Requirement for wands Was Re: Do we really get our closer?

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 177117

Sharon said:
>>Dumbledore performed magic without a wand on
several occasions, for example, in OOP when he
dissapears from his office with Fawkes when the
Ministry try to cart him off to Azkaban. Well at
least there is no mention of him using his wand,
he just disappears. Also in PS, McGonagal
transfigures into a cat and back again without a
wand.<<

IMO there is no reason to believe that both Dumbledore and McGonagall did not have their wands in their possession at the time the magic was performed.  Just as you don't actually use your wand to Apparate you just have to have it with you in order to do so.  Besides, in OotP, it wasn't Dumbledore who was using magic...it was Fawkes' magic at work when they both disappeared from the office.  Just as Dobby doesn't need a wand to Apparate - it is House-elf magic at work.  I have no doubt whatsoever, that McGonagall has her wand in the pocket of her robes when she transforms in PS.  She would be a foolish witch to travel without it.

JMO, YMMV.

CathyD

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