((This chapter is *drum roll please* ...Darkblade, which I'm renaming Bunhead, you'll see why))
I hope you like this story, and ... yeah...
Read on, my dudes.
-Ballet by Night
-Adrien Agreste-
Chat Noir fell onto his bed from the trap door, detransforming and walking over to his computer screen. He turned on the news and picked up his box.
"Yet again Paris is saved by Ladybug and Chat Noir. The akuma attack started at 2:34 in the morning, the earliest recorded so far. The battle went on until a few minutes ago, leaving the heroes tired and Ladybug clearly favoring one arm. The two must be very tired. And, it has been confirmed by Ladybug herself in an interview that the duo go to a high school in Paris. Good luck to them, gosh it must be hard." The reporter says, switching it to weather. Boy was she right. Adrien was exhausted.
"Yet again Adrien struggles to finish building his box." Adrien grumbled to Plagg, opening and closing the box.
"What's the box for?" Plagg asked.
"To keep my secrets safe." Adrien says, "I write them in the journal, just for psychological reasons."
"Wait, you mean... all of your especially feline secrets are in that journal?!" Plagg asked, leaving Adrien confused. "No one can know that you're Chat Noir, other than Ladybug, but she seems adamant about not knowing."
"I know, I know. But using this box, no one will be able to touch it. Care to try it out?" Adrien says, and Plagg flew into the box, only to have it shut and lock him in. Plagg flew out of the box after Adrien unlocked it and he nodded in approval.
"Mayor Bourgeois has been re-elected as mayor for his fourth consecutive term. Here he can be seen with his daughter Chloe, celebrating his re-election.
"Ugh, look at Chloe." Adrien complains. "She acts as if she's the mayor of Paris. Which reminds me, class representative elections are tomorrow!"
"What's so bad about that?" Plagg asks his charge.
"Chloe's running, the one person that cares the least about others and the most about herself." Adrien explains, falling back into his chair.
"Well then you should run, kiddo." Plagg encourages.
"Well, I totally would... but don't you think I have enough on my plate as Chat Noir and my schoolwork? And add on the bakery." Adrien explains.
"Yeah, but if you believe in something, you should try to make it work. It's better to fail than to not try." Plagg advises.
"Mme. Noelle de'Clermont is seen here going into the subway. She ran for mayor as well, but was pummeled in the election. In fact, she got the least amount of votes in history, a weak 3%." The reporter says, as Mme. Noelle runs into the subway, away from the cameras with a type of grace only a dancer would have. Adrien glanced at the time showing on his computers screen.
"I'm late!" Adrien says, grabbing his things and dashing out the door.
-Marinette Cheng-
Marinette watched the news cast in the limo on the way to school. She truly felt sorry for Mme. Noelle, she was the nicest adult she knew, and would've made a fantastic mayor. She would have to give her condolences at rehearsal today.
Marinette was running late from the akuma attack last night, and ran into the classroom, panting. Everyone looked at her funnily, but let her sit down, no questions asked.
"Chloe is running for class representative, with Sabrina as her deputy. Does anyone else wish to run?" Mme. Bustier asks the class. Kim raises his hand, but Chloe sends him a death glare, and he lowers his hand quickly.
Adrien then ran into the room, holding his bag.
"Sorry I'm late! The.. the... the bakery was very busy and Maman needed my help." Adrien says, sliding into his seat next to Nino.
"Chloe is running for rep again! She's been rep since when, kindergarten?" Nino whispered to Adrien behind their bags.
"Why don't you run?" Adrien asks.
"I'm too busy with djing." Nino says back.
"Alright, I'll give you all until after lunch to decide if you want to be a candidate." Mme. Busier tells them. The bell rings and students exit into the courtyard. Adrien watched as Chloe and Sabrina went around to crowds of people telling them something.
-Adrien Agreste-
"Alright, what did Chloe tell you this time? Did she offer to go on a date with you?" Adrien asks Kim.
"No, she threatened to tell everyone I'm afraid of Spiders." Kim states.
