Something was off about Chloe. Marinette didn't quite know what, exactly, was wrong with the blonde witchie, but something was weird. Chloe wore bee wings and a yellow tutu, which bounced with every step she took. Not only did she look like a princess (and did Sabrina treat her like one), but Chloe was being helpful! She passed out worksheets for Mme. Mendeleiev and picked up after arts' n 'crafts and she was nice to Rose! Chloe was never nice to Rose!

Whatever was wrong with Chloe, Marinette had to figure out. Maybe she'd been stung by a radioactive bee? No, no, only Spiderman could be that lucky. Maybe she was possessed? No, no, their class couldn't be that lucky, even with a ladybug princess. This issue bugged Marinette for the entire day, so at recess she sat on top of the monkey bars beside Adrien just glaring at Chloe.

"Chloe's really been bee-having today," Adrien said, snickering at his own pun. He didn't even need his joke book for that one!

Marinette groaned and shoved her kitty, locking her eyes back on her arch nemesis. Chloe and Sabrina sat by the tree, minding their own business as they doodled in the dirt. Strange. They almost always stuck by the slide, trying to claim it as their own.

Was Chloe sick or something? There had to be an explanation for why she looked and behaved like a princess all of a sudden.

"Comb on, Princess!" Adrien whined, "That was a funny one!"

Marinette rolled her eyes and jumped down from the monkey bars, glancing up at her knight. "C'mon, Kitty, we've got a bee to talk to…" Adrien scrambled down from the bars, sauntering up to Marinette's side as the girl pulled him along by the shirt.

Once close enough to Chloe and Sabrina, the two little girls looked up. "Well, if it isn't Princess Marinette," Chloe grumbled, crossing her arms. She rubbed out the dirt drawings with her toes, glaring up at the girl. "What are you doing here?"

"Why you being so weird?" Marinette asked, deciding to just skip right to the point.

Chloe sputtered and huffed, turning up her nose as she muttered, "I never!" dramatically.

Marinette wrinkled her nose and turned to face Sabrina. The redheaded girl sucked in a breath and set her shoulders back before answering, "Chloe has been appointed the queen of the bees."

"Queen?" Marinette repeated. Chloe smirked, cracking open an eye to peer at the girl.

"Obviously," the blonde started, "queens are better than princesses. Right, Adri?"

All eyes locked on Adrien, who squirmed under the gazes. On one hand, it was true. Queens had more power than princess, so they were ultimately better. On the other hand, his wife hit hard. And he still had a recovering bruise from the time he used bug puns. Was he to lie?

"I-it just…depends?" Adrien answered safely, grabbing Marinette's hand and pulling her away from the other girls. Once far enough away, Marinette questioned him. "Witchies' spell?" Adrien tried.

Marinette huffed and crossed her arms, stomping past her husband before letting the arms loose to flail. "It makes no sense!" Marinette began, "She's no queenie! She's just a meanie!"

"She did try to help Teacher this morning, though," Adrien commented, taking his tail in his hands to fidget. "Maybe Chloe's changed?"

"Changed?" Marinette made a fake laugh. "Puh-lease, Kitty. Witchies don't just change." She put a hand to her chin and paced the grass, trying to come up with an explanation. "I've got it!" Marinette suddenly exclaimed, catching Adrien's attention. "They used a illusion spell!"

"What's that do?" Adrien asked.

"It makes the impossible seem real," Marinette explained. "Like what Lila does to look like a girl and not a fox."

Adrien made a sound of understanding, nodding. "Shouldn't we do something, then, since we're not under the spell?"

Marinette gasped, eyes going wide. "Madame Mendeleiev!" She grabbed Adrien's hand and started to run toward the teachers. "Madame!" Marinette called as they reached the woman.

"Yes, yes, what's wrong?" the woman asked, looking a bit concerned at the troubled look on her students' faces.

"Chloe's got a spell on you that makes her seem real nice!" Marinette explained, "We gotta tell you so the spell will break!"

Well, that's one way to surprise your teacher. "A spell?" she repeated, turning to fully look at the two kids in front of her.

Adrien nodded, "She's pretendin' she's a queen and bein' all nice but it's a spell."

Well, that gave the woman all the explanation she needed. "No, no," she stared, taking the unoccupied hands of either child. "Chloe isn't a queen, you're right there, but she is a princess now, just like Marinette and Lila. She wants to be a better person, and thought the best way to do that was to become a princess, too."

Marinette couldn't believe her. There was no way someone as poopy as Chloe could turn into a princess! Nuh-uh!

"In fact," Mme. Mendeleiev continued, rummaging in her pocket for something. "She made this for you, Marinette," she said as handed a folded card to the girl.

Marinette opened the paper, which showed a ladybug with a very tall crown and a bee with a very small crown and a tear falling from its eye. "Why's the bee crying?" Marinette asked quietly.

"That's Chloe," Mme. Mendeleiev explained, "She feels like you are a lot better than she is and that she'll never has as many friends as you do. So she's sad in the picture."

Well, jeez, just make Marinette cry! Adrien jumped when he heard the hiccup, looking at Marinette to see big tears well in her eyes. "You OK, Princess?" he asked. Marinette shook her head and shoved the picture in Adrien's chest, bolting off toward the trees. She ran all the way to Chloe and fell to her knees, wrapping her arms tightly around the girl.

"I'm sorry you a witchie!" Marinette wailed, sobbing against the blonde's shoulder. "You can be a princess, too!"

Needless to say, Chloe didn't know quite what to do. All she could do was hug Marinette back, her own tears springing up. No one cries alone, after all.

"I'll even share my spaghetti…" Marinette mumbled.

"I don't like spaghetti, though…" Chloe grumbled. Well, there just went all of Marinette's sympathy, right out the window.

For Hispanicin, who wanted a Chloe redemption. Also, to Argen-Lobo-Ridder, bless you. I will be using some of those ideas! This chapter just nagged at me even before Hispanicin suggested it!

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