I was not in the mood for this. Being woken up after only two hours of sleep and expected to act normal is troublesome enough, but then I was bombarded with questions all day by the Countess Chloe to an extent that I wished I had not of saved her from those bandits, I didn't tell her this of course, I was being watched carefully by my father at all times when I was in the presence of the Countess, which just gave me a bigger thing to worry about at the time, so you could say I defiantly was not in the mood for this spy work as I crept silently along the docks, hiding in the many shadows in the night whenever someone walked close. I kept a keen eye out for Ladybug, hoping I could get a battle strategy out of her before we start fighting.

I quickly dived behind a crate of netting as two sailors walked past, in the dim light streaming down from the palace windows above I saw was shorter and leaner than the other and had very red hair, while the other seemed to be middle aged and was balancing a cigarette between his teeth.

There was something VERY familiar about the man who was smoking.

Sticking to the shadows of the massive boats that lined the peer I followed them stealthily as they headed to a massive boat mooring at the end of the dock, slightly apart from the rests of the boats. I was forced to lower myself under the dock to stay unseen, swinging from beam to beam like a gymnast to stay within ear shot.

'So how is you're back feeling?' one asked another, cigarette man was talking, I think.

'Its fine now, a pretty nurse sewed it up pretty tight'

'Pretty nurses always help' cigarette man said playfully. 'Did you get her name?'

'Marinette I think' said Red.

I froze, one foot hooked over a support beam and both hands gripping long nails that stuck out of a nearby pillar. Did Marinette know Red was friends with an attempted kidnapper that was about to blow up the palace? Was she part of this? Whatever this was. The amusing girl I talked to this morning defiantly didn't LOOK like someone part of a terrorist attack.

'Never heard of her' Cigarette man said. 'And I know ALL of the nurses in the hospital, one way or another!'

I swung myself to where the boat and the dwarf were gently bumping against each other and peaked up at them threw the gaps in the gangway. Red was smiling sheepishly while rubbing his neck and cigarette man was smiling widely back. If it wasn't for the smell of gun powder wafting from the boat behind me, I would have left the two guys to do what men do, talk about girls, but circumstances were not in their favour.

'She's the Asian girl'

'Oh right, Miss Pigtails. I remember her now'

'She's amazingly pretty' Red said smiling wider as his eyes misted over. 'And she gets it, she gets the discrimination in there, I think if we told her about this she would join us'

'But how do you know?' Cigarette man asked sceptically. 'She's friends with the Prince, I saw her talking to the Majesty this morning, she even convinced him to raise some water from the bloody well'

I got two things out of this sentence, One, these men must really not like the Royals, for he said 'The Majesty' like someone would say 'The Rash' or 'The substitute teacher', and Two, I was being followed!

How much did they know?

I looked at Red intently, he was scowling down at his shoes, obviously displeased at this news.

'Think about the Bluestockings later' Cigarette man said thumping his friend on the back. 'We have work to do'

They turned and I ducked back down, my hand slipped from its grip. I almost yelped as I swung back and forth by my legs. My hat fell off and I grabbed it quickly on my way past.

'Do you hear that?' Red asked as they paused above me.

'Hear what?' Cigarette man asked in a bored voice.

'A splashing noise… and a creak'

'We are literally standing on a dock right now dude. Next to the sea! What do you think you were going to hear?'

'Shut up' Red snapped as they climbed onto the boat.

'What did I miss?'

I swallowed a scream as I turned around to see Ladybug hanging by her hands next to me, her feet just barley skimming the water.

She saw my clenched mouth and wide eyes and tried not to smile. I scowled at her for finding my terrified expression funny.

'Sorry' she said, releasing one hand and offering it to me so I could reach up and grab a hand hold.

'You are late' I whispered to her furiously as I gripped the same plank she was holding one handed.

'I was held up' she whispered back apologetically as I released her hand. 'Plagg is pretty nice by the way'

She saw my horrified expression in the dark and smiled apologetically AGAIN!

