Chapter 11: The two faces of Snape
{Alex and Snape's POV}
-"Alexander, come here"- Snape said as he pointed to the floor for Alex to stand next to him.
Alex slowly gets up from his chair and walks at the same speed to the place his father had pointed out.
Snape gets up and grabs his son by the wrist and leads him to the couch.
-"No, no, I'm sorry, daddy don't."- Alex said crying. -"Waahh, waahh"- He wasn't afraid, he could still feel that warmth coming out of his father's magic, but he still didn't want to be spanked.
Snape sits down on the couch and puts his son between his knees. -"I think you and I already had a conversation about lies, didn't we, Alexander?"-
Alex nodded.-"Yes, daddy"- He just wanted to throw himself against his father's neck and be comforted.
-"And tell me, what did I tell you would happen if you lied again? Smack!"- Snape asked sternly.
- "Ow!"- Alex brought his hands to his bottom -"You said I'd go back to being face down on your lap"- He shakes his head -"No spanking, I'll be a good boy, please."-
-"I know you'll be good, I'll make sure of that"- Snape said as he patted his son's bottom.
Alex began to sob -"But, I was so afraid, I didn't mean to lie to you"-
-"I know you were scared, but you can't lie to me like that, how can I trust you if you lie to me"- Snape scolded him.
-"I'm so sorry."- Alex sobs.
-"And also you can't hide this kind of thing from neither to your siblings nor to me, if someone hurts you or bullies you, you have to say it immediately, have I been clear enough for you? Smack!"- Snape said sternly. He felt a little bit angry again about the whole situation.
-"Ow!"- Alex jumped slightly, that spanking was harder than the previous one. –"Yes, I will, I'm very sorry, Wahhh!"- He began to cry aloud as big tears fell from his eyes. -"Waaahhh! Waaahhh!"- He held his father's robe tightly. -"Don't get mad at me!"-
Snape sighed, he knew he had to calm his son down; he couldn't punish him if he was this upset. He picked up his son by the armpits and sat him astride his lap.
Alex immediately threw himself against his father's neck -"Waahhh! I'm sorry, I was so scared! Waahhh!"- He put his face against his neck while crying -"Waahhh! Waahhh!"-
Snape rubbed his back -"I know, but this couldn't happen again, neither the lie, nor hiding anything like this from me Alexander, you can't hide from me when you're hurt or sick, or if someone hurts you in any way you must tell me I will always believe you, so you mustn't feel afraid, but I can't help you or protect you if you hide those things from me, I need to trust you, no more lies"-
Alex nodded without stopping crying -"Waaahhh! Waaahhh!"- He took a while to calm down, he rested his head on his father's shoulder while sobbing and sniffing softly.
When Snape saw that his son was only sniffing with his head resting on his shoulder he picked him up by the armpits and put him back between his knees -"Okay Alexander, let's get this over with"- He pulls down his son's pants and puts him face down on his lap. He decided to leave his underwear where it was, he hadn't lied to him with bad intentions, so he planned to be soft with him this time.
-"Waahh, No, no, no, please, I'm sorry, wahh!"- Alex had thought that his father would not punish him, but he realized he was wrong when he was looking at the floor. He kicked his legs slightly, but didn't try to get down or get out of his father's grip.
Snape sighed, placed his hand on his son's back as he raised his other hand and quickly lowered it to his son's small bottom. -"Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!"- He kept silent.
Alex was crying out loud, again, on his father's lap. -"Waaahhh! Ow! Ow! Daddy! Ow! Ow! I am sorry! Ow! Ow! Please! Waaaahhh!"-
-"Are you going to lie again, Alexander?"- Snape paused so that his son could answer the question; he had to be sure the little boy understood why he was in that position.
Alex took several deep breaths so that he could speak as coherently as possible. -"Wahhh! No. Waaahhh! I won't lie again. I'm really sorry. Waaaahhhh! Daddy, no more!"-
Snape nodded -"I hope so Alexander Severus Snape, because if not, you will be back in this position and this spanking along with the previous one will seem like a nice memory."- He said sternly -"Six more and we will be done."- He says as he raises his hand and quickly brings it down a little harder so that the message is clear enough -"Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!"- He took a deep breath and lowered his hand one last time but hardest -"SMACK!"-
-"Waaaahhh! Ow! Ow! I'm sorry! Ow! Daddy! Ow! Ow! I won't do it again! Ooowww! Waaaahhhhh! Waaaahhhhh!" - Alex held his father's pants tightly before putting his face against the couch –"Waaaahhhhh! Waaaahhhhh!"-
Snape sighed at his son's crying, these spankings had been softer than the previous one, but he cried just the same. He started patting Alex on the back. -"It's okay, it's okay, it's over, we're done, breathes for me"-
-"Waaaahhhhhhh! Waaaahhhhhhh!"-Alex slowly calmed down as his father patted his back.
