Round 4

The room was quiet and dark, until I stepped from the shadows into the only light in the room, creating an eerie spotlight. I smiled, "Greetings victims. Welcome to this next round of Truth or Dare" I said.

I clapped my hands, and the rest of the lights turned on. Skipper turned to me, and asked, "Was that really necessary?"

I replied, "Yep. I felt like I needed to be a little creepy."

The lead penguin responded, "Don't you mean creepier?"I gasped, insulted, and slapped him.

I took a deep breath to calm down, and then took a piece of paper out of my pocket. I skimmed the contents, and then folded the paper out completely, causing it to touch the floor. I heard everyone gulp, and I smirked, "Ooh, it looks like Mikadaphne28 has a lot of dares and truths for you guys. This is going to take awhile" I said.

An unfamiliar female voice came from beside me, "Maybe I can help" she said.

I whirled around in surprise, but quickly realised who it was. "Hi Selena!" I said.

She walked out of the shadows, and waved, "Hi everyone!" she replied.

I turned around to my victims, and explained, "This is Selena. She's Mikadaphne28's OC, and, as you can see, a catguin. As in, half cat, half penguin. She'll be the assistant host today."

Selena looked at me, "Mikadaphne28 has a dare for Kowalski. She told me to tell you" she said.

I rubbed me hands together, "Oh, do tell my dear, do tell" I replied.

The catguin answered with a smile, "Well. Kowalski has to stay in one corner of the warehouse, wearing one of those 'dunce' hat things, and I have to dress up like a dentist in front of him. He's not allowed to scream or anything, otherwise," she laughed evilly, "I get to do stuff to him."

The scientist penguin stuttered, "W-What kind of stuff?"

I grinned, "Stuff" I replied. I clapped my hands together, "Okay, let's do this!" I said excitedly. I used my Author Powers to transport the reluctant penguin into a corner, and put a 'dunce' hat on him. Then, I snapped my fingers, making a dentist outfit appear on Selena.

I turned to Kowalski, "Oh, by the way, she actually is a dentist" I added.

Selena laughed slightly manically, and walked over to Kowalski, activating a dentist tool and putting it near his face.

I could see the smart penguin beginning to tremble, and simply stood there smiling. "Don't scream Kowalski" I reminded.

The scientist glanced at me, "H-How l-long do I have to keep this up f-for?" he asked shakily.

I thought for a moment, then asked, "Does…until I say so work for you?"

"NO!" yelled Kowalski, in obvious panic.

Selena nodded, "Yep, works for me" she answered.

"Fine, it's settled. Selena and Kowalski will stay like that until I say otherwise" I said. I turned to everyone else, "In the meantime, I still have all those dares from Mikadaphne28," I hesitated, remembering something, "Oh, but before we start all of them, I would like to introduce someone" I said. I gestured to the huge metal door, "May I present….Mikadaphne28 herself! Or Lalya, as everyone calls her" I announced.

She stepped through the door, and waved, "Hello!" she said.

My victims screamed, and Selena and I smiled and waved back. I shook her hand, "So glad you could be here" I said.

She looked at the penguins, Marlene, the lemurs and Blowhole, and replied sinisterly. "My pleasure, Babette."

I cleared my throat. "Now, we can finally get onto the dares. First one," I froze, then glanced nervously at Rico, "Umm…yeah, you're not going to like this" I warned. I continued slowly, "You…you have to give Ms. Perky to Julian, and then dance ballet," I added hastily, "But you only have to give her to him for the chapter."

Rico grumbled, and grabbed Ms. Perky out of nowhere. He tenderly stroked her hair, before whispering, "Love you." Quickly, he passed her to Julian, trying to stop himself from sniffling.

Layla wiped a nonexistent tear from her eye, "I'm so glad I suggested that" she said.

Rico whirled around to her, and narrowed his eyes. He growled, ready to attack her at any second. Acting fast, I reminded him, "It's only until the end of the chapter, Rico. Besides, you still have to do ballet."

The crazed penguin nodded reluctantly, and I clicked my fingers, making a pink ballet tutu appear on him. I absolutely love being the host. I get to dress the penguins up in demeaning, girly outfits.

I watched, grinning, as the psycho danced to 'Swan Lake'. He stared, in complete shock, however, when I realised how…great he was. Seriously, he acted as though he was a professional.

After his dance, Layla and I simply continued staring. She had her mouth gape, while I simply raised my eyebrows, "Wow" I said.

Rico bowed, "Thank you, thank you" he replied, before literally ripping the tutu off.

I glanced down at the long piece of paper, and said, "Oh! We have a continuation to this dare! Julian," I squinted, trying to read it, "Has to…tell everyone why he's such a jerk." I looked at Layla, "Seriously?" I asked.

She shrugged, "Like I said…good luck with that" she replied.

I moaned, and then turned to the obnoxious lemur, "Alright. Let's hear it" I said.

He seemed confused. "Er…hear what? I am not being the jerkiness!" he objected, raising his voice.

I crossed my arms, "Yeah, you kind of are" I retorted.

He replied, coping my action, "No, and I refuse to waste my kingly cleverness on the question you are asking of me."

I shrugged, "Whatever. I'm not going to waste my time arguing with an arrogant, spoilt lemur.

Kowalski, who was still cowering and shivering in the corner, asked nervously, "I-Is the chapter nearly over?"

I looked at him, "Oh, I'd nearly forgotten about you…and no, it's not over yet," I grinned evilly, "It's nowhere near over" I replied.

The scientist squeaked, and Selena, who was looming above him, smiled at me. "Thanks again for having this for so long, Babette" she said.

"Not a problem" I replied.

Layla then pointed to something on my long paper, "You have a few more" she reminded me, impatiently.

I nodded, and then cleared my throat, "Right. So, there is another singing dare, and this one…is between Marlene and Blowhole!" I announced. I looked at Layla quizzically, "Why them?" I questioned.

"Just because" she answered.

I nodded, and kept going. "So, I have the perfect song for you guys. It's one of my favourite non-Disney songs… 'The Animal I Have Become' by Three Days Grace!" I turned towards the camera, "To all of you who don't know it, I suggest looking it up on YouTube…it's freaking awesome."

I drew my attention back to Marlene and Blowhole, and clasped my hands together. "Alright! Get singing!" I said, hardly containing my excitement.

Both of them took a deep breath, glanced at each other, and then started singing as soon as I pressed 'play' for the song, on my iPod.

I can't escape this hell
So many times I've tried
But I'm still caged inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal!
This animal, this animal

I can't escape myself
So many times I've lied
But there's still rage inside
Somebody get me through this nightmare
I can't control myself

So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become

Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal

Somebody help me through this nightmare
I can't control myself
Somebody wake me from this nightmare
I can't escape this hell

This animal, this animal
This animal, this animal
This animal, this animal
This animal

So what if you can see the darkest side of me
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal I have become

Help me believe it's not the real me
Somebody help me tame this animal!
This animal I have become

I clapped my hands furiously, "Yeah! Good work guys!" I congratulated.

Blowhole inquired, "Why, human, did you make us sing that?"

"Because I love it" I answered. Then, I turned to Skipper, remembering something, "So, did you enjoy that? Were you impressed?" I asked.

"I…I guess" he responded.

I put my hands on my hips, "Yes or no?" I questioned.

"Okay…yes. Marlene was great" he replied. I must have looked as dejected as I felt, because he asked, "What's the matter?"

I sighed. "If you had said no, I would have gotten to poke you with a needle. It was part of Layla's dare" I answered.

"Well, then I'm really glad I said yes" he responded.

I took a deep breath, returning to my happy mood. I hesitated for a moment, thinking, before saying, "Okay! That's the end of the suggested dares, so it looks like I'm going to have to make up one of my own, just because I want to." I thought for a moment, before continuing, "Okay, I dare all of you to tell me who your cartoon crush is."

My victims looked at me, confused, "What?" they asked in unison.

I responded, "Your cartoon crush. You know…the cartoon character that you have a major crush on. Everyone secretly has one."

Layla whispered to me, "You know this is sort of weird, right? I mean, well, they're…you know."

I slapped a hand to my forehead, "Oh yeah" I replied.

Then, Selena smirked at me evilly, "Who do you have a cartoon crush on, Babette?" she asked.

I stammered nervously, "Umm…th-that's not aloud!"

Marlene smiled wickedly, "I can answer this one. I've been in Babette's room…she has…" she was unable to continue when my hand covered her mouth. However, the otter kept going, although her speech was muffled.

Private said, "That…that sounded like 'she has a Lumiere shrine'."

I blushed, and uncovered Marlene's mouth. "Umm…yeah, I…I kind of have a crush on Lumiere from 'Beauty and the Beast.' He's my dream character husband, in human form of course" I confessed.

Skipper asked, "What's this about a shrine?"

Marlene answered quickly, "She has this entire corner of her room that just has pictures of Lumiere, drawings of Lumiere, and a random golden candelabrum that she made out of paper."

I placed my hands on my hips, "Well thanks" I snapped. I turned towards the camera, "Thank you so much to everyone who is reading this! Oh, and thank you to Layla for submitting all those wonderful dares! I'll see you all next time!" I said.

I turned to Kowalski, "Okay, you can tell Selena to stop now" I said.

He sighed in relief, and then collapsed onto the floor.