" I don't want to hear either one of you talking" Petunia said after them

Both adults heard bedroom door slamming

" So Severus, how do you plan on punishing Harry when he's bad" Petunia asked

" I believe in spanking and grounding, along with a lecture" Severus said

" I should probably try that with Dudley, he has been a brat all of his life" Petunia said

" Also, what I do in school that would work at home is having the kids write sentances" Severus said

" Wow sounds like you know all of the punishing techniques" Petunia said

" Just another way to scare students, I'm one of the most feared teachers at Hogwarts, actually I might be the scariest teacher at Hogwarts" Severus said, "and now with your permission since you're still his guardian, I'm going to put some fear into my son"

" Go right ahead" Petunia said, " I will do the same to my son"

They nodded and headed upstairs to the boys' rooms

" Harry's is the one with all the locks" Petunia said

Severus nodded and headed towards the room and knocked

" Come in" Harry said in a gloomy tone

Harry was all beat up, he had two black eyes, a split lip, a bloody nose, a few bruises on his arms and a few bite marks on his arms

" Well it looks like your cousin got you good" Severus said

" I'm used to it" Harry said

Severus didn't like the sound of that

" What I did to him, now that was new" Harry said

" Are you proud about what you did to your cousin?" Severus asked

" Just letting off some steam, he said something bad about Sirius and that is what really got me mad" Harry said

" I see, you do realize you really could have gotten hurt, your cousin is a whale compared to you, he could have easily broken your ribs or something" Severus said

" But he didn't" Harry said

" He could easily have broken your wand as well" Severus said

" My wand is not broken, it is perfectly safe" Harry said

" Ok stop with all of these excuses, you are in very big trouble young man" Severus said

" But he started it" Harry said

" I don't care who started it, you participated in it and so you must suffer the concequences" Severus said

" How? There are no detentions or house points to take away, it's summer sir" Harry said

" I know it's summer Harry, and I also know that I'm your father, not just your teacher, and parents have other ways of dealing with their children

All of a sudden they could hear Dudley screaming

" Sounds like your aunt already got to that part" Severus said with a smirk

" I don't like the sounds of that" Harry thought

" Now then, your punishment" Severus said and he sat down on Harry's bed and faced him, "Come here"

Harry finally got the idea, Vernon used to spank him when he was little

" Oh no, no way, I'm too old" Harry said backing up

" I said come here" Severus said firmly

" NO" Harry yelled

He opened his bedroom door and ran out before Severus could stand up and get his wand out, He ran after Harry who was almost to the front door but then Severus cast PROTRIFICUS TOTALICE at Harry and he stiffened and fell on the floor

Severus calmly went downstairs and looked at Harry who was stairing up at him

" Word from the wise, don't anger me then I am already, it just makes things more difficult for you" Severus said, "You just trippled your punishment"

Severus picked Harry up who was very light and headed back to Harry's room, stood Harry up, kept a hold on Harry's wrist, sat down on Harry's bed and undid the spell. Harry looked very scared

" Now lay across my knees" Severus spoke in the tone that all students are afraid of

Harry couldn't escape again, Severus was holding his wrist too tight, Harry grudgedly laid accross his fathers knees and waited for the impact. When it came it still surprised him but he didn't yell, he tried to stop Severus from spanking him after the 20th smack because his bottom was now on fire but severus just took his hand and pinned it to his back which hurt even more. Harry was tearing after the 40th smack but still not crying

" When is he going to be done?" Harry thought, my backside is already on fire"

Severus finished on the 90th smack and at this point Harry was shaking and crying

" I told you I was trippling your punishment" Severus said when he finally let Harry get off his lap, now that that is over with, when we get back to headquarters you are to go straight to your room for the rest of the night, and when we get to my parents' house you are grounded to your room for three weeks, do you understand?"

