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To ease our lives...
Let's all ease our lives, shall we? AHAHAHAHA
If you are using a computer/laptop, the main masterlist is on the navigation. If you are using a phone, here is the link to it...
Main Masterlist: Diamaker Moon's Masterlists
P.s: I tried doing it in the tumblr app, it won't work, so... it's better to open it in your browser if you are using a phone.
The Walls I've Built
I have a masterlist of this here on my account, but I've already started this series years ago in my AO3 account... I'll try to transfer it here soon in case you're more comfortable reading it here than in AO3~
Moving Forward — Chapter 10
Chapter Ten
Taking you down
The pained look in Nino's eyes hurts her as if it was telling her that Alya personally hurt him. And she didn't like that feeling.
As she walks slowly, she gradually points at the reason for what's happening around her. Marinette.
— previous chapter... —
It has been four months since Marinette left Dupont behind her—four months of advanced knowledge and a circle of friends who accepted her wholeheartedly. Despite the awkward situation between her and Felix, it didn't hinder their budding friendship.
He also took the initiative to guide her through her other job. He was always there waiting for her to return to safety, normally with a bottle of water and sometimes a whole snack after a fight. As Guardian, she felt uncomfortable in lending out any miraculouses at the moment. Learning her lesson that not all she calls "friends" are trustworthy of such jewels. So instead of distributing the Cat Miraculous to balance out the creation magic at play, she turned to wear it all the time.
She doesn't use the Cat miraculous often, only turning to breaking the object and letting the butterfly fly out on its own before capturing it with her yo-yo.
Some kwamis are worried that the balance of the universe might tilt due to the long absence of the Cat Miraculous, aside from Plagg. The kwami of destruction enjoys not getting used to it and always spends its time roaming around her room, sleeping or eating cheese.
For Marinette, transferring to Jeanne d'Arc l'Académie was a great decision. It opened a lot of different opportunities for her. Despite expecting that it would be a tough time for her to be alone in the hero work, Félix was a great help to her, no doubt.
If she was experiencing happiness on the other side of town, a class of teenagers are experiencing a whirlwind of emotions.
The sudden drift in their class was nauseating. The silence between them can be cut through with a knife, but no one was willing to break it.
However, the silence between all of them was broken by the opening of their classroom door, a woman in a deep emerald green pantsuit entered followed by another woman wearing casual clothing yet can be considered formal.
"Good Morning Class, due to unspeakable offences, Mme Caline Bustier will not be returning to teaching for a while—"
Gasps and wide eyes ran through the room.
"And I know that all of you have met Mme Cheilr, but she has to go back to her own homeroom class thus, I'll introduce to you your new homeroom teacher, Mlle Irina Cèalza." The first woman said while hovering her hand in front of the second woman.
"Good day everyone! I hope to have a fun year with you lot!" Mlle Irina said.
Lila, who was sitting at the back, slowly turned pale when the new homeroom teacher turned it's her eyes towards her. "And do stay after class, Mlle Rossi, we have much to talk about."
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"Mdm Bustier is gone?! When did this happen?!" Alya shouted the moment the class ended.
Students started filtering out of their own respective classrooms.
The class, instead of answering, ignored her statement and preferred to huddle in small groups to gossip about the recent changes in Dupont. Alya was peeved that no one was listening, and since Lila was held back by the new teacher, she was alone at the moment.
Seeing all her classmates huddled in a group without her was annoying her to her ends wit.
"Guys! What the! Hello?!"
"What, Alya?! Stop screaming for god's sake!" Alix sneered.
"What was that show back there?! Ignoring us, for Marinette?! And come on when did you all not care for Mdm Bustier?!"
"Since we realized she was enabling that liar inside that room."
"Lila is not a liar!"
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that Césaire." Alix said to her in a very cold tone.
"Why are you guys suddenly so protective of her?! She has done nothing but antagonize Lila the moment she stepped foot in here!" Alya rebuttled.
Césaire, couldn't understand why her friends are suddenly acting like this.
"When will you see yourself as a hypocrite Alya? Marinette didn't deserve that treatment. She treated you as her best friend, but you threw it all away for someone new? How low of you." Alix said before leaving, Max and Kim in tow.
Alya was left dumbfounded in the middle of the hallway. She found herself alone since Lila was left inside the classroom.
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"Are we ready?"
"Ready as you'll ever be. Are you sure about this?"
"Yes."
Transforming, she gave a nod to Félix. Despite persuading her and offering help to finish the unfortunate task given to her, Marinette refused to have another innocent soul carry the burden of the miraculous. This fight started between Hawkmoth against Ladybug and Chat Noir, however Marinette will make sure that everything ends tonight. Even if it's only Hawkmoth against Ladybug.
With a plan in mind, she'll just pray to whoever is out there that everything will go well.
"Remember, it is an inside job. Treat yourself as a thief if you have to, he's slightly weakened due to you taking the peacock miraculous from before. However, we still need to know why he decided to start this ridiculous villain thing of his." Félix explained.
"Like I said from before, it might be connected to his family, mainly his wife. Adrien Agreste mentioned before that his mother just vanished into thin air, and was soon presumed dead by the family. If my theory is correct, that Emilie Agreste was the previous holder of the peacock miraculous before Gabriel and Mayura, then she might have succumb to the curse of a broken miraculous." Marinette rebutted.
Plan they came up with was simple. Go inside, steal the miraculous for good, return to the dorm and live a fairly normal life. Easy right?
To Marinette, she didn't care if there were no big explosive fight between them, what she wants is to end it for good. To finally close this chapter of her life. That was Marinette's goal.
"Don't worry too much, the kwamis are with me, and we have a good plan on entering without being detected. I only have a one shot on this, and I won't let any kind of stupidity nor nervousness weigh me down." Marinette spoke in a determined voice.
Félix looked at her before stepping back. "Then I wish you luck, Ladybug."
Marinette nodded, before turning and left the room. Deep down, Félix knows that the girl will do it successfully, he just hopes that nothing will be escalated into a full blown battle.
During her travel to Agreste Manor, Marinette couldn't help but feel nervous and anxious that things may not go as planned. And as the distance of the manor slowly dwindles and thus appearing in front of her, those feelings didn't fade away but grew more instead.
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The battle between Ladybug and Hawkmoth... you wouldn't be able to say it was an 'epic' battle. With Ladybug figuring out the villain, a simple slip in and stealing the brooches on top of the night stand could hardly be called an epic battle. But jumping from roof to roof while clutching the two brooches, Marinette felt exhilarated... perhaps a slight excitement.
That night, it marked the opening of Marinette's new chapter in life while closing the previous one. With the silent defeat of Hawkmoth, Marinette can finally sigh a breath of relief, Parisians can finally go back to feeling all sorts of emotion without fearing of being a sudden puppet of a villain.
Upon landing back on her dormitory's balcony and de-transforming, meeting Félix's expectant gaze on her form, she just felt tears brimming on her eyes, all her emotions just poured out. There on the floor, kneeled Marinette wailing like a newborn, finally releasing all the kept emotions that she wasn't able to release. Félix and all the kwamis staring at her curled up form on the floor, knowing to leave her alone for now, letting her release all the build up tension, finally allowing herself to breath.
