Chapter 3

Marinette goes to school. She meets up with Alya out front of the school. "hey girl" Alya smiles. Marinette waves then they walk inside together. Everyone looks at Marinette. She starts to feel self-conscious. She could hear everyone whispering things like 'it's that girl with the dead parents' 'she is weird' 'what's wrong with her?' 'why does she not talk?' Marinette and Alya walk into class and sit down. Marinette looks down. She felt so sick in the stomach. Alya looks at Marinette. "don't worry about what others say, you will always have me and Adrien and Nino." Marinette looks at Alya and smiles softly. The guys walk in and sit down. Marinette looks at Adrien and smiles softly. She felt bubbly when she saw him like she was floating but she didn't know why she felt like this then it hit her, she liked Adrien.

Alya and Marinette sit under a tree at the back of the school for lunch. Marinette grabs a piece of paper and writes something. She gives it to Alya then Alya reads it.

'don't tell anyone but I think I might like Adrien'

Alya looks at Marinette. Marinette is bright red. Alya giggles and hugs Marinette. "your secret is safe with me." Then they hear a loud crash nearby. They both get up. "oooo it might be another akuma." Alya grabs her phone then runs off to get footage. Marinette stands there alone and sighs. Tikki flies out of her bag.

"ready to transform?" Tikki asks. Marinette nods then Tikki goes into the earrings and Marinette transforms. Ladybug meets up with Chat Noir.

"good evening m'lady." Ladybug smiles softly. "still not going to say anything?" He looks at her wondering if something is up.

After the fight. Ladybug was about to leave but Chat grabs her arm. "Hey LB how come you don't talk?" Ladybug looks around then looks at her yo-yo. She kneels and uses the string of her yo-yo to spell something out. She spells out the letter E. Chat watches her spell. "M U T E? wait you're mute?" Ladybug nods sadly. "oh I didn't know… that must be hard how long have you been mute for?" Ladybug puts up 5 fingers. "5 years?" Ladybug shakes her head. "since you were 5?" She nods. "wow that is a long time." Ladybug hears her earring beep and waves goodbye to Chat Noir then she leaves. Chat sighs "poor Ladybug how did I meet two mute girls in one day? And they both became mute at 5 years old what a coincident" Chat Noir goes home.