Hi!

First, thanks to Ida B. Adilee, my beta, and thanks to everyone for the reviews!

This chapter is different from the first one, but I needed to write it, so the cute moments and all the fun could begin!

It's a kind of boring, and the children actions may seem a little bit exaggerate, but I think I would act like that if I were them!

Hope you enjoy!

Unscheduled off-world activation!

"It's SG-1 General, they were not supposed to return until tomorrow afternoon."

"Open the iris."

*

Sam and Jack watched amazed as the wormhole engaged before their eyes, but surprisingly, they weren't afraid. The journey has been long, hard and they were really tired. They had refused to be carried, and so they had walked for hours, only taking short rests. Now, as the sun set slowly, they were barely staying upright, still holding each other's hands tightly.

Daniel was the first one to step through the Stargate, and told Teal'c to wait a bit. He needed to clear things up with the General.

"What is it like Teal'c?" asked the little girl, her sleepy eyes full of wonder.

"It is cold, young Samantha Carter."

*

"Doctor Jackson, where is the rest of SG-1?" asked the worried General, stepping in the gateroom.

"They are just behind me, but" he paused, not knowing what to say, "can we clear the gate room a little please? I don't want to...umm, scare Sam and Jack."

Hammond gave him a questioning look.

"Just trust me on this one Sir."

He nodded at the heavily armed airmen to step outside.

Seconds later, two small children appeared. The little girl had shoulder-length wavy blond hair, big curious blue eyes, and freckles all over her little nose and cheeks. The little boy was older than the girl. He had brown eyes and short brown hair that was sticking up on his head.

Both were wearing mini versions of BDUs, and were tightly holding onto each other, visibly cold and frightened.

Teal'c stepped in next to them, and the wormhole disengaged.

"Good God, what happened to you?" asked a puzzled General.

Sam and Jack looked around, scared. They didn't like where they were now. There were strange people looking at them from behind a big window, and a fat, bald man who looked at them like they did something wrong.

"Take them to Doctor Fraiser, and then come to my office," he told the Jaffa and the linguist.

No, they didn't like that place at all. Confusion, anger and fear slowly raised in them.

*

They were rushed to the infirmary, receiving again strange looks from everyone as they passed by them.

"Have they never seen children before, or what?" asked an annoyed Jack. "I'm tired, and I don't want to see the doctor. I just want to sleep!"

"Me too! And you said you were taking us home. This isn't my home! This is just a dull military base. TAKE ME HOME NOW!"

"I know kids, but we need to make sure you are fine," Daniel tried to calm them.

"We are fine! And we just want to go home! You said you were taking us to my father!" Her eyes were slightly watering.

They were starting to throw a fit, but he understood. They were exhausted, hungry, and they were only confused little kids who were taken away from their parents. Daniel would be weary too if it was him, and it has been him a long time ago...

As they entered Janet's sanctuary, they heard a gasp and a loud "Oh my God!"

"Before you ask, yes, it's them."

"But how..."

"Another case of SG-1's bad luck," sighed Daniel.

"All right," the doctor in her took over, "climb on the bed kids!" she said to the small children as she reached Jack to help him.

"NO I don't want to!" he yelled, shrugging off Janet's hand. "I'm not allowed to talk to doctors and I don't like you, you're mean and you'll hurt us!"

Jack then threw everything he could reach at them, angry tears falling down his face. Teal's grabbed him by his collar and lifted him in the air. Jack tried to free himself by kicking with his fit and legs, but to no avail.

"SILENCE CHILD," Teal'c almost shouted with his deep, booming voice

That worked well, until heavy sobbing were heard coming from Sam, who was huddled in the corner.

"You took us from our parents and you're going to hurt us and sell us and they will eat us and we're never going to see our home ever again!" she whimpered.

Daniel tried to comfort her, but she wouldn't listen to him, "Come on Sam, that is not true, stop crying. Please, we're here to help. I promise we won't hurt you." He took a step forward.

"Don't touch her!" the brown-haired child screamed, still being held by Teal'c. "If you hurt her I'll kill you!"

He bit the Jaffa's hand hard. Surprised by the force of the small teeth sinking into his skin, Teal'c let the little boy fall. Jack rushed to the little girl's side, pushing Daniel away. He was protecting her little shaking body with his own.

The last thing they both remembered was a pain in their arms, and then darkness.

*

Daniel and Teal'c left the two sleeping children in Janet's care while they debriefed with the General. They walked in silence, very distressed by the events that just occurred. They felt as if they let their friends down.

"Come in," they heard the General said after they knocked. "So, tell me how my two top officers came back looking like children," he was clearly in a bad mood.

"Well," Daniel began, it was no time for details, "we walked to the temple. Teal'c stayed with me in the main entrance while Sam and Jack checked the other rooms. Ten minutes later, they told us they were receiving some readings, and some moments later, we felt an odd energy wave. We tried to contact them through the radio, but we got no answer. When we reached them, they were children."

"What caused them to shrink?" asked the older man.

