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Maya yawned as the sun hit her face. Smiling at the sleeping form of her boyfriend next to her, she got up stealthily and started to get dressed.

"I like the view from here" Draco's voice cut through her thoughts. Maya blushed and swatted at him playfully.

"Shut up"

Last night had been a nightmare. It seemed like Harry's apology had struck something in her, and she had relived the whole battle. According to Draco she had thrashed around and screamed and yelled, only calming slightly once he was in bed with her. He had walked all the way from the dungeons to her dormitory, their link helping him get to her. Draco wrapped his arms around her neck as she leaned into his embrace.

"It's a Hogsmeade weekend. Come to Hogsmeade with me?"

Maya smiled. "Sure."

As they headed down to the carriages, Ginny and Blaise joined them, the former just giving Maya a grin.

It was a bright day – the sun shining and only a few clouds could be seen as the four made their way to the Three Broomsticks. There they laughed and teased each other about silly things, talking like four good friends. The whole day had been wonderful so far, as Maya with a daisy in her hair linked her arms through Ginny's and Draco's, the latter refusing and clutching her hand. It was only in the bookshop that it happened.

The sky became black – heavy rainclouds surrounded the sun, and suddenly Maya heard-

"Mosmordrus!" An icon like the dark mark came into view, glittering evilly in the dark sky. The only thing different was the lightning bolt – one that looked exactly like Harry's. Screams erupted as students pushed past each other in their haste to get back to the castle.

"Everybody SHUT UP!" Maya screamed, voice cracking as she placed a sonorous charm on herself.

"Do any of you have house-elves that might come to you?" Several nodded.

"Good, now call them and get them to take at least one other person with you back to Hogwarts. Anyone in Year 5 or above may stay and fight. Use your house elf to bring other students back and be on standby. Go, go, go!"

After a minute, the once-crowded bookstore only contained Maya, Blaise, Ginny, Draco, Harry and a girl called Megan Jones in Hufflepuff. The shop owner, Mr Oswalds came out and drew his wand as well. All seven ran outside into the fray of fighting.

We have to stick together Draco!

As they ran past everyone, blocking spells for students and aiming for the intruders, they past McGonagall and the other teachers brandishing their wands, while Snape walked past, giving them a nod before striking a man who had pointed his wand at the four.

"Go" He urged quietly as the four ran to the centre. When they saw there was horrible. The intruders had outnumbered the number of Hogwarts students willing to fight, and the rest were cowering in the Three Broomsticks where Rosmelda looked ready to fight anyone that tried to harm them. Suddenly, the place erupted in flames, fire dragons and serpents surrounding it. One glance at Draco told her all she needed to know.

This was how Crabbe died… Maya could feel the waves of sorrow and fear sticking Draco to one place as he stared at the flames fearfully.

Draco! Maya screamed, dodging another serpent as it singed her hair slightly.

Only then did Draco act, finally jerked out of his trance as his soulmate narrowly dodged another fire creature. Raising both his hands, he put one hand out and let the dragon flame nudge his hand. Staring into the fiery eyes, he clenched his hands into fists and the dragon disappeared. He kept going as the other three elementals took down the remaining intruders. As Draco tried to extinguish the flames and the house-elves rescued Rosmelda and the other students, he felt his strength dwindle and the serpent he had been trying to calm hissed as his fist clenched. Instead of disappearing, the snake only flickered for a moment before surrounding the inn again, setting it alight once more. Sweat dripped off his brow. Suddenly, he felt a wave of energy flow into his core, clearing his mind and reviving him. He opened his hands again and started his magic again.

As he was getting rid of the fiendfyre, Maya was busy battling an intruder. This one was good, not like the last one who had been killed with a spear two seconds after they began to duel. This one knew a lot of spells, ranging from cutting hexes to the Entrail-expelling curse which she narrowly dodged. She sent a long wave of water streaming from her wand as she used her wandless magic to throw everything she could think of at him, including disarming spells and blasting curses. However, as her jet of water trickled out, she knew she was in trouble. The water had taken a lot out of her, more than usual as the loss of half of her magical energy hit her face on. As she noticed the growing smile on her attacker's face, she knew she was doomed.

Ginny had noticed Maya's once-fluid movements getting slower and more sluggish as the fight carried on. She wanted to help her, and she knew Blaise did too, but they were both battling opponents that were extremely knowledgeable in dark curses and hexes and were not afraid to show them. Ginny had lost count on how many green jets of light she had dodged. Hoping the fates would help Maya, she turned back to her own opponent, sending a reducto back at him.

As she dueled the man opposite her, Maya felt her mind cloud. She tried to dodge a hex the man sent her way, but she was too late, hissing as a cutting curse grazed her wand arm, causing mercury-red blood to drizzle to the ground. Maya's body seemed to get heavier by the second, and her movements labored. Her spells were weak and easy to shield against. As the battle continued, Maya started to get many cuts and bruises from imaginary fists pounding her to cutting curses that grazed her everywhere. Soon she was covered in cuts and bruises of every size, blood seeping from many of them as she stood, swaying on her feet. Suddenly, Maya felt herself fly through the air and land on some rubble. Her skin started to take on the pallor of a corpse. Her stomach felt sick and then one by one she lost control of her limbs until finally her head slumped.

