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turntechgaykid · 11 days ago

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Miraculous Ladybug Redesign/Rewrite!!!

In this Rewrite all the characters are aged up to 17 and are in highschool

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Marinette turns on the TV to hear the reporter discussing how recently there's been a string of attacks in Paris. She lazily gets ready only to have her dad yell that she's gonna be late so she begins to hurry, getting downstairs her mom hands her a box of baked goods for the class. When Marinette’s rushing out the door she unknowingly trips over a small black and red box grabbing it with some other things she's dropped not noticing it.

The morning bell rings as students hustle into the school building. Adrian, dressed in his best, looks around stiffly. It’s his first day at a public school, and he clearly stands out. With his sharp looks and celebrity status, he awkwardly hangs by Chloe, who seems to be enjoying his company. Chloe walks proudly ahead, her nose in the air, while Adrian trails just slightly behind, his nerves getting the better of him.

“I’m not sure how I’ll fit in here,” Adrian mumbles, barely audible to Chloe. “Don’t worry, Adrian. You’re with me, and that’s all you need to worry about,” Chloe says with a smug grin, clearly confident in her position.

Meanwhile, Marinette is running to the school, still groggy after sleeping in a little too long. She arrives just as class is about to start, and she quickly scrambles to get out her baked goods.

“Sorry, I’m late!” she calls out to her teacher, Miss Bustier, who raises an eyebrow but smiles warmly when she sees the treats.

“No problem, Marinette, thank you for the goodies. They’ll make up for your tardiness,” Miss Bustier says, accepting the offerings with a friendly smile.

Chloe, sitting near the front, rolls her eyes. “Oh, how predictable. Always late, but never without a ‘gift.’”

Sabrina, seated next to Chloe, snickers, not trying to hide her amusement. Adrian, sitting next to them, notices Marinette but doesn’t comment, simply watching the scene unfold with quiet curiosity.

Marinette, feeling flustered from the mocking and whisperings she thinks she hears from her classmates, scans the room for a place to sit. She notices the empty desk next to Alya, who waves at her excitedly.

"Over here, Marinette!" Alya calls out, a welcoming smile on her face. Marinette’s face lights up with relief, and she walks over to join Alya. As she sits down, she gives her a shy smile.

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Later, at lunch, Marinette heads to the cafeteria, where Alya is already seated with her tray. Marinette walks toward Alya thinking she can hear her saying something but accidentally bumps into Adrian in the process. The tray she was holding wobbles dangerously before she steadies it.

“Oh! Sorry!” Marinette exclaims, looking up at Adrian with a startled expression. “No, it’s my fault,” Adrian replies quickly, reaching down to help her steady the tray. Marinette looks at him surprised. “You’re... you’re Adrian Agreste, right? I... I’m a big fan of your father’s designs. His new fashion line is incredible.”

Adrian’s cheeks turn pink, and he couldn't help but think how pretty this girl was, he awkwardly scratches the back of his neck. “Uh, thanks. That’s really kind of you. My dad’s work is, uh, really... something, yeah.”

Just as the conversation seems to be going somewhere, Chloe saunters over, a smug expression on her face. She puts her hand on Adrian’s shoulder, leaning in to press a kiss to his cheek and looks at Marinette with disdain. “Why are you talking to her?” she asks, leaning in close, a sly smile on her face.

Before Adrian can answer, Marinette rolls her eyes and scoffs, taking a step back. “I don’t have time for this,” she mutters under her breath, pushing past them. Alya watches the exchange from their table and shakes her head in disbelief.

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The school day ends, and students flood the hallways, excited to head home. Marinette walks to the exit, her mind still occupied by the encounter with Adrian wondering if maybe one day she'd be as talented as Gabriel Agreste.

But as she's walking out she trips crashing hard on the sidewalk she looks back only to see Chloe walking confidently past her fallen form Sabrina by her side. Rose helps Marinette up but Marinette doesn't tear her glare away from Chloe as the brunette approaches Adrian Agreste who's back is turned to them waiting for his ride.

Marinette quickly thanks Rose and leaves, unknowingly, catching the eye of Adrian yet again.

After school when she's getting her homework out she sees the little black and red box. She opens it to find a pair of earrings but suddenly they glow and out comes the Spirit Evh.

Marinette is stunned into silence and thinks she's going crazy but Evh explains to her that she is a Spirit of the Miraculous

Marinette asks what that means and Evh explains that the Spirits of the Miraculous are beings that hold Immense powers that can be wielded by humans, that if a human and spirit choose to they can merge together for a brief time to transform and do great things.

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Meanwhile Adrian is at his home during a Mandarin lesson when Natalie brings him his mail with the little black and red box, when he begins to hear some whispers, brushing it off Adrian is excused from his lesson and opens the mail in his room thinking it's fan mail. He tries on the ring but sees no corresponding letter then it glows and the Spirit Sire appears, at first Adrian thinks it's some sort of hologram but Sire quickly explains that it is a Spirit that can grant him terrible powers. Adrian thinks it's the coolest thing ever and begins taking notes on everything Sire has to tell him.

Beginning with how the Spirits were trapped in the miraculous for humanity's uses to how the current Guardian of the miraculous sent Adrian and one other these jewels to help defend the people of Paris from the attacks that have been ongoing.

Then suddenly there's an emergency broadcast telling how someone is attacking pedestrians at a news station Adrian excitedly asks Sire if he can transform now, Sire says yes and Adrian turns into Cat Noir for the first time while this is happening Marinette is panicking as Evh urges her to transform and help. Eventually both teens end up at the scene.

Cat Noir leaps in from above, landing gracefully between the woman and the news station. His usual playful demeanor takes over immediately, as he winks at the woman, noticing how peculiar her attire is. He can't help but joke, "Well, well, what's with the Halloween costume? You planning to scare the whole city or just me?" His voice is teasing, but his sharp eyes remain focused, assessing the situation.

The woman growls but before she can respond a girl in a Ladybug print outfit lands by his side. Cat Noir, momentarily distracted by her entrance, raises an eyebrow. "Two on one huh?" Ladybug glances at him with narrowed eyes, but she responds. "Not quite, Cat. I’m here for her."

Cat Noir blinks, taken aback by her words. For a brief moment, he tilts his head in mock confusion, then grins, an unusually confident, flirtatious tone slipping out. "Oh, so that means we’re on the same side?" His voice is smooth, teasing, but there's a hint of genuine intrigue in his tone.

He takes a casual step closer, his confidence unshaken. His eyes gleam with mischief as he sweeps into an exaggerated bow. "Well then, m’ladybug, it seems fate has paired us up. I’d be more than happy to follow your lead… though, fair warning, I have a habit of stealing the show."

Straightening up, he gives her a wink, his smirk never fading. "What do you say? Think you can keep up with me?" There's a light challenge in his voice, but underneath it, an undeniable spark—like he's already enjoying this.

Ladybug blushes at this but the woman grows tired of it and summons a gust of wind to send them flying.

Cat Noir and Ladybug rush to get back to the station leaping from building to building as they go Ladybug asks if Cat Noir knows anything about the woman he says no and they finally get back to where she is, she groans and tries to send them flying again but Ladybug manages to hook her Morningstar Flail around a light pull and catches Cat Noir as he flies by.

Once the wind stops Ladybug goes to run after the woman but Cat Noir stops her and points out a tv in a shop that shows a girl that looks exactly like the woman they're chasing. Ladybug notes her as being the weather channel host Aurore Beauréal knowing who she is now they give chase and call out to her.

But she says she's not Aurore anymore, that she's Stormy Weather. And they see that she's heading inside the news station they follow but can't find her at first and start desperately searching the building then suddenly the lights begin to shut off one after the other the two run from the darkness until they're on the roof of the building where Stormy Weather is waiting for them with the director of the news station in hand, floating above them with her back to the large metal billboards that line the edge of the building.

Cat Noir goes to attack but Stormy Weather threatens to drop the director Cat Noir backs off and Ladybug tries reasoning with Stormy Weather asking why she's doing this. Stormy Weather explains that the director was planning on firing her and had been constantly belittling her on air, undermining her work and making her feel insignificant.

She tells them that all she wanted was recognition, respect, and a chance to show her worth, but no one took her seriously. Ladybug listens carefully, trying to understand her pain while also keeping an eye on the floating man. Ladybug speaks softly, trying to connect with her, “You don’t have to go down this path, hurting others won’t make things better. We can help you find another way.”

The winds howl fiercely as Stormy Weather stands atop the roof, her storm powers surging violently around her and the director hovers precariously in the air. The clouds above grow darker, swirling with an unnatural intensity.

Stormy Weather’s voice cracks with fury as she glares at them. “You think you can just talk me down!? I'm not some child in need of a scolding!” She raises her hands, the storm intensifying with every word. “You have no idea what it’s like to be invisible, to be dismissed, to be belittled my entire career! I’ve worked so hard to be seen, and what do I get in return? Nothing! People only care when they see power. Real power. And now I have it.”

Her eyes burn with rage. “Help me? HA! You think you can just help me like everyone else? You think you understand what I’ve been through?” The winds around her whip violently, threatening to tear the building apart.

Stormy Weather’s laugh is cold, bitter, and filled with venom. “You think I don’t know that this is wrong? I tried to do things the right way. I worked so hard to prove myself, but all I ever got was ridicule. I was just a joke to them. But now they have to take me seriously ” She raises her hand, and the wind howls even louder, sending debris flying across the rooftop.

Cat Noir’s voice fills with desperation. “Aurore, please! You’re not thinking clearly. You’re letting your anger control you, you're only going to make things worse for yourself!”

But Stormy Weather’s eyes burn with rage, her storm powers intensifying with every word. She gestures toward the head of the news station. “He tried to ruin me. He made me feel small, worthless. And now I’ll make him feel the same way!” The storm crackles and rages around them, the air thick with electricity.

Ladybug looks at Cat Noir, her face filled with panic. “She’s too far gone. We need to stop her.” Cat Noir nods grimly.

Stormy Weather’s gaze shifts between them, her anger seething. “You think you can stop me?” She raises her arms once more, and the storm around her erupts into a whirlwind of destruction. Lightning crackles and strikes the ground, and the winds grow so powerful that Ladybug and Cat Noir are knocked back. The floating director spins out of control, tumbling toward the edge of the roof.

Cat Noir scrambles to his feet, shouting, “She’s going to drop him!” Ladybug barely manages to regain her footing debris cutting across her brow and letting some blood trickle down.

The storm is so powerful now that they can barely hear each other over the deafening roar of the wind. Cat Noir grits his teeth and leaps toward Stormy Weather, trying to get close enough to disarm her, but the winds push him back with terrifying force. “We can’t get through like this!”

Ladybug’s eyes widen as she sees the director hovering dangerously over the edge. The storm rages violently around them, threatening to tear the entire building apart. Ladybug and Cat Noir exchange a desperate glance. They have no choice now.

The director begins to plead with Stormy Weather begging her to let him go. “Cat Noir!” Ladybug yells pulling him close and whispering to him he nods and makes a run for the billboards behind Aurore as Ladybug begins attacking using her Morningstar almost as a whip against Stormy Weather keeping her attention on her forcing her to constantly deflect.

Cat Noir uses his power though on the large billboards destroying the upright beams securing them to the building. And as the shadow of the falling billboards begin to creep over Stormy Weather she looks behind her and panics releasing the director and flying away from the large sign but before she can get far Ladybug wraps her Flail around Stormy Weathers ankle dragging her down as Cat Noir catches the director.

Ladybug secures the chain of her weapon around Stormy Weather but hears whispering as Evh speaks to her, telling her to find the Akuma but before she can do anything a small black and purple butterfly wiggles its way free of the chains and flys away. At that moment Stormy Weather turns back into Aurore.

Cat Noir and Ladybug are startled as police suddenly run through the roof access door guns aimed at them. The director quickly speaks up though and explains what happened, the police reprimand Ladybug and Cat Noir for doing their job but send them on their way and take Aurore into custody.

Ladybug and Cat Noir leave the news station to a crowd of people and reporters begging for information but they leave it to the police to explain and swing off.

End —---------------------------------------------------------

#miraculous ladybug #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #miraculous lb #miraculous au #miraculous redesign #miraculous rewrite #rewrite #redesign #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #miraculous tikki #miraculous plagg #Caln's Miraculous Redesign

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ilikekidsshows · 8 months ago

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I know you’re more of an “Adrien centered” criticism/defense blog but I am curious about your opinion on this.

What is your opinion on the “Chloe deserves/doesn’t deserve redemption” situation or the “Chloe wasn’t meant to be redeemed and there for what happened to her is fair game” stance?

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My thoughts on the Chloé situation are kinda complex. Back when the show only had three seasons, I did think Chloé’s character trajectory made sense. Sure, she’d saved people when she was acting as Queen Bee, but she still treated her classmates the same. In fact, she started treating Sabrina worse than before because she considered being anything other than Queen Bee hanging out with Ladybug was slumming it. For me, it really was a 50/50 on whether or not Chloé would be redeemed or fall into actual villainy.

Because, here’s how I saw it: I didn’t think Chloé was an actual villain-villain in seasons 1-3. She was Marinette’s school nemesis and a decidedly defanged one. Marinette was scared of her exactly once, in Origins, a flashback episode meant to showcase how much more confident being Ladybug has made Marinette that she views Chloé as small potatoes. The season 3 finale could have been the culmination of an arc where Marinette accidentally causes Chloé to become a villain and ally herself with Hawk Moth in the future.

And it would have been caused by Marinette, even if unintentionally. It would have shown how good intentions can have unforeseen consequences, especially when you don’t know what you’re helping someone with or what they want before you do so. Marinette doesn’t really understand what she’s trying to help people with whenever she does try to be helpful, because she assumes what they want and need instead of asking and listening (like in Reflekdoll, the latter part of Ikari Gozen and Quilt Trip). Many heroes create their own villains this way, and Marinette could have done so as well since she was the one to strengthen Chloé’s bond with the person who taught her to be an entitled bully and then she dragged her feet on whether or not she could use the Bee Miraculous.

