Early the next morning Harry was woken suddenly by an alarm sounding through their room. Both boys say up abruptly, Krum rubbed the sleep from his eye's, realisation hitting him.

"Ve're here Harry" Krum said gently.

Harry groaned softly laying back down, not quite awake enough for Krum's words to sink in.

Krum rolled his eyes as Harry settled back down into bed, leaning over to shake him gently.

"Harry, it's time to get up" Krum said a bit more firmly this time. "Ve are at Durmstrang, ve have to get off the ship soon."

Krums words finally penetrated Harry's sleep fogged brain and he sat up, blinking at Krum slowly.

"We're here?"

"Yes Harry ve're here"

Harry's excitement started to mount, they were at Durmstrang, they had actually done it!

He jumped out of bed pulling off his pyjamas and pulling on his clothes, Krum following suit.

"Relax Harry ve have time, ve vill have to vait and be one of the last ones off the ship so that you don't bump into anyone while under your cloak."

Harry thought about it, nodding though he didn't slow down his packing. Luckily for him there wasn't much to pack and he was done quickly.

They heard people walking past their cabin door, talking and joking loudly in languages Harry didn't recognise. When the voices started fading Harry and Krum shrunk their belongings placing them in their pockets. Harry threw his cloak over himself, looking down to check he was completely covered he followed Krum silently out of their room.

They followed the same path as the night before onto the deck, where there was a small group of students preparing to leave. Harry looked around early trying to catch a glimpse of his new school, however he couldn't see Durmtrangs castle anywhere.

As they walked closer to the gathered students preparing to leave many of them turned around greeting Krum with broad smiles. Harry backed away a step or two as a few clapped Krum on the back.

They silently excited the ship, Harry watched a little envious as the students were greeted by loving families, pulled into fierce hugs by their parents as they were welcomed home after nearly a year away.

Harry spotted Krum's parents at the same time as Krum, walking swiftly behind Krum as he hurried over embracing both his mother and father fondly and greeting them in Bulgarian.

They both looked very much like Viktor, dark hair, dark eyes and kind smiles.

He saw Mrs Krum's eyes dart quickly around, possibly trying to discern where Harry was located.

"Vell ve best be heading home now, come along dear," said Mrs Krum a little to loudly, obviously trying to convey to Harry what was happening.

Harry nodded even though she couldn't see him and followed the family a short distance away where Mr Krum pulled a newspaper out of his pocket and held it out to his family.

"Grab hold Harry" Krum said quietly.

'A portkey!' Harry realised stepping forward and grabbing hold of the paper, he squeezed Krum's arm gently to let him know that he was ready. With a nod to his father Mr Krum said the word to activate the portkey. Harry felt the usual tug behind his naval before he slammed into the ground in an unfamiliar room. He tried to keep his balance but like usual was thrown on his arse with the force of his arrival, his cloak flying off as he tumbled over.

Krum bent down offering him a hand up, kindly not commenting on Harry's less then graceful arrival for which Harry was grateful.

Mr & Mrs Krum stepped closer both with broad smiles on their faces.

Krum cleared his throat, "Mother, Father, this is Harry," Krum said pulling Harry a little closer.

"It is so nice to meet you Harry!" exclaimed Mrs Krum, in English just as good as her son's. "Oh Viktor, he is just gorgeous!" she gushed stepping closer and grasping Harry's hand. Harry shook her hand blushing brightly at the praise. "So adorable" she hummed.

Mr Krum stepped up next, taking Harry's hand and giving it a firm shake, "It is a pleasure to meet you Harry" Mr Krum said warmly.

"Thank you, Mr and Mrs Krum, for welcoming me into your home" Harry said somewhat formally.

"Oh, please feel free to call us Andon and Anna dear, after all ve are family now" Anna said.

Krum smiled at this giving his parents a small nod of his head.

"Viktor, vhy don't you show Harry around the manner and to his room to put his things away. Ve vill go and tell the house elves to prepare breakfast for us." Anton instructed.

Krum nodded, grasping Harry by the elbow and steering him out of the room.

Krum started walking around the manor, showing Harry each room and explaining its purpose.

Harry was awed by the sheer size of the manor, it sure put the Dursleys house to shame.

Krum explained there are seven bedrooms, a library, both formal and informal dining areas, 3 parlours, a large kitchen as well as a cellar that was used to brew potions.

The whole house had a warm and cosy feel even with it being so large. The walls were all soft brown wood, with pictures of what looked like Krum ancestors lining the walls. Many of them insisting on accompanying them on the tour flitting from frame to frame.

Harry's mouth dropped open when they walked into the formal dining room. The room was huge, with expensive looking antiques lining the walls and a table that could fit 20 in the centre. Harry was relieved to see that the informal dining room was much smaller, a fireplace in the corner and a table for six.

"This is vhere ve eat as a family" Krum explained. "The other dining room is just for large gatherings or important dinners."

Harry nodded in understanding, feeling warmed at the idea of family dinners.

Harry's eyes lit up when they entered the kitchen, imaging all the things he could cook in it. He ran his hands along the marble benches and admired the oven that looked like it could fit him inside it.

