This might be my last update… the next few days would be terribly busy for me. *sigh*
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Chapter 11: The Game of Truth or Dare
The adults who had work left early that morning.
The list of the people who went missing became increasingly high. The Ministry has been busy pampering the people with lies.
Meanwhile, in 12 Grimmauld Place, a chaos is about to erupt in about 3… 2… 1…
"JAMES SIRIUS POTTER!"
"Merlin, that girl has some lungs, doesn't she?" Sirius chuckled. Everyone around the table laughed.
Currently, James Potter was running for his life, from his own sister.
"It's his mistake. We already warned him not to wake Lily up." Hailey shrugged, a giggle erupting from her as James screamed in agony.
"Is she always like this?" Ginny mused, chuckling as there was, yet another, scream of pain.
"Not always, but often." Al answered, picking up a toast and biting it. "Especially when disturbed from her sleep."
"How old is she?" Harry asked in admiration.
Rose shrugged. "Thirteen. She got her lungs from her mum."
Fred & George snickered. "And grandmum."
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Ginny and Mrs. Weasley chorused dangerously. The Weasley twins shrunk away.
All attentions were adverted when Lily entered the room, a triumphant smirk on her lips, but still wearing traces of a scowl.
"Dead?" Scorpius inquired. Lily smiled and ran a hand through her hair. "Worse."
Lily sat in between Hermione and Ginny, smiling in a pleased way as James entered the dining room. Almost everyone was dying with laughter.
James' hair went into long waves, his body covered with boils, and the Bat- Bogey hex also on him. The laughter roared into life once more. James glared at them, although it was heard especially with bats running around her nose. He looked a pro in handling bat bogey.
When everyone recovered, they refused to look at James any longer; for fear that they might erupt into laughter again.
"I don't see why you bother, Lily. I wish you just killed him off." Hailey sighed remorsefully. James glared at her, but she refused to look at him.
"You would cry and lament for me when I die, Malfoy." He hissed, flipping his irritatingly long hair off his shoulder.
"Not really." Scorpius said. James switched his glare to the Malfoy boy. "I wasn't talking to you!"
Scorpius feigned innocence, looked at James, and fought very hard and with great effort to laugh. "You said Malfoy. You didn't clear it up."
As soon as he finished talking, he started laughing again, clutching his stomach. The table can't help but laugh again.
"F-for your information," Hailey said shakily, her face emerging from under the table. "I would host a party when you die. With cake."
"Blue cake?" Rose suggested, a hint of smile playing on her lips. So far, she's the one keeping her laughter checked in. Second comes in Mrs. Weasley, and then Hermione herself. No, scratch that. The three were the ones who succeeded in checking their laughter in.
Hailey nodded. "Yes, blue cake."
"No you won't. You would cry. And that's final." James said firmly. Hailey met his eyes and smiled.
"I don't know Jamie. I can't take you seriously when you look like a girl."
James scowled deeply, and everyone laughed once more.
"We're going to resume reading after lunch." Teddy informed everyone. All of the kids climbed up the stairs and went in the living room, where everyone was huddled in a circle, obviously bored.
James' boils and Bat- Bogey were taken off, but he still looked like a girl, so everyone had a hard time looking at him directly.
"I've got a great idea! Let's play Truth or Dare!" Lily suggested tentatively.
"I think that's wonderful." Rose smiled, and then they went to form a circle. Beside Hailey going to the right were Scorpius, Al, Rose, Lily, Ginny, Hugo, Hermione, Harry, Louis, Ron, Fred, George, and finally James. Teddy refused to partake in the game.
"I'll go first!" Lily chirped happily. "James! Truth or Dare?"
James groaned and cringed, but he held his head up. "Dare!"
Lily smiled evilly. "I dare you to wear a pink tutu and sing 'I'm a Barbie girl' on the top of your lungs."
His face paled as everyone succumbed into giggles. Teddy complied into transfiguring his clothes into a pink tutu, and James took a deep breath before leaping around the house.
