by Susan Thomas
As the last few filed out, there being no girls to cane, the Headmaster tidied his notes and then she approached. "Excuse me Headmaster, I just want to apologise for being a trifle late into assembly. I was busy working and didn't notice the time."
He turned and looked down at her. She was a foot shorter than he was, but it seemed to be more, such was his bearing and authority. As his eyes swept over her ,she began to feel small, young and scruffy. He made no comment at all but, without looking at her, his hand reached out and picked up the cane which lay on the magnificent desk. "Bend," he commanded.
Her mouth fell open. Bend? He couldn't be serious, didn't he realise she was a teacher and not a pupil?
"Don't waste any more of my time young lady."
The comment may sound harsh but with his deep cultured voice, his godlike bearing and the aura of great authority, it sounded perfectly reasonable, for who delays the almighty? She thought very quickly, realising that she was without her academic gown, and the clothes she wore were similar to the special uniform worn by sixth-form girls. He must have mistaken her for a sixth-former so what to do? She could protest that she was a teacher, but if he hadn't realised maybe it would be best to take the caning and say nothing, letting her lateness fade into the melting pot of girls he caned daily. After all how bad could it be?
Reluctantly, she turned and bent over, making sure her fingers touched her toes, and that her legs were straight in the approved manner. Bending made her skirt pull tightly over her bottom, and she was felt very embarrassed but as yet not frightened.
"You are a teacher so I shall give you six instead of my usual three."
She nearly jumped up with shock. He did know. Surely teachers weren't caned in the school? It came into her head that he was caning her precisely because she was a probationer, and as such she didn't dare stand and challenge him. This was a plum job, and she had been much envied when she had got it, having been one of some fifty hopeful applicants. However ghastly, she had better take it, and hope he then forgot.
She heard nothing so the blow across her bottom when it arrived was a shock. It drove the air from her lungs with its force, and she made a loud, long "Aaaah." Then the pain registered, and she gasped all over again.
She had no time to really appreciate the burning line that had appeared across her tightly stretched bottom before the next blow arrived. "Oh, oh, oh, oh," she squeaked as her fingers danced across her toes, trying to hold position. Her mind scrambled furiously trying to think what to do.
Crack! landed the third, making her rock with its sheer force, and so painful her body did a sort of pump-like rocking, trying hard to stay in place while wanting to dance around to ease the burning throb across her bottom.
The cool analytical side of her mind was intrigued. I hadn't realised that the cane would have such force. It would be interesting to measure it you know. The rest of her mind screamed, Shut up you fool, it hurts damn it!
Whack! Another stroke landed, making her give a strangled cry. She was too ashamed to cry out loud but the pain of this, her very first caning (in fact her very first taste of corporal punishment as her parents had not even smacked her), was making it hard to stay silent.
Two more strokes to go. She was now frightened, and desperately wanted to jump up and tell him what to do with his job, but she had already had four strokes and to give in now would leave her with an uncertain future. She pushed her trembling fingers down to her toes, and tried to hang on.
The dull crack of the fifth stroke drove almost no microscopic dust particles from her skirt as the preceding four had done that job quite well. It did drive a sort of wavering cry despite her best intention not to make a fuss, and she clenched her hands into fists to help ease the horrible burning pain that engulfed her poor bottom.
The Headmaster rarely took much interest in the canings he gave. To him it was simply part of the responsibility he carried on his shoulders. However, when giving six he did like to lay the last stroke diagonally across the other five. Past pupils told him that the last in a six was particularly painful like that, and left extra extremely sore points where the welts crossed. He did feel it was important for a sixer to be memorable so he always made sure to angle the last stroke.
Thwack! The last stroke was laid at precisely the right angle to cross all the previous five. She gave a screech and leapt to her feet, her hands scrabbling at her bottom. She didn't care what he thought or indeed anyone else at all. It didn't matter to her whether the girls took their sixers with more fortitude. The only thing was how much the last one had hurt. She controlled herself enough to face him, hands clamped to her bottom, praying furiously that the intensity of the pain would ease quickly.
"You are crying," he told her. He was matter of-fact and nothing else. "Best see to that before going anywhere else. Don't be late again." With that, he strode away, his cane under his arm.
She walked slowly and carefully to the Ladies' where she examined her welts in the long mirror. They were violent red and raised, painful to touch everywhere, but especially where the sixth crossed the others. Her bottom felt extremely hot and she would have loved to go home, but simply couldn't. Washing her face first, she returned to the staffroom and sat back down carefully to continue her work. Every few minutes she would touch the sore places on her bottom.
After a while the heat moderated, and she noticed that it became almost pleasant. In fact it was pleasant. The throbbing of the welts also abated somewhat, and as she touched them it seemed curious because there was a type of intense pleasure. Like an addict, she began to touch not for comfort but to get the buzz that the intensity produced.
