A/N: This is my first time writing a Miraculous Ladybug fic so I'd appreciate some feedback and I hope you enjoy! Also, see if you can spot the parallels (you'll get what I mean) and I'm sorry that the begging is super long I tried to shorten it but then it didn't make sense.

Ding-dong

"Class dismissed!" the teacher called. Marinette reached down beside her seat to grab her bag as other students rushed out the door. After getting her things she exited the classroom to meet up with Alya to work on a Physics assignment after school.

Beep

The school's PA system came on suddenly. Marinette, still standing directly outside the classroom, looked up towards the speakers. There was a brief silence before the principal's voice came over the intercom. "Don't forget to come to the town festival tonight! It's from 7 to 10 pm! I hope to see you all there and don't forget your formal attire!" the principal exclaimed.

Click

Festival? What festival? It was the first day of school not the first day of Christmas!

"-ari, Mari, Marinette!" Her head whipped to the side to see Alya's grinning face. "I've been trying to get your attention for the past five minutes," she explains, "so are you going to go? I was thinking about doing the homework tomorrow instead if that's okay with you," Alya asks.

"What is the festival even for?" Marinette asks instead of responding to her question.

"It's for Ladybug and Chat Noir, duh! It's been a year since that incident happened and they came in and helped us," Alya says with pride, "and they've been here saving Paris since! It's a good thing too, I don't know where we would be without them," she continues to ramble on about her favorite hero.

Of course! That made perfect sense! Alya did seem pretty excited about something during class.

"Oh and," Alya pauses for a second to make sure Marinette is paying attention, "apparently Ladybug and Chat Noir are supposed to be there! Do you think I'll be able to get an interview for the Ladyblog? I sure hope so," Alya finishes.

It was settled then. Marinette would disguise herself as Ladybug and go. But that would mean "Marinette" would have to stay home.

"I don't think I can go. Mom and Dad wanted me to help out with some orders tonight. Maybe next year," Marinette says, "and I think Ladybug would love to be interviewed," Marinette smiles as she says the last sentence. An interview wouldn't be much trouble. After all, it was the least she could do for her best friend.

"Yeah I think so too. Try asking your parents, I'm sure they would understand," Alya looked down at her phone to check the time. "I have to go get ready. See you tomorrow! Or hopefully see you there," she says.

"Bye!" Mari says in response while waving her goodbye.

"Marinette," a voice whispers coming from her bag. Mari opened the bag and out came her kwami, Tikki. "What are you going to wear for the dance?" Tikki asked.

"What am I going to wear?" she asked back. Marinette planned on wearing her regular Ladybug clothes.

"It's formal and you're the special guest," Tikki argued, "I could alter the transformation to make it into a dress but I need to know what it will look like."

"You can do that?" Marinette wondered.

"Of course! Different Ladybugs like different clothes and have different customs than you do. I alter it based on what they want," Tikki explained.

"So why didn't you do that for me?" Marinette asked.

"You never asked." Tikki answered. Marinette mutters something under her breath. She would need to design something to wear-and fast.

"Alright, fine. I'll get home and come up with something," she responded. Tikki just nods her head and zooms back into Marinette's bag. Today was going to be a long day.

Marinette quickens her pace to get to her house sooner. Upon entering, she sees her Mom in a long, red and white dress. "Welcome home!" her mother greets. "I was just planning what I am going to wear tonight. You have something to wear, right? I would have gotten you something but I was afraid you wouldn't like it," her mother says with a warm smile.

"We're going?" were the only two words that could come out of her mouth.

"Your father and I thought it would be fun for the three of us to go together. We'll close up the bakery and stay for a while. Don't worry though, you don't have to stay with us the whole time. You can talk to your friends too," her mother answered.

"Okay," Marinette responded because 'no Mom, I can't go because I'm Ladybug' didn't seem like a good answer.

She left the room and headed upstairs to her bedroom. After closing the trapdoor, she sat down on her bed and opened her bag for Tikki to come out.

"Now what?" she asked. "I can't be Marinette and Ladybug at the same time."

