The Secret of the TESTER Wand 1

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Chapter 1

Olivander was an OLD soul. He has been alive for far longer than he cared to remember, being part ELF had its good points and bad points.

The only thing that kept him going was matching wizards and witches with their wands every day. A noble trade passed down to him from his father.

Now, you would imagine that this would be a boring thing to do every day, but for Olivander this was as fantastic as it was the first day he matched his first wand. A rush of magic escaped each wand as it was matched and to a WANDMAKER that rush was amazing every time.

Day in and day out Olivander would PORTKEY to different places to buy and sell items that he would work into some of the finest wands in the world.

Please note that he was not the only WANDMAKER in this country and that he loved to share his PRE made wands with other WANDMAKERS just to find the right match for that young or old wizard or witch.

Because of this, Olivander had, like so many others, a TESTER wand.

This wand measured the internal magic of a wizard or witch and then gave him a decent reading of what would be needed to match the perfect wand.

It was then up to the WANDMAKER to correctly interpret the reading and then match the wand.

Every wand ever made was registered through this TESTER wand to the Ministry Of Magic in the designated area where the wand was sold.

The registration would then be sent to all the other TESTER wands to ensure that there would never be a DOUBLE wand.

Nobody could check for this information or copy it down for any reason.

The TESTER wand would simply refuse to allow a double wand to be made, no matter what.

Olivander was just one of many wand makers who loved to play around with HOW wands were made.

Different woods, gems, liquids, charms and metals could be seen littered on the work benches around his workshop.

It was every know WANDMAKER's pride and joy to have a decent collection of ingredients to offer a prospecting client.

Beautiful chests filled with crystal bottles with every know ingredient to mankind, beast, magical and non-magical could be presented within a few seconds to woe any client.

Other WANDMAKERS believed in a disorderly workshop, which allowed the potential buyer to actually sense their prospective wand materials.

Barrels and shelves were stuffed with different materials and it was then up to the client to rummage around and find the materials which felt RIGHT to them. This way was very popular with kids, as it made them believe that their wands were somehow just that little bit MORE special.

And in some ways it was.

Olivander, like many others, was waiting for one client in specific to show up in his shop.

A client so special to the magical world, that every known WANDMAKER actually made a day of it to gather in DIAGON ALLEY to await the arrival of this child when they were informed by the newspaper that HE had been spotted in the LEAKY COULDRON.

A special tent was erected right next to the door which led into Olivander's shop, to allow the other WANDMAKERS the use of his workshop, should any of them be so blessed to be the one to fit the child for his wand.

Keeping this in mind, they all decided that they would merge their TESTER wands together to allow HIM the best option available.

It was a little tricky as the TESTER wands fought for dominance, but soon everything settled and a beautiful STAFF like wand was the final product.

Just imagine all the colours of wood there are, and then melt them together to form a swirl pattern in the wood. It truly was a beautiful sight.

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