….I actually don't know if this is any good or not, I just didn't want to do actual work so I wrote this instead.

Ignore any grammar mistakes because I am literally sleep deprived right now.

Enjoy!

(P.S. I'm too dumb to come up with all these characters, they belong to Thomas Astruc.)

Chapter 2: Ice Queen (part 1)

Marinette watched the clock with anticipation. The long school day would be over soon. She blocked out whatever her teacher was lecturing on about and instead thought about what she would do with the rest of her day. After she did her homework maybe she could invite Alya over for a movie? Maybe help her parents in the bakery? They could always use another hand. And of course there's the nightly patrol with Chat, can't forget about that, Marinette thought to herself, a small smile forming on her lips that were quickly covered by her hand. She didn't need Alya's scrutinizing gaze on her, trying for the life of her to figure out why in God's name Marinette would be smiling during an economics lecture.

"...So I'm going to need all of you to read pages 37-45 tonight in your textbooks to get ready for tomorrow's quiz.", the teacher said as Marinette began to come back into the present. Inwardly groaning, she turns her head turns the clock once again. Just five more minutes….

BANG

CRASH

"HELP!"

And with that, all pleasant thoughts about Marinette's afternoon plans flew out the window.

The afternoon dismissal bell rang out as Marinette and her fellow classmates stared out their classroom window in shock and horror. The previous warm and sunny day had taken a drastic turn, now the sun had been covered with thick, dark grey clouds. People with shorts and T-shirts walking down the street were now huddled in cars and on doorsteps, some pounding on the doors to be let in. They were all clutching their bare forearms and shivering against the rough wind that had suddenly picked up. Marinette noticed movement in the air and looked up towards the sky. Was it….. Snowing?

It didn't take long for her classmates to catch on too. People in the room began to scream and shout, "Akuma! It's another Akuma attack!", "Oh my god were trapped in here!", "Why are you complaining, would you rather be out there?!". Things were getting hostile. People were cowering under their desks, teacher and school work completely forgotten. And Marinette was standing in the middle of everything trying to think of a way she could get out of this mess.

"Ummmmm…..yeah I have to pee. I'm going to go hide in the bathroom!", Marinette said as she expertly raced to the door of the classroom, slipping through the door and shutting it just as she heard Alya's not so subtle hiss of, "Marinette get your butt back here!".

She cringed as the door fully shut behind her, Alya was going murder her the next time she saw her for leaving her in there with a classroom full of crying teenagers huddled around her. Marinette knew Alya wanted to go out with her so she could get firsthand footage of the Akuma for the Ladyblog. It had been hard recently with Nino putting his foot down on the matter, explaining that he didn't need his girlfriend crushed by a 20 foot tall, fire breathing Akuma before he could ask her to prom. Personally, Marinette found it cute, but Alya wasn't having it.

Shaking out of her thoughts Marinette focused on the task at hand. She needed to find a place to transform so she could go out and get a read on this new Akuma. Running down the hallway she glanced out the window, stopping in her tracks at what she saw. There were people in the streets, completely frozen solid. There faces permanently expressing their last moments of pure panic and fear before turned into blue, icy statues. The sight made Marinette shiver involuntary. This is one of the dangerous ones, she thought to herself gravely. Once in a while, Hawkmoth managed to find someone with enough negativity to create the perfect deadly Akuma. These were the Akuma's she and Chat Noir dreaded facing, the ones they practiced day and night to fight against. She mentally prepared herself for the fight ahead. She just hoped Chat was on his way and ready to fight too.

Once Marinette made her way downstairs she realized she was going to have trouble finding a place to transform. Looking around, she realized no place of the school was not inhabited by shivering people, some from inside the school and some seeking shelter from the outside after being caught stranded on the streets.

Ok, she thought, Were going to have to find a place to transform outside. She peeked down at Tikki, who was nervously staring back at her. "There's nowhere in here I can transform Tikki, I'm going to have to go out and find somewhere else were no one can see us." Tikki nodded curtly in understanding and Marinette moved to pull back the big double doors of the school and made her way past the entrance and down the stairs of the school. Immediately she was hit with the icy bite of the wind, her thin blazer offering no warmth.

