Hey, so I figured that I hated the last chapter so just think of it as a filler and not a huge part in the story but this chapter should be more interesting. Also it is continued from the last chapter, so keep in mind that Adrien has just entered school. Enjoy! x

What Happens If?

Chapter 11:

*Adrien's p.o.v*

Adrien walked into the classroom, head down and shoulders drooping. He didn't know how to approach the situation, it wasn't exactly something everyone had gone through at some point. The love of his life had been... confusing and it was hard to decide on an emotion to portray. So Adrien plastered on his model-smile and made his way to his seat.

The whole class had stared at him as he waddled past them and the pit in his stomach deepened and he knew exactly what they were thinking. They must have seen the past few minutes from peering out the window or looked onto their phones for 'the boy who must be Cat Noir'. He finally knew how Marinette felt.

'Wait a second, where is she?' Adrien thought as he glanced over his shoulder to see an empty spot where Marinette was normally positioned. He figured she would be late due the the recent turn of events but he couldn't understand why she hadn't turned up yet, maybe she hadn't come in today due to the report or she just didn't want to finish classes.

But Marinette wasn't that sort of person, she never missed classes. Well, that wasn't true, she was normally late but the teachers had began to understand why. After all, she was Ladybug, the girl who kicked ass every day.

He turned to Alya, mouthing 'where is she?' and pointed to her seat. Alya took out a post-it note and began to write something on it. She passed it over and it read:

She was here before lunch but Chloé had riled her up so she ran off but then we saw her outside as Ladybug defending you. Miss Bustier was not happy but then she disappeared so we thought maybe you knew.

Adrien turned over the note and started to respond, he wrote fast because he knew a teacher would be starting soon.

I don't know where she is, one minute she was talking to the mob outside and the next she was zooming away. She seemed more angered than normal but I didn't think anything of it. You can't blame her for having an attitude, she has not been having a very good few weeks.

He passed the note back and Alya started to write something but before she could pass it back, the door burst open and a flustered and provoked girl entered. Marinette. Adrien looked her up and down as she stood in the door way, she wasn't wearing anything too flamboyant but her face said otherwise. Her normally sparkly blue bell eyes, were matt-gloss and the fire that was raging behind them must of been giving her a headache. Her hair was still in the usual pig tails she wore but had fallen out in a few places.

She began to drag herself to her seat, her face steaming hot - Adrien could've sworn he saw smoke. He couldn't tell why she was like that but something really must of riled her up to make her so annoyed.

Ayla mouthed 'Chloé?' to her and Marinette shook her head and sat down. Her best friend must of been familiar with her emotions but she still seemed shocked to see her in such a trance. She pulled out a pen and her notebook and began writing notes, just as Miss Bustier walked in and began the lesson.

Marinette didn't say anything all afternoon and just put on that model-smile that Adrien knew all too well. She looked stressed but irked. They could all understand why, of course, but she wasn't exactly an emotional person. No one really knew what type of girl she was deep down, unless you really took the chance of getting to know her. She never really had a best friend until Alya came a long so they all took the initiative and made her the girl they loved.

Although, Adrien felt as if it was the other way round. He wasn't exactly a social person, that was down to his family issues. He had friends but he didn't know how to act around them so when Nino, Marinette and Alya had taken him in, he felt like he belonged. Almost like how he was when Ladybug was around, who just happened to be the girl that was in a bad mood and was not looking for conversation.

Adrien had been questioning what to say to her all the way through classes, barely concentrating and getting a few words from teachers as he slipped into a daydream. He wanted to ask her what was wrong and why she was so keen to help him out but once he thought about it, that would've been a bit of an awkward conversation.

The final bell rang and all the pupils began to leave classes and make their way home, Adrien quickly ran out of the classroom and made his way to the car. He told Nathalie and the Gorilla that he had to talk to someone about a 'project' he was working on and ran back up the steps.

The boy began to scan his eyes around the courtyard and eventually spotted Marinette. He scuttled towards her gripping his bag tightly, playing the words in his head. He eventually came face-to-face with her and started to rub the back of his neck in the way he knew he should've stopped doing a long time ago.