'I'll tell you later' she whispered to me smiling. 'But right now we need to get the men off the boat and tell the Kings guards about the gun powder, they are always discreet with these things'

'But are we going to be discreet?'

'How many men was there?'

I thought back to all the men walking in the direction of the boat, and damn, that was a lot.

'Too many'

She huffed.

'This is going to be hard, don't bother with being quiet, just get up there and get on my tail, you ready?'

I nodded. She smiled and swung herself from plank to plank like a professional while I followed, not so professionally. I saw her push off the boat with her feet and roll up onto the dock. It was a matter of seconds before the first man yelled and fell with a thud onto the wood, she was on her third victim when I finally managed to pull myself up and enter the fight with my trusty sabres that had been strapped to my side. The men had been in the process of unloading the barrels of powder and piling them up against the side of the castle wall, which made me furious! For one reason, there was meant to be a guard present, meaning they had been bribed, for another reason, this was the south end of the palace which was where a majority of the living courters of the staff where. All this was going to accomplish was kill the innocent!

I saw Red and cigarette man sneak off the boat and run away to the left, I started off in their direction but a man appeared out of nowhere and gave me a right hook that sent me wheeling back into Ladybug's side who was still fighting ferociously with her whip.

'Where were you going?' she asked as we fought back to back.

'Saw the two leaders running away'

'Cowards' she hissed as she got hit in the ribs with a boat ore.

We fought in silence as man after man came after us and failed, it was only when there were barely a dozen men left when things got dangerous, because it was then that they realised they were losing.

'Their lighting the barrels' Ladybug muttered to me.

'What?'

'They are LIGHTING THE BARRLES' she yelled as she broke the nose of some unfortunate.

'Shit' I said, looking over to see they were in deed, going to blow up the barrels ahead of time.

'Move on three?' Lady asked as she lent on my back and double kicked someone in the jaw.

'Three' I said before we both catapulted ourselves over the heads of the remaining men with an impressive series of back flips and dive rolls. They had set it up with five fuses heading towards three barrels stacked together, all the fuses had been lit, meaning fifteen barrels of gun powder was about to explode in less than two minutes.

We managed to kick out four of the five fuses, but for the last one, we were too late. I looked at Ladybug and she caught my eye, I saw my fear reflected in them, so without thinking I picked up the three barrels about to explode and sprinted towards the water.

He had taken two steps away from the water that he had flung the explosives into when they explode, making the section of wooden planks he had been standing on collapses underneath him and sending him tumbling into the water. I sprinted towards him and peered down at the water, just in time to see him disappear into the shadowed water, being pulled quickly down by a sinking support beam. Without thinking I shoved my whip into my belt and dived in. It was hard to see in the dark water, it was hard to swim in my heavy cloak, it was especially hard not to waste precious time and air by panicking, the only thing that kept me going was the small glimmer of light shining off Chat Noir's sword. In the dim light I saw Chat's cape was tangled around the beam and he was struggling feebly to free himself as he was dragged down by his throat, but as I watched, his movements became still and a stream of bubbled floated away. Oh God.

I gave one final lunge threw the water and by some miracle of god, managed to snag hold of his sleeve. I grabbed his sword that had floated out of his loose grip and with one swipe of his sabres cut the tangled fabric in two, successfully freeing him. I looped an arm around his ribs and pushed off the wooden beam towards the surface. Acid was climbing my throat and pain was shooting threw my brain, my legs felt like cement blocks and I couldn't feel my fingers.

I was drowning!

But then there was air! I coughed down the sweet, sweet substance as I pulled Chat Noir to the rocks that lined underneath the back of the pier, sticking to the shadows as strong light streamed through the many cracks in the wood. People were drawn to explosions like that! But I ignored them, for Chat Noir was not moving!

