(Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter, blah blah blah! On with the show!

Author's note: Sorry it took so long folks! Damn school has been very demanding. This chapter, just warning you, will probably be short. I'm sorry. T_T)

Chapter Eight: Snap, Crackle, and Gone?

Maya curled up on the cold stone floor of the main hall. She looked at her limp arm lying beside her on the ground. Tears welled up in her eyes. Her arm really, really hurt.

All eyes turned to the main hall, where they had heard a scream erupt from. All the teachers got up and ran out into the hall. Minerva gasped, and kneeled beside her daughter. "What happened?!"

She looked up at Minerva with tear filled eyes. "I tripped." She whispered, trying to move her arm, which made her scream again.

Poppy knelt down, and pulled out her wand. She tapped the arm gently with the end of her wand, and black sparks blasted from the end. "It's broken." She announced sadly to the spectators.

Ginny and Luna made there way threw the group towards there fallen friend. "Is she going to be alright professor?" Asked Ginny worriedly, as Luna stared off into space with a dream like look on her face.

"I think so." Poppy looked at the two girls. "I have a potion to take away the pain, and a spell to keep the bones from shifting. I'm just worried about how I'm going to get her to the hospital wing."

Minerva conjured up a stretcher with a flick of her wand. "We just have to get her on to it without hurting her more."

Poppy waved her wand, and tabbed the arm once. A stream of red came out, and wrapped around the arm. "I think that will hold everything in place until we get her there."

Snape kneeled down, after accioing a potion. He put the potion to her lips, and made her drink it. She fell limp in his arms, going into a dreamless sleep.

When she awoke she was lying in the hospital wing. She couldn't feel any pain in her arm, and had to look down to make sure it was still there. She sighed with relief when she seen it was indeed there, just wrapped up in bandages with spells surrounding it.

Minerva jerked awake in her chair beside the bed. She smiled softly, seeing her little girl awake. "How do you feel honey?"

She shrugged slightly, and rubbed her arm. "I guess." She pouted. "Can I go home? I don't like it here."

Poppy came out from her office, carrying a potion. "No you may not go home, until that arm is healing by itself."

She groaned, and rolled her eyes. "That's not far! Come on! It's just one little injury! You can't keep me locked up like a caged animal! I need to be FREE!"

Poppy put the potion beside her bed, and started to tap her arm with the wand. "That may be so, but you are still not getting out until that arm is healing on it's own, probably only a day or two, not that long."

"Fine! But what am I going to do about school?" She frowned.

"O don't worry about that, dear." Minerva spoke up with a smirk. "All your stuff will be brought here. After all you didn't break your wand arm."

Maya groaned even louder. "What the since of breaking my arm, when I can't even get out of school for it?"

"There is none." Minerva sighed. "You will do all your work here, and your friends will be alone her for two hours a day. Wouldn't want you three to get too loud and make Poppy mad."

"Who cares about what stupid Poppy thi…" She stopped noticing the look on Minerva face. "Never mind. Sorry Madame Poppy."

"It's quite alright, honey. I know you don't want to be locked up in this old hospital wing, but you are staying none the less."

"FINE! But if I go insane, I'm telling my therapist it's because you kept me in a hospital wing without giving me any freedom!"

Both adults nodded, rolling their eyes. Neither knew, nor wanted to know what a therapist was.

Two days later Maya was finally released from the hospital wing. Ginny, Luna, and the Gryffindors decided that they would hold a huge party to celebrate her release, but of course it would be a surprise.


After supper Maya entered the common room to cheering, and shouting. People were everywhere with butterbeer, and candies of all kind. Maya laughed softly, and walked over to her friends. Each of them hugged her gently. "Welcome back Maya." They both said softly.

"How did Luna get in here?" Maya asked suspiciously. She loved having Luna as a friend and all, but how?

"O, the fat lady didn't like it much, but she still let her in. Isn't that great?"

Maya nodded, speechless. She was soon dragged into the party, drinking butterbeer, and laughing as Fred, George, and Lee Jordan tested out candy, after candy.

Around two o'clock Minerva finally came in, and called the party to a halt. She sent everyone up to his or her dorm. Maya had decided to spend the night with Ginny in the dorms. Minerva nodded her agreement, and lead Luna back to the Ravenclaw dorms.

The next day, was not a very cheerful day, nor a day to celebrate. Maya woke up, and rolled over right onto her arm. She howled with pain, and bolted up, sighing. She looked out the window. It was pouring down rain. She groaned, and slowly got dressed. She arrived to her first class late, and got detention.

After supper she ditched her homework to go for a walk before detention. She accidentally came across the passageway to Hogsmende. She shrugged, and followed it all the way to the small town.

In the dead silence the Hogsmende's residents were awoken by a high pitch scream that rang out in the air.

(Author's note: Wow! Another chapter, short, but once again you get a cliffhanger. ^_^ Isn't that great?)