She ran down the steps of the school, turning her head frantically in search of somewhere to transform. Quickly spotting an abandoned car she sprinted over and ducked behind the side of the vehicle. The streets of Paris were completely silent, and it spooked her more than she would like to admit. There wasn't a warm body in sight, only the quiet, frozen bodies scattered in the street. There wasn't even a sign of the akuma.

"Alright, Tikki, spots o-", Marinette was cut off by a evil, cold laugh, that seemed to echo throughout the entire street. Immediately tensing, Marinette peeked out her head out from the side of the car and frantically moved her head every direction trying to figure out where the laugh and come from. Squinting, she saw movement from behind a building horizontal from her. She could just make out a blue…...floating figure? That had to be the akuma. She just needed to peek out a little more, she needed to get a better look at what she was dealing with here. Just scoot out a bit more…..

Suddenly, she wasn't crouched behind the car anymore. She wasn't even on the ground anymore. Warm, strong arms had snatched her up and were clutching onto her tightly as she was hoisted up from the ground and onto the roof of the building in front of her with the help of an extending baton. She didn't have to guess twice on who it could be.

"Marinette," a low, masculine voiced hissed in her ear. She could feel Chat's warm breath on the side of her face and was grateful for it. She had only been out in the cold for a little while but her exposed skin was already becoming stiff and numb. "What in God's name are you doing out here?!", Chat continued angrily. "You should be in the school with everyone else, don't you see what's going on out here?!". Marinette couldn't look at him in the face, since he had begun running and had pushed her face into the crook of his neck while he sprinted across the rooftops, carrying her bridal style.

"I was just…..making sure everyone was safe and off the streets?", she said nervously, voice muffled from being pressed against his neck. "You really didn't need to-" "What Marinette?" Rescue you?", he scoffed. "Don't know if you've been paying attention lately, but that's kind of what I'm supposed to do, you know, me being a superhero and all that", he finished sarcastically, all signs of playfulness or joking gone. Marinette didn't know what was up with him, even when they faced dangerous akumas like this, he kept things light. This attitude of his was concerning.

She could hear his frustrated and labored breathing as they continued to run away. "And really? Making sure everyone was safe? That's very noble of you princess, but your not a superhero and you could get hurt. From now on I'm going to need you to play the role of the cooperating civilian and stay out of the way so me and Ladybug can focus on fighting the akuma and not whisking you away from the danger zone just because you're feeling particularly brave ." Ouch, that one stung, Marinette thought inwardly wincing. He must be having a bad day, Chat never talked like that.

Finally, after the scolding and the following awkward silence, Chat set her down on a random rooftop, away from "the danger zone". "You should be safe here, I need to get back down there now", he said turning away from her even before she could regain her balance.

"Wait!", she called out to him, adamantly trying to make things right before he left. "Look, Chat I'm really sorry I won't…...Chat? Are you...ok?", Marinette's apology died on her tongue as Chat turned around and faced her for the first time. He looked awful. Terrible. His warm tan skin looked unnaturally pale. His eyes, usually a vibrant, glowing green were dull and filled with exhaustion and sadness. She was sure if his mask had not been on she would have been able to see the dark circles under his eyes.

He shrugged off her worried stare though, "I didn't sleep good last night, I'm fine." He pointed a finger at her as he backed up towards the edge the roof. "Stay there, I'll come to get you when the akuma is gone." With that, he leaped into the air and back towards the akuma.

Once he was gone, Marinette looked down and opened her purse. "Well Tikki, this seems like a nice enough place to transform.", she said as Tikki flew out of her purse and met her at eye level. "Agreed. Ready when you are."

Marinette smirked. "Time to thaw someone out." "Tikki…"

"Spots On!"

Ladybug swung across the rooftops, only one goal in mind, get to Chat Noir. Thankfully her suit blocked out some of the chilly cold, allowing her to move gracefully above the streets of Paris.

She spotted Chat in the middle of the street below her, head turning every which direction, obviously looking for the akuma. Using her yo-yo, she dropped down right by Chat's side. "Wonderful weather we're having today, don't you agree kitty?"

"Couldn't agree more Milady, nice of you to drop in today."

"Well, I always save time in my day to deal with emotionally unstable Parisan civilians, that have been akumatized by a man in a butterfly suit, who's trying to take my favorite pair of earrings away from me to carry out some evil deed."

"Likewise, Bugaboo."

Ladybug narrowed her eyes, scanning her surroundings. It seemed to her that they were the only two people out here. The akuma was nowhere in sight, again. This was beginning to frustrate Marinette to no end. She just wanted to get this over with so she could go home and chug down a gallon of hot chocolate.

"Looking for me are we? If I may ask, are you here to join the party, or stop it?"

Ladybug and Chat turned towards the icy feminine voice that for some reason, strangenly sounded more proper than any akuma they had encountered. Usually, akuma's were irrational, ill-tempered and just down right angry. This one sounded calm, collected, and patient.

Ladybug found it terrifying.

Turning, she finally got a good look at the akuma. Pale, blue skin, white, elegant dress. And every inch of her body seemed to be covered in a light layer of frost. Looking down, ladybug saw a ball of sorts in the akuma's hand. It was small and blue and glowing, like inside it held some dangerous power.

It also faintly resembled a small piece of paper that had been crumpled up.

"Let me introduce myself formally, I am Ice Queen. Recently, I was told that my heart was made of nothing but ice. How ridiculous! Anyhow, offensive comments adside, I have decided to embrace that aspect. No one wants to invite me to their party, fine. I will make all of Paris my party. Anyone who does not wish to celebrate me can join my collection of ice sculptures.", she smiled at them menacingly. "And all I must do in return is retrieve a pair of earrings and a necklace.", she finished, chuckling darkly.

It's like if Chloe and Kagami were one person, Marinette thought to herself, deeply disturbed.

"Sorry, but we've come to stop the party.", Chat said from beside her.

Ice Queen blankly stared back, then, ever so slowly, and a deep, evil smirk curled its way onto her lips. "Is that so?", she questioned in a low, threatening tone.

Slowly, as to make sure they could see everything that was happening, Ice Queen raised her hand, showing off the glowing blue ball. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, the ball began to glow brighter and brighter until a thin, long, sharp, icicle sprouted from the orb. Ice Queen looked at it and smiled, the raised her head towards the direction of an abandoned car.

"I know your theeeerrrreeeee.", she sang in a sing-song voice that gave Ladybug chills that had nothing to do with the cold. "Come out.", she ordered. "Now".

It all happened so fast for Ladybug. One minute, silence. The next, a women, jumping up from her hiding spot behind the car, screaming, and sprinting towards the nearest building. Ice Queen smiled a terrible smile as she drew back her arm, icicle in hand, and threw it with superhuman accuracy right at the women's heart. Before Ladybug and the women could both scream, the icicle went through the women's chest and her body froze, turning to solid ice.

Ladybug could not form words. Somehow, seeing this made everything worse. This akuma needed to be stopped now. She turned toward Chat, his face horror stricken. He turned towards her and she could see in his eyes the exhaustion and the fear in them. She could also see that he was thinking that same thing as her.

"Enough", growled Ladybug. "Haven't you ever heard of picking on someone your own size?"

Ice Queen smiled. "I like a good challenge."

She took off, into the air, using the icy wind to propel her upwards. Flying down the street, she looked back at them to throw her deadly icicles their way. Ladybug and Chat followed, successfully blocking her attempts to freeze them and cornering her by the school's entrance. They were close, ladybug just needed to get that ball out of her hand and….

She froze as a movement from above caught her eye.

No, no, stop. Pretend there's no one there. She won't notice if you pretend.

But she did notice.

And then she looked up, towards the school. And Ladybug looked up with her. And Chat looked up with both of them.

And body leaning out the classroom window, phone in hand, Alya looked back at all three of them.

"Someone's come to join the party.", Ice Queen said, practically cackling. A new icicle formed in her hand as she prepared to shoot it towards Alya.

There was no way Ladybug or Chat would be able to reach Alya in time, and there was no way Alya could react fast enough to what was happening to be able to shut that window. So, Ladybug did the only thing she could do.

