Chapter 6: Disobedience and lies


Kat and her friends were planning to hang out in the common room after dinner, she was one of the top students at Hogwarts and her friends needed some help with their work. Luckily, they didn't have classes the next day, so if they ended up staying up late, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Severus was with his friends, and they decided to go study for a while in the library after dinner. He agreed since he wanted to read a book that he had been looking for a long time.

Alex and his friends finished eating and got up and walked out of the Great Hall. But he remembered that Kat told him that she was going to walk him, so he told his friends to go ahead. He leaned against the wall, waiting for Kat.

As Kat got up from the table with her friends, she gave her father a nod to let him know she was taking Alex now. Her friends headed back to their dorms to change in comfy clothes and grab whatever they needed to stay the night in her common room, some of them weren't in Slytherin, so she'd have to be back to let them into the common room. She walked over to Alex on the way out of the Great Hall -"Ready?"- She asked as she looked down at him.

Alex looked up and nodded, smiling -"Yes, I'm ready"-. He detached himself from the wall and began to walk toward the Hufflepuff common room.

Severus saw his siblings left the Great Hall; he left the Great Hall a few minutes later and went to the library.

Snape watched his children walk out of the Great Hall, he sighed inwardly, hoping Alex wouldn't do anything to get him in trouble tonight. He got up and walked back to his office.

Kat followed behind Alex to the Hufflepuff common room, once they go in she went over to talk to the other prefects that were there.

Alex says goodbye to Kat and went to the dorms, he walks into Samantha's dorm and placed his bag on the floor. They all took out what they had in their bags while smiling.

The prefects talked for a little and then decided to go back to their own houses -"If he needs me I'll be in the Slytherin common room."- Kat said to the Hufflepuff prefect before leaving, she made her way over to her own common room and then changed into comfy clothes for the night with her friends.


{Alex's POV}

Alex and his friends played and ate candies and treats. They are so distracted that they never noticed that the prefect entered the dorm from time to time or passed very often near the dorm. When it was curfew, they changed into their pajamas and began to make a plan of how to sneak out and what to cook. They giggled as they spoke.

Midnight came, Alex and his friends put on some sweaters under their pajamas to avoid getting cold. They took their wands -"Lumus"- They all said. They opened the door slowly as they looked around. They left the dorm and headed for the common room.

The Hufflepuff prefect left her room to go check if the kids had already gone to sleep, she didn't want them up so late.

They walk silently as they look around, until they managed to reach the common room, everyone smiled victoriously as they headed for the entrance, they started walking outside one by one when they heard something behind them.

-"Where are you all going?"- The prefect asked from behind them, she had just come out to check on them to find them not in their dorm

Alex swallows heavily.

-"Well...we were going to..."- Felix tried to say but kept quiet.

They were all silent without knowing what to say until Alex spoke -"We are going to go to the kitchens"- He said in a low voice.

Everyone looked at him and then sighed knowing that they had no way out of this. -"Yes, we went to the kitchens to cook"- Aries said.

The prefect sighed, knowing she had to inform people. -"Get back in here and sit on those couches while I figure everything out."- She said sternly as she walked back to her dorm and told her owl to go inform the other prefects.

The kids sighed and walked back into the common room, and they sat on the couches. Alex kept his head down, knowing that he was in a lot of trouble, he had not only gone out again after curfew, but he had also lied and disobeyed Kat and Sev. -'I'm dead.'- He thought.

The Hufflepuff prefect went to inform the head of their house while she waited for the other prefects to come. She knew headmaster Snape would be coming too, so she just hoped he didn't blame her for any of it.


{Kat's POV}

Kat hung out in the common room with all of her friends, often getting up to let another one that wasn't in her house in. They talked a lot and ate snacks while she tried to help them with their work. It was a Friday night, so everyone was out and about around the common room more than usual.

Kat and her friends retired to her own dorm for the night, all of them got comfortable in their own spots of the room and tried to sleep.

Kat was about to fall asleep when she heard the soft tapping on her window, she got up and opened to reveal and owl. Sighing as she knew exactly what it meant, she thanked it as she turned back into her dorm to grab a satin Slytherin green floor length robe and slippers then headed out of her dorm, informing her friends that she was leaving. She stopped at Sev's dorm and knocked slightly as she made her way out of the dorms.

Severus was reading in his bed when he heard the door; he got up and went to open it. He looked down the hall and saw Kat coming out of the dorms, he sighed and came out of his dorm and went after her. -"it's Alex, isn't it?"- He said before she went out to the common room.

