"Tom and Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie upstairs apartment, September 1, 7:45am.
"What the hell?! I over slept again!" A frantic scream echoed through the house, causing it's occupants to sigh softly. "Looks like Marinette is up. Would you be a dear Tom and get her breakfast before she forgets again?" The large, hulking form of the speakers husband nodded as he went off to retrieve some pastries.
The speaker sighed once again as curses rang out from the upstairs before the trap door opened.
A frazzled teen came tumbling down the stairs, tripping over their feet in their hurry. "Sit down Marinette, eat something before you go." The teen paused as she regarded her mother, bright bluebell eyes wide as she looked over at the clock. "Maman," The older woman merely gave her a look as she gestured to the table.
"Eat. It wont do you any harm to enjoy breakfast without all the hassle of rushing off to school." Marinette grumbled as she complied with her mother, sitting at the counter just as her father appeared with a platter of croissants and a mug of steaming coffee. He shared a look with his wife as he set down the items and sat next to Marinette. "So, you ready for your last year?" Marinette nodded as she practically inhaled the coffee, sighing as the fatigue left for the moment. "I'm excited to finally leave the school behind." She frowned slightly before erasing it from her face. Sparing the clock a glance she yelped as the time red 8:01. "What's got you in such a rush?" "I promised someone I'd have their commission in by 8:30." Grabbing three more croissants she pecked her father and mother goodbye and raced out the door.
"Whoa, I made it right on time." Marinette panted as she slid into her seat in the back, face slightly red from all the running she did. After delivering her package she stopped in to see Master Fu, who told her to be careful as there was something that was sending all the kwami into high alert. Marinette didn't have much time to ponder on the strange warning before the rest of her class began to pile in.
She ignored the looks thrown at her, so used to them after two years since Lila Rossi came to their class. That girl's lies have taken over nearly the entire school, the only one's not affected were herself and surprisingly Chloe of all people.
That wasn't to say the two of them were buddies though, years of bullying does that to people. Marinette spotted her old best friend Alya and her boyfriend Nino wander in, all eyes on her phone as they watched the latest video on the LadyBlog.
Right behind the duo stood the boy she had had a crush on since her first year, who sent her into a stuttering mess when he was around. But ever since that fateful day a few years back, that crush she had had dulled down until it was nothing more than a passing thought. Marinette sighed as the bane of her existence came bounding through the door, a cheery fake smile plastered on her face as she greeted the class.
"Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful summer!" Marinette cringed at her loud voice. 'Yeah, I did until your makeup encrusted face came and ruined it.' She thought as the class called out their own greetings in return. Miss Bustier took that moment to walk in and quiet the class down to start the lesson for the day.
"Ugh that brat drives me insane!" Marinette nearly snarled as she wandered the streets, eyes ablaze and teeth bared. "Calm down Marinette!" A small voice broke through the teen's cloud of rage, causing her to look down. "Sorry Tikki," She sheepishly rubbed the back of her head as they passed by the cemetery. Marinette felt a sudden urge to explore the area, but she ignored it in favour of getting to that new fabric store that just opened a few months back to see what they had.
Tikki buzzed in her purse, eyes trained on the lone figure standing unknown to Marinette right on top of the rusted figure placed a skeletal finger to its lips to shush the kwami before vanishing from sight.
"Is something the matter tikki? You're awfully quiet." Marinette grew worried as she took the kwami out of her bag. "Are you sick again? Should I take you to Master Fu?" The small being merely shook her head before smiling mysteriously at her holder.
"I'm alright, thank you for worrying about me." The teen smiled before blinking as she caught a glimpse of a yellow flash before shaking her head. "Must have been a trick of the light." She muttered before letting Tikki back into her purse and heading out.
"I wasn't planning on buying this much fabric." Marinette bit her lip as she gazed at the massive pile she had laying on her floor. "But the prices were so low! That woman was practically giving them away!" She pouted at hearing her kwami giggle from her desk. "It's quality stuff too." She lovingly ran her fingers over the silk she had found hidden away in the back of the store.
Tikki flew over to her, eyes bright as she took in the pile. "Well, looks like you wont be running low on fabrics for a while." She giggled again, causing Marinette to smile before she paused.
"Uh oh, we have patrol coming up soon." She gazed longingly at the pile before calling Tikki to transform her. "Might as well get there early before that tom cat comes." She rolled her eyes as she climbed out of her room and threw her yo-yo out to swing over buidlings toward the Eiffel tower. On her way there a sudden storm rolled in, thunder rumbled through the air as rain pelted down like rocks.
Ladybug cursed her luck as she slipped and nearly fell off the roof she had landed on. "The forecast didn't mention any rain for tonight." She debated on canceling patrol for the night when a flash of lighting came down and nearly struck her.
Ladybug yelped as bits of roof cut into her suit, leaving tons of gashes everywhere.
'Damnit, I gotta get out of this storm.' She threw her yo-yo out into the rain, hopping it caught onto something solid before launching herself into the air.
'It's so hard to see anything in front of me-' Ladybug gasped as she slammed into a brick wall. Losing her grip on her yo-yo the superhero began to free fall down to the ground.
Ladybug braced herself for impact. The pain of hitting concrete didn't come, causing the teen to open her eyes. At first, upon seeing a mop of blonde hair, she believed her partner had swooped in to save her but through the rain she could make out bright blue eyes instead of green.
"Are you alright?" The man, she could assume from the tone of his voice, asked.
Ladybug couldn't form any words so she nodded instead. The man seemed to smile before he looked her over. "Looks like you're hurt, " She only now felt the pain of the wounds, causing her to wince and hiss when moved. "I'm f-fine." Her voice stuttered as she tired to get the man to release her.
Her rescuer however was having none of that. "I can treat them at my house." He left no room for argument, cradling her cold and wet form to his chest and leaping off the wall. Ladybug didn't notice, to busy trying to convince him to let her go. The man remained stubborn as the duo vanished in a bright yellow flash.
