Author's Note: Small warning that there's an instance of blood in this chapter :P Not sure if it's needed but I know some people may not be able to handle blood well so thought I'd mention juuust in case :P


Chapter 52

"Hey, did you hear about that new kid?" Marinette and Alya heard as they walked into their school. They looked around and saw the majority of students huddled together in small groups, all seemingly talking about the new student to the school. Both of the girls heard that someone was transferring over from Italy but they didn't think it was that big of a deal. When Adrien was first introduced to the school there was gossip about him too but that wasn't until after it was revealed that he was a world famous model.

"Hey Rose!" Alya called out, interrupting her and Jukela's conversation. The two girls raced over and joined their friends. "What's all the buzz about?"

"You haven't heard? Apparently the new girl is one of Prince Ali's advisors!" Rose replied back to Alya happily.

"I heard that she saved an orphanage from burning to the ground." Jukela added.

"Well, I heard that she's a world famous model just like my Adrikins!" Chloe butted in. "She better not think about touching him!"

Marinette glared at Chloe, annoyed that Chloe still wasn't acknowledging their relationship. "If anyone should be worried about her, it should be me Chloe!"

"Whatever. I'm just saying, when you two break up I don't him to go running to her instead of me!"

Marinette began rolling up her sleeves, about ready to give Chloe a piece of her mind. Alya quickly noticed this and grabbed a hold of her friend, pushing her away before she did something she regretted. "Come on girl; let's take ya to the classroom. Adrien and Nino are waiting for us!"


Marinette and Alya walked into the classroom and saw Adrien and Nino in their usual seats. However, there was an unfamiliar girl standing beside Adrien, chatting with him and laughing. The both of them assumed that the girl was the new student everyone was talking about. However, Marinette didn't care about it. She knew exactly what this girl was doing and she wasn't going to have any of it.

"Hey there! Hello! Hi!" Marinette greeted as she walked up to the three. She approached the girl and immediately took her hand and shook it up and down. "Marinette Dupain-Cheng, pleasure to meet you. I'm Adrien's girlfriend, no matter what anyone tells you."

The new girl, Adrien, and Nino all stared at Marinette, confused by her reaction. Alya just shook her head while she held it, being embarrassed for her friend.

"Umm… Marinette, this is Lila Rossi." Adrien spoke as the girl tried to collect herself.

"Charmed, I'm sure." Lila commented, as she pulled her hand out of Marinette's grasp. She then turned back to Adrien and continued with their conversation. "So, Adrien, I hear you're a model too?"

Marinette took her seat below Adrien's desk and arched her back as much as she could, trying to listen in on their conversation without looking like she was.

"Yes, that's right!" Adrien responded happily.

"That's quite fascinating," Lila sat on his desk and looked into his eyes. "You know, you actually inspired me to be a model myself."

"Did I?"

"Oh yes!" Lila reached into her purse and pulled out a magazine. There were a fear tears and rips in it but Adrien immediately recognized it. It was the Halloween issue that he created months ago where he modelled Halloween costumes. "I bought this issue off the internet. I must say you have quite the hot bod!"

Marinette began grinding her teeth together, about ready to jump up and tell Lila off. Alya brought out a stress ball for her to squeeze on so that it would be easier for her to try and control herself.

"Oh, well, I wouldn't go that far but thank you?" Adrien said as he chuckled nervously.

"You know, I noticed a certain theme in here." Lila opened up the magazine and turned to the centerfold, where it was Adrien in a stereotypical red demon costume. "You seem to have quite the fascination with demons."

Adrien gulped nervously, not knowing where Lila was going with her point. "Umm… sure. I mean… yeah, I do… I guess."

"Well, let me tell you something really fascinating about myself that I know you'd be interested in." Lila leaned in closer to Adrien and began whispering in his ear. "I made a deal with a demon once."

Adrien's eyes went wide with surprise. He pulled Lila away and looked at her with a concerned look on her face. "You did?"

Lila couldn't help but giggle, finding Adrien's reaction cute. "Maybe I did, maybe I didn't. If you wanna know more then let's meet up after school. There's a cute little park just by this here school that would be perfect. I'll see you then."

Lila booped Adrien on his nose and jumped off of the desk. She started heading down to the teacher's podium where she had to talk to the teacher to find out where her seat was. She glanced over at Marinette as she passed by her, noticing that she was glaring at her. Lila gave Marinette a cheeky wink which only added to the girl's frustration.

"You're not going, are you Adrien?" Marinette asked after she turned around in her seat and faced Adrien. "Right?"

Adrien looked away and began rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. "I umm… kind of have to. It's kind of important."

