[HPforGrownups] The mystery of Voldemort's wand

[Tammy Rizzo]

No: HPFGUIDX 80598

On 12 Sep 2003 at 1:44, oiramertip wrote:

> Does anyone know where did Voldemort's wand come from when Wormtail
> had it in the cemetary in GF? If Voldemort was so weak after being
> destroyed from trying to kill Harry, he could certainly not have
> hidden or moved it himself. If a Death Eater got there first before
> Hagrid, he could have taken the wand and tried to kill Harry, but it
> does not appear to have happened.....

How's this for a scenario?  It seems True, to me:

Pettigrew leads Voldemort to the Potters (easier than just telling him where to find 
them, and allows Peter to feel superior to James by giving him the opportunity to 
actually gloat a bit, perhaps), but then hangs back behind Voldy when it all comes 
down to it.  He watches from the shadows as Voldy murders James and Lily, and 
sees Voldy's AK backfire.  He snags Voldemort's wand and Apparates out of there 
bfore all hell breaks loose.  Later, when Sirius catches up to him on the Muggle 
street, he's still got Voldy's wand in his pocket when he morphs into Scabbers.  Being 
a rat for nigh on a dozen years doesn't give him much chance to dump the wand, so 
he STILL has it when Lupin and Black force him into his own shape in the Shrieking 
Shack.  Since he escapes from them as Scabbers once again, and since he then 
goes to Voldemort's side, he had darned well better have his Master's wand to 
present to him to buy some mercy from Voldemort.  "But look, see, here's your wand, 
I saved it for you, don't kill me!"

I dunno, but it makes sense to me.

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Tammy
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