Horse Feathers

[aaoconnor2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 93723

Kneasy wrote:

> We are told that Fawkes has given just two feathers.
> Not told where or when mind, that would be telling us too much.
> 
> Olivander ends up with both.
> He incorporates them into two wands.
> Voldy has one, Harry gets the other.
> Sheer chance of course.
> And if you believe that, you'll believe anything.
> 
> It stretches credulity just that little bit too far to accept that 
it's 
> all a coincidence.

One other piece of information that we are not privy to is whether 
Voldemort's wand chose him or was chosen.  We are told that the wand 
chooses the wizard but we are given examples of people using wands 
that belonged to others.  Ron and Neville both have or have had hand-
me-down wands. I could see someone obsessed with immortality being 
drawn to the idea of a phoenix feather wand.  A sufficiently arrogant 
wizard, confident of his own power, wouldn't be too concerned about 
not having the "right" wand.

My theory is that Voldemort chose the phoenix feather wand knowing 
that it came from Fawkes.  Fawkes then gave a second feather in an 
effort to combat the first wand.  Since the second feather was given 
for the express purpose of fighting Voldemort it was drawn to the 
person who Voldemort had marked (chosen) as his enemy and his equal.  
Not quite a coincidence at all if you think about it that way.

This thread also brings up another thought for discussion.  What do 
you think happened with the third feather that we know Fawkes has 
released?  

       "There was a flash of flame in the very middle of the office,
    leaving behind a single golden feather that floated gently to the
    floor.
       "It is Fawkes's warning," said Dumbledore, catching the 
    feather as it fell."   (OotP US edition, Chapter 22, page 474)

Is there now the possibility of a third Fawkes wand coming into play?

Audrey