Chapter 9 — Moving Forward: Masterlist — Chapter 11
Wow! I have been gone for a while~ To be quite honest I wasn't sure myself if I'll be able to upload this T^T but here we are after what? 2 years? Chapter 10 was able to be get out of my dungeons— Anyways, I lost my taglist in the process, but also saw from older chapters that some usernames where not tagged ;-; So I'll be making a new taglist, let me know if you'd like to be added!~ Anyways, do hope for me to get Chapter 11 out of my drafts as well T^T
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Haiii! Long time no post T^T Thank youu to everyonee who still supports the storiess I posted heree, I have some drafts of the following chapters that need to be proofread so yeah, plus I have to look for my taglist ;-;
(I found it from DeviantArt! 💕)
My Miraculous Ladybug's Felinette Fanfic Recs I love
*A03*
1) The Sad and Broken by Dull_Rainbow
Summary: They broke her. Completely destroyed her. For weeks she let them bully her, throw their snide comments, and over all let them tear her down. Well no more. Because there was nothing left the broken. She was done. Done with everything her so called 'friends" did to her, done with being in love with Adrien, she was just done. She was leaving and never coming back. Will the new people in her life and perhaps a new love interest be able to fix her broken heart? Or will she forever be trapped in her broken fairytale?
2) The Burning by FandomQueenliness
Summary: The day Adrien confessed to cheating on Marinette, their lives burned down around them, and in the ashes, their friends and family must piece together the broken shards of what they once knew.
3) Felinette. Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me by bumblebeug (Madsmadsmads)
Summary: During a seeming break from Hawkmoth and after being moved to the back, Marinette becomes seat-mates with recent transfer from England Felix Culpa.
4) Kore Complex by SmittenVixen13
Summary: Marinette is done being beaten down and treated like she didn't matter! She was She was proud. She was confident. She was Marinette! No pathetic Liar, spineless crush, or idiotic classmates were going to get to her!
Transferring schools is new and terrifying, but with new friends and new found confidence, she will conquer anything! Love, blooming friendships, and mysterious new heroes await her!
5) New Friends by StarShine583
Summary: A Felinette story from Tumblr!
6) The Scorned by Snow_Leopard_777
Summary: In a world where Chameleon targeted Marinette first, where only Chloe and Nino stood in her defense, Madame Bustier's class turned against their everyday Ladybug. As the girl begins to shut down, her teacher holds her after class with a suggestion…
What do you think about transfers?
With her family on her side (as well as Papillon and Mayura), can she really leave François-DuPont behind, or will her time there haunt her as she tries to make new friends?
7) Don't Mess With Jagged Stones Favorite Niece by HoneyDewLove
Summary: Marinette is getting fed up with Lie-la and watching the people she thought were her best friends turn on her.
With the help of some new friends and the new student, she makes a plan to unravel all her lies.
Luckily, she's also got an Uncle willing to do anything to help take down his favorite little lady's bully and the daughter of the mayor on her side.
And it just so seems that a few little gods seem to want in on the plan.
8) Neglect Me No More by Gingergrowl
Summary: After months of neglect from her friends, Marinette decides to transfer schools. These so-called friends of hers have made her an emotionless shell of who she once was.
Marinette's days of neglect slowly begin to change when she meets a cold-hearted boy named Felix Graham de Vanily. Together, they begin to change each other for the better, making new friends and enemies along the way.
Little do they know, that this fateful meeting will impact Paris and the miraculous in ways big and small.
9) New School, New Friends by KittyNoir666
Summary: Marinette has reached her breaking point all thanks to Adrien. So she transfers to a new school and makes new friends. But with her old friends being who they were who will be able to pick up the slack of the previous heroes.
10) Begin Again by Kanzakura
Summary: Marinette's life had started to become miserable. Lila had managed to turn many of her friends against her, Chat had started to become clingy, and Marinette was slowly feeling herself crumble to stress. So when she finds out that she get's to transfer to a different school for Lycree, she's overjoyed. Only, there's a catch, and it wasn't one she was expecting.
11) Coffee Breath by dreamdarkdreams (orphan_account)
Summary: Felix's day started out normally. Then the prettiest girl he had ever seen entered the classroom.
12) Me, Just Me by rhub4rb
Summary: Marinette was tired.
Lila had held true to her promise, and Marinette had never felt more isolated from everyone. Finally, she decides that things need to change.
And she does this for herself, just herself.
13) Hey, Little Songbird by charlietheepic7
Summary: Really, Felix couldn't believe his cousin sometimes. Marinette was talented, beautiful, kind, and had a crush on Adrien bigger than the mansion, yet Adrien was blind to the treasure right in front of him. "Just a friend," indeed.
Well, if Adrien wasn't going to do anything, it wouldn't matter if Felix… snatched her up?
14) New Girl on the Block by StarShine583
Summary: Felix doesn't make it a habit to get involved with other people. They're too dramatic, too needy. He already has a small group of friends- at least that's what they call themselves -and his mother and father. He doesn't need anyone else meddling in his life, especially not some clumsy, new student who comes tripping through the front doors of Rosemary High.
15) Moving Forward by Dia_Moon
Summary: After losing a lot during and after the Miracle Queen battle, Marinette has decided to do things that can help her.
A new school can surely help her right? She'll be moving forward with a positive new beginning!
16) Pushing On by JG_Writes
Summary: Marinette's junior year at Collège Françoise Dupont has been absolute hell. With Lila Rossi spreading lies about her and turning everyone against her, she can hardly hang on. She finds a few surprising allies and decides to move on to a new school for the rest of her education where she meets a wild group of characters and a very silent and mysterious one.
Woahh, this just appeared on my feed then I found out my work (incomplete T^T) is included!~ Thankiee for including Moving Forward <3
Saving What's Left — Chapter Five
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"Hey! Who was that?" Chloé asked the moment she landed behind the school.
"Have no idea… They just appeared in front of me then left, then the next thing I knew was they were handing me the akumatized object." Marinette explained.
It is true. Despite the help that the person gave, she was also wary of the gesture. First, she didn't know who the person was, what if they were after the box and she was being stalked? Second, what if they're after a much bigger destruction? What if they are from the Order?! She cannot let things go awry. She was the current guardian, and she must protect the ancient power of the miraculous. She cannot let them fall into the wrong hands.
"Well, can't say we're ungrateful, it did save you some time." Chloé off-handedly says.
She nodded in agreeance, her mind wandered back to the fight, the person akumatized to the akumatized object. Was there a reason why it was akumatized? What were they doing with it?
Too many questions ran through her mind. However, instead of dwelling on it, she put it aside. There should be no more reason to cling to that small ample hope. There was a moment when they had a choice, and they did choose—they didn't choose her. They should not have any reason to use it against her. They made their choice and crossed the bridge, she just burned it so there should be no going back. She was done.
"Guys! Did you know?! They're arguing very loudly in front of the school!" Kim shouted in disbelief.
The girls looked at each other before following him and saw a crowded space with a screaming match.
"What do you mean by that?!" Someone shouted.
"You're a fake! A fraud! You're not a journalist!" Someone countered.
