I'm back with my first chapter fanfiction! I already posted this on my Google Plus account when it was named Beauty Queen, but I decided to rename it A Chance Encounter. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it! I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir or Percy Jackson and the Olympians.


Marinette and Alya were sitting on a bench at the park. They were looking at yet another magazine with new pictures of Adrien in it.

"Why can't I just talk to him?" Marinette asked, sighing at his pictures.

"Girl, all you need is a boost of self-confidence!" Alya said, turning the page. "You have the potential to say whatever you want to him; you just need to stop stressing."

"I guess you're right," she agreed. She looked up for a moment and saw a group of seven people of various ages wandering around. She grabbed Alya's arm. "They look kind of lost. Do you think we should go help them?"

"Yeah, they do look pretty lost. Let's go see if we can help."

They got up from the bench, Alya slipping the magazine back into her bag. They walked over to where the group was standing.

"Excuse me," Marinette said to a tall blonde girl in the group. "Are you lost?"

The blonde turned around, revealing a pretty face with stormy grey eyes. She smiled. "Actually, yes. Can you please tell us where the Dupain-Cheng bakery is?"

"Oh, sure! We can walk you over there, actually. My parents own that bakery," Marinette said, smiling back. She stuck out her hand. "I'm Marinette, and this is Alya." Alya smiled and waved.

The blonde took her hand. "My name's Annabeth, and these are my friends Percy, Jason, Hazel, Leo, Piper and Frank," she said, pointing to them in turn. "Thank you so much for helping us."

"Of course!" Alya said. "You haven't lived until you've tasted Mr. Dupain-Cheng's croissants."

"Come on; it's just over this way," Marinette said, taking the lead. "Are you guys from out of town?"

"Yeah, we're from America, actually," the guy named Percy said. "Annabeth and I have been to Paris once before, though."

"Cool! Did you just get here?" Alya asked.

"We did, actually. We're only going to be here for today, though. Then we have to go back," Jason explained.

Out of the corner of her eye, Marinette noticed that Percy, Jason, Hazel and Frank appeared to have tattoos on their forearms. She brushed it off quickly, thinking it was just a figment of her imagination.

Finally they came to the bakery. "Here it is," Marinette announced, opening the door. She and Alya strode in, everyone else following close behind. She walked up to the counter and kissed her mom. "Hi, Mama!" She said. She motioned to the others. "These are some people Alya and I met. They're from America and wanted to come to the bakery."

Mrs. Dupain-Cheng smiled and waved. "Hello, everyone. I'm Marinette's mother. Please, have a look around."

"Thank you," Percy said. He then made a beeline to the macarons, dragging a laughing Annabeth behind him. Leo put his arms around Jason and Piper, steering them toward the cookies. Hazel and Frank gravitated toward the croissants. Marinette's purse began moving subtly. Tikki must want to tell her something.

"I'll be right back, Alya," Marinette said, running upstairs quickly. Once she was in her room, Tikki came out of her purse.

"Be careful, Marinette," Tikki warned. "I felt something strange about those seven."

"What do you mean? They seem nice enough," Marinette said, grabbing a couple things.

"I don't know. They don't seem quite. . .human."

Marinette looked up, startled. "Come on, Tikki. What else could they be?"

Tikki was about to say something when Alya burst into her room. Tikki quickly flew back into Marinette's purse. "Adrien. Downstairs. Now," she said, taking deep breaths.

Marinette's face lit up. "Let's go!"

X-X-X

Leo didn't know about anyone else, but this bakery was amazing. It had all kinds of baked goods, from croissants to macarons to cupcakes and cookies. They all looked so good, it was hard to choose what to get! Jason and Piper had already gone off on their own, looking at the cupcakes. Leo wished Calypso had come with them, but she and a nymph named Juniper were having a girls day.

He turned as a bell chimed, alerting them to someone coming into the bakery. He saw a couple guys come in, who then talked to Alya. She sprinted upstairs to get Marinette.

"Hey," the blonde guy said, coming up behind him with his friend. "Can't decide what to get?"

"No. Everything looks so good!" He said. He stuck out his hand. "I'm Leo."

The blonde shook his hand, then introduced himself. "I'm Adrien, and this is Nino," he said. "Nice to meet you."

They talked for a moment, Leo finally picking a croissant.

Marinette and Alya came rushing back downstairs. "H-hey, Adrien! Hey, Nino," Marinette greeted shyly. Suddenly, she tripped and fell, spilling the contents of her purse.

Leo, Piper, Adrien and Nino went to help out. Piper and Leo picked up some of Marinette's things as Annabeth paid for their pastries with an international credit card. Alya reached down and helped Marinette up. As Piper bent down again to grab Marinette's phone, Adrien reached down at the same time and they bumped heads.

"You okay, Piper?" Leo asked, grabbing Marinette's phone and giving it to her.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry," she apologized to Adrien, rubbing her head. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." He looked at her quizzically. "Do I know you from somewhere?"

She tilted her head to the side, thinking. "I don't think so. I'm not from around here. My name's Piper," she said, offering her hand.

"I'm Adrien," he said, shaking. He looked over at their friends, then back at Leo and Piper. "Are you all here in one group?"

"Yeah. We're visiting from America for a couple days, and Marinette and Alya were nice enough to show us to the bakery," Leo explained.

Adrien looked over at Marinette, Alya and Nino, who were all smiling and laughing. "How about we take you guys around Paris?"

"Are you sure that'd be okay?" Piper asked uncertainly. Leo silently agreed. They barely knew these people. For all he knew, they could be monsters in disguise! Well, probably not, but still.

"Sure! Why don't you and your friends get ready, and then we can go," he said, walking over to tell his friends. Leo wasn't sure, but he thought he saw Alya shoot Piper a dirty look.

"Hey, guys!" Leo said, going over to where their friends were gathered, eating their treats. "Marinette and her friends offered to show us around Paris. You guys game?"

"A tour around the city of love with my beautiful girlfriend? Why not?" Percy said, putting down his blue macaron and looking lovingly at Annabeth. Everyone else agreed with them, except for Jason.

"Are you sure, guys? They could be monsters, or-" Jason started.

"Or just really friendly mortals," Piper interrupted. "Come on! Let go of the rules for once!"

"Are you guys ready?" Marinette asked, kissing her mom goodbye. They all headed outside.

"Yeah!" Leo said, walking up to Alya and Marinette. "A tour of the city of love with two beautiful girls?"

Marinette looked startled and backed up a little. Alya muttered, "Oh, grow up."

"Valdez, if you don't leave them alone, I'm telling Calypso when we get back," Piper threatened teasingly.

His face went slack with panic. "Okay, okay! I promise to be good, Beauty Queen!"

Piper's face grew a hot red. She reeled back and punched his arm hard. "You can start by not calling me Beauty Queen," she reminded him icily.

"Alright, alright. Also, ow!" He said, rubbing his arm. Man, that girl could punch! Everyone started laughing as they headed on their way through Paris.

X-X-X

"And here is the Louvre," Adrien announced, guiding everyone's attention to the museum. "That's weird; we seem to be the only ones here."

"Have you ever thought of being a tour guide, Adrien? You're really good at this commentary thing," Hazel complemented, taking in the beauty of the museum.

Adrien laughed. "Not really, but thanks!" He noticed that Nino and Leo were joking around with each other and Alya was busy taking selfies with Piper, Percy and Jason. Annabeth was muttering something about the structure of the museum and Hazel and Frank were now trying to guess how high it was, laughing. He looked around and found Marinette on her own, looking cautiously over her shoulder.

He went over to her and put his hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay, Marinette?"

She looked up at him quizzically. "Huh? Oh, yeah. I just thought I saw something. . ." She looked over her shoulder again.

He looked over to where she was looking. "I don't see anything," he said finally.

Marinette sighed. "That's just it. Every time I think I see it, it disappears."

"This isn't the first time you've seen it?" He asked, thinking. He remembered earlier that day, Marinette glanced over her shoulder a few times, as if expecting to see someone following them.

She nodded. "Yeah. It sounds crazy, I know; but I swear, I can feel it behind me." She was silent for a moment, then shook her head. "It's probably just my imagination," she decided.

Suddenly, Adrien saw movement behind Marinette. The shape looked human from there. "Is that it?" He asked, pointing. Marinette turned.

"That's it!" She exclaimed. "But. . .what is it?"

The form got a little closer. It looked. . . "Beautiful," Adrien breathed.

"What?" Marinette muttered. "Why would she be following us?" Nino was starting to gravitate towards the girl now, too. "Adrien? Nino? What is wrong with you guys?" The girl got even closer, revealing cherry red lips, silky brown hair and entrancing hazel eyes. Adrien couldn't help falling deeply in love with her.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Marinette had looked over, seeing Percy look up from his selfies and notice the girl. "Um, guys?" He said to his friends. "I think we may have a problem." They looked over to the girl who had been following them.

"Come over here and give me a kiss, sweetie," the girl told Adrien, her voice sickly sweet.

He began to shuffle forward, a stupid smile on his face. Why shouldn't he kiss her? Marinette grabbed his arm. "Adrien, what are you doing?" She asked incredulously. He pulled away from her and kept going.

Percy and his friends were suddenly at their side. Annabeth ran over to Adrien and threw him over her shoulder. "You are not going anywhere near her," she said. His thoughts were still clouded with those of the girl, but he saw Nino start walking toward the girl too, but before he could get far, Frank had grabbed him as well.

"What's going on?" Alya asked, slightly panicky. "Who is that chick?"

Before anyone could say another word, the girl's image flickered. Suddenly she had flaming red hair and stark white skin. Her hazel eyes morphed into red and her teeth elongated into fangs. As she walked, her feet made uneven sounds. Adrien saw her long, beautifully shaped legs had turned into a bronze leg and a donkey leg.

Quickly, he snapped out of his trance. "What is that?" He asked, his eyes widening.

Nino shook his head. "Whatever it is, it's mad ugly, dude."

Annabeth put Adrien down, and Frank let go of Nino. She looked at the four of them with her stormy grey eyes. "You guys can see it?" She asked warily.

"Y-yeah," Marinette stammered. "I saw it following us a couple times, but I thought it was just my imagination!"

Annabeth cursed under her breath in what sounded like Greek, or maybe it was Latin. "This can't be good," she muttered. She straightened and spoke to them again. "That's an empousa, a vampire," she explained.

"A what now?" Alya asked, crossing her arms. Nobody got the chance to explain any further, because right then, the monster pounced, lunging for Adrien.

Instantly, the group of seven drew some kind of weapons, gleaming bronze and gold. They slashed at the monster, dodging her attacks and whirling around to face her. Soon enough, they had her cornered. With a single swipe of his bronze sword, Percy cut through the empousa, turning it to dust.

"What the heck was that?" Alya asked. She gasped. "Are you guys superheroes?"

The group of seven exchanged glances. "Do all of you know both of your parents?" Percy asked calmly. They all nodded.

He and Annabeth had a quiet exchange. Adrien caught "Four mortals. . .Mist. Not good."

After a minute, Percy looked at them again. "Have you ever heard of the Greek gods?"


And so ends the first chapter of A Chance Encounter. Sorry if this chapter was a little boring, but don't worry; there's plenty of action coming up soon! I'll be updating this once a day, so be sure to check in! Until next time!