Dumbledore and Sirius

[sarcasticmuppet]

No: HPFGUIDX 73282

Okay, this is my first post.  I've been trying to read earlier ones 
but gave up when I found out that posts from a few days ago are 
actually a thousand posts in the pasts.  So, I'm simply going to 
start with two BIG things that I think people would find 
interesting.  If they've been brought up before, I'm sorry, it was an 
accident.

Okay, maybe this first thing isn't so big, but how often does 
Dumbledore speak when performing magic?  During the battle with 
Voldemort Dumbledore never says a single spell, but Harry can feel 
the magic eminating from him.  Is this an indicator of how powerful 
some magicians are?  The only thing he does say a spell for (as far 
as I can tell) is the Portkey spell ('Portus').  Is the portkey spell 
too complex even for Dumbledore?

I hated that Sirius died.  I really did.  He was deeply cool and 
thought that even though he and Tonks were second cousins they would 
end up together (it's a first cousin hook-up that is 
illegal/genetically unsafe).  But I caught on that he would be the 
one to go, and he was.  I've read a few posts concerning the 'is 
Sirius really dead?' ship, and suddenly made the connection in my 
mind.

Remember Reepicheep in the Narnia series?  How he travelled to 
Aslan's Country in his little skin boat?

(waits for lightbulbs to turn on)

Sirius isn't 'dead' in the sense of the word.  He was translated.  
He's Moses.  He's Elijiah.  He's Reep.  He's in Aslan's Country 
(Heaven/Afterlife/?), but unlike everyone else there, he didn't taste 
death.