Magical animals in canon/ Fawkes and Snape.

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 166280

 
> 
> Jen:  I don't think Fawkes can appear unless Dumbledore has 
requested his help.  
> Otherwise it's almost like being immortal, having a magical animal 
who can intervene at 
> every dangerous moment....well no wonder Dumbledore has lived so 
long!!  I'm guessing 
> the MOM was a *very* unique situation.   I'm thinking Fawkes 
intervened at the MOM 
> because Dumbledore put him on alert that night, perhaps thinking 
*Harry* might need 
> him, and instead Fawkes ended up saving Dumbledore.  And Dumbledore 
asked Fawkes to 
> help Harry in his absence in COS, or at least that's implied in  
DD's statement to Harry, 
> 'help will always be available.'  
>  

Hickengruendler:

But if this true, why didn't Dumbledore put Fawkes on alert the night 
he died? After all, he went to a dangerous mission, and even if he 
didn't expect the Death eaters to appear in Hogwarts, he surely knew 
that the Horcrux hunt would hold some real dangers for his life *and 
Harry's*. Therefore telling Fawkes to be ready for the worst, just in 
case, seems not only logical, but really necessary, at the very least 
for Harry's sake.