Soon everyone in that crowd began screaming at one another. Chloé pulled Marinette away from the group. She knows that Marinette may waver upon hearing such words, but she cannot let her friend be fooled again with the notions of friendship. Not anymore. If Marinette burned the bridge, she built a wall in between. And no one is allowed to break it without her permission. Enough was enough.
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"What do you mean by that, huh?!"
"You are fake! A fake!"
Words kept being thrown around. Adrien was starting to get nauseous because of the confrontation. While the others are simply pulling Juleka away from Alya, who is also being pulled away.
"Face it! You. Are. A. Fake!" Juleka screamed at the top of her lungs.
Alya's face contorted with hatred and fury. She kept trying to wiggle out of her captor's hands and was successful, in a matter of seconds, she was on top of Juleka pulling her hair and screaming in her face.
They both fell to the ground due to the sudden impact, landing Juleka at the bottom and Alya on the top. The Class gasped at the situation and thus started to pull the girls away from each other once again.
"Take it back! Take it! I. Am. A. Journalist!"
"You are not! You're. A. Fake! Fake!"
Adrien was getting more worried as people start to halt and stare at their group while whispering. He tried to mediate but nothing was effective. His last resort was finding a raven-coloured-hair girl hoping she could stop this catfight, but he couldn't find her anywhere he looked.
Uh-oh.
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"How's the situation in Paris?"
"Shi—"
A loud smack was heard, others were covering their mouths to prevent laughter while others facepalmed.
"Just answer, no need for that language."
"Fine, Fine! Everything was crazy, Okay?!"
"And the heroes there?"
"Didn't see the cat, only the bug, she looked quite surprised actually when the brat was handing her the object, guess she didn't expect that kind of efficiency…"
'The brat' rolled their eyes. It is true that grabbing the object was easy, as the akumatized person was too much distracted finding God knows who. The look of surprise and doubt evident in the bug's face was amusing.
"Careful brat, that small smile of yours and I might think you like the bug~"
"Shut up." The person shoved the other away while that person was laughing.
"It will be much easier to talk with the bug without the feline. I can tell she'll be able to hold a proper and serious conversation than the latter." They continued.
"I agree. Watching the previously recorded fights, it seems that the cat is more in favour of flirting than helping the fight making it take much longer."
"It's settled then."
"Are we sure about this? We're bringing her to the deepest hell of this job…"
"This was your idea. And besides you said it yourself, only she can do it."
Everyone went silent at the notion. Even if they try to deny it, no one can refute that the Ladybug User is the only one who can help, and even if they don't want to bring such a problem to them, they need her. Only her.
"All we can do now is slowly approach her. Keep up small appearances in the city, and try to know her schedule. Do not ambush her."
Everyone nodded.
Soon they were dismissed and were able to go back to their respective homes.
'The brat' went straight to their room. With the silence enclosing him, his mind wandered back to those bluebell irises of hers. Despite wearing a mask, it failed to hide her delicate features.
He didn't want to think of her, but no matter how he tried to change the thought in his mind, she always come back with that bewildered expression on her face.
After taking a shower, he faced himself in the mirror, staring at his eyes. Wondering if they were a great pair to her blue eyes. He sighed deeply, trying to remove the thought once again.
He looked back at the mirror, and he was sure he can envision the blue eyes in the mirror, staring back at his emerald irises.
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continuing…
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Note: Haii everyoneee! goshh I've been gone for 6 months almost, academic life caught up with me, and still busy at the moment! Hope you like this chapter!
hmm...
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Sorry to ask but where is Chapter 3 of "MIRACULOUS LADYBUG: SAVING WHAT’S LEFT" for some reason the link isn't there or not working?
Chapter Three: https://diamaker-moon.tumblr.com/post/704050787303718913/saving-whats-left-chapter-three
heree you goo! You can alsoo click the next at the top of each chapter to direct you towards it, have fun reading! ^^
which fanfic writer problem are you?
fic hopper: working on a wip and don’t know where to go next? easy, just work on a different wip, then if that one doesn’t work out, open a different one, it’s foolproof!
all my tropes are dead: there are only so many ways you can describe a kiss, and you’ve written so many between this pairing that you’re running out of ways, don’t talk to me about the words ‘chaste’ and ‘soft’ ever again
unsung hero: im writing a fic under a certain set of tags or concepts to get more hits but the real story is about __ extremely specific thing that only i and two of my closest friends care about
rarepair hell: self-explanatory
wlw rarepair hell: like rarepair hell but one level worse
my last braincell: you’re a perfectionist so you’ll either post this chapter when it’s perfect or not at all
wandering eye: a side element or original character you introduced in your story is now near and dear to your heart but no one else will care about it
im well educated and will kick your ass: you’ve done so much research for this but can’t seem to write the damn thing
all talk and no action: you were going good until you got to this necessary climactic action scene and now it’ll have to wait for three months
fic hopper
Same, couldn't finish an entire story without creating a new one immediately... ;-;
in a cage behind
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A/N: I recommend listening to "the silent screams by anna blue" while reading :)
in a cage behind
one shot
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With every passing day, she could only feel the growing exhaustion in her body. That despite doing things that normally make her relaxed, it agitates her even more. The boundless expectations on her shoulders, the responsibilities she must bare, and the endless hope given to her are all weighing her down into a lifeless puppet, a marionette.
The recent confrontation with the Order still covers her mind. Their threats to eradicate her existence as Ladybug hung in the air. She knew that she wasn't worthy to be the guardian, but she had hoped that at least her seemingly endless sacrifices for the lives of others could suffice as her worthiness for the Ladybug Miraculous. It doesn't.
"I'm caught up in your expectations You're trying to make me live your dream But I'm causing you so much frustration And you only want the best for me"
Life in school wasn't any different.
Every day is a challenge for her. Avoiding her classmates' abuse, Rossi's lies and defamation, Bustier's expectations and demands and Adrien's passiveness in the situation. Everything was surrounding her.
"Mari—"
"Don't. Don't you dare call me something you're not entitled to."
He rolled his eyes. "C'mon Mari, your overreacting. They're just teasing, no one's getting hurt—"
"I am! I am getting hurt, Agreste! Do you think no one's getting hurt?! Well, I guess I'm no one because I'm getting hurt! And I don't need you to remind me over and over again that I'm alone in this mess, because of you!"
"You wanted me to show more interest To always keep a big bright smile Be that pinky little perfect princess But I'm not that type of child"
Hidden inside the small space of an abandoned house, she looked outside the window to the dark and silent night of Paris.
A memory flashes through her mind.
"Maman! This! This!"
A short Asian woman heartily laughed at her young toddler's antics. And a huge bearded man taking pictures from behind them.
"Yes, Mon chérie?"
Young Marinette twirled around while wearing the flower crown she had found in a stall.
"Is it pretty?" She asks.
"Yes, chérie. It is very pretty."
Due to her mother's words, young Marinette smiled so brightly under the gazes of her loving parents. Looking so ethereal with the lights shining behind her.
"And this storm is rising inside of me Don't you feel that our whole worlds collide? It's getting harder to breathe It hurts deep inside"
"It hurts, Tikki. It hurts so much..."