"She threatened that if I run for election she'll kick me out of scrap booking club! And you know how much I love those stickers, colorful scraps of paper, and gluing!" Rose says.
"I couldn't care less about being a candidate. What's your excuse?" Alix says, asking Adrien.
"Well, I'm really busy." Adrien says, thinking of all the things Chat Noir does.
"With what? Oversleeping?" Nino says, walking over.
"No! Well... I... I guess I would run if no one else did." Adrien says, defeated.
Class was back in session, and Mme. Bustier stands at the front of the classroom.
"Alright, are there any new candidates running?" She asks the class. No one raises their hand. "Given that Chloe and Sabrina are the only ones running, there's no point in voting. Chloe and Sabrina..."
"I'll run!" Adrien shouts, standing up and raising his hand.
"Wonderful! You'll need to develop your campaign and have a speech ready by tomorrow!" Mme. Bustier tell him. "We'll have the vote then."
"So, let's hear the scoop on your campaign. How are you going to represent?" Nino asks Adrien, both sitting on a bench after class.
"Represent? I... have no idea. I still can't believe I raised my hand." Adrien replies.
"Way to go, Adrien! You spoke from the heart, it was truly authentic!" Rose gushes, a group of students walking over.
"Oh, uh, thanks." Adrien replies sheepishly.
"When you win, can we get more comfortable chairs? I find it soo hard to concentrate in class! Maybe even pink ones!" Rose puts in.
"Yeah, and it'd be pretty cool if we could listen to music in the library!" Nino adds.
"Yeah, what they said." Juleka adds.
"Umm... sure Juleka." Adrien smiles.
"Marinette! Can Adrien count on your vote?" Nino calls out to her.
"Sure! Depending on his speech!" She calls back, walking out of the courtyard.
"Better work on that campaign." Adrien smiles at his friend.
-Chloe- (I know, we all hate it)
"I've watched daddy win all of his campaigns and I'm going to follow in his footsteps." Chloe tells Sabrina.
"By having the best campaign?" Sabrina asks.
"Ha! Whatever. The best way to win is by ruining your opponent's reputation." Chloe says dramatically.
-Adrien Agreste-
Adrien sits down and writes in his journal, taking it out of it's box.
"Whatcha doing, kid?" Plagg asks, hovering over him.
"I'm writing down everyone's suggestions to use them in my speech tomorrow!" Adrien replies.
"I'm proud of you, Adrien." Plagg responds.
"Everyone's relying on me to beat Chloe. Even Marinette, isn't that amazing!?" Adrien gushes. His phone vibrates.
"Hey Nino. What's up?" Adrien asks, his friend's face blowing up on the screen.
"The battle's on, Adrien. Chloe launched her campaign with a party at city hall, and invited Jagged Stone!" Nino says.
"Jagged Stone? I love him!" Adrien says.
"So does everyone else! She's trying to buy student votes with autographs!" Nino says.
"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Adrien says, walking out of his room with Plagg, forgetting to close his secret box behind him.
-Sabrina Raincomprix-
"I'm going in, Chloe." Sabrina says into her phone and walking into the bakery.
"Hello!" Estelle greets.
"Hi, Adrien borrowed my math book to do his geometry homework, and I'm here to get it back." Sabrina tells her.
"Uh, Adrien isn't here. I've got customers to attend to, but go ahead up to his room and grab it, if you don't mind." Estelle says, turning back to her line of customers.
"I'd be glad to, thanks!" Sabrina says, walking up to Adrien's room.
-Marinette Cheng-
Marinette was in the middle of her variation from Coppelia, and heard the music stop.
"Mlle. Marinette, you're a fantastic dancer, the best in the studio, but you have yet to master this variation. This was a variation that my ancestor choreographed herself, and you are not jumping high enough in the beginning to match the style of variation. You need to be giddy, as she was when she choreographed this. My ancestor's name was Marie, but everyone called her Bunhead, after she would always put her hair in the proper bun whenever she was in public. However, as she increased in popularity among the commoners, the aristocracy found that they were being challenged by Bunhead, and amputated her legs, prohibiting her from dancing or winning over the commonfolk." Mme. Noelle tells Marinette. Marinette noticed two reporters standing behind Mme. Noelle and got her attention.
