It had been two weeks since his birthday and Harry was completely bored. He had already sent out his thank you letters and now he found himself with nothing to do.

Remembering his new wand Harry sat up with a huge grin on his face, 'I know what I'll do!' Harry crowed mentally. 'I'll try out my new wand along with practicing some of the new spells I read in my books.

Trotting out of his room Harry approached the portrait of Sirius's mother, "Excuse me, Lady Black?" Harry began politely.

The curtains in front of the portrait flew open to show the disapproving face of Lady Black. "Finally, someone is polite to me. What do you wish to ask me."

"Is there a dueling room around here somewhere?" Harry asked, trying to keep the eagerness out of his voice.

"Of course there is. Every family manner has one. Why do you want to know where it is?" Lady Black asked trying to gauge whether or not the boy before her would use the room to find a way to destroy some of the heirlooms in the house.

(Moody's POV)

'All we had to do to keep her quiet was be polite?!' I couldn't help but be shocked. Potter was asking about a dueling room, why though? I mean what would he do there? So I decided to creep closer to hear his answer.

(Author's POV)

"Well recently, for my birthday, I was given a new wand and now I want to test it." Harry replied in a slightly shy tone.

"Oh! A new wand, they are always so exciting. Well, at the right edge of my portrait there is a small raised spot. Pressing there will cause me to swing forward. In the space behind me will be the dueling room." There was a surprising warmth in Lady Blacks tone that neither Harry nor Moody had ever heard her speak with.

"Thank you very much Lady Black!" Harry said flashing Lady Black a bright smile with a short bow as well.

Moody decided now would be a good time to reveal himself, "So Potter, where did you get a new wand?"

Harry whirled around to face Moody with a curse upon his lips even as he brought his new wand up to face Moody. "That would be none of your business Moody. I thought you said you had errands to run today."

"I got curious when I saw you speak to her." Moody replied jerking a thumb in the portrait direction. "So Potter are you going to go in the dueling room?" Moody asked with just a touch of eagerness.

Harry rolled his eyes before turning around and facing the portrait and did as he was instructed to do in order to open the room. The Portrait swung forward exposing a pitch black room. Stepping forward Harry cautiously stepped through the opening left by the portrait. Torches neither Moody nor Harry had noticed sprung to life upon Harry's entrance. "Now this will be fun." Harry muttered gazing around room.

"Indeed Potter. So what is you wand made out of?"

"It's custom made, by whom I don't know. It has a core of basilisk fang with my blood dried into the grains and the wood is made from a tree that grew where my blood had been spilt." Harry replied with a proud grin.

"A blood wand?! Potter who got this made for you?!" Moody bellowed in Harry's face attracting the attention of the people who had just returned from shopping causing them to come pouring through the entrance of the dueling room wands at the ready when Moody's words registered in their minds.

"Harry," Molly Weasley began, "hand over that wand this instance!"

Harry's eyes darkened to a near black causing all but the most brave of the order members to back away, "You want me to give you my wand?!" Harry hissed dangerously as he took a gliding step toward Molly with a murderous gleam in his eyes.

"Go fetch Dumbledore!" Moody snapped at Tonks, the nearest order member. Tonks nodded before bolting to the fire place.

"Blood wands are much to dangerous to be used by a child. Give it here to me now Harry." Molly demanded of the hissing teen.

Severus, who had just arrived back from the death eater meeting had arrived in time to hear Molly's words. "Weasley you over step yourself by demanding Potter give you his blood wand."

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So Harry's wand has been discovered. What will happen next? Shall the order find out about the party the death eaters threw for him or should I skip to them going to Hogwarts for the new year so that Harry can have a confrontation with the Slytherins? Reviewers decide.