Emma Agreste shook her head to wake herself as the alarm blared in her ears. 'Ugh... Why'd school have to start?' she mentally complained, seeing a small black feline zipping around in front of her. "Calm down Plagg... I thought Tikki was the one to be like this..." she complained, covering her head with her pillow, weakly trying to cling to it as the cat pulls at it.
"Well, Im usually the fun Kwami, but... I MAY have hit snooze a few times, and now your dad isnt very happy..."
"That usually doesnt phase you."
"And said only the bare minimum of Camembert if I didnt get you up and ready quickly..." he finished.
"There it is."
"Oh, shut it." he grumbled as Emma quickly got ready. She ran down the stairs three at a time and dashed past her parents. "See you, Mama Coccinelle, Papa Chaton!" he says, as they watch her go.
"Reminds me of someone else, from what i've heard." Adrien chuckled.
"Shut it, Kitty." Marinette smirked, pushing his nose back.
As Emma darts into class, trying to be as quiet as possible, and as the teacher faces the opposite direction, she slid into the first seat she could reach. She turned to the person Plagg's tampering with her alarm has placed her next to. "So sorry, I... hope... saving... you... seat..." she trailed into almost incoherent sentences before slamming her head on the desk. Of course, of all the people for her to happen to sit by... it had to be Cassandra Kutzberg. She more than ever wished she took more after her dad, but just like her mom, her words got all lost in translation from just being near her crush. And now she was next to her all year. Now there was no way to make a good impresion, as shed see first hand how...
"Ms. Agreste!" the teacher repeated, making Emma jump, flailing her arms. "Please, if you're going to go through the trouble of sneaking into class, dont slam your face into the desk.
"Y... yes, ma'am..." she said meekly. The teacher just turned to resume what she had been saying. Emma sighed. She always had the worst luck, nothing ever seemed to go right... at least it fit, when she became Cat Noir, destruction and bad luck, hand in hand...
"Are you ok?" a voice said, just hearing it made her sit up.
"Me? Yeah, ok I'm... I mean, I'm fine just... just fine..." her face turned red as she turned away, hoping for something to get her out of this situation.
They always say be careful what you wish for.
"The only reason he got the part was that his dad was the director! Everyone thinks so!" the young man punched a wall, clutching the script tightly.
"An Actor slighted... his role stolen by corrupion. That'll do nicely." a shadowy figure grined. Holding out a hand for a butterfly before he corrupted it with evil energy. "Go, my Evil Akuma, and Evilize him!"
The man hadnt even noticed the Akuma flutter to his script and melt into it. "Hello, Thespian. My name is Hawkmoth. I can grant you the power to right this grevious wrongdoing, but I do need something in return... Namely, Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses!" The man just grined.
"Yes, Hawkmoth... The Show shall go on!"
The first sign something was wrong was a notification from Aunt Alya's Ladyblog, which had kept running even after Emma's parents had retired from heroing, and gained a surge when the new Ladybug and Cat Noir made their appearence. Mere moments after seeing it, a man was sent flying through the window, followed by the Akumatized Villain. He wore what appeared to be a typical Shakesperian costume, but it seemed to... shift... whenever one lost eye contact with it, like it was changing characters. "I am Thespian and all fake actors will be removed from the theatre." he stood over the terified man. "Where's daddy now?" he laughed. That was the last thing Emma heard as she slipped away, leaving the way Thespian had entered and finding a safe spot. "Looks like Hawkmoth's foundanother victim... Plagg, Claws Out!" she made a punching motion before pulling her hand into a curled possition as Plagg entered the ring, the throwing her hand in the air and away from her. Starting from her hand, her costume appeared, her Belt-Tail appearing smoothly as her waist was covered. Finally, she made two swipes, her mask apeaing with her first swipe, crossing her arms, then running her hands hrough her hair, sweeping it to the side and creating her ears in one clean motion, finishing her transformation into Cat Noir
Unbeknownst to her, another girl had slipped away, slowly sliding out of the room and sliping into a broom closet. "Had to be on first day at school, huh Tikki?" Cassandra said as the small Kwami flew out of her bag. "Tikki, Spots On!" she leaned for Tikki to enter her earrings, and reached her hands up, crossing her fingers at her eyes, her mask appearing as she slid them towards their respective arms, her costume begining at her toes and spreading upwards, encasing her as she finished transforming into Ladybug. 'At least that means ill get to see My Kitty' she smiles at that thought.
So, its late... almost midnight as Im finishing this. I may, and likely will, revise this later. So, now Ch.1 of both o the stories I want to get down are out, so I ask: Which Ch.2 do you want to see more? Also, this one is longer than the other because I had more to try and introduce, while as that one occurs just after Season 1, and as such, I only really had to introduce Drake, where as this one is a "next gen" type, I had to introduce both Emma Agreste (I just LOVE the character type, so I had to do my own take on her. And I actually have some pics of her, but theyre on my phone, so theyll have to wait) and Cassandra Kutzberg.
Also, Im a Theatre Kid, all throughout High School, I did theatre productions. Never actually getting any roles beyone Understudy... y first director played favorites, and second seemed to be avoiding casting seniors for whatever reason, which of course was on my senior year, so when I decided I wanted to have the Akuma appear here, I thought Theatre.
