Trusting characters Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 119194


Kizor wrote:

> > Carol responds:
> > *Snip several reasons behind Hagrid's use of his motorcycle
> > --Arcum 

[Carol notes: Actually my whole post was snipped. The reasons weren't
mine.]
> 
Kizor again:
> Fourth: We don't know if a person Apparating can bring another
person who can't Apparate with him.
> 
> Fifth: Hagrid hadn't been cleared from the whole Chamber of Secrets
> business at the time, he had been expelled from Hogwarts, and his
wand had been snapped. Perhaps that didn't keep him from doing magic,
but try getting a license with those credentials. 
> 

Carol notes:
Actually, we were talking about why *Sirius* used the motorcycle to
travel to Godric's Hollow on the night the Potters were killed.
Clearly *Hagrid* used it because Sirius had lent or given it to him
(depending on whether you believe the story he tells in SS/PS ("Young
Sirius Black lent it me") or the later version in PoA, where he states
that Sirius *gave* it to him because he wouldn't be needing it again.
Expecting to be put in Azkaban, maybe?). 

But, that aside, why would Sirius use the motorcycle rather than
apparating to Godric's Hollow? (Several answers have been given
upthread, but I haven't heard anything really convincing yet--other
than JKR's need to have Hagrid use the motorcycle since he either
can't apparate at all or can't apparate with a baby.) But I'm looking
for a convincing character-based explanation for why *Sirius* used it.

Someone suggested that Sirius may not know how to apparate, and I'll
grant that that's possible. Maybe he thought that as an animagus, he
didn't need to learn. But since he's a bit of a show-off and likes to
take risks, I can't imagine him choosing not to learn (or James,
either). And I would think that if you're good at Transfiguration,
you'd be good at making yourself disappear and reappear. Maybe?

Anyway, if Sirius can't apparate, how did he get to the tropical
island (or whatever it was) where he was hiding at the beginning of
GoF? And how did he get back to England? He didn't have his motorcycle
(or a broom) in either case, and I doubt that he swam the English
Channel, much less a larger body of water like the Mediterranean Sea,
in either human or dog form. He's unlikely to have had a port key,
either, and Floo Powder wouldn't work for such a long journey.

So I'm guessing that he apparated to and from his hiding place and
*could* have apparated to Godric's Hollow, but for some reason, chose
to take the motorcycle instead. Maybe he wanted James and Lily, if
they were still alive, to hear the roar of the engine and know it was
him? Any more thoughts, anyone?

Carol