Chapter 1: A new school year, and a brief history of the 6th world.
It seems to be a normal day in Paris, the city of love, art and fashion, and the people around walk around the streets living their lives and walking to their destinations. And suddenly, from a loft above a bakery located in the 12 Rue Gotlib, a loud scream is heard, loud enough to scare the birds nearby.
Inside the loft, there is a teenage girl with black hair with ponytails, who seems to be obviously freaking out "Ah! I can´t believe I overslept, and on the first day of class of the new semester!" she screamed as she quickly changed from her pajamas into her usual clothes.
Subject: Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
Meta type: Human.
Age: 15.
Family: Tom Dupain (Troll meta type), Sabine Cheng (Human meta type)
Career: Student, helps in her parent's bakery.
Likes: Bakery, fashion, her friends.
Meanwhile, a cute, small fairy like creature that looked like a ladybug was flying around "Calm down Marinette, there is still time, and if you always get to class in time" the small kwami says trying to calm her down.
Marinette then sighs and says "I know, but is the first day of class, and we are going to see a lot of old friends since they left for summer vacation. And Adrien" at the mention of her crush, she gives a long happy sigh, with a dreamy look in her eyes. Which ends when the kwami says "And you still haven't confessed your feelings to him"
"Tiki! Yeah, you are right, but every time I try, it´s like my mind gets scrambled and my mouth says nonsense. But that will change, this semester, I will finally confess my feeling for him! Now let´s get to the school Tiki" and soon, the little fairy creature hides herself in the teenager back.
Meanwhile, somewhere else, in what seems to be a nicer district in the city, in a nice house that looks like a small palace, a teenage boy with blond hair was preparing his backpack. The teenager seems to have an obvious tan, as if he travelled somewhere sunnier. And behind him, entering his room, is his father personal assistant "The car is ready and waiting for you Adrien" the woman said in a monotone voice, to which the boy responded "Thanks Natalie, I will be out soon"
Subject: Adrien Agreste.
Meta type: Elf
Age: 15.
Family: Gabriel Agreste (Meta type: human), Emilie Agreste (Meta type: elf, status: missing)
Career: Student, model.
Likes: Physics, basketball, fencing, cheese?
As soon as the woman left the room, a black cat, fairy like looking creature came out of a drawer "Man, do we have to go back to school? I liked being in Italy, with their tasty cheeses that are hard to get" he said in a sad tone.
"C'mon Plagg, you knew it was only while we did the photo shoot, we still had to go back, and be thankful that I was able to convince father to let me go back to the school. Or would you have preferred that I stayed here trapped, and you with me" he said in a burlesque tone, and the kwami with a visible distain. "Yeah, I suppose you are right, and the Camembert I like is only sold here."
Soon after the conversation, the cat like fairy hides inside Adrien backpack, and they run towards the car, which the driver/bodyguard seemed to be a troll. They then drove towards the school.
The school is brimming with noise, teenagers and noisy teenagers, all of them talking about their vacations, what they did, who they met, things that changed their lives and how much they missed each other.
And inside the classroom of a certain class, Marinette was the first to arrive, and as soon as she entered, her best friend ran towards her and hugged her tightly "Marinette! You finally here. How have you been girl? Did you have fun with your mother family in China?"
Subject: Alya Cesaire.
Meta type: Human.
Age: 15.
Career: Blogger.
Likes: Internet, his cellphone, Ladybug, comic books.
"Ayla, so glad to see you, and yes I had a good time, although China seems to be kind of a dangerous place, especially near the Kowloon walled city. I heard that once, a chinese demon almost took control over the walled city" said Marinette, smiling at her best friend since forever "And what about your vacations, is Martinique a nice place to visit?"
To which Alya answered in a playful tone "Well, it's a nice island, and the weather is nice, but I wish I had a better matrix connection, and I'm sure I missed a lot of stuff about Ladybug that I need for my blog. But now that I'm here, I can rectify that!"
They kepst talking with each other, even after they were seated in their usual spots, and soon enough, Adrien entered the class room. And when Marinette saw him, she fawned, and was about to go talk with him… but a certain queen bee was faster and ran towards him, and in her usual high pitched tone, she said "Adrienkins! You are finally back! So, how was Italy? You have to tell me everything!"
