Chapter Six
Truth, Dare or Torture
Harry was once again forced to question his father's sanity as he watched an all too familiar group of pranksters playing what they called 'a harmless little game'. As it happened this 'harmless little game' turned out not to be for the faint of heart. In fact the four people playing it had almost managed to give several passers by a heart attack.
Remus Lupin, the most sensible of the four wondered vaguely how he found Peter Pettigrew running about with his under pants around his ankles amusing. In truth he found it somewhat disturbing. He watched with his eyebrow raised into a questioning arch as said boy tripped and fell face first into the fire. He supposed it jut went to show that morons would always be morons.
Sirius Black however was definitely NOT the sensible one of the group, so, naturally it was his idea to put the fire in peters hair out by opening a window and throwing snowballs at him. Sirius lead the snowball frenzy, James followed.
"Clear a path! Here it comes!" Sirius shouted into the crowd of laughing students.
A snowball took flight and firmly planted itself in peters face, not his hair. Perhaps peter was a light boy or Sirius was stronger than he looked, either way the snowball took peter with it through the portrait hole and into a rather surly looking professor McGonagall.
McGonagall sat up to find one very scared, pantless peter Pettigrew sitting in her lap. She stood up and shook the traumatised boy off her before turning to what was undoubtedly the source of the trouble.
"James Potter!" she barked.
"Well we were playing truth, dare or torture Professor." Said the boy in his defence, as if that explained everything.
"And what does that have to do with Peter getting thrown out of the common room." McGonagall queried, a worried look crossed her face as several crowd of bystanders cleared out of the room at a great speed. "He's the idiot who fell into the fire" Muttered Sirius. "We just put him out!" Sirius continued in a slightly more insane tone of voice.
"What do you mean by put him out?" Needless to say McGonagall was worried.
"Oh we used a snow ball."
"A snowball? There's a fire extinguisher just down the stairs"
"Well we thought that a snow ball would be really good to put the fire out and it would be nice and cool for Peter to put onto his face to help with the burns."
Said Peter squealed when he realised that the fire had burned him and wondered vaguely what would have been better, a fire extinguisher in his face or a snowball.
McGonagall simply looked from the cowering boy beside her to his friends. The situation probably made sense to them, hell anything made sense to them, but for a civilised mind such as hers some things were better left alone.
James looked up at the professor's stern face and gave her his most charming smile, they'd get away with it, they always did.
"Detention Potter, Mr Black and I expect you don't need to know where to go"
Damn
McGonagall then turned on Percy Weasley. "Mr Weasly, as head boy I expect more from you in controlling your peers!"
Percy gave a heated glare at the marauders before turning to McGonagall. "Yes Professor"
Professor McGonagall gave all five of them a stern look before stalking out of the room.
James chose that moment to speak. "My dearest Padfoot what would you choose truth, dare or torture."
Percy cut in before they could say another word. 'I will not allow this idiocy!"
Percy frowned, the four boys didn't even flinch, not even Peter. Instead they simply dismissed the fact that he had even spoken.
"Truth isn't much fun is it?" Said Sirius to himself as he pondered the choice in front of him. "I'll have to go with Dare then!"
Remus blinked, his friend had said that almost TOO brightly. Oh well the game was fun, so he continued it. "And what will Mr Prongs be choosing this fine day""
"I will choose dare, my dear Moony." James answered, bemused by 'the sane one's' sudden participation in their strange little game.
"Well Prongs any dare that Padfoot has to do you have to do it with him."
"Ah that sounds like fun, what will it be my lovely Moony?" Sirius cooed.
"You to have to do a strip dance in the great hall in front of everyone including the Professors." Remus smirked, this was going to be fun, it would be a lot of trouble, but still a lot of fun.
An odd look crossed James face; everybody could clearly ready it as 'Oh I do hope dear Snivellus will be traumatised'.
Much to everyone's surprise it was Sirius who had objections." Well I think it sounds like fun, but I refuse to take my underwear off in front of the whole school." He said indignantly.
"Well to make you feel better you take them off and throw them over the balcony as you run up the stairs." James retorted with a silly grin spreading across his face.
"Alright I'll do it." Sirius grumbled.
James turned his head to the side thoughtfully before speaking "How about Friday night?"
Sirius who, despite earlier reservations, was now in the swing of things. His thought train was on much needed organisation for the blessed event. "What about music? I know a few good muggle songs"
It was then that James struck the same insane thought pattern as Sirius. He began to grin as a look that could only be insanity crossed his face. "We can pull Harry up with us!"
Now that both Sirius and James had started, it was going to be a LONG time before they stopped. "And we can bring in his friends!!! And! And! That blonde kid that he hates!"
The only reaction he got was rapid nodding from James, a scared, and slightly mentally abused squeak from Peter and a 'Dear lord what have I done!?' from Remus.
"What have I done?" Remus paled considerably and began to bang his head against the wall to numb the guilt.
"WILL YOU THREE PLEASE SHUT UP!!!!" shouted Percy looking more than a little exasperated.
"Fine, we will just leave then" Sirius snarled at the good-for-nothing busybody. "Whatever you say Rednut" Remus, James and Peter left the common room with Sirius in tow hurling abuse at the Redhead behind them.
James being the only one who wasn't dragging Sirius got an idea. "Let's go visit Peeves"
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Glad everyone likes the story and thanks for all the reviews .
