Apparate into Hogwarts?

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 107636

MJ said:

"OotP, page 622.....

"Fawkes circled the office and swooped low over him [DD].  
Dumbledore released Harry, raised his hand, and grasped the 
phoenix's long golden tail.  There was a flash of fire and the pair 
of them had gone."

If that doesn't mean he apparated out of there, what does it mean?"


DuffyPoo Now:

I took it to mean that Fawkes, like House-elves, have their own brand of magic powers and they left DD's office under Fawkes' magic not DD's. As to the discussion about whether or not House-elves truly apparate in and out of the castle, or just vanish and appear elsewhere, we don't *really* know where DD and Fawkes went at this moment, either.  They could easily have appeared at the front door and Fawkes, being able to carry heavy loads, flew DD to safety.   The MoM lot were in DD's office and Umbridge, Kingsley and Dawlish went looking for him *inside the castle* - 'The stairs!' cried Dawlish - after DD and Fawkes vanished.  Even Umbridge says: "Well, he can't have Disapparated! You can't do it from inside this school --"  

Strangely both Umbridge and Snape say you can't apparate/disapparate from *Inside* the castle (PoA -'He didn't disapparate!' Snape roared, now very close at hand. 'You can't apparate or disapparate inside this castle!') yet in GoF Hermione says 'You can't Disaparate in the Hogwarts *grounds*, haven't I told you enough times?'  

So, is it the *grounds* or the *school* or the *castle* proper?  I tend to think the whole Hogwarts grounds are protected, though not for any particular reason do I think that.  No cannon springs to mind.  The Knight Bus did stop outside the gates when returning the gang to Hogwarts after Christmas but do we know for certain it couldn't go inside the gates?  And, is what the Knight bus does truly *apparating/disapparating*?  I don't know, and I'm NOT travelling on it to find out!! ;-)



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