Chapter 2

I whistle the tune that's currently stuck in my head as I finish copying down the last thing I need onto a note card. When Yusei starts humming along, I stare at him questionably.

"Dialga's Fight to the Finish, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky," he says. "What do you think I do doing my free time?"

I shrug and stop whistling. "Lucy, I need your help."

"Sweet!" She jumps up from her bean-bag and pulls her shirt down a little. "What do you need me to do? Does it involve fire?"

"No, it shouldn't involve fire," I reply, mentally facepalming at her obsession with fire. "I need you to go find one of…" I lean over and whisper the names into her ear.

At the mention of the first name, she giggles and then grimaces. "Okay, I'll have to get the second one. The first hates me even more than he hates Yusei."

This time, I literally facepalm. "Do I want to know?"

"I broke his sword," Lucy replies innocently.

"And set his Duel Runner on fire," Meri adds without looking up from the book she is reading.

"Yep, I did that also." She grins wildly, "I really should stop getting writer's block so often."

I sigh, "Just go get the other one."

"Sure thing!" With that, she vanishes in a portal of white energy.

"Just curious, who are you trying to get here?" Shade asks

"You'll find out soon enough," I reply. "Until then, let's go ahead and start!"

I hand Sky the first card, and she looks at me. "I thought I was immune," she says.

"Well, a lot of these came without a specific sender, so I'm just going to have you dish those ones out."

Sky grins, "Alright, fine by me. Let's see, this is…"

Request by: mcdinh

Receiver: Crow

Dare: Crow gets turned into a parrot for a certain amount of time.

"What?! I don't want to be a parrot?!" Crow shouts, standing up.

"Too bad," I say. "It's what the dare says." I wave my wand, and in a flash of light, the orange-haired young man turns into a parrot with rainbow-colored wing-feathers, and body feathers the exact same color his hair was.

Crow the Parrot squawks several times, but because he's a parrot and they can't form their own words, he doesn't speak. The entire time, Joseph is laughing his head off and prodding the bird-man, incessantly saying, "Mister Bird! Mister Bird! HAHAHAHA!"

"I have to admit, that's an ingenious idea," Yusei says. "But… how long does he have to stay that way?"

"Until the end of the chapter," I reply. Then I look at the next card and scowl. "Dang it, I should have done this one first. Now Crow can't exactly hand it out…"

"You want me to read it?" Sky asks.

"Eh, sure." I give it to her.

She starts to read it, but stops and laughs. "Are we seriously going to do this? It's fitting punishment, but… I'm pretty sure someone," she looks at Meri and Shade as she says that, "is going to take it over the top."

"Here, let me edit it. Again." I add a second note at the bottom of the card and hand it back.

Request by: amk8930

Receiver: Jack

Dare: He gets kicked in the nuts every time he says something about himself.

Edit: Any time someone says his name he gets kicked.

Edit 2: Only counts once per person except if he's the one that says it.

Across the room, everyone either laughs or giggles a little, except for Jack, whose face turns bright red.

"Hey, just be glad I added the second edit, because otherwise one person repeating your name over and over again would count one kick per time," I say.

Meri grins evilly and laughs. "I would totally be the one doing that." She puts her book down and stands up. "Well, if no one else is going to go first… Jack."

Her grin grows wider as the blonde's face empties of all color. "Uhm… I need to… uh… go to the bathroom," he stutters. Jack stands up and starts to walk to the aforementioned room.

"Hey! Come back here, coward!" Meri shouts, and chases after him.

Instead of locking himself in the bathroom, Jack darts out the main door, Meri close in pursuit. 'Drat, that door was supposed to be locked,' I think. I sigh, "Shade, Joseph, go make sure she doesn't take it over-the-top."

"No need to send 'em!" Lucy's voice echoes from the doorway.

