"OK, I'll go with dare." Hermione was feeling much more brave than normal tonight, but her morale had increased after Lavender's accident on purpose kiss with Colin Creevey. Nothing could have been more embarassing than that.
"You have to walk around the common room," started Parvati.
"Under the Tarantellegra spell." finished Lavender, a wide grin across her face.
Hermione didn't know whether or not to be fearful or happy with the dare. It didn't seem so bad. She left her face emotionless as to not let the other two girls know how she felt about the situation. Honestly, though, the Tarantellegra spell? "What are the rules?" she decided to make up questions to keep her mind of the subject of showing emotion.
"Well, you can't tell anyone that it is a dare, and you have to sing."
"What do I have to sing?"
"Pick a song. Perhaps by the Weird Sisters?"
"Ooh! They are such a great band!" Ginny said randomly. The other girls stared at her and she went back to being the quiet girl in the corner.
"Alright, got it."
"You need a witness."
"I'll take Parvati, since she didn't get to see the last dare." this choice taken by Hermione seemed to make Parvati feel pleased. The two girls left the dormitory and went down to the common room, but stayed on the third and fourth steps of the spiral staircase so no other students could see them yet. Parvati giggled and said the spell. Hermione's feet began to uncontrollably shimmy and shake, and before she knew it, she was half way across the common room, practically screaming the song at the top of her lungs, while her feet flailed about uncontrollably.
As Hermione belted out the song, the rest of the group looked at her as if she had the giant squid crawling out of her mouth. The looks on the faces of the students were priceless. Ron and Harry seemed to be the most surprised of all though, but Hermione expected this, her being their best friend and all. It had been at least three minutes before Hermione had made it around the common room filled with dumb founded students. She made her way back to the stair case, which was blocked by Parvati, who was bursting with laughter.
"Are you finished? Can you please reverse this?" Parvati managed to stand and reversed the spell. Hermione's feet stopped shimmying and shaking and she gave out a sigh of relief.
"OK, let's go back up now." Parvati said officially and the two ran upstairs to the dormitory.
"Did she do it?" Lavender asked eagerly as Hermione fell back on her own bed (which had been earlier taken by Ginny).
"Oh yeah she did it." Parvati said gleefully and looked at Hermione then back to Lavender. "And she sang very well, I might add."
"Now it's your turn, Parvati." Ginny joined in, once again.
"Truth or dare?"
"Have to go with truth." Parvati smiled. She decided to take the safe way out this time. It was alright though, the girls were exhausted from the laughter, and the participation of the dares.
"OK, would you rather open mouth kiss Harry or Ron?"
"You had that one lined up way before anyone had said 'truth or dare', huh?" Parvati joked and winked. "Well, Harry was my date once. He wasn't very considerate towards me, but oh Hermione, I've seen the way Ron handles you, and I must say, I really like it. So I'll have to go with Ron."
"Well, Parvati, I appreciate your honesty." Hermione said from across the room, lying down on her bed. "Now Ginny, truth or dare?"
"You have to walk around the common room," started Parvati.
"Under the Tarantellegra spell." finished Lavender, a wide grin across her face.
Hermione didn't know whether or not to be fearful or happy with the dare. It didn't seem so bad. She left her face emotionless as to not let the other two girls know how she felt about the situation. Honestly, though, the Tarantellegra spell? "What are the rules?" she decided to make up questions to keep her mind of the subject of showing emotion.
"Well, you can't tell anyone that it is a dare, and you have to sing."
"What do I have to sing?"
"Pick a song. Perhaps by the Weird Sisters?"
"Ooh! They are such a great band!" Ginny said randomly. The other girls stared at her and she went back to being the quiet girl in the corner.
"Alright, got it."
"You need a witness."
"I'll take Parvati, since she didn't get to see the last dare." this choice taken by Hermione seemed to make Parvati feel pleased. The two girls left the dormitory and went down to the common room, but stayed on the third and fourth steps of the spiral staircase so no other students could see them yet. Parvati giggled and said the spell. Hermione's feet began to uncontrollably shimmy and shake, and before she knew it, she was half way across the common room, practically screaming the song at the top of her lungs, while her feet flailed about uncontrollably.
As Hermione belted out the song, the rest of the group looked at her as if she had the giant squid crawling out of her mouth. The looks on the faces of the students were priceless. Ron and Harry seemed to be the most surprised of all though, but Hermione expected this, her being their best friend and all. It had been at least three minutes before Hermione had made it around the common room filled with dumb founded students. She made her way back to the stair case, which was blocked by Parvati, who was bursting with laughter.
"Are you finished? Can you please reverse this?" Parvati managed to stand and reversed the spell. Hermione's feet stopped shimmying and shaking and she gave out a sigh of relief.
"OK, let's go back up now." Parvati said officially and the two ran upstairs to the dormitory.
"Did she do it?" Lavender asked eagerly as Hermione fell back on her own bed (which had been earlier taken by Ginny).
"Oh yeah she did it." Parvati said gleefully and looked at Hermione then back to Lavender. "And she sang very well, I might add."
"Now it's your turn, Parvati." Ginny joined in, once again.
"Truth or dare?"
"Have to go with truth." Parvati smiled. She decided to take the safe way out this time. It was alright though, the girls were exhausted from the laughter, and the participation of the dares.
"OK, would you rather open mouth kiss Harry or Ron?"
"You had that one lined up way before anyone had said 'truth or dare', huh?" Parvati joked and winked. "Well, Harry was my date once. He wasn't very considerate towards me, but oh Hermione, I've seen the way Ron handles you, and I must say, I really like it. So I'll have to go with Ron."
"Well, Parvati, I appreciate your honesty." Hermione said from across the room, lying down on her bed. "Now Ginny, truth or dare?"