"Lucky Charm!"

Faster than a blur, a slingshot appeared in Ladybug's hand. She picked up the glowing red pebble on the ground by her feet, loaded it into the slingshot, and, right as the icicle met the air heading straight towards the open window, ladybug shot that pebbel out towards the air and watched as the icle exploded into millions of pieces.

Eyes blowing wide, Ice Queen watched as her precious creation fell to the ground with soft tinkling sounds and as the shocked girl by the window quickly pulled down the pane of glass and disappeared somewhere inside the building.

Filled with rage, she turned back towards Ladybug and Chat Noir, ready to enact her plan of turning them into nothing but superhero ice sculptures when she realized,

They were gone.

From the alleyway Ladybug had clumsily placed them in, she and Chat could hear Ice Queen as she roared in rage.

Breathing heavily, Chat turned towards her. "Ladybug you used your lucky charm."

"Yes, to save Al- um that girl in the window."

"Your going to turn back now."

As to reaffirm his point, her earrings beeped their five minute warning.

"Look, I'm sorry, I panicked. We couldn't have reached her in time and I don't think I can handle watching Ice Queen turn another person to ice.". She closed her eyes and took in a shaky breath. Get ahold of yourself LB.

"Hey, Ladybug, look at me.", Chat said soothingly. She opened her eyes and met his. She could still see the exhaustion he was feeling, but she also saw the kindness and love. That's why he was such a great partner. He fought out of love. Love for her alter ego. It made her feel awful. It also made her wonder, if she had never loved Adrien, would she had fallen in love with him instead?

Probably.

"I'll go back out there and distract her for a little while, you stay here so your kwami can recharge." He placed his hands on her shoulders comfortingly. She could feel the warmth of them seep through her suit, filling her with hope and determination.

"Ok." she said, nodding her head affirmingly.

Chat gave her a somewhat strained smile and he let go of her, walking towards the mouth of the ally. Before he could turn and run away, she called out to him. "Chat, please be careful."

This time, he gave her a tired, but genuine smile and gave her the two finger salute. "Cat's honor, Milady." With, that, he was gone.

Marinette released her transformation and frantically began to dig in her bag for the cookies she always kept in there for Tikki. Plucking one out, she handed it towards the small kwami and she began to nibble hurriedly. "I'll go as fast as I can Marinette.", she said through mouthfuls of chocolate chip cookie.

Marinette gave her a nervous smile as she peeked out around the corner of the building, to see if she could spot Chat or the akuma. First nothing, but then she saw Chat running towards were she was, being chased down by Ice Queen. It looked as if he had tried to lead her away from Marinette's hiding spot, but Ice queen had other plans. Chat stopped abruptly, seemingly remembering that Marinette was hiding in one of the alleyways in front of him. He glanced around nervously, and Marinette realized he probably didn't remember which alleyway they had hid in. He was so focused on trying to remember which alleyway it was that he didn't notice Ice Queen sneaking up behind him, evil smile wide on her face, eye's gleaming.

He didn't notice the icicle in her hand.

He didn't notice her arm drawing back, ready to shoot straight into his heart.

But Marinette did.

Time froze for her it seemed. And in that moment she knew, there was no way in hell she was going to let Chat face the consequences of her actions again. There was no way she'd let him get hurt like that.

She cared for him to much.

She didn't have to look back at Tikki to know that she wasn't ready to transform again. She didn't have to look back at Chat to know that in his state he was to tired and unresponsive to block Ice Queens attack in time. Her gaze was solely focused on that akuma and her sneaky, evil little smile.

She was going to rip that smile right off.

This girl picked the wrong day to go after her partner.

Caution to the wind, bitch.

And before Marinette realized exactly what she was doing, she ran out of the ally, leaving Tikki behind, puffed out her chest, widened her stance, stared daggers into the back of the akuma, and called out:

"Hey! Ice Queen! Over here."

Yesssss, we love when Marinette goes all Ladybug on those akuma's BUTTS.

Next chapter will be out soon! I'm thinking of updating every Saturday.

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