The Evans Family Curse

by SuchaNarcissist

There has been a darkness in the Evans family for centuries, rekindled with wizarding blood the Evans curse returns stronger than ever in one Hadrian Potter. Guided by his aunt and the darkness inside Harry's story changes in his favor, the rest of the wizarding world might not be so favored though. Dark!Harry, Dark!Petunia

8. Chapter 8

Ok the wait is getting more ridiculous each time, I am very very sorry.

Enjoy :) SuchaNarcissist

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§Parseltongue§

Bold is notes or screaming, it should be pretty obvious which.

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Past, darkness rose
Crying tears within
Happiness, lost emotion
Pain, no more

Gandalf- Dark Memories

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The ministry of magic was in total uproar, with the disappearance of six first year students from Hogwarts- including three purebloods, a halfblood and two muggleborns, the wizarding parents were practically rioting and the ministry's inspectors could not find any hint as to the location of the students. Cornelius Fudge was at his wits end, Dumbledore had promised that the children would be located with 48 hours and it had been 72. The only real option he had except from sending in armed guards or evacuating the school was to make a deal with the devil- otherwise known as the unspeakables, the only government exempt from, well everything, the Department of Mysteries was less a department of the government and more a separate allied nation, a nation that kept its power through exchanges of favours, blackmail and coercion. Cornelius had been lucky to not be indebted but even he could see the sharks in the water if this mess wasn't resolved.

And so with a heavy heart Cornelius held down the purple button that would summon 'the leader' of the unspeakables, Unspeakable Croaker; it took less than three minutes for the hooded man to appear in the Minister's office, a deep shadow hiding his face.

The words "We thought you might hold out longer minister" were spoken in a deeply distorted voice that sent shivers up the spine of the minster "What do you require from the department today?"

"Find the children at Hogwarts and how they disappeared, retrieve them if possible but find a way to keep the ministry looking good whilst doing it." Was the blustery response.

"Anything to help maintain the standards of our great nation, the department is glad to perform this small favour Minister Fudge." The man bowed and walked out, his grey robes not stirring even as he moved. Cornelius was left almost frozen to his desk in fear a noticeable shaking in his hands had him reaching for the fire whisky in his secret drawer.

"Gods above, Merlin below what in the seven realms have I agreed to?"

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Beloved Mother,

I am writing to you to ask for your opinion on the contents of my mind. Recently I have developed the ability to know things that have been forgotten for centuries, things that just come pouring out. I cannot find a way to explain these things that I know, nor can I provide sufficient literature including the subjects involved, this leads me to believe that the memories are not my own. Given the fact that you have repeatedly stated that the curse of the Evans' is growing in me, I am writing to ask if this could be the first symptom of the re-emergence- and if so is there some way that you know of to either block or control these memories.

Currently I am having to avoid Hermione as I inadvertently told her about the wizarding dark ages, due to my complete inability to explain where I found this information she is on a bit of a rampage and unless I can find some way to explain the inexplicable I fear she may begin to look deeper into some of my behaviours- more importantly the periods of time that she cannot find me as I am either 'experimenting' with my new lab rat or exploring the Slytherin secret passageways- a new development that I found by accident. I have been unable to experiment with the diary we received from Lord Malfoy yet as the 'mysterious' disappearance of several first year students has caused a regrettable ministerial invasion of Hogwarts, however this has allowed me to practice my repertoire of stealth spells around those trained to detect them- so far I have not been caught once.

With love,

Hadrian Evans

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My Darling Boy,

Indeed it sounds like you have begun to exhibit the symptoms of the Evans' family curse. There is little you can do to control the curse- although the origins of the curse are lost to us years of experimentation on sufferers has shown us that once the curse has taken hold it will slowly release the memories of the other sufferers inside the mind of the latest as it simultaneously forces physiological changes onto the host. The memories can be forcefully stimulated into releasing but cannot be prevented from releasing in any way. My advice to you my son, is to try and avoid stimulating the release, given that this will be almost impossible any extra knowledge that you cannot control the release of should be covered if you state you learnt it from a family grimoire- pure blood families like the Potters are known for keeping centuries of knowledge safe in family grimoires and by law they are protected as they are often the source of a family's livelihood.

