Forms of Magic - Apparation or not?

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 59704

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jesta Hijinx"
<jestahijinx at h...> wrote:
> 
> >Recently when reading Goblet, I came to wonder how those house
> > elves scale the width, breadth and depth of Hogwarts, and then 
> > as I remembered, Dobby just snaps his fingers and disappears. 
> The elves also make food disappear and reappear on tables above.
> >
> >Would this be considered forms of Apparition?
> >


> One of the things I think we should bear in mind is that not
> everything we see around the kids in the WW is going to fall neatly 
> into the categories...
>
> I doubt that it's true Apparition and is probably called something 
> else and operates slightly differently.
> 
> Felinia

bboy_mn:

The original poster asked: Would food appearing and disappearing from
the tables be considered a from of apparation? 

My answer: No. At least, not in the context we are given.

I think what happens to the food is what I call a 'transfer' spell.
Food is transferred from the lower kitchen tables to the upper dining
room tables. Dumbledore transfers, at least in my opinion, the purple
squashy sleeping bags from storage to the Great Hall. Dumbledore
transfers the tea and cakes from the kitchens to Hagrid's cabin when
H/R/H were trying to convince Hagrid to come back and teach.
McGonagall transfers sandwiches and pumpkin juice up from the kitchens
to Snape's office for Harry and Ron.

So, it's possible that instead of Apparating, Dobby just preformed a
transfer spell on himself, and moved himself to a new location.
Although, I will concede that Elf magic is very powerful, I would say
far more powerful than even wizard's magic. So, it is conceivable the
Elfin version of apparation is powerful enough or different enough
that is is not affected by the wards and spells that protect Hogwart's
castle. I mean it is unlikely that Hogwarts will ever be attack by a
rogue band of elves.

So could a normal wizard 'tranfer' another wizard into or out of the
Hogwart's grounds? I don't think so. I think the primary purpose of
the protection spells is to stop wizard's magic. So neither apparation
nor transfer by a wizard would work. 

But Elves have a completely different brand of magic. So conceivably,
an elf could transfer a wizard into or out of Hogwarts grounds. In
fact, I suspect we may actually see that happen. Harry will be
attacked inside the castle, and at the last minute, he will remember
that Dobby appeared to apparate inside the castle. So Harry runs to
the kitchens, and Dobby transfers H/R/H into Hogsmeade or into the
forest where they can escape from Voldemort or launch a counter attack.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn