Several days later, it was Thursday and it had been nearly two weeks since Marinette discovered who Cat Noir was.
"You're gonna do it?" Tikki asked.
"He deserves to know the truth." Marinette asked.
She handed a letter to Adrien as she walked into the classroom. Adrien mentally read the letter.
Dear Adrien.
I have something that I must tell you. It's important. Meet me by the Eiffel Tower after school at three o'clock.
Your friend, Marinette.
Adrien wondered what she had to say to him. The Eiffel Tower was deserted, much to Marinette's delight. Unbeknownst to her, Sabrina was following her (on Chloe's orders), and Chloe was following Adrien.
"You're really going to tell him?" Tikki asked, poking her head out from Marinette's bag.
"There's no going back now." Marinette answered. Tikki hid back in Marinette's bag as Adrien (as well as Sabrina and Chloe) arrived.
Sabrina and Chloe were behind Marinette and Adrien respectively, listening in on their conversation.
"Is there something you wanted to tell me?" Adrien asked.
"Yes. Adrien..." she started to say, before hearing a loud vibration. "Hold on... I think someone's watching us."
Sabrina's phone was vibrating because her father was trying to call her. Chloe put her hand to her forehead.
"I know you're hiding, wherever you are! So come out! Or I will find you!" Marinette exclaimed.
Sabrina tried to ran away, but she tripped and fell on the ground right in front of Marinette and Adrien.
"Sabrina, why are you following us?!" Marinette asked.
"Chloe made me do it!" Sabrina exclaimed. "She's been following Adrien as well!"
"Sabrina, you idiot!" Chloe screamed from behind the Eiffel Tower. She sighed and revealed herself. "Look, I know you guys are up to something. So what the heck is going on here?"
"Seriously, Chloe? What the heck are you talking about?" Adrien asked. "Are you jealous?"
"I am not jealous!" Chloe answered angrily. "I know you guys have been fooling around. Your absent from class part of the time, you're constantly making excuses for yourselves, and both of you disappeared from class sometime after Roger was fired. Tell me the truth. What is going on?!"
Adrien was stunned. He couldn't tell Chloe, Sabrina or Marinette that he was a superhero. Marinette also knew that she couldn't reveal the truth, but she quickly came up with another plan.
"You want the truth?" Marinette asked. "Fine then. Here's the truth!" Marinette passionately kissed Adrien. Chloe gasped as Sabrina and Adrien widened their eyes in shock. Not knowing what to do, Adrien just went along with it by closing his eyes and kissing her. Chloe ran away and so did Sabrina.
"Is she gone?" Adrien asked. They looked around and breathed a sigh of relief. "Finally. I thought she'd never leave. Marinette, were you lying just to get Chloe off our backs or do you actually like me?"
"I...I...Does it matter?" Marinette asked.
"Or do you just wanna kiss me again?" Adrien asked.
"Huh?" she asked.
He kissed her, and she kissed him back. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she circled her arms around his neck. Even if it was a lie, Marinette loved it. They backed away after a few seconds. The two smiled at each other. Adrien's phone rang.
"Hello?" he answered. "Okay. I'm at the Eiffel Tower. Okay, goodbye." He hung up. "That was Nathalie. It's time for another photoshoot."
"How long until she gets there?" Marinette asked.
"Less than a minute." Adrien answered. "Is there something you wanted to say to me?"
"Adrien, I, I love you..." Marinette said. "And I know that..." The car pulled up.
"Come on, Adrien." Nathalie said. "We're already late."
"I'm sorry, Marinette. I have to go. I'll see you around." Adrien said, getting into the car. Marinette watched him disappear. She looked away in despair.
Meanwhile Chloe was at the Trocadero all alone, hiding herself from view behind a white pillar.
"She's been doing this all along?!" Chloe asked. "How could I have not noticed this earlier?! She doesn't deserve him! I do!" She growled and kicked a rock, creating a crack in the pillar.
Hawkmoth sensed Chloe's anger and envy.
"Angry because of love and lies, oh yes! I love it! My little akumas will feast upon her anger." Hawkmoth said. "Fly away my little akuma, and evilize her!" The akuma flew off, looking for it's target. Chloe was ripping up flowers, thinking of how much she wanted to destroy Marinette. The akuma entered her bracelet. A purple light mask formed around her eyes.
"Cleopatra, I am Hawkmoth." he greeted. "I can give you the power to destroy your foes and win the heart of the one you love. All I ask is that you retrieve Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses."
"Those Miraculouses, and Adrien's heart, are as good as mine!" Chloe declared.
Chloe was engulfed in purple and black smoke, turning into Cleopatra. Her gloves were gone, but the two bracelets she wore were still there. She donned a long white dress and her hair turned black and was loose. She wore large golden earrings and a gold and jeweled choker around her neck. On top of her head was a golden band with red gems and a snake head on it. She felt magic coursing through her veins. She felt powerful and invincible. Cleopatra smirked.
"Chloe?" Sabrina asked. "Are you here?"
"The name's Cleopatra now. You are my right hand woman. You will bow before me." Cleopatra spoke.
Sabrina bowed down not in respect for her new authority, but out of fear.
"What is your command, Queen Cleopatra?" Sabrina asked.
"We're going to gather an army, steal Adrien's heart with my love magic, and then, we will kill Marinette." Cleopatra answered.
Sabrina nearly choked. "What?!"
