Apparating into the Ministry...

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92992

> Carol:
> I definitely agree that you can't apparate or disapparate into the
DoM itself. Bode, an "unspeakable" who works in the DoM, may well have
apparated into the atrium (with a lot of other people), but he  rides
the lift with Harry and Mr. Weasley. But I'm pretty sure that you
can't apparate or disapparate *anywhere* in the MoM except the atrium,
which is where everyone seems to enter and leave the building -- even
LV and Dumbledore. If you can apparate inside the building, why have
lifts on every floor? Even the memos take the lift. 
> 
> Kashelkar's reply:
> 
> It's possible that the only place where apparation/disapparation is
possible within MoM is the atrium, however, in the scene, when Harry
lifts the prophecy from the stand, the DEs start apparating all around
him, how's this possible??? Doesn't this indicate that, it's possible
to apparate inside the DoM, that too in the hall of prophecies??


I think they were simply hidden in the shadows, especially since Harry
doesn't hear any popping sounds. He hears Lucius Malfoy's voice right
behind him and his friends (OoP, Am. ed., 780), and then "black
shapes" simply appear, noiselessly,  "out of thin air" all around him
(781). "Out of thin air" is, I think, his impression of the event
rather than fact, just as "he knew he was dead" *815) and "there was
no escape" (816) are his impressions. For the reasons already given, I
don't think the DEs could apparate into the DoM, or the particular
chamber where Harry finds the prophecy. They must already have been
there, having taken the lift just as Harry and his friends did. Maybe
they even unlocked all the doors but one, which even Malfoy couldn't
magically open. At any rate, it seems clear that they were already in
the chamber, waiting in the darkness for Harry to remove the prophecy
from the shelf and for Malfoy to speak before emerging from the
shadows, blocking the way in every direction with their wands held out.

Carol