Alex felt as if she had been hit with a ton of bricks when she heard the dormitory monitor sternly calling her up to the front of the room. But she was too well trained to disobey, and her brain worked furiously to comprehend what was happening as her legs obediently carried her up to the front of the room.
"Alexandra, this was found in your room. After what happened between the two of you, nobody expects you and Brooke to be best friends, but two wrongs don't make a right and retaliation certainly will not be tolerated. What have you got to say for yourself?" the dorm monitor scolded sternly.
"I didn't take it, Ma'am. I've been with Grace pretty much all day except for our therapy sessions." Alex replied, her lower lip trembling slightly. She had been strapped before, at home by her Mistress, but the prison strap in Teresa's hand looked especially evil.
"That's true, Ma'am." Grace chimed in.
"Be quiet, Grace. Alexandra, you were seen sneaking into Brooke's room and leaving with this bracelet in your hand, Patty and Zoey both saw you. Now, if I were you, I would start telling the truth, because lying won't get you anywhere except into more trouble."
"But I didn't steal, Ma'am. I'm not lying." Alex said desperately with tears filling her eyes. She was beyond screwed; Patty and Zoey were Brooke's minions, they worshiped the ground she walked on and did everything she told them to do.
"I'm afraid that just isn't true, Alexandra, no matter how much you wish it was, and you are going to be punished. You are going to be spanked and strapped here in this room like Brooke was. Then you will go straight to your room for the rest of the day, your dinner will be brought to you at the normal time and there will be no dessert for you. After you eat your dinner, you will get straight into your bed and stay there until tomorrow morning. You will also write a six-page essay of your own on why retaliation is never the correct course of action in response to wrongdoing, and you will be spanked in the punishment room every Friday until it is finished to my satisfaction."
Alex was crying freely by the time the dormitory monitor finished handing down her sentence. Knowing that any further arguing would be useless and just get her in even more trouble, Alex didn't argue anymore and didn't fight it as Teresa sat down on a chair, pulled Alex's jeans and panties down to her knees, and guided Alex over her lap with her bare bottom facing her audience. Teresa raised up her strong right hand and began to spank Alex's bottom sharply. Alex had never been punished by Teresa before and immediately decided that she was going to do everything in her power to avoid it in the future. Teresa was silently impressed that Alex didn't kick and squirm over her lap like the other girls did when it was time for them to be spanked. After over twenty years and a lot of loving training, Alex knew how to accept a spanking gracefully and did her very best to do so once again, even though she knew she was getting a spanking she didn't deserve. Alex knew that if she kept fighting and arguing, it would just make her look even more guilty and make the punishment worse, so she would accept the punishment and just pray that the truth would somehow come out before Friday. All eyes were on Alex and nobody was paying attention to Brooke sitting in her chair looking smug.
With her spanking complete and her bottom on fire, Alex found herself restrained over the dormitory monitor's lap while Teresa delivered a thorough strapping to Alex's bottom. Alex really didn't need to be restrained that much, she was still doing her best to take her punishment with as much grace as she could possibly muster. She was sobbing loudly, but she wasn't moving hardly at all as she lay limp across the dorm monitor's lap. It seemed to drag on forever, but finally it was over and Alex was sent to her room. Alex took her jeans and panties off from around her legs and curled up on her bed on her belly to continue sobbing at the pain and the injustice. It was a few minutes later when Teresa arrived to gently rub arnica on Alex's punished bottom.
"I really don't enjoy punishing any of you girls, young lady, but I hope this has taught you a good lesson. What Brooke did to you certainly wasn't right, but an eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind. I'll see you in the punishment room on Friday, unless you can get your essay done before then, so I suggest you get started as soon as you can pull yourself together." Teresa lectured as she gently doctored Alex's bottom and then left the room. Alex was sobbing too hard to respond.
A while later, Alex was still lying on her bed crying when she felt a tap on her shoulder and looked up through her tears to see Brooke standing by her bed looking down at her.
"That will teach you to cross me. I still own these halls, don't you forget that." Brooke gave Alex's strapped bottom a hard pinch, making Alex yelp before she turned and left the room.
When Alex's baby blue eyes were finally dry, she placed a pillow on her desk chair and very carefully sat down to begin writing her essay. She was almost finished with the second page when her dinner was brought to her. She ate as slowly as possible, but when she was finished eating she looked out her window and could see that the sun was still up. With a sigh, Alex changed into her pajamas and obediently got into her bed. She could hear the familiar buzz of dormitory life going on outside her bedroom and wished she could participate. She stared at her bedroom wall for a while and then picked up a book to read. Nobody had told her that she was allowed to read in bed, but then again, nobody had told her that she couldn't, either.
The next day, Alex was no longer restricted to her room so Olivia was allowed to come visit and Alex flew straight into her beloved Mistress's arms and sobbed on Olivia's shoulder.
"Oh, there, there. What happened, baby? You can tell me anything." Olivia cooed lovingly, cuddling Alex close and stroking her long blonde hair, concerned to see her beloved submissive so upset.
Olivia listened intently while Alex choked out the whole story.
"But, Ma'am, I didn't do it! I really didn't, I swear!" Alex sobbed.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhh. I know you didn't, baby, I believe you. Come here and give me your bottom, please. I'm just going to look and make sure you're okay."
