#Lila Rossi redemption

[the-delta-42]

Stunned

Stunned

Lila jerked forwards as Marinette pushed her to the ground. The Italian growled, spinning to glare at French-Chinese girl. The look of shock on Chloé’s face made her stop, before she noticed the Akuma towering over them.

Without another word, Lila and Chloé bolted, leaving Marinette with the Akuma. Steal looked at the girl the other two left behind. She recognised her as the girl that got her arrested. A cruel smirk on her face, Steal picked her up, placed a bucket on her head and threw her into the Seine.

Lila and Chloé stopped running after passing a third block. Lila heaved air into her lungs, before Chloé slid down to the ground.

“I…think…we…lost…them.” Panted Lila, her hands on her legs.

“Yeah…good thing Dupain-Cheng was there.” Said Chloé, suddenly making Lila aware that Marinette wasn’t with them.

“Where is she?” Asked Lila, looking back the way they came.

“She was stunned, I think.” Dismissed Chloé, getting to her feet and dusting herself off, “I don’t care where she is, I’ve got more important things to worry about.”

Chloé sauntered off, leaving Lila behind. The Italian stood still, thinking her possible courses of action over. If she left Marinette at the mercy of the Akuma, she’d be down a liability. But Marinette took a hit for her. It’s not like Lila is responsible for what happens to the person next to you during an Akuma attack. For all she knew, Marinette could have just saved Lila’s life.

Biting back a groan, Lila headed back the way she came.

S

Marinette struggled to hold her breath, she couldn’t move her arms of her legs, she couldn’t see and she was underwater. Marinette’s bucket was full of water, and Marinette was craving air. She needed to head up. But which way was up? How was she supposed to do that is she couldn’t move her limbs. Marinette’s mind started to get foggy, sending Marinette into a disaster spiral and, without thinking, Marinette breathed in.

S

Chloé scowled at her phone. Her manicure appointment wasn’t for another hour, which no doubt was now delayed because of the Akuma. Chloé’s mind went back to Marinette. She took a hit for her and Lila and she just ran away.

Chloé stewed for a couple of minutes, before getting up and running to where Marinette was.

Lila skidded to a halt, finding Marinette to be gone. There was a wet patch next to the bank. Lila froze and her heart sunk. The Akuma couldn’t’ve thrown Marinette into the Seine, could they?

A small bubble confirmed Lila’s thoughts and, without a second’s hesitation, Lila shed her jacket and bag and dived into the Seine. The water stung Lila’s eyes, but she quickly located Marinette. Swimming down and grabbing Marinette’s prone leg, Lila pulled her close to her and started to swim back up to the surface. Lila tried to lift Marinette up when she reached the bank, only to lose her grip and nearly drop her. A pair of hands quickly grabbed Marinette and started to haul her up, Lila dove and got underneath Marinette, pushing her up.

Chloé dragged Marinette’s prone form away from the bank, with Lila hauling herself up.

“You,” Lila coughed, “You need to get that bucket off her head.”

Chloé rolled her eyes and lifted Marinette’s head up, freezing when water spilled out from around Marinette’s head. Acting fast, Chloé pulled the bucket off and tried to listen for Marinette breathing. Nothing. She moved her head to Marinette’s chest, trying to hear for a heartbeat. Again, nothing.

Chloé immediately started doing chest compressions, as Lila finished wringing her hair out.

“What are you doing?” Asked Lila, flinching as she heard Marinette’s chest crack.

“CPR.” Grunted Chloé, “You need to give her mouth to mouth.”

“Why?!” Demanded Lila, glaring at Chloé.

She sighed, impatiently, “It’s two fold,” Chloé grunted, “this works for the heart, and the mouth-to-mouth inflates her lungs, so, fucking help!”

Lila rolled her eyes, pulling Marinette’s mouth open and reared back when water spilled out.

“Remember to plug her nose.” Heaved Chloé, “Take a deep breath and force it down her throat.”

Lila stared at Chloé.

“NOW!” Shrieked Chloé, prompting Lila into action.

Pinching Marinette’s nose shut, Lila covered Marinette’s mouth with her own.

S

Chat ducked as Tazer tried to hit him, Ladybug had yet to turn up, but he knew she’d turn up, she always did.

“Down!” Yelled a voice.

Ladydragon tackled him out of the way of a blast, the two heroes skidded to a stop.

“What are you doing here?” Blurted Chat, as Ladydragon got to her feet.

“I heard Majesta was going to be here and I wanted her autograph.” Panted Ladydragon, rolling of one side, “Where’s Ladybug?”

“I…I don’t know.” Confessed Chat, “she’s usually here by now.”

Ladydragon froze, before looking around. Tazer hit the ground between them, sending them flying. The Akuma sauntered up to them, only to be tackled by a cream-coloured blur.

Eagle and Knightowl landed next to the other heroes.

“You said you could handle things.” Snapped Knightowl, hauling Chat to his feet.

“We can,” Growled Chat, as Uncanny Valley joined them, “Ladybug hasn’t turned up.”

Knightowl tutted, before looking at Uncanny Valley. The Android looked around, scanning for Ladybug.

“I’m unable to locate her.” Said Uncanny Valley, looking at Knightowl, “She may be out of range.”

Knightowl tutted again, as Uncanny Valley scanned again.

S

Chloé and Lila leaned away from Marinette, she wasn’t breathing and neither of them could hear a heartbeat. A faint flashing drew their attention to Marinette’s ears, the earrings no longer looked like black studs.

A moment later, a small red and black thing was floating in front of them.

“No fucking way.” Lila swore, staring at the Kwami.

“Dupain-Cheng’s Ladybug?!” Demanded Chloé, immediately reaching for the earrings.

“Don’t.” Said Tikki, glaring at them, “If you put those on, they will tear you apart. Both of you.”

