Camping Adventures - Chapter 1

Tree Climbing

Author's Note: Halloooo. You can call me Quave (yeah, code names!) I'm new to writing fanfiction, so don't say I didn't warn you. This is going to be multiple chapters, and I don't have any schedule for posting, so hang in there :P Also, check out my sister's fanfiction, MiraculousTrashForever. Now, without further ado, here we go. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Miraculous Ladybug.

Everyone was chattering as they filed out of the bus. The school was hosting a camping activity for the week, and all the students were lugging their backpacks and camping gear to the campsite.

"This is going to be so exciting. I love camping!" Marinette exclaimed, jumping up and down.

"Yeah," Alya panted. "Marinette, how are you not exhausted from jumping around like that? These packs are heavy."

Marinette shrugged. "I can carry yours if you want," she suggested.

"Yes, PLEASE." Alya dumped all her gear on top of Marinette's, causing Marinette to practically be buried alive under all the sleeping bags, pillows, blankets, and backpacks.

Marinette fumbled around completely blind, trying to follow Alya.

"WATCH OUT!" Alya cried, as Marinette tripped and fell right into Adrien and Nino. The three were engulfed in the mountain of camping supplies. A muffled apology came from under, and their heads popped up out of the heap. Alya pulled out her phone and started snapping pictures through her laughter.

"Alya!" Marinette whined, cheeks burning.

"What? I'm making a digital scrapbook of our camping trip. This will be the perfect addition!" Alya snickered.

"Woah girls! How much stuff did you bring?!" Nino asked as he and Adrien dug their way out.

"Most of this is Alya's. She brought three full to the brim backpacks!" Marinette said.

"I came prepared!" Alya replied defensively.

Once they emerged, Marinette started piling the gear back into her arms.

"I'll help you carry those," Adrien said, grabbing two backpacks.

"T-t-thanks much very, no, very much thanks, no, uh... " Marinette stammered, flushing pink.

"She means 'Thanks very much'," Alya pitched in with a smirk.

Marinette shot her friend a playful glare and sped off to the area where they were going to be setting up their tents.

Adrien dropped off the two backpacks once he reached the girls, and then helped Nino set up their tent next to Marinette and Alya's.

"I'm glad we're sharing a tent!" Alya said to Marinette as they rolled out their sleeping bags.

"Of course! I'd rather share a tent with no one else."

"Really? No one else?" Alya hinted.

"What, Chloe?" Marinette replied sarcastically.

Alya made a face. "No way! I feel sorry for whoever has to share a tent with her."

"It's probably Sabrina. I don't understand how she can put up with Chloe."

Someone knocked on the tent flap.

"Hello?" the girls answered in unison.

"The camp director is going to to go over rules in a few minutes, so everyone needs to be outside," the person said.

Marinette and Alya finished setting their things out, then went out and took a seat on one of the many logs that were arranged in a large circle.

After everyone got situated, the camp director stood up and started going over the rules and all the activities that were available.

"We have a lake over there," he gestured to the lake, "where you can swim and canoe, a park, and many hiking trails that wind around the camp-"

"EXCUSE ME!" Chloe practically screamed. "WHERE ARE THE RESTROOMS?!" It's been hours and I haven't checked my HAIR!" she exclaimed, earning herself a lot of eye rolls.

"-as I was saying, the hiking trails wind around the camp and many of them go over creeks," the director continued, unfased. Chloe silently steamed until the end of the instructions, when the director finally explained where the restrooms were.

"Hey! We were thinking about going hiking, if you two want to come," Adrien said as he and Nino walked up to Marinette and Alya.

"Yeah, that would be awesome! Right Marinette?" Alya answered, nudging the dazed girl.

"Yeah... " she agreed dreamily.

Once they decided which path they were taking, they entered the heavily wooded area and looked for walking sticks to bring with them.

After hiking for a while, they sat around under the trees to take a break. Marinette hopped onto one of the tree trunks and nimbly climbed to a high branch hanging right over her friends. Feeling relaxed, she flipped upside down and stuck out her tongue.

"I bet you guys couldn't climb higher than me," she teased, swinging back and forth like she was part monkey.

"Oh just you wait!" Alya and Nino exclaimed, not wanting to be outdone.

Marinette and Adrien sat back and laughed as they watched their friends try -and fail- to scale the tree.

The more they tried, the harder they laughed. It got to the point that Nino was uncomfortably wedged between two branches, and Alya was stuck completely upside down. The sight was causing Adrien to roll around clutching at his stomach, laughing like a maniac.

"Like you can do better," Nino huffed as he tried to free Alya's foot from a notch in the tree branch. Alya just hung upside down and crossed her arms with a slightly sour expression on her face.

"Oh I can do better," Adrien smirked.

"I'd like to see you try," taunted Marinette, for once not stuttering.

He moved towards the tree and she quickly slid down.

"Wait! I need to do something first," she said, fishing through Alya's bag, pulling out random things like chapstick, spare change, a pack of Oreos -which she may or may not have eaten-

"Hey! What are you doing?!" Alya grumped.

Marinette found Alya's phone and stuck her tongue out in concentration as she snapped the perfect photo of Alya and Nino's predicament.

"For the scrapbook," Marinette snickered.

When Marinette and Adrien were done having their fun, they helped their friends down.

"Now I'm going to have to take you up on that bet," Adrien said.

Marinette suddenly turned shy, stammering out a reply.

With a burst of Chat Noir skill and energy, he scaled the tree extremely fast, practically bounding up it. The three just stared, amazed. Did the model climb trees in his spare time?

"I think I won the bet," Adrien boasted, calling down from very high up the tree.

"Okay, okay, you won," Marinette grudgingly accepted. If only he knew what she could really do...

"Party's over Agreste, you can come down now," Nino called.

"Um."

"Adrien, I'm not kidding. We need to get going."

"Uh.. I can't get down," he admitted, embarrassed.

A strong breeze caused the tips of the trees to sway. Adrien clung on like a leech.

"Seriously?" Alya groaned.

The evening was starting to become night, and the air was getting cooler.

"What are we going to do?!" Marinette panicked. They couldn't just leave Adrien up there. Maybe Chloe, but not Adrien!

"Girl, you can climb up there and get him," Alya commanded.

"Me? Me!"

"Yeah you! You're the only one that could climb the tree!" Alya shoved her towards the tree and Marinette began climbing.

Once she reached Adrien, she sat on a branch next to him.

"I'm g-g-going to help y-you down," she said.

Adrien flashed her a grateful smile and grabbed her hand as she helped him down, causing her to blush like mad.

When the group got back to camp, it was dark and nearly everyone was in their tents.

"Well, I guess you didn't win the bet, Adrien," Nino stated, before they head off into their tents.

"What?"

"Because you bet you could climb higher than her, and Marinette end up climbing all the way up there and helped you all the way down," he explained.

Oh.

Marinette looked flushed and smug at the same time.

Author's Note: Ta-da! I don't know when I'm going to put out the next chapter, but hopefully it's soon. Also, I'm going to add Oreos somewhere in every fanfiction chapter. So look out for those :)