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Dating ‘Prince Charming’ Part 2/3

[ Lila is finally starting to learn what its really like to be Adrien Agreste's girlfriend and finding out its not everything she hoped it would be. But while the liar struggles Marinette works toward her goals and meets someone new. ]

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Chloe made her grand return 3 weeks after Lila and Adrien’s big dating announcement. The bossy blonde had been away in New York with her mother and it was only in retrospect that Marinette briefly wondered if the entire timing of her and Adriens break up and Lila and Adriens announcement had been planned. After all Chloe had not taken well to Marinette dating Adrien and the class president was positive she would not take the news that Lila had swooped in right after their big breakup any better.

As it turns out Marinette had been right at least about Chloe not taking the news well. She’d walked into class early (for her) only to be met with chaos as Chloe and Lila stood opposed and yelling filled the classroom. Despite the fact that Marinette KNEW Chloe would hate whoever dated Adrien the sight was still enough to leave her mildly stunned after all Lila and Chloe had been tag team harassing Marinette since the second she and Adrien had started dating so to see the once allies now locked in a vicious match each using their unique brand of awful against each other… Well it was something. 

Luckily Marinette knew she would not have to lift a finger to fix things. Because this? This was Adrien’s problem. And Marinette had no intention of helping or playing mediator. After all Adrien had let Lila and Chloe stomp all over their relationship when they’d still been dating, heck he’d even asked Marinette to simply deal with it so now he could deal with it and Marinette severely doubted that Lila would be even half as accepting or accommodating as she had been. 

 So while the two wannabe queens duked it out Lila with fake tears and Chloe with vicious mockery Marinette simply glided past the drama and up to her seat where she pulled out her sketchbook and started adding the finishing touches to a sketch of a brand new rock and roll suit for Uncle Jagged. Now that she wasn’t chasing after Adrien 24/7 and making him gifts and worrying about him or Lila or Chloe not to mention trying to keep up with her school work and grades all while also being Ladybug well Marinette had time on her hands and she’d been using it to study, track down Hawkmoth with Alya’s help, spend time with friends but most of all she’d been using that time on her career. 

 As she wrote in what materials she would need to get a certain sheen effect on the outfit, Marinette noticed the green eyes looking up at her desperately from the front of the class. Marinette glanced up noting how Adrien seemed to be trying to plead with her to help as he tried to reign in his dramatic new girlfriend and attack dog childhood friend; she only cocked her head to the side, smiled and offered him a little wave before continuing with her work. Yeah no way was she willingly throwing herself into THAT.

 Sure enough before class could start Adrien managed to drag Lila out of the room and into the hallway no doubt to give her the same speech he had given Marinette when THEY were dating Lila bursting back into the classroom a few minutes later looking like she’d just swallowed a whole lemon only confirmed Marinette’s suspicions. 

 What Marinette had not expected was Lila openly complaining about ADRIEN at lunch, hours after the incidents of that morning. Marinette ate her steamed bun as she watched with mild surprise as the Italian wailed and threw a veritable tantrum as she told the girls all about how Adrien had put Chloe first and had asked Lila to simply deal with it. It was so painfully ironic that Marinette struggled not to roll her eyes. Honestly after the breakup Marinette had for a brief time contemplated revenge because truthfully. She was hurt and mad but Tikki had talked her out of it claiming that karma would have its way Marinette hadn’t believed the little god at the time too lost in her grief and her ice cream but now? Well now Marinette was starting to understand what Tikki meant. Because Lila wanted to be Adrien Agreste’s girlfriend no matter what it took, and she was only now starting to see what that really meant.

 Sure enough in the weeks that followed Lila and Chloe kept each other busy allowing Marinette to for the first time in years relax at school. Of course Lila tried to redirect Chloe’s hatred back at Marinette by telling the blonde about how it had been Marinette who initiated the break up. But Marinette had easily overcome Chloe’s rage with honesty after all she had only broken up with Adrien because she knew they were incompatible and that Adrien would be happier with someone else, something Chloe agreed with though the way in which the blonde agreed made Marinette’s eye twitch just a little.

 And then of course there was Adrien who was still trying to get Marinette to step in and help him handle his childhood friend and girlfriend but Marinette had been able to dodge him for weeks until they were having a class meetup at the park. Chloe was not attending due to wanting to avoid the ‘peasants’ as she so called them and Lila claimed she would be late due to an important meeting with some famous person. Honestly Marinette had not even bothered to pay attention. Adrien had noted the lack of ‘problem people’ and had decided to make a bold move calling Marinette out as they all hung out together to ‘talk to her in private’ yeah like THAT was going to happen. 

 Marinette knew Adrien’s modus operandi very well. He’d call you out, ask to talk to you privately and then lay on the guilt trip. No way was she doing that anymore she’d endured enough of them while they were dating to last a lifetime.

 “Actually I would prefer not to talk to you alone, Adrien. You're publicly dating someone and we never know when your fans or the paparazzi might be around. Besides anything you can say to me in private you can say in front of OUR friends.” 

 Adrien looked like a kicked puppy at her words. But as their classmates quickly took her side and insisted he tell Marinette whatever he needed with them around the blonde was backed into a corner.

 “Well the thing is… I was wondering if you could help? With the whole Lila, Chloe situation?”

 Marinette wasn’t even given a chance to respond. The second the words left Adrien’s mouth the entire class bristled, many giving Adrien looks of confusion and shock as if he’d just spoken pure nonsense and honestly in a way he had. Nathaniel however was the one who said it best.

 “Wait I’m sorry are you seriously asking Marinette to mediate between her long time bully and the girl you started dating not even an hour after your break up with her? Are you serious?!” 

 “W-Well I just thought-”

 “Thought what Agreste? That Marinette should put herself in the worlds worst situation completely ignoring her own feelings just to make your life easier?” 

 Oof Kim going straight for the throat.

 “B-But shes the class president!”

 “So?! That doesn’t make her a genie! She can't just clap her hands and fix everything nor should she have to!”

 Marinette had never heard Rose sound so upset in her life, which is when the young fashion designer knew it was her turn to say her piece and get things back under control.

 “Adrien.” She ignored the hopeful look he shot her. “Not only do I not want to get involved but I don’t think it would help. Chloe doesn’t like me and Lila’s ‘disease’-” she said the word with barely concealed sarcasm “acts up when I’m around. So I’m sorry but no I will not help you with this.”

 “But I’m sure if you just-”

 The look the class shot him was enough to end the conversation and Marinette let out a relieved sigh as her heart filled with warmth she really loved her friends.

 A month after the conversation in the park Lila Rossi got her second harsh wake up call to the ‘true joys’ of being Adrien Agreste’s girlfriend and it was a two for one deal. 

 Lila had seemingly been under the assumption that once she was dating Adrien her own popularity would rise to meet his but she was starting to learn that wasn’t the case. Adrien still got plenty more photo-shoots then she did and most were still solo and since they were fast approaching the spring fashion season Adrien was plenty busy with more and more shoots while Lila was left waiting for her turn in the spotlight.

 Perhaps it was the frustration at not immediately sky rocketing her way up in fame or maybe it was the snide comments from Adrien Fangirls talking about the lack of couples shoots but Lila seemingly came up with the brilliant plan to force the spotlight onto herself by demanding, manipulating and forcing Adrien to take her on big flashy fancy dates where the paparazzi always conveniently found them Marinette had no doubt Lila was the one tipping them off but she kept her mouth shut. It wasn’t her problem.

 However while Lila was enjoying her tabloid paparazzi fueled fame the class and more surprisingly Gabriel Agreste himself were beginning to notice the way it was wearing Adrien down. Between his photo-shoots and busy schedule all of Adrien’s precious free time was being filled up by Lila and her many needy antics and it was starting to show in the way Adrien carried himself and how exhausted he seemed.

 Nino was the one who led the charge just as he had when Lila manipulated the class into thinking her ‘clingy’ but where Marinette had gotten some hurtful but well meaning lectures about her Adrien obsession which in retrospect DID help her realize her love was unhealthy. Lila was not given such a kind well meaning speech instead Nino got mad, something he rarely let himself become.

 As it turns out Lila had worn Adrien down to the point where the blonde was too exhausted to function and he’d nearly passed out while standing and talking to Nino and that mixed with the fact that it had previously been Lila who painted the faux picture of Marinette as the clingy evil girlfriend isolating the boy from his friends was enough for Nino to harshly call her out. The liar did do her best to wriggle out of the situation trying to claim she only wanted ‘some’ private time with her oh so busy boyfriend but Nino was not having it and the class was too happy to back him up.

 The more Lila tried to defend and excuse her actions the angrier Nino got and much to the liars annoyance the young musician had proof and plenty of it. Between his text correspondence with Adrien that revealed the model was constantly being forced to cancel relaxing friend days to take Lila out on flashy dates that always ended with paparazzi and fans swarming the location and forcing Adrien into high stress situations, and an extremely detailed schedule planner that Nino had made to keep track of his best buds work life balance (potential evidence to blackmail Gabriel Agreste if he ever threatened to pull Adrien out of school again apparently). The facts didn’t lie and they were showing that Lila was the real ‘clingy’ girlfriend.

 Things eventually got so heated between Nino and Lila arguing that an akuma appeared to try and take advantage of the situation. Luckily for everyone Ladybug had been patrolling and stopped the naughty little butterfly from making things worse. In the end Lila was forced to grit her teeth and apologize to her darling boyfriend. Though perhaps what upset her more was the way the class proceeded to apologize to Marinette after the fact for ever accusing her of being clingy and taking up too much of Adrien’s free time.

