Wormtail's Wand

imamommy at sbcglobal.net imamommy at sbcglobal.net
Thu Apr 3 03:58:52 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 54720

There's been speculation on why Peter doesn't have his wand at the 
end of PoA, and why he used Voldemort's wand in the graveyard.  I was 
re-reading it this morning, and something in the text struck me:

(Fudge Speaking)"...And then he (Peter) went for his wand.  Well, of 
course, Black was quicker. Blew Pettigrew to smithereens..." 
(PoA, pp. 207-8,Scholastic)

This makes me think that to fake his own death, Peter might have had 
*another* wand, perhaps Voldemort's since he was already defeated, 
and may have destroyed the one in his robes when he caused the 
explosion.  I realize my theory has a hole:  If it was Voldemort's 
wand, where was it while Peter was a rat?  I don't know, but I still 
think he destroyed his own when he faked his death.  Maybe he did use 
his own wand, but was able to leave it in time for it to be blasted 
with the rest of his stuff.  Anyway, if V's wand winds up back with 
it's owner in GoF, where has it been hidden, and who took the trouble 
to hide it after V was defeated?  Did Wormtail slip into Gringott's 
as a rat and hide it in a vault somewhere?  More questions I have no 
answers to.  Does anyone have any ideas?

imamommy






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