Snape lifted the elastic of his son's underwear slightly and sighed in relief when his bottom was only pink, he hadn't spanked it so hard compared to his son's cries. He pulled his underwear back into place while patting his back. -"Shhh, it's okay, it's okay, shhh."-
Alex let out a little whimper as his father took his underwear, he was about to cry hard again and beg, thinking he would pull his underwear down for more spanking, but when his father continued to comfort him he just let out a couple of sobs -"Waah, wahh"- He took several deep breaths to calm himself down.
Snape picked up his son by the armpits and put him on the floor once he calmed down enough -"I hope this is the last time we have this conversation, okay?"- He reached down to the floor to pull up his son's pants being careful not to touch his sore bottom.
Alex nodded, sobbing and sniffing as his father pulled up his pants. -"Yes, daddy, I promise"- He said as he rubbed his butt.
Snape gets up. -"Now, you can lie down on the couch while Kat comes for you"-
Alex shakes his head as he stretches his arms towards his father while sobbing. -"I want a hug, up, please"-
Snape sighs and picks up the small boy.
Alex clings to his father's neck and wraps his legs around his waist while crying softly.
Snape sits back at his desk and went back to work with Alex clinging to his neck.
{Kat's POV}
Aries after returning from detention, had sat down on one of the couches in the common room to do her homework, she giggled as she remembered how Alex had looked after detention.
Kat walked into the common room and spotted Aries immediately. -"Aries, come with me, I have to speak to you on behalf of one of the professors."- She said sternly as she stood at the door waiting for the girl to get up, she planned on taking her into the corridors, so there wasn't a scene in the common room.
Aries frowned and stood up, she took a deep breath as she walked towards her and smiled innocently. -"Yes, Miss Snape, is something wrong?"- She says with a fake smile.
-"There might be."- Kat said with a sigh as she walked out to the corridors and turned to look at Aries -"One of the professors was told, by other students, that what you claim happened in detention is not what actually happened."- She said making up a story to see if she could get the girl to confess before straight-up calling her out for what she did.
Aries slightly tilted her head. -"I don't understand, I didn't lie to the professor; they would have lied, because I told the professor exactly what happened."- She said pretending innocence. -'Who of those idiots told the professor, they will pay dearly for this'- She thought -"I would never do that there must be a mistake"-
-"You see we're having a hard time believing you wouldn't lie to the professor because you did lie directly to my face just last week."- Kat said as she looked down at the girl with a raised eyebrow -"We also noticed a few flaws in the story you told the professor so as of now it is not looking like this situation will be going in your favor."- She said as she played into the story, the more she could get out of the girl the better off she'd be -"If you'd like to confess to any actions, or lies, you may have done, then the punishment would be far less severe."- That was a complete lie, but she said what she had to say.
Aries stopped smiling, and clicked her tongue and crossed her arms. -"You have no evidence that I have done something wrong, it is their word against mine, I did not throw that buckets on Snape, he was the one who tripped over both buckets; you can't accuse me without evidence."- She stood at the defensive. -"I haven't done anything wrong."- She smirks.
-"It may be their word against yours, but you are one person, they out number you. It also doesn't help that your story has some flaws, we don't have evidence aside from word of mouth that you did something wrong, but we also don't have evidence that you didn't do anything wrong."- Kat said as she looked down at the girl, she kept her wand with her just in case if the second year got ballsy and tried to pull something on her -"You don't scare me like you scare the other students in your year, to me, you're just a little girl that bullies her "friends" into doing things they don't want to."- She said with a smirk as she put air quotes around the word friends.
Aries glared at her, she was very upset that Kat called her a little girl. -"Fine, I threw those two buckets on that idiot, are you happy now?"- She snorts. -"He deserved it and who cares, even if I hadn't thrown them at him, he would have ended up covered in dirt, dust, and gross water anyway"- She laughs. -"He is a useless clumsy and always ends up causing an accident."- She said all that with contempt, forgetting that she was talking to Kat.
Kat looked down at her with a small smile, she was pissed the girl's would say that about her brother, but glad that she got the girl to fess up. –"Listen here, you brat, from now on you're going to stay away from Alex, if you even try to get close to him, you'll be suspended. If hear about you even make one mean comment towards another student you will be suspended, and trust me, I find out everything. From now on all of your detentions will be by yourself and with Mr. Filch, also you have another 2 weeks added to your detention. And to top it all off you will be writing me a 5-foot essay about how what you did to Mr. Snape, today, yesterday, and the day before is wrong, because I also know about what actually happened with his hands, the fight you caused, and how you threatened him if he told me any of this."- She stood towering over the girl with a glare; she knew the girl would be angry, so she expected anything.
