"Adrien!" Marinette cried going after him in school the next day. "Adrien wait! Stop!"
The boy took a deep breath and looked at her.
"What's going on Adrien? Please tell me."
"Marinette I...I don't love you anymore."
"What are you talking about?"
"Marinette I thought I loved Ladybug but after awhile I realized it was just a crush. I can't keep leading you on like this, I'm sorry."
"You're lying. That can't be true. Adrien please tell me what's really going on."
"I just did! I'm sorry for hurting you but it's over."
Marinette felt tears sting her eyes.
"Fine...If that's true...then...I never wanna see you again!"
She buried her face in her hands and ran off crying. Seeing her hurt face was like a knife in the heart to Adrien but it was for her own good. Unfortunately something else would also be hurting him.
"How dare you!" Alya said pinning Adrien. "How dare you hurt Marinette like that! Have you no soul?! You're dead meat Agreste!"
"Alya no!" Nino pulled his angry girlfriend off of him and restrained her. "Run Adrien run!"
"Nino you idiot! Let me go!"
"Hurry! I can only hold her off for so long! Book it man! Your life depends on it!"
Adrien took off running as fast as he could and didn't stop until he was out of sight.
"Get off!" Alya screamed punching Nino.
"No! Not until you calm down. Don't fight it babe just calm down. Remember your breathing."
"I can breathe just fine."
"Sorry Alya but killing Adrien won't fix their relationship."
"I guess you're right but how could he hurt her like that? She loved him, she loved him so much that it hurts her."
"I'll talk to him, you just go take care of her."
Alya found Marinette in her room hiding under the covers, scarfing down pastries, and balling her eyes out.
"Please come out Marinette." Tikki urged.
"Yeah girl this isn't healthy." Alya said.
"Just leave me to die." She sobbed. "To die of a broken heart."
"Oh stop that! You're being silly." Trixx said.
"Yeah who needs Adrien?" Alya said.
"I do!" Marinette wept. "He probably thinks I'm some pathetic nothing!"
"That's not true!" Tikki said.
"Yes it is!"
"No it's not."
"Just go away, please. I know you mean well but I just need a moment please."
"Okay girl, come on Trixx." Alya said. "Call me if you need anything."
Alya left while Tikki waited in the living room. Once she was alone, Marinette continued to cry into her pillow. She had never been so sad and heartbroken in her life. She wished she had never told Adrien she was Ladybug. Then none of this would have happened and she would have never been hurt like this. She wished she could just escape her pain and sorrow.
"Marinette." A voice whispered.
"Huh?" Marinette said looking up.
"Marinette."
"Is someone there? Tikki? Alya? Mom? Dad?"
"Marinette."
"Who's there?"
She reached for the door to her room but for some strange reason it was locked. She tried to get it open but it didn't work.
"Marinette...Marinette..."
Suddenly her bedroom window blew open and Nightshade flew in.
"What do you want?"
"To relieve you of your broken heart." She said. Nightshade began to realese her waves while Marinette banged on the door hoping someone could hear her. "Go to sleep little one, escape your broken heart by falling into endless darkness and peace."
Marinette tried to fight the spell but she kept getting sleepier and sleepier. The will to resist was fading fast. She felt her eye lids become heavy and her body began to fall to the floor. She was so sleepy and tired that she could hardly speak.
"Adrien...Help...Please don't let me fall asleep." She pleaded softly.
"Sleep little princess." Nightshade said. "Your knight will never come for you and you shall sleep and dream forever more."
"Adrien...Will...Never come for me."
She shed one last tear before succumbing to her trance and falling into a deep dark sleep.
"Sleep well my dear." Nightshade said. "Sleep well and sleep long."
"Marinette?" Tikki asked. "Is everything alright?"
She flew through the door and saw Nightshade flying off while carrying Marinette's unconscious body over her shoulder.
"Oh no!" Tikki hurried to Marinette's phone and called Alya."
...
"Your friends confuse me greatly Master Nino." Wayzz said. "Especially the one called Alya."
"Yeah she's a little crazy but she's a keeper." Nino said.
He rang the buzzer of the manor and waited for a response. After a few minutes Nathalie let him in and called Adrien.
"If you're here to talk to me about Marinette then go cause I don't wanna hear it." Adrien said.
"Hey dude don't make me regret stopping Alya from killing you."
"Look my love life is none of your business."
"According to the girls you never loved at all. What's with you man?"
"It's nothing."
"It's not nothing! Come on! Why did you break up with her? And don't say it's because you don't love her. You may have the girls convinced but not me."
"It's no none of your business."
"It's because of this stupid dream he had." Plagg said.
"Plagg!"
"Sorry kid but this has gone on far enough! He keeps having nightmares about Marinette being killed because the ladybug and black cat miraculouses aren't supposed to be in love. But you know what? Forget that bogus! If you love her fight for her!"
"He's right man." Nino said.
"You two don't understand!"
"With all due respect Adrien." Wayzz said. "I doubt this is true because Master Fu himself said that you two were made for each other and he's never wrong about miraculouses well except one time."
"Will you two just get out of here!"
"Fine! If that's the way you want it." Nino said. "Call me when you've stopped being a jerk."
Nino then left the mansion, shortly after Alya called.
"Hello?"
"Nino! Transform quick!"
"Why?"
"It's Nightshade! Marinette's been kidnapped!"
