Phoenix fire?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 154065

Just a simple thought that occurred to me on a reread of "The cave"
this morning:

Many people have noted the absence of Fawkes from the tower scene,
which seems to indicate that DD did not summon him there as he did in
the MoM although surely he could have done so had he so chosen, but
I'm wondering if he *does* summon Fawkes, or Fawkes's power, in the
cave. He is severely weakened, perhaps already dying, yet he's able to
conjure red and gold fire:

"But then, through the darkness, fire erupted: crimson and gold, a
fing of fire tht surrounded the rock so that the Inferi holding Harry
so tightly stumbled and faltered" (HBP Am. ed. 576).

Granted, DD is already planning to use fire to fend off the Inferi
before he drinks the potion, but this particular fire is the same
color as Fawkes's feathers, and of course, Fawkes (like Gryffindor
House) is associated with fire. But DD at this point seems too weak to
cast the fire unassisted; Fawkes has come to his aid before,
swallowing an AK intended for him in the MoM; and the protective magic
that saves Harry in GoF is also connected with Fawkes (or his feathers
in the wand cores) and also encircles him protectively.

Does anyone else see a possible Fawkes connection here, as if Fawkes
is somehow temporarily lending DD his power to enable his greatly
weakened and possibly dying master (or friend or kindred spirit) to
rescue Harry one last time?

Just a thought that struck me as I read the description his time around.

Carol, who finds that chapter the most moving and perhaps the most
disturbing in the book