The two weeks until Lockhart's return passed all too quickly for Tirza. She had been enjoying Charlie's class immensely and had been doing extremely well in it. Tirza was running late; she had a headache and had stopped to see poppy for a headache potion before DADA class. She knew Charlie wouldn't mind; she even had a note! Everyone was inside already and just as she neared the door, she froze in her tracks as Lockhart said, "Where do you think your going?" "Nurse, I don't feel well," Tirza said quietly. She crumpled the note behind her back and dropped it into her bag.
"Where is the note I'm sure poppy gave you?" Lockhart demanded "I don't have one," she admitted
quietly. "I'm………I'm on my way to see her." "Fine I expect you to bring a note next class meeting," Lockhart snapped as he waved her off. Tirza pretended to go to the nurse, but fled to the astronomy tower instead. She uncrumpled the note from poppy and saved it to give to Lockhart tomorrow. She just couldn't go back to class with him
"Where is Tirza?" Charlie asked Ginny once class had started Ginny shrugged. "She said she had a headache. I haven't seen her since last class." "Okay thanks," Charlie said walking off. "Do you think she really went to see Poppy or is just skipping?" Maddie asked quietly. "Probably skipping; I know she was worried about him coming back," Ginny whispered back. "I just hope she is okay" Maddie sighed as they copied the notes Lockhart had written on the board. "Me too" Ginny agreed. Meanwhile, Tirza spread her work out and stretched out, intending to work on homework. Her body had other plans and she was soon asleep.
"Where's Tirza?" Snape asked Maddie and Ginny as they entered the great hall for supper. "We don't know. A long time ago she said she had a headache and was going to the nurse," Maddie said. "We haven't seen her since before DADA," Ginny told him. Severus first checked Madam Pompfrey's office where he was told she had left over 4 hours ago. Sick with worry Severus checked one other place before going to Dumbledore. "Tirza?" He called as he entered the astronomy tower. Tirza was still asleep, but stirred slightly at his voice, rustling her homework as she stirred.
"Mind telling me where you've been all afternoon?" Severus asked gently as he helped her up. "huh?" she asked. "What time is it?" she yawned and started gathering her papers. "It's time for dinner and when you didn't arrive with your friends I began to search for you," Severus said. "Oh man, is it really that late?" she asked, startled at how fast time had flown by. "Yes it is and you still haven't answered my question to where you've been," Severus stated. Tirza sighed. "Am I in big trouble?" she asked softly. "Depends on what you have been doing all afternoon," Severus said quietly.
"Well, I was tired and got a headache, so I went to see poppy. I was going to DADA, but Lockhart was there and he just kinda creeped me out. So I told him I was on my way to see poppy and came up here to do homework and then go to my next class. I guess I fell asleep. I didn't mean to." she began twisting her hair into knots. "You know better then to skip class correct?" Severus asked in a neutral tone. She nodded, avoiding looking at him. "I understand your apprehension on returning to his class but you also have to realize it could affect your grade," Severus stated. Tirza shrugged, still twisting her hair.
"You want to fail your first term at Hogwarts in a subject I know you are rather good in according to Charlie Weasley?" Severus questioned. Tirza smiled slightly. "I like Charlie, he's nice. I like it when he teaches. I don't want to fail, but my tummy got all cramped when Lockhart talked to me and I just couldn't go in." "I know you are scared of him but sweetheart you have to go in and do the work so you will pass the class," Severus sighed. "Your friends are there with you." She sighed. "I know. I'll go tomorrow, honest I will! Please don't be mad." "I will ask Mr. Weasley to let me know if you don't show up tomorrow and if you do not you will receive a spanking understood?" Severus said. Tirza nodded. "Am I gonna get spanked now?" she asked softly. "No because you were honest with me about the situation," Severus said. Tirza smiled and hugged him. "You're the coolest!" "I'm glad someone agrees. Now let's get some supper," Severus said as he hugged her back and they headed for the great hall.
"Are you ready?" Maddie asked as they headed toward the dada classroom the next day. Tirza nodded. "I think so. Thanks for being with me," she said softly to Maddie and Ginny. "You're welcome," they both said in unison. "Glad to see you made it," Charlie said with a wink. Tirza smiled and gave him a thumbs up. She was glad she went too; she didn't like having Severus angry with her. "Please put away everything except your wand," Lockhart said as he floated into the room.
The girls slipped their books inside the desks and held their wands ready. "For Ms. Snape's sake let's do a reparo spell," Lockhart said rudely. Tirza frowned and Charlie began watching Lockhart very closely. "Did you get a chance to read the notes?" Maddie asked in a whisper. Tirza nodded. "I think I read all of them," she whispered back. "It didn't seem all that hard yesterday," Ginny commented. "I will give each of you a broken toy," Lockhart said walking around the room. "You must be able to use the reparo spell on it correctly. Here you go ladies" Lockhart said smugly handing them a train, doll, and whistle.
Maddie grabbed the whistle, Tirza the train and Ginny the doll. "This should be easy," Ginny said as she held up her dolls arm. "Reparo Arm." The arm repaired. "Whoa, good job!" Tirza said. "Cool," Maddie agreed. "I'll try next," Maddie said as she picked up the whistle. "Reparo Whistle." When she tried to toot it all that came out was a groan. "Good try," Ginny said. "Give it another go." This time she got a high shrill whistle to come out which caused everyone to cover their ears. "You try now Tirza," Maddie said putting the whistle down. Tirza picked up her train that was missing a wheel. "Reparo wheel," the remaining wheels flew off and smacked into Lockhart who was passing by.
Tirza tried hard to hide a giggle. "Who did that?" Lockhart asked. Nobody said anything. Tirza was holding her breath, praying that he wouldn't know it was her. "Ms. Snape I gave you this train so I assume it was you," Lockhart seethed. "It was an accident!" Tirza blurted out. "Right, sure, you've been looking at a way to get back at me," Lockhart yelled. Charlie stood up and walked over, making his presence known to Lockhart. Tirza shook her head no. "Professor Lockhart I was watching the whole thing and it most assuredly was an accident," Charlie commented. "Did anyone ask for your opinion Mr. Weasley?" Lockhart snapped.
"I am here to observe your behavior and things like that outburst make me question your teaching abilities" Charlie stated firmly. "Out of my classroom miss Snape!" Lockhart shouted. "I will not allow you to disrupt my class!" Tirza looked stunned. "I didn't even do anything!" "Tirza stay please," Charlie said then turned to Lockhart. "May I see you out in the hall NOW?" Lockhart stalked into the hallway with Charlie, while Tirza stayed put, looking close to crying. "What is it you want Weasley?" Lockhart snapped. "Your actions in there were inappropriate and I am very close to asking Dumbledore to fire you," Charlie said. "that child is nothing but trouble! She did it on purpose!" Lockhart stated in his defense.
"That child is a co-workers daughter and as such you should treat her with as much respect as the other children," Charlie said. "I will not have her in there if she insists on disrupting things!" Lockhart snapped. "What happened in there was an accident Professor nothing more," Charlie said firmly. "FINE. But one more thing from her and she's out for the rest of the class meeting!" Lockhart snapped and entered the classroom. "You're allowed to stay Tirza but please be careful," Charlie warned her. She nodded and continued to try, but couldn't get the train back together.
Lockhart managed to control himself while Charlie supervised for two weeks, but as soon as Charlie left, it was back to bothering Tirza. All Hollow's Eve approached and Tirza had plans with the twins for nasty Goldie! "Did you two get the paint?" Tirza asked Fred and George during the Hollow's Eve party. The teachers were all busy talking, or rather Lockhart was talking and the rest were looking bored. "You bet," Fred said. "Should we do that now?" "Yeah, the teachers are busy, so let's go!" Tirza said. The three of them ducked out of the great hall.
"Tirza you do the desk first while Fred and I work on the door," George suggested. "Sure thing guys," she said, picking the lock on the door. She entered the office and planted a few dung bombs as well and started painting GOLDIE across the desk in glittery gold paint. Meanwhile Fred and George were painting Goldie in huge pink letters on the door. Tirza finished the desk and moved on to cover the chair seat and back in GOLDIE. "You guys done?" Tirza asked, coming out.
"Sure, are you?" Fred asked. "Oh, I think so. Anywhere else you think it would look good?" Tirza asked. "Nah," George commented. "I think we should get going because the feast is letting out." "Yeah, then we better hurry back before people know we're gone," Tirza said. She dashed through the hallways and the boys got rid of the paint.
"Alright, let's get you tucked into bed," Snape said, leading Tirza into her room. "It's late and I for one am tired." She giggled. "That's cuz your old dad!" He laughed and plopped her onto the bed. There was a bang on the door of the chambers. "Who could that be at this time of night?" Severus said getting up from the bed and going to the door. Tirza shrugged and went to sit on the couch, while Snape went to open the door. Snape opened the door to find Lockhart, looking livid, red in the face. "I have HAD IT, with YOU!" he shouted at Tirza.
"I think, Severus said coldly "you better explain yourself before I loose my temper" Lockhart barged in ignoring Snape "BREAK INTO MY CLASSROOM! PAINT THAT HORRIBLE NAME!" he screamed. Tirza shrank back into the couch cushions as Lockhart ranted. "Professor Lockhart I will ask you this only one more time," Severus snapped now filled with rage at this man yelling at his daughter. "What the hell are you rambling on about?" "I go past the classroom and the word GOLDIE is written in PINK on the door! Suspicious, I enter and dung bombs go off, creating a most horrible mess! Then I notice my desk and chair are also decorated with GOLDIE in gold paint. AND I KNOW SHE DID IT!" Lockhart ranted
"How do you know?" Severus asked still not believing one word he said. "She's the ONLY one that ever calls me that!" Lockhart made a grab for Tirza, who rolled over onto the floor to avoid his grasp. "Tirza tell me he's lying," Severus said looking right at her. She looked into his eyes for a moment, seriously considering lying. She dropped her look to her fuzzy slippers. "No, he's not," she whispered. "WHAT DID I TELL YOU?" Lockhart shouted. "I would strongly suggest," Severus said turning to Lockhart "that you get yourself out of my chambers immediately." Lockhart reached over and grabbed Tirza's arm hard, making her wince and started dragging her to the door. "YOU'RE GOING TO CLEAN IT UP RIGHT NOW."
"Let her go," Severus snapped in a voice that could freeze water in a second. Lockhart squeezed her arm hard for a moment, then let her go. Tirza ran behind Snape, rubbing her arm. "She better come clean it up!" Lockhart demanded. "I will deal with her thank you," Severus said and slammed the door hard in Lockhart's face. Tirza was still rubbing her arm, where a bruise was now appearing. She walked towards her room. "Oh no you don't," Severus said. "You've got some explaining to do." She took a deep breath and walked over to the couch. "He hurt me," she pouted, showing him the bruise. "That happened after the fact," Severus said. "I want to know why you thought it would be fun to paint his office."
"Because he's evil," she said softly. "That is not an answer," Severus said. "You may hate him but that kind of display was totally uncalled for." "He's such a brat! He's always giving me detention for stuff I don't even do! And he tried to make me stand in the corner the other day!" Tirza protested. "So that gave you a right to deface school property?" Severus asked. "You know better than that." "It's Goldie's classroom and yeah, I think that gave me good reason to get him back!" Tirza stated. "It most certainly did not and you are wrong," Severus countered getting angrier by the minute. "The door and the furniture all belong to the school."
"Aw, it'll come off and the creep deserved it!" Tirza spat back. "And I'd off done the whole classroom that way if I'd had time! It's the LEAST of what he deserves!" "You are being very disrespectful," Severus said. "And I have enough of your attitude." "I didn't do anything to you! I'm not being disrespectful to you! And I only respect those that respect me!" she stated. "You are being disrespectful to a professor at this school which will not be tolerated," Severus replied. "It doesn't matter what he has done to you, you are showing that to hell with what the teachers do I'm going to do what I want because he's being mean." "Even GRANDPA doesn't like him!" Tirza told him. "Well not liking him and showing your dislike are two very different things," Severus countered. "You can dislike him all you want but to deface school property is uncalled for."
Tirza scowled. "Look, I'm sorry about the school property, but he deserved that. He's evil! Look what he did to my arm!" "Tirza you're not getting the point," Severus snapped. "He is a professor here and you are being very disrespectful to him and you are making the other students do so as well and this has got to stop." "Why? Why can't he stop first? He stops humiliating me and picking on me then I'll be peaceful. Everyone yells at me, no one yells at him!" Tirza whined. "That's because he is a professor," Severus replied. "You are setting a very bad example for the other students and before long someone might get the idea and do the same thing to my classroom because they think that it's cool since Tirza did it."
"They're too afraid of you to do that," Tirza told him. "Nobody cares that I did it! They all hate him!" "Well I do care," Severus shot back. "You are making me look like a very bad parent and your acting very selfish right now because he hurt you so you should get all the attention." "I AM NOT SELFISH!" she screamed. "You can't prove that by me," Severus replied. "You think that everything has to go your way and if the teacher is mean well then let me get back at him because it's all about me." Tirza felt tears in her eyes and ran for her room. "Accio Tirza," Severus shouted. "I hate to do this but your behavior needs some adjustment."
"Daddy let me go!" she shrieked as she floated back. "I'm not selfish and I'm not a brat." You don't tell me what I can and cannot do," Severus snapped. "You are the child in this situation and I am the adult, you got that?" Tirza whimpered, knowing he was VERY angry with her. "You've left me no choice," Severus replied. "You have acted out of selfishness and hatered toward a professor and you need to be punished." Severus put her over his knee and spanked her. "I also expect you to help Filch clean Lockhart's office tomorrow while we are in a staff meeting," Severus said when he let her up.
Tirza sobbed and ran to her room, where she curled up on her bed. "Tirza look at me," Severus said softly getting down to her level. "I'm sorry I got so angry but you have to understand that I really had not much choice." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she sobbed several times. "Tirza every time you do something like this you say sorry and I believe you," Severus replied. "This has got to stop because I'm getting tired of always having to punish you after you break your promise." "Please daddy, I swear! Don't hate me, please," she begged. She crawled onto his lap, soaking his shirt with her tears. "Tirza I don't hate you but how can I know you won't do this again?" Severus asked. "It seems like every week he comes by saying you've done something else."
"I swear on Molly," she offered. "I'll be good." "You've said the exact same thing before," Severus countered. "And you did it again Tirza." "Please daddy, just give me one more chance. I won't let you down," she said, giving him a heart wrenching look. Severus sighed. "Tirza I would like to believe you but you have to realize it looks bad when you keep doing these things," he said. "Everyone thinks I have no control over you." "Please daddy, just one more chance? Please? Don't give up on me cuz I'm bad!" Tirza begged. "I'll give you another chance but the punishment will be worse if your caught doing anything to Professor Lockhart again understand?" Severus asked.
She nodded. "I love you daddy, I'm sorry, I won't let you down, I swear!" she cuddled against his chest. "I hope you don't," Severus whispered kissing the top of her head. "I hate to punish but sometimes these things have to happen." she said nothing and he looked down………she was fast asleep, still rather pale, her face still wet with tears, her hand clutching his robe tightly. Severus sighed. She was so cute, yet such a troublemaker at times. It broke his heart to be angry with her, but he couldn't let her get away with this. He hoped with all his heart that she would keep her promise and be a good girl. He gently tucked her into bed, kissing her forehead. "I love you," he whispered, then turned out the lights and left.
The next morning, Tirza woke up early, having not slept well. She opened the door to Snape's room and saw he was asleep. She went to the kitchens and got him breakfast. She carried it into the bedroom and poked him. "Huh?" Severus grumbled as he slowly became awake. She silently held the breakfast out. "Thank you," Severus replied. "Where's yours?" She shrugged and crawled into the bed. "Would you like some of mine?" Severus offered, beginning to drink some of the juice. "Not hungry," she said, crawling under the blankets. "This is one of your favorite foods," Severus sighed. "What's wrong?"
"I feel horrible," she said softly. "About?" Severus asked. "That you're mad at me," she said softly. "And don't trust me." "I'm no longer mad at you," Severus corrected. "I want to trust you but you have to earn that trust." "I'm really sorry daddy and I'll be good I promise," she assured him sincerely. "I know you are," Severus replied. "I just wish you would think things through before acting." "I'll try, real hard. And I'll apologize and everything………can I have a waffle?" "Of course" Severus said taking one of the waffles he hadn't touched and put it on a napkin. She nibbled on it slowly.
"I still have to talk to Filch about what time you need to meet him," Severus commented. "He's creepy," Tirza stated. "I know he is but you really need to clean the mess you made," Severus told her. "I know," she said softly. "What shall we do today?" Severus asked, "We'll have to see how long it takes to get that stuff off. Can I borrow your wand for a second? Mine is in my room?" "What for?" Severus asked. "I need some milk, and I didn't bring any, so I though I'd accio it," she explained. "I can do that," Severus said. "Accio Milk." she smiled as the milk came floating in. "thanks." "You're welcome," Severus replied. "And you don't need to worry about detention until later this afternoon, since it won't occur till we are at the teacher's meeting." She sighed in relief. "That's good." she rubbed her arm, thinking about Lockhart.
"So was there something you needed or wanted to do today?" Severus asked again. "Anything you want to make you happy," she decided. "I think we both should do something that would be fun together" Severus offered. "go flying? Have a picnic?" Tirza suggested. "We can do both," Severus agreed. "But first I think we should get dressed." she giggled. "Aw, no flying in jammies?" she teased. "Not unless you want the whole school to see you in them," Severus replied lightly. She giggled and kissed his cheek. "Love you daddy!" she crawled out of the bed and scampered to her room. "Ready to go?" Severus called out 20 minutes later. She bounced out of her room in a sweater and jeans. "Yep!" "Might grab a light jacket," Severus commented. She grabbed one from her room. "Ready," she announced, smiling brightly. "Then let's go" Severus said grabbing his own jacket and a picnic basket.