Chapter 2
Marinette watches with sad eyes as her classmates are led to a door marked "Good".
A man with coal black skin, fiery eyes and demon wings on his back lays a hand on her shoulder. Startled, Marinette's tail curls around her wrist protectively, her forked tongue darting out between her lips in a hiss.
The man chuckles. "Marinette, I'm Lèo, but everyone calls me Mauvais Coeur."
"Bad of Heart?" Marientte's eyes widen.
"Well, I am escorting the 'bad of heart' to the bad side, aren't I?" Lèo chuckles.
Marinette's eyes narrow. This was not a time to be giggling. She was not supposed to be bad...
She still follows Lèo towards the door marked "Evil".
...
"Welcome to your new home, Marinette, the City of Mal." Lèo pats her shoulder comfortingly.
Marinette takes a deep breath and follows Lèo on his tour. She tries not to flinch at some of the horrendous looking people walking around. She touches her face, suddenly self conscious. She doesn't look that bad, does she?
Lèo points to the statue of two people. In it, a teenage boy crouches, a black mask covering his face. On his head are two pointy cat ears, and a forked tail wraps around the lady behind him.
The lady behind the cat figure wears a red and black spotted suit, her eyes narrowed, her blue tinted hair wrapped in pigtails. She appears to be thrusting a ladybug printed sword into the masked man before her.
"Ladybug." Lèo sighs dreamily. "She disappeared some time ago. Before that, though, she was the greatest villain this city has ever seen."
Before Marinette can get a good look at the statue, Lèo pulls her away, saying, "Cmon, squirt, to the dorms!"
...
"Your room is room 280." Lèo hands her a key card. "Well, I gotta go introduce some other new recruits!"
Marientte gapes after him. He just left her here? Marinette sighs, unlocking the door and slipping inside of the room.
Her mouth drops open further. The ceilings stretch high, embroidered curtains hanging from the floor to ceiling windows.
The furniture is fancy, a red velvet couch centered in front of a giant flat screen tv.
"Wow." She breathes.
"Yes, wow is correct." A small voice says.
Marinette swivels around, trying to figure out where the voice came from.
"Over here!" It cries.
A small red figure darts closer to her. Marinette can finally pick out the details.
A small girl - pixie sized - with black hair hovers near her shoulder. She wears a short black skirt, her shirt red with a few black spots here and there. Her skin is pale, her eyes blue.
"I'm Tikki!" The pixie-like thing smiles. "I'm a kwami, or a personal demon, if you wish."
If it's possible, Marinette's mouth drops further.
"I can help you transform into a the villain Ladybug! I know Lèo showed you the statue. He shows it to everybody." Tikki rolls her eyes. "Only a certain few are given this opportunity. Do you accept?"
"Uhm." Marinette squeaks. "Sure...?"
"Great!" Tikki squeals. "Before you do, though, I'll give you the basics. Right about now, the good side will be finding a Chat Noir, your hero nemesis. Also, to transform into Ladybug, you just need to say the words "Tikki, Spots on!""
Marientte squares her shoulders. If she was going to be bad, let her be bad.
"Ok, Tikki, Spots on!"
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Ladybug swings her yoyo, grinning. Her gray skin sparkles in the dim light. A few people below cheer, chanting, "A new Ladybug! Go Ladybug!"
Ladybug's grin widens, and she swings towards the gate. She slips through it, hiding in the shadows of it as she views the good side.
The buildings are white, sparkling and hurting her eyes. People walk about, wings hanging off of their shoulders, their eyes wide and their faces fixed on genuine, happy smiles.
Ladybug shivers. Getting used to the bad side had taken some getting used to, but now that she looked at the good side, it looked disgusting. Too much cheeriness...
"Maybe Tikki's helping with these thoughts..." Marinette thinks, the small voice in her mind seemingly far away. "Who cares, though? I mean, I am technically bad now..."
Ladybug grins evilly, swinging out in broad daylight. She lands in the center of a pond, growling in frustration and shaking off the water.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" A vaguely familiar voice from behind her growls.
Ladybug swivels around, her eyes narrowed when she spots the leather-clad hero before her. "And must I ask you the same, Chat Noir?"
The hero gasps, barely audible, then growls. "Catclysm!"
We got a Ladybug and Chat in this story ;)))
It kinda doesn't work, since it would probably make more sense if Ladybug was on the good side, since she is lucky, and Chat Noir can destroy anything he touches...
Whoops, didn't think that through.
I'll try and make it work. I probably will find a way. If you have a problem with a hero having bad luck and a villain having good luck, well, uh... Sorry...
*checks time, looking over at pictures of Ladybug with a demon tail and Chat Noir in his sparkling black leather glory*
*chuckles nervously*
Peacock out!
- TheMiraculousPeacock