Veritaserum or Dare

Noel Dube (Kato Everdeen)

Harry...

"Oh, its you, Harry." Harry smiled shyly at Luna, rubbing his thumb over Ginny's hand which was in his lap.

"Truth or dare, Harry?" Luna said, her eyes closed, a smile bubbling across her face as she seemed to be inhaling very deeply.

"Truth." Harry said, sounding tired, eyes flitting towards Lavender who was sitting, head against Astoria's shoulder, a tissue clenched in her fist that was now a pail white from the tightness at which she gripped it. He offered her a small smile, and she offered a tear stained one in return.

Luna nodded vigorously, hair twirling along her shoulders, and her radish earrings bobbing back and forth on her ears. Rather new to this game in general, Luna found it exhilarating, to be in a room with so many people, friends and not so friendly people in the midst of things. While some people seemed to be growing bored from the wait of having their own chance to do something humiliating, there was a tiny crackle of excitement hung throughout the room that Luna was greedily feeding off of, reminding herself with a smile, of a nargle.

"Would you like some veritaserum, Harry?" Luna said, offering it in the way someone might offer broccoli at a dinner table. No the probably wouldn't want any, but its nice to offer anyways.

"Of course he doesn't Luna, but he has to take it anyways." Said Ginny, in a mothering tone, one that had a keen resemblance to Molly Weasley's own. "Give it here, Hermione. Accio!" and the small bottle landed securely in Ginny's hand, as she dangled it mockingly at Harry's nose.

"Time to take your medicine, ikle potty. Be a good boy, and maybe your medicine will cure your big-headded-ness." She hissed at him, eyes narrowed in contempt, but Harry could see the laughter playing in the depths of her blue eyes.

"If you say so." His mouth opened hesitantly, only a crack, as if unsure of how the later events would play out. Dropping a controlled requirement of veritaserum into his mouth, she settled in his lap, and looked to Luna and nodded. Ginny seemed to be physically and mentally preparing herself for something that would try to break down her emotional barriers.

"Harry, do you think you could ever see yourself in love with another girl?" Luna said, her eyes twinkling. Gasps fell through the room, as if no one expected Luna to ask such a decidedly devastating question.
With a side glance at Ginny, Harry cleared his throat.

"Well, I think thats very likely." the room had gone silent, and everyone was staring at him bug eyed. Ginny had straightened in his lap, and was tensing with so much effort that she was shaking slightly. "But naturally, she will share my last name, and I'll have to fight her mother for her affection." Ginny relaxed in his arms, and looked up at him, a small smile on her lips, and a warm twinkle in her eyes that stirred a fluttering feeling in his stomach that only came about once in a blue moon.

From across the room, Lavender was sporting a wet smile, her heart heavy at her own loss, but a smile for the open display of true love that met her eyes from across the room. Even Astoria was working on suppressing a small twinge of a smile that had creeped into the corners of her mouth.

"You're a monster, you know." Whispered Ginny, swatting at his cheek lightly, and then placing a small kiss over it.

"Thats all he gets?" Padma called out, letting out a low whistle. "Poor guy."

Shooting Padma a look that just screamed "slag off", she planted another kiss on his mouth, that was met with whoops from some of the more obnoxious ones among the Gryffindor crowd, and perchance a little hissing from the opposite side of the room from a still bitter Blaise.

Not even bothering to get up from his embrace with Ginny, Harry placed his wand on his palm, and was oblivious as it floated, slid, and dropped directly into the center of the room and began to spin on its own accord, landing on...

AN: Thank you to Mahhhy for suggesting this as a potential truth, I really liked the concept of it. To anyone else interested in helping, I need to do a dare next, and I'm thinking of landing this on Draco. While I have an inkling of an idea for as to what I might make Draco do, I'm still not very sure, so please suggest some dares.

Thanks for the support guys, it means so much.

-Noel