, in the pond.

"Are you getting up?"

"Help me?" She rolled her eyes with a grin on her face as she held out her hand. He pulled her down onto him.

"Mr. Potter! What ever are you doing?" She was still smiling. Suddenly, he cupped her face in his hands and leaned in.

"What're you two doing?"

"Scorpius!" James sighed and she gasped and started giggling.

"You have terrible timing."

"Do I?"

"Yes," James said as they stood.

"Well I'm sorry about that. I just need to get, er- never mind." He smiled at them and awkwardly walked by.

Brynn opened her eyes. It felt like hours had gone by, but when she opened her eyes she saw James it occurred to her that maybe she'd only been out for a minute.

"You okay?" He helped her stand up right.

"Uh, yea. Thanks for catching me." He nodded curtly.

"No problem. So, what happened?" She glanced at his face imagining the smile on his face that he'd had in her what do you call it? Dream?

"I guess I had a dream." He turned his head in curiosity.

"I saw you and myself hanging out around a pond." He nodded as she shrugged it off so briefly. "James?"

"Yes?" They were walking toward the Great Hall now.

"Why don't you smile like you did in my...dream or whatever it's called?" He stopped and stared at her.

"Do you know what it's like to have your heart broken?" She shook her head. "Well I do. My heart was broken, torn apart, ripped to fucking pieces and now all I can do is sit by and hope for the best. That's why I don't smile."

Brynn didn't quite understand.

"Why...how was your heart broken?" He sighed

"My girlfriend." She'd never seen James with a girl.

"What happened to her?"

"She was kidnapped and when I found her she had basically been tortured to death. When she woke up in the hospital she didn't remember me, she didn't remember any thing. I guess it's not so bad since she doesn't remember being tortured, but now I have to watch her look at me like I'm a stranger." It's us! We're his girlfriend!

"James?" Brynn took in a shallow breath.

"Yes?"

"Am I-was I your girlfriend?" James nodded slowly. "I'm so sorry." She meant it. She didn't know what it felt like to be heart broken or maybe she did she just didn't remember, but she wished she could remember loving him.

James laughed. It was cold and bitter. He looked down at her.

"Sorry doesn't bring Brynn back."

"I am Brynn."

"No, you aren't. You're a corpse. The shell of the person who once remained inside." Brynn was shocked. He hadn't been this cold in her dream, why was he so cold now?

"James Sirius Potter!" She didn't know why she was so angry at him, but she was hurt at the words that had left his mouth. "Your girlfriend is in here somewhere! I will do everything I possibly can to find her! Even if it drives me mad!" James glanced at her.

"Yea, you do that." He stuck his hands in his pockets and walked into the great hall taking a seat at the Gryffindor table.

She felt like crying but ignored the feeling as she entered a moment later walking over to the Slytherin table. They sat with their backs to one another.

"Crucio" the word was followed by pain. An immense, unbearable, indescribable, unimaginable amount of pain that caused her to scream. It seemed that no matter how much she screamed it didn't express how much pain she was in. She squirmed until finally she was dropped onto the table. She was huffing, her body was numb, she knew at any moment she would be done. She inched nearer and nearer into the black depth of her mind. Fighting to keep her eyes open when suddenly she saw a reason to keep them open.

"James," she whispered or so she thought, but although she opened her mouth no sound came out. She stared at the brunette boy hiding in a corner. He had to be a hallucination. She'd gone completely mental. If someone found her it wouldn't be any use because they'd be to late.

"Crucio" The words came uttering from the mans lips again. A loud scream escaped her lips. She wanted to start laughing it would be all over soon. Soon she'd be in a field of lilies. Lilies, Lily, she missed Lily. It would be nice to be able to think of her without screaming while doing so.

"EXPELLIARMUS!" She fell. Coughing, sputtering, she closed her eyes and let the darkness in her mind creep over her. She'd fought it long enough. It was time to go. She was sure James would have understood if he'd have been in her situation. James, who was James? Everything went black.

