"Remmy ….remmy where are we going? Dad said we are not supposed to go outside at night. " Severus asked his older (by only a few months) brother.

"Well, little brother what dad doesn't know won't hurt him plus the towns having a festival tonight and were old enough to go without mom or dad right we just have to get past the forest ."

"I don't like the forest Rem it's scary plus we'll get in trouble ."

"Come on sevy don't be a baby besides I'll be there to protect you ." Severus looked at his brother then back towards their house "okay fine ."

With that the two headed towards town and were able to get there without much difficulty. The town was a lot livelier than the two boys had ever seen it when their mom brought them to the market where everyone was yelling and laughing and dancing and everyone had large drinks in their hands overall it was loud . no one seemed to really care that the two boys were there but after one of the men smashed his drink severus got scared especially when he ended up with a bit of glass in his hand he started to cry and remus grabbed him dragging him away from the crowd and trying to calm him down through his brothers tears . "It'll be okay sevy we're going home and mom or dad will fix it ."

"They'll be mad at me ." Sev cried now worried about being punished .

"No, they won't cause your big brother will take responsibility ."

Severus had continued to cry as the glass was still sticking out of his hand. They could finally see the cottage and ran the rest of the way opening the door. They saw their parents sitting in the living room not looking happy , " Mommy" Severus cried running to her holding out his hand.

"Oh my god Albus ." his father looked over seeing his youngest with glass in his hand albus quickly scooped up his youngest taking him to the kitchen asking his wife to go get the medical kit when she came back he put some numbing cream around the cut before removing the glass and cleaning and bandaging the wound after that was done their mother carried severus to his room tucking him in and kissing his head before heading back downstairs where her oldest was standing in the corner as her husband was cleaning up in the kitchen she went over to him, "did Remus tell you what happened?"

" apparently remus forced severus out of the house and into town where a festival was taking place there was loud music dancing and what I'm sure is alcohol which got thrown on them and one of the glasses broke and some hit sev in his hand when remus saw sev was hurt he brought him home and has said its all his fault that sev had nothing to do with it ."

"And what do you think?"

"I think Severus can make his own decisions and we will talk with both boys tomorrow ."

"Remus come here please ." Remus turned around coming and standing next to his parents Minerva hugged her boy, kissing his forehead and running her fingers through his curls . "We will talk tomorrow okay go upstairs and get ready for bed dad and I will be there soon okay" Remus nodded before heading upstairs . After their boys were in bed the two crashed into their own bed tired from the last few hours .

The next morning after breakfast was over and the table was cleared, Albus asked the boys to meet in the living room where he sat between the two . "So last night both of you snuck out of this house and went into town alone and got hurt . "

Remus looked up at his father "yes sir but its my fault I forced severus to come with me he didnt want to go ."

"Thats not true remus I choose to go with you because I didnt want you to go alone ."

" will you shut up it was my idea I just dragged you along ."

"Don't tell me to shut up I can think for myself you imbecile I came because I was sure you'd get lost ."

"HEY thats mean i'm not an Imbecile -"

"Enough boys both of you will face the consequences of your actions your both grounded two weeks understand ."

"wait, you're not gonna ...spank us ."

"Much like you boys I can make decisions myself you wanted to go out so much now youll both be confined to the house for two weeks makes sense . "

The boys groaned before heading up to their rooms. Being grounded was the worst.