I do not own any of the songs or characters in this musical. I do not own Miraculous Ladybug.
A.N: Hello, and welcome to Miraculous the Musical! I am mostly writing this to satisfy my needs as a miracular. So far it only has minimal season 2 spoilers but it might have more in the future. Also, in order for some parts of the plot to work, I had to tweak the show's timeline a little. I don't know how often I'm going to update this. I'm kind of going with the flow. My process for writing this is to take songs from other musicals and adjust them so they fit the plot (like my other story, The Unknown). I do this because I'm not good at writing music. If I add an original character I will tell you, but I probably won't. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoy writing it.
Songs:
1) Beautiful (Heathers the Musical)
2) Tour de France (Amelie: A New Musical)
3) Different As Can Be (A Very Potter Musical)
We start out on the steps of the School with Marinette writing in her diary as Prologue: Beautiful starts the show.
Marinette: September 1, 2017. Dear Diary, I believe I'm a good person. You know I think there's good in everyone. Yet here we are the first day of sophomore year! And I look around at these kids I've known all my life and can't help but think here we go again.
The bell rings and the company starts coming sporadically
Chloe and Sabrina: Freak! Slut! Burnout! Bug eyes! Poser! Lard ass!
Marinette: We were so tiny happy and shiny playing tag and getting chased.
Chloe and Sabrina: Freak! Slut! Loser! Short bus!
Adrien enters and starts trying to find his class
Marinette: Singing and clapping laughing and napping baking cookies eating paste.
Chloe and Sabrina: Bull-dyke! Stuck up! Hunchback!
Marinette: Then we got bigger that was the trigger like the Huns invading Rome. (A little distracted Marinette bumps into another student) Oh sorry! Welcome to my school this ain't no high school this is the thunder dome. Hold your breath and count the days we're graduating soon.
Kids: Thank god!
Marinette: Collage will be paradise if I'm not dead real soon! But I know I know life can be beautiful. I pray I pray for a better way. If we changed back then we could change again. We can be beautiful.
Someone bumps into Adrien hard, knocking him off his feet.
Adrien: Ow!
Marinette: Just not today.
Bell rings
Hey are you ok? (she helps him up)
Adrien: Yes, I'm fine. Thank you.
Marinette: No problem! (then she runs off to find Alya)
Chloe and Sabrina: Freak! Slut! Cripple! Homo! Homo! Homo!
Adrien: Things will get better soon as my letter comes from Harvard Duke or Brown. Wake from this coma take my diploma then I can blow this town. Dream of ivy colored walls and smoky French cafés. (Adrien finds his class and sits down)
A.N: So, in case you were wondering (and because my friend brought this to my attention), I didn't change that lyric to "fit better" because it already makes sense, especially used in Adrien's perspective. Adrien has been cooped up in the Agreste mansion all his life so he barely knows what life is like outside it aside from modeling. That being said, can't you imagine him wishing to apply to Harvard, Duke, and/or Brown, and dreaming of "... ivy colored walls and smokey French cafes"? I know I would if I were him.
Marinette: Fight the urge to strike a match and set this dump ablaze!
Marinette and Adrien: But I know I know life can be beautiful. I pray I pray for a better way. We were kind before we can be kind once more. We can be beautiful.
Chloe: Adrien!
Adrien: (annoyed) Hey Chloe.
Chloe: Hey.
(All spoken)
Adrien: Chloe Bourgeois my only friend since diapers.
Chloe: I'm so happy you could come to school! I have big plans for us.
Adrien: Umm ok-
Sabrina runs in frantically
Sabrina: Chloe!
Chloe: Sabrina do you have the gum?
Sabrina: Of course. (pulls out a piece of gum and hands it to Chloe)
Chloe: Good. You are actually capable of something. (pops the gum in her mouth and starts to chew)
Sabrina: Thank you. (smiles with pride)
Chloe takes out the piece of gum and places it on Marinette's seat
Adrien: Wait, what are you doing?
Chloe: The girl that sits here always has a defensive attitude towards me and always needs to be put in her place. I'm starting early this year. (Smirks)
Adrien: Don't you think that's a little mean though?
