Trusting characters Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[Shanoah Alkire]

No: HPFGUIDX 119127


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...>
wrote:
> Carol responds:
> FWIW, he didn't even apparate in. He arrived on his flying
motocycle!
> Why, I don't know. Apparation would have been faster and a whole lot
> quieter. Did he somehow know that Harry was alive and expect to fly
> away with him? If so, how did he know? If not, what was he thinking?
> Convenient for Hagrid that he happened to arrive that way, but not
> the clearest thinking on Sirius's part.
> 

First off, he probably didn't know the exact situation. He may have
expected to have James, Lily, & Harry on the bike, or just wanted to
be prepared for anything. The motorcycle may even have defensive
capabilities we don't know of. :)

Second, we don't honestly have proof that Sirius knows how to
apparate. As was brought up in GoF, plenty of wizards don't, 
or prefer broomsticks, and what with his flying motorcycle, he 
may fall into this category. He doesn't even seem to have apparated 
into the ministry on-screen in OoP.

Third, the concept of apparation hadn't been introduced until PoA.
Dumbledore appears & disappears, but no one else does, and JKR
may not have even planned it to be a widely available ability at
the time. Minerva doesn't even apparate from Privet Drive in Ch. 1
of PS/SS.

In fact, oddly, she never is mentioned leaving Privet Drive at all in
Ch. 1, which is interesting in itself...

--Arcum