"It appeared that the room was empty of any technology General Hammond. We took pictures and recording of the markings and proceed to bring the children to the SGC."

"Do you have any ideas of that the markings says?"

"So far, not at all. They have no relation with anything I have ever seen. It will take time for me to translate them, if I even manage to."

This is bad, the General thought. Very bad.

"How are they right now?"

"Asleep. Janet had to sedate them, they were too upset."

Hammond nodded. "Well, start working on the translation. I'll call you when Doctor Fraiser give me her report."

*

Three hours later, while Sam and Jack were still asleep, the remainder of SG-1 and Doctor Fraiser sat in the briefing room with General Hammond.

What can you tell me Doctor?"

"I am positive that these children are Major Carter and Colonel O'Neill, sir. The Major appears to be between 6 and 7 years old, while the Colonel is older, I would say 9, maybe 10 at most."

"How is that possible Doctor?"

"I have absolutely no idea Sir, everything is in order, no anomalies, no unknown elements... nothing! It is humanly impossible to be in perfect condition after such a transformation!"

"And they definitely have no memories of the past years?"

"Not that I could tell, Sir."

"I heard them tell each other that they feel as they know us, they may have unconscious knowledge of their life as adults."

"Could that be true?"

"Maybe. I can't know for sure."

"Anything with the markings, Doctor Jackson?"

"Still working on it General."

They were a short silence when everybody let the gravity of the situation sink in.

"What should we tell them?"

"They are not stupid, Sir. Right now they think we kidnapped them and we're going to hurt them. I think we should tell them the truth."

"I agree. I can't find any good reason to explain how and why we took them from their home. Now or later they will find that it's not the same year. The difference in technologies is quite big, and they went through the gate. We can't lie to them."

"I, too, agree with Doctor Fraiser, General Hammond. Honesty is the best approach to regain their trust."

"Right. I'll contact the Tok'ra. They might be able to help us, and Jacob will make it easier for Major Carter to believe us. Doctor Jackson, try to do what you can with the translation. Teal'c, stay with the children until they wake up. I have a phone call to make."

*

It was 4 hours after midnight when Sam woke up. At first, she thought she was home in her bed, and that everything had just been a nightmare. But then she realized that her blanket wasn't her blanket, her mattress was too hard, and it wasn't pitch black, like in her room. There were two little lights in the corner. She wanted to cry again, but she didn't. She had to be strong. As she stood up, she spotted Teal'c sitting Indian-style on the floor in front of the door. He hadn't seem to notice she was awake. She then saw Jack in the bed on her right, sound asleep. She considered for a second letting him sleep, but she was not tired anymore, and she really needed to pee.

"Jack," she whispered, trying not to draw the Jaffa's attention on her. "Psst."

It had no effect whatsoever. So she carefully climbed down the high bed, make her way to her friend's bed, jumped in, and knelt beside his sleeping body.

"Jack," she softly said again in his ear.

"mmmmm nt school today mmm... "

She was starting to get annoyed. She called him one more time, a little louder, while shaking him not-so-gently. Jack woke up with a jerk. He didn't say anything, but stared at the blue eyes in front of him, trying to remember who she was. As the events of the prior day hit him, he let a heavy sigh out, and ask Sam, "Are you okay?"

"uh huh. But I really need to pee."

Jack looked around.

"What's he doing?" he whispered, staring at the Jaffa.

"I don't know. If he really is from Africa, he must be in a sort of trance to communicate with the elders."

"They can do that?!"

"Yeah, I read it in a book. But I don't think we can get through that door without getting noticed."

"We can try the other one, maybe it's the bathroom."

"Okay."

They carefully tiptoed their way to the door, keeping an eye on Teal'c.

"Bingo," Jack said as he switched on the light. It was the bathroom. There was a toilet, a sink, and a shower.

"Turn on the faucet and turn around," commanded the little girl. "And don't peek."

"Me now, don't peek either," he said when she was finished.

They washed their hands, but Jack had to help Sam because she couldn't reach the soap container. "Thanks."

"What do we do now? Do you think we can try the other door without being caught?"

"We can always try."

They hadn't made three steps that a deep voice startled them.

"Go back to your beds young children, it is not time to arise yet. You shall sleep more."

They didn't move for a moment, too scared. The Jaffa didn't even open his eyes! Their heart was beating fast as they ran to the nearest bed. Jack climbed first, help Sam in and they hid under the blanket.

"How did he do that?" he whispered anxiously to his little friend.

"He must be a shaman. I heard they have mystic powers! We should do what he said if we don't want to have our souls taken away!"

"I agree," he nodded frantically.

As the young version of his friends drift back to sleep, Teal'c thought with a barely-there smile, that Tauri's children have a lot of imagination.

*

Please, tell me what you think, I'm really unsure about this chapter, and when i am not pleased with myself, I tend to be less eager to write more! (you wouldn't believe how many half written fanfictions i got on my computer!)

And now, an unrelated question: In the usa, what are the best sweets/confections loved by children? In France, I think Kinder is well known and loved, is it the same for you?

See you next week!