Chloe: Laughs oh Adrikins you have so much to learn about high school culture. (she takes a seat in the front next to Sabrina. They high five)
Adrien starts to try to get the gum off Marinette's seat
Marinette and Alya walk in spotting Adrien
Marinette: Seriously?
Adrien: Oh! Um this isn't what it looks like!
Marinette: Well it looks like you're putting gum on my seat. (Crosses her arms)
Adrien: No! I was trying to get the gum off your seat!
Marinette: Yeah right. (sarcastic) Aren't you friends with Chloe?
Adrien: ... Yes. {why do people keep asking me that?}
Marinette: What ever just...
Alya: Come on Marinette.
They sit down and Marinette puts a napkin over the gum.
Chloe and Sabrina snicker quietly.
Adrien sits down next to Nino in front of Marinette feeling very distraught.
Everyone is dissolved in their own thoughts as Madame Bustier starts the lesson.
(Sung)
Marinette: Dear diary, why?
Chloe: Why do they hate me?
Sabrina: Why don't I fight back?
Nathaniel: Why do I act like such a creep?
Adrien: Why?
Rose: Why won't he date me?
Kim: Why did I hit him?
Myeline: Why do I cry myself to sleep?
Adrien and Marinette: Why?
Kids: Somebody hug me! Somebody fix me! Somebody save me!
All: Send me a sign god! Give me some hope here! Something to live for!
BOOM
A.N: I changed the lyric here to create the illusion of everyone screaming. I hope it worked.
Kids: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
They all carry out the actions as Marinette and Adrien describe them
Marinette: And then out of the blue there was a crash. (spoken)
Kids: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh (continues 3 more times as Adrien and Marinette speak)
Adrien: And suddenly the whole school shook. (spoken)
Marinette: We all cowered in fear as a villain made of stone came crashing into the classroom. (spoken)
Adrien: He growled and stomped angrily towards Myeline and Chloe, snatching them up in his fists. (spoken)
Marinette: Then as turned to crash out of the window he savagely screamed his revenge upon Paris. (spoken)
Both: And that's when all hell broke loose.
Madame Bustier: Everyone go home immediately! Be cautious and stay inside! And try not to panic! (Spoken)
All: (they all hum as time stops for a second and various people share their impressions of the situation at hand)
Max: Oh my gosh I hope Myeline is okay. (spoken)
All: That would be beautiful.
Sabrina: What if Chloe gets hurt?! (Spoken)
All: So beautiful.
Nino: This rock monster might actually destroy the school. (spoken)
All: That would be beautiful.
Alya: I'm going to track this rock boy down and follow his fight where ever he goes to try to get some footage of what ever super hero that comes to save us! (spoken)
Time starts again and everyone rushes home as fast as they can (except Alya of course) and we cut to a split scene of Adrien's house and Marinette's apartment. Both scenes with Adrien and Marinette are happening at the same time.
(Spoken)
Adrien: (Adrien walks into his house) Hello? Nathalie? Father? (No one answers) (he walks up to his room, sets his stuff down, then sits on his couch and turns on the news)
Marinette: (she walks into the bakery and greets Tom and Sabine (her parents who are running the bakery). Then she hurries up the stairs to her room, sitting down and turning on the news on her computer.)
Both: (suddenly they each notice a small box with foreign characters on it on each of their tables (Adrien's coffee table and Marinette's desk)) What the heck is this? (They each open their own boxes curiously)
Bright flashes of light are emitted from each box (a pink one from Marinette's and a green one from Adrien's) as Tikki and Plagg appear.
Adrien: Who are you?!
Marinette: (screams in confusion)
Plagg: Hey I'm hungry. (starts trying to eat random objects)
Tikki: Whoa whoa! Shhhhh! It's ok I'm here to help you and your city!
Adrien: Hey! Don't eat that!
Marinette: (gapping at Tiki not really sure what the heck to do but internally freaking out)
Adrien: (after a lot of trouble he finally catches Plagg)
Adrien and Marinette: What the heck are you?!
Tiki and Plagg: I'm a kwami. I help give the chosen ones super powers so they can save the world. And you are my chosen.
Marinette: Wait what?!
Adrien: AWESOME
Tikki: Your going to be able to help save the world Marinette!
