Authors Note: Sorry guys! When I tried to upload a chapter and I accidently shared my document link instead. So sorry about that anyway here's what the first chapter actually was supposed to be.

Chapter 1

Dear 9th Grade Collège Françoise Dupont Students,

I'm supposed to write you this letter for an assignment but I don't have much to say so I guess I'll share what my middle school was like. I went to a different middle school called college Jacques Prevent middle school. My old school was a lot different I used to live in a different part of France which was Nanterre France, so it was a lot more diverse than this one. There was a lot to do there too, the last day I went home from school, my afterschool drama group got to take a field trip to a Broadway play about Alexander Hamilton, America's first secretary of the treasury. That sounds boring but it wasn't, none of us had been to a Broadway show before because it's super expensive. But I guess some old rich lady liked this show a lot and donated a bunch of money so middle and high school kids could see it, too. So we could appreciate the poetry and we did. We all loved it, especially the rap battles the Founding Fathers had in their cabinet meetings . They were dressed in an old fashion type of way and all truth is I don't love rap music that much, but the songs they played were amazing. After the show my friends were all over that, already making up lyrics in my head on the subway back to school, only then I remembered I wouldn't be there. It's nice here, though it sounds like the end of the school year will be pretty good. Field day seems fun, I'm looking forward to the field trips mostly and being with my best friends. I hope things are going well for you, whatever you're doing in the future.

Sincerely, Marinette Dupain-Cheng

"Finally" I mumbled to myself and put my pencil down. Since it was the beginning of 10th grade our teacher Ms. Bustier thought it would be nice to write a 'encouraging' note to the new ninth graders who have taken our place. She told us it was a kind thing to do and that it would help them get the nervous jitters out like she calls them. I don't see how a note saying you'll do great is supposed to help you get through your school year but I'm pretty sure it will at least help a few students like Ms. Bustier says. The seating arrangements are different from last year and the teacher already chose our seats since she pretty much just set up a seating chart so we could 'get along better with others'. I was the only one sitting by myself since there was an odd number of us so I guess I was the unlucky one for a bit until I realized who Alya was sitting next to. I glanced over to her table in the third row on the right she was still writing and was trying her hardest not to sit to the girl that was sitting beside her. Then I realized who it was- it was Chloe of all people it had to be Chloe who sat next to Alya. Now I felt really bad for Alya having to sit next to a spoiled brat who was a literal diva.

She got whatever she wanted whenever she wanted, and was spoiled by her father the mayor. Who did everything he could to keep her happy because he feared of upsetting his daughter Chloe and her mother his ex-wife. That man is so frighten he even got akumatized and turned into a villain just because he failed to make that spoiled brat happy. If I was him I would just ground that spoiled brat or throw her out on the street but I can't since I'm not him. This time Adrien and Nino were lucky because they got to sit next to each other but sadly they were in the front row so Ms. Bustier could easily see what they were doing. I'm a stuttering mess whenever I'm around Adrien and I can't help myself he's so dreamy and such a handsome model, but Chloe already likes him and wants to date him so I have a 1% chance I'll be with him. Even though Alya and Nino are giving hints and encouragement to Adrien so he takes the hint I'm into him he doesn't catch onto them and whenever he talks to me he always refers to me as a 'friend' and nothing more.

It really hurts to know that's what Adrien thinks of me, only as a friend. I wish there was something more between us but I don't there ever will be. Especially since Chloe is around she knows about my feelings about Adrien and I'm worried if one day she tells him. He'll probably hate me and not want to be even friends with him after finding out so I just keep my thoughts to myself. Nino is Adrien's best friend and was one of his first friends at a school, besides Chloe. I can't believe he actually likes her as a friend and is STILL friends with her, if I was him I'd immediately tell her I didn't want to be friends anymore and move to a whole different school. Then after ten minutes of waiting it's finally time to go home.

"Alright class it's almost time to go home so I want you to pass your encouraging notes to the front of the class so I can take them to the 9th grade classrooms" Ms. Bustier called out cheerfully. I picked up my note and passed it to the people in front of me who were Rose and Juleka who then passed it to the desks in front of them and so forth. Once Ms. Bustier picked up all the "encouraging" notes she just walked out of the classroom and down the 'hall' and down the stairs to the classrooms. A good few minutes past by and she still didn't come back and it was only six minutes until school ended. I quietly got up from my classroom and looked down the so called halls and saw nothing it was empty of people. I looked at the school doors and they were wide open. "Marinette what are you doing?" Alya called out to me from her seat.

"I'm getting out of here she still hasn't come back and I don't think a extra few minutes early will do any harm" I replied quickly. I rushed down the hallway and down the stairs to were the lockers were. I tried to be as quiet and possible and started packing my things to go home when I heard a mysterious conversation from the back of the locker room.

"When will she come back?" a mysterious voice asked.

"I don't know but you need to calm down" another voice answered.

"I miss her dearly"

"I know you do, but the police are trying their best to find her"

"There taking too long! What if something bad happened?"

"You need to calm down there doing there best"

"I won't until I know she's okay"

I didn't recognize those voices nor did I know what they were talking about all I knew was that someone was missing. I quickly grabbed my stuff and ran out before they could see me. I rushed to the front to the large school doors and I was almost out when I heard Ms. Bustier call out.

"MARINETTE! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?" an angry Ms. Bustier called out.

"Crap" I thought.