Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin 115 Wolfe.

Draco and Lucius looked at each other, still, cautious Draco replied to the voice, "I am here for a wand."

"I thought you own one of the Ollivanders?" The voice asked again.

"I did." Draco replied honestly, "But that didn't work out anymore, I need my ancestor's wand tuned."

"Wand tuning?" The voice said in a mocking voice, "My wand is superior to any other, why don't you try out my wand."

"I thought you retired from making wands."

"That, I did." A man with pure-white hair and a thick, bushy beard came out of the shadows, Draco knew the man was none other than Gregorovitch. "But for special people, I can always have extra time in hand."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Gregorovitch." Lucius said and Draco nodded as well.

"Follow me." Gregorovitch said turning back leading them to a room, the place reminded Draco of Ollivanders as the walls were filled with different shelves containing wands. Gregorovitch took out a silver box from the shelf and dusted it off. Putting the box on the table he took out a white wood wand and handed it to Draco, "My wands are different from Ollivanders, but are powerful none the less. I use several types of wand cores and woods and sometimes even mix a couple to make the wand perfect and strong. I guarantee that this wand will satisfy you, Mr. Black."

Draco wanted to say something but figured showing would be better than telling he caught the wand and waved it around releasing its magic, not being able to handle the pressure the wands tip burnt off and the place was filled with a mist of smoke.

"That's impossible." Gregorovitch said taking the wand from his hand.

"I told you that I needed some tuning didn't I?" Draco said, "Trying a new one isn't suitable for me.'

Gregorovitch stared and Draco for a while and stretched his hands forward, Draco knowing what he wanted, placed his wand on top of his hand. Gregorovitch looked around the wand carefully.

"Aspen wood, 13.5 inches, and its core... Thunderbird tail feather, no doubt a work of Wolfe."

"Wolfe?" Lucius who was sitting by asked confused, he had never heard of any wandmaker with the surname Wolfe.

"Shikoba Wolfe, an American wandmaker. His work consisted of intricately carved wands along with using the core of as Thunderbird tail feather." Gregorovitch said, "There is no doubt that this is an old work of his, this type of wands are no longer made, after all."

"But our family..." Lucius was confused as he had never heard any of the ancestors that went to America and got himself a wand there as most of Malfoy's wands were almost bought from Ollivanders.

"Maybe he had his reasons." Draco said. He too was slightly surprised knowing his ancestor's wand was American and knowing that the core was Thunderbird's tail feather. "So do you think you can tune the wand and make it more suitable for me to use."

"Did you use any other wands before this?" Gregorovitch asked still playing around with the wand, "I did but I don't have it anymore."

"What wood and core did you use?"

"Does it matter?" Draco said, "Besides, I don't know about it, other than the fact that the wand was perfect for me to use."

"How can you know the wand is perfect when you don't even know its core and its wood." Gregorovitch mumbled, "Must be due to it being an Ollivanders, ain't it? All these people make a big deal about his wands when clearly it's not good as mine."

"It was Ollivanders but I am back to you, aren't I?" Draco said, "So tell me, can you tune it?"

"I can." Gregorovitch said, "But it might take a while, maybe a day or two."

"What do you mean?" Draco asked, even though he didn't know much about wand tuning, he for sure knew that it didn't take so long.

"I've always sought out for making a perfect wand." Gregorovitch said. "And I always will, you just as the paper described are different... and a perfect wand would be difficult to make."

"As I said, I just need it tuned..."

"You might, but it won't be perfect." Gregorovitch said a bit crazily, his eyes still not leaving the wand as he slowly traced the carved area of the wand, "This wand is a perfect combination, the Aspen woods ensures durability and power, and as for the Thunderbird tail feather it complements power. Even strong wizards can barely master the wand itself. Due to all this, the wand is perfect for you since it handles your powers well but you can't completely master it, right?"

"But that is because the wand doesn't belong to me, isn't it?" Draco said, "I mean, that's my ancestor's wand but I need a wand of my own to completely master it."

"Wand Lores vary Mr. Black." Gregorovitch said, "I have my own, Ollivander's has his own and similar to that, every wand maker has his own view on wands. Mine, for example, is dependent on the power the wand posses rather than the complete mastery of the wand. But later in my life, I came to realize that the wand will only be perfect once the owner gains complete mastery over it. For some, it happens the moment they touch the wand and for some, it doesn't happen till death. As for which wand, it doesn't matter. Some wands naturally have resistance due to their nature of being molded into their previous owner's magic but most wands don't."

Draco nodded trying to understand this lore. Draco knew most purebloods didn't have new wands, some people like Neville still carried his father's wand but it still worked better, some say that the wand recognizes blood of the owner, some say its the magic but no matter what it all meant, this all was confusing none the less.

"So what do you want to do?" Draco asked, "I mean how can you make it perfect."

"That's why I need time and you to work with me." Gregorovitch said, "Making a new wand might be easier but will require time and since you're so insistent on using this wand, we have to make it figure out your compatibility with the wand wood, to make your wand better."

"You mean adding another wand wood?" Draco asked confused, "Wouldn't that ruin the wand?"

"Not completely, some of the wands are hybrids as they have different woods and cores, but all this depends upon the wood type."

"What do you think?" Lucius asked, "We can stay here if you want?"

The idea of wasting time here wasn't pleasing to Lucius but he knew Draco needed his wand, so they had no other options.

"I can provide a room." Gregorovitch said.

After thinking for awhile Draco nodded, Lucius moved back to the room and Gregorovitch and Draco started checking for wand compatibility.

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One by one, Draco worked with Gregorovitch to find a suitable wand wood and after series of trying different wand woods, they came to the conclusion that Holly wood fit Draco the most. Draco found this amazing as the Holly wood is known to be one of the rarer kinds of wand woods; traditionally considered protective, it works most happily for those who may need help overcoming a tendency to anger and impetuosity. At the same time, holly wands often choose owners who are engaged in some dangerous and often spiritual quest, which fit in some sort with Draco.

Holly is one of those woods that varies most dramatically in performance depending on the wand core but since Draco's wand already was laced with Aspen which completely took over Thunderbird's tail feather's, they needed something else to balance the wand.

Chapter end