[HPforGrownups] OotP flints

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 69991

lexy582003 wrote:
> Hi There,
> This is my very first time here and I am keen to connect with like 
> minded adult HP fans. I have just read OotP for the second time and 
> have a few questions. Hagrid mentions that Dumbledore uses the 
> Thestrals if he is going on a journey and doesn't want to apparate 
> (OotP21)- I thought no one could apparate or disapparate in Hogwarts -
>  Hermione is very clear about this and mentions it in all the books. 
> Does this mean that Dumbledore can do it because he is such a great 
> wizard, or that he is the one who casts the protection spells over 
> Hogwarts and is therefore exempt?

All he, or anyone else, would have to do is leave the grounds and 
disapparate.

> Also, a continuity question - OotP24 states that Pigwidgeon bursts 
> out of his cage on Ron's knee when the Knight bus veers - when did 
> Ron get Pigwidgeon from Hogwarts? If I remember correctly Ron and his 
> siblings were transported to Grimmauld Place by portkey from 
> Dumbledore's office and he didn't have Pigwidgean with him.

The house elves packed everything and shipped it via Wizard Express.