Harry woke up tensed and alert for anything Snape was going to throw at him.
Snape was busy trying to think of a plan on what to do about Voldemort and 'his kids' when the spell he placed on Potter alerted him that he was awake. 'Speak of the devil,' Snape thought sarcastically.
Severus walked into the nursery with his usual stride.
Harry stared coldly at his professor. Severus replied with a roll of eyes and took Harry out of the crib and into the kitchen.
"Have a nice nap, Mr. Potter?" Snape asked.
Harry ignored him.
"Giving me the silent treatment, eh?" Snape smirked.
Again, Harry ignored him.
Snape scowled and placed Harry in a newly conjured high chair.
Harry gave Snape a mortified look and squirmed in the chair.
"Now now, Potter" Snape chided "Is that any way to behave when you're trying to prove you're mature?"
Harry couldn't help it; he stuck his tongue out at the potions master.
Snape raised one eyebrow and smirked. "If you don't put that tongue of yours back into your mouth then I'd be more than happy to chop it off and use it in a potion.
Harry gaped even though he knew the man wasn't serious… well, he hoped.
"Please close your mouth, Potter, you look like an idiot" Snape said and Harry obliged.
"Now then, I believe you would be hungry considering you haven't eaten anything today" Severus said as he pulled out a jar of unidentifiable mush and a spoon and placed them on the high chair.
Harry tried to open the jar but his little hands weren't cooperating.
Snape batted his hands away lightly and took the jar. He opened it easily and took a spoonful out.
He set the spoon in front of Harry's face and quirked an eyebrow, as if expecting something to happen.
'Oh no, if you're waiting for me to open my mouth like a good little boy, then you are wrong. You're gonna wait,' Harry thought stubbornly and turned his head away.
Severus gave a low growl of annoyance.
Harry knew that growl all too well from potions class; yes it was the if-I-kill-you-and-go-to-Azkaban-for-it-it-would-be-so-worth-it growl.
Harry slowly looked into Snape's eyes and, seeing the piercing glare, reluctantly opened his mouth and let Snape feed him the disgusting gunk that was approved as baby food, only gagging twice.
"That's right Potter, see how easy it is to understand and comply with a request? If you had done this before, you could have saved yourself from the punishment you will be receiving today." Snape stated lightly and received a huff of annoyance in return.
When Severus finished feeding Harry, he was alerted that Hermione had woken up and went to retrieve her.
Hermione had just rubbed the last of the sleep out her eyes when her guardian came into the room.
"Hello, Miss Granger, have a nice rest?" Severus asked.
Hermione nodded and Severus brought her into the kitchen like he did with Harry.
When he brought the spoon to her mouth, however, there was a quiet protest of "I do, 'fessor."
Snape shook his head curtly at the child's request. "No Miss Granger, as I've said before, you and Potter are infants and I am going to treat you as such"
Hermione sighed sadly and had no further complaints throughout the meal.
"Now then, I believe that some new rules are in order" Snape said once when he had both Gryffindors attention.
"You will keep the rules I have given you before, but now you will also have naptime at 1:00PM everyday. I will choose your clothes for the day as well as the food you eat. And, finally, you will go to bed at 8:00 sharp. Any questions?" Severus asked.
"Eight?!" Harry yelled, outraged.
"Yes, Potter, it's the number that comes after seven and before nine" Snape said slowly, which only made Harry's bad mood worse.
"No way," Harry grumbled.
"Potter, you would do well by not talking back, considering that you're already in trouble" Snape warned.
Harry looked away; as if he needed to be reminded of his punishment.
"Is there anything else not up to status with our little celebrity?" Snape taunted.
'Actually yes, living with you,' Harry thought but responded out loud with a sickly sweet "No 'Nape."
The professor quirked an eyebrow and turned to his other ward, asking "Well Miss Granger, anything you wish to put in?"
Hermione shook her head quickly, her hair flying back and forth.
"Very well then," Snape said as he lifted them out of their chairs "go find a corner and put your nose in it."
