Chapter 4: Marinette
A.N:
I'll be calling the original Lila Lyla so as not to confusse the two. That's all, enjoy this chapter.
Azeria landed in her bedroom.
»Tail in.« She called off her transformation. She threw herself onto her bed and sighed as Aiistra landed on her stomach. She handed the kwami a caramel, a huge grin on her face. »It went okay, right?« The kwami giggled, swallowing the rest of her caramel. »You did great. We both knew it would be a little rough since they had a bad experience with Volpina. Don't worry though, we'll just earn their trust. Lila nodded, still smiling. »I guess it's understandable. I would be suspicious too if I'd gone through that.« Aiistra nodded, her ears suddenly perking up as she quickly hid under the bed. Lila's aunt came barging in. »Sweetie...Oh! I see you're up. Have you had some rest?« Lila smiled, nodding. »I did. I like the room.« Lila replied, still siting. Her aunt gave her a huge grin. »That's great. I just made dinner if you're ready to eat...?« Lila grinned. »I'm pretty hungry actually. Should we go to the kitchen?« Sophie nodded. »How do you like chicken soup?2 She asked as she guided Lila out of the room. Lila smiled, eagerly following her. »I love it.« They left the room and Lila closed the door. Aiistra flew from under the bed. She smiled as she heard Lila and her aunt laughing in the kitchen. Lila is great and I know she'll find friends, she belongs out there saving citizens and here, with her aunt in Paris, Aiistra thought. She belongs here.
Lila woke up the next morning at seven o'clock. She brushed her hair and got dressed. Back at home she always wore animal print clothes and she liked it that people knew that about her, she didn't want to change anything about herself just because she was somewhere new. Today she was wearing a turquoise T-shirt with a see through back which was covered in leopard print. The front had a siting leopard on it, the sleeves a little longer than normal, falling down to her elbows. She was wearing dark blue skinny jeans that hugged her just right. She had pale skin and dark brown hair, which ended just a bit above her waist and she wore in a low ponytail, which looked a lot like Azeria's, resembling a tail. She wore her miraculous under her shirt as to not give herself away as Azeria. Her chocolate brown eyes scanned the room. It was very tidy so far, but she knew it would soon be cramed and dirty, she was the kind of person that had a messy room a lot of the time. She checked her bag again to make sure she had everything she needed for school. She still had twenty-five minutes until she had to leave for school. She was pacing around her room, nervous. Aiistra flew up to her, smiling. »Don't worry. You'll meet new people, make new friends. Everyone will like you, trust me you're likeable.« Lila smiled, hugging the kwami. »Thanks for being there for me Aiistra. I love you.« Aiistra hugged the girl back, snuggling against her cheek. »I love you too. Now go eat or your stomach will be grumbling and you'll be emarrassed and then you'll have a panic attack in the middle of class.« Lila giggled, pulling away as the kwami floated in front of her. »Don't scare me Aiistra! I'm serious.« The kwami giggled, doing a somersalt in the air in front of the girl. »Okay, okay. I won't scare you, don't want you throwing up.« The kwami giggled again and hid under the bed as Lila fumed. »Aiistra!« She calmed herself down and went to eat breakfast. Her aunt was already eating cereal and Lila greeted her with a smile. »Morning.« Sophie returned her smile. »Good morning, sweetheart. Are you nervous for your first day of school.« Lila found herself a bowl, and let out a nervous giggle. »That obvious?« Her aunt nodded, giving her a warm smile. »Don't worry sweetie. You're great, you'll find yourself lots of friends, I'm sure and don't worry I aready informed the teachers and principal that you'll be joining class today and they'll introduce you to your class. It'll be alright.« Lila weakly smiled and sighed. »I know, I'm just nervous.« Sophie patted her back. »That's okay, everyone is.«
Twenty minutes later Lila was standing in frront of her new school. Her black bag with aquamarine stripes thrown across one of her shoulders, her kwami hiding in the pocket of her mint green jacket. She took a deep breath and started looking up the stairs. She looked around and saw a tan boy with headphones standing next to a boy with blond hair and green eyes, she'd seen him on some of the billboards outside around Paris. She saw a girl with black hair with a pink stripe in it. She was talking to a small girl with short blond hair and big blue eyes. She finally reached the entrance and pulled open the door. She looked at her schedule, again memorizing the number of the classroom she needed to find. First she found the principal's office and when she was done left to find her classroom. She finally found it just as the bell rang and slowly opened the door. She saw that the teacher was already in the classroom. When she walked in the teacher turned to her an inviting smile on her face. She beckoned Lila to come inside. Lila closed the door and walked up to the teacher, giving her a note that she'd been given by the principal. As the teacher quickly read the slip she could hear murmurs and feel everybody's gaze on teacher put the note on her desk and smiled at Lila. »Class, as you see we've got a new student. This is Lila Petit, she just moved here from Lyon and she'll be joining our class. Please be nice to her and help her around the school. Now I'm sorry if I ever confusse you with our other Lyla.« She gestured to Lyla. »Now since Alya will be absent today, you can sit next to Marinette.« She pointed to an free seat next to a raven haired girl with pigtails, that was smiling at her warmly. Lila slowly walked towards her seat. As she went past the first desk, a blonde girl siting in it, she saw the blonde stick out her foot, trying to trip her. Her instincts took over and she dodged her foot, almost letting out a growl but holding herself back and hurrying to her desk. She sat down next to Marinette and took out her books. The teacher started talking and Marinette turned towards Lila. »Hey.« She whispered and Lila turned towards her. Marinette smiled and offered Lila a hand that the girl gladly shook. »It's nice to meet you.« Marinette whispered and Lila smiled brightly. »Nice to meet you too.« Marinette smiled back. »I can show you the school and we can sit together today if you want.« She whispered and Lila quickly nodded. »I'd love that. You're really nice.« Marinette smiled and thanked her, before they turned towards the teacher and listened to the class.
