AN: I was just recently introduced to Miraculous Ladybug by my girlfriend, and I was inspired to write about this series. At the time of writing this story, I have not seen season 2, so if there are any discrepancies with the canon, I don't know all of them. If they happen to bug you, then just think of this an and AU. I don't intend for this to be an AU, but there you go. Also, I apologize if the summary is misleading, or if the genres are (and if the summary is misleading, could you tell me a better one to use?) Disclaimer: I don't own Miraculous Ladybug.

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"I can't believe I'm late again!" Marinette cried as she raced to school. She had overslept once again, and now she was over an hour late for school.

"At least this time it wasn't your fault." The Kwami Tikki rationalized as she flew beside Marinette. "You were up all night fighting supervillains." And indeed she had. An unprecedented number of akumatizations had occurred last night (five, to be exact), and she and Cat Noir were up for hours fighting them all off. Even as she ran to the school, Marinette could feel the remnants of her exhaustion. Within a couple minutes, she arrived at school, expecting to get yelled at once more for tardiness. Instead, she found a commotion in the back of her classroom, and the teacher was nowhere to be found. She came up to a group of students congregated around a seat in the back.

"What's going on?" She whispered to Alya, who was snapping pictures in the back of the group. Her best friend turned to her at the sound of her voice.

"Oh, hey girl." She replied. "Finally got here?" Marinette grumbled out something indiscernible, and Alya laughed. She wrapped one arm around Marinette's shoulders, and guided her to the spot where she had just been standing. The sight that greeted Marinette's eyes was that of a boy sitting in the seat next to Ivan. He was about as tall as Alya, and he was wearing a hooded indigo jacket. The zipper of the jacket was open, revealing a light blue tee shirt. Around his neck hung a simple necklace: A single, but relatively thick black string adorned with only a silver pendant depicting a spider. He wore a pair of blue jeans, and his ragged raven-black hair swept just past his ears. His eyes were cerulean blue, and his tanned skin was unblemished. Everybody crowded around him, trying to talk to him. He smiled and replied to everybody, revealing a set of perfect, pearl-white teeth.

"He seems familiar." A voice said next to her. Marinette gasped and quickly snatched Tikki back up.

"Tikki, what are you doing?" Marinette hissed, glancing around furtively to see if anybody saw. Fortunately, Alya was to busy talking with the new guy, and everybody else was totally focused on him as well. She quickly stuffed Tikki back in her purse and walked up to the new guy. He noticed her, and smiled. Before either of them could say anything, a snobby voice broke through the room.

"Out of the way people." Chloe said, pushing students aside, her sidekick Sabrina not far behind. She came to a stop in front of the new boy, pushing Marinette into Alya as she did. Chloe placed her arms on the desk and leaned forward provocatively. "Hello, handsome. I'm Chloe, the daughter of Mayor Bourgeois. You and I should totally go out sometime." She held out her hand, as if expecting him to kiss it. There was a pause, before the new guy slapped the hand away in disgust.

"So, you're the school's resident bitch." He said, his voice coming out as a calm hiss that was strangely pleasant to listen to. Chloe recoiled.

"What did you say to me?" She cried incredulously. The new guy scowled.

"You heard me." He replied. "I've seen your type before. You're a narcissistic tramp who throws herself at any decent-looking guy you see, toys around with them for your amusement, and then throws them aside and finds someone new." Chloe stamped her foot.

"How dare you talk to me that way!" She screeched. "Wait until my Daddy hears about this!" The new boy slammed his arms on the desk and rose out of his seat. All of the nearest students flinched away from him.

"Oh, a Daddy's girl, is it?" He replied, without raising his voice. "Tell me, can you actually do anything yourself, or do you need to call your father for everything?" He grinned mischievously. "Tell me, are you scared of spiders?" Chloe's eyes flicked to the necklace around the boy's neck, her face whitened, and she whirled around and huffed out the door, Sabrina on her heels. There was another pause, and then everybody cheered. Ivan even clapped him on the back, causing him to lurch forward. The new boy laughed, a musical sound that seemed to lift Marinette off of her feet. Suddenly, she looked around, realizing that the teacher hadn't shown up yet.