She wanted to cry. To let her heart out. But, she can't.
The moment she let go of everything inside her will mean that she failed. That she let everything around her get the best of her. The pain of suppressing these loud and painful emotions is eating her inside.
No matter what happens, she silently swallows all of it and put it in the back, locked away from her. She cannot break.
Ladybug can't break. Marinette can't break.
"Just let me be Who I am It's what you really need to understand And I hope so hard for the pain to go away"
"C'mon Ladybug! This is our fate! We were meant to save the city, and you can't change that!"
"It's not mine!"
Chat Noir was taken aback. Ladybug rarely shouts at him or at anyone. So to hear her voice raise jolted him.
"I never wanted all of this! I wanted to live, a simple life where I'm happy, and my family's happy! This isn't me, this isn't mine, and if you think this is my fate, it's not. I will beg everyone that it isn't."
Ladybug stepped away from him motioning to leave after the argument. But before she swing away, she looked over her shoulder and spoke to him.
"Because if this is my fate, then how cruel of the world to give it to me..."
"And it's torturing me But I can't break free So I cry and cry but just won't get it out The silent scream"
Staring at the mirror, she can't recognize herself anymore.
The darkened bags beneath her eyes, the dull bluebell eyes, and the black earrings on her ears.
Fate. She laughed when she thought about this world. How could fate be cruel to her, to shove the world's problem at her hands. How could fate burden her so much?
Looking at the black earrings and then moving to the closed sewing box where a box of powerful artifacts hides underneath, she smiled pitifully. Yeah, how cruel of fate to let her carry everything.
"Tell me why you're putting pressure on me And everyday you 'cause me harm That's the reason why I feel so lonely Even though you hold me in your arms"
"Marinette, I know that you are having a small squabble with your classmates, but do you really want to just give up on your friendships?" Bustier asks silently.
"But Madam! They're—"
"Think about what the Marinettes of the world would do, I think they would put everything aside and help her friends."
Marinette stares at her homeroom teacher. She could literally see the rose-painted windows in her eyes. She could see that no matter what the problem is, Caline Bustier only sees the good in it, even the good in the bad.
Reaching this conclusion as she stares at her teacher, her fists slowly curl into a ball, gaze hardening, and heart closing.
"Good day, Mdm Bustier."
She turned her back and left, not sparing at her teacher's gobsmacked expression on her face. Marinette looks ahead, with cold and unwavering eyes.
"Wanna put me in a box of glitter But I'm just trying to get right out And now you're feeling so so bitter Because I've let you down"
No.
No. It can't be!
She... She failed...
How could a guardian lose every single miraculous to her worst enemy? Why did she trust Félix?! Why?!
"I-I'm sorry... I'm so sorry Tikki..."
"It's okay, Marinette. It's not your fault."
'But, it is mine.' She thought ruefully with a bitter smile.
"We'll just have to find a way to bring all of it back. Me, Plagg, Wayzz and Trixx are still here, we'll help you."
"And this storm is rising inside of me Don't you feel that our whole worlds collide? It's getting harder to breathe It hurts deep inside"
When was the last time she had a good sleep?
When was the last time she relaxed and spend time with her family?
When was the last time she was happy?
Endless problems continue to come her way. And Marinette doesn't know if she can handle it anymore.
'It's too much.'
Looking at the blinking stars above her, she silently wonders, what if she was there? What if she let go in the beginning? Thousands of what-ifs entered her mind.
Thousands of regrets, pain and guilt continued to build up inside her. And it's creating something inside her.
Something she might not be able to stop.
"Just let me be Who I am It's what you really need to understand And I hope so hard for the pain to go away"
After months of torture. She finally retrieved almost all of the miraculouses she lost.
But not the butterfly and the peacock.
Standing above the crowd looking at her like she was a god, she felt sick. How could she accept such devotion, when she knows she doesn't deserve it.
Endless questions were thrown at her, but the only thing that stood out among the sea of words was, 'Are you and Chat Noir dating?'.
Upon hearing that, Chat Noir who was waving from behind her had a smug smile on his face when she turned to him. With that action, she finally knew.
She really is alone.
"And it's torturing me But I can't break free So I cry and cry but just won't get it out The silent scream"
"Marinette... We know that you're old enough to solve your own problems, but please know we're always here for you."
Sabine said at the closed trapdoor of her daughter's room.
"We're here, chérie. Always here."
On the other side of the door, Marinette sat silently. Gripping her hair tightly, and teaching her heart to shut close. To not let anything or anyone enter. To lock everything inside.
For good.
"Can't you see how I cry for help 'Cause you should love me just for being myself I'll drown in an ocean Of pain and emotion If you don't save me right away"
"I wish I never met you."
Angry eyes stare at her being. But Marinette only looked straight into a pair of green gleeful eyes.
"We are not friends anymore, Marinette. And I wish we never were."
"Gladly."
She turned around, and the moment she stepped outside of the classroom, Marinette knew there was no turning back. And thus the metaphorical bridge that connects her to them, was set ablaze leaving ashes in its wake.
Marinette knows she can't hold on for long. The forming bruises on her face hurt.
She seethes at the sight of Chat Noir beside the villain, looking at her hungrily. Like a prey in front of a predator.
But Marinette isn't willing to be prey. She can't.
Smirking at her weak form is Hawkmoth, otherwise known as Shadow Moth. The look in his eyes zeroes into the miraculous in her ears. The other half of the Cat Miraculous.
"We finally meet Ladybug. Ah, no. Nice to meet you, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the current holder of the Ladybug Miraculous and the Guardian of the box."
She scowls at them.
"I think it's time to let everything go now. There's nothing for you to do, you failed."
"Just let me be Who I am It's what you really need to understand And I hope so hard for the pain to go away"
On one sunny day, the skies suddenly clouded with dark clouds floating above them.
Every Parisian in the vicinity was startled.
Sabine was looking at the skies, wondering if a heavy storm is coming. She looks at her husband before pointing towards the upper floor. Tom understood and nodded.
Sabine climbed her way to her daughter's room.
"Marinette?"
She knocked and called her multiple times before opening it and was welcomed with the most horrific view.
Everything inside was destroyed.
She runs back to the bakery and informed her husband. Where was her daughter?!
"Uhm, Babe? Is it going to rain or what?" Alya asks.
Gathering in the park was a fruitful idea before the darkening happened.
The class wonders what was going on. Lila was even having fun getting the sole attention of everyone.
The lone figure on the Eiffel tower stares beneath the scrambling city.
The kwamis behind shuffled anxiously, even the god of destruction looks warily.
A glowing symbol pulses on her palm. The symbol she despises. The symbol that ruined her life. The previous mother box was now etched into the veins of her body. Pulsing, begging to be let out, but she keeps it chained inside. Wearing nothing of the artifacts only the etched symbol.
Her eyes were dull. No emotions pass through it.
"Marinette?" Tikki carefully calls.
How long has she endured? How long did she dream for all of it to end? And now, how can she release everything inside her?
She sighs slowly. 'Let it begin.'
The wind howls loudly. A silent scream is carried to the ends of the world. She stares coldly at everything, before turning away, a silent order for the kwamis to follow. The order of their Guardian.
