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A/N-All years and houses share the same Charms and Defense Against Dark Arts class, just in case you haven't read the changes to chapter 7.

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Seixe- Thank you! - I try. For "Moscas"…guess my translator didn't know if I wanted the verb or the noun. I just got the word "Mosca" and decided to conjugate it. I did find "Sangre" afterwards though, and changed it, but I don't know if the changes showed up yet…ah, well.

The New D.A

"Hello, class, and welcome to Defense Against The Dark Arts."

Tonks absentmindedly twirled her wand between her fingers as she spoke. A class larger than any other Defense class prior to it was watching her every move.

"In case you missed my grand entrance at the feast, I'm Professor Tonks. I am also an Auror for the Ministry of Magic."

Draco snorted.

"I heard that, Draco," Tonks said, not even glancing at him. "I know that my amazing youthful powers make me seem a schoolgirl, but as you know, being my cousin, I'm 24 and proud of it."

Harry gave a little gasp. He had completely forgotten that Tonks's mother was Draco's aunt.

Draco leaned over and whispered something to Goyle.

"I heard that as well, dearest cousin Draco. As for the rumor that I am currently dating Remus Lupin, I say: bite me, it's none of your business. 5 points from Slytherin for discussing my personal life without the brains to do it behind my back. Keep it up and I'll be forced to tell them stories about your amazing stuffed pink bunny, Mr. Snufflelopolus."

Draco's face wet bright pink. Ron was laughing so loudly he nearly fell off his seat.

"Now, on to Defense Against The Dark Arts." Tonks went around her desk, planted her palms on it, and hoisted herself up so that she sat on it. She leaned forward slightly, hands folded in her lap. "I don't want to scare any of you, but if you haven't heard the news yet, there was a Death Eater attack yesterday."

There was a collective gasp, and murmuring broke out between groups of friends.

"A Death Eater was captured, and no one was killed. However, one of our side was hit by the Cruciatus Curse, which I'm sure you all remember from 2 years ago, when it was performed by our own impostor Professor Moody. I don't know if he used it on you, but understand that it is so incredibly painful that the victims practically beg for death."

Out of the corner of his eye, Harry saw Hermione stiffen slightly. He reached out and grabbed her hand.

"She deserved it," Hermione whispered.

"I understand," he whispered back. His eyes shot to Neville. The Longbottom boy was staring straight ahead, his hands folded so tightly that his fingertips were red from lack of circulation to the rest of his hand.

"Also, a Death Eater tried to kill two of our own with Avada Kedavra," Tonks continued. "Luckily, he was too far away, and they were able to dodge it. Avada Kedavra is a curse that needs a lot of power and absolutely no room with which the victim can dodge it for it to work. This is a case where keeping your friends close and your enemies closer is not a good idea."

There were nervous giggles throughout the room.

"Those two, along with the Imperious Curse, which can force someone to do whatever they're told, are the Unforgivables. But Death Eaters don't care to be forgiven, do they? They have no problems with using them. However, since your parents do, I'm not here to show you how to use them. I am here to show you how to block them."

There was a bubble of whisperings, and Tonks raised her hand for silence.

"There is no known protection against a true, powerful Avada Kedavra, unless someone takes the hit for you, as in the case of Lily Potter, Harry's mother." The class's eyes swept to Harry, and then went back to Tonks. "I understand you have some practice with fighting the Imperious Curse, but that was cut short, and that you have no practice dealing with the Cruciatus Curse. Is that right?"

There was a soft assent.

"All right. Now, we will be practicing defenses against the Imperious Curse in the second half of all my classes until our entire class can properly protect themselves. Afterwards we will advance to the Cruciatus Curse. The first half will be spent using other defensive spells. Later on this year you'll learn offensive spells. The statement to know this year: Defense is the best offense, and offense is the best defense. Know this, love this, make this your friend."

There were giggles from some of the girls.

"All righty then. I imagine you are out of practice, due to my predecessor, Dolores Umbridge. I've had the misfortune of having to work with her within 50 yards of myself, so I understand your pain." A girl snorted. "I don't expect your wands to be in tip-top condition now, but I do expect them to be so at the end of this year."

She clapped her hands and jumped off her desk.

"Right. First on our agenda are Patronuses. Most people think that these are useful only against Dementors. True, they work best against Dementors, but they are also extremely useful against wizards. They weaken an opponent's wand power, even if just slightly. Who besides Harry can conjure a Patronus? A real Patronus?"