The season 3 finale shows Chloé brought to a new low. The following New York Special gives us a glimpse of a Chloé who is withdrawn, like she’s reconsidering her life. This could have led to Chloé deciding that she would have revenge on Ladybug for leading her on and then dumping her (as a teammate). But, it could have also have led to Chloé realizing that, while Ladybug wasn’t her friend, Sabrina was, and she pushed the latter away in pursuit of being the Bee Miraculous holder. Chloé could have gained new insight that would have led her to start working on how she treats those closest to her, finally starting to treat her schoolmates with decency and, maybe, with time, kindness.

Then season 4 came along and all that foreshadowed introspection was dumped out the window in favor of having Chloé do cartoonishly stupid school antagonist character things. In season 4, where this kind of hijinks are so incredibly low-stakes that it’s both laughable to see, and laughable to realize the writers think this is good television.

I think the writers realized this too, because then comes season 5 with the retcon that, actually, Chloé is an evil mastermind who is so heinous that she orchestrated a traumatic event that led to Marintette’s character flaws and therefore Marinette should be forgiven for her flaws and Chloé blamed for them. Never mind the damage this episode does to Kim’s character, turning him from an oblivious to jock to a total creep, it also tries to convince us that Chloé is this big threat despite that it happened at least a year ago in-universe and that she had never done anything even close to this bad since. It just makes no sense when contrasting with the early seasons, where Marinette treats Kim as just one classmate among many and Chloé as a low-threat nuisance.

The problem was that they decided that they didn’t want Marinette to hold any responsibility for anything she does anymore. This is why they wrote the episode ‘Derision’, to absolve Marinette of all responsibility in her stalking of Adrien, even though them making it a serious trauma response instead of a cartoon-logic joke means that now she absolutely should take responsibility for her behavior and get therapy. Because they wanted to give Marinette a retroactive justification, the episode just doesn’t mesh with the rest of the show. But, like, the writing in Miraculous seasons 4-5 is so bad it’s of course never just about a single episode, it’s all about how the Miraculous writers don’t know how to build up arcs that then come to a logical conclusion, which is why all their story arcs’ endings fall flat and leave viewers thinking “where’s the rest of it?” when they’re not considered one of the worst finales for a show.

Basically, making Chloé a villain could have worked, but it would have required her getting built up into such a status. The Chloé of seasons 1-3 isn’t a monster, she’s a brat. But the writers didn’t want to do that work despite wanting that story, thinking some repetitive episodes of Chloé being a brat some more will accomplish the same thing. So, Chloé just keeps performing petty bullying until the writers think the viewers forgot that she’s like this because of her mother, who Marinette reunited her with, all the while pretending the woman who calls her by the wrong name to her face on purpose has done nothing wrong as a parent other than “leave”, before she randomly turns on Miss Bustier and starts working with Hawk Moth for supposedly no reason in Collusion.

And, like, the thing that really grinds my gears is that it worked. So many people forgot that Chloé’s bullying was modeled to her by her mother, who Marinette reunited her with. Marinette repeatedly tries to fix abused kids’ relationships to their parents with no regard for how that could harm them in the long run (Adrien, Chloé and Kagami). It’s a pattern, but the show thinks Marinette’s missteps shouldn’t be pointed out because she “had good intentions” when her intentions in the instances of The Bubbler, Style Queen and Ikari Gozen were nothing more than: “Well, my parents are great, so these kids are obviously safe with the parents I just saw make them miserable!” The accusing finger for Chloé’s behavior should be pointed at Audrey. Marinette being ��triumphant” over Chloé because Chloé is now stuck with the abuser who made her is already iffy without the added grossness of Marinette being the one who reunited them in the first place.

#ml critical #ml salt #ml writing critical

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generalluxun · 8 months ago

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Touché- A Chlogami ficlet

So a discord server I am on is doing a fun thing with 750ish word fics for Pride Month. I figured I'd post anything I wrote here too. So without further ado.

Post Glaciator 2, things have been going better for Marinette. Chloé seems like a non issue, though she has been ‘excused’ from gym class regularly. Building up her courage, Marinette decides to attend fencing class again to get closer to Adrien. However when she arrives…

The two fencers lashed back and forth along the strip. Kagami’s bright red uniform stood out, the other fencer was dressed in a striking yellow.

The color of Adrien’s hair… Marinette sighed.

The match was intense. Kagami’s quick and controlled style versus her foe’s brute aggression. Marinette couldn’t imagine anyone else but Adrien giving Kagami such a fight, so she inched closer to the watching crowd to cheer him on silently. Other students gave her room in the semi-circle. He really is going all out… If he’s tired after, maybe I could go get him a water. Then he’d be so happy he’d ask me out. He’d propose over dinner. We’d get married and have three hamsters and a kid named Louis.

“Decided to come back?” A voice rippled on the edges of Marinette’s pink daydream.

“Yeah.” She wasn’t fully present.

“It’s good to see you here again.”

“Yeah.” She was drifting closer to the surface.

“Maybe we can practice a little when they’re done,” the voice was starting to register.

Marinette’s head craned around slowly to the person beside her. She recoiled in shock, throwing her hands up and dropping her foil. “Adrien!”

His smile was everything. He stooped to pick up her foil. “Hey Marinette.”

She lunged for it, they bumped heads and she backpedaled. Her world was reeling, “But- you- if- out there- here- who?”

“TOUCHE!” Mr. D’agincourt called, blessedly pulling attention away from Marinette.

On the strip Kagami stood over her fallen foe, with her saber’s point to her opponent’s chest. Theirs was thrust against her thigh, just shy of a legal strike. Both fencers could be heard gasping from within their helmets.

Economy of motion, Kagami withdrew her weapon and reversed its grip, offering her opposite hand to help her opponent up. The other fencer swatted the hand away, but then grabbed Kagami’s forearm and pulled themselves up with her aid.

D’Agincourt was effusive as he approached, turning to the fencer in yellow, “Splendid! Magnificent! Such progress in such a short amount of time! Control, control is the only thing you lack. You have chosen your partner well to learn that lesson.”

Kagami pulled off her helmet, sweat matted her hair but only served to enhance her austere beauty. She squared her shoulders under the instructor’s praise. Beside Marinette, Adrien noted lightly, “And I’ll end up with fewer bruises after each lesson.”

The unanswered question returned, “But if you’re here, then who-?”

The Fencer in yellow pulled off their helmet and shook out a long blonde ponytail.

“CHLOÉ?!?!!”

Annnnnnnd all eyes were on Marinette again.

Kagami smiled in greeting while the blonde demon rolled her eyes. Kagami stepped off the strip, turning the spectacle into a more private affair. She pulled off her gloves as she approached. “It is good to see you, Marinette. We have not had enough occasions to ‘hang out’ as you had suggested.”

Marinette was still stun locked. “But- you- how- her- here? SWEATING!”

Chloé smirked. “I think she’s broken.”

“Hsst!” Kagami chided, thumping her saber lightly against Chloe’s shin.

Adrien supplied, “Chloé started fencing with us a few weeks ago. Kagami brought her, and she’s really taken to it!”

Marinette’s mind was clearing, but still she was having a hard time believing. “But you hate gym class!”

Chloé chuffed, then grinned. “The games they play are ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. Stabbing people is more my style.”

To Marinette’s surprise, Kagami snorted in mirth.

Marinette looked back at her, “but… why?”

Kagami’s smile returned, triumphant. “Because, I win Marinette.”

“Win?”

Kagami’s smile broadened, with a hint of familiar smirk slipping in. “You called my manga nonsense. I wished to prove you wrong. Enemies to rivals.”

Kagami stepped sideways, hooking her arm around Chloé’s waist.

She added, “Rivals, to lovers.”

Chloé’s head snapped to the side, but there was color on her cheeks. She looked back at the group and leaned slightly into Kagami’s side. “I have no idea what she is on about with her books, but I must say I like the outcome.”

That was too much, “You… two?!”

Chloé perked, an idea forming late. “She’s got a sword... Does this mean I can stab Marinette?”

Kagami hissed again, but squeezed the other girl, “Behave, or I shall be forced to humble you once more on the field.”

Chloé was already pulling on her helmet again. “I love it when you try.”

#ml fanfic #miraculous ladybug #chlogami #adrienette #marinette dupain cheng #chloe bourgeois #kagami tsurugi #adrien agreste #ml ficlet #pride month #LGBTQ+

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miraculousystuff · 5 months ago

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Chloe’s Story Pt 2

Marinette almost groaned as Chloe called her, gesturing to Alya to wait a second. What did she want? She picked up the phone, and sighed. “What is it Chloe?” she said, only to be interrupted by coughs and sobs. Marinette sighed again. “If this is about bird poop on your designer shoes again, I’m hanging up.” Alya snickered behind her, making her best friend laugh too. Soon, they were both laughing, not even noticing that Chloe hung up. She stared as her screen went black, her sobs slowing down as she remembered. Marinette and Chloe weren’t friends. She had thought they were, helping her expose Lila, gaining everyone back. But of course, the whole point was so Marinette could have Alya back, and Chloe was left alone, just like she always was. She wiped her tears away furiously, groaning. Almost resigned, the heartbroken teenager began walking back to her house, slowly. When she reached the hotel, she didn’t expect a fork whizzing past her head. She dodged it, but barely, grazing her cheek enough to draw blood. Chloe hissed in pain, but couldn’t say she was surprised. Her mother must have found out about the affair. The screams could have been heard from New York, her parents fighting loud and violent. Multiple things could be heard crashing, but none of them relented, instead screaming louder. Chloe was about to back out when her mother stormed up to her, livid. “YOU! YOU WERE A DOWNRIGHT BRAT FROM THE START CLEO!” Audrey screamed, slapping Chloe across the cheek. She gasped, but didn’t react much more than that. After all, she was almost used to it. Audrey slapped her again. “HOW DARE YOUR FATHER CHEAT ON ME!” she spat, as if it was Chloe’s fault. The teenager swallowed, knowing it was about to get even more violent. Audrey picked up the charcuterie board Nadia and Andre had abandoned and grinned almost sadistically. “It would have been so much better if you weren’t born at all.” she said, then hit her daughter on the head with the board, splitting it in two. Chloe yelped in pain, her vision suddenly dizzy, staggering. “I-” she started, but her mother beat her to it. “You’re just a spoiled rich brat, just like your father.” she said, and grabbed a champagne bottle. “I wish you didn’t exist, but it’s better late than never.” she cackled, then smashed the bottle against Chloe’s head. She swayed, her vision slowly fading as she staggered to the floor. Then, the whole world went black.

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This is the next part of the first little snippet I posted. Let me know if I should continue, or it’s fine as just a sad two shot. I’ve also started writing the aftermath of The Corey Curse, and @animechefgirl454 has also given me ideas for it! Feel free to share opinions and give requests, and have a great day ❤️❤️❤️!

#marinette dupain cheng #alya cesaire #chloe bourgeois #chloe sugar #slight marinette salt?#slight alya salt #alya salt #audrey bourgeois salt #Abusive Audrey #Chloe abused #chloe needs help #Trigger warnings #emotional abuse #Physical abuse #second part

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celestiall0tus · 5 months ago

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Tales of Bloody Bug and Chat Noir - Chapter 67 - Erupt

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Adrien sat hunched over Daizzi’s anklet. His brows knotted in concentration as his eye twitched in frustration. He hit the vital points again, but no reaction. He gritted his teeth as he tried again, but nothing. He tried again and again until he groaned and threw the tool and Daizzi’s anklet into the hair. He slammed his face onto the table as the tool clattered beside him and Daizzi caught her anklet. Plagg peeked over from the middle of the table and grinned while Daizzi approached Adrien.

“Adrien, I do appreciate what you’re trying to do, but could we maybe, I don’t know, take a break?” Daizzi asked.

“No. I have this. I know I do. I just need to do better,” Adrien remarked.

“I know, but we’ve been at this for a few weeks, and it just feels, I don’t know, exhausting.”

Adrien sat up. “But I haven’t gotten it right. I have to get it right. I have to help set you all free.”

“I know, and I appreciate that, but I don’t think this is helping you. I think you should take a break and relax.”

“I’ve already tried that multiple times and it has only gotten worse.”

“Oh, come now. I’m sure it’s not all that bad. There was the pool, and-.”

“Don’t remind me of the pool. I hated seeing Alix body slammed by that ox. I wanted to do something, maybe not beat Kim up like Chloe and Zoe did, but I don’t know what. Not to mention seeing certain people dressed in swimsuits like that just… I don’t want to talk about it.”

Plagg smirked as he sauntered over to Adrien and Daizzi. “What’s the matter, Adrien? Your frustrations getting to be too much for you?”

“Not enough to have you destroy them,” Adrien hissed.

“It’d be much easier if you were just free of them,” Plagg remarked.

“But who’s to say they won’t come back? I mean, there’s still Gabriel who isn’t really doing the best at reconnecting with Adrien. Granted Adrien isn’t trying either as he’s always here, but what can you do? There’s also Felix who is still trying to pursue Kagami even after Alix told him that Kagami wasn’t interested. Which also didn’t end well when the two got into a fist fight. There’s also his mortal carnal desires taking root after Mayura removed the associated emotions with his trauma that sorta, y’know, clears that up. But not good since he’s without a mortal companion to engage in such activities with.”

Adrien tsked. “Even if I did, I wouldn’t do whatever it is that stuff is. Thinking and doing whatever comes after kissing are two very different things.”

“From the insults I gather from Alix for Felix, you just need to think with this other head she speaks of,” Plagg commented.

“I… I don’t even know what that means. Whatever! It doesn’t even matter. Look, I’d rather just forget all about those feelings, but not have them destroyed, alright? I can… I can deal with this.”

Plagg grumbled as he rolled his eyes and returned to the center of the table.