Chloé and Lila stared at Tikki, who continued to glare at them.

“But,” Tikki glanced at Marinette’s prone form, “since these are extenuating circumstances, both of you are going to have to take one earring each.”

S

Chat ducked as Ladydragon and Eagle were thrown into Majesta and Knightowl. He rolled his eyes when Knightowl tutted again, he considered using Cataclysm, but Ladybug still hadn’t arrived.

“She’s really professional, isn’t she?” Snarled Knightowl, as Chat slid under Tazer, as a second Akuma joined the fight.

“Where were you?” Asked Tazer, getting a smirk from Steal.

“Settling a debt.” Two yoyos suddenly wrapped themselves around Steal and pulled her backwards.

“Oh, thank god M’La-” Chat stared at the two girls, before snarling, “Who are you? And where’s Ladybug?”

The blonde looked at the Brunette, before swallowing, “I’m…Scarlet Lady and this is…”

“Harlequinn.”

“Ladybug’s, kinda been hurt.”

“What do you mean hurt?” Demanded Knightowl, just as Uncanny Valley contacted them.

“I’ve found Ladybug.”

Majesta stiffened at the sadness in her daughter’s voice.

“What’s wrong?” Demanded Majesta, as everyone stared at the communicator.

“Ladybug’s lungs are filled with water,” Reported Uncanny Valley, “She’s not breathing, and I am unable to detect a heartbeat. I’ve managed to stimulate her brain enough to prevent brain death.”

Chat swallowed, before looking at Scarlet and Harlequinn, “What did you do?!”

“Hey,” Snapped Harlequinn, “it was the Akuma, not us!”

Chat huffed, before looking at Steal, who was still tied up, while they were distracted, Eagle had managed to subdue Tazer, as Chat looking at Scarlet Lady and Harlequinn, “So, which one of you has the Lucky Charm?”

Harlequinn held up a red and black spotted mask, before she handed it to Scarlet Lady. Chat turned to the Akumas and located their objects. Breaking them, the two Ladybug wielders caught the Akumas and, barely, purified them.

Scarlet bit her bottom lip and tossed the mask into the air, the cure shakily making its way around the city.

“Ladybug’s just coughed up water, I’m taking her to a hospital.” Reported Uncanny Valley, prompting Chat to hold his hand out to the two Ladybug wielders.

“The Miraculous.” Chat glared, “Now.”

Reluctantly, Scarlet Lady and Harlequinn removed the earrings and held them out to Chat. Chat cast a glare at Chloé and Lila, before racing off to catch up with Uncanny Valley.

“Eagle, escort them home.” Said Knightowl, going to grab on of the Akuma victims.

Eagle nodded, and grabbed their arms, “Come on.”

S

Marinette shook with the deep, chesty coughs.

Adrien held a cup of water out to her, gently rubbing her back.

“It hurts.” Rasped Marinette, spitting out so phlegm.

“It’s a chest infection.” Said Alya, dropping onto the end of Marinette’s bed, “You had polluted water in your lungs for the better part of an hour. Thank god Uncanny Valley was there.”

“Thank god for Tikki’s bluff.” Responded Adrien, “Tricking Chloé and Lila into thinking that wearing bath earrings would destroy them.”

“I wasn’t bluffing.” Said Tikki, from Marinette’s hair, “If either of them had put on both earrings, then they’d be like a bag of soup.”

They were silent, excluding Marinette’s coughs.

“How can we be sure they won’t tell anyone?” Asked Adrien, looking between Alya and Marinette.

“Who would believe them?” Retorted Alya, raising her eyebrows, “Lila’s already a known liar and Chloé isn’t much better. Both of them are known for not being on civil terms with Marinette also.”

Adrien sighed through his nose, “I hope you’re right. Since Marinette can’t exactly defend herself now.”

Meanwhile, across the city, Lila had come clean to her parents and Chloé was speaking with a therapist.

[awholelotofladybug]

(Stammering Adrien AU) Lila, since you got a new hairdo to represent a new you, how's the road to redemption been like? Have you been making up to Marinette for the times you've bullied her?

"I absolutely have. Marinette has been so sweet about it too. She and the others have been very kind to me, so I do whatever I can to be a good friend."

[a-flaming-idiot]

Thinking about how when Shadybug and Claw Noir are evil, they can be redeemed since they're traumatized kids being manipulated by an adult taking advantage of them. When Lila and Chloe are evil, they're irredeemable monsters who know exactly what they're doing and deserve what's coming to them.

[official-vampire-business]

i get that a lot of people dont like chloe redemptions bc they want her to be the bad bitch she deserves to be but what ur forgetting is that u can be a kind bad bitch. u can be a caring bad bitch. lila and gabriel fulfill the roles of irredeemable villains for the show (one for ladynoir, one for adrienette), why do we need another one. chloes meanness stems from severe childhood trauma and neglect . tahts not a villain. thats a victim. the difference is that when chloe is shown genuine affection and caring she falters. for a split second shes not so evil. gabe and lila literally never do that. the closest they got to that was when gabe made the wish but lila is shown ENDLESS love and compassion and never once does she think hey, maybe i can be good with these people. i think chloe deserved redemption bc she WANTED it. anyway i love chloe. LET HER LIVE!! IN PEACE!!!!

[cardiac-agreste]

Here are some thoughts on why I think Chloe's character arc makes perfect sense.

Chloe has a real bad hangup about power. She needs to feel it desperately.

she idolizes Ladybug, who is powerful

she wants a Miraculous to feel powerful

she orders her dad around to feel powerful

she mis-names her butler to feel powerful

she bosses Sabrina around to feel powerful

she is cruel to Marinette to feel powerful

she is dismissive of Chat Noir because he is subservient to Ladybug and therefore weak

When Adrien stands up to Chloe regarding her treatment of Marinette, she perceives this as him ordering her to reign in her power. To restrict her power.

