timing of DEs' arrival at DoM (was: Snape and Occlumency)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 121869


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
 
> Dungrollin:
> >>Chapter thirty-five: Beyond the Veil "Black shapes
> were emerging out of thin air all around them, 
> blocking their way left and right; eyes glinted
> through slits in hoods, a dozen lit wandtips were
> pointing directly at their hearts; Ginny gave a gasp
> of horror."
> 
> >>An interesting question is what was happening there.
> There's no cracking noise remeniscent of apparation,
> but similarly you'd expect both Harry and the narrator
> to recognise invisibility cloaks, ...



> Juli:
> ... they (DE's) had to be there long before the kids
> because they took care of everyone working there,
> including Eric the security guy. They could have been
> anywhere in the DoM, just close enough to see Harry
> get the prophesy and there interfere.
> 
> Juli


bboyminn:

I've always speculated that the sound heard when someone Apparates is
proportional to the effort they put into Apparating. For example,
Dumbledore is an extremely powerful, experienced, and talented wizard,
when he Apparates, you hear hardly more than the sound of the swishing
of a cloak. 

So, what effects effort? The Twins make trememdous noise when they
Apparate, but they are new at it, and in addition, they like to show
off, so I suspect they put as much effort into it as possible, even
when the situation is relatively effortless, because they like to make
noise and show off. 

Also, it seems reasonable that to Apparate from London to Los Angeles
takes much much much more effort than Apparating 5 feet. So, a loud
BANG if you hope to make it to Los Angeles, but a faint 'pop' to get
the next room. 

I suspect the Death Eaters were hiding in an adjacent room looking out
at the location of the Prophecy. When the kids were there and the time
was right, they Apparated the 10 or 20 feet and moved in surrounding
the kids. That's a small distance requiring a small effort and
therefore made only a faint noise.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn (was bboy_mn)