Fawkes: Dumbledore's horcrux

[Brenda]

No: HPFGUIDX 133197

Luckdragon: 
I believe Dumbledore's "death" was a premeditated ruse orchestrated 
by Dumbledore and carried out by Snape on DD's orders. DD felt he 
could not be in the picture for the prophecy to come to realization 
and arranged for Snape to perform a non-verbal spell(to make DD 
appear dead) while saying AK without conviction. Dumbledore is in 
hiding just as he was when he dissappeared from his office in OOTP. 

In HBP DD points out that both living creatures and possessions can 
be horcrux's. I also find the following quote by Jo an indication 
that this could well be true. Dumbledore created this Horcrux when 
Harry came to Hogwarts to ensure he would be around to protect and 
guide Harry in his quest to vanquish LV.
Peter Humphreys for BBC Newsround. - Who did Fawkes previously 
belong to and will he play a vital role in the next book? 
JK Rowling: I am not going to answer about the role in the next 
books, which probably gives you a big clue, and he has never been 
owned by anyone but Dumbledore. You will notice that when Harry goes 
back in the Pensieve in this book, Fawkes is never there, and ­­ no, I 
am sorry, not in this book, I take that back. When Harry has 
previously seen the study with a different headmaster he saw it with 
Dippet and Fawkes was not there then. Fawkes is Dumbledore's 
possession, not a Hogwarts possession.