Climb over the bars.

You stand up, finding your legs a little unsteady, and look over the bars of what you now realise is a giant cot. It's your room but at the same time it's not. It's the same size and the door, wardrobe and window are in the same places. Even the view from the window is familiar. However, everything else is different. this cot is where your bed was and your desk has been replaced by a similarly large changing table. A variety of baby toys are stacked neatly where you once had a bookcase.

You try to pull yourself over the bars but don't seem to have the strength.

"It won't work." Jane informs you in a defeated tone. "We can't get past anything that would stop a toddler."

"What?" You ask, confused.

"It's a kind of magic." She says. "I've changed reality."

"You've changed reality?" You roll your eyes as you examine the bars. There seems to be some mechanism which allows them to be lowered. "How would you do that?"

"I found this weird store yesterday, after you told me about your new job." She explains. "The guy in there somehow knew I was upset about you moving away. He said he had a way for me to keep you here."

"And what's that?" You ask, as you try to figure out how to lower the bars but get nowhere.

"It was a baby's rattle in the shape of a {if Girl=true}pink {endif}magic wand." She says. "He explained that if I shook it while concentrating on someone I could change reality around them so that they lived like a baby{if Girl=true} girl{endif}."

"So you used it on me?" You ask.

{if Kate=true}"And Kate. I wanted you two to still be able to be together."{else}"Yes."{endif} she says. "I must have been thinking about how you wanted me to come with you when I shook the rattle."

The door opens and your mother walks in. "Looks like my {if Girl=true}girls{else}babies{endif} are awake." She acts like there is nothing strange about the scene she has walked in on. "Good morning Jane and {if Girl=true}Michelle{else}Michael{endif}." She lowers the bars effortlessly and gives you each a hug as you get down from the mattress. "Now Let's check those diapers."

Before you can react, she {if Girl=true}lifts your nightie and {endif} pulls the waistband of the diaper out to examine your bottom. "No poopies." She declares happily before feeling the crotch of your diaper. "Dry. Maybe you're not drinking enough water. Are you feeling okay?" She holds her hand against your forehead to check. "No fever."

"Your turn Jane." Your mother turns to your sister who suddenly looks very embarrassed.

As you mother lifts Jane's nightie you can see why. The crotch of her diaper is sagging and yellowed.

"You actually wet yourself?" You laugh.

"I can't help it." Jane whines. "The spell makes us need diapers too."

Your mother ignores this and leads Jane over to the changing table. "Up you get."

"What are you doing?" You ask as Jane reluctantly complies. "Is she actually going to change you like a baby?"

"To her I am a baby." Jane explains, covering her face as your mother untapes her diaper. "Please don't watch this. It's embarrassing enough without you watching."