In the dark forest, when they arrived near the hidden lab Andy had prepared, he instantly stunned and cast the Imperius Curse on them.
Andy intends to control them using the Imperius curse until he gathers all the ingredients and makes other preparations for the experiment, like finding suitable environments.
Maybe this may confuse others and raise questions.
If you are going to control them using the Imperius curse, then why did you go through such efforts to transform into Snape and act out such a play?
Why not just use the Imperius curse from the start?
Because it is difficult to fabricate a perfect memory from zero to one hundred. But if he played out a scene of them meeting Snape and following him to the lab, then he could use that memory as material to create a false memory.
Later, when he starts the experiment, Andy could use the fact that they would not go outside and find the real date because of Voldemort's secret mission to wipe out recent memories without arousing suspicions and fabricate their memory to make them believe they had just arrived with Snape to his lab.
Now that he has people to experiment on, he can finally try out many of his ideas and magic on them. Like using Breath of Death on them to find out about its effects.
After sending them to a well-sealed room and giving them the prepared food to eat, Andy confiscated their wands as extra insurance.
Then, he completely sealed the room and the lab's entrance, used the Disillusionment Charm and Apparated to Hogsmeade, and finally made his way to Hogwarts Castle.
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Days passed quickly as Andy busied himself to accumulate more potential points.
The day after visiting Carrow's castle and picking up experiment consumables, Andy received a return letter from the twins, and on that same day, he went to buy a sizeable land outside Hogsmeade with Hermione and the twins.
Later that day and the last few days of the holiday, Andy spent his time modifying basic spells with Hermione and creating a few alchemical handguns that could break an average shield charm.
On Tuesday, January 3rd, the winter holiday ended, and the second term of that academic year officially started.
The students who went home for the holidays returned that evening on the scheduled Hogwarts Express.
At the Great Hall, the chatter of students, who were eager to share their exaggerated stories from the holiday, and those who finally got to gossip, rang out.
The professors at the raised platform didn't stop them, as they also chatted with each other and waited for Dumbledore's arrival and the start of the banquet.
At the Ravenclaw table, Andy and Hermione were also speaking with each other under the effect of the Imperturbable Charm.
"Hermione. I already tested the effect this afternoon. It is an alchemical tool that can even be used by squibs and muggles."
"For Uncle and Aunt's self-defence, it should be best to give it to them as early as possible."
"Moreover, I also want to give my mum and dad a few of them to play with and use as an unexpected surprise."
"And why are you suddenly hell-bent on not breaking school rules? It's not like we haven't broken them before." Andy asked, trying to persuade her to go out after the banquet.
After testing the gun's effect and making sure they were usable by controlling Flitch and making him fire it, Andy wanted to give two to Hermione's parents, his future in-laws, but she didn't want to leave the castle and break the school rule.
"That was during an emergency, Andy."
"Back then, the situation was tense because of Voldemort and the Death Eaters' trouble, so we had no choice other than to check them out and cast defensive spells for their safety. But now that Voldemort is already gone, there's no need to break the rule."
"Moreover, we can just send it to them using Owl. There's no need to personally deliver them." Hermione pointed out.
She didn't feel the need to break the rules for such a matter that can be easily solved by using an owl.
"But what if the Ministry or other people intercept the owl and check the package? You know what is inside, right?"
"With my current fame, the chances of such a thing happening are very high," Andy said in return.
He already suspected that the Ministry had checked the package that Grindelwald sent, so he didn't feel comfortable sending such a thing by owl.
"Hey, you're going to use your own owl, not the owl in the station."
"If they interpret and check it, won't your owl inform you?" Hermione countered.
"What if they use the Confundus Charm?" Andy asked.
Before she could reply, Andy continued on his own, "If you don't want to meet your parents that much. I will just pack it in a Muggle delivery package style and have Fat Cat place it at the door."
"But Patronus can't carry tangible things, right?" Hermione asked in confusion, momentarily forgetting about Andy's Patronus's traits.
"Fat Cat can just carry it using the Levitation charm and –"
Andy paused midway and looked around as the noise was abruptly stopped in the Great Hall.
Everyone seemed to be looking at the Great Hall's entrance when he looked around, so he also turned and looked there.
Only to see Dumbledore entering and making his way to his seat.
As if feeling his gaze, Dumbledore also turned, then he locked eyes with Andy and winked.
Andy felt happy at Dumbledore's arrival because this meant the time for the duel was near.
A few seconds later. The silence was once again broken as everyone started to whisper about rumours they had heard about Dumbledore.
The Ravenclaws beside Andy were even talking about how Dumbledore didn't arrest Grindelwald for this long even after going to Germany. Indirectly linking this with the Dumbledore being the mastermind behind the scene theory.
The only thing that Andy was confused about in their whisper was how they found out Dumbledore was in Germany.
Did Scrimgeour spread a rumour?
"Be quiet!"
While Andy was musing, a voice suddenly rang out, silencing everyone.
It was Professor McGonagall, who is now standing at the centre of the high platform and staring at everyone sternly, making everyone afraid to speak.
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