This is just a bit about how some of the Hogwarts teachers feel about Dumbledore's death.
McGonagall
When someone you know dies, all hope leaves you. He was, and still is my best friend, my only friend. He taught me when we were both younger, but I became his equal. These past few days have been hell. To keep the school running for a whole other year without him is a thought that I don't even want to think about. I'm not an emotional person, so I didn't cry at his funeral, but I went to my office and I cried. I cried for him, and I cried out of pity. I cried for the people who never met him, because if they did, he would have been their best friend too. It was sad, and still is sad. I don't think the sadness of it will ever leave. But I know he's here. Watching. I will never forget him.
Slughorn
I knew Dumbledore for almost my entire life. He knew me like I knew the back of my hand, and I know the back of my hand mighty well. All those years I spent running from him have caught up with me, and I regret it. I regret not giving him that memory when he asked for it, maybe it would have helped him live. I should have been there for him, been there with him when he drank that stuff, and I could have found an antidote. And he would be alive. I'll miss him for sure. A good man, Dumbledore.
Sprout
I was not the closest person to the Professor, that would have been Minerva, but whenever we talked, or passed each other in the hallway, he always had something nice to say. I should have spent more time with him, and less with my plants. Grief is a terrible thing. It can reduce even the happiest person into a wild snapping venomous tentacula. I don't know what I'll do without him. He never knew it, but right before bed, I always thought about him. It gave me sweet dreams. He was a wonderful person, always happy and energetic in his own way. I'll sure miss him.
Hagrid
Dumbledore. He gave me a job when I could get no other. He was there when Buckbeak was going to be killed, but he stopped it, and Beaky lived. He sent me on a mission to get the giants, but I found my brother instead. He didn't care. He said one giant was better than none. He always knew I was innocent. When I was a kid, I held him in the highest esteem. I still do, but now 'e's gone. Never again will I see his twinkling eyes or see him striding down the corridor. Dumbledore, if you can hear me, I loved you like a father.
Snape
Alright, I killed him. But I had to. I made an Unforgivable Oath, and I value my life over his. And if I didn't do it, somebody ten times more awful would. He'll forgive me. He knows I had to do it. I told him. Right as he was pleading with me for his life. We used occlumens to speak mind to mind. And I told him. I would just pretend to be on the Dark Lord's side. Then I would rebel from his inner circle, with the help from Harry Potter. He'll know that when the Dark Lord is gone, I helped. I help make him leave, and he will be grateful.
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