AN: Hey guys! It's me again! Here is my second update of this fic! How are you guys liking it so far? This chapter will be a description of how the "Soulmates AU" works and has her b-day party and the first patrol with her soulmate tattoo! Hope y'all like it! Here we go!
Marinette's POV
Marinette finished getting dressed and applying her makeup on and looked at herself in the mirror to make sure that she looked presentable before headed out. Her dress was a very classy evening gown. It was a midnight blue dress that had a sweetheart neckline that came off the shoulders. The sleeves came down to her elbow and there was a small sash around her waist. It wasn't too formal but it was formal enough that people could tell that she was the birthday girl.
"Well Tiki? How do I look?" she asked her kwami.
"You look gorgeous Marinette! You're going to have so much fun and when your done I've got a little something for you as well!"
"Aww Tiki! That's so sweet of you! When I get back I'll show you my tattoo and we can try to figure it out a little bit ok?"
"Ok!" replied the Kwami. They heard a honk outside and realized that Alya was there to get Marinette.
"There's my ride! Let's go Tiki!" Marinette said as her Kwami flew into her purse. She was walking down the stairs when she bumped into someone.
"Whoops!" said the man as he caught Marinette before she could trip on her skirt. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to crash into you. My minds been up in the clouds!"
"Oh that's alright! Now I must go I'm running late. Thank you!" she said as she ran down the stairs. She looked back just in time to see the mans bright blonde hair continuing up the stairs. She finally got to the bottom of the stairs to see Alya standing next to a limo.
"Alya!" she exclaimed as she approached the limo. "What's this?"
"You're dad rented it! He said he wanted you to have the best birthday ever so he got you a limo! Isn't that the coolest?" Marinette nodded along with her friend as she noticed what the brunette was wearing a short black dress with some flower designs on it. The straps went up her shoulders than came together at her back.
"Alya, you look absolutely stunning!"
"I would say the same to you!" she said as she helped Marinette into the limo. "Are you excited to get your tattoo?" Marinette nodded and looked at Alya's tattoo. She noticed that the tattoo was personalized to her and had little orange fox's on it. She had gotten her tattoo a couple of weeks before. Her birthday party was pretty amazing because she got engaged. She had just gotten her tattoo and seen it when her boyfriend at the time got down on one knee and proposed. His nickname for her was Foxy and that showed up on her wrist. She immediately accepted and they have their wedding planned in a couple months. Alya noticed Marinette staring at her tattoo.
"Whatcha thinking girl?" Alya asked. Marinette jerked up as if she was lost in thought.
"Oh sorry. I didn't realize I was staring. I was just wondering what the fox's were all about." She said trying to cover up her staring. She knew perfectly well why there were fox's on her tattoo. Marinette (under her cover of Ladybug) recruited Alya to become Rena Rouge. Alya never took her miraculous off so she was guessing that the miraculous had something to do with it.
"Oh…. Um….. It must have been because my nickname was foxy! Yeah that's it. Nino really knows how to pick names."
"Where did he get that nickname from?"
"Well obviously because I'm just a foxy person!" They both laughed as the driver stopped the car and opened the door for the girls.
"We're here miss. Have a nice party." When Marinette pulled out her wallet to tip the driver he refused the offer and just said with a monotone voice, "It's all been taken care of miss, enjoy the party."
They walked in the door to music and people dancing. All her friends were there and of course Nino was DJing the party.
"I'm gonna go say hi to my fiancé, you go have fun." said Alya as she started to walk away.
Marinette felt a little overwhelmed. This party was for her and it felt like she was at a nightclub. Her dad had set this up? Wow. Marinette felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned around.
"Hello Marinette, Happy Birthday."
"Luka! It's so good to see you! How have you been?"
"I've been doing quite well. There's been a lot of stuff that's been happening. I got my tattoo about a month ago."
"Really? Can I see?" Luka held out his arm to reveal a blueish green snake coiled around the name Viper. "Why Viper?"
"I'm not actually sure. It could be because of my temper. It's like a viper could be completely calm one minute and the next…" he replied
"Well that's a great nickname then! It fits your personality and if someone gets to know you that well than I think its awesome!"
"Thanks Marinette. Would you like to dance?"
"Well…. It's almost time for the tattoo reveal so I think I'm going to go get ready. I promise you a dance after though!" Luka nodded and left to go dance while Marinette went to go get ready for the reveal.
45 minutes later
"Ladies and Gentleman, its time for the tattoo reveal, presents, and cake so if you all would make your way to the tables in chairs that would be awesome." Said Nino over the mic. Marinette was so excited that she was shaking in her chair. It would be about another hour and a half until her tattoo reveal and she just couldn't help but be super excited about it. She had all but dreamed of this day. Cake and presents were fantastic but finally It was time. Marinette sat at the head of the table with a camera right above her wrist.
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Marinette didn't know what to expect. All of a sudden there was a flash of red light. Everyone covered their eyes because the flash was so bright. Marinette finally opened her eyes to see three words. On her wrist read M'lady, Buginette, and Mari surrounding it was a beautiful rose. Marinette gaped at her tattoo. She had never seen one with two words let alone three! Finally she heard a collective gasp go throughout the room. Marinette started to panic. M'lady was a nickname that Chat Noir gave Ladybug and she didn't want her secret to be blown. She fixed her facial expression to one of excitement (Which she didn't have to fake) and looked around to see the looks on her friends faces.
"Wow…. That's an interesting tattoo Marinette." Said Alya.
"It's really cool." said Nino
"I've never seen anything like it." Exchanged Luka.
"Do you guys recognize the names?" asked Marinette
"Names? I only see one dear." Replied her mother. However, Marinette exchanged looks with Alya and the look Alya had on her face told her differently.
"Yeah," added Nathaniel. "I only see Mari. Are there more?"
"Ah…. No! I totally meant name. Now if you'll excuse me I need some time." Marinette stood up and walked off motioning to Alya, Nino, and Luka to follow her.
"Guys, do you see more than one name on my wrist?" she asked her friends. They all looked at each other and nodded. "Ugh…. Great… this gets some explaining. Alya, Nino, Luka. The reason there are three and you guys can see the three while some only see one are because the other two would give away my secret identity."
"What do you mean secret identity?" asked Luka.
"Rena Rouge, Carapace, Viperion. I am the one who bestowed upon you the miraculous that you hold. Alya, that's why you have fox's on your tattoo. Luka, that's why you have a snake on your's. Nino, I'm assuming you have a turtle on yours?"
"How….. how'd you know?" asked Nino.
"Because I'm Ladybug. M'lady is what Chat Noir calls me. I'm guessing he'll call me Buginette when he knows my identity, and Mari must be what he calls me when we're in civilian form around other people."
Alya, Nino, and Luka were silent then drew the bluenette into a hug. "Thanks for telling us Marinette, that means a lot to tell us your identity. We'll keep it secret just as you have kept our secret. Well, until now." Luka said with a laugh. "Now let's go back out and party!"
"Thanks guys but I have to go out on patrol now for a little bit. I'll be back." And with that she transformed and went to patrol.
Chat Noir's POV
That night had been long and silent as Ladybug and him were on patrol. Luckily for him they had finally stopped to sit and regain some strength and there was a dull in the conversation.
"M'lady?" he asked. Ladybug noticeably flinched. He decided to ignore it for now. "I know that today is a special day for you so I got you something."
"What do you mean Chat?"
"Isn't today your twenty-first birthday?"
"How did you know?"
"It's on the Ladyblog. You told Alya that it was today a couple months ago." He looked at her while she nodded for him to go on. "Anyway…. I just wanted to get you something for your special day so…. I got you this." He handed her a box wrapped in little ladybugs.
"Oh Chat…. You didn't have to get me anything."
"Well… It's M'ladies birthday.. I felt like you deserved something." He replied as she opened the box. Inside was a golden ring with emeralds that looked like leaves that surrounded the red ruby that was in the middle. On the inside of the ring was the sentence "Partners at work but friends for life".
"Oh Chatton…..It….It's beautiful…." She looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Thank you." She continued to stare at him and realized that he was giving her a weird look. "What is it Chatton?"
"It's just that… you've never called me that before…."
"Is there something wrong with that? I didn't mean t-"
"No, no, no its fine. It's just….. that's…."
"On your wrist?"
"How did you know?"
"Because….. M'lady is on mine."
AN: Well! That's it for this chapter! How'd you guys like this chapter? It's a bit on the longer side but I hope you liked it! Please let me know what you did and didn't like in the reviews. I really like hearing from you guys and what you guys think I could do to improve my writing skills! I think that's it for now. IDK when I'll be able to update again because it's my 16th birthday next week and I'm also going to be auditioning for another musical so it's going to be a bit hectic. I'll definitely try to update soon! Here are the links to pictures of the things I described in this chapter
Marinette's dress: search?safe=active&rlz=1CAFQZI_enUS850&biw=1536&bih=738&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=QPgjXdaqFr2v0PEPvZi0mA0&q=blue+evening+gown+off+the+shoulder+sweetheart+neckline&oq=blue+evening+gown+off+the+shoulder+sweetheart+neckline&gs_l=img.3...5749.15113..16913...2.0..1.613.8423.0j26j6j2j3j2...0...1..gws-wiz-img...0j0i30j0i5i30.7mRKnTCJPxI#imgrc=DE3QwM9FnFiOkM:
Ladybug's ring: search?q=emerald+and+ruby+ring&safe=active&rlz=1CAFQZI_enUS850&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHhpyW36bjAhVKPn0KHfPcDo8Q_AUIESgC&biw=1536&bih=738#imgrc=PMwvvxLfCuQKSM: