Drabble 2

Meanwhile with Marinette

Up in her bedroom, Marinette was pouting.

She knew she was being childish, but she couldn't help it.

For the past week, all Chloé would talk about in class was the party that both she and Adrien would be attending today.

From the way she'd been going on about it, one would think they were going together as a date, Adrien had quietly corrected that they were going to the same party, but not together (much to Marinette's infinite relief).

Still, that didn't change the fact that Chloé was at a nice party with Adrien, and Marinette was not invited.

Next to her, Alya looked like she didn't know whether to laugh at Marinette's antics or throw her hands up in frustration.

"It's not that bad," said Alya, trying to get Marinette out of her funk. "Nino told me that Adrien was actually planning to try and avoid Chloé at the Spicer's party. If he's lucky he won't even see her there."

Marinette perked up a little bit, at that, but still wasn't completely satisfied.

Seeing this, Alya grinned and said, "Come on, why don't we go for a walk. It'll clear your head, and help you feel better."

Marinette sighed, but conceded. "Oh, okay," she said reluctantly.

"That a girl," said Alya cheerfully as she tugged her best friend along until they were out of the bakery and on their way down the street.

By the time the two girls had reached the park, Marinette had to admit she was feeling more optimistic. Mostly because Alya spent the whole walk assuring her that if Adrien wanted to avoid Chloé, he would. According to Nino, her crush could disappear for hours at a time, and could not be found no matter how hard you looked. If he was really set on avoiding their school's mean girl, he would.

"Is there a movie being shot somewhere?" Alya asked suddenly, bringing Marinette's attention back to the present.

"Huh?" asked the French-Chinese girl in confusion.

Alya shrugged and pointed across the park, and Marinette followed her gaze.

Storming across the park looking angry were four teenagers in red martial arts robes. But even without the strange outfits the four would have still stood out. Partially because it was such a diverse group, and partially because all four had such angry expressions on their faces.

Watching the strange procession across the yard, the two girls exchanged glances as they wondered what that was about.

"So what do you think?" asked Alya.

"Well, they're not attacking anyone, so they're probably not akuma, yet anyway," said Marinette thoughtfully. "I don't see any cameras, so your movie idea doesn't seem likely." She then shrugged at her best friend in confusion. "Maybe there's a martial arts competition going on."

"I don't know," said Alya. "I hadn't heard of any lately, and they look pretty angry for anything involving a friendly competition."

"Well, maybe it's not so friendly," guessed Marinette. "Maybe they're rival teams, and those guys lost."

The girls began arguing back and forth, coming up with theories to explain the appearance of the four teenagers, each story being wilder and more farfetched than the last. They came up with everything from the four being a comedy group, to aliens secretly invading the Earth with only martial arts movies to use as reference to disguise themselves.

As Marinette was laughing at the latest theory Alya had come up with, when suddenly-

'BOOM!'

Both girls' heads snapped around at the sound of the explosion to see smoke rising from the distance.

"Maybe they were akuma after all," Marinette said faintly as she watched the dark clouds rise into the air.

"Then I better find out what's going on," said Alya pulling out her phone, and running in the direction of the smoke before Marinette could stop her (not that she actually could without locking her in another zoo cage). "You coming?" she called over her shoulder.

"No, I'll, uh, call the police!" Marinette shouted after her. "Be careful, Alya!"

"You too!" Alya replied as she ran out of the park and out of sight.

With a determined expression, Marinette quickly left the park herself, and hid in an alleyway.

Opening her purse, she allowed Tikki to fly out. "Is it really possible for there to be four akuma at once?" she asked, wondering if that theory had been more accurate than she'd thought.

Tikki frowned thoughtfully. "It's not common, but maybe it's possible. But we still don't know those four are the akuma."

"You're right," agreed Marinette. With a nod to her kwami, she began her transformation. "Tikki! Spots On!"


A/N Pretty simple one here. I just wondered what Marinette must have been feeling while Adrien was at a party. Especially since Chloé was at the same party, and Marinette wasn't invited. I also figured I'd show how she and Alya found out about what was happening and got to the scene.

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