Fawkes and basilisk - Slytherins

[Vicky Ra]

No: HPFGUIDX 20233

It just occurred to me that if a basilisk kills with a glance and petrifies
with its reflection, why didn't anything happen to Fawkes when he pecked at
its eyes? Does it only kill mortal creatures? Is Fawkes immune to it because
he's a magical creature?

And a post I made to Syrina's Snape list:

I often wonder why Dumbledore keeps the Slytherins around. Are there any
good ones? I'd imagine if a Slytherin did, by some miracle, turn out good,
he/she'd
be very powerful. And is Salazar Slytherin evil? I know he created the
Chamber of Secrets because of the rivalry with Gryffindore, but there must
have
been some reason the other three founders agreed to work with him to build
Hogwarts.

Vicky, who has too much time on her hands