'Chat' I whispered to him as I pulled him onto solid ground by his arm pits. 'Come on my stupid cat, wake up'

I threw down his sword and ripped off my right glove, placing my bare hand to his mouth, as no breath tickled my fingers I started to panic.

'Come on Marinette' I told myself as I tried not to scream. 'You're a bloody nurse; you know what to do!'

And I did, I have seen the doctors in the hospital do this many times, and only SOME of the people died afterwards.

'Don't think like that' I scolded myself as I loosened Chat's cloak from around his neck that was rubbed raw from where the fabric had dragged him down.

I unbuttoned his vest with trembling fingers and pulled down his green tunic to show his pale chest with two brown freckles on the collar bone. I placed my ear to his chest, it was as still as a stone.

'You shall not die on me Chat' I demanded as I placed both hands over his heart and started pressing in beats of ten. 'I forbid it' I told him as I took a deep breath blew it into his still mouth.

'It would be criminally unfair' I sobbed out as I started pounding at on his chest again, tears streaming down my face now. 'To leave me all alone, now of all times'

He answered by suddenly flailing his arms around and rolling on his side to throw up an insane amount of water, but I started sobbing as if he had just proposed.

Without thinking I pulled him to me, cradling his torso in my lap as I pressed my fore head to his, letting my tears fall onto his thick blond hair that was already saturated.

'My Lady' he rasped out weakly as he struggled to open his eyes.

'Don't you ever do that to me again' I sobbed holding his tighter. 'You died Chat! I nearly lost you'

'But you bought me back' he whispered, which was probable as loud as he could get. 'I'm here Ladybug, I won't leave you, I promise'

'You better' I said, smiling weakly. He laughed and raised his hand to my face, brushing away my tears, but more quickly took their place.

'Don't cry for me My Lady' he said softly.

'I'm crying for you cloak Chat' I told him with a small smile. 'I had to rip it in half to get you out'

He laughed again.

'What about my hat?' he asked me with concern. I laughed and held it up for him to see, his face broke into a wide grin at the sight of his soaking wet, dented mess of a hat with its three green feather hanging limply from it.

'I never got why you liked that hat so much' I said smiling as I sat up and gently lowered him to the ground.

'Don't leave me!' he said desperately, gripping my arm feebly.

'Never' I told him gently as I got up to grab his sabres before it fell off the small rock we were sitting on and stabbing it into my belt.

'We need to get out of here before the tide comes in' I told my partner as I helped him to sit up.

'I don't think I can walk yet' he said softly.

'No, we need to get out of here now'

the water had already reached out ankles.

'It's not far'

I practically had to carry him over the rocks under the dwarf, and with him leaning heavily on my shoulder it took us a long time to go a short distance.

'Where are we going?' Chat asked in a weak voice.

'Want to see how I got under the wharf without you noticing?' I asked him, panting slightly,

'Always' he whispered back just as I dragged him over to a large rock covered in sea weed. But it wasn't a large rock, it was a hidden door with a large clump of sea weed hanging from it.

'How do you know this?' Chat asked me as I shouldered the door open.

'I know everything and nothing at the same time!'

He looked at me questioningly.

'Plagg' I grunted out, my arms starting to tremble from the strain.

'Why did he tell you and not me?' Chat asked as I closed the door behind us with great difficulty.

'Tell you later'

I was breathing hard by the time I finally got threw the labyrinth to our hide out. When I placed Chat on the flour beside the door I simple had no strength but to sit down next to him and try not to pass out.

'Are you hurt Ladybug?' Chat asked as I lent on his shoulder, too tired to care.

I shook my head weakly. 'Just tired' I muttered softly as my utter exhaustion caught up to me.

Chat relaxed slightly next to me, his head sliding so it rested on top of mine.

