Back via popular demand here's the next chapter of the Evan's Family Curse. Shout out to the two unlogged in reviewers, thank you for your kind reviews, I would've put your names in but as I had none to put in that would've involved stalking.

So enjoy :) SuchaNarcissist

Paint it on, cover every inch,
Any flaw will expose your weakness,
I'm immune to your fantasy,
I won't become you.

Perfect Life – Red

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Petunia was thrilled to see her son again; life was dull without him around. Even the Cerberus eyes on her mantelpiece hadn't been cheering her up recently. But her Hadrian was due to arrive at Kings Cross Station in less than two hours. A summer of fun awaited them. Petunia wondered whether they could hunt down some of the irritants from his school and dispose of them. No doubt the opportunity would arise and her knife collection was ever growing.

The opportunity for Petunia to meet the primary irritation in one Hadrian Evan's life came as soon as the train reached the platform, when totally unexpectedly, a rotund woman in a patchwork quilt and a mop on her head rushed past, in such a hurry to meet the train the woman not only stepped on both of Petunia's feet, but somehow managed to catapult her backwards and into a stately blond man with a cane.

The words vagabond, circus tent, mop and a large enough number of expletives to require a collective noun left Petunia's lips in a rush of anger as she joined the dots. Red hair, patched clothes, somehow overweight, one of the Weasleys. The urge to remove that mop hair by hair, set them on fire and drop them onto available skin was hard to avoid however the deep chuckling from the man who had caught her captured her attention first.

"I believe that must be your first encounter with the rabble- atrocious behaviour especially for a pureblooded family like theirs." Commented the man, as he helped Petunia to her feet. "It is a mystery to me as to how they can continually achieve entry into Hogwarts."

"Indeed, my son has written to me frequently about the 'freckly wart' going by Ronald in his year; apparently he is a disgrace to any magic user and his brothers aren't much better. He appears to believe that my son would appreciate his help with the 'finer points in life' and classes himself as his best friend." Sighed Petunia, irritations should be removed with careful surgery, this whole Hogwarts thing was delaying the inevitable for that boy. "You'd think that being the sixth son would tell him he was basically useless."

"An overly-inflated sense of self worth in that family, I hear they have one owl between five and a rat between three." Added the man "But enough about vermin, just who do I have the pleasure of making the acquaintance of on this fine day? Oh but pardon my manners, I fear I did not introduce myself; I am Lord Lucius Malfoy head of the Malfoy estate" He stated in a tone that spoke of overwhelming arrogance and ego complete with mock bow.

Time to burst the bubble thought Petunia, and with a smirk reminiscent of a cat who has found a mouse unable to escape due to being ensnared in a mousetrap, replied calmly with "Greetings Lord Malfoy of the Malfoy estate, I am Miss Petunia Evans, of Surrey" She was tempted to add a curtsey bob, but that would have been overdoing it clearly as Lord Malfoy's mouth was already almost hitting his collarbone, whilst doing his best impression of a goldfish, clearly astonished and unnerved by the fact that he had spoken with a muggle.

When the fact that he had helped a muggle, held a muggle- on his new silk robes no less- computed his brain practically screamed run, however pride forced him to stiffen and sneer. This was of course until the name Evans computed and with that the brain of Lucius Malfoy short circuited. Petunia Evans strolled away quite pleased with herself leaving a frozen Lucius Malfoy behind, looking most peculiar with a sneer in place over a gaping mouth.

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Harry saw his aunt the second he stepped off the train; she was stood slightly separate from the crowd, a familiar island in a sea of strangers. She grinned as soon as they locked eyes, a wave of happiness surged over him, no more idiotic Weasley or playing second fiddle to the socially inept Granger. It was easy to hide from Weasley but Granger could tell he wasn't trying in class, she was a true friend; Harry hoped they could meet up over the summer, it was the first time he had had a person whom he could stand- apart from his aunt- unusual for him to say the least. But that could be sorted later, for now him and his aunt had catching up to do.

They left the station in silence, to a family like the Weasleys it would've seemed to be cold and aloof but they knew the bonds between them, it was a familiar silence, that of two people who communicated beyond words due to a level of trust hard to find outside of intimacy or motherhood. Lucius Malfoy watching from the shadows understood that silence, it had taken him a minute to recover from the shock of touching a muggle- and Lily Evans' sister but now that he observed them he noticed the way that the pair walked with a calm grace, it was the stroll of a practiced predator he noted such a stroll was seen daily when Lucius was in the inner circle, they were the best, the top of the food chain and they knew it. Lord Malfoy quickly decided that it was in his and Draco's best interests to avoid angering them; This was reinforced when- as if having read his mind- Hadrian Potter and his aunt turned at the same moment, just before entering the barrier to stare at him, the stirring in his stomach at those blank stares scared him more than wanted to admit.

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Later he admitted to his wife that it wasn't just the gaze of someone who could kill you, but someone who would and quite happily. He hadn't seen a stare like that since the night he suggested to his Lord that killing babies was not a particularly clever move. That worried him; plus hadn't Draco said that Potter was friends with the Weasel? This bore investigation, careful quiet investigation- maybe even a word to Draco.

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This is kind of a filler, I wanted to show a bit more of Harry`s relationship with his aunt and slow things down a bit, there'll be a couple of chapters for summer and then CoS which will be more indepth than PS as you can do so much more than have someone petrify people with a huge snake, especially if one is feeling particularly- murderous.

Enjoy SuchaNarcissist