accioswiftgames: Yeah, it's a little too scary I think. Here it is!

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Wessa: 1

Jessa: 2

SilverCarstairs: Thanks so much! This one's a bit shorter, but I hope you still enjoy it!

Guest: I'M BOLDING THIS BECAUSE EVERYONE SHOULD READ IT! Tessa is 14; Cecily 13; Will, Jem, and Jessie are 15; Nate is 16; Sophie is 17.

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DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT CASSIE CLARE!

"Will?" said Tessa in a startled voice. Will didn't seem to notice. He just kept looking at Gideon over Tessa's head. Tessa decided to say it again. "Will," she said, this time sounding more like a hiss. Will finally bent his head a bit to look at her.

"What Tess?" he hissed in a hushed voice.

"What is this?" said Tessa.

"Why, it's your initiation. Didn't you listen to Gideon? My god, Tess. You've got to be more patient," said Will while shaking his head and making a tsk noise with his tongue and teeth. He then bared his teeth in a grin to her.

This frustrated Tessa more than anything. Choosing not to pick a fight, she turned around back towards Gideon as he started to speak again. "Initiates," he said, "Let's get started."

Gideon put a glass bottle into the middle of the circle and said, "For this game, I will spin the bottle. If it lands on you, you take one of the dares that the Year Twelves have written and you do it," a girl with red hair that stood next to Gideon jiggled a jar around in her hand. "Failure to do the dare will… Well, let's not talk about that. Just complete the dare. Any questions?" No one raised their hand.

"Alright then," said Gideon, "let's spin the bottle." He reached for the bottle and twisted his hand. The bottle was spinning for about five seconds before it came to a stop on a boy with dirty blond hair and harry potter-esque glasses. "Marcus Ralston," said Gideon.

The boy stood up and walked to the middle of the circle as the girl with the jar came forward as well. She unscrewed the lid and held it out to the boy, a little higher than his eyebrows. He reached in and retrieved a small slip of white paper.

He took it in both hands and unfolded it. "Read it off," said Gideon in a hushed voice to the boy.

The boy read off his dare. "Drink one cup of lemon juice, half a cup of milk, and a tablespoon of baking soda mixed all together," said the boy. He didn't seem to be scared. A girl stepped from the crowd, Tessa assumed that she must have written the dare, and handed Marcus a red party cup.

He took it in his hands and it spilled foam out the top. He pulled it towards his face and proceeded to drink it. He kept on drinking even though you could clearly see the disgust on his face. He finished and his mentor, a boy that looked to be about fifteen, brought him back to his candle where Marcus clutched at his stomach.

Gideon said, "Good job, Marcus. Welcome to the team," but he didn't seem to notice Gideon was talking at all. Gideon reached to the bottle and spun it again. It progressively slowed and came to a stop at Tessa. "Theresa Gray," said Gideon.

The girl unscrewed the lid again and looked towards Tessa. Will stood up and reached out a hand to her. Tessa silently took his hand and was pulled up by him. He looked at her and nodded his head. Then, Tessa walked towards the girl with the red hair.

She reached into the jar and pulled out a slip of paper. Tessa read it in her head before saying it out loud. "By spinning the bottle, play seven minutes in heaven with one of the sponsors," read Tessa. Now she was scared.

"Alright, then. Tessa, would you rather spin the bottle or I do it for you?" said Gideon.

Tessa could hardly bare to speak. "I'll do it," she said. Tessa reached down and flipped the bottle end over end while it's side was still on the floor. It slowly came to a stop and she never would have thought that she could have been more relieved and nervous at the same time as when she saw who it landed on.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Catching fire, though? Sorry for the short chapter guys! I am currently puking my brains out with some kind of temperature so the next chapter will be longer. I am sooooo sorry for the cliffhanger, but I couldn't find a better place to end it :D

THANKS ~Calliope