I fell into a routine of practicing magic, reading and sorting books. A week later I heard back from Gemdigger saying the deal on the apartment was finalized and they would start putting up wards the next day after I came in to sign the contracts for the apartment and the wards. He hooked up the ring portkey at the same time.

It took a week to set up all the wards and finally I had an easier way in and out of London. The day after they finished I visited it for the first time and looked around. It was very open and bright with lots of windows and a view of the city. I was on the ninth floor of the building. The apartment had two bedrooms and baths, a living room, and a kitchenette. I decided to make one of the rooms into an office so I could do some studying here for a change of scenery sometimes.

Heading to the closest library a few blocks away I ordered some nice furniture, a laptop and TV, and set up an appointment for cable and Wi-Fi to be installed. I also signed up for beginner courses for two different types of martial arts every afternoon that start the next week.

Back home I sat down and drew up a schedule.

6 am- wake up, breakfast

6:30 to 8 am – stretches and running in the park/swimming

8 to 8;30 am - shower and dress

8:30 to 11 am- study: M/W Magic Theory, Tu/F Science, Th/ Sa Math

11am to 12:30 pm- M/Th sort books, Tu/Sa Herbology, W/F Potions

12:30 to 2 pm – lunch and break

2 to 4 pm- Martial arts classes

4 to 4:30 pm - shower

4:30 to 6pm – Dinner and rest

6 to 8 pm – practice magic

8 to 10 pm- study: M/F Transfiguration, Tu/Th Charms, W/Sa Occlumency

10 pm- meditate and sleep

Then Sunday mornings I could do whatever while Sunday afternoons are spent working on my books.

Today is Wednesday and the martial arts classes don't start till Monday so I'll spend that time this week working on the apartment and getting supplies.

First thing tomorrow after exercising I decided to hit Gringotts, grab more books, then shop in the alley and get owl order catalogs from each store for future use. That decided I went to the ballroom and did some stretches I remembered from school then went and swam a few laps in the pool.

After a shower and lunch I decided to check out the greenhouses. I started with the far right one labeled one and worked my way through to the last one labeled ten. Most of them were in good shape but a few had broken or missing glass panes and one had plants growing through the walls. Most of the plants were dead and replaced by weeds but a few were going strong. Thankfully all of the spots were labeled so I knew which plants were dead and which survived. I made a list in a notebook as I went through keeping track of the state of each plant.

I went back in and set the list aside to research later and settled down to read a book on earth science. After a few chapters I switched to a charms book, then went up to the study and worked on some math problems. After dinner I worked on my mindscape some more before bed. I finished my beginner's occlumency book and was ready to start building my defenses.

I started by reinforcing the castle walls and the gate, and then added a moat and drawbridge. I then started adding animals all over, because of my affinity with them due to my gift of communication. I added sharks, whales, snapping turtles, eels, and other dangerous sea animals to the ocean around my island. Next I added guard dogs in the castle and farm animals in the village. The forest became filled with wild wolves, foxes, tigers, bears, giant snakes and spiders, and smaller woodland animals as scouts.

I decided to grab some magical animal/zoology books in the alley tomorrow to add them as well. After the animals I envisioned a giant force field around the island. I filled it with electricity and intense heat to repel intruders but made sure my animals could pass through to the ocean and back.

Exhausted I came back to the present and noticing it was late went to bed.