"Is that why you ran for mayor?" The reporter asked Mme. Noelle. "To seek revenge on your ancestor's behalf?"
"Who are you?" Mme. Noelle turns around, immediately in a foul mood.
"Nadja Shemack, don't be amused, it's just the news!" She says. "Do you have anything to say about your landslide defeat?"
"Who let you in here?" Noelle asks. Nadja takes her cameraman and runs away.
"Marinette, work on your jumps at home. The lesson is over." Mme. Noelle tells her, walking back to her office as Marinette leaves to the locker room to take off her shoes and change.
-Akuma-
Mme. Noelle walks out of the studio, changed into normal clothing other than her pristine ballet bun with her signature Rose pin stuck into the bun.
She looks at a picture of the mayor in disgust, muttering about how someone as arrogant as he is shouldn't be mayor. A black butterfly flies towards her, unknown. It gets absorbed into her Rose pin.
'Bunhead, in return for the powers I give to you, you will deliver Ladybug and Chat Noir's miraculous to me.' Hawkmoth tells Noelle.
"Yes, Hawkmoth." She mutters, changing into her akuma. Bunhead was wearing her Rose pin, a dark red and black Tutu (from Don Quixote), pink tights and pointe shoes. She held a black fan (From DQ Pas de trois) and tested it out on people nearby. It changed them into tutus and tights, and making them her slaves to do what she pleases with. (Basically changing them into the corps de ballet.)
-Marinette Cheng-
Marinette ran out of the studio, not even getting the chance to change. She looked out to see Mme. Noelle touching people with her fan and turning them into... the corps de ballet?
She runs back into the studio, hiding in a bathroom stall and transforms. Unfortunately, transforming meant leaving her hair up in a bun. It also meant that she was transformed into a black and red spotted tutu, pink tights, and red pointe shoes.
"Tikki, I know you can hear me, why am I transformed like this?" Ladybug asks.
Marinette, you were wearing a tutu, and you're fighting a ballerina. Your suit recognizes the type of danger, and also, the suit's magic is mainly for fighting use and to keep you from danger, not to conceal what clothes you had on underneath the suit. The suit cannot and will not cover up the tutu you're wearing underneath, and will show out of the suit. Keep that in mind when you're transforming in the future, but regardless, you need to get out there and fight. Tikki says in Ladybug's head. (This may be weird, but I like the idea of her costume morphing to what akuma she's fighting or what she was wearing under, makes it a little more interesting. I think that's what should've happened in the actual Dark blade. Sue me, I think it's cool.)
Ladybug took a look in the mirror quickly to look over her newfound transformation. She had pink tights and red pointe shoes on. Her tutu was a flowy one, not rigid, and the sleeves went down to her wrist, but had an open back. And finally, her hair was up in her ballet bun with a red and black ribbon tied around it. Her yoyo was still on her hip, but attached rather than by a string, to her skirt and could easily be taken off.
She sighed and ran out of the studio, her pointe shoes making little noise (given they were magic, after all). She pulled herself up onto a roof, watching Bunhead go down the street, turning people into her own slave ballerinas. Bunhead strutted down the street, her army of dancers behind her, wearing similar garb.
"The people chose Bourgeois, not you Mme. Noelle, and you have to accept that! He might be mayor but you are still the best ballet teacher anyone could ask for!" Ladybug tells her, jumping down in front of Bunhead.
"Ah, so the bug's a ballerina?" Bunhead commented on Ladybug's tutu. "This makes things more interesting."
"How so?" Ladybug retorts, yoyo at the ready.
"Well, as a ballet teacher, I can make you dance!" Bunhead laughs, Ladybug gulps.
-Sabrina Raincomprix-
"I made it in. What exactly am I looking for?" Sabrina asks, standing in the middle of Adrien's room.
