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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sirius_Black" data-source="post: 1069011" data-attributes="member: 4142">**Page 861 when Harry talks to Nearly Headless Nick"Wizards can leve an imprint of themselves upon the earth, to walk palely where their living selves once tred," said Nick miserably.  "But very few wizards choose that path."Nick goes on to explain that he was afraid of death and the reader gets the impression that is why he stayed behind.  As for Sirius, Nick sums it up with,"He will not come back," repeated Nick quietly.  "He will have...gone on."**Personally, although I obviously loved the character, I don't want Sirius back in any shape or form.  To me, his death is Harry's first time dealing with a death that hits home with such force.Yes, I know he lost his parents.  But, he was a baby then and I feel the loss there is more of what might have been than what he had.  Moreover, Cedric's death in Book 4 was traumatic, but he was not a close friend or family to Harry.  Sirius was both.  To me, if the books are getting darker and more mature, than Sirius' death is a fine example of a young teen dealing with an immediate loss for the first time.</blockquote>