"Let me introduce you to our house elves, this is Tilly and this is Ruddy" Krum said, pointing to each house elf in turn.

The elves stopped working on breakfast and turned to bow to Harry.

"Harry is a member of our family now and should be treated as such," Krum told the elves.

The elves nodded their heads vigorously, "Tilly understand" squeaked one of the elves.

Harry knelt down, "It is a pleasure to meet you both, Tilly and Ruddy. I promise to try my best not to make too much of a mess around the place" Harry continued with a rueful grin.

Krum, Tilly and Ruddy all looked at Harry in surprise, while Harry just smiled, looking around the kitchen some more, oblivious to the stares.

"Do you mind if I come in sometimes and help you cook? I did a lot of cooking at my Aunt and Uncles house and I actually rather enjoy it." Harry asked politely, knowing that some elves wouldn't like the idea. But Ruddy and Tilly just nodded their heads, not saying a word as Harry smiled his thanks.

Krum however, was watching Harry a calculating look in his eyes but when Harry turned back around to face him the look was gone.

After leaving the kitchen Krum led Harry up a large elegant staircase leading to the second floor.

"This floor is vhere all the bedrooms are, as vell as a library and a family parlour." Krum explained.

"Mother and father's bedrooms are this vay" Krum said, gesturing with his hand to the left. "Our bedrooms are this vay" Krum continued pointing to the right "and the library and parlour are through these doors here." He finished off pointing to a set of doors in front of where they were standing.

"I vill show you to your rooms so that you can freshen up before breakfast."

Harry followed Krum down the hall until he came to a large wooden door, flowers delicately engraved into it, Harry tentatively reached out, running a hand over the engravings.

"This is your room Harry, my room is directly across the hall. If you need anything at all just come and get me, OK?"

"OK, thank you Viktor," with that Harry entered his room while Krum turned and entered his own.

Harry's mouth fell open at the sight of the room before him, 'it is so beautiful' Harry thought walking in and looking around. The room was large with a huge bed in the middle of the room that looked like it could sleep five. The walls were soft brown wood like the rest of the house and the floor was covered in a deep blue carpet. There were large glass doors that led out to a balcony that over looked large sweeping grounds. Harry took in the picturesque grounds, drawing in a deep breath of fresh air and feeling himself relax. He could definitely get use to a view like this.

He walked over to the bed, pulling his trunk out of his pocket and unshrinking it. He unpacked his few belongings then decided a shower was in order. He pulled some clean clothes out of the draws he had just placed them in and headed to the bathroom that adjoined his room.

After a nice long hot shower and a fresh change of clothes Harry felt much better from his early morning wake up call.

He wandered out into the hall and started making his way downstairs for breakfast, not really sure when he was supposed to arrive.

As he walked in the dining room, he suddenly felt self-conscious as he took in the three Krum's sitting in the elegant room in what looked like their best robes but were probably just their everyday wear.

He looked down at his faded t-shirt and jeans, that were hanging off his slim frame and blushed twisting the bottom of Dudley's old t-shirt between his fingers.

The three Krum's shared a look, concerned for their newest family member, Harry gave off a distinctly uncared for look.

Anna cleared her throat, "have a seat Harry, you must be hungry" she said kindly.

Harry nodded and edged his way closer to the table, taking the seat next to Viktor who gave him an encouraging smile.

"Help yourself to vhatever you feel like Harry" Krum said, gesturing to the variety of breakfast foods laid out on the table.

Harry took in the spread, putting a pancake and a liberal amount of syrup on his plate he started to eat. They all ate in silence for a few minutes, the three Krums conspicuously watching Harry eat, before Andon started talking.

"Vhat did you think of your room Harry?"

"It is beautiful, thank you. Although the bed looks so comfortable that I think I'm going to have trouble getting up in the morning," Harry answered with a grin, taking another small bite of his pancake.

"Every morning is a struggle" Andon chuckled. "Feel free to change anything you like, it is your room now."

Harry wasn't sure what to say to that, so he just nodded his head.

"Anna and I have taken a few days off vork vhile you get settled, so if you need anything ve are here for you. Ve also have a few things that ve need to discuss so after breakfast I thought ve could all meet in the parlour."

The other three people at the table all nodded their heads making various sounds of acknowledgement and agreement.

Tilly walked in as everyone was finishing their breakfast carrying a fresh jug of pumpkin juice, she walked around the table filling the half empty glasses.

"The pancakes are delicious by the way Tilly" Harry said, happily licking the syrup off his fork.

Tilly gave him a bright smile, "thank you Master Harry, it is a family recipe, been making them for the Krum family for generations."

"Well I feel particularly lucky that I am now a Krum and get to enjoy them as often as I want," Harry replied with a grin, before nervously looking up to see if he had overstepped his place. However, all he found was the members of his new family smiling at him happily.

After breakfast Viktor and Harry led the way up the stairs to the family parlour. The room was large, though like the rest of the house had a warm and comforting feel about it. Harry took a seat on a soft lounge beside Viktor waiting for someone to start talking, wondering if there was some kind of problem.

