Apparate into Hogwarts? (was Re: Attack on Hogwarts?)

[rebeccatrishel]

No: HPFGUIDX 107461

> ariston:
> LOL!  And don't forget phoenixes.  So maybe Hogwarts will be 
> attacked by house-elves bearing phoenixes (is that like Greeks 
> bearing gifts?) riding in Knight Buses. :)  Except for the fact 
that 
> phoenixes are peaceful and seem to be generally good creatures, so 
I 
> guess DEs and evil house-elves wouldn't get along with them too 
well.
> 
> All this makes me wonder, though, why Quirrell didn't have Malfoy 
> just send *Dobby* after the Stone in book 1.  What a job JKR has!  
> It's virtually impossible to keep track of all the loose threads...
> 
> -ariston

Rebecca Trishel:

Well, you could argue that LV could've gathered all his DEs together 
when he was possessing Quirrell, and returned then, but... he didn't. 
To greedy, wanting that stone. Anyway, I bet even Dobby couldn't have 
gotten the stone from the elaborate traps DD set up (though he 
might've been able to get it out of the Mirror..) I don't think you 
can Apparate just anywhere; you have to know exactly where you're 
going, or it would be like, "I'm Apparating to wherever Voldemort 
is!" *poof* "Found 'em!"
Of course, house-elf apparition could be different. I bet the house-
elves in Hogwarts find Apparition really helps them with their chores 
(though it is noisy). By the way, I really do believe there will be a 
house-elf army sometime in the books. No idea when.

--Rebecca Trishel