Harry arrived at Neville's house at 6:45 am on Monday morning. He wanted to be one of the first ones to arrive. Nev came down the stairs, dragging his trunk. He had been shocked when Harry told him that he had gotten him accepted to the announcer camp at The Farm. He had always thought Lee Jordan was a great announcer but had never imagined he could take the open spot until Harry said he thought he would do well. Harry had promised him that it wouldn't make any difference if he decided it wasn't for him, he just wanted him to have fun at camp and enjoy meeting new people.
"So are you nervous about seeing Fred and George?" Neville asked him as he let Harry shrink his trunk for easier travel.
"Not really," Harry said with a shrug. "I already know they are not using me like the others were. The worst that happens is that they knew about it but didn't join in. I tend to believe that they had no idea until recently and want to warn me."
"I don't think they would ever betray you," Nev added. "I'm not sure but I am guessing that you are their secret investor who gave them the money to get started."
"Good guess," Harry complimented. "I gave them my tri-wizard winnings as I didn't want anything to do with that money after what happened to Cedric."
"I can't blame you there mate," Neville said with a sad shake of his head. "I think it was a great idea to give it to them. I mean with all the bad things going on in the world we could all use more jokes and pranks to remind us that not everything is bleak."
"That's about what I told them when I gave them the money," Harry said realizing that Neville was definitely underestimated and a much better friend than Ron could ever be.
"So are you going to tell me just how you got my name on the list of accepted applicants at The Farm?" he asked as they prepared to activate the port-key.
"Nope," Harry said with a grin. "But it wouldn't surprise me if you figured it out on your own."
"I accept your challenge," Nev said before they disappeared for camp.
Harry led them over to the check-in area and saw that they were the only campers he could see. "Hey Sarah, Ashley," Harry said with a grin to the two sitting behind the check-in tables.
"Hi Harry, glad to see you back for Seeker camp," Ashley said with a grin. "You planning on dazzling us with more of your crazy seeker skills?"
"Of course!" He said with a chuckle. "This is my friend Neville Longbottom; he's here for the announcer camp."
"I've got him," Sarah said and walked Neville through signing up for workshops and gave him the map, rules and activity schedule.
"This camp is a bit different from yours," Ashley told Harry. "We open all the cabins for this one. So you can fit 8 bunks in each section. The seekers and the announcers are in the same section in Red section. The other three are for the amateur players. Your friends will be in Yellow section and Mike told me he made sure all three were in the same bunk. Your other friend over there," she said pointing to Neville, "is in your bunk with you. You're in Crimson bunk and I'm sure you know your way around. Kick off is at 10 in the dining hall. Do you now which activities you want yet?"
"I'll be in the dueling tournament again, advanced trick flying, speed building, advanced seeker moves, dives and feints, advanced seeker tactics, becoming a pro seeker, charming equipment, coaching, referee training, broom design contest and the seeker face off." He told her with a grin as she chuckled as he overfilled his schedule like last time.
"Ok, here's the list of the other activities, your schedule and map," she told him with a smile. "Are you sticking around afterwards again? Oh, and Mike said he wants to talk to you sometime today and I think Garret was looking for you as well."
