[HPforGrownups] Apparation (Minerva McGonagall and Sirius Black (Was: Trusting characters )

[caesian]

No: HPFGUIDX 119429

>  Arcum wrote:
>  <snip>
>  > 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...
>
>  Carol responds:
>  I thought the same thing until I checked recently. <snipped>
>  McGonagall, however, remains in cat form at least
>  until she disappears from Dumbledore's view--and ours.
> <snip>
>  Similarly, Sirius Black probably changed to human form and apparated
>  to somewhere near Hogwarts (though not an open street in Hogsmeade)
>  when he followed Harry from Privet Drive to Hogwarts. Either that, or
>  the dog had a long walk! <snipped>

Caesian now:
I believe that Sirius says at the end of PoA that he travelled, as a 
dog, from Azkaban to Hogwarts - making a detour to Privet Drive to see 
Harry (presumably in dog form the whole way - in fact, have we ever 
known Sirius to Apparate?).

But, there is another sudden disappearance in SS: Hagrid.  After Hagrid 
helps Harry back on the train after their day in Diagon Alley, Harry 
tries to watch him until he is out of sight, but he blinks, and when he 
opens his eyes again, Hagrid is gone.

I've wondered if this means that Hagrid may be able to Apparate.  
Apparition is wandless Magic (I think), so his broken wand would not 
pose a problem.  But, as Mr. Weasley explains in GoF, Apparition is 
difficult magic, and Hagrid admits to being "no great shakes at magic, 
really", so it seems unlikely.   Perhaps he simply had a portkey handy.

Cheers, Caesian


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