trust him to do that. Doesn't he know that this makes his soul terribly unstable?"
Paw was very upset. He would have thought Voldemort had a little more sense.
Lily stared at her old friend and teacher in horror and James had closed his eyes broodingly.
"Well, now we know who you are, but why can you be resurrected?" Asked the ruffle and his brown eyes fixed the blue ones.
"If they're dead and their parent who created the Horcruxes is still alive, who is going to stop them?"
"Well, Harry!" Sirius interrupted Dumbledore.
"Not every time there was a wizard with horcruxes there was a Harry, Sirius."
The soul mirrors behind the half-moon glasses looked at Sirius as if they wanted to look inside him.The silence that followed was uncomfortable.
"Why ... Why does Danny speak like an adult, Albus? He's not even two!" James asked, breaking the silence.
"Horcrux children grow spiritually much faster than other children in their early years, James."
"Is that why he always claims to be different from the other children?", Lily wondered and Albus replied after taking a sip of his lemon tea: "He's different too, isn't he?"
Lily nodded and also paw and crown made approving faces.
They were interrupted in their conversation by a cheer.
"Albus, brother! I can do it! The Protego! I told you, someday I can do it!"
Ariana had appeared in the kitchen doorway, her cheeks gleaming with joy. She beamed at her brother.
"That's nice, Ariana. Did Danny teach it to you?"
Ariana nodded. "And he didn't make it as complicated as you."
In addition to the girl, the boy had now come to a standstill.
He whispered modestly: "She is a natural ..."
The two Marauders and Lily looked at the Riddle in surprise.
"You can do magic already?" Asked the young woman. Danny smiled shyly at her. "Yes, but not very long. Dad said I learn quickly."
The little one blushed and lowered his gaze to the floor.
"This is another specialty of the Horcrux children. They can use spells from their first birthday. Even the most difficult."
Albus drank some of his lemon tea again.
"Come on, sit down with us, children. Shall I pour you some lemon tea too?"
"I don't want one, Albus," Ariana said, taking the only free chair.
"I like to try it, Mr. Dumbledore," smiled Daniel, walking over to his great cousin and sitting on his lap.
So Dumbledore got up and took a red and gold checkered mug from one of the cupboards.
He put it down in front of Danny, picked up the teapot, which incidentally was yellow and covered all over with little pigs, and poured the boy the steaming drink.
"Thank you, sir," the boy muttered, not sipping the hot drink without puffing.
His eyes widened and began to glow.
"That tastes good, sir," he said, looking the rejuvenated man in the eye. This now smiled. "Isn't it? It's my favorite tea. Would you like a lemon soda, Daniel?"
"Yes, please!" Danny said and took the lemon soda that Dumbledore held out to him.
He put it in his mouth and hesitantly sucked on it.
"The candy tastes even better than the tea!" Danny exclaimed in surprise.
A mischievous smile now settled on Ariana's face. "Another lemon fanatic," she said, glinting at the boy.
"Oh! Watch out, now she's going to text you with stupid sayings about lemons, so that you can hear and see it!"Albus warned him.
Daniel just smiled at the warning.

"Now we have to postpone the bottle until tomorrow," said Lily, sounding quite dejected.
"Yes, you are right ..." muttered Sirius, who, once again, was out with Danny in his arms.
They had left Albus when his parents joined them.
Now they were on their way to Lily and James.
It's only five. What do we want to do when we are at Krone? ", Danny's carrier asked around. Krone just shrugged his shoulders and Lily didn't look much smarter either.
Danny looked up at Sirius. "I have to practice dueling. If you want, you can practice with me," he said quietly.
"Why should you already be able to duel? Your father has really been completely damaged! Forcing a child to fight!"
"He's not forcing me, James! I want to be able to do it. I'm even better than Lucius."
The three adults looked at him in amazement. "Better than Malfoy? I don't believe you, kid"
The boy scowled at Sirius. "If you have a training match with me, then I can prove it to you. I have to improve anyway, if I don't train I'll get worse again and then dad will tear my head off."
"We're training with you Danny," James said, looking at him seriously. Paw looked serious too.
"Well, if you guys fight nicely in the garden, I'll make a lemon cake. We can eat that when Danny has pounded you in the ground."
Lily grinned happily as the "men" stared at her in amazement. But then the riddle started to grin.
"See? Lily thinks I'm winning too!"
But the two marauders didn't look willing to believe that Danny would win either, because that meant they would lose. They grinned confidently at each other. But that soon changed.
When the four of them got to the Potters and the men had gone into the garden with Danny, it quickly became clear who had the best cards in this training duel and it was neither paw nor crown. Together they had only one chance against him.
When Lily called her in to eat cake, the first thing she had to do was comfort her husband. He had been defeated by a boy less than two years old. Of course that nibbled at him a lot and Sirius didn't look very satisfied either.

When they had finished the cake and were now sitting around the kitchen table chatting, Danny was getting tired. He yawned behind a raised hand.
Lily smiled at him and asked, "Are you tired Danny?"
The boy nodded. It was already late, a quarter to nine.
Lily got up, walked around the table and took Danny from Sirius' lap in her arms. "Then I'll put you to bed now. Say good night!"
"Night," Danny muttered. He closed his eyes and snuggled closer to Lily.
"Good night, little one," smiled Paw and Krone said affectionately: "See you tomorrow, Danny."
The Riddle hummed a little before disappearing out the door, carried by Lily.