[HPforGrownups] Apparating at Hogwarts?

[Silverthorne Dragon]

No: HPFGUIDX 88854


{Lana}

Does this mean that Dobby disapparated from Hogwarts?  According to
Hermione (Hogwarts, A History), and Umbridge, "You can't inside this
school!"  Or is there canon that Dobby can appear/disappear through
the use of other forms of magic?  If so, then maybe Hogwarts isn't as
safe and/or protected as people like to think it is


{Anne}

Although it hasn't been stated as unrefutable cannon fact in the books, I
suspect that the house elves have a skill similar to the Apparation spell
that isn't affected by the No-apparation zone. In book five, Fawkes the
phoenix also seems to teleport in and out of Hogwarts as he pleases (and
"Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them"  notes that phoenixs "...like the
diricawl, can appear and disappear at will..." (US Softback, 2001 Edition,
pg 32)...)....so my guess is that perhaps Hogwarts is protected against the
*human/wizard* spell that is apparation, but not necessarily against
non-humans or creatures with similar magic.

As for the 'popping' sound....well, my guess would be is that that's the
sound of air either collapsing into the area where the entity had just been,
or conversely, the sound of exploding and/or rapidly moving air as the
molecules make room for the incoming creature...(Think about thunder--it's
created by air molecules that essentially explode when lightening tears
through them....and sonic booms are created when air molecules are forced
out of the way by the incredible speeds of the craft thats traveling beyond
the sound barrier, and then rush back into the empty vacuum created in the
wake of the craft....)

Anne