I just wanted to go to sleep right here and now so badly, but I had a slight draw back. I was soaking wet and chilled to the bone, the cut on my head I had been ignoring all this time was starting to sting from the salt water and I had sea weed in my hair and under my nails and I was sitting next to a boy who is NOT OF MY FAMILY in a dark secret room no one knew about, but I decided to ignore this since I had just fought a SMALL ARMY! Then I had to go deep sea diving on an autumn night in heavy leather boots and a cape for my nitwit of a partner who then emotionally exhausted me by being dead for a full two minutes! Not to mention I spent the entire day in the hospital with back breaking work. Besides, I trusted Chat Noir with my life, I guess I could trust him not to try anything for a few hours as I slept.

With my last strength I looked up at my partner to see he was already fast asleep, adorably so. I smiled as I reached up and straitened his mask, brushing his wet fringe off his face.

'Why couldn't you be this cute all the time?' I asked him before settling down beside him, and thankfully, falling into the embrace of sleep.

I woke up freezing, and tired. So, so tired. Oh right, I died, I had a reason to be tired. I moaned and with heavy fingers took off my sodden hat and mask to wipe the salt and other crud off my face, but as I raised my left arm I discovered there was something lying on it, or someone actually. It was Ladybug, sleeping soundly with her head resting on my shoulder.

I screeched.

She moaned and rubbed her closed eyes, leaning away from my loud noise of surprise and slid down the wall so that she was lying on the floor. I watched her with wide eyes as I hesitated weather to put my mask on again or not, but I was pretty sure she was asleep again! With trembling legs, I stood up and picked up my sabres from where it was lying next to us, as my gloved fingers touched the smooth metal again a mixture of memories flashed through my mind causing me to drop it with a loud clang.

Red.

Cigarette man.

Marinette.

Barrels of gun powder.

Explosion.

Water…...

Ladybug!

She had saved me from drowning, she had held me as I calmed my breathing and then carried me to safety while I was still too weak to move, then she had stayed with me, trusting me as she slept. I was a fool to ever think she would leave me. As I smiled down at her I realized something, it was candle light I was standing in! I looked up to see a fiery light streaming through the water from the bridge, which was odd since they never lit the torches on the bright except for in emergencies.

'It's the explosion'

I jumped around to see an old woman standing in Ladybug's doorway, I gasped and hurriedly raised my mask to my face.

'Don't bother' the woman said with a laugh. 'I already know everything Your Highness'

I swallowed. So this must be Tikki.

'What about the explosion?' I asked her cautiously.

'It shook everyone up, now the palace is on high alert. Don't worry' she said as she saw my relief, 'You saved the day' The old woman glanced behind me at Ladybug's still form, her eyes narrowing with concern.

'What happened?' she demanded as she brushed past me.

'She saved me' I said softly as Tikki knelt down besides Ladybug.

'And now she's asleep?' Tikki asked as she stroked a hand across her young friend's forehead. I nodded.

'Best you go now Sir Prince' Tikki said not looking up from Ladybug. 'It is almost sunrise and you need a bath'

'What about- '

'I will look after her' Tikki snapped, glaring over at me, I saw sadness in her eyes as she glanced over my face.

'You look much like him' she murmured softly.

'My father' I said bitterly. Many people say that about me, and I wasn't particularly proud of it.

'No' Tikki said looking quite serious. 'Your grandfather, King Antoni'

I stared at her shocked. No one spoke about my Grandfather! His very name was taboo in the royal circle, I was scolded for even mentioning him around my father. The fact that she even mentioned him shocked me so much I could think of nothing to do except turn and exit the room, leaving puddles as I went. Numbly I bumped into Plagg half way up the passage, we looked at each other in silence for a few seconds before he sighed and put an arm around my shoulders while tugging my mask out of my hands with the other one before leading me gently back to my bed room.

'A bath would be wise' he told me as I collapsed onto a nearby chair and pealed my damp gloves off my pruned fingers.

'What happened tonight Sir? Why are you wet and look like your about to drop dead?'

'Because I did' I told him plainly as i rubbed my eyes.

Plagg looked at he, his eyes plainly saying 'Wat?'

'I died' I told him dramatically.

