Vague Thoughts on Apparation

[met_ower]

No: HPFGUIDX 93610

Carol <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
(big snip)
> I could be wrong, of course, and there might be an Apparation 
> teacher we haven't yet heard of at Hogwarts, or it could be one of 
> Madam Hooch's duties, since she teaches only first-years (and coaches
> Quidditch). But there's one hitch: As Hermione keeps informing us, 
> you can't apparate inside Hogwarts or on the Hogwarts grounds. They'd 
> have to go to Hogsmeade to do it.
> 
> So I don't have any answers, really, just my own thoughts on the
> subject. But if Hermione turns seventeen in September of her sixth
> year--an early birthday instead of a late one--you can bet we'll be
> watching her learn it.


Met_Ower:
If Hermione does have an early birthday, then there's the potential 
of a "major" plot twist. If I remember it correctly, Hermione spent 
almost a year (PoA) re-living days with the time turner. What if we 
add up all of those days?

Is it possible that even if her official birthday was in September, 
she'd turn seventeen biologically at the start of the summer? If the 
apparating lessons are not given in school, she could be sneaky 
enough to go learn apparating by herself, to surprise Ron and Harry.

If we don't hear about her at all during the next summer, or she 
seems to be hiding something then that might just be it! 

Met_Ower