Adapter Fried My MBP

Yesterday my L-shaped adapter toasted my MBP mid-2009 c2d.  It was plugged into the wall, alone, after charging my MBP to full and I went to retrieve as I was streaming video in another room for an hour, not charging.  I brought it to where my computer was on the carpet and plugged it into the outlet -- no sparks.  Then I held the wire near the charging end and as it approached the charger docking station on the computer, BAM! there was a bright arc of current and my computer shut down, leaving a blackened spot on the carpet, the computer, my hand, and the charger.
I read a thread here from '08 on macrumors where someone posted something similar but that's the closest I've found to anything like this happening.  Most people have posts about sparks coming from the outlet when they plug it in but there aren't many people that talk about sparks from the charger.
I've had the charger for a few months as my original charger started to die on me and I bought this one from an Amazon vendor.  It still carries the Apple logo and writing that the other one did on the transformer/adapter but I guess it could be a fraud.
As you can see from the photos (I can't seem to upload any of the images as this computer only shows a pop-up with "Insert Image" text, but I would love to show anyone), there is a horizontal disruption of the aluminum on both the charger and the docking station area where I'm assuming the current arced from the charger into my computer and subsequently fried part of the board before grounding on that screw where the blackened part is.  Now I can't turn on my MBP, although I can charge it.  I'm assuming the board and maybe the processor are fried in there but I am concerned about the HD and RAM.
This is a royal pain as I have several school deadlines..and I'm writing this from a PC..:).  I'd rather drop 1 grand+ on another MBP than on a PC laptop as I do occasional music production and love the interface that OSX has and the touchpad.
Is it possible to still to get the hard drive memory back?  Also, would any one recommend trying to purchase a logic board and see if I could get it to work if I replaced it?  (I'm not too optimistic, plus I don't have much experience doing more in the MBP than replacing RAM and battery)  Finally, wtx! It could have started a fire in the apartment!

Assuming the HD wasn't fried, you should be able to recover the files. When you get your new Mac, pull the drive from the old one and put it in a 2.5 enclosure. You should then be able to read the external drive. In fact, if it still works, you can use it with Migration Assistant to migrate everything to your new Mac.
http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-NexStar-2-5-Inch-External-Enclosure/dp/B002JQNXZC/r ef=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1388312417&sr=8-2&keywords=2.5+enclosure
Plotinus is right though. Start with a trip to the Genius Bar and ask them to diagnose. Maybe you'll get lucky.

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