Blaise cringed when he heard Maya fall with a sickening crunch. Calling his earth magic to him, he threw spears at the attacker, curving the earth to make him sink while Ginny directed the air to him before they were all stopped by a protective dome. The figure looked back at them and smirked before advancing on Maya's prone form once more. I've failed them, Blaise thought miserably, his last thought before he was flying through the air and everything went black.

Ginny was scared. No, she was terrified. But not for her. Her opponent had been killed long ago, but she was scared for her best friend or sister. Maya was slowing down, staggering every few steps as blood dripped from multiple wounds. Ginny tried her best to heal them, but her fiery temper and emotional state meant that she had little luck.

Blaise?

Yes?

We have to help Maya. Fast!

Okay. Curve the air and send my spears towards him, okay?

Yes.

"LANCEA!" Ginny had been shocked when the spears had just bounced off a shield, narrowly missing her head as the figure turned towards them and smirked. Running forward, she skipped over rocks and people as she desperately ran towards her sister in all but blood. I need to save her! Ginny screamed in her mind before she was flying through the air and everything went black.

Maya stirred as she woke bleary-eyed to a figure wearing a mask, eyes glinting dangerously as he raised his wand. Maya raised her own wand arm, wincing as pain shot through it and saw the broken bones of her arm. She was barely able to raise a shield when a blasting curse was thrown at her head. However, her shield shattered as soon as the curse hit it. She tried to raise her wand again, but a simple disarming spell sent it skittering away.

"Crucio!" Ah, so it's a girl, Maya thought before the pain struck. Writhing on the ground, she screamed and screamed as her nerves started to burn and her head was about to explode from the white-hot knives cutting into her flesh. Maya had only felt pain like this during the war, when she, Harry and Ron had been captured by snatchers and Bellatrix Lestrange had cast it on her. When the spell was finally lifted, Maya felt her body tremble, causing more pain to her already broken bones and stones to jab at her wounds. The figure cackled before letting out a surprised "Oof!" as she tumbled to the ground, an enraged Draco on her, pointing his wand at her face.

Draco had just finished getting rid of the fiendfyre when he first heard his soulmate's screams. He could feel half her pain through their bond, and it was already sending him to his knees, gasping for air as his head throbbed and pounded. Eventually he had closed the bond, using his senses to find his mate. He had become infuriated with what he saw.

Maya was on the ground, surrounded by a pool of blood as the figure cackled madly. Growling, he pounced on the surprised figure, plucking her wand from her fingertips and punching her nose with his fist, smiling grimly at the sight of blood rushing out of it. Ignoring his blood-stained fingertips, he broke her wand into tiny bits before stepping on it before muttering four Reductor curses for each of her limbs, feeling satisfied as he heard her screams of pain. He had been about to do the deed when-

"Don't" It was weak and soft, but there nonetheless. He whipped around to see Maya, and the figure chose that moment to disapparate. Cursing under his breath, he helped Maya to the Three Broomsticks, where she stopped to rest as he watched her. Her obviously broken nose was caked in dried blood, as was the rest of her body and the blood drizzled down her face onto her sundress, the scarlet liquid dripping down to the ground as she collapsed. Draco carried her, standing next to his best mate and his girlfriend, desperately yelling for help in the empty plaza before collapsing himself, the dull thud echoing around the village.

"Poppy! Poppy!" Madam Pomfrey rarely heard such worry in the stern potion master's voice, but once she saw the condition of the latest victims of the Hogsmeade attack nearly made her sob.

"Ms Weasley and Mr Zabini both have a few cuts and bruises, a depleted magical core and a mild concussion. They should be fine after a day or two of rest. Mr Malfoy and Ms Longbottom both have severely depleted magical cores, while Draco has broken his arm and has many cuts on him. Ms Longbottom is the worst out of the four," Madam Pomfrey choked out, her emotions finally getting the better of her as she struggled to process the bruised and battered body of the brightest witch of her age. Snape put a calming hand on her shoulder, his own eyes betraying the worry he felt.

"Ms Longbottom has a severely depleted magical core, with many broken bones, including her nose. She is suffering from exhaustion and has been put under the cruciatus curse for at least a few minutes. I might be able to make her well enough for Wednesday, as today is Saturday and I need at least one day to make sure everything is alright. She will wake up from her magically induced sleep on Tuesday morning, a day after Mr Malfoy." She paused. "Severus," She began hesitantly, "I know you've gotten closer to Ms Weasley, and Mr Zabini is one of your serpents, so I was wondering if you could…er…"

"You want me to take care of them until they wake tomorrow." Severus stated bluntly, raising an eyebrow when the hospital matron winced and nodded slowly. "I would be happy to."

Madam Pomfrey beamed. "Excellent! Now, all we need to do is tell Mr Longbottom and their grandmother about his sister's state and inform Mr Malfoy's mother too. Mrs Weasley and Mr Weasley should be informed as well, and Mrs Zabini."

"I am assuming you want me to inform six people about their loved one's state?"

"Thank you Severus, you've been a great help." Madam Pomfrey blubbered before levitating Maya onto a bed. Severus sighed.

"I wasn't offering you stupid witch." He muttered darkly, frowning when he heard a weak chuckle.

"It's okay Professor Snape," Blaise said weakly before coughing, "My mother doesn't care about my welfare. As long as I get good marks and-" He was interrupted by a coughing fit as Severus stroked his dark hair.

"No, my child, I will contact her anyways." Severus murmured as he carried Ginny and levitated Blaise behind him.

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