The girls waited impatiently for the first question. The front face of the cube made a kind of flip chart appear divided in three sections, with each one flipping a great speed. It was then that each section started to stop one by one with the words of the question.

"What is... your... favorite color?"

That made everyone trade confused looks, as that question was kind of anti-climactic.

"Ah, Laki..." Bisca said.

"Well, the first question is always easy" she said. "Just wait, I bet the last question is going to be very juicy. Okay, my favorite color... Well, I have so many... but they are all variations of the same one... I would say... Brown... the color of wood..."

"Scarlet red" Erza said, while passing her hand through her scarlet hair. "It's the color that always made me stand out."

"In that case... my favorite color is burgundy red" Cana answered, while drinking.

"Green is the only color that better fits the real queen of fairies" Evergreen said, waving her fan.

"I don't know why... but violet is the color I love the most!" Kinana exclaimed.

"Well... I guess my favorite color is... orange, yeah, that one" Bisca told.

"My favorite color... there are so many... I don't know if I can pick one" Mirajane said, thinking. "Maybe... pinkish red. What about you, Lisanna?"

"Well... I always loved light shades of blue..." she said. "I think I will answer... cerulean."

"I also love blue" Juvia said. "But I prefer dark blue... the same color of my beloved Gray's eyes and his guild mark..."

"My favorite color..." Levy said. "I love bright colors... and yellow has always brighten up the day for me."

Now the only ones left were Wendy, Carla and Lucy.

"Come on, girls, it's a very harmless question" Erza told them.

"Well, I guess a simple question like this one won't have anyone lying" Carla said. "My favorite color is... white. Yeah, I know, it's the color of my coat and seems to be not a real color... But white actually contains all the colors, so that way I don't have to pick one in specific."

"Don't worry, Carla, white is a great color" Wendy said. "In fact, I also love white. Not only it reminds me of you, but it also reminds me of Grandeeney."

And now Lucy was the only one left. Taking a deep breath, she said:

"My favorite color... Let me see..."

She then noticed her guild mark and that inspired her to say:

"My favorite color is... pink. It fits me so well... Not to mention is the color I chose to my guild mark. I feel it's the color that better expresses my love for Fairy Tail."

That answer impressed all the girls. Erza was the one to express a big smile and then reply:

"That is perhaps the best answer here, Lucy."

That compliment from Erza made Lucy to feel a great deal of joy.

"Yes, it was the best answer... and the most truthful" the cube told. "However..."

The cube suddenly became red and said:

"Someone here is lying!"

The top of the cube opened and red electricity came from it, starting to hit the girls, making them all roll on the floor laughing, since they were being invaded by a very ticklish effect. Even if it was a rather harmless punishment, it soon lost its fun seconds later.

"Seriously, someone lied on this very simple question?!" Carla asked, while trying to talk through the laughter.

"The one that is lying... please, speak up!" Levy told.

"Okay, okay..." Evergreen said. "I... love... purple! That's my favorite!"

"Truth!" the cube exclaimed, while becoming green for a moment and stopping the ticklish electricity.

That revelation surprised the girls quite a lot.

"Purple?"

"I still think that green is the color that suits me best" Evergreen said, while getting on her knees and crossing her arms. "I mean... it's even in my name."

"And that is okay" Erza said, with a smile. "See, girls, sharing the truth is always the best solution."

"Evergreen likes purple, but hides it out of vanity" the cube said. "Meanwhile, Erza likes to encourage the truth on her fellow guildmates. Let's see what happens when the game takes on a new level!"

After it said that, a light came out of the cube and, when it disappeared, the entire room had been turned into some sort of replica of the cube.

"Wow... it's like... we're inside the game!" Laki exclaimed, fascinated.

"Laki, I don't think this is time to get enthusiastic..." Juvia said.

"Yeah, didn't you hear what that creepy cube of yours just said?" Carla asked. "It wants to take the game to a new level. Who knows what that means."

"Maybe we should really end the game here..." Lucy said, while Wendy went to hold one of her arms, a little nervous.

"Come on, girls, the cube is just trying to make things interesting" Laki said. "I can only imagine what sort of punishment awaits us now..."

"Not exactly helping your case here..." Lucy told her.

"There are only two questions left" Erza said. "Remember, as long we tell the truth, we have nothing to fear. So... go on, cube, make your next question."

"If you insist that much..." the cube replied. "The second question is..."

The cube started rotating the three sections of its flip chart, with the girls getting nervous about the next question. It then said, as each section stopped:

"What did you... really think of... Erza's square cakes?"

"Easy. Everybody loved my square cakes. Right, girls?"

Now that's when the girls started to panic a little, since they really didn't like them. Afraid to hurt Erza's feelings, they all started to say they loved them very much.

"They were great!"

"Yeah, the best treat I ever taste!"

"Ditto!"

At that moment, everyone started to suffer a terrible change. Their bodies started to get all deformed and adopting animalistic traits.

"What's happening us?!" That was the question many were asking.

The cube turned red and said:

"Someone is lying. And this is what lies look like on the inside."

