I don't know if this'll go up your expectations cause like, when I was writing this, I forgot my plot so yeah.
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Alya Césaire posted a blog update
October 24, 2021 - 3:50 am
It's been more than thirty minutes and no sign of either Mari, Adrien, or Kristine. I can hear crashing stuff inside the house and I'm surprised the housekeeper hasn't noticed.
Or maybe she did and she's used to these kind of stuff happening? I honestly do not know anymore. I'm just worried for my friends.
We're gonna go find them now. Wish us luck and send Ladybug here guys!
Still in distress, Alya
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Alya opened her phone's flashlight, not too intent on recording. She and Nino went back inside, despite it being dangerous, in search for their friends. After all, how were they going to explain to Gabriel Agreste, known for his talent and creepy demeanor, that they left his son at a haunted mansion and took the said boy's car back home?
So, trying to be brave, they went out of the safe zone to be their friends' hero.
"Mari!" Alya called as they took another cautious step, "Marinette where are you?"
No answer, just the crashing and thumping from the ballroom. A loud shriek was heard that made the couple stop in their steps. The shriek continued for a few seconds before it ultimately stopped all noise in the house.
"You think Chat defeated whatever it was?" Alya asked quietly
"Hopefully," Nino replied
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Ladybug and Chat Noir were getting tired. True, they had their own fair share of working out for stamina due to akuma attacks, and maybe a little bit of gym time for Adrien, but this one was a difficult villain to defeat. Given that it wasn't an akuma, they were formulating plans as quick as jumping out of the way before they were attacked, leaving little to no actual communication.
"Reveal yourself if you're not a coward!" Ladybug yelled
Chat had long seen whatever it was they were battling but still didn't have the guts and time to tell Ladybug what it was exactly.
"Fine then," it answered
All the curtains fell, revealing what it was they were battling. Ladybug gasped as the faint light from the moon showed it.
"Kristine?" Ladybug took a step back
Ladybug furrowed her brows. What was she doing? And what was she in general?
"Now, now, you must be confused." Kristine grinned, stepping in to the brighter parts of the room, showing her new get up
She wore a black skin tight suit with light green fur covering her forearms and hands, making it look like she had fingerless gloves, as well as her legs to her feet. She had a long, slender tail behind her and, in her hand, a whip matching her rat-like tail.
"Since you're Adrien," she pointed at the blond, "I presume you're Marinette."
"That doesn't matter. Why are you doing this?" Chat asked
"Being an heir of a miraculous isn't easy, am I right?" Kristine chuckled for a bit, "I was looking for someone to keep me company. Emil and Jason are obviously taken, Nino has Alya and she watches him like a hawk," she paused, "then there was you, the perfect candidate but Marinette just had to come and ruin it for me!"
"But then you turned out to be a cat," she spat, "I hate cats."
"It's a good thing the ladybug likes cats, huh, Bugaboo?" He grinned towards Ladybug and winked at her
"There's plenty of time for that later," Ladybug replied, "we have to get rid of this one first."
"Lucky Charm!"
Kristine laughed, "You really think you can defeat me with a lucky charm? Oh please. Your few years of fighting is just a pinch of my centuries' worth of experience."
A bobby pin fell to her hand and she placed it safely at her bangs. She used her yoyo to tie it around Kristine.
"Wow, a bobby pin, very useful," Ladybug stated
The doors swung open, catching the heroes' attention.
"It's Ladybug!" Alya exclaimed, "Did you find our friends, Marinette and Adrien?"
"Kind of busy," Ladybug answered, "Chat, quick. Find her miraculous. It's got to be there somewhere."
"You really think removing my miraculous is the end of it? This miraculous is cursed! This house is cursed and I'm cursed with it! I have no end!"
Chat Noir ran to her, scanning her to find any sort of accessory. He reached her feet then saw an anklet with a glittering green gem. He ripped it off then threw to the ground.