Hermione raised her hand, thinking of her otter, and someone else did too. Harry turned to see Cho's hand in the air.

But Cho had changed. Her hair seemed even more bedraggled, her frame drooped, and her eyes held no spark of life.

Tonks eyed her, clearly skeptical that she could produce an able Patronus, but decided not to press it. "Who's got at least some sort of hang on it, even if it's just a little silver puff?"

Neville, Lavender, and Seamus raised their hands.

"Who knows the incantation?"

All the other D.A members raised their hands.

"All right. All of those who have no clue what to do, go over to that corner and I'll be with you shortly. Everyone who knows the incantation, try to produce one. Everyone who can get a little out of it, work on getting more. And you two." She pointed to Harry and Hermione. "Come up here."

The class divvied up obediently. Harry and Hermione went to Tonks.

"I need you three to do a bit of reading. Professor Snape isn't teaching right now, so the Room of Requirement is open. It's filled with books from the Ministry of Magic Library, and I need you to look up information on the Unforgivables. A huge point of this class is to find ways to counter or block them. You know how to get in, so get going. I'll see you guys in a couple hours for the D.A. meeting."

"Yes, ma'am," Cho said nicely, and they proceeded from the classroom.

"So, you two are…together now?" Cho asked delicately.

Hermione looked up from her copy of Combating the Dark Arts. Harry stopped in the middle of pulling a book from the shelf.

"Yeah…yeah, we are," he said evenly.

"Oh, um, I see."

"May I inquire why you ask?"

"It was just gossip I heard from Luna Lovegood. You know she fancies your friend Ron, right?"

"Yes, we know, and don't change the subject," Hermione said, shutting the book, her finger marking the page.

"I was just asking," Cho said defensively.

Harry sighed. "Cho, you know that all chances of us being together are over now, right?"

"Of course I know!" she yelled. "It's so obvious, the way you hang all over her!"

Harry turned on her, eyes flashing. "Don't talk that way about Hermione."

"Of course, darling Hermione, it's always been about her, even on our first date all you could talk about was her!"

"So? You were talking about Cedric the whole time!"

Cho inclined her head drastically, eyes snapping fire. "That is different. Very, very different, Harry."

"Yes, but even so, I don't think reliving past loves is a good thing to do on a first date!"

Cho's mouth formed a very thin line. All of a sudden, Harry felt like slapping both her and himself.

"The reason I can make a Patronus," Cho said, seemingly controlling her tone, "is because my happy memory is the very first time he kissed me. That's not something you can easily drop, now, is it? It is very difficult losing the love of your life, and moving on is even harder."

She opened the book in her lap and turned her face to look at it. She began speaking into the book.

"Before I die, I would like to find the Death Eater who killed him, and destroy him."

"Wouldn't we all like to. The one who killed him is the one who betrayed my parents to Voldemort."

"Sirius Black?"

"No."

"But—"

"Sirius was framed, he was completely innocent, and he died trying to save my life. Peter Pettigrew was the traitor, he was the one who killed Cedric, and he…is the one I want to kill first."

"Hmm." Cho looked up. "Mind if I join you?"

"Excuse me?"

"Revenge is sweet when it is shared with someone else. Much like chocolate. I want a piece of him before I go out. Mind sharing the satisfaction?"

Harry stared at her for a moment. Then, he grinned and shrugged.

"Why not?"

"If you're both quite finished, we have some reading to do," Hermione said, opening her book again.

Harry found the book he had been taking out. Cho buried her face in her book again, and there was peaceful silence in the room, except for the occasional groan of "This book is useless!"

"Find anything?" Ron asked.

"Nope, nothing," Harry said. He, Hermione, and Cho were back in the Defense classroom, while other students were packing up their stuff and making to leave. "Wasted four hours."

"All D.A. members, please stay in here!" Tonks yelled over the din.

"Well, we didn't," Ron said. "We spent two hours on the Patronuses, and another two working on the Imperius Curse. We've got some pretty stubborn girls in this class. This girl Corrine's at the same level as Harry was when he started. And our Patronuses are great, too. I've finally conjured one. It's a dead rat." He grinned.

"How'd Luna do?" Cho asked slyly.