Turning one of his faces into a reflective surface, the cube showed the girls their deformed look, much to their terror.

"Wait... Who didn't like my square cakes?" Erza asked.

She then noticed all the guilty looks and realized.

"So... none of you... liked them?"

The girls traded a look and then they all nodded with their heads.

"Sorry, Erza, it's just..." Lucy said. "You were so excited and hoping that we would love the cakes that... we didn't have the heart to tell you the truth."

"Yeah... that and, to be honest... you can get a little touchy whenever you want to do something right, but you fail at doing it" Cana said.

"Bisca, even you...?" Erza asked. "I followed your recipe..."

"I know, Erza... and I admire your effort" Bisca said. "We all do. But you may need just a bit more practice to make them... well, tasteful."

"Oh, I see..." Erza said, looking down with disappointment.

"Well, I liked them very much" Mirajane told.

Once she said that, everyone's body started to deform even more and so Mirajane replied:

"Okay, okay... Those square cakes were a little... crunchy to my taste!"

"Truth!" the cube shouted, becoming green.

And so the girls quickly returned to normal. Once that happened, Lisanna asked her older sister:

"Seriously, that was the only thing you didn't like on those cakes?"

"What can I say... I really like Erza's baking" Mirajane said with her usual innocent smile.

"Yeah... and apparently you're the only one, Mira" Erza said, with some sadness in her voice. "Are you really so afraid to tell me the truth whenever something is going to upset me?"

The girls made their nervous look and then Erza sighed and said:

"I guess I can get a little intense, whenever something doesn't go my way. But, please, don't come up with white lies just to spare my feelings or to avoid my temper. I know there are somethings I am not good at, but it's only by telling me the truth that I will know my shortcomings."

"Yeah... you're right, Erza" Lucy said, as the other girls nodded. "And we're sorry, if we made you feel bad."

"Don't be" Erza said, while putting a hand on Lucy's shoulder. "I appreciate your attempt to spare my feelings... But, next time, why don't you all try telling me what you really think?"

Lucy and the other girls nodded with their heads, with all of them smiling.

"You know what... I think this game is losing its fun" Erza said. "Maybe we should turn it off."

"Finally!" Carla exclaimed. "Someone says something wise for a change!"

"Yeah, I think this is enough truth for an entire night" Wendy agreed.

"Laki, you can turn off the game" Erza said.

"Yeah, about that..." she said, nervously. "I would do that... if I knew how to do it."

"What?!" everyone asked.

"You don't know how to turn off the game?" Lucy asked.

"Well... I never expected it would get this intense" Laki replied.

"Nobody leaves until you answer the final question" the cube declared.

"I'm sorry, but even if you are the master of the game, we won't let ourselves be controlled by you!" Erza exclaimed, as she stood up and tried to summon one of her swords.

However, to her shock, she couldn't do it.

"My magic..." she said. "I can't Requip!"

The other girls tried to summon their magic, but neither of them could do it as well.

"Like I said... nobody leaves until you answer the final question... with the truth" the cube said.

"But that's not fair!" Lucy shouted. "We already said we want to stop the game."

"Calm down, Lucy..." Erza said, as she sat down.

"But, Erza..."

"This game has blocked our magic, so we can't force our way out" she said. "The only way to do it is by finishing it. So... this is what is going to happen: whatever question that box has for us, we will answer it. It doesn't matter how embarrassing or humiliating it can be. Let's just... answer it with the truth and then keep it in these walls. Agreed?"

Despite all of the girls were nervous about the final question, they all nodded, agreeing with Erza's terms. She then turned to the cube and told it:

"We're ready! Ask your final question!"

"Very well..." the cube said, as it started to rotate the three sections of its flip chart, then stopping them as it made the final question. "Who was... your... first kiss?"

When she heard that question, Lucy was invaded by a paralyzing fear, as that made her remember of that night at Akane Beach with Laxus, when he stole her first kiss. Quickly recovering from that, she started to tremble, because she didn't know what she would do. Obviously, she would need to answer that question and, if she lied, the cube would detect her lie. However, that was a secret she had kept hidden, not just because of how embarrassing it was, but also because of fearing what could happen if anyone discovered it.

"What?! Is that your terrible final question?" Cana asked, sarcastically. "Please... That one is so easy to answer. If you want, I can go first... My first kiss was with this cute guy I met when I went on a job to Onibus when I was sixteen. See? No biggie... Come on, Lucy, now you."

"Me?" Lucy asked, nervously. "No, I couldn't possibly..."

"I say who goes next..." the cube said. "And I say... Mirajane goes next."

"Oh my... it's my turn already?" Mirajane said. "Let me see... My first kiss... was actually with another female model with whom I posed once with."

"What?!" the girls asked.

"You go, Mira!" Cana exclaimed, holding her bottle of wine.

"That was a staged kiss, but even so..." Mirajane said, with her smile. "Now, if we are talking about real kisses..."

"The question is about the first kiss, staged or real" the cube said. "And you already gave your answer. Evergreen, your next!"

