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

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 129000

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<williams.miranda at g...> 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?

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> The only possibilities I can think of can easily be disproved -
> 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?

I think that this is the easiest solution--Pettigrew accompanied
Voldemort to Godric's Hollow (or was first on the scene after the
blowup), and grabbed Ol' Snakeface's wand after he failed to kill
Harry.  As to where he kept it, well artifacts on an animagus's person
seem to transform with the animagus--else McGonagall would appear
naked in front of her third year Transfiguration class.

I'll just pause here for a moment while you clear that picture from
your mind....

It's not just clothing either--McGonagall's glasses also transform
with her, showing up as markings around her eyes when she's in cat
form.  So it seems likely that a wand would transform as well.

Maybe a more interesting question is: What happened to Peter's wand? 
He doesn't seem to have it at any point during GoF--he uses Voldy's
wand to kill Cedric and Frank Bryce.  I hope we're going to get more
details of what happened that night in Godric's Hollow come July,

Amiable Dorsai