Purifying the Mind

Alice and Frank on the hospital beds had no idea what they were about to experience. Bathed in starlight, they remained trapped deep within nightmares, their gaunt faces faintly twisted.

"Let me see the memories you've collected, Headmaster Dumbledore."

In the dim room, Dumbledore waved his wand, and a shallow stone basin appeared before Amosta, True Magic Script carved around its rim. The silvery substance within, both liquid and gaseous in appearance, nearly overflowed the basin, yet under the effect of mysterious magic, it remained bound inside, slowly swirling.

"You've already sorted them out?"

Amosta looked at the Pensieve illuminating the dark ward, mildly surprised. Working with a wizard of roughly his own level really was easy.

"It looks like there's no problem."

Amosta nodded and looked at Dumbledore's intent face.

"There are two main steps, Headmaster Dumbledore. You already know the first. We need to completely erase the memories tangled with malicious intent and dark magic from the Longbottoms' mental worlds. They must be unrecoverable by any means. This is no longer a superficial clearing of memories like the Forgetfulness Charm—it means entering their mental worlds and wiping everything away."

Amosta spoke solemnly.

"That is why I need your help, Headmaster Dumbledore. I once tried purifying that Muggle's mental world with pure magic, but it was useless. The Cruciatus Curse is one of the 'soul magics.' The malicious intent and magic it contains must be eliminated with power from a higher dimension.

"And wielding the power of the soul's origin isn't something I can do. Unlike you, I haven't crossed that barrier. It was only my research into the Blood Curse that allowed me to find a few tricks for triggering the power of the soul's origin."

Dumbledore said nothing, merely rolled up his sleeves a little higher.

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