"I umm… alright." Marinette spun back in her seat and began squeezing the stress ball again, this time to try and alleviate her anxiety.

"Don't worry Marinette," Adrien said as he leaned over his desk. "I promise you things will be fine. Nothing will change between us."

Adrien placed a kiss on top of Marinette's head, which thankfully calmed her down a lot. Marinette looked up at her boyfriend and smiled at him. "I believe you Adrien. Love you."

"Love you too Marinette."

Nino looked down at Alya. "Love you too babe."

"I know you do." Alya joked. She popped up in her seat and pulled Nino in for a quick kiss on his cheek. "Love you too."


The rest of the day went by pretty smoothly. Lila stayed away from Adrien for the rest of the day since she wanted to make her meeting with him extra special. It's not like she could've hung around him if she wanted to anyways; all of the rumours she spread about herself caused her to get swarmed by people wanting answers. She didn't have a free moment when it was lunch time.

However, now that school was over, she was completely free except for the one meeting that she was excited for. She sat on a bench and patiently waited for the blond boy to arrive.

She didn't have to wait long however, as Adrien was just a few minutes behind her. He wanted to see Marinette off before going to see Lila. Little did he know though that Marinette had her own agenda. She followed Adrien to the park and hid in one of the bushes to spy on them. It's not that she didn't trust Adrien or his words, it's just that she didn't trust Lila. She didn't know what her game was but the wink she gave is what sealed her suspicions.

"Hey Lila!" Adrien greeted, waving at the girl.

"Hey there!"

Adrien took a seat on the other half of the bench, giving a considerable amount of distance between him and her, which Marinette was thankful for.

"You know girl, you shouldn't have to be so suspicious of Lila. I doubt she'll do anything."

"What if it was Nino instead of Adrien?"

Alya thought about Marinette's words carefully. She nodded at her when she was sure how she'd react if Nino was in the situation instead. "Good point."

The two went back to spying on Adrien and Lila. Marinette did not like the way Lila was looking at her boyfriend but she had to keep calm and see what transpires.

"Okay Lila, I need to know everything about your deal with this demon. It's important." Adrien spoke, his expression changing to a more concerned one.

"What would you like to know?" she asked seductively as she inched closer to him.

"Everything! What this demon looked like, what you gave up, what you got in exchange, how long you got, what drove you to make this deal, just everything."

"My, my. You have done your research, haven't you?" Lila paused to giggle. "Let's see here… It was just shortly after I found your magazine. A shadow came up to me and noticed how much my heart was lusting for you!"

Adrien began biting his lower lip, not liking what he was hearing. Marinette was doing the same but for a different reason. With every sentence she spoke, Lila was getting closer and closer to Adrien which only tensed Marinette up even more. At this point, the stress ball she had was completely squeezed out, with stuffing poking out from some of the stitching.

"He made me an offer that I just couldn't refuse." At this point, Lila was sitting right beside him. Adrien was very uncomfortable with how close she was but he refused to move and listen to Lila's story in its entirety. "He said that I could have any man my heart desired, that I could live a long and happy life with him for as long as I wanted. All I needed to do was just promise my soul when I died."

"Lila-"

"But he also told me something else too."

Adrien raised an eyebrow at her. "And what was that?"

Lila leaned closer to him, until their faces were just inches apart from each other. "He said that all I need to do, to claim his heart for myself, was kiss him."

At that precise moment, Lila grabbed onto Adrien's shirt and locked her lips with his. Adrien's eyes widened when he realized the situation and he began flailing about helplessly. He tried to break from her grasp but to no avail.

"OH NO!" Marinette cried out as she popped out from the bushes and dropped her squeeze ball. "OH HELL NO! Alya hold my ear rings!"

Alya happily accepted the pieces of jewelry and cheered her friend on. "You go get her girl!"

Marinette quickly stomped over to Adrien and Lila and ripped the two of them apart. She placed one foot on the bench, blocking Lila from getting to Adrien.

"HOW DARE YOU! HOW DAAAARE YOU!" Marinette yelled as she glared at Lila. "WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO LOCK LIPS WITH MY MAN!"

"I thought- you two… weren't… actually…" Lila replied sheepishly. "The blonde girl said…"

"CHLOE? DID CHLOE TELL YOU THAT WE WEREN'T A COUPLE?"

Lila slowly nodded, feeling completely terrified of Marinette.

"Marinette I-" Adrien tried to interrupt but his words were cut off when Marinette held up her hand at him.

"I don't blame you Adrien." Marinette interrupted instead. "I saw everything. You didn't initiate it and you wanted to break free. You're innocent here."