"'Nape, Mione twied to stop me" Harry confessed.
"Ahh, confessing to get your girlfriend out of trouble?" Severus smirked, "How very Gryffindor of you! But it does nothing to reduce your own punishment."
"Just a fwiend!" Harry said, taking Snape's bait.
"All right, if you say so, Potter" Snape said in an indifferent tone.
"She is!" Harry yelled.
"Stop yelling and go to your corner Potter. Granger, you're free to do as you wish" Snape ignored Harry's last statement which only made Harry angrier as he stomped off to the corner he was in last time.
Snape smirked behind Harry's back. 'How easy it is to fluster him' Snape thought, watching Harry's antics.
After what felt like an eternity, but in reality was only about half an hour, Snape told Harry that his time-out was over.
Before Harry could go anywhere though, Harry felt an odd sensation run through him.
" 'Nape, I…" Harry trailed off, not really knowing how to explain this to his guardian.
"What is it Potter? I have things to do and do not need you wasting my time" Severus said impatiently.
"I-I gotta go" Harry said finally.
At first, Severus wasn't clear on what Harry had meant, but after a few moments, the potions master's eyes widened in realization.
He quickly scooped Harry up, careful not to jostle him, and carried him into the bathroom where a smaller version of the regular toilet appeared.
After Harry came back out of the bathroom, Snape looked down at him and said "I really should make you use that nappy of yours but seeing as I'd be the one to change you, that will not be a part of your punishment."
Harry nodded and sighed in relief. He went to find Hermione and the two talked together and played for hours.
Snape sat in the living room, drinking a cup of tea and listening to the laughter erupting from the other room.
***
Before any of the residents of the house knew it, the clock struck 7:00. Snape sighed knowing what he was about to say was going to start a new war.
"Bath-time" Severus said when he reached the nursery.
The two looked at their professor, then to each other, then back to him with wide, unblinking eyes.
"Hawwy or me?" Hermione asked.
"Both of you, Granger. Parents with infant twins bathe the two together " Severus said and picked them both up quickly.
The children's eyes grew even bigger at Snape's last statement but it only registered when they were in the bathroom, door locked and bath water running.
Severus figured he would get the hardest part out of the way and undressed Harry and placed him in the bathtub, Harry of course fighting him all the way, causing a few shouts of 'Potter!' and "You little brat!'.
Snape then turned to Hermione.
"Now I know that this is as uncomfortable for you as it is for me but I'm afraid that this is the only way seeing as there are no other females here. I'm sorry but we have to do what must be done and I will try to make this quick, now do you need assistance undressing or can you handle it?" Snape asked.
"No" Hermione said quietly.
"No, you do need assistance, or no you do not?" Snape asked.
"No" Hermione said a little louder, backing away from the man.
"Miss Granger, do you perhaps wish to clarify that answer for me?" Snape asked quietly with an impassive look plastered on his face. He had understood what she meant now, and surreptitiously dared her to challenge his authority.
"No Baf!" She yelled and ran to the other side of the somewhat large bathroom.
"Granger, cease this behavior at once" Snape ordered, not bothering to run after her but walking calmly over.
Hermione attempted to run again but Snape's long strides made it impossible. Snape picked her up and held her so that she wouldn't be able to get away again. When Hermione saw that she couldn't get out of it, she began to sob loudly.
"Are you that uncomfortable with me bathing you?" He asked.
Hermione shook her head and sniffled pitifully.
He didn't find it that big of a deal; fathers bathe their daughters like this every day.
Severus put two fingers underneath her chin so that she would look up at him "Then what's wrong?" He asked as her eyes filled up with tears and she looked away from him.
"Nothin'. I'll take the baf" she said in a defeated voice.
She squeezed her eyes shut and lifted her shirt.
Severus was shocked when he saw a big bruise on the side of her stomach. He hadn't seen it before, seeing that she was covered with her robes when she was de-aged.
"What happened, Miss Granger?" Severus spoke in a barely audible whisper.
She looked up at him, her big eyes fearful and ashamed, as she said -
"Daddy."