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I was just wondering: why some people have ghosts when they die and some don't ? Take that girl in the toilet for example. She has a ghost. Why for example Cedric doesn't have a ghost? .

to me people who have met an untimely end (murdered mainly) like moaning murtle was killed by the basali thing (big snake) SHES A GHOST
nearly head-less nick had his head damaged brutally. hes a ghost
and many of the others meet there death in siilar circumstances
but why they are at hogwarts i dont know but we dont know if cedric is a ghos yet as he was murdered by voldy ... and we didnt really see that much of hogwarts in the last book so he mite be plus his parents still could be they are still quite recent deaths unlike the others... and theres still 2 books for them to show up ..

Hmmm... I thought Cedric was killed by Wormtale, when Voldemort said "Kill the spare"

well, didn't nearly headless nick say that being a ghost or not is a choice you can make when you died?

and that it would be nicer for a dead's soul to stay in.. heaven?

and that's why they're so rare... he did explain that to harry didn't he

god knows...

he did

He really did. I just finished the book and now read it. By the way, there was said nothing about Percy, after the ministry realized that Voldemort is back.

The explanation for that may come in Half-Blood Prince. Remember, Harry asked Nearly-Headless Nick, but Nick didn't want to - or couldn't - explain. But I'm sure the answer is yet to come..

that he definitly did....becuz harry wanted to know if sirius would come back as a ghost

yup, thats truth.................anybody who dont want to die (but is alredy dead) can come as a ghost..........


(great photo fanatos)

yeah. he said that if you really didnt want to go to the afterlife, you can stay here in this world as a ghost. BUT once you make your decision, it's final. for example, you cant choose to be a ghost and then say that you want to continue to the afterlife.

(i agree fanatos. good pic idea)

i think sirius will be back as a ghost b/c he has a lot of unfinished business.

yes!!! ...................i think the same.....

.....Not sure

well then say YES !!!!

Nearly headless Nick didn't think that he would become a ghost. He said something along the lines of "He would have moved on." But I DO think that harry will be able to contact Sirius somehow...

whoops. I mean that Nearly headless Nick didn't think that SIRIUS would become a ghost. Sorry if that was confusing

I don't think Sirius is even dead.

yeah..................same I...........HE IS A LIVE!!!

Nick became a ghost because he was afraid of death - in Rowling's world, being a ghost isn't death, its more a facsimile of life, a shadow. Cedric would never be afraid of death - he was a courageous man. Also, Cedric didn't have any unfinished business - he knew who his murderer was, and he knew Harry would do his best to bring meaning and justice to Cedric's death.

Fear and uncertainty are the two main reasons to become a ghost - Sirius and Cedric had neither.

Maybe you can't come back as a gost if you were killed by Avada Kedavra.
Cedric and Harry parents were, and they're not gosts... And (maybe I'm wrong...) I think Nick said that you can choose if you want to be a gost or not. Harrys parents would have wanted to be gosts (I would if I died before seeing my child grow up!). I dunno about Cedric, though.

Good point...............

I think that when you choose to become a ghost you can never passover ... you'll have to stay as a ghost for ever maybe thats why most people when thay die don't choose to become a ghost

I wonder about that. First off, I don't believe in ghosts, but I think that in the books ghosts can't pass on...

Goodness, read OTF!