[HPforGrownups] OOP: Dobby apparated/disapparated in Hogwarts?!

[John Hatch]

No: HPFGUIDX 65518

origamiwizard wrote:

In the beginning of OotP, a cracking noise reminds Harry of the sound 
that Dobby made whenever he disappeared.  That made me realize that 
Dobby did in fact apparate and disapparate INSIDE Hogwarts (when 
Harry is in the infirmary)in CoS--which everyone says is not 
possible. Does this mean that Dobby has deeper powers that we have 
thought?  I dunno. 

John responds:

It's possible Dobby moved from one part of the castle to another - although I believe that's probably impossible too. Perhaps he made himself invisible.

However, I'll add another comment to the mystery (or perhaps its just a filk): Unless I'm mistaken (I don't have the books in front of me) Harry refers to apparating and disapparating as a soft popping noise. A soft popping noise and a noise that could be mistaken as a car backfiring seem like hardly the same thing. In OotP, the noise is so loud neighbors stick their heads out the window. Yet when Percy apparates in GoF, or when Fred and George apparate in OotP, behind their mother's back, the noise doesn't seem to be as loud. Explanations? Or is the volume of the noise simply a plot device?

John

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