Ron didn't catch the tone. His face dropped. "She's the exception. She's having a horrible time of it. Look, she's still trying."

"Expecto Patronum!" Luna yelled. Nothing came out of her wand. She tried again. This time, a tiny silver puff came out and instantly evaporated.

"All right, people, is everybody here for the D.A.?" Tonks asked finally.

"Yeah," came from a few people. Everyone started to quiet down

"Good. Lemme see here." Tonks whipped out a piece of paper. "Just see who's here. All righty, Gryffindors."

The Gryffindors were, of course, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, Colin and Dennis Creevy, Katie Bell, Dean Thomas, Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, and Seamus Finnigin, as Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson, Fred and George Weasley, and Lee Jordan had graduated/dropped out the previous year. There were 6 new Gryffindors, and they were all girls.

6th-year Bernice Amherst, or Bennie as she preferred to be called, was first. Bennie had very curly, glossy, light brown hair down to her shoulders. Her eyes always seemed a little distant, but they were still a pretty shade of hazel-brown. She was a bit smaller than Hermione, and her skin was the color of angel food cake's crust.

6th-year Marcie Applegate was next. Marcie's hair was chestnut brown and it reached three-quarters down her neck, framing her face. Her eyes were the same shade, and there were volumes of emotions swimming in them. She was taller than Bennie, and her skin was pale, except for long patches of very light tan on her arms.

Next was 6th-year Mary Barnegat. Mary's thick, long hair was rich chocolate brown, and it grew to her tail bone. Her eyes were, like Marcie's, the same shade as her hair, and they were pleasant. She was shorter than Marcie but taller than Bennie, and her skin was white.

7th-year Ann Berkeley was 4th. Ann had Titian red hair that reached to her shoulder blades. Her eyes were fairly clouded blue and always smiling. She was Bennie's height, and her skin was pale, except for the red freckles that dotted her nose and the apples of her cheeks. She could have been Ginny's twin.

5th was 6th-year Corrine Colgate. Her hair was black and cut in a boy's style to the nape of her neck. Her eyes were striking green with cloudy centers that never changed with her emotions. She was Ann's height, gangly, the skinniest one there, and had very pale skin.

Last was 6th-year Lynn Windward. Her hair was almost black and cut in Marcie's style, though not quite as thick. Her eyes were dark brown, aided in their lack of luminosity by her purple-framed glasses. She was about Colin Creevy's height, skinny, and her skin was lightly browned. Darker brown freckles dotted her nose.

"All right, Hufflepuffs," Tonks said, switching to another list. The returning Hufflepuffs were Hannah Abbot, Susan Bones, Justin Finch-Fletchely, and Ernie Macmillan. Harry was relieved to see that Zacharias Smith hadn't returned. There were 4 incoming Hufflepuffs.

6th-year Emmanuela Chestnut was first. Her hair was peppery brown with zigzagged blonde highlights at the tips. Her eyes were peppery brown as well, hidden beneath rounded-rectangular black-framed glasses. She was the shortest of the lot, even smaller than the tiny Creevy brothers and Lynn, and her skin was toasted in color.

7th-year Thomas Dover was the 3rd. His hair was old-tree brown and cropped into tiny curls. His eyes were clouded ice-blue and hidden beneath glasses similar to Emmanuela's. He was taller and ganglier than anyone else there, including Ron, and his skin was chalky white.

With him was his girlfriend, 7th-year Amy Lloyd. Her hair was the same as Bennie's, and reached to her shoulders. Her eyes were light brown, and always seemed to be looking at something else. She was slightly taller than Marie, with a thin frame, and her skin was slightly toasted in color. Harry recognized her as one of the Hufflepuff Team Beaters.

Last was 7th year Margaret Seaman. Margaret's hair was black and reached halfway down her back, but today was pulled back in a high ponytail. Her eyes were dark brown and distracted, like Amy's. She was taller than Amy but shorter than Thomas, and had white-ish skin.

"And Ravenclaws…" Tonks trailed. Returning Ravenclaws were Terry Boot, Cho Chang, Anthony Goldstein, Luna Lovegood, and Padma Patil. Harry guess Michael hadn't returned because he had now lost both Ginny and Cho, and Harry doubted if he'd ever see Marietta again. There only 3 new Ravenclaws.