“Well, uh, can we still take a break? Oh! How about music? You and Nino seemed to enjoy that, right? It got your mind off things, right?” Daizzi suggested.

“Not for long,” Adrien admitted.

“What about hanging out with Nino then? You two seemed to have fun at the pool, and I’m sure he misses you, right?”

“Not yet. There will be time to relax once I get this finished. I know how to do it. I just need to do it right.”

“What about Rose’s sweet sixteen party thing she’s having today? That one Alix went to?” Plagg suggested.

“Oh! Yes! That should be fun,” Daizzi added.

“Marinette’s there,” Adrien remarked.

“But… I thought you were tolerating her?”

“I am, but that doesn’t mean I want to spend more time with her than I have to. C’mon, Daizzi, give me the anklet.”

Daizzi hesitated before she gave Adrien the anklet. Adrien held the tool up to the anklet when Kagami caught his eye. He pursed his lips as she stared at him.

“What is commotion here?” Kagami asked.

“Nothing you need to worry about, Kagami. Why are you even here?” Adrien asked.

“Spending time with the heroes, or as I told Mother. I’ve grown to love this place for the quiet serenity it offers away from the culture shock of Paris. It is also where I’ve been meeting the Lee girl. So, not a complete lie to Mother, but not an entire truth either.”

“Oh yeah? What brought this change? I thought you always did as your mother told you.”

“I do and am, but your sister opened my eyes to a truth hidden under my nose. One that I failed to realize of my own accord. I still possess a hint of luxury you westerners flaunt so freely: choice. Even as I remain loyal to Mother as a modern day onna-musha should, but I do have a duty to accept orders that I want, not because I’m told.”

“Oh? And where was this before when you were ordered to marry me?” Adrien countered.

“I didn’t believe I had such a luxury at the time. I believed my own wants didn’t matter and that I should be honored to receive and follow such orders. That, and I didn’t hate the idea of being betrothed to you. That was until you found out and actively sabotaged it. You and Felix both.”

“What does that even matter now? You still upset over it all? And what about Alix? Wasn’t she an obstacle to you?”

“I have forgiven her part in it as I recognized the true root cause. You refused to be content with what could have been a successful empire between the Agrestes and Tsurugis. Felix is a misguided fool that believes he is love, when any love he had long soured into obsession.”

“Don’t turn this around on me just because I didn’t love you. Just because I loved the most amazing, wonderful girl there ever was instead of you. Just because you would have trapped me into a life I hated just as Gabriel had tried to do.”

“I didn’t want or need your love, Adrien. I needed a secure future where I wouldn’t worry where my next meal would come from, where I would sleep, or if I would lose any commodity. Mother made it clear she wouldn’t be around forever, and while she’d do what she can to ensure my future, I had to pull my own weight to secure all these things. I agreed with the arrangement because I could do just that, until you ruined it. Pushed Mother into making a deal with devil herself. You and Felix.”

“Ok, and? What do you want? An apology?”

“Save your empty words. I want you to understand, and you won’t until I tell you.”

“Understand what?”

“Me. We are supposed to be friends, however in becoming friends with Alix, I realized how we aren’t truly friends. I wanted to be a better friend, but I felt an obstruction, a barrier of sorts. It took some meditation and self-reflection to realize that I am angry that you put my future at such a terrible risk. I’m angry that you forced Mother to make a risky deal with a devil. Everything we’ve ever done is for the future of the Tsurugi line, and you and Felix put it all in jeopardy. Do you understand?”

“No, I don’t. Look, I don’t care about that right now, Kagami. I have other things to contend with.”

“Like what?”

“Well, like-,” Adrien started.

“Avoiding Gabriel,” Daizzi remarked.

“Avoiding Felix,” Plagg added.

“Isolating himself,” Daizzi continued.

“Letting his carnal desires pile up,” Plagg continued.

“Plagg!” Adrien yelled.

“Oh, and trying to set us free. Though he’s not doing the greatest,” Daizzi commented.

“I’m doing my best, ok?” Adrien yelled.

Kagami moved around the table to where Adrien sat. “Your best is not always your good enough. Learn that lesson now. Now, show me what you’re doing with that tool.”

“Oh, you think you can do better?”

“I know I can do better. I am better.”

“Fine. Watch, and we’ll see if you really are.”

Adrien hit the vital points once to show Kagami before he handed her the anklet and tool. She held up the anklet, twirled the tool in her free hand, and struck the vital points, sure and true. The anklet flashed once and Daizzi’s body glitched out. They watched Daizzi glitch until she stabilized into the larger size Plagg, Tikki, and Fluff were.

“Oh, wow! Look at me, Plagg! I’m back to normal already!” Daizzi cheered.

“What? How did you do that right the first time?” Adrien demanded.

Kagami dropped the tool on the table in front of Adrien. “I told you. I’m better. But if you want a suitable answer, you are sloppy. Your movements are hesitant and lacking discipline. A terrible embarrassment for someone that is meant to be a champion fencer. Though I guess the French’s standards really are just that lacking if someone like you is a champion.”

Adrien’s jaw dropped as he glared at Kagami.

“Excuse me. May I have my anklet, please?” Daizzi asked Kagami.

Kagami nodded and handed Daizzi the anklet. Daizzi grinned as she absorbed the anklet into her body. Kagami shot Adrien a look before she started for the exit. Kagami stopped and glanced back at Adrien.

“A moment of clarity hit me. Though I’m angry at your past actions, I can overlook with relief that I wasn’t shackled to someone like you. If I can truly feel love like that is still something I’m debating with myself, but I do know I would have been miserable chained to someone as irresponsible, stubborn, undisciplined, privileged child that you are. Almost feels fitting you were with a girl and not a real woman. You wouldn’t have deserved her otherwise.”

Adrien gritted his teeth, stood up, and slammed his hands on the table. “And who are you to judge me? You said it yourself that we barely know each other. You don’t know everything I’ve gone through as Adrien or as Chat Noir. You don’t know how it has impacted me and what’ve had to do. I may not come from a rigid, cold, unloving family like yours, but don’t dare assume I’m any of those things when you don’t even know me.”

“Then why are you proving me right with this little tantrum? Why are you showing me that you, for all you say, are just as bad, if not worse? As you stand there, screaming, yelling, slamming the table, all to claim you aren’t everything I just said. All to throw judgements back at me, made out of irrational emotion rather than logic.”

“Because I can at least say I’m human and wasn’t raised to be a mindless robot to follow the orders of my parents. What’s your excuse?”

“I have none nor do I need one. I am fine with how I am. Better than being like someone like you.”

“If you don’t like this, then good luck with Alix. She’s no better.”

Kagami chuckled as she turned back to Adrien with a smile. Adrien’s eyes widened at the sight of a such a small, genuine smile.

“Alix is so much more than you ever will be. It’s honestly adorable how you think you can mimic what she is,” Kagami remarked.

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“I know you’re not that stupid and see what you’re doing. I remember she was just as angry once too, like how you are now. However, she wore her anger better than you. Granted she had the bite to back her bark, which I do admire. Unlike you who is all bark and no bite. If you’re going to copy your sister, you might as well go all the way, otherwise you just look like a little bitch.”

“Oh fuck you! Just because I’m angry and lashing out doesn’t make me like Alix. I can be angry if I want to be.”

“Right. That’s why you’re using it to shield yourself like she did. That’s why you’re lashing out as I saw her do. Right, you’re just being angry because you can and seldom allowed it to be seen before, or am I wrong?”

“Not entirely,” Plagg remarked.

“Plagg!” Adrien scolded.

“Look, as much as I love this circle, I don’t. You’re both wrong. Now shut up,” Plagg hissed.

“Yeah. I don’t have much context, but you aren’t doing yourself any favors by staying here, cooped up in your head, and with all that frustration. It’s just… making things worse,” Daizzi remarked.

“Agreed. How about this, we allow Kagami to reset all the kwamis, while you relax,” Plagg suggested.

“Oh, yes! That way, we’ll all be reset, and Xuppu, Pollen, Wayzz, Trixx, and myself will be able to choose new holders. Kagami will earn favor among the heroes, Adrien gets a break, and we’ll all be free. It’ll be one last problem.”

“I… but… what about the others? Gabriel, Felix, and these… horrid thoughts?”

“What’s going on with Felix?” Kagami asked.

“He still wants you,” Plagg answered.

“What? I thought Alix said she was going to talk to him?”

“Well, you see, she sorta tried. But Felix didn’t believe. And then it escalated into a fight. And they got hurt. And they got in trouble. And Felix is still set on winning you back,” Daizzi said.

Kagami tsked. “I was hoping to not have to deal with him, but it cannot be avoided. I’ll see you later, Adrien.”

“Where are you going now?” Adrien asked.

“To deal with your delusional cousin. Maybe that’ll help with this frustration you’re experiencing. Though do work on it. It does us no good to have one of leaders as a crying child.”

Adrien opened his mouth, but Kagami teleported out of the realm. He sighed and rested his head on the table.

“Adrien? Are you ok?” Daizzi asked.

‘Just… leave me alone,” Adrien said.

“But-!”

“It’s fine, Daizzi. I’ll be here with him,” Plagg said.

Daizzi nodded and vanished. Plagg sighed and moved closer to Adrien.

“You really need to work on this, Adrien. If you will not let me get rid of those frustrations, you must do something. Especially after that little display. Such a display that wouldn’t have happened if you didn’t let these feelings fester into the chaos that they are,” Plagg admonished.

“I know, I know. I… I’m sorry.”

“Sorry means nothing if you don’t do something about it. So, will you do something about it?”

“I will. I just… I need a moment.”

“Very well, but once this moment is over, I expect to see you resolving these chaotic feelings. I will not tolerate them any longer, understood?”

Adrien nodded as he adjusted his head to rest it on his arms. Plagg settled into a loaf near Adrien and purred loudly. Adrien’s eyes grew heavy as he focused on Plagg’s purr as he fell asleep.

Alix watched Rose mingle with her guests as the party died down. She glanced at her phone at the time and decided it was time. She grinned, slinked through the shadows, and scooped Rose up. Rose screeched and broke out in giggles.

“Alix! What are you doing?” Rose asked.

“I’m stealing the princess away to a faraway realm. The time has finally come.”

Rose shrieked as Alix carried her away. Alix darted between the remaining guests as she headed to a secluded area. Alix touched the gem on her bracelet, and they were teleported to the heroes’ realm. Alix set Rose down, took her hand, and led her out into the plaza.

“What’s all this about, Alix?” Rose asked.

“You’ll see. Come along.”

Rose rolled her eyes but followed Alix. They stepped up to the fountain and the statue of Badb. Rose gasped as she gazed up at the statue.

“I… when was this added?”

“Not long after the accident. Tikki made them to immortalize and honor our fallen comrades. I realize it may be a little shitty bringing you here on a day about you, but I also didn’t have any other evil queen to bring you to.”

“What?”

“Juleka and I had talked. We had this whole thing planned for the two of you. I was going to steal you away where she would have waited for you here for a big birthday surprise just for you two. And, well, yeah. Something about wanting it to be like something out of a fairytale with the evil queen wanting to steal the princess away.”

Rose’s eyes misted over as she burst out laughing. “Oh, Jewel. I would have loved to have seen that. If only you were still here. Alas, you’re not. This is no fairytale, not like we always talked about. There is no happily ever after for us anymore. I’m sorry I wasn’t better.”

“Rose?”

“I’m sorry. I just… I try not to think about it. The sacrifice she made for me. She threw me into the bubble, and I tried to retrieve her with Fetch, but it didn’t reach her in time. The ball was caught in the blast with Juleka. I know why she did it. I know she wanted to save me over herself, but the fact that I couldn’t return the favor, it hurts. And it always will, but I won’t let it stop me. She wanted me to live, and it still hurts, but I’ll live for her.”

Alix opened her mouth when Luka stepped out around the corner of the statue and glared at Rose.

“And here you are at long last. What took you so long to pay proper respects to the girl you claimed to have loved?” Luka hissed.

“Pardon? What are you talking about?” Rose demanded.

“You know full well what I’m talking about. It’s been months since that event. Months since you moved on so easily. Do you even care that she’s gone? Did you even love her?”

“I… no. I know I don’t need to justify myself to you. I know full well I loved Juleka. I know that her absence has been hard on myself. I know there isn’t a moment that I don’t miss her. However, I won’t sit here and explain myself to you.”

“Because you’re scared of realizing you never truly loved her. Because you can easily go on smiling and laughing even though she’s only been gone a few months. You’ve clearly moved on from her. Must have been easy when you had someone like her.”

“Don’t be afraid to speak my name, Luka. Or is there something you’re holding off for someone as special as me?” Alix challenged.

“Oh, yes, yes I do. When are you going to set things right? When are you going to undo that mess? Don’t you think you’ve waited long enough?” Luka demanded.

“Nothing is going to happen. Everything that did and has will remain as it is,” Alix answered.

“What?”

“I didn’t stutter.”

“You have the power of time at your disposal. You can go back in time and fix all this. You can set things right, but you’d rather everyone just suffer, is that it? You’d rather people just wallow in misery over their loved ones being gone just to keep whatever you’ve gained so far.”

“No. I agree with Fluff that things should be left alone. That if we tried to change things, we could be dooming others. We may have lost Porcelet, Badb, Fennec, and Bomb Bee this time, but if we go back, who will be lost instead? Maybe instead of Badb, it’d be the sniveling lost rabbit Harlequin. Would you rather that?” Alix challenged.

“Enough! Luka, we’re all living with this pain. It’s not just you. Please, you must understand that. You’re not alone,” Rose butted in.

“He won’t. This little fucker has played victim in everything. Begging for pity and people to take it easy on him. I bet even his little ‘I was bullied and that’s why I’m so withdrawn’ is all bullshit at this point,” Alix retorted.

Luka tensed up as he glared down at Alix.

“Alix, don’t. Now is not the time to antagonize anyone,” Rose whispered.

