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Chapter 2: The game begins

Voldemort, for the first time in years, had nothing to do. After spending long hours locked up in his office planning the capture of Harry Potter, he was very satisfied with his planning skills and thought he deserved a small break. But, what would he do? He could go and torture some muggles, but it could potentially spoil his plans. Maybe he could tell his inner circle of the plans. Yes, he would do that. It was a little early, but it wouldn't hurt and he was really bored!

Voldemort entered the living room to find his death eaters in a circle. They didn't seem to notice he was there, so he listened in.

"Come on, Bellatrix! Just pick truth" said the voice of Lucius.

That is what they are doing- playing that unintelligent, dim-witted game!

"No!" Yelled Bellatrix

"Just coz' you won't admit you have a thing for-"

Voldemort thought it was time to make his presence known, so he cleared his throat loudly.

"My Lord!" squawked Bellatrix as she crawled up to her master and kissed his robes. The other's just bowed where they were.

"Up, Bellatrix!" Voldemort said in a bored voice which then turned to anger.

"Why are you playing that filthy muggle game, again?"

Bellatrix gasped. "No my lord!" she said with a look of horror streaked across her face, "it's wizard's truth or dare!"

'Wizard's Truth or Dare?" Asked Voldemort tilting his head to one side, "And how may I ask is it any different from the muggle version?"

"My Lord "started Mulciber, "Wizards are the original creators of truth or dare. Maybe...Maybe some careless wizard must have showed it to a muggle and it spread?"

"Interesting...go on" considered Voldemort

"Well in the wizard version, you can't lie, My Lord...at all...and, if you choose dare, you have to complete it."

"Oh, also, only people in the magical circle," said Nott, indicating the circle of death eaters he was sitting with, "can know what other people have said or done in the game- unless someone from the outside is included in the dare, like the incident yesterday, My Lord."

"How very invading of one's privacy" Stated Voldemort

"It's all good fun, My Lord"

Voldemort doubted whether spilling all your secrets was fun.

Just then, Bellatrix, still standing beside him, moved in his line of vision.

"Do you want to play, My Lord?" she asked

There were many cheers from the circled Death Eaters beckoning him to join them. Voldemort raised a non-existent eye-brow.

"Why would I, the greatest wizard of all time, have any reason to play this juvenile game?"

"So you can find out if Bella-"

"-Lalalalalalalalalalalalalala" interrupted Bellatrix

Voldemort chuckled and everyone stopped and looked at him, puzzled.

"What?" Voldemort asked, not expecting an answer. Everyone was still looking at him strangely.

"If I play, will you stop doing that?"

Everyone nodded and chorused a "yes". Voldemort rolled his eyes and moved into the circle while a bright light wove between all the players as though binding them together.

He couldn't let himself lose control like that again. That was the second time in two days. What was wrong with him? And now? Playing a silly little game! Was he losing his touch? NO! Certainly not. It was the death eater's who had become a little more entertaining, that's all!

He was seated between Lucius and Bellatrix. The other death eaters, he recognised , belonged to his inner circle; Mulciber, Nott, Yaxley, Avery, Macnair, Crabbe, Goyle and Dolohov.

A whisper sounded from his left. "My Lord?" asked Lucius, "could you try and make Bellatrix pick truth?"

"Why?" asked Voldemort

"It may be disrespectful to continue, My Lord"

Voldemort considered this, "If you wish to invade Bella's privacy, then I am sure I can find a way to do so."

Lucius smiled deviously, "Thankyou, My Lord!"

Voldemort wondered for a short second what Bellatrix was hiding, then, noticed people were speaking so he discarded the thought quickly.

"I'll go first!" exclaimed Lucius raising his hand with unnecessary enthusiasm while he placed his wand in the middle and spun it.

It spun about three times before it landed on Yaxley who groaned and dramatically banged a fist on the floor.

"Truth or Dare?" Lucius asked

"Uhh..." replied Yaxley

"Hurry Up!"

"Oh, Truth"

"Who would you rather get it on with?" Lucius chuckled

Voldemort rolled his eyes while Lucius continued.

"Bellatrix-"

"Hey!"Bellatrix exclaimed taking out her wand.

"-or...Severus," Lucius finished while laughing hysterically.

"Sick!"

Everyone knew Yaxley was in a tight spot, already accused of being gay, he really didn't want to give the death eaters more reason to; and if he chose Bellatrix, she would curse him into unconsciousness. Voldemort had to admit, it was a clever question.

"Uh...I choose...B-" Yaxley said as Bellatrix raised his wand, cutting him short.

A chuckle escaped Voldemort's thin lips and everyone stared at him again.

"What?"Voldemort asked furiously, "Hurry up, Yaxley!"

"Yes, my Lord, I'm not gay... so Bellatrix"

Immediately, Bellatrix started to continuously curse Yaxley while the death eaters laughed drowning out his shrieks of pain. This suited Voldemort because he didn't want the others to notice him laughing. Bellatrix only stopped cursing Yaxley when he wasn't moving anymore.

"Whose turn?" asked Lucius, taking his wand from the centre, "Yaxley obviously can't play anymore" he said casting an accusing look at Bellatrix.

"I will" offered Dolohov placing his wand in the centre and giving it a momentous spin.

It looked as if it was going to land on Lucius, but it moved just enough to be considered Voldemort's turn.

"Truth or dare, My Lord," asked Dolohov, clearly hoping that Voldemort would choose truth.

Voldemort of course didn't wish anyone to know his deepest, darkest secrets. Secrets like his horcruxes and their location; secrets about his past; and he certainly didn't want anyone to know about the trace of affection, no matter how small, he had for Bellatrix.

