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

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 129041

Lady Anwyn wrote:
> "We don't know exactly when Wormtail transformed himself into a rat, 
> so there is the possibility that he went to Godric's Hollow himself 
> to retrieve Voldemort's wand and took it to the Riddle house before
> transforming himself."
> 
> 
the_ghost_kitten responded:
> Didn't Wormtail transform into a rat as soon as he blasted the 
> street apart and framed Sirius? I'd always assumed that was how 
> he "vanished" - who's going to notice a rat running away when a 
> whole street and a dozen people have just been blown up? I'd always 
> imagined that Peter cut his finger off (so it could be found later, 
> although how they knew it was his amongst all the bits of people is 
> anyone's guess) as he blew up the street, then instantly 
> transformed, leaving Sirius looking like the guilty party. But I 
> could well be wrong!


Carol adds:
I think you're right, ghost-kitten. He must have hidden Voldemort's
wand *before* the confrontation with Sirius. But I don't think he
could have hidden it at the Riddle House. Even if it wasn't occupied
at that time, how could Wormtail have known about it? He was a
twenty-two year old spy, not one of Voldemort's most trusted Death
Eaters (if indeed he trusted any of them enough to tell them of his
true identity). He certainly wouldn't have told Wormtail at that time. 

But after Wormtail returned to him fourteen years later (and,
presumably, performed the spell that turned him into Baby!mort), both
he and Wormtail, who was presumed dead and couldn't allow himself to
be recognized, needed a place to hide until they could perform the
resurrection spell. But the Riddle House, though uninhabited, was
still under the care of Frank Bryce, so Wormtail must have apparated
there with Baby!mort under his cloak. (Maybe they Accio'd Nagini?)

Anyway, I would bet my wand that Pettigrew didn't hide Voldemort's
wand at the Riddle House after the disaster at Godric's Hollow. He
did, however, hide it somewhere, and it was definitely Pettigrew who
returned the wand to Voldemort. Pettigrew's own wand was apparently
lost. I like the idea one of you suggested about his taking Bertha's.
(Not sure how well it would suit him, but someone else's wand is
better than none.)

Carol, who still wants to know how the Azkaban Death Eaters got the
wands they used in the DoM