The rest of the school day went by and Lila hung out around Marinette. She learned the names of her classmates and things about them. Marinette guided her around the school and sat with her at every class. Lila learned that the blond boy was Adrien Agreste, known model and Marinette's crush, the boy with the headphones was his best friend Nino. The girls she saw at front were Juleka and Rose. The blonde girl that tried to trip her was Chloe, she'd learned that she was basically evil. She also meet Kim the jock, Nathaniel the artist, Alix, Max the smart one, Sabrina Chloe's henchgirl, Jean, Mylene, Ivan and lastly Alya. She'd learned that Alya was Marinette's best friend and was currently sick and wouldn't be back in school for four days, until she came back Lila could sit with Marinette. She also meet Lyla Rossi. Marinette told her that she'd impersonated Volpina when she was akumatized and that she'd lied often, that'd been why she didn't have any friends and was always alone. At the end of the day she was walking out of school with Marinette, smiling, her nervousness gone. Just as she thought her day had gone perfectly someone tripped her. Her foxlike instincts took over and she caught herself on the fence besides the stairs, growling quietly. She pulled herself up and turned to Chloe. The blonde had a smirk on her face and was looking between Lila and Marinette. »Oh, look Sabrina, we have another clumsy piece of trash in our class.« Lila glared at her. »You tripped me.« Chloe shrugged. »What are you gonna do, huh? Fall over?« Lila smirked, leaning towards the girl. »I'm going to tell you to never try it again and let you off with a warning.« Chloe smirked. »Whatever. Sabrina! Let's go.« As she walked off Lila glared after her, before turning to Marinette with a smile. Marinette, who'd been quiet through the whole thing, returned her smile. »Would you like to come to the bakery? I have some sweets and we can do our homework.« Lila nodded, grinning. She linked her arm with Marinette's and whispered. »And you can tell me about your crush on *cough* Adrien.« Marientte blushed and Lila giggled. »Let's go.«
Half an hour later Lila and Marinette were hanging out in Marinette's bedroom. »mari, you really fell for this boy, huh?« Marinette giggled as she took another bite of her cookie. »I guess...He's just so kind and cute...« Lila nodded, giggling. »I'll have to meet Alya soon so that we can plan how to get you and Adrien together!« Marinette laughed. »No!« Meanwhile the girl laughed and chatted Aiistra and Tikki were hiding on a shelf together, quietly giggling.
Lila left about an hour later. As she was walking down the street Aiistra poked her head out of her jacket. »See you've already got a great new friend!« Lila glanced around to make sure there was no one watching. »I know! Marinette's so nice.« Aiistra nodded. »She's great. A good choice.« She quickly hid again as someone walked by. Lila smiled to herself, humming a tune to a new song she was writing. What she didn't know was that what Aiistra had meant when she said Marinette was 'a good choice' she meant it as in she's a good choice for a Ladybug.
Lila arrived home at five o'clock. Giving her aunt a hug and heading to her room. She'd already finished her homework. She put down her bag abd took off her jacket, throwing it over her chair as Aiistra flew out. She gave the kwami a caramel and wrote he adjustments she'd thought of for her song. When she was finished she headed to the kitchen. Her aunt was cooking and smiled when she saw her walk in. »How was your day?« Lila smiled siting on the counter next to where her aunt was cooking. »It was great. I found a new friend. Her names is Marinette and she lives in the bakery next to the school.« Her aunt nodded. »Oh, the Dupain-Cheng bakery, right? I know that place, I buy bread there. Theyy have quite good pastries.« Lila looked over Sophie's cooking, nodding. »That's the one.« For the rest of the evening she talked to her aunt abd ate the dinner she'd cooked.
When it was finally time to go to bed she was exhausted. She put on her pyamas and jumped into bed. Her kwami snuggled up next to her on the pillow, her caramel eyes glownig. »Good day?« Aiistra asked. Lila nodded, staring at the ceiling. »Good day.« Aiistra smiled, planting a small kiss on Lila's cheek. »Goodnight.« She whispered. Lila snuggled up into a ball on the bed. »Goodnight, Aiistra.«
A.N:
Chapter 4 is here.
Hope y'all like it and please review, it means a ton.
Dream on!
Timisa