Obviously revenge was a dish best served cold, or in Marienette's case gum-like. Those were Chloe's words to describe that morning. As she described it the baker's daughter 'viscously' attacked the blonde, of course that wasn't true. What really happened was the mayor's princess put gum on the ravenette's chair.

What was the point in arguing with the school if they were just gonna take the side of someone with a little cash? As much as it bothered Mari, this was true- Chloe got away with every rule she broke.

To make matters worse, the Agreste kid had to but in. He was obviously an accomplice- trying to add more to what the spoilt brat had already done. Marienette was glad she chose not to trust him, he would probably go around school spreading secrets about her home life and she couldn't have that!

Tikki suggested speaking to more people about her situation, someone who could at least help more. Mari reminded her that she was fine, it was ridiculous anyway- no one would believe the happy baker family would have this dark secret...

Anyway back to the problem at hand, Adrien was trying to reason with her, the cheek of him. As the girl went passed him, he dared to place his hands on her shoulders. At this movement, every muscle in the girl's body froze and tensed up.

Here it was, she was about to get punished for disobeying a man. Marienette cowered slightly, but the hit never came. Opening her eyes slightly, she saw Adrien had since let go and was staring at her with concern in his eyes.

It was then she realised that she had allowed a deafening scream to escape her mouth. As Mari fully came to, the girl realised her breathing was shallow and desperate. Great, this entitled teen had caused yet another panic attack.

Alya was in front of her, shouting at Agreste. Nino tried to coax Marienette out of the way of the desks and out into the hallway. All the while, Chloe was laughing her head off- things had gone better than she thought! Sabrina was also snickering alongside her.

"How dare you lay a hand on her?!" Alya shouted, getting into the model's face.

He stuttered for a few moments," I was only trying to get her attention. I didn't put the gum on the seats!"

"And I'm best friends with Chloe," The girl remarked sarcastically," Just get your entitled ass out of here,"

The last comment caused Kim and Alix to hoot. Some other classmates sent a nod of approval to Alya whilst Chloe stood in shock. It was then the teacher decided to walk in, flustered (and late) for the second time this week.

At the back of the class however, a certain student named Ivan was struggling with his own problems. Mylène would soon know he had a crush on her- it was all Kim's stupid fault!

A little purple butterfly proceeded to make its way across Paris, searching for its first ever prey...


Marienette was eventually calm with the help of Nino. He understood perfectly as to why she acted the way she did. With what her father does to her, the DJ shuddered at the thought. Tom Dupain seemed like such a nice guy until you really saw his true colours.

"Why don't you tel-"

Mari hushed him with a single finger," Nino who would honestly believe me? Tom Dupain-Cheng trustworthy family baker abuses his daughter? They would laugh at me and then he would kill me for trying to get him caught out. I'll just have to wait till I'm old enough to leave. I'll take Maman with me,"

"But she doesn't help you! She watches him do that stuff to you, it's sick," Nino protested.

"she doesn't do anything or the same stuff will happen," Marienette reasoned," And anyway, at least only one person has to cover up the bruises,"

It was a sociopathic thing to say, but so true. Sabine was a nice woman, just years of watching her own flesh and blood be battered whilst she stood by powerless had made her an empty shell. If Tom did lay a finger on the woman, Mari would most likely be motherless, getting her out of there would be the best thing.

"Its only two more years Nino, I'll be fine until then," Mari straightened herself up," We better head back to class,"

The rest of the day was slow and steady. Not much else happened. A storm started to rumble by the time the last bell chimed, Marienette had no choice but to walk back in it- if she wasn't back as quickly as possible well... you get the picture.

Other students would wait it out, she had no choice to the matter. Nino offered her a ride, but she turned it down- if Tom caught her with a boy! She shook off the thought as her clothes became soggy from the continuous downfall.

All of a sudden, the light was cut out by an umbrella. A hand with a silver ring was holding onto it. As Mari's eyes slowly gazed to the person, she jumped back. Adrien was giving her a sweet smile.

"I want to apologise for earlier," He said, she wasn't convinced.

Her eyes darted to the bakery, the monster was there watching her. His eyes were red with fury, she was going to get hurt as soon as she stepped into the bakery.

"Umm yeah you later see," Mari responded, walking around him to run to her home.

"Wait! Take my umbrella!" Adrien shouted.

The girl turned to face him, what wasn't he going to ask for? Mari didn't want to think what the price would be, her mind was plagued with thoughts of what it could be. His eyes seemed genuine but she couldn't trust him, he was a man!

"What's the price?"

Adrien laugher but paused when he noticed her stern features," You're serious? There isn't one!"

"There always is," Mari whispered," My house is only over there so I'll be fine,"

A usual person wouldn't of heard the first bit, but the ring on Adrien's finger Gabri him cat like senses. His heart twitched as the girl he had saved a few nights ago went running across the road. Something didn't settle right with him about her.

The car next to him beeped, his eyes rolled as he got it. The Gorilla could be so impatient. Adrien gazed back to the bakery, Marienette was already out of sight, at least she was safe inside.


It wasn't Adrien's fault, he wouldn't of known what pain he caused Marienette.

Just as she feared, the girl was taken roughly by her father into the bathroom. A pair of scissors went through her hair as her pigtails fell to the floor. Tears stained her cheeks as she was left to stare at her uneven hair.

"It's what you deserve," Tom growled before leaving.

Marienette bought her knees to her face as she gripped the little tufts she had left. Her blue pigtails lay sprawled out on the ground, lifeless. How would she explain this to people?

Her heart was falling as the reflection in the mirror taunted and laughed at her. Voices inside he head did the same, but more manipulative and sly. Each voice was someone who bought cruelty into her life, Chloé as an example.

God Chloe would lap this up. She would be the punchline of people's jokes for a while, it sucked. Alya And Nino would know and force her to talk to someone. It was all her fault this happens, she was born the wrong gender after all. It was her fault for talking to a boy and rebelling against orders. It was her fault.

A small coughed caused Mari to turn around. Her frail figured mother was holding out some hair extensions. Gratefully, the girl thanked the woman as she put them on to the best of her ability. Anyone who knew her would just guess a hair cut, she would have to keep her hair down as the extensions made it difficult to put it into pigtails.

"Thanks Maman," Marienette said, kissing her mother on the forehead.

There was a loud crash outside the window. People began to scream and cars came to grinding halts. The two ran to see what was going on. A strange stone monster was wrecking havoc through the streets.

"Marienette go to your room and don't leave it," Her father shouted roughly.

The girl, not wanting to land herself in any more trouble, ran to her bedroom and locked the door. Her friend Tikki came flying out of her pocket in panic mode. The kwami was mumbling away, zipping all around Marienette's head.

"Tikki!" Mari demanded," This requires me doesn't it?"

Said creature nodded. A strange sense of anxiety overcome Mari as she transformed for the first time into her heroine. She wore a red latex suit with black spots, a yo-yo was attached to her by a belt and she had a spotted mask. Obviously the ladybug element shone through well.

The heroine jumped out of her window and into action. Tikki's instrucions played in her head: 'break the akumatised object and purify it using your yo-yo. You only get one luck charm so use it wisely,'.

A stone hand suddenly whacked her off track. Ladybug went hurtling across the rooftops, banging into a leather-like object. A masculine voice started laughing so she jumped up to get away. Only then, Marienette realised they were suspended upside down, tied up in her yo-yo.

Quick as she could, the spotted hero untied then, getting a few feet away from the leather clad boy in front of her. He had cat ears, black mask, black suit and piercing green eyes. Blonde hair stuck out of his head messily as he turned his head sideways to show his confusion to her sudden desperation to get away.

Mari decided he didn't need an answer, he didn't permit her to speak. She pointed to the creatures hand. The akumatised object must be in there, he was holding it very tightly. Cat-boy seemed to get the message as he jumped into battle, calling on his power.

"Cat-boy!" Ladybug shouted," Thats not a very good idea, didn't your kwami tell you that you only get one go?"

The cat stopped in his tracks and turned around, an apologetic look on his face. He headed over to to Marienette, careful as not to touch her. Rolling her eyes, the girl looked around the street, trying to formulate a plan.

Oh how could she forget? She had powers too! Mari called her luck charm- a diving suit came into her hands. The girl groaned in frustration until she looked at the road around her. Certain objects stuck out to her as she began her plan.

"Um... Can you please distract him- don't use your power on him or anything else!" Ladybug ordered, she covered her mouth in shock from the tone she dared to use- Cat-boy saluted her as he did so.

Phase two of the plan went underway, Mari filled the suit with water from a fire hydrant. It filled quickly. She tied the top so that none would escape. The Akuma was being distracted by Cat-boy so he wasn't bothering her.

With all her might, the heroine threw the water filled diving suit at the Akuma. Already trying to stop Cat-boy's advances, the stone monster let go of the object in his hand. It fell to the ground with a clang.

"Cat-boy destroy it with your cataclysm!" Ladybug quickly urged.

With a nod, he did so. As the letter disintegrated, a dark purple butterfly flew into the air. Not wasting a moment, Marienette purified it- setting everything back to normal as she launched the diving suit into the air.

The stone creature turned back into Ivan- the boy from her school. Mari handed the letter back and told him that this girl would be crazy to turn him down. It seemed to work, the teen ran off from the sight with added enthusiasm.

A hand landed on Ladybug's shoulder. She shrivelled away instantly, but it didn't burn her skin like other people touching her did. Cat-boy removed his hand and looked at her with concern. He reached out for a high five, Mari looked at it, contemplating doing it.

What if she did high five him but then he wanted to hug? What was his temper like- what if she angered him? All sorts of questions rushed through her mind, she stepped back. It was very overwhelming. Cat-boy lowered his hand dejectedly, he soon returned to his happy smile.

"My name is Chat Noir by the way- not Cat-boy," He chuckled," Let me guess Ladybug?"

Mari nodded," You don't talk much do you? Anyway I hate to leave so soon but this cat has othpurr arrangements,"

With that he left, Marienette jumped back into her room and smiled happily. Tikki congratulated her after she detransformed for a successful first Akuma. Suddenly, the girl's door was knocked down- her father came in red faced.

"I have been banging on you door for fifteen minutes!" Tom raged, coming closer to her," What have you been doing you stupid child?"

However, the pain couldn't stop Marientte's surge of happiness. Even as the beatings caused more bruises, it didn't dampen her mood.


Just to reassure you, Adrien didn't hit her- he simply tried to get her attention by grabbing her shoulders. This wasn't the right thing to do either but he is unaware of her situation.

Anyway, sorry it was late I just struggled with inspiration for this chapter. I had to rewrite the Akuma scene to make it fit more with my plan. I don't particularly like writing about those scenes so don't expect many of them.

The story will be updated just in my own time, anyway I hope you enjoy :)