Marinette has decided to abandon herself in Adrien's embrace. She can feel all the stress leaving her body as she realizes all the anxieties she can now put aside. Now that she is thinking about it, revealing her identity was obviously terrifying, but she is winning much more than she is losing: no more stress about class delays, no more lies to her friends, no need to separate her heart between her partner and her classmate, no more secrets about her feelings for the young man.
Of course, there is still the fear of seeing those she loves to suffer, of course she wants to avoid endangering them, of course she fears that their worst enemy can discover the nature of her relationship with her partner and use it against them. But she is not alone anymore. There will be ears that will listen, friends to rely on, people to advise her. Yes, she is wonderfully well in the embrace of her kitty.
How long has she stayed like that, eyes closed to weighing the pros and cons of her new reality? She has no idea. Adrien now strokes her hair, she wants to stay like that forever, not to move and fall asleep snuggled in the comfort of the warm arms of the young man. A click gets her out of her reverie.
She opens her eyes to see her best friend, phone in her hand with a satisfied smile on her lips. "You're so cutes" Marinette pulls her tongue out and snuggles deeper against Adrien's chest. She doesn't want to deal with Alya. For now, she wants to enjoy the moment of grace that is offered to her. She must give it up when she hears a sigh of discontent not far from them. Chloe!
Marinette looks at Adrien, he seems to be asking for the patience to compose once again with his childhood friend. But Chloe simply passes in front of them, a disgusting expression of mixed with sadness can be read on her face. She fells the young man relaxes against her, but he lets out a slight sigh.
"Kitty?"
"Hmm?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, princess, it's just that I hate hurting a friend."
"Chloe? I don't understand how you can ..."
"Mari, she may be detestable and have all the money in the world, but she has never known a mother's affection."
Marinette feels her heart melt at this realization. Adrien continues. "She was raised by a father who gave her everything money could buy to fill the hole, she doesn't know anything else."
Marinette suddenly feels a little uncomfortable. She has been raised in the love of two parents, always presents, who supports her no matter what, who gives her an example of what a beautiful family life should be. Chloe, like Adrien, must deal with awkward fathers who only has money to support them in the adventure of child education. The mayor has always been very fond of his daughter, who has been a mother's orphan since childhood. But his desire to fill the irreplaceable has led him to spoil her. For his part, Adrien has never developed very significant links with his father and now that his mother has flown away, the flaw in this relationship is even more painful. She feels, now more than ever, that the facade of Adrien's perfect model hides a fragile heart. Maybe she is not that unlucky after all.
She squeezes Adrien's hand and hugs him. He asks for her love. He is so hungry for love, he wants everything now, right now. She has acted like Chloe, spoiled, but this time with affection. She has what she wants for over a year, Adrien's love, and she juggles with it like a rich kid evaluates another new toy. She must recover and stop being afraid. She knows what her decision would be in the end, so why delay things and make him languish. She is going to deserve the one who stole her heart.
But for now, the next projection is about to begin.
Scene: Miss Bustier's classroom. Mr. Damocles is addressing the class.
Mr. Damocles: You only have one day to work on your fashion piece, and it must be your own design. In ten hours your fittest presentation will be judged by none other than the great fashion designer Gabriel Agreste, the father of our very own student Adrien Agreste. In fact, Adrien will model the winning design in his next photoshoot. And now, to announce this year's theme: derby hats.
Chloe: Sorry, but I won't watch this episode.
Marinette: It's ok Chloe, it's past. We all make mistakes.
Adrien looks at his girlfriend, astonished, but she only gives him a shy smile.
Marinette: Derby hats?
(Chloé looks at them and makes a thumbs-down gesture.)
Adrien: Uh! Well in my father's evenings, I regularly see them but I prefer them without a feather.
Scene: Collège Françoise Dupont. Marinette paces in a hall, looking at her sketchbook and talking to Alya.
Marinette: Derby hat, derby hat, derby hat, derby hat...! I don't have any derby hat designs. I've got top hats, caps, even two-horned hats! Need a beret? I'm your girl. A sombrero? No problem-o. But a derby! You know what? It won't even matter, 'cause I'm probably going to make a total fool of myself at the event. Most likely trip over my stupid derby and collapse on Mr. Agreste; give him a full-blown concussion and Adrien will hate me! I'll never be a world-renowned fashion designer. MY LIFE IS OVER!
