I thought I would add a nice fun chapter. I decided to have the characters play a game in this chapter so that you could learn more about them. Clever, huh? So read and revieww!

Liar, Liar

"You punched him in the face?" Lily asked, raising her eyebrows at her friend in amazement.

"Yup," Ashley said proudly, caressing her right fist, "Nothing has ever been so worth pain in my life."

Shiloh laughed, "I wish I could've seen the look on his face!"

"I wish I could've, too. The prat was so soaked in blood, you couldn't see a damn thing," Ashley said dissapointedly, making everyone else laugh.

"So how's prefect duty with Mr. Potter going?" Mischa asked suggestively.

Lily rolled her eyes and shook her head, "How do you think it's going?"

"That bad?" Katrina questioned.

"It's Potter," Lily said, as if she needed to remind them, "How on Earth could it be anything but bad?"

"What's he doing?" Shiloh questioned.

"More or less the same stuff he's been doing the past four years," Lily said, obviously aggitated.

Ashley was getting back into the swing of things, seeing as the second week of school had started. She easily got her position as Chaser back on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She and James had been practicing a lot so that they made sure to win the first game of the year, against Slytherin. Ashley soared in the air, and then dove down to land her broom. "Good practice, everyone," Brody said sincerely.

"Thanks, Brode!" Ryland Bryce said cheerfully. Ryland was one of the shortest girls in the entire school. Short enough to make Ashley, who stood at barely five feet tall, look big. She was maybe four foot nine or so, and in her seventh year. But her size gave her an advantage when it came to her position as the team's seeker.

"Who's the Slytherin captain this year, anyway?" Nathan Oxford, a boy in his fifth year, questioned. Nathan was a Chaser, like Ashley and James.

"Yaxley," Andrew Pennington said grimly. Andrew was dating Samantha White, and played on the team as a Keeper.

"The bloke with the Death Eater uncle? Him?" James asked furiously.

"Afraid so," Brody confirmed the infromation, "I have to admit, he's a fair flyer, though. But we don't have to worry about him finding the snitch, since we've got Ry."

"Thanks," Ryland smiled, "But he is awfully good."

"Don't you worry about it," Brody told her seriously, "You've both been playing Seeker for four years now. You've beat him loads of times. You're terrific."

"Thanks," Ryland repeated.

"I hate having the first match against Slytherin," said Chase Faulkner, a third year, who was on the team as a Beater for his first year.

"Don't worry," Ashley told him, "You're a great Beater. Don't let the Slytherins ruin your fun. They're all right prats."

Ashley walked into the Common Room with James and glanced around. Sirius was on a couch with a third year called Milena Darling. Ashley and James walked a little closer, and James cleared his throat. Sirius opened an eye, narrowed his eyebrows, as if warning James off, and continued what he was doing. James and Ashley exchanged a look, and he smirked.

James jumped right in the middle of Milena and Sirius. "Hey guys, what's up?" James asked.

Sirius narrowed his eyes, "Go away."

"Aw, this reminds me. I have some place to be," Ashley said mysteriously.

"What?" Sirius asked, jumping up, forgetting James and Milena.

"I'm supposed to meet up with Todd Foley," Ashley told them with a grin.

"The sixth year Hufflepuff Chaser?" Sirius questioned.

"Yes, dad. What's it to you?" Ashley asked, "Do you not like him?"

"He's too cocky," Sirius shrugged, "Way too full of himself."

At this, Ashley's jaw literally dropped, "Well, if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black! Gosh, it's not like I'm marrying him. It's not even like I'm dating him. I'm just messing around with him. What's up with you?"

"Nothing," Sirius said hotly, "Come on, Millie. Let's go for a walk by the lake."

"All right," Milena shrugged, "Bye, James. Bye, Ashley."

They left, and James turn to Ashley, "What's gotten into him?"

"Good question," Ashley muttered, "I guess he's just feeling a little overprotective."

"As if Todd's the first," James snorted, and Ashley hit him in the chest.

Later that day, after Ashley spent the day fooling around with Todd, she went back up to her room. The second she entered, Lily and Katrina began giggling like maniacs.

"What's so funny?" Ashley demanded.

"This," Katrina said, throwing a small powder blue book at Ashley.

Ashley recognized it at once and her mouth fell open, "Okay guys, that's a huge invasion of privacy!"

"We're sorry," Lily laughed, "We thought it was a diary."

"Little did we know, we stumbled upon something much better," Katrina added with a chuckle.

"Fine, now you know my dirty history with the opposite sex," Ashley rolled her eyes, "Happy?"

"You kissed Potter? And Black?" Lily questioned her.

"Don't forget Alden Kellerman, Adrian Holcombe, Carter Davenport, Jason Slater, and Jesse Ritter," Katrina reminded her.