"Cataclysm!" He raised his hand then brought it down to the anklet
It dissolved into nothing but dust, the metal corroding fast then turning into powder. Ladybug let Kristine go then the girl knelt down to her miraculous. She breathed heavily, slowly getting patches of green on her body.
"You'll pay for this!" She growled at the two
"Let's go?" Chat whispered to Ladybug
The girl nodded then exited the room with their other friends, too tired to actually deal with anything more.
"Can I get an interview for the Ladyblog?" Alya asked, feeling slightly giddy and absolutely relieved that her heroes had saved the day once more
"Yeah, go do that. I'm gonna go look for Adrien and Mari," Nino told her
"No!"
"I, I mean, no don't split up," Chat Noir stated
Nino nodded, knowing that he should trust someone who knew better since the last time he didn't do that, a literal something was out to get them.
"How did you guys get here so fast?" Alya asked, "I swear I just posted an update, like, thirty minutes ago."
"We were around town, you know, vacation." Chat shrugged
"Oh cool. So who's taking care of Paris?"
"Actually it doesn't need to be-."
Beep. Beep.
"Welp, that's our cue," Chat pointed out, "Sorry to cut it short. See you back in Paris."
Alya nodded then the two heroes ran off.
"So we apparently didn't need the Lucky Charm for a supposedly stronger villain," Ladybug stated
"Yeah that's weird." Chat nodded in agreement before both stopped to look at each other
They ran off back to the lobby, in search of that one specific door. Ladybug used the pin to unlock the door and both entered, still taken aback by the sight of the green rat.
"This must be it," Ladybug stated
They brought it out of the room and placed it where it wasn't carpeted.
"We're sorry we have to destroy a miraculous but this is our only choice." Ladybug knelt down then lit the portrait on fire using one of the candles around
Both smiled at each other with satisfaction.
"Bien joue!"
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"Alya! There you are!" Marinette called as they bumped into their friends who were inside the kitchen
"Oh God, Marinette!" Alya ran to her friend and hugged her tight, "Where were you? We searched the whole area and you two weren't there!"
"Come on, no time for reunions, we can do that later. All our stuff are in the trunk and the car's been ready for three hours," Nino said, coaxing them all to start walking
Once outside, Alya and Nino took the passenger's and driver's seat respectively and Marinette and Adrien shared the backseat with Emil and Jason.
"Everybody ready?" Nino asked
After earning collective nods from all of them, Nino drove off and out of the mansion for good, not leaving a word to the caretaker of the mansion. He dropped Emil and Jason off at the bus station and started driving towards Paris.
"Okay, okay, since this is gonna be the last blog post, I'm gonna read it to all of you." Alys spoke
Hello once again, world. I am back, I am alive, and we are all alive, yay! Thank you to whoever contacted Ladybug because she was there and she was as awesome as ever. I tried getting an interview but her time was running out, c'est la vie.
Anyways, we found Mari and Adrien at, like, six in the morning which was quite unreasonable but I guess it was because of Adrien getting caught by whatever it was.
Nino and I went to find Mari and Adrien only to find Ladybug and Chat Noir and whoever it was terrorizing our weekend. It was Kristine after all. She was some sort of a miraculous holder, yelling something about being cursed. Didn't know what that meant but when Chat Noir used his Cataclysm on the girl's miraculous, she slowly rotted, turned to a skeleton, then dissolved to dust.
We went back to the bedroom of the master of the house and saw Kristine in one of the faded photographs. It turns out that Kristine is a grandchild of the owner of the house who was given the miraculous. How she lived for more than 500 years is beyond me.
So we technically didn't win our dare since it was an agreement that we would stay there from Friday night until Monday morning. Bummer because we don't get ths cash prize but seriously, who needs a cash prize when your life's at stake? Definitely not Adrien.
This was life-changing. I learned to never go to a haunted house ever again cause it might actually reallt be haunted but let's focus on what's important now,
When we found Adrien and Marinette, their pinky's were intertwined! Is this it Adrienette shippers? Yes it most definitely is. I'd love to spill the beans but I don't have beans to spill and Adrien's publicist will kill me if I give out any more information than this.