In response, she re-asserts her power: she cuts him out of her life. Similarly, Ladybug denies her a Miraculous, so she turns on Ladybug, again lashing out at someone who has diminished her power. She then aligns herself with someone who promises it to her.

Then Zoe shows up, and Zoe gets attention and affection (and therfore power) from Andre, who isn't even her real father! She's spent more time with their mother, which is another form of power.

S3 through S5 is a systematic stripping away of the thing Chloe holds most dear: power. In response to this, she exerts power every opportunity she gets: she tries to take over the movie, she bosses Adrien around, she revels in her cruelty toward Marinette, she aligns herself with Lila (who Chloe recognizes has the power to fool everyone around them), she is cruel to her sister, and eventually she "leads" a fascist takeover of Paris (of course, not realizing that she's fourth banana in the takeover after Evil Gandalf, Slightly Less Evil Elon Musk, and Lila.

Her character arc makes perfect sense.

Uhh, umm, in this powerpoint presentation I will

[miraculousystuff]

Corey Curse Aftermath Pt 9

Small time skip, like 3 days*

As the anti-bullying classes went on, everybody but Alya seemed to understand exactly what impact they had on Marinette. Almost all of them rebuilt tentative if not profound friendships with her once more, All except for Alya, who still doted on Lila. But that all changed at the parent teacher meeting Miss Fournier hosted. Everyone’s parents except Lila’s showed up. “Are we waiting on anyone?” Miss Fournier began, and noticed Lila’s mother was nowhere to be seen. Then, suddenly, a tall, green eyed brunette woman that looked to be in her 40s stormed through the door. “Lila Rossi. Why is this the first I’m hearing about bullying? You told me the court case was about all your vacation days?” the woman, who was presumably Lila’s mother, yelled. Lila’s eyes widened in response. “Mom? I made sure to throw that letter away_” she was cut off by her mother “Yes, and I found it in the trash. Imagine my surprise when I found out my daughter has been bullying a poor girl for this entire year!” she continued yelling, and Mr Damocles had to quite literally usher them out of the building. Needless to say, that was the last they saw of her. “For most of you, this meeting will be brief. As you know from the emails I have sent, most of your children have improved greatly due to the anti-bullying classes, especially Nino, Kim and Alix. Therefore, they are being dismissed from them early, and will no longer have to attend. Juleka, Rose and Nathaniel will also be dismissed from them once the week is over. For the rest of your children, keep working hard and they should hopefully be dismissed by the end of two weeks. You are free to go.” she stated, and everyone slowly began filing out, but Miss Fournier spoke up again. “Mrs and Miss Cesaire, do you mind waiting for a moment please?” They nodded as everyone left and the room was only with Alya, Alya’s mom and Nora. “I regret to inform  you that Alya is not doing well in these classes at all. She refuses to believe Marinette is innocent and blames it on her, as well as consistently torments the other students who have now built relationships with Marinette.” Alya turned pale as her sister and mother turned to her in anger. “Alya Cesaire, care to explain?” her mother thundered. “Mom, I can explain-” she was cut off by Nora. “Sis, there is no way you believe a liar over your best friend-” “She’s not my best friend.”

“Anyway, she sacrificed a lot for you. She babysat for you, helped you with the ladyblog, hell she got interviews from ladybug herself or you. How can you honestly say that she had done horrible things?”

Alya’s jaw dropped in shock as Nora’s words ran through her mind. Barely thinking, she ran out of the room, looking for those familiar blue pigtails- no, just blue hair. She spotted it and ran towards her, before stopping short as she stared. Marinette was laughing, with Adrien. Not stuttering, or falling, just having a good time. Her hair was out, her nose was scrunched up, her eyes twinkling. She looked so happy, so…free. She felt so scarily familiar but different at the same time, like she was a ghost of her past self. As Adrien walked away, she shook off her inhibitions and walked to her. “Marinette-” She was interrupted by her. “If you’ve come to insult me-” Alya flinched at the fact that now, as soon as she approached Marinette, the bluenette assumed it was to insult her. “N-no. I want to apologise. You don’t have to forgive me. Hell, the fact that you are listening to me is enough. But I need you to know that I’m sorry, for everything that I did to you.” Marinette gaped slightly. “Alya, you have no idea how much that means to me. I-I can’t accept your apology. Not yet. But, this is a start. To peace and maybe…” she trailed off. “Maybe a new friendship.” Alya filled in, and Marinette smiled, and it felt so nice, so normal that she smiled even wider. “You know what, let's restart this whole thing.” she said, then stuck out her hand. “Hi, I’m Marinette Dupain Cheng. I live down the street in the bakery and have a massive crush on Adrien but don’t know it yet.” Alya laughed before taking her hand. “Nice to meet you. I’m Alya Cesaire, I run the Ladyblog and am one of the worst best friends ever.” she said, almost half sad, but Marinette pulled her into a hug. “Oh good. That’s what I like about you.” They laughed, just like old times, the achingly familiar feeling as if to forget what happened. And while it would never truly be forgotten, maybe, just maybe, it could be overlooked.

The end

[hoardofhyperfixations]

Chloé Bourgeois they could never make me hate you

[mentally-ill-vacuum]

I hate this girl so much she makes me so mad

[foundfamilyhq]

Below is propaganda submitted in support of why this character should join the tumblr found family:

Okay, so I know Lila is awful and deserves to be ditched, but hear me out: No one gaslights, gatekeeps, gaybaits or girlbosses better than her. She is the best at being the worst. And isn't that admirable? Shouldn't that be studied in the tumblr found family labs??