As they say, the eyes are the windows to the soul, and thus the figure of someone trapped behind bars is reflected in her eyes.
The gleaming purple shade of her eyes caged the screaming figure filled with emotions inside her.
"And it's torturing me But I can't break free So I cry and cry but just won't get it out The silent scream My silent scream"
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Do you think Adrien is worse than Chloe or Lila?
maybee? hihi
i started disliking his personality in the Ladybug episode, where he told Marinette to just let it be when someone is lying about her. And the fact that he's too dense when it comes to feelings XD
Lila can get her consequences when the truth comes out, and Chloé can know better in the future if the writers don't mess with her. But, how can people know the truth if Adrien doesn't support the truth?
it's my view in the perspective. And let's add that in Chat Blanc, after finding out who Ladybug us beneath the mask, he pursued her in his civilian without being honest that he knew. It just says that he's only willing to date someone if it's Ladybug mask or not. well, except Kagami.
Do you still watch the show?
i'm catching up to season 4, I stopped watching it for a while due to other responsibilities
Moving Forward — Chapter 9
Chapter Nine
Face it, Césaire
Despite disagreeing with her judgement of carrying it all alone, Félix knew he couldn't just interfere with her work, and will respect her wishes of working on it alone, even if he somehow dislike it. He also knew that when the time comes that Marinette needs help with anything, he can imagine himself suddenly putting down everything in a second and rushing to her as fast as his legs could.
Maybe it might not be for saving Paris, but just to see her smile at him knowing he'll be there to help.
— previous chapter... —
"That's enough Chloé! You're being a real bitch right now!" Alya shouted at the top of her lungs.
"I've always been a bitch, and you're not changing it now." Chloé rebutted.
Alya is already on edge about what's happening. Everything was collapsing around her, suddenly everyone is fighting her for Marinette. For Marinette!
"Why are all of you suddenly like this?! Suddenly ganging up on Lila? That's so low for all of you!" Alya screamed.
Alya couldn't understand why every student in the class is suddenly becoming hostile to her new best friend. She never understood why it is Lila's fault that suddenly the bully, Marinette, is gone. She was the one to blame, she tried to bully a student who did nothing but befriend her. They should've been celebrating. They should be happy that they got the bully to leave! But here they are fighting over the said bully.
"Als... Maybe it's time for you to listen." Nino said, coldly.
She flinched at the sudden tone of her boyfriend. Nino hadn't spoken to her like that ever, not even when he was angry for her being so careless. She knew Nino as a caring person, so she couldn't comprehend that the person in front of her is the same one.
Chloé stepped much closer to Alya, to the point where she was standing right in front of her.
"Listen very carefully. Marinette knew from the very beginning. I could see it on her face. The moment she heard you speak so proudly about your stupid interview with that liar, I could see from afar how she doesn't believe it." Chloé started.
"If anything, Ladybug's best friend should be Marinette. I mean, isn't she the one who asked the heroine for an interview just for you?" Sabrina questioned.
Alya blushed hard. She knows that she still owes the ravenette for the very first interview up close with the heroine for her blog.
"Later on, I understood why. Jagged Stone's cat? Really? You all call yourselves his fan when you know that he doesn't have a fur pet but a reptile pet. And an airline allowing a mere teenager to enter the hangar with absolutely no supervision from any airport personnel just to save a cat?" Chloé continued with a mocking look on her face.
"And don't you hear how ridiculous it is for a grown-ass man, to write a song for a teenager? What you wanna call him a p*dophile now?" The blonde said.
Alya was dumbfounded. While others looked away after hearing it clearly. As if a hidden veil was suddenly lifted from their brains, allowing them to see reason.
"Let's add more injury to the wound, who in their right mind would accept the reason of 'catching a tissue that could gouge out an eye' when the said person that was 'supposedly hit by a ball of tissue' is wearing glasses." Sabrina added gleefully with a hidden tone of mockery.
Chloé sarcastically covers her mouth, "Wow, who knew a ball of tissue could cause such a fatal injury? Oh, what a disaster! Help!" She said with dramatic flair.
If anyone aside from the class could see around them, they will see Alya was flushed red, maybe even darker than Ladybug's new costume. She knows about the sarcastic replies and tones she was receiving from the two.
Lila was seething on the inside. All she knows that everything is getting out of hand, but she couldn't leave the room, as Kim had blocked the exit and is staring blankly at her.
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"So when do you plan to execute this plan of yours?"
"Hmm... Who knows, I need more before pursuing it, or else it might backfire all on me."
With a cold hard gaze, people could wonder what happened to the person that they could make such a gaze.
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"It's revolting to know that even an adult is willing to help her lies." Chloé sneered.
The blonde looked around before continuing, "Did you all know that Bustier and Damocles believed this little snake's lies about a certain 'Lying Disease'? Guess not."
Then Chloé's eyes moved towards a certain pair of green eyes. "And that somebody had the gall to cover up the lies and continue to act as your friend. Wow, what a coward."
By that statement, everyone knew she was talking about the nervous Adrien Agreste who suddenly had everyone's attention.
"Chloé, please. Marinette tried to warn all of you, but you didn't listen to her and then left her, I didn't want that to happen. It's the first time I made friends, I just didn't want to lose it..." Adrien pleaded.
"That. I hate you for that." Chloé said.
The boy was confused.
"You think everything is about you. You didn't care if Marinette was being bullied or being left by her so-called friends, all that mattered to you is that it doesn't happen to you. And your first time making a friend? What am I chopped liver?" She said.
"Chloé you don't understand... We were friends because our parents were acquainted with each other." He said.
The blonde girl shook her head, "You're wrong. I didn't like you at first, I could see how you slightly manipulate everything around you. That you had to make it all about you."
Adrien was hurt when he heard it.
"It's kind of true. When Marinette planned a party for getting rid of Chloé, I saw you talked to her and saw how her mood deflated." Juleka spoke loudly enough.
"I thought between the two of us, I was the rotten one. But no, it's you. And what's worse, you're not only rotten but you're like a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing. That's why Marinette left." Chloé said harshly making everyone flinch at her tone.
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The day passed by in a blur. Alya was walking home, alone, as Nino chose to excuse himself for the reason of having some space.
Alya was confused as to why she was being a target of such hostility when all she did is defend a harmless exchange student from a hidden bully.
The pained look in Nino's eyes hurts her as if it was telling her that Alya personally hurt him. And she didn't like that feeling.
As she walks slowly, she gradually points at the reason for what's happening around her. Marinette.
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Saving What's Left — Chapter Four
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Marinette flinched at the sound of destruction, rearing her out of her trance. She looked to where the sound came from and could see a part of the Akuma. She lept to her feet and starting running back.
Before reaching the main battlefield she quickly ducked in an alleyway and transformed with the ladybug miraculous.
"WHERE IS SHE?!" The Akuma screamed.
Just as the Ladybug heroine landed on a nearby rooftop near the Akuma, she heard lithe footsteps behind her. She didn't dare to look back but kept aware of the person behind her, and is preparing her body to battle in any case.
