November 12, 1980
Aquila Lestrange: Age 3 (born 1977)
Rodolphus was seated in the kitchen of Lestrange Manor. He was eating burnt toast, for Bella was on a mission with the Dark Lord. Hopefully Aquila wouldn't be hungry. Rod would probably burn the whole house down trying to cook chocolate chip pancakes…
"Daddy!" The tiny little girl ran into the kitchen to greet her father.
Rodolphus scooped up Aquila into his lap and kissed her forehead. "Good morning sweetie!" he said enthusiastically. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yep," Aquila replied quickly. "Let's play tea party!"
"Daddy is busy this morning, sweetheart." He set her down onto the floor. "Can we play later?"
Aquila's face turned sad. "But mummy gave me a new teddy bear for my birthday. I named it Roddy…after you! Because you are the bestiest daddy in the world!"
Rodolphus bit his lip. He knew very well that he always caved with his daughter. She was his princess; his perfect angel! "Erm…sweetie…I don't know if-"
"Please daddy!" Aquila wrapped her tiny arms around her father. "I promise that the tea won't be too cold and that I will give you very pretty date!"
Rodolphus chuckled lightly and smiled at his daughter. It wouldn't matter if the tea was hot or cold. Everything that his daughter used was always pretend.
"Please! Pretty please with chocolate chips on top?" She wrapped her arms tighter.
Her father sighed. "Alright angel…one tea party."
"Yay!" the little girl squealed while her dark curls bounced up and down. She grabbed her daddy's hand in attempt to drag him down the hall and up the stairs. Rodolphus followed her up to her room.
Aquila's bedroom was completely pink. There were dozens of stuffed animals and dolls along with a rocking chair and a miniature tea table.
Rodolphus bit his lip again, trying not to laugh. The table was surrounded by two teddy bears, a doll from Auntie Narcissa, and a purple octopus.
"Looks like we had quite a turnout…" Rod stated as he looked at the toys surrounding the table.
"Sit here, daddy!" Aquila guided him to one of the two empty chairs. He sat down carefully considering that the chair was Aquila sized.
The adorable little girl sat across from him and pointed at the purple octopus on his left. "That's Penny…she's your date!"
"I see," said Rod, examining the octopus.
Aquila grew a beaming smile. "Isn't she pretty, daddy?"
"Of course she is." Rodolphus replied, attempting to play along. "Why date a woman with two legs when you can date one with eight?"
Aquila bounced in her chair with excitement. "That's exactly what I was thinking! Now drink some of your tea before it gets cold!"
"Certainly princess," said Rod as he lifted his cup for his first pretend sip. In just an hour, Rodolphus Lestrange went from torturing two mudbloods to having pretend tea with his daughter and a stuffed octopus.