[marcmarcmomarc]

Miraculous

Chapter 22: Ladybug vs. Lila

(Ladybug and Lila tumble through the portal and fight on the school courtyard.)

LILA: Why couldn’t you just stay away? I thought you hated the people here! I thought they were traitors!

LADYBUG: But tyranny is not the answer! They don’t deserve that!

(Ladybug spins her yo-yo.)

LADYBUG: Lucky Charm!

(What does she summon this time?)

LADYBUG: A tennis ball launcher?

(As Lila tackles her, she then locates the net of tennis balls nearby. She tosses Lila off of her, takes the net, drops the balls in, and turns on the launcher. With terrible survival instincts, Lila blocks them with nothing more than her hands.)

LILA: Ah! Hey! Turn that off!

(Outside, Cat Noir and the other Miraculous holders hear the commotion.)

CAT NOIR: Cataclysm!

(He summons his power, then punches the wall, which falls apart. He sees Lila being pelted by the balls.)

CAT NOIR: Ladybug!

LADYBUG: Cat Noir?

CAT NOIR: I thought you might have needed my help!

(The school walls start to crumble.)

CARAPACE: Shellter!

(Carapace uses his shield to protect everyone from the falling rubble. The sun starts to rise behind the cityscape. As the dust settles, the heroes and Lila look around.)

QUEEN BEE: Okay. That’s it.

(They hear beeping.)

QUEEN BEE: What’s that?

LILA: What?! I said not to blow anything up!

LADYBUG: I can still stop it!

LADYBUG: You guys get everyone out!

(Ladybug takes off.)

CAT NOIR (O.S.): Ladybug!

LILA (O.S.): Stop!

(Ladybug speeds toward the source of the beeping, Le Grand Paris. Speeding through the front doors, she listens for the source of the sound as it speeds up. Outside, Cat Noir and the others evacuate everyone through Voyd’s portal. Le Grand Paris explodes behind them.)

CAT NOIR: Faster!

(Cat Noir follows the last civilian through just as the explosion almost reaches them. In the city, the flames knock over establishments. Cat Noir and all of Paris reach an overlook.)

CAT NOIR: (PANTING HEAVILY) That was nuts.

(Hawk Moth speaks to the akuma heroes.)

HAWK MOTH: You guys have served Paris well. I relinquish your akumas.

(All of the akuma heroes turn back to normal.)

HAWK MOTH: Light wings, fall.

(Hawk Moth de-transforms.)

NOOROO: Well done, Master.

GABRIEL: That actually felt good. And please, call me Gabriel.

MASTER FU: Do you wish to keep using the Butterfly Miraculous for good purposes?

GABRIEL: Indeed, I do.

NATHALIE: Me, too, with the Peacock Miraculous.

(She then falls over coughing.)

NATHALIE: It’s damaged.

MASTER FU: It is a bad idea to use a broken Miraculous.

(Now, the Miraculous holders de-transform.)

QUEEN BEE: Buzz off.

CARAPACE: Shell off.

RENA ROUGE: Let’s rest.

CAT NOIR: Claws in.

(Lila approaches.)

LILA: Why did you guys save me?

ADRIEN: Well, you aren’t any more worthy of death than anyone else here.

(Lila tears up.)

LILA: I’m- I’m sorry.

ADRIEN: Hey. Marinette would have said the same- (GASPS) Oh, no!

(They turn around.)

NINO: Where is she?

ALYA: Marinette.

(The crowd joins them.)

CROWD: (WALLA, MURMURING) Oh, no…It can’t be…Where is she?

(Their eyes search the smoldering ruins of the city, but Marinette is nowhere to be seen.)

CHLOÉ: I think she might be dead.

(Her hands over her mouth, Sabine tears up.)

SABINE: (SOBBING) Oh.

LILA: (BREATHLESS) No. What have I done?

(Alya sniffles. Everyone hangs their heads.)

(In the rubble, fallen pieces of wood quake. Her face covered in soot, the now de-transformed Marinette pushes her way out of the remains of Le Grand Paris, coughing. On the hill, Lily notices her.)

LILY: There she is! There she is!

(The people look up and beam happily.)

ALYA: She’s alive!

(They rush back to the edge of the hill. Marinette finishes getting out of the rubble as the crowd approaches. Her right arm is missing. Her friends take turns embracing her.)

ALYA: Marinette! You’re back!

MARINETTE: Yeah.

NINO: You’re here.

(Chloé moves them aside, then leaps on her.)

CHLOÉ: Don’t ever leave us again!

MARINETTE: Nice to see you, too, Chloé.

(The girls embrace her, too.)

ALIX: Marinette!

ROSE: You’re back!

MARINETTE: Hey, guys.

(Then Adrien approaches.)

ADRIEN: Hey.

MARINETTE: Adrien. Mom. Dad.

(Sabine sees Marinette’s armless sleeve.)

SABINE: (GASPS) Your arm!

(Marinette looks at it.)

MARINETTE: Oh, yeah. It got stuck under a piece of rubble, so I cut it off.

TOM: Marinette, next time you feel betrayed, you can talk.

SABINE: Tom, she did. We just didn’t listen and didn’t realize until it was too late.

LILA (O.S.): Which is my fault.

(Lila approaches.)

LILA: I’ll gladly take whatever court sentence I get to make it up to you.

LANA: Too bad you don’t have much of a city to live in.

(They look at the ruins again.)

[the-delta-42]

Stuck on Repeat

Stuck on Repeat

Lila’s day started normally enough. Wake up, get out of bed, perform the usual hygiene routine, have breakfast and walk to school. She spent most of her walk fuming about Marinette, Adrien and their oh-so subtle needling of her stories.

