Marinette was shivering all over as she walked into school. She felt as if her whole world was going to change as she stepped into the building. Alya was with her as Adrien and Nino decided to head to class early to do something. Alya looked over at the shivering bluenette, her face scrunched in concern.

"Girl are you sure you're ok?" She eyed the bluenette, "We can always say you're sick and come in tomorrow."

"And give her more time to prepare?" Marinette whispered to the brunette, "I don't think so. I'll be fine."

"If you say so," Alya muttered, "Anyway did you remember to get ready for after school?"

"Why?" Marinette tilted her head to the side, "I thought we were just hanging out?"

"Yeah but I have a surprise," Alya smirked as she pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose, "Just pack a swimsuit."

"Ok then," The blue-haired teen stared at her friend in confusion. She had no idea what she had tucked up her sleeve...

The bell than rang and the two girls dashed towards class, hoping not to get a late detention.

...After Class...

Marinette sighed as she placed some of her books in her locker. The first two periods of the day were long and hard and she still had a few more hours of school left as well as patrol. She groaned as she thought about how draining her daily routines were. Sometimes she even wondered about how she never got tired or showed how much she did in a day.

"You've only got a few more weeks of school left Marinette," Tikki offered comfortingly.

"Yeah I know," Marinette shut her locker and then spotted Lila approaching. A sinister smile on her face and her greens eyes glinting. All of her instincts told Marinette to run, but she stayed rooted to the ground a firm expression on her face. There was no way she was letting a conniving bitch get the best of her, not today anyway.

"Hi Marinette," Lila started off casually and went to her locker, pretending to look for something in there.

"Hi Lila," Marinette replied just as casually, "Classes were so long this morning right?"

"They so were!" Lila played along, "And it doesn't help that I didn't get much sleep last night...I kept thinking about things."

"Oh do tell," Marinette continued the breezy conversation, making it seem like the girls were gossiping.

"Well," Lila speaks in a low voice, "A guy who've I've been friends with for ages wants to date me, but my heart belongs to Adrien..."

"Really?" Marinette pretended to be shocked, "That's such a hard position to be in, like I like this one guy but there's this other guy I pine over."

"Oh do tell," Lila's eyes flashed as she said this. This was exactly what she wanted, now all she had to do was create some tension...

"Well one guy's actually in our class and I can't exactly name the other..." Marinette continued careful to not say or reveal too much.

"Because she's a mega slut!" Chloe smirked producing her phone in her hand, "Just wait till Adrikins hears about this! Oh you'll definitely won't be one of his friends anymore!"

"You'll be like old news," Sabrina added, "Good for a while until everyone unravels your dirty secrets."

Both girls walk off laughing as Marinette clenches her fists and a light shade of red covers her cheeks. Lila smirked and was about to leave the scene when Chloe turned around.

"Oh and Lila," Chloe smiled, "Thanks for telling us about this little...meet up. Now I've got to show Adrikins this clip and show that Lila Mcliar here has an obsession with him!"

The two girls exited the room and Lila and Marinette looked at one another, both of them fuelled with rage.

"This is all your fault Dupain-Cheng!" Lila accused the bluenette.

"As if!" Marinette yelled back, "You chose to side with them, not me!"

"But if you hadn't gotten between me and Adrien I wouldn't have to!" Lila screeched as she slapped Marinette across the face.

By now most of their class had come in to find the two girls looking like they were ready to explode. Nino and Adrien tried to rush forward to help Marinette but Alya stopped them.

"Never get involved in a bitch fight boys," She advised, "Mari's got this. She's had a few of these with Chloe."

"She has?" Adrien stared at the bluenette in amazement, "Wouldn't think so, since she's so nice."

"Dude," Nino shook his head, "If you cross the line with Mari, you can never go back. She's sweet by nature and when you fuck around with her, she's gonna get pissed."

Marinette and Lila glared at the other, both had clenched fists and scowls. Marinette's face was red and Lila was growling.

"You wanna blame me bitch?" Marinette cocked a brow at the green-eyed brunette.

"If the shoe fits thot," Lila smirked. She knew exactly what she was doing. Marinette sighed as she took a deep breath in.

"Ok then," She replied calmly, "But don't say I didn't warn you."

"Wha-" Lila began until her locker sprayed out foam and other things covering the brunette from head to toe, "Why you-"

"Bitch, cow, slut, whore, thot?" Marinette mocked offence, "I've heard them all before! You wanted a bitch fight and here we are, I win you lose."

The whole class gasped at her sudden outburst. It wasn't like Marinette to be like this, and they all knew it, even Chloe. The bluenette then took in a deep breath and the redness began to fade from her face. Marinette then ran out of the locker room and headed towards the girls' bathroom. She didn't know what came over her, but something strange was happening...

"Mari!" Alya banged on the cubicle door, where Marinette was hiding.

"I'm not coming out," Came the reply, "I've already made a fool of myself."

"Ok I'll just tell your parents you're not sick anymore!" Alya teased.

"You called me in sick?" The door burst open, "Thank you Alya!" She hugged her best-friend.