Aries uncross her arms and clench her fists tightly. -"You can't fucking do that"- She stands closer to Kat. -"So that nuisance gave me away, you can't tell me what the hell to do. You can't suspend me for something so ridiculous."- She pushes Kat away. -"I'll make you regret it and make Snape regret it all. You can't suspend me, who you think you are"- She starts hitting Kat. -"Stupid, you'll regret this."-
-"Physically bullying someone is not a ridiculous reason to be suspended, and you weren't suspended yet, but you will be now for this."- Kat said as she took a few of the hits but then used her foot to push the girl away from her and pulled out her wand. -"Petrificus Totalus"- She whispered, and the girl froze in place, Kat grabbed the back of the girl's collar and then apparated them into her father's office. Making sure they were faced away from his desk, so Alex would have a second to react and get off his father's lap.
When Kat was inside the office, Alex turned his head, as he had felt his sister's magic. -"Kat, you..."- He blushed faintly at the sight of Aries, he quickly climbed off his father's lap and wiped away his tears, he kept his head down hiding his face, then hid behind his father's chair.
Snape raised an eyebrow as Alex quickly climbed off his lap, he was about to ask when he saw Kat with her back to them and grabbing a girl by the collar, he thought it weird that he hadn't heard the door but decided to ignore it for now. -"Kata...Miss Snape, is there a problem, has Miss Hunter done something wrong?"- He said, assuming the girl was Aries.
-"Suspend her."- Kat said as turned around and dropped the girl right as she regained movement. -"She should be expelled for what she's doing, but I feel like being nice."- She said as she lifted up the side of her shirt to reveal bruising on her ribs where the girl hit her.
Aires gets up from the floor, glaring at Kat. -"What the fuck..."-
-"Miss Hunter, if it were you I would refrain from saying anything or using that kind of language, because it will only make the situation worse for you."- Snape said in a cold and intimidating tone. He was trying to control his anger when he saw that she had hit his daughter, in addition to bullying his son.
Aries turned her head as she trembled. She swallowed hard as she looked at the headmaster; just like all the students, she was terrified of him.
-" Now, from what I'm understanding, you hit an older student who is also a prefect."- Snape gets up from the desk and walks until he stands in front of Aries with a terrified look on his face. -"It seems that the punishment I imposed on you was not enough"- He maintained an intimidating stance. -"Maybe I should expel you"-
Aries kept her eyes on the headmaster as she began to cry silently while her body trembled. -"No, please"- She stammered.
Snape smirked before looking at Kat. -"Could you please explain to me what happened to think how long I will suspend Miss Hunter, if it does not occur to me to expel her first."-
-"Yes headmaster, I would love to."- Kat said as she glared at Aries with a smirk, almost rubbing it in her face that she was screwed. -"Well, I got her from the common room and brought her into the corridor, so we wouldn't disturb the students doing their work in the common room. I told her that we've been told that the story she told was a lie and that her story had a few flaws. At first, she denied that she lied, then she accused me of not having evidence that she did anything wrong. When I told her that the situation was not looking good in her favor and that I wasn't scared of her like other people were. She got angry and admitted to doing it. She then said Alex deserved it, was useless, and would have ended up in the same state anyway because he is so clumsy. I then told her what her punishments were, and she began to curse and saying that I will regret doing any of this. She began to hit me, that's when I petrified her body and apparated here."-
Alex frowned behind the chair. -"I'm not clumsy or useless."- He muttered in a very low voice.
Snape narrowed his eyes at Aries and crossed his arms, he counted to ten mentally, remembering that this girl was a student, and he couldn't lay a hand on her. He wanted to put the girl over his knee and give her the spanking of her life, one he would never give to his children -'I hate spoiled brats'- He thought. He took a deep breath before looking at Aries coldly. -"Well, from what I am hearing you think you are above the rules, and they don't apply to you too, don't you?! You believe that you are someone superior here and that you are above everyone! Am I wrong?!"- He raised his voice .
Aries shook her head while crying; she was too scared to speak.
Alex looks at his father behind his chair; his attitude was completely different than it normally was with his children. He scolded Aries in such a cold and frightening way. His posture and voice were very different from the way he scolded his children. Alex wasn't surprised; after all, he had heard the rumors of how scary his father could be when he scolded people other than one of his children.
Like Alex, Kat wasn't surprised at how her father was acting, it wasn't the first time she had seen him act like this, as she had brought several students to his office many times and witnessed her father's lectures to them. But she didn't feel bad for Aries at all, she was enjoying how her father was scolding and terrorizing that brat.
