[HPforGrownups] Re: Apparition & Fidelius

[Cindy Jenkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 91075

>But Bellatrix is Sirius' first cousin and probably visited 12
Grimmauld Place in her childhood and early teens. (Sirius said he
never saw her after he was fifteen, meaning that she must have left
Hogwarts two or three years before he did, but she could have visited
his home before that--or after he left home for good at sixteen.)
Anyway, I think it's extremely unlikely that she wouldn't know where
her uncle and aunt and her two cousins lived. So the Fidelius charm
would somehow have to erase that knowledge or just make the house
invisible and inaccessible to those who have not specifically been
told by the Secret Keeper not only its address but that its the
headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. 

My suspicion is that Bellatrix suspects the truth and knows exactly
where the house is but just can't see it or get inside. 

Hi all,

That's *exactly* how I see it...  The fidelius charm acts as a security system.  You may know where something is, but you won't be able to get inside unless the secret keeper tells you the secret.  In this case,  it isn't the address.  It's that #12 is the HQ for the Order of the Phoenix.  You have to know the complete secret...

I've often wondered if 9 3/4 was protected by a fidelius charm as well.  Every year the students get a letter telling them term begins Sept. 1, and that the train to Hogwards will leave at 11:00 from 9 3/4.  Anyone who sees the letter can enter, but if you don't see the letter (like the Dursleys) you can't get by.  

Cindy

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