A/N: Sorry again for the length of this one! Next chapter will make up for it, I promise! On my computer I have all my chapters titled (since when I started out I wasn't sure if I was going to title each chapter or date them as I have done). This is out of habit now, but I want to let you in on the title for this letter, as it sums up the next few letters pretty well. It's called Drastic Decisions, and you'll see why in a minute. Anyway, I think I'll let Ginny do the rest of the talking....

Harry's good mood evaporated the minute he began to read the first few lines of the next letter. Ginny's writing was hurried and nearly illegible. The letter was rushed into rather haphazardly, full of spelling mistakes.

12th October 1997

Harry,

Neville, with all his cheek, asked Alecto Carrow this morning if she was related to muggles at all. It earned him a serious detention, which he was given at lunch time. Apparently, it was with both the Carrows, Malfoy and a select group of Slytherin students. They used the combined crutiatus curse on him, and you know how powerful combined spells can be. They did it again. And again. And again, until he was black and blue and bleeding He had to go and see Madam Pomfrey afterwards, because of a huge gash he ha down his cheek from where he hit the wall, when he was thrown back from the spells. He's in a really, really bad way Harry, and whatever happens we can't let the Carrows get away with this one. This is pure evil. Really. He's a schoolboy, only just of age, and yet they torture him in the way they would a fully grown auror! It's so cruel! No, I don't think even that is the write word. It's inhuman, that's what it is. I hate it. And I'm going to do something about it. I swear. I wasn't joking earlier either, when I said I wasn't going to let the Carrows get away with it. Poor Neville is in such a bad way, he's so bruised and battered. I have to do something!

Wait… I've had an idea…. Dumbledore left you the sword of Gryffindor in his will, didn't he, even though it wasn't his to give? Well he gave it to you to help you on your mission, to help you destroy Voldemort's horcrux (yes, I know about them, but if Hermione will leave those books lying around in my room…). So you need the sword to do it. And I know where it is – in Snape's office. I don't know how I'd get it to you, but I can't let it sit there in his office. It just sits there…when it could be doing something useful…destroying a horcrux. So, I've had an idea. The sword won't have to stay in that cabinet much longer. I've got a plan that's going to shock the Carrows and scare Snape so much. This is war, and I have to do this. It's bigger than anything we've done before.

I'm going to steal the sword of Gryffindor.

Love

Ginny xxx

A/N: So? What do you think? I know I've left you on a bit of a cliff hanger now, but all will be revealed in the next letter!

Ruby Nugget asked in her last review what font I was using for the letters. Well, Ruby, it's only the normal font but in italics! Hope that answered your question! I'm also going to apologise for all my grammer errors, I'm really sorry about this. I proof-check all my own stuff before posting, and I don't have a beta so I'm sorry! Thanks for letting me know, and please tell me about grammer errors. Thanks!