Apparate or Die Trying (WAS TBAY: MACHINGARMCHAIR)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 39445

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at c...> 
wrote:

> 
> So why doesn't Bertha apparate away?

She's pretty clueless isn't she? Maybe she's one of the can'ts. 
We ought to be allowed one.

Cindy:
>>  How about Real Moody pops out of a tight spot before he is 
captured by Crouch Jr. and Wormtail?  <<

The easiest answer is that there's no one way anti-apparition 
warding. That is, if Moody protects his house so people can't 
apparate into it, he can't apparate out. The same has to apply to 
the Shrieking Shack. It was made to protect people from a 
werewolf. You wouldn't want them apparating in out of curiosity. If 
nobody can get in, nobody can get out. 

Cindy:
>> How about Crouch Jr. apparates out of the top box to 
freedom?<<

Winky is binding him.

>>Wormtail's chances of survival are probably better if he just 
 apparates away when Sirius corners him instead of this 
elaborate  self-mutilation scheme, right?  <<

JKR:
Well, the Ministry of Magic keeps tabs on people apparating. 
That's why you have to have a license to do it, and the moment 
you abuse it you can find yourself in serious trouble (or 
Azkaban!). Scholastic Chat Oct. 2000.

So if Pettigrew apparated, the Ministry would have detected it and 
known that he was still alive. 

Pippin