A lost man named Peter (Ebony))

[Cain Rivers]

Peter walked toward the bank of Gringotts, his puppy in the crook of his left arm and his right arm completely covered by his coat, he had to tell the manager of Great Britain's Gringott's that he needn't worry about the Irish branch anymore that the main branch had sent him out to take over. He sighed as he looked down at the Great Perinese puppy he had purchased a few hours before, it was a female and he had immediately decided to call in Ebony because somehow that name meant something to him. The leash and collar were attached to the puppy but he continued to carry it until he reached the bank. Walking inside he was glad that it was not very busy. Setting the dog down he said, "Come along Ebony." in a voice the echoed in the almost empty room.

[Ebony Holly-Wood]

Ebony wandered into Gringott's to sort some business out. There was a thick stack of paperwork in her arms. It seemed to be accumalting at an alarming rate these days. Not that she cared. The work was good for her.As he heels clicked into the empty room she heard someone talk to her. "Excuse me?" she aked looking over the paper work. She almost dropped it on seeing the man. Her blue eyes widening.

[Cain Rivers]

Peter glanced over at the woman who had spoken but just looked down at the dog and started to walk towards the Elevator that would take him to the office of the branch manager. He glanced back at the woman a few times trying to place her she looked familiar, almost as if he had seen her in a dream. "Come on Ebony." he said to the puppy as it sat on the floor not moving. Probably doesn't know it's name yet he thought to himself as he walked over and stroked it with his shriveled right arm.

[Ebony Holly-Wood]

Ebony couldn't help but to and stare. It couldn't be. Six years and he was standing there. "Cain?" she whispered. Her eyes flickered momentairly to the puppy he addressed as Ebony. Her eyes soon shot back up to him. Ebony moved towards him slowly.

[Cain Rivers]

Cain looked up at the woman as she moved towards him, Great, another one who looks familiar and thinks that I am someone else. he thought to himself as he stood back up picking the dog up in his arm. "May I help you?" he asked her as she drew closer. His mind kept flickering back and forth through what he called dream mode and reality. one minute he was standing in a tux at an alter and the next he was looking at the woman.

[Ebony Holly-Wood]

Ebony put the papers on a nearby desk. "Cain." she said a little louder. It had to be him. Ebony made her way right up infront of him. Her arm extended out and her hand gently cupped his right cheek. "My Cain." she whispered. The icy look in her eyes seemed to fade.

[Cain Rivers]

Peters mind flashed with a thousand images all at once, he forced himself to block it out. "I am not Cain" he said in a strained voice as he clamped his eyes shut tighter, but the images just kept coming, Him at an alter with her coming down the aisle towards him, jumping to a night with both of them in bed, to sitting in front of the fireplace both soaking wet in a shack. He opened his eyes to see her still standing there. the visions stopped flowing and he looked down at her, "Why are you so familiar to me" he said quietly.

[Ebony Holly-Wood]

Her other hand reached up and cupped his other cheek. Ebony wanted him so badly to snap out of this. Why could he not remember? "Cain. I'm Ebony. Your wife. You remember me." Ebony looked into his eyes. This was her Cain. No one could look so alike. It just had to be. This was no dream or fantasy.

[Cain Rivers]

Peter/Cain looked down at her, "My wife." he said as he looked at her, again the altar image flashed through his mind. I am Peter....Peter. I have been a banker for Six years. he told himself but the seed of doubt had been planted, I am Cain Another voice awoke inside his mind, I have lived for 27 years and have married the most beautiful woman in the world, She is might light and my love the voice said. Peter/Cains eyes flickered uncertainly at the woman who had cupped his face with her hands.

[Ebony Holly-Wood]

"Cain please." Ebony pleaded quietly. "tell me you remember everything." What was going on? She shut herself up for 6 years because of his death. But here he was infront of her and blank. "Remember everything. You're Cain Rivers not Peter whatever. You have B your sister. And Pip. You must remember Pip."

[Cain Rivers]

He looked at her, "I don't remember" he said as he looked at her, "I have been a banker for the last six years but before that I don't remember anything." he said to her. the name pip did ring the proverbial bell though, "Pip, a hyper little house elf that was so eager to please." he said to her as he closed his eyes seeing the elf bounce around the house hold eager to do his chores and help them with whatever they needed. That tore the shroud that covered the memories from him a torrent of them came flooding back to him, the wedding, the nights they had spent together, the times that they had hidden from pip, the night they had met and the night he had proposed, he opened his eyes and looked down at her "Ebony" he said as he wrapped his right arm around and pulled her against him, kissing her deeply as he remembered Everything.

[Ebony Holly-Wood]

Ebony looked broken all over again as he said he couldn't remember. "The years we went travelling. The Auror course. You have to Cain." Ebony cried. It was like losing him all over again. Ebony looked away but looked back up slowly. "Yes." she told him. "Pip. The house elf. our house elf, completely off his hea, but loves you just as much as I did...as I do." Ebony stood there in ilence looking at him. When his lips descended upon her she knew it was Cain. For the first time in 6 years her hair cascaded as pink. Her eyes once again warm and brown. As she pulled away Ebony's eyes filled with tears. "Cain." she managed. "Six years. I thought...you..I saw it though...how?"

[Cain Rivers]

Cain looked down at her, "I don't know." he said, "All I know is I fell asleep and woke up a different person with no memory of who or what I was." he said to her as he looked down at her, "I have been so many places and I have no memory of why I was sent there in the first place only that I was supposed to gather some Artifacts and return them here when I was done." he said to her, as he looked around him, "I do remember going through all the training to come and take over the Irish branch though." he said to her, "What happened Ebony, Do you know who did this to me?" he asked.

[Ebony Holly-Wood]

Ebony stood there trying to absorb all this. She turned and walked saway from him. What the hell had gone on? Why the hell was all this suddenly cropping up.? "No we never found out who supposedly killed you. I know as much as B was hunting. But I...well I haven't spoken to her since your death. I cut off contact with everyone." she explained. "cain. This isn't good. Whoever wanted you to forget probably didn't want you to remember."

[Cain Rivers]

Cain looked at her, "I know, but it is all hazy as though someone pulled the memory out of me as though to put it in a pensive" he said to her as he looked at her, "The only face that I can pull up looks almost Rat like in appearance." he said to her as he closed his eyes trying to remember, "I can't even remember what the Items were that I was trying to retrieve." he said "But why would they choose me" he said to her at the last part. "Where is Birgitte do you know?" he asked her, "I need to tell her that I am alright." he said. "No, I shouldn't, she would probably just pass it off as a joke unless I tell her in person."