But before she can throw her yo-yo to trap whoever is behind, the person passed her like a shadow, breezing right past her. Her eyes followed their footsteps only to see a cloaked figure easily jumping from one building to another towards the Akuma.
After one swift move around the Akuma, it appeared in front of her. As she look at the figure, she couldn't see a way to know a part of their identity. A black hooded cloak covers their whole body from head to toe and a black faceless mask in their face.
The figure was extending their hand towards her and saw the Akumatized objectb in their hands.
She cautiously reached it, the moment her fingers grasped the object, the person moved once again but this time disappearing from her sight.
Looking down at the object, she couldn't help but feel a tinge of sadness in her heart. She did her job of de-akumatizing the object, and releasing her cure to the sky and have the ladybugs fix and heal the destruction that occured.
Marinette looked at the object once again and back to the de-akumatized villain, before leaving the object on the ground near the victim and disappeared from the crowd.
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Going back a few moments during the fight with the Akuma, Adrien Agreste was busy turning his school bag upside down to see if he had placed the ring of destruction inside it. Much to his dismay, it wasn't there. He was growing anxious as he continuously heard the raging Akuma outside of the school and could not find the miraculous.
"Where is it?!" He growled inside the empty classroom.
Thousands of scenarios have been running around his mind; most of them are about his freedom and his lady.
Being the hero, Chat Noir is a way for him to escape the forced reality given to him by his father. He wanted to please his father and have him be proud of me, that's why he accepts to be a model despite his awkward personality in dealing with a mob of fans.
Alongside the fame of being a popular model, is the social clingers. Those who value reputation and wealth above all else.
Suddenly he felt his surroundings stop shaking and when he looked outside the window, he saw a cloaked person infront of his bewildered lady.
'Who is that person?!' He thought angrily.
He then saw Ladybug do her thing and clean up the mess left by the Akuma. He deemed it safe enough to go out and saw his classmates around the 'Akuma of the day'. Juleka Couffaine.
He stepped closer to them in order to hear the conversation.
"Juleka, what happened? Why were you suddenly akumatized?" Rose gently asked her.
While the others were silent and waited for her answer.
"We, I, messed up. She was right. Everything was a lie…" Juleka mumbled.
Her response was silent enough but loud enough for them to hear.
Adrien suddenly felt a bubbling pit of anxiousness inside his stomach for whatever reason. The moment he heard the young Couffaine's answer, he knew it will not end well.
Juleka looked up and her gaze immediately landed on Alya's pair of eyes before continuing.
"Marinette was right, Alya. Everything about your new 'best friend' is a lie. A big fat lie. And you are not a journalist, you're nothing but a paparazzi." She said coldly.
Adrien heard a lot of gasps around him and saw the amount of disbelief in Alya's eyes.
'Oh, boy.' He thought.
——— •• ◆ •• ———
Unaware of their surroundings, the cloaked person returned to the scene and observe the class from a distance. Their intentions were unclear to the mass, but they have their goals. And no one will be stopping them from reaching it.
Their gaze was as hard as steel.
If a person looks in their eyes at the moment, they will feel fear and terror. As if they are facing death himself.
Looking to the side, the person saw another point of their goal. They had seen two points of the goal as of now, the bug and the guy. There is only one left.
When they arrived in Paris, France, they were shocked at the amount of power that was covering the whole city. And facing the bug face-to-face, was a different experience.
They looked back at the group of students that are now in a current staring match.
They sighed deeply before turning around and leaving.
For them, no amount of ancient power will get in the way of their goal. Not even the power of the miraculous.
——— •• ◆ •• ———
Beyond the world of reality. There are three beings that were watching the world move as if the three watchers are security guards and were only watching a feed from different cameras.
But it was far from it.
Their slightest interference can change everything. Now that a new variable had caught their attention as it tries to get closer to their points.
"Are we sure about this? Involving her means taking everything from her. Even the smallest item will be taken."
"Yes. We have no choice. Our decision does not matter. If it is for the better of the world, then we should not have any objections or doubts."
They looked back to the person they were talking about. And at that moment they knew, they could only do so much, and thus everything left will be upon her.
——— •• ◆ •• ———
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What's next?
I posted yesterday a chapter in "Saving What's Left" FIC, what should I post next? (check out my master list to see the story/series description) ♢ saving what's left chapter
♢ a moving forward chapter
♢ the first chapter of the book one in the walls I've built
♢ a oneshot
Saving What's Left — Chapter Three
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The next morning came rather peacefully than normal. Hawkmoth still hasn't sent out an akuma which she is happy with, yet worried that the villain is planning something big once again like what happened with the Scarlet Moth incident especially since Lila Rossi is still parading near her.
School life is mundane for her at this moment. Since every day is like a repeat of the previous day, get to school, get accused by her once called 'best friend', get reprimanded by an incompetent teacher, and once again during the afternoon. In all honesty, she was tired of it. All she wanted to do now is finish her grade and stop Hawkmoth to put the miraculous at rest for a century. Hopefully.
Walking up to school in a rather new style of hers, she could feel every student's eyes on her. And despite the awkwardness that is starting to bubble in her stomach, she slightly tilted her head upwards and tried to walk in confidence not minding any of the lingering stares and mumbled whispers in her way. She entered the locker room only to see a crowd gathered around people who are screaming at the top of their lungs.
Marinette pushed her way through it and saw Chloé and Césaire going at it against each other. She moved her gaze and saw the door of her locker in ruins.
It looked as if someone used it as their punching bag and spray painted it with the word 'bitch' in bright red colour. Her gaze hardened before looking around and saw the slight smirk on someone's face and right there Marinette knew who was responsible for the destruction of it.
Before she could step forward Damocles, the disgrace of a principal, and Mendeleiev, one of the few staff in Dupont that knows about the ongoing b*llshit in the school, stepped out of the crowd.
"What is the meaning of this?!" Damocles shouted.
Alya Césaire looked at them and a sigh of relief came out of her mouth, "Look, Principal Damocles, Marinette destroyed her locker door and tried to frame it at Lila!"
Marinette saw the annoyed expression of her blonde friend, "Don't you ever accuse her, of your crimes!"
The moment the blonde spoke, they returned to their screaming match. It was the time that Marinette thought she put a stop to it, so she stepped out and all eyes are on her suddenly. Some were surprised by the blank expression on her face, knowing that she is the type of person that wears her heart on her sleeve and is easy to read like a book.
"Why don't we just open everyone's locker to see who did it, or we can just check the cameras that are pointing right at the view of the lockers." She said, at the corner of her eyes, she saw the person pale immensely and inside she is rejoicing at the sight of it.
As every student look up to see a security camera attached to the wall, she knew that the person will definitely be in a lot of trouble and she'll use every inch of this incident to make sure they know not to mess with her at this crucial moment of her life.
——— •• ◆ •• ———
In class, Marinette's thoughts wandered away to the thought of a different universe. Deep inside she knows she should not mess with fate. It is a type of taboo that someone that holds ancient powers should clear their head of any kind of destruction that fate will not approve of.
However, she, a guardian who has a whole box of ancient jewels sitting in her room, a pair of earrings in her earlobes and a ring hanging down on a chain hidden inside her clothing is a huge temptation for her. Mindlessly fidling the necklace she had created, her eyes moved to the direction of her friends that are now sporting a new type of accessory on their body.
