10-year-old Nicholas Salvatore, slowly open his window to the house he lived in with his older brothers Damon and Stefan. Though Damon was out, either looking for him or not knowing he was gone which would be a total miracle. However, he was not surprised after he closed the window he heard Stefan call from the living room.

"Nicholas, come here."

He didn't sound cross; however, his brother's moods were always weird.

"Ah the lost boy returns." Damon said, he was on the couch as well, drinking a glass of whiskey.

Five years ago, Nicholas and his brothers went to see a witch who was causing trouble. The task seemed simple enough, kill the witch and go home. However, that was easier said than done. In their fight, the witch did something that is not reversible for Nicholas, turning from 146 years of being a sixteen-year-old to a five-year-old child was not fun. Damon killed the witch and the spell never wore off, he aged like a regular human, Stefan and Damon stepped up to be his 'Gradians' if they weren't already, to Nicholas's joy he was happy though there were moments like these where he wished he had his vampire speed and strength. Though he was faster and stronger than a normal human he was not faster and stronger than his brothers. As for his diet, he can eat like a normal human or drink the blood provided by his brothers, and if he chooses neither he found himself over one of his brothers lap for a short session of swats to his bottom. Nicholas hasn't had a spanking for some time and knew he didn't want one tonight.

"How was school?" Stefan asked.

Nicholas shifted from foot to foot. "it went alright."

Telling his brothers, he ditched school during the first recess was not an option. Since they are already anal about his going places alone, hell Stefan will not even let him cross the street without his hand on his back or him hold his hand like he doesn't get teased enough. Damon put his glass down and stood.

"Well that is odd, because your school called and said that you disappeared."

Of damp a stone of a peach, cursing in front of his brothers wasn't an option either.

"Want to tell me why you decided to ditch school, Nicholas."

Nicholas looked at the carpet it is becoming very interesting.

"Nicholas," Damon said sternly. Making Nicholas jump a little.

"I…I just…didn't want to be there no more." He said quietly, not liking the negative attention. Stefan was in front of Nicholas, taking his wrists.

"Nicholas, didn't we already have a conversation about wandering off alone, and you ditched school which you know is not okay at all."

Nicholas shrugged his shoulders. Stefan sighed taking one hand and lifting his younger brothers chin to look into his eyes.

"We want the truth, Nicholas."

"That is the truth, I left school because I didn't want to be there no more, I left and walked around town then the forest and come home, I didn't realize the time until the sun started to go down."

Stefan's eyes went dark, and if looks could kill, well Nicholas would be dead.

"The forest?" He said softly in a tone that Nicholas knew he was in a large amount of trouble. Nicholas didn't say anything. Stefan looked at Damon.

"Well seems Stefan and I need to decide your punishment, for now, did you drink any blood this week?"

Thirst was hard on Nicholas, being young he had almost lost control of it and Stefan and Damon agreed that he had to drink two cups of blood a week, it's had gone down to one when he started to show more control. However, Nicholas wasn't hungry at all, and didn't want to eat anything even though he hadn't eaten since breakfast.

Damon took Nicholas to the kitchen and poured him a class of blood.

"I'm not hungry Damon."

"Well young man, you can sit here until you are." Damon said picking him up and setting him on a stool at the table. Nicholas made no move to touch the glass. He just glared at it. While he thought if he should drink it, Stefan and Damon were speaking about his punishment.

He played with the cup wondering what would happen his he spilled it.

Stefan and Damon were watching him but said nothing.

"Nicholas, drink it don't play with it." Stefan finally told him. Nicholas, glared at the cup there was a pause then a crash. He didn't want to break the cup, he didn't know what to do, clean it up or stay put. The answer came when Damon took him from his chair and gave him a hard smack to his bottom.

"You can go wait in your room, and get ready for bed."

Without saying anything Nicholas ran to his room slamming the door. Throwing himself on his bed and started crying not knowing what to feel, sad he knew that, angry, embarrassed, and something else that he didn't know the word for.

Damon and Stefan cleaned up the blood. "What do we do about him?" Damon asked.

"What we have been brother, we treat him like our child, out brother, he doesn't remember much of anything about being a vampire, but today, I told him to stay at school and that I would pick him up."

"So, he disobeyed you."

"Yep, and I know you told him to stay out of the woods."

"Then he needs a harder punishment than usual." Damon said.

"Yea."

They agreed on a spanking, and a few more things that would be left to them and Nicholas.