Marinette's face was gentle but stern, she had no emotion slapped on this time. It was just empty and cold, her eyes dimmed and mouth closed tight-lipped. Adrien felt her use her death glare but she brushed it off and placed a meaningless smile onto her pale face. He ran through his words one last time and began.

'M-Marinette?' Adrien said nervously.

'Oh, hey Adrien!' Marinette squeaked through the fake smile she pursued but Adrien could see straight through her.

'Hey, I wanted t-to thank you for earlier.'

'No problem, sorry I was a little rude.' Marinette forced herself to sound normal.

'No worries but... uh, are you okay? You seem a little stressed.'

'I'm fine, don't worry.' Marinette flapped her hands about in a 'don't worry' manner.

'Are you sure?'

'Yep.' Adrien knew not to push the situation further, he knew how stubborn she could be when her heart was set on something.

'Okay... but if you ever need a friend-' Adrien was cut off.

'I know, thank you. Well, I should get going. Papa wanted me to help out at the bakery.'

'Sure so... I'll see you around?'

'See you around.' She picked up her bag and trotted off, the boy knew there was something up with her. She was an easy person to read when something was stressing her, he was pretty much a master at reading Ladybug so it was just as easy with the girl under the mask.

He figured that it wasn't Marinette who was hiding something but Ladybug, she often tried to hide injuries that she had gotten during an Akuma fight. He knew it wasn't anything that hurt her, she would normally fidget with something which was not something she did during that whole conversation so he knew that it was something that freaked her out. She sometimes over reacted about certain things but this seemed more serious.

Adrien thought about what he could do and realised if she wouldn't open up to Adrien then she might do to his alter ego. He quickly ran down the steps, getting a few looks as he did so, and got into the limo.

It was a short drive home as their was no traffic, due to no usual Akuma villains trying to get whatever it is they wanted. The Gorilla pulled up outside the mansion he called home, he thanked him and Nathalie and ran to his room. They boy threw his bag onto the bed and pulled open a slight opening in his jacket, Plagg emerged.

'What are you doing this time, kid?'

'If Marinette won't open up to Adrien, she just might to Cat Noir.'

'Adrien, no. I wanted to stay in today.'

'Why do you need to 'stay in'?'

''Cause I wanted to try some new cheeses that the shop down the road just started selling!'

'Well, you didn't tell me about this. So shut that cheesy gob of yours: Plagg, Claws out!'

'Waittttt!' Plagg was pulled into the ring and in a flash of light Cat Noir appeared.

The black cat ran out of the Agreste mansion, using his baton as a pole vault. He began to run across buildings, eventually spotting the apartment above the famous Tom and Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie. He reached it and stepped onto the balcony, he walked over and peered through the skylight. He saw Marinette dragging herself around the room, picking up a few things off her desk.

He examined what she was holding and noticed something, there was a box similar to the one where his Miraculous first lived. He assumed her's came from it too but couldn't imagine why she was holding it, he had not touched his since he first got it so why was Marinette holding hers ready to go out? She was wearing a fake fur coat due to the cold afternoon air, a pair of leather boots and her hair was down - something she rarely did.

Cat Noir tapped on the door and Marinette jumped a mile out of her skin, obviously stunned to see such a sight. She quickly hid her box and made her way to let in the alley cat. He jumped onto her bed gracefully and the girl stared at him with her eyebrows furrowed.

'What are you doing here, kitty?' She questioned.

'Well, a little birdie told me you were having a bad day.' Cat Noir spoke flirtatiously.

'Oh? What makes you say that?'

'The news.'

'Oh.' She looked away and walked to the chaise, Cat Noir close behind.

'Marinette, I know you and I know when something's wrong. You didn't exactly seem different to the press but I could see that fire in your eyes that you get when something has happened, you don't have to tell me but I just came to check on you.' Marinette considered if she should tell him, she sighed and sat down on the chaise.

'You know Chloé Bourgeois, the girl we've saved countless times.'

'Yeah?'

