She didn't want to remember. Well, that sign was as clear as day. Despite the fact that Aurora KNEW this girl wasn't real - she was some sort of trick, or just a random girl who was never in any actual danger - it still hurt her heart when it started to dawn on her what exactly she had to do. Great. She KNEW it would have to come down to this. She should have seen it coming. She was positive that this was the right move...but she wasn't sure if the challenge would just end, or if she would be charged with taking the girl out of the forest after this and getting her to safety.

There was only one way to find out.

"Don't worry, you won't have to remember any of this. I promise," she told her. She gave her hand a quick squeeze again before dropping it. Aurora paused and took a deep breath. She could do this. She could DO this. She bit her lip and focused her energy on the task at hand. She had to erase her memory of the dementor...and of course, of her. That kind of sucked. She had been so excited thinking she was actually a princess...

Her brain quickly thought up an explanation to feed her as soon as it was over. The girl would forget why she was here, and who she was. She'd have to get her to trust her all over again. Aurora formed the backstory that she would feed her as soon as she was certain the spell had worked. She'd tell her that she had stumbled upon her - she must have gotten lost from her mother - and she had been sent to find her and bring her to her. She knew her name, so she'd be able to use that to gain her trust again. Yes, that would work. Plan at the ready, now it was time to do what she had been dreading - erasing her memory.

She pointed at the girl with her wand, focusing all her efforts on erasing the memory of the past hour. She had to go that far back, to be sure she got all thoughts of the dementor out of her brain. "Obliviate," she said, strongly and clearly, wand pointed between her eyes. Poor girl, that must be a terrifying sight, but it would all be over in a minute...she hoped...