Chapter 24: Toddlers or not?

Disclaimer: Honestly, I am not J.K. Rowling nor do I have enough money to buy Harry Potter off her. Thus I do not own the Harry Potter characters or settings. I'm just screwing with their lives.


The two teenagers finished their talk with Dumbledore before heading towards Gryffindor Tower. Dumbledore told them that they would run tests the next day after the boys had calmed a bit to make sure they were healthy, what age they were, and possibly figure out what happened.

The twin boys on the other hand, weren't happy with the situation.

"I want Mommy!" Draco shouted stubbornly as he stomped his foot on the ground in emphasis.

"Mommy isn't here Draco." Hermione tried to calm the boy.

"I want Mommy Now!!!" Draco tried to escape the gated off area that had been made in Gryffindor tower. The play area was magiced so that children couldn't climb out or escape without an adults help.

Hermione rolled her eyes in exasperation. "Ron are you done changing Harry?" Hermione asked her boyfriend.

"I'm supposed to do something with him?" he was shocked at this. Currently Harry was being rather stubborn about coming near Ron.

"Fine then, you watch Draco while I change Harry and get him ready for bed." Ron immediately came over.

"No bed. Moony." Harry said defiantly.

"Come on Harry. Moony will see you in the morning. The sooner you go to sleep the sooner it will be morning." Hermione tried an old tactic for convincing children to go to sleep.

Harry's eyes brightened and he took her hand before following her into the bathroom where he took a bath and was changed into fresh pajamas.

Harry snuggled under the warm covers and cuddled with a stuffed dragon Hermione had given him. He would sleep in the boys dorm in his own bed that had been turned into a crib. Zeus swooped down from his usual spot on the bookshelf and sat on the baby's toddler bed and let out a note of music in greeting.

"Birdie." Harry said before curling into a ball and falling asleep.

Hermione turned to her next problem. Draco. Draco was being quite stubborn about doing anything. Time to bribe the little boy.

Hermione conjured another dragon almost exactly like Harry's but a different color. Their dragons matched their necklaces (Hermione had taken them and put them around her neck until the boys would be old enough to not lose them.) and were designed to be soft and pillowy just for little children.

Hermione looked at the boy. "If you let me get you ready for bed, I'll read you a bedtime story." Hermione offered the boy.

"Me pick?" he asked looking at her.

"Sure." Hermione reached to pick up Draco.

"Ok Lady."

Hermione smiled at his name for her. After he had a bath and was dressed, Draco climbed into his toddler bed holding tightly to his dragon. Hermione tucked the covers around the little boy and showed him a few books. He picked one and she sat in a chair next to him and read it to him. Before she finished though, he had fallen asleep under the close watch of his phoenix.

Ron came in and smiled at the two boys. "I guess Draco isn't that bad. Mione, we need to figure out what happened and quick. People don't normally turn into toddlers without cause."

"Dumbledore said he would check for spells and potions tomorrow. Let them rest Ron, and get some yourself. We have two toddlers to watch tomorrow as it is Friday and we have the afternoon off, so you better have energy." Hermione took one last look at the boys and headed towards her room.

Neville, Dean, and Semus looked at Ron and back at the two boys. "Good luck mate." Dean said before pulling the curtains around the bed.

The other two boys nodded and did the same.
"Moony now." Harry said as Ron opened his eyes. Ron jumped at the site of the toddlers face 3 inches from his own.

"Lets get you dressed and I'll take you." Ron said while he glanced at his clock. 7:00a.m. "Can't you sleep a little longer Harry." Ron asked the boy collapsing back on the bed.

"Moony now." Harry was stubborn, Ron was learning this quickly.

Without the threat of the cupboard, Harry was sure he could do what he wanted now. This stubborn red haired man though wouldn't take him to his Moony. Yes, he remembered the man. He was always there with Mommy and Daddy. Padfoot was too. Then he remembered green light and everything changed. Mommy and Daddy had left. He lived with Aunty and Unky and Dudy. Now that Moony was back that had to mean no more Aunty and Unky and Dudy.

Harry finished thinking about it and decided on another coarse of action.

Ooff! Ron gasped as all the air was knocked out of him. Harry had jumped onto his stomach and began bouncing up and down.

"Fine fine. I'm up." Ron told the little boy. Ron leaned over the side of Draco's bed. He gently shook the little boy.

"Wake up Draco." Ron called to the boy softly.

Harry looked at the boy. Suddenly a memory flashed in his mind.

"What are we up so early for?" Draco asked as he fell off the top bed and groaned in pain.

"Tonight you're sleeping on the bottom so you won't make so much noise in the morning. If you want food you better get up. The Dursleys wake in thirty minutes and will make us start working right away so get up." Harry went to the window and looked out just in time to see four owls approaching.

"Food has arrived. Get off your bum and help me unload this food. We have to get it stashed before the Dursleys wake."

"Dwaco." Harry mumbled. He watched the boy for a moment more. "Dwaco get up now. Hungwy." Harry said simply.

Draco woke and rubbed his eyes. Ron was already gathering their clothes so they could get washed up and ready for the day.

"Keep it down, Ron. My brother is still asleep. He's already going to be freaked you're in here anyway. Let me wake him up and then we can continue this conversation." Harry moved to hit Draco with his pillow.

Draco blocked the pillow and tackled his older brother. "Trying to deprive me of my beauty sleep?" Draco asked as he let his brother up.

"Hate to break it to you brother but all the beauty sleep in the world won't make you look any better." Harry ducked the pillow that was thrown at him.

"Brother? But Harry you're an only child." Ron was beyond confused.

"So was I." Draco mumbled from where he was getting dressed.

Draco blinked surprised at the memory.

" 'on", he stated, reaching to be picked up.

"Come on boys, let's get you cleaned up, then we can go meet Moony at breakfast." Ron took no notice of how Draco had called him by name.

The boys followed him to the bathroom.

A/N: Oooh. They are getting flashes of memories from their adult life. How do you think this will affect their time as children? And the Slytherins plan? It will complicate things a lot more.