The first new Ravenclaw was 6th-year Gibson Aldo. His hair was black and cut in a quarter-'fro. His eyes were dark brown, but seemed black due to his black-framed, rounded-rectangular glasses. He was Ann's height, skinny with muscular arms, and a pale complexion.

Next was 7th-year Olivia Applegate, Marcie's cousin. Her hair was straight and lay perfectly to the small of her back; it was brown with perfectly spaced, wide, blonde highlights. Her eyes were the same color as her natural hair. She was about Bennie's height, and her skin was chalk-dust brown in color.

6th-year Anita Beylea was 3rd. Her straight hair was glossy, shiny, dark brown, and it hung to her shoulder blades. Her friendly eyes were dark brown and always smiling distantly. She was Marcie's height, and her skin was olive-brown in color, as if it was tanned perfectly.

"And, the drum roll please, the Slytherins!" Tonks exclaimed. There were 4 Slytherin girls and 1 boy.

7th-year Linda Applegate, Marcie and Olivia's cousin, was first. Linda had straight, black hair reaching to the small of her back that curled at the tips, which was pulled into a low ponytail. Her eyes were dark chocolate brown. She was taller than Bennie, had a fairly twiggy frame, and had very pale, almost yellowing skin.

Next was 6th-year Elizabeth Attison. Her hair was a shiny blonde and hung to her shoulder blades. She had bewitched her eyes to a hazel-green today and they were pleasant, though slightly mischievous. She was just slightly shorter than Marcie. Most of her skin was tan, but her face was very pink.

3rd was 4th-year Anais Faircrest. Anais's straight hair was shiny, glossy brown and reached her shoulder blades, and was pulled up in a high ponytail. Her eyes were a soft shade of blue. She was approximately Marcie's height with a small frame. She was perfectly tanned.

4th was 6th-year Tony Michelle. His hair was brown and shot up in 50-odd tiny spikes, covered with orange highlights in the back. His eyes were also a rich chocolate brown and very mischievous. He was Amy's height, and his skin was medium-tanned in color.

5th and final was 6th-year Joan Sunset. Her hair was the glossy, shiny brown of Bennie's shade. Her eyes were sapphire-blue and secretive. She was also Marie's height. She was skinny, and her skin bounced back and forth from pale to normal Caucasian.

"All right, that's 18 Gryffindors, 8 Hufflepuffs, 8 Ravenclaws, and 5 Slytherins," Tonks said. "Coming to the grand total of 39 D.A. members."

"11 more than last year," Hermione said proudly.

"Good, we need them," Tonks said. "Now, here's what the whole point of the D.A. is. You are here because you want further training against Voldemort, so that if you meet him, you can use offensive spells. You'd've learned this before the end of this year anyway, but you'll learn before everyone else, and you'll all have time in class to practice or sleep or whatever it is you do when you're not busy while someone else is."

Lynn giggled.

"All right, you guys've been practicing Patronuses for the past couple hours. I just wanna see you do one to see where we are, and then we'll get going."

One by one, each member stepped up and produced a Patronus. There were several unexpected ones, ranging from a dead rat (Ron's) to a penguin (Marcie's) to a heartogram (Corrine's). Only Luna seemed to be having a problem with it.

"All right, I'll be helping you with that later, Luna," Tonks said. "And before we get down to business, there are some things we should discuss. Like the use of Unforgivables."

"I thought we're weren't gonna be using them," Lynn said, as her Patronus, a unicorn, galloped around the room. As she turned to look at Tonks, it disappeared

"The Ministry is debating whether or not to make them legal. We need to decide whether or not you're going to be trained to use them, if they are legalized. I know that two of you—no names—have used the Cruciatus Curse before, and one of you made it extremely powerful. The question is, will the other 37 be learning them?"

"Well, personally, I think it's a good idea," Ernie said. "If we're going to be face-to-face with Death Eaters, we should learn how to ultimately deal with them."

"Yeah, but those curses are still Unforgivable," Gibson said.

"It doesn't matter. They get what they have coming," Elizabeth said fiercely. "And I'll train my sisters, Lydia and Michelle, to kill off those—"

"No language, please," Tonks said, raising her hand, just as Ann said, "I'm with Elizabeth."

"Maybe we should use them as a last resort?" Marcie offered.

"The Death Eaters won't use them as a last resort," Joan said bitterly.

"I don't like the idea of killing," Lavender put in. "I mean, I don't want to be like the Death Eaters."