"Anything. It just has to be totally embarrassing." Chloe says. Sabrina looks around the room.
"Wow, he has a lot of pictures of Marinette." Sabrina commented.
"What?" Chloe asks.
"Look, there are pictures of her modelling on his walls." Sabrina puts the phone up to show her.
"Creepy, but not good enough." Chloe groans.
"How about his diary!?" Sabrina says.
"Wow, you actually can do something!" Chloe says. Sabrina goes to grab it, but the box clamps down on her hand, making her drop her phone. "Sabrina? Sabrina!"
-Adrien Agreste-
"Hello, and welcome to Chloe's launching party for her campaign. And a special thanks to Jagged Stone for being here." Mayor Bourgeois announces.
"And remember," Chloe says as people pick up their autographs. "Anyone who votes for me gets free tickets to Jagged Stone's next concert."
"You got an autograph?" Adrien asks, pulling Nino aside.
"Yup, and I got you one too." He says, handing Adrien one. Adrien almost takes it, but shakes his head.
"I'm not falling for it." Adrien says, "But I'll forgive you for conspiring with the other side if you vote for me!"
-Marinette Cheng-
Ladybug watched Bunhead as the did as series of pirouettes and leaps, cornering Ladybug on the edge of a bridge. Her yoyo was kicked out of her hand by a black pointe shoe, sending it down onto the concrete by the river.
"How are you going to dance your way out of this one, bug?" Bunhead taunts. "Got any actual training in your bones?"
"You'll see." Ladybug retorts. She thinks back to rehearsal that day, how Mme. Noelle said that her jumps needed to be higher, like she was celebrating. That could get her out of this mess. "How's this for high jumps?"
Ladybug stood up on the railing behind her, looking behind her to see the distance between her and her yoyo. She could make it. She bent into a deep demi-plie, jumping off of the bridge into a grand jete, landing right next to her yoyo.
"The bug's got skill, but we've got to go to city hall. Onward!" Bunhead says, leading her army to city hall.
"City hall you say? You go first, I'll catch up." Ladybug snickers, swinging her yoyo towards city hall.
-Adrien Agreste-
Chloe saw Sabrina come into the room and walked over to her.
"What took you so long?" She asks. "Did you get the diary?"
"Sort of!?" Sabrina says sheepishly, pulling her arm out from behind her back to show that it got stuck in the box.
"What is that?" Chloe asks.
"When I grabbed the diary, this crazy box clamped down around my hand!" Sabrina says, tugging to get her hand out.
"I'm supposed to believe you?" Chloe retorts. "Ugh, why do I bother?"
Meanwhile, Adrien was talking to his classmates.
"Do you guys realize that you're being bribed? Concert tickets are awesome but they're not going to solve classroom problems!" Adrien says.
"Well, what's your campaign, Adrien?" Nathanael asks.
"Well, uh, I'm thinking... Cushions are more practical than buying new chairs, Rose yours can be pink. And I was thinking music could be played in the library, through headphones, of course." Adrien says, and Rose lights up, as does Nino.
"Remarkable, you actually sound like a class rep. Too bad you don't have a chance at winning. A word?" Chloe says, pulling Adrien away from the crowd.
"My diary! What are you doing?" Adrien exclaims upon seeing his box on Sabrina's wrist.
"If you don't pull out of the race, all of your secrets will be revealed." Chloe threatens.
"Don't! I... I mean... what secrets?" Adrien crosses his arms.
"I guess we'll find out, as soon as I get my hands on a chainsaw!" Chloe says. Loud classical music is then heard, startling everyone in the building. (I don't know, it sounds weird, but she's a ballerina, ya know?).
All of the students poked their head out of the front door of city hall.
"Please listen to this very important announcement. Here stands Bunhead, the leader of the medieval rebellion on aristocracy and their control of the arts. Bunhead henceforth will be required to be recognized for her talent in teaching and dancing the art of ballet, and no aristocrats who want to abuse their power can stop her." A corps member says with a microphone.