Until next time, you guys!
This has been Alya Césaire's Halloween, thank you for joining us.
"Alya, come on, we're not that obvious." Marinette rolled her eyes
Alya took a look at the two. They were sitting so closely together, Adrien's hand on Marinette's lap with both her hands above his hand then his again and her head resting on his shoulder.
"Sure. Whatever you say." Alya chuckled
"So still up for that date I haven't asked you out for?" Adrien asked
"Stop pushing it, alley cat." Marinette grinned at him
The car swerved a bit to the right then Nino parked it at the side of the road.
"Did you just call him 'alley cat'?" Alya asked, the couple in front looking at the couple in the backseat
"No." Marinette shook her head
"You two are hearing things," Adrien supported
Alya half-lidded her eyes then pulled her phone from the dashboard. She replayed a recording where Marinette clearly said 'alley cat'. The designer just chuckled nervously.
"Term of endearment?" She replied
Alya's face turned serious then she looked on ahead at the road when Nino started driving again.
"No. We are going to have a long talk about this, cat boy,"
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"Oh my God I lost the Halloween competition!" Alya exclaimed one time when the four were all out together for lunch
"What did you just say?" Marinette asked, still wide eyed
"I lost the competition! I can't believe it! An actual haunting experience and I lost to," she gasped, "I lost to a meme!"
"Let's recap, shall we? You made our friends give us a dare, which we lost in the end, we went to a haunted mansion and almost got killed, my boyfriend's secret identity was revealed, we are all probably traumatized by all of what's happened," Marinette took a deep breath, "and you lost to a meme."
Adrien sighed, "Maybe it's not meme-t to be,"
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A few months later
Alya
Guys I have a brilliant idea
Let's go on vacation somewhere
Marinette
Nope.
Adrien
Made plans with the Lady but still, no.
Nino
Babe, remember the last time we went somewhere for vacation?
Didn't quite end well, didn't it?
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October 28, 2022
"I have found the last piece, mademoiselle," an old woman spoke as she walked towards a huge painting of a green rat
She turned around then pulled the large piece of cloth draping over something as large. The cloth fell to the ground, revealing a portrait of a serious faced beach blonde woman dressed in Renaissance Era clothing.
The old woman placed a small, glittering fragment on the remaining space at the frame of the portrait. The fragment bonded with the other fragments formed a sparkling green gem. In just a few seconds, the cracks between the gems were closed and the object solidified.
The woman pulled it out and placed it as a pendant for a silver necklace.
"It's Halloween once more, Mademoiselle Kristine, we have visitors."
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Anyways, since it's done now, I might as well tell you where this started and you're gonna want to read this
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The Green Rat
At first I was intrigued cause cool, I get to kill characters, nice, this is gonna be horror AND angst but I was like, no, too mean, why can't I be nice for one second? And I did so I created three characters, Emil, Jason, and Kristine.
ORIGINALLY, Kristine was supposed to be Jason's love interest and it was Emil who will try to tear Adrienette apart but while writing the second chapter, I was like, you know what? Screw it, let the girl flirt.
ORIGINALLY ALSO, it was supposed to be an actual rat and the ghost of the owner of the mansion who will terrorize them but it turned out to be more dramatic (?) if it was someone near them all the time (this idea was conceived halfway through writing ch 3)
ORIGINALLY ALSO ALSO, Emil and Jason were supposed to die and Kristine will flee (this was before Kristine as a miraculous holder).
Also, did you know that Emil and Jason are (as stated above by Kristine) taken? Now now, taken by who? By each other. Bam! First homosexual couple I had ever! (I wrote an LGBTQ++ character before for SFIT)
Also, did you know that I was supposed to re write the 'Marinette showing her jealousy' scene? I didn't like it and I didn't like the way she was possessive but I ran out of time and it was also to stroke Adrien's ego.
Now that I've said every fact possible for this story, thank you for sticking with me! This isn't my first finished short novel for ml but it's still feels as rewarding. Till next time!
