Author Note: This chapter was torture! It gave me such writer's block! :( I'm still not happy with it, but better than nothing. I hope you still enjoy it. :)

Chapter 2: Not as simple as thought

"Ah this is nice!", you purred like a happy cat.

You were taking a bath in Chloe's bigass bathtub and enjoying yourself greatly. Who knows these things could have a message function?

That is a plus point for being now filthy rich.

You needed to relax after the shit day you had.

Operation: Save Miraculous from Canon was harder than you had thought.

The whole day you had apologized to people for Chloe's misdeeds and wanted to scream at the same time since you didn't do anything!

Having people look at you with mistrust and hate was new for you.

Trying to convince them that you had changed/wanted to change was harder.

Alix and Kim had laughed at your face.

Max had said that a person changing from one day to another was statically speaking a rare case, so he hadn't believed you.

Ivan and Nathaniel have scoffed.

Mylène just shook her head.

Juleka had looked with mistrusting eyes at you.

Nino just walked away.

Alya wouldn't even let you talk.

But the worst was Marinette.

Marinette, your favorite character, who you had a crush on, besides Luka, had looked at you as if you were the scum of the earth and were just playing a prank on them all.

Needless to say, you had wanted to cry.

Which you did after you had returned home.

It was so unfair!

Why couldn't you have been reborn as Lila? You could have been just yourself and as the new student, no problem would have been raised.

But no, it had to be Chloe.

God, it sucked so much.

Sniffling you wiped the fresh tears from your eyes.

The ones who had accepted your apology and would give you a new chance were Sabrina and Rose.

Rose, because she was just that good and kind and naive, while if you were the real Chloe and this would turn out as a giant prank the poor girl would suffer.

Sabrina, because she wanted to stay friends and seemed to really like Chloe. Correction she was dependent on Chloe and she would accept anything.

You needed to help her.

That's why you told Sabrina to go to a therapist as you would do, and think all about what they, Chloe and her, had done to their classmates and what Chloe had done to her.

You had said to her that you wouldn't be offended if she didn't want to be your friend anymore.

So you had for the time being two people on your side.

Three with Agreste.

You had talked with him a bit on the phone, which was really hard since you hated Adrien.

But if you wanted to get him out of the clutches of his dad into a good new family, you needed to stay his friend.

Even if you wanted to throw up.

From one person you still waited for an answer.

Zoe Lee, Chloe half sister exists of course, even if she was created after Astruc and his minion just had thrown out the whole Chloe Redemption Arc.

You have checked your phone and found her number and sent a text to her that you wanted to talk. Till now she didn't respond to you, but that was sure because of the time difference between Paris and New York.

Or she was shocked that you wrote her at all. Chloe never had sent her a text it was ever Zoe who reached out to her sister.

This was a thing you wanted to change too.

About the adults, besides the butler Jean-Paul, you had asked for his full name and apologized for never remembering it, and Mayor Bourgeois, they had accepted the apologies but didn't believe you. You saw it in their eyes.

So you had like five people on your side.

Better than nothing.

Still…it was unfair, you did nothing, it was Chloe who had done all this shit and you had to fix it.

Stupid ass deity who put you into this goddamn body!

With a sign, you got out of the bathtub and gripped your bathrobe, which, what a surprise was golden with a little bee on it.

That Chloe should have been the bee hero was clear.

Zoe Lee, your half-sister now, was a really last-minute addition. Thomas Astruc and his minions could never write one Redemption Arc which was as good as Zuko from Avatar, period.

Just look at the shit they had done with the show.

Or would have done.

Even if today was hard you would still hold on to your mission.

So you made your way over to your closet and grimaced again at the clothes before you.

This was so not your style and you hated it that you had to go around Paris to apologize to your classmates in Chloe's usual outfit since you had wanted to start the day as soon as possible.

In this big ass thing had to be some clothes that were more your style? You had time now, so you searched and found a nice pair of jeans with cool sneakers and a nice hoodie.

That would do for now, till you could shop for new clothes.

You would donate anything you didn't like. Throwing out was out of the question if there were so many people who needed new clothes.

After you got dressed, you look for a long time in the mirror.

What should you do with your hair?

Chloe's Ponytail or your preferred hairstyle?

You rolled your eyes over yourself and styled your hair how you liked it.

You may live in Chloe's body, but it was now yours and you would regain as much as you could of your old look.