Marinette narrowed her eyes at Lila. " But you, BUT YOU! I GET ENOUGH FROM THAT BLONDE HAIRED QUEEN BEE BUT I WILL NOT HAVE YOU COME IN AND SEDUCING MY MAN AND DISRESPECTING OUR RELATIONSHIP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE SAYING BUT YOU CAN TAKE WHATEVER IT WAS AND STUFF IN YOUR BIG FAT MOUTH!"

Adrien narrowed his eyes and peered at Lila. "You know Lila, you had me convinced that you made a deal with a demon, but you didn't, did you?"

"I- I-" Tears were starting to well up into Lila's eyes. "I…"

"YOU LIED TO HIM? SO THIS WAS SOME KIND OF TRAP, TO LURE HIM INTO YOUR WEB AND SO YOU COULD LOCK LIPS WITH HIM? WAS THAT IT?"

"I…"

"You know… I bet you lied about everything else too. You aren't an advisor to Prince Ali, you didn't save any burning orphanages. I bet you aren't even a model either. Are you? ARE YOU?"

Lila was completely in tears at this point, unable to make coherent sentences.

"GET OUT OF HERE AND DON'T YOU EVER LET ME CATCH YOU AROUND MY MAN EVER AGAIN YOU LIAR!"

Lila didn't need to be told twice. She got up from her seat and ran away, tears trailing behind her but Marinette didn't care. She had no sympathy for liars, especially ones that intruded with her relationship.

She let out an explosive sigh and sat down on the bench beside Adrien. "Sorry you had to see me like that."

"Gee… Marinette… I know she crossed some boundaries but you went really overboard there."

"Yeah, you really did." Alya spoke as she joined the two. She returned Marinette's ear rings to her and began shaking her head as Marinette put them back in. "I know I was cheering you on but that really was some overkill there."

"Well… maybe I was a bit harsh on her…" Marinette began thinking about the situation and replayed what she said to Lila in her mind. "She did deserve it but maybe not all that. I'll apologize to her tomorrow. I just… I need some time to calm down first."

Adrien and Alya shared a concerned look with each other but they both nodded. "That's fair. Need some time alone?"

Marinette shook her head. "No thanks, I'd rather hang out with you two and talk about things if I need to."

Alya took a seat beside Marinette and smiled. "That's what we're here for girl!"


Lila stopped running, unable to continue anymore. She pushed her lungs way past their limit, especially since she was still crying. She turned and looked back. She was a few streets away from the park but it was still in sight. She couldn't see Marinette or anyone else in there but just seeing the park was enough to make her think of her. Her tears stopped as her heart was beginning to fill with rage. "I hate you Marinette, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!"

"Do you now?" a voice spoke, which made Lila jump with surprise and turn around. She saw that standing in front of her was a tall man with slicked back hair and donning a white suit. He looked down at her and raised his eyebrow. "Do you truly hate Marinette Dupain-Cheng?"

"I… I do!"

"What if I told you I could give you power, way beyond your comprehension and you could use that power to take your revenge on Marinette and doom her to an eternity of suffering?"

Lila looked up at the man and raised an eyebrow at him. "I would say that you're crazy."

"But do you believe my craziness?" He stuck out his hand offered it to him. "All that I ask of you is your complete and total cooperation and allegiance to me. Do we have a deal?"

Lila stared at the man's hand. She had no idea who he was or what he meant, but the rage in her heart and her mind was telling her to accept. She wanted to exact revenge on Marinette so she was willing to believe anything.

"You have a deal." Lila said as she took the man's hand.

Suddenly, both of their hands began glowing with a red energy. Lila stared at it but it quickly faded away. She questioned what it was but she quickly concluded that it was just a figment of her imagination.

"Excellent. Thank you for your cooperation Ms. Rossi." the man said as he smiled. "Now, before we begin, there is something that I must do."

"What is that?"

The man pulled Lila closer to him and suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her chest. He let go of her hand and gave her freedom to move. She staggered backward and looked down when she got her balance. She was horrified by the sight, unable to comprehend what she was seeing. There was a dagger in her chest, right exactly where her heart was. Blood was quickly seeping out and staining her clothes.

"Wh- wh- why?" Lila stammered, being in complete shock from the sight.

"I do not appreciate you using my species in your foolish game of deceit. You insult us when you know nothing!" The man stepped forward and pulled the dagger out from her chest as quick as possible, which made the wound worse and bleed even more. "Consider this penance for your ignorant actions."

Lila wanted to speak more but she wasn't able to. She suddenly felt weak, her life force quickly escaping from her body. She dropped down to her knees then fell face first into the pavement, the last shreds of her life fading away.

"Besides, if you want to ally yourself with a demon then you must become one."


Author's Note: I'm sorry Lilaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa