Apparating with Friends (was: Vold's Attack - Lily & James)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 91102

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "james320152002"
<Tigerstormxx at a...> wrote:

> 
> John:
> > Still we do not know if you can Apparate while holding on to 
> > something; but something as small as an infant and two highly 
> > capable wizards can't Apparate it? Just doesn't make sense 
> > to me. <snip> While James was holding Voldemort off, why 
> > didn't Lily take Harry and go?

> James...:
> 
> You know what I didn't think of before....maybe Lily and James were 
> aware of what would happen. I have read some threads on Harry's scar; 
> maybe they decided to make the sacrifice for the good of the 
> wizarding world...maybe they knew Lord Voldemort would be vanquished 
> that night..
>  
> "james320152002"

bboy_mn:

Here are my speculative thoughts on Apparation-

First, you can apparate with anything you can possess, but the
definition of 'possession' is sometimes grey.

Example: if I am sitting in a chair and apparate, the chair stays
behind. Even though I am in intimate contact with it, I don't possess
it; I go, it stays. Now, if I pick the chair up off the floor and hold
it, it will most likely apparate with me, just as my clothes, my book
bag, the contents of my pockets, and my grocery bags would logically
travel with me.

But when you apparate with a person, it gets very tricky. To some
extent your ability to apparate and your apparation destination are
controlled by magical intent. Reasonably, it take a clear focused
mind, and a clear idea or mental picture of your destination.

What happens if you pick up a magical toddler and try to apparate, and
right at the moment of apparation, the toddler is distracted by
something, and the toddlers intent conflicts with the intent of the
adult holding the child and trying to apparate? You want to go to the
grocery store, just as you try to apparate with the child, the child
decides it want to be across the room playing with a shiny red ball. I
predict that that could be a very dangerous situation. You could end
up apparating to the store, leaving your ARMS and your CHILD behind.
That would certainly be messy.

So, I speculate that apparating while attempting to possess another
person (not in the Voldemort sense of possession, but in the sense of
holding a chair) you run the great risk of conflicting magical intent,
and that represents a great danger to both persons.

True, it's just speculation, but seems to be reasonable and likely
speculation.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn