Here's chapter 18!
Sorry for taking so long finishing this. I was busy with the holidays and everything.
I want to thank SailorMarble14 for her help. And I really needed it because working on this chapter was such a struggle. Thanks hon' :)
Now listen before we go any further, this'll be the last time I'll have Chester use his cane on anyone in this story. I was thinking of some ideas and I thought, "Would Chester regret the way he uses his cane on the others?" and this is what I thought. And I bet some of you wanted to know what was going on in Chapter 8 when Vito got what he deserved for scaring Svetlana.
And like I said before, I only use spanking in my stories only when necessary ok? I don't really use this kinda thing unless there's a good story idea that really needs it.
References:
Chapter 8- During Manitoba, Svetlana, and Vitos flashbacks. Mani and Svet were little kids at the time and where Vito's punishment took place while Mike was comforting Svetlana.
BTW, in the 1st flashback, Chester didn't know that Manitoba took the rap for Svetlana until she told him years later. Sorry if there was any confusion in there.
Next Chapter: Vito reads some Creepypasta stories and it scares him half to death. Can his family help get over his fears?
Until next time, enjoy!
I don't own Total Drama or the characters.
Chapter 18: Parental Regret
It was another day in Mikes mind, but it was anything but perfect. Chester was in a real bad mood and it was worse than any of the other personalities had ever seen before. Ever since he woke up that morning, he was as angry as a dog and no one wanted to get close to him, unless they want to make him even more angry.
Mike, Vito, and Manitoba were in the living room playing video games and as usual, Vito was a total bragger.
"Ha!" Vito raised his arms in victory, "In your face, loser!"
"Every time you win a game, you gloat like a ninny!" Manitoba complained.
"I do not!" Vito yelled.
"Do too!"
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Will you boys stop it already?!" Chester yelled loudly, "I'm trying to take a nap! Don't make me come in there!"
The boys looked at each other in silence for a couple minutes before Mike broke the silence, "Maybe that's enough video games for one day. Let's watch some TV."
"Agreed." his brothers said.
The three brother watched TV and made sure to keep the volume levels down. An hour and a half later, Mal was going to get a drink in the kitchen when he saw Chester struggling to get a glass from the back of the cabinet.
"Want me to help, Chester?" he asked.
"I can get it myself!" Chester snapped, "I may be old but I'm not helpless!"
Mal stepped back as Chester tried to reach even more but when he got a hold of a glass, it fell and crashed onto the floor, breaking it into tiny pieces.
"Dagnabit!" the old man screamed, "Stupid glass! Stupid shelves!"
"Uh, I'll go get the broom." Mal scurried out of the kitchen.
He got a broom and dustpan and took care of the mess as Chester grumbled more and more. All day long, he has been angry and cranky at whoever and whatever got in his way and the smallest thing pushed him over the edge. The other personalities were scared if they tried to talk to him, he might hit them with his cane and receive a lot of yelling from him.
Being one of the more reasonable personalities, Svetlana thought she would try to talk to her grandfather and hope to calm him down. She saw him walking in the hallway and he, accidentally, knocked over a vase causing him to go berserk again.
"Dang fooled vases!" he shouted as he waved his cane around, "Always left in the hallway, waiting to be smashed! Why can't they be put on shelves, like good furniture?!"
As he continued to rant, Svetlana approached him from behind hoping to reason with him, "Uh, Chester?" Svetlana said as she, barley, touched his shoulder.
Suddenly, without warning, Chester swung around with the cane in hand and smacks Svetlana on the side of her head, knocking her down! She gave out a shriek, causing the boys to run by her side seeing the shock and regret on Chester's face.
"Sheila!" Manitiba said in worry, "Are you okay?!"
She teared up, wrapped her arms around Manitoba, and started to cry her eyes out in pain. He could see that there was a bruise on her head from the blow and gave her a gentle kiss.
"H-He hit me!" Svetlana sobbed.
Mike and Vito were very shocked as Mal gave his grandfather a deep glare.
"Chester, how could you?!" he snapped.
"Why did you do that?!" Mike asked.
"She never did nothing!" Vito added.
The old personality was at a loss for words and had no idea how to respond to the young teens. When Chester reached out to comfort Svetlana, she shoved his hand away without looking up.
"Svetlana," he started to say, "I'm-"
"Don't touch me!" she cried as Chester retracted his hand back.
Manitoba said nothing and only glared at Chester as he stood up and helped Svetlana to his room to comfort her. Chester looked at the other boys as they glared, shook their heads and walked away.
"Good job Chester, you old dinosaur!" Chester mumbled to himself, " You had to go and hit your innocent granddaughter, who never even did anything!" he gave a deep sigh, "I better go apologize."
Chester walked to Manitoba's room and approached the door but before he could open it and go inside, he could hear the loud sobs of his granddaughter. He decided to peek through the door and saw Svetlana sobbing onto the lap of Manitoba, while he was rubbing her head very soothingly while avoiding the bump on her head.
"Shhh. It's okay, sheila." Manitoba comforted her.
"It's not okay!" Svetlana cried, "Vhy did Chester hit me like that?!"
"Now now, I'm sure he didn't mean it-"
"Yes he did!" she cut him off, "He always used the cane on us, Mani! No matter how little or big our mistakes are, he always threatened us! And I never did anything to deserve that hit!"
Manitoba said nothing as he lets his girlfriend cry even more, "I also felt sorry vhenever he hit Vito all ze time! I love Chester, but sometimes he's a monster! A monster!"
Chester felt like he was stabbed in the chest and looked down sadly. Now due to his survival skills, Manitoba could tell his grandfather was listening but decided not to say anything and comforted Svetlana some more. The old man, slowly, walked to his room and once there, he sat down on his bed to think about happened.
"I can't believe she said that." Chester said to himself, "Have I really been that mean all these years?"
He began to remember every memory he could think of that involved him using his cane on his grandchildren. The first one that came to mind was the time Manitoba and Svetlana were playing and something broke, resulting in one of them having to be punished.
(Flashback 1)
"Can't catch me!" Svetlana laughed as she ran.
"Yes I can!" Manitoba followed.
Despite being tild many times not to run in the house, eight year old Svetlana and eleven year old Manitoba were running around playing tag and having fun. That was about to come crashing down (literally) when Svetlana ran into the kitchen and bumped into the table so hard that it knocks a couple dishes set up, and they crashed onto the floor, breaking into dozens and dozens of little pieces.
Once Manitoba joined her, Svetlana was horrified and knew what was going to happen once a certain, strict personality found out what happened.
"Oh no!" Svetlana panicked, "Vhat am I going to do?! Chester is going to kill me!"
"What's going on in there?!" Chester shouted from the living room.
The kids worry increased as an angry Chester stormed into the room and saw the broken dishes all over the kitchen floor.
"Alright, who's the troublemaker here?!" Chester asked the two kids in front of him. No answer so he asked again, "Well?"
Manitoba looked at Svetlana, who was looking down at the ground, trembling, and about ready to cry. After what happened to her the last time she broke something, Manitoba didn't want it to happen to his friend again. So with one deep breath, he took a step in front of Svetlana and held his arms out.
"I did it." he said.
Svetlana looked at him in shock. Why was he taking the blame for her?
"What was that, young man?" Chester asked.
"Svetlana didn't do anything, I did." Manitoba said again, "I-It was an accident and I'm very sorry."
Chester glared at the boy and then turned his attention to the little girl right next to him.
"Svetlana, go to your room right now." he said sternly, "I need to teach Manitoba here a lesson."
"B-But I-" Svetlana tried to say.
"I'm not going to tell you again, young lady." Chester gave her a stern glare.
She looked at Manitoba, who gave her a comforting smile and said, "It's okay, sheila. I'll be alright."
She nodded sadly and, slowly, headed towards her room. Then, Chester grabbed Manitoba by his shirt and led him to the living room, "Come with me, you trouble-making whippersnapper!"
Chester sat down on the couch, took his cane, and looked straight into the boys eyes.
"You know my rules for breaking things, right?" he asked.
"Yes sir." Manitoba nodded.
"And you know the consequences, right?" he tapped the cane in his hand.
'Yes sir." the boy nodded again.
Chester took the boy and laid him over his lap, "I'm not doing this because I want to, sonny." the old man spoke softly, "But can't tolerate anyone breaking my rules."
"I understand, Chester." the young adventure said softly.
"Alright then." Chester said as he made the first strike.
THWACK!
"Ahhh!" Manitoba hissed painfully.
Svetlana could here what was going in her room because her door was closer to the living room. She didn't want to face the cane, but she didn't want her friend to get into trouble either.
"How could I let this happen?" the young girl cried in her hands, "That should be me getting punished, not Mani!"
The punishment didn't take very long and although it did hurt, Manitoba felt that it was worth it to protect Svetlana. In addition to the spanking, Manitoba Smith wasn't allowed to take control for a whole week and he had to clean up the mess with Chester keeping a close watch on him. Once he was done, Manitoba was free to go and the first thing he did was visit Svetlana.
He knocked on the door and was immediately engulfed in a tight bear hug and his shoulder was already wet with tears. Also, the impact of the hug made his bottom sting because he nearly fell back.
"Svetlana?" he asked with concern, "What's wrong?"
"I'm sorry Manitoba!" the girl cried, "I'm so sorry! This was all my fault!"
Manitoba smiled softly as he patted her back, "Hey hey, it's alright." he said as he winced, "It doesn't hurt that much."
"That should've been me not you!" Svetlana sobbed even harder, "If I had just told the truth-"
"No." Manitoba said as he pulled away, "Don't blame yourself, sheila. I don't mind at all." he smiled again.
"R-Really?" Svetlana sniffled.
"Of course. I'd take a beating for you any day." he nodded.
"Thank you Manitoba." she smiled back, "You're my hero."
And they shared another hug, but Svetlana couldn't shake the guilt from the damage the deception had caused.
Later that night after all the kids went to bed, Chester checked on Manitoba last and found him sound asleep. He went over to the bed and stroked the boys back but had to pull his hand back when the boy winced and turned over.
"I'm sorry, sonny." Chester said softly. The old man felt a little bad for what he did but he felt he had to do what he thought was necessary.
Chester grabbed the koala bear that was sitting in the chair, placed it next Manitoba, and gave him a gentle kiss on the forehead.
"Sweet dreams." he whispered as he left the room.
(End Flashback)
Chester sighed as he held the cane in his hands, "Why do I always hurt those kids? Am I really that abusive?"
Suddenly, he remembered the way he punished Vito a couple months ago after pulling a prank on Svetlana and scaring her so bad that she cried.
(Flashback 2)
As soon as they were in the room, Chester shut the door and led Vito to his bed.
"I warned you what would happen if you keep this up, Vito!" he said as he grabbed his cane and sat down, "Come here."
Like a child, Vito covered his rear and slowly backed away. He had gotten more than his share of the cane when he was little, but he had never seen Chester this furious before.
"No Chester, please! Not a spanking!" he begged, "Don't do this! I'm sorry!"
"Sorry isn't enough!" Chester snapped and tapped his cane with his palm, "Either you come here and take your medicine or I will go to Mike and have your outside privileges taken away!"
Vito's eyes grew wide at the threat. If he's not allowed outside, that means no more beaches, no more girls, no more sports, nothing. "You wouldn't dare!" he said.
"Your call, Vito." Chester said as he glared.
Swallowing hard and letting his hands drop, he walked towards the old man feeling very unready to accept his fate. Once he was close enough, Chester grabbed his arm, practically threw him over his lap, and raised the cane right over his head.
"Please Chester." Vito begged in fear.
"Now hush." Chester shushed him, "And don't even think of trying to kick your legs around. Understand?" Vito nodded sadly and shuts his eyes, "Good." he said as the cane came crashing down.
THWACK!
"OW!" Vito shouted as more smacks followed, "Please stop! OW! It hurts!"
"It should hurt!" Chester scolded with each strike, "After what you did to Svetlana, you should feel the same way she felt!
"OOOW!" Vito cried out, "It was just a joke! AHHH! I didn't mean it!"
"I don't care!" he yelled again, "This is what happens when you hurt someone with your reckless ideas!"
By this time, Vito's eyes were pouring out no matter how hard he tried to fight it. All the tough personality could do was lay there and sob as his rump was getting pummeled by the awful cane.
After a couple more smacks, Chester stopped and noticed Vito was sobbing like a child. Although still angry, Chester felt a little sorry for the boy and rubbed his heaving back just a bit but Vito was too busy crying to notice.
"Alright Vito." Chester sighed heavily, "You can get up now."
Vito quickly wiped his eyes with his arm and stood up, rubbing his poor aching bottom as he looked at his angry grandfather.
"I don't ever want you doing anything like that again." he warned, "Is that clear?"
"Mm-hm." Vito nodded in pain, "Yes sir."
"Okay then." Chester sighed again, "Go on."
Vito slowly started to walk out, with each step more painful than the last. He stopped to wipe his eyes again which made Chester go from angry to sympathetic.
"I hope I wasn't too hard on him." he thought to himself, "Maybe I'll talk to him after I calm down a bit."
(End Flashback)
He did talk to Vito later that day and although he and Svetlana forgave him, Chester felt angry at himself for beating his grandson like that and for making his granddaughter worry so much.
The last memory he thought of was when Mike and Mal were playing together and made a mess of things.
(Flashback 3)
Mike and Mal were both seven years old and they were painting a portrait of each other in the playroom. Each boy kept looking at the other in order to get the features just right.
"How's it coming?" Mike asked.
"Good." Mal answered as he dipped his brush in the water, "How about yours?"
"It's coming." Mike said.
Everything was going just fine until Mike accidentally flung his green-covered paint brush at Mal's face.
"Hey!" Mal exclaimed, "You did that on purpose!"
"No I didn't!" Mike shook his head.
"Yeah you did!" Mal said as he flung his blue-covered paint brush at Mike, "Take that!"
"Ah!" Mike yelled, "Oh, now You're gonna get it!"
The brothers took their brushes and threw paint at each other with each dip. But, they kept laughing because each boy was getting covered in paint, along with everything else in the room.
As the two boys flung paint at each other, they didn't realize that Chester was right behind them and holding is cane tight. With the cane raised, he gave one quick strike at the boys.
THWACK!
"OUCH!" the boys yelped at the same time.
The two rubbed their backsides as they turned around and saw an angry Chester looking down on them with the cane in his hand.
"That was a warning." Chester said sternly, "Now clean this up."
"Yes sir." both boys said with their heads down.
The boys spent the next half hour cleaning the paint up with Chester watching over them with a stern expression. After they were finished and cleaned themselves up, the brothers faced their grandfather again.
"Now, let this be a lesson to you on making messes." he said.
"Yes sir." the boys nodded.
"Good." Chester pointed the cane to the door, "Now go to your room, both of you."
Mike and Mal walked around Chester while covering their bottoms and rushed out of there was soon as they reached the door. Chester took a deep breath before heading to the living room, trying to calm himself before he had to talk to the boys again.
(End Flashback)
Although Chester wasn't too hard on the boys, he still felt bad that hit them just like the others. He had also grounded Mike and Mal for the rest of the day and sent them to bed with no dessert. He felt bad for being so tough on two very young boys who were only just playing and never really meant to make a mess.
"What have I been doing?" Chester said in regret, "For years I thought I was teaching those kids a lesson but all I was really doing was abusing them. What kind of grandfather am I?"
He laid his head in his hand and tried his best not to tear up. Chester felt shame and regret for hurting his grandsons and granddaughter for years and all because he felt ne needed to be strict. He stood up and headed for the door, "I'm going to set things right!"
Chester left his room and went to look for his grandkids to apologize for his misdeeds.
Later, Svetlana had finally calmed down and sat up to face her boyfriend, "Better now, love?" Manitoba asked.
"I guess." Svetlana gave a sad sigh, "But, vhat Chester did isn't the only thing that bothered me."
"What is it?"
Svetlana gave another deep sigh before she answered, "Remember vhen ve were children und...you took ze blame for me after I broke a glass?"
Manitoba nodded silently as she continued, "Vell...I wish it was me instead of you."
"Come on, love. You can't-"
"No! I'm serious!" she interrupted, "All these years, I have felt so guilty about what happened und I never forgave myself for it! I let you be punished for something I did und I got off scot-free!"
She lifted her head, stood up, and headed for the door with Manitoba doing the same.
"Svet', what are you doing?" he asked in concern.
The female personality took a deep breath before she answered, "I'm going to tell Chester the truth." she said as she walked out.
"What?!" Manitoba said in shock and followed his girlfriend, "Sheila wait!"
Svetlana didn't have to look very far and she found Chester and the others near the kitchen, "Boys, I need to talk to you-"
"Chester!" Svetlana called to him.
Chester turned around and saw his other two grandkids walking towards him, "Svetlana please-" Manitoba started to say before Svetlana held her hand up to stop him.
"What is it, sweetie?" asked Chester.
"I need to tell you something." Svetlana spoke up in a scared tone. She hesitated first but knew what she had to say, "You remember vhen Manitoba said he broke the plates years ago?"
Chester only nodded before Svetlana spoke again, "I vas the one who did, it not him!" she finally admitted as everyone gasped in shock, "He vas only trying to protect me from ze awful punishment you would've given to me!"
Manitoba stepped in and tried to make Svetlana stop, "Svetlana, you don't have to do this!"
"Yes I do!" she said with her eyes glistening, "All ze years of holding in the guilt has made me feel terrible for making a friend take ze blame for my wrongdoings! But now, Svetlana vill pay for her what she had done!"
She grabbed the cane, gave it to Chester, and bent over as she placed her hands on her knees.
"Svetlana, what are you doing?" Mike asked in confusion and concern.
"Chester," she began in a shaky voice, "vith your cane I vant you to beat me as hard as you can. Just like vhat you did to Mani years ago."
"Sis, you can't-' Vito tried to say.
"I must!" she yelled making Vito back off, "I don't care how much it hurts, for this vill be the atonement for my sins! Go ahead, Chester."
Chester looked at the cane, then at Svetlana, and then to the others who all shared a look of deep concern.
"Chester don't." Mal said softly and shook his head.
Chester closed his eyes for a second and raised his cane, making the boys feel very scared for their sister and Svetlana shut her eyes tightly. But just when you think he was going to strike the girl...
CLANG!
"No!" he said out loud.
Svetlana opened her eyes turned around and saw the cane lying on the floor with Chester looking sad. She stood up straight and faced her grandfather figure, "Chester, vhat did you say?"
"I'm not going to hurt you, sweetie." Chester said sadly and gave her a tight hug, "I won't harm my granddaughter or my grandsons anymore."
As relieved Svetlana and her brothers felt, they all were a little surprised by Chesters change of heart, "What are you saying, Chester?" Mike asked in a calm voice.
"I'm throwing away this stupid piece of trash!" he said as he pulled away from his granddaughter and picked up his cane off the ground, "All it did was cause you kids pain and suffering and I'm not going to let it happen again!"
"You can't be serious." Mal stared at his grandfather.
"I am." Chester spoke softly, "The reign of this stupid stick ends now."
He started to walk off but then Mike stopped him by placing a firm hand on his shoulder, "Chester, no."
The old man turned around to see Mike and the boy hugged him tight, "Don't do this to yourself. It's more than just a disciplining tool, but it's something to help you walk every day. What are you gonna do if you toss it aside? You'll be helpless."
"I'll manage." he simply answered, "It'll be fine."
"No Chester." Mal spoke up, "You can't do this because of us. It's not right."
"Ey yo, he's right." Vito agreed, "And besides, we don't hate ya or nothin'."
"Of course not, mate." Without you and your strict ways, we would all be as wily as snakes in a sugarcane field."
"Und ve still love you no matter vhat you do." Svetlana smiled softy as she wrapped her arms around Chester's neck, "Und I forgive you for what happened today."
Feeling the tears filling his eyes and the overwhelming guilt being washed away by the forgiveness of his family, Chester lets his eyes spill as everyone gives him a group hug.
"Thank you, kids. Thank you." said Chester as he cried softly, " I promise, I will never use the cane on any of you ever again. I promise."
A few minutes of comforting and Chester felt better. As he pulled away from the hug, Mike suggested, "Why don't you go lie down for a bit? We can take care of things."
"Not a bad idea, sonny." he said with a smile, "I'll see you kids later."
The old man went to his room to have a nice rest and relax for the first time all day. As soon as he was gone, Vito realized something and turned to his siblings.
"Don't you guys know what this means?" Vito asked before smiled widely, "We can do whatever we want!"
Vito fantasized all the stuff he wasn't able to because of Chester and his punishments. Eating junk food, staying up late, making prank calls, and doing whatever he wanted.
"Vito," Mike scrunched his eyes, "you don't get it do you?"
"What?" Vito looked at him, "Why do you think it's a bad thing? I think it'd be awesome!"
"He's got a point, Vito." Mal pointed out, "Think about it. If Chester hadn't used his cane over the years, we would all be acting like wild animals. He helped us Vito and you know it."
Vito thought about it for a moment and even though a little freedom would be nice, the cane his grandfather used did make him, somewhat, a better person.
"I guess your right bro'." Vito shrugged, "Chester did set us straight...I think."
His siblings chuckled as they went on with their day and, later, had some family time with Chester.
Chester decided to go easy on the punishments a little and promised never to take his anger out on any of his grandkids anymore. He was still firm when needed, but he was less harsh than he used to be much to the relief of the younger personalities.
He may be strict, but Chester loves them just the same. Kids will be kids and grandparents will always be there to guide them.
To Be Continued...