Chapter 1

Marinette was absolutely flummoxed, the person who entered her family's bakery was both Adrien and not. It made her blush and infuriated at the same time as she stared at his blonde hair and dark blue eyes. 'Who is this guy?' She asked herself as she stared his well-made suite and well-styled hair that was utterly contrary to her crush's usual attire.

With a sigh, she wiggled out of her hiding place. " Hello, can I help you?" She walked up to the bakery counter.

The teen boy stared at her with a grave and almost sad look. "What are you doing?" He asked.

" umm." She let out a laugh "Just helping out my family today. So, is there anything I can do for you?" Instead of making an order, Marinette was continued to be asked questions. She answered while doing as much work she could blushing slightly whenever she caught the stranger smile.

"Félix!" Nathalie Sancoeur voice called from the doorway "Thank goodness you're alright." She sighed before saying "how did you end up here?" Annoyance filling her tone.

The teen stared at her with a grumpy blank expression "I got lost after the press meetings, this seemed like a safe place to wait until someone found me." He told her in a matter of fact way.

"I'm sure it was." The woman said with exasperation grabbing him by the arm "Come on let's get you home." She said in a gentle voice but as the two left of bakery Marinette could hear her muttering something about 'tracking devices' and 'brain dead children'.

Her heart sank a little as watched him leave, at the same time her brain was on overdrive trying to figure out what had occurred.

"OMG!" Alya walk in seconds later " I didn't just see who I thought I saw coming out of here? did I?"

Marinette shook her head thinking her friend was referring to her crush "no, that guy's name was Félix." She answered.

Alya let out a squeal "That's who I'm talking about!" She pulled her friend out from behind the counter. "Have you not been watching the news at all this week?"

"No," Marinette said truthfully between school and everything she has to do as Ladybug anything else seemed like a blur of noise.

" You're kidding!" Alya watched her didn't change "sit down." They to one of the few tables inside the bakery. "So." she began to explain "a couple weeks ago an unconscious of a teen washes up in a canal."

"That's so awful." Marinette not liking how this might connect to the teen that talked to her moments ago.

" The story has a happy ending," Alya reassured her. " The hospital was going to declare him vegetable but, he had a miraculous recovery." She gave an excited giggle pulling out her phone "Now look at him." She's shoved the screen in the Marinette face as a video was playing.

Marinette I just widen having her thoughts were confirmed.

Standing behind a podium in a room filled with however recorder was Félix. His handsome face was passive and almost unnervingly cationic as he said " I'm very grateful for the Agreste family for taking me in. While I recovering from what doctors are saying was a physically and mentally traumatizing experience." He looked at the crowd of very eager reporters "That's is why I cannot answer any questions involving my amnesia, thank you." He then moved out of the camera's sights and the reporters continue to clamoring to get him to answer questions.

Marinette looked at Alya with wild confusion, more and more baffled by what she had been shown.

Alya let out a gitty noise then whispered: "the media is up in arms with him because he said his name is Félix Agreste."

Marinette was speechless.

Meanwhile, Adrien, on the other hand, had a lot say. He sat on the front stairs watching the silhouettes of his father and his temporary guest talking outside. It freaked him out watching a nearly identical copy to himself talk on tv. Now he was going live with them like some little Orphan Annie until somebody recognized him or gained enough memories to crawl back into the whole he got washed out from.

"Hey!" He stood up cheerful as they entered "I was wondering where that suit went." He walked over to Félix giving a pat on the shoulder " and look spare parts." He laughed at the new arrival.

Félix gave him a nasty glare with his glacial oceans for eyes into Adrien's green ones. cutting out any potential for humor that could be made at his expense.

When Adrien looked to his father only to see a very similar expression. " Félix why don't you go and make yourself comfortable in one of the guest rooms," Gabriel Agreste told the other teen boy.

Félix tooled his expression back to passivity for giving a nod. Then headed up the stairs escorted by Nathalie.

Adrien stared up at his father when his clone was out of sight " you should have asked me." He said bitterly.

" I didn't have a choice." His father answered, "I this day and age companies live and die in the court of public opinion."

Adrien looks at his old man and disbelief talking to him about public opinion as if his father was the one in high school.

"The media will find a way to twist Félix's existence in many different ways, all of which will harm us greatly." His father tried to explain

"Like what." Adrien dared him.

"Well if news outlets and website step consider themselves news were merciful. Would try to imply that me and your mother were at some point unfaithful each other." His father spoken a grave tone that made the young teen stomach twist. " You do not have to like Félix, but understand what I do for him is to protect our family name."

"What is he doesn't remember anything or he's an orphan!" Adrien wasn't willing to let this go without knowing how far is father was willing to go to save face. " what will you do to save us from the 'court of public opinion' then."

Gabriel Agreste didn't answer squaring his shoulders giving his son a tried looked leaving him the entrance room. Letting his son come to the only possible course of action for such an event.

(AN: HI! This is a new Fic I'm working on. I'm going back to school so I don't who much I update this so make sure to follow it if you liked it and leave a review to tell me what you think. You can also check out my profile and read the other Fics I'm working on. I also have YouTube where you can talk to me outside of PMs and FictionPress where I write original stories if you want to help me out even more.)