"I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world!
Life's so plastic, fantastic!
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere!
Imagination, life is a creation!"
They all laughed. Fred and George sneaked up a camera and kept it, winking at Hailey who giggled when they caught her looking. James sat down and his clothes were transfigured, scowling at everyone who laughed. Which is everyone.
"Is everything going alright here? James, why were you singing awhile ago? You freaked Buckbeak out." Remus asked as he peaked inside the room. Teddy grinned at him. "Everything's fine, dad. Just playing a game."
Remus shrugged and left, leaving the teenagers alone.
"Why don't we set up rules?" Rose asked. Lily and Hailey, surprisingly, agreed on this. ("Widewings! Are you turning over to the dark side?" – "Shut up, Barbie.")
"Okay one, you can't pick your giver as your doer. Two, you can't tell anyone out of the game that you're making a dare. Three, you can't escape a truth or a dare lest you place something you wear in the middle." Rose said. Scorpius thought that she already thought of this before.
"Lastly, you'll have to drink a glass of this when you decide to answer the Truth." Hailey finished, setting up a pitcher in front of everyone, and summoning a small glass.
Hermione caught a vial of clear liquid pocketed beside her. "Verisaterum?"
Hailey winked at her and they proceeded to the game. "Go on, Barbie."
James scowled. "Go on, Widewings. Truth or dare?"
Hailey smirked, just to irritate him more. "Dare."
"I dare you to tell your mother that you're pregnant with some random guy here in the past." James said smugly. Scorpius shuddered. Astoria Malfoy's temper… uh- uh. So, not cool. If Hailey was bothered, she kept no sign of this on her face.
She took out her wand and pointed it on her ring. "Astoria Cassiopeia Greengrass- Malfoy, 2022."
"Mum? You there?"
"Hailey? Wha—"
"Mum, I had an accident here."
"What kind of accident?" Astoria's voice was tensed.
"I slept in with some guy I don't know. I'm pregnant."
"HAILE—"
Hailey killed off the line. Scorpius nudged her. "You do realize you're dead once we get back."
Hailey smiled and leaned towards him. "We'll see."
"Now, let me choose… Al, truth or dare?"
Albus gulped and sighed. "Dare."
Hailey grinned—a Rover grin. Uh- oh. "I dare you to profess your love to our dear Mrs. Black and ask her to marry you."
Al paled. Oh no…
The teenagers hid in a corner, while Al took a deep breath and pulled the cloth that was covering Mrs. Black's portrait.
She looked ready to scream when Al started to talk.
"Mrs. Black, I know you really hate me, but I just want you to know that I love you so much, with all of my heart. I know we barely know each other, but I can't hold this feeling any longer. So, Walburga Black…" he got down on one knee. "Will you marry me?"
Walburga looked like she was just slapped. And then—"NO! YOU FILTHY ABNORMAL PIECE OF A CREATURE EXCUSE AS A HUMAN! YOU ARE ALL—"
Rose sent a quick curse at the portrait and covered it again, much to Al's relief. "Thanks, Rose."
The rest of the teenagers went back to the drawing room, all clutching their stomachs in laughter. "I—I think—the—the love of your life—just rejected you, A-Al." the girls giggled, and laughed harder at Al's pinked face.
When everyone was recovered, Al resumed his posture. "Uhh—dad! Truth or dare?"
Harry looked up, startled. "Uh—dare, I guess."
Al thought about it for a while and then looked at Harry with a smile. "I dare you to tell Professor Snape that you are very thankful to have him as your teacher, with the looks of genuine sincerity."
"But Snape isn't here!" Harry protested.
"Later, tonight."
"But what if he isn't?"
Lily mused about it, and then turned to her dad. "Al will give you another dare."
Al and Harry both nodded at this, Harry wishing Snape wouldn't come tonight.
"Ron! Truth or dare?"
Ron glanced at the pitcher and shrunk. "Dare."
