Hannah was shocked when she looked at her inbox and saw the email with the opening paragraph stating that the college was ending the use of the cane except in special circumstances. Hannah was one of those who were intentionally naughty to be sent to the headmistress to be caned because she found the pain awful but also extremely exciting.
Hannah was seventeen-years-old and in the upper form at the sixth form College for girls she attended. She was in the top set of all her subjects, and was on target for getting to the University of her choice. The fact that she was one of the worst behaved girls in the class, albeit deliberately so, was something the teachers accepted and happily gave her detentions so she would be caned by the headmistress.
When Hannah read the body of the email, though, she realised that each of the students could make the decision to continue to be caned instead of sitting in longer detentions, but the number of strokes for each penalty would now be doubled. Hannah usually earned herself six strokes, which she could handle reasonably well, at least until the fifth stroke when the tears dribbled down her face. However, that would still leave at least seven more strokes that she wouldn't be able to cope with easily.
Miss Hargreaves, the headmistress, knew there was a general move by the authorities away from corporal punishment but she also knew that behaviour generally would deteriorate very quickly if the cane was removed in total. That was why she got special permission from the governors to allow the students to make the choice themselves. The alternative, was going to be a two-hour detention which the naughtier students would hate, but which she also knew would adversely affect the teaching staff who would have to supervise them, albeit most used the time to mark work and the like.
To be fair, Miss Hargreaves was also aware of the albeit limited number of students who got the cane on purpose, including Hannah, and she fully expected her to sign up even for the doubling of the strokes. In order to keep the punishment as humiliating as she could, Miss Hargreaves also said that anyone agreeing to be caned in future would still have to accept an audience, which was something that had been in place for a while. If the reason for the detention was fighting, then the other student would be allowed to watch. The teacher giving the second detention, which earned the caning, could watch. If it was a prefect's second detention then the prefect could watch. Otherwise, the headmistress could invite anyone of her choice to watch.
Finally, Miss Hargreaves stated that the cane would in future be given on the bare bottom rather than over knickers, and extras would still be given if the student showed the wrong attitude on the day. She made the specific point that the maximum number of strokes on any one day would then be set at twenty-four, and if the student exceeded that on the day, then they would have to return to her study the following day for the balance of the strokes.
Of course, Miss Hargreaves admitted to herself that she enjoyed using the cane and so didn't want to lose that element of her work, which is why she got these special rules agreed.
As Hannah read the email, she realised that she was getting wet, and that she had often wondered what twelve strokes might be like, or even more. In fact, she wondered whether the changing rules were specifically for her, and smiled as she immediately responded, electing to retain the cane as her form of punishment.
The following day Hannah didn't stop talking when the teacher, Miss Lance, entered the classroom and was given her second detention that week, and Hannah knew she was already getting wet at the prospect of twelve strokes of the cane. She knew that Miss Lance was deliberately strict with her because she was fully aware of how she relished being caned. Miss Lance was a teacher who clearly thought corporal punishment had its place in college and enjoyed threatening to smack the girls' bottoms in class, which she never did though as it was against the rules. Hannah enjoyed listening to the threat as it sent quivers flying around her vagina and increased her own enthusiasm for corporal punishment, as well as the crush she had on Miss Lance.
During the final lesson of the day the school secretary, Miss Turner, came into the classroom and there was silence as everybody knew she would be calling out names of anyone who had earned the cane. No one was surprised when Hannah's name was called out.
After the lesson, Hannah made her way to the headmistresses' study, walking up to Miss Turner's desk and seeing the knowing look on her face. Miss Turner pointed to the chair right next to the headmistresses' study door and instructed, "Your punishment will be in the punishment room, but sit there until Miss Hargreaves is ready to deal with you."
Hannah obediently did as she was told and knew not to disobey any instructions given when so close to being caned, particularly now as her minimum tariff was likely to be twelve strokes. Sitting there was something Hannah savoured as it made her feel like the really naughty girl she enjoyed being, knowing her knickers were getting damp with the wait.
It was several minutes before Miss Hargreaves came out of the study, glared down at Hannah, and ordered, "Come with me, and do not dally."
Miss Hargreaves always walked quickly and Hannah made a point of making sure that she followed her very closely but without knocking into her. She loved this walk of shame because she knew that anyone seeing them would know exactly where they were going.
Miss Hargreaves pushed the door to the punishment room open and walked through knowing that Hannah would follow her and shut the door.
She did that, and then Hannah turned and looked into the room and saw her best friend, Olivia, also seventeen-years-old and also in the top sets, and Miss Lance, their thirty something teacher they both had a crush on, sitting on chairs with the perfect view of the caning table. Hannah and Olivia had watched each other being caned before the change in the rules because Olivia was also one of the girls who got excited at being caned, and had told Hannah that she would be there this time as well.