"Yeah," Lynn agreed.

"I'm with Marie on the last resort thing," Bennie said.

"Hey, founders, what do you think?" Margaret asked, looking over at Harry, Hermione, and Ron.

Hermione was staring at her hands. After a few seconds' pause, she spoke in a low but clear voice.

"I know what it's like to use the Cruciatus Curse. I was one of the ones to use it on a Death Eater. When I was doing it to her, I felt on top of the world and in the depths of despair at the same time. I hated her, and I had vengeance to wreak on her, but while I was doing it I felt—I guess you could say, not myself. It was good and bad at the same time."

"Thanks, that helps," Elizabeth muttered.

"Be nice, Elizabeth," Marcie said. Elizabeth frowned at her.

"Well, I don't think we should use them," Corrine said. "It's just like—who's she?" She pointed to Lavender, who said her name. "It's just like Lavender said. We'd be just like the Death Eaters."

"I don't care if I use an Unforgivable against them," Mary said. "They deserve it. I'm with Elizabeth."

"All right, this isn't getting us anywhere," Tonks said. "Let's just do it this way. Raise your hands if you think we should use the Unforgivables."

Linda, Elizabeth, Mary, Ann, Cho, Emmanuela, Justin, Neville, Ernie, Tony, Joan, Ron, and Ginny all raised their hand.

"All right, you guys group off. How about those who think we shouldn't use them?"

Hannah, Gibson, Anita, Lavender, Corrine, Parvati, and Lynn all raised their hands, and grouped off.

"Who says last resort? And if you don't know, keep your hands down."

Bennie, Marcie, Olivia, Colin, Dennis, Anais, Seamus, Amy, and Luna raised their hands and grouped off as well. That left Katie, Susan, Thomas, Anthony, Hermione, Padma, Harry, and Dean under "Don't know"

"All righty, that's 13 for "Yes"," Tonks said. "I just wanted to know where we stood for right now. We won't tackle the Unforgivables for awhile, in case any of you change your mind. Now, onto business. I want you to divide up into pairs and practice stunning jinxes. That's "Stupefy" for those who don't know. It temporarily confuses or stuns the enemy so you can get past it. Work on that for a half hour, and we'll review for the next 15 minutes. Get it? Got it? Good."

A fairly sore D.A. crawled from the Defense room about 45 minutes later. It was time for lunch.

"So, you two are together now, right?" Marcie asked, looking straight at Harry and Hermione. The Gryffindors had settled at their table, all grouping together.

"Um…yeah," Harry said slowly.

Marie grinned. "Good. I've been splitting the dorm with Hermione for 5 straight years, and I've been waiting for her to come barging in with the news that you two are dating."

Both Harry and Hermione looked slightly uncomfortable.

"Oh, where are my manners? I'm Marcie Applegate. 6th-year. My cat ate the phone cord."

"WHAT?!" Ron snorted.

"Marcie sometimes feels the need to spout off nonsense," Lynn explained.

"The cows are in the fish," Marcie said, just to prove a point, and then grinned again. "Believe it or not, I'm just as sane as you are. Well, for family history, which I just love telling, my mom, Marie, was a Ravenclaw. My sister Kelly was a Gryffindor, and my other sister, Denise, was a Slytherin. My dad was a Hufflepuff. Aren't we well-balanced. Harry, that's your aunt who just came back, right?"

"Yeah."

"My dad dated her in 3rd year. Clifford Applegate and Petunia Evans, they were for awhile, until they broke up. He started dating my mom and she dated someone else."

Harry pursed his lips. So his aunt had been popular once. Somehow, that was a hard image to conjure up.

"My mom went here, but I forget what house," Corrine said. "I think my dad's a Muggle, but I don't know. My parents divorced when I was little."

"My mum was a Hufflepuff witch," Lynn said. "My dad's a Muggle."

"Me too 'cept she's a Slytherin," Ann said. "My dad's the only Muggle in the family."

"It's the opposite for me," Bennie put in. "Muggle mom, wizard Dad. Gryffindor."

"And Mary's parents are both magical," Marcie rounded off. "Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, right?"

Mary nodded.

"Spiffing. Well, anyway, I know everybody who's new in the D.A.; we've all been friends for years. Elizabeth is my oldest friend; I've known her since primer school. Too bad we landed in different houses. Y'know, I wasn't worried when she landed in Slytherin. Remember, Corrine, when we helped Elizabeth pull that prank on Malfoy?"