Adrien, although friendly, was obviously uncomfortable with such show of affection or attention, but he has been friends with Chloe Borgeois for a long time, and knew how to handle her. Which he didn't had to, for thankfully, his best friend, Nino Lahiffe, waved at the teenager in trouble, which gave Adrien the opportunity to say "Oh, look at that, Nino is calling for me, and class is about to start. But we can talk later" he said in a respectful manner, yet at the same time, relieved, while Chloe was obviously angry, returning to her seat and treating her friend badly, as always.
The blond teenager walked quickly towards his seat at the side of his friend "Hey Nino, thanks for that. I thought for sure that this time, she would never let go off my arm and I would have to cut it off" he joked, to which his friend responded "Don't worry bro, that's what friends are for. So Italy, did you met anyone interesting, maybe a summer crush?" he asked, but more in a joking manner.
"No, and unfortunately I couldn't see much. My father had me going from one photo session to another, and then there were the catwalks. He even made me use one suit that Ares commissioned him. I suppose it was nice, but I felt I was going to get shot or kidnapped at any moment just for wearing it. But anyway…" and then entered the history teacher.
He was a new teacher, seems to have been recently hired. And he was an elf, one that looked old, or well, not that old. "Hello students. I will be your new history teacher; you all can call me monsieur Esprit. Now, I take history very seriously, and as someone that has lived for quite a while, I can say I experienced many of the important events that have happened since the beginning of the sixth world. So even though you are young, I won't tolerate any tomfoolery and misdemeanors in my class. Understood?" he asked, with a cold, harsh tone, and look that could kill, if it were possible.
"Wow, and I thought your father seemed harsh, this one seems like an army sergeant" Said Nino, and unfortunately for him, the teacher heard "I was indeed in the army boy, and for disobeying, you will be punished, but since it's the first day of class, I will be nice. 10 laps around the school after class" Esprit said, again in his cold tone, and Nino looked surprised and defeated, like he had messed up, which he did.
"Now, I'm sure many of you have already studied a bit of world history, but I think it's good to give it a look again at the events that have shaped the world until today."
Many people say that everything started before the year 2011, with those past years being one of chaos. Wars everywhere, nations falling and others appearing, and the first megacorps started to appear. In 2008, the USA even had their first black, sorry, as the americans call it, afro American.
But it gets worse, because in 2010, the VITAS virus appears, which kills at the very least a quarter of the world population. It's considered one of the reasons the world geo political lines changed.
And in the next year, the world as we knew ended, and the sixth world started, when elves and dwarves started to be born from normal human parents, the great dragon Ryumyo appears near Mt. Fuji, the native americans start using magic, and ley lines and mana storms happen all around the world.
The easiest way to say the reaction of the people was, as you youngsters like to say "Freaking out", and with good reasons, for many other great dragons started to appear, including Feuerschwinge, who during 4 months went on a rampage until the german military finally killed it. Lofwyr and Dunkelzahn also appear, and it's also the year the nuyen was created, and as you may know, it soon became the currency all around the world.
In 2014, the NAN, or Native American Nations are created, taking a great portion of western USA, and in 2017, they defeated the American army, by causing the Great Wolf Dance, a magical ritual that assured them their victory. Their war was the first known great use of magic since everything started.
Fast forward to 2021, the event known as goblinization happened, in which 10 percent of the world population transformed into what are known as orks and trolls. And soon enough babies were also being born that way. Know this event caused a lot of chaos, more than the world already had, since, unlike the birth of elves and dwarves which happened naturally, and thus, they received more acceptance, goblinization was a violent change, in which many people died, and this helped start the racism against them. Also Tolkien is to blame, for writing orks and trolls in such awful way. And this reminds me, mademoiselle Dupain, or is it Cheng, or both? Doesn't matter, your father is a troll, right? It would be nice if you could convince him and come here to give a small talk about his life as a troll, especially if he lived through the Night of Rage.
This made Marinette obviously uncormfortable, for she knew that was a topic her father didn't like to talk about, but instead of saying a flat no, she said "Um, I will tell him you asked" now she was ashamed for saying that, instead of defending her father.
Well, continuing. If you thought we had seen the last of VITAS, you are wrong, for in the next year, it reappeared and it killed another 10 percent of the world population.
