OH MY GILDEROY!

The boy from the other booth was TOTALLY RIGHT!

He couldn't believe his eyes...WANDMAKING AND WANDLORE had their own booth! Well, they had to be in one single booth, right? Even if they are slightly different, they involve the same object. A wand.

Treyen was supposed to keep a cool face, as he did with the university thing, but he couldn't help to notice an odd wand, one that stood up from the rest. He'd read about it, and he'd seen pictures about it, and he was a twelve year old...keep that in mind.

The little Lockhart ran towards the glass case that, yes, kept THE elder wand and pressed his face against the glass, as if he could see any better than simply staring, then he eyed the man talking to a Slytherin girl and eyed the wand again, "Is it THE wand? Like, for real?" he asked, his eyes wide in surprise.

Ellie nodded. "Yes, it is. I'm growing very fond of it." she said, admiring the walnut wand and twirling it in her fingers.

"It is. Very interesting indeed," Sara agreed. After a seconds thought, she cleared her throat and said, "Wandmaking is not like most trades. No. It's raw talent and creativity that are most important in this business. Wandmaking is an art."

Yes, it was obvious that Sara Beezwick held her own glorified ideas of how they made their living. "Are you creative at all, child?"
Hearing the young boy's question, Sara quickly sidestepped over next to her husband. She was simply CRAZY about the Elder Wand display and LOVED to hear people compliment it's realism. "Good afternoon," Sara greeted enthusiastically.

"What you see before you is ACTUALLY an exact replica of the Elder Wand," she answered proudly. "Are you familiar with the story?"

This was the one Jake was after ferrr sherrrrr.

He'd just been biding his time. Yeah.

Approaching the woman at the booth, who he remember to be the lady who sold him his ACTUAL wand, Jake gave a little smile and swept the hair out of his eyes. The boy wondered if the lady recognised him. He'd grown since then... his hair had grown out blond... but that was it.

Staying silent, he waited to be addressed.

Huh? Oh, yes! Treyen had to keep composure. He shouldn't have pressed his face against the glass! But, oh, the lady seemed nice. "Good afternoon, Ma'am" he said, with a smile.

Then...he listened.

OH NO! It wasn't THE wand, but that's how THE wand is supposed to look? AWESOME! Treyen eyed the woman, and then the wand, and his smile couldn't get any wider. Yes, he was happy. "Very familiar! I've been interested in wands since I got this one" he said, taking out his own wand, "My first and only wand" he nodded, putting it away, we don't want anyone taking over his wand, don't we? "So, I've been reading, A LOT, about wandlore, and trees, and...well, wands" because, really, it's a must.

"But 'The Tale of the Three Brothers' is my favorite story, or one of them, because I also like the Fountain one, and in that story the Elder wand made its first appearance...to me" and he could go on, and on, and on, and on about the story, BUT "It has helped, though, that I also know quite a bit about Harry Potter, and he was a master of said wand" as if the woman didn't know. Tsk. "I.." he then proceeded to stare at the wand again, "..I can't believe that only a wand has passed through so many amazing wizards, and...it looks just like this one! Amazing" well, by now, the boy could probably be in shock. He was just looking at the wand, and he forgot all the questions he had for this particular booth.

"A very good question. To answer it I would say that while school is not necessary, it often helps one to obtain the usually private training and screening one must undergo in order to get-in with a wandmaker. It's still an industry that is largely done by apprenticeships in Britain. For example, I was taught by a wizard named Hollylan and he was taught by the last Ollivander to own and operate the shop on Diagon Alley." He motioned his wand at the area of nothing at which he had early kicked. Beezwick sighed at his misjudgment of the trajectory. At least the girl wasn't badly hurt. "It can be very difficult and sometimes grueling to get into the field, but the rewards can be worth it."


"It is a fine piece of craftsmanship. Ollivander's wands always are in my opinon." Said the booth runner in a rather grandiose fashion.


Otto cleared his throat as a young man approached the area. He looked at his wife. Then at Jake. Then at his wife again.

And Jake.

Trying to tell her she had company.

Oh, so she didn't HAVE to go to school for this. Good. She didn't want to. More school after school was just a total nightmare in her opinion. Even if it was for a profession she'd adored.

