Little Thief 6

by Ciejye



Disclaimer: The characters of Iggy and Dama, Tony and Sydney are all mine, mistakes and all. This story contains discipline of a minor child, but no slash involving him.

Thank You Claire for Betaing, All mistakes are my own.

Iggy and Dama are part of Tony and Sydneys universe

Archiving is cool, feedback is very welcome *smiles*



The next couple weeks were busy and happy for both Damalis and Iggy as they got to know each other and settled into a routine of home school and work. School was not as bad as Iggy remembered it and, with Damalis' help and support, an independent study course was set up so Iggy could catch up. They played ball after school and, on weekends, they worked at the restaurant.

Life, of course, was not all sweetness and light. Iggy was a stubborn young man with a huge chip on his shoulder. Arguments about the rules, and the occasional broken rule on swearing happened but were swiftly dealt with.

About two weeks after Iggy's arrival, Damalis was in the study, working on papers for his estate, when then phone rang.

"Hello"

"Hello, may I speak with Mr. Dapolous please?" a woman's voice came over the wire.

"This is he."

"This is Ms. Vaughn, Principal at Westridge High. We met when you enrolled Ignatius Preston."

"Yes, I remember you Ms. Vaughn. How may I help you?"

"I am afraid you need to come pick up Ignatius, He and another boy were involved in a fight. They have both been suspended for three days."

"What happened?" Damalis felt old.

"Evidentially another student was teasing Iggy about his height, and Iggy hit the boy."

"I'll be right down." Damalis said and severed the connection. Feeling his blood pressure rising.

He used the time in the jeep to calm down but, when he saw the black eye and split lip of the other boy, Damalis boiled again. A few formalities and he and Iggy were on the way home. The ride home was silent. Iggy could see that Damalis was furious with him. Iggy barely let the car stop before he jumped out and raced to his room.

Damalis was hot on his heels. Iggy slammed his bedroom door hard and locked it. A moment later music was blaring at full blast.

"Open this door Ignatius!" Damalis yelled over the vibrating bass. No answer.

"ONE!" Damalis counted.

"TWO!" His voice got louder so he could be heard.

"THREE!!!" Damalis lifted one foot and kicked the door open.

Iggy was on the bed, he jumped up and tried to run but Damalis caught him before he got every far. Iggy panicked, he began screaming in terror. "Don't hurt me. Please. HELP!!"

Damalis landed one hard swat on the boy's rump. "Enough!" Damalis said, more calmly than he felt. "You have just lost your door. Now you will plant your nose in his corner and stay there!" Damalis marched Iggy to a corner in the hallway. "Feet flat on the floor. Stand up straight. Hands behind your back. Nose right in the corner. Now don't move or speak. Don't even think about turning around." Satisfied at Iggy's stance, Damalis got his tools. First he repaired Iggy's door, then he removed it from the hinges. Next Damalis removed the lock off the bathroom door as well. By that time he felt more calm.

"Come here Ignatius." Damalis said quietly. Iggy left his corner and walked to where Damalis was sitting in his room on the bed.

"Now talk to me imp. What was that display all about?"

"I wanted to be alone. I knew you wouldn't listen to nothing I said."

Damalis stopped the boy, "Hold it, didn't I say I would always listen?"

"Well yes, but."

"No buts Iggy, this is important. I said I would always listen and I will. But you have to meet me half way. You never even gave me a chance. You locked me out."

"I'm sorry Dama."

"I know you are now and you will have no door for a while." Damalis took Iggy's face in both his hands. "Never lock me out child, this is very important. I can't talk to you if you lock me out."

Iggy blinked back tears and whispered. "I'm sorry. I won't do it again, I promise. I just.. well no one ever listened before."

Damalis kissed Iggy's forehead. "I know imp, now what happened at school?"

"That boy was dissing me about being short. He kept calling me a baby and a kindergartner and dwarf and then he started saying how my .......amm...... how I was... amm...... err...... too small to be with a woman. You know...... amm...... here." Iggy blushed to his roots as he gestured below his waist.

"I know." Damalis said gently. "What else?"

"I tried to ignore him but he kept at me. Every day and today he cornered me in the locker room and kept at me and at me and at me. Even when I told him to back off. So," Iggy looked nervous and didn't meet Damalis' eyes. "So I punched him. I would have won too if coach hadn't pulled us apart."

"You threw the first punch?" Damalis asked.

"Yes sir, I did." Came the whispered answer.

Before Iggy knew what was happening he was over Damalis' knee, his bottom bared, and crisp sharp swats were raining down. Iggy screeched and struggled, his legs kicked out as the merciless hand quickly heated his bottom. Iggy's face burned as much as his rump did.

"What is this spanking for?" Damalis asked, the sharp swats didn't stop even for a moment.

"OWW for throwing the first OWW punch!"

"That is never acceptable." Damalis punctuated each word with a swat. "I know some times fights can't be avoided. HOWEVER, starting one can be avoided ALWAYS!" Damalis was adding extra swats for each word this time.

Iggy was crying hard by the time the swats stopped. "I'm sorry! Sorry please Dama!" Relieved it was over. That relief was short lived as a new pain exploded in his rump. Iggy looked back as he screamed out with the new pa in. Damalis was using his hairbrush.

"If you fight, you get spanked. But if you start the fight then you get DOUBLE!"

"DOUBLE?!?!?" Iggy gasped out.

"Yes double!" Damalis said "As stated in the rules." and he began the spanking again. Hard.

By the time he was done Iggy thought his rump would spontaneously combust. He sobbed limp over Damalis' lap. His bottom a dark shade of red. Damalis let Iggy lay over his lap for a time, until his sobs had lessened. Then helped him up into a tight hug.

"Shh imp, its over for now." Damalis soothed the boy.

"For now?" Iggy queried.

"You're suspended for three days. You will get a spanking each day but only with my hand. You're grounded for a week. No restaurant, no basketball, no TV, no GameBoy, nothing. You will write an essay on why you shouldn't start fights. And another one on the on alternatives to fighting when being teased."

Iggy nodded, too exhausted even to argue the loss of his whole life. Damalis pulled Iggy's pants back up, and slipped him under the covers. As he kissed the sleeping boy on the forehead, he whispered. "We will get through this Imp, together."

To be continued..

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