Fast forward to 2029, the first crash of the matrix, or internet as it was called, happened worldwide, destroying essentially a large of part of the world information, and erasing large swaths of its technological history, and forcing the necessity of the wired matrix. That's right, there was no Wi-Fi in the past.
Now, to something more local, the two Euro Wars, the first one starting in 2031, started by the Russians, and ending in 2033. While the second Euro Wars started in 2034 and ended in 2037, this time the war is caused by the attacks of the Alliance of Allah, or AoA. The same year the war ended, Lofwyr became the major shareholder, CEO and president of his company Saeder-Krupp.
And just two years later, the events of what is called, the Night of Rage happened. They were a movement of protests of meta humans that wanted equal rights, but that soon they turned incredibly violent, starting something similar to a race war all around the world. I lived through that time, but I was somewhere else more peaceful, where we were spared the nightmare of that time.
Now fast forward again, this time more of a leap. The Universal Brotherhood, a church of sorts, more like a cult, is created in 2043, and it seems like your typical nice religion. Then in 2055, it is destroyed worldwide, for apparently they were actually an insect spirit cult, bent on destroying the world. Good riddance I say.
2 years later, France has its first woman president, Aurelie de Paladines, and winning the reelection of 2063, leading it to join the NEEC or New European Economic Community.
Then in the next year, 2064, the matrix crashed, again, and again, it killed hundreds if not thousands of people around. But this time, after the incident, it got replaced by wireless matrix, which mean that because of it, we now have Wi-Fi.
And many more stuff happened during those years. The appearance of technomancers, the appearance of the SURGE mutagenic virus thanks to the Haley comet, vampires are real, but they are a disease that the world must get rid of. Wars have happened, assassinations, disasters. There are even fairies now, thanks to that portal in Yellowstone that goes to their world. It's a weird, but interesting time we are living, and who knows how many more things will happen.
And after speaking, the entire class was, well, in a few words, asleep, almost all of them, more than a half, ok, all of the class is in different degrees of sleepy, which, made monsieur Esprit, mad "What is this?" He yells, waking everyone up "I pour my soul into trying to teach you our world history, and you all fall asleep!? I should punish you all!" And before he can finish talking, the door to the class room opens, and the headmaster, Professor Damocles, an old looking dwarf, with a beard that makes him look like an owl "Oh, professor Esprit, I hope I'm not interrupting anything" To which Esprit angrily respond "No, you are not sir, because apparently, these kids doesn't care about history. Now if you excuse me, I need some fresh air" And he leaves the class room, pushing aside Mr. Damocles, and walks away.
Mr. Damocles looks confused, but then walks into the class, and says "Well students, I hope you are having a great first day of class, and I have an announcement to say. A new student will join you from now on, and his situation is quite, well, different from yours, especially because he just arrived with the inscription, and well, I suppose it's better if he presents himself.
And soon after, the new student entered the class room, and everyone looked at their new classmate.
Meanwhile, in a dark place, the windows opened, and bright butterflies flied around, and in the center, a man in a dark, purple suit and silver mask, with a cane was standing.
"What is this? A teacher that wants to impart his knowledge of the past so that they fix the future, but that they ignore his warnings. Then I think it's necessary to give him an aide in his classes." And grabbing one of the bright butterflies, the entity soon turns dark, and flies away "Go my little akuma, and evilize him" Said Hawkmoth.
Ok people, I hope you like this chapter, Im mostly asking because I know that its probably a bit boring because of all the explanation it gives about the history, but not may people will know about the setting of Shadowrun, so I thought that those that dont know, this chapter could give them a idea of the setting. So yeah, this means that this is a AU, where the events of Miraculous happens in the world of Shadowrun, so expect it to be darker than the original series, but not in grimdark levels.
Also, for a voting! As you know, Im going to introduce a OC, the person that will help teach the main duo how to run the shadows, and the idea of the voting is the next one. His race, and by race I mean meta type and ethnicity, because something I saw is that Shadowrun is a globalized setting, and you will find people of almost any ethnic group. So the meta types are human, dwarf, elf, ork and troll. And his ethnic group, well, juts mention some ideas and I will decide.
Also, I would like to say that english is not my first langauge, so if there are mistakes that you notice in the grammar, I would be thankful if you mentione them, so I can rectify it.
And finally, the mention of the Kowloon walled city and Feurschwinge, well, they are cameos or mention of events that happened in the last two Shadowrun videogames.