It was a sunny day in Paris. The Sun was out, people were having fun, enjoying each others' company, and most importantly, no signs of any black butterfly.
Two girls, one blonde and one bluenette, both pig-tailed were heading towards The Le Grand Paris, one of the most exclusive Hotels in France. Just as they were about to reach for the entrance, a white blur knocked the bluenette to the ground.
"Marinette!" Her companion rushed over to check if she was okay.
The girl opened her eyes, only to be met by the excited eyes of a small, fury white dog wearing a pink dress. Happily wagging its tail, the dog cover her in slobbery kisses.
"Hey there!" Marinette giggled as she slowly got up, holding the dog in her hands, "And what's your name?"
"Fleuria!" Just then, a butler approached the girls, "Merci mademoiselle. I'll just..."
Before he could take the Pomeranian from her, the dog barked viciously at him.
"If its alright for you, I think I'll just hold on to him." Marinette offered.
"Very well. Come along now. Madam is waiting." The butler motioned the girls to follow him into the hotel.
"Hey there little guy." The blond cooed at the dog, "I'm Zinnia and this is my friend, Marinette."
"Ohhh! I could just eat you up!" Marinette nuzzled the dog on her cheeks, "You know what will make you even cuter? A bow!"
"Fleuria!" A woman with short black hair and wearing a purple fur coat approached the girls and grabbed the dog from Marinette, "Don't you go jumping at windows ever again."
"Oh My God!" Marinette excitedly exclaimed, "You're Simply Unique! You're The Seamstress of The Stars! The Tailor for Royals!"
"Yes. Yes, Darling." Unique replied, "But its no big deal. I just make clothes for, how do you kids say it these days? Big Guns."
"I heard you design all the clothes for the Royal Family of Achu." Zinnia pointed out.
"And Jagged Stone's wardrobe!" Marinette added.
"Oh please. I was only doing some friends a favor." Unique noticed a big pink bow tied on the dog's tail, "Oh. I don't remember this."
"Sorry." Marinette blushed sheepishly, "He was so cute. I just couldn't help it."
"Actually. I love it." The fashion designer turned to face Marinette, "Oh if only there was some way I could show you my gratitude for returning my precious Fleur."
At that moment, Nadja Chamack and her daughter Manon appeared behind Unique but the fashion designer had her back turned to them. Upon seeing Unique, the news reporter bit her lip in excitement. Upon seeing them, an idea flashed before Marinette.
"Ms. Unique, this is my mother's friend." Marinette motioned Unique towards Nadja.
"Nadja Chamack. Reporter for TVi." Nadja excitedly shook the fashion designer's hand.
"And it would mean a lot to me if she could get a private interview with you." Marinette mused.
"I would love to." Unique agreed, "Thank you again..."
"Marinette." Marinette finished before gesturing to her waving friend, "And this is my friend Zinnia."
"Want a cookie?" Zinnia offered a cookie to Fleuria but her owner pulled her away.
"No, no, no." Unique flashed an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, but she's on a diet."
Meanwhile, the blond daughter of the mayor was angrily making her way down the stairs as she was talking to someone on the phone. Frustrated at the caller, she hung up.
"The Ball is tonight and I have nothing to wear!" She complained.
"Oh please. You, like, have a hundred of dresses to choose from. I recommend the light blue with flowers." Her purse opened up, revealing a small yellow and black striped creature with blue eyes.
"Its not just any Ball you know." Chloe huffed, "Simply Unique is The Seamstress of Gods. I swear if I can't find a gorgeous gown for tonight, I'll... Adrien!"
Chloe squealed at the sight of her childhood best friend with his father. She was about to approach them, when someone beat her to it.
"Monsier Agreste. It's so nice to see you again." Lila beamed, causing Chloe to silently growl in frustration before cutting in.
"So am I. What brings you and your charming son here in Le Grand Paris?" Chloe smiled while narrowing her eyes at Lila.
"Ah. Ms. Bourgeois. Ms. Rossi." Gabriel narrowed his eyes on both girls, "Still 'borrowing' other peoples' designs?"
Both girls blushed in embarrassment; Chloe remembering the time she 'borrowed' Marinette's derby hat design and Lila remembering the time she 'found' Marinette's sketchbook and 'accidentally' passing the designs as her own. Both girls' deceits were eventually unveiled, humiliating them both in front of the same Fashion Designer and son they were trying to impress.
"Now if you'll excuse us," Gabriel began walking away with Adrien, his assistant Nathalie and bodyguard Gorilla, "I have an old friend to me..."
Marinette had just receive a few reminders from Nadja and was about to leave with Zinnia and Manon when she bumped into someone, "I'm sorry, I-IIII..."
"Ms. Marinette." Gabriel smiled as he held her by her shoulders, "Fancy meeting you here."
"Yes. Um." Marinette managed to hide her blush as she gently released herself from his hold, "Just here to pick up a friend. What are you..."
"Fleuria!"
Everyone turned their heads towards Fleuria who was heading their way. Her owner was chasing her, telling her to stop.
