[HPforGrownups] Voldemort's Wand - how did he get it back?

[tiffany black]

No: HPFGUIDX 128982

Ghost Kitten wrote
> I was wondering if anyone has ever had any thoughts on Voldemort's
> wand and how he got it back after he was "destroyed" at Godric's
> Hollow. I'm sorry if this has already been addressed - I did a 
> search and couldn't find anything.
>
> If he became formless and was then forced to occupy the bodies of
> small animals, surely he couldn't have carried it with him? And who
> picked it up from the ruins of the Potter's house?


Tiffany says:
Funny you ask. I was just wondering about the same thing the other day.

Ghost kitten wrote: 
> Wormtail gave it back to him - this fails on several points. We do 
> not know how Wormtail keeps his own wand (perhaps he doesn't - I 
> wondered if he forced to acquire a new one once he goes back to 
> Voldemort - perhaps he inherits Bertha Jorkins'.). How would 
> Wormtail as a rat have carried either his or Voldemort's wand, 
> even if he had been the one to retrieve the wand from the rubble 
> of the house?

Tiffany says:
My best guess  is that Petegrew picked it up and then took off before Sirius found the Potters. I can't imagine one of the order being careless enough to give it bakc to a death eater, or leave it lying around if they were first to discover the potters. i think that wizards do retain their wands when they transorm into animals, so maybe Wormtail's been caryying Voldemort's in a pocket all this time.
My other best guess is that DD or the ministry had it stored somewhere and Wormtail or Crouch JR disguised as Moody stole it.