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Marinette could still feel eyes burning holes in the back of her neck. In all honesty, it was starting to become uncomfortable. Even Alya was staring as well. Their surprised faces though, boosted her confidence even more. She was still afraid of Chloe and what she could do, but her main emotion towards her was anger. Anger, because of all the embarrassment Chloe put her through. She wouldn't take it anymore though. Baby steps though, Marinette is just getting used to being Ladybug at school. The bell rang signaling it was time for lunch. Marinette didn't even get a chance to react when a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her out the door. Reacting on instinct, she grabbed her backpack and allowed whoever it was to pull her away. Looking back she noticed it was Alya and obviously she wanted answers. Unaware of the vibrant green eyes that watched her, Marinette gulped.
Here we go...
" -and then you front flip and land on the stairs! I mean like! Who does that?! I know you said you were going to get a new attitude, but that was ridicu-" Alya continued ranting on to Marinette about her amazing front flip.
Marinette sighed as she tuned Alya out for third time. Alya was still dumbstruck about Marinettes new found agility. So maybe it was a bad time to show of her skills, but when would there be a good time.
"Hello?! Marinette! Are you even listening to me?!" Marinette snapped her head up at the bloggers words.
Obviously Marinette wasn't listening. She smiled sheepishly at the glaring and flustered Alya.
"No, psh! Yeah, I was listening. But uh, can you repeat that last part...?" Marinette answered, the sheepish smile still in her face as she rubbed the back of her neck.
Alya smiled and rolled her eyes. So the goofy side of Marinette is still in there somewhere.
"I guess what I'm trying to say is... How?!" Alya stated.
Marinette froze. Obviously she did not think this through as well as she thought she did. Alya stared expectantly at the bluenette. She had to answer and fast.
"Uh well I s-sometimes go to work out with my dad and uh my mom taught me some Martial arts and acrobatics from when she was in China...?" Marinette answered.
Honestly it sounded more like a question than an answer. Knowing Marinette though it was probably some kind of weird, wacky, and embarrassing story that Alya really did not want to push through. So she brushed it off. Suddenly Alya stomach let out a low growl.
"You know what? I believe you... For now! Let's go eat though, I'm hungry." Alya stated.
"Let's go to the bakery for lunch! My dad made some croissants this morning we can eat." Marinette offered.
"Let's go then I'm starving." Alya stated before grabbing her friend and running off.
-•|•-
Adrien watched the reddish brown haired girl grabbed her bluenette friend before pulling her out of the classroom. His head was filled with questions but the main one was the one that bothered him most of all.
Why did that move seem so familiar?
"Dude? Hey dude?" Nino called.
Nino had been waving his hand in front of Adriens face ever since Marinette and Alya left the room. Adrien snapped out of his thoughts and went to look at his DJ friend.
"Are you ok? You kinda spaced out on me a bit?" Nino questioned.
"W-What? Yeah I'm fine, just a little... Surprised I guess." Adrien answered.
"Surprised! SURPRISED! Are you listening to yourself right now. Marinette Dupain Cheng had Just done a front flip in front of the entire class and managed not to screw up. That is jaw-dropping!" Nino ranted.
Adrien didn't reply signaling for Nino to continue. They were already making their way out of the classroom. Was everyone this flabbergasted about Marinettes newfound agility?
"Studdery, clumsy, goofy, flustered Marinette. Can you believe that?!" Nino asked.
Nino turned to look at Adrien when he didn't reply. He frowned once again when he found his friend staring into space once again. Nino snapped his fingers in Adriens face. Adrien flinched at the sudden gesture. They stopped at the front of the stairs that led outside.
"You have got to stop doing that man." Nino stated.
Adrien flushed in embarrassment. Nino rolled his eyes at his best friend. Suddenly the DJs stomach growled.
"So where are we going to eat..." Nino trailed off thinking about the possibilities.
"How about-" Adrien was interrupted by a shrill voice.
"ADRIKINS!" Chloe yelled as she grabbed hold of Adriens arm.
Adrien internally groaned. Yes Chloe was his childhood friend but he hated how clingy she had become. It was starting to become annoying.
"My daddy booked me a reservation at a five star restaurant and I would love for you to come." Chloe squealed as she snuggles closer to Adrien.
Adrien subconsciously took a step back and tried to pull his arm away. As gently as possible of course.
"No Thank you Chloe. Nino and I were going to go eat somewhere else." Adrien answered.
Chloe stared at Nino and glared. Of course she was mad that he was taking her sweet Adrikins away from her.
"And where do you I think your going to go eat with...Nino..." Chloe spoke.
Venom dripping from her voice. Chloe would just follow them wherever they went. Adrien was not getting away from her.
"At Marinettes Parents Bakery." Adrian answered.