“Bullshit! This fucker was just doing that to you and you, what, want to reason with him? Fuck that. Listen here you little bitch. You aren’t the only one that is suffering. You aren’t the only one that lost someone important. We’re all still mourning in our own ways. Just because it’s not your brand of wallowing in self-loathing, pity, and whatever else, doesn’t mean we’re not all still going through it all. So, do us all a favor and get over yourself, prick!” Alix roared.

Rose grimaced as she shielded her eyes and looked at the ground. Alix and Luka glared daggers at each other until Tikki materialized between them. Tikki crouched down and glanced up at them with a cheeky smirk.

“I believe this is one of those moments that mortals would kiss each other,” Tikki remarked.

Luka’s face flushed red as he covered his mouth and turned away.

Alix shook her head as she looked at Tikki. “Seriously?”

“What? You two just radiate tension. Well, normal tension for you. But him? Oh boy! It’s like those terrible, yet engaging soaps that are on your TV programs. You know where the guy hates the girl, but really wants to-.”

Tikki was cut off as Luka teleported out of the realm.

Alix snorted. “Good riddance.”

“Alix, that was-,” Rose started.

“What did I miss out here?” Kagami asked.

Alix, Rose, and Tikki all turned to see Kagami across from them.

“Nothing important. Just an over-sensitive little bitch,” Alix remarked.

“You mean other than Adrien?” Kagami asked.

“What do you mean? What happened?”

“We had a talk. He wasn’t happy about it. Then I went to Felix. Talked with him too. He didn’t like it either.”

Alix groaned. “Felix can wait. Where is Adrien?”

“In the meeting room resting on the table with Plagg next to him purring like a motorboat.”

“Thank you. One moment, Rose,” Alix said.

Alix ran into the keep to the meeting room. Tikki followed Alix as they stepped into the room to see Adrien asleep and Plagg beside him. Alix moved and shook Adrien awake while Tikki scooped up cat Plagg. Adrien groaned as he slowly lifted his head.

“Wh-what time is it?” Adrien asked.

“Time to tell me what happened earlier,” Alix answered.

“Alix? Oh, uh, it was-,” Adrien started.

“He and Kagami had a little spat. Kagami told him how she felt about what he’s done in the past, and how much of a bitch he’s become,” Plagg answered.

“Is this true?” Alix asked.

“M-more or less,” Adrien admitted.

“Alright, Adrien, it’s time. You can’t keep doing this shit,” Alix started.

“I know! I know. I already talked with Plagg and I see I need to do something to deal with all this frustration. I can’t… I can’t keep trying to distract myself. I just… I don’t know how to handle all this frustration. It all just feels out of my control still.”

“Well, Kagami spoke with Felix, so hopefully that piece is done. I can’t really help you with your sexual frustrations, but for Gabriel, you need to put in more of an effort. I know it’s weird, but you wanted this. You can’t just let him go free, tell him you want to be a family again, and then just avoid him. As for the kwamis, well, just give them a break and work on yourself first,” Alix suggested.

“Well, for the kwamis, I was thinking of having Kagami reset them. She reset Daizzi today on the first try and completely. Unlike Mayura where the kwamis still needed time to get back to full power,” Adrien remarked.

“That works too. That would just leave Gabriel for the time. Just… make more of an effort.”

“I will. I promise.”

“Now why couldn’t you be that way with Luka?” Rose remarked.

Alix flinched as she looked back at Rose behind her. “We need to get you a bell.”

“Oh, I have plenty, but that’s besides the point. If you can be that gentle with Adrien, why not Luka?”

“Because Luka is a bitch.”

“Agreed. I have not interacted with him much, but he reeks of self-loathing and exudes hatred,” Kagami added.

Everyone turned to see Kagami standing in the entrance.

“Kagami, I… I’m s-,” Adrien started.

Kagami raised a hand that silenced Adrien. “Save your apologies. Words are cheap. I want to see you make up for all grievances between us with action. Only then can we begin being these friends we are already supposed to be. And I will be sure to do the same.”

“R-right,” Adrien whispered.

“Alix, good luck with Felix,” Kagami said.

“Not my problem, until it is,” Alix remarked.

Kagami nodded. She waved and left them.

“So, what now?” Alix asked.

“I… I think I’ll go back home. Make an effort to do better. See you there soon?” Adrien asked.

“Yeah. I’ll home in time for dinner. And, Adrien?”

“Yeah?”

“Make sure to take it easy and speak your piece. Let the others know too.”

Adrien nodded. He touched the gem and was transported back to the Kubdel home in Alix’s room. He heard sad American country music playing. He looked over at Alix’s bed and saw Felix curled up in a ball, crying into a pillow. He grimaced as he slipped out of the room and headed downstairs. He paused along the dim stairs as he listened to Alim and Amelie chatting in the kitchen. He crept down and peered over to see the couple preparing dinner while Gabriel watched the news on mute in the sitting room.

Adrien hesitated going down until he felt something brush against his leg. He looked down and saw Plagg in cat form. He leaned down and scooped up Plagg. He took a deep breath and approached Gabriel.

“H-hey, would you mind if I sat with you?” Adrien asked.

Gabriel nodded and scooted over. Adrien pursed his lips as he sat on the couch with Gabriel.

“What brought about this change of heart, Adrien? You’ve been avoiding me since I got here,” Gabriel pointed out.

“I… I had a talk with someone. Er, two someones. Well, more like three. A-anyway, that’s not the point. I… I realized I wasn’t being fair to you… or myself. Mostly myself, but you were part of the problems I was running away from. And I’m sorry.”

“Adrien, what’s going on?”

Adrien sucked in a deep breath. “I’ve… I… I need to tell you something! It’s… I just… I-!”

Plagg meowed and caught Adrien midsentence. Adrien looked down at Plagg’s curious eyes.

“I have to. I… I need to trust him. I need to see. And… and it’ll be the only way I can explain all of this to him. In a way he can understand. Please.”

Plagg nodded. He slipped out of Adrien’s arms and jumped onto the coffee table. Gabriel opened his mouth as Plagg transformed into his human form and stared at Gabriel.

“What the-!” Gabriel yelled.

“Hello, Gabriel. I am Plagg, kwami of destruction.”

“Kwami? That means… Adrien, you’re… you’re Chat Noir?” Gabriel roared.

Adrien shrank back and shrugged with a nervous smile.

“Yes, he is. And allow me to make one thing clear. We know you sought my and Sugarcube’s miraculous. And, during a certain time, we would have feared you taking us away. However, these are not those times. You dare touch my ring, Adrien or no, I will destroy you. Do you understand?” Plagg warned.

“I… well, yes, but Adrien, why? Just… why?” Gabriel demanded.

Adrien hesitated before he took a deep breath. “Freedom, Gabriel. Freedom. I was sick of being trapped in that mansion. I told you, but you never listened. So, when I was given the black cat, how could I not take the chance to take my life into my own hands? How could I not take control over something you ripped away from me?”

“I… I don’t know what to say.”

“Then, please, just listen. Please.”

Gabriel sighed and nodded. Adrien explained everything that had happened to him from the moment he became Chat Noir, to Mayura, and up until now. He shared all his frustrations that had plagued him over the past few months before he broke down in tears.

“And I just don’t know what to do anymore. Some things had gotten easier, but others are just as difficult. I have solutions to the big ones, but the others don’t have clear answers, and I just don’t know what to do about them. I… I need help,” Adrien admitted.

Gabriel hesitated for a moment before he gently patted Adrien’s back. “I… I admit I’m not sure how to help you, Adrien. But I’ll do my best to be there in what ways I can.”

“That’s all I could ask. And… thank you… for listening.”

“Boys! It’s almost dinnertime! Oh, Adrien, where is Alix?” Amelie asked.

“Uh, she’s not here,” Adrien answered.

“She’s with Rose. I imagine they’re, how did Sugarcube put it again? Ah, yes. The beast is ravaging the beauty,” Plagg remarked with a chuckle.

Alim and Gabriel pursed their lips and furrowed their brows while Amelie and Adrien were confused.

“What does that mean?” Adrien asked.

“Yeah, what does that mean?” Amelie asked.

Alim glanced at Amelie, then at Gabriel. “Putting a pin in that. Gabriel, have you not had that talk with Adrien?”

Gabriel looked away and covered his mouth. “I… admit I expected Emilie to take care of that.”

“Right. Amelie, have you had that talk with Felix?”

“The what? Oh. Oh! I, uh, expected Colt to have done that,” Ameli admitted.

Alim deadpanned. He groaned and pinched the bridge of his nose.

Plagg chuckled and approached Alim. “Looks like you’ll have an interesting weekend, old man.”

“Yes, yes. Get your cheese and go do whatever it is you do.”

“I planned on it. I need something to take the edge off after dealing with all this chaos.”

Alim stepped out of Plagg’s way and looked between Amelie and Gabriel. “I’ll be speaking with both of you later. For now, Adrien, can you get Felix?”

“What about Alix?” Amelie asked.

“I’ll put a plate aside for her.”

“But what is she doing that she’d miss dinner?”

Alim sighed and leaned in close. He whispered in Amelie’s ear as her face flushed red.

“That’s what she’s doing? But she’s too young for that!” Amelie screeched.

“Amelie, she’s fifteen, about to be sixteen in a couple months. It’s natural for teens to explore these aspects of themselves. I’m not going to shame Alix for what comes naturally to us as humans. Josi had that done to her and she… she didn’t make the best decisions in life because of it. I promised Josi that I wouldn’t put Alix through that.”

“But-!”

“No more, Amelie. I’ve said my piece. Now, Adrien, go get Felix. It’s dinnertime.”

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mcheang · 1 year ago

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Last Shot for Revenge

Chloe: I have 2 things to tell you before I leave this ridiculous city behind. 1. Don’t think you’re safe for one moment, Dupain-Cheng. I may not be around anymore but Lila still is.

Marinette: What? Lila?

Chloe: Did you honestly think she would be gone for good? We both know how much she loves holding a grudge. And please, that whole fake slap act, not really my style, and we both know it.

Marinette was stunned. Her broken heart temporarily forgotten as the threat of Lila made itself known. “Why are you telling me this?”

Chloe: Because the traitor left me to the mob. I haven’t heard a word from her since. With that lying tongue of hers, she could have fed me lines to mother so daddy wouldn’t get his way. I don’t like you, Dupain-Cheng. But you’re the only I know of who has put Lila in her place.

Marinette: Lila was with you during your election as mayor?

Chloe: with me? She was the one with this whole stupid idea in the first place. I knew accepting an akuma was a bad idea but she insisted I do it.

Marinette gasped. Lila always played a bigger game. Why would she want Chloe akumatized? Why would she abandon Chloe? The answer was obvious. She got what she wanted and no longer needed Chloe.

(Or Lila abandoned Chloe once she lost all power).

Marinette: What’s the second thing then?

Chloe: Oh, Adri-traitor is moving to London. How funny that it’ll just be like the old times. The two of us alone, and you not part of our social circle. Isn’t that sad?

She gave a cruel laugh.

Marinette said coldly, “Quiet, Chloe. I already know about Adrien because he told me. I also know that he loves me, and he is through with you and your ridiculous ways. Unless you have anything more to add about Lila, I’m hanging up.”

Chloe paused. She exhaled. “Fine. Lila told me that the war has only just started. And it won’t just be you she’s after. I’m not sure about the rest of the losers in our class, but other than you, she definitely dislikes Ms Bustier.“

Marinette: Ms Bustier didn’t even do anything to her.

Chloe: I know. But it was her idea to get Caline fired. One more thing. She was insistent I work with Gabriel and the blind woman, wanting me to have a live camera on at all times so she could see them.

Marinette: She must still hold a grudge against Gabriel for firing her.

Chloe: obviously. When we got Sabrina to fake the forms, Lila was all for making Adrien’s fake answer as worse as possible. So much for having a crush on the traitor. That’s all. Have fun at the dance, racoon eyes.

Then she hung up, unwilling to let Dupain-Cheng have the last word.

Marinette stood alone. Tikki came out. “So Lila is still here. And I have no idea what she’s planning.”

This was supposed to have been the perfect night. Chloe gone. A romantic dance. Instead, Lila was still around, and Marinette had no way of keeping tabs on her. Worst of all, Adrien was moving to London.

#ladybug revolution alternate ending #I really wanted Chloe to tattle on Lila

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p-artsypants · 1 year ago

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Blurb #22

I'm going to try to share 70 blurbs from my WIPs and unfinished fics to celebrate reaching 70 posted fics! To help with this endeavor, please feel free to send me a word or a fandom you know I write for, and I'll share the blurb. IDK if I'll get 70 prompts, but let's try it! Send as many as you want!

“Heads up!”

Adrien stopped the cannon ball as it rolled to him.

“Sorry about that! Slippery little buggers!”

“Oh, it’s no problem.” Then he went to lift it, only not able to even lift it off the floor.

“My, you’re a feeble one, aren’t you?”

“Um, excuse me?” Chloe interjected. “Who do you think you’re talking to? This is Prince Adrien!”

The assembled crew giggled, trying to pretend they hadn’t been watching.

Marinette blinked, then easily picked the cannon ball up. “Forgive me. You’re a feeble Prince, aren’t you, Your Highness?”

Adrien blushed wildly, not used to being talked to this way.

“Caline!” A shrill voice called over to the Third Mate. The voice belonged to the quartermaster, a girl with brunette hair in two low ponytails hanging down by her face. “The Powder Monkey dropped a cannon ball and it almost hit the Prince!”

“What!?”

“She has a name, you know!” Called another woman with auburn hair by the helm.

“Yes,” the quartermaster drawled. “I know. But that’s Captain’s orders, Alya, use someone’s rank when they’ve done something wrong. And since everything Powder Monkey does is a mistake, I have forgotten her name.”

The Powder Monkey blushed hotly, partly in embarrassment, and partly in rage.

“So what do you say, Caline? What’s the punishment for nearly taking off someone’s foot?”