In the gym all the students laugh. Marinette hides her face in her hands and Adrien kisses her head. Her desperate tirades are terribly cute and reveals a much more human and vulnerable side of her Lady. And when his partner is so vulnerable, it is up to him to reassure her. He has the right now and he will enjoy every moment.
Alya: All this over a derby hat? Let me see your sketchpad, girl. There must be something in here.
Marinette: Forget it, I'm a disaster zone. I'll probably mess everything up in the end.
(Adrien walks over.)
Adrien: Wow, Alya,
(Marinette panics and hides behind the bench)
Once again Marinette's comrades laugh at her misfortune, making her wedge deeper into her partner's embrace. How many scenes like that are still to come to ridicules her? How many more will be needed before Adrien tells her that he had finally changed his mind.
Adrien: Those are some awesome designs. I didn't know you had such mad skills.
Alya: Uh, thanks Adrien, but I can't take the credit. These sick designs belong to Marinette.
(Marinette gives a weak, embarrassed wave.)
Alya: Off the chain, right?
Adrien: You're super talented, Marinette. You seriously have a good chance of winning.
Marinette: Well, um, yeah! I... like- um, designs that- um,
(Alya makes motions to Marinette, who tries to interpret them)
Marinette: go upwards... while stopping... I mean, uh- thanks?
Adrien: Sure, and uh- good luck. Maybe I'll be wearing your derby at father's next photoshoot.
(Adrien leaves.)
Alya: Girl, you gotta get a grip next time. But did you hear? Adrien thinks you're good enough to win!
(They cheer.)
Sabrina: Did you hear how impressed Adrien was with Marinette's desi—
Alya: And here come the problems.
Marinette: ALYA!
Alya looks questioningly at her best friend.
Marinette: We'll talk about it later. Meanwhile, try tolerance.
Marinette smile's so bright, her best friend has never seen that. But what love suddenly doing to her?
Chloé: Of course I heard! Her? Win the contest? As if. When Adrien sees my design he'll convince his father to award me the winner.
Adrien tries to intervene, but Marinette makes a gesture to stop him.
Sabrina: I'm sure he will, Chloé. You're a born champion. Your design will blow everyone else's out of the water.
Kim: Hey Sabrina, but what do her boots taste?
Chloé: Yeah, it will. As soon as I can get my hands on the sketchpad.
Alya: (back at the bench; checking her phone) Only have nine hours until show time.
Marinette: Yikes! I'm off to my secret garden of inspiration. I'll see you later. (She runs into a wall.) AH! I'm okay. I'm okay, I'm okay. (Alya chuckles.)
Rose: Oh Marinette, you're so much fun.
Mylène (laughing): Yeah, how come you're still alive?
Scene: Hawk Moth's lair. Hawk Moth talks to himself as his window opens.
Hawk Moth: The time has come for us to find our next victim, my wicked little akumas. And to prey upon Ladybug and Cat Noir. Their Miraculouses must be mine!
Nathanaël: Ok, the more I see, the more I think that he should find love.
Scene: Trocadéro. Marinette is trying to get inspired to draw some designs. She draws something and then rips the paper out.
Adrien: No no no! Never throw away your creations.
Marinette: Geez, it's hard to be creative under pressure.
Tikki: Marinette, you save the world under pressure. I think designing a hat should be a piece of cake.
Marinette: Hm, a cake derby hat. Stylish and tasty.
They chuckle. Marinette keeps drawing new designs and ripping them out.
Adrien: Damn Mari! These sketches were all awesome.
Alya: Finally, someone to support me. Mari, what arms it'd do to you to just leaves the pages in your sketchbook?
Marinette: It's total shame, these drawings were real disasters.
Adrien: Ok just let others judge please? My opinion surely worth yours, no?
After a while, she gets tired and looks up. A man walking like a bird sits down on a bench ahead of her. He takes out a brown paper bag and blows a bird call. A cluster of pigeons approaches.)
Xavier: (throwing food for the pigeons) Well, happy day, happy day. Splendid is the afternoon day. Ah, Edgar, you fancy one. Fantastic, dazzling performance.
Juleka: This guy is seriously crazy!
A police officer approaches him.
Roger: Scram, you winged brats! How many times do you need to be told, Mr. Ramier? NO FEEDING the pigeons! It's strictly forbidden. If everyone feeds them, they'll leave their waste everywhere!
Max: He's right you know. With all the pigeon's droppings, we risk catching salmonellosis or chlamydiosis or stuff that can attacks lungs or ...
