Dumbledore is an unregistered Animagi

[Liz Wiser]

No: HPFGUIDX 141091

"Bright, white flames had erupted around Dumbledore's body and the 
table upon which it lay; Higher and higher they rose,obscuring the 
body.  White smoke spiraled into the air and made strange shapes: Harry 
thought, for one heart-stopping moment, that he saw a phoenix fly 
Joyfully into the blue, but the next second the fire had vanished." 
(HBP p. 645)

And Dumbledore told Draco, "He [LV] cannot kill you if you are already 
dead."  (p. 591)

I think Dumbledore is a phoenix who had to die to be reborn.  Snape's 
job was to kill Dumbledore, even though he didn't really want to, in 
order to prevent Draco from having to, and to move Harry into the 
position to be able to receive Dumbledore's help later without LV 
realizing it.

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