Disapparating; Animagi

[plinsenmayer]

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From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Disapparating; Animagi
Date: 8/18/00 2:52 pm  (ET)

Hi:

Doriane wrote: <<<Have we ever heard of Sirius Apparating or Disapparating
? I can't remember
it's mentioned anywhere in the books. Seems to me that either he's never
known how to do it, but that seems highly unlikely for someone so active
and bright, or, more probably, he may have forgotten how to do it during
his twelve years in Azkaban. Or maybe it could be that one would need
a wand to Apparate, and if I'm not mistaken, Sirius doesn't have one of
his own (which would explain why we don't see him doing a lot of magic,
apart from his Animagus transformation).>>>

Very interesting question! I would think if he's a strong enough wizard
to become an animagus (and he & James Potter were apparently top of
their class), he would know how to apparate & disapparate. My guess is
that he wanted to stay with Buckbeak -- so he chose to fly. I guess he
needed Buckbeak to leave the Hogwarts grounds in the first place since
(putting on my best Hermione voice): "You can't apparate or disapparate
from the Hogwarts grounds." And, he was rescuing Buckbeak by taking him
away. Although I wonder why Sirius wouldn't turn Buckbeak loose once
they were to a point where Buckbeak could live on his own & Sirius could
apparate somewhere to hide.

Must be more to it than we know. <g>

I agree with Danemead -- there's more to Crookshanks than meets the
eye. We didn't see any evidence of that in GoF, but I remain convinced
he's no ordinary (magical or non-magical) cat.

Penny