Hello again! I'm back, this time with a new story co-written with the wonderful Isis Malfoy!

Over a few long sessions on AOL Instant Messenger, and a plot bunny that sorta stuck, we

present for your enjoyment..........

"Harry Potter and the Circle of Vengence"!!!!!

Isis: Oh...DRAMATIC.....not

CotD: Bite me.

Severus: Watch it, mutt lover, she'll do it.

Sirius: Hey!

Isis: Can we begin please?

CotD: ;;; ok...but first a warning. Do NOT FLAME me for our OC. We tried very hard to keep her

from being a Mary-Sue!!! If we get FLAMED, the offender will know the wraith of Hell. Have

a nice day now.....

Disclamer: I do not own HP. J.K. Rowling does. I also do not own the Latajang, which will be in later chapters.

That's the property of the one and only Freelancer!

BTW, Fred and George are still here because I want them to be!

P.S Freelancer.....Humphrey Boggart....XD

Chapter 1: A kidnapping Gone Wrong

The night was darkening as the students stepped out onto the walkway of

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The stars above twinkled like

miniature diamonds above them. Harry Potter, along with Ginny, Ron, Hermione,

and Neville, walked up to the large oak doors and pushed one open. Inside it was

warm and dry, as opposed to the cool, misty grounds of the school.

" I can't believe it's our 6th year." said Hermione in awe. Ron sighed in a way

that meant he was thinking only that one year more lay ahead of them before

freedom.

" I can't believe I LIVED to my 6th year." Muttered Harry, with a giggle from

Ginny.

" Don't worry, Harry. You'll be fine." He smiled appreciativly back at her. Neville,

he noticed, was gone, most likely looking for Trevor. But he stopped suddenly when

he ran into someone in front of him.

" Oy! Sorry there!" He said as he looked up. A girl with clumped brown bangs and a

long braid was looking at him strangely with her grey-brown eyes. She smiled, a pretty,

confident smile, and lent him her hand to get up.

" It iz alright" She said in a slight Russian accent. Harry took her hand and got up.

" Thanks um-"

" Miss Grey! Please come with me!" Came a voice from the lower door. It was the

Deputy Headmistress's voice, and it seemed rather testy. Miss Grey seemed to know

the danger signs and she ran off towards the Transfiguration teacher's voice.

" Bye then. By the way, My name is Sopra Grey!" And then Sopra disappeared

around the corner.

" Wow. She's hot....." said Ron under his breath. Hermione jabbed him in the ribs,

causing him to gulp and keep silent until they reached the Griffindor table. Harry took

a glance up at the Head Table and managed to get the Headmaster's attention. Professor

Dumbledore winked down at him as he listened to a joke tiny Professor Flitwick was telling

him. Harry calmed down for the moment.

" Ah!", said Ron loudly " Fresh meat!" Harry turned to the doors, where

Professor Mcgonagall was leading in the first years. Though she was much older, Sopra

Grey was behind her at the head of the line of students. Professor Mcgonagall gave the three

of them a swift smile as she passed thier table. All three smiled back. She placed the Hat on it's

stool, and stood back as it sang it's newest song:

" Oh, a long time ago, in this very land,

Four friends stood to make a plan

To educate the magic world with a gentle hand.

Great Gryffindor, strong and true

Lady Ravenclaw, lovely and wise

Sly Slytherin, dark and cunning

Kind Hufflepuff, so sweet and pure.

These founders four created a house

That suited each thier dreams

And so our Hogwarts began in earnest

A thousand years long past!

So slip me on, and don't be scared!

I won't steer you wrong!

Just try me on, I'm a perfect fit

Because I'm the Sorting Hat!

Everyone cheered as the song ended, and the hat gave a bow, which was more like a

bend of it's tip. Mcgonagall came forward again.

" Attention, students! Before be begin the sorting of the first years, we have a transfer student

from Russia joining us for her last year of schooling." said the Deputy Headmistress to the hall.

Unrolling her long parchment, she called out the name.

