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Originally Posted by ekin  Fawkes can go as he please and maybe when Dumbledore weant to the Ministry he told Fawkes to go to or he brought Fawkes. We don't really learn about Fawkes because Sirius died and Harry and everyone else really didn't care about Fawkes. |
I think some parts were left intentionally ambiguous and more to the reader's imagination, which is as it should be. You try to define everything and you'll end up with a dictionary, not an intriguing book that you can't wait to get your hands on.