[HPforGrownups] LV's bigger plan (was:Fawkes possible absence)

[Deborah Krupp]

No: HPFGUIDX 166359


                                  Carol responds: 

 In CoS, Fawkes arrives with the Sorting Hat containing the Sword of Gryffindor because of the protections Dumbledore has set up: "Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it" (CoS Am. ed.264) 
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 Dana:
 In CoS he gets help from Fawkes, but it was Harry who called Fawkes to 
 him by showing true loyalty to DD.  He could get the sword because he 
 is a true Gryffindor, not because DD sent it to him. <SNIP>
 
Deborah:
Don't you think it's just as likely that Godric Gryffindor set up the protection himself?  As Phoenixes are immortal, might Fawkes not have been tamed by Godric and come to one showing true loyalty to Gryffindor?  Or Hogwarts?  I think it is Dumbledore's loyalty to the ideals of Gryffindor and Hogwarts as a united school that brought Fawkes to him, just as I expect Fawkes to go to Harry in year 7.