Nino piped up at Adriens response. He had been thinking about eating there before anyways. Besides he knew Chloe wouldn't follow them there. Chloe scowled and ripped her arm away from Adrien.
"Fine. Sabrina! Let's go!" Chloe screeched at her friend.
"Yes Chloe." Sabrina answered shyly before piling into the limo after Chloe.
The limo drove off leaving the two friends alone on the courtyard.
"Adrien! Let's go!" Nino mocked before strutting away with an invisible purse in hand.
Adrien punched his arm lightly before the two friends laughed at Ninos joke. Making their way to Marinettes parents bakery.
-•|•-
"Hello ." Adrien greeted as they walked the door of the bakery.
Nino waved at the woman behind the register. Sabine looked up at the mention of her name. She smiled a warm motherly smile.
"Oh Hello boys. Your Marinettes friends right." Sabine spoke.
Obviously Sabine didn't know their names. Adrien had been to their house once but she's never seen Nino before. Well she did see him with Alya the day that boy needed help escaping from an Akuma.
"Yes Ma'am. My names Nino and this is Adrien." Nino answered.
"Ah it's nice to meet you two officially. Now what can I get you boys?"
"Um four croissants and a few macaroons." Adrien answered.
"The croissants are upstairs I'll go fetch them." Sabine answered before climbing the stairs.
Little did they know she had another idea in mind. Sabine climbed the stairs to the living room to see her daughter and her best friend talking to each other. She smirked inwardly. Sabine knew her daughter had a crush on the boy downstairs and she thought they would be adorable together. Sabine walked up to the two girls, drawing attention to herself.
"Marinette there's two friends of yours downstairs. Would you like me to send them up so they can eat with you?" Sabine informed.
Marinette and Alya put on a confused face. Which friends?
"What are their names?" Marinette asked.
"Their names are Adrien and Nino. Would you like me to send them up or no?" Sabine asked.
Marinette opened her mouth to answer but Alya beat her to it. Alya put her hand over her friends mouth.
"Yes! Go ahead and send them up. Right Marinette..." Alya answered.
Alya looked at Marinette expectantly. Sighing she nodded. Alya looked at Marinettes mother and winked. Sabine immediately knew what Alya meant and smiled. Alya was such a good friend to Marinette. Sabine made her way downstairs with the box of croissants and macaroons. Sabine stopped at the bottom of the stairs and looked at the conversing boys.
"Marinette and Alya are upstairs if you boys want to join them?" Sabine asked.
"Sure Thank you, how much do we owe you?" Adrien asked.
Sabine waved her hand as if to dismiss the question.
"It's on the house. A friend of Marinettes is family to us." Sabine smiled before handing the box to Nino and ushering the boys upstairs.
Another customer entered the bakery reminding Sabine to go back to her position.
-•|•-
Once Marinette saw the front door open, a fresh wave of fear washed over her. She bit her tongue and squeezed her hands. She plastered on her best smile and waved at them.
"Hey guys sit over here." Alya spoke as she motioned to the couch across from them.
Nino and Adrien smiled and sat down. Nino opened the box and handed a croissant to Adrien before taking one himself.
"What did you guys eat?" Nino asked trying to break the silence.
"Just a few Croissants not much." Alya answered.
Alya nudged Marinette lightly signaling for her to say something. Little did they know Nino doing the same to Adrien. Finally Marientte broke the silence.
"Are you guys excited for the Stay-in tommorow?" Marinette asked.
The school organized one night a year for each class to stay in school overnight. Like some kind of team bonding exercise. This activity would also give the teachers some idea on how much they can trust their students. There would be no chaperones, but security guards will be guarding the outside. They would sleep in sleeping bags and tell stories. Of course the girls would sleep in one classroom and the boys in another, but that didn't mean they couldn't converse and fool around before they had to go to bed.
"Yeah! I've never slept at school before. I imagine you guys have though..." Adrien admitted.
"I have slept at school before but only once. Chloe wasn't there but I imagine this year she will be-" Marinette started but was interrupted.
"-because I'm going." Adrien finished and sighed after Marinette slowly nodded.
Marinette immediately felt remorse for the boy. She almost never sees Adrien frown.
"D-Don't feel bad Adrien. It shouldn't be so bad. She probably won't even participate in anything because she's worried about breaking a nail-" Marinette trailed of when she realized she was rambling again.
"or something..." She mumbled.
They all laughed at Marinettes flushed face. Adrien smiled a warm smile at Marinette, that made her laugh along with them.
"Knowing that girl she'll scream at the nearest ant that climbs in her sleeping bag." Alya stated.
This made them laugh even more. The idea of Chloe screaming at some kind of bug that rolls across the floor is priceless.
"Dudes we should be making our way back there 15 minutes left." Nino stated.
Marinette grabbed her backpack and put it on while the rest did the same thing. Then they each walked out together. They made it to school with 5 minutes to spare so they stood in the courtyard and conversed. That was until a shrill scream filled the air. Everyone turned towards the front to see Chloe and Sabrina running to the front of the school. Chloe grabbed hold of Adriens arm meanwhile Sabrina hid behind Marinette.
"Chloe what's ha-" Adrien didn't even get to finish as an explosion could be heard from far away.
"CHLOE BOURGEOIS!" A voice screamed.
A man came into view he was dressed in butlers get up. He was standing on top of a floating silver platter. He also had a silver platter in his hand with all kinds of different food. More food appeared by the minute.
"Insult my waiter skills and I will come after you! I am... THE SERVANT OF EVIL!" He screamed before throwing what Chat Noir would call a cherry bomb towards them.
"DUCK!" Marinette screamed before turning around and pushing everyone to the ground.
They all fell with Sabrina on top of Alya, Chloe on top of Nino, Adrien on Ninos side and Marinette at Sabrina's feet. Ladybugs instincts kicked in and Marinette jumped to her feet. She looked at the Servant of evil to find him staring at the defenseless Chloe.
"CHLOE RUN GET OUT OF HERE!" Marientte exclaimed.
"Why should I listen to y-"Chloe didn't even get to finish as pointy carrots were chucked in her direction.
Chloe didn't even think twice before dashing away into the school to hide. Sabrina following close behind. Marinette turned around and helped Alya to her feet. She took a glance behind Alya to see the carrot weapons the Servant of evil had thrown. Without another word she ran and plucked all three of them out of the wall. She ran towards the Servant of evil, her friends staring with wide eyes.
"HEY AKUMA! HAVE A TASTE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE!" Marinette yelled before throwing the carrots as if she were throwing her Yo-Yo.
The Akuma turned to look at Marinette at the mention of his name. He tried to dodge the carrots but only managed to dodge two. The last one hitter silver platter he stood on, knocking him off. Marinette turned towards her shocked friends.
"Split up! Quick!" Marinette yelled before running off in one direction.
Alya followed her actions right after she left followed by Nino and shortly Adrien. Marinette turned the corner and his into the nearest alley. She opened her purse and Tikki flew out.
"Ready Marinette?" Tikki asked.
"Here we go. Tikki, spots on!" Marinette yelled.
A flash of pink consumed her before Ladybug stood in Marinettes place. Using her Yo-Yo she swung onto the roof of the building next to her. Ladybug looked towards the direction of the Akuma. Chat Noir hadn't arrived yet but she had to get the Akuma away from the school. Ladybug sped towards the school, jumping across rooftops and building. Until finally she reached the roof of the school. Chat Noir joined her rather quickly.
"Hello M'lady. Beautiful day to go akuma hunting isn't it." Chat Noir joked.
Ladybug rolled her eyes at his comment, but nonetheless smiled.
"It sure is. We should hurry and get the akuma away from the school though. There's too many people here who might get hurt." Ladybug stated.
"Then let's get a move on. HEY SERVANT!" Chat Noir yelled.
The Servant of Evil turned to look at the duo, a scowl plastered on his face.
"Ladybug and Chat Noir. Surrender your Miraculous or else." The Servant of evil spoke.
"It was nice to beet you too." Chat Noir joked.
The Servant of Evil raised his hand and threw Cherry bombs at them. Chat Noir dove to the left meanwhile Ladybug dove towards the right in an attempt to dodge the blasts. Ladybug hurried into the school to look for Chloe. She was going to use Chloe as bait to lure him away from the school. Ladybug kicked open the door to the girl's bathroom. Just as she thought Chloe was on the phone with her dad in the corner. At the site of Ladybug Chloe hung up her phone and sprinted towards her idol.
"LADYBUG! You have to save me! There's a guy chasing me when I did absolutely nothing wrong!" Chloe lied.
It was pretty obvious she ticked off the guy by insulting him and complaining about him. Ladybug rolled her eyes and ignored her comments
"We got to get you out of here." Ladybug stated.
Ladybug grabbed Chloe's hand and pulled her out of the school. She stopped at the end of the steps and looked for her partner.
"Ladybug! I knew you'd turnip sooner or later." Chat Noir spoke, a mischievous grin plastered on his face.
Ladybug turned around and faced her partner and she shook her head.
"Really? Anyways, I got Chloe lets lure him away." Ladybug spoke.
Chat Noir nodded in response Chloe however was not about to be the bait.
"Excuse me! I am not going to be bait for you just so you can lure him away from here!" Chloe screeched.
The akuma turned around at the familiar voice and narrowed his eyes at the specific girl he was looking for. Without another word Ladybug ran and pulled Chloe along with her, Chat Noir followed closely behind.
"Where do you think the akuma is?" Chat Noir asked as they ran.
"It's probably in one of those silver platters." Ladybug stated.
"No it's not." Chloe stated.
Ladybug glanced back at Chloe in bewilderment she took that as her cue to continue.
"It's probably in his tie. After I insulted him for the last time he dropped the platters and ran. Problably to go cry his eyes out. Psh that baby." Chloe confesed.
After seeing the confused looks her idol gave her Chloe immediately realized what she said.
"N-Not that I insulted him or anything." Chloe lied.
Ladybug rolled her eyes but nonetheless took Chloe's advice. She had learned to listen to Chloe when she caused the akuma attacks. It proved useful during the Vanisher's attack. Ladybug turned the corner and dove into a nearby ally.
"Chloe stay here until we defeat." Ladybug spoke before running off with Chat Noir.
"I'm not staying in this filthy ally." Chloe mumbled before running to the nearest store.
Ladybug and Chat Noir ran back towards the akuma and hid behind a corner near it.
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug yelled before throwing her Yo-Yo up into the air.
A baseball bat decorated with red and black spots fell into her hand. Her earrings beeped signaling the beginning of the countdown. She looked at the akuma and laid her eyes on what he was holding.
"Chat Noir grab his attention while I get into position then get ready to use Cataclysm on the tie." Ladybug spoke.
Chat Noir nodded and ran off to get the akuma's attention meanwhile Ladybug climbed up onto the nearest roof.
"Hey Servant!" Chat Noir exclaimed.
The servant of evil turned to look at the cat, a scowl plastered on his face.
"Aw I didn't know you carrot at all." Chat Noir joked.
The servant of evil scowled and raised his arm to throw a cherry bomb.
"SWITCH!" Ladybug yelled.
Chat Noir extended his baton to switch places with Ladybug. Ladybug hopped down from the building into Chats place. Her earrings beeped once again. The akuma threw his cherry bomb and Ladybug hit it with her baseball bat. The cherry bomb flew back up to the akuma and exploded. The Servant of Evil fell of his silver platter in result of the explosion,
"CATACLYSM!" Chat Noir yelled before hopping of the building and onto the akuma.
He reached down and grasped the akumas tie. It disintegrated into dust and a black butterfly flew out of it.
"No more evil doing for you little akuma." Ladybug spoke before purifying the akuma and letting it go with a goodbye.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug yelled before throwing the baseball bat in the air.
It dissipated into thousands of ladybugs and restored everything the akuma damaged. They did their celebratory fist bump.
"Lettuce see each other later." Chat Noir spoke.
"Your puns are catastrophic." She joked before leaving at the 3rd beep of her earrings.
Chat Noir smiled in her direction before running off.
-•|•-
Ladybug dove into an alley near the bakery and detransformed into Marinette. Tikki landed on her shoulder exhausted and dive into her purse for some Chocolate Chip Cookies.
"Nice job Marinette." Tikki congratulated before taking another bite of her cookie.
"Thanks Tikki, but it was a team effort. With you and Char Noir." Marinette spoke.
Tikki smiled before ducking into Marientte's purse. The bluenette made her way towards the bakery. She entered her house to be bombarded by questions from her parents. She explained to them that they were held late because of an akuma that was near the school. After the explanation she strode upstairs and called up Ally.
"Ally I need your help." Marientte stated.
"What's up?" Alya responded.
"What pajamas do I choose for tomorrow?" Marinette asked.
Alya sighed at her BFF's antics but nonetheless smiled.
"Ok fine pick out the cutest ones." Alya stated.
5 minutes later Marinette was done searching through her drawers and such. Marinette showed Alya each one and at stated the pros and cons of each one. It wasn't until Marinette showed Alya the last one that Alya squealed.
"You can't tell me you didn't sew that one!" Alya squealed.
Alya was referring to a shirt with long sleeves, a green paw on the back and a sewn on hoodie with black cat ears. It had matching black pants. Ok so maybe she was feeling a bit Chat Noir inspiration.
"That one! No competition!" Alya exclaimed.
Marinette sighed.
"Ok ok fine I'll wear it." Marinette spoke.
She picked up the pajamas and folded, before neatly sticking them in her backpack. Everyone was supposed to meet up at the at 5:00. They were to be bathed and to have eaten before coming. Of course they were allowed to bring snacks though.
"Ok now help me pick mine out." Alya spoke before showing Marinette each one.
Marinette chuckled before helping her friend. After they were done she went to bed.
"Goodnight Tikki." Marinette spoke.
"Good night." Tikki answered.
Authors Note: Stay tuned for the Stay in I have something pretty awesome planned for that.