Alix: Ok Max, drop it!
Xavier: But, who's going to feed my poor pigeons?
Sabrina: OK, he's really in love with his pigeons!
Roger: All the park keepers know about you, Mr. Ramier. You've been banned from every park in Paris. Leave now or I'll call the authorities. Oh, wait. I'm the authorities. GET OUT!
Nathanael: Wow Sabrina, your father's intense when he wants.
(Mr. Ramier walks away sadly.)
Marinette: Sheesh, I almost feel sorry for that man.
Tikki: What a unique character! He was like a human bird. All he needed was a feather jacket to complete the look.
Marinette: A feather jacket, hmm. Nice thinking, Tikki. (She starts drawing again.)
Adrien: And that's how came the bad idea to add a feather. You know, any of your other drawings would easily have won without ruining my sinuses.
Marinette: Sorry Kitty!
Scene: Seine. Xavier sadly sits down on a bench.
Hawk Moth: Poor Mr. Ramier, (scene switches to Hawk Moth's lair with the window opening) the feeling of injustice, such easy prey for my akuma. (He takes a butterfly in his hand and converts it into an akuma.) Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him!
(The akuma flies to Mr. Ramier and infects his bird call.)
Hawk Moth: Mr. Pigeon, I'm Hawk Moth. Neither this police officer, nor any other park keeper, should stop you from taking care of your friends. What would Paris be without pigeons, what would pigeons be without you?
(Xavier chuckles, and is transformed into Mr. Pigeon, who flaps his arms, makes pigeon noises, and runs off.)
Nino: Hawkmoth really starts to get bored to create these kinds of creatures.
Alix: Ok, this man's a joke.
Yvan: Anything and everything!
(Cut to Chloé secretly watching Marinette as she is drawing. She signals Sabrina, and Sabrina goes behind Marinette and takes a picture of Marinette's design from her sketchpad.)
Marinette: Yes!
(She holds up a drawing of her finished design, which Sabrina snaps a photo of.)
Tikki: Now that's a derby.
Marinette: Thanks, Tikki.
Adrien: Ok Tikki, next advice ... no feather!
Sabrina: (showing the picture on her phone to Chloé) We're so awesome.
Chloé: (coldly) We? (snatches the phone)
Nathanael: Come on Chloe, give her a little credit. She does all the work for you.
Chloe: I know, I know Sabrina is a great friend.
She has said that with an annoyed tone, but still, she has said it. Everyone in the room is in shock.
Sabrina: (With a small hurt look) Oh right, sorry! You're so awesome, Chloé. When are we- um, you, going to make the hat?
Chloé: And ruin these nails? Of course not. Daddy'll pay someone to do it. (She walks off. Sabrina follows her.)
Kim: And you didn't even make it yourself? Shame on you.
Scene: Bakery. Marinette is in her room, working on her hat.
(When the hat is almost finished, Marinette seems to realize something is missing. She looks under her desk.)
Adrien leans over to whisper in Marinette's ear: "The more I get to know you the more you succeed in impressing me. You're extraordinary, Princess."
Tikki: What are you looking for?
Marinette: A feather! I forgot to pick up a pigeon feather for the hat! It has to have a feather!
(Marinette runs back to the place where she was drawing before.)
Marinette: (picking up a feather) Yes!
Adrien: NO, no feather, very important no feather!
Alya: OK Adrien, no matter how many times you say it, in the end, there was a feather!
(As she leaves, she accidentally runs into Roger.)
Marinette: Uh, sorry mister officer, sir. (She leaves.)
Once again, the students burst out laughing at Marinette's clumsiness
(As Roger walks away, a swarm of pigeons descends on him and attacks him. He cries out.)
Sabrina: NO DADDY!
Marinette: Uh Sabrina, you know he's safe now, right?
Scene: Streets of Paris. Marinette is on the bus, presumably returning home, but the bus is not moving.
Marinette: (Impatiently) Ugh, Come on! Can't we go any faster?
Bus driver: Sorry folks, we have a situation here. (Cars are being held up by a cluster of pigeons.) You'll need to get off the bus now.
Marinette: Ah, this is weird.
Alix: Weird? Try totally crazy!
(As Marinette gets off the bus, she sees the streets littered with pigeons. She walks down the street and sees a bunch of people gathered near a screen.)