'How?' Plagg asked unimpressed.

'Those men were going to blow up the servant quarters of the palace with the stolen gun powder, I had to throw a few barrels into the harbour and the wharf I was standing on collapsed underneath me, I was pinned down by a huge log'

'And Ladybug saved you?' Plagg asked, pausing as he poured hot water that appeared out of nowhere into my grand marble tub.

I nodded tiredly. He smiled and quickly tried to hide it.

'So what else did you learn tonight?' Plagg asked quickly changing the topic.

'I heard two men talking before the fight, one had red hair and the other was the man from before who set the visiting Countess's carriage on fire. Red was talking about a nurse in the hospital and how he wanted her to join them, but I have no idea what he wanted her to join! Plagg, I think these events are happening for a reason!'

'We need to talk to the nurse, try and get her to be our spy before they drag her in too deep' Plagg said immediately as he finished with the bath and motioned for me to get up. 'Do you know her?'

I nodded as I peeled off my already unbuttoned vest and green tunic.

'Good, talk to her in disguise tomorrow, we need her to trust us before she trusts them'

'Who is 'them' Plagg?'

'I don't know Sir Prince' Plagg said shaking his head slowly, before suddenly asking 'Did she say how?' as he exited the room.

'How what?' I asked exhausted as I wiggled out of my boots.

Plagg's voice wafted through the door-way as my trousers soon followed, saying 'How she saved you'

'No she didn't' I said suspicious as I sank into the warm water.

'You should ask her next time' amusement painting his voice as he strode back into the room to collect my dripping clothes, tactfully avoiding his gaze from my direction.

'Why does it matter?' I asked him as he left the room again.

'Do you know what CPR is Sir Prince?' Plagg called out mischievously.

'No' I said suspiciously.

'Then you should ask tomorrow in the hospital Sir Prince' Plagg called softly. 'I shall be leaving now for I have matters of my own to attend to' he said more loudly. 'Can I trust you to dress yourself once done with your royal bath'

'Just go already' I told him as I sank lower into the water.

And he left, leaving me along with my thoughts and feelings of what had happened this night, and what will happen in the future.

'You look exhausted' Tikki told me as she brushed my black hair gently.

'I am exhausted' I told her as I pulled down the sleeves of my work dress.

'I could get you out of work for the day' Tikki told me as she parted my hair in two.

I shook my head slowly. 'I'm meeting someone after work'

'Who?' Tikki asked alarmed. 'Not that boy you were hugging before?'

'No' I said giggled.

'His name is Nathanaël' I told her smiling. 'I met him yesterday at the hospital, he's so polite and he doesn't judge me for how I look like many people do!'

Tikki made pursed her lips and started to tie my hair up with my red ribbons.

'Tell me what he looks like?' She inquired, 'I may know the boy'

'He had long red hair and amazing blue eyes, he's a glass cutter but he wants to be an artist'

'How dreamy' she said sarcastically. I laughed and glanced up at the sky light to see the candles on the bridge dimming in the preparation for the sun rise.

'You can nag me about him later, I have to go to work now' I said, jumping up and giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.

'Be careful with that boy Marinette' she warned me as I picked up my sodden trousers. 'And leave those wet clothes to me, I'll wash the lake stink out of them'

I gave her a warm smile and dashed away. The bakery would be full by now so I paused momentarily in my hallway, wondering where to go now, so with a smile, I decided to go explore via the new exit Plagg showed me.

I lit a candle I found in a random corner and started walking randomly around the catacombs, kicking random walls and prodding random rocks, and by some miracle, found myself at the library again! It was darker now than before, making me guess that the light reflected was from a fire only lit at night, and not so much in the mornings. 'The journal of *something* Antoni' was where I dropped it last night when Plagg startled me, so with hesitant hands I picked it up again.