Harry thought about it. "I dare you to scream 'I hate Chudley Cannons, they are never the best team, and they will never reach number one.'"
Ginny giggled. "Cruel."
Harry shrugged as Ron stood, flinching while he shouted, "I HATE CHUDLEY CANNONS, THEY ARE NEVER THE BEST TEAM, AND THEY WILL NEVER REACH NUMBER ONE!"
His face looked like it was in extreme pain.
"Fred, truth or dare?"
Fred smiled. "Why, dare of course!"
"I dare you to dress up like a girl for the whole day." Ron smirked. Fred shrugged and let Teddy morph his clothes into a girl's dress. Everyone giggled at the sight of him.
"Okay, then… Ginny, truth or dare?"
Ginny paused. "Dare."
Fred smirked as Ginny stood. "Ask Remus when his next 'time of the month' is. Here, capture his reaction."
Ginny pinked. She liked Professor Lupin, and asking him such a question would be… disrespect.
Nevertheless, she stood and went out of the room.
A few moments later, she returned, the camera in hand, her face still pink. In the picture, they saw Professor Lupin with a stunned expression, Sirius howling with laughter behind him.
"Okay… Rose, truth or Dare?"
"Truth!"
Everyone groaned.
"Are you in a relationship right now?"
Scorpius and Rose tensed, but Rose still drank the glass of water with a drop of Verisaterum on it. Ginny repeated her question, and an impassive Rose said, "Yes."
Ron hid a growl under his breath. "Who?"
Hailey slammed her fist into Rose's mouth, fearing for the sake of her twin and her friend. "One question at a time, Uncle Ron."
Rose was given an antidote, and then quickly turned to Lily. "Truth or dare?"
"I think I'll choose truth for now."
Rose smirked and handed her a glass. When she drank it, Rose said, "Who do you like more, Lorcan or Lysander?"
"Lorcan."
"Who's that?" Ginny asked curiously.
"Aunt Luna Lovegood- Scamander's son." Al explained, frowning thoughtfully. James and Harry had this expression as well.
"Okay, then." Lily stated, pink in the face. "Louis, truth or dare?"
Louis snorted. "Dare, of course."
Lily smiled as her eyes flicked over to Rose and Scorpius. "I dare you to flirt with Rose for one whole minute."
Rose spluttered in shock. "What?"
Lily shrugged. "Come on, it's just a dare."
Louis stood and sat beside Rose, twirling her hair on his finger. Rose blushed as she tried to ignore him. Lily carefully watched Scorpius reaction, whose fists were clenched to his side. If looks could kill, Louis would be buried more than six feet underground. Confirmed.
She caught Hailey looking at her, who was smiling like she knew exactly what she was doing, which she probably does. Lily just grinned.
Thankfully, the minute passed and Scorpius didn't do anything.
Louis sighed and turned to George. "Truth or dare?"
George grinned. "Dare."
"Hmm… I dare you to tell Mrs. Weasley half your plans for the year."
George and Fred paled. He glanced at his twin, who quickly shook his head. George took off his shirt and threw it in the pool. "No deal."
Louis shrugged. George paused, and then turned to Hugo. "Truth or Dare?"
Hugo almost squeaked. He thought he was forgotten. "Truth!"
I wasn't expecting that. He was frowning, until James leaned into his ear. He whispered something, and George smirked.
"Do you really support Chudley Cannons, deeply with all your heart, like what you say to your father?"
Hugo flinched, casting a wary glance at Ron. He drank the glass of water and took a deep breath. "No. I support the Holyhead Harpies. Sorry, dad."
Ron looked like he was slapped.
"Scorpius, truth or dare?"
Scorpius gulped. "Uhh—dare."
"I dare you to jump up and down and scream 'I'm a ballerina!' for over twenty times with nothing but your boxers on."
Everyone roared with laughter. Scorpius' eyes were as wide as saucers, so he decided to take his shirt off. "No deal."
Well, it's better to have no shirt than have nothing but boxers on. Rose, on the other hand, fought with effort not to stare at Scorpius too much.