Nadja: (from screen) Pigeons have taken over Paris. This is just one of the many alarming situations giving the authorities cause of major concerns. Yes, I've just been told that someone named Mr. Pigeon is making an announcement.
Mr. Pigeon: (from screen) Oh, dreary day, poor Parisians. (pigeon noises) Sorry to ruffle your feathers, but Paris now belongs to the pigeons! Flap flap! (pigeon noises)
Nino: Hey dude, you have competition for questionable puns.
Adrien: You're joking right? He cannot match me even if he tries hard.
Marinette: Ok Kitty, we're definitively going to have that talk.
(Marinette runs down to a subway entrance to transform.)
Marinette: Paris needs us!
[Transformation Sequence]
Marinette: Tikki, spots on! Yeah! (Marinette transforms into Ladybug.)
Scene: Rooftops. Ladybug is jumping from roof to roof looking for Mr. Pigeon.
(Ladybug sees airplane shapes made out of pigeons flying through the sky.)
Ladybug: Now this is weirder than weird.
Cat Noir: (from a ledge above her) Birds of a feather, flock together. (sneezes and falls down to where Ladybug is) I'm allergic to feathers. (sneezes again)
Alya: Ok and you stating he cannot match you based on that kind of stuff?
Nino: Yeah man, wasn't your best and still... your best's not really...
Adrien: Fine Nino! Got it!
Ladybug: That's helpful.
Cat Noir: Tell me about it. (almost sneezes, but stops himself) These birds are only part of the problem. The park keepers in Paris are vanishing without a trace.
Ladybug: What? We have to track down Mr. Pigeon ASAP.
Cat Noir: Where are we going to find him?
Ladybug: Hmm, I don't know where we can find him, but I do know where he can find us.
Scene: Park. Cat Noir is wearing a park ranger cap and pretending to be a park ranger, while Ladybug hides behind a tree nearby.
Cat Noir starts to whistle and then starts to dance
Attending to an unexpected show, the students laugh.
Alya: Wow! Sexy dance Adrien
Marinette: Alya, please, don't encourage him.
Adrien: You see, she can't resist ... I'm too sexy for my love.
This inspires him, and he begins to sing without taking himself too seriously:
'"Cause I'm a model, you know what I mean
And I do my little turn on the catwalk
Yeah, on the catwalk
On the catwalk, yeah
I shake my little tush on the catwalk "
Before the end of the chorus, Nino has joined him. The two best friends look at each other desperately.
Alya: Do you think we could camp elsewhere?
Marinette: I was thinking the exact same thing.
Nino grabs his girlfriend by the waist to stick her against him and whispers in her ear. "As if you were going to resist."
She laughs like the young loving girl she is.
Ladybug: Act natural or he'll never show up
Cat Noir: What do you mean? I am acting natural.
(a pigeon sees him and flies to where Mr. Pigeon is)
Mr. Pigeon: Ladybug and Cat Noir? Job well done, buddy-boy. Pigeons will reign supreme! Power to the pigeons!
Kim: This is the most ridiculous villain I've seen.
(He jumps off his ledge, and the pigeons form a platform to carry him off. Back in the park, Ladybug and Cat Noir are still waiting.)
Ladybug: Where is he? He should've been here by now.
(Pigeons start flying overhead. Cat Noir sneezes. A bunch of pigeons form a big ball and start carrying Cat Noir away.)
Rose: Oh Adrien, it must have been so exciting to be carried like that by a bunch of birds.
Adrien: I don't know if you realize Rose, but the smell's awful.
Ladybug: What the—
(Ladybug runs after them. The pigeons reach the roof of the Le Grand Paris hotel and drop Cat Noir off. Cat Noir sneezes again, and the pigeons look at him. Ladybug arrives.)
Cat Noir: Where's that bird-brain Mr. Pigeon?
Ladybug: He's gotta be here somewhere...
Mr. Pigeon is lifted by a swarm of pigeons behind them.
Max: Impossible! Totally impossible!
Hawk Moth: (from his lair) If you want to give Paris back to the pigeons for good, you must first rid the city of those two pests.
Mylène: It's me or with the miraculous come the dubious jokes.
Marinette: Hey, don't compare me to those two. I wouldn't lower myself to their level anyway.
(Mr. Pigeon sounds his bird call and the pigeons start to circle around Ladybug and Cat Noir.)
Ladybug: Call me crazy, but I feel like bird seed all of a sudden.
Alya: You'd never lower yourself to their level huh?
