Wormtail & the wand; Sirius' Wand Still At MoM?

[cynthiaanncoe at home.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26550

Mindy wrote:

> 1. We've made the argument many times already that when a wizard
> transforms, he takes his wand with him.
> 
> But when Peter grabbed Ron's wand upon coming out from the Whomping
> Willow and transfigured himself back into a rat, I don't think he 
took
> the wand with him.
> 
> I also thought all along that an animagus does not need a wand to
> transform.
> 
> So now I am confused.
> 

There are lots of wands flying around in PoA, aren't there?  I recall 
that Pettigrew dives for Lupin's dropped wand, not Ron's.  So then, 
does Pettigrew still have Lupin's wand when Pettigrew transforms?  
No, because Harry disarms Pettigrew right before he transforms, and 
Lupin's wand flies out of sight.  Thank goodness for that, because I 
don't know where Lupin would scratch together the money for a 
replacement wand.

I wonder if Pettigrew would have kept Lupin's wand had Harry not done 
this?  You could argue that animagi only keep their own wands because 
of their special bond with their own wand, so another person's wand 
wouldn't work.  But I suspect that JKR intends no such thing, and 
that's why she explicitly has Harry disarm Pettigrew.

Speaking of wands, does anyone think Sirius' wand still exists 12 
years after he was sent to Azkaban?  Wouldn't it probably be at MoM.  
If so, then perhaps Arthur Weasley will steal Sirius' wand from MoM 
and return it to him in OoP?  This would be a good device to get 
Arthur fired.  (I sure hope Percy doesn't get wind of the plan and 
turn his own father in.)  I can't see how Sirius will be much help in 
the fight against Voldemort without a wand.  

Cindy