"Let me guess... was it my brother?" Lisanna asked, teasingly.

"Please... no offense to your brother, but I already had other flings" Evergreen replied.

"Oh, so you do admit there's a thing between you two" Mirajane said, also teasingly.

That caused Evergreen to have her face turning red and so she said:

"Okay, let's end this! My first kiss was with a wizard from another guild, before I joined the Thunder Legion."

But, despite she already gave her answer, Mirajane and Lisanna continued to give her their teasing looks.

"Wendy... Carla... you two are up next" the cube said, turning to the duo.

"Oh no... how embarrassing..." Wendy said, while turning red.

"Why are you so upset about?" Carla asked. "You never kissed anyone, Wendy."

"I know that, but I always get like this when it comes to this kind of subject" she replied.

"Well, I also never kissed anyone" Carla told. "Honestly, I don't know why you humans always make such a fuss about something like this."

"Levy..." the cube said, turning to her.

"Uh..." Levy said, embarrassed. "I... can't say I ever... kiss someone."

"But I bet there's one guy you wouldn't mind having some fun with..." Cana teased.

"I... don't know who you're talking about..." Levy said, turning her face with her cheeks puffed.

"A certain black-haired guy that likes to eat metal..." Cana told.

"You're wrong!" Levy exclaimed, even more embarrassed, as Cana chuckled. "Nothing ever happened between us!"

Hearing that and putting it together, Wendy got a little red.

"Levy and Gajeel..." she said.

"I already told you... I never kissed anyone!" Levy told. "And that's my final answer."

"If you say so..." the cube said, as it turned away. "Kinana..."

"Well... I don't remember much of my past... so I can't say for certain" she said. "But, for what I remember, I also never kissed anyone."

"Bisca..."

"That one is easy" she replied. "Alzac is the only man I ever kissed and the only one I intend to kiss."

"Wow... so romantic..." Erza said, cleaning a tear on her eye.

"Laki..."

"My first kiss was... with Max" she replied.

"Max?!" everyone asked.

"It was just a one-time thing" Laki replied. "Nothing serious."

"Lisanna..."

"Well, Natsu, of course" she replied.

"What?!" everyone asked, surprised about her answer.

"From Edolas" Lisanna clarified, much to everyone's relief. "Yeah... It was a joke, but he feared that Edolas Lucy would find out about it."

That caused the girls there to share a laugh, before the cube to turn to...

"Juvia..."

"Oh my... It's my turn now?" she said, nervously.

"I sense the answer is going to be Gray..." Cana teased.

"Oh, I wished that my first kiss could have been with my beloved Gray..." Juvia said, dreamily. "It would have been the most romantic moment in all of romance. He would hold my hands... we would look straight to each other's eyes... he would say the most romantic..."

"Ah, hurry up, lady! Just answer the question!" the cube exclaimed, impatiently.

"Oh... it was a former boyfriend of mine, right before I joined Phantom Lord" she replied.

"Wow... looks like the game is not the romantic type" Cana commented.

"And now there was two..." the cube said, referring to Lucy and Erza.

"Oh, you can go now, Erza" Lucy said, hoping to be the last one to answer.

"Why is that?" the cube asked her, appearing in front of her. "Do you have anything to hide?"

"To hide?" Lucy repeated, with sweat coming down her forehead. "No, I don't. I mean, I can't hide anything from you, right?"

"Then answer the question" the cube said. "Who was your first kiss?"

Now feeling herself cornered, Lucy quickly tried to think of a way to evade the question. It was then that she came up with a possible solution. When Laxus kissed her, she never kissed him back. Perhaps that was a loophole she could explore. And so she said:

"I... never kissed anyone..."

The cube remained in front of her, what made Lucy even more nervous. It was then that it turned to Erza, asking:

"Erza... you're the last one..."

When the cube turned its attention from her, Lucy sighed in relief, thinking that maybe she managed to do it.

"Well, a first kiss... Now there's something that can mean a lot of things for a girl... Maybe it is a special moment... maybe it's a joke... and sometimes it's something others are waiting for the right moment..."

"That is very cute... but it's not an answer..."

"I bet it's Jellal, right?" Lisanna said. "Happy told me you two shared a moment before the Grand Magic Games."

"Well, if Erza shared a kiss with someone, then that someone has to be Jellal" Mirajane said, while the others nodded.

All the girls were waiting for Erza's answer... and so she said:

"It is true that Jellal and I shared a special moment... however, we didn't share a kiss. In fact, I never kissed anyone."

Even if some of the girls showed disappointment, they all turned to the cube, hoping that last answer would set them free.

"Wow... this game has been the most interesting I have ever played. So many truths were shared and your bond kept on going strong. I feel like I should terminate the game and release you."

Hearing that, the girls cheered. However, suddenly, the cube turned red and shouted:

"But, unfortunately, I can't do that because... SOMEBODY LIED BIG TIME!"

AN: This is embarrassing... but I totally forgot about Levy when I published the chapter. But I already corrected it and I added the scene.