Q's about house-elves - Apparation vs Transfer Charm

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 98220

Rhonda (SinfulSnape at a...) wrote:
> > Regarding House Elves, and maybe this has been asked before, but 
> > if there is no apparating allowed within Hogwart's school grounds, 
> > how can the house elves do it?  Anyone know?  Thanks!
 
bboy_mn:
> That's because Dobby didn't Apparate. Apparation is a form of wizard
> magic, Dobby used a completely different and unique form of ELF 
> magic to accomplish the same thing.
> 
> Speculation: Elves are experts in what I call Transfer Charms; 
> moving things from one location to another. Example; at every meal 
> they transfer a substantial amount of food up from the kitchen to the 
> House Tables in the Great Hall. 
> 
> So, Elf teleportation in not Apparation, but a variation of the
> Transfer Charm. Dobby didn't Apparate, he merely transferred himself
> to a new location.
> Actually, JKR said in an interview that Dobby was able to 'apparate'
> because, in essense, elf magic is different than wizard magic.


That makes Hogwarts vulnerable then, doesn't it?  I wonder if they 
can "transfer" themselves on and off the property completely, or if 
it's just the Hogwarts house elves who can transfer themselves around 
the property, not on and off it.
  Like all the other magical creatures who are now preparing to 
choose sides (giants, dementors, etc.,) maybe we'll see house-elves, 
freed or no, choosing whose side they wish to defend.  Surely JKR 
won't have Hermione's efforts with SPEW just end with Kreacher's 
betrayal of Sirius.  

Susan ;-)