"Where's the teacher?" She wondered aloud.

"Oh, she failed to show up." The new boy said. "You know that rule, 'if the teacher doesn't show up after fifteen minutes, the students can go home?'" Marinette nodded. "It's been almost two hours. We were all free to go quite some time ago, but everybody seems to want to get a know me." He held out his hand, and Marinette shook it. "My name is Cameron. Cameron Lafitte."

"I'm Marinette." She replied. Cameron smiled. Marinette felt a tingling sensation in her stomach. She had no idea she'd been musing until Cameron's voice broke her out of her reverie.

"Hey Marinette, are you alright?" He asked. Marinette blinked her eyes, and suddenly, she was back in control of herself.

"Sorry, what were you saying? I zoned out for a second." She replied, mentally kicking herself behind her smile. Cameron snorted.

"A second?" He replied. "You've been out of it for the better part of half an hour. Everybody else left." Startled, she looked around the room, only to find that it was true. She turned back to Cameron, who was looking at her with a playful smile. She blushed. "However, I'm kind of glad that you and I got some alone time." When she heard that, Marinette's heart began to flutter, though she didn't know why.

"W-Why?" She stammered out. Cameron chuckled and reached into a pocket on the inside of his jacket. Suddenly, Marinette felt an irrational flash of fear course through her. Cameron laughed and pulled out a folded paper.

"You don't have Papyrophobia, do you?" He asked as he began to unfold the paper. Not waiting for her to reply, he set the paper on the desk, revealing it to be a poster depicting the superheroine Ladybug striking a pose. "Anyway, I wanted to show you this." He said. He saw her staring at the poster and smirked. "It's a remarkable likeness, don't you think?" Marinette couldn't help but nod. This particular photograph had captured her image remarkably well. "In fact, I'd almost say it works as a self-portrait. Wouldn't you agree, Ladybug?" Marinette nearly jumped out of her skin. The voice had sounded so evil, she had trouble associating the voice with the boy sitting in front of her.

"What?" She asked. Cameron scoffed.

"Come on!" He exclaimed. "I know you're Ladybug." He gestured to the picture for emphasis. "God, it's so obvious. You have the same hair, the same eyes, the same body type, you even have the same voice." He pulled out a phone from one of his pockets, pressed a button, and a recording of Marinette's voice began to play. "New to Paris, huh? Well, I'm Ladybug. Nice to meet you." Cameron pressed the button again, and the recording shut off. Suddenly, Marinette realized why Tikki had thought this guy was familiar: she had met him last night when she was fighting off those supervillains. It had only happened in passing , so she hadn't really thought about it. "I'd have to be an idiot not to see the similarities." Cameron's voice broke her out of her thoughts. Seeing that he was about to deny it, he pointed to her. "You're even wearing the same earrings." Marinette simply opened and closed her mouth over and over like a fish. Cameron just raised an eyebrow. Finally, Marinette sighed.

"Fine, you got me." She conceded. "I admit it." Cameron grinned. "But you can't tell anybody!" She got in Cameron's face. Cameron held his hands up.

"Oh, I won't tell anybody." He promised. "I promise. I can keep secrets too, you know." There was a pause following that, before Cameron suddenly stood up, causing Marinette to lurch backward.

"What the-" She started, but Cameron caught her before she could fall.

"Can you show me your Kwami?" He interrupted eagerly. Marinette gasped.

"How do you know about the Kwamis?" She choked out. Cameron simply smiled.