"How did we not know that?" Lily asked.

Ashley shrugged, "You knew about Adrian and Carter, obviously. I told you about Alden and Jason, too. Sirius and I kissed a few times when we were drunk. James was a one-time thing because neither of us had ever kissed anyone before. We were 12, for Merlin's sake! Not even Sirius knows that. And well, Jesse was a hook-up, just like Alden and Jason were. Which reminds me, I have to add Todd Foley to that list."

"Todd Foley? Hmm, nice work," Katrina said approvingly.

"Not really. I may see him once or twice more, but he's sort of a pain in the arse," Ashley confessed.

"You have a thing for Quidditch players, huh?" Lily observed.

"Yeah, I do," Ashley agreed, "What can I say? Athletes are cute."

"Honestly, you've become Sirius Black in a skirt," Katrina joked.

"Rubbish," Ashley said instantly, "He's been with at least twice the amount of people I've been with. Speaking of Sirius, I'm going to find him. Bye."

Ashley waved and left the dormitory. She began walking down to the common room, where she spotted Sirius, alone, writing something down. "Are you doing...Homework?" Ashley questioned in amazement.

"It's as if you don't even know me! Of course I'm not doing homework. It's a prank," Sirius informed her.

"Oh, I should've realized," Ashley said, hitting herself on the head.

"So, how was Foley?" Sirius questioned.

Ashley shrugged, "I definitely don't like him. I'll probably see him once or twice more, and then forget him."

"You know I had a thing with his sister?" Sirius said with a slight smile.

"Which sister?" Ashley questioned.

"Blaire," Sirius answered, "Back in third year."

They talked for a bit longer, when Ashley's sister Megan entered the common room. She looked awfully happy as she walked closer to Ashley. "Who's the boy?" Ashley questioned her little sister.

"What are you talking about?" Megan asked.

"I know that look," Ashley told her, "Now tell me."

"Chrysander Applegarth," Megan said, unable to contain her smile.

"Oh, Chrys. He's a really nice kid," Ashley nodded her head approvingly. Chrysander was a Gryffindor in his sixth year. He was also insanely sweet. "Are you dating?"

Megan shook her head, "He told Kayce that he likes me."

"That's great," Ashley said happily, "That could be your future boyfriend."

Megan's grin grew wider, "I really hope so. Well, I'm gunna go tell Mitchie, Summer, and Donnie. Bye," Megan said dreamily, walking up the staircase to her dormitory.

"I can't believe it," Ashley shook her head, "I'm jealous."

Sirius raised his eyebrows, "You like Chrysander?"

"No," Ashley rolled her eyes, "I'm talking about being with someone. You know, like a relationship. It's so weird."

"You want to date somebody?" Sirius questioned.

"No," Ashley said instantly, "Well, maybe. I don't know. I mean, I wouldn't date somebody just for the sake of dating someone, you know? But maybe if someone came along...Oh, what am I saying? That's ridiculous."

"You've done nothing but bash relationships for the past nine months," Sirius reminded her.

"I know," Ashley nodded thoughtfully, "I know."

It was a cool, crisp day. The day you know that summer really is over, and there won't be anymore hot days. Ashley was sitting by the lake with Remus, James, and Mischa Ferguson. There was a cool breeze every now and then, but it was all in all, a pleasant day. Ashley glanced at Mischa playing with her two cats, Corby and Dysis. She got Corby for Christmas back in first year, and Dysis during the summer after third year. Toward the end of fourth year, the two cats mated and had four kittens. Ashley took one, Lily took one, Saoirse took one, and Kayce took the last.

"So, Fergie," James said as he flashed a smile at Mischa, "About that Muggle Studies essay..."

"The one I gave to Professor Vandenberk yesterday? What about it?" Mischa asked.

"Nevermind," James muttered.

"Hey, guys," Katrina's voice sounded from behind them. She sat down on the ground along with her brother, Brody, "What's up?"

"Nothing, James here was just trying to cheat his way through Muggle Studies," Remus answered, shaking his head.

"So, basically, the usual," Katrina nodded.

"Are we gunna have another practice before the game on Saturday?" Ashley questioned Brody.

Brody nodded, "Yeah. I'm gunna post it after dinner for Thursday night. We really lucked out that Faulkner recovered from the last practice so quickly."

That was true. Chase Faulkner, who happened to be new meat on the team, got his nose broken after taking a bludger to the face, which knocked him off his broom, causing him to also break his left arm, and a few ribs.

"He's okay now, right?" Ashley questioned. She had visited Chase once with a few members of the team, which was a little over a week ago. He had been in pretty bad shape.

"Good as new," Brody replied, "I've seen him three times. He left the Hospital Wing this morning. I would've been in a panic if I had to find a replacement in such short notice." Brody shook his head and glanced at his watch, "Oi, I've gotta be off. I'll see you guys," he said, standing and jogging toward the castle.

