Magical animals in canon/ Fawkes and Snape.

[hickengruendler]

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> Dana:
> 
> What if Fawkes wasn't there? 

Hickengruendler:

Fawkes also wasn't at the DoM and neither was he in the Chamber of 
Secrets. Didn't stop him to arrive as quickly as possible once 
Dumbledore and Harry needed him. Note that Harry didn't even have to 
summon him. Fawkes arrived simply, because Harry showed loyalty to 
Dumbledore. This Phoenix seems to be incredibily fast. And then he 
shouldn't make it on the tower to save Dumbledore in time, because he 
just wasn't there?   

Dana:    
> I am seriously thinking Fawkes was too busy with something else to
> come to DD's aid.
> Doing what? Well of course I have no idea but with Jen's possible
> plan in the back of my mind, it might be transporting Trelawney out
> of the castle and delivering a message maybe to DD's brother.
 
Hickengruendler:

See, this doesn't make any sense. Dumbledore tried everything to *keep* 
trelawney in Hogwarts to have her save. So why should he want to 
transport her out of the castle, now. Hogwarts is still one of the 
safest places in the Wizarding World, if not the safest. Voldemort is 
afraid of Dumbledore and the castle generally is well protected. Yes, 
it isn't infallible as we saw several times, but it is still safer than 
the Hog's Head or any other place. And if Dumbledore didn't expect to 
die that night (as you vehemently argued in your posts), than it makes 
even less sense, to have Trelawney transported away from his watchful 
eyes.