Maybe it would help Marinette and the others understand that you really had changed.

One could only hope.

You found also a little black backbag, which was more like a purse, and put in it your phone and wallet in it.

It was still early.

You wanted to take a walk around the block to clear your mind from anything today.

You send a quick message to the mayor and your butler and then you were off.

Paris at night, with the illuminated Eifeltower, was really a sighting to be seen.

You let your feet carry you anywhere, just trying to forget the look that Marinette had given you and how your other classmates hadn't taken you seriously.

You couldn't really blame them.

Chloe was a bully and brat.

It was just so unfair to you.

You would probably never have a chance with Marinette, who would date their former abuser?

Hopefully, you could help make Lukanette canon, that would make you at least happy.

Just how was the question?

One step after one another, you had so many things to take care of.

That's when you heard soft guitar music playing.

The melody was bittersweet, you felt like you could cry again, but it was also beautiful.

You looked around and searched where it came from. That was when you realized you were at the bridge from season four where Marinette and Luka broke up.

Luka's secret place!

Then that had to mean…!

You let out a little gasp.

Unbelievable, there was Luka.

Sitting with his guitar under the bridge and playing this beautiful bittersweet melody.

Like enchanted you stood still and closed your eyes.

It touched something deep in your soul.

You don't know how long you stood there listing to Luka playing, but after a while, the music changed to a happier tune.

It reminds you of all the things you loved in your old life.

It reminds you of [Favourite Daytime/Nighttime] and [Favourite Flower] and [Favourite Taste].

It was even better than the bittersweet one from before.

Luka was a real genius with the guitar.

When the beautiful music ends so you open your eyes. You feel lighter and better. It feels like there is still hope to fix all this.

Thankfully you look at Luka, who is just looking at the Seine and playing with a guitar pick.

You don't know if he knows you heard him. You don't know if he played for you.

But there is something you have to do.

"Thank you, your music helped me a lot.", you call up to him.

Luka hears you and gives you just a nod.

A little happy smile forms on your face.

So maybe he did play for you or not, but you would hold into this precious moment for the rest of your life.

You wish him a good night and make your way back to the hotel.

Tomorrow will be a new day.

Sunday passed in a flash.

You decide to give Marinette and your classmate's space and work on other things.

You took the day to write and then talk with Zoe on the phone, learning who your half-sister really is.

She is a sweet girl and seems really forgiving. Zoe has given Chloe aka. you a new chance to form a sisterly bond.

You wouldn't waste it.

Then you talked a bit with Sabrina and even Rose sent you a message.

After that, you made a huge shopping tour.

It was an incredible feeling not havening to look at the prices and just buy things you always wanted!

It was like Christmas, Birthday, and Eastern in one day!

You had the time of your lifetime.

You made sure to donate Chloe's old stuff that you didn't want to charities and then fixed your room and bathroom with your new stuff.

Ah, yes nothing, is better than the smell of fresh books and manga!

You were shocked to find mangas like Sailor Moon, Naruto, and Demon Slayer in the bookstore.

In your head, this was still a fictional world created by a straight white dude in his forty who seemed to be a huge misogynist in the way he treated his female characters and not a real copy of Paris just with the Miraculous Cast.

Well, whatever, you were just happy to buy the new PlayStation 5 and other consoles and games you liked.

And Netflix and Co.!

Now, the room was more you!

Sadly you couldn't change the colors, it was still a hotel room and you could live with them.

Mayor Bourgeois, your father now, had time for you today. Shocked was an understatement as he saw the new look of the room and your own style. But like a loveable father, he accepted it.

You started also a set of the plans in motion which only he can give the okay as the Mayor of Paris.

You don't know if you should feel shocked or glad that you have that kind of power over an adult man.

But anything to help Paris and defeat Papillion.

Today you also noted that it was the day Aurore Beauréal got akumatiez as Stormy Weather after you saw the freak storm and looked at the Ladyblog later.

So Stoneheart and Stormy Weather were down.

It was a bit sad that you couldn't have been there to film Ladybug and Chat Noir interaction, one of many which would show what kind of hero our dear Adrien was, but it was too late.

What done it, was done.

You needed your forces for tomorrow and look which Akuma would happen next.

The timeline of Miraculous was all wonky. Nobody really knows when what happened.

Happy with the progress for the day you wrote all down and then made yourself sleep-ready.

Tomorrow at school you would show anyone the new Chloe Bourgeois.