"Where is he in such a hurry to?" Mischa asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Probably to see his new girlfriend," Katrina laughed.

"What? Brody has a girlfriend?" Ashley questioned, "Who is it?"

"Annabelle Hunter," Katrina responded. Annabelle Hunter was a quiet girl in their year. She had long, wavy light brown hair and pale bluish green eyes. She always gave off the impression that if you were to touch her, or talk too loudly, she would shatter like glass. She was definitely attractive, though, there was no denying that. Nobody would ever think of Annabelle as hot. That is, to say her body was nothing special. She seemed to possess a sort of classic beauty about her.

"So, I guess he's over Rebecca, then?" Mischa inquired. Rebecca Gallagher had gone out with Brody for nine months, almost all of his fifth year, and completely broke his heart right before the summer ended. She was a very sweet, outgoing kind of girl. Her excuse for dumping Brody was that "the fire had simply died out" in their relationship. Sadly, Brody hadn't quite felt that way about it, which caused him to spend the last two weeks of school, the entire summer, and the first week of school to be in some sort of unbreakable depression.

"I guess so," Katrina agreed.

"That's great," Mischa said, "It's about time."

"It took him a while to get over her because Rebecca was his first real love and all," Katrina shrugged, "But Brody always lands on his feet."

"He's adorable," Ashley said randomly.

"Okay, that's my brother, Ash," Katrina said, making a face.

"Oh, come on. Fergie, tell me he isn't good-looking," Ashley said.

"Well, yeah, he's great-looking," Mischa answered, then glared at Katrina, "What happened to you?"

"Oh, very funny," Katrina rolled her eyes and threw a stray twig at Mischa.

It was a rainy Friday night, and there wasn't much to do. Ashley, Lily, Mischa, Katrina, Shiloh, Samantha, Saoirse, Faith, Joy, James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Andrew, and Brody were the only ones still awake in the common room, and they were all talking. "Let's play a game," Shiloh suggested.

"What kind of game?" Saoirse asked cautiously. Shiloh was always thinking of games that would cause drama and tension in the group. Probably because the drama never circulated around her personally, so it was probably amusing to her.

"How about Liar, Liar?" Shiloh suggested, and the entire group let out a groan.

"I despise Liar, Liar," Joy groaned.

"That's because you always lie," Shiloh shrugged. Nobody could argue there. Joy was never particularly good at the game.

Liar, Liar was a game where you went around in a circle asking questions. After everyone in the group answered their question, a clear ball would fly around to detect how many lies were told during the round. Everyone in the group would then have to guess who was lying, and if they guessed right, the person would have no choice but to tell the truth.

"Fine, let's do it. It's been a whole two weeks without drama, why should we go on like that?" Faith said sarcastically.

"Okay. Here we go," Shiloh said, taking the ball out of her bag, "I'll start." She turned to the person to her left, which was Ashley, "Who was your first kiss with?"

Ashley took in a deep breath. The truth finally comes out. She could feel James shoot her a look, "It was James."

Nearly everybody let out a gasp of shock, "What?" Sirius said loudly.

"It was only one time. In second year. It was nothing."

"And you kept it from everyone this long?" Samantha asked in shock.

"Like I said, it was nothing," Ashley shrugged, and turned to her older sister, "Have you had sex with someone other than Andrew?"

"No," Samantha said without hesitation, and then turned to Andrew, "Have you flirted with anyone while we were together?"

"Nope," Andrew replied flatly, looking to his right at Joy, "Are you a virgin?"

"Yup," Joy nodded her head, "Hmm, Sirius. Who did you lose your virginity to?"

"Serafina Kelly, October of fourth year," Sirius responded, wiggling his eyebrows, causing everyone to roll their eyes, "Let's see, James... Have you ever been in love?"

James looked directly at Lily, but only for a splitsecond before he turned away, "Yeah. Okay, Mischa...How many people have you snogged?"

Mischa appeared to think for a second, "Um. Just two."

"Two?" James repeated.

"Two. Elick and Keith," Mischa answered. Elick Clench was Mischa's first boyfriend. He was a Hufflepuff, in the year above them and they dated for 5 months during third year. But they were young, so they got bored and moved on. Keith Dormer was a fellow Gryffindor, two years older than Mischa. They, too, dated for five months, during fourth year. But Keith dumped her and began dating Vanessa Ventrella soon after, "So, Katrina...Have you ever fancied Sirius?"

Katrina shook her head instantly, "No way. Remus...Have you ever cheated on a girl?"

"Ouch," Sirius said, pouting at Katrina, "That hurts."

"No. Faith, how old were you when you had your first kiss?" Remus asked as the entire group ignored Sirius.

