Will Harry Get His Own Phoenix??

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 137021

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abadgerfan2" <ABadgerFan2 at m...>
wrote:
> Harry will need help in book 7, as he continues to mature and grow
> in his magical powers.  ..., what about the idea of Harry ending up 
> with his own Phoenix ...?  
> 
> If it is true that Dumbledore will always be present at Hogwarts as 
> long as there are people there who are loyal to him, surely Harry
> has now shown sufficient loyalty to have earned the continued aid of 
> Dumbledore in the transcended form of the phoenix that Harry thought 
> he may have seen flying away from Dumbledore's funeral near the end
> of  Book 6! ...
> 
> Any thoughts or variations on this theme are more than welcome!
> 
> Jim

bboyminn:

Well, you are saying that Harry will get /A/ Phoenix, but Phoenix are
very rare and they don't live in England. They are solitary creatures
who live in high mountains, and only very rarely do they bond with
humans. So, unless Harry travels to Egypt, India, or China and spends
a substantial amount of time exploring the mountains, it's unlikely he
will ever come across a Phoenix, which mean that, No, he will not get
/a/ Phoenix.

But, I have always hoped the Harry would inherit Dumbledore's Phoenix,
Fawkes. Fawkes has always seemed very fond of and connected to Harry,
and I think Fawkes could make an extremely effective ally for Harry.

JKR has hinted that Harry will get another pet of sort during the
series, I had always hoped it would be Fawkes, but it seems that now
Harry has inherited Buckbeak, and I'm wondering if that is the pet in
question.

The odds of Harry coming across a Phoenix other than Fawkes is
extremely unlikely, but I still hold out some hope that if Fawkes
doesn't bond himself to Harry, he at least stick around to help him
now and then.

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn