LV's and Wormtail's wands (Was: Problems at the end of GOF)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 124666


Richard Jones asked:
> > And how did LV have the wand he killed James and Lily with? At 
Godric's Hollow, he turned into vapor so he couldn't carry it. So it
must have just fallen down and maybe picked up by someone else at
Godric's Hollow, but the Death Eaters didn't know he was alive or 
where he was and if a member of the Ministry got it they would 
probably destroy it or keep it well protected <snip> Wormtail was a
rat and couldn't carry it. LV had to have Wormtail use it in graveyard
against Cedric because he couldn't. So how did he come to have his
wand in the graveyard?
> 
Tammy Rizzo answered:
<snip> I believe Wormtail lead LV to the place, then hung around to
watch, and when everything went *BANG*, he picked up LV's wand and ran
away like the snivelling rat he is.  
> So, that's how Voldy's wand was 'rescued'.  As for how could a rat
carry it . . . well, we've seen Sirius transform from his human form
to his dog form and back again, and he wasn't naked when he regained
his human form -- his clothes, and assumingly, all the stuff within 
> his pockets, follow him into his Animagus form. <snip>  So, when
Pettigrew transformed into a rat and escaped down into the 
> sewers in the middle of London, then everything in his pockets went
with him, including LV's wand.  Simple.

Carol responds:
If that were the case, wouldn't he have had a wand with him when he
was forced to transform into a rat in the Shrieking Shack? I think he
found LV's wand and hid it while he was still in human form. Then,
after accusing Sirius of betraying the Potters, he dropped his own
wand, along with a bloody robe and his own finger, before transforming
into a rat and escaping into the sewers. (Transforming into your
animagus form doesn't require a wand or Sirius couldn't have done it
in Azkaban and while he was on the run in PoA and GoF.) When Peter
escaped from the Shrieking Shack, he still didn't have his own wand
(maybe it was returned to his mother along with his finger?), but
after he'd discovered LV's whereabouts, he found the wand that he'd
hidden years before and returned it to LV, who used it to kill Frank
Bryce but returned it to PP for the restoration ceremony. So now, I
suppose, PP is again without a wand of his own.

Which raises the question of where the DEs who escaped from Azkaban
got the wands *they* were using during the MoM raid. Maybe their
general ineptitude arises in part from having the wrong wands, not to
mention being out of practice and having their mental powers somewhat
dimmed from all those years in Azkaban.

Perhaps we shouldn't ask too many questions? JKR may not have thought
out all those details.

Carol