She couldn’t see what the fuss was about, it not like their other classmates were telling the truth. Come on, a sentient AI and a rising DJ and Director? Alya was mediocre at best, Nathaniel’s comics were predictable and linear, and it’s not like Myléne or Kitty Section were going anywhere. To Lila, the only ones who were the rich kids, Adrien and Chloé, and an already recognised designer, Marinette.

She hated to admit it, but Marinette was talented, if she hadn’t seen through her lies, Lila would’ve made sure to reel Marinette in. Lila stopped across the road from the school and Marinette’s parent’s Bakery. Marinette was just leaving, a box of Macarons in her hands.

Lila frowned and glared at Marinette’s back, silently wishing harm on her.

Lila was shocked when a car came bombing down the road and hit Marinette with enough force to send her flying over the roof and land with a sickening crunch. There was silence, before the door to the bakery swung open and Marinette’s mother ran out.

A crowd surrounded Marinette’s prone form, with someone calling for an ambulance and Marinette’s mother wailing. Lila didn’t know why she just didn’t walk into school and ignore the crowd.

The ambulance arrived, and a few minutes later, Marinette was pronounced dead. Only then, did Lila move. The school day was downtrodden, Adrien kept casting dark looked at her, as if she was responsible for Marinette being hit by that car.

The day passed quickly and, soon, Lila found herself getting into bed. On one hand, she was down a nuisance, but on the other hand, she was down a distraction. Lila shook her head, before pulling the covers up to her chest and going to sleep.

SOR

Lila woke to her alarm clock going off, which was odd, since she didn’t set her alarm the night before. She shrugged, got out of bed, performed her usual hygiene routine, had breakfast and walked to school.

She stopped across the road from the school and the bakery with… Marinette leaving? Marinette held the same macaron box from the day before, looked both ways and started to cross the road, when a car came bombing down the road, hit Marinette with enough force to send her flying over the cars roof and land with a sickening crunch.

Lila stared at the scene, before pulling her phone out and looked at the date. It was the day before. Lila stared at her phone screen, before hastily putting it away, she looked around and hurried into the school.

The day passed and ended the same way.

‘Maybe this is just one bizarre dream?’ Thought Lila, before she went to sleep.

SOR

Three weeks. Three weeks. Three. Fucking. Weeks.

Lila seethed as she stalked towards the school and the bakery, she’d been stuck in this loop for three weeks. Glancing around, Lila quickly crossed the road and stopped outside the bakery. Marinette stepped out and rushed toward the road, looked both ways, started to cross and was tackled by Lila as a car came bombing down the road.

“What the hell?!” Demanded Marinette, glaring at Lila.

Lila huffed, her eyes dark, “I’ve been stuck living the same fucking day for three weeks. Three! Weeks!”

“What are you talking about?” Asked Marinette, the rage subsiding.

“The same day, for three weeks, I’ve been living this exact day,” Snarled Lila, “I wake up, I get dressed, I eat, I wash, I walk to school and I see you get hit by that fucking car!”

Marinette stared up at Lila, before frowning, “So, you got tired of seeing me die and decided to save me?”

“Don’t say it like that.” Scoffed Lila, “I don’t want to keep listening to your friends crying and bitching about you dying.”

Marinette gave Lila a dead pan expression, “And there goes my hopes of you turning over a new leaf.”

Marinette turned around and walked up the schools steps, “Thank for saving my lif-”

Marinette was cut off by Kim flinging the door open, hitting her in the face and sending her tumbling down the steps and landing on her neck with a sick crack. Lila stared down at Marinette, whose head was jutting out at an unnatural angle.

“You just killed Marinette.” Said Lila, as she looked up at Kim.

SOR

Lila grabbed Marinette’s arm and marched her up to the steps.

“Okay, why are you doing this?” Asked Marinette, as Lila looked at her, “Kim’ll push the door open, hit you in the face and making you fall down the stairs and break your neck.”

As if on que, Kim pushed the door open and bounded down the stairs. Marinette stared at him, before looking at Lila, “How long has this been going on again?”

“I stopped counting on day 578.” Said Lila, guiding Marinette through the school, “You’ve been hit by cars, pushed down stairs, stabbed, shot, beheaded, set on fire, torn apart, had your head crushed and being turned into a hand puppet.”

Marinette stared at Lila, before straightening up, “Okay, anything else?”

“Monarch got your miraculous.” Stated Lila, making Marinette freeze, “I don’t care about his problems, or yours, I just want to eat something for breakfast that isn’t stale cereal.”

Marinette blinked, before swallowing, “Okay.”

SOR

Lila banged her head against the table, Marinette and Alya staring at her, “Why do you keep dying?”

“Akuma?” Suggested Alya, frowning.

“I still think this is some elaborate lie,” Said Alya and Lila together, “Lucky guess. Random Akuma. Stop that. Lila. Lila, Stop. Lila Rossi has a big forehead. Lila Rossi wets the bed. Lila Rossi sleeps with a horses head and every morning when she wakes up-”

“Okay, okay, stop!” Interrupted Marinette, grabbing their shoulders, “I believe you.”

Lila didn’t say anything, reaching out and grabbing the front of Marinette’s shirt and yanked her forwards.

A circular saw blade embedded itself into the wall where Marinette’s head had been.

“Okay,” Said Marinette, looking at Lila, “anything else that I should know about?”

Lila stared at Chloe, “She’d holding a different book.”

“What?”

“Chloe’s holding a different book, she’s supposed to be holding Great Expectations, not Wind in the Willows.” Said Lila, getting up and stomping over to Chloe.

Marinette looked around, before she and Alya hastily followed her.

“Why are you holding the wrong book?!” Demanded Lila, glaring at Chloe.

“What?”

“You’re supposed to be holding Great Expectations!”

“What’s going on?” Asked Ms. Mendeleiev, storming over, just as Marinette tripped over Chloe’s discarded bag, falling over and narrowly avoiding a large arrow.