The analytical side of her mind noted this. How curious, the pain now seems to be almost a pleasure. It is very strange, what can be the cause of this?
Shut up and enjoy, the rest of her mind responded.
Her work began to suffer as her mind replayed the whole experience. Actually, there had been something curiously appealing about bending over for him; he was so tall and power flowed from him. She noticed too, that her whole body was beginning to tingle, and in places she had not expected - and all of this in a school staffroom! It was all very strange indeed. Soon she realised that her mind was further distracted from her work by a problem: the problem of how to get another caning.
Now that is even stranger, thought the analytical side of her mind, and for once the rest agreed.
Also by Susan Thomas...
A Change of Regime
It is some time in the future, and with a change of UK government comes a series of radical new measures which brings corporal punishment back in vogue. This includes the legalising of spanking in the home as well as a partial restoration of corporal punishment in schools and for certain offences within criminal law. Aspects of the new regime are described in the following six stories...
In Punishment, 18-year-old Amy's father, who had previously voted for the new disciplinary reforms, has second thoughts when his daughter is sentenced to be strapped at one of the Ministry of Justice's 'therapy' centres.
The Nice Headmaster details how student teacher, Olivia, is subjected to a lengthy paddling by her headmaster, a monthly procedure instituted by the Department of Education under the new regime.
In The Students of the Nice Headmaster, Olivia and two of her colleagues spend the holidays at one of their parent's homes. One evening, after a few drinks, they are distracted by a group of boys and return home at 3am. The next morning they pay the price and are each subjected to a bare bottom strapping.
False Identity sees the introduction of further disciplinary measures, including a curfew. Sixteen-year-old Marion gets caught out after curfew and being over the legal drink limit, but uses the ID card of her elder sister, Estelle, when confronted by the police. As a result, Estelle is forced to endure a triple punishment administered by strap, cane and birch, on her sister's behalf.
In Black Card, having made a major error at her place of work, Amelia must attend a
Penitence station where she is subjected to the painful humiliation of a computer-administered spanking.
Twenty-five-year-old Lucy receives a computer-generated sentence from the Ministry of Justice in Mistake. She knows she is innocent, but the court refuses to acknowledge its mistake, and she is forced to attend a penitence booth for her punishment.
Journey to Love
Soon after Kathy Anderton starts dating, she wonders why she is expected to have sex to keep a boyfriend - a view shared by her friend Kelly, who invites Kathy to attend her church. Kathy's mum is pleased with this development, particularly as she finds out she is dying of cancer, which prompts her to make arrangements with the vicar concerning Kathy's future. Coming to terms with her mother's death, Kathy is sad, scared and angry - angry that she was abandoned by a father she'd never known, and that both sets of grandparents refused to acknowledge her existence. Anger fuels her to research her father, and she discovers several Anderton's resident in a small rural town in America, and also finds a girls' college some twenty miles away. Kathy investigates further and finds it to be a very strict Christian college with curfews, rules, mandatory attendance at the college chapel, and weekly meetings with tutors to discuss work grades and responsible attitude. Given that she has no stomach for the drinking and sex culture in British universities, she applies for a place - and is successful.
Her new life begins, and when she receives an invitation from Pastor Brad Hoctor to attend his family church, the ideal appeals to her. After the first service, she joins 'Pioneers', a group for the 16- to 21-year-olds in church, and subsequently has her first sight of Assistant Pastor Jack Myerscough - a handsome man who is to become a key influence. It seems that discipline within the church family is strict, and Pastor Jack has no qualms in spanking young women for their disruptive behaviour. This regime is all new to Kathy, but it doesn't stop her from accepting Jack's invitation to go out on a date with him - even though he later punishes her for her own failings. Kathy's developing relationship with Jack unfolds as she finds out more about her estranged family, and her ultimate acceptance of Jack's authority culminates in a happy ever after ending in this tale of Christian domestic discipline.
The Last Spanking Story
Miles LaPage, world leading spanking author and playwright, has simply run out of ideas and decides he has penned his last spanking story. As he has often done before, he is soon striding out across the moors, but when a dense mist descends he ends up losing his bearings and falls down a steep muddy bank. He follows a path but eventually realises he is lost when he is suddenly approached by a strangely dressed policeman. Sometime later he is introduced to Sir George Armitage, who explains that their village became frozen in time in 1937, following a severe electrical storm. None of the villagers are able to leave and all roads somehow lead back to the village.
Miles also learns that the village employs a strict regime of corporal punishment with sentences handed out by a 'court' held in the village hall. Those found guilty of wrongdoing are subject to the cane and birch and some are further placed in a pillory the following morning with their bottoms bared and on the receiving end of a strap or additional spanks from any of the public so inclined.