"Members of the aristocrats, you are no more. You have shut down the teachings of ballet to young commonfolk one too many times. I am here to propose a dancing duel, the most intense of duets, the battle to see who is superior in the dancing domain. You may chose your dancer." Bunhead says to Mayor Bourgeois.
"What'd she say?" He asks.
"Basically pick someone to dance battle her for the title of mayor." Alya answered. "Where's Marinette? She's the best ballet dancer in Paris!"
"She's at ballet rehearsal." Nino answered. "But I heard from some TV interviews that Ladybug's a ballet dancer."
As if on cue, Ladybug showed up at the front door of city hall, knocking on the door, very aware of Bunhead and her army behind her.
"Hey guys, some crazy dancers out there." Ladybug says as she runs in the door. When the door shut you could hear the thud of pointe shoes hitting the door.
"Hey Ladybug, what's with the costume change?" Adrien asks.
"Oh... yeah. I came from ballet practice, and when I transformed, I transformed into my ballet stuff? I guess? It's weird." Ladybug says.
"Well, Ladybug, we need you. Bunhead requires a dance battle with someone, and you are the only ballet dancer around here." Mayor Bourgeois begs.
"Don't worry, I got it covered." Ladybug says, running out the door to face Bunhead.
-Marinette Cheng-
"Hello, Bunhead." Ladybug says. "I hear you want to be beat in a dance battle?"
"Oh contraire, you are the one who will be defeated!" Bunhead says, snapping at one of her corps. Coppelia Act 3 variation music started playing, and Marinette immediately took position.
"Let's see what the bug can handle." Bunhead laughs. The music continued through the introduction, and Marinette had switched on ballet mode.
She started the opening step, a large jete into coupe derriere, develope-ing into a front grand-battement. She repeated twice, and then did some walks backwards en pointe. She continued the variation, thinking of every correction Mme. Noelle gave her, feeling the judging eyes of Bunhead and her corps de ballet, and the students indoors.
She'll put on a show, just as Mme. Noelle always told her to.
-Adrien Agreste-
Everyone stood at the windows of the city hall, watching as Ladybug danced perfectly to the music playing. Adrien snapped out of his daze and realized people needed to hide and get to safety.
"Close the doors and windows, quickly!" Adrien shouts to the class.
"Close the doors and windows, quickly!" Chloe repeats.
"Quit it, Chloe!" Adrien says.
"Quit it, Chloe!" Chloe repeats. "Ugh."
Rose runs over to the main desk where Chloe was hiding behind.
"Chloe, what do we do? What would class rep do?" Rose asks.
"Well, if you vote for me, I'll provide you with an answer. Tomorrow." Chloe replies.
"But we can't wait until tomorrow!" Rose replies.
"Then you're out of luck. You'll have to ask someone else." Chloe says, ducking behind the desk again.
"Hmm..." Adrien thinks. "Plagg, we need to talk." He whispers, running up the stairs.
"Ladybug needs Chat Noir but the students need Adrien." Adrien tells Plagg.
"Trust your instincts kid." Plagg says. The whole building physically shook from the corps de ballet trying to get in through shoving on the doors.
"Kim and Ivan, make sure that the windows and doors are locked! Quickly! Rose, Mylene, Juleka, Alya, Nino, come with me!" Adrien says.
"Good job, bro!" Nino says, following him.
"We need to barricade the doors!" Adrien tells them. People put Jagged stone merch and desks and tables on the door, blocking it. "Sir, we need to evacuate."
The mayor just nods and takes the rest of the class upstairs.
"I'll catch up with you! I'll make sure all of the doors are locked!" Adrien shouts as they get out of eyesight. "They should be safe now. Plagg, claws out!"
Ladybug finished her variation outside and Bunhead had just finished hers. Both were of equal skill level, so they started on hand-to-hand combat. Thankfully, Ladybug's pointe shoes were red, so no blood would show on them (From kicking Bunhead in the nose).
"Ladybug, up here!" Chat Noir says, extending his baton down for Ladybug to grab.
