Disclaimer: Again, I'm not J.K. Rowling. I'm only a little fan who wants to borrow her magnificent characters and universe to fulfill my own little fantasies.

Chapter 1

It was dawn, not that anyone could tell from the dark room. The curtains magically opened to inform the occupants of the room the time. The two humans in bed stir and shift their positions until the man is now spooning the woman. A regular Sunday morning, a happy couple, what could go wrong?

Hermione blinked her eyes open to see the sunshine pouring through the windows. She suddenly became aware that she was being held by another being but in her half-conscious state she decided to let her comfort continue. It wasn't until she felt something warm and hard pressing at her backside when she realized her current nude state. Believing it to be a nice dream she urged herself to fall back asleep.

Severus opened his eyes to face a massive curtain of curls and found his hands aptly placed on top of a pair of lush breasts. Shocked, he took his hands off the woman's breasts, much to the protest of the little Snape down below. He tried to grab a hold of his surroundings but couldn't seem to place his location. As a last resort, he shook the woman next to him to rouse her, only to recognize the face of Hermione Granger.

Hermione awoke in a jolt and faced her aggressor, only to find her colleague and former professor naked and in bed with her. Quickly realizing that her previous situation may not have been the beautiful dream she had thought it was she grabbed the blankets to cover herself as she scooted away from the man. Without the blankets, Severus was now exposed to the cold air but thankfully was able to retain some sense of decency.

"What are you doing here child?" Severus sneered as he grit his teeth in the cold.

"Let me remind you Professor that I am not a child. I am an esteemed colleague of yours and should be treated with respect!" Hermione returned coldly.

Severus and Hermione stared at one another to find a level of mutual understanding. The two started to recover from their mutual shock and examined the room once again.

"Where are we? Are these your rooms Miss Granger?"

"No, they can't be. Too cold in here," Hermione shook her head as she spoke.

Severus whispered a warming charm to increase the temperature of the room. "What do you remember?" he asked.

"I was going downstairs to check on-" Hermione caught herself mid-sentence hoping not to reveal to Severus about the embarrassing situation her Gryffindors had put her in.

"If I remember correctly we had a head on collision at the staircases," Severus recalled. Starting to feel uncomfortable about their current situation, Severus suggested, "Why don't we get ourselves dressed first?"

Hermione nodded in agreement, she started to consider her possible dressing options but before she made a decision she noticed the nightdress left on the bedside table. Severus also noticed his underwear on the floor and slipped it on before examining the dresser in the room. When he opened the dresser, he found all his work robes in the dresser and recognized the familiar feel of his wardrobe. Next to his work robes he found a section of womans robes, he calledHermione over to check if the robes were hers.

However, Hermione being distracted, having just found an odd looking wizarding photograph on the side table spoke up first, "Severus, why don't you come over here first."

Severus protested, feeling that the confirmation of the contents of the wardrobe was more important but resigned when the witch insisted that he come forward and take a look at whatever was on the bedside table.

On the bedside table was a picture of a happy family, one that looked so happy and full that it appeared like it was taken out of some fairytale. But this was no ordinary family, it was the most recent photograph of the Snape family. A bushy haired mother, a sullen looking father and their two smiling sons. However the parents in this photograph had no recognition of having took the photograph or any recollection of the two children in the photograph. Both Hermione and Severus looked down at their hands to see that both of them were wearing wedding bands. Wedding bands that Severus recognized as a Prince family heirloom, one that he inherited when his uncle passed away childless.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door and the door was pushed slightly ajar. Hermione and Severus looked over to see the little round face of a brown haired boy, the very same one in the photograph.

"Mom, Dad, Em told me to come and tell you that it would be most ap- appry- appreciated if you could come out and start breakfast," the young boy spoke eloquently despite his slight stumble at the word "appreciated."

Severus and Hermione stared at each other trying to get a grasp of the current situation. Hermione figured that 'Em' must be the older boy in the photograph. "Okay love, we'll be out in a minute," Hermione managed.

The young boy closed the door behind him and left. "That was..." Severus tried to speak but was lost for words.

"It seems that he is our younger son and 'Em' would be our older son," Hermione stated as though responding to a question in class.

"But that can't be, we just bumped in to each other. We weren't married, we definitely didn't have children," Severus rambled on as he tried to run through his logical processes.

Hermione sat back down on the bed and tried to think of explanations for their current situation. "Severus, I can think of three possible scenarios that can lead to this situation. One is that we have somehow lost our memories. The other two centers around the idea of an alternate universe," Hermione explained.

"An alternate universe you say, Professor Granger. Like the silly muggle theories by those silly muggle scientists?" Severus snapped.

"Well, it's not like you have a better theory. Going back to alternate universes, this could be a dream reality caused by our fall. Or it could be something more sinister, something to do with magic-"

At the door, there was whine, "Mom, Dad, are you not going to come out? Em is bothering me."

Severus huffs, "alternate reality or not we need to go out and fix some food for those brats or they'll start storming in to these rooms."

Hermione sighed as she yelled out, "coming, love." She pulled on a jacket on top of the nightdress and slipped out the door. She noticed the corridor was darkly lit and led to an open kitchen, dining and sitting area with a fireplace in the sitting area. Severus followed Hermione out and a sense of familiarity rushed over him. He finally recognized that the rooms that they had found themselves in were his own personal quarters, but have been changed in such a way, that he couldn't recognize his own rooms.

A black haired boy was seated on the floor, he had been playing with the cat when he caught sight of his mother and ran towards her. He stood still in front of Hermione and saluted her with a "Good morning, Madam!"

Hermione composed herself and replied, "Good morning, Em." Hermione smiled and saw her son break in to a stunning smile in return. Hermione thought to herself that she wouldn't mind having a child like the boy in front of her.

Severus stared at a mirror image of his younger self smiling at his colleague. The boy's smile turned in to a frown at the sight of his father and he returned to his place in front of the fire with the cat. Severus looked around to find the other little boy cuddled up in an armchair with a book, he recognized the bookish trait as very much his own. However remembering the cold reaction he got from the older boy, Severus figured that even in this strange reality, he's not much better of a father than his own.

Severus headed towards the kitchen to find Hermione looking around to cook. Severus sneaked up behind her and whispered, "Professor Granger, it appears that we may have found ourselves in my private quarters."

"Well at least we now know we're still inside Hogwarts," Hermione looked around the kitchen trying to figure out what she should prepare for breakfast. "Severus, what do you usually have for breakfast?"

"Professor Granger, I have told you a dozen times to stop referring to me as Severus like I'm your friend. I'm your colleague and you should refer to me as Professor Snape."

"Well, I don't see Minerva doing that or Filius, or most of the staff calling you anything but Severus for that matter. I, on the other hand had decided that I would speak in a casual manner to all my colleagues when I started my post at Hogwarts. Your permission is not required, I will refer to you as I see fit," Hermione huffed. "Now, Severus. What do you think our hypothetical family will normally eat for breakfast?"

"Eggs and toast," Severus replied decisively. He was rather fond of a simple breakfast and that was what he would fix for himself when he didn't attend breakfast at the Great Hall.

"Now, Severus, you can't keep on calling me Professor Granger in front of the kids. Plus we don't even know the name of the younger one. I can't just keep calling him 'love' and I don't think that's how you address them. Plus, I doubt his name is actually 'Em' either," Hermione calmly said as she reached in the magical refrigerator for some eggs. "Why don't you go back in to the room and see what information you can find."

Severus nodded and headed back in to the room, he passed the boys along the way and saw the older boy glare at him. Severus went in to the room and decided that there were a few things that needed to be sorted out. They needed the current date, the birth certificates of the children and maybe the marriage certificate if it existed. Severus looked around the room and wondered where the couple would store these important documents. Severus automatically decided that he should check the storage box under the floor where he stored most of his important documents.

He tapped his wand on the floor and removed the lid. The first thing he noticed was the great increase in paper work that he had stored. He whipped out his wand and quietly voiced, "Accio children's birth certificates." Two pieces of paper started flying out from under the stack of papers. Feeling satisfied that his summoning charm had worked he moved on to his next task, "Accio wedding certificate." At that another piece of paper flew up, out and landed next to Severus.

Severus picked up one of the papers, the birth certificate of his younger son. It read:

Wizarding Birth Certificate

Wizarding Society of the United Kingdom

Name: Celedonius Wulfric Snape

Date of Birth: August 21, 2001

Location of Birth: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Father: Severus Tobias Snape

Mother: Hermione Jean Snape nee Granger

Signed by M. Nifter

Head of Department of Magical Death and Births

Severus then took a look at his older son's birth certificate and learned that his elder son's full name was Emeterius Percival Snape. The child was born on November 14, 1999 only a year after the end of the war. The birth certificates were proof that this was not the future for Hermione and Severus but rather an alternate universe. Severus greatly hoped that it was all a nightmare and if he fell asleep he would be in the Hospital Wing being cared for by Poppy. On the other hand, he smiled that he had named both his children after his former mentor but frowned at his alternate self's choice of naming his sons after saints as is customary in the muggle Snape family.

