The next day, all the Newbies joined in the Rec Room for a bonding experience. I was pretty sure we all knew each other because we were there for a month. But, whatever. Meta Knight, Lucas, Pkmn Trainer and Pit from Brawl sneaked in, 1 and 3 saying they didn't want to 'miss out on all the fun', 2 and 4 accidentally walked in when they locked the door. When night began to fall and people got their sleeping bags, the Brawlers started to cut them up. "Hey!" "You guys needed some encouragement to do something fun, so we had to do something. Besides, Lucas and Pit don't have sleeping bags, so the sleeping bags are going to remade into a giant bag." "So what now?" "Truth or Dare!" "OK" "I'll go first. Lucas!" Lucas ran behind a vending machine and whimpered a barely audible, 'YES". "Truth or Dare!" "TRUTH?" "What's your dirty secret?" "I, I … I once told Ness that the cookies were in a jar when they were really in a box!" This little white lie made Lucas so distraught, he started to sob lightly and then cry heavily. He and Pit went into the closet and came out with Lucas sniffing a lot and Pit almost shedding a tear. "Lucas, it's your turn." "Okay. Dark Pit, Truth or Dare." Pittoo angrily glared at Lucas for choosing him, causing him to sniff more and stammer. "Dare" "Okay, I dare you to lick Meta Knight's mask." He flinched at the end, afraid that Dark Pit might strike him. So Dark Pit walked up to Meta Knight. "If you even touch my mask, I'll sacrifice your wings to Palutena!" Dark Pit started to back away and then rushed up using Power of Flight and his tongue just touched the mask. "Oh my g- I'm going to kill you." Dark Pit laughed. "You'll never me, I'm too quick!" At that exact second, his flight finished. Meta Knight caught him and dragged him into the closet in the room. The next five minutes consisted of muffled punches and Dark Pit's screams of terror. When they came out, Dark Pit had a black eye and puffed up lip. He took out an energy drink labelled 'Drinkup! Grape flavored Ambrosia' and he immediately healed himself. "Okay, who's next! Sonja!" "Uh, yeah." "Truth of Dare." "I pick tru…" "Dare it is. I dare you to eat my molten feathers." Sonja face twitched to horror for 5 seconds before she calmed her down and said "Fine then, where are they?" Dark Pit was a little shocked that she took it so well, but he gave her a jar of molten feathers. Pit asked "Why do keep them in a jar?" "Because I can. Do you have a problem?" "No, but I can speak anyway I want to you, so relax!" "I'm original, you doppelganger, so YOU relax!" "Are we STILL arguing about that? I told you, I'm the original. You came from the Mirror of Truth!" "Oh, keep on telling your lies, but I know the truth!" "Whatever! I can take you to SkyWorld, but I can't force you to see the light!" Dark Pit ended the argument with a growl and gave the jar to Sonja. At this moment, I was just about with the Smash craziness in this one night. She got a spoon and ate it all and only threw up 5 times after an hour. After more of this craziness, it was Meta Knight's turn to choose again. He was still queasy from his dare, eating Sonja's vomit from from out the toilet. "Next is Go-Gi. Truth or Dare." At that time, I had pulled out my Gameboy Advance and was playing Mega Man: Anniversary Edition because it was almost 11 pm and I still wasn't picked. " Um, Dare, I guess." I dare you to 7 minutes in Heaven with… Sherry!" "Wait, what!" PKMN Trainer malicious laugh told me that they were planning this for a long time. "Yeah man, yeah." I looked at Sonja and then at Sherry. I was keeping an eye on her since the dreamwalk kiss incident and I felt embarrassed and exposed to her ever since. Now I had to endure 7 minutes of awkwardness with her. Sherry, on the other hand, was so excited that it looked like she might pee herself. I hoped that she wouldn't. "Go you! In the walk-in closet. It's bigger." I got shoved into the closet and Sherry almost ran in and the grim click of the lock behind her. A wicked smile creeped on her face. I know where this going to end but I still try to stop it. "Listen, this is going to be very awkward and I have a match tomorrow, so we just have some sparring practice or something?" "Suuuuure. I would do that, but I've got better things in mind." "W… What's that?" I already know that it is. She leans in and says "I'm what you really want and you know it." Then the ice runs through my veins again and her lips were the only thing keeping me from freezing. They were so warm and so easy to take comfort in… no, this was just her spell. But it was working. I kissed back, harnessing the strength and heat from her to empower myself. Now I was in control and I pushed her off me. "Why are you doing this to me?" "Because it's what you want." Her eyes looked confused, like she thought this lie was real. "No, I want freedom, strength and happiness. This is only a temporary version of that." She stared blankly at the ground for a long time before she screamed out her answer. "Then what! What do I need to do to give you that!" "Space and time to sort myself into this crazy world." I figured that she had to find out about the story through the tabloid, not own sister. The pain and desperateness in her eye told me so. "That'll be a long time." "Yeah, you're right. But for now, just friends, no crazy kisses on the floor or in the hallway or… " She looked confused until her eyes widened in realization and her head hung in her hands from embarrassment. "Wow, I did all that?" "Yeah, seriously." "Well, I can't promise." One more kiss on the cheek from her. A better one, more sisterly than anything. Then the door opens. "So what happened?" "Nothing much", Sherry said while I blushed in the corner.
After the rest of the game…
As we claimed our spots, Sherry claimed to my left and Sonja was forced to my right. Why was life so complicated? As Sherry tried to scoot closer, my
confusion grew and so did my guilt. Can I ever keep my promise to Sherry? Or will everything on the fragile and delicate web snap and come crumbling
down?