Marinette's Alarm went off Immediately waking her up for School. Rising up her hair was ruffled and face was stumbled but that Still didn't stop the Tiny Kwami holding her Backpack with a smile

"Rise and Shine Marinette ! It's the first day of your Junior year !"

Marinette smirked at the thought of her 3rd year at Françoise Dupont

so much has happened

Honestly she was grateful this Summer was a breeze all 3 months and there hasn't been a single Akuma not one. And honestly it;s just the break she needed After he utter fail Last year at the Agreste Mansion

Hawkmoth had taken all the Miraculous every single one only leaving Her's Adrien's Nino's and Alya's. So now it's a new ball park. No more outside help, no more other Miraculous, Just them.

And it was a sad thought. Marinette didn't even wanna think about the Damage Hawkmoth could case with his Akuma's plus the Miraculous but she always smiled knowing she had Alya Nino and Adrien by her side her 4 best friends knowing she wasn't alone

"Don't worry Marinette, Well defeat Hawkmoth" Tikki Reassured making her smile

"I know Tikki, thanks, Now let's get ready" Marinette said as she jumped out of bed

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"Come on Adrien your gonna be late and I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually want to go to School today"

"Just a minute Plagg" Adrien said as he began putting the Final touches on his present

Floating over to the Blonde Plagg peaked over Adrien's shoulder to see him writing a note over a tiny box

Hope you had a great Summer here's something to start off the new year

From Adrien

Plagg sighed as he knew what this was

"Really another gift, what is this attempt number 200 by now, Face it Adrien Kagami wants nothing to do with you she made that very clear when she slammed the door in your face"

Packing the note in his bag Adrien smirked as he headed to his bedroom door

"No matter how many attempts it takes, I Promise that Kagami will truly know how sorry I am. It was already bad enough I treated her like dirt last year when I was with Marinette I won't make the same mistake not again"

"And you spent your entire Summer trying to find ways to get her to even look at you and it just ended with a series of unfortunate events. It's like the Marinette Ladybug thing all over again"

"It's different this time Plagg. I'm not Blind anymore"

Plagg rolled his eyes as he dove into Adrien's jacket

"Whatever"

Adrien had opened the door too his room getting a feel and soak of the morning sun shining through his home making him smile

"Trust me Plagg, this year's gonna be different"

Adrien began his descend down the Stairs but was soon stopped by his Father's voice making him turn back

"I see your Eager to Start the new year, You've even become quite the Popular one amongst your friends and School"

Nervously scratching the back of his head Adrien chuckled

"It's nothing complicated Father just a few people school friends in fact nothing too Serious-"

Adrien was unfortunately cut off by his phone ringing only adding to his Father's glare making him go red

"Sorry Father" Adrien said as he grabbed his Phone

It was Nino

"Yeah"

"Dude were outside your house come on, we gotta go get Marinette"

"Seriously bad timing Nino" he said before ending the call

Gabriel only responded in a grunt and scoff

"I really have to get going Father"

"Yes of course, remember Adrien stay focused no playing around, You should be rather grateful Im being so lenient. You've proven yourself able to handle yourself well these past 2 years so maybe….maybe it's time I give you some freedom. Don't make me regret it"

"Of course Father, Thank you" Adrien said before dashing out the door

Once his son left Gabriel gave a mean scold before heading to his Office to go and check on his Wife

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"Marinette ! you're gonna be late for your first day ! your friends are already here !" Sabine said as she signaled for her Daughter

Marinette came stumbling down the Stairs as she had on her School clothes

"THANKS MAMAN ! DAD BYE !" Marinette tried as she was nearly inches away from the door but was stopped when her Father grabbed her arm

"Woah, slow done there sweetheart"

Marinette sighed and turned around to see Tom holding a box of Macaroons the every school year Tradition

"Almost forgot these, hey maybe you can give one to Adrien you guys can patch up whatever happened between you two"

"Oh yes ! that would be wonderful Marinette"

Here it comes

Ever Since their breakup all anyone knew was that their relationship ended. No one knew how. Only her and Adrien. More like Ladybug and Cat Noir. It was even more confusing to her Parents as one day they learned they weren't together anymore and she wouldn't tell them why for obvious reasons

"For the millionth time Dad. me and Adrien are just friends it was a simple breakup nothing more to mend"

Placing a soft kiss on her father's cheek and going to hug her Mother Marinette waved goodbye before leaving the Bakery and all Tom and Sabine could do was wave make and smile

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"Macaroons, Nice" Nino said as he went to grab one

"Mhm, nothing beats Marinette's first day Macaroons"

Marinette giggled

"You could always actually buy some Nino"

"But it tastes so much better when it's free !" Nino exclaimed making her laugh once more

Taking a bite out of her Macaroon in one hand Alya Continued to scroll through her phone