"Now Harry, there is just a few things ve need to discuss. Firstly, now that the blood adoption has taken place velcome to the family!" Andon said smiling warmly at Harry. "Please feel free to go anywhere in the manor, it is your home now. Ve have already started the process of enrolling you in Durmstrang Institute, you should receive your books list etc later in the summer. Durmstrang vhile different to Hogwarts is a very good school and ve hope that you vill be happy there. Ve also feel that it vould be best that no one knows exactly vhere you are for the moment. This vould give you a chance to settle in and enjoy your summer free from any other pressures. Though, please feel free to owl vhoever you vant."

Harry tensed slightly at this, "don't worry, there is no one I want to owl at the moment. After the year I've had I'm looking forward to a quiet summer."

Anna nodded thoughtfully at this, "I bet, vhat that school let you endure was just abominable!" she finished a scowl marring her face.

"Ve vill discuss more about school as it gets closer so there is just one more thing left to sort out. Your belongings at your home, I have heard that you do not get on very vell vith the people you live with, however, if you let me know your address, I can organise to pick up your things and have them brought here."

Harry looked away awkwardly at this, his eyes darting to a picture of a beautiful hippogriff on the wall as his face burned red.

"Ah… that won't be necessary" Harry muttered, still not meeting anyone's eye.

Viktor and his father shared a look.

"Honestly, it is no trouble if that's vhat your vorried about Harry" Viktor said, scanning Harry's face trying to read the emotions there.

"No, no that's not it. I umm actually don't have any belongings at my relatives house" he finished quietly.

Krum looked at him in surprise. "You have nothing at your relatives home Harry? How is that possible?"

"Well they didn't like to spend money on me, so yeah no stuff there to worry about collecting" Harry said with a shrug of his small shoulders, his hands going to fiddle with the bottom of his shirt again.

"Harry, there is more to this then you are telling us." Andon said staring at him intently. "Ve are family now, ve are here for you no matter vhat, you can trust us."

Harry looked up, meeting Andon's dark eyes and seeing only sincerity there he let out a big sigh.

"It isn't a big deal, my relatives don't like magic and so didn't like me much and they weren't shy about showing their feelings."

"Showing their feelings in vhat vay?" Anna whispered her heart clenching at the small boy before her and what might have happened to him.

Harry shrugged again, "Nothing major, just they didn't like spending money on me, even my clothes are all Dudley - my cousins - hand me downs, in case you couldn't tell" Harry said with a snort giving his to big t-shirt a tug. "They didn't feed me much, I had to do all the chores around the house and they occasionally hit me if I did anything they didn't like" Harry mumbled quickly trying to get it all out as fast as he could. He had never told anyone about his home life, and he didn't like to do so now, but they were right, they are family now and that is important.

All three of the Krum's looked at him shocked, Anna was clutching her hands tightly her eyes shining with tears. As one they took a deep breath to calm themselves before continuing.

"Harry vhat they did to you is terrible and if you ever vant to talk ve are here for you. I promise that you vill never suffer like that under my household. Ve Krum's are very protective of our family" Andon said a dangerous glint in his eye. Viktor and Anna nodding in agreement.

Viktor's face was hard his eyes flashing and Harry knew that he was upset about what Harry had said.

"Harry vould you like to go for a valk? Ve could all go and show you around our lands, I may be a little biased but they are truly spectacular," Anna said effectively breaking the tension that had formed in the room at Harry's words, not wanting the boy to feel incomfortable.

"That sounds wonderful, thank you Anna."

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In the Gryffindor fourth year boys dormitory, four boys were busy throwing the last of their belongings into their trunks, preparing for the train to leave this morning to take them back to Kings Cross Station.

"Where's Harry?" asked Neville in concern, looking around the room as he tried to remember if he had packed everything.

"No idea" said Ron. "His trunk is gone, he must've headed down to the train early."

Neville frowned in thought, when was the last time he had actually seen Harry? He could honestly say he hadn't seen him since the big celebration. 'Though, Harry hates the attention he might just be hiding out somewhere', Neville thought logically, making a mental note to look for Harry on the train.

With the last of their things packed the four boys headed out to catch a carriage to the station, all looking forward to heading home for the summer.

The train was already half full when the Gryffindor boys boarded. They made their way through the train looking for an empty compartment while Neville was also keeping an eye out for Harry, with no sign of his black-haired friend he entered a compartment with the other boys.

"Where is Harry even staying this summer?" Neville enquired.

"I think Dumbledore is still sending him to his relatives, something about death eaters still being a danger to him" Ron answered. "Though I'm sure mum will invite him over through the summer like she usually does."

With a sigh Neville let the conversation drop, Harry was probably just in a compartment somewhere on the train wanting a bit of peace and quiet after everything that had happened.

He sat down, his worry for Harry slipping away as he opened his book on magical herbs and fungi and started reading.

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As Vernon Dursley waited impatiently at Kings Cross Station, he became more and more irate. Where was that useless nephew of his!? He watched as family after family walked past, carrying trunks and a variety of animals, but still there was no sign of Harry. With an angry growl Vernon Dursley turned and stomped out of the station. 'He can bloody well find his own way home if he can't be on time' he thought viciously as he climbed into his car and drove away.