Lila smirked as her latest lie brought Marinette to tears. She even laughed when Marinette ran off, still crying.

"You evil child!"

Lila groaned and turned around, only to scream.

An incredibly old woman, possibly like 200 years old, was glaring at her with one eye, pointing a long finger with a longer fingernail at her as well. Her tannish skin was riddled with wrinkles literally falling off her bones. Her short, hunchbacked body was clothed in a black long-sleeved dress and a black crochet veil on her head.

"You lie to hurt that poor girl."

"I did not. It was true. She-"

"Your mouth says a lie but your eyes reveal the truth."

"Whatever, grandma."

Lila turned around but shirked when the old woman appeared right in front of her, as if out of thin air.

"Even a liar such as yourself cannot resist the truth." The old said, still pointing at her.

"Get out of my way, hag!"

Lila tried to shove the woman aside, but the latter grabbed a firm hold of her sleeve.

"Hear my words. Quando la tua lingua sfugge alla verità, nessuna anima ti crederà."

Lila snarled. "Toglimi le mani di dosso, sporco pipistrello! E stai lontano dalla mia strada!"

Finally, Lila broke free and power-walked away, feeling an one eye glare on her retreating back.


Poor Lila paid no heed to the old woman's words. She lied her heart out for days.

But then one day in the middle of class, Lila felt an...urge.

Oh, mama, I knew I shouldn't have that apple tart but I couldn't let Marinette have it, better to let her starve…

"…After the Trojan princess Cassandra refused his advances, the Greek God Apollo cursed on her power to see the future that no one will believe her prophecies. She saw the end of her kingdom yet no one will believe her. This was one of the turning points leading the fall of Troy. One other theory is that-"

"Ms Bustier, I have to go to the bathroom!"

Ms Bustier turned from the black chalk to see Lila standing straight up, looking uncomfortable. Instantly, the teacher's eyes shimmered.

"Surely you don't have to."

Lila almost choked. "Ms Bustier, I do!"

"You look perfectly well.

Lila crossed her legs. "I'm not!"

"You're obviously lying."

"I'm not!

"Uh, Lila, you sure are." Alya said, her eyes shimmering like Ms Buster's did.

Lila gagged.

Alya, her most devoted fan, was doubting her!?

"Lila, sit down."

Lila had not no choice but sit back down. She winced when she did.

As soon as class ended, Lila zoomed out and dashed into the girls' toilets.


"I need to get to Agreste Mansion, please."

"Miss, you need to get off this bus."

"But I have a pass!"

"You stole it."

"I have money!"

"It's fake."

"But-"

"No pay, no ride! Now, get off!"


"I ordered that crepe!"

"No, you didn't!"

"It's my lunch!"

"You have no proof!"

"I told you at the cashier I wanted a crepe! UH! I'm leaving!"

"Good!"


"…and I skiied down the entire trek of the Himalaya!"

"That's amazing!"

"I know!"

"Hey, does anyone know the time?"

"Yeah, it's 2."

"No it isn't."

"It is!"

"No it's not."

"Yes it is."

"Its 2."

"Thank you."

"Thats what I said!"

"No you didn't."


"A F!?"

"I'm afraid so, you didn't do so well. I have no choice but to make you retake the class."

"Why? I speak Spanish perfectly! My grandpa's Spanish! How could I fail? Everyone else passed!"

"You must've cheated."

"¿Hacer trampa? ¿HACER TRAMPA? ¡Cómo puedo hacer trampa en un examen oral! ¡Recibí las mismas preguntas que todos los demás! ¡Hablo mejor que nadie! ¡Hablar es mi talento! ¡He estado hablando desde que nací!"

"…I'm sorry, but I do not understand."

"YOU'RE THE TEACHER!"

"Don't you dare yell at me, young lady! Detention after school!"


"Name please."

"Lila Rossi."

"Your name."

"Lila Rossi."

"You real name."

"Lila Rossi!"

"Give me your name or you won't get in."

"GAH! …Lucy Russel."

"Thank you. Was that so hard? Oh, wait a minute. You're not on the list. Beat it!"


OK, the last few days have been weird.

But nothing could ruined her special photoshoot with Adrien.

It was pre-arranged by Gabriel Agreste himself, the man who invented the word 'workaholic.'

Nothing could go wrong.

Until when Lila arrogantly proclaimed she was the star model in the middle of the picture-taking, Vincent's eyes shimmered and she was kicked off the shoot. Even Gabriel doesn't believe her.

Lila seethed with jealousy as she was forced to watch Marinette take her place in Adrien's arms and on the magazine covers.


Lila had enough.

This curse was ruining her life. Her body ran out of energy to lie. She can't tell a lie without telling the truth.

After relentless searching, she finally found the ancient lady at a retirement home.

Lila could've lied she's the lady's granddaughter if she wasn't under a curse so she snuck in and confronted the woman in her room, resting in bed.

"You!" Lila shouted, pointing at the old woman. "You did this to me!"

The woman lazily smirked. "As I did, you wicked child."

Lila lowered her anger, falling into confusion. "You believe me?"

"I cast the spell on you. I know you lie from the bottom of your heart. I know you lie and you know you lie. There's no need to bewitch you and me."

"I need you to fix this!"

"Why?"

"I can't spend my whole life lying!"

"For a liar, that is the ideal life."

"Well, not ideal for me! I can't lie about the little things, like buying a lipstick! I even got arrested for using my own student ID! And the worst thing is that my own mother denied I'm her daughter! Because of this curse, no one believe I'm Lila Rossi!"

To the elderly woman's amusement, the teenaged girl dropped to her knees, hands clutching in a prayer gesture.

"I beg you, on my ancestors' graves, stop the curse!"

The old woman stared at her for a while, torturing her with her smirk and beady eye. Then she grinned, showing her 4 teeth.

"Con l'ultima delle mie forze, inverto questa maledizione."

Then her one eye closed and her breath stopped.

Lila froze for a minute, then she fled, narrowly avoiding the nurses running to the room she left behind.

Anxious to see her curse has truly ended, Lila went to the nearest store to buy a candy bar.

"€2, please miss."

"Here's my card."

"Lila Rossi."

"...yes..."

"Yes, you are. Enjoy your day."

"YES! I AM LILA ROSSI!"


"You look happy."

"I am. I just got a call from Disney. They want me to be their next Disney Princess!"

"That's not true."

"What? It is!"

"It's not."

"It's not."

"It's not."

"It's definitely not." Mairnette said as she walked pass.

Alya didn't protest. As did the rest of their friends.

"THAT BLASTED BAG OF WRINKLES DIDN'T STOP THE CURSE! SHE JUST SWITCHED IT AROUND! SHE TRICKED ME!"

(Up in Heaven, the old woman laughed crackled, getting looks from the other angels.)


Quando la tua lingua sfugge alla verità, nessuna anima ti crederà.

Translation: When your tongue slips the truth, not a soul will believe you.

Toglimi le mani di dosso, sporco pipistrello! E stai lontano dalla mia strada!

Translation: Get your hands off me, you dirty bat! And stay out of my way!

¿Hacer trampa? ¿HACER TRAMPA? ¡Cómo puedo hacer trampa en un examen oral! ¡Recibí las mismas preguntas que todos los demás! ¡Hablo mejor que nadie! ¡Hablar es mi talento! ¡He estado hablando desde que nací!

Translation: Cheat? CHEAT? How can I cheat in an oral exam! I got the same questions as everyone else! I speak better than anyone else! Talking is my talent! I have been talking since I was born!

Con l'ultima delle mie forze, inverto questa maledizione.

Translation: With the last of my strength, I reverse this curse.