"Well why not?" the kwami answered. "Be Marinette for a while then I can transform you, it will be fine," she assured.

"Alright. But I better get working on that dress then," Marinette sat down at her desk and turned on her computer. She'd designed dresses before so it couldn't be too hard.

A few hours later, she was finally done. Marinette showed Tikki her design. "It looks great! But you better get dressed," Tikki said. Mari looked at her clock, not realizing what time it was.

6:35 pm

"Yeah you're right!" Marinette said as she shut off her computer and pulled a dress from her closet to put on. It was a pastel pink dress that reached just above her knees. There was a thick, black strap that stretched around her waist. It had a square neckline and thin straps to hold the dress up. She reached up to her head and carefully pulled out the ribbons in her hair, letting it fall to her shoulders. Marinette, now satisfied with how she looked, grabbed her black heels and purse-which Tikki was now inside of- and left her room to join her parents downstairs.

Upon entering the living room her mother turned to her and her eyes quickly checked what she was wearing. "Ready to go?" she asked. Marinette gave a small nod as her reply. "Good," she said while turning around to face Marinette's father. He opened the door and Marinette and her mother walked out with him.

The party was pretty much what Marinette had expected it would be. Some people were dancing, some were talking, and some were trying to see who could fit the most mini hot dogs in their mouth at once. Almost everyone from school was there. Chloé was wearing a sparkly, gold, and rather short dress that puffed out at her hips. Sabrina on the other hand was wearing a long, silver dress. Once again outshadowed by Chloé Bourgeois. Marinette's attention then shifted to something that she wasn't expecting to see. Alya and Nino were sitting next to each other on a park bench. They were talking about something funny-Marinette couldn't tell what it was but they would occasionally burst into a fit of laughter. She then noticed their clothes. Alya was wearing a long, green dress that complimented her hair quite nicely and Nino had black slacks and a dress shirt with a green tie to match Alya's dress. The matching colors meant that they were on a date.

Alya looked away from Nino for a second and saw Marinette then stood up to greet her. "I thought you weren't coming," she said.

"It turns out that my parents wanted to go instead of work tonight," Marinette said. It was the simplest answer, and it was the truth. "You didn't tell me you were going with someone," Marinette quickly changed the topic and gestured to Nino who was still seated on the bench.

"He asked my on the way home," Alya said, blushing.

"Well I'll let you get back to your date then," Mari said while walking away. But before she could get too far, she collided with someone walking in the opposite direction. She let out a squeal of surprise and squinted her eyes shut as she started to fall, but the fall never came. She slowly opened her eyes and there stood the one-and-only Adrien Agreste who currently had his arms around her waist. He was wearing a white suit with white dress shoes to match.

"Are you okay? I'm sorry for running into you, I should've been looking where I was going," he apologised.

"No it was my fault! I was the one who wasn't paying atemp-attention!" she stuttered. "But yeah, I'm okay."

He smiled and released his hold. "I'm glad you're okay," he said with a sigh of relief. "I'll buy you a drink to make up for it," he offered.

"No, really, I'm fine," Mari assured. Before Adrien could respond, a cheery voice rang out through the air.

"Adrieeennn~" Chloé wrapped her arms around Adrien's shoulders. "Do you want to dance?"

"I-uh…" he started to deny her but he couldn't think of anything to say. His eyes darted back and forth between Marinette and Chloé and he quickly thought of a solution. "I was going to dance with Marinette," he finished.

"With her?!"

"W-with me?"

Adrien quickly nods his head then grabs Marinette's arm and drags her towards the fountain. After escaping the fuming Chloé, Adrien stops and lets go of her arm. "Thanks for helping me escape Chloé," he says.

"Yeah, no problem," Mari says with a slightly wavering voice. The music plays softly in the background and couples dance slowly around them. Adrien takes a hold of Marinette's hand and a light blush appears on his face.

"Well since we're over here, may I have-" Adrien's voice is cut off by the sound of a microphone.

"Your attention please!" says a loud voice, "Ladybug and Chat Noir should be here any minute now and when they come our mayor will be delivering a speech in their honor. When you hear the next announcement please make your way to the fountain. Thank you." the microphone clicks off and the party resumes. Marinette turns back to Adrien to listen to what he had to say.

