Fawkes [, Homorphus Charm,] and Bill's injuries

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No: HPFGUIDX 135986

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Samantha" <samwisep at y...>
wrote:
> HI Potterphiles!
>  When I first read HBP I was convinced that Madam Pomfrey or
someone 
> would have Fawkes come and cry over Bill's werewolf injuries, thus 
> healing them. I understand Fawkes was in mourning for Dumbledore 
> though...did anyone else think this while reading the book?
> 
> Snapeo'phile


I think Fawkes probably only responds to Dumbledore or to someone who 
is being intensely loyal to Dumbledore.


But, I wonder, why doesn't someone try the Homorphus Charm on Bill? 
Or for that matter why don't they try it on Lupin?

Check this out in COS, Chapter 10. Lockhart is speaking to Harry
about the story of his encounter with a werewolf:

"...I pounced -- like this --slammed him to the floor -- thus -- with 
one hand, I managed to hold him down -- with my other, I put my wand 
to his throat -- I then screwed up my remaining strength and
performed the immensely complicated Homorphus Charm...the fur 
vanished -- the fangs shrank -- and he turned back into a man. 
Simple, yet effective -- and another village will remember me forever 
as the hero who delivered them from the monthly terror of werewolf 
attacks." 

If the village has been delivered from its monthly terror, it appears 
that the cure is a permanent one. As we know, the ugly old Armenian 
warlock who actually performed that spell has long since been 
Obliviated into forgetfulness by Lockhart. But someone somewhere must 
know how to do the charm. Why hasn't the Wizarding World taken 
advantage of it to cure people who have been bitten and survived?

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