Plagg: Whoa. Kid. Calm down.
Marinette: I think you have the wrong person. Yes, I want to help- and badly too- but I can't possibly be a super hero!
Tikki: Yes, you can! You can do anything you put your mind to!
(Sung)
And you know you know you know you could be beautiful.
Plagg: A ring a staff and some black ears and we're on our way (hands him the ring)!
Tikki: You just put these on (hands her the earrings) then you say "Spots on"! You will be beautiful.
Plagg: You will be beautiful!
Adrien: (overlapping Plagg a little) I will be beautiful? CLAWS OUT!
Marinette: Spots on? (flustered and confused)
We cut to the streets of Paris where Stone Heart is on a rampage, creating minions as he makes his way towards the Eiffel Tower
Stone Heart: Out of my way geek! (Kicking a random citizen out of the way)
Myeline: Put us down Ivan!
Chloe: My Daddy's going to hear of this!
Stone Heart: Shut the heck up brat!
Myeline: Please stop that Ivan!
Chloe: Utterly ridiculous!
Citizens of Paris: Who could survive this? I can't escape this! I think I'm dying!
Alya: Look! On the roof top! (Spoken)
Girls: WOAH! Who's that? Red mask? Pigtails?
Citizen (girl): And some spots!
Boys: Who's that? Black mask? Cat ears?
Citizen (boy): And a tail!
All: Who's that? Black staff? Yoyo?
Alya: THIS IS MIRACULOUS! (Spoken)
All: Miraculous! Miraculous! Miraculous!
(They sing as they start to fight the akuma)
Ladybug and Cat Noir: And you know you know you know life can be beautiful! You hope you dream you pray and you get your way! Ask us how it feels living like hell on wheels...
Cat Noir: My god it's beautiful.
Ladybug: We might be beautiful!
Cat Noir and Ladybug: And when your beautiful it's a beautiful frickin day! (They include various runs on day)
Citizens: There go Ladybug and Cat Noir! I love Ladybug and Cat Noir! Thank you Ladybug and Cat Noir! It's beautiful! How beautiful! They're beautiful!
Cat Noir: (time stops for a moment as Cat Noir breaks the 4th wall) It's really quite miraculous (he winks) (spoken during the last beautiful as everyone holds out the note)!
The last beat of the song sounds as Cat Noir joins Ladybug in a fighting stance to confront Stone Heart. The stage goes dark and the scene transitions into present day Paris as the next song, Tour De France, starts. As the scene transitions a sign reading "Two Years Later" appears. It is early morning in Paris and we see a blind man struggling to find his way across the city. Ladybug swings down from a roof to help him.
Ladybug: Sir may I lend a hand? May I take your cane? Careful of the curb here we go. (she takes the man's arm and cane and starts to lead him across Paris) Put away your cup, (she helps him throw it in the trash) turning down the lane. Listen to the squeak of the bakery cart leaving a trail of bread crumbs.
Cat Noir: (swings down from a lamp post and carefully takes the man's other arm)
Ladybug: (smiles at cat as they lead the man past the bakery) Do you hear the laugh coming from the priest? He has crinkly eyes.
Cat Noir: Looking at the glass focused on the feast in the bakery window. There's a display that is three melon slices deep. As children walk out the door holding sweet lemon ices.
Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Blind Man: (they pause for a second then continue on their way) Sweet lemon ices!
Blind Man: What was that?
Ladybug: An envelope opens.
Cat Noir: A cat in a hallway.
Ladybug: A filament flashes, flickers, and dies.
Cat Noir: And there goes a hat.
All Three: Thrown in the air. Thrown in the air!
Ladybug and Cat Noir: I can feel every stranger in Paris just waiting to collide! How a heart can pull up a moon as we circle each other! Then crashing together,
Ladybug: We end up open wide.
Cat Noir: Here where the busses stop you can find a kiosk under staples and glue.
Ladybug: Now the barber shop, now the Laundromat, now we're at the metro. Adieu!
(Both heroes carefully let go of the man and start to swing away)
Blind Man: (spoken) Thank you Ladybug, Cat Noir!
Ladybug and Cat Noir: (spoken) Have a good day monsieur! (they swing to the top of a building with an excellent view) (sung) I can see everything clearly now from here!