'Well, she goes to my school and she has teased me my whole life. That's why I've never been 'friendly' with her when we've had to deal with her, masks on. But today she pushed my buttons more so than usual, she's never really gotten to me much so today was a one off, I swear.'

'P-princess?' He questioned but she continued.

'She said things like: 'I don't know why you're Ladybug.' 'I worshipped you, only to find out that your the girl that has taken everything from me'. She really... fired me up and I just snapped so I ran as far away as I could. She hadn't really bothered me until today, just giving me disgusted looks and staring me down but we had been put together for an assignment and she wasn't happy so she just let it all out on me. I had it coming, really, but I didn't expect it to stab so deep.'

'So you ran?' Cat Noir was careful of his words as Marinette spoke her story.

'Yeah, I didn't transform. I just... ran. I left school from the back entrance 'cause of the reporters outside and just ran. I eventually stopped and found myself in a alleyway, Tikki was there to comfort me but it didn't really help.' Something about Marinette's face seemed to darken as she said her Kwami's name, had something happened to her?

'And then what?'

'I figured that I wasn't too far away from my house so I began to walk back but once I saw the school, I realised that Adrien was there being swarmed by the mob outside and I panicked. So I transformed and helped him out. I was rude, to say the least, but I didn't want anyone to bring him into this mess - there's a lot of people already in it.'

'I'm thinking there is more to this story, does it have something to do with you holding that box?'

'W-what? I-I don't know what you're talking about.' She sat up straight and clutched her bag.

'I know when you're lying.' He said in a sing-song voice and Marinette knew he was right, the black cat knew almost everything about her so it was hard to cover the truth from him.

'Fine.' She spoke with sadness in her tone. 'I guess you're right, there is more.'

'Called it!' Marinette rolled her eyes.

'So I was running back to my house and... um.' The colour drained from her face. 'I guess, I hid the anger well from the press and I thought I had calmed myself down but seeing the school just... fueled the flame. I sat on a roof top with my fists clenched and I just thought, maybe Chloé was right and I am just a plain girl. But then the anger returned and I just thought about how rude she had been I've protected her this whole year and she can't just except who I am without the mask. I don't think it was a good idea to let her get into my head because as I sat there an... Akuma tried to p-possess me.' Marinette recollected what had happened and tried to find a good way to explain what had happened without breaking down again.

'What happened?' He said gently.

'I fought it. I tried the hardest I have ever tried in my whole life. The Akuma had made it's way inside my earring and I heard Hawk Moth's speech before blocking him out. I forced him out of my brain and as soon as the mask began to fade around my face, I-I grabbed my earring and broke it but the Akuma didn't come out.' Marinette reached for her bag and showed Cat Noir the box in which her Miraculous lay. 'My transformation let out and I looked at the damage and waited for the Akuma but... nothing. No Tikki, No Akuma j-just a broken earring.' Marinette fought back the tears, she was strong now and knew not to show weakness when she felt threatened.

'Oh, Princess.'

'Cat, I can't transform, I can't defend Paris and I have no best friend.'

'But you look like you were about to go somewhere?' The superhero pointed to her attire.

'Yeah, M-Master Fu might know what to do.'

'Master Fu?'

'Yeah, you haven't met him?'

'Never heard of him.'

'Oh, well, he's the guardian of the Miraculous. He gives them out and protects them, me and Tikki visit him now and again about life as a Miraculous holder and updates on Hawk Moth.'

'He sounds pretty cool.'

'Yeah, he is. So that's why I-I need to see him.'

'Where does he live?'

'Well, kitty, I'll show you... if you give me a ride.' She said more of a command than a question.

'Well then, we better get going.' Cat Noir said as he turned around gesturing Marinette to hop on his back and she did as she was told. In a matter of seconds the duo were flying through Paris on the way to see a very important man indeed.

PLOT TWIST MY DOODS, hehe I'm evil. I like making problems for these lil beans so sorry for the long wait but it'll be worth it I promise! Also, I'm sorry if the next chapter is out later than normal - I have a few important tests coming up so I need to revise, ugh I hate school! See ya soon x