"Wow, it seems like everyone was active this summer. Ivan and Mylene went to London, Chloe and Zoe spend all Summer in New York with their Mom, wonder how that went, even Luka went somewhere-"

"WHAT ! LET ME SEE !" Marinette yelled before throwing the box of cookies in the air and snatching the phone sending Adrien Alya and Nino in a panic as they all tried to catch the box

Marinette continued to scroll through Luka's Pictures as he posted about all the places he visited around the world on his Father's world tour

Tokyo, London, Egypt, Australia

"Aww he looks so cute" Marinette said as used her Finger to touch the picture

Soon enough everyone looked at her weirdly as she was hugging the phone tightly

"Should we ?"

"Nah, no just let her have her moment"

"Was she like this with me ?"

"Yes" Alya and Nino said in Unison

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The group had arrived to School as they saw the sight of everyone entering the building

Adrien specifically lit up as he saw Kagami sitting on the steps reading a book

Yanking Nino's arm along Adrien smiled as he dispatched from the girl

"I'LL CATCH YOU GUYS IN CLASS !" he told Alya and Marinette before leaving

Alya just chuckled

"That boy just don't know when to quit huh Mari-"

Alya had to stop herself as she knew Marinette wasn't even listening when she saw her star gazing at Luka as he was with Juleka and Rose making her sigh

"God Marinette, do I have to sit through another 2 years of this. Just go talk to him"

That got Marinette out of her funk as Immediately she shook her head

"WHAT ! ARE YOU CRAZY ! JULEKA'S GONNA KILL ME IF I EVEN STEP 3 FEET NEAR HIM ! UH UH NO WAY !"

"So your plan on getting him to fall back in love with you again is what telepathically speaking to him"

"No. I don't have the Miraculous for that anymore remember"

"MARINETTE !"

"FINE ! I'LL GO"

Taking a gulp, Marinette began her walk towards the Blue haired Rockstar. Every Step felt like the world got heavier as she had no idea how she was gonna do this. But she just took it one foot at a time as soon enough he got closer and closer

That was until she saw Juleka peak over and shoot Marinette a mean glare as she mouthed the words

"Don't even think about it" sending a shiver down her spine

That's all it took for Marinette to turn back around and pout back to Alya

"Aww what happened Marinette" Alya said as Marinette sunk her face in on her shoulder and pouted

"Juleka's scary"

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"So yeah here's the gift" Adrien was obviously sweating bullets aas he was shakingly holding the gift out waiting for Kagami to take it

Sadly Nino had to sit through what was the shitshow of that performance as he was currently palming his face and sighing

Kagami had just calmly placed her book in her bag before grabbing her bag strapping it over her shoulders before standing up

"Adrien"

"Yes"

"What have I said to the last 70 Gifts you've tried to give me"

"That you don't want them"

"So what do you think I'll say now"

Adrien gulped as Kagami just rolled her eyes before turning back to walk inside the building

"Dude, you seriously need a new tactic" Nino said as Adrien got submitted in defeat dropping the box

"I've been trying Nino, she clearly wants nothing to do with me"

The Bell rung and that gave the two the sing they needed as Nino wrapped an arm around his Best Friend's shoulder as the two walked to class

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"Welcome back everyone !" Mrs Bustier exclaimed as everyone took their seats

"I would love to warmly welcome you all to a new year as I'm excited to teach you all again"

Everyone had warm smiles on their face ready to start the new year

"With that being said I wanna announce our newest classmate so everyone please welcome back Lila Rossi !"

Immediately everyone began to clap except Marinette who went wide eyed as Lila stepped inside the class

"HELLO EVERYONE ! I'M SO GLAD TO BE JOINING YOU THIS YEAR ! As you all know I had to spend last year in Africa abroad with my family helping the less fortunate. But I'm happy to inform you we built many community centers and other facilities to help them" she said gracefully obviously a lie but everyone ate it up much to Marinette's disliking

"Wow Lila, that's just truly amazing ! i'm sure we would love to listen too more of your amazing stories but unfortunately we don't have the time and we need to get started so we need you too take a seat

"Aww that's ok I definitely wanna catch up on everything I missed last year so I wanna sit nicely in the front to soak up as much knowledge as I can, Nino if you would be so kind and let me sit next to Adrien for learning purposes please"

Immediately Marinette rolled her eyes and sighed as Nino was just shocked

"Uhh ok ?" he said as he grabbed his stuff

"Sorry bro, umm Mr's Bustier ? where should I sit ?"