“I say she is removed from the ship.” Spoke the cold voice of the duke. “I will not tolerate someone speaking to the Prince so casually, especially not some ship rat.”

“Father,” the Prince warned. “She was just teasing me. I wasn’t offended. Can we not throw someone out for minor offenses?”

“I’d rather get rid of the riff-raff before we set sail, so no provisions are wasted on her.”

“Yes!” Chloe agreed. “It’s high time we rid ourselves of the useless Powder Monkey!”

“Enough!” The voice of Captain Bourgeois silenced the argument. “We haven’t even left harbor and you girls are already squabbling!”

Chloe and the quartermaster bowed their heads.

“Despite the slip ups, our Powder Monkey knows the inside and outside of this ship better than I do. She was born and raised on it, and no one can replace her. Her job is the most dangerous, and most vital.”

The girl seemed to glow at the praise.

“That being said, Powder Monkey, be wise to keep your mouth shut and your eyes on your work. Any more problems, and this will be your last job. I don’t care who your family is. Understood?”

“Yes sir!”

“Good, get back to work…whatever your name is!”

The girl hurried off with the cannonball.

Adrien, born of noble birth and blood, had rarely spent time with the so called ‘riff-raff’. This girl had arrived like a breath of fresh air. She hadn’t fallen all over herself to impress him. In fact, she didn’t try to do anything. Just a little tease, a little jest. It was nice. She was nice.

He felt extremely sorry for her.

The most dangerous job on the ship? What on earth was she doing? And why voluntarily?

This was more thought then he should have paid to the girl. Certainly his interactions with her to come would be limited.

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This fic is called 'Stardust' and I've talked about it a few times. It connects to Blurb #15. I like to day dream about it. I have some more blurbs I'll share later, along with concept art if anyone is interested.

Despite not really being in the ML fandom anymore, I like this AU enough, I might write it all someday...maybe...

#fanfiction #miraculous ladybug #adrien agreste #ml #ladybug #chat noir #marinette dupain cheng #adrienette #stardust #70 for 70 celebration

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miraculouslybroadway · 1 year ago

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Tales of Multibug & Vipercat:

Chloe’s Internship (But Really, Chloe’s Character Arc)

At first, she did not like it when Ladybug said she didn’t get the bee miraculous anymore.

Then, slowly, she began realizing why she didn’t get the miraculous anymore. She was no better than Lila, who she despised. Sure she never lied to make herself look better, but she lied to get what she wanted and to hurt others. It didn’t matter how good she was as Queen Bee (well, it mattered a little), if she wasn’t as good as Chloe how good was she?

So that’s when she found Marinette and apologized. Actually, she apologized to all of them. The ones who didn’t follow Lie-la anyways. She even tried apologizing to Sabrina, but Sabrina wouldn’t listen.

She was the one who came up with the idea for the Superhero PR department. It regulated anything public about the heroes, issued public statements from Multibug and Vipercat, and as the icing on the cake, could override any social media or blog posts (or even whole blogs) and erase them from the internet.

So yes, maybe she did enjoy getting to click the button to take down the LadyBlog.

But beyond that there was a whole world of legal things she was learning, and it was actually really interesting. She advocated for herself to get an internship, and even went through an interview process. (That was when Marinette realized she was serious about making a change.)

At first it was hard balancing that with school (who knew actually applying yourself meant working harder), but she got the hang of it. Surprisingly it was Alix who helped her the most. Because Chloe struggled the most in history (and Alix literally lived in a museum), Alix offered to be her tutor.

All it had taken was one gay joke from Kim for Chloe to realize that she didn’t like Alix like that. Actually, she didn’t like anyone like that. She liked the attention, but even with Adrien she never felt like that before.

Alix was the one who supported her through this discovery, and when she was ready Alix was the one who sat next to her when she told their friends. They were all gathered in Marinette’s room hanging out when she decided it was time.

She had to go to work soon, but she took a breath and spit it out.

Marinette was thrilled. She immediately tackled Chloe in a hug.

“Chill out Nette, it’s not that big.” She scoffed (but was secretly relieved). “Luka get your girlfriend.”

Once Marinette was settled again she smiled and exclaimed, “Chloe it is a big deal! You trust us enough to share with this with us!”

Rose was beaming. “Yeah Chlo! And of course we’re happy! You’re our friend and we love you!!!” Beside her bubbly girlfriend, Juleka nodded in agreement.

That was the first time Chloe felt unconditional love.

The second time was when Marinette invited her over one evening for “no reason.”

“I’m dyeing my hair.” She announced proudly when Chloe entered her room.

Beside her was Juleka, holding an armful of tools. Kagami was there too, and so was Marc and they were painting each others nails.

She raised an eyebrow. “Nette, I could’ve called a stylist.”

Marinette beamed. “Juleka needs practice, she’s trying to get her certificate, and I volunteered to be a practice model.”

“Same!” Marc added from off to the side.

“Don’t look at me I am leaving with my hair the same color as it was when I arrived. I don’t feel like getting on my mom’s nerves right now, I’m in a good mood.” Kagami blew on her wet nail polish.

“Well…Juleka if you need practice I want some blue in my hair. Or black. Or something.”

From behind her bangs Juleka was beaming.

So that they in between putting foils in each others hair that little group had a lot of fun. By the next morning Marinette was doting pink hair at her tips fading out of her already brilliant blue. Marc’s hair had a rainbow peekaboo (Juleka was very proud of her work). True to her word, Kagami’s hair was the same color, but her nails sported an assortment of glitters, chrome powder, and various reds. As for Chloe, her hair…well it was certainly different. Her natural blonde faded into blue, fading into black. She now sported bangs with some pretty well done added layers.

It was a bit of a surprise when she first woke up and hasn’t processed that she had gone through with it, but once she realized she had it was worth it. Juleka had really done a great job.

She got picked up by her driver, but as she headed to work she couldn’t help but smile to herself. Chloe knew she was a work in progress, but she knew she had found the right people to help her on the way.

#chloe bourgeois redemption #alternate universe #miraculous ladybug

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uptoolateart · 1 year ago

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Where We Find Ourselves Again

CHAPTER 2 PREVIEW:

Marinette had done her best to keep her composure in the apartment, but as soon as she walked out the door, onto the street, everything she’d been holding in flooded out. She clutched her chest, breath heaving in and out, one word repeating in her mind.

Adrien.

All she wanted was him. But he was the one person she couldn’t stand to be with, right now. She just couldn’t face him.

Head down, she hurried down the road until she reached an alleyway, then ducked down it, just like the good old days, taken back so many years in the space of two blocks. Hiding away in the shadows, she slumped against the wall in the dim light and took long, slow breaths, as the last hour replayed in her mind.

The way he’d looked at her…he knew she was hiding something. Something more than just a miracle box in the apartment. But he wasn’t pushing. He was leaving it to her to make the decision to tell him – to share the burden she’d been carrying since that year he’d gone travelling.

Her kwami flew out of her shoulder bag and hovered at her side. ‘This is a bittersweet reunion.’

Marinette covered her face with her hands. ‘Oh, Tikki.’ The words came out as a squeak.

How many times had she pulled out those earrings, staring at her reflection in their mirrored surface, and been tempted to put them back on? To see her childhood companion once again? It had been so long that she’d almost convinced herself Tikki had been no more than an imaginary friend. But here she was, realer than anything else felt right now.

‘Adrien, he…Cat Noir….’

Tikki nodded. ‘It must be strange seeing him in that costume again, like no time has passed.’

‘No, it’s more than that, it’s…. We’ve had our share of arguments over the years but…I haven’t seen him that angry since….’ She swallowed, a vision of Cat Blanc returning to her along with her childhood.

Even after they’d defeated Monarch and sent Gabriel to another reality, she still sometimes searched Adrien’s face for traces, hints of Cat Blanc lurking beneath that beautiful surface.

‘That’s not going to happen,’ said Tikki.

‘How do you know? Do you remember what Adrien said, when we were teenagers? That Cat Blanc can never be defeated.’

‘Mm-hm. He’s a part of him that will always be in there and needs to be kept in balance. That’s why you supported him when he went off with Felix on that quest to find himself, isn’t it?’

‘Y-yes.’ With Felix. Guilt squeezed her heart. Accusing him hadn’t just been desperate – it had been cowardly. Of course he didn’t have any part in what was happening. Sure, he’d had a rough start as a kid, but he’d been kind to her over the years, and generous. He doted on the children like they were his own. He wouldn’t…wouldn’t betray them like…wouldn’t endanger them like….

Like I did.

‘Marinette, breathe.’

She was trying. ‘Tikki, what is wrong with me?’

‘What do you mean?’

‘I gave you up, Tikki.’

‘You had to –’

‘But I never gave up all the old…feelings. It’s like everyone else moved on and I didn’t. One sight of Chloe Bourgeois and I’m fourteen again, full of the same mistrust and doubts, keeping secrets….’ She ached to have Adrien’s arms around her, supporting her. But in that shadowy alleyway, she had to settle for holding herself.

‘Oh, Marinette…you’re thinking about what happened when Adrien was away, aren’t you.’

She pressed her eyes shut, letting hot tears spill out.

‘But that was so long ago! Don’t tell me you’ve let that hang over your head all this time.’

The tears fell harder.

‘Marinette….’ Tikki’s eyes were large with sympathy. ‘You can’t let one vision of the future keep you from living your life in the present.’

Keep reading at Ao3

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imsparky2002 · 2 years ago

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Lil’ Heroes - First Day

As expected, there was a commotion as the new students at Francois Daycare toddled into the room. There were children of all kinds. The Fairy Squad were whizzing around, Sabrinnochio was allowing Miremba to use her as a scratching post. Sleeping Nath and MarcElsa were finger painting and scribbling together. Snow Mylene had noticed QuasiIvan and Julebeast chatting, and deciding to become friends with them. Ivan was surprised that a pretty girl like her wanted to be with him, but he liked it. Maxiro was showing off his modified toy robot to Kimules, who immediately decided he loved hanging out with the other kid. Reshmabela had created a rose for Roselle. Marilan and Meridagami had decided to be “rivals”, which they thought meant, “friends but we play toy swords a lot”. AdriPunzel was using his hair as a skipping rope for Demolition Denise. CinderZoe was talking to TiAlya about how she loved to clean her room, and Alya mentioned how she loved making snacks for her family. Due to the curse on their family, Julebeast and Maestro Luka had turned into their beast and toy piano forms. Thankfully, no one seemed that bothered by it, with a lot of the kids finding Julebeast to be adorable (she kinda wished she was a lil scary). Juleka then started playing on Luka. Alix had nabbed some candy and toys from previous students in the confiscated, and was tossing them out for others to play with. Reshma had used her magic to create flowers for the teachers and other kids. AriOndine was having a blast, giggling with delight as she toddled around on her new legs, happy to have friends on land. Her favorite new friend, Kim, had given her a ride on his horsie, Xuppu. Jeanzco and Robette were putting on a show for all of their new friends to enjoy. Sure it was chaotic, but the fairy teachers, Miss Bustier and Miss Mendeliev, were just happy to see everyone getting along.

That is... until Chloestazia showed up. She was Zoe’s half-sister and was bratty to both her and the rest of her classmates. Most of the nicer students just ignored her, deciding that maybe she’d be nicer after a while. Some of the more feisty students messed with her, before being told to stop by Zoe and the more worried kids. Overall, Chloe tried to get everyone to do what she wanted, but would realize soon enough that it didn’t work like that. After snack time, Miss Bustier decided that everyone should have a full introduction to the rest of the class, with questions saved for after everyone was done.

Miss Bustier: Ok, everyone. It’s sharing time! We’re gonna go around the room and share what makes us special!

Kids: Yaayy!

Miss Mendeliev: And no interrupting ok? We don’t wanna have any timeouts on the first day. If you have a comment, raise your hand.

Aladdix: *Whispering to IsmaGenie* I no scared a timeouts.

IsmaGenie: *Whispering back* I wike yoo.

Miss Bustier: Alright, we’re gonna go in the order you’re sitting in the circle. Marinette, you’re up first.

Marinette: Uh, my name’s Mawinette and I’m fwom Chi.. China. Mama’s a wawwior and I wanna be just wike her! *Shows her toy sword*

Adripunzel: Hewwo! I’m Adwien. Imma pwince fwom Cowona, and I have two mommies. I got da magick haiw. It gwows and when I sing, it gets wid of booboos! *His hair glows in that moment.*

TiAlya: I wove cooking and gumbo. One day, Imma have a westawant and you can aww come! Oh, when I give fwogs a kiss they become hoomans.

Fairy GodBro: I a new faiwy god.. somethin. I hewp kids who awe in twouble.

Maxiro: I wike to make wobots and tech wike my mommy and daddy. Mawkov’s my buddy.

Aladdix: I wove takin stuff fwom adults! But I usawwy give it back.

Kimules: My weal mommy and daddy are gods, but this meanie took me fwom em and made me a demi... demi..

Miss Mendeliev: Demigod?

Kimules: Yeah! Dat! I weawwy stwong, though. Imma hero!

*AriOndine giggles*

AriOndine: I a mewmaid! I got fishy wegs and swim awound! I got a whoolle wotta sistews, and I da youngest.

MarcElsa: I pwince fwom Awendelle. I use da magick to make ice come outta my hands. I wove makin snowmen and wawm hugs. I weaww wike to wite stuff.

Sleeping Nath: I a pwince too, I wove to dwaw and paint. A witch cuwsed me and now I get sweepy awot. *He give an adorable yawn and rubs his eyes.*

Sabrinnochio: I wazza puppet befowe my daddy wished fow a weal giwl. Auwowe made me weal. Tank yoo, Auwowe!

Snow Mylene: I a pwincess and I wove animaws. I wanna save the enviwoment.

QuasiIvan: I gotta ouchie back, and God is my papa. I wove gawgoywes and bells.

