Why didn't Fawkes turn up??

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No: HPFGUIDX 143336

scam wrote: 
"So, when the entire conversation between AD and Draco (DM) was taking 
place on the castle ramparts itself (IMO, ample time for Fawkes to 
have 
sensed danger to its master), why didn't Fawkes turn up?" <snip>


CH3ed:
I think Fawkes was standing down from the whole confrontation on DD's 
order. It would make sense with the theory that DD and Snape had 
anticipated the possibility of the tower scene happening (not in exact 
details, of course), and DD made Snape promise to sacrifice DD to safe 
Malfoy (from becoming a murderer or be murdered himself by DE's on 
LV's order) and Harry and the rest of the student. The DDM Snape 
didn't like the plan, hence the argument between him and DD in the 
forest that Hagrid overheard. 

The other possibility is that Fawkes was engaged on a mission 
elsewhere all evening(or he would probably have gone with DD and Harry 
to the cave) and didn't get back until too late.
CH3ed