Ticket to ride - no wands necessary

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No: HPFGUIDX 42633

Marianne wrote:
> So, that leaves me with several choices: 1) A wand is necessary for 
> Apparation. 
> 
> If a wand is not necessary, then why is Sirius, a bright Hogwarts 
> student, apparently not not using apparation for travel? 
> 
> 1)  Sirius, like other experienced wizards, can apparate perfectly 
> well without a wand, but feels an obligation to not leave Buckbeak 
to 
> fend for himself, so rather than safely Apparate unseen from place 
to 
> place, he stays with the hippogryff.  2) Apparation can be detected 
> or monitored by the MoM, so Sirius cannot do so for his own safety. 
> 3) Sirius is not a powerful enough wizard to managed Apparation 
> without the aid of a wand. 
> 
> I'm sure there are other possibilities that could explain this, but 
> that's all I can deal with right now.


Here's two more possibilities:
1.Sirius doesn't like to Apparate.  Simple, mundane, but (sort of) 
backed up by canon.  In GoF Ch 9, Mr. Weasley said, "You don't mess 
around with Apparition.  There are plenty of adult wizards who don't 
bother with it.  Prefer brooms--slower, but safer."  Maybe Sirius is 
one of these people.

2.You can't Apparate in animagus form.  He couldn't risk suddenly 
showing up in the middle of Hogsmeade and having someone see him.

--Hei Lun