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A/N: I've spotted an error in the previous chapter; 'Frank was about to order the retreat when he spotted the reason he was sat lavishing in his lords praise at this moment in time.'

Should read: 'Frank was about to order the retreat when he spotted the reason he WASN'T sat lavishing in his lords praise at this moment in time.'

I have already gone back and changed it, along with a few other additions.

A/N 2: I'm really sorry for how short the chapter is, I did plan on a longer one, but as I can't quite put my thoughts into words yet, it may take quite a while for my to continue, so this is all I've got for now.

Reviewers:

Locathah; the whole point of me using that spell was so that…well, read and see.

Farfumsane; no not gold, too gaudy, besides, I've classified that as dark arts, and as I said before, Harry will only use that magic in battle. As for what I've got planned, you'll just have to read and see.

Chapter 21: Hogsmeade Hero's.

"Shit!" frank Zabini swore as the curse hit the brats arm, he'd been aiming for his neck.

Frank raised his wand to finish the job as Harry collapsed to his knees, staring at the smoking stump that used to be his arm.

"OBLI-" hi began, but was cut off by a volley of spells launched by Dumbledore and the Aurors, causing him to change his mind rapidly. "RETREAT!"

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Hero's of Hogsmeade.

By Tammy Tattler.

Yesterday, shortly before 1:00pm, a force of over forty-five death eaters attacked Hogsmeade, however, before they could cause any damage, Harry Potter and a small group of his friends ambushed them.

The following firefight was so fast paced that the death eaters rarely had the opportunity to use the killing curse. Being disarmed of their most deadly weapon, the death eaters did very little damage to the defending hero's.

It is believed that only fifteen death eaters escaped, from the battle, with ten killed during the battle, thirteen in ministry holding cells, two died from their wounds and seven still critically injured.

On the light side, one Auror was killed as the death eaters retreated, along with several injuries to our hero's, including the Boy-Who-Lived, who was unfortunate enough to have his left arm cut off below the elbow, exact details are hazy, but it appears that the curse that removed his arm also cauterised the wound.

This has the side effect of killing the nerves, meaning that his arm cannot be reattached, nor can an artificial replacement as they need on open wound in order to be attached.

The identities of our Hogsmeade hero's are unknown apart from Harry Potter, who appears to be their lead…

Harry threw the paper down in disgust, trust the daily prophet to milk this for everything it could…and how could an article about over twenty people focus on one person so much.

True, he was glad that the others names have been kept secret, as their families were in enough danger as it was, without being actively hunted by Voldemort because their kids were helping the Boy-Who-Lived.

But did they have to remind him of the fact that his arm was gone for good…though Harry made a mental note to learn that spell, since it also vaporised an inch wide section of his arm, meaning that even if it could be reattached, it would have been an inch or so shorter.

Harry quickly went over the list of injuries the DA suffered; three broken legs, two broken arms, five broken ribs, one crushed cheekbone and numerous cuts and bruises.

Harry remembered Parvati discovering that she would have a permanent scar from the right side of her face near her eye, going diagonally to the bottom of her left jawbone; she just turned to her sister with a sad smile on her face and told her that at least their boyfriends couldn't get them mixed up anymore.

Harry looked across at the only other person still stuck in the hospital wing, as Ron had woken up two hours previously and had gotten away with nothing but a thumping headache, and the rest had been healed before then.

Blaise was stuck inside her own mind, it had taken a while, but the curse that had been cast on her had finally been identified a few hours ago, it was designed to be used against Occlumens, by inverting their shields and trapping them inside their own mind.

Of course, the curse could be used on other people, thanks to their natural mind shields, but it has more of an effect on Occlumens due to their enhanced shields.

Now all they could do was wait for the curse to wear off, allowing her mind shields to return to normal.

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"Padma, are you sure there is no way to help my brother?"

"Yes Rose, I'm sure, the arm can't be reattached, and the only spell that creates an artificial limb is dark arts. Even if Harry agreed to having one attached the ministry would have him in Azkaban faster than you could blink." She said, exasperated at the repetitiveness of the conversation.

"What about bionics?"

"You mean, like, a mechanical arm?"

"Yeah, can you copy the idea with magic?"

"I can try…but nothing like this has ever been done before, so no promises."