Chapter 2: Drawings, Nightmares, and the New kids.
Disclaimer: Spook and Flame belong to a fandom called Truffla Flu. Its an old fandom but it's still cool .
It had been about 2 weeks sense the whole drawing thing with Nathaniel. Marinette was feeling much better about whole thing to. Though she was very tired from being up for the past 2 weeks, as Ladybug trying to catch the teens that have been causing trouble. She and Chat Noir had thought that they were just kids looking for attention, but they were wrong. So very wrong. These teen had powers. One of them could use tech, another could use magic, one could summon huge deadly weapons from no where! To put it simply, they were a team meant to kill.
"Are you alright Marinette?" Tikki asked as she peeked her head out to see the look on her friend's face.
"Huh? Oh! Yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking about what I'm going to do about the Hunters." She replied with a look of worry on her face. That's what the group called themselves, 'The Hunters'. From what Marinette had gathered about them, there is a total of 5 members. 3girls, 2 boys. She had also caught a few of the members names, or code names. One that she could remember off the top of her head was one of the girls on the team. Shadow. Shadow is what they called her. She was some kind of dark magic user, but that's not why Marinette was honestly scared of her. No, the reason way the girl was able to put a hint of fear in Mari was because she was so similar to the girl Nathaniel had drawn in his sketch book. Of course Marinette couldn't see her face but, still. Long pitch black hair, slim figure.
" Yo! Marinette! How you been?" Marinette was brought out of her thoughts as she heard Nino call her from the top of the stairs at their school.
"Oh! Hi Nino. I'm good, just thinking about the homework for today." She lied.
" Hey, is Adrien okay? He seemed a little off the past couple of days." Marinette asked. She was still wondering what that smile the model held on his face the other day was all about.
"A-man? I don't know what's up with him. Knowing him, his old man probably said something to him." Nino answered with some what of a pissed off look.
"Where is Adrien anyway?" Mari asked as she looked around, "Not here yet?"
" Not yet. I'm waiting for him."
"May I wait with you?"
"Sure." Right as Nino finished his answer, Adrien's car pulled up. (he has great timing ). As he got out of his car, he wished that he was home. He, along with Ladybug, had been chasing a group of superpowered teens called 'The Hunters'. With that on his plate plus school work, plus photo shots, Adrien was about ready to drop dead.
"Hey dude!" He heard Nino shout from the stairs as the other male ran to greet him.
"Hey there Nino. Oh, hey Marinette." He said as his 2 friend greeted him.
" He-ey A-adrien!" Marinette trip over her words.
'As usual.' Adrien thought. He had known for a while that Marinette had liked him but, he just couldn't return her feelings. It wasn't because his crush on Ladybug, he was falling for the girl of his dreams. Well, more like nightmares. Every night for 2 weeks he'd have these nightmares about this girl who loved him for who he really was. Love him for his wild side that he was forced to lock away everyday before he becomes Chat Noir. He couldn't really remember what the girl looked like but he know she was beautiful, inside and out. In his dream all seems to be going well, he'd take the girl out on a nice date, they would kiss and talk about nothing and everything, then all goes to hell. Old villains that Hawk Moth had created would appear and tear Adrien away from his new found love. The last thing he remembered about the dream was that he and Ladybug manage to find Hawk Moth, and in his hand he's gripping a handful of black hair that leads to Adrien's dream girl crying from the pain. He wakes up right before Hawk Moth is about to hit his beloved princess in her face with his cane.
"OW!" Adrien yelled as he walked right into the classroom door.
"Bro! You gotta watch where you're going." Nino said as he helped his best bud up and to their seats. Once they sat down the teacher began to speak.
"Ok students. If you remember I said that we were getting some new students, and they will be coming later today to see how the school works and where they'll fit in." She said with a bright smile on her face.
"Man I wonder who the new kids are gonna be. Hey! If there's a cute chick, think I might have a chance?" Nino elbowed Adrien as he asked with a playful smile on his face.
"Doubt it." Adrien elbowed his friend back with a smile. He turned back to the front of the class as he listened to the lesson. Well, he didn't listen. Instead he was wondering if he could get Nathaniel to draw a picture of the girl from his dreams/nightmares. Later, class ended and Adrien rushed to meet the red head by his locker.
" Hey Nathaniel." The model greeted the artist as they stood by the smaller boy's locker.
"Oh, um…..hi?" It came out as more of a question but Adrien brushed it off.
"Uh, do you think you could draw me something?" He asked the red head while rubbing the back of his neck with embarrassment.
"I-i guess I could, it just deepens on what it is you want me to draw." Nathaniel told him. He honestly didn't have a problem with drawing whatever the other male wanted it's just that sometimes, people are weird.
"A girl. I've been having nightmares and I think that seeing a real picture of her with calm me down, ya know, show me that she's not real." Adrien told Nathaniel.
"Oh. No problem. I just need a description of what she looks like." Nathaniel said as he pulled his sketch book out. With that, Adrien continued to tell Nathaniel what he could remember of the girl's features. Nathaniel made suggests for the parts that the model couldn't remember of the girl, and it when went like this for about 10 minutes till the time they had lunch. By the end of the time it took them to describe and draw the girl, there was a beautiful teen girl on the page. The girl, which Adrien had named Nico, had short, choppy black hair that seemed to have a tint of dark blue to it. Her height, compared to Adrien, she was about a head shorter than him. Her eyes were an inhuman neon blue, they seemed to glow when you looked at them. She wore a black hooded sweater with the sleeves tore of that showed her slim, but still fit, arms and a pair of white cargo shorts. Then to finish her 'tomboy' outfit, Nico wore a pair of black leather boots with belts that went up to right below her knees.
"Thanks Nathaniel!" Adrien smiled at the artist as he tore the page out for Adrien to take.
"No problem. Anytime." Nathaniel returned the smile as he put his art stuff into his bag. After lunch everyone headed to there class after lunch.
"Alright class, the new students have arrived! Please, be on your best behavior and let them feel welcomed to their new school." The teacher told the class as she saw some faces in the classroom light up.
"Ugh! Why to we have to have more people in here!? This class already has too many freaks and losers! Minus myself of course!" Chloe bragged as she flipped her hair and checked nails, which earned her a glare from the class. Everyone's attention was turned to the door as it opened. Adrien's, and Nathaniel's jaw dropped as they saw the new students walk in.
"Welcome students! Please come up to the front of the class and introduce yourselves!" The teacher said as she ushered the 5 new faces to the front of the classroom. Marinette wasn't really paying attention until she saw 1 of the 3 girls in the group of 5 teen. When she really got a good at the girl, Mari whipped her head around to stare at Nathaniel who was flipping through his sketch book in a panic. He found the page that he had drawn the girl on but, it was blank. All that was left on it was her name, Tsubaki, just like the flower.
"Hi! I'm Tsubaki, and these are my friends!" The girl said in a happy, but hushed voice. She looked around the class and locked eyes with Nathaniel, he just froze. Tsubaki, the girl that he had drawn, the girl that he thought was only on another page of his book, was smiling and waving at him. The next girl to step up to speak is the one that got Adrien's eye.
"Hey. My name's Nico." She said in a monotone voice, she stopped when she caught the blonde model staring at her. Her neon blue stared straight into his green ones as she flashed him a small smile, which made Adrien feel somewhat special. He felt special because when Nico smiled, her eyes flashed that inhuman bright blue and he swore that she had fangs. The next person to say hello to the class was a tall boy who had olive skin and short brown that looked dirty.
"Hi, my name's John, but my friends call me Spook." He introduced himself. You could tell why he was called 'Spook'. He had an eye patch over his left eye and a scar over his right. He wore a light and dark green striped shirt with a gray jean vest over it with pins of different rock bands on them. A pair of torn blue jeans with chains hanging from the pockets and a pair of black boots completed his outfit. Spook stepped back to let the other male in the group have the floor.
"My name is Sam, but my friends call me Flame." Sam, or 'Flame', was about an inch shorter than Spook and had coal colored short hair that hung above his eyes. He wore a black T-shirt with a yellow moth spread across the chest and a pair of crimson red jeans with a belt made of rope and what appeared to be alligator teeth. Black and white chucks finished his attire. The last teen to step up front was another girl.
"Hello! I'm Scarlet!" The girl proclaimed. She had short red hair like Nathaniel's and wore a black t-shirt with '#YOLO' on the front, black and green headphones around her neck, a pair of black skinny jeans and black and white chucks.
"Alright then! Let's get you guys some seats." Said the teacher as she began to seat the 5 new kids.
"Ok. Tsubaki you can sit next to Nathaniel in the back," She pointed to the boy in the back row. As Tsubaki took her seat next to the artist he just stare at her with wide eyes and his mouth wide open. Not knowing what to do, Tsubaki reached over to him, put her hand under his chin and closed his mouth, then just smiled at him.
"Spook, you can sit with Rose and Juleka." Spook began to walk to the 2 girls with his head down in embarrassment because most people were afraid of him because of his scars. But to his surprise, the girls welcomed him right away to his seat and started a friendly conversation with him.
"Flame, by Kim and Max." With that, the boy took his seat by the other boys. "Hey man! Play any sports?" Kim asked Flame, "Basketball and some football." He answered. They talked about stuff like that as the teacher continued to assign seats.
"Scarlet, you can sit by Marinette and Alya." When she told her where to go, Alya waved a hand to show the girl who the teacher was talking about. Scarlet took a seat next to Alya, who in return, offered a hand to the red headed girl.
"Hi! I'm Alya and this is my BFF, Marinette." Alya explained as Sacrlet shook her hand.
"Hi there. I'm Marinette, but you can call me Mari." Marinette greeted their new classmate with a smile, but something was wrong with these teens. Marinette didn't know if everyone else could tell but something about the new kids wasn't normal.
"And last but not least, Nico, you can sit in front with Adrien and Nino." With that, all the new kids had their new seats.
"Um….h-hi. I'm A-adrien." Adrien tried to introduce himself to the girl sitting next to him.
"Nico." That what all he got as an answer as the girl took his hand and shook it.
"Dude! Did you just stutter?" Nino whispered to his best bud.
"I-I guess I did." Adrien replied as he stared at the silver rings and bracelets with diamonds and other little gems in the shape of skulls that littered the girl's arms and hands.
"OMG! Mari! I think Adrien likes that Nico chic!" Alya whispered to her bestfriend. Marinette didn't answer, she just stared at the girl sitting next to her biggest crush. That uneasy feeling came back. The one that she got when Nathaniel showed her his drawing. She only got that feel once she saw Nico's smile. To anyone else it would be a normal smile, but not to Mari. Fangs. Adrien was falling for the girl with fangs.
'There's something wrong with her! She has to be one of the Hunters!' Mari thought.
