Fawkes - Gryffindor

[Frank Schreiber]

No: HPFGUIDX 73320

> Would want to be a phoenix for so long? 

It's the same question as: Why would Nicolas Flamel want to drink 
the Elixir of Life? Same answer: Eternal Life. Insteresing, huh?


> The Sorting Hat's songs always say that all four founders are
> dead. The hat would probably know such a thing, having been around 
> when the founders  were, but I suppose it could be lying about 
> Gryffindor.

Perhaps Gryffindor faked his death, or simply disappeared, who 
knows, there could be a thousand explanations because Rowling 
doesn't give us much details about the Greatest Four's deaths.
  
> My question is did Tom Riddle's wand shoot red and gold sparks 
when he bought it?

It's very possible, but could also be neglected. Remember that Harry 
could pull out Gryffindor's sword from the Sorting Hat in CoS, 
Dumbledore says that only a true Gryffindor could have done that, so 
Harry, as a true Gryffindor, could have make the red and gold sparks 
manifest in his first contact with Fawke's wand.
But still I cannot figure out what happened with Tom's wand.

Greetings,
Frank