Over the past couple of months I've become absolutely obsessed with Miraculous Ladybug. This is an au idea I had and I wanted to write it! So here we are with the prologue!

Prologue

Marinette helped her father carry the boxes of ingredients back to their bakery. Her father was besides himself with joy as he carried them through the door.

"Papa, do you think you'll be able to make the cake for Prince Adrien's birthday?" She asked closing the door behind her.

Her Papa nodded, his big beefy hands reaching for the box that she was carrying. It had been a complete surprise when a servant from the palace had knocked on the bakery's door. Marinette herself had answered it. She had to write most of the order down in complete shock, why on earth King Gabriel had wanted her own Papa to make a birthday cake was beyond him. The King was a stern man who didn't show his face often in public. However Marinette hadn't stopped herself from taking the order.

Prince Adrien, was everything and more. She had only seen him in his royal appearances but that didn't stop her from crushing on him. In fact she even owned a portrait of him that a street artist had done, hidden behind her wardrobe. She couldn't let her family know about her infatuation with him. Even if Adrien was stunningly handsome.

His birthday was tomorrow and her Papa hadn't even started on making the cake yet. She couldn't help him as she had 'duties' to attend to. Things that she couldn't even tell her parents about.

"Marinette why don't you go and get some rest. You have school tomorrow." Her Mom said walking in with the last box.

"I will Mom." She said and kissed her on the cheek. Marinette wasn't tired yet still quickly ran up the stairs and locked the door. Double checking so that nobody could come in, she reached down underneath her bed and pulled out an old mask that she had made. It was only a piece of red cloth with black dots that were the result of a ink spillage. It had eye slits cut in but she tied it around her head before grabbing the rest of her get up. This included a white blouse and a man's black leather's trousers that she had brought at one of the market stalls a while back. To complete the look were her favourite pair of riding boots that she often wore when even she snuck out at night.

Once she was ready, she opened the window and took a deep breath. Outside the sun had begun to set and the evening had set upon the kingdom. Marinette jumped down from her window with ease. She was hoping that it was going to be a quiet night as she didn't want to be tired for the Prince's birthday tomorrow. She was quite excited that she was allowed to be a part of the catering.

The city's rooftops were her favourite place as she could see the people of the streets heading home and children following their parents. Everybody was trying to make a living in the kingdom but it had still fallen on hard times. Children were still starving and crime was at an all time high. The king's guard weren't doing much about it either so Marinette had taken it into her own hands.

"Stop Thief!" She heard from a street away and looked to see a young boy running with an apple in his hand. Marinette smiled and started to run after him. This was what she lived for, stopping crime. She dropped down to stop the thief.

Nobody could know that she was the masked vigilante known as Ladybug not even her own parents.