Flickering threw the first few pages I marvelled at the neat hand writing inside, this was obviously written by someone who knew the art of the pen well. Then three things happened at once, One, the light reflected in the mirrors went suddenly out, leaving me in a little halo of light from my candle, Two, a rat as big as a small dog ran out of the dark, screaming, towards the only light remaining making me, Three, throw my candle at the rat in part defence part shock, causing the only source of light to roll away into a puddle leaving me in total pitch black.

'Nice one Marinette' I told myself to distract myself from my own panic, 'you totally handled that situation properly'

The words had barely left my mouth when light illuminated up the room again, but this time, it wasn't the flickering of a candle, it was sharp and bright, it was sunrise!

'I am so late' I worried out loud as I turned to leave, but I stopped in my tracks when I saw the patterns of the light reflected on the wall. It was a heart, made of pure and strong, standing out like a flame against the plane cream brick next to the door.

And there was something shining in the middle of it!

I walked over and reached out to touch the shining centre of the heart, only to find it was glass! Someone had removed a brick here and replaced it with a glass box painted to look like brick in the dark.

'This is amazing' I told myself as I inched the glass box out of the wall, but the years of neglect and dust did not help my job. After a few minutes I gave up and smashed the front of the box with a rock, reached inside to find several letters that smelt like dust and lavender. I was just grasping around for the last letter when the light in the room went out, again! I flinched at the sudden darkness and jerked my hand against the broken glass box as I hastily extracted it from the wall, successfully cutting a long scratch across the back of my hand. After a few seconds a feeble light floated into the room, much dimmer than last time, but I got the message, I was now very, very, VERY late! I stuffed the letters into the diary and ran from the room to spend the next ten minutes trying to find some exit I had a faint idea where the location was, but somehow I found it, the little hatch door disguised as an air vent in the Palace wall where the western side and the Sothern side met. I closed the hatch behind me and tucked the book into my dress pocket before sprinting to the south, just meeting Alya as she just finished her job at the well.

'Well well well' Alya said as I skidded to a stop next to her, panting hard. 'Look who we have here?'

'No puns' I gasped to her, bracing my hands on my knees. 'I beg of you!'

'You have no right to deny the puns since you did not come home at all last night!' she said coldly.

'Alya' I said trying to breath, but she cut me off.

'You made me worry Marinette' she snapped as she started pacing in front of me. 'Which you KNOW I do not take kindly! You should have at least told me you were working late instead of leaving me in the dark! What would your mother say!'

She stopped quickly as we both flinched, but that wound was long healed and no longer hurt at small comments such as this.

'And worst of all' she said a bit softer. 'You made me do extra work! '

'What- '

She nudged the extra full bucket next to her foot, obviously meant to be mine. I looked at her apologetically as she stared coldly back.

With her eyes on my face I straitened quickly and picket up both the buckets.

'You don't have to do that!' Alya said rolling her eyes.

'You did my work so I will carry yours' I said with a smile as I turned and started walking back to the entrance.

'You going to answer my questions?' Alya asked annoyed as she fell into line next to me.

'It was terrible at the hospital last night' I said automatically, 'and when I got off I realized I had work to do in the sewing room I forgot, and then I–' I bit my lip, something she noticed straight away.

'Marinette' she asked grabbing my arm, 'What HAPPENED!'

'I met someone' I said softly.

'What! Speak up girl'

'I met someone' I told her louder, letting out the massive grin inside me. With all the things that happened last night I didn't have much time to think about Nathanaël, but now that I did, butterfly's exploded in my stomach.

Alya screamed and jumped in front of me to look me dead in the eye, all the worry from before gone.

'Who!' she demanded like her life depended on it.

'His name is Nathanaël' I told her grinning, 'I met him in the hospital when I had to stitch up his back, he's a glass cutter'

'Is he cute?' she asked as we continued our walk, much slower this time.

'Totally' I told her enthusiastically. 'He is so sweet and opinionated, but not in that way that shuts down what you're thinking, it's like he encourages you to think of what's right for others above all!

'But is he cute?' Alya demanded.

'Is who cute?' Nino asked as he appeared next to us.

'Nathanaël' Alya said in a way of greetings.

'That red haired guy from yesterday!' he asked leaning around Alya to see me, I nodded.

'You SAW HIM!' Alya said loudly, grabbing Nino's arm. 'HOW?' she yelled, turning on me again.

'He was there yesterday when I was saying goodbye' I told her quickly to stop her yelling.

'What time?'

'Around dusk' Nino said, trying to reclaim the attention of Alya again. I looked at his face and instantly knew he hadn't talked to Alya yet, he probably chickened out or something.

'I do not see why my love life is so important' I said quickly, winking at Nino. He scowled back. Alya caught the exchange and looked at me confused, I smiled back.

'So where are you two working today?' Nino asked quickly, trying to change the topic.

'I have my apprenticeship at the printing press today' Alya said excitedly. 'What about you guys?'

'I'm helping out in the nursery' Nino said casually, but we both knew he loved working there, making the small children laugh, even if it wasn't the manliest job out there, but I guess it was one of the reasons Alya loved him.

'I have morning shift in the Hospital, afternoon in the bakery getting things ready for tea time, then I will be working late in the sewing room, working on small mends here and there'

'You have it ruff' Nino said sympathetically.

I laughed. 'You say that every morning like your surprised I take the hard shift?'

'He's right' Alya said 'You never have any free time anymore! You need a vacation'

'I need a miracle to get one of those' I told her wistfully as we placed our full bucket with the others against the wall.

And with that we went our separate ways, Alya to go get her hands and dress stained with ink, Nino to go tell stories to the children of the palace about knights and Princesses, and me to go see who popped their stiches in the night.

I knew the way to the hospital like the back of my hand, so I took the time to take the book out a look at it more closely. I opened the front cover and read a small message scrawled on the inside, it said

'Love comes once in a life time,

It starts at birth and starts to wind

It won't come sweet, but bitter like lime

But you must treasure whatever you find

For your love, will shine one of a kind

So bright for some, they might go blind

But a whole kingdom, it would bind

Together at last, worth every dime'

'This is beautiful' I thought to myself. 'Whoever wrote this must of known true love, and its hardships and how sometimes when you are in love all you get is whole lot of ugly coming from a never ending parade of stupid! This poem is telling the reader that love should be fought for and- '

'Marinette!'

I jumped and dropped the book, sending the letters skidding everywhere. I quickly dropped down to collect them all when someone beat me to it, someone wearing a scruffy shirt and jacket with a baker's hat pulled low over his hair that couldn't quite hide all of its vibrant blond locks.

'Prince Adrien' I gasped as he looked over at me as we both crouch on the floor. He caught my eye and smiled.

'Why must the world torment me like this' I thought to myself as my heart twinges with the painful love I felt for him surged forward. Life was cruel that way, even if you were trying to figure out a mystery wrapped in a riddle hidden in a book while suffering sleep deprivation and aching bones from a secret life of fighting crime that no one knew about, life still liked to throw a curve ball in the shape of a PRINCE I have been pining over for years to finally start showing attention to me!

Yeah, life was a bitch that way.

Oh-Kay! That's all for today. What do you think of this chapter? i like it.

First, i threw a quote from "Hairspray" in there, tell me if you find it.

Second, try and say that last sentence in one breath, go on, i dare you.

and third, there is a lot of hidden details in here that will in later chapters make you go back and groan in satisfactions, the type of groan you do when reading a REALLY good book at 2 in the morning and have to get up in four hours but you still continue to read.

I want to do that with my story, to make the reader THINK and generally feel something. Because isn't that what reading is about? to feel something from the eyes of the characters.

Anyway, that's all from my commentary. i wonder if anyone actually read to the end of this, i don't think so, i wouldn't.

But, i guess you should know, i may post more slowly this week since i have caught up with what i have already written so now i'm just winging it.

Bye my friends