Despite any warnings in her mind, she continued her drowning journey to the abyss of temptation, the temptation of making a wish and hoping all this never happened, or the temptation of going back in time where she can manage to give up the Ladybug Miraculous and continue her life without any link to the miraculouses and being ignorant to any information about it. The pit in her mind continues to create multiple scenarios of her being a normal girl with no powers. It was a dream for her.
"Mari, you okay? You've been silent for a while." Chloé asks in a whispered voice.
Marinette smiled at her and nodded at her that she is okay. Chloé now had a look of worry on her face but chose to ignore it for now and ask later before facing the front again.
The next thing she heard was the bell ringing indicating that it is already lunchtime and students are now standing up and clearing their tables before heading out.
"Hey, I might not join you guys today. I have to go somewhere first." She said.
Her friends nodded, and thus she left before them.
She arrived at her destination. A ruined building with a magnificent garden in the other direction away from her school. The neighbour agreed to let her sit around there and waste time in her own world for a few minutes.
Looking around the garden, she feels like she is in paradise. A world where she doesn't need to shoulder any world-threatening problems, that she doesn't need to police her own emotions in order to not fall victim to Hawkmoth. As her thoughts wander, she didn't feel the silent tears running down her face. She was staring ahead mindlessly.
Marinette knew that despite her best efforts in fighting this battle, she had a small feeling inside her that knew she wasn't fit for any of this. However, she didn't know that the feeling is mixed with regret, anger and sadness.
The anger of being chosen. The anger she had for her Master, that he had picked her, a young school girl who had big dreams in life, to be the heroine that she isn't. A heroine that is ready to give up and set aside her dreams to protect and save her people. Marinette knew she isn't that heroine.
The regret of going back. Upon meeting Tikki, she decided to give it up and chose to pass it on, her regret of going back to that very box she passed to someone and trying to be the heroine that the city needs. Every type of regret is gnawing at her. The regret of letting her dreams slip through her fingers. New York, is a city of high-end fashion. As the heroine of this forsaken city, her regret of declining a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity hangs in her mind.
And lastly, the sadness of losing everything one by one.
Her innocence to the horrors of the world, she lost it the moment she stepped up as Ladybug. In exchange for the heroic deeds she had done for the city, all she gets in return is betrayal from her previous friends, loneliness after losing the person she thought will be by her side at the time they defeat the villain, the thought of being alone in a city with knowledge of ancient magic that is used for goodwill. Everything in her life was a mess. She's only 14.
She's only fourteen.
——— •• ◆ •• ———
The sound of sobbing brought him out of his reading zone. Looking behind the tree he was hiding, he saw a girl silently tearing up with her eyes staring ahead blankly.
The sobs leaving her lips were loud yet silent.
In his eyes the girl was beautiful. Porcelain skin, midnight hair with blue reflections and those blue eyes that complements her. He couldn't understand the sudden feeling of walking up towards her and wiping away that sorrowful look on her face. But he chose to stop himself and stare only. His gaze pierced her form, but she was oblivious to it.
The sudden sound of an explosion shocked her and when she looked towards the direction of the sound, his eyes also moved and he saw a huge Akuma running rampant once again.
When his eyes moved back to the girl, she was already gone.
At one moment he thought that maybe the person is only a figment of his imagination, that the girl that captured his attention is only his own fantasy.
He resumed his position and went back to reading, ignoring the screams of destruction from the Akuma and screams of distress from its victims. He knows that the city's heroes will solve it, and he doesn't need to be involved as he doesn't have anything to help with it.
Maybe reading under the shade of this tree is a good thing, at least he got to see a weeping angel in a garden of paradise.
——— •• ◆ •• ———
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Moving Forward — Chapter 8
Chapter Eight
The cold hard truth
Adrien heard the bell, and reluctantly dragged himself towards his classroom, he saw Nino seating next to his desk, but when he sat down the DJ didn't acknowledge his presence like before. Adrien looked to his right and saw Chloé frowning and ignoring him as well. He thought back to Chloé's last sentence in her message.
She was right. He knew from the very beginning, but he didn't side with the victim, instead, he sided with the bully. What kind of friend even was he? He didn't know either.
— previous chapter... —
Alya arrived on school and immediately felt that something was wrong.
Some of the students kept glancing at her then back towards to the person their talking to or to their phones. She wanted to ask someone what was happening, but every time she tries to approach someone they kept flinching back and immediately left. Not without glancing back at her with glee dancing in their eyes.
She made her way towards to the classroom and could vividly see a huge change especially on how her boyfriend's, Nino, scooting away from his very own supposed best friend, Adrien. She walked inside and waved at them, still trying to see what was the change. "Hey guys! Why's everyone acting differently today? Did something happen?"
The rest of the class suddenly flinched and immediately remembered that Alya was a newly proclaimed best friend of said liar.
Before anyone can answer, someone walked inside the room, approached the teacher's table then started setting up a projector in front of the class.
"Uhm... Not to be rude, but who might you be Mme?" Kim asked.
The woman in front stopped and looked at them. "I am Mme Cheilr, I will be this class' temporary teacher for a while. Mme Bustier is handling some issues right now." She explained.
Unknown to students, Caline Bustier is currently in a meeting with the school board along with Principal Damocles as someone had filed an anonymous report about Bustier and Damocles.
Alya was still confused to why people were avoiding her, even her own boyfriend is avoiding her.
Lila showed up in class in the middle of the discussion, successfully having everyone's attention for disturbing lecture hours, but was surprised to not see Bustier in front of the class. But she played it off, worried only for the three who caught her act.
"I'm sorry for showing up late everyone, I was busy helping a poor cat get off a high tree—" Lila started.
"Mlle Rossi, you're late. Stay after class, now go to your seat." The teacher interrupted her.
That not only shocked Lila but Alya as well. The coldness on their temporary teacher's voice was new to them. Lila being humiliated and being cutted off, she silently went and sat next to Alya, and whispered how the teacher's cold voice 'terrified her and reminded her of someone who use to do that to her back in Italy'.
At the moment, everything was weird and suspicious for Alya, the glances from her fellow schoolmates, the whole class' change and even Nino's sudden distance from his so-called Best Friend is driving her nuts. She wanted to know what was happening but couldn't act on it because of the temporary teacher, so she had to wait until lunch time to get around and investigate what was happening.
She felt like hours have past before the finally rang indicating that it was lunch time, it was as if time was ticking very slowly. While packing up her stuff, Lila told her that she needed to go to the bathroom and freshen up after what happened, and she nodded hoping to buy some time and ask around. Not knowing that the girl was running of to the bathroom and try to gain some gossip on what happened to Bustier.
"Alright, was is going on?! You can literally cut through the tension in here!" Alya shouted, demanding an answer.
"Maybe you should take a look on your so-called BFF, Als. She's not what you think she is." Alix answered.
Alya scoffed.
"Really? This again?! Come on Alix, you're sounding like Marinette! I'll tell you what I told her, you don't have any proof! That's it. What, suddenly your against Lila who did nothing and who Marinette antagonize every single day!" She shouted again.