As the song ends Ladybug and Cat Noir share their signature fist bump.
Both: Bien joué! (they fist bump)
Cat Noir: Nice work m'lady. I think we really made that man's day.
Ladybug: (smiles) Yeah. He seemed to light up when we were describing everything. I love it when we can make someone feel that safe and happy.
Cat Noir: Me too. So, any new leads on Operation Hawkmoth?
Ladybug: Well, I did have one, but it ended up being very extremely wrong… (sighs) just like all of my other leads. What are we going to do Cat? We can't fight him for forever! (starts pacing)
Cat Noir: I agree, especially since the akumas have become harder to handle. But we have to keep looking. He's in Paris somewhere. (thoughtful) Maybe we're just looking in the wrong places.
Ladybug: Or we're suspecting the wrong people. He could be hiding in plain sight for all we know! (stops pacing)
Cat Noir: I wish lucky charm could help us in situations like this. It's always spot on in helping us defeat akumas. (smirks a little)
Ladybug: (snaps) Lucky charm! Cat, you may be onto something.
Cat Noir: What, you're actually going to try it?
Ladybug: Well it can't hurt. And we've tried literally everything else.
Cat Noir: But what if you run out of time before you get to fully use it? Don't you have to be transformed?
Ladybug: I don't know. I'll have to ask my kwami, but I'll try it and report back to you. Okay?
Cat Noir: Okay.
Ladybug: Now, I think it's about time we start patrol. (get's her yoyo ready)
Cat Noir: (grins) Don't you mean pawtrol? (get's his baton ready)
Ladybug: (rolls her eyes) Come on Chaton. Be serious.
Cat Noir: I'm always furry serious with you my lady. (winks)
Ladybug: (snorts) (in a sing-song voice) If you say so. (swings towards the Eiffel Tower)
Cat Noir: (goes after her) Hey, I'm not done with mew yet!
Ladybug: Race you!
Cat Noir: You're on!
The scene transitions as they both swing across Paris. We find Gabriel Agreste and Nooroo searching for a new advantage on our heroes in Gabriel's Office. Gabriel is doing some research while Nooroo eats a snack.
AN: Here is an instance where I had to tweak a little bit of the season one and season 2 timeline. In this timeline, Adrien has not found the book yet. This will be important to the plot later.
Gabriel: (he stands at the desk looking through the Miraculous book) I know there is something in here somewhere. (He flips through the pages aggressively)
Nooroo: If you flip through that book any more vigorously, Master, you're going to break it.
Gabriel: (flips through a few more pages letting out a frustrated sigh) This is useless! (Slams the book shut) I'm never going to find another way to get their miraculous!
Nooroo: Well maybe if you'd calm down you might actually think of a decent akuma for once. That would definitely throw them off.
Gabriel: Hey! My akumas are decent!
Nooroo: Okay I admit; you have definitely gotten a lot stronger since your first akumas. But if they were really decent, we would already have their miraculous already. (Shakes his head)
Gabriel: My last akuma got pretty close.
Nooroo: Yeah, but Ladybug didn't even need to use her lucky charm. She had already cleansed the akuma with in 10 minutes from the start of the battle!
Gabriel: So you're saying I'm becoming weaker?! (Glares at Nooroo, edging a little closer to him)
Nooroo: (backs away, hands up) Whoa whoa whoa! Don't you have ears? I literally just said you were getting stronger. I was only implying that maybe your going about it the wrong way.
Gabriel: What other way is there?!
Nooroo: The way where you have a little patience before acting on pure impulsive need.
Gabriel: Well I…. I … I do have patience! (Crosses his arms) And why do you even care?! It's not like you want to help me get the miraculous!
Nooroo: You're right, I don't. But I have to oblige, you're my master. (chuckles a little at his ridiculousness, shaking his head, then he sighs) Look, why don't you take a break and come back to this later? You still have a whole lot of paperwork you need to get through for the magazine.
Gabriel: (sighs) Fine… you're probably right. (Crosses over to desk and sits down)
Nooroo: Thank you. (flies over to a little bed area Gabriel made for him) Now if you don't mind, I'm going to take a nap before you decide to unleash your so called "wrath" on the city again.
