Hello! This is a short prologue but I hope you enjoy!~ It will be more Adrienette than the other ships. But don't worry the others will also be included. This story will be similar to a Cinderella story but with a couple twist and turns because I like to cause suspense xD. Enjoy!

This story is also posted in A03 under the same name.

Disclaimer: I don't own Miraculous Ladybug. All rights go to their respective owners. I don't own Cinderella either.

Once Upon A Time

Every story generally starts with a happy beginning. For Marinette Dupain-Cheng it was no different. She was born to the most lovable parents in the world. Tom Dupain and Sabine Cheng were the closest to perfect parents one could ever ask for. They devotedly cared for their daughter from her first cry, to the first time she accidentally stubbed her toe at the edge of her crib, and the multiple situations that followed after their accident-prone daughter.

But no matter what absurd situations came into their life, Tom and Sabine never loved their daughter any less. On the contrary they found their daughter's quirks adorable and enduring.

Growing up with parents like hers, Marinette considered herself quite lucky. Sure, she might have two left feet, stumble upon the smallest crease on the floor, and the concept of time was definitely never on her side-still she thought her life almost perfect. She wouldn't change it for the world.

Unfortunately, sometimes life has a way of throwing things that you could never expect to happen at you, and sometimes things that you didn't want to change do.

Just like that night…

"Mama, Papa-I'm home!" Marinette announced closing the door to her home and her parents bakery (Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Pastisserie), trying her best to sound cheerful but at the very last note failing.

Tom who was boxing some sweets looked up at the very same moment that his wife, who was counting the money in the cash register for the afternoon, looked up at their daughter, knowing by her expression that something was undeniably wrong.

"Something the matter sweetie?" Sabine questioned first.

"Ugh nothing out of the usual," the one bun, dark blue hair girl replied, huffing. "Just my awesome luck, I met the most horrible person in my class today," She says sarcastically sniffing around the bakery to the intoxicating sweet smell of her parent's pastries. Her stomach grumbled in sweet anticipation as she look at a croissant left on a plate and went for it.

"It's only the first day of class honey, I'm sure things will lighten up soon. You know sometimes when we first meet someone we don't always get along with them, just look at your father and I." Sabine smiled tenderly closing the cash register.

Marinette thought about how that particular person picked on her today and something told her that she might never get along with that said person.

"Your mother is right Marinette," Tom laughed remembering. He comes to stand beside his wife. "We couldn't stand each other once and now look we can't stand being apart from each other."

Marinette smiled back at her parents, being witness of their love for each other, she decided it was best to drop the subject. At least she would only be with that person for a school year and she would only see her at school. She'll just have to manage in the meantime.

The rest of the night pass with nothing out of the usual. Marinette was in her room drawing on her sketchpad when she heard the bell to the entry of the bakery ring loudly and a powerful crash followed right after making Marinette jump in her seat and drop her sketchpad. She glanced at her clock concerned, knowing it was too late for the bakery to have visitors.

"Help me! Help me!" A beautiful melodic voice called out desperately. "You have to help me!"

What is going on?

Marinette rose from her chair, she started heading for the opening to downstairs. But before she could get there though an explosion went off and the last thing she remembers is her ears ringing, her whole body slammed in the ground.

She thought she had only passed out for a second but when she blinked again to focus she saw smoke and heard sirens at a distance.

Her heart gave in at the sight of smoke.

"Mama? Papa!"

Marinette pulled herself up, rushing to the door that finally bolted open, and all she saw was pitch black fog clouding everything. She couldn't see a darn thing.

"Mama?" She called again, stumbling down the stairs. "Papa! Where are you?" She yelled terrified, and coughing from the amount of smoke present.

No matter where she looked at all she saw was smoke and fire. The bakery was burning to bits in front of her.

Tears sprawled in her cheeks.

This couldn't be happening, she thought through the fear in her heart.

In her desperate search she tripped on the corner of a stool, landing right smack into the ground. It took her a moment to notice a sticky substance in the floor beside her. Blood drops.

No! Marinette paled.

Blood wasn't the only thing in the floor, peacock feathers were scattered all over the floor. Marinette gripped one of the feathers.

That was when the door open and she saw a fire fighter enter.

"We have a live victim!" He called entering, the next moment picking up Marinette. "Don't worry you're going to be okay."

"My parents-," she coughed, her vision blurring from the tears. "My parents-I need to- they were-my parents-"She stutter through coughs and tears as the fire fighter carried her out of the bakery towards safety. "My parents are still in there!" She shouted finally when she saw her house burning.

The T in the bakery sign falling and crashing down.

"Everything is going to be all right we're going to find your parents," The fire fighter assured giving her an oxygen mask.

But they never found them.

Marinette wished it were all a nightmare. When the hours passed and no news about her parents came. She felt her whole body shaking. She kept seeing the bakery burning even though the fire fighters had quench the fire a long time ago. They found no one in the fire that burn 60 percent of the whole building before it was stopped. They couldn't figure out what started the fire either. They were completely mystified on the events that happened that night.

The only thing they knew for sure was that the blood samples that they had found that hadn't been destroyed by the fire belong to neither of Marinette's parents but instead matched with a woman Marinette did not even know. The woman that disappeared on the same day that her parents did.

All alone without knowing what happened to her parents, Marinette didn't know what to do. She had never felt so lost. She was only 13 at the time and she felt like her bad luck had taken the worst turn.

That is exactly when Mayor Bourgeois decided to step in. He had been friends with her parents and as a politician he saw the perfect opportunity to boost his popularity among the Parisians by taking in a girl who lost everything. He bought the bakery and adopted Marinette. He was not a cruel man, but he was blinded by many things including how badly he spoiled his daughter.

His daughter-Chloe the one person that was dead set on making Marinette's life miserable along with her best friends Sabrina and Lila. Between the three of them Marinette was the object of their constant teasing and bantering for the following years.

Still Marinette knew that her parents would want her to be happy, and for that reason she knew all she had to do was endure and maybe…. just maybe her luck might miraculously change one day.

~~~ I have chapter two almost done so it should come out quickly :D