“What the fuck?!” Screamed Chloe, pulling her legs up as if to avoid something.

“It’s a long-” Started Lila, just as Marinette’s head exploded, “Oh, for fucks-”

SOR

Marinette jerked as Lila jammed a helmet on her head as soon as she tripped over Chloe’s bag.

Moments later, Mendeleiev dragged the four girls out of the library and into her classroom.

“What’s going on?” She demanded, glaring at them.

“Lila says she keeps watching Marinette die.” Said Alya, pointing at the Italian, “Then she started going on about how Chloe was reading the wrong book.”

“I think there might be an Akuma.” Said Marinette, her voice slightly muffled.

“Right.” Said Mendeleiev, before pinching the bridge of her nose, “What else could it be?”

SOR

Chat stared at Marinette, surrounded by Alya, Chloe and Lila.

“You…think there’s an Akuma trying to kill Marinette?”

“There’s an Akuma who’s successfully killing Marinette.” Corrected Lila, “I’ve been living the same day for…” Lila trailed off, before she looked at her hand, “6,498 days.”

“I thought you stopped counting after day 578.” Said Alya, frowning at her.

“I started counting again after Marinette had her head explode.” Said Lila, frowning, “I just want to wake up and not worry about seeing a dead body today.”

Lila then pushed Marinette into Alya, as the ground where Marinette had been standing exploded. Chat zeroed onto the source of the shot, and launched himself towards the Akuma, landing a solid punch on the Akuma’s face. There was a cracking sound, as the porcelain mask broke, the Akuma flew away.

Marinette froze, before running off. A flash of light later, Ladybug caught the Akuma, purified it and looked at the former Akuma. It was a blond-haired, blue eyed man glaring at her and snarling.

“Let go of me, that mongrel doesn’t deserve to live!” Ladybug stared at him, before kicking him in the face.

SOR

Marinette watched her father spit his coffee out as the mug shot of the killer akuma appeared on screen, “That’s Joseph!”

“Who?” Asked Marinette looking up at Tom.

“He used to work for us, before he was arrested for some serious…charges.” Said Tom, “He’s supposed to be in prison.”

Marinette frowned, before looking at the screen, as the man, Joseph, screamed about purity and white superiority.

“What a dick.”

SOR

Lila dropped down into her seat and stared a head of her, both she and Chloe had taken to using the Akuma charms they had to ward off any future Akumatisations. Strangely, Lila felt happier not constantly talking about herself or making grandiose lies to make herself seem better.

She doesn’t dwell on what could’ve been, only that she was glad she didn’t have to eat stale cornflakes again.

[awholelotofladybug]

Canon vs Fanon

Canon Chloé: You two are ridiculous!

Canon Lila: Not to mention weak. You actually caved and became friends with Marinette? Pathetic.

AU Chloé: We're pathetic? Are you kidding me? I'm not the one who has to use my best friend to do my homework for me... Anymore... What's more, I have more friends, REAL friends, than you've ever had, a boyfriend who loves me, and a healthier relationship with my family.

AU Lila: And at least I embrace who I am. Your name might not even really be Lila. And I don't have to leech off a supervillain to feel important. *takes AU Chloé's hand* And my friendships are based off love and forgiveness, not lies and empty promises.

Canon Chloé: Whatever. It doesn't matter.

Canon Lila: At the end of the day, we're the originals and you're not.

AU Lila: We don't care! We still exist!

AU Chloé: And if being canon means having to be anything like you, then maybe we don't want to be! *starts to leave* And by the way, Marinette is a great friend, in yours and a lot of other universes. And I pity you because you will never know.

[a-flaming-idiot]

They're good kids, I SWEAR!!!

[galahadwilder]

The Time I Got Reincarnated as an Evil Version of Myself

Chapter 3: Disagreements

Link to AO3 in Bio

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Akumatization isn't exactly a common experience among Parisians. With a population of over 2 million and under 300 Akumatizations—maybe half that if only count individual victims instead of instances (most of that thanks to Mr. Pigeon)—that's slightly more than a percent of a percent. Still, there are enough of them that there are certain common experiences. Any one of them could tell you that Akumatization is really only traumatizing after the fact, when you find out what you've done. It's a mercy, really, not remembering. Being saddled with the memories of causing mayhem, havoc, and murder would be too much for the psyches of most people, and Paris would look very different.

The number of people who have successfully resisted Akumatization is much, much smaller. A percent of a percent of a percent. Three people, in total, have ever done it. And while they'll gladly tell you how they did it, in hopes that you get the same success, there's one thing all three of them keep very close to their chests—a secret only three people on Earth share.

Breaking an Akumatization hurts. And worse—you remember everything.

Chloé sits curled up on a cot in the nurse's office, pressing her knees to her chest, trying her best to fight down the bile that rises in her throat. Hawkmoth may not have been able to see the memories he dredged up, but he had pressed on the worst emotional response she has, forcing her to relive her most painful moments. All her traumas, all the things she'd buried, front and center. She feels... she feels...

Ugh. Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous.

The room is too small. And normally she'd be happy for the darkness after a panic attack—she really has to thank Marinette again for helping her admit she has those—but right now it's too much like the darkness, like the black void of Akumatization. She can almost see her mother's face blank with apathy, without recognition, devoid of love. Something inside her chest is tearing, pulling apart, and God she just wants her sister right now.

Zoé is not the person who comes through the door.

"Chloé!" Lila gasps, bursting through the door of the sleeping room of the nurse's station, all false concern and smiles. "I heard you got Akumatized!"