-"Well, I'm going to make it clear that you are not superior to anyone here. You are suspended for the next three weeks, you will not be able to leave your dorm during that time, at any time, an elf will bring you the meals of the day and the schoolwork that you should do."- Snape says sternly. -"Your detentions will resume when your suspension weeks are over, but you will have them until the end of February and with Mr. Filch. And from now on you are on probation, if I found out that you were close to Mr. Snape, You spoke badly to some student or even gave someone a bad look, you will be expelled from here, I have been clear enough for you, Mrs. Hunter!"- His voice resounded in the office.
Aries nodded, crying, still too scared to speak.
-"A verbal response, now!"- Snape raised his voice much louder than before, but said it slowly and coldly.
Aries jumped scared. -"Yes, headmaster"- She said scared while her voice trembled.
Snape looked at Kat. -"Is that punishment enough for her or do you think you should add something else, Miss Snape?"-
-"I would personally like to cast a charm on her door, so I can know when someone enters and exits her dorm."- Kat said with a nod as she went over to one of the chairs in front of his desk and sat down -"Aside from that I think everything else is perfectly fine."-
Snape nodded. -"Very well , I allow you to put that charm on her door"- He looks at Aries with severity. -"And I hope you know what will happen if you get out of there, don't you?"- He said in a cold and threatening tone
-"Yes, headmaster"- Aries said through big tears as her body trembled as did her voice.
Snape nods again - "Now, you can go, your suspension starts right now, go!"-
Aries ran out of the office, returning to the common room. She was crying her eyes out.
Snape takes a deep breath before pulling out his wand with the intention of healing the bruises Aries had given Kat.
-"No, don't, I'm fine."- Kat said as she put her own wand back in her pocket. She watched as the girl ran out of the office with a soft laugh, at least she knew she couldn't mess with them anymore.
Snape raises an eyebrow and nods. -"Okay."- He keeps his wand in his robe.
Alex steps out from behind the chair. -"She won't bother me or hit me anymore, will she?"-He walks over to where Kat is.
-"Don't ask dumb questions, we know you were listening to the whole conversation, so you know the answer to that."- Kat said as he walked over, she wasn't in the mood to deal with anyone else acting dumb
Alex frowned. -"I was just asking, you don't have to get like that"- He sighs and lightly kicks the floor. -"Thank you, anyway"- He says quietly and with a slight smile.
Severus shook his head slightly. -"Ok, since we're done with this, you can both go"-
-"Ok, let's go Alex."- Kat said as she got up from the chair and got ready to leave, she looked down at him to see if he wanted her to pick him up.
Alex smiles at her and nods, spreading his arms towards her. -"Up, please"-
Snape bit his lip to keep from smiling at the scene. -"I hope that with this, you avoid getting into more trouble, Alexander and I hope that you will be more careful with potions, or will I do what I told you before, do you understand?"-
Alex sighed -"Yes, dad, I'll be more careful. I won't get in any more trouble."-
-"We'll see you at dinner in a little."- Kat said to her father as she bent down slightly and picked up Alex. -"We'll be in the dorms until it is time for us to go to the Great Hall."- She said as she started to walk out of the office.
Alex smiles as he puts his head on Kat's shoulder.
Snape nods and goes back to his desk when they leave the office.
Alex said nothing for several minutes as they walked down the corridor, he felt so relaxed as he felt Kat's magic -"Thanks."- He said softly before yawning.
-"For what?"- Kat asked as she walked back to the Slytherin common room with Alex in her arms
-"For everything, if not for you, I would not have said anything, and she will still continue to bully me"- Alex clung to Kat's neck. -"I was very afraid, I was very afraid that she would be able to do all the things she threatened me with."- He sobbed in a low voice.
-"Well, I think she should be expelled for what she's done, and I have a feeling she will go back to her old ways once these punishments are over."- Kat said with a sigh as she rubbed his back lightly.
Alex shakes his head. -"I don't want that, I'll be her first target if she wants to do that again"- He trembles slightly. -"I also think that she should be expelled after all I'm going to have to see her in class until I graduate from here"-
-"You'll be ok; she won't be able to get near you."- Kat said as she walked into the common room
Alex sniffs -"Do you promise?"- He said quietly.
Severus was sitting in the common room and raised an eyebrow at the sight of Kat with Alex in her arms. He had come out of his dorm to read in the common room, he went to the common room shortly after Kat took Aries to their father's office, so he was unaware of the situation.
-"I will try my best to keep her away from you."- Kat said softly as she placed him on the floor and sent him back into his dorm.
Alex nodded -"Okay"- He said before walking into his dorm. He sat on his bed and picked up the book on knitting, and decided to continue making his hat until dinner time.
