A/N- This is one of the pieces that is set after the end of seventh year, and it deals with a few questions a couple of people asked about turning Ginny into a werewolf. I also just want to remind people that there is no update schedule with this collection series, or any of my other collection series. I post collection pieces at random, and can't schedule their updates as I can go weeks without writing a collection piece and then write several in one week. However, they will all continue to be updated as frequently as is possible. Enjoy this piece, and remember to keep letting me know what else you want to see explored in this series.

Reports.

Hermione carefully got out of bed, taking care not to wake Draco. The previous evening had been a full moon and she knew that if given the chance Draco would likely sleep until at least midday as it was a weekend. Although Hermione was half tempted to remain in bed with Draco, as she'd joined Draco for the first part of the evening in her animagus form of a sleek brown wolf, and then after leaving him to grab a few hours' sleep she was woken up at sunrise when Draco returned to the house, his usual energetic self. After a couple of hours of sex the couple had fallen asleep, and now it was time for Hermione to get up.

By the time Hermione had showered and dressed, Draco had spread himself over the large king size bed they shared and Hermione took a moment to just watch the wizard she loved. Pulling the covers up as they'd slipped down almost revealing Draco's backside, Hermione lightly ran her fingers through Draco's soft blond hair and gave him a soft kiss on the forehead. She then left Draco to have another couple of hours rest as she grabbed herself some breakfast and settled herself in her study.

Arriving in her study, the first thing Hermione did was remove an enchanted blue folder she kept locked in her bottom drawer. Checking that the folder was empty, she placed it on her desk and set about doing a bit of other work while she waited for the glowing of the folder to signify the report she was waiting for had arrived. The folder was connected to another identical folder, which was in the possession of Marcus Flint, and once Marcus had fully written up his report, he would place it in his folder and a simple spell would transfer it to Hermione's.

As always when she was waiting for the monthly report from Marcus, Hermione found it hard to concentrate on much else. Getting nowhere with her other work, Hermione put it to one side, and turning to gaze out of the large window that offered stunning views of the large country grounds of the house she owned with Draco, she thought about the report she was about to receive, and if it would be any different from the others she'd received over the last year.

The report Hermione was waiting for was an in-depth account of how Ginny Weasley had spent her last month, including the previous evening's full moon. When she'd engineered Ginny's transformation into a werewolf, Hermione had been a hundred percent sure it was the right thing to do. It had been the best way of ruining her life and shutting the Weasleys up for good, and in actual fact the plan had worked even better than she'd hoped for when the papers had gotten wind of the story and even implied that Ginny and her family were themselves responsible for what had happened.

It was after the conversation she and Draco had a few weeks after Ginny's attack that Hermione seriously began to think about how what she'd done to Ginny would affect Draco. At the moment he wasn't ready for the world to know he was a werewolf, but Hermione knew that wouldn't always be the case. And when he was ready for the world to find out his secret, he wanted to take the opportunity to change people's perspectives on werewolves. Hermione knew it would take years, both for Draco to be ready to go public with his lycanthropy, and for any changes of public opinion to really take hold, but she didn't want Ginny taking advantage of any of the positive moves Draco made.

Logically Hermione knew that it would be so long before there was any real changes that it might not even impact on Ginny. By that point she would have been a werewolf for years, and would have been in a self-loathing rut for all of that time. Still, Hermione had been worried and for the first time she'd regretted her rash actions. Draco had assured her that she'd done the right thing with Ginny, and her revenge had been perfect, but she was worried that she had ruined things for Draco trying to change the world where werewolves were concerned.

Not sure how to rectify her mistakes, Hermione had privately spoken to Marcus and given him the task of watching Ginny as much as he could. She paid him handsomely in exchange for information, and so far he hadn't disappointed. Hermione knew her father kept an eye on Ginny, just in case she decided to use the fact she was a werewolf to attack, but as Hermione had so rightly predicted turning Ginny into a werewolf had broken her completely. She didn't have any fighting spirit left in her, and Hermione suspected the only way she would even think of retaliating against the dark was if they pushed her over the edge and did something to her parents or remaining brothers. But since the Weasleys had gone to ground following Ginny's transformation there was no need to kill any more of them, and Voldemort merely kept a precautionary eye on the family.

Turning back to her desk, a ghost of a smile flitted over Hermione's face as she caught the fading glow of the file. Picking up the file, she slid out the sheets of parchment and began to read. As usual there was very little to report, but Marcus hadn't missed a thing. There were notes on every day of the past month, and a description of how Ginny had spent the previous evening.

Unlike Draco was loved the full moon and had been in his element the previous evening, for Ginny it had been pure torture. The Weasleys had converted an old shed on the property as a safe haven for Ginny on a full moon. In the shed were chains and restraints, and Ginny was secured in the shed long before the moon rose. She was then stuck in the shed until either Molly or Arthur released the wards the following morning. According to Marcus while she was in her wolf form she constantly tried to break free of her prison, but the closest she'd come was tearing out a small section of the shed, which Arthur had promptly fixed the following morning and made it stronger.

Initially Hermione had been worried about the reports of Ginny trying to get loose while in wolf form, but both Draco and Greyback had reassured her that it was just her animal instinct taking over and she wasn't trying to come and get them. And if Hermione needed proof that Ginny wasn't really a threat, all she had to do was look at how she'd spent the rest of the year when she wasn't a wolf. Ginny had been a werewolf for a mere year and in that time her life had fallen to pieces.