"No problem girl," Alya smiled, "I could tell you felt a bit... well you know about the bitch fight, so I kinda did it to give you a break."

"Thank you," Marinette replied as she left the bathroom.

Everyone was in lessons when she came out of the bathroom. Marinette walked across the courtyard to the principle's office. She looked into the locker room as she passed it, the only traces left of the fight were the foam and other things Alya had stuffed into Lila's locker, with the help of Max of course. Marinette blushed at the memory and rushed to the office. Once she'd gotten there she spotted her parents outside the door talking to Mr Damocles.

"Marinette are you ok?!" Her mum gasped as she spotted the teen. Marinette's eyes were red and puffy and her cheeks were splotchy. The teen only sighed.

"Well take as long as you need to recover," Mr Damocles sighed, "I heard about what happened earlier and it's highly unusual for you to react in such a manner. Therefore the school is launching a investigation in what happened. Of course not professionally but we'll have some good resources."

"Well thank you sir for taking so much consideration," Marinette's dad replied, "I think we'd better get her home."

"Of course," Mr Damocles replied, "And like I said take all the time you need."

...

Not long after Marinette found herself in her room. She sat at her desk and decided to try and design to get her mind off things. As her pencil moved across the paper, Marinette felt the tension within herself ease, until she was relaxed. She didn't know why she let Chloe or Lila get to her, she should've just ran away...but she didn't care at the moment, she was in her own world.

Alya called her at lunch to check if she was ok and they rescheduled to meet tomorrow instead of that day as Marinette wasn't feeling too well.

"Well I'll see you later then," Alya finished.

"Yeah you will," Marinette replied before ending the call.

Tikki floated up to her chosen and sighed, "Marinette you need to avoid Lila."

"Why?" The bluenette raise a brow.

"Because she's no good," Tikki frowned, usually she wasn't one to judge, "She's got something up her sleeve and I don't like it..."

"Don't worry Tikki I'll be fine," Marinette reassured her kwami, "I've got Alya, Adrien and Nino on my side."

"If you say so..." The kwami hesitantly replied, "But just be careful around her."

"I will," Marinette smiled and then yawned, "I don't know about you, but a nap would actually be quite nice..."

The kwami didn't need to be told twice. She found a spot on Marinette's pillow and closed her eyes, while Marinette changed into her pyjamas and climbed into bed. The teen gradually closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep...

Lila went through her social media and felt tears begin to form. Most of the latest posts were about how she'd been humiliated by Marinette earlier that day and she felt her hatred grow deeper. Why couldn't she just have one perfect thing in her life?! Everyone just had to take what she loved most. First her parents, then her friends, then Adrien... And she knew exactly who to blame for that!

She stalked towards her closet and pulled out the bulletin board. All of the heroes and Hawkmoth and Mayura's identities were on there. Now what to do. She picked up her phone ready to take a picture, when a dark violet and black butterfly landed on her phone.

"Vixen," Came Hawkmoth's voice, "I'm giving you a little chance to re-use Volpina's powers...But in return I'll need Chat Noir and Ladybug's miraculous."

"Oh don't worry," Lila laughed, "I want to get even with Ladybug too..."

Then a dark swarm surrounded the girl and she was once again a fox themed villain. Only this time, she looked and had different powers.

"Look out Little Bug," She smirked, "Someone let the fox out and she wants to play..."

"Lila Rossi," Gabriel Agreste stood in his room used for his dirty work, "The mystery of her spite and hatred always gets my brain puzzling. I wonder if she even knows how powerful she is... "

He looked over at the Parisian skyline and thought. So many innocent people lived there, so many new victims and it had so much more to offer. That was partly way Gabriel stayed there but it was also because of his wife and how the city was so enchanting to many, including him, but now Gabriel only saw tragedy. He'd lost his one true love and he was willing to do anything to bring her back...

Marinette was asleep, when she heard the faint sound of tapping on her window. She walked up to it and spotted Adrien as Chat. It was then she remembered how she had patrol that night. Sighing she said the words that triggered her transformation and was out of the window in a flash.

"Someone wanted to take a cat nap," Adrien smirked as he pole-vaulted beside her.

"Ha ha very funny Kitty," She rolled her eyes, swinging forwards, "So where are Carapace and Rena Rouge meeting us?"

"They said at the park this time," Chat replied, "Apparently there's a new akuma..."

"Don't tell me it's-" Ladybug began.

"It is and she's got some new powers," He sighed as they both landed at the gates to the park.

"Just when I thought the day couldn't get any worse," She groaned, "Well we'd better go meet them. If there's a new akuma, who knows what can happen, especially if it's her."

The two of them then headed into the park.

A/N:

Alya: you can't leave it like that!

Me: Yes I can! It's called suspense or cliffhangers. It's what keeps the readers reading.

Alya: Sure and that's why you've got like I don't know a few readers.

Me: Whatever (Pouting).

Marinette: Give her a break Alya, she's trying her best...

Alya: Sure she is...

Marinette: Alya!

Alya: Fine! But only cause you said so!

Me: Well that was unexpected... Anyway don't forget to read and review!

Till next time,

D.L.D