A/N: Wow... 45 reviews as of last time I looked at the site! Its amazing! I love u all! Sry about splitting the chapter. To make up for it I'm posting this now rather than not now. I'm kinda leery about this chapter tho... lemme know what you think plz!

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Chapter 7: The Truth Can Be a Dangerous Thing...

Remus was still blushing furiously and Kit was still smiling exultantly as Remus turned to Rose. "Rose, truth or dare?"

Rose smiled. "Oh most definitely dare," she said as she cuddled with James. (The author keels over and gags 4 a while b4 continuing to write the story)

"Rose, you have to..." Remus paused for a moment and thought. Then he smiled in a most un-Remus like way. "You have to die your hair hot pink and leave it that way till tomorrow," he finished his un-Remus like smile growing wider.

Rose made a face and then joined in the laughter. James and Lily looked at each other and thought of another hot pink hair incident and they joined the laughter as well. But they were laughing about something much funnier.

Rose ran upstairs and brought back down her wand and something else that she quickly set down. She pointed her wand at her lovely white blond hair, grimaced and spoke the spell that turned her hair pink. Everyone laughed hysterically as she sat down but then she pulled out the other thing she had brought downstairs.

It was a hat. She swiftly tucked up her hair and swept the hat on top. Then she looked at Remus and smiled mischievously. "Loophole," she said smugly as everyone laughed again.

Remus sighed mournfully. "You are no fun," he said reproachfully.

"Honestly Moony, I think that Kit is a bad influence on you!" Lily said playfully as both of them blushed crimson amidst the laughter of their friends.

Rose turned to James smiling. "Truth or dare, Prongs?"

James thought for a moment then replied, "I'll go with dare, Flower," he said looking quite tranquil.

Rose smiled evilly. "Glorious! I have such a good one too!" James looked at her almost apprehensively. "I dare you to dress like a clown for the rest of the game!" The room exploded once more and James stared at her with an open mouth.

"A... a clown?" he said in horror.

"Yep. Complete with the red nose and white face," she said looking like she was cracking a few ribs from trying not to laugh.

The whole group was soon involved in dressing James up. He was soon wearing a white silk clown outfit with multicolored spots. His face was covered in white paint and he was also sporting a red clown nose, huge red clown feet, and an enormous curly red wig.

Rose stepped back to evaluate the work. "Beautiful!" she said wiping a fake tear out of her eyes. Then she smiled mischievously. "Talon, what did you do with your camera?"

Lily stepped forward with an identical smile to Rose's. She immediately snapped a picture before James could move. Rose and Lily and all the others laughed hysterically as James sat back down pouting. He then sighed and smiled his most charming smile and they laughed again as they all settled back down in their seats.

"Sirius, truth or dare?" James asked trying to regain some of his dignity.

Sirius thought for a moment. "Truth I think," he replied.

Lucille punched his arm again. "The Great Sirius Black saying truth?!!! The world is coming to an end!!!" she shouted melodramatically.

Sirius laughed. "Come on, would YOU take a dare from a man who just got dressed as a clown?"

Lucille thought about that for a moment. "No, I guess not," she replied smiling at Sirius.

James smiled fiendishly at Sirius. "So... Sirius, I heard something interesting about you. Is it true that you are in love with Tara Minkley?" the room exploded once more as Sirius gaped at his friend in shock.

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After a long while, all that was left was the Marauders and Lily. Four of the other girls had gone to bed. Rose was still in the room but she was fast asleep and would wake at nothing short of the entire Quidditch team parading in front of her naked playing kazoos.

James was of course still dressed like a clown but Sirius now had a dress on along with some really glorious make-up and poor Remus had cat ears instead of his own. Lily was wearing a tie around her head and was wearing the curtains from the window instead of the skirt she had been wearing before. (Peter was untouched because the author couldn't come up with anything foul enuf. Any ideas?)

Lily was sitting on the window ledge with an open window behind her. Since the ledge was two feet or more this didn't matter very much. James, Remus, and Sirius were sitting in chairs that were set by the window and Peter was lying on the floor. (A/N: *flips through the Harry Potter books* There MUST be a way that I can kill him or something. No? DAMN.)

It was Remus' turn again and he immediately grew a wide smile. "Lily... truth or dare," he said a mischievous smile playing about his lips.

Lily looked at him. "I think... I'll go with truth," she said cautiously.

Remus' smile only grew wider. "Tell your deepest secret," he said triumphantly.

Lily's mouth dropped open. "Ohhhh! You are so going to pay for this!" she said as she looked at the snickering boys. "Fine," she said a smile on her lips. "I know what YOUR nickname means Remus," she said looking at them elatedly.

All the gaiety of the boys evaporated at this statement. "What?" hissed Sirius all laughter gone. Remus' face was white, Peter was trembling, and James was stupefied.

Lily looked at them and her smile died on her lips. "I know what Moony means," she repeated.

"How long have you known?" Remus said, his face still white.

Lily looked at them. "Since the second year," she said solemnly. Then she smiled again. "Honestly, did you think that you were THAT good of actors? I knew something was up."

"You've known since our second year?" said Sirius unbelievingly.

"Yes," Lily replied.

"And you never told anyone?" Sirius said, his voice even more disbelieving.

"Sirius Black, I can keep a secret," she said reproachfully. "Of course I never told anyone," she said rolling her eyes.

Just then Peter spoke up. "So, do you know about us being animagus too?"

Lily's eyes widened. "W...what?" she said staring at them all.

Sirius whapped his hand against the back of Peter's head. "She does NOW," Sirius hissed in fury as Peter cringed and James glared daggers at Peter. (A/N: DIE PETER!! DIEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Lily in the meantime was staring at them all. "You're... animagus?" she said with not awe but amazement in her voice. She looked behind her at the open window and a secretive smile formed on her lips. With a mischievous twinkle in her eyes, she pushed herself further out onto the ledge.

"Um... Talon? What are you doing?" said James looking at her.

She looked at him and the smile widened. She then let go off the sides off the window and with a kick, pushed herself through the opening.

The Marauders gaped at the opening for a moment then got up and ran over to the window staring down as Lily grew smaller and smaller.

"LILY!!" shrieked James Potter in a despairing tone...

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A/N: Ok... I admit it, I was feeling particularly evil when I wrote this chapter.

=) BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *chokes* *hackhackcoughcough* I'm looking forward to some really WONDERFUL reviews about this chapter. lol

~Teva~