He took a look at the marriage certificate to find that the couple were married on March 31, 1999. After doing some quick calculations Severus figured that it was a shotgun marriage done for the sake of elder son, Emeterius who should have been conceived the month before. Severus wondered if the relationship of this alternate couple was good, but after recalling the obvious remains of sex that morning he concluded that this couple was rather happy. Or at least, they had a healthy sex life. His next thought took him back to Emeterius's reaction to him this morning and wondered why a bad father would have two children.

Celedonius walked in to the room, "Dad, breakfast is ready." After he was done announcing what he had to announce he walked out of the room. Severus quickly returned the documents in to the hole and sealed it before following after his son.

Severus sat himself down at what he assumed would be his seat at the small round table in the dining area. Emeterius growled as he sat himself across from his father, Celedonius took the seat to the right of Severus. Hermione called from the kitchen, "Severus, love, could you come in and take some of the plates for me?"

Severus cringed at the word "love" but got back up and headed to the kitchen, he casted a Muffliato and whispered to Hermione, "the older one, his name is Emeterius Percival Snape born November 14, 1999. The younger one is Celedonius Wulfric Snape born August 21, 2001. We were married on March 31, 1999. I assume it was a shotgun marriage." Severus picked up one of the plates.

Hermione placed another toast on one of the plates, "I guess we can cross out the amnesia theory, then. The youngest one seems to go by the name Don, for your information. Also the day is Sunday, November 20, 2005 according to the Daily Prophet." Hermione picked up two plates and headed towards the dining area.

Severus lifted the Muffliato and pocketed his wand as he picked up the other plate. At the dining table the children stayed quiet as they quickly ate their toast and eggs. Throughout breakfast Celedonius remained quiet as he snuck glances towards his book laying on the armchair that he had previously occupied. Emeterius continued to glare at his father across the table, Severus remembering the reactions of his own father, sneered back at his son.

After breakfast, Hermione left the dishes to Severus who used a simple housekeeping spell to clean off the table and the dishes. Exhausted, Hermione sat down on the sofa and was joined by her older son who snuggled up to her. Despite feeling out of place, Hermione pulled her arm around her son and held him tight as she examined his features.

Emeterius had a thicker and drier version of Severus's straight, oily hair. His eyes were much like his fathers; dark and cold eyes. However somewhere behind those eyes was a flickering warmth that existed in Hermione's own eyes. He had Hermione's nose but the rest of Emeterius made him an exact carbon copy of his father. His mouth while unnoticeable by his wide grin was the very same that sneered and smirked at the students of Hogwarts.

Looking to the corner, she found the smaller boy with dark brown curls and his brown eyes fixed to a book. Despite being brown and bright, Hermione found her younger son's eyes cold and detached as though he was not of this world. The boy had a poorly fitting large and hooked nose, but Hermione imagined that the boy would be quite handsome once he grew in to the nose. Hermione could connect to her son's love for reading and could very much see a younger version of herself curled up in a corner with a book when she saw her son.

Severus signaled for Hermione to follow him as he entered the bedroom. Hermione made sure that both sons were preoccupied when she left them to join Severus in the room. Severus waved his wand and the door closed behind Hermione.

"So Professor Granger, what are your ideas?" Severus said as he paced around the room.

"Well I think we should first test the possibility of simultaneous dreams," Hermione responded.

"So you're saying that maybe if we take a nap we might wake up and find ourselves back in Hogwarts on November 20, 2002?"

"Well, we should at least try." Hermione replied as she patted the bed next to her, signaling for Severus to join her in the bed.

Severus and Hermione laid down on the bed, side by side, they closed their eyes willing for sleep to come.

The two woke with a jolt when they heard a knock at the door. Severus cursed under his breath as he found himself back in the same odd alternate reality that he had tried to escape from. "Who the bloody hell is it?" Severus yells at the door. "It better not be you, Emeterius Percival Snape!" Severus continued to yell as opened the door.

A/N: If I could draw, I would but for those who get confused, Em or Emeterius is 6 and looks like Severus, except with Hermione's nose. While Don, or Celedonius is 4 and looks more like Hermione with Snape's nose.