"I'm sure you can sit in the back with Luka if that isn't a problem"

Luka just smiled and shook his head

"No it's fine, I'd like the company anyway"

Marinette practically dropped dead at the sound of his voice as she couldn't stop with the gogo eyes

Sadly Lila caught wind of both Luka and Marinette's eyes causing a devilish smirk to form on her face before she shook it off

"Ahhh Mr's Brusiter actually I would like to sit in the back with…I'm sorry what's your name"

"Uhh Luka"

"Yes him"

Marinette felt like she was stabbed in the heart as a bomb went off in her head

"Wait, I thought you said you wanted to sit in the front !" Marinette blurted out as she stood out of her seat causing everyone to look at her

"Yes that is the case but studies actually show the more higher ground you gain in a classroom the more knowledge you soak in"

"That's obviously a lie !"

"It's not a lie !"

"Ok you 2 stop it !" Mr's Bustier said

"Nino take your seat please, Lila you can seat next to Luka"

Marinette just passed out

Walking up the steps Lila smirked towards the Bluenette before taking her seat next to him

"Ohh your cute" Lila said making Luka laugh

Now she just died

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Gabriel Continued to pick the flowers around Emilie's casket as he sighed

"Everyday Emilie, Everyday I feel like I'm losing you more and more. And I'm sorry. Too long it's been. You've been confined to this prison and I've done nothing to get you out. And I'm sorry. When I got all the Miraculous I thought I finally had the answers but Ladybug was smart enough to have hers and Cat Noir's secured. Because of my Failure You furthermore have to be stuck here. But I promise you I will get those Miraculous and I will save you my love"

Resting his hand on the glass Gabriel sighed

"Gabriel" Nathalie said as she witnessed the whole thing

Immediately Gabriel got up from the casket and turned around to face his assistant

"Yes Nathalie what is it"

"Sorry, I know better than to barge in when you're down here"

"No it's fine you were saying"

"Yes umm, I've gotten wind of a future Victim could be Potential"

"Very well let's get to work"

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Marinette wasn't even close to focus as all she could focus on was Lila and Luka across the yard

"She's toying with me" Marinette said through grit teeth

"Who Lila ?"

"Well obviously, that's the only reason she's talking to Luka, she's trying to get under my skin !"

"And clearly it's working"

"NO IT'S NOT !"

Everyone went wide eyed as they backed up a step

"Alright Marinette maybe you should calm down" Adrien began as she took deep breathes

"Maybe she just finds interest in Luka"

"Ohh she finds interest in him alright because I do, I mean who wouldn't find him interesting ! that sweet tone in his voice, those big gorgeous eyes, that beautiful blue and black hair ! the way he's an amazing listener like you could pour your heart out too him and he would be ok with anything"

Marinette was back to drooling leaving Nino Alya and Adrien to roll their eyes and sigh

Right then all their phones began to bleep making them raise their eyebrows as they pulled out their phones

It was the news as their were reports of an new Akuma attack

"A new villain calls himself John Henry" Nino said

"John Henry ? like the story from the books ?" Adrien said

"Guess Hawkmoths Hiatus is over, let's go" Marinette said and soon enough the 4 got up from their seats as they slipped out of school ready to head to the newest villain

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Slamming his sledgehammer down to the ground the floor began to crack and erupt before breaking into too

The Man in the hoodie smirked as he began to devilishly laugh

"HAHAHAHA ! YES RUN RUN ! BASK IN MY GLORY AS I WILL CAUSE THE EARTH TO CRUMBLE TO MY WILL !"

Again John Henry was ready to slam his Sledgehammer to the ground but wa stopped by a certain Yo-Yo wrapping around his arm

"That's far enough" Ladybug said as she wrapped around his arm

Looking up John Henry saw Ladybug, Cat Noir, Carapace and Rene Rouge making him smirk

"I was wondering when the heroes would be out to play"

"Dude you just split the ground in half with one hit gotta say that's impressive"

"Ohh you think that's Impressive turtle boy alright let's see how Impressive you think this is"

Yanking Ladybug's grip off her Yo-Yo John wasted no time slamming his Sledgehammer to the ground causing the ground to split further even more splitting the 4 heroes up into 2

Cat Noir and Ladybug stood on 1 side as Rene Rouge and Carapace stood on another

Unlike to their knowledge John Henry leaped from his previous position ready to slam his Hammer down again but was stopped when Carapace used his Shield to block the attack

Immediately Nino's body shook on impact as he reeled back and groaned

"Ah ! God this guys hit's like a Freight train"

Ducking under a Hammer swing Cat Noir sent the man a punch to the face but Immediately reeled back in pain as he clenched his hand

"GAH ! don't to self don't hit his chin !"