Marinette: It wasn't a joke, it was an affirmation.
Alya: Yeah well, we'll do as if.
(The pigeons form a shield to keep them in.)
Cat Noir: Got any bright ideas, bug?
Ladybug: You're the cat, don't you eat these things for breakfast?
Alya: And we probably forget that one too?
Marinette: What? Cats eat birds no?
(A gigantic cage is brought down over them, imprisoning them.)
Max: Once again, impossible. Even in groups, the pigeons are not strong enough to ...
Nathanael: Magic Max!
Ladybug: Look!
Mr. Pigeon: (bird noises) Turpy day, I'm so ruthless. (chuckles)
Hawk Moth: (from his lair) Excellent. Now take their Miraculous!
Mr. Pigeon: (bird noises) Your Miraculous, give them to me or face the wrath of my feathered friends. (He sounds his bird call and some pigeons start banging on the top of the cage, while others turn around and point their behinds at Ladybug and Cat Noir.) Dada-dee, on the count of three, my beloved pigeons will commence fire. You can still save your sorry skins by handing me your Miraculous. One, two...
Alix: Wait, are they pigeons or fucking skunks?
Ladybug: Cat Noir, the bars!
Cat Noir: Cataclysm!
(Cat Noir uses his Cataclysm superpower to destroy the bars of the cage they were trapped in. Mr. Pigeon cowers back toward the edge of the rooftop while Ladybug and Cat Noir advance on him)
Rose: Oh, that way you're totally awesome ... with the birds around and your serene look as if nothing was happening.
Cat Noir: Well, well. Looks like the pigeon's really a chicken.
Yvan: Dude, the way you looked, I would have run too.
Mr. Pigeon: (bird noises) Me? I'm not flying away. I'm just killing two birds with onestone. (He sounds his bird call and jumps over the edge of the roof. Some pigeons catch him, lift him back up and take him away.)
Mr. Pigeon: Merry Christmas!
Juleka: Merry Christmas? Bloody madman!
(a group of pigeons dives towards Ladybug and Cat Noir, who run inside and close the door behind them to stop the pigeons. A bulge forms in the door as pigeons slam into the other side.)
Ladybug and Cat Noir: Ah!
Mr. Pigeon: I'm not done with you yet!
(He rides his pigeons away. Ladybug and Cat Noir start running downstairs. Cat Noir's ring alarm sounds. He only has four minutes left.)
Cat Noir: I've gotta get out of here before my secret identity is revealed!
Ladybug: Yeah, you wouldn't want to let the cat out of the bag.
Mylène: Sorry Marinette, but the Miraculous come definitely with a penchant for bad jokes.
Cat Noir: Ha ha, very funny.
(Ladybug and Cat Noir make it to the first floor and start to head out the building. On their way out, they see a crowd gathered on the entrance.)
André: Ladybug, Cat Noir! I'm in great danger of losing big bucks if my guests leave Paris! You are going to get rid of those pigeons, aren't you?
(Cat Noir's alarm sounds again and he's getting nervous.)
Nino: Dude, what are you doing there? Do you know the impression you give?
Adrien: You'd have wanted me to say what? Wait a few more seconds and you will know who I really am.
Cat Noir: Of course, we are, but before we do I have an urgent need.
André: An urgent need? I see, head to the royal suite. There's paper in there, but perhaps you would prefer... a litter tray?
Cat Noir: Oh right, no need for litter. But, um, could I have some Camembert?
Marinette: You barely made it. How'd have you feed your kwami without camembert.
Adrien: I would have called afterwards
Scene: Royal suite. Cat Noir is being taken by Butler Jean.
Cat Noir: 'Scuse me, sorry. (He slams the door.) Emergency.
Nino: Relax Dude!
There's a knock on the door. Cat Noir opens it.
Butler Jean: How do you like your Camembert?
Cat Noir: Runny!
(He slams the door again. There's another knock and he opens it again. Jean is holding a tray.)
Butler Jean: Unpasteurized Camembert, matured for two years.
(He hands Cat Noir a silver tray)
Cat Noir: Thanks!
Nathanael: Hey fast service!
Chloe: Of course!
(He slams the door again. His transformation runs out and Cat Noir turns back into Adrien. Plagg gets out of the ring and lands on a bed)
Plagg: Oh the exhaustion! My poor aching body, I can't move a muscle.
Adrien: You wanna bet?