Kat turned to look at Sev as she heard him speak -"Yes…just watch the dorms for me while I'm gone"- She said with a sigh as she opened the door leading out of the common room.

Severus nodded and walked back to the dorms. -'Oh, little Alex, you're in a lot of trouble.'- He thought, as he felt a little sorry for his little brother.

Kat walked out of the common room and towards the Hufflepuff dorms, knocking on his father's office's door as she passed. When she got to the Hufflepuff common room door, all the prefects were waiting outside for someone to let them in, eventually someone opened the door and let them in. Walking in, they were greeted by the younger students from their house sitting on the couch.


{Snape's POV}

Snape was signing some documents in his office when he heard a knock on his door; he didn't have time to answer, when an owl left a note on the desk. He took the note and read it, he frowned and stood up, he had to take a deep breath and count to ten, about five times, before walking out of his office toward the Hufflepuff common room. He was furious, but he kept it hidden with a neutral face.


Alex raised his head to see his sister and the prefects walking into the common room. He swallowed heavily when a few minutes later his father walked into it as well and he realized that his face had no expression that meant he was furious.

Snape walked into the common room and stared at his son who was sitting on the couch and then looked at the other kids who kept their heads down. He looked at the Hufflepuff prefect, waiting for an explanation.

-"I'm sorry for calling you all here so late, but I caught them sneaking out of our common room, when I asked what they were doing they confessed that they were headed for the kitchens."- The Hufflepuff prefect spoke somewhat quietly as she looked at the headmaster.

Kat was stood next to her father, both were furious by the whole situation. The prefects all stared at their kids as they waited for Snape to give them some sort of instructions.

Snape kept his face neutral. -"Very well, I want each of these kids returned to their respective dorms and each prefect of each one of them takes away the points that each of you consider appropriate for this situation, and I also want you to report this to the Head of each house and to give them the appropriate detentions, to each one of them."- He said aloud but in a neutral tone. Then he looked at Kat. -"And Miss Snape, I want you to take Mr. Snape to my office once you finish doing what I've asked everyone to do, understood?"-

-"Yes, headmaster."- Kat said with a nod as the other prefects expressed their understanding to Snape.

The prefects got together to figure out how many house points should get taken away and detentions they should receive.

-"Alright, we decided on two weeks of detention every day for all of you and 50 points from each house per person in their house. Alex, you have an extra week of detention for being caught out after curfew twice this week."- Kat said, shaking her head as the other prefects nodded in agreement.

Snape agreed with them and quietly walked out of the common room as he took deep breaths to assuage his anger.

Alex lowered his head when he heard the prefects. - 'Kat is very mad at me'- He thought as he bit his lip, trying not to cry. He didn't like it when Kat got mad at him.

The kids sighed and whimpered, but said nothing. A few minutes later, Chad raised his head -"Can we go back to the dorm for our other things?"- He said in a low voice. The others raised their heads to see the prefects.

-"Go get your stuff and then come back here, your prefects will take you back to your own common rooms."- Kat spoke clearly unamused by the kids at the moment -"Quickly, it's late, and we all want to go to bed."- She added in a demanding voice, she was by far the scariest of the prefects.

The kids jumped slightly and got up quickly from the couch. They walked back to the dorm and began to pick up their things quickly. Alex sighed as he kept his things in his bag -'Kat is mad, dad is mad, I knew lying was a bad idea'- He thought as he wiped away his tears.

His friends looked at him with pity since he was still going to see his father. After ten minutes, the kids carried their bags on their shoulders and stood in front of the prefects.

Alex stood in front of her sister, refusing to meet her eyes.

-"Let's go, first we'll take your friend to the Slytherin common room, and then we'll go see father"- Kat said to Alex as she turned and walked towards the door -"If you guys have any problems just let me know"- She said to the other prefects as she left the common room and made her way to the Slytehrin common room.

Alex nodded with a sigh as he walked behind her and Aries walked alongside at Alex, they didn't exchange any words. Alex didn't even say goodbye to Aries when she walked into the common room.

-"Let's go"- Kat said as she started on her way to her father's office.

Alex swallowed heavily as he followed his sister, walking behind her. He looked at the floor and from time to time he looked up to see his sister, but he didn't say anything, he knew he was in a lot of trouble.

Kat didn't look back at Alex; she couldn't stand him at the moment. He had lied to her face after she's done nothing but try to help him. She knocked on her father's office door before pushing it open and walked in.

Alex walked in behind Kat and sat down in a chair in front of his father's desk.

-"Thank you, Katarina, you can go back to your dorm if you feel tired"- Snape said with what little patience he had as he stared at Alex.

