Harry Potter: Taking Control. [Archived]

9. Wand Lore, Studying and Stories.

It was after waking and getting ready for the day that Jackson took Ron into a room 'hidden' in his trunks library, he placed his wand on a stand and tapped the wand, information hovering above it, 'Dark Cypress (First Wood), Black Elder (Second Wood), Basilisk Venom (First Core), Dementors blood (Second Core), Royal Dark Phoenix Feather (Third Core), Wand Blood Bound to Jackson Peverell' the hovering words read, Ron's jaw dropped "you made this?" he asked slowly, it was just now setting in what he didn't know about his friend and Magic in general "yeah" Jackson whispered, softly "when I use to disappear I'd be in the N.E.W.T project space I found, I kinda claimed it, but it had a wand crafting station there, and I had found a book by Salazar Slytherin about Wand Lore and crafting and eventually made this" he uttered indicating the wand, "the Cypress I found in another space, probably a botched ritual years ago, but the Black Elder, that was something, it turns out both the regular Elder Tree from the Elder Wand and 'the Tales of Beetle the Bard' that elder wand, turns out though one's in Hogwarts, the Dark Elder, the one I got this from, it's sat in this large cavern under the central courtyard, the one with random holes you cant really see down, turns out that's what gives light and water to the tree, managed to get there from the chamber of secrets and it let me harvest wood for a wand, the Basilisk Venom is self explanatory, as for the dementors blood, Salazar had it lying about, the Phoenix Feather was a bit of an underhanded deal with Hagrid, but the blood bind is actually tactical, no one but me can use it, and it responds if I call out, I can use it from a few metres away, or summon it as simple as a flick of the wrist" Jackson then flicked his hand the wand snapping into his grip, his voice had barely raised but Ron remained silent about it, "that is honestly bloody wicked, you said you'd make me one?"

"sort of, I'll be helping you make one, there's a difference"

"m-me making one?"

"yeah, you're the one the wand is connecting too, I cant simply make the perfect fit for you, it's not right that way, all wands use to be personal before Ollivanders opened, trust me?"

"y-yeah" Ron replied, Jackson slowly began walking Ron through the process of creating a wand, and even though most of the work would be Jacksons given he knew the proper approach, Ron still learnt a larger part of Wand Lore that day, he ended up with a 'Black Willow (First Wood), Japanese Maple (Second Wood), Unicorn Blood (First Core), Acromantula Venom (Second Core), Blood Bound, Ronald Weasley' Ron looked at the finished wand with his mouth hung in shock, not only had he helped make it but it was practically humming to be in his hand, Jackson smiled proudly as Ron took the wand into his grasp the magic arcing up his arm visibly as he held it, "wow" was all he could utter from the power radiating through the new bond, Jackson smiled before dragging Ron into the main library "study" he uttered, amused at the mock horror that filled Rons face to a near genuine state of fear, soon Jackson had the Pairs summer assignments in front of them and was checking his work, adding more details, or making notes occasionally when Ron sighed "What?" Jackson asked

"stuck" Rom mumbled, Jackson smiled and looked over to see the work Ron was doing before leafing through his own stack of work to find his copy, he took Rons current essay to compare "you're thinking to literal, the essays on theory, not application, it can be a slight bit off given most theorists write before creating the actual guides and reviews, take a look at some of the books on this list and see if it helps" Jackson uttered handing Ron a book list for the Transfiguration topic the teen was on "Thanks, when'd you start doing this?"

"oh, Dominic is 19, he's started Uni and I helped him with some of his work when his period was bad, made me rethink how I did my own work"

"Mate, guys, don't get periods" Ron snorted, Jackson leveled a harsh gaze

"Dom's trans, he was born in the wrong body, he's male but has periods, got it?" Ron nodded

"yeah, no, it's not that, guess this is a cultural thing, um, when wizards or witches are born like that, they either are shapeshifters, Metamorphmagus' or get corrective procedures as children, guess I forgot Muggles wouldn't have that, make it harder" Ron replied sheepishly, Jackson sagged