(Adrien walks over to Plagg and opens the tray to reveal the Camembert.)
Plagg: Ah, my gooiness.
Plagg: One of the best days of my life ... and I'm 5000 years old.
(Plagg starts devouring the cheese.)
Adrien: Eat up buddy. Ladybug needs help.
Scene: Le Grand Paris Hotel. Ladybug is in a dining hall with large glass windows.
Ladybug: Great, I can get a much better view from here. (She walks up to a window.) Odd, pigeons are flying in the same direction. Better go follow them. (The elevator dings. Cat Noir is inside.)
Cat Noir: Ready when you are, LB.
Marinette: Always there when you have to Kitty.
Adrien: The faster I am at your side, the better my day becomes.
Ladybug: Let's go!
Scene: Building. Ladybug and Cat Noir follow the pigeons to a building. They look inside and see a big cage full of park keepers.
Ladybug: So that's where Mr. Pigeon is keeping the park keepers he abducted.
Cat Noir: The Grand Palais.
Sabrina: How was he able to settle there without resistance?
Marinette: You don't resist when you face a super villain Sabrina.
(He starts to sneeze; Ladybug stops him.)
Cat Noir: My pigeon radar is on high alert.
Ladybug: Either your radar is on the brink or Mr. Pigeon's left the park keepers unattended.
Cat Noir: Let's set the cat among the pigeons.
Nathanael: What where you about to do, sneeze at his face?
Ladybug: Hold up kitty, it's too easy. I've got a plan.
(They run around the outside. A pigeon flies into the building.)
Mr. Pigeon: Perfect timing, hootie ho! We're ready to greet them, aren't we? They're going to fall right into my trap. It won't be long before you get your Miraculous, friend.
Hawk Moth: (from his lair) I can't wait, my dear Pigeon.
Mylène: You've heard the tone Hawkmoth uses, it looks like a doctor talking to his patient at the asylum.
(Cut to the roof. Ladybug and Cat Noir are running up on the roof of the building.)
Ladybug: If we can destroy that bird call, we'll be able to capture the akuma. Okay, you open the window, I'll grab him and yank him up onto the roof, then you snag his bird call away from him.
Cat Noir: Let's go, early bird gets the worm!
(Cat Noir opens a skylight on the roof, but a draft of feathers hits him and he sneezes, so when Ladybug throws her yo-yo, she misses Mr. Pigeon.)
Adrien: The lack in your plan, we forgot the feathers.
Marinette: Can't you be allergic to pollen like someone normal?
Ladybug: So much for the element of surprise.
(They jump inside to next to Mr. Pigeon, who jumps back and lets the pigeons carry him. They chase Mr. Pigeon until he sounds his bird call, and the pigeons form two spheres where his hands are.)
Alya: Ok Max, we all know it's impossible, but it happens anyway.
Max: I didn't say anything.
Alya: I know. The vein in your neck is speaking for you.
Mr. Pigeon: Deedle-dee, come closer, I have a bone to peck with you.
Cat Noir: I'd be honored.
(Mr. Pigeon hits Cat Noir and Ladybug back towards the cage.)
Park keeper: Get us out of here, Ladybug!
Ladybug: Lucky Charm! (Ladybug's Lucky Charm superpower gives her a coin) A coin? What am I supposed to do with this?
(Ladybug's thinking vision shows her a beam, a vending machine and the coin)
Mr. Pigeon: You can't buy yourself out of here!
Adrien: Sincerely, my jokes are so much better than this guy's.
Alya: I think we've already stated that the guy is a nutty no?
Mr. Pigeon throws a sphere of pigeons at them. Ladybug starts running towards him, slides, and uses her yo-yo to wrap around his left ankle. She jumps up to the beam and back down, making a pulley. She runs to the vending machine at the far end, gets a bag of popcorn with the coin and throws it in the air.
Ladybug: Cat Noir!
Cat Noir: Yeah!
(Cat Noir throws his staff, which opens the bag.)
Ladybug: Snack time, pigeons!
(Ladybug pulls on her yo-yo and lifts Mr. Pigeon up by the ankle. His bird call falls to the ground.)
In the gym, students are attentive to what is happening on the screen. As in each of the previous episodes, the heroes are impressive in their complicity and ingenuity. During these moments, there is no more exchange, as if speaking would change the course of the episode.
Mr. Pigeon: My bird call! Nooo!
Ladybug: Cat Noir, grab it!
