Voldemort's Attack on Lily and James

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 90999

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "johnbowman19" <jhnbwmn at h...> 
wrote:
> Hey everyone
> 
> Quick question on the events of Lily and James's death. 
> 
> If the Weasley twins can learn how to Apparate and can do so in 
> Fidelius charmed house (the order's headquarters), why can't Lily 
> and James merely Apparate to Harry's side and then Apparate out of 
> the house? Or if they cannot Apparate out of the house, why not 
> Apparate to the front door and then go outside and Apparate.
> 
> I am presuming that Lily and James could Apparate, but the only 
means we 
> are given to stop someone from Apparate is spell DD uses in the 
MOM 
> against the DEs. We are not told that Voldemort used this spell on 
> Lily and James, but granted we still do not know exactly how the 
> attack went down. If you can just Apparate in the first pace why 
not 
> just go on the run? We are not told if there is a way to track 
> people who Apparate. If there were no way to track them, wouldn't 
it 
> be safer to just go on the run and Apparate every few days? Why 
keep 
> yourself in one place? 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John

An interesting theory to be sure. Lily and James were surely very 
accomplished wizards and probably had their apparition lisences. But 
could they apparate with Harry? I don't know if it is possible to 
transfer your apparation abilities to someone else, even someone as 
small as a baby. Mr. and Mrs. Weasley often had to arrange Muggle 
transportation for themselves and their brood to get places such as 
the Hogwarts Express and the Portkey to the Quidditch World Cup. If 
passing on your apparition ablilities was possible, why didn't they 
all just stand in a big line with Arthur and Molly at either end and 
have Arthur and Molly apparate the lot to their intended 
destination? I always assumed that apparition was a limited personal 
power, and that you couldn't just apparate with anyone hanging on 
(unlike, say, Nightcrawler's teleportation abilities in X Men). 
Also, I always assumed that the cottage at Godric's Hollow was 
protected by more than just the Fidelus Charm, and even if it 
wasn't, we just don't yet know enough about that fateful Halloween 
night to figure out what happened. 
Meri (who now has pictures of baby Harry getting severley splinched 
in her head)