Ginny had never returned to school, nor had she even bothered to take her exams privately. All her friends had deserted her and the couple of times she had ventured out to Diagon Alley with Molly she'd been jeered and shunned. She hadn't even been able to find a job, and even though the twins had tried to help and given her some work at the shop, they'd faced a boycott when word spread that they had hired a werewolf. Not wanting to lose their business, the twins had stopped Ginny from working for them, and these days she spent all her days at The Burrow.

Given the changes Draco wanted to make, the treatment of Ginny wasn't encouraging in general, but it was what Hermione had wanted. She'd been looking to destroy Ginny to ostracise her from the wizarding world, and that was exactly what had happened. A year into her new life, Ginny was struggling and already she was a shell of her former self. Marcus sometimes included pictures in his reports, and Hermione had been both shocked and pleased to see the latest pictures of Ginny had her looking frail and skeletal. There was no doubt in Hermione's mind that her plan had worked, and she'd ruined Ginny's life.

Now all she had to worry about was Draco, and helping him when he was ready to take his condition public. Hermione knew she didn't need to worry about Ginny getting hold of new potions to help deal with the effects of lycanthropy, as in Hermione's eyes there was no need for such potions and she would do her best to make sure none ever existed. Draco didn't need a potion to help him cope, and anyone who did were losers like Ginny and Hermione wasn't interested in helping them. However, she didn't want Ginny to take advantage of any other changes Draco might bring about. After going to all the trouble of turning Ginny the last thing she wanted to do was offer her some hope of a normal life. She would have to do whatever it took to ensure that Ginny would remain in her state of pitiful self-loathing for as long as she lived.

"Ah, the Weaselette report," Draco's voice called from the doorway.

Hermione looked up and smiled at the sight of Draco leaning against the doorframe. He'd pulled on a pair of dark jogging bottoms, but he was still topless and his hair was still dishevelled from sleep.

"Anything new?" Draco asked as he strolled across the room and kissed Hermione, before looking down at the papers on her desk.

"Just the same," Hermione reported as she gathered up the papers and opening her safe she deposited them in a box where she kept Marcus's other reports. She then returned the blue folder back to her desk drawer to await next month's news.

"That's good, isn't it?" Draco asked, noting Hermione's lack of enthusiasm. "You've got exactly what you wanted. She's completely and utterly broken. Even her own family are slowly drifting away from her. The twins employed her for two minutes before getting rid of her and from what Harry says, Percy is doing his utmost to pretend he doesn't even have a sister. The Weasleys are no longer a threat, so why the long face?"

"Sometimes I wish I hadn't been so rash in my youth," Hermione admitted with a sigh.

"You make it sound like you're a hundred," Draco laughed. "We only turned Weaselette last year. You're still young."

"I know, but only now I see the big picture," Hermione replied. "Last year I was so cocky and so focused on revenge that I never thought about the future. I didn't think about you."

"Yes, you did," Draco corrected. "We talked about this, and I fully supported your decision."

"But now it's going to be harder for you to change things," Hermione protested.

"I'm not ready to change things, Hermione," Draco said quietly, settling himself down on Hermione's chair and pulling her onto his lap. "Everyone I care about knows about my condition, and for now that's enough for me. I'm not ready to fight and try and get people to change their attitudes towards werewolves. It might be years before I'm ready for that fight, but I know when I'm ready, you'll be right at my side fighting with me."

"I will," Hermione vowed. "But we'll still have to think about Ginny. We can't change things for werewolves and expect her to still live this downtrodden miserable life she's settled into."

"If you want my honest opinion, I'm not sure she's going to be around long enough to be a consideration," Draco said. "Just look at the mess she's in after just one year. How many years do you think she can cope? Because, I can't see her lasting any serious time if things carry on in the same vein. Looking at her now, I can't see her still being around in say ten years."

"I see where you're coming from, but don't underestimate her," Hermione warned. "She's tougher than she looks. Just look at how she carried on fighting even after what had happened to Ron, Bill and Charlie."

"That was different," Draco replied. "She still felt as though she had something to fight for then. But what does she have to fight for now? She's got no job, no friends, no love life and even her family are suffering because of her. Keep an eye on her by all means, but don't worry yourself about her. As I said, it's going to be years before I'm ready to start fighting, and by then she might not even be a problem. Don't worry about the future, focus on right now."

"You're right," Hermione agreed with a determined nod. "Marcus will warn me if she's going to become a threat. Right now, she's exactly where we want her."

"And you're exactly where I want you," Draco said with a smirk as he slid his hand up the back of Hermione's top and with one hand expertly flicked open the catch of her bra.

"You're insatiable," Hermione laughed as his hand slid around her front and pushed under her open bra to massage her breast.

"I'm an animal," Draco growled, crashing his lips against Hermione's and silencing their conversation for the time being.

Ginny wasn't just going to go away, but for the time being she slipped from Hermione's mind as she focused on the present, and more importantly what Draco was doing to her. An hour later the couple emerged from Hermione's study, and as they settled down to spend the rest of the weekend together, Ginny wasn't mentioned again. She was something to possibly be dealt with in the future, right now everything was just fine and Ginny was exactly where Hermione had always wanted her - broken, ostracised and with nothing to live for.