Hermione bit her lip. She had been so distressed thinking about Malfoy’s safety that she hadn’t even thought about her own dark wand history. There had been absolutely no record of anything questionable in her wand’s history. But how could that be? It was unlike herself not to know the inner workings of all types of magic. She had always prided herself on her investigative work and her research skills–it was the very reason Dumbledore had left her the copy of  The Tales of Beedle the Bard. She could often put the bigger picture together from just a few clues.