Can it be Impedimenta? Was: An AK Puzzle

[Lisa Thyer]

No: HPFGUIDX 134709

Okay, I know it is a long shot but what if Dumbledore is not dead?  What if his death is faked?  Couple of things that make me think this is possible.

1.  Dumbledores speech to Draco: This line appears at the bottom of page 591 US edition and continues on page 592 Dumbledore to Malfoy: "He cannot kill you if you are already dead.  Come over to the right side, Draco, and we can hide you more completely than you can possibly imagine.
"What is more, I can send members of the order to your
mother tonight to hide her likewise.  Nobody would be surprised
that you had died in your attempt to kill me - forgive me, but
Lord Voldemort probably expects it.  Nor would the death eaters
be surprised that we had captured and killed your mother - it is
what they would do themselves, after all."

2.  Dumbledore seems to be in relatively decent shape after falling from the top of the astronomy tower.  Starting on page 608 US edition harry describes Dumbledore's eyes as being closed and comments that "but for the strange angle of his arms and legs he might have been sleeping."  Perhaps the draught of living death?  Harry makes this potion in his first potions class 

3. The next line on page 608 is the one that gets me though.  "Harry reached out, straightened the half moon spectacles upon the crooked nose, and wiped a trickle of blood from the mouth with his own sleeve."  I find it odd that Dumbledore's glasses were still on his face at all. After a fall from the tower I would expect them to be broken or missing.

4. My next quote is from page 645 US.  White smoke spiraled into the air and made strange shapes: Harry thought for a moment, that he saw a phoenix fly joyfully into the blue," I am not sure if the phoenix Harry saw seemed to be made of smoke or if it was fawkes.  If it was made of smoke then it could have been Dumbledores patronus.

Just some thoughts.  See what you make of them

Lisa Thyer