Dawn and Cayden were miserable, they had been in the castle a month and apart from being mildly polite because of their sister, the house ignored them. On top of that because they were in Slytherin the other houses seemed to avoid them. It felt much like the 5 months they spent only having the company of the teachers and themselves. Although this was much worse because now people their age surrounded them. Cayden at least managed to pull off the I don't care routine when they were together but Dawn failed miserably having been used to having friends.

They had mutually decided not to tell anyone as that would make it worse. In their thinking being a tattle tale was worse than having no friends. Hell it would mean going from no friends to enemies.

It had actually got worse recently because now not only was Slytherin ignoring them but the Gryffindor trio seemed to keep glaring at them whenever they had a chance. They made strange remarks in the hallway that made no sense and Dawn was always near tears by the time they got back to the common room. Cayden however always had a strange look and his jaw would twitch in anger.

They were in the dining hall when it happened, Dawn knew almost immediately because she saw Cayden's jaw relax and one of the first real smiles in a long time emerge. All hell was breaking loose when at the Gryffindor table and the Slytherin table certain students had if they were boys were now wearing female outfits and their hair changed to very feminine colours. If they were girls they sported spiked different coloured hair and biker shirts with multiple rings and tattoos and big army boots and leather pants.

It was pretty much anyone who had ever said a mean thing, shot a dirty mean look, or flauntingly ignored them. Dawn was laughing so much that when Buffy came over and picked both of them up by the collar and marched them to her office she hadn't even realized it until they were seated in a seat and she was sitting up trying to work out how she got there.

Buffy paced trying to keep the grin off her face, the twins weren't in trouble after all it was a harmless prank but it was fun to make them worry. Plus today was the day she was going to tell them about their dad and Snape was going to be here in 20 minutes so she didn't have a lot of time.

She finally stopped pacing put on a grim look and turned to the twins who were looking quite pale except Cayden was frowning at her and Dawn was fidgeting. She smiled softly and watched them relax before saying "You're not here to be bawled out for a harmless joke. Although it was quite amusing to see Harry in a mini skirt and a halter top with blonde ringlets but not the point. Ok so this hard to say to you, I have absolutely no idea how you are going to react."

Cayden looked over at Dawn before saying "What is it?" Buffy sat down and said "Well you know how dad didn't want to take us in after mum… well after that whole thing." Dawn scowled and said "The bastard." Buffy smiled a little and said "Yes well there might have been a reason he didn't want to, well for you two anyway. Here". She handed the letter she had in her pocket to Cayden who in turn opened in front of Dawn and shooting Buffy a curious glance.

At the end of the letter both twins were looking at Buffy with horror in their eyes but surprisingly it wasn't Dawn that spoke but Cayden "So then who is our father?" Buffy thought straight to the point, just like Cayden, although she was sure Dawn would have been the one to ask. She shook her head and said "When I tell you, you have to promise not to freak out, or yell, scream or prank him, alright?"

Dawn eyes narrowed as she tried to figure out why she would do that. Both twins nodded after catching the others eyes and Buffy sighed and said "Well I suppose I could just tell you or I could just wait for him to enter the room. Hmmm that has possibilities." Both sets of eyes glared at her as she chuckled at the image in her mind but upon seeing she still had five minutes she sighed.

She pouted and said "Oh fine, spoil my fun, fine I'll give you a hint, well actually a massive clue, You(pointing to Dawn), love to tease him, and you (pointing to Cayden) are actually getting pretty good in his class."

The first word out of Cayden's mouth was "Snape". Buffy nodded and they both slumped in their chairs not saying a word. Buffy raised an eyebrow and said "What no protesting, no screaming, no OH MY GOD! Nothing, Geez that was a let down."

Dawn shrugged and said "So we go from having a father who isn't there to a father who throws snide comments, deducts points for no reason, is mean to nearly everyone and is….."

Cayden cut in with "So that means Giles is our uncle?"

Dawn's mouth fell open and then she had an evil grin as she said "Oh that is too good, I can call him Uncle Giles, or Uncle Rupert, oooo even better Uncle Rupey. Oh he is going to hate that."

Buffy stared at them both through this conversation before saying "So I tell you the potions professor is your father and your response is, Giles is your uncle. You two are seriously screwed up."

Dawn said "pfft, screwed up, as if…….. Does that mean we automatically pass Potions now, because I really suck at that, Cayden is ok but I think he has it in for me. Guess that means he has to …." She stopped for a second as a broad grin filled her face and she turned to Cayden and whispered something in his ear which brought an equally broad grin.

Buffy stared at the two smiling children in horror which only got worse when there was a knock on the door and Buffy watched as they turned together to see who entered.

Buffy almost felt sorry for Snape when he entered the room and the twins said at the same time "Daddy Snapey" and then promptly fell out of their chairs laughing.

Authornote: I know probably isn't realistic but when you think about it, they are 11 year olds who haven't really had a father so don't really know what that means.
They find out that their father is someone who doesn't really like little children which only ups the level of annoying him.
There is also a reason for you to know how they were being treated because imagine how the Slytherins are going to react when they find out about Snape and the twins relationship not to mention it would probably make more sense to Harry.
Hope this chapter made more sense to people. Thanks again for the reviews, really have to keep saying that. God I hope you like this chapter.