/Forgot to include this when I first wrote it
This story combines the Marvel universe and the Quantic Universe (Miraculous Ladybug). This introductory chapter is going to explain a few things about this alternate universe I created for this story.
Firstly, this is set in the Marvel cinematic universe, meaning all the Marvel movies are canon. Ladybug and Chat Noir have never intervened in saving the world because of the same reason why we never heard about Spider-man until Civil War: the Avengers are doing fine without them, and they're only teenagers. I am not planning to introduce any of the other Avengers into the story, although Iron Man may be mentioned a few times. In the Quantic Universe, there are super heroes that exist outside of Paris. (They are introduced in one of the comics.) These heroes include Knightowl, Sparrow, Majestia and Doorman to name a few. These heroes are replaced with various superheroes from the Avengers (you as the reader can decide.). In one of the Season 2 episodes, DarkOwl, the principal of the school was dressing up as Knightowl. Knightowl being replaced by one of the Avengers will change that episode slightly in this AU setting- you as the reader can decide who he was pretending to be. The events of Spider-man Homecoming are also canon in this Universe and may be referenced to in the story.
Now that I have properly explained the setting, (please send me a PM if you still have any questions about my horrible explanations) I'm going to explain one other thing. I have never written a bilingual character before, so please forgive me if Peter ever says anything wrong, or unrealistic. However, whenever English is spoken in this story, I will put it in bold so that it is easy to spot and so you can understand the characters are speaking English (they're in Paris so obviously they speak French the rest of the time).
Also for the sake of the story Peter takes French classes at school instead of Spanish.
If I ever write something that does not make sense or write something that a bilingual person would never say, please do tell me so I can do my best to correct it.
Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy my story ;u;
Marinette was almost late for school again. Almost. Again. It wasn't really her fault. Her phone alarm didn't go off. Again.
"Marinette! Get up you're going to be late for school!" Tiki had exclaimed, waking her up as best as she could.
Marinette had almost broken her record for getting ready quickly in the morning. Almost.
"Girl, you really need to get a reliable alarm to wake you up in the morning. Actually, I'm going to be that alarm. I'll call you at the same time every day to make sure you've woken up and are getting ready for school. How does that sound?" Alya told Marinette, grinning.
"Oh, I'm sure you'll be really reliable Alya." Marinette joked.
"Hey! I am the creator of the LadyBlog, I post every day. At the same time. How is that not reliable? I'm more reliable than you are, you always change the date and the time of everything, and really last minute. And how many excuses do you have for leaving class again?" Alya teased with mock offence in her voice.
"Alright! I get it!" Marinette laughed, "You're more reliable than I am!"
"You always seem to disappear especially when there is an Akuma attack..." Alya continued, narrowing her eyes. "It would almost seem like you're... Ladybug?"
Marinette froze. "N-No! I-I'm not Ladybug!"
Alya immediately dropped her serious face. "Of course I know you're not Ladybug!" She laughed, "I've seen you two in the same room before. And besides, Ladybug told me herself that she's thousands of years old. And you don't look a day over 100." Alya teased.
"Thanks." Marinette replied, the fear disappearing in an instant. When did she see saw me and Ladybug in the same room? Marinette thought.
"Alya, chill dude, Miss Bustier hasn't even gotten here yet. So even if Marinette was late, our teacher would probably have been later. It's been 10 minutes since the bell went." Nino said, turning around. Adrien turned around too.
"True. Where on earth is our teacher? And also, Nino, why are you listening to our conversation?" Alya asked Nino.
Adrien grinned "You guys were talking pretty loud-"
"And besides, as soon as you guys mentioned Ladybug, Adrien was listening, weren't you?" Nino interrupted, and Adrien scowled at him.
Alya stifled a laugh, and Marinette blushed. Did Adrien have a crush on Ladybug- her? She brushed the thought aside as the teacher finally walked in, followed by a tall boy who walked in nervously.
"Good morning class!" Miss Bustier grinned, "You all remember how we asked you all if any of you wanted to go to America as an exchange student? Well in the meantime, we had students from America coming to our school for a few weeks." The teacher stepped aside, letting him introduce himself.
"Uh. Hi. I'm Peter. Peter Parker." He grinned nervously, lifting up his right hand to wave slightly. His short brown hair was combed over to the side and a backpack was strewn over his shoulder. "I'm from America. Uh, obviously, and uh my French may be not good all the time, I mean, my French might not be great all the time, so if I make any mistakes, don't get mad at me." He rubbed his hands together nervously, his gaze drifting from person to person in the classroom. His gaze landed on Marinette, and they made eye-contact briefly. Marinette glanced down at her desk, her face growing hot.
Miss Bustier clapped her hands together briefly. "Okay, Peter, why don't you sit in Ivan's row, behind Marinette and Alya? Ivan went to America with the other exchange students from other classes so his seat is free."
Peter walked up the steps and sat down behind Marinette. She could hear him fidgeting behind her.
Meanwhile, the teacher was fidgetting through things on her desk. She stopped searching and clapped her hands together briefly. "Sorry class, I just have to go grab something from another room, I'll be back in about five minutes." Miss Bustier said, walking out of the room. As soon as she closed the door behind her, the class broke into chatter.
"Hey, uh I-I'm Peter." A voice said from behind Marinette. Marinetter and Alya turned around to see Peter leaning over the desk, his hand outstretched towards them. "Uh I mean," He drew his hand backwards. "you already know my name as I just told you it but what I meant was, nice meet you to. Uh, nice to meet you. Well-"
"Nice to meet you too, Peter, I'm Alya." Alya grinned, reaching out and shaking his half outstretched hand.
Peter turned towards Marinette, "So that makes you Margarette? Oops, no that's not right, forgive me," Peter muttered something under his breath in another language- presumably English. "What was your name again?"
"Marinette, my name's Marinette." She smiled, hesitantly shaking his hand.
"Nice to meet you Marinette. Did I say that right? I think I said it right." Peter grinned.
"I'm Nino, and this other kid next to me in the front row is Adrien." Nino interrupted, reaching between Marinette and Alya to shake Peter's hand.
"Hi Nino, hi Adrien." Peter smiled, "So many names.."
Adrien waved from the front row, "Hello Peter."
"And I'm Nathaniel." Nathaniel said from behind Peter, and Peter turned around in surprise.
"Sorry Nathaniel! I forgot I wasn't in the back row." Peter apologised as the teacher walked in through the door holding a few books and a folder.
"Okay class, I'm back!" Miss Bustier said as she came through the door. "We can finally start!"
Everyone turned back to the front as Miss Bustier began to finally teach the class.