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Adrien had a few things to say about his band members.
First, and the only one who should be mentioned first, was the princess Marinette. Honestly, he just fell deeper and deeper every time they spoke. She was so kind, gentle, caring, understanding, and genuinely loving that he swore she was an angel. Princess just sounded better. He also learned that she was the main singer, and didn't really know how to play an instrument.
She also designed everyone's costume (which were themed off of their favorite animals) and even made a few of them. Dusuu would take the rest of the designs that she couldn't work on and bring them to life for, and with, her. On stage, Marinette told him to call her Ladybug (inspiring a few new puns he could use, and several new nicknames). He also learned that her parents had died in a fire in her family bakery when she was eleven, and that Tikki's aunt had legally adopted her, making the two cousins.
He learned that her best friend was Alya. She was a very spunky, strong headed girl who often encouraged Adrien to relax in a nonverbal way. Her stage name was Rena Rouge, favorite animal being fox, and she played the bass guitar and was Marinette's main back up singer. She was the only one it seemed who had come out of a normal home life, and whose parents agreed to let her be apart of the band. She called them exactly three times a week, and never missed a single one of them.
Nino was Alya's girlfriend, and was pretty much his first bro friend. He often encouraged him verbally to continue on and not be shy, and they had a lot of the same interests, including video games, music, and their opinion on parents. Nino's mother worked full-time at her own, just starting up business it home decor, leading Nino to accept Wayzz's suggestion, seeing as Wayzz had originally worked with his mother at first. Nino's stage name was Carapace, his favorite animal being a turtle, and he was playing an electric guitar during their songs. Unfortunately, his ear wasn't quite tuned to the right notes for singing yet, so he didn't normally sing lead or back up.
Then he had Chloe, who was honestly seemed like an uptight snob that looked down on everyone. The only reason why he never got mad, was because whenever he looked into her eyes, there always seemed to be a hint of sadness left in them. As soon as he saw it, someone would say something and it would disappear while she put everyone down. It all seemed like a joke of sorts, so he didn't push. Her Stage name was Queen Bee, her favorite animal being a honey bee, and she was often only a backup singer, the only instrument she was good at playing being her voice.
Then came Trisha. She was a very spunky and upbeat girl who was optimistic about everything. She was also very moody, and acted a lot like one of the girls in some of the anime he had seen. She always seemed very happy and ready to turn a frown upside down. Her stage name was Le Peon, her favorite animal being a peacock, and she was the expert on the piano/keytar.
The complete opposite of Dolton. He was very serious and all you ever saw on his face was a frown. He was very sarcastic and was also very insensitive. His stage name was Papillion, his favorite animal being the Moth, and he played the drums. He didn't speak a lot, but what Adrien had gathered from the others, he had grown up in a ghetto neighborhood, and his parents had abused him before Nooro had taken him under his wing (get it?) and the two of them eventually joined the band a bit later.
What would Adrien's stage name be? Well….
He was still thinking about that.
Right now, he was more focused on memorizing these chords on a guitar he had borrowed while humming the tune to himself.
"Ridin' on, this rollercoaster…" He murmured, testing out the sound. He shook his head and tried again. "Ridin' on, this rollercoaster…" A happy hum and a scratch if a pencil later, he wrote down a few notes. "Never really asking, why I'm on." He paused and shook his head.
"Nah, it doesn't sound right." He thought for a moment.
"Ridin' on, this roller coaster, ups and downs, I'm getting farther from you…" Adrien paused again, writing down a few notes. Unknowingly to him, Marinette had chosen to enter the room at this time, having left her own music in there earlier that day. Adrien prepared himself to go over the main chorus from the beginning.
"Flyin' on, this roller coaster, back and forth, I don't know what to do~… on and on, you never asked for me to stay true~… now I'm here, no longer alone, and now I'm here, finally feeling at home~… Ridin' on, this roller coaster, ups and downs, I'm getting farther from you~…" He paused, wracking his brain for what to add next.
Marinette, still unnoticed, was surprised at just how good his singing was. And he was writing a song already? Unless he did before coming here, she highly doubted that he'd learned enough in the short time that he'd been with them to know how it worked. She was shocked out of her thoughts when he started up again.
"Far away, I'm no longer feeling blue~…" He made a few notes on his sheet of paper.
"That's really good." Marinette said, shocking Adrien.
"Milady." He sighed, a hand to his heart. "You scared me."
"Mind singing it for me? Whatever you have, anyway." Adrien sheepishly scratched the back of his neck.
"To be honest, just the rough draft of the first verse and the chorus…"
"I still wanna hear it."
"Fine, just- don't laugh, ok?" Marinette rolled her eyes and sat down next to him.
