Why Bella didn't disapparate-was OOP Azkaban effects

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 75603

Brief Chronicles wrote:
> > > Bellatrix, she is heading for the visitors elevator/phone box 
to 
> escape the Ministry building.  Why not just apparate before Harry 
> even gets off to the 8th floor in the elevator?
<snip>
> > I did notice that it was strange she didn't Apparate, though, 
and I 
> brushed it aside by telling myself there was a block similar to 
> Hogwarts' regarding Apparation in the Department of Mysteries. 
<snip>


Arya replied: 
> I say Bellatrix didn't disapparate because she couldn't.  
Dumbledore 
> clearly says that the other captured DE are bound and being held 
> under an anti-appartition jinx in the Death Chamber.
<snip>
> My guess it that Lucius or perhaps another (Rookwood, 
> MAcNair, etc) who has inside info on the Ministry, helped disable 
> wards and protection to allow them and the kids in.  Also, 
allowing 
> for disapparition so they could get away with the prophecy when 
the 
> finally got it.
<snip>
> But this leaves us with another question:  How did Voldemort 
> disappear with Bellatrix at the end? 
<snip>

Annemehr's two Knuts:
First, why didn't Bellatrix apparate away?  I think she knew full 
well (and intended?) that Harry followed her out of the Death 
Chamber.  They ended up in the Atrium where she began taunting him 
and *trying to get the prophecy* from Harry.  She didn't know it had 
broken until Voldemort appeared  (apparated) and confirmed it was 
true.

Second, I think she meant to apparate after she got the prophecy, 
and indeed we saw that Voldemort could do it.  The Atrium is the 
part of the MoM for arrivals and departures.  That's why it had the 
Flu fireplaces, and it's where Harry heard "the pops and cracks of 
Apparators" in ch. seven, when he was there for his hearing (and we 
do know that Arthur normally Apparates to work).  I'm sure that this 
is the *only* part of the MoM where it is possible to apparate, for 
security reasons.  Furthermore, I think Dumbledore's anti-apparation 
jinxes were applied to the DEs individually and so he'd missed 
Bellatrix and obviously didn't get Voldemort either.

Third, as for how it was possible for the kids and DEs to be getting 
in and out, I agree with Arya that the DEs took care of that.  I 
don't think they had to do anything to make apparition possible, but 
they certainly had to make sure all the MoM witches and wizards were 
cleared out of the way.  I'll bet Lucius Malfoy and the Imperius 
Curse had a lot to do with that.  As for the timing, Voldemort must 
have known when Harry received the vision of Sirius being tortured 
and so could signal the DEs that it was time to begin.  Voldemort 
may then have hidden somewhere nearby in order to feel when Harry 
finally approached the MoM, so he could give a second signal.  
Eventually, he must have sensed things "going wrong" (or 
Dumbledore's presence?) and apparated into the atrium (but why risk 
it? -- did he need to see Harry for himself to see what had happened 
to the prophecy orb?).

Eh, I think that's three Knuts!

Annemehr