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Perfection. It is such a cliché. You can't get away from it, though. Teachers are always telling you to practice spells until perfection. Parents are always telling you to act perfectly for your Aunt Margaret. Perfection is what we are compared to.

I suppose that I am far from perfect, even though I have great grades. Yes, I came out of fifth year with all O's. Everyone was impressed, but not me. My parents praised me, but I was angry about missing one question on Charms.

Perfection. There it comes again. It affects each and every one of us. As I said before, it's hard to get away from. Impossible, even. That's perfection for you!

Ravenclaw students, perhaps, have it the worst. If they miss anything, they're immediately scorned and looked down on. I wouldn't know, though. I'm a Gryffindor, and I'm beginning to think of it as a bad thing.

Being pretty doesn't help…at all. In fact, I can't stand being pretty. That might be the reason that I wore sweatpants to the dance last year. Not that it worked, though. Boys still swarmed around me.

There it is. Perfection. People think that I have the perfect image. Maybe I do, but I doubt it. There are millions of people in this world. You can always depend on someone being prettier than you, smarter, braver. There's always someone. And someone ahead of them. You can never reach perfection.

Now isn't it odd that we compare ourselves to it?

As I was saying, I am pretty. I have long, auburn hair that forms in loose curls and reaches my mid-back. I have large, light blue eyes, like ice almost. My skin is pale, but I am told that it makes my eyes seem even brighter. I am slender, very slender. I am also quite the average height. At seventeen, I stand at 5'6".

I must be somewhat brave, as I'm in Gryffindor, but I can't think of one thing I've done to deserve to be in this House. Basically, I wake up, go get near-perfect grades on tests, scream at the bane of my existence, and then go to bed.

Perfect, right?

No. Far from it. The bane of my existence is what has convinced me that I'm far from perfect. I can't stand the four of them. They call themselves the Marauders. They deserve that title. All they do is torment innocent people such as myself, Lily Evans, and Severus Snape. Well, maybe I'm not innocent, as I am very snide, but Lily and Severus aren't that bad. It takes one to know one.

A quick overview, I guess. First we have our leader, James Potter.

Appearance – untidy, black hair – always messes it up further when Evans' is around, hazel eyes, tall. Pretty good-looking.

Personality – Joker, thinks as himself as better than everyone else, very loyal to his friends, annoying, self-centered, big-headed, arrogant.

Next up, we have Sirius Black, the flirt of the group and James' best friend.

Appearance – shoulder- length black hair, blue eyes, very tall, great body. Well, I do have to give him that.

Personality – stupid, a huge flirt, sleeps around every weekend, hasn't held a real girlfriend for more than a week, and all they did was make-out and sleep. Umm, very nice, until bored. Only cares for sex.

Remus Lupin. Quietest and brain of the group. They need him.

Appearance – sandy hair, pretty ragged, always wearing robes too small for him, very skinny, average height, gray-green eyes. Never knew how he became part of the group.

Personality – annoying, always pretends to be against his friends, but is actually leading them on, prefect, even if he doesn't deserve it, brainy, gives others ideas for pranks, idiotic, always sick.

Last is Peter Pettigrew.

Appearance – Like a rat. Beady, dark eyes, shaggy brown hair, short and fat. I really don't get why the others put up with him!

Personality – Doesn't have one. Just kidding. Pretty much, he agrees with whatever the others says and laughs really loud. Never does anything on his own. He is really annoying and idiotic. I can't stand him. Almost as bad as Sirius. I HATE THEM BOTH!

Time for me to stop raving on and on about how much I hate the Marauders. I think I might actually go to sleep now.

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"Hey, Lily!" I hear. I open my eyes to see Hannah Hawkins, Alice Cooper and Anna Baker standing beside Lily's bed smiling.

I hate Hannah! She is the most annoying, self-centered, idiotic person in the world. Right now, she is going out with Sirius, or so she says, which makes me hate her even more. She has been obsessed with him since first year.

Alice is amazing. She's my best friend. She isn't that smart, nor that brave, but she is the most remarkable person I've ever met. She's so cheerful and nice. It's impossible not to like her. Even Sirius and James are nice to her, when they want something.

Anna is alright. She is Lily's good friend. The two stick together like peanut butter and jelly, with Lily as the peanut butter, of course. She's quiet, also despises the Marauders, and is very nice. She has pretty good grades.

Then there's Lily. She's also great. She's smart, kind, thoughtful, pretty, and clever. She is just under me in grades. She is my other great friend. She also hates the Marauders, having as big as a problem with James as I do with Sirius. She has a quick-temper, but she doesn't yell like I do.

I groan as I sit up. "Guys, not so loud! I don't want to wake up yet! It's the weekend, so please hush!"

Alice and Lily come up to me, looking proud. "What did you two do this time?" I ask suspiciously.

Alice laughs. "I thought you told us to hush!" She says, smirking.

"Alice!" I cry.

She laughs. "Okay, okay. James was annoying Lily again so she hexed his hair pink for an hour! For good measure, I did the other three!"

I laugh as well, but as an afterthought, I grumble, "Should have been the whole day."

Lily giggles. "It will be next time!"
I roll my eyes and look at Alice. She smiles back. "Well, Miss Fischer, I think that you're going to need to get up soon, dear. The boys are looking for you."

I groan again. Why me? I mouth. Alice laughs and throws me my robes. I quickly dress before going downstairs, holding onto Alice with all my might. I really don't want to do this!

As soon as I get down the stairs, Sirius sees me. I swear profusely. Alice frowns at me. "Look, don't let him see that he has that influence on you!"

