Lost wands

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 88981

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "capehoneysuckle" 
<capehoneysuckle at e...> wrote:

Honey 
> I expect the question of what happens to the things in his pockets
> when an animagus transforms has been discussed, so I apologize for
> bringing it around again. I might guess that it works the same as 
the
> werewolf transformation. In POA, Lupin puts Harry's Invisibility 
Cloak
> into his pocket in the Shrieking Shack, and then transforms. He then
> gives it to Harry the next day. The pocket contents appear to return
> with the human form, along with the clothing. Scabbers was 
apparently
> carrying a wand for all those years.
> 
> The question of the DE wands is more difficult. One might guess that
> the MM would destroy the wand of someone given a life sentence in
> Azkaban, and store wands of those with shorter sentences, but I know
> no canon on this point.

Geoff:
Don't forget that they were threatening to destroy Harry's wand after 
a simple Underage Sorcery case....

"Ministry representatives will be calling at your place of residence 
shortly to destroy your wand"

(OOTP "A Peck of Owls" p.30 UK edition)

This reaction sounds a bit over the top quite frankly. Is this the 
dreaded Umbridge in action again?