(He grabs it, but then he sneezes and throws it upward. Ladybug runs to get it, dropping Mr. Pigeon, who also runs for it. When Cat Noir recovers, he runs toward it too. They all lunge for the bird call. Mr. Pigeon's hand lands on it first, then Cat Noir's, then Ladybug's. Ladybug hits Cat Noir's hand, breaking the bird call.)
Adrien: Ok, that was painful you know!
Ladybug: Yes! (The akuma flies out of the broken bird call) No more evildoing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize! (She captures the akuma and purifies it.) Gotcha! Bye bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!
(The miraculous light fixes the bird call and returns the park keepers to their parks. Mr. Pigeon is converted back into Xavier Ramier.)
Xavier: What happened? Where am I?
Ladybug and Cat Noir: Pound it!
(Cut to Hawk Moth's lair)
Hawk Moth: Wretched pigeons, wretched Ladybug. I'll destroy every one of you! (his window closes)
Alya: That's not nice of you Hawkmoth, the pigeons were trying to help you.
Scene: Marinette's room. Marinette gets back to work on her hat.
Marinette: There's no time to lose. I have less than an hour.
(Marinette keeps working on her hat)''
Adrien looks at the scene with stars in his eyes. Sing Marinette this passionate is a show that delighted him. Without even realizing it, he puts his lips on her head, while watching the screen. The sweetness of this contact makes Marinette shudder
Scene: Collège Françoise Dupont. Everyone is getting ready to present their hats. Alya calls Marinette but she doesn't respond.
Alya: Where is that girl?
Nathalie: Hello, Mr. Damocles, I'm Mr. Agreste's executive assistant Nathalie.
Mr. Damocles: Hello, miss. Pardon me, but where is Mr. Agreste?
(She holds up a tablet)
Gabriel: (from tablet) I'm here.
Adrien: Of course!
Mr. Damocles: Ah, uh, hello Mr. Agreste. Welcome to our school.
Gabriel: Adrien, take Nathalie around.
Chloé: Ah, there's Mr. Agreste. He's coming this way.
(Mr. Damocles, Nathalie and Adrien go up to see Juleka and Rose's hat)
Mr. Damocles: As you'll see, Mr. Agreste, our students have poured their hearts and souls into their projects.
(Marinette rushes in and carries her box over to Alya.)
Alya: Always that punctual.
Marinette: Mr. Agreste hasn't seen anything.
Adrien: I did.
Alya: Where have you been? You got your hat?
Marinette: Yep, here.
(She takes off the lid. Alya marvels at it, then her expression darkens.)
Marinette: What?
Alya: But, it's the same as Chloe's.
Marinette: What?!
(The judges walk over to see Chloé and Sabrina's hat.)
Chloé: Um, hi Mr. Agreste. I'm Chloé Bourgeois. You know my father, André Bourgeois, the mayor?
Marinette: Ugh, that thieving little brat!
Alya: Do you want me to take care of it?
Marinette: I think I can handle this.
Adrien: See when I tell you that you are Ladybug. To face Chloe ... that's something!
(The judges reach Marinette's hat.)
Gabriel: Hm, turn the tablet back to Ms. Bourgeois' hat. (They do so.) Is this a joke?
Chloé: No fair! Marinette copied my design! It's scandalous, how could you do that?
(fake cries)
Mylène: We have to admit that you have acting skills Chloe.
Marinette: I apologize for the situation Mr. Agreste, but I can prove that this derby hat is MY original design.
Gabriel: Go ahead.
Marinette: Um, everything on my derby hat is hand-made. From the embroidery, to the weaving of the band, to the stitching of the brim. All done by myself. And last there's a special design element, that only the true designer knows about. I signed mine.
(Chloé knocks over her hat and it shows Marinette's signature. She runs out crying)
Chloé: Daddy!
Gabriel: Very exquisite creation. You definitely have the laboring hands of a hat maker, miss...
Adrien: Marinette.
Gabriel: Congratulations on your demonstration, Miss Marinette. You're the winner.
Marinette: Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Gabriel: Adrien will wear your derby on our next advertising campaign.
Nino: Dude, you gave her a wink. You already had a crush on her.
Adrien: It's just a wink Nino!
Nino: And you wink like that to all the girls you meet?
Adrien blushes. Of course not. Now that he thinks about it there is only Marinette and Ladybug to whom he reserves these little attentions. Did his subconscious, already at that time, understand who was hiding behind the ladybug's mask?
