Harry's shortest stay at Privet Drive

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 93419

> Del :
> One possibility is that DD or someone of the Order comes and takes 
> him somewhere, to teach him (and Ron and Hermione) a very useful 
> skill : how to Apparate. Think of the number of times in OoP where 
> some kind of escort had to be given to Harry to go from some place 
> to another. Think of what would have happened if Harry could simply 
> have Apparated to Grimmauld Place and found Sirius safe there. Think 
> of how things would have turned in the DoM if the kids could simply 
> have Apparated away. I don't think DD would care about the Trio not 
> being of age. They are obviously talented enough (the DA proved it) 
> to master even such a difficult trick as Apparating, the War is on, 
> and the kids need to be independent and mobile. If I were DD, I'd 
> teach them how to Apparate, pronto !! And since this can't be done 
> at Hogwarts, it has to be done during the coming summer holidays, 
> and preferably not at the Dursleys ;o)

Carol:
I realize that Dumbledore (like most Gryffindors other than
McGonagall) is sometimes lax about enforcing rules (that's what Snape
is for ;-) ), but I don't think he'd go so far as to illegally teach
them to apparate at sixteen since it would be a law rather than a
school rule that he'd be breaking. (I can certainly see them learning
to apparate in late summer in Book 7 when they're all of age, but I
think Book 6 is too early.) But maybe Hermione (assuming that she's
older, not younger, than the boys) will start teaching herself (or
taking lessons from McGonagall) after her birthday on September 19,
and certainly the boys could learn quite a bit about it if they're
watching her. I'm pretty sure, though, that teaching apparation to
underage wizards would get DD in trouble with the Ministry, a problem
he really doesn't need right now.

Carol, picturing DD opening a Howler from the new Minister of Magic
telling him he's committed an illegal apparation error!