"Maybe I can answer that if you show me." He replied. Marinette, realizing that Cameron was still holding her, quickly extracted herself from his grasp, and placed a hand on her purse. After a moment of hesitation, she opened it, and removed Tikki, who sat calmly on her palm. Cameron stared at her for a moment, then began giggling in glee. Suddenly, much faster than Marinette thought he could move, he snatched Tikki out of her hands. Marinette gasped, and Tikki cried out, but it was too late. Cameron was holding Tikki gently in his hands. "Oh my God, I can't believe how cute you are! You must be Tikki, right? You're even more adorable than he said you would be!" Cameron was smiling wildly. Then, he suddenly seemed to realize what he was doing. He cradled Tikki in one hand, and sheepishly rubbed the back of his head with the other. "Sorry about that. I got a little carried away." He carefully handed Tikki back to Marinette. Once Tikki was back in her hands, Marinette clutched the Kwami to her chest.

"I want an explanation, now." She said shakily. She was still shocked by his speed. Cameron nodded.

"Right, right. I'm sorry about that." He reached into the inner pocket of his jacket, and he pulled out something else. This time, instead of revealing a piece of paper in his hand, he revealed something that made Marinette's heart rate speed up. Curled up in Cameron's hand was a deep lavender Kwami. "Phoo, say hi to Marinette. Don't be scared." He started to stroke the little Kwami gently with his finger. The Kwami shivered, it's tiny body shaking in his palm. It rose from his palm, and Marinette could make it out clearly. The Kwami was about he same size and shape as Tikki, except that it was a deep lavender color, had an extra set of arms, completely red eyes, a smaller pair of red eyes above and slightly to the sides of those, and short lavender fur covering it's tiny body. The Kwami quickly hid behind Cameron, peeking out from behind his neck tentatively. "This is Phoo." Cameron explained. "He's my Kwami. I used to live in China, a couple years ago. Before I moved here, I found this." He fingered his necklace.

"The Necklace of the Spider." Tikki said in awe. Cameron nodded.

"Exactly." He replied. "Phoo explained the whole deal about Kwamis and Miraculouses. I even did some hero work while I was still in Beijing." He reached behind him, and cupped Phoo in one of his hands. "Hey Phoo, wanna show them how awesome you are?" The Kwami studied Cameron for a little bit, then nodded.

"As you wish, Milord." He replied, his voice childish and cute. Kind of like Tikki's. Marinette thought. Without warning, Cameron tossed Phoo into the air, and spread his arms wide, as if expecting a hug.

"Phoo, Webbing: Spin!" He cried. Immediately, Phoo flew into Cameron's necklace. There was bright flash of violet light, and a wave of lavender and violet spread out from the necklace, transforming as it went. Once it reached the sides of Cameron's jacket, the light continued outward, becoming two extra sets of arms clad in a deep lavender outfit. The wave of energy continued to roll down Cameron's pants, until his entire body was clad in a deep lavender body suit, just like his extra arms. A circular bulge, reminiscent of a spider's abdomen, adorned his back like a backpack. On his head, he wore a mask similar to the one Ladybug wears, but this one was deep lavender, and depicted an extra set of smaller, pure red eyes above them, just like Phoo. In the front of the body suit, the silver spider emblem from the necklace was embedded into the lavender material, the five lights on the abdomen contrasting strikingly with it. Upon seeing Cameron's transformation, Marinette gasped and recoiled from him. Cameron cocked his head. "Is my transformation really so shocking?" He asked. Marinette, shook her head, trying to dispel the irrational fear that had overcome her once again.

"I-I'm sorry." She said. "I was just shocked. Here, it's my turn. Tikki, Spots On!" And, upon saying the words, she transformed into Ladybug. Cameron looked her over for a moment, then nodded.

"You're just as impressive as before." He said. Ladybug raised an eyebrow.

"Thanks." She replied. She pointed to Cameron's extra arms. "Are those real, or are they just for decoration?" Instead of answering, Cameron flexed a pair of arms, set another pair playing rock-paper-scissors against each other, and made two thumbs-up with the remaining pair. Ladybug scoffed. "Show-off. You remind me of Cat Noir." Cameron shrugged with all of his arms, which made him look like he was doing the wave with himself. Ladybug laughed. Before either of them could say anything, there was loud boom. Both of them froze. Then Ladybug smirked. "Ready for your Paris debut?"