Ginny looked up, and asked, "What did you say?"

Exasperated, Draco reiterated himself, and Ginny shook her head, "Not really. I mean, it helps in training, but this is a search to try and catalog all the information in the library here. I tell you, it took forever to get finished with the Hogwarts library, and that doesn't even include the individual teacher's libraries or Dumbledore's. None of them will let me at their libraries right now, so I figured I pick up where I left off in here. The last book of the first shelf. Now, I told you you'd just be bored. I'm practically rewriting the library, so don't expect me to hurry, and I don't really know how much you could help. If you want, you could sanitize the back of the room."

Raising an eyebrow, Draco asked, "So what you're saying is that the only way I can be useful right now is to be a house elf? No thanks. Can't we practice fighting or something?"

Ginny smirked, "Is that a challenge?"

"Only if you think you could take a friendly little match." came the reply.

After clearing everything away and protecting the room, the two drew their wands and stood about three meters from each other. They bowed, and began to fight. Casting spell after spell, they were locked in a stalemate duel. Ginny growled, and threw away her wand, continuing without it more easily. As she began to overcome him, Draco threw away his wand as well, though he had never used a drop of wandless magic. The boy relied on instinct, and he was much more powerful, but due to lack of training, he burnt out after just a few spells. Defenseless, Draco surrendered.

Panting slightly, Ginny regained control of her breathing and heart rate instantly. "Good fight. I didn't think you'd last as long as you did without a wand. You've got real potential. That's enough for one night as well."

Standing and reclaiming his wand, Draco panted, "Ginevra, I'll make you a deal. You teach me wandless magic, and anything else you can, and I'll truthfully answer any ten questions you ask me, if I have the knowledge. Deal?"

Ginny took Draco's extended hand. Despite herself, she was curious as to how he had learned to fight as well as he could, and about a few other things. Besides, she just had to teach him, she didn't have to make him as good or better than her.

It was nearly two in the morning when Ginny allowed herself to sleep. The six hours were much more than what she usually got, but the next day was going to be a tough one, and she needed the extra four hours. When Kreature opened the door to Ginny's room at exactly eight o' clock, her eyes snapped open, and she turned to the diminutive elf, "Kreature, you will only need to open the door to wake me, if I am well. I will be downstairs in half an hour for breakfast, and Draco will come down whenever he decides to. Today will only be cleaning. I want the entire first floor and basement cleaned out before I retire at three tomorrow morning. I will give you orders for the morning before I go to bed. That is all, you may go."

Kreature bowed low, and hurried off to do his allotted work. Ginny took a ten minute shower, and magically dried her hair, before bewitching a brush to do the long job of untangling the floor length mess. At precisely eight thirty, Ginny seated herself at the table in the dining room, and Kreature came in to serve her. When she was halfway through the meal, a still asleep Draco Malfoy staggered in, and ordered a large breakfast, which was immediately served to him. "Ginevra, how are you awake? We went to bed at two in the morning!"

An enigmatic smirk was Ginny's only reply as the dishes were cleared away. "I'll be in the library, if anything comes up, Kreature. Remember, absolutely spotless." Before disappearing upstairs, Ginny examined Mrs. Black's corner, and found that all her demands had been met. "Good morning, Madame Black. Did you sleep well?"

The portrait answered, "Yes, I did. It is a great relief to know that my noble home once again houses those of worthy blood. Kreature shall do good work, I hope, he is all I can give to you from here. I shall speak to my son about his will, don't worry."

Ginny curtsied, "That is most generous of you, Madame Black."

"Please, Ginevra, call me Aunty Black, I am a third cousin of Esme Prewett, you know." Mrs. Black said kindly.

Smiling at the portrait, Ginny said, "That is most kind of you, Aunty Black. Please, I insist that you call me Ginny then."

Mrs. Black promised to do so, and then waved Ginny off, telling her to go about her business and not to waste time on an old portrait. She claimed Ginny was doing enough in the house already to make her happy.

Draco caught Ginny just before she entered the library, "Ginevra, when will you teach me?"

Stiffly removing the taller boy's hand, she responded, "The first thing you can do is stretch. When you can do a split and a bridge, I'll begin. Limber up. The first thing to learn is how to dodge long enough to live." Ginny disappeared into the library, leaving Draco to figure out what the hell a bridge was, and how to get stretchy enough to do one on his own. In the library, Ginny spent the entire day working besides to others of herself, then, to make it so that she had, she went back with the time turner, and went through the day again, except researching from different books, and then did it once more. Finally stretching out her protesting muscles in mind and body bending ways, Ginny went downstairs at midnight.

After examining the basement and first floor, she found them entirely habitable, and called Kreature, "Your work will do. I want to be up by eight o' clock every morning, unless I tell you otherwise specifically. Breakfast will always be served at eight thirty, and will be just Draco and myself, unless I tell you otherwise specifically. I will never call on you for lunch for myself, and I shall skip dinner a lot. For those meals, refer to Draco. Unfortunately, we may be having guests, due to Sirius giving unworthy people access to the house, and I will alert you when they do. By tomorrow night at this time I want every secret passage cleaned and on a map of the house, which you will give to me. Please do the map first, and be thorough. I want this done to the best of your knowledge. As you find new things cleaning, the map should be updated. It will be on the desk in my room for now, should you need to improve it. That is all."

Ginny went to her room, and warded everything. Then she activated her hand tailored dummies to the highest setting, and began fighting. Ginny fought ten dummies off at once. They were all armed with wands, knives, guns, swords, and daggers. Ginny had just herself to start with.