Montague and the Large White Porcelain Bowl

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No: HPFGUIDX 145539

Miles wrote
> Assuming this theory, the problem of Montague was not that he 
>apparated
>without being qualified to do so, but that he apparated in Hogwarts 
>where
>noone is supposed to apparate.

Lana writes:
The vanishing cabinet seems to use a mechanism that is quite 
different from apparition.  Apparition occurs, as Miles wrote, 
when "wizards contentrate on the target location."  It is a 
deliberate act of volition.  On the other hand, the Vanishing 
Cabinet seems to send its occupants (riders?) to another location 
(the second, connected Vanishing Cabinet) rather like the Wizard 
equivalent of an 
elevator.  Montague was stuck in some kind of limbo within 
Hogwarts because the second Cabinet was not connected to the 
Hogwarts Cabinet.  

Maybe Montague did not apparate out (Yes, Hermione, we know what you 
are going to say)  but was thrust out by a Vanishing Cabinet with 
a mind of its own (and perhaps a sense of humor).  Nowhere does 
Hermione or Jo tell us that you can't move by magical means around 
Hogwarts – indeed, we see things move all the time by way of various 
spells.  The Vanishing Cabinet might be exercising its own magical 
powers, maybe a Cabinet's equivalent of the Banishing Charm.   Hmmm, 
I wonder if Jo intended to create a Vanishing Banishing Charm?
Lana whose favorite dogs are Kiba, Kiana and Kaya