Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any other of J.K Rowling's creations. I don't own, you don't sue! I do however own Annabel as she is a character I have created.

My first Harry Potter fanfic so please review, I need help with ideas! Excuse my crappy spelling and grammar for it really is not my strong point.

Note: It's now a 20+ chapter fic but I'm considering making it longer. Sorry for adding more again. Upcoming chapter is 'The Leopard's Spots' chap 19.

Couldn't fit everything in 12 chapters so it's going to be 25 chapters long.

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Chapter 18: The Dare Reloaded

'You ready my man?' asked James, clapping Sirius over the shoulder for support as they headed out of the dormitories and to the common room, where the party was already in full swing. The pounding music and cries of laughter could be heard even through the thick walls.

'Of course. Why wouldn't I be?' laughed Sirius, looking at his friend with his eyebrow raised.

'Well I would of thought after what happened yesterday, you would have learnt your lesson,' spoke Lupin, following them down the stairs and towards the loud music emulating from the party.

'I wasn't talking to you,' Sirius said sourly, scowling at Lupin. He didn't like to be reminded of the events of the previous day, especially by someone who was supposed to be comforting him.

'Anyway… remember Sirius, a dare is a dare,' James interrupted as his friends glared at each other. Sirius straightened his white tank top and turned from Lupin, smiling.

'I know. I'll be lucky if she doesn't kill me though,' he replied, looking slightly uneasy despite his confident visage. James laughed.

'Use your charm.'

'The last time I did that, I was blackmailed!' cried Sirius, shifting uncomfortably as the walked into the crowded mess that was now the common room.

'You go get her tiger,' beamed James, pushing his friend towards the dance floor, where people were bouncing around wildly.

'Don't mention tigers or anything to do with the jungle to me, EVER again,' said Sirius through gritted teeth.

'Just go.'

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Lily smiled as she saw The Marauders enter the party, all except Peter of course. Edging away from the refreshment table to get a better look at them, her stomach give a pleasurable squirm as she looked at James.

He was wearing a tight black shirt that clung to his chest, highlighting his toned body and matching perfectly with his inky coloured hair that was sexily ruffled. Baggy denim trousers completed the look, and it was certainly attracting him a lot of attention.

Sirius didn't look to bad either with a white tank top and similar jeans. His hair hung loosely over his eyes, which he was scanning the room with, probably locating his next victim.

And finally Remus was wearing a blue short sleeved T-shirt that brought out his ice blue eyes. He didn't look as tired as he usually did and his sandy blonde hair stood out with life. He looked elegantly casual.

Lily turned to Catherine and Shannon that were standing nearby.

'You ready?'

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'Um, I really need a drink, do you mind?' asked Sirius timidly as Annabel entered the portrait hole at the far of the room.

'Hey, I do mind. We're dancing,' simpered Shannon, not letting Sirius out of her arms as he tried to edge away. Glancing over to where he was looking, Shannon scowled. 'So Sirius's dare must have something to do with the Hufflepuff ' she thought. Making sure Sirius could not escape, she wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing her body into his, and swayed in time to the music.

Must do the dare. Must do the dare. Must not give in, Sirius thought as Shannon basically through herself into him, causing him to moan in pleasure. Despite he knew he should be trying to talk to Annabel, Sirius was immensely enjoying the sudden attention he was getting from Shannon.

Just forget the dare! This is better, another side of Sirius's brain called. He had to admit that it was right. Where would he rather be? With the psycho bitch Annabel, trying to complete a dare, or with the beautiful Shannon who was pleasuring him. Quite the toss up.

You need to do the dare. You failed the last time.

Go away.

I can't. I'm your common sense.

Well where the heck were you when I was striping to Professor McGonagall in a Tarzan outfit yesterday?

Forget that- wait. Is that James and Annabel? echoed inside of Sirius's head. For a second it didn't register, then Sirius spun round to find Annabel flirting with a very disgruntled James. Sirius scowled, suddenly forgetting that Shannon was even there.

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'Hey James,' called Annabel as she entered the party.

James who had been looking around for Lily, glanced up in surprise.

'Oh er-hi Annabel,' James muttered quietly, trying to edge away.

'How's it going?' she smiled, flicking her now curled hair over her shoulder.

'Okay. Just looking for Lily,' replied James uneasily. For a second Annabel's flirtatious expression was lost and her eyes darkened. But when James looked again, it was gone. He was sure he had imagined it.

'Oh I seen her on my way here. She hasn't arrived yet,' lied Annabel smiling sweetly at James who looked slightly suspicious. Shrugging it off, James replied.