After several failed attempts to get away from the village, Miles agrees to take the job of village secretary, responsible for recording the events at court and for the ordering of goods. Despite being a writer of spanking fiction, he is appalled at the severity of some of the punishments, especially those given to some of the younger villagers, which he considers to be both unnecessary as well as cruel. Later, Miles discovers a young girl, Sophie, who has been sleeping in one of his bedrooms. It seems that the house Miles occupies was her former home until her mother died and she was placed in the care of an extremely unpleasant woman, Madge Pendle, who runs the dairy and mistreats her.
As Miles becomes increasingly unhappy with the cruel village customs, he intercedes to prevent two young girls from being punished and incurs the wrath of the policeman. Things take a further turn for the worse when he is confronted by Sophie's enraged foster-mother. The following day, he is visited by the constable and two beadles, who demand that he and Sophie come with them to court where they are likely to face the birch. It's time for drastic action...
Erin's Visit
Instead of going to University, Erin decides to go to America and stay with her Aunt Nicola and Uncle Jack, and work at the family business. Erin's mother has some misgivings as her churchgoing sister and brother-in-law live in a strongly religious area. Undeterred, Erin makes the trip, and discovers that she is now in a totally different environment and culture - because here in this devout Christian community, spankings are the norm. She finds that the church endorses physical chastisement and all the neighbouring houses have a church-approved spanking paddle hanging up in their homes. Erin realises her status as an unspanked 18-year old may mean she may not be popular with the other girls - so she takes steps to sign up to receiving regular spankings from her Uncle Jack. This is a rite-of-passage tale for Erin, who begins to learn the meaning of traditional discipline. She starts a relationship with local boy Josh who comes from an extremely strict family, and as their relationship develops, Erin grows in confidence and maturity and also learns more about the community in which she lives.
Erin's Cousin
Eighteen-year-old Jessica has always been somewhat jealous of her cousin, Erin, who, although the same age, seems to do everything better than her, and she eventually grows to resent her. When Erin goes to stay with relatives in the United States, Jessica keeps in touch and gets to hear that she has agreed to accept a church based behaviour contract which involves her being spanked on a regular basis for any misdemeanours. Jessica decides that this is one area where she can compete with Erin and gets her parents to agree to spank her in a similar way. It's not long before she finds herself on the receiving end of her first bare bottom spanking when her father spanks and paddles her for poor results at college. Further spankings follow and later Jessica is surprised to find that her own mother is now also subject to chastisement in much the same way as herself. As the punishments continue, she begins to find that she is becoming a better person and what's more, no longer in the shadow of her cousin.
Spanking the Secretary's Bottom
When Helen takes a job as a secretary at the prestigious Lady Alice school she is shocked and intrigued to discover that the headmaster, Dr Croft, canes the upper sixth girls. As her fascination with corporal punishment grows, she manages to get the headmaster to punish her for her own misdeeds - to their mutual satisfaction.
When a lucrative job offer comes up in government, Helen takes it, and makes the acquaintance of eligible bachelor, Crispin. The two become close, and Helen soon finds that Crispin canes far harder than Dr Croft ever did! It is not long before she becomes a regular visitor at Crispin's family home. The wealthy upper class family is headed by Crispin's father, the General, who takes discipline in the family very seriously, and does not hesitate to punish unacceptable behaviour.
Helen experiences two hard canings and a painful birching at the hands of the General. Yet in spite of the discipline, she feels more welcomed and loved by Crispin's family than by her own. As her relationship with Crispin deepens, a wedding is on the cards...
The Disciplined Women of Chapel Island
When 18-year-old Kate and her wealthy parents make yet another house move, this time to their luxury new home on Chapel Island, Kate senses from the outset that there is something both mysterious and exciting about the place. The island is beautiful, though somewhat unusual in that it has its own currency and a police and security force known as The Guardians - and it isn't long before Kate has her first encounter with them. Whilst exploring on her bicycle, she narrowly avoids colliding with a golf cart (the mode of transport on the island) and is later questioned by two Guardians who tell her that her mother will be informed.
Subsequently, Kate is puzzled when she notices that her moth
er has to go out and pay some kind of penalty, and on returning home is taken by her husband to his study where she later emerges rubbing her bottom. Kate's curiosity deepens and she follows her mother to the Accountability Suite in the House of the Guardians. As a result of Kate's investigations, she discovers that domestic discipline and corporal punishment are an accepted way of life on the island - and the reason Kate's parents chose to reside here. Under this regime, many infractions are dealt with publicly with all manner of spanking implements.
This is a rite of passage for Kate, who discovers that the ritual of such punishments excites her, and that excitement is carried through to her intimate relationships. When she breaks the rules, she is up for correction, and joins the other island women on stage, all naked and waiting for their punishment, which is often severe. But she is still inquisitive and discovers there is much subterfuge going on, with hidden cameras in her home. Why is she being spied on? Who can she trust? And who are 'The Five' who have control of everything that happens on Chapel Island? She finds out eventually, and becomes empowered...