Fawkes' Absence after Dumbledore's death

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 178983

---  "strange_familiarities" <empress.najwa at ...> wrote:
>
> I have a question about Fawkes. Does he have some sort of 
> mortal bond with Dumbledore? He seemed to have totally 
> disappeared from the books. I might have missed something, 
> but I do not understand where he disappeared to. Also, if he
> did not die, then why didn't he rescue Snape? In CoS, 
> Dumbledore explained to Harry that Fawkes helps those who 
> are loyal to Dumbledore, and who was more loyal to Dumbledore
> than Snape?
>

bboyminn:

First and foremost, Dumbledore did not own Fawkes. Fawkes was
a free spirit that did as he chose. At some point he chose to
accompany Dumbledore, and in a sense, they were companions.
Fawkes was always free to leave when ever the mood struck
him. 

So, Fawkes stay at Hogwarts because that is where Dumbledore
was, and like any good companion, he protected his friend and
those his friend, Dumbledore, was fond of.

But, when Dumbledore died, the thing that held Fawkes to
Hogwarts was gone. His companion was gone, his friend was
gone. Once that happened, Fawkes went back to living the
life of seclusion that is more typical of a Phoenix. 

Fawkes was /only/ loyal to Dumbledore, and without 
Dumbledore there was nothing holding him there at Hogwarts.

Just a thought.

Steve/bboyminn