Marinette and Rene Rouge were reduced to simple dodges and light kicks but their teamwork was put to and end when John Henry grabbed Ladybug's foot when she attempt to leap over him and threw her into Rene Rouge causing them to fall in a pile right next to Cat Noir and Carapace

"Did we just get our butt's kicked in 30 Seconds ?" Rene Rouge said as she helped Ladybug rise to her feet

"I think so" Ladybug responded

"This would be a lot easier if we had the Tiger Miraculous we would be able to hit this guy with our own kinda strength" Carapace commented

"Agreed, But sadly we don't have that option anymore. So all we can do is fight smarter come on"

John Henry smirked as he flipped his hammer in his hand

"Ohh this is gonna be fun"

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The 4 of them got shot through a nearby building as they all groan and moan on the ground

"Come on. Don't tell me a couple of months without fighting and you've gotten rusty this is boring" John Henry teased as the heroes just groaned on the floor

"Really missing Second Chance right about now" Carapace groaned as he slowly began to get up

"Or Uproar" Cat noir added as he used his Staff to get up

"Guys seriously shut up"

Looking around their surroundings Ladybug began to notice they were in a bank and soon enough she found the vault giving her an Idea

"Follow me" Ladybug said as she began to head to the vault and without wasting any time they did as she said making John Henry laugh as he saw them run into the vault

"Aww are the superheroes running away" he teased before stomping his way to the vault

Descending inside John Henry grew confused as he didn't see anyone inside but soon enough he was kicked in by Rene Rouge making him stumble to the ground as Ladybug used her Yo-Yo to pull away his hammer before the 4 heroes quickly shut the door to the vault and locked it as they heard a pound

"HEY ! HEY LET ME OUT OF HERE NOW !" John Henry persisted as he continued to pound on the door

The 4 heroes only backed away slowly as they finally caught a chance to catch their breathe

"Jesus I hate that guy" Carapace said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead

"Yeah, well lucky enough it's over now. Cat if you would do the honors" Ladybug said as she handed him the sledgehammer

"By all means, CATACLYSM !"

Destroying the hammer everyone was wide eyed and shocked to find out no Akuma came out making them all groan and sigh

"AWWWW ! IT'S IN HIS HAT SERIOUSLY !" Rene Rouge said in complete anger and a lot of pain

With a pout Ladybug dropped her head

"I'll set up the lines Rene Rouge grabs at the other end. Cat Carapace get the hat"

"Got it"

Throwing her Yo-Yo Rene Rouge held a secure hold on the other end as Cat Noir sat ready at the pounce atop a Chandelier

Carapace looked at his Friends as they all nodded their heads

Pointing his hands up he gave 3 fingers on his signal

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And with that he opened the Vault door and Immediately out came John Henry who forcefully tripped over the line with a oof

Jumping on the man Carapace applied all his strength and pressure to his back with his Shield as Ladybug and Rene Rouge held down his arms

"CAT NOW !" they yelled and soon enough Cat Noir came raining down from above taking off his hat before using the broken sledgehammer to break the constructors hat fully

"NO !"

The purple Akuma was revealed making everyone smile as Ladybug pulled upon her Yo-Yo

"No more evil doings for you little Akuma"

"TIME TO DE-EVILIZE !"

Grabbing the once purple Akuma Ladybug let the Butterfly go letting it turn into it's beautiful white shade as she waved away

"Bye-Bye little Butterfly"

And just like that all the damage and effects had been cured as everything reverted back to normal

"Pound it !" Ladybug, Carapace, Rene Rouge and Cat Noir said as they clashed their fist together

Soon enough all their Miraculous began to bleep signaling they were about to Detransform

"AW GUYS WE GOTTA GO !" Rene Rouge said in which everyone agreed as they began to head to the exit

"SORRY ABOUT THE DAMAGE !" the construction worker said as he was the one who had been akumatized before

"IT'S OK ! IT'S OUR JOB ! HAVE A GREAT DAY !" Cat said before he disappeared out the door with the others making the man smile

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"GAH ! YOU MAY HAVE WON THIS TIME LADYBUG AND CAT NOIR ! BUT THE YEAR JUST STARTED ! I WILL HAVE MANY MORE CHANCES ! AND SOON ENOUGH I WILL HAVE MY VICTORY !

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Entering back to school Marinette, Adrien, Nino and Alya all groaned as they took their seats in Science class

"Starting the year off by getting out butts kicked, this is gonna be a good year" Nino said with a smirk

"Heh, You say. Luckily that was an easy fight. Well less easy more less complicated, either way i'm beat" Adrien replied

Everyone began to walk into the classroom and of course Marinette was greeted with the sight of Lila and Luka making her groan in anger but Luckily Lila was there as she tapped her arm

"Hey, cheer up, you have all year to deal with that, let's just finish the day without any drama, ok ?"

With a smile Marinette nodded her head

And soon enough Mrs Mendeleiev entered the room beginning the lesson But all Marinette could think about was what this new year had to bring. And that she knew she had to face it

But she smiled because she knew she wasn't alone