CHAPTER 7
WAND CHOOSES THE WIZARD
HERACLES POV
The moment he and Aster entered the ollivander shop. He has already told Aster to tighten her Ocllumency Shields. " Mr. Potter, your wand is ready. I have to say that your custom wand is my greatest creation to date. Wait here." He said appearing from nowhere as always and then went inside the adjoining room only to come out moments later carrying a box. 'My wand' Heracles realized. He was quite curious to see the end product, which in Ollivanders, the most premium wandmaker in Britain, own words, was his greatest creation.
"Now for your wand, my greatest creation to date. If I am told to remember my one creation and forget the rest, I will certainly remember this one, Mr. Potter. Elder wood, 13 inches, inlaid with 0.7 grams Mithiril and Magical Raven feather core completed in 13 days. The wand is quite special Mr. Potter As I told you last time we met the wood of your wand is Elder Wood The rarest wand wood of all, and reputed to be deeply unlucky, elder wands were trickier to master than any other. They contained powerful magic, but scorned to remain with any owner who was not the superior of their company; it took a remarkable wizard to keep an elder wand for any length of time.The old superstition, "wand of elder, never prosper", had its basis in this fear of the wand, but in fact, the superstition was baseless, and those foolish wandmakers who refused to work with elder did so more because they doubted they would be able to sell their products than from fear of working with this wood. The truth was that only a highly unusual person would find their perfect match in elder, and on the rare occasion when such a pairing occurred, it might be taken as certain that the witch or wizard in question was marked out for a special destiny.It was also noted that the owners of elder wands almost always felt a powerful affinity with those chosen by rowan.
The most famous wand made of this wood, and perhaps the most infamous wand ever created, was the Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows that was reputed to be the most powerful wand ever made. The Elder Wand's long and bloody history was a large part of this wood's dark reputation. Now For your wand core a Magical Raven Feather Core which I collected on the Hallows Eve the same day you defeated the most infamous Dark Lord of all time and cheated death. Halloween is the day of the year when the veils between the physical and spirit worlds are at their thinnest – when magic is most active Mr. Potter. So, we can safely that the feather is highly magical foci. As for the Nature of Raven. Raven is a contrary spirit. on the negative side, Raven represents the profane, the devil, evil spirits, the trickster and thief, war and destruction, death and doom, the void.
Yet in many cultures Raven also represents deep magic, the mystery of the unknown, death and transformation, creation, healing, wisdom, protection, and prophecy.
Raven is both the symbol of the sun, and the symbol of a moonless night. She is the birth giving light in the center of our galaxy, and the black hole in the center of the universe, to which we are all traveling to our eventual extinction.
Raven is the fatal touch of the Calleach in winter, the wisdom of Odin, the vessel of prophecy given to a seer, the mighty protector of the Western Isles, and the healing message of an Indian shaman.
Raven is a complex bird, both in nature in magic and in legends. The Mithiril is added as better conductor of magic afterall Mithiril is most magical metal.
Your Wand speaks a lot about your character Mr. Potter. Afterall you are the only person to have ever survived a killing curse. Your Wand Signifies death, power, wisdom, cunning, transformation, destiny, prophecy, healing and rebirth. There isn't any type of magic that this can't do.
We can expect great things from you Mr. Potter. Good or bad I cannot say but like Raven your character is also very complex. At last remember one thing Mr. Potter never show weakness in presence of your wand. It will not work for a weak master." He finished dramatically and passionately. I am stunned and from corner of my eyes can see Aster is also on verge of freaking out. So, I decided to change the mood and concentrated on the wand in the box.
Heracles had to admit that the wand looked beautiful... Actually no... Beautiful was not sufficient... It looked stunning. From corner of his eyes he can see Aster is also now looking curiously toward wand.
It was elder wood and berries structure with thin lines of a golden-ish silver-colored metal, Mithril running down its length in a helical shape.
Heracles had always been able to use his magic after meeting family magic spirits, thus he considered the wand as unnecessary. However, the moment he touched it he knew he had been wrong. It felt like he had been missing something and was complete at last, it felt like a warm blanket on a gelid day... There were no words that would be able to convey the indescribable sensation. It's like finding your lifelong partner.
After taking two dragon hide wand holsters and a wand polishing kit we left the ollivanders behind.
They both found Mister Mulpepper's not meeting standard so they found another premium store mentioned by Ragnok.
He looked at the store and already liked it better than the other one, it was named Juoma Apothecary. He smiled at his sister and they walked in looking at the organized ingredients, neat labels, and interesting materials.
"Good evening," he greeted at the middle-aged woman who was behind the counter.
"Good evening, do you need something in particular?" she asked with curiosity shining in her eyes.
"Two first-year kits please," he requested.
"I'm sorry, but we only sell beginner level kits and I believe it would be too much for Hogwarts," she said looking quite sour at the idea.
" I love to study extensively and money is not a problem." he answered with gentleness.
"If that is the case I will get them, wait a moment please," she told them with a cheery tone. True to her word, she arrived a few minutes later, levitating two large boxes that looked quite simple but had a few tasteful details in white. "I hope you find them useful, each one will be fifteen galleons."
After giving her necessary money we left the apothecary and headed towards Eeylops Owl Emporium, near the door, Aster met eyes with a beautiful snowy owl with Amber eyes knowing she would take her with her. Nearing the cage the shop owner grabbed her hand before she could pet him.
"Be careful, She bit everyone," he commented.
"I want him," she declared to the shopkeeper's dismay and relief.
"If you must," Shopkeeper conceded, amused at the girl's antics.
After buying the owl and owl treats. I opened the cage and let the owl free and went back to orphanage. Aster is babbling all the way to orphanage about how happy she was not that she is his sister in everyway and how weird the wizarding world is.