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Chapter 4- Coerced

'Bloody Potter! How dare that brat soil my furniture! I will not stand for these children treating my home as their personal bathroom.'Snape thought in irritation as he exited Miss Granger's room in annoyance.

Snape had went to each of the students rooms and selected a nappy from their wardrobes. Harry's and Ron's nappies were the same plain white ones while Hermione's looked to be a bit wider at the front and had a small outline of a blue and purple butterfly on the right corner where the tapes were to be secured to make the nappy fit snugly on the soon to be child. He didn't know that there was any difference between the nappies that the children would wear and just internally shrugged at Dumbledore's perpetual knowing.

The Potions Master just silently glided through the upstairs hallway and stalked his way downstairs until he saw Miss Granger on the couch looking at him with this defensive look in her eyes. He could tell that her gaze was fixated on the nappies he was not even bothering to hide from view.

"It is something of a surprise to see that at least one of you are still where I last left you. As the only Slytherin in the midst of this situation, it is a wonder that your Gryffindor pride didn't have you fleeing this room like your partners in crime, Miss Granger."Snape assumed as he raised his eyebrow and gave the girl his signature smirk.

Hermione heard what Snape said but could not keep her eyes off the three nappies the man was holding in his left hand. 'I thought that Professor Snape would only bring down one nappy for Harry? Me and Ron still have our control.'Hermione thought, clearly confused about the conversation her and her Professor were about to get into.

"Why do you have three of those? Harry was the one that had an accident. Me and Ron still have control."The Gryffindor princess claimed as she placed the book she was reading on the table in front of her while still beholding the nappies.

Hermione was not one to openly stare at something for a long period of time, but her thoughts were turning to reasons why she needed to wear her dry and comfy nappy. This voice inside her head was demanding her to get out of the big girl panties and into the nappy that would make her feel safe and secure. That was only part of her thoughts though. She somehow knew that the infant part of her was trying to break to the surface and just make her succumb to her fate concerning the plastic prison, but the adult logical side to her mind was telling her something similar if only more firm. The nappy is a plastic prison and once the Professor put it on her, Hermione somehow knew that it would not come off on its own. 'I am an adult. Nappies are for infants and toddlers!'

'That is what you are. I know you want to be a good girl. You know that you should be wearing your nappy. You need to be wearing your nappy.'Another voice softly chanted in the girl's mind. It was luring and rather hard to just ignore.

"No, I don't need it! I am perfectly capable of using the loo. I am a big girl!"Hermione stated out loud as she continued to stare with glazed eyes at the subject of her inner turmoil while blushing furiously.

Snape just watched the girl silently as she had some sort of inner battle with her thoughts. He had a feeling that whatever Potter activated, it was starting to play a role in this nappy matter concerning the Gryffindor know-it-all. Either way, it was a matter that would be solved to the collars liking rather Miss Granger liked it or not.

"I can see that your so called control is not going to last for much longer."Snape said as he watched the girl snap out of her thoughts at the sound of his silky baritone voice. "As I finally have your attention, I will explain why I want you all in nappies now.

"Sir, I do not need to be put in one. I will use the loo when I have to."

"If Potter can not control his fluids then I doubt that you or Weasley can do much better. If you need to go to the bathroom while you are wearing one of these,"Snape explained as he flaunted the nappies for emphasis, "Then the infantile thoughts in your head will just make you automatically relax and let your muscles do what they are intended to do. Eventually all your control will be gone like Potter's. After you use your nappy, you will have to get over your pride and come to me so you can get changed."Snape said in his teaching voice.

"What if I refuse to cooperate and reject your offer to wearing it? Hermione asked as she folded her arms over her chest.

"Oh you will wear it! I will not have you all soiling my furniture. It is unhygienic and above all, unkempt."Snape said before Hermione protested.

"So having accidents in one of those is even better! How is that less messy?"Hermione yelled, getting quite fed up with her continued infant thoughts. The thoughts were telling her to obey her Professor and quit being a bad girl.

