Wands and Robes for Animagi -- Invisibility Cloak

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24958

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., pengolodh_sc at y... wrote:
> > [snip]
> I do not have the books handy at the moment (they are due to arrive 
> by automobile this weekend, along with my TV, 10ft of magazines, 
> kitchen-utensils, etc. (courtesy of my parents)), and so cannot 
> verify the following 100% myself, but as I recall, it is not a 
given 
> that Snape was using his wand at the moment, just that he was using 
> *a* wand.  Do werewolves keep their clothes with them when they 
> go "hairy snout"?  If not, it could be Professor Lupin's wand.  It 
> could also be Harry's wand, picked up after Harry fainted from the 
> after-effects of the Dementors, or Ron's or Hermione's wand.  Snape 
> is a quick thinker, I suspect, and would not hesitate to grab the 
> nearest wand.  
> 
> Best regards
> Christian Stubø

Thanks, Christian.  But I don't think Snape is using Lupin's wand, 
because Pettigrew dived for Lupin's wand, Harry disarmed him, and the 
wand flew high in the air and out of sight.  

Also, we know Snape had a wand when he woke up (as opposed to using 
Harry's wand) because when Harry sees Snape conjuring stretchers for 
himself and Hermione, Ron is already on a stretcher.  It doesn't seem 
logical that Snape would wake up and go searching in the bushes or 
wherever for Lupin's wand.  More likely is that Snape picks his own 
wand up off the ground and starts using it, or he is using Ron's 
wand, as you say.

Finally, if Black does have a wand, why doesn't he ward off the 
dementors?  Either he doesn't know how (hardly seems likely) or he 
can't pull it off with someone else's wand?

Oh, and while I'm grinding my teeth figuring out how everything winds 
up where it does, can someone answer another question.  At the end of 
PoA, Lupin gives the Invisibility Cloak back to Harry, saying he 
retrieved it from the Shrieking Shack.  But earlier, JKR says Lupin 
tucked it into his pocket in the Shrieking Shack.  A mistake?  The 
cloak should have been lying on the ground outside the Willow.

Cindy

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"You should have realized," said Lupin quietly, "if Voldemort didn't 
kill you, we would.  Good-bye, Peter."  Prizoner of Azkaban.