 However Lila still thought she had one last ace up her sleeve, and so after the class luncheon ended the liar proceeded to contact Gabriel hoping to get her new boyfriends dad to reign him in and do her bidding. Unluckily for Lila however Gabriel had been paying attention to the situation and that fact that it had ALMOST led to an akuma made him look even closer into things.

 And he was not happy with what he found. The paparazzi pictures and articles that resulted from Lila and Adrien’s flashy dates had started positively enough with headlines and puff pieces about how cute the couple looked together, how it was nice to see the young Agreste in more casual settings with his girlfriend. But as the dates became more and more frequent and Lila’s constant demands and needs grew the articles slowly began to change soon they were discussing the concerning amount of money Adrien must be spending on his girlfriend, how exhausted and stressed the young Agreste heir looked under his strained smiles and was he eating and sleeping enough?

 The akuma he’d sent had only further confirmed Gabriel’s negative feelings toward Lila though it did make him re-evaluate the young Lahiffe boy. Gabriel had originally thought the wannabe musician might just be interested in Adrien for money but seeing the lengths he went to defend his friend had the designer impressed and even a little grateful. So when Lila phoned to try and throw the boy under the bus and get Gabriel to side with her, well she had another thing coming.

 Marinette heard later from Alya and the rest of the girls that Lila was ‘devastated’ how she’d wailed sobbed and thrown the tantrum of the century as she ranted and raved about Gabriel putting a 1 date a month maximum limit on Adrien and Lila. The two lovebirds could still hang out of course but it would be in the company of the rest of the class or other friends, or if they really wanted some privacy it would be strictly at the Agreste mansion for studying. Lila had told the girls that it was unfair and unjust that Gabriel was trying to get in the way of their love! Alya had relayed to Marinette that while the girls agreed that 1 date a month was a bit rough they all thought Lila’s tantrum was a bit childish especially when they all remembered how Marinette had rarely if ever got to enjoy 1 private date a month with Adrien and never in public.

 Of course just because Lila had been told ‘no’ didn’t mean the liar was going to listen. And so she began trying to find ways to manipulate Adrien into ‘accidental’ dates, bugging the blonde to take her out instead of settling for lunch at school or trying to conveniently separate the two of them from the rest of the group during weekend and after school hang outs. But each time Lila tried Nino thwarted her eventually the Italian had gotten so angry at his meddling that she phoned Gabriel again this time to try and get the musician removed or banned or ANYTHING so that he’d back off, so when she instead learned that Nino had been asked by Gabriel to keep an eye out on for his son and that Adrien knew about it well the liar was furious. 

 Marinette learned later this time from Rose and Juleka that the Italian had tried to go on another tantrum tirade only to be stopped by Alya who would not tolerate anyone badmouthing her lovely boyfriend. Needless to say, Marinette was quick to notice the following Monday how Lila pouted and avoided the Ladyblogger like the plague. Luckily Marinette made sure Alya didn’t dwell on it too much by inviting the girl over to help her brainstorm some new ideas.

 Because while Lila was focusing on leeching the fame and fortune off her boyfriend and being met with endless failures and a very hostile guard dog called Chloe. Marinette had been THRIVING. The suit she’d designed for Jagged had gone viral online and soon Jagged was passing on her contact information to a small selection of celebrities Marinette felt comfortable designing for. The fact that her identity was a secret and she had a very exclusive client list had only caused MDC to soar even higher in popularity with the public making it clear that they too wanted access to MDC fashion. And so Marinette had done her research and with the help of Uncle Jagged and Aunt Penny she’d set up an online store where she would sell ready made clothes. 

 Of course just because Marinette was seeing success didn’t mean she had forgotten about her friends. In fact the entire class minus Lila, Adrien and Chloe knew very well the true identity of the elusive MDC and that was because while Marinette was taking big steps toward her dreams she was helping her friends do just the same. 

 After all it didn’t take long for the internet to learn that the mysterious MDC designed Kitty Sections outfits causing the band to have a surge of free publicity that led to many people discovering their music and falling in love with the band. 

 Then there was Nathanial, Marc and Alya who Marinette or should she say MDC collaborated with while designing her ‘hero hoodie’ fashion collection all of them saw a boost in views with Marc and Nathanial’s comic picking up new readers though it was there brand new all original idea that had really flown off the shelves earning them an online cult following. Alya meanwhile got her blog spotted by Lois Lane herself who was impressed with the young future journalist and contacted Alya for a summer internship the scream Alya had made almost gave Marinette a heart attack.

 And it didn’t end there. When Nino made a short film with Mylene and Kim of all people as his lead actors and uploaded it for free to YouTube MDC who was well known for supporting smaller creatives and signal boosting them on her social media was more than happy to make a tweet linking to the short film. Nino’s short film had been impactful and powerful despite being a comedy satire on Hawkmoth and it had quickly blown up earning Nino a summer internship at a film studio and Mylene and Kim several job offers. Kim had never been particularly interested in acting but after seeing the outpouring of love and support not to mention with the encouragement he got from his lovely girlfriend Ondine he decided to accept a few offers surprising everyone as he developed a new passion that he and Mylene bonded over.

 Max, and Alix were also boosted in a similar way to Nino, Kim and Mylene when MDC retweeted some of their creative endeavors. Alix a video where she had used spray paint to recreate a few classical paintings though that had only acted as a signal boost that allowed the skater to be noticed for her real passion Extreme Sports! When a very exclusive extreme sports training summer camp contacted Alix about her attending she’d squealed almost as loud as Alya had. Max meanwhile had his demo for his work in progress video games retweeted by MDC and saw a huge surge in interest and a few interested investors and publishers even arrived with offers, though before he could agree to anything his popularity ballooned even further when a video of him showing off Markov surfaced. He had later joked to Marinette that while he appreciated the support he wasn’t sure how he felt about suddenly gaining a ‘nerd cult’ as Kim called it. 

 Of course all of Marinette’s friends knew she was largely responsible for their sudden surge of fame and good fortune and many of them tried to dismiss their own talents and give all the credit to Marinette. But the young designer simply threw it back at them. Yes she had signal boosted them and given them a helping hand but at the end of the day the only reason they had gotten so popular and stayed so popular after the brief burst from her influence passed and the internet moved on to the next big thing was because they were talented and amazing without Marinette.

 The only problem with the classes' new found fame. Was that sooner or later Lila was bound to take notice. And take notice she did when Mylene appeared as an extra in one of Lila’s favorite daytime soaps. The liar had been so focused on Adrien and trying to leech her fame off him while beating Chloe back with a stick that she had somehow missed all the major developments. And she was livid. 

 She was supposed to be the most popular girl in school! She was meant to be the star, the one people admired and aspired to be like! The one they envied but loved too much to truly hate! And when she’d finally gotten Marinette and Adrien to break up she thought for sure that all her dreams would come true. But somehow while she’d been busy trying to reign in the pesky little blonde her classmates had all gone and gotten famous without her. Most of them wouldn’t even BE in Paris in the fast approaching summer since many of them either had internships, specialized camps, acting gigs, or in Kitty Sections case a whole music tour with Jagged Stone that for some reason Marinette was also a part of?!? 

 None of it made any sense and when Lila had gone looking for how exactly everything had happened she kept finding herself looking at MDC’s social media. The elusive and private designer was apparently a super sucker or something as every week they would highlight some small time random creator. Honestly it disgusted Lila who just handed out fame like that? Fame and popularity was meant to be exclusive! Earned! Something for only the most beautiful and talented of society. Not for chubby little idiots like Mylene or nerdy freaks like Max. 

 Of course Lila was nothing if not an opportunist. Sure in her opinion none of her talentless, average, classmates actually deserved their new found fame and popularity but the good thing was they were also a bunch of gullible idiots. And if she played her cards right they would surely carry her to the top. She already had the perfect lie, she would simply claim to be best friends with MDC and tell the class that she had been the one to recommend that the designer boost her classmates. 

 It was perfect. Genius really.

 So then why did it fail immediately?

 Lila stood in front of the class, her face frozen in shock as she was stared down by 10 pairs of angry glares. She had expected overwhelming thank you’s and the class bowing at her feet but the second the lie slipped out of her mouth the class instead turned on the liar like a close knit pack of wolves smelling a sheep. Honestly Lila could not understand where she’d gone wrong, and even if she had said something that was an obvious lie wouldn’t the class just normally brush it off as her disease? So why is it that they were acting this way?

 It was Alya who broke the silence first.

 “You want to run that by us again? Lila.” 

 The Italian girl swallowed the lump in her throat and ignored the obvious warning sign that was Alya’s sharp tone. Forcing a charming smile Lila brought out her sweetest voice determined that she could salvage whatever THIS was.

 “I was just saying that I’m so happy for all of you! I didn’t want to say anything at the time BUT me and MDC are such good friends! So when he-”

 “He?” Alix snorted and rolled her eyes. “Yeah that about confirms it.”

 The entire class seemed to agree with Alix as they all shook their heads and shot Lila disappointed and annoyed looks before returning to their own conversations and or hobbies freezing her out. Ignoring her.

 Oh that? That pissed Lila off like nothing else. Her cheeks grew hot as she stomped her foot angrily, regaining their attention. 

 “You guys think I’m telling lies again! You all promised that you wouldn’t judge me for my disease but you are!” For added effect she started to sniffle and sob expecting the class to do what they always did and feel guilty about their treatment of her and rush to comfort her.

 Instead she was met with even harsher glares.

