Dear Diary
It has been three weeks since I moved to Paris
and began working as a governess at the Agreste Manor.
I must admit things were difficult at first
Manon is a very tough child and Alix is moody and
Dr. Bourgeois doesn't like me that much.
But Alya my employer has been so kind to me
And Nino the caretaker is so sweet
And Adrien, oh Adrien, he's just so wonderful.
Ever since I've met him he's been nothing but
Kind and gentle to me.
And I can't help but feel drawn to him.
Like in some strange way we had met before.
What do you think?
Sincerly Marinette.
Marinette closed her diary and prepared for bed when she thought she heard a voice. A woman's voice, singing a lullaby. It reminded her of when her mother used to sing her to sleep. She followed the singing voice to Manon's room. She quietly cracked the door open to see a woman with blonde hair and green eyes singing to a sleeping Manon.
"Excuse me." Marinette said. "But who are you? And how did you get in here?"
The woman looked at Marinette and walk toward her. In her hand was a book which she handed to Marinette then she disappeared into a wall. Marinette blinked and rubbed her eyes, not sure if what she had seen actually had happened. She tired to tell herself that she probably imagined it but the book was real which meant the mysterious woman who gave it to her was real too. She looked down at the book in her hands, it was a hard cover that had the words: Diary of Emilie Agreste in golden letters.
The next day Adrien invited her to go for a walk with him by the shore. He talked to her about how wonderful the sunlight and the morning breeze felt and how beautiful the water looked splash by the shore. Marinette only smiled and listened which he thought was very unusual.
"You haven't said much today." He said. "Is everything alright?"
"Yes. Everything's fine it's just that I've been thinking about something that happened last night."
"What?"
"I saw a woman in Manon's room last night and she disappeared. I think she was a ghost...Adrien do you believe in ghosts?"
"Yes I do."
"At first I thought I had imagined it but then she gave me this book."
She pulled the diary from her hand bag and showed it to him. At the sight of it he nearly passed out from shock.
"Where did you get this?" He said taking the diary from her.
"I told you. A woman gave it to me."
"What did this woman look like?"
"She had blonde hair and green eyes, she was very beautiful."
"Marinette this diary belonged to my ancestor's mother."
"Really? You think that might've been her ghost I saw last night. But I'm still not sure."
"I am. Marinette have you seen this woman before last night? If you have you must tell me right now!"
"No. I haven't."
"Are you positive? Because I have to know! Do not lie!"
"I'm not lying. Adrien are you alright? You're scaring me."
He quickly calmed down.
"I'm sorry, you must understand my family means so much to me and my ancestor he...He was so very close with his mother. He was devastated when she died. It was hard for him to live without her."
"Adrien you almost make it sound like she's your mother."
"Emilie Agreste resembled my mother a lot, kind of like I resemble my ancestor. I guess in a way I see my mother through her."
"I know what you mean my mother died when I was just a little girl and so did my father."
"I'm very sorry to hear that. Your parents must have loved you so much."
"They did and I miss them very much. Sometimes thinking about them makes me want to cry."
"It is sad when we lose the people we love but they would not want us to dwell on losing them. Rather they would want us to remember the joyous times we spent with them."
"You're right."
You know one of my favorite things to do at the beach was skip rocks. Wanna try?"
"I'd love to and let's make a contest out of it. Whoever skips the farthest wins."
"You're on."
They spent the whole afternoon skipping rocks across the sea and in evening when it was dark Adrien sat by the fireplace reading his mother's diary.
"Dear diary, today was my son's eighth birthday. We celebrated by having a picnic on the beach and riding horses through the woods. I don't think I ever seen my precious little boy so happy." Adrien read. "Oh Mother how I wish you were still here."
"She sounded like a kind woman." Tikki said.
"She was, the kindest and most loving woman that ever lived. I remembered when she died, I was thirteen when she became sick with diphtheria, I stayed by her side and begged her not to leave me but she said that she could not change what God intended. On her deathbed she gave her prized jewels, her string of pearls, her sliver earrings, and her blue diamond ring. She told me that she had hoped they would be passed down to her daughter when she got married but she never had one so she told me to give them to the woman I would marry to wear on our wedding day."
"That's so sad."