I glare back. "It's harder than it looks!" I hiss. "And he doesn't hold anything on me!"

She rolls her eyes. "Melanie, please!"

Sirius walks up to me and smiles nastily. "Hey, Fischer, thought about what I said last day of school last year?" He says casually.

That one simple sentence causes me to explode. I really don't want to remember the day he asked me to date him. "Black, get your filthy mind away from me!" I yell as loud as I can. I stick my middle finger up at him before sticking my nose up in the air and walking away. I've had it. My life is so far from perfection!

Remus Lupin runs after me. "Please, Melanie!" He begs. "Sirius will be Sirius. He didn't mean it! Please come back!"

I turn and glare at him. "Lupin, I thought I told you and your obscene friends to stay away from me!" I turn on my heel, ignoring his idiotic hurt look.

Alice glares at me, but I don't notice. "Lupin's a good actor." I muse. "Almost had me for a sec."

Alice rolls her eyes. "Remus wasn't acting. Maybe he likes you!"

I start coughing. Alice groans and pounds me on the back. When I stop, I gasp, "He's a-a Marauder!"

Alice rolls her eyes again. "You see what you want to see."

I was thankful when she dropped the subject after that. I would never date or like a Marauder, let alone love one!

Oh, how wrong I was!

Days turned into weeks, weeks turned into a month. Alice still glared at me whenever I ignored Remus or blew up at Sirius. I didn't get it. I finally told her that if she asked Frank Longbottom out, then I would kiss Sirius on the lips once.

Why did it have to be Sirius? Why didn't I pick Remus?

Well, anyhow, she turned bright red, saying that she didn't understand why Frank didn't like her.

I roll my eyes. "Alice, darling, we're invisible. The Marauders only take interest in Lily, and everyone else loves the Marauders."

Alice grins. "I may be invisible, but you aren't. I've seen how the Marauders look at you!"

I groan. "Alice, they wouldn't even look at me twice if I wasn't cursed pretty!"

Alice laughs. You see why everyone likes her now, right? Well, right then I was about to strangle her? Why's she so cursed cheerful all the time? Ugh!

Alice arches her eyebrows. "Mel, are you still thinking about Sirius? You two would get along perfectly. You're really pretty, and he's just-" She smiles for lack of anything else. I roll my eyes. There's the cursed word perfect again.

"Alice, I can't stand Sirius!" I say. "If I was to date someone, he'd be nice and smart and definitely not a Marauder."

"You're being a racist!" She accuses.

"Am not!"

"Are too! You're against Black people!"

I'm about to argue back that I'm not, but I realize what she means. "I am."

"Well, maybe not, but you're being a-a Marauderist!" She beams in pride. I can't help but to burst out laughing. Gotta love her, right?

"Well, maybe I am, but they'd really need to shape up if they wanted to date me, which they aren't so, back to Stage 1."

I stick out my tongue. Alice smirks. I hate how well she can read me, and I am relieved when she drops it.

"Hey!" I hear. I spin around to see Sirius. He's smiling at me evilly. After a harsh look from Alice, I give a rather forced smile back.

"Bl-Sirius." I say.

"Hey, Fischer." He leans against the doorway and smiles at me. I give a forced laugh back. "Want to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?"

I roll my eyes and groan. He laughs. I have so had it with that pig! I glare and poke his chest hard, walking up to him. He seems surprised.

"Tell me why you want me." I say rudely.

He grins. "Easy. First, you're a beauty. Second, you're a virgin." I make a strangled noise in the back of my throat, but he ignores it. "Third, I have no one else."

I roll my eyes, surprising Alice who thought I'd blow up at that. "Sirius, as much as I'd love to go with you, I'm busy."

Sirius raises an eyebrow. "Doing what?"

I spot Remus at the entrance. I grab him, surprising Alice, Sirius, Remus, and even myself. "Going with Remus. Remus, aren't we going to Hogsmeade together this weekend?" I say.

He looks at me in shock. "Y-yeah." He says after a moment. He straightens and smiles at me. "Sorry, Padfoot. Maybe next time."

"Maybe never." I shoot back as I pull Alice away with me.

We sit down to eat breakfast. I smile sweetly at her. "You have to ask Frank out now." I say as I butter a piece of bread. Alice smirks.

"That wasn't the bargain." She says, smiling evilly. "You said that you'd kiss Sirius."

"Oh, hell, Alice!" I growl. I glare at her. "Maybe I'll get rid of Lupin then and kiss Black's guts out!"

Alice gasps. "You wouldn't!" Of course I wouldn't, Alice! I think. I'm not a Marauder! However, I smile evilly. "Fine!" She wails.

I roll my eyes. "It's for your own good, Alice." I say before standing up and walking over to sit by Remus. Hell, is it fun to make Sirius mad.

I take Remus' hand in my own. "We're dating, you know, Black. Didn't he tell you that?" I smile at Remus.

Sirius looks furious. "Why would I care about who you're dating, Fischer?" He asks.

I smile back. "Well, I thought you're friends. Bye Re!" I blow him a kiss before leaving a confused Remus and an angry Sirius. As soon as I leave the Hall, I begin laughing as hard as I can. The first years rush away from me, thinking I'm crazy. I think I might be.

Hell, I'm far from perfect. Damn!

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How was it? Also, what do you think I should rate this? T or M??? This is as bad as it'll get, just some ugly language and mentioning sluts and sex and stuff. I think it'd be a T, but I don't know.

Thanks, guys. Lol.