 “Uhh yeah no duh we think you're lying because you ARE. We” Alix gestured to the people currently in class. “Have all met MDC and SHE not ‘he’ is a wonderful person who helped boost our careers because she thinks we're all super cool and talented not because you asked her too.” 

 Lila felt her face screw up like she’d just sucked a lemon but she quickly worked it to her advantage as she began to loudly sob.

 “T-That’s not fair! You know I can't help my disease!” 

 “Uhh yeah no. I’m stopping you there.” Alya stood up looking down from her perch at Lila with her hands on her hips commanding the room, Lois had been training her well. “We can accept that MAYBE your lying disease makes you claim things when your nervous or scared like how you always accuse Marinette of stuff, and we can MAYBE believe that your disease makes you mix up names and words so you end up giving the wrong information out about charities and celebrities and yes MAYBE we can believe that you sometimes make false claims about yourself when your stressed out like that time with Clara Nightingale stealing your dance moves. Whatever! But Lila that right there? You were not having an ‘oops I lied’ moment you were actively trying to deceive us to make the false claim that YOU are the reason MDC noticed us when we know the truth. And when I gave you a chance to correct yourself you tried to double down. That was intentional. That was malicious.”

 Lila felt her mouth fall open, her eyes blinking in shock. Too late she tried to recover. Tried to explain away the situation and make herself out to be innocent. But the class was done with her and they made it clear in how they iced her out. Eventually she had no choice but to suck it up and sit down at her seat. Not long later Marinette rushed into class followed by Chloe who was latched onto Adrien with Sabrina in tow.

 Soon enough the school year came to an end and Lila watched bitterly through the all seeing eyes of the internet as her classmates left for their internships, job opportunities, highly specialized summer camps, and more. Meanwhile she was stuck at home. Oh sure she got to go on a few out of country photo-shoots with Adrien but her fame was still nothing compared to her boyfriends, and it was quickly becoming less than nothing as her classmates rose in influence and popularity. Come the new school year Lila would need to find some way to force the class back under her heel.

 Marinette was having the best summer of her life! Jagged had taken Kitty Section on tour with him and insisted on Marinette coming with them as their designer. Marinette hadn’t been sure at first worried about the Hawkmoth situation and her own career. But in the end Tikki and her parents had convinced her. Her parents loved the idea of Marinette leaving Paris and going to see the world with her friends for a bit, and Tikki had reminded Marinette that she had the Horse Miraculous and could come home anytime, besides Hawkmoth had been getting lazier and lazier with both his akumas and the amount of them. So in the end Marinette agreed and it had been the BEST decision of her life.

 They visited England before eventually traveling overseas to America. The sights and sounds and new foods were filling Marinette with inspiration and she’d never been so busy sketching. Then of course there was the great company. Uncle Jagged and Aunt Penny were wonderful and quickly ‘adopted’ all of Kitty Section + Marinette. They'd act like doting parents one second and then the next they’d be ordering way too much pizza for the teens to share. 

 Of course everyone missed their friends and family but video call existed and it was only for the summer anyway. Ivan was the one who was probably the worst off pouting over his beloved Mylene but the group was able to cheer him up encouraging him to write a song for his girlfriend, the piece he wrote became a new hit single the second they performed it on stage and Mylene had loved it. 

 The group stopped by Florida first where Jagged took them all to Disney World and then Universal Park, pictures of the rocker wearing mickey mouse ears and a hufflepuff scarf of all things while being followed by a gaggle of teenagers had soon gone viral, after that it was off to New York, and then Metropolis where they spent a bit of time so Alya could see them and hang out. Her internship with Lois Lane was going well but she’d still been relieved to see her friends and get some down time to just chill. After that they went to Gotham, which was Jagged’s home town. Now most parents might veto a place as dangerous as Gotham but seeing as how Paris was under siege by an emotional butterfly themed terrorist and they were from a class particularly used to dealing with deadly akumas on a regular basis well they were able to convince their parents to let it happen. And to Marinette’s surprise Gotham turned out to be her favorite place of the whole trip.

 Sure the city was gloomy but the gothic architecture somehow inspired Marinette, and while the people were not outwardly all smiles and sunshine they were kind in their own way. But the thing Marinette ended up loving most about Gotham was its beautiful parks and famous greenhouses. Thanks to the influence of Poison Ivy and Bruce Wayne the city of Gotham had become the greenest city in all of America and it was a never ending source of inspiration for the young designer. Not to mention it was thanks to all the inspiring greenery that Marinette had met HIM.

 She’d been walking through one of Gotham’s older parks admiring the beautiful blooming wisterias that had been shaped into a long hallway arch when she got bowled over by a massive terrifying but very friendly dog. Marinette had been terrified at first until she noticed the fast wagging tail and happy smile on the dog's face. Tikki had warned her that one side effect of holding the Ladybug miraculous would be extra friendly animals a rather ‘tame’ side effect compared to the super strength, increased speed, and occasional urge to hibernate when cold but still the designer had never expected to be attacked with friendly happy dog kisses, not like THIS anyway. As she squirmed and laughed she tried to gently push the dog off. That was when the dogs owner had come to her rescue. Yanking his dog off of her while admonishing it Marinette was finally able to sit up and begin wiping the dog drool off her cheek with a laugh.

 “Don’t scold the cutie too much I’m okay I swear he didn’t hurt me.”

 “Even if he didn’t hurt you he’s been trained better than that. I’m very sorry, please allow me to help you.”

 The boy’s voice was cool, firmly polite and matter of fact leaving no room for argument. To an untrained ear he might even sound annoyed or angry but Marinette could tell that wasn’t the case. As Marinette accepted the hand the boy offered and let herself be pulled up she suddenly came face to face with the most beautiful pair of green eyes she’d ever seen. 

 Where Adrien’s eyes were bright like a blinding peridot green, these eyes were soft and warm like the green of a pine tree and Marinette could feel herself melt into them. It didn’t help that the rest of the boy's face was also incredibly handsome. The designer quickly shook herself out of her thoughts and glanced away not wanting to stare. Instead she directed her attention to her assailant, the dog was sitting now staring up at her with its tail still wagging wildly. Marinette smiled and reached her hand down letting the dog sniff her before she gave him some soft pets.

 “Such a softy for a big guy. What's his name?” 

 “Titus. And I apologize again. He really is trained better than that. I don’t know what came over him.” 

 Marinette felt a little bad but she couldn’t exactly say that she was the chosen champion of a god and a side effect of that was very friendly animals so instead she shot the boy a smile.

 “Don’t worry I just seem to have that effect on animals. Back home the pigeons and crows have started fighting for dominance of my roof and balcony because they both want my attention.” 

 The boy gave her a stunned look before he made a sound that Marinette believed might be a covered up laugh. She smiled even brighter and offered the boy her hand to shake.

 “By the way my name is Marinette. And it's a pleasure to meet you.”

 The boy looked at her hand for a moment before he eventually grabbed it and shook it awkwardly.

 “Damian… It's nice to meet you too. Though I can tell by that introduction that you're not from here.”

 Marinette snorted at that.

 “Really the introduction was what gave it away but not my accent?” 

 The boy seemed to blush a little at that before he coughed awkwardly. Marinette took pity on him and giggled.

 “You are correct in your deduction mr.detective. I’m visiting from Paris, France with some friends and my uncle.” 

 If Marinette hadn’t been too embarrassed to look him in the eyes she may have noticed the spark of curiosity when she mentioned Paris. And had she known who Damian truly was at the time she would have known that his curiosity came from the fact that Batman and the other supers had recently learned about the situation in Paris thanks to Lois Lane taking on a new intern who ran the Ladyblog. Mayor Bourgeois had been doing a good job hiding the situation but he’d overlooked the civilian journalist. 

 “Hm. We don’t get many tourists. What brought you all the way out here. If I may ask.” 

 Naturally without much thought the pair began to walk through the park together as their conversation flowed. Marinette avoided using Jagged's name not wanting her new very handsome friend to take an interest in her solely for her connections. Instead she told him that Gotham was her uncles hometown and that this was the last stop on what had already been a pretty busy summer vacation. That turned into her telling him a bit about her family in general which got him talking about his family, he complained about his adopted siblings of which there seemed to be many but Marinette could tell he loved them. 

 Talking about family made him admit he’d come to the park to get away from them for a little while which got Marinette talking about the park and all the beautiful nature in Gotham which got the two of them talking about the best parks in Gotham and then Marinette brought up her sketches and suddenly they were talking about art and other hobbies. Before they had even realized it they were sitting at a bench together hidden away in the trees and wisterias chatting away. Marinette didn’t know why but something about Damian made her feel comfortable. Maybe it was the way he gave her his full undivided attention, maybe it was the way he made sure not to invade her space without consent or how he didn’t interrupt her when she spoke. Either way she felt safe, felt warm, almost like she was home. And judging by the way he seemed to relax the longer they spoke, his stiff body unwinding and his gaze softening, she thought maybe he felt just as comfortable with her as she was with him.

 Honestly Marinette could have sat there chatting with Damian all day in fact it had already been several hours when the pair were finally interrupted. Both of their phones began to ring, Marinette’s with the tell-tale alarm of an akuma attack in Paris and Damian’s with an emergency as the Riddler had broken out of Arkham. The teenagers regretfully had to go both citing emergencies before they departed. It wasn’t until later that they realized they had forgotten to exchange phone numbers.