However, hearing about apprenticeships, Evelyn paid more attention to the man before asking another question. "Are you a wandmaker that does apprenticeships?" she asked, tilting her head to the side slightly as she pondered over her own question. He was a wandmaker...right? He did say he was taught by someone name Hobbyland or something.

Mr. Beezwick paused for thought. He took an inhale, raised his eyebrows and smiled in an almost smirkish fashion as though it were his default expression. "Yes. I do take on apprentices. Young wizards who meet a certain set of criteria. Does the concept of creating something with your hands that will ultimately be the instrument through which wizards will channel their magic for the rest of their lives..." And, here he took a breath. "Appeal to you?"

"Creative?" Kellen considered the question, "I guess... not in the typical sense? I mean, I'm pretty rubbish at drawing and I'm not much for singing or playing instruments either. But when I don't know answers for tests I sometimes wax creative, and I can get pretty theatrical now and then, I suppose." He remembered his presentation of the magazine to the Headmaster and grinned.

"How does one make a wand, though? I mean, how do you know what to put into it?" This had always been of interest to him, "Do you think of a personality and start, or do you just do whatever feels right at the time and then leave the wand to find an owner in future?"

For a moment, the way he worded it made Evelyn panic. No matter though! She had asked him her question of a reason. "Yea, pretty much." she nodded, wondering why he even asked the question. With her own question and the fact that she was at THIS booth and not the others should have been an indication enough.

But, what if this was a trick question? Ugh, she hated trick questions.

So... he obviously wasn't going to just tell her outright. But that was okay. She could ask questions.

"So... how does one come about becoming a wandmaker? Like education wise and stuff. And how do you know what woods make good wands? Same with cores? And how can you tell what wand should work best for the individual? And... Yeah." That was all she could think of. For now.

It wasn't the impassioned answer he was hoping for. But, it was an answer nonetheless. "Well, how are you at charms?"


"Good question. The standard route to becoming a wandmaker is to find one that does apprenticeships. However, it is still very helpful to have taken classes on wandlore at higher education levels if your school doesn't offer them. It will show the wandmaker that you're interested and prepared for the work." It was a shame that Hogwarts didn't offer something like that yet, but he couldn't really complain as many of Britains wandmakers, including himself, had gotten their start between those very walls.

"As for what makes a good wand wood,...Magic has everything to do with it, I'd say. If the tree you're going to make a wand from isn't inhabited by some magical creature or another, it may not be a choice selection. Same goes for cores. Mundane creature cores do not tend to give a workable result. And, wands themselves tend to decide for whom they will work best. We can try to make wands especially for specific individuals, but it doesn't often work out as perfectly as we'd like, and the wizard asking for a custom wand could still have a more perfect wand already in existence." That was a mouthful, but that was Beezwick. He didn't mind going on and on and on, if it was about wands. "How are your grades in school?"

Charms?

"Is that, the most common use in creating wands?" she asked, a little hesitant, but keeping the actual emotion away from her face. "I do...fairly well in charms." It wasn't her BEST subject, but she had yet to fail as of yet, and she mastered the spells pretty easily over time. Some take longer than others however. "I could work harder at it if that's what is needed though."

Zane walked up to this booth starry eyed. "Wands...' he thought. He'd always been interested in how his wand worked, and how it had chosen him. He grabbed a pamphlet and waited to be addressed.

Ottavio gave a short nod. "Charms and Transfiguration. Potions and Herbology are also quite useful as they'll familiarize you with certain magical ingredients, plant and animal species and their reactions." He felt as though he were really giving her the tip of the ice berg with it. "You might also like to pick up a copy of Augustine's 'The Lore and Lure of Wandlore'. It's out of print now, but I believe Flourish and Blotts still carries it. It has some very, very boring information about the history of wandlore, but it also contains worthy bits about some of the things old wand masters used to have their apprentices do to help them learn the craft as well as the basic things people are often curious about when they come to wandmaking."

"Hello there! How are you this afternoon, lad?" One of the booth keepers smiled welcomingly at the new face when he approached.

Zane smiles up at the booth keeper, "Good afternoon sir, I'm good, how about you?". Zane looks around at the target and get's an idea. He walks over, to the target and shoots some green sparks at it, not even making it halfway. "Oh well I guess. That isn't an offensive spell anyway.". He walks back to the booth.