The white-haired girl struts into the room, force fields around Jack, Meri, and Lester (who is asleep and, for some reason, wearing a fluffy pink princess dress). The force fields make the three able to float, but Lucy controls where they go.

I look at Jack, whose face is green now, and it looks like he's in a ton of pain. "Three times," he moans, "she kicked me three times."

"Uhm… okay, I think that's enough of kicking him there. Any other time, kick him in the shin, alright?"

"But that's no fun!" Meri cries, her voice muffled by the force field. "You should've seen how he fell after I kicked him!"

"Mhmm, well, enough torturing him. Lucy, put them down," I say. "By the way, why the heck is Lester wearing that?"

Lucy shrugs, "He was out cold and wearing it when I found him."

"Wait a second!" Leo interrupts. "Why is Lester here?"

I look over at the green-haired boy, "Oh, you thought this was limited to good guys, didn't you? Well, someone submitted an idea by PM and it involves Lester and Primo… so I might as well bring them in sooner rather than later. Of course, only one new addition per chapter, so Primo will have to wait."

Crow-the-parrot squawks loudly as to protest me bringing in two of the Emperors of Yliaster. Or he could just be angry at the fact that Rudolph is on his back and trying to make him fly around the room.

"Enough!" I shout, and everyone in the room freezes and stops talking.

Lester grumbles a little and sits up. He mutters something, and then realizes what he is wearing. "PRIMO! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU THIS TIME! I'M GOING TO TAKE YOUR SWORD AND STAB IT THROUGH YOUR—"

"That explains the dress," I say, satisfied at getting an answer.

Lester stops mid-rant and glares at me. "Who are you? Never mind that, how the hell did you get into my room?"

"I'm Shimmering-Sky, and, for the record, this is definitely not your room," I reply.

He stops glaring at me and looks around the room. "No! Not… not you guys!"

"Well, we're not happy either!" Leo says. "She's trapped us here for a game of truth-or-dare, and I guess you're a part of it now."

I quickly fill in Lester with the rules of the game and also tell him that he's lucky this chapter and doesn't have to receive any truths or dares yet. He shuts up and sits in the corner where my muses are. Meri, Shade, and Lucy instantly accept him as a friend (because that's just how they are).

"ANYWAYS," I say, "back to the task at hand. I'm going to use a truth this time. Luna?"

I hand her the paper, and she reads it off.

Request by: amk8930

Receiver: Leo

Truth: If you could let me (Luna) date any one of our friends, who would it be, and why?

Leo seems to have been expecting something more on the evil side of things, because all he does is make some odd squeaking noises and open and shut his mouth for a few moments.

"So, what's your answer?" I ask. "Or would you rather face the Closet of Doom?"

"Dexter!" he blurts out. "I'd, uh, I'd be cool with Luna dating Dexter. We've known him the longest, Sly is… really creepy, and… I don't really know about Bob."

"…Okay, that's nice to hear," I say, nodding. "But… I think I have time for one more request. A dare whose sender is specifically Sky."

"Let me see it then," my OC says, holding out her hand. I give it to her.

Request by: Ulrich362

Receiver: Leo

Dare: Give Luna an hour to do your makeup.

"Eh…" Leo groans.

"Don't worry," Luna smiles, "I won't put too much on you."

XXX

"So? What do you think?" Luna asks, stepping out from the bathroom, Leo reluctantly in tow. His face is clearly covered in makeup—very light foundation underneath bright blush, a great deal of mascara, blue eyeliner, and blue eye shadow. He scowls at me and sits down.

I try to keep myself from laughing, understanding Leo's pain. I don't like makeup at all (I can't stand it), and yet last year, at my dance recital, it felt like I had to wear everything under the sun for it. Not once, but three times (pictures, dress rehearsal, and the actual thing).

"Aw, come on Leo, you should lighten up a little," Akiza says. "You do look pretty."

Everyone laughs.

"Okay, that's all for now," I say, once everyone stops laughing.

~To be continued~

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