 The akuma back in Paris had turned out to be Lila Rossi, it seems that Adrien’s fangirls had never truly warmed up to the liar and they had been trying to dig up dirt on the girl for months before finally finding there evidence. Alya may have privated the videos of Lila’s lies after finding out about the ‘lying disease’ but apparently someone had copied and saved them beforehand. And those videos had finally made their way out into the public. Luckily no one criticized Alya seeing as how she’d already had the common sense to remove the videos from her blog it helped that Alya also made a post explaining the situation in more detail which led to the general public agreeing that it had not been Alya’s fault when she had a teacher and a principle telling her to believe in a fake ‘lying disease’ clearly it was the adults at fault here not the young girl who had believed in them. 

 Needless to say the public ripped Lila to shreds for being a serial liar with more of her lies coming to light each day now that she had been exposed. And obviously the Italian had not taken it well and gotten akumatized.

 Marinette knew that she should be happy that Lila had been exposed. Her classmates certainly were, but instead Marinette could not help but mope. Damian had been SO kind she really had wanted to get to know him better. The fact she’d completely missed out on getting his number gnawed at her. Little did she know that Damian was across the city thinking the same thing as he sat on a Gargoyle statue. 

 But fate likes to play funny games. A few days later Jagged got a call from Bruce Wayne, a few of his sons namely Tim, Jason and Dick had heard about Jagged being in town and tjat the rocker had brought MDC the famous designer with him. Apparently they were huge fans and had bugged, pleaded, whined, and eventually threatened a hunger strike until Bruce would ask Jagged to pretty please introduce them. So Jagged got the go ahead from Marinette and the gaggle of teenagers plus Jagged and Penny piled into a big van and drove over to the Wayne mansion.

 Seeing it from the outside, Marinette felt only intimidation and dread. It was so huge and they were so rich. What if they were unimpressed when they found out MDC was just some teenage girl? Letting Jagged guide her and her friends push her forward Marinette nervously knocked on the door and let herself be led inside by the kind old man who introduced himself as Alfred.

 Walking through the halls in wonder Marinette slowly felt her fingers twitch with the urge to design. But she suppressed it and focused not wanting to be rude. As the group turned a corner into a large sitting room Marinette’s blue eyes somehow found a pair of familiar green. She gasped, he blinked wide eyed.

 “Marinette?” - “Damian?” 

 They blinked again, shocked. Marinette eventually snorted and laughed. Damian found himself smiling as he approached the small girl. And everyone else? Well they were just confused. Except for Damian’s family they were confused and freaked out. 

 “Is the demon spawn, smiling Dicky bird? Or am I hallucinating?”

 “No I see it too Jason. He looks genuinely happy.”

 “So it's official.” Tim added “we're all hallucinating.”

 After some introductions and explanations things settled down with Marinette happy to take the Wayne’s on as clients. And the Wayne’s in turn being suitably impressed and amazed by the young girls accomplishments though the part they found most amazing was how she interacted with not only them but Damian. She was genuine and kind, no fake smiles or hidden double meanings, nor did she let their money and fame impress or blind her in any way. Jason soon declared her a little sister and Jagged preened and puffed as he gloated about not only Marinette but Kitty Section as well. 

 The rest of the summer spent in Gotham was tons of fun with Jason teaching Juleka and Marinette how to shoot guns and ride motorcycles, Rose and Marinette learning some of Dick’s gymnastics moves, Ivan meanwhile got along well with the quiet Cass and level headed Duke. Eventually Stephanie and Bab’s returned home as well and they also took to the french teens with ease they organized girl nights where they taught the girls how to break and enter something Marinette had a natural affinity for go figure. The most surprising development however was Luka. The slightly older boy had seemingly set his sights on the awkward coffee addicted Tim and had spent the remainder of the summer wooing him. 

 But while Luka was wooing Tim there was one other couple slowly forming. Everyone had seen the spark between Damian and Marinette and soon enough everyone was shipping it. The pair were often ‘conveniently’ left alone or were sent on errands that somehow conveniently became accidental dates. Marinette had been guarding her heart after Adrien had shattered it but Damian made her want to take the risk and fall in love. He was charming, polite, kind, sarcastic, and as she’d learned after telling him about the entire Paris situation akuma’s and all he was protective but without going so far as to undermine Marinette’s strength. He trusted her to be fast and smart and strong enough to defend herself (especially after they did a bit of fight training for fun and she laid him flat on the ground) but he did worry and care about her.

 But still there was something holding back both teens. Something that shattered near the end of the vacation. Marinette had been caught by a villain. Poison Ivy to be exact. The plant villainess had taken note of the new frequent visitor to her greenhouse but what had really gotten her attention was how the plant life reacted to her. And furthermore how the plant life SPOKE about her. Ivy’s curiosity eventually grew too large and so she snatched up the young designer and brought her home. Luckily Marinette wasn’t particularly scared of Ivy or Harley, sure she didn’t like being knocked out but she felt no real fear, in the end Ivy, Harley and Marinette ended up having an unprompted girls day complete with junk food, ranting, bad American tv and more. Ivy eventually figured that Marinette was some kind of Meta one who had a strong influence over plant and animal life and that was enough for her to adopt the small half Asian girl and inject her with her special blend the same one she’d given to Harley to keep her safe in a town full of crazies.

 But while Marinette was perfectly fine hanging out with 2 of the 3 sirens Damian had not taken it so well. He had scoured the city trying to find the sirens newest abode all while he gnawed his lip until it bled. Maybe it was the stress that made him slip up or maybe it was just Marinette being too smart for her own good. But when the young Robin came bursting in through a window yelling Marinette’s name something had immediately clicked and she knew who he was. After she’d calmed the situation down and made sure no one fought anyone else, Marinette thanked Ivy and Harley for the nice day and let Robin carry her away. After talking with Tikki and deciding to be reckless and selfish for once in her life Marinette confronted Damian the next day, revealing her own identity in the process. There was some freaking out and a LOT of talking with Tikki and the rest of the bat clan but in the end it seemed to work out for the best. Ladybug was certainly happy to accept the help anyway even if Chat Noir wasn’t going to be.

 A week later Damian finally asked Marinette out. Two days after that they shared their first kiss on the ferris wheel. And come the end of summer Marinette, Kitty Section and surprise guests Damian and Tim Wayne were all boarding a flight back to Paris.

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Robin Hoodie

Marinette hugged her hoodie closer as she walked out of school. She had been so busy the past three weeks and Damian wasn't fairing any better. All they had time for was a quick 'Good morning' or 'Sweet dreams' these days. She couldn't blame him being so far away from her. Their schedules were always so small, but she missed him; the eight hour difference was taking it's toll. It's why she had dressed up that day. She had made an oversized black hoodie with the Robin logo on it. It was the best thing she could think of to comfort her. The only thing better would be-

"Habibiti." a voice called.

Marinette froze.

'I'm hearing things. Right?'

Marinette looked up and saw her boyfriend at the bottom of the steps.

'Damian!'

Marinette rushed over, as fast as she could, and hugged him.

'It's him! I'm not dreaming! It's Damian; my Damian! This is his cologne and shampoo. It really is him.'

"What-What are you doing here?" Marinette asked.

Damian opened his mouth but pulled back, taking in what his tiny girlfriend was wearing.

'She's wearing my colors; my logo! The hoodie appears to my size. Is this the reason those morons parade their girlfriends around in their jackets?'

The hoodie sagged a bit around her waist and a bit over her back shorts. She was wearing black knee high socks and dark green boots with bright red laces. He was quick to realize, he wouldn't mind if he brought Marinette to his school dressed like this, showing off she was his and his alone.

'Angel, are you trying to kill me?'

"Someone on your mind?" Damian questioned, pulling her back into his arms.

Mari simply blushed.

Suddenly, Marinette was yanked out of her boyfriend's arms. She was surprised to see Alya, Adrien, and Nino standing between them.

"Hey!" Nino shouted, "Who do you think you are?"

"Back off ya creep!" Alya sneered.

"Guys!" Marinette squeaked, pushing through them and back into Damian's arms, "This is my boyfriend!"

The trio was silent.

"He's from Gotham, hence the outfit." Mari continued to explain, "We've both been busy. We haven't had time to video call. It's been nothing but quick texts for about two weeks. I wore it because I was starting to feel lonely and I missed him."

Damian kissed the top of Marinette's head, "I missed you, too. How about we take a walk? Maybe we can find this Andre you keep telling me about and we can talk about dinner, tomorrow?"

"I'd like that." Marinette smiled, as they began to walk away from the school.

"Did you know?" they shouted at each other.

"No!" they all answered.

They turned and looked in the direction that Marinette left. She was smiling and obviously very happy with her surprise visitor.

Alya sighed, "We can questioned her tomorrow."

"You mean you'll question her tomorrow." Nino replied.

"Exactly." she smiled.

"Do we have to?" Adrien asked, "She looks really happy."

They looked again to see her brightly smiling at the guy. He looked at her like she was the only thing worth paying attention to.

"Maybe, only a little bit." Alya answered, "We at least need to know some basic stuff about him. Like, maybe how long have they been dating or I don't know, his name!"

The boys looked at each other in shock. The realization sunk in that they never asked for his name. They had no clue Marinette had left with.

"Oh, my God!" Nino cried.

"Yeah." Alya sighed, as the boys continued to panic, "That's what I thought."

"Did you see which way they went?" Adrien shouted, "Do you think we can catch them with my driver?"

"Marinette is gonna get kidnapped and we can't even defend ourselves!" Nino whined.

Adrien shook Nino, "Why did you let me, let her leave?"

Alya pulled out her phone and texted Marinette.

A:Boys are idiots. Give me something to keep the pair of idiots from panicking.

M:Panicking about what?

A:Realized they don't know who you left with and can't see you. Thinking you'll be kidnapped and shit.