Harry nodded

"Good" Severus said, " I hope you realize this is what will happen if you get into any trouble in the summer or at school, no more late nights, or endangering your life without concequence. Now we must go downstairs and sign the adoption papers, I hear an owl in the kitchen. Come along"

Harry followed Severus into the kitchen and there was an owl and he was holding adoption papers

" Now sit at the table and I will get your aunt so we can get this done" Severus said

Harry sat and put his head down and waited until his father and aunt came back down

" Owls brought the adoption papers? Do you use owls for all mailing things" Petunia asked

" Yes" Severus said

" Ok lets get started" Petunia said sitting down next to Harry

Severus spelled out three quills and three ink bottles

" Ok, Petunia this is what you need to read and sign, Harry you need to read and sign this, and I need to read and sign this" Severus said

They had to read and sign a lot, there were guidlines to follow and it took them an hour and a half to read and sign everything. Severus folded up the papers and gave it back to the owl and it took off to the Ministry

" Is that it?" Petunia asked

" That is it, Harry is now in my care" Severus said, " I think we better be going"

" But you're invited for dinner" Petunia said

" You still want us over after what happened?" Severus asked

" Of course, I mean if you don't mind" Petunia said

" Of course I don't mind" Severus said, " But Harry since you're grounded you are to stay in your room the rest of the day until dinner"

Harry sighed and went back up the stairs and to his room

It was four hours until dinner and that night they were having roasted chicken with mashed potatos and corn

" I will collect the boys" Severus said leaving the kitchen and heading up the stairs

He first knocked on Harry's door

" Harry it's time for dinner" Severus said

Harry opened his door and headed down the stairs and to the kitchen

Severus went to Dudley's door and knocked

" Mr. Dursley it's time for dinner" Severus said

" GO AWAY FREAK" Dudley yelled

Severus got mad at being called a freak and he opened the door and glared at Dudley, the glare that scares all of his students

" It is time for dinner, I will not tell you again" Severus said

" Wh-what a-are y-you g-g-going to do?" Dudley stuttered in fear

" Cooperate and you won't find out" Severus said

Dudley got off of his bed and followed the scary looking man to the kitchen

Harry was finishing setting the table

The boys didn't say anything throughout the meal,

" I haven't had a quiet meal in such a long time" Seveus said when the meal was finished

" I suppose not... with you being a teacher and all" Petunia said

" You are a very good cook Petunia, the roasted chicken was very good" Severus said

" Why thank you Severus" Petunia said and smiled

After dinner the adults made the boys do the dishes

" Why do I have to do the dishes?" Dudley whined

" It's about time you learn some responsibility and how to do chores... you're 16 for crying out loud and you never even washed one dish" Harry said

" Because that's your job" Dudley said

Harry rolled his eyes, "Not anymore"

Dudley pouted and the two boys finished the dishes

" Well, I think we have stayed here long enough, it has been wonderful seeing you again Petunia" Severus said

" You should visit us again" Petunia said

" What about your husband and his dislike of magic?" Severus asked

" He'll just have to get used to it, I think your kind are facinating, I was very jelous of my sister when she got her letter, I wished I was a witch too" Petunia said, " I wish I could take back all the mean things I said to her when she came back from Hogwarts"

" We all say things we don't mean" Severus said thinking about when he called Lily a mudblood, " Well, Harry and I should probably be getting back, we are going to my parents' tomorrow"

" Ok" Petunia said

Severus went in the kitchen and saw the boys drying the last dish

" Harry it's time to go, don't forget your broom" Severus said

Without a word Harry went upstairs to his room and grabbed his broom and checked to make sure he didn't leave anything else behind then he went back downstairs where Severus was waiting

" You ready" Severus asked

Harry nodded

Petunia did an odd thing, she went over to Harry and hugged him. At first Harry stiffened but then relaxed and returned the embrace

" I'll miss you Harry" Petunia said

Harry didn't say anything, he was surprised, this has been a really weird day

Finally she let him go

" Now don't be strangers you hear? Come visit again" Petunia said

" NO" Dudley whined, " I don't want Harry here anymore, he got dad in trouble"

" Your father deserved what he got if not more, I love your father Dudley but he needs to pay the concequences" Petunia said

" I think that's the theme for today, paying concequences" Harry said

" I think you're right" Severus said

" Please, Harry, Severus, please come back soon" Petunia said

" We will try" Severus said, " Thank you for your hospitality but it is now time to leave"

Severus walked out the door followed by Harry and they were both waving, Petunia was waving too and Dudley was glaring

" Sorry Dudley but your glare doesn't top Professor Snape's" Harry said with a laugh

Severus chuckled at that too and pulled out the portkey and they portkeyed away