After the first Potter-Dursley session in the Room of Requirement of the new school year, James asked Lily and Devon to hang back for a minute while telling Albus he could go.

"Lily, Devon?" asked James, "Could you two please wait in here for a few minutes? I'm going to go fetch Hugo. There is something I wish to discuss with all three of you."

"Of course!" chorused Devon and Lily.

James returned a few minutes later with Hugo.

"So, Devon, Hugo, Lily," said James clearly, "During my Wandlore lessons with Olivander last week, I had an idea that Olivander thinks a good idea, but I will need permission from you three to execute it."

"What is it?" asked Lily.

"Well," said James, "I want to go public with the story of how Devon's yew wand saved Hugo."

"That's up to Hugo and Devon," said Lily calmly.

Both Hugo and Devon had nervous looks spread across their faces at this. Both were feeling queasy and uneasy at the prospect of such a personal thing in their lives going public. But Hugo and Devon were both opened minded enough to listen to what James had to say.

"I would feel uneasy about having it become public knowledge that I possess a yew wand," admitted Devon, "While it's true that I learned from my yew wand saving Hugo that yew wands can be used for good and while that certainly changed my perspective on owning a yew wand for the better, the fact remains, yew wands are actually quite taboo in the magical community because many people do still associate yew with Voldemort."

"As for me," said Hugo tentatively, "I am not comfortable with or crazy about something so personal going public."

"Nor I am," agreed Devon instantly.

"Would you two at least be willing to listen to James and consider the idea?" asked Lily.

"Yes." chorused Hugo and Devon.

"Here's the thing," said James in a crystal clear voice, "Yew wands are VERY useful for Healers. There are a handful of magical diseases for which yew is the only known cure. Sapavetius is the best known of these but there are several others as well."

"Is it well known that yew has powerful healing powers?" asked Lily.

"This is only common knowledge within the healing industry," explained James, "The general population is pretty unaware of this. It would be greatly beneficial to the healing profession and the witches and wizards that depend on its care if more yew wands could be produced. The way that Devon and Hugo going public with their story of Devon's yew wand curing Hugo of Sapavetius would help is that if the magical community knows that a young Hogwarts student had his life saved by a yew wand it may help turn the tide of attitude towards yew amongst witches and wizards. Olivander told me that after Voldemort first rose until long after Voldemort's death, he was under immense public pressure not to make yew wands. Parents and grandparents were terrified at the idea of their children and grandchildren owning yew wands. That's in addition to the fact that most witches and wizards were horrified at the prospect of yew wands in the world."

"Hang on," said Lily suddenly, "If yew wands are this all powerful thing, wouldn't yew wands make good instruments of murder?"

"That is the double edged sword," said James tentatively, "Olivander admits this. But he says he supports the idea of making more yew wands. And the more I think about it, so do I. The fact is you don't need yew to commit murder. Yew is the ONLY known cure for several magical diseases, and I think if the wizarding population becomes of aware of this, they will move towards supporting the production of more yew wands. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Baby bro, what have you just realized?" asked Lily breathlessly.

"Big sis, I have the solution! I know how yew wands can be made with the assurances that they will be used for healing and not killing. You see, when we were talking about wand cores, Olivander explained to me that unicorn hair core wands will only ever choose pure hearted witches and wizards. The solution is to put yew wands into production but only with unicorn hair cores!"

"Would I have to replace my wand with a unicorn hair core wand?' asked Devon.

"No," replied James matter of factly, "You have proven yourself trustworthy. But there's a reason why your yew wand was the first yew wand Olivander made since before Lord Voldemort first rose. If the public knows that unicorn hair wands only choose pure hearted witches and wizards and if they know how yew wands can save lives I'm sure we'll be able to turn the tide of public opinion and allow Olivander to start making and selling more yew wands if he uses unicorn hair as the core in them."

"James is quite right," said Lily proudly, "And I think it would be especially powerful if the magical population knew that a young Hogwarts student had his life saved by a yew wand. Hugo, Devon, I urge you to allow the story of how Devon's yew wand saved Hugo's life to go public. Go public for the public good."

"I'm pretty convinced now after listening to James that that going public is the right thing to do. So much good will come from taking this public that it would be both selfish and retarded not to do so," said Devon fiercely, "I Devon Dudley Dursley, hereby give my permission for the story of how my yew wand saved Hugo's life to become public."

"I- well, I don't love the idea of something so personal in my life going public, " said Hugo queasily, "But sometimes the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one. I may not like the story of my having had Sapavetius going public nor may I like the idea of the story of a how a close friend's wand saved my life going public, but , if doing so can help out the healing profession and ultimately save the lives of witches and wizards, it's more than worth it. In the hope and expectation that doing so will benefit witches and wizards for eons to come, I Hugo Granger Weasley hereby give my permission for the story of how I got Sapavetius and how Devon's yew wand saved my life to become public."

"Good for you, Hugo," said Lily respectfully, "I applaud you for making the right decision rather than the easy one."

"I'm going to send am owl to Olivander right away informing him that I have received Hugo's and Devon's permission to go public. He will contact the Daily Prophet and the story will appear in tomorrow's paper," said James.

Hugo. Devon, and Lily all nodded.

They all left the Room of Requirement and James went up to the owlery to send his owl to Olivander.

Sure enough, next morning at breakfast when James received his Daily Prophet, they saw a boldface headline.

Young Hogwarts Student's Life Saved by Close Friend's Yew Wand.