The Phoenix, the Snowy Owl & Buckbeak (was The Phoenix & the Wand)

[Shirley]

No: HPFGUIDX 81391

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "n_longbottom01" 
<n_longbottom01 at y...> wrote:

> Maybe Buckbeak will be Harry's new pet instead?  Buckbeak needs 
> someone now that Sirius is gone.  Buckbeak wouldn't usurp Hedwig's 
> role... so I could see Harry owning both without too much conflict.
> 
> So... any theories as to Hedwig's fate in this new pet scenario?  
> Extra credit will be awarded to those theories in which no beloved 
> characters have to die.
> 
> --n_longbottom01

now Shirley:

Oh, how I wish I could come up with a scenario in which no beloved 
characters have to die!!  Unfortunately, I am here merely to point 
out that it seems it would be difficult for Buckbeak to be Harry's 
pet; at least openly....  IIRC, isn't he still 'on the lam', so to 
speak?  I mean, I'm not sure who in the MoM would want to pursue it 
(and Draco, with dad in Azkaban, is certainly in no position to do 
so), but Buckbeak was due to be executed a mere two years ago.

Having said that, what *will* happen to Buckbeak now, with Sirius 
gone?  He can't exactly wander back to be with Hagrid again, can he?

Shirley, not really seeing Buckbeak as a cute and cuddly (?) pet, but 
wanting him to find a good home in spite of being a vicious-looking 
beast