Wow, first of all thanks, all of your reviews, even as I've left you hanging with no updates!  I am so flattered/delighted/giddy!  I apologize for the lack of updates, but work caught up with me.  Also thanks to everyone who inquired as to my well-being.  It's nice to know someone besides my parents would notice if I died.

This is the long-promised truth or dare fic.  I'll be honest, I don't love it.  Normally I try not to overdo the author notes, but there was so little substance to work with I kind of had to.  This is definitely not my favorite chapter, but it is a fanfic evil that must be addressed.

Chapter 14, Which, in a Moment of Blazing Creativity, was Named "Truth or Dare", or Maybe if the Author is Having a Moment of Deep Inspiration "Truth or Dare HP Style"

Harry and Ron and Hermione are sitting around the Gryffindor Common room, and all the teachers, including Filch, are gone doing something that involves fighting Voldemort to get them out of the way.

(Truth or Dare fic cliché number 1- No Adult Supervision.  Check.)

"I'm board." Said Ron.

(Truth or Dare fic cliché number 2- Author cannot spell "bored".  Check.)

"I know, let's play truth or dare."  Says Hermione.

"What's that?"

"It's a muggle game where you (insert explanation for all those who were never 13-year-old girls, which, since the majority of HP fanfiction writers are women, is no one)."

"Okay, that sounds fun."

(Okay, serious question here:  Do the Authors of these fics actually have conversations that are this unnatural and inane, or are they just bad at writing dialogue?)

"Hey, I know, let's ask Ginny, Neville, Dean, Seamus, Lavender, Parvati, Fred, George, Lee, Angelina, Alicia, Katie, Oliver, Colin, Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, Pansy, Cho, Padma, Cedric, some Hufflepuffs whose names the author can't remember, and James and Lily Potter, Sirius, and Remus who are conveniently here due to a freak timeturner/potions accident to play with us."

(Truth or Dare fic cliché number 3- Everyone in the Harry Potter universe plays despite the fact that they are evil/graduated/dead.  Check.)

Coincidentally, someone happens to have an enchanted bottle that keeps anyone from lying.

(I know I always carry one in my pocket for just such an occasion.)

So Hermione, since it was her idea, goes first, and the bottle lands on Ginny!

"Okay Ginny, truth or dare?"

"Ummm, truth."

"Okay, who in this room do you have a crush on?"

(Truth or Dare fic cliché number 4- use of the word "crush" and not in the sense of "this fic is so bad I want to crush my own skull in."  Check.)

"Umm, Harry."  She blushes, because clearly this is new information to everyone despite the fact that she couldn't speak in his presence for 3 years.

"Really?"  Harry is a boy, Harry is dense.

"Uh yeah."

"So wanna go out with me?"

"Okay."

And they snog despite the room full of people.

(See, you guys think I'm kidding, but this is really what these fics are like!  Scary question:  Does the author really think this a legitimate way to begin a relationship, or worse yet, is the author writing from personal experience?  The mind boggles.)

So Ginny spins the bottle and it lands on Fred.

"Fred, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

(Obvious one.)

"I dare you to doorbell ditch Professor Snape three times in a row."

Fred goes down to Snape rooms, knocks loudly on the door, and runs away three times.  Snape is really mad.

(Yes, I remember that Snape is gone fighting Voldemort, please stop trying to find logic, you're wasting your time.)

Fred takes his turn and it lands on Goyle.

"Okay, um, I don't know your first name, but truth or dare?"

"Uh, truth."

"Who in this room is your crush?"

(Creativity: Not a strong point.)

"Uh, Crabbe."

"Really?"

"Yeah Dude."

They snog.

(Truth or Dare fic cliché number 5- Long-repressed homosexuality is realized as a result of the probing question "who do you have a crush on?"  Check.)

 He takes his turn and it lands on Draco.

"Draco, truth or dare?"

"Dare."  Draco sneers.

"I dare you to kiss Hermione!"

"No way!"

"You have to, you picked dare!"

So with that absolutely airtight argument, Draco goes and kisses Hermione quickly, and they are so overcome with passion at that one small kiss that they proceed to snog enthusiastically for five minutes while everyone else talks amongst themselves.

(Truth or Dare fic Cliché number 6- Draco/Hermione.  Check.)

He spins the bottle and it lands on James, whose presence does not seem strange to anyone there.

"Truth or Dare?"

"Truth."

"Okay, um, how far have you gone?"

"Well, I think the fact that Harry exists kind of answers that question…"

Okay, I'm done, this is just too stupid for me to go on.  Suffice to say:  Ron and Parvati/Lavender get together, Sirus and lots of unidentified females get together, Citygirl and Oliver Wood get together (Truth or Dare fic Cliché number 7- shameless author self-insertion.  Check.), and everybody gets drunk and wild. 

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I feel dirty after writing that.  Next there will be either a badass Ginny inspired by a "so bad it made me giggle intermittently over several hours" fic that I was sent for inspiration (thanks, by the way, that was true genius), or an AU fic.  Oh, and you will all be glad to know that I am no longer uninitiated to Weasley "twincest".  I actually stumbled across a "Fred-George-Lee" threesome while looking for Truth or Dare fics.

I need help for the badass Ginny though.  It's been awhile since I was a teenager, and I was never cool, so I need to know what bands the "cool" teenagers are listening to.