Apparate into Hogwarts?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 108042

Marita Bush wrote:
> I've read all the posts about apparating into and out of Hogwarts, 
> and I know that everytime it's mentioned in one of the books, 
> someone says "You can't do that!"
> 
> But....
<Fawkes quote snipped>
> If that doesn't mean he apparated out of there, what does it mean?


Carol responds:
That Fawkes, like Dobby, uses a different form of magic from
wizard-style apparation? The restriction on apparating apparently
applies only to wizards and witches transporting *themselves,* not to
their being transported by some other agency. Harry is returned to
Dumbledore's office by portkey after the MoM battle, and Fawkes in the
quote I snipped is acting as a "portkey" of sorts, transporting
Dumbledore, because even Dumbledore is bound by the anti-apparation
restriction.

I think we should take Hermione and Snape at their word here: Witches
and wizards can't apparate or disapparate inside Hogwarts or its
grounds. But that doesn't mean there aren't other methods of entering
or leaving it magically, some of which we may not yet have seen.

Carol