"Uh...Thirteen, I believe," Faith replied, "Okay, Soirse, who did you last kiss?"

"Landon Brisk," Saoirse responded with a grin, "Three and a half hours ago. Peter...Who was your first crush on?"

"Oksana Olsen. Back in first year," Peter replied, shaking his head, "Lily...Have you ever had romantic thoughts about James?"

James perked up and stared straight at her, not bothering to hide it, "Never. Brody, if you could be with any girl in school, who would it be?"

"My girlfriend, obviously," Brody replied with an angelic smile.

"Awww," the girls chorused.

"Shiloh...Have you ever had romantic feelings for a Slytherin?"

"Oh, he doesn't know?" Shiloh asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Know what?" Brody asked perplexedly.

"I dated a Slytherin for three months," Shiloh responded, "Raphael Crescent. Back in fourth year."

"No! A Slytherin? Why?"

Shiloh shrugged, "They're not all awful." She then contracted the clear ball from her bag. It rose up into the air and flew around everybodys heads. Smoke began to fill the ball. It was red, then orange, then yellow, then green, and finally, blue. At the end a black 5 appeared in the ball.

"Five people lied," Shiloh stated, "Who wants to acuse some liars?"

"I do!" Sirius said excitedly. "Katrina! There's no way you didn't want me at some point. It's not possible." Shiloh wrote the name Katrina on a piece of paper.

"I don't believe Lily," Faith said with a smirk, "I think she lied."

Lily turned beet red, "Well, I think you lied, too," she shot back.

"Mischa," James said, "No way she only kissed two guys."

"I think Brody lied," Joy added, "No guys is really that sweet."

"I think Sirius lied," Ashley chimed in, "For some reason, I don't think it was Serafina."

"Andrew," Brody said, "He must've flirted."

"Is that all?" Shiloh asked as she finished writing Andrew's name. Everyone remained silent, so she took that as a yes. Folding up each paper, she slid them into the top part of the ball and the ball turned a bright gold. A gold aura surrounded five of the teenagers in the room. Brody Colebrooke, Lily Evans, Faith Linden, Katrina Colebrooke, and Sirius Black had indeed been lying.

"Brody," Shiloh said, shaking her head, "You want to have sex with someone who isn't your girlfriend, huh? Who is it, then?"

Brody's mouth stayed closed, because he very obviously didn't want to say. The golden ball then flew inside of his ear and golden sparks began erupting from him. "Ashley."

Everyone glanced from Brody to Ashley, enjoying the awkwardness as the ball made its way out of Brody's head.

"She was talking about how good-looking you were the other day, you know," Mischa said, trying to break the tension.

"As were you," Ashley reminded her.

Mischa turned bright red, "Oh, yeah."

"Lily, you lied as well, eh?" Shiloh said with a wicked smile, "So that means she has thought of James in a romantic kind of way. How beautifully sickening. Faith, your first kiss wasn't at the age of thirteen. How old were you?"

Faith let in a deep breath, "Nearly seventeen."

"No way," Sirius said in shock.

"It's the truth," Faith shrugged. "Embarrassing."

"Don't worry about it," Samantha said comfortinly.

"Katrina, you too, are a liar," Shiloh continued, "Meaning you have fancied Sirius at some point. And when was this?"

"Some of second and third year," Katrina rolled her eyes in disgust.

"I knew it," Sirius said smugly.

"You're so full of yourself," Ashley commented.

"With reason," Sirius replied with a wink.

"Hmmm...Sirius, you didn't lose your virginity to Serafina Kelly. Who was it?" Shiloh asked interestedly.

Sirius opened his mouth slightly and mumbled something inaudible.

"Excuse me?" Shiloh said, raising an eyebrow.

"Calindu," Sirius repeated. Everyone around him looked completely clueless, but then Ashley's face filled with rage as she screamed, "CAROLYN DUKE?"

Sirius nodded his head slowly, not looking up at anyone.

"You bloody git!" Ashley shouted, jumping to her feet. She crossed the floor over to Sirius and punched him in the face.

"Do you have to do that to everyone?" Sirius said, clutching his face as blood spurred from his nose.

"Fuck you, Sirius." And with those last words, Ashley stormed up to her dormitory, with her friends right behind her.

"That was a real scumbag thing to do, you know," James told Sirius once they had left, "I mean, her first real boyfriend had been cheating on her with Carolyn. And then you sleep with her?"

"I know it was dumb," Sirius said, "I've regretted it ever since. But you - you kissed Ashley!"

"So what?" James asked confusedly.

"What a nice amount of time to keep that from me," Sirius said, jumping up and looking angered, "You know what? I'm going upstairs.

Goodnight, everybody."

what did you think? things are going to get pretty awkward and loud between the characters. so please review in order to inspire me to write the next chapter faster.