"When she finally died I wept for so many days and for so many years I suffered a great sadness. I found joy again when I met Isabel. We were so in love and when I asked her to wear my mother's jewels with the gown she made she told me nothing would have pleased her more. But then I lost her too."
"You've had a rough life huh kid?" Plagg said.
"Yes fate has not been kind to me but I swear that will have everything that was taken returned to me and this time I won't let anyone stop me."
Knock-knock!
"Adrien?" Alya said.
The kwamis quickly hid.
"Come in." Adrien said.
She entered his room.
"I just got a call from Lila. She wants to talk to you tomorrow evening, something about a business proposal." She said.
"Tell her whatever it is I'm not interested in doing business with her."
"She told me she thought you might say that so she told me to tell you that if you don't want to discuss it then to have Marinette go over there and pick up some notes she had for you."
Adrien froze, Alya didn't know it but if he refused then Lila wouldn't want Marinette to come over to collect notes. But Adrien knew so he reluctantly went to speak with her the next evening. When he arrived he found her a robe and lingerie with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of wine in another.
"You wished to speak with me?" He asked.
"Yes funny thing happend to me, you see my company's manager quit and went to work for you. Care to explain?"
"I talk to him the other day and offered him a very generous amount of money for his services."
"Right and hypnotizing him has nothing to do with it?"
"With you using witchcraft to rob your business partners and frame them for government money you stole, you're a funny one to talk."
"Still you should know better than to try and ruin my business."
"Is that right? Let's not forget you stole mine first."
"Look I'm not here to argue I'm hear to offer a proposal."
"Whatever it is the answer is no."
"I think you'll want to hear this. I admit at first I was pretty pissed at you for dumping me but after many years of thinking it over I've decided to put it behind me."
"Well good for you."
"And I realized that I want to start over."
"Come again?"
"I want to renew our relationship."
"Relationship?! What relationship?! We had a drunken one night stand and that was the end of it. There never was a relationship!"
"Adrien this constant denial of your feelings for me is very upsetting."
"Madame the only feelings I have for you is intense rage and disgust."
"Lies! You and I...We're a lot alike. We're both immortal beings of great power who greatly surpass everyone else in this city who crave love and affection. We can find what we desire in each other."
"If sleeping with you is what got me into this mess why in the name of God would I do it again? Know this you filthy, twisted, mad woman. I will die and burn in hell before I lie in bed with you again. Now if you'll excuse me I have some business to attend to."
"Adrien." She said making the door slam shut with just a flick of her wrist. "Don't make me angry. You know what happens when I get angry, if you refuse me I'll-"
"Do what? Kill me? You'd be doing me a favor if you were to do that because I'd rather die then live this miserable existence."
"Oh Adrien if I had wanted you dead you I would've killed you a long time ago. No I wanted you to suffer and just so you know if I can't have you then I'll destroy you and your family starting with that little governess you've been eyeing so fondly. The one who looks like Isabel."
Adrien's eyes flashed a blazing green, he sized her by her throat, and pinned her to the wall.
"You won't go anywhere near anyone in that house. If you I will-"
"Ah-ah, we wouldn't want your girlfriend to go over the cliffs twice now would we? Remember with just a wiggle of my finger she could start seeing frightening images that would send her running toward widow's hill and send her right to her death."
Adrien released her.
"I may not be able to do anything to you now but a warning to you if you hurt anyone in that house hold I will kill you." He threatened. "You maybe immortal but like me you can be killed too. So if you harm so much as one hair on Marinette's head then God forgive me I'll spend my entire immortal life trying to kill you in the most slow and painful way imaginable! And that is a promise I assure you!"
She could tell that he was serious and enraged her but also frightened her. Though she knew witchcraft a vampire's methods of hunting, killing, and torture were far more painful, dangerous. and merciless than any kind of spell or curse a witch could cast. So she understood how serious his threat was but that didn't mean she would give up however she wouldn't push her luck for tonight. So she retired to her room while Adrien went back to the mansion.
He was both worried and relived. He was worried by Lila's threats but relieved that she understood how dangerous he was and how cruel he could be if he wanted to. She needed to fear him and she did and as long as she feared him in some way then the people he cared for would be safe at least for awhile. He knew all too well that her lust for him was greater than her fear so he needed to be on his guard.
