Chapter 174
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From: hjp1980 .uk
Dear Spencer
I have found a magical form of transport that comes to muggle areas. We were coming back from picking up snacks at the local grocers and Dean accidentally stuck his wand out wand out into the street and this whopping great purple bus turned up, and the driver started quoting prices at us in sickles. I asked where it could travel and it took us to London. I asked if it could take me to California but unfortunately it only works in England, Scotland and Wales and Ireland. The driver explained that it doesn't drive across or under the water, the whole bus seems to do something like apparate from one place to another as people call for it so even travelling from Dover to London, you might go via Scotland and Ireland, so I'm not sure why it cannot go to Europe or America as well. It doesn't feel like apparition or a portkey or any other form of travelling I've come across before, it just feels like when you get on a bus with a beginner driver who slams on the brakes and the accelerator. You have to hold on for dear life which is made worse because the bus is full of old-fashioned armchairs that aren't bolted to the floor and slide about and crash into each other a bit like out-of-control dodgem cars. It's even worse if you look out the front window as you're traveling. The bus seems to squeeze in between lines of slower traffic or up on the footpath at times, not even slowing down for traffic lights, and things like other traffic, parked cars, light posts and pedestrians just magically move out of its way. It's very convenient and a flat price no matter how far you're travelling but I have to admit I thought seriously about taking a train, ferry and nonmagical bus to get back again even though it would've taken me all day instead of about twenty minutes.
Anyway, we went to Gringotts, (lucky they were open since it was Sunday because I didn't even think about that, nothing else we wanted to go to in Diagon Alley or in the shops near 'The Leaky Cauldron' were open), and I asked the goblins about social security or other identity numbers and paperwork and if my passport information would be added to the country's computer system where it should be when I put a different currency into my passport. You were right, the goblins had never heard of computers, much less have the ability to hack into multiple systems using magic and change the data as required. They said that the passport had a mild confundus spell on it to stop whoever is checking my passport from noticing that I'm not on whatever other paperwork they have, and they think that should work with computer paperwork too, but I'm ot sure about that. So, I will have to find a way to apply for a social security number once I get there. Perhaps the goblins there would be able to help. I didn't want to ask specifically about America until I get there because I don't want anyone to know where I've gone. Not that I think bankers would tell people their customer's secrets but it's best to be sure. The good news is that I can withdraw money from my vault from any branch of Gringotts and they've given me a list of what cities they're in, there is one in Los Angeles. They also told me that they consider withdrawals from the vaults to be private bank business and would not tell anyone if they were asked. I asked if that included my magical guardian, and they said that normally it wouldn't but that the bank did not consider Dumbledore to be my magical guardian in good standing and wouldn't be telling him my business.
To answer your question the advantage of Polyjuice over Glamour Charms is that you can use Polyjuice to become different actual person. You could glamour yourself to look like a particular person but without them and a mirror in front of you to compare your reflections your image wouldn't be good enough to fool someone who knows them. You couldn't do that without their willing cooperation. Polyjuice also changes the sound of your voice and your smell. If you're just trying to look like someone other than yourself the biggest drawback of a glamour charm is that it's detectable, and unless you've password locked it it's easily removed with the Finite Incantatum charm. I don't know why but surprisingly few people seem to know the way to add passwords to spells, I asked Rose and Patrick and neither of them had even heard it was possible.
I'm glad that your Mum's doing well, and sorry to hear about your Uncle Daniel. How was your weekend at his house? Does it cause ongoing problems in your Mum's care roster? Sorry to hear about your other friends being too busy to write regularly, it happens with a lot of my friends too. Once I got all my letters back from Dobby, I noticed that Hermione was the only one who wrote regularly last year, and even this year where I don't think that anyone is tampering with my mail and I'm answering it all fairly quickly, I'm getting less letters per week now than I did the first week at home. And Patrick and I were great correspondents through Autumn last year, and it was starting to taper off until I told him about what was happening at Hogwarts, the mystery petrifications and being shunned and hexed in the hallways. Then I think that he kept writing partly out of curiosity to find out what was happening and partly because he didn't want me to think he was like the idiots at Hogwarts who decided I was a dark wizard without any proof.
Superman's outfit is made of super expensive and durable fabrics which is why it doesn't tear but Batman couldn't afford that and the wind force when he's flying should rip his clothing to shreds when he's travelling at top speed.
Your Friend Always
Harry
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