"Dare," Voldemort replied in a bored voice, "and nothing to do with kissing a certain someone." When Dolohov looked shocked Voldemort rolled his eyes and added, "Your mind is an open book, Dolohov!"

"Yes, my Lord, but, you-you do realise... that if I say the dare and you refuse, you...er... turn into a toucan, my lord...for twenty-four hours."

"What?" yelled Voldemort

How could they have missed telling him this most important detail?

"Sorry, My Lord, I forgot to tell you," shrugged Lucius, innocently.

"Well then, if any of you try do make me do something, when I turn back, I'll torture all of you!" Voldemort yelled furiously.

"My lord?" asked Bellatrix, "You're going to spoil the fun!"

"You mean, his going to spoil your fun!" Laughed Lucius

"Crucio!" screeched Bellatrix, cursing Lucius in a hysterical manner.

"Gosh, Bellatrix," said Mulciber, "You're nuts! He was joking!"

"He was disrespectful to the Dark Lord, I merely gave him what he deserved, besides, he was getting on my nerves and his hair gel smells bad, I just wanted to teach him a lesson for buying such unnecessary products and-"

"Okay, Bellatrix!" groaned Mulciber, "We get it! But she is right, my Lord!"

"What? About the hair gel?" asked Avery

"No, you fool!" exclaimed Mulciber, "About spoiling the fun!"

The death eaters all nodded to this

"I always thought his hair gel smelt bad though" added Avery

"It does, but who cares right now? We'll corner him later!"

"Yeah!" chorused the death eaters, then they turned back to Voldemort.

"My Lord?"Asked Nott, "Please"

"Very well," said Voldemort reluctantly, "But nothing intimate or I might have to torture you!"

Dolohov nodded then said, "I dare you, My Lord, to... kiss Bellatrix on the lips!"

Everyone gasped except Bellatrix.

"Dolohov, do you remember me saying-"

"-Yes, My Lord, but no amount of torture could ever come close to seeing this! It's very worth it!" nodded Dolohov.

Voldemort sighed. This wasn't an effective way to keep his feelings hidden , but he didn't want to turn into a Toucan, either.

"Very well" said Voldemort leaning down and kissing Bellatrix on the lips. On first contact he felt some locked up emotion suddenly brake free from its cell. Something that he'd never felt before. Was it possibly 'love'? The one emotion he had sworn was the very thing that made immortals weak? The one emotion he had sworn he was never to feel? This emotion worried him, so he hauled Bellatrix away him.

Everyone was staring, silent and shocked at what had just happened. The only noise was Bellatrix's heavy breathing and a few gasps from the circle.

Bellatrix finally broke the silence, "you're a good kisser, My Lord!"

"Of course I am, Bella," Voldemort said over the whooping of his death eaters, "I'm Lord Voldemort!"

"It's your turn to spin, My Lord" laughed Dolohov as he took his wand from the centre.

Voldemort looked reluctant to put his wand in the centre. Anyone could easily take it.

"Don't worry, My Lord," reassured Bellatrix, still flustered from the kiss, "in the rules, it says nobody can take another person's wand or else they'll turn into an ostrich."

"What's an ostrich?"Asked Crabbe

"It's a bird thingy, with long legs" answered Lucius

"But it can't fly!" added Bellatrix

"Yes it can" argued Goyle

"No it can't!" Bellatrix and Lucius said in unison.

"It's a bird, right?"

"Yes..."

"Then it can fly!" said Crabbe making flapping movements with his arms.

"Not all birds can fly!"

"Yes they can!"

"Can a penguin fly?"

"A penguin's not a bird, Bellatrix!"

"Yes it is!" A number of death eaters yelled

"No!" Crabbe and Goyle roared

"Then what is it?" Bellatrix challenged

"A fish"

"That's enough," said Voldemort, keeping his composure, "It doesn't matter what an ostrich is. Besides, Bella's right"

"You're only siding with her because she kissed you" said Goyle while Crabbe laughed and made kissing noises.

"Imbeciles!" screamed Voldemort

"A penguin isn't a fish, fools!" argued Lucius, "Anyone who thinks that is a complete-"

"-this is boring," interrupted Bellatrix, "are we playing or being stupid, though it is unavoidable for some!"

"Fine," agreed Voldemort, placing his wand in the centre. He gave it a spin and watched it point to Bellatrix. There was a mocking "oooooo" from the death eaters as Voldemort asked, "Truth or Dare?"

"Dare"

Voldemort thought for a while, wondering how he could make her chose truth.

"I dare you, Bellatrix, to pick truth the next time it is your turn" mused Voldemort

"What?" squawked Bellatrix, "is that allowed?"

Lucius flipped trough the Rule book smiling. "Yes Bellatrix, It's allowed."

"What? No! Lucius, that's not allowed!" whined Bellatrix, raising her wand.

"You surely don't want to turn into a toucan, Bella" said an amused Voldemort, deviously laughing with the others.

"Fine..I accept"

There was whooping from the circle and cheers for the dark lord while a distressed Bellatrix flipped through the rule book, desperately trying to find a way out.

Hmmm, what will Bellatrix do on her next turn? Will she find a way out or will she be forced to confess her feelings to the Dark Lord?

I know some of the characters are a little out a character especially Voldemort, he shouldn't even be playing, LOL, but I tried to make him as cold as I possibly could. OH, next chapter won't come out for a while, but I can assure you it will involve Lucius in drag. Hope you enjoyed!