" Grey, Sopra!" Sopra smiled and strolled up to the sorting hat, which Mcgonagall placed on

her head. A little voice opened up in the girl's mind, no one else would hear what it said. (A/N:

This is just so you know what's going on, I'm not really changing the POV)

'hmmmmnnn.....Cunning. and intelligent. Very ambitious.....hmmm.....very

interesting. I think Slytherin is for you. You will do well among those who are crafty.'

' NO!!!!' Sopra said to the hat.

' No? I'm sorry, but there is no other house you match!'

' Gryffindor!'

' No'

' yes! I must be in Gryffindor! I MUST!'

'fine fine'

" GRYFFINDOR!!"

Harry and the others clapped happily as Sopra took a seat on Harry's left, between

him and Ron. She smiled at him, and Harry found a blush creeping up on

his face. Turning away, he listened as " Bloom, Cathrine" became a Ravenclaw. Soon it

seemed that it was all over, and Dumbledore stood up to give his speach. Harry, though,

really didn't have time. His stomach felt like it was completly devoid of any substance. Those

around him seemed to agree.

" The forest is, as usual, off limits. Also, Mr. Filch has an updated list of banned objects,

which I won't mention since I, like most of you, am starving. Tuck in!" He sat down to a

flurry of cheers and whistles from the appreciative student body. Hermione poked Harry

and Ron, as she looked up at the Head Table. Professor Mcgonagall was glaring at

Dumbledore like she felt like hitting him on the head. He noticed and tried to pay attention

to his plate in order to avoid a full-scale Evil Eye from his deputy. Harry didn't blame him.

" My, she's almost as scary az my grand-papa." Sopra said, alarmed at the look on the

Deputy Headmistress's face. Ginny giggled.

" He must be a fierce old fellow then, 'cause Professor Mcgonagall is scary when she

wants to be."

" Was. He was killed in World War II." Ginny gulped, and her ears went red like Ron's

when he did something wrong or was embaressed.

" Sorry." She said meekly back.

" It's ok. I didn't know him that well." And then the topic turned to other things, like

who was to win the World Quidditch Cup, and the new candy Zonko's was said to be

creating.

School that year began slowly, but soon picked up to the point where even Hermione

and Sopra, who turned out to be very smart, were hurrying to keep up.

" And here I though last year was the pits!" Harry said in desperation three weeks into

the school year to Sopra.

" Well, your almost done with school. Zey want you to be perfect 'Arry" she said, smiling

sweetly. Ron threw down his quill after this statement, saying he needed air. Sopra seemed

to like the idea, for her eyes lit up with and idea.

" Sounds good. Hey 'Arry, up for ah game of Quidditch, no?"

" M'kay. But what about Ron?" Her step faltered at this, but she turned around anyway.

" Don't you think he's a vlittle busy with hiz anger? C'mon now!" Sopra grabbed his arm

and led him down to the pitch, where Harry had left his Firebolt for safekeeping. It seemed

odd to him that they went around the back, where the boundary of the school was gone, but

he made no comment. As he bent down to grab his broom, a hand clamped over his mouth

and another held him still. He struggled in vain to warn Sopra of the intruder, but her voice was

behind him.

" My lord will be happy I got you. A game of Quidditch, hah! Your so naive boy." It was

Sopra, but her accent had all but dissapeared. She had not just come from Russia, she

was a Death Eater...........Harry got his wand out and prepared to zap her with a Befuddlement

Jinx. Unfortunatly, she touched a boot-portkey at the moment Harry found a voice to yell with.

" Arrgh!" Sopra cried, as they swirled around in a misty place Harry

didn't recognize.

Flashes of lightning and boom of thunder blasted around them, making both dizzy. Right

before the sensation stopped, Sopra lost her grip on him, and they each spun in opposite

directions.

Hehehehehehe. Well, what do you think? Please review and let Isis and I know!

a note: Yes, I know Sopra says she didnt know 'er grand-papa too well. Stories about him is all she has.