After a quick breakfast, Tirza dressed and attempted to tame her wild curls. "Come on, there's an old room in the dungeons we can use," she told Sirius and Remus. She filled every balloon she could find with water and with Sirius in his Snuffles form, the three of them headed down to the dungeons. Remus put a silencing charm on the room and Sirius transformed back into his human form. Just as he transformed back, Tirza splashed a water balloon right on his head. Sirius laughed. "Get her!" he told Remus. Tirza attempted to dodge Remus, but he was too quick for her and caught her, holding her still while Sirius burst one over her head. She squealed and wriggled away, chucking one at Remus, which got him square in the face. Both men threw balloons back, but she ducked behind a book shelf and laughed; they couldn't get her back here! The next thing she knew, the bookcase disappeared and she was a prime target for several balloons before she could get her hands on some to throw back.

Once the balloons ran out, Remus used his wand to create more. The water balloon fight continued for nearly an hour and all three participants were soaked to the skin, but laughing. Tirza jumped on Remus' back as they left the dungeons. "Piggy back ride," she said. He laughed and allowed her to ride on his back up to his chambers, where they all dried their clothes. "Can we eat lunch outside? Please?" Remus shook his head no. "Sirius would have to stay as Snuffles outside and that wouldn't be fair to him." Tirza scowled and stomped. "I don't care! I want a picnic outside." Sirius rolled his eyes. "Cute kid," he mumbled. "Shut up!" Tirza told him, stomping her feet. "I WANNA EAT OUTSIDE!" she yelled. "Tirza, look, I want to have fun with you, but we won't have any fun if you're acting like a toddler. Let's eat inside and then we can go play outside," Remus told her with a tiny, barely even noticeable edge to his voice. "Fine," she said plopping on the couch. "But I'm not happy."

Remus flooed the kitchens for their lunches and Tirza turned on Star Trek. "Here, you go," Remus said, handing her a plate when their food arrived. "I don't like this stuff," she told him, setting the plate on the floor. "Tirza, what's up with you?" he said, sitting down beside her. "Nothing; just not hungry," she told him. "You skip meals too often; you're going to make yourself sick. Come on; at least eat half of it before we go outside." Remus smiled at her and held her plate out to her. "I'm not hungry and you can't make me be hungry," she retorted angrily. "You're right, I can't force you to be hungry; but I don't want you to be sick. So just eat half of it and I won't bug you about it again." She angrily grabbed the plate and dumped the food right on his lap, not caring if any of it was hot or not. She jumped out the couch and started stomping towards the room where her things were at.

"Not so fast," Remus said, annoyance becoming evident in his voice. Tirza ignored him, so he pulled out his wand. "Accio Tirza," he said. She folded her arms over her chest as she was floated back to him. "I hate that," she growled. "That was very rude Tirza; if that food had been hot you could have burned me," Remus scolded. She shrugged and he released her from the charm. "Alright Tirza, have it your way. If you're going to act like a two- year-old then go stand in the corner for a time out," Remus told her. Tirza stared at him for a moment, and then burst into a fit of giggles. "Oh my god, that is too good! You are funny uncle Remus!" Sirius rolled his eyes and continued eating his lunch. "Tirza, I'm not joking. I mean it; that was not at all nice and you really haven't been acting very good ever since your dad left," Remus replied. A deadly look came over her face. "You can't make me stand in the corner like a baby!" she spat back. "I won't! I won't! I won't!" Remus sighed and with a flick of his wand deposited her in the corner, face towards the wall. "THIS IS CRAZY!" she screamed, thoroughly infuriated. "It's not meant to be crazy Tirza," he told her softly. "Just take like ten minutes to calm down and become the sweet little girl who has everyone around here wrapped around her little finger, alright?" "Finger huh?" Tirza said to herself; she flipped Remus off. He didn't see, but Sirius did and shook his head. The kid was being annoying, but it amusing as well.

Ten minutes passed slowly for both Tirza and Remus. Tirza was angry and Remus felt bad, wondering if he had done something that had upset her that he didn't realize had; Tirza was incredibly sensitive. As soon as the ten minutes was done, Remus released the charm that had held her there and motioned for her to come over to him. Instead of going to him, Tirza turned and stalked from the room. The men sighed and Sirius transformed into Snuffles so he could follow Remus to go look for her. "Little spitfire," Remus said to himself, shaking his head. He wondered how Severus managed to stay as patient with her as he did if Tirza acted this way all the time; even Remus himself was beginning to get frustrated.

Tirza stalked outside, chewing viciously on some bubble gum from the pack in her pocket. "Tirza!" Remus yelled. She stopped and waited for him to catch up to her. "Tirza, will you please come in and eat something? I really don't like having to get after you all time; can't you cooperate just a little?" he asked. Tirza scrunched up her face in thought for a moment. "If I eat my lunch, can I go flying afterwards?" she asked sweetly. Remus nodded. "Sure; come back inside and eat and then you can fly around." Smiling brightly, Tirza followed Remus and Snuffles back inside. Another plate was brought by the house elves and Tirza ate the majority of her lunch. "Good enough?" she asked. "I'm really full," she told him. Remus smiled and ruffled her hair. "That's great; you go get your broom and I'll meet you outside.

To make Snuffles appear as more like a pet, he should up outside with Remus wearing a collar and leash. It was a magic leash that would stretch as far as Remus would allow it to and he hated doing that to a friend, but they had to keep up the appearance that Snuffles was kind of Remus' pet. Tirza waved and ran over to them; just as she neared them, a funny idea struck her. When Remus wasn't looking, she stuffed most of her pack of bubble gum into her mouth and chewed it, then carefully spread it on the underside of Snuffle's collar, making it stick to his fur. Tirza giggled a sound Remus was happy to hear. "What's funny?" he asked with a smile. She smiled back at him. "I just love flying; it's my most favorite thing ever!!" They walked to the empty quidditch field and Tirza took off on her broom, zooming around.

She flew around and even Remus joined her for a while, while Snuffles barked and ran around on the ground below them. He allowed her to play until just before dark and the three of them headed back inside. "I'm gonna go take a shower," Tirza told Remus and quickly headed for the bathroom. Once inside, she located his shampoo dumped a homemade hair dye into the bottle; one time she and Amy had discovered that if you mixed jello powder or kool-aid powder with shampoo, you could dye your hair for a while (totally made up, lol!). She giggled to herself, and then took her shower.

"Did you do this?" Remus demanded. He held up the collar, which was coated with gum. She looked back and forth between Sirius and Remus; neither of them looked particularly pleased with her. "Hey, it was a joke okay? Don't flip out," she told them nonchalantly. "Tirza! How dare you do that to me! You're old enough to know better then that! How would you feel if I did that to you?" Sirius demanded. Tirza shrugged. "Who taught you to be that way? Not even your father is that bad!" Tirza scowled. "As if YOU should talk Padfoot!" she yelled back. Before he could respond, she kicked him hard in the shin. "And THAT's for talking bad about my daddy!" she shouted. "Alright young lady, that's enough from you," Remus told her, pointing towards the corner again. "Fuck that!" she yelled. "I am NOT standing in the corner like some stupid baby again!"

Remus ignored her yells and again magically placed her in the corner. "And watch your mouth or I'll wash it out," he warned. "I'm allergic to soap dumb ass!" she spat back. "Tirza, don't push me," Remus warned, his voice low. "I'm getting sick of these temper tantrums of yours. And for your information, your father told me where in your chambers I could find the soap that you are not allergic too." Tirza growled and stomped her foot. "Fucking conspiracy," she mumbled. Remus went over to the corner and turned her around to face him. "I mean it," he warned her quietly. "I don't want to wash your mouth out, but I will if you don't clean up your language, understood?" Tirza scowled, but nodded and he turned her back around to face the wall, where she would stay for the next half hour.

"Apologize to Sirius," Remus told her quietly. She nodded. "I'm sorry," she said sincerely. Sirius smiled and ruffled her hair. "It's alright; it wasn't nice, but it won't kill me either. And you're right; I shouldn't say things against your father." Tirza smiled. "Can I watch Star Trek now, please?" she asked Remus. He nodded, glad that she appeared to be back to her normal self. She bounded over to the TV and turned on the tribble episode again.

Supper went uneventfully and Remus was relieved. After eating and saying goodbye to Sirius, he headed in to take a shower. Tirza giggled to herself as she changed into her nightgown to get more comfortable. Remus had no idea she had put that stuff in his shampoo and she figured he'd look great in purple hair! She settled onto the couch with her fairytale book, giggling. Nearly twenty minutes later, Tirza heard a shout from inside the bathroom and knew Remus had just looked in the mirror at his modified hair. He came out of the bathroom and Tirza thought he was crying. "I'm sorry uncle Remus; I didn't mean to make you cry!" Remus wasn't crying, he was laughing so hard that his eyes were watering. "I never suspected a thing! I should have when you went in for your shower," Remus told her. Tirza giggled, and then shrieked as Remus came towards her. He started tickling her, laughing until they were both out of breath. "There, we're all even now," he told her. "Wanna watch I Dream of Jeannie?" Tirza asked. "Then you'll know where I got Jinn Jinn's name from." Remus nodded and Tirza got the video, the special one with all the Jinn Jinn episodes and popped it in the VCR.

Remus laughed along with Tirza as Jinn Jinn the Genie Dog ripped up uniforms and wrecked offices and disappeared while people were talking to him, giving the poor NASA people a terrible time. When the video was over, Tirza took it out and returned it to her overnight bag, then came out with another. "Wanna watch some more?" she asked hopefully. Remus shook it head. "It's already almost ten o'clock. Time for bed," he told her. Tirza threw the tape on the floor and dropped to the floor. She began rolling around, kicking, banging her fists and screaming. Remus walked to his bookshelf and grabbed a book, then sat down and started reading. He hoped if he ignored her that she would stop.

A full five minutes later, Tirza was still rolling around, screaming and kicking in a full blown temper tantrum. "I WON'T GO TO BED! I WANNA STAY UP! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME GO TO BED!" Remus' head was starting to pound from her yelling and banging and he had finally had enough. "Tirza that is ENOUGH!" Remus stated very firmly. "I WONT GO TO BED! YOU SHUT UP!" she screamed. "Tirza Jade Snape you will go to bed and you will go immediately" Remus snapped, losing all his cool. "You have misbehaved all day and you need to go to sleep." "FUCK YOU!" she yelled, continuing to bang on the floor. "Enough! Accio Tirza" Remus growled holding out his arms.

Tirza stopped yelling, her eyes growing wide, wondering what he was going to do. "Young lady you have been repeatedly warned and I hate to do this but I have no choice" Remus said as he raised his hand. Tirza screamed as his hand swatted her bottom hard. "You can't spank me!!!" she yelled. "You're not allowed!!!" "Don't go there missy" Remus said as he swatted again "Your father gave me permission that night a few weeks ago and again when he left. You have been worse then I have ever seen you and this was my last resort" "fuck you!" she screamed and began hitting his leg with her fists. "You lemme go!!" "DO NOT make me put you in a body bind young lady" Remus snapped as he spanked her harder trying to get through to her.

She started crying when she realized that she couldn't get away, but continued to swear at him. "Stop it you son of a bitch!" "Last warning before the soap young lady" Remus stated as he gave her another swat. "Your language and your attitude MUST stop" "Fuck you!" she screamed defiantly. "Accio Special Soap" Remus said and waited. "NOOOO!" Tirza shrieked. "Open mouth please" Remus demanded as he put the soapy rag close to her mouth. "I'm sorry," she said through clenched teeth. "Please don't!" "Easy way or hard way dear your choice" Remus said again holding out the rag. She shook her head no; she HATED getting her mouth washed out. "Fine I can wait but I promise you this if you don't open up now I will make it ten times worse on you" Remus stated crossing his arms and staring at her daringly. He had already spanked her and she didn't think he would again, so she shook her head no.

Remus just stared at her without letting her go. He wasn't about to be outwitted by a 10 year old who had been a pain in the butt all day. Tirza continued to keep her mouth closed; three whole minutes slowly passed. "I'm more stubborner then you," she said through clenched teeth. "You can't make me." "Wanna bet?" Remus said as he began to tickle her. Despite herself, Tirza giggled and her mouth opened wide. "Sorry to do this" Remus said as he swipped her mouth out a couple of times. She coughed and started to cry again. "There now what do you have to say for yourself," Remus sighed as he put away his stuff. She ran to the bathroom and rinsed her mouth out, then ran out and threw herself into Remus' arms.

"Sweetie you know I love you but don't EVER do that again," Remus said as he held her close. She cried on his shoulder for a moment before saying anything. "I'm sorry," she told him, sniffling. "Are you gonna tell my daddy on me?" "What do you think I should do after all you put me through?" Remus asked. She shrugged. "I dunno; but daddy's gonna be really mad and I'm gonna get spanked if you do. And he spanks harder then you." "Well then I won't tell your dad how bad you were but you must promise me that you will behave the rest of the night and tomorrow or I will tell him" Remus promised as he kissed the top of her head. She nodded and hugged him. "I'm sorry I called you bad names," she told him. "And I really don't hate you. I promise I'll be good, but please don't tell." "Good because I really would be sad" Remus sighed.

"You still mad at me?" she asked quietly. "No not anymore" Remus sighed as he pulled her closer. "I'm glad," she told him. "I'm really sorry," she repeated quietly. "You are so special" Remus said "but you really should go to bed because I might have something special planned for tomorrow" "do I have to?" she whined "Do you really wanna miss out on a surprise tomorrow?" Remus questioned. She shook her head no. "Can I have a story first? Please?" "Okay I can do that" Remus replied "You get a story and hop into bed while I finish cleaning up."

The next morning Remus entered the room Tirza's cot was set up in the next morning. She was sound asleep, her curls all over the place. She looked positively angelic. "I hate to wake her up" Remus sighed as he went to the side of the cot "Tirza time to get up" Tirza rolled over and pulled the covers over her head Gee I guess that means I'll just have to eat all these yummy treats myself" Remus said as he walked back toward the doorway "wuh? treats?" she asked sleepily Yeah I told you today would be fun so up and at em" Remus said with a wink as he headed for the living area she tried to get out of the covers and ended up falling right off the bed. "Ouch!" she shouted, rubbing her knee "Now what?" Remus questioned walking back in the room "I fell outta the stupid bed and hurt my knee," she said. "I'm really clumsy sometimes," she told him

"You may be clumsy but your still cute" Remus said as he walked over and scooped her up "ya wanna kiss my knee?" she asked, a silly little smile on her face. "daddy always does, but not when other people are around, cuz he gets embarrassed," she told him with a giggle "Hummm....Interesting idea" Remus said as he carried her toward the bathroom "How bout we clean up the knee then I'll kiss it and then we'll go see what treats are on the table" Tirza nodded, giggling. "Is there chocolate?" she asked as Remus washed the scrape on her knee. "Of course" Remus grinned as he kissed her knee and then scooped her up again

She giggled as he plopped her onto the couch and her eyes went wide as she saw all the goodies. "Oooh!" "First ya gotta eat the healthy stuff then we can dig into all the sweets" Remus said as he placed a plate of extra special pancakes in front of her. "Chocolate chip pancakes? How'd you know they were my favorite? She asked, giving him a hug. "I figured they would be, considering how much you love pancakes," Remus replied as he dug into his own blueberry pancakes. She happily ate her pancakes so fast that she was practically inhaling them. "Now can I have treat?" she asked. "Did you finish your milk and juice?" Remus questioned as he polished off his pancakes. "Milk yes, juice no," she told him. "Okay, then you can have a few sweets, but remember they have to last all day. Remus sighed as she grabbed two handfuls.

"Nah, give me five minutes and they'll be gone," she told him, licking the chocolate frosting off a pastry. "Go ahead, make yourself sick. But I'll be the only one enjoying a fabulous lunch." Remus grinned, hoping the ploy would work. Tirza quickly put a handful of goodies back. "What's for lunch?" she asked, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "You'll see but how about some flying first?" Remus asked, standing and heading for the door.

After an hour of flying, Remus called out to Tirza. "You ready for a little road trip?" "Road trip like a car? Can I drive?" Tirza asked as she dismounted her broom. "Cute girl!

Remus replied with a laugh. "No, we are going to walk down the road to Hogsmeade and see what happens." "You wanna buy me a car for my sixteenth birthday?" Tirza asked sweetly while they walked. "I'd love you forever and ever!" "Funny, but no. You won't need a car here at Hogwarts," he assured her. "What if I want one?" Tirza pestered. "Like a magic one that flies like the absent minded professor?" "Tirza, you will learn to apparate and floo correctly; I don't think a car would be in your best interest." Remus sighed in relief as he spotted the town of Hogsmeade just up ahead, hoping he could interest her in something that would not require quite so many questions. "Would you buy me a pony then? If you don't, I bet grandpa will if I ask him," she said, giggling. He laughed and pulled her into a nearby shop.

After a full day of shopping and lunch at Madame Rosmerta's, Remus and Tirza headed back to Hogwarts. Remus was holding a bag of treats from Honeydukes and a book about werewolves that Tirza had really wanted. Just as Hogwarts came into view, Severus apparated in front of the gates. "DADDY!" Tirza shrieked and took of running towards him. Severus smiled and scooped her up in his arms and swung her around, making her giggle. "How's my girl?" he asked, kissing her cheek. "I'm good daddy; I had lots of fun with uncle Remus! But I'm glad you're back I missed you." He kissed her again, hugging her close. "I missed you too baby." Remus approached him, a smile on his face. "So how was she for you?" Severus asked. Remus smiled. "She was great," he told Severus. "I'd love to have her again."

A/N: Thanks to Potter-Snape who helped me write the Hogsmeade part and the part where Remus finally loses it, as I was having a combination headache/writer's block. And thanks to BuzzBuzz16, who suggested the idea of Tirza putting gum on Snuffles' collar. And thanks to Obssessedwithbritishpeople for the purple hair for Remus idea! End of school year activities coming up!

Fire'N'Ice: Yes, poor Remus, thinking it would be easy. At least the last day was easy!

Obsessedwithbritishpeople: Thanks for the great idea!!

MadameMoony: You poor thing, no interent access!! Horrors!!! I'd die, I really would! I will do my best to check out your fics!

Luinthoron: Glad you liked it!

LostSoul: Yes, she does seem to drive people insane when she has fun!! Glad you liked it!

Raclswt: Looks like Sevvie won't find out that she was a nasty little kid while he was away. Remus is a great guy to not tell on her... I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did!

Oasis gir: Yes, poor Remus! He lasted quite a while before losing it though! XOXO

WatiWat: Thanks so much for the compliments! They mean a lot to me! Over all, Remus was very patient, much more patient then Snape would have been!

Stay tuned everyone! Hugs, Kerry