"All right. Now… where were we?" Sirius grinned. "You know the rules Moony. Truth or Dare?"

Remus sighed. "Truth." At least he could handle truths. For the most part.

"Okay then. Let's see what it is…" Sirius bent over the orb. He laughed. "You got out of this one pretty easy Moony. What's your preference?"

"Preference?"

"Like, guys or girls I think."

"Oh." Remus grinned. He had gotten an easy one. "I'm straight, duh. Girls."

Sirius smirked again and spoke before Remus could ask him. "Dare!!"

Remus smiled. "It says you're supposed to… oh." He stopped reading. Sirius bent in, intrigued.

"What does it say?" He read it. "I'm supposed to… lean out the window and shout 'I'm as gay as the moon is full?' Well…" he looked out the window. The moon wasn't full, but still... "Nah. I think I'll pass on that one."

"Good choice. I pick Truth."

"Again? C'mon Remus, show some of that Gryffindor bravery." Sirius watched the black orb. "You have to tell the next guy you see that you're gay and in love with him." Sirius looked up and laughed. "Moony, that's worse than mine!!"

Remus' jaw dropped. "No WAY!!" He looked at the orb. It did say that. He closed his mouth and looked at Sirius. A grin began to form on his lips. "Well… you ARE the next guy I've seen… And you know that this is a game. So… Sirius Black, I'm gay and I'm in love with you." Then Remus burst out laughing, Sirius with him.

"Wow, good one. I'm surprised you can do that and get away with it. Hey… I wonder if we should stop and let James and Peter play this with us?"

The orb shook violently and it grew cold, forming ice crystals on its surface. Sirius and Remus gaped at it. At long last, Remus spoke.

"Well… I guess that's a no then. So…" he looked at Sirius. "Truth or Dare?"

"Dare."

"Again?"

"Again."

"Fine, your neck be on it. You need to… That's strange… It says you have to perform this charm on yourself for the entirety of tomorrow. I wonder what it does?"

"What's the incantation?"

"Tumescens Phallus."

"Okay. Well… should I do it now to see what happens?"

"Sure, go ahead. Might as well see what you're in for."

Just then the two boys heard footsteps coming up to the dorm.

"Quick!! Hide it!!" Remus whispered. Sirius shoved the game under his bed and the two boys flung themselves onto their beds just as James and Peter walked in.

"Well… I've got to go get ready then." Sirius stood up slowly and walked out of the room, picking up Remus' pyjamas on the way out. James looked at Remus with a funny expression on his face.

"Erm, Moony… Did Sirius just take your pyjamas?"

Remus shrugged. "Not sure. Maybe." He was a terrible liar, and the less he said, the better.

"Hmm. Well that's… odd." James settled into his own bed, looking thoughtful. Remus looked at him rather apprehensively. He had seen that look before. It was what James looked like when he was thinking hard, and he was one of the smartest boys in the school. He would figure it out, Remus had no doubt of that. And why not? Let him find out. Then he could join the game. It was just a harmless wizarding game after all…