Wands and Such

[karenoc1]

No: HPFGUIDX 54841

Annemehr wrote:
> True, we don't actually know, but to me it seems almost a certainty 
> that they do.  It is no stretch to believe that the contents of a 
> wizard's pockets transform right along with their clothes when they 
go 
> into animagus form.  Even though Sirius does not have a wand, we 
have 
> seen him, Peter, and McGonagall transform several times and never 
has 
> *anything* fallen to the floor which had up until that moment been 
in 
> their pockets.  In fact, now I think of it, Sirius did pull the 
Daily 
> Prophet clipping out from his robes in the Shrieking Shack which 
> apparently he had with him since before he escaped from Azkaban.  
So I 
> think that proves it -- it transformed with him when he escaped and 
> swam to the mainland.  It couldn't have survived that swim in his 
> *mouth*!  Anyway, animagi go from place to place in animal form (as 
> McGonagall went to Privet Drive in PS/SS), and I can't imagine them 
> wanting to do that without a wand.

I think that Annemehr is exactly on target here.  After all, we know 
as early as PS/SS that McGonagall does not remove her glasses when 
she transforms; her glasses become markings/attributes to her cat 
form.  (This is alsco the case with Rita Skeeter.)  So it stands to 
reason that the witch or wizard's wand would simply become an 
attribute of the animal form.  Or wands, pocket contents, clothes, 
what have you go to some magical limbo.  This could have occurred 
with Wormtail's wand, if it is ever established that he actually 
still has his own wand (somewhere).

Regarding what happened to Voldemort's wand after the failed Avada 
Kedavra on Harry: my personal theory is that Wormtail was with 
Voldemort when he went to kill the Potters.  So Wormtail grabbed 
Voldemort's wand as he bolted, and then returned it to him in Eastern 
Europe.  If Wormtail kept V's wand in his pocket, it could have been 
hidden in rat limbo with his clothes until he became a man again.  
This would explain why none of the other Deatheaters, especially 
Lucius Malfoy had possession of V's wand.  (I'd imagine Voldemort's 
wand would he a hot commodity, so *someone* must have looked for it 
at Godric's Hollow....  I'm just speculating, but wouldn't the MoM at 
least be interested in recovering the wand back then in case V came 
back?)

Regarding Charlie's old wand: it is possible that Charlie's old wand 
was a hand-me-down, say from a Weasley ancestor.  But wouldn't it 
also be possible for there to be second-hand wand stores?  That 
particular wand was *well*-used probably before Charlie ever used 
it.  It may be more common than we think for wizards to start out 
with second-hand wands then progress to their actual wands when they 
graduate and can afford the purchase.  (I'm not sure if "new" wands 
are really that expensive, though....)  But maybe some wizards, 
especially those that come from wizarding families, really don't 
believe students need their actual-for-life wand during their 
studies.  Remember that Malfoy's mother was off looking at wands for 
him while Malfoy was fitted for his robes.

Anyway, wand discussions are my favorite! especially as regards 
matching material and core with attributes of the owner!

Karen