Quidditch Camp by Jeremiah2006

Summary: AU of 4th year on. Harry is befriended by Victor Krum during the TWT and is invited to spend the summer at a Quidditch Camp in the good ol' US of A. Harry has the time of his life and starts on a new independent path.

P.S. if there happens to be a sequel of Harry's fifth year it will also be AU. This summer will change Harry's out look on life, his personality, and attitude. He won't stand for all the manipulation in his life to continue. Also, because he was at camp all summer the dementor attack didn't happen. Umbitch might be the DADA prof. still but that is undecided at this point. If she is Harry will NOT be kicked off the Quidditch team.

Disclaimer: I don't own HP I am not JKR. I got this idea from two stories Summer of Independence by Redfrog and Time to live by Loralee. Both are fantastic stories and writers and can be found on my favorites list.

Prolog: 4th year

Victor Krum, superstar Quidditch player, was amazed at how well Harry Potter flew during the first task and wanted to see him fly more so he decided to see if Harry wanted to practice with him. Victor may still be in school and in the TWT but he still had to keep up with his training and it would be so much better if he had someone to train with and he thought Harry might be that someone.

After the hype from the first task had calmed down Victor approached Harry while he saw him down by the lake by himself. After an awkward conversation a training schedule was set up.

Victor had been correct about Harry being a great training partner. Harry pushed Victor to work hard and improve his game. Harry also learned an innumerable amount of tips and moves from Victor. Over the school year the two became friends and were able to talk to each other about things that they couldn't to their other friends. They talked about how their celebrity affected their lives, the good and the bad, knowing the other would understand what they were going through. Harry also opened up about his home life and how he wished that he wouldn't have to go back there every summer.

Victor having witnessed Harry's superb flying wanted to see is he could get Harry to go to Quidditch summer camp. He contacted the people running the camp to see what Harry would have to do to go, he himself was going to be an instructor at the camp and didn't know what the campers had to do to get in. An application packet was sent to him that he gave to Harry to fill out and was sent in. Harry didn't want to get his hopes up but when his acceptance came he was over the moon with excitement. After several hours of planning on how to get Harry to the camp it was decided that Victor would pick Harry up from Privet Drive a week into the summer vacation and take Harry to camp with him. Harry would be a week early for the campers but Victor assured him that it would be okay. What Harry didn't know was that there were several sessions of the camp, each was one or two weeks long and Victor had arranged for Harry to stay for the whole summer.

The Dursleys had been vicious in their treatment towards him for the week he had been there. They had locked him in Dudley's second bedroom for the week only letting him out to do chores and to use the bathroom once a day. He had not been given any food; he had relied on what he had stored in his trunk from the Hogwarts kitchens. The Dursleys had only feed him that morning and allowed him to take a shower because someone was coming to pick him up. Once he was dressed and packed he was unceremoniously shoved out the front door to wait outside. So, Harry found himself sitting on his trunk on the front lawn of number 4 Privet Drive waiting for Victor to arrive for the last two hours. He passed the time by reading a Quidditch strategy book Victor had given him to read. Harry was fascinated with the section on chasers. He found that it was like football (soccer) played in the air. Harry had been a very good football player in primary school. He was a very fast runner, having to deal with 'Harry Hunting' made him perfect for a sport that dealt with running and evading players on the other team. He also liked the fact that Dudley didn't play because he couldn't run. Harry found himself wishing that he could play chaser for the house team, he was a good seeker, but he got board most of the time with it, chasers on the other hand were constantly moving. Having really good chasers could also result in winning a game even if your team didn't catch the snitch, which he witnessed at the world cup the previous summer. Harry was so absorbed in his book and imagining being a chaser with Fred and Gorge using their triplet bond to make awesome moves that he didn't notice that Victor had arrived. It took Victor taking the book out of his hands and slamming it shut to wake Harry out of his daydream. With some well placed notice-me-not charms Victor had Harry's trunk shrunk and they portkeyed away without anyone the wiser.

The Order guards had not been assigned to watch Harry yet. When they did arrive Harry had been gone for a week. With the questioning of the pigs it was discovered that Harry had willingly left with a friend to go to camp for the summer. Dumbles was not happy at all, his plans for having Harry isolated for the summer were ruined. The twins thought Harry a prank mastermind for escaping. Harry was definitely deserving of their nick name for him 'Their Triplet'.