"You can call it by what you may, Miss Granger but that will not change the fact that it will soon be snugly in place."Snape coolly explained. "You may be embarrassed but eventually you will learn to except the fact that you will need nappies and it will be a day to day occurrence. You won't be the only one who has to wear them and your infantile thoughts will soon become your reality. I would rather see that you wet your nappy and not your bed. I know that you would also be more comfortable waking up in dry pyjamas, I know I would."

"Do I have to wear it all the time?"Hermione asked as she stood up from the couch.

"Do you want to clean your stains by hand out of my furniture?"Snape asked as he raised his signature eyebrow again.

Hermione sighed in frustration. She knew that at the end of this conversation with her Professor that she would not walk out of this room without a nappy on.

"I know that the three of us won't be able to get the nappies off on our own, so how do you intend to put Ron's nappy on. Ron already dislikes you and will not just submit to wearing something so infantile."Hermione explained as she saw Snape slide his wand out of his sleeve and into his right hand.

"I have a plan to persuade the boy."

"More like manipulate, right?"Hermione asked as she saw Snape smirk cruelly.

"My plan involves you. You will be the bait."

Hermione just gasped as Snape focused his energy into a charm that was supposed to put the nappy on her. The spell was also intended to make sure that wondering hands could not remove said item.

Hermione watched in horror as her pants and panties disappeared. In there place was a nappy with a butterfly on the front of it. She could feel the bulk of the thing between her legs and blushed in humiliation and shame as she tried to cover it up with her hands.

Snape wanted to give the girl a good amount of privacy for the act he just committed so he summoned a pair of black baggy pants to fit her slender hips. He wanted her to feel comfortable in her new undergarment and knew that in order to get used to him seeing it, she would have to feel at home while wearing it. He knew her infantile thoughts would eventually make her not care about who saw her wearing this object, but for now he would have to cover the bulk and pretend that it was not obvious what she was wearing.

Hermione could not believe the monstrosity that her Professor had just put her through. She was literally standing in Snape's living quarters feeling more embarrassed than she had ever felt before. She could not stop staring at the baggy pants she was wearing. Snape almost concluded that Miss Granger could see right through her pants with her wide disbelieving eyes from him being so forward.

"Now I will do a disillusionment charm on myself and you will call to your boyfriend. If he does not come to you right away than you will continue to call to him." Snape commanded, watching Miss Granger for any signs of defiance.

"How will he not know that I am wearing what I am wearing?"Hermione asked shyly, feeling quite embarrassed about the crinkle that came with her new undergarment.

"You will remain still and just allow the boy to come to you. You will act like you have not seen me."

Hermione just watched Snape wave his wand silently before it seemed like he disappeared. She knew that now was her time to start calling out to Ron.

"Ron?"

"Louder you silly girl!"Snape waspishly whispered.

"Ron, I need your help. Please help me!"

Snape smirked at how helpless the girl sounded. 'That will be convincing enough. I know the brat can't resist her pleas. As if on cue, both Snape and Hermione could hear steady footsteps coming towards the room at a quicker than usual pace.

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"How long do you suppose we will have to stay hidden?"Ron asked in a low voice to avoid getting caught.

The two boys had sought out cover in a really small broom cupboard in the tiny kitchen. It was so small that the boys were hunched up against the wall so the door would stay closed. That wasn't bothering Ron so much as the smell of stale urine resonating from Harry. Even though Hermione cast a cleaning charm, the smell was almost too much to bare.

"As long as it takes for Snape to leave us alone I guess."Harry whispered back, wondering about easily getting caught. They really couldn't find anywhere else to hide so they both jammed themselves in the cramped closet.

"This wasn't a well thought out plan mate. Snape is a git but he is also a brilliant wizard!"