JuleBeast: *Having turned back into human form* Mommy and Daddy got a cuwse and now me ‘n Wuka sometimes tuwn into beast and piano. Tank yoo fow not bein scawed of us. *Ignoring Chloe*

Maestro Luka: Yeah, we weawwy wike that. Anyone wanna pway on me when I piano?

Roselle: Ooh! I wove to wead! I wove that I get to see woyals! Just wike a faiwy tale!

Chloestasia: I bettew than aw you wosers. My mama’s wich. Zoe’s gotta cwean aw my toys. *Sticks her tongue out.*

Kagamerida: I a pwincess anda wawwior. I wove swowds and my awwow. I don’t wike beaws, cause they bwinded my mama.

CinderZoe: I wike cweaning, except for when I gotta do it fow Chwoe. I got miceys as my fwiends.

Jeanzco: I’m da empewor! I wove pwaytime and putting on shows. I hate wwamas!

Demolition Denise: I fwom a vidya game! My mommy’s one of the staws, and I’m gonna be just wike hew when I gwow up. I wove wecking stuff, but then I fixes it.

Simon Pan: I go to Nevewand and now I can fwy! Jingew's a faiwy and we best fwiends! We fiwght piwates and mewmaids. *Looks at AriOndine* I don mind mewmaids, I wike you! The Nevewand mewmaids awe meanies, but Atwantis ones awe nice!

Robette: I wove singin and makin music! One day, I wanna be in a band and make evwyone happy!

Reshmabela: I gotta gift and I can make fwowews! I da oldest sibwing and me an my famwiy hewp out India!

IsmaGenie: I onwy a infant genie, but I stiww powewfuw! Awix fweed me so I no gotta stay in wamp! Yoo nevew had fwiend wike me!

BluRore: I a faiwy awso! I wike bein a mommy to othew kids, so I hope dat ok. I aciddentawy made Sabwina into a weaw wooden giwl, but now I gotta a fwiend!

Miremba: I a hooman-wion hybwid and a pwincess. One day, Imma be da queen a da savannah!

Lacey Bell: I not name Jingews, I Wacey! Im a faiwy too, and I wove tinkewing wif tings.

Now that everyone knew each other, it'd start a wonderful friendship that would last for generations. After story time, everyone's parents or caretakers came to pick them up. They couldn't wait to come back tomorrow.

That was the first day! Thank you so much to @msweebyness for helping out with the concept. As always, make sure to reblog, reply, post and ask to share your thoughts. @artzychic27 @msweebyness

#lil' heroes #class of heroes #miraculous ladybug #miraculous #disney #disneyau #daycare #daycare au #akuma class #science kids #baby au #baby

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lilasbutterflygarden · 1 year ago

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Lila the vampire part 4

Lila: “I need a new look. If I’m going to fit into the modern world.”

Lila shapeshifts. She now has fair skin, hazel-brown eyes, and her hair is purplish-brown and styled in a short and messy pixie cut.

Lila: “What to wear?”

Lila snaps her fingers, and clothes materialize onto her body. She’s wearing a black belly top, black fingerless gloves that are elbow length, a gray belted-skirt, black buckled-belt, black skinny pants, and gray boots.

Lila snaps her fingers again, and a big black puffy hooded jacket materializes over her clothes.

Lila(evil smile): “I’ll just tell the teachers that I have a medical condition and I’m allergic to sunlight.”

Lila pulls the hood of the jacket up over her head.

Lila: “Time for my first day of school.”

Classroom

All of Marinette’s classmates are hanging around her desk asking her questions about the castle that she spent the night at.

Marinette(nervous laugh): “It really wasn’t all that bad. I mean we all know that there’s no such things as vampires.”

Chloe walks up to Marinette.

Chloe: “You won the bet baker girl! Here’s your diary back.”

Miss Bustier walks into the classroom.

Miss Bustier: “Now class we have a new student. Please give a warm welcome to your new classmate Cerise Rossi.”

Hearing the new students last name causes Marinette’s eyes to get wide, and she lets out a gasp.

Marinette(thinking): ‘It can’t be. Vampires can’t go out in the daylight.’

The new student walks into the classroom. All of the students notice that she’s wearing a big puffy black hooded coat that looks way too big for her. The hood covers most of her face. Only her eyes, nose, and mouth are visible.Under the coat they notice that the new student is wearing black pants, and gray boots.

Miss Bustier: “Now class, Cerise has a medical condition that causes her to be seriously allergic to the sun so I want you all to be extra nice to her, and help her.”

Miss Bustier turns to look at Marinette.

Miss Buster: “Marinette since you’re the class rep I want you to help Cerise get settled in.”

Marinette(stutters): “Su… Su… Sure Miss Buster!”

Cerise turns, and looks at Marinette.

Cerise(evil smile): “I really hope that we can become good friends.”

Cerise winks at Marinette.

She then walks to the back of the class(away from the windows)where there’s an empty seat available.

Miss Bustier: “Marinette you should sit next to her.”

Marinette: “Why do I have to move to the back?”

Miss Bustier: “Remember Marinette she has a sun allergy. She has to sit in the back away from the windows.And as class rep you have a responsibility to help her.”

Marinette(sighs): “Yes Miss Bustier.”

Marinette walks to the back, and sits next to Cerise.

Cerise(sad look): “I’m sooo very sorry for any inconveniences that my disabilty is causing you.”

Marinette(annoyed): “I’m sure you are.”

Chloe: “I bet she’s faking!”

Cerise starts “crying”.

Miss Bustier: “Chloe go to the principal's office!”

Chloe: “Fine! Whatever!”

Cerise(thinking with evil smile on her face): ‘This will be fun.’

#lila rossi #cerise #marinette dupen chang #miraculous ladybug #fanfic #fanfiction #lilanette #vampire #vampire girl #vampires

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disorganizedkitten · 1 year ago

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A Study In Friendship Chapter 1

Miraculous Ladybug | 2019 | 1,712 | Ao3 | Masterlist | Next

After standing up to Chloe for the first time, Sabrina latches onto Marinette as a best friend. After all, when you have to pick only one person to be friends with, the one who values you is actually a really good choice. But maybe it's possible to have more than one? Marinette sure doesn't seem to mind sharing.

At The Harbor

Sabrina shifted her weight nervously as she waited for the crossing light to turn green. Marinette still hadn’t answered her!

Then again, Chloe only answered her if she was being helpful, so maybe she wasn’t being helpful enough? But what else could she do to be helpful for Marinette? She had done an extra set of geometry homework for Chloe, but if she wasn’t letting Chloe make her do stuff for her, then maybe she could give the homework to Marinette?

Yeah! Marinette would appreciate that! She was always so stressed about getting everything done, and a set of geometry homework pre-done would help her feel less stressed.

Yes, that would work. Of course it would. It worked with Chloe, and they were best friends. And she and Marinette were becoming best friends. But Marinette would be an even better best friend, because she was kinder.

The light turned green and Sabrina hurried over. If she could catch Marinette and give her the homework, then maybe they could hang out! Using the time that would be saved because of the finished homework, of course. She couldn't intrude upon Marinette's personal time! And then they could study together, which got more schoolwork done, leaving them both free for whatever Marinette wanted to do next. Maybe they could go paint nails, or style hair, or take selfies!

And then-

The door opened, and she came face to face with a very startled Marinette. “Oh! Sabrina. What are you doing here?”

Oh no. Was she not welcome? Oh she’d overstepped her bounds hadn’t she? Marinette was going to hate her. “Sorry,” she paused. She needed to come up with a reason, and one Marinette wouldn’t be mad about. “I was just waiting for you. Did you get my messages?”

Marinette looked uncomfortable, but nodded “Yes! Yes, of course, I was just going to call you back.”

Sabrina’s heart jumped. “Really? I knew you would! Eventually,” she reached into her bag and pulled out the homework folder. “And so,” Deep breath, Marinette would like it. “I did your Geography homework for you!”

Marinette stepped back. “Whoa! You didn’t have to do that.”

“Well since you’re my new best friend, it’s the least I can do,” Sabrina assured her, ignoring the snake that was whispering in her head. Marinette would like it. They were friends. Of course she would.

“Thanks, but I just can’t.”

“Really?” Sabrina’s heart sunk. Doing each others work was what friends did! If she couldn’t do Marinette’s work, and help her, then- were they really friends? Could they stay friends?

“Really. Sabrina, I’m thankful for the offer, but I can’t let you do my work for me. Friends help each other when it’s needed, they don’t give all the work to one person. Thank you, but I can’t accept this. You did the work, you should get the credit.”

“Oh.” Sabrina took a deep breath. Marinette wanted to be friends. Friends don’t do what Sabrina just did. Oh, Sabrina was a bad friend, wasn’t she? Well, she just had to be better then, didn’t she? “Okay. Do you want to work on the physics project tonight?”

Marinette bit her lip. “Uhh, I’m really sorry Sabrina, but I’ve got something really important I have to do and it has to be done tonight.”

“Oh.” Was Sabrina that bad of a friend? Marinette was treating her just like- Chloe did. Was Marinette just using her too? She felt that snake rise up in her throat. Sabrina had already stood up to Chloe today, and her fighting streak wasn’t over yet. She would not take this lying down! “Something really important? Really? Do you know who else uses that excuse all the time, don’t you?”

Marinette shook her head. “No.”

“Chloe!” Sabrina snapped, ignoring any pain that came from getting upset at her no-longer-new-friend. “I’m beginning to see just how similar you two are! I bet you’re just waiting so you can make me do all the work on the project too, aren’t you?”

“No!” Marinette snapped back. Sabrina flinched. But she wouldn’t let Marinette walk all over her too.

“I can’t believe I thought you actually wanted to help me!”

“I do!” Marinette shot back, her composure slipping. “I’m not trying to ditch you, I promise! But something came up that I can’t get out of!”

Sabrina felt the fight leave her. Of course, what was she thinking? Marinette wasn’t like that. Sabrina had spied on her enough she should know that.

“I’ll be free tomorrow, if you want to get together to work then.”

“Hello there!” Both girls jumped as a figure landed beside them. “Oh, I hope I didn’t interrupt something important?”

“Oh, there you are,” Marinette smiled at the newcomer. “I’ll be right with you, after Sabrina and I figure this out, okay?”

Sabrina’s eyes flicked between Marinette and the newcomer, trying to not choke on her disbelief. Marinette...... had just addressed Chat Noir! Like they were friends! And she brushed him off for her! Did that mean Marinette liked her? Wait, if she liked her more than a superhero…. Sabrina gasped. Marinette liked her more than a superhero!

Chloe had never done that. She always valued spending time with Ladybug, who she claimed was her 1st BFF, with Sabrina as her second. But Marinette was prioritizing her over Chat Noir!

“Why is Chat Noir here?” Sabrina asked, doing her best to keep her cool.

Chat Noir grinned at her, “Your friend here is helping me defeat the akuma from earlier.”

“Akuma?” Sabrina gasped. From earlier..? Oh! The one at the Library! “Is that the same one who crashed our study party?”

“That would be the one, turns out he’s crushing on this princess here. Good thing I’m here to protect her.” Chat turned slightly and flexed.

Sabrina turned to Marinette, worried and awed. Awed, because Chat Noir was here personally to have Marinette’s help. Worried because Sabrina hated it when Chloe was targeted by an Akuma, and now Marinette would be too, and she hated that thought even more.

Marinette was so sweet, and if she got hurt- It would be worse than when Chloe got hurt.

Sabrina felt guilt settle in her stomach at the thought. Chloe had always been her best friend, and now she was wishing that this Akuma was attacking Chloe instead! Some best friend she was. Ex-best friend.

“That’s not safe!”

“I’ll be okay Sabrina. I already got him to swear off violence as long as I show up tonight, so we should be fine,” Marinette assured her.

Sabrina wasn't convinced. “Are you sure?”

“Yes.”

“Even if that guy decided to still attack you-”

“It’s Nathanael, Chat, and he’s calling himself Evillistrator currently,” Marinette cut in, rolling her eyes. How was Marinette so casual with a superhero?!

Chat continued as if she hadn’t, “-I’ll be with you to protect you.”

“I know you will. Although we still need to have a plan for when I meet up with him,” Marinette reminded, before turning back to Sabrina. “I’m sorry for the interruption. I think we were trying to pick a time to study together tomorrow?”

Sabrina nodded, barely staying out of a stupor. “Um, yes! What times are you free? I’m free all day, if you want to just call me whenever!”

Marinette pursed her lips. “I don’t know. If you decide to do something fun tomorrow, I don’t want to yank you away in the middle.”

“It’d be no problem, really!” Sabrina assured her eagerly, watching Chat out of the corner of her eye. He looked somewhere between proud and put-out.

“It is a problem though Sabrina! You deserve to enjoy yourself too, and I can’t just make your schedule bend around mine. That would be really unfair to you. I’m sure we can find a time that you like, and not just because I said so.”

Sabrina thought for a moment. Well, she had been wanting to spend the morning before school with her dad since he had the day off, but in the afternoon she had been planning a spa day with Chloe, which was obviously cancelled, so. “Could we meet up in the library around three? Or we could do over lunch if you’d like that, I don’t have anywhere to be during lunch since I’m not helping Chloe anymore.”

“Do you want to join Alya, the boys and I for lunch? Then we can either hang out or work on the project, and if we just play around then we can work more in the afternoon?” Marinette suggested.

“Oh could I?” Sabrina asked hopefully. “Will the others be okay with it?”

Marinette shrugged. “We’re not really territorial with lunch groups, but I can ask them if you’re worried.”

“Oh thank you!” Sabrina hugged Marinette. She was so Lucky to have her as a friend. Much better than Chloe. She had asked Sabrina about her own schedule! Chloe had only done that once a quarter, at most.

“Of course,” Marinette said, hugging her back. Sabrina wanted to squeal. The amazing Marinette was hugging her! Because they were friends! “And I’ll either text you tonight or talk to you tomorrow, okay?”

Best Day Ever!

“Okay! Thank you so much Marinette!” Sabrina let go of Marinette and made sure her papers were in order. “I’m so glad we figured that out. See you tomorrow, Bestie!” Sabrina started to leave.

“See you!” Marinette said happily, waving.

“Oh, and Chat Noir?” Sabrina paused, turning just enough to fix the superhero with a stare. “Please keep her safe.”

“Of course. I’m the best of best. No harm will come to your friend.”

Sabrina smiled at him, and started back to the crosswalk. The light was red now, so she turned back again. Marinette and Chat were talking now, Chat’s back to Sabrina while Marinette mimed something like she so often did. Sabrina waved, not sure Marinette would see it but wanting to say goodbye again.

Marinette caught her eye and waved back with a smile, before rejoining her conversation with Chat Noir.

The light turned green, and Sabrina crossed, leaving Marinette behind for the afternoon. Her friend Marinette. Who she would get to hang out with tomorrow. And who wanted her to hang out and make more friends.

#miraculous ladybug #marinette dupain-cheng #sabrina raincomprix #old writing #Jaymeow writes #Crossposting spam #Red's The Color Of Your Heart #A Study in Friendship #ASiF

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comics-and-fanworks · 2 years ago

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ML/DC Bio Mom (Starfire Part 2)

TW for swearing, mentions of suicide, bullying, minor violence

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Marinette’s soon-to-be former class watched in horror as she left with her bio parents. She wanted to leave Paris?? Why?! She was their Everyday Ladybug, they needed her! Who would plan their trips, run their fundraisers, help with their events, and so much more? They began talking amongst themselves, why did she want to leave, and what could they do to convince her to stay? The only two who didn’t look surprised about this development were Kim and Nino, Marinette’s only two allies left in the class. They new Lila was a liar, Marinette didn’t have a mean bone in her body, and they decided to stick by their childhood friend’s side even when it cost Nino his relationship with Alya and Kim his friendship with Alix and Max. They were currently texting Mari a play by play of their classmates’ plans, and soon their lack of shock was picked up on.

“What’s with you two? I thought you’d be more disappointed since Dupain-Cheng is your childhood friend,” Chloe snapped. Nino and Kim looked up from their phones, “Seriously? Why wouldn’t Marinette wanna leave? Our city is currently being held hostage by an emotional terrorist, and with all the shit you all have been putting her through-” “We haven’t done anything! MARINETTE is the one putting Lila through shit and you two took her side!” Alix shouted, cutting Kim off. Adrien could sense things were going south and tried to step in, “Guys come on now isn’t the time! I’m sure Mari-” “No dude, now’s the perfect time since we’re all here. Let’s start with the most recent examples shall we? Lila you said that Marinette’s parents never wanted to see her and that they gave her up because they hated her, then how do you explain the reunion we just saw? You also said she spent the summer doing sketchy things well why do Kim and I have texts from her all summer showing off the complete new wardrobe she had to make? How could she be doing illegal stuff when she was barricaded in her room making clothes?” Nino snapped. He had hit his limit, and so had Kim. Before Marinette asked them not to say anything, because she didn’t want their standing in the class to suffer any more, but they figured that since she was leaving, it was time. Marinette had also informed them about Adrien an his High Road advice, and Nino was almost akumatized. How could his best friend claim to care about Mari when he was fine watching her suffer? As Lila was attempting to think of a response, Juleka beat her to the punch.

“I just texted Luka... He told me that the time she wasn’t spending designing, she was hanging out with him, Kagami, Kim, and Nino. There’s no way she could’ve been doing anything illegal, she has an alibi.” Lila could tell her hold on the class was slipping, “But, but she sent me such awful texts! See! I have them here!” Lila showed her phone conversations between herself and a number, the class, save Nino and Kim, voiced their rage at Marinette. “She told me to kill myself,” Lila wailed, “And that the world would be a better place without me!” Alya shot Nino a nasty glare while going to comfort Lila, the turtle and monkey miraculous wielders were about to respond, when Sabrina piped up, “That’s not Marinette’s number Lila. Her number’s in the class group chat and it doesn’t match,” Lila froze, and so did her fake tears, “Oh... well maybe she has a second phone! That has to be it cause I can’t think of anyone else who’d say that stuff to me!” “We’ll find out,” Sabrina said as she hit the dial button on her phone. The whole table went quite as a phone in Lila’s bag started ringing, and before she could act, Kim swiped it and pulled out the backup phone. He declared triumphantly, “Looks like Marinette isn’t the one with two phones! The numbers match, which proves Marinette didn’t send those texts, you sent them to yourself and tried to frame her! You’re lying!” Finally it clicked for their classmates, if Lila had lied about Marinette’s parents, her summer activities, and her supposedly sending Lila awful texts, what else could she have been lying about? Adrien felt the need to step in, “Guys I’m sure it’s all just a big misunderstanding, there’s no need for any of this!”

“Really dude? We just proved Lila was lying about Marinette, and we have proof she was lying about other things Marinette supposedly did as well! Stealing an answer sheet? It went missing AFTER the test, and we had all seen her studying for weeks! Stealing the pendent? Her locker has no lock on it, and Alya has proven that it’s super easy to break into the lockers at school. Not to mention it was on top of all her things, if she really took it don’t you think Marinette would have hidden it better? And pushing Lila down the stairs? Well check this out,” At Nino’s cue Kim played the video on his phone, it clearly showed Lila walking down the stairs, sitting down, and wailing. “It’s amazing what a request for information can get you these days huh?” Kim laughed, before returning to a serious demeanor, “And that’s not even the worst of it. Adrien knew Lila was lying the whole time. He knew she was manipulating you all and hurting Marinette but instead of supporting Mari, he decided to try and gaslight her into staying quiet,” Adrien’s voice saying, “As long as you and I both know,” echoed around the now silent table. “And here I thought you were a decent person Adrien, if not a little sheltered and naïve,” Nino sighed, the lack of ‘dude’ drove home just how disappointed he was.

As the class sat in shock processing everything they had just learned, Nino and Kim stood up to leave. Looking back Kim said, “I’m glad Mari’s getting the hell out of here. With all the shit you all have put her through, bullying her, destroying her things, and trying to ruin her reputation it’s amazing she hasn’t been akumatized yet! Come on Nino, let’s go help her pack,” With that the two boys left their classmates, who watched as they walked away, “We should give our evidence to Mari’s parents so they can go after the school,” was the last thing they heard from Nino as the two exited the cafe and headed towards the best bakery in Paris.

When they had arrived, Marinette, Tom, and Sabine had just finished explaining everything to Mari’s bio parents, including Hawkmoth and that their daughter was a superhero. While Koriand’r and Dick were both incredibly proud that their daughter was following in their footsteps, it pained them to hear what their baby had to go through. It pained Koriand’r the most to learn just how much Marinette had to repress her emotions. Tamaraneans were naturally in tune with their emotions, since that was the source of their power, and while they were very expressive in those emotions, they still learned to control them. To hear that her daughter had to repress her emotions to the point of barely feeling anything practically put her over the edge. The only thing keeping her grounded was the knowledge that if she lost control, she would be akumatized and would have to fight her daughter and husband. As they pulled their daughter into a hug, the bell over the door rang, and in walked two of her classmates. Dick remembered Marinette telling them about the two boys standing in the doorway, and that they were her only allies in the class. The taller one, Kim if he was remembering correctly, spoke first, “Hey Mari you may wanna put your phone on silent for a good while... Or change your number! We told them about Lila and Adrien, and well, Chloe never hid her bullying so they already knew about that! Our guess is in about five minutes once the shock wears off and they’re done yelling at Lila, Chloe, and Adrien they’re gonna try and message you to convince you to stay.” The two helped themselves to pastries Tom offered, and the boy with the red baseball cap, which Dick assumed was Nino, continued, “Anyways don’t let them effect your decision dudette, you’ve suffered enough, besides you won’t have to worry about Hawkmoth if you’re not in Paris! That doesn’t mean we want you gone dudette, we’re just worried what’ll happen if you stay.”

Marinette smiled, she was surrounded by people who loved her, and wouldn’t judge her for whatever decision she made, and while she’d love to stay with her adoptive parents and her friends, she knew that she needed to go with her bio parents for her own wellbeing. “I, I think it would be best if I went to Bludhaven. I’m really scared of what would happen if I stayed.” The group around her nodded, in complete understanding. “I still wanna come back and visit Maman and Papa though, and Nino, Kim, Kagami, and Luka too,” Marinette said. Starfire and Nightwing nodded, “Of course Baby Bird! You can visit whenever you want, and if you can’t make it to Paris, we’ll make sure they can make it to Bludhaven. We’ll cover flights and all that stuff, don’t you worry!” Dick hugged his daughter, even though he never wanted to leave his Baby Bird again, he would never keep her from Tom and Sabine. Sabine lit up with an idea, “Why don’t you have a sleepover with Luka, Kagami, Nino, and Kim? That way you could spend time with your friends before you head to America, and that would give the adults time to take care of things with the school. We need to beat some sense into that nasty woman who calls herself a teacher and your useless principal,” The other adults nodded in agreement, while the kids in the room cheered.

Kagami and Luka arrived shortly after with their parents. Sabine and Tom had called and explained the situation. Much to their surprise, all of Marinette’s friends’ parents had agreed to let their children stay until she had to leave, their only request was to meet Mari’s bio parents so they would know who would be watching their kids when they went to visit Mari in America. As Mari and her friends ran upstairs to begin their sleepover, the parents got to talking. “So my name is Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne’s son, and this is my wife Koriand’r! It’s nice to meet you all!” “Hello! It’s nice to meet you! Your kids have been amazing friends to our daughter, and words cannot describe how much we appreciate it.” As the gathered parents were sharing similar sentiments, Anarka said what they all were thinking, “You two sound exactly like, and look like the heroes Starfire and Nightwing, ” The two in question paused, glanced at each other, and sighed, “Yeah. We are. The reason we asked Tom and Sabine to raise Mar’i is because my wife’s sister is not necessarily a good person, and threatened to kill Mar’i. We wanted to keep her safe, and we knew that she was safer with them than with us. After dealing with that, we had a few more threats we had to deal with, and by the time that was done Mar’i was already seven. We thought it would be cruel to take her away from everything she’s ever known, so we contacted Tom and Sabine and told them that we were ready whenever Mar’i decided she wanted to meet us. We were surprised to learn everything that’s been going on in Paris, with Hawkmoth, Lila, and her class bullying her.” The gathered parents nodded in understanding, and decided to focus on how to go after Principal Damocles and Miss Bustier.

Meanwhile, up in her room, Marinette and her friends were discussing what to do about Hawkmoth. “We could take him out now, before I leave,” Marinette suggested. The heroes gathered in her room looked at each other and shook their heads. “No. You’re still in a vulnerable state. You need time to rest and allow your mental, physical, and emotional health to recover before we go after Hawkmoth. With your wounds still fresh we can’t risk you being akumatized,” Kagami said, much to the agreement of the others. They looked over at where they had buried Marinette’s phone under a pile of pillows. It was blowing up with her soon-to-be former classmates trying to apologize and demanding she talked to them. “What if you all kept your Miraculous, so that way if there’s an akuma, you all can stall for time until I can get to the fight,” Marinette suggested. The four heroes agreed, and their respective Kwamii shared the sentiment. “Now all that’s left to do is figure out what to do with Chat Noir. If he finds out Ladybug is leaving the same time I am, he might put two and two together.” The group thought about it for a minute before Luka perked up, “What if we tell him that Ladybug’s family is moving just outside of Paris? That way we can account for you not being here to patrol for a while, and why it’d take you longer to get to akumas. We could tell him that your family was tired of dealing with Hawkmoth and decided to get out of his range, but you convinced them to stay close enough for ‘work,’” The group glanced at Marinette’s door. They half expected the cat hero to show up at that moment. After settling on a plan and making sure everyone had their respective Miraculous, the group settled in to watch movies.

Two massive bowls of popcorn and one romcom later, the group was debating on whether to watch Howl’s Moving Castle or Spirited Away when they heard it: A knocking on Marinette’s balcony door. They froze, there was only one person that could be, and it would be no use claiming Marinette wasn’t home, you could hear noise coming from the room. Before she could react Mari found herself stuffed into her bathroom, “We’ll confront him,” Luka whispered, “You hide here.” From the bathroom, she could hear what was going on, “Why did you expose Lila? She could’ve gotten akumatized!” “And let her lie about our best friend? No way dude. What Lila was doing was wrong! She could’ve gotten Marinette akumatized!” “Marinette’s tough she would have been fine!” The conversation was interrupted by what sounded like a popcorn bowl hitting someone’s head. “Ow! Why did you-” “Just because Marinette is though doesn’t mean she has to suffer so someone else won’t face consequences!” Yep, a brilliant throw from Kagami and rock-solid logic as well. “Well, she- Anyways where is she? She said she was leaving, er, Adrien told me she was leaving and I need to show her that’s a bad idea.” “Why do you care anyways alley cat? Marinette’s just a civilian.” “Cause! She needs to fix the mess she made!” “The mess LILA made!” “Well now the class isn’t talking to Lila or Chloe or Adrien and she needs to come back and say everything’s fine so things can go back to normal! So get out of my way!” It sounded like Chat had pushed his way through her friends, and the next thing she knew, her bathroom door was gone.

“Marinette! You can’t leave Paris! You have to apologize and fix everything!” Before her stood a very angry Chat Noir, his belt-tail was swishing back and forth, just like an angry cat. Marinette looked around, she was trapped. The only way out of this would be if any of her friends got the jump on Chat, or she transformed, and she was not about to risk her identity being exposed. “NO! It’s not my fall Lila decided to lie! It’s not my fault Adrien decided to let my class treat me like shit! It’s-” “Adrien did nothing wrong!” “Why are you even taking his side in this?” “Cause he’s my friend and he’s right-” “So you think I should be akumatized? You think my stuff should be destroyed? You think I should be shoved, tripped, have things thrown at my head?” “IT WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HAD JUST TAKEN THE HIGH ROAD! YOU’RE COMING WITH ME AND FIXING THIS!” At that Chat grabbed her wrist and began to drag her towards the trap door. Luka, Kim, Kagami, and Nino tried to stop him, but there was little they could do without revealing their identities. Marinette struggled and tried to break free, wondering why the hell his timer wasn’t done yet. Chat threw open the balcony door and was about to pick Marinette up and leap away... but was met with a readied starbolt right in front of his face. Looking up Marinette saw her bio parents in all their glory. Her mother’s powers were activated, and she was floating just above the balcony. Her hair was literal fire, and she was glowing. Behind her on the railing was her father, batons ready, and looking like he was about to break Batman’s no killing rule. They were not in costume, since they rushed up as soon as they heard their daughter screaming and someone else yelling at her, and quickly put two and two together. Starfire spoke, her voice icy and cold despite the roaring wildfire of rage she felt, “Let go of our daughter. NOW!” Chat quickly dropped Marinette and leapt away, too afraid to fight two adult, trained heroes, and too afraid they’d take his ring. Marinette collapsed into her bio parent’s arms sobbing, while her friends gathered around. They kept watch, waiting to see if Chat would return. The other adults quickly ran upstairs, and Nino, Luka, Kagami, and Kim filled them in one what happened.

“If Chat Noir is bold enough to try and kidnap Marinette, then it’s not safe for her here,” Tom practically growled. What he wouldn’t give to be Weredad right now and pummel that mangy alley cat, but that was not what Marinette needed. Sabine nodded, “We’ll have to speed things up. If her classmates somehow convinced that cat to join them, then Marinette isn’t safe anywhere in Paris. We can’t afford to wait, if he comes back we might not be able to get to Marinette in time, there’s also a high chance she’ll be akumatized in the next few weeks. Her classmates will be hounding her, and now we have Chat Noir harassing her as well.” Dick picked up his phone and sent a few quick texts, “We can have the Wayne jet ready in thirty minutes, and we can leave for Gotham tonight. Bruce is taking care of everything, we’ll stay in Gotham for a bit, and then head to Bludhaven, If that’s alright with you, Tom, and Mar’i.” Sabine and Tom looked at each other and nodded. They hated to see their little girl go, but they knew it wasn’t safe for her in Paris. Marinette’s friends hugged her, and promised they’d come and visit. She also promised her friends and adoptive parents that once things were safe she’d come back and visit, and until then they could video call. She packed her things including the Miraculous box, and then tucked in her bio parent’s arms, she made her way onto the Wayne’s jet. Looking back at her family and friends waving to her (Noting each of her friends had their Miraculous) she waved back. Her bio parents assured her everything would be okay, and that they’d do everything they could to make sure she was comfortable in America. She would be going to a new school, a fresh start. All anyone would know is that she’s from Paris, it was a chance to recover and make new friends. For once she felt hopeful about where her future was headed, and as she thought about all the possibilities, she drifted off to sleep wrapped in her father’s jacket, with her mother stroking her hair.

#marinette deserves better #marinette dupain cheng #lila salt #adrien salt #class salt #nino sugar #kim sugar #ml x dc #maribat #pasteile #miraculous-ninja #doll246 #tog84 #tylindel #jayphoenic #living-on-borrowed-time

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lily-drake · 3 years ago

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Hi could u write a story about the class trying (forcing) Marinette to confess or doing a crazy scheme which could be partiacly illegal along with a protective loyal and slightly possessive extremly influential boyfriend anyone besides mlb boys along with class salt(except luka kagami Zoe Nathaniel and Marc) adrien salt and neutral or sugar or even salt lila(you can chosse)

Requested by WillBillCip3r on my Ao3

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Everyone always knew that Marinette had an Anxiety Disorder. It had always been hard for her to talk to people she didn’t know and she was always worried that she messed up or did something wrong even with the people she did know. It was one of the reasons her friends pushed her out of her comfort zone so much, to, “help her see outside of her anxious bubble and live a life filled with fun and good memories”. Even though she was new, Alya knew that she had this disorder too, and she thought, like many others in world, that it was “curable”. According to Alya, Marinette didn’t need medication or any of the other things doctors prescribed to her. In fact, she was often just, “overreacting about things”. All she needed to do was breathe or meditate, focus on the positive, learn to stop doubting herself, eat healthy, and get over her fears. Afterall, to Alya, anxiety was a choice, it was escapable, and it was a problem Marinette created for herself, nothing more and nothing less. Which is why she pushed Marinette so hard to talk to Adrien. But she noticed things had begun to change around them ever since Lila came, things had been so different.

Marinette never talked to the class much anymore except for a select few. She also noticed that Marinette and Adrien have been talking more, but there seemed to still be some tension between the pair. And Alya wanted to hang out with her friend again, and wanted to help her get the guy she loved. So with the help of the rest of the class, sans Chloe, Sabrina, and Lila because she needed to help at a charity, they began their plan.

“Alya, I already told you I don’t want to!”

Marinette yelled as the girls began to help Marinette into a beautiful baby-blue dress, tie her hair in a neat fishtail braid, and put on makeup. Alya wasn’t listening though, in fact she was texting Nino and the guys to make sure that they were able to get Adrien out of his prison of a manor and towards the Pont des Arts. When she got the thumbs up she turned back towards the chaos with a wide grin.

“Alright Marinette, we’re going to help you to confess to Adrien once and for all!”

Alya declared with cheers from the other girls. Marinette pailed and tried to push the others away, but they moved away before Marinette could reach them, already finished beautifying their best friend.

“Alya I can’t!”

She yelled looking around the room as if looking for a means of escape. Alya sighed and rolled her eyes.

“Yes you can gurl! I know you’re scared, but we’ve got you. We promise that you will be able to do it this time! We’ll be there every step of the way.”

She said in her best supportive voice. Goodness this girl needed to learn to just chill and trust herself, Alya thought as she turned away.

“Alright, put these on!”

Rose cheered, handing Marinette the pair of heels they selected for her. “I can’t wear those, I’ll break my ankle.”

“Nonsense.”

Alya said with a wave of her hand.

“They’re only five inches, you’ll look great!”

Marinette looked around the room as her Anxiety spiked through her. She hadn’t been on good terms with her class for months, and now here they were, forcing her to do something she desperately didn’t want to do once again. She honestly wouldn’t mind throwing up right now, but she was afraid that even that wouldn’t deter them from making her do this. They always forced her to do things she didn’t want to do, and while some of the things were enjoyable, she wished that she hadn’t done half of them—not including the Adrien plans, she hadn’t wanted to do any of them. The heels were quickly forced onto her feet and the next thing she knew was that she was being rushed out of her own home. Marinette wanted to cry, because this was supposed to be her safe space, but after this she wasn’t sure if it could ever be again.

What would Damian think? He was supposed to visit her tomorrow; what if he wanted nothing to do with her after this? Would he believe that she hadn’t wanted to do this? Would he be mad at her?

She didn’t have a long time to think all if those through because the next thing she knew she was stumbling along the pavement towards the Pont des Arts where André the icecream man was waiting along with a confused Adrien. Her stomach clenched with fear and anticipation. This wasn’t how this night was supposed to go, in fact tonight she planned to just chill and draw new designs while listening to music at her desk.

She looked around with pleading eyes, hoping that they wouldn’t force her to go through with their insane plan. She and Adiren had just figured out each other’s identity and have been trying to better understand each other so they could work better as a team. Adrien said he was finally getting over her, and she was already dating Damian, so they had to figure out what their relationship would be so that the balance wouldn’t tip over. The next thing she knew she was pushed sharply towards the stairs that led up to the bridge and when Alya pulled her phone out she knew she wasn’t going to be able to escape this.

Slowly she climbed the stairs, trying her very best not to fall over herslef in the too tall and painful shoes as she made her way towards Adrien. Each step she took, each clack clack of the heels on the wood seemed to be her signature that spelled her impending doom. Her eyes stung with unshed tears, her stomach ached with the fear and stress she was trying so desperately to suppress, her breathing felt stilted and wrong, and her head was pounding and screaming at her about her betrayal and everything that was going to go wrong!

“Marinette?”

Adiren called out in shock when he saw her, but there was a shimmer of hope and happiness. And that was the final straw her stomach decided as her mind told her that this would be the reason the balance of the universe was about to tip. She nearly tripped as she ran to the edge of the bridge and emptied the contents of her stomach as tears began to stream down her cheeks and everyone watching simply froze. But Alya kept recording, maybe this would still work. Adrien would comfort her and they would fall in love! But the others knew that this wasn’t going to work, they knew that it was time that this plan came to a close because Marinette was dry-heaving into the river, she was a sobbing mess with her make-up completely messed up, and they knew that she would want absolutely no one seeing her like that, especially in public.

“Marinette, are you okay?”

Adrien all but yelled running to her side. She turned her head away, cheeks red in an ashamed embarrassment.

“Can you tell me if there’s anyone you want me to call?”

He asked as the other girls began to surround her, but she pushed them all away. They were the reason she was in this predicament afterall.

“D-Damian.”

She all but whimpered. She was so embarrassed that she was honestly considering jumping past the gate and into the water if only to get away in front of the crowd of classmates.

“Alright.”

Adrien said softly as he pulled out his phone and called the number she had given him in case of an emergency and she was unable to call this person herself. All he knew was that he was important and that he was one of the reasons they were able to have connections to the Justice League after so many years of silence. As Adrien made the call and began to mutter quietly into the phone Alya came up to her, camera still recording.

“Come on Marinette, you can do it! Go tell him!”

She encouraged her friend, but Marinette just started to cry again.

“Alya, turn that thing off! It’s over, it didn’t work! Just let her be; can’t you see that this was pushed way too far?!”

Nino yelled while trying to yank the phone out of his girlfriend's grip. Alya just rolled her eyes and yanked the phone from his hand.

“It’s not my fault that she keeps working herself up! She just needs to learn how to keep herself calm.”

Nino stared at her in shock.

“Alya, you know what Anxiety is right?”

“Yea, it’s when you're overly nervous. Look, I know Marinette is more anxious than others, but honestly she just needs to learn to control it, then she’ll be fine.”

The others were staring at her now like she had grown a third head.

“Alya, how do you know when Anxiety becomes a mental disorder?”

Alya rolled her eyes,

“Anxiety really isn’t a mental disorder, people just say that so they have an excuse to be scared of the world. Besides, Marinette doesn't have it, she’s one of the most social people I know!”

Marinette was shivering now. Marinette had always tried her very best to not let her Anxiety rule her life. She tried her best to do things her brain constantly tried forceing her not to do. She’s able to be social, she’s able to work the counter at the bakery, she’s able to be the president at her school, but that doesn’t mean it’s non-existent. Did Alya really believe that she was faking this the entire time, that the way she reacted to things was completely her choice?

The argument was getting louder, her breath faster, her head was pounding, and she didn’t know how much longer she could stay standing while wearing these devil shoes.

“Marinette!”

She heard a familiar voice shout and her head shot up as she watched a man with black hair, green eyes, dressed in a nice suit run towards her. She tried to push herself away from the railing to meet him halfway, but when she took a step she collapsed from the pain radiating from her feet and ankles. He was at her side before anyone else could help her up, checking her over for any injuries before cradling her into his lap and picking her up.

“Why are you in a suit?”

Marientte muttered as she wrapped her arms around her boyfriend’s neck and snuggled her face against his shoulder.

“There was a charity gala, which was why I wanted to visit you tomorrow.”

Marinette hummed as she tried to match her breathing to Damian’s own breath.

“Are you okay Angel?”

“Better now that you’re here.”

Damian gave her a small smile before turning to the class who were currently gobsmacked.

“Which of you are the reason My Angel was having a panic attack?”

Damian looked around at everyone and saw that they all wore a guilty expression, except the Agreste boy, he looked more confused than anything.

“What do you think you’re doing?!”

A bespeckled girl yelled out from the crowd, her eyes squinted into a frankly unintimidating glare. Damian rolled his eyes.

“Keeping Marinette safe. Obviously she does not wish to be here.”

“Look here kid,”

Damian sent her one of his darkest glares which made her pause for only a second before continuing,

“We have been planning this moment for so long, and we will not allow you to ruin it!”

Damian raised a brow and turned to Agreste, he shrugged still unsure of what was supposed to happen.

“And what was this plan exactly?”

“I’m not allowed to say, that would break the girl code.”

Damian rolled his eyes and looked at Marinette, his eyes becoming gentle as he stared at her curled up form.

“They want me to confess that I’m in love with Adrien when I’m not. They wouldn’t listen to me though.”

Damian nodded, he remembered the stories she told him about how they would force her to go through with their crazy and convoluted schemes when she didn’t want or have the time to.

“I see, well, I’m sure she’s already told Agreste this, but she doesn't feel that way for him anymore, and since I know you won’t listen to or believe what either of us will say, we will be taking our leave. We ask that you please leave her alone until she wishes to see any of you again.”

Damian said in a tone that accepted no argument, but Alya never cared about things like that.

“You can’t do that! I’ll call the police and have them arrest you for kidnapping!”

Damian rolled his eyes and flicked his wrist flippantly as he walked past her.

“Do as you wish, but know that you would only look like a fool for doing so.”

Alya was about to follow them and rip marinette right out of his arms, but Adrien held her back.

“Alya, that’s her boyfriend.”

He whispered into her ear. Alya turned around and looked at him with shock.

“I thought she had told you. But we actually talked about it a while ago. I know she had a crush on me, but she doesn’t anymore. Also, you should probably learn more about Anxiety before you go around saying that, ”people only use it as an excuse for attention”.

And with that, Adrien left the bridge and went back to his house. The others stared back at him, shocked. They hadn’t realized how far apart they had drifted from each other until now. Little by little, everyone left the bridge lost in thought till only Alya was left, standing there and wondering how everything backfired so terribly.

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