The Skull Hidden in the Sand

Matchmaker Mode

A/N: Kiddie Fairy Tail. Desmondias is having the time of her life, Aras is having a little trouble, and poor Heath is out of his league.

*cough cough* "Cliché." *cough cough*

"What was that?" Mira snapped.

"Nothing."

"In any case, I've decided to make this more interesting than the standard Truth or Dare game. I'm adding a "Double-Dare" option. That means that if the dared chooses Double-Dare, that the Dare must involve both the dared and one other person. Who the other person is, is up to the dare-er to decide. Does that make sense?" Mira paused for a moment.

"So, if I dare Ice Princess to dance like a ballerina, I can make Screws-for-Brains do it too?"

"Fuck did you just say?!"

"In theory, yes. Or you could choose one that doesn't directly involve the second person. Like, oh, let's say.... daring Wendy to do an impersonation of Erza, or something of that nature."

"Sounds fine." Erza said.

"Then let's begin~! Who wants to spin first?" Gray, Natsu, and Gajeel all dove for the bottle. Jellal snatched it out of the way before it could get broken.

"I personally," Jellal's voice was muffled by his mask slightly. "Wouldn't mind seeing Wendy imitate Erza."

"E-eh?!"

Mira shrugged. "That's fine. Go ahead."

"U-um..." Wendy stood up and hesitated for a moment before squaring her shoulders and marching over to Natsu. "Natsu, you idiot!!" She shouted. "You destroyed another building again! Do you have any idea how much trouble you've gotten Master into?! Why don't you ever listen?!"

"Sorry, Wen-I mean, Erza." Natsu wheedled, clearly trying to play along. "But Gray-"

"Don't bring me into this!" Gray tried not to snicker.

"You're both idiots!!" Wendy whapped both boys on the head and did her best to imitate Erza's angry scowl. Though, with her squinted eyes and poofy cheeks, she looked more adorably angry than threatening. Everyone burst into laughter and Wendy smiled. "D-did I do okay?

"That was wonderful." Mira giggled. Erza was laughing too hard to speak, but she gave the little dragon slayer a thumbs up.

Wendy sat back down in her spot and spun the bottle. "Juvia-san, Truth, Dare, or Double-Dare?"

"Hmmm...Juvia will go Truth."

"Okay, um...someone told me you used to wear a little ghost puppet creature around your neck. What happened to him?"

"Oh, that. It was actually a charm, to keep rain away. After Juvia met Gray-sama," Juvia grabbed onto his arm, "Juvia didn't need to wear it anymore. Juvia still has it in Juvia's apartment somewhere."

And so it went. Natsu chose Double-Dare and received a temporary afro via Lucy and Cancer, Romeo chose Truth and admitted that he admired Natsu the most, Erza chose Double-Dare and both she and Jellal were forced to imitate Happy every time they spoke, and Natsu made good on his threat, though it was Lucy and Levy who danced like ballerinas. Fortunately, Mira had only spun once, resulting in Happy admitting when he developed a crush on Charla, amid much blushing. Unfortunately, she was up again.

"Gray? Gray?" She called.

"Oi, Ice Princess!" Natsu threw an empty chip bag at Gray. "You're up! Pick!"

"Fine, quit naggin'! Double-Dare!" Gray snapped, then realized that it was Mira's turn to ask, not Natsu. "Uh..."

"Too late to change~!" She giggled dementedly. "Now then...I dare you to play Seven Minutes in Heaven with Juvia."