It was rather unsettling really, especially when he went on about how Harry’s new wand core took particularly to parseltongue. Hermione was a little startled by her own wand, which had the tendency to do well for Dark magic users. The light core balanced it out, but she was still unsettled. After way too many tries Harry had ended up with a 11 inch Blackhorn and horned serpent horn core wand while Hermione had ended up with a 9 inch ebony and veela hair wand. It was rather odd how different their new wands were, new magic or no. Hermione chalked it up to them growing up during a war and having many of their key traits forged to match their situation. Instead of a wand wood for someone temperamental and adventurous Harry now carried one with a wood suited for a battle-tried  warrior and a core that displayed a potential for extremely powerful magics, not to mention its affinity to parseltongue. Hermione used to have a powerful but rather unloyal core and the wood of an overachiever, but now held a wand well suited for combative magics and suitable for someone with firm morals. These wands were tangible proof that they were not the same people they were upon entering the Wizarding world at age eleven only five years ago.