Harry Potter: Love's Second Chance

After class Harry, Hermione and Neville dropped their bags off in their dorm and grabbed the Marauder's Map and the Invisibility Cloak. Leaving Gryffindor Tower they made their way to the Room of Requirements.

Hermione stayed in the Room of Requirements to keep the passageway to the Shrieking Shack open while Neville and Harry took off for Diagon Alley. With two stops to shorten distances, Harry side-alonged apparated Neville to the spot on Charing Cross Road where Harry, Hermione and the rest had apparated to the day (last week?) they broke into Gringotts. Presuming no one would really notice Neville, Harry ducked under his Invisibility Cloak and the two of them entered the Leaky Cauldron and made their way to Diagon Alley. Just before they got to the small store near the end of the alley that had a single wand lying on a purple cushion in the front window, they slid into a side alley and Harry quickly removed the cloak. Once it was off, they quickly made their way inside the store.

Mr. Ollivander looked up from his examination of a wand to see who had entered the door. "Mr. Potter?" He asked with obvious surprise. "Shouldn't you be at Hogwarts?"

"Yes sir, but Neville," Harry gestured to Neville, "needs a wand sir."

"Neville? Neville Longbottom?"

"Yes sir."

"I expected you many years ago," Ollivander said. "Whose wand have you been using?"

"My father's sir," Neville replied as he pulled out the wand and handed it to the wandmaker.

"Ash, ten inches, dragon heartstring," Ollivander said at once as he took the wand. "I remember selling this to your father. Tragic thing to have happened to him and Alice," He then glanced up at Neville. "If I'm not mistaken you've not been doing very good work with this wand have you?"

"No sir. How did you know sir?"

"Not surprising. I've been matching wands to wizards for a very long time and except for a select few," Ollivander gave a piercing glance at Harry before he continued, "I can usually identify the general type of wand that would work best. I would guess that if you had to have one of your parents' wands Mr. Longbottom, your mother's would have been better, but since you are here, let's find you a wand that's perfectly suitable for you," As Ollivander turned and started examining the boxes of wands that lined the shelves of his stores, the tape measure Harry remembered from seven years prior started zooming around Neville. When Ollivander reached for a box close to the top of a shelf Harry took his opening.

"Sir, can I ask you about something that happened last summer with my wand."

"Certainly," Ollivander answered as he opened a box, examined the wand it contained, shook his head and returned it to the shelf.

"Do you believe that I faced Vol… He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named last summer?" Harry asked.

"I don't not believe Mr. Potter. Though I have no proof that you did either," Ollivander replied as he reached for another wand. "I've read the accounts in both the Daily Prophet and the Quibbler. I found Skeeter's article to be very interesting," The Wandmaker turned and studied Harry diligently for a few seconds before continuing, "I don't believe you're lying though, but the truth sometimes is not always what someone believes."

"Yes sir, thank you sir. Well when I battled Vol..He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named," Harry started explaining what he wanted to know. "Our wands connected with a golden light and made some kind of cage."

Ollivander dropped the boxes he was carrying and wands rolled across the floor. He didn't seem to notice as he looked at Harry. "Priori Incantatem," He whispered as his eyes widened in shock.

"Well when it happened we had these beads of light in the connecting light and they kept going back and forth until I forced them into Vol…You-Know-Who's wand."

"You forced his wand to submit?" Ollivander stumbled to a stool and sat down.

"I guess, if that's what happened. But then images or ghosts of my mother and father…" Harry let the explanation fade knowing Ollivander could guess the rest.

"Yes, yes I can imagine what came out of his wand," Ollivander said quietly as he sat in quiet contemplation for a few moments before continuing. "Nothing you could have said would have convinced me more that He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is back. Only by experiencing what you experienced would you know about it and only his wand would have done it," Ollivander then continued on to explain to Harry the same thing Dumbledore had explained three years previously about brother wands not being able to fight each other.

"So he and I can't duel with our wands because of Fawkes' feathers?"

"Ah…so Dumbledore's introduced you to his Phoenix did he? And told you where your wand's core came from?"

"You could say that," Harry replied remember all times he had seen the Phoenix including when Fawkes had saved his life in the Chamber. He also remembered the Phoenix singing as it mourned Dumbledore's death.

"If you see that Phoenix again can you mention a third feather wouldn't be unappreciated? But to answer your question, no your wands will not allow you two to duel."

Harry looked at the old wizard as if a puzzle had been resolved in his mind then he continued. "Thank you for explaining what happened to my wand with this pri.." He left it off as if he couldn't remember what it was called.

"Priori Incantatem," Ollivander repeated.

"Thank you. I know He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was as shocked as I was. I'm sure he doesn't know about this as well. I'm glad he can't walk down Diagon Alley and ask you himself because I'm positive he wants to know what happened as well," Harry smiled to himself when he noticed Ollivander's skin tone pale considerably as a look of concentration and possibly fear passed in his eyes.

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