Chloé's pain immediately twists beneath her ribcage into rage and confusion as the most unexpected person in Paris throws her arms around her shoulders. Lila--Lila was expelled, she's been banned from the building, what is she doing here? Chloé wants to pull away, to shove her off, to do something, but she's a deer in headlights, frozen, utterly unable to stop the horror that she's trapped in.

"Are you okay?" Lila asks.

Chloé's whole body contracts, as if making herself smaller will help her escape this. Her throat constricts, strangling her words into a choking whine.

Lila pulls back, holding Chloé at arms’ length. “I’m really impressed you were able to break the Akumatization,” she says with a smile that makes Chloé’s skin crawl. “You’ve been having such a hard time of it lately, you know, and, well…” Lila starts tearing up, wiping her eye with the heel of her hand. “I can’t believe Marinette did that to you,” she whimpers. "All we ever try to do is be nice to her, but—"

Something inside Chloé snaps.

"Nice?" she snarls.

Lila’s expression immediately changes—for a split second, Chloé can see the snake behind her carefully faked expression, and that snake is scared. Some part of Chloé, the part that still likes to hurt people, the part of her that is her mother, is happy with that, and she feels a brief burst of shame, but this is Lila. She deserves every bit of Chloé's vitriol and her own fear.

The rest of her, though? The rest of her is not happy. Another, primal, feral part of her, the part of her that spent ten years in love with Marinette Dupain-Cheng in spite of all her attempts to bury it, the part of her that remembers the day Marinette finally gave her Pollen permanently, the part of her that looks at her friends, her hive, and says protect with your life, rises up like a beast and burns in her muscles, her bones, her rage, and suddenly her palms slam into Lila's stomach, Lila is on the ground, stunned, and Chloé is standing over her like a wasp looming in the air above a doomed tarantula.

"I don't know how you got on campus," she spits. “And I don’t care.” She steps forward, her gaze beating Lila down into the ground. "You say one more word about Marinette and... and..."

Lila stares up at her, eyes wide and glistening. "I��I go here," she says, and for once, her voice sounds almost honest. "I—Chloé, we're friends, aren't we?"

Chloé’s brain goes white. "Friends?" Chloé shrieks. Oh, she’s about to get Akumatized again, isn’t she. But if her Akuma form goes after Lila? Worth it. "After what you did?" She bends down, grabs a fistful of Lila's tacky plastic orange lapels. "Marinette may have forgiven you but I. Have. Not."

Now Lila is the deer in the headlights, except she's not on a road or even on a highway, Chloé Bourgeois is a bullet train barrelling down on a fawn that has wandered onto the tracks and Chloé will not stop. "You are ridiculous, Lila," Chloé snarls, barely managing to stop herself from biting the other girl's face. "Utterly. Ridiculous."

"Hey!" Zoé says, forcing the two of them apart. "Break it up, you two!"

Huh, Chloé thinks, suddenly aware of her sister's hand on her chest. She'd been so pissed at Lila, she hadn't even noticed Zoé come in.

"She just..." Lila stammers, and the shock on her face—oh, Chloé hopes it's real. "She just—”

Than her eyes narrow. For a moment, a grin flashes across her face, before her teary shock returns… but with significantly less reality to it.

”You’re—you’re breaking up with me?” Lila sobs.

Zoé’s head snaps around, and Chloé can feel her sister tense. But she—oh, God, haha, Lila thought…

Lila doesn’t know she’s out.

Chloé starts to laugh.

It’s almost a cackle, more than anything. It bubbles up from her stomach, snatching her breath, doubling her over. She’s laughing so hard she fills the entire space of the tiny nap room, so hard that both Zoé and Lila are looking at her like she’s grown a second head.

”You think—” Chloé gasps, clutching at her stomach, “—I’d cheat on Kagami—” Oh, she can’t breathe. She can’t breathe. It’s too funny. “—with you?”

This is, very definitely, not the response Lila was expecting, given the shock on her face. Probably she was thinking Chloé would loudly deny being gay (when of course anyone with half a brain could have seen she was), thus confirming to Zoé their “secret relationship” and making herself look like the victim.

Whoopsie for her!

Chloé’s laughter slows down as she plops back into her cot, and she sighs, wiping tears out of her eyes. “You’re ridiculous,” she gasps through the largest grin she’s had all day. “Utterly, completely, and totally ridiculous.”

The look on Lila’s face is priceless. There are few things more satisfying than outmaneuvering smug assholes, and it’s so rare to catch the liar off-guard like this. Blindsiding Lila is a joy all its own, and Chloé intends to savor the memory of that face for years to come.

“Wait a minute,” Zoé says, breaking the moment. “You know?”

”Of—of course she knows,” Lila begins. “She and I—”

"Shut up," Chloé growls, flexing her perfectly-manicured fingers like claws. "And get. Out."

Lila swallows, frozen for half a second, then she spins and bolts for the door. It slams shut behind her, leaving Chloé alone with her sister.

Chloé collapses back onto her cot, her back slamming against the exposed white brick. Now that the adrenaline is gone, the encounter is starting to leave a really bad taste in her mouth, the way any encounter with Lila does. The bile is rising in her throat again, and she just wants to strip off her own skin and fling it somewhere far away where she doesn't have to live in it. "What is with everyone today?" she mumbles.

"What is with—what's with you?" Zoé says, slamming her hand onto the cot next to Chloé's leg. "First the Pollen thing, then the coffee prank, then…” She points out the door. “Lila is a nice person, who for some reason after all the bridges you've burned decided to be your friend, and you just—"

"She hurt Marinette," Chloé mumbles. "Nobody hurts Marinette."

“And then!” Zoé continues, heedless of Chloé’s interruption. “I’ve been trying to make you feel comfortable enough to admit to yourself that you’re gay for months, and then you just… casually? Out of spite?”

Admit that she's... what?

Wait. Something’s—something’s wrong. That's... not at all something she'd expect Zoé to say.

