CHAPDISC: DH24, The Wandmaker-Bella's wand // Longbottoms

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 183735

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at ...> wrote:

> I think Pippin's referring to Mad-Eye's presence at the two 
> prior Pensieve trials with both eyes intact (and his leg as 
> far as we know). Then he's absent at the Longbottom trial.  
> It's a decent extrapolation one of the best aurors went after 
> the Longbottom torturers 


zanooda:

Yeah, it's not in the book, but I find it very believable that Mad-Eye
was one of the Aurors that took on Bella and Co., although if he lost
his eye because of Bella, I would expect it to be mentioned. However,
he could have missed the trial for some other reason than his
injuries, IMO, especially considering how easily wounds are healed in
WW. And I still vote for Bella hiding her wand and not resisting
arrest in hopes  that the Ministry didn't have any solid evidence
against her. 

  
> Jen wrote: 

> I favor Bella hiding her wand too. Maybe it was in her vault & 
> the Goblins wouldn't let the Ministry search it because they didn't 
> have proper clearance. 


zanooda:

Right, maybe she hid the wand just in case she will be arrested, so
that it could not incriminate her. I assumed she hid it right before
being caught and I couldn't figure out how she managed to do this. But
now I think that maybe you are right about Gringotts. Maybe Bella hid
the wand there after the crime and used some other wand instead - DEs
killed many wizards and, I suppose, they had some spare wands.