Gabriel: (glances at him) Okay, well, don't get too comfortable.
Nooroo: Goodnight Gabriel.
Pause
Gabriel: (notices crumbs on his desk from Nooroo's earlier snack) … Nooroo?
Nooroo: Yes?
Gabriel: You left crumbs on my desk.
Nooroo: Oh, I'm sorry Master. I'll clean them after my nap. (Settles sleepily into the little bed)
Gabriel: No, you need to clean them now. Knowing they're there makes my skin crawl.
Nooroo: Just close your eyes and imagine they're gone.
Gabriel: But they won't be gone, they'll still be there!
Nooroo: Aw come on! It's just a few crumbs! I'll clean it up when I wake up. I'm tired!
Gabriel: And I'm Hawkmoth. Now go clean them up!
Nooroo: No.
Gabriel: (stands up) UGH!
Nooroo: (flies up) This right here is exactly what I'm talking about! You need to be patient Gabriel!
Gabriel: Well I shouldn't have to be patient! You could've already cleaned it up by now!
Nooroo: You need to be more chill about these things!
Gabriel: You need to learn how clean up your messes!
Nooroo: And you need to learn how to be patient!
Gabriel: Well then I guess we're just too different then! (Crosses his arms)
Nooroo: I guess we are! (Crosses his arms)
The music for Different as Can Be starts.
Nooroo: You won't try being patient.
Gabriel: You won't clean up your snacks.
Both: We're quite a kooky couple, you'll agree.
Nooroo: Transformed, we share some fingers.
Gabriel: Yet still, the feeling lingers.
Both: We're just about as different as anyone can be.
Gabriel: You like plotting a garden, and I like plotting to kill.
Nooroo: You think that you should rule the world, I think books are a thrill! (acts like he's warming his hands) Sipping tea by the fire is swell.
Gabriel: (flicks Nooroo closer to the pretend fire place) Pushing people in is fun as well. I like folding (he straightens his tie) all my ties.
Nooroo: And you have no friends, hey that's a surprise!
Both: (they cross to center) I guess it's plain to see that when you look at you and me. We're different, different as can be!
Gabriel: You're a fairy, a twat, a bug! I'm society's king!
Nooroo: Technically I'm a Chinese god, in case you're wondering!
Gabriel: My new world is about to unfold!
Nooroo: You got beat by seventeen year olds!
Gabriel: I'll get them this time through and through!
Nooroo: Or maybe you'll just get them (holds up a printed out article from the Ladyblog and throws it at Gabriel) a hundred more views!
Both: You really must agree when you look at you and me. We're different, different as can-
Gabriel: I'll rise above and I'll rule the world! And you must help me renew! For when our plan succeeds,
Nooroo: Prevails!
Gabriel: Part of that world goes to you.
A.N: Pause for a second. Okay, I know what you're thinking: "But Nooroo doesn't want to help him! Gabriel is forcing him into it!" I know. So don't get your whiskers in a twist. For the purposes of this musical's plot and character development, I have headcannoned that after two whole years of doing Gabriel's bidding, the two have come to a sort of agreement. Gabriel has started treating Nooroo as more of a friend than a servant because he's lonely being the bad guy. Nooroo is just so done with putting up with Gabriel's terrible plans and akumas that he has accepted his fate and has decided to make the most of his situation. So, for the time being, except Nooroo and Gabriel's relationship as some of the comic relief.
Nooroo: (suddenly a bit dreamy and excited) When I rule the world I'll plant flowers!
Gabriel: When I rule the world I'll have moths!
(overlapping)
Nooroo: And Jagged Stone albums!
Gabriel: And fashion, and armies, control over Paris, my son and my wife back, and all the miraculous!
Both: When I rule the world! (Laughs)
Both: I guess it's plain to see, when you look at you and me. We're different… different as can be. (They walk in time to the beat back to Gabriel's desk) I simply guarantee that when you look at you and me, (They stand/float on top of the desk with a few jazzy dance moves) We're different! We're different! We're different different as can be! (Nooroo heads back over to his bed and Gabriel sits down in time with the music)
They sit in silence again as the song comes to an end.