Adrien: Awesome job, Marinette. (He starts putting on the hat and sneezes.)A-achoo!
Sorry, I'm allergic to feathers. (sneezes again)
Marinette: Gesundheit!
Adrien: (sneezes) Thanks.
Alya: Ok Marinette, I'm sorry but if you had no doubts at that time, you were totally in denial.
Marinette: What, Adrien surely is not be the only blond boy in Paris to be allergic to feathers.
Alya: You could have considered it anyway.
Marinette: Who says I've never done it?
At that moment, Chloe passes in front of her.
Marinette: Er Chloe, can we talk for a bit.
The blonde stares at her disdainfully for a moment but crossing Marinette's sincere look, her expression softens.
Chloe: Okay, but I don't have much time.
The two girls go to a corner of the gym. The tension between the two is palpable, but Marinette knows she must do it. Despite all that Chloe did to her, despite the tears and embarrassing situations, the baker's daughter now feels that she is much more fortunate than the rich daughter of the mayor.
"Chloe, I know we're not the best of friends, but I really wish it would change between you and me."
The blonde keeps a defensive attitude.
"And you think taking my Adrien away will get things better?"
Marinette remains calm despite the attack.
"You know, like me, that Adrien is no one's possession, he is a human being like you and me. He makes his own choices according to his own convictions and I'm not sure that you know who he really is. "
"Of course, I know who he is, he's my Adrikins, my childhood friend, he's a model and a boy from a good family."
"You're right, but he's also a boy with a heart of gold, who would do everything for his friends, who make no distinction between a pastry chef or a mayor, who doesn't judge people on their appearances, who thinks of others. before himself and keeps smiling even when times get harder. "
"I knew all of that, of course, I'm just not good at saying it." She pouts.
"And Chloe, Adrien is also Cat Noir, an incorrigible flirt who makes horrible puns and acts before thinking ... Would you be willing to accept Cat Noir too?"
Chloe does not answer the question. Her blue eyes begin to look more and more humid.
"Chloe, I never wanted to take you anything like I never wanted to be your enemy. I just want to know what I did to you, so you hate me that much, well before Adrien. "
In fact, Marinette has a brief idea of what she could have done or rather have. Adrien has opened her eyes earlier. She has a united and loving family and the friendship of most of her classmates. Chloe, having been raised in a more materialistic way, has only been used to receiving and asking, never giving and offering. Her social relations have suffered. But it is not too late to repair the damages and Marinette really wants to discover another side of her classmate.
"Don't try to trick me Marinette Dupain-Cheng, I won't fall under your spell like all this bunch of idiots."
Marinette is really trying to contain herself, but she is dangerously close to running out of patience.
"I'm not trying to charm anyone, I'm just nice to other. If you try a little, you'd see you'd get the same thing as me."
"Easy for you to say Marinette Dupain-Cheng, you who always had all the love you wanted and parents that always smile, who support you and are always there for you. Easy to spread happiness when you have plenty to give. All I'm able to give is money, that's all I have. But you can't understand me, the only person who can understand me is Adrien. " She has spoken through her tears, with a tone that proves how painful the confession is.
But, finally, she said it. That's all Marinette needs to start something new with Chloe.
"And if I told you that I also want to share this happiness with you? And if I told you that we don't have to live the same things to be friends. We can't bring something to other if both of us have the same thing. Friendship is sharing good time but also learning from our differences, and also ... "She gives a shy smile. "The last I heard, you're still my most prestigious fan."
Chloe smiles through her tears. She has forgotten that the girl in front of her is Ladybug and Ladybug offers her friendship. Shall she agree to forgive and forget with the girl she has tormented all those years.
"Chloe, I think first and foremost that you should do it for yourself, to get the happiness you deserve. But if you don't see things like that, you can do it for Adrien."
"Why are you doing this, I have nothing to bring to you?"
"In spite of all that we have share together Chloe, I'm still able to recognize your qualities. You're a brave girl, who stands up for her principles and is extremely faithful to the few people you let approach you. I'm not saying that everything is going to be rosy right now, but I'll do my share to ignore the past. "
Chloe nods. "Well, if you don't mind, I'm going to make sure my makeup is not screwed up, it would be just awful." She leaves for the bathroom.
Marinette smiles, Chloe will always stay Chloe after all. But now she feels like their relationship will only get better. Lost in her thought, she returns to Adrien, who gave her anxious glances.