Pebbles-sama
Harry was once again forced to question his father's sanity as he watched an all too familiar group of pranksters playing what they called 'a harmless little game'. As it happened this 'harmless little game' turned out not to be for the faint of heart. In fact the four people playing it had almost managed to give several passers by a heart attack.
Remus Lupin, the most sensible of the four wondered vaguely how he found Peter Pettigrew running about with his under pants around his ankles amusing. In truth he found it somewhat disturbing. He watched with his eyebrow raised into a questioning arch as said boy tripped and fell face first into the fire. He supposed it jut went to show that morons would always be morons.
Sirius Black however was definitely NOT the sensible one of the group, so, naturally it was his idea to put the fire in peters hair out by opening a window and throwing snowballs at him. Sirius lead the snowball frenzy, James followed.
"Clear a path! Here it comes!" Sirius shouted into the crowd of laughing students.
A snowball took flight and firmly planted itself in peters face, not his hair. Perhaps peter was a light boy or Sirius was stronger than he looked, either way the snowball took peter with it through the portrait hole and into a rather surly looking professor McGonagall.
McGonagall sat up to find one very scared, pantless peter Pettigrew sitting in her lap. She stood up and shook the traumatised boy off her before turning to what was undoubtedly the source of the trouble.
"James Potter!" she barked.
"Well we were playing truth, dare or torture Professor." Said the boy in his defence, as if that explained everything.
"And what does that have to do with Peter getting thrown out of the common room." McGonagall queried, a worried look crossed her face as several crowd of bystanders cleared out of the room at a great speed. "He's the idiot who fell into the fire" Muttered Sirius. "We just put him out!" Sirius continued in a slightly more insane tone of voice.
"What do you mean by put him out?" Needless to say McGonagall was worried.
"Oh we used a snow ball."
"A snowball? There's a fire extinguisher just down the stairs"
"Well we thought that a snow ball would be really good to put the fire out and it would be nice and cool for Peter to put onto his face to help with the burns."
Said Peter squealed when he realised that the fire had burned him and wondered vaguely what would have been better, a fire extinguisher in his face or a snowball.
McGonagall simply looked from the cowering boy beside her to his friends. The situation probably made sense to them, hell anything made sense to them, but for a civilised mind such as hers some things were better left alone.
James looked up at the professor's stern face and gave her his most charming smile, they'd get away with it, they always did.
"Detention Potter, Mr Black and I expect you don't need to know where to go"
Damn
McGonagall then turned on Percy Weasley. "Mr Weasly, as head boy I expect more from you in controlling your peers!"
Percy gave a heated glare at the marauders before turning to McGonagall. "Yes Professor"
Professor McGonagall gave all five of them a stern look before stalking out of the room.
James chose that moment to speak. "My dearest Padfoot what would you choose truth, dare or torture."
Percy cut in before they could say another word. 'I will not allow this idiocy!"
Percy frowned, the four boys didn't even flinch, not even Peter. Instead they simply dismissed the fact that he had even spoken.
"Truth isn't much fun is it?" Said Sirius to himself as he pondered the choice in front of him. "I'll have to go with Dare then!"
Remus blinked, his friend had said that almost TOO brightly. Oh well the game was fun, so he continued it. "And what will Mr Prongs be choosing this fine day""
"I will choose dare, my dear Moony." James answered, bemused by 'the sane one's' sudden participation in their strange little game.
"Well Prongs any dare that Padfoot has to do you have to do it with him."
"Ah that sounds like fun, what will it be my lovely Moony?" Sirius cooed.
"You to have to do a strip dance in the great hall in front of everyone including the Professors." Remus smirked, this was going to be fun, it would be a lot of trouble, but still a lot of fun.
An odd look crossed James face; everybody could clearly ready it as 'Oh I do hope dear Snivellus will be traumatised'.
Much to everyone's surprise it was Sirius who had objections." Well I think it sounds like fun, but I refuse to take my underwear off in front of the whole school." He said indignantly.
"Well to make you feel better you take them off and throw them over the balcony as you run up the stairs." James retorted with a silly grin spreading across his face.
"Alright I'll do it." Sirius grumbled.
James turned his head to the side thoughtfully before speaking "How about Friday night?"
Sirius who, despite earlier reservations, was now in the swing of things. His thought train was on much needed organisation for the blessed event. "What about music? I know a few good muggle songs"
It was then that James struck the same insane thought pattern as Sirius. He began to grin as a look that could only be insanity crossed his face. "We can pull Harry up with us!"
Now that both Sirius and James had started, it was going to be a LONG time before they stopped. "And we can bring in his friends!!! And! And! That blonde kid that he hates!"
The only reaction he got was rapid nodding from James, a scared, and slightly mentally abused squeak from Peter and a 'Dear lord what have I done!?' from Remus.
"What have I done?" Remus paled considerably and began to bang his head against the wall to numb the guilt.
"WILL YOU THREE PLEASE SHUT UP!!!!" shouted Percy looking more than a little exasperated.
"Fine, we will just leave then" Sirius snarled at the good-for-nothing busybody. "Whatever you say Rednut" Remus, James and Peter left the common room with Sirius in tow hurling abuse at the Redhead behind them.
James being the only one who wasn't dragging Sirius got an idea. "Let's go visit Peeves"
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Glad everyone likes the story and thanks for all the reviews .
Pebbles-sama