Brynn woke up breathing heavily. Sweat was dripping from her hair and her sheets were drenched. She climbed out of the four-poster and crawled over to the window. It was terrifying. She felt the pain in her head. She could remember it clearly. Her heart was racing and the thought of sleep was unimaginable. Not with a dream like that on her conscious. Morning wouldn't come soon enough.

As soon as the daylight broke through the sky Brynn was up and dressed. She left the dormitories and common room behind she didn't know where she was going but she needed to get out of the castle. Although it was so big she felt as though she was suffocating. Drowning. She was soon outside in the winter weather breathing in snow flakes. It felt good to breath that in instead of the memory of smoke. She heard the crunch of snow behind her. Pulling out her wand she turned. Albus was standing there.

"I-I'm sorry. I saw you leave so early... I wanted to make sure you were okay." Brynn sighed and nodded.

"I just couldn't sleep last night." Albus gave her a crooked smile.

"Nightmare?" she nodded. "That's what I thought. That's how the bad memories are going to come back. In the dead of night they'll eat you alive." She stared at him. "I've been there." He muttered.

"Oh, well I'm sorry." He smiled at her.

"Want to accompany me to breakfast?"

"Actually, have you seen James?"

"Yes,"

The door to the Room of Requirement was slowly forming on the corridor wall. Finally, it stopped growing and Brynn entered. She looked around the room. It was a cluttered mess with all sorts of things in it but surely enough there sitting on a couch was James.

"James?" It came out as more of a statement. James looked over at her.

"What?" He asked in what seemed to her a fake annoyed tone.

"Were you hiding in a corner when you saved me- I mean Brynn." James nodded slowly, he sat up curious about where this was going. Brynn sighed a plopped down next to him.

"That was bloody awful." He gave her a confused look.

"Do you remember-?"

"I remember being tortured to the point I had thought I died." She told James what she saw and he cringed as she told him about the pain.

"I'm sorry. That- that's terrible." They sat awkwardly.

"No, it's fucking awful." She muttered. He snorted in what she assumed was agreement.

"Do you think that if you hadn't passed out you would have remembered?"

"No, I could hardly remember who you were." He turned trying to hide the hurt look but she saw it. "I'm sorry I didn't mean it- you were the only thing on mine- er, her mind the whole time she was there if that helps." He was shaking and then she heard sniffling. James was crying. Apparently he did a lot of that lately.

"Hey, please don't cry." She put her hand on his arm before hugging him.

"Why can't you remember?" It was barely a whisper but it was still audible enough for her to hear.

"I don't know." They sat there like that with him crying on her shoulder for what seemed like ever before he finally ripped himself away from her very reluctantly though. He had his elbows on his knees and his face in his hands.

You're not allowed to remember. "SHUT UP!" she didn't mean for it to be said out loud but it had been. James looked at her as she put a hand over her mouth.

"You still hear it don't you?"

"Y-yes." She looked ashamed.

"What did it say?" She swallowed and cleared her throat.

"It told me I'm not allowed to remember." James stared at her it was an odd look as if he was thinking.

"That's a down right lie." No it's not! "You can remember all you want. You just have to let yourself the only thing stopping you is you. Break the damn wall already!" Don't you dare listen to him!

Brynn squeezed her eyes shut trying to ignore the voice in her head. In her head she pictured a wall stopping her from remembering. STOP IT! As fast as she could and with as much force as possible she punched it. Over, and over, and over again until she couldn't hear the voice. The only thing preoccupying her was the images flooding into her mind. Millions upon trillions she was overwhelmed.

"C'mon, mum and dad are waiting and don't be nervous my dad is a very understanding man and mum is very nice."

"I'm Scorpius Malfoy it's quite a pleasure to meet you."

"Probably his room again." James replied. They thought for a moment then nodded. "So what do you want to do for your birthday?" He asked the dreaded question.

"Hide. Under a rock. Far away. From everyone."

