Author's note: So, this is just a quick little Marichat story thing I wrote. I guess I'll continue it if people like it. The Cackler is my own made up villain which was kind of a joke since, when I google translated Caquet, it translated into cackle. xD Anyway, if you like the story, please favorite, follow and review. I've never written a story for Miraculous before so I'd love some feedback.

Marinette was walking home from school after a tiring day. Granted, the school day hadn't been the thing that had tired her out. Mireille Caquet, a girl from another class, had been akumatized for one reason or another.

Marinette wasn't completely sure why, but she had an idea. What she did know though was that she'd had to fight a witch-like supervillain at school by the name of "The Cackler" who'd been pranking everyone at the school, followed by malicious cackling.

That may not sound all that bad, but some of the pranks had gone a bit too far and Principal Damocles had even apparently been sent to the nurse's office after being hit in the head by a bucket of water which was supposed to be a "harmless prank". Luckily, he'd been fine soon after the incident. She supposed that had to do with the magical nature of the miraculous' powers.

Ladybug and Chat Noir had located The Cackler after checking all the security cameras and chased her around the school while she flew around on a broom and avoiding her pranks. When they finally caught her, Marinette realised the object of interest, the broom, which must have held an akuma inside of it was actually a mop with a tag on it saying it was the property of the school. She hadn't thought much of it at the time though.

After breaking the mop in two, purifying the akuma as Ladybug and having everything go back to normal, she'd transformed back to normal in the bathroom and as she was leaving, had bumped into Mireille again. Mireille broke down at what she'd done and explained to Marinette that she'd been the victim of a horrible prank and, since she was a class representative, had had to clean it up. She'd already been stressed due to her job as weather girl and her family life and from what Marinette had gathered, had accepted Hawkmoth's deal for power right away.

Marinette had consoled her and afterwards, had gone back to class along with the other students, who had been scattered around the school, probably due to the pranks.

Even though they were all used to the supervillains by now, school had been ended a bit early, possibly to clean up the aftermath of the pranks that hadn't been cleared up by magic. At least Mireille wouldn't have to clean up by herself now.

Anyway, now that was all done and over with and she was walking home, tired. She'd be able to sleep soon enough too. They hadn't had any homework as far as she could tell.

Still, it felt like sleep couldn't come soon enough. The bakery wasn't that far away, but she just wanted to get home. So she took a shortcut she didn't normally take through an alleyway between shops. That was a mistake even her ladybug luck couldn't save her from.

It happened so fast. She had heard footsteps behind her and turned around to look. Two men were walking towards her. She wanted to move away, but one of them ran up and grabbed her and she was powerless to do a thing after that.

She still struggled however and the man hit her in the head. After that, she was unable to struggle any more and even struggled to think clearly. They tried to grab her small purse, but she held on with all her might, even in her haze, knowing Tikki was in there. In the end, however, it slipped away from her and she knew she'd lost her one chance at escape along with her kwami.

"Plagg! Claws out!" Even in her muddled state, Marinette heard those words loud and clear and was surprised when the weight was soon lifted from her. She fell to the ground, no longer being held up by her captors and still unable to stand up properly. She closed her eyes and the next thing she knew, she was being held while someone was yelling her name. "Marinette! Please...wake up!"

She opened her eyes to a familiar face...or well, mask. "Chat..."

"Marinette! I'm gonna go get help! Stay right here..."

"No...please...my bag..." Marinette muttered.

"Your bag? We can look for your bag later! You're hurt and-" Chat got interrupted.

"I need...my bag..." Marinette choked out. "Please..."

Chat hesitated. "Okay, I'll get it for you."

Chat checked the ground for a bag. He knew he should be getting help, but Marinette seemed really intent on getting her bag, so he supposed it couldn't hurt much to give it to her before he went.

He scanned the ground, using his cat eyes' night vision. He located the bag right away, it was on the ground beside the two crooks he'd knocked out cold. It was a circular bag, that opened like a coin purse. He picked it up. It was empty. Surely Marinette couldn't have only wanted the purse itself. It must have had her wallet or phone in it.

He decided to search the ground first. He would take it off of the crooks if he had to, whatever it was, but he figured it'd be easier to look at the rest of the alleyway first.

That's when he noticed something on the ground, hidden more in the shadows. It was something small and red that looked like a plush toy, but he knew better. Is that...

He picked it up in his hand and his suspicions were confirmed. It's a kwami.