And so it begins...

It was the first Friday of the first week since Elena and Jeremy have started school at Mystic Falls High. Being that they were still half human they still slept like all humans do. Jeremy was a morning person and always sprung out of bed without any qualms. Elena, on the other hand, was not a morning person and struggled every morning when she had to get up to go to school. Elijah knew this about his daughter; he would give her 10 minute wake up calls for a good 40 minutes before she had to officially be out of bed in order to make it out of the house on time. She was also not the most chipper in the morning but as long as she kept her whininess to a minimum, Elijah would let it slide. On this particular Friday, he could not overlook her disregard for his authority as her father.

"Elena, that was the last wake up call, you have 20 minutes before you have to leave for school, get up." Her father demanded.

She groaned and scowled but got out of bed. She favored her human side and drudged around at a slow pace.

"Elena, Jeremy, you have exactly 10 minutes before you have to be downstairs to eat breakfast!" Elijah called out to his children from the kitchen.

Jeremy had already been up for a couple of hours. He was just getting out of the shower that he desperately needed after his extreme morning workout. It was a workout he didn't necessarily need for physical reasons. The vampire half of him kept his strength 20 times any human's strength. It was his human half that needed the workout to contribute to keeping his mind focused and stimulated. Elena on the other hand may do a little yoga on occasion but, she was never devoted to a daily routine.

Ten minutes had passed when Elijah called out to his children again. This time he told them breakfast was ready and they had 30 seconds to get downstairs. Jeremy was downstairs and in the kitchen within 10 seconds. Elena just rolled her eyes and took her sweet time. Three minutes later she dragged her self out her bedroom door and lazily made her way to the kitchen. She entered the kitchen and saw two different distinct looks. The look on her brother's face was a look of wonderment. He couldn't believe his sister had completely disregarded their father's instructions; and that she would test his authority like she did. The look on her father's face was one of frustration.

"Young lady, when, in any time in history, has 30 seconds been code for five minutes?" Elijah asked his daughter, flabbergasted by her action.

"Daddy, don't be so anal about time, it's not that big of a deal." Elena told her father nonchalantly.

What happened next happened so quickly, a mere human would have never deducted it. The second that Elena finished her statement Jeremy looked at her in shock and amazement and then empathy. He knew their father would never tolerate her disrespect, and that Elena was going to have a very difficult day with sitting comfortably. Elijah picked Elena up and carried her back upstairs to her room. It all happened in a matter of seconds. Elena had been jolted out of her sluggish disposition. She was wide awake and quickly tried to fix what she had just done.

"Daddy! Please, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it!" Elena pleaded.

Before Elijah sat down on Elena's bed he took hold of both of her upper arms and faced her so she had direct eye contact with him.

"Elena, I don't care how tired you may be; it is never okay to be disrespectful. The first time was when you ignored my instructions and went downstairs five minutes later. The second time was your comment about me and time. You know better."

With those words, Elijah sat down on the bed and immediately placed Elena over his lap. In less than a second he flipped up her black and white plaid skirt and pulled her pink cotton panties down to the meet the top of the thick black thigh highs she was wearing. One of her penny loafers fell off as she kicked and squirmed on her father's lap. He looked quickly at his watch then wasted no time spanking his little girl's bare bottom. He spanked her continuingly for two minutes at a very study and firm pace. With the intensity of the spanking, Elena began sobbing almost instantly after her father brought down the first of many smacks.

"I'm sorry daddy, please, I promise I'll be good, please stop." Elena begged as she cried.

After exactly two minutes, Elijah stopped. He quickly pulled her panties up and readjusted her skirt as he sat her down next to him on the bed. She was crying hard and loudly. He told her to look at him and she did the best she could due to her circumstances but was having difficulty. Elijah had to guide his daughter by cupping under her chin with his index finger and facing her in his direction. He looked directly in her eyes as Elena did her best to stop crying and focus.

"You, little girl, are very lucky that you have to go to school or this spanking would have lasted much longer. Listen very carefully. I'm not going to continue this spanking after school as long as you are an absolute perfect angel for the rest of the day. Do I make myself crystal clear?" Elijah asked sternly.

"Yes daddy," answered Elena as best as she could while still trying to get a handle on her crying.

"Alright then, good," said Elijah before he kissed his daughter on the forehead. "Hurry up and get downstairs, your brother is waiting for you."

Elena quickly made her way downstairs and found her brother waiting for her at the bottom. He had her backpack, a thermos filled with blood to satisfy her vampire side and a fruit bar to satisfy her human side; he handed her all three items the moment she was within reach. She wiped away a few tears before she took the items and thanked him. A moment later their father came down the stairs wearing a suit jacket. He grabbed his car keys and opened the front door for his children to exit.

There were two cars in the drive way; a black BMW 6 series that Elijah drove, and a white mustang with a thick blue stripe down the middle of the hood, which belonged to Jeremy. Elijah kissed his kids goodbye for the day. While Jeremy was walking to his car, Elena was not far behind. Elijah called out her name, she stopped and turned around and found her father directly in front of her. He lowered his head in order to have direct eye contact with his daughter.

"Remember, be a good girl in school today okay."

Elena blushed as she gave her father a half smile and told him that she would. He returned her smile then gave her nod and gesture as if to tell her to quickly catch up to her brother. She was on the passenger side of Jeremy's car in less than a second. Jeremy unlocked her side of the car and she got in as carefully as she could. Her bottom was blazing due to the spanking she just received just minutes earlier. She was still trying to sit down as Elijah got into his BMW. Elena finally decided that she would have to sit on one of her knees in order to find any comfort for the ride to school. Jeremy looked over at his sister as he started the car.

"What could you have possibly been thinking this morning?" Jeremy asked, still amazed at the actions that took place not long ago.

Elena carefully readjusted her self in the seat again and looked back at her brother.

"Honestly? I have no idea. Maybe some evil warlock made their way into my subconscious and dared me to do something stupid." Elena answered with a smirk.

Jeremy laughed, "Well, that would surely explain things a lot more."

With Elijah's immaculate vampire hearing he overheard Elena's statement and couldn't help but smile. Elena and Jeremy drove off to school and Elijah made his way to his office downtown. As Elijah drove he just shook his head and thought to him self…"and so it begins."