"Well, I'd love to stay for an encore, but looks like I gotta split." Ladybug curtsies, and grabs the baton. Chat Noir pulls her up by retracting his baton, helping her in.
"Wow, never knew you could dance like that!" Chat Noir comments, leaving a blushing Ladybug. "It's amazing!"
"Thanks, Bunhead makes a good teacher when she isn't trying to kill me." Ladybug comments. "Her akuma is in her Rose pin."
"Good to know." Chat smiles.
The two made their way to the roof, where Bunhead now stood, putting in her flag, riding the world of the 'aristocracy'. A black cloud formed above them, and went around Paris.
Ladybug looked down at the ground to see that whenever the black touched someone, it made them into a dancer.
"Don't let the black touch you, Chat Noir!" Ladybug yells as Chat gets cornered by two slave dancers.
"Will do!" He shouts.
-Marinette Cheng-
With Chat Noir out and the cloud of black looming, Ladybug knew she had to end this quickly. She swung her yoyo up to the top of the roof, where Bunhead was. She called for her lucky charm, which was... a tube of rosin? (Rosin is a rock that can be easily crushed, and dancers use it to put on their shoes to make it less slippery on the floor). She immediately formed a plan.
"Sorry, Ladybug, but you're being demoted from principal to corps de ballet in a minute!" Bunhead says, laughing.
"I'm sorry, but principals are better than that." She says, blowing the rosin she poured on her hand into bunhead's face. Bunhead coughed, and fell on her knees, bending her head down. Ladybug snatched the pin from her hair and crushed it. She made quick work of purifying the akuma and cleansing the city, freeing the people from their pointe shoe prisons.
"Pound it!" The two said, and both swung off to detransform.
-Adrien Agreste-
"Where were you?" Chloe asks as Adrien walks down the stairs. "Hiding safely by yourself?"
"Well, not exactly. I got... transformed into a dancer!" Adrien says.
"Same! Except, bunhead's pointe shoes don't hurt nearly as bad as mine do!" Marinette commented, running down the stairs next to the group, in a white tutu.
"Now that this is over, I'd like my personal belongings back." Adrien says, holding out his hand.
"What? I don't know what you're talking about!" Chloe says dramatically.
"Please! Take it off!" Sabrina says, running up to Adrien. Adrien takes out his key and unlocks the box, taking it from Sabrina as she runs away spewing thank yous.
"An explanation, Chloe?" Alya asks, holding up her phone.
"I told you I didn't take his diary! I'm offended that you are accusing me!" Chloe says on camera.
"Then how did you know that my diary was in here?" Adrien asks, holding up the diary. Everyone gasps.
"Well, I... Sabrina told me! It was all her idea!" Chloe says, pointing to her friend.
"So uncool." Nino mutters.
"Well at least we know that Chloe won't be getting any votes. You're our new class rep, man!" Alya comments.
"Well, wait a minute." Adrien says. Chloe turns around and points at him.
"Ha! See? He's unreliable! He's already throwing in the towel!" She exclaims.
"No, I'm not. I want to be voted in, not because you're not voting for Chloe, but because you're voting for me. I'm not going to make promises that i can't keep, and I'm not going to be able to get you everything that you want. But I am resourceful and I know how to prioritize. I'm a good listener and a great multitasker. Representing you all is something that I truly believe in and most importantly, I believe in myself. So, vote for Adrien, for class representative." Adrien gives his speech.
The next day at school, everyone votes.
"The majority vote leaves Adrien as class representative, and Nino as his deputy." Mme. Bustier announces, and everyone claps.
Okay, more ballet terms this one. I know that Bunhead was kind of a weird akuma to write, but I think it turned out okay. Corps de ballet are the backup dancers, they make formations and dance in the background.
And, as for the variation dances, I'm just going to leave a link here to what the variation looks like instead of trying to explain it.
watch?v=3StcQpUfUnk
Btw, this dancer is by far the best ballet dancer in the world, in my opinion. Her name is Natalia Osipova. Enjoy!