"Now, that was a little mean," Lynn said, whilst Corrine was nodding and smiling at the memory of locking Draco in the girl's bathroom while Myrtle was having mood swings.

"Oh, come off it, Lynn, just because you fancy him—"

Ron, who had been drinking, sprayed his pumpkin juice all across the table, earning himself disgusted squeals and glares from Lavender and Parvati.

"She WHAT?!"

"—doesn't mean it wasn't funny," Marcie finished meekly.

"You-you-you…you FANCY MALFOY?!"

"Say it louder, I don't think the dead people in China heard you quite well enough," Lynn said, blushing furiously as Draco looked up from his table to see who had been yelling his name, and why.

Ron stared at her as if he was going to hurl. "I don't believe it! Are you mad?"

"Oh, chill," Lynn said, attempting coolness but failing.

"See? I'm not the only one who thinks he's a complete waste of time," Corinne said, sending a glare over to the Slytherin table. Anais and Tony saw it and looked confused, Elizabeth saw it and glared back, Joan saw it and ignored it, and Linda didn't see it at all.

"He's cute!" Lynn whispered fiercely.

"He's a prejudiced slimeball and a pretty boy," Corrine said firmly.

"Therefore, unworthy of our notice," Marcie said, smiling again. "But don't worry, Lynn, you're not alone. Elizabeth fancies him, too."

"Really? After locking him in Myrtle's bathroom?"

Marcie shrugged. "Feelings change."

Bennie turned to Harry. "Harry, Quidditch try-outs are today, right?"

"Yeah," Harry answered, unconsciously grinning. With Umbridge's resignation, his Quidditch ban had gone. "You're trying out?"

"Yeah, for Chaser. Who's the captain, you?"

"Nope, Katie is," Harry said, gesturing in the general vicinity of Katie Bell. "Probably wanted to give it to me, but it's only fair that Katie gets a shot. It's her last year."

"So, right after Charms?"

"Yep."

"Luna, you all right?" Cho asked, looking down at her 5th-year peer.

"I'm perfectly okay, thank you, Cho," Luna said, off-hand. She reached into her bag and pulled out a copy of The Quibbler.

"You're just so quiet," Cho pressed.

"And you're just so nosy," Padma snorted. The Ravenclaws had all grouped together as well.

"Padma, be nice," Anthony said teasingly, giving his girlfriend's hand a squeeze.

From farther down the table, Michael Corner looked at Anthony and Padma, and then turned his eyes to Cho. She had dumped him unexpectedly over the summer. It wounded his pride above all else to be dumped by both Ginny and Cho within three months, and he wanted to know why she had chosen to ditch him.

Cho watched Michael's face as well, and sighed inwardly. She busied herself with her fork and knife, so to keep her eyes away from his.

She really had rushed into something after her disastrous date with Harry. She had just wanted someone to make her feel better, when her life seemed to be going completely downhill. Since losing Cedric, she just hadn't had the will to force herself into cheeriness.

Cedric. Just the thought of him made her depressed. She really had loved him, and still did, with her entire being. Harry and Michael had both been substitute lovers.

She looked at Padma, who was kissing Anthony, and then to the Hufflepuff table at Thomas, who was smiling at Amy. She glanced around the room and her eyes landed on Harry and Hermione. Since their conversation earlier she hadn't felt the least bit jealous, but now the feeling was coming back. She wasn't jealous of anyone having Harry. She was just jealous that it seemed like everyone had someone alive and whole to be in love with.

Luna's eyes scanned the scene from above The Quibbler. She was watching Cho just as thoroughly as Michael, and read her eyes like a book. Grimly, she contemplated that Cedric's death was the least of Cho's problems.

She glanced down at her arm. The scar at her elbow was now a thin red line, a remnant of the open, gaping wound that had taken an hour for Madame Pomfrey to fix. A reminder of the Death Eater's power.

Yes, she thought, and almost grimaced, past deaths were the least of everyone's worries now.

Decided to end it here. Part of it was filler but these OC's will play major roles in the future. Normally OC's annoy me because they're perfect/paired with Harry, but none of them will be that. Please don't turn away, thinking "Mary Sue alert!"

PS Bennie made the team.