M:I'm with my bf. I already called my parents and told them where we were going. I'm assuming I'll be interrogated tomorrow.

A: Yep. Before it was just me but I think the boys just got on board.

M: Damn

"You guys!" Alya shouted.

"What?" Adrien asked, "We are forming a plan and-"

Alya waved her phone at them.

"I texted her and she told her parents where they were going." she smiled, "She said she'll see us tomorrow."

Adrien and Nino relaxed.

"Oh." they mumbled.

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[trashyangelic]

Does anyone wanna take this prompt for Miraculous Ladybug? [If so please tag me or msg me if your going to take this.]

Ideas for Prompts:

Salt/Bashing: Lila Salt, Bustier Salt, Damocles Salt, Alya Bashing, Adrien Bashing Sugar/Redemption: Nino Sugar, Chloe Redemption, Akuma Class Redemption Pairings: Chloe/Nino, Lukagami, Felinette Others: Bad Teacher Caline Bustier, Lila Rossi Exposed, Jealous Adrien, Endgame Felinette

Let's say Lila got exposed by Marinette's Circle Squad (as in Nino, Chloe, Kagami, Alix, Sabrina, Max, Kim, Rose, Nora Cesaire, Juleka, Luka, Felix, and Aurore) while Marinette had stayed home cause her parents is not letting her go to school cause of victim blaming that they got angry on Bustier telling her about their daughter 'to be an example' which really pissed Sabine off.

Sabine is willing to do this to keep her daughter happy but also suing Bustier, Damocles, Lila, Alya, and lastly Adrien even though she didn't want to but she heard enough from her daughter that he is bystanding this whole situation and telling her little girl to 'take a high road' advice which is a horrible advice.

Instead of expelling Lila like she wanted to do she must remain in the school and learn to be an outcast after being outted last Friday when her mother found out about her crimes and trauncy from her classmates but also participating classes by doing her own homework and attend two months of detentions. The police and the School Board Member found something interesting on the school footage then show it to Mrs. Rossi that her daughter is willing to assist terrorist.

As Lila is remain house arrest along with the restraining order from The Dupain-Chengs but also being banned from their bakery except her mother who is a regular customer that comes to the bakery once a while.

As for Bustier and Damocles both got sued by two parents from Marinette after all the stress they gave her she has to go theraphy. Chloe volunteered to be Temporary Ladybug as Dame Taches (Lady Spots) while Marinette goes to theraphy for a good reason for her health being Ladybug for too long was a bit stressful and need a break so she can be the Dragon Miraculous while Kagami became the Temporary Black Cat.

As for the Black Cat Miraculous it was taken away from Chat Noir/Adrien by Ladybug last Sunday about his incompetnent behavior it is now Kagami's job as a temporary Black Cat as Kuroneko. Now for the Bee Miraculous it was lent to Nora Cesaire since she was the only one that Marinette can think of doing instead of Alya since Nora knows the truth what her sister did to Marinette.

Chloe called Amelie Graham de Vanily and Felix to come over to Paris but stay in her hotel than in the Agreste Mansion but told them the whole fiasco with Adrien being passive and other stuff. Chloe also suggested to Marinette to give Felix the Fox Miraculous he will be the Temporary Fox Hero. Since Sabrina has the dog miraculous with her just in case.

Now for Adrien he finally found out thanks to Lila that Marinette likes him. But its far too late for him since Marinette is over with him and her parents doesn't want him near their little girl anymore.

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[comics-and-fanworks]

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

[jennrypan]

Will forever be an avid defender of Alya and Nino, fuck yall.

Felix can be a dick to everyone and give up all the miraculous for whatever reason and will NEVER receive the type of salt Alya and Nino do which is despicable in itself.

Chloe has bullied Marinette since day one and yet yall have her replace Alya ?? (i love Chloe but she and Marinette will never be friends, Marinette does not have to be Chloes friend for her to be redeemed!!!)

Stop treating the only main relevant brown characters like shit then act like the white ones can do no wrong yall aint slick!

Blame the shitty ass writing cuz literally everytime Lilas on screen EVERY CHARACTER makes ridiculous decisions!!

#ml spoilers #alya cesaire #nino lahiffe #if i see more alya salt in the tag ima start beatin people with a stick #A BIG STICK. #miraculous ladybug #mlb fandom salt #mlb salt #this is a felix hate account forever and always #and a alya and nino salter hate account #yall are boring actually #leave them tf alone challenge #alya deserves better #nino deserves better #alya sugar #nino sugar #class sugar #cept for Kim #i ion care for him actually

[howhow326]

Alya sugar/Lila salt prompt: Alya exposes Lila's secrets

Takes place during season 4.

Lila lies about something that Alya knows to be untrue 100% (maybe Lila says that Nora is rigging her wrestling matches), which leads Alya to put two and two togather and that Marinette was right about Lila being a lying h*e. Alya then decides that, because she is a journalist and a truth seeker, she will personally (& secretly) investigate Lila to find out what else she's lying about. To that end, Alya uses the powers of the fox miraculous to recover all information on Lila that she can, which leads to Alya uncovering evidence of all of Lila's secrets (her alliance with Hawkmoth, her three mothers) and maybe an even darker secret about Lila (sentimonster Lila?). Alya post her findings onto the Ladyblog.

Alya and Marinette sugar of course; Lila salt; Adrien/Nino salt or sugar optional; class salt; Ms. Bustier salt (I hate her)

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug salt #ml salt #miraculous prompt #miraculous ladybug prompt #salt prompt #alya sugar #marinette sugar #lila salt #adrien salt #adrien sugar #nino salt #nino sugar #ml class salt #class salt #ms bustier salt

[western-magical-girl-confessions]

“I read another confession that said something about how they thought Nino would have been the next guardian and I honestly thought the same before season 3 crushed all my hopes for this to happen 😭 it would have been so nice to see Nino be the next guardian idk I feel like he would do so well...”

#nino lahiffe #nino sugar #ml #mlb #miraculous #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug confessions #western magical girl confessions #confession 2266

[saltymiraculer]

Sorry to be rude or bother you, but how do you think a story about Nino snapping at Marinette and the others about how the Protector (him) is supposed to be protected by their allies but that can’t be done if they forget about him would go down

8 hour train tomorrow might write this but here’s a prompt for now

i think that any neglect of nino’s safety would be on alya and adrien, assuming he didn’t know carapace’s identity. marinette would blame herself for him getting hurt whether or not it was her fault, and i like to think they have a bond over being the ones to protect the team. (ladybug covering chat when he sacrifices himself, etc.)

potential scenario:

-nino gets injured during a fight he was called in for, one of the other teammates also gets hurt while he’s down

-when he comes to, adrien/alya/marinette rags on him for “being selfish,” “not taking the fight seriously,” or if ladybug gets hurt “putting my lady in danger”

-they don’t let him defend himself when talking down to him, he has to raise his voice, miraculous is temporarily recalled (likely by adrien)

-wayzz comes back to him and brings him to master fu. the issue of the turtle not being protected was present when fu was active and he advises nino on how to proceed

-during the next fight nino gets hurt while jumping in front of a civilian the other heroes hadn’t seen to protect them

-adrien asks him why he would risk himself just to help someone (substitute for something equally stupid if necessary) and he responds that it wouldn’t have been dangerous if anyone had had his back

-“but you’re the protector, you don’t need protection” alr kitty boy if i only protect myself what do u think happens huh. INCANR HELP YOU IF IM PROTECTING MYSWLF

-the other heroes go “well i can’t accept that i was wrong so im just gonna gang up on you 🥰” the. revoked miraculous and a new team that actually works together

i can’t think of a better ending rn but there u go

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous fanfic #miraculous salt #adrien salt #alya salt #marinette salt #nino sugar #i forgot how to tag help me 😭

[attractivemyfoot]

"I had a thought marinette ( bio dad bruce ) (bio bro Jason )(ship timari) marinette in Paris by kidnapping. Childhood friends via gala only time where Tim's parents take him to Paris ( Major lila Salt )stalker tim stalker mari . Mari being super smart tech genius as well as fashion godess coffee buddies ceo of self made company in 3 yrs may or may not hawkmoth and mayura defeated in 2 months cause that's when lila stuck at day of cupid sugar _ Chloe, gami , Luka, nino Alix Kim max man cause they have brain cells." Never Adrian got cat or ladybug cause mari had both powers of true holder as always dying breath of fu gave mari guardian ship Adrien is bitch who thinks mari has a crush on him while that's totally stupid as he's meta of manipulator and lies with lila . Others broke the spell because they used miraculous gives them immunity towards meta

#tim x marinette #maribat #marinette dupain cheng x tim drake #bio dad bruce wayne #timmari #lila salt #class salt #classic shool trip #ceo x ceo #mdc #childhood friends #sugar mps #chloe sugar #nino sugar #luka sugar kagami sugar #max alix kim sugar

[angelofthequeers]

Free to Be You and Me: chapter 16

Chapter 15 | Chapter 17

Disclaimer: I don’t own ML.

Alya’s all jitters and fast breathing when she heads into their classroom. Her eyes flick to Adrien and Nino’s desk, spot Nino talking to Adrien and showing off his new magical charm, and then she remembers what she’d said to him before running away to detransform and she gasps and squeezes her eyes shut.

“I can’t do it,” she says. “You’re good at catastrophising, Marinette. Help me come up with an escape plan to get out of the country and change my name and look.”

Marinette snorts. “Yeah, no. Go in and face your boyfriend.”

