Prologue
"Mhh," Marinette hummed softly to herself as she worked, slaving over the pale pink dress she was making. Up, down, up, down, she thought as the needle wove itself through her creation, almost moving on it's own, barely being guided by her skilled hands.
As she worked Marinette thought of the small green and black hat inside the top drawer of her desk, the small creation wrapped and tied with a ribbon. But most of all she thought of the person whom she had made the small thing for. Adrien, she thought dreamily to herself. She had finally decided it. Finally made up her mind. She was going to tell him, tell him how she truly felt. Even though it had been a year since he had transferred to her school, her crush on him had stayed the same, in fact her relationship with him had stayed the same. Exactly the same. Her words still came out in a jumbled string of incoherent sentences when she was around him. But she had realized something that she really should have figured out a while ago. That thing was that she couldn't dance around this forever.
Marinette didn't really know what to expect. The small chance that perhaps, just maybe (If her lucky stars were maybe shining down on her.) Adrien would return her feelings. But she didn't expect this. Not this, never this.
"Marinette," a small voice rasped. "Fight it Marinette." It was Tiki.
"I can make it all go away. All of the hurt and pain go away."
"I-I-I."
I couldn't fight it, not anymore. All of the pain was to much to take. It was too much.
"Just-Just make it all go away."
Then the darkness that I had been trying to fight away came. The darkness enveloped me. As it came I fell. The great ladybug defeated by a boy. Broken by him.
"Hello Miss Fortune. I really must say it's a pleasure to finally meet you. You have no idea how long I have waited to see you my dear."