"I got her! No I got her!" Both Chloe and Lila argued on who would catch the dog first only for the dog to jump on them, causing both girls to fall on their backs before landing in the arms of a certain bluenette.
"Merci cherie." Unique beamed. Upon seeing Gabriel, her smile widened, "Gabriel! You came!"
"It's been so long, Unique." Gabriel smiled as he shook her hand.
"And this must be Little Adrien." Unique smiled at his son, causing him to blush, "Oh you are more handsome than in the magazines! Well I love to chat, but I still have my work cut out for me. Come along now, Fleuria!"
But her dog was too busy licking Marinette to notice.
"Come on, Fleur." Chloe tried to take Fleur away from Marinette only for the dog to growl at her.
"You should try to be a bit more gen..." Lila tried to gently take Fleuria away only to receive a growl and a Frisbee thrown at her. The Frisbee missed her, but made a section of a wall crack, to everyone's shock.
"No. No." Marinette lightly scolded the dog before bopping her on the nose, "Bad boy. It's not nice to murder people with Frisbee."
"Where did she even get that?" Lila whispered nervously.
"Alright Fleur. Say bye-bye." Unique took Fleuria away from Marinette and began to leave. Fleuria didn't want to and began waving her paws at Marinette, reaching out for her. The bluenette just gave her an assuring smile and wave.
"We should really be going now. It was nice seeing you." She turned to the others before leaving with Manon and Zinnia.
"I didn't even get to play with him." Zinnia pouted.
"How come you never let me take care of Sweet Little Manon?" Chloe asked Nadja.
"Because the last time I did, you let her drink wine." Nadja replied with a frown before taking her leave.
"She said she was thirsty!" Chloe explained.
"You let a kid drink alcohol?" Adrien raised a brow.
"Daddy recommends it." Chloe protested.
"Well it was nice seeing you both again but we really should be going." With those last words, Gabriel, Adrien and their entourage left, leaving a gaping Chloe with Lila.
"I bet you're going to convince Mr. Agreste that Clowns are 'in' this season." Lila remarked before leaving as well.
Chloe silently growled in frustration. And Reiia voicing out her thoughts was not helping.
"You know she's just a kid, right?" The Kwami asked as she emerged from her purse.
"She said she was thirsty." Chloe silently repeated in order to prevent any confuse attention. It was bad enough that the dress she ordered couldn't be delivered. Then Ms. Liar had to butt in her moment and reminded her idol of her 'accident', thus embarrass her in the moment. If that wasn't bad enough, Ms. Klutzy had to slip right in and ruin her chance of getting acquainted with one of the Fashion Goddesses in the Whole Wide World. And to think dealing with akumas almost everyday was bad.
Suddenly, Chloe's phone rang. She opened it, revealing a text from Zinnia.
"You sure you're not coming? =)"
Chloe rolled her eyes. It was about that stupid party again. Its not that she was annoyed by the sender. Zinnia was actually one of her closest friends (other than Adrien). At first, she didn't like her during the first day of the second semester, but after the day her father got akumatized (long story short), she began to warm up to her, even after rejecting and literally dumping the birthday present Reiia now calls her 'Personal Limousine".
"Sorry, Z. Big plans for tonight." She sent her reply, only to receive a quick reply back.
"Oh well. Tell Ms. Unique I said 'Happy Birthday'. Also, you should definitely wear that sparkling yellow dress with the crystal flowers with those glittery heels. It'll make your skin glow. Have fun! :D."
Chloe shivered in discomfort. How did Zinnia know about her wardrobe? She's never been in her room before. She does this so many times before; knowing about other people even if they never met before. She's been like that since the first day of semester. It's a good thing she didn't know her Super Secret.
Sighing, Chloe marched right back to her room.
"If you're planning to get rid of your wardrobe," Reiia offered, "I could use a new blanket for my..."
"I'm going with the yellow." Chloe decided, not wanting to hear another word from her smirking Kwami.
"I'm sorry."
Marinette stopped eating her ice cream to look at Zinnia with surprised eyes. Manon dragged both girls to the park and insisted they buy ice cream.
"I didn't mean to ruin your chances with Adrien." Zinnia went on, "You two would've looked cute together."
"Hey, hey." Marinette blushed, waving her hand at her, "You didn't do anything wrong."
"But you were so happy whenever you were with him," Zinnia frowned, "and then the next day... its like you were avoiding him. Back in the hotel, you looked like you were afraid to look at him. I just thought,"
"Look, Z; what happened between me and Adrien..." Marinette assured, "You had nothing to do with it. I just thought... he was better safe if I wasn't hanging around."
"Don't say that. You're a great girl." Zinnia gave her a reassuring smile.
Marinette didn't want to admit the real reason she gave up on Adrien a long time ago. She was suppose to use her Miraculous to protect people, not endanger them because of her own selfishness.
Suddenly, Zinnia's phone began to ring, "A great girl with great bakery parents. Manon! You want to go to Marinette's parents' bakery and get some cookies?"
"Yay!" The little girl beamed and the three girls were off.
Marinette smiled at her charge. Yet, after that talk with Zinnia, she can't help but wonder if she'll ever fall in love again.