“But he knows I used his Miraculous! I told him I wanted to see him in my colours!” Alya hides her burning face. She may not be able to see Marinette behind her, but she knows her best friend well enough to know that Marinette’s currently sporting the shark-like grin she gets before she does something like –

“Nino!”

– that.

“Alya! Babe!” Familiar arms engulf her, squeezing her tightly. Alya’s vision is blue when she opens her eyes, the same blue as Nino’s shirt, and it seems like an eternity before Nino finally lets her go and beams down at her like she’s the sun in his solar system. Her cheeks blaze even hotter. She’s been with Nino for so long, but even now, but she’s still not used to him looking at her like…that.

“I’m sorry, Nino,” she says, keenly aware that their classmates are all staring at them. Some of them are even cooing. “I’m so sorry.”

“No! Don’t apologise.” Nino kisses the top of her head. Alya sniffles and burrows back into his chest. “I’m sorry. I got nabbed by Shadowmoth for wanting to know things that weren’t my business.”

“But you were right. I was pushing you away.” Quietly, so that the rest of the class can’t hear, she adds, “I’ll tell you everything I can later. I promise. Then you’ll understand.”

“Alya, you sit with Nino for the rest of the day,” says Marinette’s voice from outside Alya’s field of view. “I think you’re two seconds from bawling your eyes out if you get two feet away from him.”

“I am not!” Alya huffs and steps away to prove her point. But then she remembers Clueseau, the too-wide grin that’s out of place on her Nino’s face, the anger and hurt from when she’d said not everything was about him, the solid weight of transforming with Wayzz, and she sniffles and pulls Nino back in.

“Point proven.” If Marinette wasn’t Ladybug, Alya wouldn’t be above throwing her best friend out the window. Actually, maybe that’s more reason to do so. Marinette can take care of herself post-defenestration.

“Shut up,” Alya mutters.

“Don’t make fun of my girl, Marinette,” Nino says. Alya’s forced to remove her face from his chest so that she doesn’t trip as he heads for Marinette’s usual seat, his arm still firmly around her.

“Right, right.” That shark-like grin is definitely still on Marinette’s face. Alya can tell. Well, that won’t do. Marinette may be Ladybug, but if she’s going to play dirty then Alya’s going to play the game right back.

“Thanks for this, girl,” Alya says to the back of Marinette’s head as she slides into her seat. “I know how much Adrien loves sitting next to his best friend.”

Marinette’s shoulders stiffen. Bingo. “Y-Yeah!” she says in a high-pitched voice. “Not at all! Definitely not a problem hahaha…”

“Is something wrong?” Adrien says, turning to Marinette. The concerned frown on his face and Marinette’s answering squeak of terror warm Alya’s heart. Who says there’s no justice in the world?

“No! No!” Marinette hastens to say. “Definitely! Not! Definitely not! Ha!”

Ms Bustier’s arrival after that puts a stop to Alya’s torment of her best friend. But if she slips Marinette a note pointedly reminding her that she’s sitting next to Ladybug’s boyfriend, and Marinette lets out a quiet little whine-sob and ends up with Adrien’s hand on her back as he tries to figure out what’s wrong? Well, she never claimed to be a saint.

.

The end of the day can’t come fast enough, but it also comes way too fast. Alya’s with her friends as they head out at the end of the day, until Adrien has to get into his bodyguard’s car and Marinette’s house is within eyeshot of the school, so Alya’s left alone with Nino as they walk back to her place. If Nino notices that she’s unusually quiet, he doesn’t bring it up. Alya loves him even more for it.

“Hey, sis!” Nora’s halfway out the door when Alya and Nino get there. “Dinner’s in the oven, gremlins are occupied for the next hour so get it out of your system before then, gotta go, gonna be late for wrestling!”

“Nora!” Alya screeches after her older sister. Nora just grins back at her and takes off. Groaning, Alya snatches an apple from the fruit bowl and leads Nino towards her room, sparing a moment to check on Ella and Etta in front of the TV.

“Go away!” Ella waves her hands at Alya.

“Yeah, Ladybug’s about to beat Mr Pigeon!” Etta adds.

“You’ve seen this ten times in the past week!” Alya says. The twins just shush her, so she sighs and heads to her room with Nino. At least they’re occupied. Just wait until they get over this movie phase and then nothing will calm them down.

“So,” Nino says once Alya’s bedroom door is closed. “Uh, just so you know, Sentinelle’s gonna be stuck in my brain for the rest of my life. I’ll be old and grey and all I’ll see is the hottest turtle ever hugging me.”

Alya laughs shakily. “Well, I had to do something. And Ladybug wouldn’t give me Trixx. Said something about not being in the right mindset for it.”

“I’m with her.” Nino throws himself onto Alya’s bed and crosses his legs. “Like, as hot as your suit was, you had that “gonna mess up anyone who even looks at me wrong” vibe going on.”

“Yeah, that’s exactly what I was going for,” Alya says dryly, although there might be more truth to that than she’d first thought, with how her mindset was when she was transforming. “So. Um. Ask away. I’ll try and answer if I can. Just…there’s a fair bit I can’t say, alright? And I thought the best way to not accidentally spill something was to just…not tell you at all. I’m so sorry, Nino.”

“Als, come here.” Nino holds out his arms. Making a strange sound in her throat, Alya practically hurls herself at him, and he arranges her so that she’s sprawled across his lap in his embrace. Alya sighs contentedly and nuzzles against his shirt. “I’m sorry too. I just…got scared you didn’t need me anymore. Marinette’s even weirder than normal, and Adrien’s off with the fairies, and then you…I’m sorry.”

“Quit apologising, doofus.”

“Only if you do.”

“Fine.” Alya laughs and takes a big, crunching bite of her apple. “So. What d’you want to know?”

“Marinette. Is she alright? Half the time, she’s staring off into the distance like she’s been in some war or somethin’. And then she’s back to freaking out around Adrien like nothing happened. And she hasn’t been brushing you off since the six-in-one akuma thing.”

Alya sighs. She takes another bite of her apple to try and compose her thoughts so that she can tell Nino as much of the truth as possible without betraying Marinette’s trust.

“Something…happened to Marinette,” she eventually says. “An akuma. In another timeline. Bunnyx – that Rabbit hero that showed up when Timetagger was here – she needed Marinette’s help to deal with it.”

“But why? Why Marinette? Why not any of us? Rena Rouge and Carapace would’ve been with her in a heartbeat!”

Alya’s breath hitches. Nino, always so attuned to her, instantly notices.

“Hey. Whoa.” He cards his fingers through her curls. “You don’t have to tell me the details.”

“I don’t even know all the details,” Alya says, which is the truth. She only knows the few broken words that Marinette had shared about Chat Blanc, but she still doesn’t know what actually happened in that timeline. Although, with the way Marinette had managed to get out the word “dead”, Alya has a sinking suspicion that she knows what happened to the other Ladybug if she lets herself think about it. Which is why she’s been staunchly refusing to do so since Marinette had spilled to her. “But it really messed her up. That’s why she’s been so spacey. That’s why I’ve been trying to calm her down every time she has a flashback. It took me getting akumatised and fighting Shadowmoth off for her to tell me – her best friend – so that’s why I’ve been so…secretive about her.”

“Whoa.” Nino’s quiet for a long while. Alya’s halfway through her nervous apple crunching when he speaks again. “I’m so sorry for pushing. Can’t imagine what that dudette’s been goin’ through…”

“Just…don’t be weird with her. I’ve figured out that the best way I can calm her down is to act normal. That murmuring we do is when I really need to talk her out of it or reassure her that everything’s good.”

“Right. Act normal. I can do that. Normal is my middle name.”

“Nino. We’re literally two teenagers who run around in animal suits. Normal walked out on us ages ago, babe.”

Nino laughs, which sets Alya off too, and the sound of her boyfriend’s laughter is just…musical.

“And, um, about the other secret stuff,” Alya says once they’ve finally composed themselves. “I’ve been supporting Ladybug a lot more lately. Since I proved I could fight off Shadowmoth and his akumas. She’s been stressed with the Guardian stuff, and I said I’d help her in any way I could and…I’m sorry for not telling you. I just didn’t want to betray her trust.”

“Dude,” Nino says, “all you had to say was superhero stuff. I know what Ladybug’s like with secrets. Remember how stressed she looked when she grabbed us on Heroes’ Day?”

Alya grimaces. “Yeah. No one else knows anyone else’s identity as far as I know. Except that Chat knows yours now.”

“Wait, what?”

“Yeah. You kind of…lost it when you saw me as Sentinelle. Just a heads up.”

“Great,” Nino groans. “Just had to remind Shadowmoth who I was, didn’t I?”

“Don’t worry, babe.” Alya kisses Nino on the cheek. “I’m sure Ladybug will figure out what to do about the identity thing soon.”

.

We need to talk.

Just four words. That’s all Marinette sends a little while after Nino heads home. But those four words are enough to make Alya’s stomach jolt. Had she done something wrong? Is Marinette realising that trusting her was wrong?

Calm down, she tells herself, already packing an overnight bag despite her trembling hands and churning stomach. Catastrophising is Marinette’s thing. Just…go see what she wants.

“Mum! I’m staying at Marinette’s tonight!” she calls as she heads for the front door. Marlena frowns at her from the kitchen.

“On a school night? Alya, you know the rule –”

“Mum, please. I…I need to see her after today. After Nino got akumatised because of me.”

It’s not a lie. Not really. Even though she and Nino are good now, have sorted everything out and are as strong as ever…she’ll probably never convince herself that it wasn’t at least partly her fault. And Marinette’s the only person she can really talk to about it. She needs Marinette as much as Marinette needs her.