“I—I came out before we met,” Chloé says, haltingly. She's confused, and more than a little hurt. “You—you know that. You’ve met my girlfriend. We—” When she’d found out about Zoé, she’d been pissed enough for Akumatization—but afterwards, afterwards, it had been such a relief, such a joy, to have just one family member who accepted her as she was. “We went on double dates with you and Luka.” Had Zoé not known, all this time? Had she—had none of it mattered?

Zoé looks at her like she’s grown a second head. “Luka?” she says. “Marinette’s ex? I’ve barely even spoken to him, much less… been on dates!”

Chloé’s pulse is stabbing at her ears now. She has no idea what’s going on. Zoé’s confusion—has everyone else been feeling the same thing, today? Is that why they suddenly all hate her? Did some… Akuma or something wipe all their memories of her?

Except she was Akumatized, and Hawkmoth can’t have two out at once unless he’s Scarlet Moth, and that definitely didn’t happen today, and he’d never bother going Scarlet over her because he apparently still thinks of her as the nasty girl nobody cares about so he doesn’t think anyone would care about her the way they do about Marinette. A Sentimonster wouldn’t have this much reach, wouldn’t be able to make EVERYONE forget—

She can see Zoé going through the same mental calculations in her head. Something messed with someone’s memories. Hawkmoth is the most likely—okay, let's be real, only—candidate.

”You—you can’t be Akumatized, you rejected it,” Zoé says. “That means—” She turns pale. “You’re—you’re not my sister.”

Chloé’s heart stops. “W-what?” she manages.

Zoé backs away from her, eyes wide and immobile. “You’re a Sentimonster.”

The way she says the word—as if it's a swear, as if it's a curse—stabs straight through Chloé’s gut. She wants to vomit. Chloe is better at managing her anger when it comes to people she loves. Honestly, she is. But she never expected... from her own sister of all people... Don't get Akumatized, don't get Akumatized, don't get Akumatized—

Shut up and burn her, says the part of her that is her mother, and Chloé ignites.

She leaps to her feet, heedless of how Zoé is forced back, heedless of the terrified expression on her sister's face, barely aware of anything except her own rage. “OF COURSE I'M A FUCKING SENTIMONSTER!” she screams, reaching for her necklace. “You—you helped me steal my Amok from Mom! It was your plan! You—”

Instead of her mother’s wedding ring, Chloé’s fingers close on the necklace to find empty air.

Her entire body goes cold. She looks at the stunned, horrified Zoé, and suddenly she's in freefall. Part of her wonders if this is how Adrien felt when his bodyguard pitched him off the Montparnasse, but the rest is too caught up in the sickening drop of her gut, the fire in her extremities, the vacuum where her lungs are supposed to be.

"My..." she croaks, barely able to speak. "My Amok. It's—" She swallows as best she can around the lump that is digging spikes into her throat. "It's gone."

@emma-d-klutz @generalluxun @naresar @ninepostsstuff @grotesquewombat @erisluna35 @oblivionhold @all-peristeronic @chaos-has-theories @into-september @claws-and-bee-stings @279ital @drawing2cope @theramendragon @jameskillianreaper @wild-mare-of-prosecution @blessedfatui @luckychatons @ninepostsstuff @sailorladybug @ladybeug @ymfingsteadilyon @steelblaidd @alexseanchai @dravidious @lowbatterylamp @nekoisadumbname @lemonadeready @tobytober @sunny-key @amandayetagain @darkwolf13reblogs @faunina @marichatsajjvv @mugchild @greenbloodedskink @miraculoussly @flightfoot @chaos-has-theories @multimousenette @spookyyarn @cosmictacos @toychicraft-dump @dragonking1987 @thesernotthedroidsurlooking4 @coracal @erisluna35 @merryberry01 @claws-and-bee-stings @princess-of-the-corner

[mattw83]

Miraculous Tales Chapter 12 - PG11-PG15

Sometimes a little sweetness goes a long way to temper the vinegar within.

A tale of how Chloe’s many false starts in life were just the beginning to a real redemption of heart and hero.

From a moment of bonding acceptance a dark shadow begins to loom over Chloe, creeping closer to her inner turmoil, and her guarded heart.

Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 -   Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 -   Chapter 10  - Chapter 11 - Chapter 12 - 

Cover - PG05 – PG06-PG10 – PG11-PG15 – PG16-PG20

>>> PG16

[miraculousystuff]

Fic Prompt!

I know! I’m writing like 3 fics at once, and don’t worry, I am writing everyone’s requests as well, but I had this idea that I had to show. It’s based on a couple of mini stories of Lila’s past experiences in other schools before she met Marinette, and a glimpse of Lila before she was a corrupted liar and her story on how she became one! Let me know what you think!

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Lila Rossi’s life blew up in her face as her parents filed for divorce. Her mother officially became a diplomat, which meant she never stayed in one place for a very long time. But moving all the time showed her that ultimately, all humans were the same. They were all so good, so righteous and loyal, until someone came up to them and told them what they wanted to hear. So, in her eyes, she saw the perfect plan to get whatever she wanted: lie. Tell people what they wanted to hear, even if what she said wasn’t necessarily true. It was almost comical how those who claimed to be the kindest were the first to abandon their friends as soon as something better came along. So many different schools; so many different lies; but the outcome was always the same. Become the most popular by telling people what they want to hear, and destroy anyone who comes in her way. However, she wasn’t always like this. There was one school, one class and one boy that had made the world less of the hellish mess as her parents divorced. But that one perfect piece was destroyed by one betrayal, and that one betrayal changed her life.

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Should I ship Lila with an OC or someone we already know, and should it be a series of related one shots or a cohesive story? Tell me your thoughts and as always, have a great day ❤️!