Hi guys! mintchocopaw here with my first fanfic, so I sincerely hope you like it! Now, on with the story...

Hey! That was MY idea!" Marinette heard her best friend, Alya, shout.

It was just another Friday in Paris, but the students of Collège Françoise Dupont seemed giddier than usual. In fact, they were very rowdy. Even if you stood one mile away from the classroom, you could hear their shouts of disapproval and laughs of delight.

Marinette knew the cause of the ruckus. After all, it was one more week until Halloween.

Every Halloween, their school hosts a big costume party, so she knew that her classmates were just excitedly and eagerly waiting for the teacher to announce the party.

Late as usual, she hurried towards her classroom, wondering why Alya seemed really angry. It was probably because of Chloe.

When she opened the door to her class, she saw the girls clustered in one group while the boys were in a group of their own. She quickly approached the girls' group, in where she saw an exasperated Alya and a stubborn Chloe debating about something.

Alya lit up when she saw Marinette. "Oh, hey Marinette! Finally you came. Now back me up here," Alya gestured for Marinette to stand beside her. "Tell this spoiled brat Chloe that I am the one that deserves to dress up as Ladybug for Halloween."

Marinette chuckled. It seemed like she didn't need back up, for no one was on Chloe's side except for Sabrina, her loyal minion.

"Of course Mari-trash would be on your side," Chloe huffed, nose held high in the air. "After all, losers back up losers."

"As I recall, Alya and I weren't the ones bullying and stomping all over people," Marinette glared at Chloe. "Now, THAT bully is a loser."

The banter went on and on until Marinette no longer remembered the point of the fight.

The boys were having a whole other conversation of their own. While the girls were arguing on what costume to wear and who gets to dress up as Ladybug, the boys were asking each other who would be their dates for the party.

Kim had just asked Nino who he would bring as a date for the dance.

"Uhh, I hadn't really thought about it," Nino muttered.

Adrien grinned. He knew that his best friend had a big crush on Marinette before. But soon, that affection was diverted to Alya instead. "Nino, you should probably ask Alya, I'm sure she would love to go with you," Adrien winked at Nino.

"Yeah, I'll probably ask her... How about you, Kim?" Nino smirked. "Are you gonna ask Chloe out again? We don't want you to get akumatized again, do we?"

"Nah, that cruel witch deserves someone as nasty as her. I'll probably being Alix, as a FRIEND." Kim replied, with an emphasis on friend. "How about you, Adrien?"

Adrien reddened. He hadn't thought about it. For sure, Chloe would ask him, but he would give ANYTHING to not have her as his date.

He looked around at all the other girls in his class who weren't taken. There was Rose, but she was too pink. There was Juleka, but she was too goth. There was Sabrina, wait, she wasn't an option. Ugh, being with her meant being with Chloe.

Then there was Marinette. Sweet, pretty Marinette. He would choose her, but the problem is that she couldn't say a coherent sentence around him.

But he would choose Marinette over Chloe in a millisecond.

"Dude, dude!" Nino called, waving a hand in front of his face. "Adrien, you spaced out on us. Answer the question!"

But Adrien didn't have to because at that moment, their teacher Miss Bustier came in the room.

"Settle down, class! Go back to your seats!"

Everyone returned to their seats, sprouting a smile, knowing what she's going to say.

"As you all know, every year we host a Halloween Costume Party," Miss Bustier announced. "This year, Miss Bourgeois thoughtfully offered a venue for the party." (Everyone rolled their eyes at that, except Chloe and Sabrina of course.)

"Anyway," the teacher continued on, " we will be hosting the party at the Le Grand Paris Hotel, and the usual guidelines will follow, except this year, we decided to out a twist to the costumes."

The students listened intently. 'This never happened before,' Adrien thought. They always were allowed to choose their costumes. Last year, he wore a Ladybug-inspired costume to honor his Lady.

"We decided you have to draw lots for your costumes."

Marinette's mouth fell open. Draw lots?! She had already started working on her Chat Noir-inspired costume! This was unfair.

The students groaned. One of the sole purposes of Halloween was so people can dress up in what they like. Now that was ruined.

"Don't worry too much, all the costumes are nice anyway," their teacher smiled. "Now, I want all of you to line up and draw your lots. Ladies first!"

Alix went in first and drew out a paper from a bowl. "Yes! I got a vampire!" Alix cheered.

Alya elbowed Marinette. "Come on girl, let's get ours!"

They stood in line before Chloe pushed them aside and drew a lot for herself. "I'm a queen!" she squealed, "My costume suits me perfectly. I was meant to be a royal!"

"Yeah," Alya snickered. "A royal pain."

Marinette giggles at this and soon it was her turn to draw a lot. She picked one out of the many papers, and slowly, carefully, unfolded the paper.

She turned as white as a sheet.

Alya nudged her best friend. "Yeaaaah! I got a devil!" Alya seemed contented with hers. "How 'bout you?"

Marinette found it hard to speak. "I- I... I got a..."

Adrien and Nino lined up to draw their lots. Nino was excited, but Adrien wasn't. He didn't really find it fun to be assigned a costume.

Anyway, he saw Kim try to sneak up and get another lot.

"No getting extras!" Miss Bustier scowled at Kim, who backed away.

It was Nino's turn to get his lot, which meant Adrien was next.

He saw his best friend grin with satisfaction. "Cool, I got a grim reaper!"

It was Adrien's turn. He reached into the bowl, and pulled out a piece of paper. He unfolded it, and paled once he saw what he was assigned to dress up as.

Nino peeked at Adrien's paper. "Hey dude, what did you get?" Nino asked curiously.

Adrien was shaking. "I got- I- I got.."

Sorry to leave it at this, folks! Please leave a review and let me know if you liked it or not! Until next time!:)- mintchocopaw