"It was a valliant effort, though." The booth keeper said admiring the bold effort. "It's kind of a difficult thing to work with."

"I'm quite well, thank you." He said, responding to the boys question. "Kind of interesting how some wands do that." He said referring to how they pick and chose.

"Yea, it is. My wand is better for defensive spells, or so I was told when I bought it. Can you tell me about it? A 11.5 inch yew with a graphorn hide core? I'm curious about it." Zane said, a twinkle in his eye. He had enjoyed Wand Lore since his father had told him stories about the great Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore.

"Well, I can try." Otto eyed the wand and guessed that the boy must've gotten it at Ollivander's. "Who sold you this wand?"

"I bought it at Olivander's but I can't tell you who it was, I'm not that good with faces..." Zane said.

Bleh. Transfiguration. "I can understand how Potions and Herbology can be useful in the art of wandmaking, and I must admit, I rather enjoy them both...but how does Transfiguration become involved with all of this?" Because if it had very little to do with it, that would be a great relief.

She really needed like a notepad or something. However, looking at the pamphlet she had picked up, the Slytherin looked around for a moment, seeing now quill, ink, or even pencils. "The Lore and...erm..." she mumbled, trying to remember what he had said. "I'm sorry. Do you have a quill and ink by any chance? So I can write this down?"

"H'mm..." The booth keeper took a better look at the wand. "Well, generally when a wandmaker used yew wood it makes for a very sturdy instrument. Good for casting protective charms over the owner. Graphorn would probably amplify that tenfold. How is your 'protego' these days?"

"A quill?" Truthfully, he didn't know why he'd forgotten to bring one. Beezwick glanced slowly at the booth nearest to theirs the idea already firmly placed in his head as he waved his wand and summoned the writing utensil. "Here you go. Augustine's Lore and Lure of Wandlore." He repeated the title.

"Transfiguration figures into the process of physically making the wand. The components which comprise the wand are sometimes altered or processed by means of Transfiguration spells. Fire cleansing, for example may be done on abraxan feathers to amplify their use in levitation spells." It sounded a little like kitchen tricks when he said it like that. More than he'd wanted it to, though he supposed the parallel couldn't help but be drawn at some point. "It is a little bit like cooking. You wash, cleanse, grind, roast and otherwise change the state of raw ingredients in order to get them to perform a certain way."

[QUOTE=SlytherinSistah;9428922]"H'mm..." The booth keeper took a better look at the wand. "Well, generally when a wandmaker used yew wood it makes for a very sturdy instrument. Good for casting protective charms over the owner. Graphorn would probably amplify that tenfold. How is your 'protego' these days?"

"I'm only a first year, can you teach me the charm?" Zane asked, practically bouncing up and down.

Ellie nodded. Wow. Complicatedness.

"They're fair. I've done all my homework," lie "Well, I will do it by the time it's due." truth "And I've attended all my classes. I'm the second top point earner for my house. Fourth or fifth in the school.. I think." Oh crap. Now, she was bragging. She hated when people bragged. It was so aggrivating. He did ask though. And she hadn't gotten written grades as she did in muggle school, so...

Smirking slightly as she wrote down the title of the book onto the pamphlet, thinking she would have done the same thing to get a quill if the man didn't have one, Evelyn held it in her hand afterward, debating whether or not to give it back yet.

Nah, she needed to write more stuff down. Like the fact that Charms, Transfiguration, Herbology, and Potions were all pretty needed to be a wand maker. Writing those down as well, she listened to the man speak about how Transfiguration was useful in the art of wandmaking, and truth be told, her heart sunk a little. All of that was needed in a wand? There was no doubt that Transfiguration wasn't her strong point, but perhaps if she worked hard enough, she could get it up there. That Transfiguration club was coming up pretty soon. She could join that for extra help...

"You make it sound easy when you compare it to cooking, since I don't have a problem with that." she said with a small laugh, finishing writing a few things down before looking back up to him. "I don't doubt it's anything but easy though. How hard is it though to be a wand maker? Or to make wands? I know it depends on the person, but say...you for example. How long does it take you to make a wand?"

However, hearing someone talk about being a top scorer, the Slytherin couldn't help but have a small smirk/smile on her face when she saw who it was. Ellie was her name right? Haha. They should catch up again.