Scorpius turned to Hermione, who was the only one who hasn't been asked yet. "Truth or dare?"
Hermione sighed. "Dare."
Scorpius paused, cocked his head, and then spoke. "I dare you to burn one of your favorite books right now."
Hermione squeaked in indignation. "What?"
Scorpius shrugged, while Harry and Ron covered up their snickers. Hermione got a book; her eyes filled with remorse as set it on fire. Harry patted her back comfortingly.
"I think we're all done." Hermione announced, looking around her. Lily looked up, startled. "Oh, right… I suppose you could choose anyone again, except they have to choose opposite to what they chose earlier. "
Everyone agreed on this, and the ball started rolling once again. Hermione looked at everyone. No, they would be able to avoid it… Oh, her…
"I pick… Hailey."
Hailey did not look surprised.
"Okay, tell me… who died in the second war? At least, include anyone or everyone who's in this house."
There. Hailey is surprised.
The rest from the future all flinched. All from the past looked grim and praised Hermione for the awesome question. Hailey was wearing the pajama shirt she slept in last night, and long shorts to partner it. She wears no jewelry except for the irremovable Rover ring. Everyone looked at her expectantly. Hailey paused, and her hand went to the first button of her shirt.
"No. I won't say it. I won't tell it. You can't." she said firmly. Her hand was about to go on the second button, but James quickly dived in and held her hand, which was hovering a top the second button. Even in his girl form, James looked scary when he's deadly serious. Hailey's legs were stretched out, and James was kneeling in front of her, her knees in between his. He was also leaning towards her, and James was slightly amused to see her blood creep up to her cheeks.
"Don't do that."
"I can't tell them about who dies. You know I can't." she whispered.
"Remove the necklace." He whispered back. Hailey looked startled. He knows she never removes the necklace, and she promised she won't ever remove it. It has a very wonderful story behind it. Her lips curled up into a smile as she recognized his protective mode.
They didn't notice the others gawk behind them.
"I would never remove my necklace. I promised." Hailey placed her hand on his and smiled. "Relax, Prongs. I wear double."
James sighed and got off her (Eww that just sounds wrong). Hailey took off her buttoned shirt that revealed a white sleeveless shirt that hugged her body, and they noticed a black string necklace with a snitch charm as small as the largest ant existing hung around her neck. She threw the now unbuttoned shirt at the pool.
"Okay, I pick… Scorpius."
Scorpius eyebrows rose. "Yes?"
"Let's say you're a rescuer. You need to choose between Rose and mum, who would, you choose?"
Scorpius paled, as Rose avoided his gaze. "Uhm—err—I think—can I just not answer that question?"
Hailey shrugged. "Throw something in the pool."
Scorpius sighed and threw in a candy wrapper from one of his pockets. Lily sighed in false remorse. "Shame, I thought we'd finally see Scorpius Malfoy in his boxers."
Rose fixed a secret glare on her cousin, as another side of her agreed with her. Rose shuddered. Fix yourself, Weasley!
Scorpius cleared his throat. "Oh, well… I think I'd like to pick James."
James straightened up and turned to Scorpius. "What now?"
"Hmm… I've always wondered… who's your first kiss?"
Hailey burst out laughing, and not just laughing…
The laughing there- were- tears- on- her- cheeks kind of laughing, clutching her stomach, while rolling on the floor. Now everyone was intrigued. James glared at her, which made her laugh even more.
"Who is it?" Harry asked.
James took off his shirt and placed it on the pool. "No way am I saying."
"He's blushing! Now I REALLY want to know!" Al announced, earning a glare from his brother.
Fortunately for James, Molly entered the Drawing room, announcing lunch. They didn't notice time fly.
"Why are some of you half- naked?" she asked, horrified. The teenagers shrug. "We're playing a game."
James took his shirt and put it on, not seeing Hailey wink at the others. "I'll tell you about it later."
There! That's nine pages in MS Word! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it! :)