"Nevermind. I have to go," he says as he lightly drops her hand and runs off. She watches his back as he gets farther and farther away.

"Marinette!" comes a soft voice from inside her black purse.

"Yeah Tikki, I'm going," Mari says with a sigh. She hides behind one of the cars parked directly outside the park then smiles with confidence.

"Tikki, transform me!" Marinette says as her transformation begins. She softly closes her eyes and lets her kwami do her job. Afterwards, she re-opens her eyes to look at herself. First she sees her dress. It's about calf length with ruffles at the bottom. The dress is red with black dots-like a ladybug-except for the black, upside down 'v' portion that starts at her hips and goes down in layers to the bottom of the dress. The portion outside the 'v' also has a separation in the back, making them look like the shape of ladybug wings. The top of the dress was heart shaped and strapless which showed off her ladybug necklace that was identical to her yo-yo. Marinette then looked at her arms. Long, black gloves stretched almost all the way to her shoulders. At her feet were a pair of heels, black like the gloves. To finish her look, Marinette's hair was tied back to it's usual pigtails; red and black spotted bows held her hair in place. And, of course, her usual spotted mask covered a portion of her face to hide her identity. "Now I just have to find Chat Noir..."

Marinette, or rather Ladybug, started walking back towards the festival but stopped when she saw him. He was wearing a black suit, similar to his regular black outfit, but more fancy. He was leaning against a tree and smirking at her. "You look absolutely purrfect, my lady," he said as she drew nearer.

"As do you kitty cat, you clean up nicely," she remarked. He pushed himself off the tree and extended his hand out to her.

"Shall we?" he asked. Instead of responding, she reached out and placed her hand in his then gave him a small, confident nod. Chat smiled at her then the two of them walked to the party hand in hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen your attention please!" The same voice from earlier came over the microphone. "It appears that Ladybug and Chat Noir have arrived. The mayor has a few words to say," the voice finishes speaking then presumably hands the microphone to the mayor.

"Ladybug and Chat Noir have been saving Paris day and night for one whole year!" After this line, a loud applause sweeps over the crowd. After the cheers die down, the mayor begins to speak again. "It is with great honor that I welcome them to our festival. On behalf of all the citizens of Paris, we thank you for your service to our town. Now, if you wouldn't mind, please stay a while and enjoy yourselves. That is all, you may resume," he finishes as another wave of excitement fills the park. Several people scream out for them and thank them. Then a large crowd gathers around them asking for interviews, autographs, pictures, and anything else they could get their hands on. Marinette starts to feel overwhelmed, sure she was used to the praise, but not the large crowd usually she would be running out of power and just escape. But not this time.

"Wait a minute!" a voice yelled out.

She looked to her right to see who yelled. She didn't really need to though, she already knew who it was. Chat Noir looked back at her and he didn't say anything. He just pulls her towards the fountain, where Adrien and Marinette had just stood.

"My lady," he begins. Still holding her hand, Chat gets down on one knee and says what he had been prepared to say all night. "May I have this dance?"

Ladybug just smiles, he didn't need to ask. "Yes you may," she answers.

He stands up and puts one arm around her, the other still holding her hand. She places her hand on his shoulder. She's never danced like this before, but with Chat Noir, she could do anything. They stay like that awhile, slowly swaying back and forth in time with the music. Not caring about the people staring at them and whispering how perfect they are. Not caring how Marinette and Adrien are supposed to be back talking to their friends-who will probably have a ton of questions for them. Not caring about anything but that moment, just the two of them perfectly in sync. But then the song ends. Marinette hears her parents calling her from the other side of the park.

"I have to go," she whispers sadly, "I'm sorry."

"That's alright," he whispers back.

They let go of each other and Ladybug turns away to undo her transformation. He watches her back as she gets farther and farther away. But Chat Noir was okay. No, he was better than okay. Because whether or not someone got akumatized tomorrow, he knew he would see Ladybug. Because she was wearing the exact same custom made, one of a kind, black high heels as Marinette.