He walked over to Brynn, spun her around and awkwardly, very awkwardly planted his lips on hers. It only lasted a second because when he pulled back he said:

"Please stay."

"I WILL NOT HAVE ANY PART OF ME IN A SHOWER WITH YOU JUST BECAUSE TEDDY WANTS TO PLAY A STUPID GAME!" Albus and Scorpius snickered when they heard this as she was hitting her fists on James' back. "POTTER! LET ME GO!"

"James Sirius Potter I very much so fancy you. I would never laugh at you if you were to say you wanted to kiss me." Her face was still very close to his, but suddenly it wasn't just close because they had kissed again. It wasn't a simple peck. James, leaning back, pulled her off the floor and wrapped one arm around her waist while the other was tangled in her curls. Suddenly though the door to James' bedroom burst open. The two jumped off of each other and stared at the disturber. A very smug looking Teddy was standing in the doorway.

"Oh, I knew that!" She smiled. Her birthday was finally something to be happy about. She stretched her arms up toward the sky and started spinning.

"What are you doing?" James raised an eyebrow.

"I'm making sure that this is reality."

"MUM!" Before anyone had the chance to stop her Brynn charged out. "EXPELLIARMUS!" The man preforming the curse had been de-wanded. Luna stopped convulsing.

Someone was shaking her. For some reason though she didn't really want to open her eyes. Afraid that she might find Cogswald on the other side.

"Brynn? Are you alright?" To her delight this wasn't Cogswald's voice. She slowly sat up her eyes still shut. "Brynn open your eyes. Nothing scary is out here." She couldn't help but smile.

Brynn slowly opened her chestnut eyes to find the person she had been hoping to see. James was staring at her with a look of great concern. She couldn't contain it the glee that was filling her body it was as if someone has just put a firecracker in her heart. She smiled.

"James," his eyes changed from concern to a cold bitterness. This wasn't James. This wasn't her James. "James Potter what's with the look? I'd have thought that after all we've been through the past few months your lips wouldn't have left mine by now." James looked at her completely shocked.

"You remember?"

"Remember? How the bloody hell could I forget?" He stared at her with this hilarious look on his face. Brynn rolled her eyes. "A bird is gonna poop in your mouth if you keep it open any longer." This caused him to crack a smile. This was Brynn. This was his Brynn. "Now do I have to make the first move or-" She was cut off abruptly by James as he laced his fingers through her hair as their lips collided. Brynn wrapped her arms around his neck. If it were up to the both of them the moment would last forever, but sadly they needed oxygen.

They pulled apart but were still intertwined and before Brynn knew what was going on James was spinning her around.

"JAMES! SET ME DOWN! JUST BECAUSE I'M A FUCKING TWIG-" He brought her to his level and smashed his lips onto hers once again. That shut her up pretty quickly. Brynn pushed on James chest so he'd let her go.

"Sorry.." he muttered with a beat red face. She started laughing, hysterically too.

"Trying to keep me to yourself are we? C'mon I wanna go and hang out with Lily we can continue this again later." James nodded slightly embarrassed as they left the Room of Requirement.

It didn't take long to find Lily. She was in the Great Hall eating breakfast like everyone else when the two walked in holding hands.

"HEY LILY!" James shouted, she turned her head and looked at the two of them. Her eyes fell on their hands and her face brightened. Lily got out of her seat and ran towards them. Brynn let go of James hand and met Lily half-way hugging her just as tightly as Lily hugged her.

"You bloke! I missed you! You-you remember!"

She was so happy it looked as though she might burst. At the Slytherin table Albus was smiling and waving along with Scorpius. Professor Longbottom was beaming from the Professor's table. This was good. Everything was back to the way it was supposed to be.

So, Brynn remembers. Lily and Brynn had a hug fest. Brynn and James had a cute little make-out session and you got to see a bit of what Brynn went through when she was being tortured. But will this happy setting last? fuck no, I'm not THAT nice. Review, Fav, Follow. Shpanks to those who already have and are doing so. Love, Bear.