Hey there! (Kinda) New writer here! First ML story so we'll see how that goes. Let me know what you think!
Disclaimer: NOT MINE. The characters belong to Zagtoons and Hawkdaddy (Astruc)
Bzzzt bzzzzt. A text seems to vibrate the entirety of my room, I hit my head during the patrol last night, resulting in the worst headache I've had in ages. Lazily I reach for the criminal who dared wake me up a this hour. Alya, what a surprise (Note the heavy sarcasm). I take a peek at my screen, the bright light a jarring ray of sun in the peaceful darkness of my room.
Alya: I know it's early girl, (I check the time 4.30 ughhhh) but you gotta get up to see this!
Alya: Image file. Download?
I groan, what could it possibly be that requires my early wake up? Dejectedly I tap on the grey camera button.
Annnndddd suddenly I'm up. The gaudy image of an akumatized villain fills my screen. Gently I shake my tiny kwami awake. "TIkki, gotta wake up!" She rubs her big bug eyes tiredly, "What is it, you usually aren't up this ear-"
"Tikki, spots on!" I whisper yell and the lovable fuzzball is sucked up into my earrings. In a flash of brilliant pink and white I transform, no longer everyday girl Marinette, but the brilliant super hero Ladybug! I rush out of the trapdoor onto my patio, surveying the rooftops for an explosion, smoke, ice, something to give me an idea of where that pesky, sleep-robbing akuma might be. But, I don't see anything, or more strangely, hear anything. If there's one thing I know about the city of love, it's never silent. This morning was just too quiet.
I spot movement in the Louvre, carefully making my way towards the large courtyard, Alya is filming towards the monument of our city. She waves to me and points towards the top of the tower. Chat is battling it out with the so far unnamed villain, I swing over on my yoyo, making a perfect landing behind the akuma. Chat's ears perk up, his eyes recognizing me instantly. He mouths something at me, probably some atrocious pun. What a shame…..
For the first time that morning I hear a voice. It's echoey and loud. Ringing throughout the entirety of Paris and rattling my already throbbing brain.
"Ladybug! How kind of you to join us! I am the Audiophile, I was unheard by everyone, ignoring me, pretending they couldn't hear me, now I will be the only one heard in all of Paris! She aimed her, megaphone? At me and shoots. My throat numbs up, like my larynx was given laxatives. I try to make a witty comeback, but no sound escapes my mouth. I see Chat facepalm behind me, the bullhorn must be where the akuma is hiding. I gesture to it and make a movement like I'm snapping a stick over my knee. Did he get it? He nods excitedly and springs forward, propelling himself on his chrome baton.
I throw my yoyo into the air, hopefully Chat can buy me some time to figure out this lucky charm. A red and black spotted banana falls into my hands. I stare incredulously at it. WHAT THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THIS? The world is now flushed in grayscale colors. The ground behind Audiophile flashes red and black, then a bar above Chat's head blinks in the same familiar colors. Got it. I throw my yoyo towards the beam and let it wrap around a couple times, quickly eating the banana I launch myself towards the beam. Once I'm on top I drop the peel just behind her. Fighting Chat, she stumbles backwards, slipping on the peel. I swing down and take the bullhorn, throwing it to the ground. It didn't break? I look at Chat worriedly, he turns to me and summons his power, black dark matter swirling around his fist. He quickly attacks the megaphone, the device rusting and crumbling underneath his touch. The akuma wriggles out of the ash, I open my yoyo and capture it, cleanse it of the dark powers Hawkmoth infused within it. Poor little creature. As the white bug flies away I sigh, "Bye bye butterfly." A little bit surprised at the words escaping my mouth.
Chat stalks up next to me playing with his tail, "I must say, it's mice to hear your voice again My Lady." He has the nerve to smirk at me after that terrible pun. I hear my miraculous beep, Tikki warning me of my limited time. I lift my fist to his for our post-fight ritual, "Pound it!" we cry in unison.
"Until next time Kitty." I walk past, swaying my hips a little, It's only fair if I get a little revenge. I flick his bell and dive off of the building. I'm going to regret that later, I know I will. As I swung away I knew his eyes followed me.
By the time I get to my house I am already running late for school, thankfully I wear pretty much the exact same outfit everyday, so it isn't hard to get dressed quickly. I run downstairs give my parents a quick hug, down some Ibuprofin, take a pastry, and bolt off to school. I should get there just in time for first period.
Exhausted I take my seat next to Alya. "Did you get the picture I sent you?" she asks me excitedly.
"Huh? Oh yeah! Yeah I did." I manage to sputter whilst catching my breath.
"It was so cool! First Chat showed up, and I got really worried cause it was a full 15 to 30 minutes until Ladybug came to help." She rambles on for a bit but I tune out. Thirty minutes? Chat held it off for thirty minutes, I feel terrible, maybe I'll call him tonight.
"Marinette?" a voice pulls me out of my thoughts, who said that? Alya, Nino maybe?
"Huh? sorry I was just thinking" I look around to find…. Adrien's adorable questioning face, his head cocked to the side like a curious cat. Well shoot. Those forest green eyes feel like they were digging straight through my soul. Crap he asked me a question didn't he? "S-sorry could, could you repeat t-th-that?" I stutter, why can't I put a sentence together while talking to him? Ugh.
"I was just asking if I could borrow a pencil, I kinda spaced this morning and left my pencil case at home." He scratches the back of his neck nervously while doing so.
"O-oh yeah, here…" I dig around in my bag looking for my pouch, "where is it?" I mumble.
"Here Marinette!" Tikki passes me the pouch.
"Thanks Tikki!" I blow her a little kiss and bring the pouch up above the desk. "Go ahead and just take your pick. There's some charcoal pencils in there, so it might be a bit messy…" In all honesty I'm not paying attention to him in the slightest. I see something white fluttering near the window. A butterfly maybe? My face pales. The akuma, it was purified. Why didn't it return to Hawkmoth? My breath hitches in my throat. Oh no, it hadn't been purified all the way, the corner of the wing is still dark. How could I have missed that?
Apparently Chloe saw it too. "Eeeeeek! Madame there's a-a BUG!" She flips out. I look around for a jar or something, I have to solve this without the aid of my yoyo. There!
"Hey Adrien, can I have this water bottle? Thanks!" I grab the bottle and leap across the room, trapping the little papillon in it. I hold the container up to my eyes to examine the butterfly, it's not an akuma…. that's embarrassing…. I lean into my hip a little, "I hope it's no longer bothering you, Chloe." I open up a window and let the little moth out of it's pyrex jail. Out of habit I mumble, "Bye bye little butterfly"
Quickly I sit back down in my chair trying not to trip while everyone's attention was on me. Alya grins and gives me a huge thumbs up, "Girl that was awesome! Why'd you do that though? It was funny watching Chloe freak out like that."
I have to think of a lie and fast. "If madame got to it, it would be squished, and I didn't want that to happen. I figured it was best if I just let it out the window." I shrug, oping to lok the slightest bit convincing. Adrien, who had settled for a Chat Noir pencil, (what, I can be a fan of my partner,) is sitting there, wide eyed, mouth agape, and quickly turns away. Well that was weird…
