A/N: Heads up! This is a flashback chapter.

Marinette's P.O.V. ~

I can remember the day like it was yesterday. I don't think of it often but today I couldn't help it for some reason.

Flashback ~

I woke up to the morning light and got up, and quickly put on my regular pink dress that has white polka-dots with a black ribbon around my waist that is hanging loosely. I don't know how to tie my dress, so I'll ask Maman for help. I grab black sneakers and white socks and put them on before heading downstairs with hair ribbons.

"Maman! Help me! I can't tie my dress!" I called out.

"Coming mon adorable fille! Let me wash my hands first!" She responded. A minute later, she came in and tied my dress with wet hands. "Would you like help with your hair mon chère?"

"Yes please Maman!" She quickly braided my hair into twin braids and tied them with the pink ribbon I brought down.

"There!" Maman exclaimed when she was finished. "Now, could you please go wake up your brother?" I nodded and ran off to find my brother's room. I knocked on the door, just in case he was awake and wasn't in a position for me to come in. After a minute of silence, I opened the door a crack.

"Bonjour frère!" I called into the room. I looked at his bed to find it vacant. I opened the door wider and looked around. The room was super silent, with no sign of my older brother. "Frère?" I called again. I ran back out to the bakery. "Maman! Papa! I can't find frère!" I told my parents. They looked at me in shock.

"Are you sure?" Papa asked, running upstairs. Maman and I followed close behind. We followed him to the room and he was calling for my brother. I walked over to the bed and noticed a piece of paper. I opened it and it looked like a note. Since I am only just learning my words, I gave it to Maman. She read it and showed Papa.

"What does it say?" I asked.

"Mon chère, it says your brother is gone," Papa claimed as Maman started to cry. I felt my own eyes start to water.

"When is he coming back?" I asked. They looked at me.

"We don't know, mon chère," Maman answered. My tears fell as I started to sob. My brother. My idol. My best friend is gone, and we don't know where he is, nor when he is coming back.

End of Flashback ~

Today, despite these thoughts, I came home so happy. Adrien, my kitty, is now my boyfriend! (A/N: Ladybug and Cat Noir exist. Rena Rouge, Carapace, and Queen Bee do not. This is a day after they revealed themselves.) I opened the door to the bakery expecting a happy greeting from whichever parent was down in the shop. However it didn't come, and my mood faltered.

"Maman? Papa?" I called.

"Up here!" I ran upstairs and saw them with upset faces.

"What's going on?"

"Here," Maman handed me a piece of paper, a letter. I read it quickly, and soon my mood dropped. My brother. He is coming back to Paris.