“Well…” Marlena sighs. “Alright. Just this once. Are you okay?”

“As well as I can be,” Alya shrugs. “I just…need my best friend.”

Marlena’s face softens. “Just as long as you make it to school tomorrow,” she says, setting down her plate and hurrying out of the kitchen to wrap Alya in a big hug and kiss her on the head. Alya melts into her mother’s arms. “And your homework had better be done!”

“Yes, Mum,” Alya drones. “Bye, Mum. Love you, Mum.”

Marlena rolls her eyes and gives Alya a little shove towards the door. The sun’s just starting to set as Alya starts the short trek to Marinette’s place, which is a relief because Alya wouldn’t be game to walk the streets of Paris at night, superhero or not. Paris is dangerous enough during the day when akumas rampage, thank you very much. Since the bakery’s closed, Alya heads for the side entrance that leads directly up to the apartment above.

“Alya. You’re here.” Marinette yanks Alya inside just two seconds after Alya raises her fist to knock. How long had Marinette been waiting there for her? She has just enough time to wave a quick hello to Tom and Sabine in the living room before Marinette pushes her all the way through the home with super strength that’s definitely jellified Alya’s insides more than once. If she wasn’t sickeningly in love with Nino and Marinette wasn’t masking up to make out with Adrien, Alya would make it very obvious that she was available.

“So, what made you drag me here on a school night?” Alya says once they’re in Marinette’s room and the trapdoor is shut. “You’re lucky I could use my boyfriend’s akumatisation to get my mum to let me come here tonight for emotional support.”

“How’s Nino?” Marinette reaches up to toy with one of her pigtails as she sits on her chaise lounge. Alya plops down next to her and waves cheerfully at Trixx, who beams before going back to…whatever they’re doing with that deck of cards. It’s clearly annoying Wayzz and Barkk, at any rate.

“He’s fine. We’re fine.” Alya gives Marinette a quick hug. “I told him that Bunnyx took you to another timeline to help with an akuma and that’s why you’re so messed up. I was gonna say that it was just any old akuma but…”

“But he’d wonder why literally no one else remembered it,” Marinette finishes. “No, you were right to tell him that. What else did you tell him?”

“That I’ve been helping Ladybug more now since I fought off Shadowmoth. That’s it.”

Marinette stares at her silently, as though looking for something in her face. She must find whatever she’s looking for because her shoulders slump and she nods.

“Now,” Alya says, “not that I’m never happy to see my BFF, but what’s going on? What do we need to talk about? We could’ve just said that over the phone.”

Marinette looks up at Tikki, who nods. With a sigh, Marinette pushes herself to her feet and crosses over to the light pink sewing box that houses the egg-shaped Miracle Box, and a knot of apprehension starts to form in Alya’s belly. What’s going on? There’s no akuma, so why does Marinette need to grab a Miraculous?

“Alya.” Marinette sits back down next to her, one of her fists clenched tightly. “You proved to me today that you have my back. I want to prove that I have yours. And…” Her breath hitches. Alya immediately leans over and rests a hand on her knee, giving it a comforting squeeze, and Marinette gives her a small, shaky smile in response. “I need someone to help me protect Chat Noir. I was so…angry today. And terrified. And I didn’t even have the excuse of getting hit by an akuma.”

“One of these days, you’re gonna tell me what’s the deal with this Psycomedian guy,” Alya says. Marinette giggles weakly.

“I know I can’t just wrap Chat in bubble wrap,” she says. “I know he’s going to take hits for me. I know he’s going to be hurt. It’s part of the job. But…today…seeing him used against me like that…” She sniffles. Then, before Alya’s eyes, her face sets, and she straightens up and squares her shoulders. It’s like watching her transform from Marinette to Ladybug without the physical mask.

“You know I’ll always have your back,” Alya says. “Which means I’ve got Chat’s back too. Nothing like what happened today will happen to him on my watch if I can help it.”

Marinette smiles. “Alya Césaire.” She holds out her fist, now open, and Alya’s brain overloads, explodes, and shuts down in the span of about two seconds. That’s…her Miraculous! The Fox! “Here is the Miraculous of the Fox, which you’ll use for the greater good against Shadowmoth. For good, this time. No take-backsies.”

“I – what – you –” Alya tries frantically to reboot her brain, but it’s stuck in dial-up mode and all that’s buzzing in her head is white static. “But – Shadowmoth knows –”

“Yes. He does. From now on, Rena Rouge is officially retired.”

“Then what –?”

“This was all me!” Card game abandoned, Trixx whizzes over and does a loop around Alya’s head before settling in her hair. “Your costume, your identity, your everything reflects your personality! When you turned into Rena Rouge, it was pure instinct. This time, we’re gonna make a new Fox hero. One whose identity Shadowmoth doesn’t know.”

Alya blinks. “You can do that?”

“I didn’t even know that until today,” Marinette says, nervously twirling her hair. “But Wayzz and I were telling the kwamis what happened, and I mentioned that your Sentinelle suit was so different to your Rena one when I’ve had pretty much the same skin-tight suits with every Miraculous that I’ve used –”

“You’ve used more than one?” Alya blurts out. “Wait. Of course. Lady Noire. But “every Miraculous” implies more than that –?”

“Later.” Marinette continues to twirl her hair. “Tikki confirmed that your identity changes with your personality. With a bit of practice, we could totally change your suit. I’m just sorry you’d have to give up Rena Rouge…”

“Hey. Marinette. Don’t.” Alya reaches out and rests her hands on Marinette’s shoulders, half on autopilot as she continues to process the fact that she’s getting her Miraculous permanently. “Look…you’re right. It wasn’t just the transformation with the Turtle that felt different. My mind was different. I was like…no more dancing.”

Marinette’s brow furrows. “What does dancing have to do with –?”

“Later,” Alya parrots. “What I mean is…I don’t think it’ll be hard to create a new suit. Rena will always be a part of me but…I’ve changed so much since that first time you gave me the Fox. I’m different now. I’ve had to grow up. I think we’ve all had to.”

Marinette’s shoulders slump. “Yeah. I never thought my teenage years would be like this. I thought I’d just have to worry about crushes and waking up with pimples and acting like homework was the end of the world and just…normal things.”

“You’ll get that experience,” Alya says firmly. “We’ll kick Shadowmoth’s butt and then you can moon over Adrien all you want without having to worry about secret identities.”

Marinette’s face burns as scarlet as her suit. “I hate you,” she mutters. Alya grins.

“I know.” She reaches out slowly, pausing right above Marinette’s hand, asking silent permission, giving her best friend one last chance to reconsider. But Marinette just smiles and nods, so Alya scoops up the Fox Miraculous and fastens it around her neck. It takes her around ten tries since her fingers are trembling so much that it’s next to impossible to do the clasp up.

“Alright,” Marinette says. “Let’s get to work.”

“Focus on who you are now!” Tikki says.

“Okay,” Alya says like that’ll be easy. Who is she now? She’s Alya Césaire. She always has been, and she always will be. She’s Rena Rouge – except that no, she isn’t anymore. Rena Rouge no longer exists in the eyes of the public. Does she even still exist in Alya? So much has changed since her sisters were akumatised; she’s not that naïve, buzzing girl anymore, freaking out over every little thing Ladybug and trying desperately to figure out the identity of her hero.

She’s Alya Césaire. But who is Alya Césaire?

“You’re amazing, Alya,” Marinette says, as though sensing Alya’s internal struggle. “You’re so brave; so much braver than the first time I called on you. Your determination is terrifying. Your passion –”

“I don’t think I’m so passionate anymore.” When’s the last time she’d done anything major on the Ladyblog? Probably that time she ran that story on past Miraculous holders and the weird symbol on the excavated artefact. Which turned out to be a sentimonster, according to Marinette. Oops

“But you are.” Marinette tilts her head and smiles. “It’s still there, even if it’s just…muted.”

“W-What else?” Alya tries to pretend that her cheeks aren’t burning at Marinette’s praise.

“Your mind. Everyone goes on about my brain and how I can use my Lucky Charm for anything but…I told you to protect Chat Noir. And you used your Shellter to block off Clueseau’s attacks so that he couldn’t hurt Chat or you and me. I didn’t even think of that. Then you called his bluff. You’re just always two steps ahead, just like a real Fox.”

“It…just made sense.”

Marinette laughs. “Now you know what it’s like for me and my Lucky Charms.”

Alya grins back but it quickly fades. “I’m not as soft anymore. I mean, I barely handled having the weight of everything on my shoulders today as Sentinelle but…I don’t think past me would’ve coped with today. Like, at all.”

“There’s nothing wrong with being hard, little kit,” Trixx says, nuzzling into Alya’s hair. “It’s part of growing up. Just so long as you’re not so hard that you break. You roll with the punches because you’re a Fox through and through. That’s why Wayzz felt wrong for you.”

Alya looks down at the shiny fox tail resting against her chest. She takes a deep breath. She’s Alya Césaire. She’s brave. She’s loyal. She’s loving. She’s determined. She’s hard, but that’s okay, because she won’t break. Not when her friends have her back, and she has theirs.

“Trixx,” she whispers, “let’s pounce.”

