Never, in all my experience, have I ever met such a... strange, shall you say, boy. The wand he chose, I say he chose but it is actually the wand which chooses the wizards, rather than the other way around, has been in possesion of this shop when my grandfather was head of the Ollivander tree. It was one of the last wands he ever created, before he passed, thanks to the generosity of Albus Dumbledore who donated two phoenix feathers from his loyal pet, Fawkes. Funny little chap, Fawkes was, always trying to nip at my hair when Albus would come to my shop. He was always fascinated by wands – how could he not be?
The wand that had chosen this boy, Tom Riddle, (such a strange boy, I say again, which I have been warned from Albus to be wary of) was thirteen and a half inches, yew, phoenix feather core, unyielding. The wand in question, as I have vaguely noted, has a twin. No two phoenixes are alike but the two wands have cores which came from the same phoenix which creates a unique connection between the two. I admit, as such a successful wandlore as many have claimed me to be, that I know very little about such a connection but am eager to find out more.
My grandfather was always keen to match unusual substances together and he made an example of this by making the other wand holly and, obviously, phoenix feather core, eleven inches, nice and supple. Long have I thought over both wands, waiting, wondering if I would live to see either wands finding their witch or wizard and today, one of them has found its master.
Yew is a fascinating substance, among those of which I do not make as often as my forefathers have. In many Muggle traditions, I have found out, Yew is a symbol of immortality, but are also seen as omens of doom. In Yew Trees, the leaves are highly toxic as are the seeds inside the berry that grow on the tree as well. The witch or wizard who is chosen by the wand is
Now the core is one I am most eager to write about – phoenixes have been known to be loyal to its companion and it is one of the rarest core types I have in my possesion. Phoenix feathers are capable of the greatest range of magic, though they may take longer than either unicorn or dragon cores to reveal this. They show the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a quality that many witches and wizards dislike. These wands are the most hardest to tame but their powerful magic is often worth the trouble.
What is certain, in my experience, is that the yew wand never chooses either a medicore or a timid owner.
A/N This is my first story so... Whaddya think? Actually, it's more or less notes about Garrick Ollivander's notes on the wands which are chosen...
I'm only going to be doing characters which I find interesting or just generally want to record their wands. As this story is for fun I'll be updating it not so frequently but when I'd like to so... That's all really!