Lovely.

I like this. It's sweet.

Great one.

Not a bad short story and for it I give you: five silver stars.

Hope to see more of your work one day soon.

The Crimson Mage.

Aww.. that was so bittersweet. An unusual take of a moment in time in Harry and Fawkes' life.

I've always suspected that Fawkes had a special spot for Harry although I've never looked at it from the other side.

I'm glad that Fawkes got a happy ending though. I suppose one sad thing about being immortal is you always outlive those you love. A beautiful story. Probably the only thing I didn't like was the mentions of Ginny but you did make it fairly true to canon so it could have easily fitted in. Great job!

I am one of those who wondered what happened to Fawkes and of course wanted him to adopt Harry :D I'm glad you thought that too and did it justice!

Just a little bittersweet, pure Harry and Fawkes as himself. Beautiful!

Nice premise, well done.

Really great story, I loved it!

Simply beautiful. I love that you were able to bring to life Harry's bond with Dumbledore through the old man's friend. My daughter cried when she read this.

Coool

This was a nice one-shot, well written in itself, but it is actually quite AU. There are some bones that I'd like to pick.

First, a phoenix is not going to cost eight hundred thousand galleons. It's going to be worth trillions and trillions, more than an army dressed in Hungarian Horntail hide. Their tears and ashes are extremely valuable, so if someone's got a phoenix and is going to sell it, they're going to get enough for it to compensate for all the Galleons it could have made.

Second (an extension of first), if the man's got a phoenix, he's probably not going to sell it at ALL. We're talking about a priceless bird who has only ever bonded with a few notable wizards in the past, who has inexhaustable supplies of money, who can be an untraceable smuggling tool (if you're criminally orientated). If he's got a room filled with phoenixes, he'll make much more collecting and selling potions ingredients from them than selling them to people.

Third, how does one capture a phoenix? Remember, we're talking about the practically untraceable BIRD who can fly away and who can burst into flames and disappear to wherever they want, whenever they want. No magic can imprison them. Not even the wards of Hogwarts, as demonstrated by Dumbledore in book 5.

This was a good story. It was just set in an impossible setting. Even AUs has their limits.

Fawkes isn't alone anymore.

I liked it

thanks.

good story

Strangely (or not) remind me about the idea of war veteran ending up living alone, maybe even the more angsty scenes from Rambo movies (the ones between Rambo and his commander i mean).

Ciao