The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 614: The Masters of the Elder Wand

Time passed quickly, as if someone had turned the hands on a clock, and in a blink of an eye it was summer.

Virtual sunlight illuminated the large office. Ada sat in a comfortable high-back chair in a daze. On the table in front of her, there were no piles of files, but two magic wands, one long and one short.

The short one is a yew wand, made of phoenix tail feathers, 10 and 3/4 inches long, and quite resilient. This is the wand that Ada has used for eight years.

It was an elder wand with thestral tail feathers, fifteen inches long. One of the Deathly Hallows, the wand with the most defeats in history. Ada once suspected that this thing was a hindrance to its master, just like the emperor's uncle's mount, Lu.

As we all know, a wand is made up of two parts: the core and the wood. These two materials determine the characteristics of the wand and also determine the owner of the wand.

Most wands are made of wood (steel and pewter are also available), and of the many woods that can be used to make wands, elder has perhaps the most ominous reputation.

An old superstition says, "Elderwood stick, never prosper."

Perhaps it was to fight poison with poison, or perhaps it was because two negatives add up to one positive. The core of the Elder Wand was taken from the Thestrals, which is also an unlucky symbol.

Only people who have seen death can see the Thestrals. People believe that seeing the Thestrals will bring terrible disasters.

Superstition is not advisable. The reason elder wands are rare is not because they are unlucky, but because they are not easy to sell.

Elder wands are very picky about witches and wizards, and this, combined with their fearsome reputation, means that sales of elder wands are very slow, and wandmakers are naturally reluctant to make them.

Over time, elderberry wands disappeared from the market. Supply and demand influence the market, which is reasonable.

The same is true for the Thestrals, except that their reputation is dragged down by "death". They are very smart and have amazing perception. Once tamed, they will never leave their master.

Although Thestrals are classified as "dangerous" by the Ministry of Magic, they are actually quite gentle in nature and will not attack humans unless provoked.

What is superstition?
You believe it without knowing it, and that is superstition.

As one of the top wizards in the magic world, Ada would naturally not be so ignorant as to believe those seemingly plausible rumors. She was really convinced that the Elder Wand would bring misfortune to its owner.

Look at the long list of deaths surrounding the Elder Wand, few have escaped unscathed!
Antiochus was the first person to obtain the Elder Wand and had his throat slit in the tavern.

The evil Murrick was also the master of the Elder Wand. He ruled terror in southern England and was eventually killed by the evil monster Egbert.

After Murrick was killed, Egbert became the owner of the Elder Wand. However, he was a short-lived man and died not long after getting the Elder Wand. It was most likely that he was killed by someone.

A century later, the Elder Wand fell into the hands of Godlotte, a dark wizard who had a book passed down through the ages, which Hogwarts placed in the restricted section of the library.

In the book "The Most Poisonous Magic", Godlot implicitly admitted that he owned the Elder Wand, and with the help of the wand, he promoted the study of black magic and wrote this masterpiece of black magic.

This also verifies some theories of wandology, that wands will learn something from wizards.

Interestingly, Godelot, who advocates the dark arts, refuses to discuss Horcruxes, believing that the Horcruxes themselves and the process of making them are too evil even for dark wizards.

This interesting dark wizard eventually died at the hands of his own son, who took the Elder Wand and locked him in a cellar until his death.

After that, Barnabas became the master of the Elder Wand, and he was killed by Loxias. It is unknown who killed Loxias in the end, and the clues to the Elder Wand were broken.

Until Grindelwald stole the Elder Wand from Gregorovitch, and was defeated by Dumbledore in 1945. This year, Dumbledore lost to Ada again, and the Elder Wand was placed on her desk. Throughout history, wizards who possessed the Elder Wand did not end well after losing it, and most of them died. Now, it is Albus Dumbledore's turn.

"You can always trust Severus Snape, no matter what he does next."

Ada understood the meaning of this sentence. Snape would kill Dumbledore himself one day in the future, and Dumbledore was willing to die. This was their plan
After learning about Voldemort's assassination plan, Ada guessed that this difficult task would eventually fall on Snape.

Even if Voldemort's brain was really sliced ​​and he became stupid, he would not put all his hopes on two young masters.

At that time, Ada did not notice any problem. She thought that Snape could have just not assassinated Dumbledore and not completed the mission. The only thing was that Snape could not continue to play the role of a traitor and returned to the Order of the Phoenix.

Then came the thrill, the Unbreakable Vow.

Snape and Narcissa Malfoy made an oath to help Draco complete the task. Now Snape must complete Voldemort's task, otherwise only death awaits him.

Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape, these two must be suffering from some serious illness!
Most likely, he ate something unhygienic, which upset his stomach, and the brain was excreted from his body during the defecation process!

Ada couldn't think of any other reason. An unbreakable oath, that was no different from seeking death!
After calming down, Ada made what she thought was the best solution, sacrificing the rook to save the king. For this reason, Ada said goodbye to Snape and sent him off. The scene was quite warm and touching... cough...

It was not until recently that Ada understood the truth and experienced Harry's feelings. It was really uncomfortable to be kept in the dark. It turned out that the person who was to be sacrificed was not Snape, but Albus Dumbledore!
With this incredible achievement, Snape will gain more trust and be second only to the emperor.

What's the point of just doing this?
Without the Phoenix, can the Phoenix Society still be called Phoenix?
Ada won the Elder Wand in a mysterious duel with Dumbledore. She is the only witch on the list of known owners of the Elder Wand, and no witch has ever claimed to own it.

During the duel, Ada did not think too much, and the situation at the time did not allow her to think too much.

After returning to the Ministry of Magic, Ada began to think about Dumbledore's intentions and why the headmaster gave up the Elder Wand and his own life.

The answer is obvious, Dumbledore had reasons to give up. His injuries were far more serious than Ada knew, serious enough to threaten his life.

The doubts of the year were solved, and Ada figured out the key.

Even if Dumbledore was injured during the three-way fight in the Department of Mysteries, it would never be so serious. The only thing that could have caused him such an injury could be the Horcrux in the Gaunt House.

Slytherin's ring also happens to be the Resurrection Stone, the Deathly Hallows that Dumbledore had sought after in his youth.

Something unexpected must have happened during the process of destroying the Horcruxes, which led to Dumbledore's injury, an injury that could not be healed even with the combined power of both him and Snape, so his right hand was lifeless.

Knowing that his death was approaching, given Dumbledore's character, he would definitely make good use of it.

Just when Voldemort's assassination plan came to his doorstep, Dumbledore took advantage of the situation and used his own life to pave the way for Snape.

Dumbledore also included Ada in this, using his own death and Ada's inner softness to teach her a final lesson, just like Grover Cecil did in the past.

Even with the Elder Wand, Dumbledore was powerless to prevent death. The same was true for Ada. After all, the Elder Wand was just a tool.

Death is not the opposite of life, but exists forever as a part of life. Some deaths do not need to be saved because they are voluntary.

Ada took the old wand from the table and rubbed it. After so many owners, the old wand was still dry and rough, not round at all.

(End of this chapter)