Zack had studied everyone in the class. He had a laptop on his desk, because he claims notes are easier taken on a laptop than paper. But, since he had studied everything in England, he preferred to hack into websites to see if he could get any money out of it. It worked wonderfully.
After school he went to the park and put his laptop on his lap. No one knew why he had so much money, but this was why. Everyone lies, right? It wasn't soon before Zack knew about the miraculous. He saw his life as a trap, his parents wanted him to get a well paying job, so he stayed away from home after school for two hours, hacking to get money from people, but never telling his parents. Occasionally, he would do dating simulations on the days he had done all his hacking was done. It was the only way to make good money, he reasoned. But, a way to free himself would be getting the ladybug and cat miraculous, the exact thing that Hawkmoth wanted to do to make a wish, according to the LadyBlog.
"Hello, you're Zack, right?" a girl with long brown hair said. Her eyes were innocent, and she wore short shorts with leggings underneath them.
"Yeah, you're Lila, I'm pretty sure," Zack responded.
"Yes," Lila said. She looked at his computer screen. "What are you doing?"
"Fixing a website," Zack lied.
"My mother runs several websites," Lila said. Zack knew that she was lying, it took one to know one. He didn't mind it though, she was innocent and sexy. The way her hips swung from side to side made Zack swoon, although he didn't let it show.
"Really? Well, mind if I come over sometime and maybe help make more people come to her websites, I know how," Zack said. First things first: Make friends. Lila would be his first, and it's clear that Zack liked her- a lot. He had a plan to make friends with nearly everyone, so being with Lila would be fine. Clearly, she was worshipped by her whole class, that is besides Adrien, a blonde haired boy who was famous, and Marinette, who was clearly the heart of the class and had navy blue hair with light blue eyes.
"Come over? My mother is never home," Lila said, diverting her eyes. It was obvious that she was telling the truth.
"That's OK," Zack said. "Parents make your life a trap. I would give anything if my parents just disappeared."
"Here's my number, text me," Lila said, slipping a piece of paper onto Zack's laptop.
"Will do," Zack said. Lila turned around, started to leave, but turned head and winked at him. She was flirting with him. Zack smiled and went back to hacking.
A few minutes later, an akuma attacked. This time, instead of just Ladybug and Cat Noir, there was another superhero- Rena Rogue. The akuma was quickly defeated, within an hour, and Zack got a good idea. Surely, someone he could make friends with could be Ladybug, and the chances of getting a miraculous would be put at a higher rate. An evil grin crept onto his face. Not only that, if he tricked Hawkmoth that he was on his side, the wish would be so much easier to grab. The pieces of the puzzle began to fit together, and it was high time he started making friends. It would be easy.
Zack sat in his seat, right behind Lila, opened his computer, which covered his phone. He texted Lila saying, "Hey, you wanna have lunch with me?" Lila grabbed her phone and hid under the table.
"Sure, where?"
Zack smiled. She thought of it as a date. "I just wanna make some more friends and you seem good at it. Wanna help me?"
"Sure. All it takes is making them see how similar they are to you. Who you wanna be friends with?"
"I think I'll go with Max, Marinette, Juleka, and Nino. And of course, you." He sent a smiley face emoji after that and waited for Lila to text back.
"You're into gaming, right? That you can use to get Max. You said you liked Heavymetal when you were introduced to the class, that you can use on Nino. You also said that a little darkness never hurt anyone and that you liked the dark better than the light, use that with Juleka's goth style. And to get Marinette- she never believes me, and she's my enemy. I'm not sure how to get past her big walls without being the most truthful, no lying, sweety-pie, person. You're on your own with her." Zack nodded, and with that waited for lunch.
Max was first. Lila walked next to Zack, and introduced them to each other.
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Max said, fixing his glasses.
"Nice to meet you, too," Zack said. It was all an act, but it was working. Within a few minutes, Max and Zack were deep in conversation on the technicality of everything. Lila tapped on his shoulder, and Zack looked up. Lila nodded towards Nino, who was standing alone, his headphones on, looking at his phone. Zack nodded, and ended the conversation with Max.
"Hey," Zack said. Nino looked up and pulled off his headphones.
"Hey, dude," Nino said.
"You're like the music king in your class right?" Zack asked.
"I wouldn't say that. Just a music expert," Nino said, with a shrug.
"What's you opinion on heavymetal?" Zack asked Nino.
Within a few minutes, just like Max, Zack had a deep conversation with Nino on how people underestimate the power and soul of music. After making friends with everyone on his list except for Marinette, Zack smiled. This was easy.
"You're on your own," Lila said, nodded towards Marinette, who was clearly trying to keep calm around the Adrien guy. Zack left Lila and tapped on Marinette's shoulder.
"Hey, Marinette," Zack said, and Marinette turned around.
"Oh! Hi, Zack," Marinette responded.
"Talk later, Mari," Adrien said, and walked away.
"Yeah, later," Marinette said, her hand waving a little small wave and her face bright pink.
"You have a thing for Adrien, am I right?" Zack said.
"N- Yes," Marinette said, a little flustered.
"Will you be my friend if I help you?" Zack asked. Marinette's eyes widened.
"You would do that?" Marinette asked.
"Sure. I try to make friends with anyone," Zack said. "And you were at the top of my list." Zack turned away, looked back at Marinette and smiled. "I'll help if you let me." Before Zack walked too far, Marinette ran in front of him, nearly making him ram over her.
"Sorry!" Marinette said. "What's your plan?" Zack raised his eyebrows. Perfect.
"I'll tell him how you feel, which will make him want to ask you if its true, and you say yeah. It's that simple," Zack said.
"You really think that'll work?"
"Of course. But, I'm just warning you, it doesn't mean he'll have the same feelings."
"I just want to get it off my chest."
"If you-" Zack was cut off by an akuma alarm.
"I gotta go!" Marinette said. "I'll see you later!" Marinette then ran into the girl's bathroom. Zack furrowed his eyebrows and then it clicked. Marinette didn't run away because she was scared- she ran away because she was Ladybug. Most people stick together during an akuma. But, just to be sure he was right, Zack followed her. There was no exit without going out the bathroom entrance. He saw Marinette go in, and he hid behind a wall so she would not see him, but he would see her.
Ladybug poked her head out and looked around, not seeing Zack and, using her yo-yo, launched herself into Paris. Zack chuckled under his breath. This would be easier than he thought. All he had to do was make Marinette believe he was trustworthy, tell Hawkmoth that he would be a double agent, and steal Cat Noir and Ladybug's miraculous. How hard could it be? He hacked for a living, this couldn't be much harder. Zack watched every bit of the akuma attack, watching every movement and decided after the akuma, if he could trick someone into being angry- like really angry after gaining Marinette's trust, it could create an akuma strong enough to have Ladybug need him to become a miraculous holder, and after he would ask Ladybug if she trusts him enough to become a permanent part of the team. Knowing how soft Marinette is just by meeting her, Ladybug would say yes. That was step one.
OK! So, I got caught up in making this story I forgot this wasn't my character! So, how will you gain Marinette's trust, and what miraculous do you want? You were very specific and that's why I got so caught up, so sorry if this is a bit long. Thanks!