#aotq fic #aotq: free to be #alya cesaire #marinette dupain-cheng #nino lahiffe #tikki #trixx #djwifi #alyanette #and so it begins #alya sugar #nino sugar #ml season 4

[mochinek0]

Daminette One Shots

“Normal”

Sweetheart Ice Cream

Fairy vs Angel

Maribat Halloween

Bruce v Gabriel

Team Damidrien

Chat’s Retaliation

I Don’t Bite

Reunited

Karma

Not my Type

Umbrella Scene

The Moon and her Shadow

Tied for Second Place

The Sketchbook

Party Crasher

SIT! (meme)

Halloween Treats

Dirty Mind

Bees (meme)

Pissed Off

Green Eyes

Damian X Plagg

Diner Girl

Valentine’s Day Surprise

Robin Hoodie

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[trashyangelic]

𝟬𝟵𝟭𝟬𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 : ᴍʟʙ ᴛᴜᴍʙʟʀ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛ ʀᴇᴏ̨ᴜᴇsᴛ

ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢs - Felinette, Chlorina, Adrigami sᴀʟᴛs - Lila Salt, Bustier Salt, Damocles Salt, Alya salt ʀᴇᴅᴇᴍᴘᴛɪᴏɴs - Adrien Redemption, Chloe Redemption, Akuma Class Redemption ᴏᴛʜᴇʀs - Nino Sugar

Due to Alya the consequences are bitting her back and her parents are furious due to her blog so her parents were able to withdraw their daughter into a new school for discipline after hearing complaints from Sabine the most that their daughter harm her daughter for listening to a two faced harlot who lies too much.

Chloe gave Adrien a full-set nagging on him about enabling Lila and letting the class to torment Marinette even she has morals she doesn't ruin Marinette like Lila did. She hinted one thing about Lila threatening Marinette that got off his rockers and forget about the advice he gave to Marinette and decided to join in with Chloe. Chloe also told him that Marinette is with Felix right now who goes as Agros. She even brought Kagami into this to reason with Adrien he shouldn't be a bystander and be a rebellion against his father.

Every single student in the Akuma Class finally realize that Lila is a liar thanks to Luka who had pointed out to Juleka, Ivan, and Rose as for Rose she was talking to Prince Ali yesterday and found out something. Nino had help from Marc who had dragged him and Nathaniel in an empty classroom.

Felix keep Marinette company but also help her destroying Lila with some of his friends that is Allan, Allegra, and Claude but he does spend time alone with Marinette to get to know her after that video he saw in his cousin's phone which was a confession. But Marinette told him she didn't like him anymore after he told her to take a high road advice.

Lila has no idea what she has done with Marinette. But what she doesn't know is that her kingdom started to crumbles bits by bits leaving just Caline Bustier and Principal Damocles by her side..

#miraculous ladybug #lila salt #no lila rossi demption #chloe redemption #adrien redemption #akuma class redemption #chloe x sabrina #felinette #marinette x felix #adrigami #bustier salt #damocles salt #nino sugar #alya salt

[ijustliketoreadstuff]

I will now list my favorite things about each S5 episode, I'll list one thing to keep it short

 1.finding out Fu met Ladybug and Cat Noir in the past. It could have been anyone who helped him that day in "Origins", but he always knew it would be them.

2.Adrien attempting to greet Marinette with a kiss on the cheek. It's normal for Parisians(and others I imagine) but for a lot of us it tends to only happen with people you feel the most comfortable and closest to.

3.Marinette actively being the image of stress and responsibility piled onto one young person as she tries to think ahead and plan for the worst possible outcome.

4.Ladybug checking Mr. Damocles pocket in hopes there really is a clue to Monarch's location.

5.The cafeteria identity reveal, it was chaotic gold *chefs kiss

6.Luka purposely trying to make Adrien jealous to get him to realize his feelings for Marinette.   ufvbhgfvbnjhgv!!! XD

7.Nathalie accepting Emelie's blessing to be a mother to Adrien.

8. The miraculous ancestor making their official debut into the show.

9. Marinette being open about her frustrations and telling everyone its unfair she be the only one who shouldn't love whomever she wants.

10. Alya and Zoe becoming the new(but still temporary) holders of the ladybug and cat miraculous.

11.Adrien unknowingly defying his father and taking back the ladybug earrings from him.

12.Everyone adding their phone numbers to Kagami's contacts so she knows they are all there for her.

13.Luka's vision shifting back and forth between viewing Marinette and Adrien as civilians and heroes.

14. Sabrina gradually realizing that Chloe has no respect for her.

15.Marinette making the effort to not fall back into her old habits, but still struggling none the less cause its hard.

16.Adrien switching to his pajamas so Marinette doesn't feel embarrassed about showing up to the mansion in her pajamas.

17. Marinette being considerate of Zoe's feelings while giving her a proper rejection.

18.Amalie realizing that the rich people she spent her whole life trying to please and fit into is filled with terrible people who don't care about her or her family.

19.Marinette standing up to Gabriel and not taking any of his smack talking, she was ruthless and it was glorious.

20.Lila collecting blackmail, she's evil, but man is she good at it.

21. Lila finally being exposed as a liar, I've waited 80 years(not really) for this very moment.

22. Adrien being rebellious and talking back to his dad, with mom-I mean Nathalie fully supporting him. Him saying bye to Nathalie and not Gabriel was a nice cherry on top.

23. Marinette refusing to let Chloe belittle and hurt her once again.

24. Adrien's nightmare and him still retaining that nightmare. The chaos, the desperation, the drama, holy smokes it was awesome. (I like chaos)

25 and 26. All of it.....all of it

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir #tales of ladybug and cat noir #ml s5 spoilers #mlb s5 spoilers #ml sugar #mlb sugar #marinette dupain cheng #ml ladybug #adrien agreste #Nino lahiffe #alya cesaire #luka couffaine #Zoe Lee #mylene haprele #Ivan Bruel #Kagami Tsurugi #felix graham de vanily #max kante #le chien kim #rose lavillant #juleka couffaine #alix kubdel #marc anciel #nathaniel kurtzberg #chloe bourgeois #sabrina raincomprix #gabriel agreste #nathalie sancoeur

[punkeropercyjackson]

"Felix deserved better!!!"Better than what?He showed up,was rude asf to everyone he interacted with including his own cousin,gaslit people and molested a chinese girl and faced zero consequences for any of it.Felix isn't a 'poor little boy with wasted potential🥺',he's an entitled corrupted dickhead and a future r///apist in the making and it's not his first victim's fault y'all are such pathetic losers that's the only kind of male character you're attracted to or find stanable instead of the inifinitely better boys of color in the cast and pretend Alya is worse than him by virtue of being black

#anti felix #adrien agreste #marinette dupain-cheng #ml #felix salt #antifelinette #ml salt #miraculous ladybug #anti miraculous ladybug #marinette deserves better #marinette sugar #nino lahiffe #max kante #le chien kim #sa cw #child molestation cw #abuse cw #misogyny cw #racism cw #white favoritism #ml fandom salt #alya cesaire #alya sugar #alya deserves better #alyanette #pro alyanette #summerposting

[howhow326]

You are still my beloathed.

But the way Nino is utilized in the show is laughable despite being a main character. Like, compared to Alya, who:

Got at least two focus episodes in season 1 (Lady Wifi, Pharaoh)

Got her parents introduced through cameos and her sisters got focus episodes in season 2

Didn't get anything in season 3, but Nino Didn't either lol

Got an actual character arc in season 4

Got to be replacement Ladybug in season 5

Nino gets:

A focus episode that's about his relationship with Adrien (Bubbler)

A focus episode about his relationship with Alya (Animan)

Another focus episode about his relationship with Alya (Anansi)

One of the worst episodes in the whole show (Rocketear) that is again about his relationship with Alya

Another awful episode (Illusion) that is not only about Nino's relationship with Gabriel of all people but establishes him as an idiot

5 seasons, eight years, and we know more about Zoe's home-life than a character who has been here since the beginning.

... I think boys getting dramatically less focus than girls is a running theme with this show (cough Adrien cough)

#ml salt #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug salt #ml writers salt #alya sugar #nino salt #adrien sugar #thomas astruc salt

[shinakkyo]

kinda sad that sugar apple fairy tale finished its season today, but i did enjoy the finale ♥ i wish they had one more episode to work with so the finale didn't look so rushed— i wish we had at least seen the journey back to the paige workshop or some other transition between rafael's defeat/the fairies gaining back their wings to anne being back at the workshop, but overall i thought it was a good ending!

i'm particularly happy about the anne and bridget moment bc that's what i've been thinking about for days, how much i wanted them to be friends and to see bridget grow and i think it was done beautifully! to learn that bridget finally found a middle ground with her father, that she finally has a role other than wife-to-be, and the happiness that it brought her... what an amazing character arc.

i also enjoyed anne and shall's talk a lot... granted, i am a fan of angst and yearning, but even if i wasn't, i had the feeling that somehow that was a confession in itself? anne saying that if she's ever to be truly, perfectly happy, then shall would be free from his promise and do what he wants too, it's not only a "if you love someone, let them go" moment, but also implies (to us, the audience) that it's kinda impossible for her to be ever truly, perfectly happy without him by his side. a troublesome promise, indeed. and when she thinks about the late fairy and human kings friendship while looking at shall, that was so tender and hopeful, too? idk i really enjoyed that moment (but i understand that it was also heartbreaking)

and finally, the scene with the sugar confections on display inside the church was SOOOOO pretty, it really made it all feel worth it in the end :') and it was just so very symbolic that there were all these humans and fairies celebrating together under a ceiling painting depicting the fairy and human kings, like their wish has started to come true just then... it was a really special ending to the season i think! i really hope that we get to have another season some time, but if not, im pretty satisfied with what we got in these 2 cours ♥

gonna miss my weekly rambling about this series tho :') it was fun interacting with people every friday!

#sugar apple fairy tale #sad nino noises... i truly loved this anime what a gem it was!