Tirza threw the broom onto the floor. "You!" she shouted, pointing a finger at him. "Look at my hair!" She stomped over towards him and stopped just in inches in front of him. "My god, look at me, I'm practically bald!" Draco, very amused, looked at her shoulder length hair. "You call that bald?" he asked. Tirza glared at him as he laughed. "Keep laughing and you'll be bald!" she shouted. Draco smirked at her. "You're really not the one to make threats here." An eyebrow rose. "Yeah?" "Yeah; I'm not the one flying around inside the castle. I bet Snape doesn't know what you're up to," Draco pointed out. Tirza shrugged. "Who cares?" "Oh, well if you don't care, than maybe I'll just go tell him." Draco turned and started to walk down the hallway. Tirza thought about his threat for a moment. "Wait!" She called; she ran to catch up with him. "Don't tell on me, please." Draco turned and smiled at her. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't?" Tirza scowled. "Cuz I'll kick your ass if you do?" He laughed. "I'm just kidding of course; don't you remember that we called peace just before the Regression Potion thing?" Tirza nodded. "So then what happened to my hair?" Draco shrugged. "You were two; you were really small and fast. You took off and by the time I caught up with you, you had chopped your hair." She thought about his explanation; it did make sense. "Okay, so what's up than? You following me or something?" Draco laughed. "No, I was wondering if you could be trusted with a secret." Tirza nodded excitedly. "On Saturday at a secret place in Hogsmeade, me and a group of friends are going to get together and since we're 'pals' now, I thought you might like to come." "Yeah, that'd be awesome! Am I really invited?" Draco nodded. "Just keep quiet about it; we meet in a secret place and we don't want everyone crashing in on us." "Sure, I can keep a secret," Tirza told him. "Good; we'll talk about it again later." He turned and left her standing in the hallway.

Tirza, dressed in a play nurse outfit, complete with white heels and funny 1950's cap, ordered Snape to stay in bed. "Tirza, I am perfectly able to eat my supper in the Great Hall," he told her. Tirza stubbornly shook her head. "Nope, you are gonna stay here. I'm the nurse and you're the patient, and you have to listen to me. Besides, Grandpa already told the elves to bring our suppers here." Snape sighed, just as there was a knock on the door. Tirza allowed the house elves to enter; they began to set up a table and lay out the dishes of food. Snape put on a bathrobe before coming into the sitting room and sat beside Tirza at the table. Tirza looked at her plate and made gagging noises. "And what, pray tell, is wrong with you?" Snape asked sarcastically. He looked down at his plate and the reasons for her gagging; the elves had served fish. "Daddy, I..." she started, but Snape raised his hand in a gesture for silence. "I know; it's against your religion to eat anything with eyes." He rolled his eyes as he grabbed his wand and changed the fish into spaghetti. Tirza sighed. "Ah, you know me so well daddy!" He chuckled. "Well I'm learning to know you at least. I have a feeling that there will be many things that shall surprise me over the years." Tirza nodded and began eating. They had just about finished their supper when there was another knock on the door. Tirza rushed to the door, her white high heels, much too big, clicked on the floor. "Hi Grandpa!" She threw her arms around the old wizard. "I'd return the hug my dear, but I am afraid I'd spill the desserts I've brought," he told her. It was just than that she noticed the three covered plates in his hands. Her dark eyes went wide, sparkling with excitement. "Ooh, goody!" she shouted. Dumbledore laughed and the elves came in behind him to clear away the things from the little table. Dumbledore set the three plates down and sat with Snape and Tirza. Dumbledore uncovered his plate and dug into his chocolate pudding like an excited child. Snape chuckled and uncovered his own plate; bread pudding. Tirza gave him a funny look. "Dude, what's that?" "It's called bread pudding," Snape told her. She raised an eyebrow. "Can I have a taste?" He nodded and gave her a spoon full of the pudding; her face contorted with disgust and she hastily swallowed it. "Okay, that is going on my list of things that are against my religion," she announced. "I'm agree with you my dear; I much prefer anything chocolate," Dumbledore told her. Snape shook his head. "You have a list of things that offend you and you consider restricted from your little religion?" Tirza nodded. "This I'll have to see some time," Snape decided. Tirza uncovered her plate to find a very large slice of chocolate cake, complete with white frosting and chocolate chips on top. She giggled with happiness and blew Dumbledore a kiss. "Grandpa, you are the best!" Snape looked at the very large slice and raised an eyebrow. "You'll get sick if you eat that entire piece." Tirza rolled her eyes. "Nah, I'm good." She happily began to devour her cake. "Headmaster, you'll spoil her," Snape commented. Dumbledore's eyes twinkled with laughter. "Of course I will; she is my only grandchild you know." Snape shook his head and turned his attention to his own desert.

After dessert was done, Tirza went to her room to play with Jinn Jinn, leaving the two wizards in the sitting room. "And Tirza!" Snape called. She poked her head out the door and he continued. "Let's not play with that oven thing again, alright?" She giggled and nodded. "What is that all about?" Dumbledore asked. Tirza poked her head out the door once again. "I was trying to bake daddy a cake and it got stuck and started on fire and he had to come put it out and he swore and everything. It was really funny!" Snape shot her a stern look. "Don't do it again, or you definitely will not think it is amusing." She laughed. "But still it was funny, the look on your face and than when you swore!" Dumbledore was trying hard not to laugh, and his shoulders were shaking with the held in merriment. "Tirza, go play." "But it was really funny!" she added. "Tirza..." Snape warned. Just then the rabbit shot out from the bedroom, and hopped over to Snape's desk. Jinn Jinn happily began to eat the desk (Rabbits love to chew on wooden stuff. Okay, so rabbits just love to chew on EVERYTHING!) Snape watched the rabbit for a moment, wondering what exactly it was up to. The next thing he knew, Jinn Jinn had pulled the drawer out, pulling it with her teeth (My rabbits open doors that way; unless you latch the door, they follow you everywhere!). "Tirza Jade Snape, if that rabbit of yours eats even one of my papers..." Snape growled. Tirza ran to the desk and herded the wayward rabbit back to her room. "Dude, don't have a heart attack. She can't help it, that's just what baby bunnies do silly." Snape shook his head as Tirza closed the door of her room. Snape turned his attention to Dumbledore. "To what do I owe this visit Albus?" Dumbledore cleared his throat. "I was wondering how things went this morning." Snape rolled his eyes. "Have I ever told you that you are a very nosy person?" Dumbledore chuckled and shook his head. "No you have not; but you are certainly not the first, nor the last, I am sure."

Snape nodded and took a deep breath. "I believe it went... well. We had a very good talk and hopefully Tirza can start to heal now." Dumbledore seemed pleased. "Good, good; I am glad that you talked with her." He paused, wanting to continue, but not sure if the younger wizard would appreciate it. "So you talked and she explained everything and it was all straightened out? And that was it?" Snape gave the older wizard a hard look for a moment before chuckling. "Albus, if you are asking what I think you are asking..." Tirza poked her head out of her door again. "Can I come sit with you guys?" Snape nodded. "But only if that rabbit stays in there." Tirza giggled and headed towards the armchair next to Snape's. "OWY!" she screeched, jumping out of the chair. She rubbed her bottom for a moment, than grabbed a pillow and placed it on the seat of the chair. She gently lowered herself onto it and sighed. "Much better," she announced. Dumbledore was shocked and stunned, thinking that Snape had beaten his daughter within an inch of her life. Snape's face flamed red with embarrassment. Tirza started to laugh and laughed so hard that she fell out of the chair, rolling on the floor. Snape was the first to regain his ability to speak. "Tirza Jade Snape, that is not in the least bit amusing!!" he shouted. Tirza continued to laugh. "Oh my god, you should have seen the look on your guys' faces!" Snape glared at her. "Tirza, you will go to your room this instant!" She still rolled on the floor with laughter. "You have five seconds to get into your room before you WILL need a pillow to sit on! One..." Tirza's joke was suddenly not so much fun anymore and she scurried to her room before Snape carried out his threat. Dumbledore, feeling much relieved to find it was all a joke, looked at Snape. Snape's face was still a dark red and he shook his head. "I have never been so embarrassed in my entire life," he grumbled. Albus was his friend, in fact, almost like a father to him and Tirza had humiliated him in front of his friend. Dumbledore began to laugh and Snape scowled at him. "Come now Severus, you have to admit that she had wonderful timing on her little joke and certainly caught both of us by surprise." Snape shook his head. "There are times when I do not understand my child at all. I suppose she did not mean any harm; she just did not think of the way it would look. She was lucky it was you, with your great sense of humor and not someone else; I could have been hauled away," Snape commented. Even in the wizarding world, spousal and child abuse was not tolerated. "That is true, but she is a child and did not think of such things. All those sorts of things aside, it was still a well played prank; she truly has wonderful comic timing," Dumbledore added. Snape rolled his eyes and he turned the conversation to another direction as his face returned to its normal, pale consistency.

Tirza tentatively knocked on Snape's bedroom door and poked her head inside. Snape was again resting and looked up when he heard the door open. "Can I come in?" He nodded and she slowly walked towards him, barely peeking her head up at him and stopped a few feet away from him. She stood there in flannel teddy bear pants and top pajamas, looking rather nervous. "Daddy, I'm sorry I made you mad. I didn't mean too, I just thought it would be funny to see the look on yours and Grandpa's faces." Snape watched her squirm rather nervously as she continued. "I'm really sorry. You're not gonna spank me again are you?" Snape's look softened and he reached out, rubbing her cheek with his hand. "Come here baby," he said, lifting her effortlessly onto his lap. "I know that you thought it would be funny, but it wasn't. There are laws here in the wizarding world about abuse, just like in the Muggle world. You are very lucky that Grandpa figured out it was a joke and didn't have me taken away." Her eyes grew wide. "Really? They woulda taken you away?" He nodded and she threw her arms around him. "I don't want anyone to take you away daddy; I'd be really sad." Snape rubbed her back as he continued. "Darling, nobody is going to take me away, but still you cannot do things like that, alright?" She nodded. "But does that mean I gotta be boring?" He chuckled. "Of course not; just try to make jokes of things that are more appropriate." She looked up at him confused. "How do I know what's appropriate?" "I will tell you," Snape told her quickly. She shrugged. "Okay, sounds good. Um, you're not gonna spank me though, are you?" Snape shook his head and kissed her cheek. "No; I know that you did not mean to be naughty, you just enjoy pranks playing around." "Good. So are you feeling okay?" Snape smiled at her and ruffled her dark locks. "I am rather sore and tired, but in general I am doing well." She raised an eyebrow. "Okay, I think that means you're cool in like, normal English, right?" He laughed and hugged her close. "It is almost your bedtime; would you like me to read to you?" Tirza nodded and left to get a book. She returned and curled up beside him, with Molly in her arms. Snape kissed her head and opened the book. "And they lived happily ever after..." he finished, closing the book. He looked down at Tirza and discovered that she was fast asleep. He gently cradled her in his arms and carried her to her room; he tucked Tirza and Molly, still encircled by Tirza's arm, in bed. "Sleep well princess; I love you," he whispered and kissed her cheek.

The next day Snape was back teaching his classes, leaving Tirza to her own entertainment. She happily snuck away to the storage closet, which was locked this time. She attempted to pick the lock, which she was quite good at, but the lock refused to be picked. "But be all magical and shit," she decided. She slumped onto the floor, utterly disappointed; she had really wanted to fly! She thought hard about how to open the door and an ideas struck her as she saw the Gryffindors and Slytherins heading for Transfigurations. "Draco!" she shouted. The Slytherin stopped and watched her run towards him. "What's going on?" he asked. Just as she came close to him, she tripped and he reached out to catch her; her hand, quick as a flash, grabbed his wand and stashed it under her t-shirt. "Sorry," she mumbled as she stood up again. By now most of the students were in their classrooms. "Just wanted to say hi! See ya later!" Tirza turned and ran back down the hallway. Draco shook his head. "Crazy kid." Suddenly a thought hit him and he reached in his robes for his wand; it was gone. "Tirza!" he shouted. Tirza paid him no attention as she went to the closet door. She pointed the wand at the lock and took a deep breath. She had heard her dad say this spell several times and was confident. "Alohomora." The lock clicked and she pulled the door open. "Tirza, what are you doing with my wand?" Draco demanded. Tirza spun around and found herself face to face with a rather annoyed Slytherin. She giggled. "Opps how did this get here?" She handed him back the wand and Draco rushed back to class, hoping he wasn't late. With Draco gone, Tirza turned her attention back to the vast supply of brooms in front of her. She giggled with delight and grabbed one; she quickly mounted and took off. She sailed through the hallways, feeling completely invincible. She suddenly noticed a strange woman walking through the halls; she knew everyone here by now and this woman was definitely a stranger. Tirza decided to follow her and rounded the corner. She came around the corner at top speed and suddenly found herself flying through the air towards the floor. She landed on her left side with a nasty crack and a loud crash. Tirza screamed in pain, drawing several teachers and students from their classrooms. The woman raced over to Tirza and was the first to reach her. "My goodness child, are you alright?" the woman asked. Tirza screamed again in pain. A/N: Will Tirza ever learn? Yeah, right! Stubborn kid, ya just gotta love her. So how hurt is she? And who is the woman? And what will Sev say? My honey officially says hi to all my faithful readers; he's decided that if I just HAVE to spend so much time on this story, he had to read it and the reviews. The idea of Tirza's joke with the pillow on the chair (etc.) was completely his; taken from something he pulled in his childhood because he wanted his mom to yell at his dad (they disagreed on discipline methods).

Luinthoron: I'm glad you liked the chapter! I too was happy that Snape could show Tirza that she wasn't marked. Some healing will start soon.

Amethyst D: Well, not everyone in the story can be nice. But this time Draco won't be the only bad one.

McMish: I understand exactly what you mean. I really don't have much experience in the way of parenting, so I was trying to listen to those around me that are parents. In my opinion, Snape just seems like one of those parents who spank and that is why he did what he did. But I do understand what you mean and I think I would be the same way and you had some excellent points. I am glad that you still enjoy the story and hope you will continue reading. And please share your opinions anytime! I always enjoy the feedback!

LostSoul: You are right; I did have a few typos. I try, I really do! And I am sorry that you thought you were going insane. I have those days! And I did mean schmuck, not smack.

BuzzBuzz16: You're very welcome for the review and I hope you will continue the story. It sounds so good! And I'd bet money on Tirza kicking Draco's ass any day!

Kenomee: Thank you for the compliments on the chapter. I really love reading your reviews. And I think your husband's reaction would be mine as well if I ever actually would spank my child. But until I have kids, things are always up for grabs! Tirza certainly does not wait long to start more trouble, although the Easy Bake Oven incident was an accident. I think Snape's going to lose it when he finds out that she's been flying through the halls! What do you think his reaction would be? I try to ask parents what their reactions would be; I think Snape to have normal parental reactions. And she just might 'fly across her dad's knee' as she put it, but we'll see. I love answering the reviews! I keep uploading because you all keep reviewing! So many of you seem to just love the story and that makes me so thrilled. I tend to regard the reviews as like personal notes and love to answer them. If someone is going to take the time to leave a review, than I can most certainly take the time to let him/her know I appreciate it!

Potter-Snape: I think it was important for Snape to listen to Tirza first before punishing her. It would have been very unfair of him to just storm in and punish her and than wonder why she ran away. And don't worry, the lion's coming! I promise I won't forget it that will be a blast to write!

Venus: I've had fun emailing you! Lots of things with Ducky and a few other nasty Slytherins coming up! Lots of wild adventures, so stay tuned!

Star: Thank you so much for all your reviews! Keep reading for lots more fun!

Alrick: That is really sweet that you took your laptop to the convention so you could check! I think that is the most flattering statement made about my story! And thank you for the comments about the spanking issue; and I am sure that it is never an easy thing to do. But I went with what the general suggestion of parents here in reviews and those that I know to base Sev's reaction on and all in all; I think it turned out good. And though not everyone is pleased that Tirza was spanked, they haven't decided to up and stop reading the story, which makes me happy. I hope you had fun at your convention! I went to a convention for the old western Bonanza once and had a blast.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Much Love, Kerry