'But I thought she wasn't getting ready in the Head's room anymore? I thought she wanted to get ready with her friends like me?' he asked confused. Annabel shrugged innocently.

'That's just what I saw. I can show the way if you want?'

'Um okay. Make it quick,' James said, ushering a smiling Annabel towards the portrait hole.

If the truth be told, Annabel had seen Lily on the way in, over by the refreshment table, talking to a girl named Catherine. But for her plan to work, Lily to be unaware of the switch and for that to happen she had to not notice James's temporary absence.

Steering James away from the direction of where Annabel knew Lily really was, they exited the common room.

She couldn't help but smile. They plan was a stroke of genius. Nobody would never know what really happened. It was bullet-proof. Well it was as long as Sirius and Lily stayed out the way…

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Hey! James is taking away my dare! screamed Sirius's head, as he watched the couple exit the portrait hole.

So…poor Lily mind.

Poor me! I can't suffer the humiliation of losing another dare.

I'm sure you'll survive. I wonder if Lily knows. At this, Sirius looked around over Shannon's head. Sure enough over by the punch table, a red headed girl was wearing an expression of utmost annoyance as she was talking to Lupin.

Pushing himself away from Shannon, despite her pleas, he walked over to hear what they were talking about.

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'Did you just see that?' asked Lupin, walking up to Lily and her friend (Catherine) with concern on his face.

'See what?' said Lily, looking around confused.

'James and Annabel. They just left,' he replied, nodding his head at the portrait hole, through the crowd.

'What? Left to go where?' cried Lily, her eyes widening in surprise and anger.

'No idea,' came Sirius's voice as he walked up to them, Shannon at his heels.

'Wait. You saw this too?' screeched Lily, looking around the circle. Everyone stared back at her, their expressions blank. Finally Sirius nodded slowly.

Lily took a deep breath and tried to calm down.

'Well, do you know where they went?' she asked, staring at Sirius expectantly.

'There's no need to go looking for me. I'm here,' came James's voice, sounding calm and strong.

Lily spun around to find James staring back at her. She smiled in relief. He returned it reluctantly, his eyes unusually blank and cold.

'Where did you go?' Lily asked, looking at him with suspicion. He didn't seem like himself. He was shifting uncomfortably and his face showed no trance of it's usual happiness.

'Nowhere.'

'You went with my dare,' spoke Sirius, his voice surprisingly cold. It appeared Lily wasn't the only one suspicious of James. He had apparently forgot that Shannon was even there.

'Yeah. She tried to trick me. Forget it,' James answered, taking Lily eagerly into a long slow kiss.

It was slippery and slimy and reminded her of Snape. The kiss didn't show any of James's love or passion. Just want. She grimaced in disgust. She couldn't help it.

Little did she know it wasn't James she was kissing…

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'That was weird,' muttered Sirius as he watched Lily and James make out again in the corner.

'Hmm. James isn't usually into public displays of that kind of affection,' said Lupin, as both men watched in disgust as James groped at Lily carelessly.

'Well there was that time where he got caught shagging some girl in Filch's office, remember? He was in detention for ages.'

'You make him sound like a prostitute.'

'Be basically is. Have you seen the pink lycra in his closet?' laughed Sirius.

'No and I hope I'll never have to. Anyway what about your leopard skin outfit?'

'Don't remind me,' grumbled Sirius.

'I'd like to see that,' simpered Shannon, raising her eyebrows suggestively.

'That can be arranged,' Sirius cried, grabbing her round the waist and pulling her towards him.

'Get a room,' sang Lupin, rolling his eyes.

'What's the point? They don't have one,' Sirius replied, nodding his head towards Lily and James, who was now biting his girlfriends neck viciously.

'I know. James just doesn't seem like James. I wonder what happened with Annabel and I wonder where she is,' Lupin breathed, to himself more than anything.

'Don't know, don't care,' Sirius said, leering at the blushing Shannon.

'You should. Unless you want to fail another dare,' Lupin said loudly, making sure Shannon heard him. Sirius groaned and looked at Shannon innocently.

'I have no idea what he's talking about,' he grinned…

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Meanwhile Annabel was dragging the real James through the corridors, hoping that Snape's Polyjuice Potion had worked. If it had, nobody would be longer for them for a long long time…

To be continued…

By me and 1stSpikeLover who helped me with this without realising it.

I used our personal conversations (which are usually very weird) to come up with the dialogue for this chapter and the next one.

A/N Well that's it for now. Hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Next chapter is 'The Leopards Spots' probably coming on Monday. Please review and tell me what you think. I know the story is kind of disturbing but there's nothing I can do. That's just my imagination I guess…

Please review!