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

[sbursztynski]

No: HPFGUIDX 81394

> 
> 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

Maybe Lupin will look after him? Lupin may even stay at Grimmauld 
place now that the last heir is dead, to look after the order's HQ. 
The DE's who were involved in condemning Buckbeak are now in Azkaban 
and things have changed a LOT, with  the MoM having to admit LV is 
back. I suspect they will have more on their minds than executing a 
hippogriff that supposedly bit a boy whose father has been
discredited 
and jailed anyway. If that's the case, perhaps Hagrid *will* take him 
back, because that awful house is really not a good place to keep a 
winged animal. Sue B (who can't even bring herself to keep a caged 
budgie