"Well it's the truth!" A shout from the back startled all of them.
Looking at the back of the room, they saw their resident petite blonde girl, Rose, with an angered yet teary eyed look. Juleka was beside her running her hands up Dan down on her back trying to calm her down. Rose's hands were balled to fists on her side.
"The last akuma, we were together. Me, Juleka, Alix and Lila. She got hit, and started talking about how Marinette didn't do anything to her but the opposite. She was the one harassing Marinette,"
The class was shocked to their cores. Rose was known as someone who doesn't talk about someone unless it was necessary.
"I saw her expression. She was angry that she couldn't stop what she was saying, after the akuma was dealt with, we started backing away before leaving her there alone." Rose explained.
The class was stunned. But only a handful of students are not in agreement of what is happening. Alya is heavily disagreeing about her classmates confession about their other classmate, while Adrien stood shocked and indenial. He is certain that Rose must have been exaggerating, because if what is said true, then he truly messed up.
"Alya why is is so hard for you to try and believe in Marinette? I mean she is your former BFF... You couldn't even give her the benefit of the doubt?" Sabrina asked.
"Because! And besides you all know what Marinette can do!" Alya tried to reason.
All of a sudden, Chloé entered the room with a stoic expression on her face. She stopped and looked around the room before going to her desk and sitting down. No one understood why everything stopped when she entered.
"What?" She asked, when she noticed everyone staring at her.
The students slightly flinched before one by one filtering out of the room, leaving only Chloé, Sabrina and Alya. But even then Alya soon followed the students in pursuit of Lila to fill her in on what's happening.
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The three girls, Alix, Rose and Juleka, went to Marinette's Family Bakery during their lunch time. After blowing up on Alya, Rose could still feel the tension on her shoulders, without Juleka's silent support she knew she would've already been on the ground.
Upon entering the bakery, Sabine immediately noticed them and the smile on her face slowly faded. She politely excused herself and approached the girls. She was looking at them silently before asking them.
"What are you three doing here?" Her voice calm yet strict.
Alix was the one to answer, "We're looking for Marinette. We we're hoping to talk to her about what we found out, and hopefully apologize for what we've done."
Sabine looked at the three intently, in her mind, she knows that Marinette would've instantly accepted them without a doubt given her personality, but being a mother and knowing your child has been bullied by her peers due to lies and manipulation from another student who views her as a rival, it hurts her. She sighed deeply before answering.
"Marinette's isn't here anymore. After we found out what is happening to her inside that school with the staff that we trusted, we deemed it not worthy enough for her. As a her mother, it pains me to know that my child is suffering from such mental assaults that it drained her, so we pulled her out of Dupont and transferred her to a school that will help her grow closer to her dreams."
The girls were dumbfounded.
"The school is in a place we deemed safe for her. As such we let her moved closer to that school as it may hinder her opportunity to be free from your school. I understand that you might've realized your mistakes, and wished to apologize to her. But I won't let you near her until she says so. I'll deliver your message to her, that you three are apologizing, but that's it."
"Uhm... We could send her a text if it's alright..." Rose said.
"Marinette changed her number long ago apparently. After she received such texts from her 'BFF', she changed it and didn't notify anyone. As it seems, we are busy at the moment, you can now go back." Sabine said before turning her back and going to the register to accommodate a customer.
The three numbly walked back to school. Feelings of guilt, sadness and pain overtook their bodies. Knowing that a person they knew so well before needed to change schools, because of them, hurts.
Going inside the classroom, the trio could see everyone on edge.
"What's going on?" Alix asked.
Max turned to her before looking back at his computer and answering. "Someone filed an anonymous note of how 'incompetent' Mme Bustier is. I'm trying to figure out who did it, because Mme Bustier isn't incompetent!"
Rose and Juleka went back to their desks and sat quietly, still processing what Sab— Mme Cheng told them. Meanwhile Alix went to the front center and told them.
"We went to the bakery earlier,"
Everyone stopped moving and looked at her confused.
"Marinette isn't going back. Apparently Mme Cheng deemed this school unsafe and unworthy for her daughter." Alix looked around before settling her eyes on Lila, "And it's mainly because of you."
"Alix! That's rude of you!" Alya defended.
"It's true. You might continue manipulating Alya but not us. I will never forgive you for driving between us and Marinette, that you couldn't take that Marinette knew you were lying. That you managed to rope Agreste into not telling everyone about your lies. The school knows what a fraud you are, and soon this class will."
Alix said before going up to her desk and stayed quiet after.
"Really? You're blaming Lila?! And why are you all so defensive about Marinette when a few days ago you all defended Lila against a bully, against Marinette. And so what if Marinette transferred?! She doesn't have a right to just leave after causing so much trouble! Where is she?! I'll drag her back here if I have to!" Alya shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Why? So you can make her miserable again?" Chloé sassed.
Alya scoffed.
"What you're defending her as well? So that you can be this noble person?" Alya said sarcastically.
Between all the shouting inside the room, two students are ransacking their brains on what's happening. Rossi didn't understand why suddenly her sheep are being so hostile at the moment, she could understand why Rose, Juleka and Alix are hostile against her, but now only Alya is left at her side! She didn't understand how everything is falling apart.
Adrien Agreste on the other hand is pale as white. His best friend, Nino, is avoiding him after finding out that he knew for a long time. He doesn't understand why he was receiving all this hostility just because he didn't tell. In his defense, Marinette tried warning everyone about Lila's lies but look where it got her? He just didn't want to lose his friends, can you blame him?
"No. I'm being like this because that liar needs to be put in her place. Done with the manipulation, and this class? They're done with your lies, only this tabloid writer believes you." Chloé's eyes lingered longer on a shaking Lila Rossi, not because of fear but with anger.
"And you're not dragging her back here. Besides she's already happy with the new support around her. You should've all seen how she smiled brightly, especially you Rossi. You should've seen how happy she was after trying to destroy her. That no matter what you do Rossi, you can never break her. Ever." Chloé sneered.
Lila was filled with hatred and anger after Chloé's words. In her mind, Marinette didn't deserve to be happy. Never.
"You failed Rossi. Because you're pathetic." Chloé added with a smirk.
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On the other side of town, a serious boy is looking directly at a skittish bluenette.
"So... what did you want to talk about?" Marinette spoke rather sarcastically.
Félix raised an eyebrow at her before pointedly eyeing the floating Kwamis beside her. "I'll save you the embarrassment of explaining about how you just easily got found out. I want to talk to you about ideas and investigation on this whole Hawkmoth problem."
"Oh. Actually I might already have a lead, but I can't tell you. Besides I can't risking letting more people know that have possession of such jewels. I really appreciate the offer of helping me out in this hero business." Marinette said sincerely with a smile.
Despite disagreeing with her judgement of carrying it all alone, Félix knew he couldn't just interfere with her work, and will respect her wishes of working on it alone, even if he somehow dislike it. He also knew that when the time comes that Marinette needs help in anything, he can imagine himself suddenly putting down everything in a second and rushing to her as fast as his legs could.
Maybe it might not be for saving Paris, but just to see her smile at him knowing he'll be there to help.
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