Prologue Take 2
Not long ago.
"Sabine, be reasonable," the little man looked like he had been punched in the stomach.
"I said no, Fu, and I meant it." Sabine glanced at the living room where her three-year-old daughter is playing. "had you found me before all this, it might have been different." The woman kept loading her delivery van. "My family left the order over two hundred years ago. I have a life now. I will keep my eye open for you, but I am not becoming involved in this right now."
Fu sighed in resignation, "Very well, but know this, you have not seen the last of me," he grins as he is leaving, "you make the best sweet roles in town."
"Marinette, time to go!" Sabine closes up the van. "Marinette!" The mother goes in looking for her daughter only to find her trying to climb under the couch. She laughs, "Marinette, what are you doing?" her voice full of affection.
"Mommy, I lost Hammy under the couch," the little girl is nearly in tears.
Grabbing a broom handle, "Ok, let mommy fix it." Sweeping the stuffed hamster from under the sofa and brandishing it like a superhero. The child giggles. "Ok, sweety, we need to go make deliveries now." She ran out and climbed into her special seat, waiting to be buckled in.
Minutes later, the van pulled through the service gate at the Agreste estate and rolled up to the kitchen door. "Sabine, it's fantastic to see you."
The baker woman laughed, "Emilie, you see me every Saturday, why would today be any different?" unbuckling her daughter, "you can go play with Adrien." The little girl sped off into the house, darting around the members of the staff.
The blond woman laughed. "Well, it's just good to see you."
"You don't miss me, you're just waiting for the sweet rolls." Carrying in the first tray of sweets from the bakery.
Marinette rounded the corner at full speed and crashed into Adrien, sending them both sprawling. The blond boy laughed it off and helped up his friend. They played for hours as the two women talked. Their games often included members of the household staff who loved helping the two little ones with there imaginary worlds.
When Marinette turned four, she started a daycare early learning school and no longer accompanied her mom on the deliveries. However, she met her arch-nemesis, Chloe, who hated her instantly when it became apparent that everyone liked the little commoner better than her.
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"Marinette, your alarm has been going off for fifteen minutes," her mom called through the trapdoor to her room. "you don't want to be late on your first day of school."
Author's note
To see what happens from here to the next chapter, see the show. Everything up to the end of season three has happened, and this story picks up after Miracle Queen