-"I'm ok, I'll stay here to hear his explanation."- Kat said just as furious at Alex as his father, she sat on one of the couches in his office and laid down while she listened to what was happening.

Snape nodded. - "Alright then" - He said without taking his eyes off Alex. - "Alexander, start to explain, right now" - He said sternly.

Alex jumped slightly and sighed. - "Well, it all started when I told my friends that I couldn't go to the kitchens during lunch, then one of them said why not do it secretly, she said we would do it after curfew. At first, I didn't feel very confident about the plan, but they said it was a very good plan and that it wouldn't hurt me cooked since I wouldn't have to cut anything. So we thought about having a sleepover, so we could all sneak out together, at first it was a real sleepover until midnight, when we execute the plan and the rest, you know what happened "- He said while his eyes filled with tears.

Kat rolled her eyes as she listened to what happened, so he had lied to her face the entire time he was trying to go to the sleepover. Hearing him start to cry just made her madder; he had gotten himself into this mess, so he shouldn't be crying about getting caught.

Snape frowned and crossed his arms as he stood in front of his son. -"You're listening to yourself, you really thought sneaking out after curfew, after you got caught yesterday for wandering outside curfew and the conversation we had, it was a good idea, Alexander!"- He washes his voice at the end.

Alex jumped at the tone as tears streamed down his face.

-"You lied to your sister, and you disobeyed deliberately not only her, but also Severus and me, and just because you wanted to cook with your friends! And you seriously thought that you wouldn't get hurt if you didn't cut anything, and if you burned yourself with the fire or if one of your friends cut themselves! You are only 12 years old, you cannot cook without supervision and much less enter the kitchens since it is one of my rules! And yesterday I told you to obey my rules! And think about what you're doing before you do it! "- Snape spoke loudly and with an angry tone.

Alex trembled in the chair as he sniffed.

-"You also got your friend to lie for you to my face."- Kat added in as she sat up to talk to Alex -"Most of father's rules are in place so you and other students do not get hurt, they are not put in place to make your time here boring. If you and your friends want to do something this badly, then, why don't you just talk to father, in this situation with the kitchens, I guarantee that if you had talked to him and planned something for you all to go, he would have let you. He would have put people and elves in place to make sure nothing bad will happen while you are still allowed to do what you wanted."- She was baffled that her brother couldn't just talk to their father about this stuff.

Alex looked down at the floor without saying a word, he had not thought about that, he had suggested to his friends that they could talk to his father to ask his permission, but he wasn't sure if he would really give them permission, so he preferred to continue with the plan. But, still, he knew very well that he had done it, it was very wrong, he knew it since Aries told him the plan. But, besides, he didn't want to be a spoilsport and ruin his friends' plans, but that no longer mattered. He felt so guilty that he didn't bother to defend himself or think of excuses. - "I'm sorry" - He said with a shaking voice.

-"Go stand in the corner while I think about what I'll do with you because everything you've done today is without excuse" - Snape said sternly. He internally sighed at this method of punishment he thought Alex was too old to have time out, but from his attitude today, he was wrong, Alex was not old enough to be punished like that.

- "Yes, sir" -Alex said simply as he got up from his chair and walked slowly until he stopped in front of a corner, which is suspiciously clear for someone to stand there. Snape unconsciously always had a clear corner in all of his rooms, for situations like these.

Kat rubbed her eyes to try and make herself a little less tired, at this point she would probably have to stay to walk her brother back to the dorms because her father would probably not let him do anything alone for a while. Kat's thinking wasn't all wrong, he wasn't going to let Alex do something or go somewhere alone, for a long time.

Snape looks at his daughter, realizing how tired she was, and sighs -"Katarina, go back to your dorm and sleeps a bit. It is too late, after punishing Alexander I will take him to my room, he will sleep there, and I will take him to the Great Hall tomorrow. You've done enough for today, I'll take care of him until morning. You can talk to him tomorrow at breakfast"-. He puts his hands on his hips -"He will tell you tomorrow how he should behave from now on"-

-"Are you sure, father? It's really no problem for me to stay here and wait, I asked Sev to watch the dorms while I was gone so there shouldn't be any problems."- Kat really didn't need to go back, her friends were perfectly fine in her dorm alone, and they were probably all asleep.

-"Yes, Katarina, I am sure, you have to sleep, tomorrow you have practice again and in addition to your responsibilities as a prefect, I don't want you to get sick from fatigue"- He says seriously. -"I'll take care of your brother, and you go to rest, you've already had a lot of excitement for one night"- As much as he trusted his daughter, he had to take care of his children no matter how busy he was.

Kat nodded as she stood up and stretched her back -"Alright, thank you."- She said as she started to walk towards the door -"Goodnight."- She said with a yawn as she opened the door

-"Good night"- Snape said as his daughter when she walked out the door

Alex glanced sideways when Kat left the office, then he looked back at the wall as he sniffed. He cries softly as he stared at the wall.


Kat went back to the Slytherin dorms quickly, knocking on her brother's door to let him know that she was back. She informed the Head of the House before slipped into her own dorm quietly, hoping she didn't wake any of her friends. Fortunately, she was got to sleep a little bit later because breakfast was pushed back on the weekends.

Severus sighed when he heard the door, but decided to wait until tomorrow to ask her about everything that happened with their brother. He placed the book on the nightstand and went to sleep.


{Snape and Alex's POV}

Snape was staring at his son standing in the corner as he listened to him cry. He sighed, knowing how he should punish his son. It was not uncommon for Alex to find himself face down on his lap quite often, but he had agreed with himself that Alex was old enough to be punished that way. When Alex turned 12, he decided to just give him a warning slap, he thought that that plus a scolding would be enough to make him behave, but it seems as with the times outs, he was wrong again.

-'This kid, why will he take so long to mature? At his age, his siblings I no longer punished them by spanking or time outs, not even warning slaps'- Snape thought as he ran his hand over his face.

Kat, rarely, during her childhood, was face down on her father's lap or having time-outs, although she used to get warning slaps from time to time, although Snape had stopped doing it when Kat was 8, scolding her, grounding her, or giving her other minor punishments, was enough for her to behave.

Sev, like Alex, it was also not uncommon for him, to be very often face down on his father's lap, but time-outs never worked for him, as he enjoyed using that time to think about other things. Snape stopped punishing him like that when he turned 10 and stopped giving him warning slaps a little before he started Hogwarts, punishing him with forbidding him to make potions was enough for him to behave.

But Alex was always a problem, when Snape thought he no longer needed to punish him like that; he did something, like what he had done today, that made Snape back down from his decision. Although he used to punish him in other ways, spanking was the most effective way for Alex to spend more time without getting into trouble or repeating it. And the times outs were very effective for Alex to think and reflect better on what he had done.

Snape sighed, ceasing to postpone the inevitable. -"Alexander, come here right now"- He said, pointing a finger at the floor in front of him.

Alex jumped slightly when he heard his father's voice, wiped away his tears and turned around to start walking, until he stood in front of his father.

Snape takes his son by the wrist and leads him to the couch; he sits down and puts his son in front of him and between his knees. He took a deep breath, he hadn't punished Alex like this since summer vacation, the warning slaps had worked on him until now.

Alex widened his eyes when his father started to lead him to the couch. -'He won't do it, will he?'- He thought. His fears began to be confirmed when his father put him between his knees, he knew this very well and where it was heading. Alex kept his head down, hoping his suspicions weren't true.

- "Alexander Severus Snape, look at me" - Snape said sternly as he put his fingers on his son's chin to make his look up at him.

Alex raised his head when he felt his father's fingers on his chin, but he didn't look his father in the eyes. -'Oh, no, he called me by my full name, please, no'- He thought.

- "What you did today has no excuse, you lied, you disobeyed, and you were about to do something where you could get hurt, how do you think I felt when I heard what you did, answer me, young man! Smack! "- He said sternly as he spanked him.

-"Ow!"- Alex sobbed -"Mad"-. He said with a shaky voice.

-"Yes, I was mad but also very disappointed in you; I never thought you could behave as badly as you did today. Smack!"-. Snape scolded him as he spanked him again.

-"Ow! I'm so sorry, waahh"- Alex was crying softly.

-"And it seems that still a talk is not enough for you to understand how you should behave"- Snape sighs before lowering his son's pajama pants. - "And it also seems that the warning slaps, scolding and other punishments are not making a real impression on you, maybe a full session with my hand if it works on you" -He said when his son's pants were around his ankles, leaving him in his underwear.

Alex's fears and suspicions were fully confirmed when his father began to pull down his pants. - "No, please, daddy, I'm too old to be punished like that, waaahhh"- Alex cried louder as he shook his head. His father had not punished him like this for a few months, so he thought that his father would not punish him in this way again, but he was very wrong.

- "No, Alexander, you are not old enough not to be punished like this, and your behavior over the last two days has only made it more clear to me that this is what you need and what you are crying out for" - Snape said sternly, before grabbing his small son by the wrist. - "And if you want me to stop treating you like a little boy who needs constant vigilance and spanking to get him to behave, then start acting like a big boy" - He said before putting his son face down on his lap.

-"No, no, daddy, I'm sorry, no please, waaahhh"- Alex begged. He held his father's pants and hid his face on the couch when he felt his father begin to pull down his underwear. - "Waaahhh, no, not bare, no, daddy, please, I'm so sorry, waaahhh" –

Snape looked over at the small boy on his lap as he pulled down his underwear; he was so small and light. Alex fit perfectly on his father's lap and neither his hands nor feet reached the floor, he was not even close to the floor. Sometimes it is forgotten that he was a 12-year-old. Alex looked younger for his age; also, the way he acted was too childish. But in the current position he was in, he made him look even younger, and hearing him cry and beg only reaffirmed that. Snape sighed before starting to spank him. -"Smack! Smack! Smack! You will behave! Smack! Smack! Smack! You will follow the rules! Smack! Smack! Smack! You will not be disobedient! Smack! Smack! Smack! You will not lie! Smack! Smack! Smack! "- He said while spanking him.

-" Ow! Ow! Waaahhh! Ow!"- Alex was crying out loud as he squirmed and lightly kicked his legs. -"Ow! Waaahhh! Ow! I'm so sorry! Ow! Ow! Waaahhh! I won't do it again! Ow! Waaahhh! Stop it! Ow! Waaahhh! Ow!"-

Snape tried to ignore his son's cries and screams, he focused not to hurt him, he did not want to become abusive like his father. Snape's hand covered his son's bottom completely. -'Why is this kid so small, if I'm not careful, I could hurt him '- He thought. He continued to spank Alex until his son's bottom turned a dark pink, then summoned a wooden hairbrush.

Alex thought it was done when his father stopped momentarily, he turned his head and his eyes widened when he saw the hairbrush in his father's hand. He began to squirm more and kick harder. - "Waaahhh! No, please, not with that, daddy, I'll be good, I promise, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry! Waaahhh!" - Alex begged, while holding his father's pants tighter, and he hid his face back on the couch. His father rarely spanked him using anything other than his hand. - "Waaahhh! Not the hairbrush, I'll be good, I promise, daddy! Waaahhhh!" –

- "Yes, you will be good, or you will find yourself in this position again, Alexander Severus Snape!" - Snape takes a deep breath, trying not to be affected by his youngest child's cries and begs. He placed his hand on Alex's back, so he wouldn't fall off his lap and slightly lifted his son's sweater, so he could see better and not hurt him. -"Whack! Whack! Whack! You are not going to do anything that could hurt you! Whack! Whack! Whack! Or put your life in danger! Whack! Whack! Whack! Understood?! Whack! Whack! Whack!"-. He spanked his son with the hairbrush 12 times, once for each year of his life.

-" Ooowww! Ooowww! Ooowww! Waaaaahhhhh! Ooowww! Ooowww! Ooowww! Waaaaahhhhh!"-. Alex stopped moving and just cried on his father's lap. Alex's crying, the sound of spanking echoed throughout the office. -"Ooowww! Ooowww! Ooowww! Yes, I won't do it again! Waaaaahhhhh!"-.

Snape saw his son's red bottom and thought he had had enough. He put the hairbrush on the table, put the sweater back in place, and patted Alex on the back to calm him down. -"It's okay, It's okay, it's over now"-

- "Waaaaahhhhh!" - Alex continued crying loudly without realizing that his punishment was over. - "Waaaaahhhhh!" –

Snape sighed, knowing what he had to do, but he was not an affectionate person. He took Alex by the armpits and sat him on his lap, with care that his bottom did not touch anything.

Right away, Alex threw himself against his father's neck, putting his little arms around it and hugging him. -"Waaaaahhhhh! Waaaaahhhhh! I am so sorry! Waaaaahhhhh! Waaaaahhhhh! I am very sorry! Waaaaahhhhh! Waaaaahhhhh! I won't do it again! Waaaaahhhhh! Waaaaahhhhh!"- Alex yelled as he put his face on his father's neck.

-"It's okay, I know you're sorry, take a deep breath for me, you're forgiven, I forgive you, shhhh.. "- Snape rubbed his son's back, he began to regret telling Kat to leave, she could have comforted him after his punishment.

When Alex calmed down he was completely asleep clinging to his father's neck. Snape sighed before putting on his son the underwear and pants that had ended up on the floor at some point during his punishment; he got up as he put Alex on his hips and walked out of the office towards his room.

When they reached the room, Snape placed his son face down on his bed. He sighed heavily, seeing his youngest's reddened and tear-filled face. He went to take a shower to relax, then come back and lie down next to Alex while he covered themselves with a blanket. He fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.