Perhaps telling Hermione that you are studying your family grimoire in your "lost time" will send her off to study up on grimoires and leave you be, it would also explain any slips you make near teachers or aurors given that you are muggle raised and should not have knowledge not contained within the Hogwarts library. Do be careful around aurors Hadrian there is a distinct possibility that they have seen you and are leaving you be because of your fame and your age, do not begin to underestimate them just because you think they are unaware of you. Given you predisposition to the art of death it might be wise if you were to check up on the events surrounding the children's deaths- if you are not already aware of how it occurred- and ensure you have your alibi and revise the relevant clauses in the Hogwarts charter, it never hurts to be prepared. Perhaps tell Hermione it is to ensure that the Ministry does not arrest an innocent to keep face.

Love from,

Mother

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Dearest Mother,

Your excellent suggestions have resulted in a vast decrease in harassment from Hermione as well as allowing me to show off some of my own spell creations- all under the purview of family magic. I am slightly worried that Hermione seems to be contemplating forcing some sort of bonding between us to get her hands on our "ancient family grimoire", it would be a real shame to have to execute someone with such potential, especially given the new developments within Hogwarts. It appears that as the aurors could not locate the children within the time period allocated the minister, in all his infinite wisdom, called in the unspeakables. It is quite clear that they are aware of the circumstances of the disappearance and are using the free access to Hogwarts to raid the restricted section of the library and to perform in depth scans of the Hogwarts ward system. Hopefully they will note the useless drains on the wards and remove them which will reduce the necessary intake for the castle. It is worrying that the ministry could not find the information on the castles carnivorous nature without the unspeakables, either the ministry is more incompetent than previously believed or the unspeakables wanted something enough that they would hide a large amount of information both within the ministry and in private homes. I would appreciate it if you made some tactful enquiries with the goblins.

Many thanks,

Your loving son

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Hadrian,

The goblins couldn't find anything concrete but the minister has been very jumpy lately, it is within the realm of possibilities that the fool made a deal. Regardless you should tread with caution the unspeakables have always acted on their own, almost a separate state within the country, whatever you do ensure you stay below their radar and do nothing to draw attention, at all. This includes any experimental magics or torture; my sister insisted that the unspeakables had the best magical senses of anybody she had ever met. It would not surprise me to find they had ways of tracing harmful magic- and though they may not come after you now any sort of harm to you is unacceptable.

With caution,

Your Mother

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I really am sorry about the wait.

For those who were confused by the information load in the last chapter this is it simplified.

Hogwarts uses more power than the ley lines underneath can provide so it uses living sources of energy- people- kept alive and constantly drained like power-generating batteries. As more headmasters add to the wards the power drain increases and the batteries can't keep up, additionally some pf the batteries are dying and there is no new supply as the ministry stopped providing criminals to feed Hogwarts. So Hogwarts took the first years to ensure a steady power supply. The information about this was censored when more muggleborns started attending Hogwarts, as was the fact that the castle is sentient and can change shape if the resources are provided or if the need is great.

Also Hogwarts is 2000 years old, it is believed to be 1000 as an ignorance ward is maintained across the entire muggle population which wizarding folk willingly accepted. The ward condenses 1000 years of time when wizarding warlords ruled the world and crushed muggle civilization into a decade. During the 1000 years muggles had developed technology to combat magic, this was lost in the spell and when muggles try to learn about the condensed time their knowledge rapidly increases- this led to the industrial revolution. It also prevents technology working alongside magic as technology was designed to combat magic and the bastardised versions in use are not complete because the ignorance spell prevents their completion. The ignorance spell is anchored at Stonehenge and other monuments around the world are the anchor points, they are seen as holy due to a high concentration of magical energy around them. The spell is weakening and so disappearances around these anchor points might start occurring to feed the spell.

Enjoy :) SuchaNarcissist