"I won't. Promise."
"Alright." He looked at his music sheet, ignoring the heavy beating of his heart as he started.
"When I was younger, we used to ride, on roller coasters, all the time, I never thought, that it would end, but now we're here, and we can't make amends~ I have done, all that I can, looking forward, to one last stand, but moving on, I realize that I, was never heard~
"Flyin' on, this Rollercoaster, back and forth, I don't know what to do~… on and on, you never asked for me to stay true~… now I'm here, no longer alone, and now I'm here, finally feeling at home~… Ridin' on, this roller coaster, ups and downs, I'm getting farther from you~… Far away, I'm no longer feeling blue~…" He paused, looking awkward at having to stop there.
"Wow." Marinette said, amazed. "You got some talent there, Adrien! If you don't mind me asking, what inspired you to write that song?" He smiled a bit grimly.
"Well, when I was younger, my mom would convince my dad to let us take a day off and go to an amusement park. My favorite rides were the roller coasters, but mom's stomach was really weak, so dad would go with me to go and ride on them. She… disappeared several years ago, and ever since then, father's been so… distant. Our family was falling apart. He caged me inside the house. That's why…"
"You ran away." She finished. It was silent for a few moments before Marinette decided to try and brighten up the mood. "Do you wanna hear the first song I created?"
"Yeah!" Adrien said eagerly. Marinette moved to pull out a spare guitar, but Adrien let her use his, anyway. With a start he realized that she must've had it memorized.
"It's a song about a story my mother used to tell me. I vaguely remember the characters of the story she made up to help calm me down when I was younger- I wrote the song based off of what I can remember." Marinette said casually as she strummed a few notes.
"It was about a girl who was secretly a superhero named Ladybug, who fought alongside Chat Noir to save Paris from Hawkmoth, who hypnotized people into doing his bidding." She giggled at the hilariousness of the next part. "Her name was Bridgette, and she had this huge crush on a guy in her class named Felix, who was secretly Chat Noir, who really liked her as Ladybug. So they were always rejecting the person they liked in one form or another." Adrien laughed a bit too. "Anyway, I should get into the song." She cleared her throat.
"I live a life, that's full of fun, that keeps me sharp, and on the run. When evil comes, I find a way, to use my force, and save the day. Uh-oh-oh Life's got me spinning round, uh-oh-oh my feet are off the ground uh-oh-oh and when the sun goes down you better hang around~ It's Ladybug, jumping above, the power is on when things go wrong! It's Ladybug, the lucky charm, the magic is on, always so strong!" After this point, she changed her voice, making it sound a bit deeper.
"They look at me, and think I'm cool, I'm Chat Noir, and at night I rule. My ring is charged, with energy, my claws are out, just watch and see. Uh-oh-oh oh no you'll never know, uh-oh-oh my force will only grow, uh-oh-oh and when the moon is out you better hang around~ It's Ladybug, jumping above, the power is on when things go wrong, It's Ladybug, the lucky Charm, the magic is on, always so strong!" Her voice switched back to normal as she got more invested with the song.
"Another day, I'm back at school, I think about him, he's so cool, he looks at me, I look away, but does he see me anyway? Uh-oh-oh he's got me spinning round, uh-oh-oh my feet are off the ground, uh-oh-oh and when the sun goes down, that's when I become~ Miraculous, simply the best, up to the test, when things go wrong, Miraculous, the luckiest, the power of love always so strong!" Another voice change, and Adrien wondered if Marinette would let him memorize the other part so that they could sing together.
"I am a cat, just chilling out, but in the night, she's all I think about, I feel so strong, when she's around, she picks me up, when I am down~ uh-oh-oh oh no you'll never know, uh-oh-oh my love can only grow, uh-oh-oh, and when I see her smile, that's when she becomes~ Miraculous, simply the best, up to the test when things go wrong, Miraculous, the luckiest, the power of love always so strong!"
"Miraculous!" Marinette finished. Adrien smiles cheekily at her, an idea coming to mind.
"Do you mind if I use that?"
"Use what?" Marinette asked, curiously.
"Uhh… Chat Noir as my stage name." Adrien scratched the back of his neck. "I can't really think of anything cool, and no one is really called it or anything-"
"I don't mind." Marinette smiled. "If you want that as your stage name, you can have it."
"Really?"
"Of course you can! I'll get started on your stage costume design right away!" She handed him his guitar and stood up, forgetting the original reason that she was in there. "Let's see if we can have it ready by our next concert!"
"That'll be great- thank you so much!"
"Oh, it's nothing."
"Really, Mari. Thank you."
"Your welcome."
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