The Seven Harrys (was Re: Dumbledore and other leaders WAS: Moody's death)

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 181987

Magpie:
> I think it would have been safe to do it anywhere during the chase--
> why wouldn't it have been safe? If Hagrid can't apparate that's a 
> very good reason to bring somebody other than Hagrid--obviously you'd 
> just bring 7 people who could apparate. Then Harry and whoever he was 
> with would apparate together.

Carol responds:
Mundungus Disapparated because LV was pointing his wand at him
intending to kill him. His Disapparation caused the spell to hit, and
kill, Mad-Eye. Had LV been aiming at one ot the other fake Harry's,
I'm sure they would have attempted to fight back rather than
disapparating and giving away the fact that they weren't Harry.
Unfortunately, they would almost certainly have been killed in place
of Mad-Eye.

The thing is, they weren't expecting LV himself to be there. And I'm
sure that Mad-eye knew the risk he was taking, drawing the bulk of any
DEs who might be present after himself and escorting the cowardly
Mundungus.

Assuming that Voldemort had come after a different pair, say Fred and
Arthur (who were on brooms and, by Mad-eye's logic, more likely to be
mistaken for the real Harry than the riders on Thestrals), were they
both supposed to Apparate simultaneously if one was attakced rather
than stay to fight? It's one thing for a broom to go speeding to earth
out of the sky, as several of them must have done (along with the
bodies of Moody and any Stunned DEs), but the trunks would have fallen
out of the sky as well, endangering anyone who happened to be below
them. (Talk about violating the Statute of Secrecy, although I'm sure
that was the least of their concerns.) 

BTW, I wonder how a person Disapparates from a broom. Aren't you
supposed to turn on your heel or something like that? Hard to do when
you're flying.

Carol, pretty sure that the Order members were under orders not to
Disapparate, and not just for fear of alerting the MoM but for fear of
endangering each other and innocent people on the ground