"Well, how about you find somewhere better to hide then. Come on!"Harry demanded in frustration. He was feeling utterly dirty and really wished he could go change. He just could not wrap his mind around what had happened.

'I really can't take much more of this. My back is acing and it really smells in here.'

A few more minutes passed before Ron finally built up the courage to say something to Harry about the smell. They had both stayed silent for what felt like ten long minutes in the dank dark space.

"Hermione?"Ron asked as he could of sworn that he had heard her yelling for help. Forgetting about commenting anything to Harry, Ron slowly started to reach for the door handle of the closet.

"Wait mate, this could be a trap!"

"I think the git is doing something to Hermione. We need to help her!"Ron said anxiously. Who knew what their mean Professor was putting Hermione through.

"Your right about helping her, but if it is a trap we will probably regret it."

"Fine! You should stay here and I'll go check on her."Ron said, yanking the door open and speed walking to his destination, not even caring about anything but reaching his beautiful girlfriend.

Harry just watched Ron's rather fast retreat before huffing and closing the closet door once more. He was on his own now unless Ron somehow miraculously overpowered Snape. Anyway, he seriously doubted Ron would easily give up.

"Hermione, are you okay?"Ron asked, a bit surprised that she was just standing in the centre of the room. "Why are you wearing pants? I thought you were wearing a squirt."

"I'm okay, I was just getting worried about you and didn't want to be alone just in case Snape came back."Hermione lied convincingly. "I decided to transfigure a pair of pants because I was feeling a bit exposed."

Snape inwardly growled at the use of his last name. He liked being called sir or Professor Snape.

"So you haven't seen the git yet. I wonder what he is doing upstairs?"

Hermione watched Ron's actions and saw him moving closer to her person. "What are you doing?"

"I am just going to grab a seat on the couch with you and wait for Snape to come back."Ron said seeing the clear refusal written all over Hermione's face. "I get that you might be frightened about being here of all places, but I would never allow that bastard to lay a finger on you."

Before Hermione could say anything, Ron had his arms around her and was engulfing her person in a comforting hug. It was going well for the most part until Ron sat them both on the couch and heard an all to familiar crinkling sound.

"You aren't wearing what I think your wearing?"Ron stated, getting red from his ears to his neck.

"I think I have heard enough."Snape said, cancelling the charm and reappearing in front of where Ron and Hermione were sitting on the couch.

Ron's eyes widened in shock when he saw that Snape was holding two nappies.

"Get it off of her now!"Ron demanded, anger rushing through his veins at the fact that his Professor had done something so revolting to his girlfriend.

"I don't like your tone Weasley! I would refrain from using anymore bad language."Snape said vindictively.

"Bloody hell! You have no right to put my of age girlfriend in a nappy. She was also not the one who had an accident. Even then, Harry doesn't deserve to be put in a nappy either!"Ron all but yelled, earning a face full of a furious Snape.

"Stop it! The both of you just calm down!"Hermione yelled, trying her best to keep Snape from hexing Ron. "Ronald, it is alright. We were thrown into a situation that is out of our control. Professor Snape wants the three of us to wear protection so his furniture remains unsoiled."Hermione explained, mortified at her words and hoping that she had spoken some sense into Ron.

"You should really listen to your girlfriend"Snape sneered in a low voice before he took a step back from the foolish boy.

"I do not give a damn about the furniture Snape! I refuse to wear something that is meant for babies and Hermione will be taking it off."

"More Gryffindor defiance I see."Snape said, twirling his wand in his hand. "I don't think you have much of a choice and Miss Granger knows that there is no removal of her undergarment."The smirk quite evident on Snape's face. "Now if you are done with your rant, Weasley I think I will use a tracking spell to locate Potter so he can talk some sense into you. Eventually I will have my way and all

three of you will be snugly in you nappies and moving forward with the roller coaster ride Albus has set our lives on."

That got Ron's attention. He quickly got up from the couch to block Snape's path. He would not let Snape put his best mate into a nappy to.

Fortunately for Snape his plan had worked. Sometimes being a conniving Slytherin really paid off. He was hoping that Ron would get up so he could finally get the brat into his nappy.

Hermione saw the amusement pass through Snape's eyes when Ron finally moved and knew that Ron had lost the game of wills with their Professor. She just weakly called out the red heads name before Snape flicked his wand.

Ron felt frozen to the spot as to his horror, his pants and underwear disappeared. He just blushed in humiliation as he stared at the floor. He could now feel the plastic garment around his loins and had to refuse the angry tears from his hurt pride. He could tell that Hermione was looking away and just continued to stand stock still even after Snape magicked on a pair of loose fitting black jeans.

"Now that wasn't so bad now was it?"Snape asked, clearly not expecting an answer back from the boy who looked like he was having a hard time recovering his Gryffindor pride. He saw Miss Granger looking at her pants and just waited silently for the two children to sort out what just happened.

'You are a naughty boy for trying to refuse the Professor. The nappy is the security blanket and you know better than to try and deny getting changed. You had no right to be in big boy pants. You belong in your nice dry and comfortable nappy. It is what you are meant to wear.'A different, almost hypnotic voice said in Ron's head.

"No! Get it off me!"Ron yelled, trying with all hope to snap away from the voice his body wanted to give into. "I don't want to become an infant!"

"Relax Weasley! You will get used to it. When you need to go to the loo, your thoughts will just take over and you will automatically go of your own accord even if the spell has not truly affected your bladder yet. When you need a change you will come to me and I will take care of it."Snape explained , seeing Ron snap out of his shock and give him a look of hard defiance once again.

"I hate you Snape!"Ron yelled in pure fury. "No one is changing me. I don't need this poor excuse that is called protection! This is all muggle rubbish!"

"I think your thoughts disagree. I don't even have to do anything because your collar has you bound and wound around my finger. You will pay for your language with a timeout in that corner."Snape said, pointing to the corner farthest from the couch and closest to the stairs. Snape saw the crestfallen look and knew that the thoughts in Weasley's head were making the boy think that getting a timeout was a one of the worse possible punishments he could have earned. "I want Miss Granger to watch you and make sure you stay put until I have succeeded in hunting down Potter and explaining his fate."

Ron's thoughts were mentally kicking him and saying that he was a very bad boy and earned his Professor's wrath for his filthy mouth.

"By the way, the next time you spew more rubbish from that big mouth of yours, I will personally wash it out with soap."Snape threatened. "Corner now!"The Potions Professor demanded, watching the boy grudgingly shift his feet to walking to said corner. The crinkling of his nappy only further humiliated Ron as he made his way to obeying Snape.

Ron sincerely didn't want to obey Snape but his thoughts kept him rooted to the corner. He turned around to see if Hermione thought this punishment was as childish as he did, but didn't get the opportunity for Snape just told him to stay staring at the wall.

Snape silently turned on his heels and exited the living room in search of the brat that would not die. 'The two sidekicks are dealt with, now I just have the deaging boy to deal with. Once I get through to him that his friends are wearing nappies he will surely give in.'Snape thought, clutching the last diaper in triumph.

It took no time at all to locate the Potter brat. As soon as Snape waved his wand with the tracking spell, all he had to do was turn around. Potter was directly behind him in the broom cupboard. He slowly approached the handle and jerked the door open.

The first thing he noticed was the stench that completely assaulted his nose. The smell of stale urine was a dead give away to what the boy had done earlier which only further made Snape want to get the nappy on potter all the more.

"Potter, you will come out of that closet this instant!"Snape demanded, seeing the boy look up at him through his long eyelashes.

"Where are Ron and Hermione?"Harry asked, an attempt to redirect where the conversation was going to go. Harry could see the nappy in Snape's hand clear as day and was dreading leaving where he was seated on the ground.

"If you must know, they are both in the living room waiting on you. Don't worry, you are not the only one having to wear a nappy. I personally saw to getting Granger and Weasley into one before I went searching for you."Snape said in his low teaching baritone.

"I don't need to wear one!"

"After what happened not that long ago, it will take some convincing to make a believer out of me. Get out of the closet and stand in front of me!"

When Harry refused to move, Snape swiftly grabbed Harry by the arm and roughly pulled him out of the closet. Before a protest could be made, Snape had his wand ready and waved it at the boy. Fair was fair after all and no child was going to urinate on his furniture ever again if he could help it.

Harry frowned in fear as Snape pulled him up and out of the closet to be standing in front of said man. He saw the Professor's infamous wand wave at him and knew he was in Snape's control. He could feel the air hit his bare legs as his pants disappeared. Next to go was his boxers and with them the horrid smell vanished. Harry was alarmed to note that he was now feeling the nappy being taped in place by Snape's powerful magic. Blushing was the least he could do as he stared in amazement when loose blue jeans were fitted over the diaper he was now wearing.

'Feels right and nice to be out of wet smelly big boy pants. You are now in your rightful attire. Feel that soft plastic against your skin. You were a bad boy for denying your professor and continuing to sit in those nasty big boy pants. You like your nappy and need to feel it.'A strange and hypnotic voice spoke in Harry's head. It was the same voice that wanted him to get his bottle of milk earlier.

"You can now hear what I have to say since there will no longer be any running away. You will now use your nappy when you need the loo. "Snape said, holding his hand out to silence the protest that Harry clearly wanted to get out. "That means that you will ignore your Gryffindor pride when you need to be changed. That being said, you will come to me and I will change you."

"I want to leave. Let us go! I need to speak with Dumbledore."Harry said as he reached for his wand that would have been in his pants.

"I have took it upon myself to keep your wands for safe keeping until the time is right to return them. I also have no say in when and if Albus will be returning here anytime soon. There is nowhere you can go but here."Snape said, seeing Potter give a deeper blush when the crinkle was heard from his nappy. "You will now come with me to the living room so I can release Mr. Weasley from his time out and to further explain about how things will work from here on out."

Harry heard the voice in his head say that he was lucky he had not received punishment like Ron and just shivered at the thought. He didn't necessarily believe that it was very bad, but the voice had him convinced that a time out was pretty harsh.

"You can get your face out of that corner now Weasley, we have things to discuss."Snape said as him and Harry entered the living room. Hermione just set the book she was reading, down and looked at Snape for further instruction.

Ron was so humiliated! The adult side of him was telling him that he was being ridiculous with having to stay in the corner and could not even look at Harry for fear that he would be mocked. He truly disliked this voice that was trying to be him. It sounded like him and gave him thoughts that should be his thoughts, but he knew that this voice was somehow not his. How could he explain this dislike for it without getting a time out again? He was so confused.

The Gryffindor know-it-all just stared at the floor as she heard the crinkle of Ron's and Harry's nappies. When they were seated on the couch, Snape began to lecture the children since they were finally all in one place together.

"You may notice that you are no longer in possession of your wands. I have taken it upon myself to keep them safely tucked away while you are not quite yourselves. It is just another precaution."Snape said as he saw Granger instinctively try and grab her wand. When she realized that she no longer had her squirt on, she grimaced in realization.

"Give us our wands immediately!"Hermione yelled in anger. The boys were definitely on her side about this matter too. She could tell that they were equally upset.

"Miss Granger finally speaks up. A witch and wizard do not feel whole without there wands. I know the feeling but this is important. You will thank me someday for my assistance."

Ron seriously doubted that. He wanted to shout and refuse Snape forever, but he even knew that fighting with Snape was as useless as convincing Dumbledore to let them go.

"We have been coerced and that is one of the things Dumbledore will hold over our heads until he thinks we have had enough. And it all comes circling back to Potter! It is always about Harry bloody Potter!"