Olivia sat down on the couch in the visitor's lounge and pulled down Alex's track pants and panties. Alex willingly draped herself across Olivia's lap and winced as Olivia gently glided her hand across Alex's punished bottom.
"That's my good girl. I'm just looking, baby, that's all." Olivia soothed as she inspected the marks left by the prison strap.
"I'm sorry, Ma'am." Alex whimpered with tears in her eyes.
"You don't have a single thing to be sorry for, my angel, you didn't do anything wrong. Come on, up now and into my arms."
Alex got up from Olivia's lap and snuggled into Olivia's arms, resting her head on Olivia's shoulder while Olivia rocked her and very gently rubbed her bottom and showered her with praise for the entire two hours that she was there, assuring Alex that she was a good girl and that the situation would somehow work itself out before Friday. Olivia knew that storming in to see the dorm monitor and demanding that Alex be let off of her punishment would be ineffective since she had no proof. All she could do was comfort and soothe her sad angel. Alex was still sad, but was no longer sobbing, as Olivia gave her multiple kisses goodbye with a promise of coming back to visit in two days.
"I love you, Ma'am.." Alex sniffled.
"I love you, sweet girl. More than anything." Olivia replied.
"Excuse me, Ma'am? Are you Alex Cabot's Mistress?" a girl stopped Olivia on her way out of the building.
"Yes, I am. What's your name, little one?" Olivia asked.
"My name is Zoey. I'm one of Brooke's friends and… and I was there yesterday watching Alex's punishment and… well… I feel really guilty… we did something really, really bad." the girl admitted with guilt radiating from her blue eyes.
Olivia tried to control her emotions as Zoey explained to her that it had been Brooke's idea to plant her bracelet in Alex's room and make Zoey and Patty say that they had seen Alex do it. Zoey squeaked as Olivia took her by the arm and led her down to the punishment room and made her repeat everything she had just told Olivia for Teresa to hear. Teresa was equally as furious as Olivia and called both Patty and Brooke down to the punishment room. It took some grilling and prodding, but finally both Brooke and Patty admitted that what Zoey said was true. Next, Teresa called the dormitory monitor down to the punishment room and made the three girls confess their story yet again. Finally, Alex was called down to the punishment room. She was surprised to see Olivia there, as well as the dormitory monitor. Brooke, Patty, and Zoey were standing in separate corners with their hands on their heads. Then Alex saw the prison strap lying on Teresa's desk and she broke down sobbing.
"No, please! Please not again! I'll be a good girl, I swear it!" Alex pleaded fearfully and Olivia was by her side in an instant.
"Shhhhhhhhhhhhh. The strap isn't for you, baby. You're a good girl." Olivia soothed lovingly.
"Alex I'm afraid you've been the victim of a cruel injustice and have been punished unfairly." the dormitory monitor proceeded to explain to Alex everything that had happened.
It took a moment for Alex to process everything she had been told, and she couldn't believe the lengths Brooke had gone to to get her in trouble. And she still couldn't understand why Brooke hated her so much in the first place. Teresa stood by her desk with her arms crossed in front of her and called Brooke, Patty, and Zoey out of their corners to come stand in front of her.
"Girls, I don't think 'disappointed' is even a strong enough word to describe what I am feeling right at this moment. Patricia and Zoey, the two of you are going to be strapped here today and then sent to Block C for a week. Let's hope that is enough punishment to put you on the right track and teach you to mind the company you keep. Brooke, for you, I'm afraid this is just one infraction too many. You will also be strapped, and then you will pack your things and you will be leaving Kincaid Transition Station tonight. We will make arrangements for you to stay at Coldwell Dormitory until you can find a job and work long enough to afford an apartment."
Patty and Zoey trembled in fear with wide eyes. Block C was a separate part of Kincaid a few miles away. It was basically a reform school for submissives. The girls wore uniforms, were under constant supervision, had to ask permission for everything, even to go to the bathroom or have a drink of water between meals, and received daily maintenance spankings. The rules and punishments at Kincaid were strict, but the rules and punishments at Block C were much stricter and by the end of the week when Patty and Zoey were allowed to come back, they would have a newfound respect and appreciation for how much freedom they were afforded at Kincaid.
Coldwell Dormitory was a way for a submissive to transition into living on their own when every other option had been exhausted. Brooke would be required to get a job to make money and open a bank account to save her paychecks until she could afford to pay rent and other expenses. She would be assigned a therapist and she would have her therapist to help her adjust to living on her own. If she was fired from her job, she would receive daily maintenance spankings until she found another one. If she was kicked out of her apartment, she would be allowed to return to Coldwell until she found another one, but she would receive daily maintenance spankings until she found another apartment. The people at Kincaid hated to kick anyone out, and it had only happened a handful of times in the past, but Brooke had already been given too many chances and had proven herself to be a danger to other submissives. Most of the submissives at Kincaid were in therapy for abandonment issues or physical, mental, or emotional abuse, and being subject to a bully did not foster a safe, healing environment for these submissives.
Alex stayed wrapped in Olivia's arms as she watched the three girls being strapped side by side over Teresa's desk. When it was over, the three sobbing submissives were escorted out of the punishment room.