Summary:

The class is but a fraction of what it was, to some, there is no change, to others, there has been a lot: Some are standing on the inside, while others stand and observe from the outside.

Note:

If any reader does not like this kind of fic, stop reading. Simple.

And for those that are finding this fic interesting, glad to have your attention and I hope to keep you entertained.

Chapter: Do You Feel it?

The changes that had quickly swept over the class hardly impacted her, she had rarely socialized with her stupid classmates anyways. The only thing that did change was that she suddenly lived in a world where Marinette Dupain-Cheng was the class bully. It was a shock, but it happened...it was still happening. Chloé Bourgeois would have expected the Césaire to stand up for the Dupain-Cheng, not stand up to her. The whole class had turned into Lila's patsys, all pf them turned their backs on Marinette and those who tried to even disagree with Lila.

The balance of the class had been disrupted, everything was out of sync and just wrong. Nothing was the same.

But Chloé wasn't the only one to recognize that something was wrong and that Lila wasn't all she made herself out to be. There were others among the class, three others beside Chloé and Marinette, the only person that had it in her to try and call Lila out. Rose, Juleka and Kim. The trio of course hid among their classmates, not wanting to give themselves away as people that see through Lila's lies. Like Chloé, the trio opted to keep their mouths shut, especially after seeing what was done to Marinette when she called Lila out, which only resulted in Alya calling her out in front of everyone. The hurt in Marinette's eyes, put the four students on edge. There was also Adrien, but the stupid boy was a patsy despite knowing what Lila truly was, he didn't really count.

It was frustrating. The four opted to just stick as spectators looking in from the outside.

And today was supposed to just be another one of those day.

Chloé notices it first. She notices the way Marinette sluggishly walks into class, a broken lost expression on her face, her eyes were glazed over with this strange far off look. She can't help but get this unsettling feeling inside of her, it makes her gut twist into knots. She sighs softly as she breaks her gaze off the teen when the girl walks passed her table to get to the back where she sat and just as she faces forwards, she hears the unmistakable sound of a thump and a grunt accompanied by the sound of books hitting the floor. She turned back around and finds the Dupain-Cheng on the floor, her books were scattered on the floor.

"Walk much?", Alix snickers.

And that's all it takes for Chloé to know that Alix had purposely tripped the Baker girl.

Marinette doesn't reply, she doesn't speak, she just gets to her hands and knees, her arms shaking as she keeps her gaze to the floor. There's a moment of silence in the class, everything and everyone stills, all eyes on Marinette.

There's a tugging, a gnawing in the back of Chloé's head, telling her to get up and help the poor girl to her feet, to do something other than just stare at what had to be a broken girl at this point. To put her pride aside and help the girl she's been fighting with for the majority of their childhood. She sighs softly and she makes to move, just as her body turns, Juleka takes pity first, and gets up faster. The girl gets beside Marinette, risking future backlash and begins to help the teen up to her feet. Chloé begins to chew the inside of her cheek, she feels a pang of guilt in her chest.

"It's fine, Juleka, thanks.", Marinette finally speaks, she brings her gaze up and gives the teen a small broken smile, bags under her watery dull eyes. Juleka flinches and merely nods, stepping away as the girl stood up.

Chloé allows her eyes to wonder the class, she observes the looks everyone wore. Alya looked detached, Nino looked a little concerned, maybe because he practically grew up with Marinette. Others smirked, Lila among them. Then there was Kim, Juleka and Rose, the trio wore glum expressions, Rose's lips were pressed into a tight line, clearly stopping herself from comforting the ravenette and as for Kim, the boy looked as though he wanted to yell at Alix, but he refrained. The blonde couldn't help but suddenly notice that Adrien was missing today as she looked around the room, but he had suddenly became insignificant to her, the boy had been preoccupied with something else as of late, ignoring everything else. She ceased talking with him for a bit.

"I got your books.", Kim suddenly piped up, he got up from his seat and bent down to get the book, he felt bad, and it got the best of him. He knew Marinette, he knew who she was, sure at first he ditched her like everyone else, but then Lila slipped up in a lie that only he would know the truth to, so after that, he withdrew himself from the group that followed Lila around like a bunch of puppies and he just kept to himself. Regretting the fact that he had left Marinette alone, but also afraid to do anything that may indicate that he was on her side. "I'll put them on your table.", Kim said as he stood up with the books in his arms already walking to the table in the back.

Marinette murmurs a soft 'Thanks', she sighs and she feels her chest ache, she feels overwhelmed. She turns around suddenly and walks the opposite direction of where she was supposed to go, Kim and Juleka look baffled and both try to reach out, their hands twitched by their sides as they stopped themselves from doing so, their eyebrows furrowed. The Dupain-Cheng merely walks back out the classroom.

"She's being dramatic.", Alya mumbles, arms crossed over her chest. The brunette rolls her eyes with a frown on her lips.

Nino winces, his face says something else. His face disagrees with Alya. He doesn't really talk about Marinette or join in conversations about her, it was obvious that he wanted to avoid the subject as a whole. A part of him still holding onto the disbelief that Marinette wasn't as kind as they all thought she was.

Other students start to murmur among themselves. Juleka sits beside Rose again, she looks a little distraught. Kim looks down to the books he sat at the table, he wears a forlorn expression. The boy quietly makes it back to his seat.

The heiress groans to herself internally, she couldn't shake the unsettling feeling she was getting, she didn't know why. Without another thought, she finally stood up. She collected her things and leaves her table, she walked straight out the door, ignoring the questions being thrown at her.

"Such...despair and sadness.", Hawk Moth frowns softly, he clutches his chest, he feels the depth of the dread and despair, it hurts, it's a pain that almost feels refreshing. He sighs deeply, and closes his eyes, swallowing thickly, he exhales, "You will get the justice you so desperately desire Lady Woe.". He dubs a name before he sends an akuma out, his eyes open and he removes his hand from his chest, reaching out, a white butterfly lands in his hand, he evilises it, "Go my little Akuma, help this girl make the happiness of others, her own!"

Marinette sighs and whimpers softly, her grief seems to only grow more and more the more time she spends time in that classroom. Her emotions are already out of whack, the last thing she needed was to be akumatized. Especially now that she wore both the ring of destruction and the earrings of creation. She doesn't know exactly what Fu was thinking when he gave her the ring after he took it from Chat last night.

"Calm yourself, kid.", Plagg moves from inside the jacket.

"Marinette, relax, take it easy.", Tikki said with a concerned voice.

Marinette huffed and puffed, gathering her breath, trying to calm down, she wrapped her arms around herself and in doing so, it caused both kwamis to be pressed against her chest. "I'm trying.", she whimpered. "I'm trying so hard."

Plagg sighs as he finds himself pinned against the girls chest, he could hear her heart thumping hard and fast, he wore a sympathetic gaze. The Kwami turned to Tikki and found her cuddling against their master. Plagg blushed slightly, he internally groaned. Of course he ends up sharing a Master with the most loving kwami.

The teen takes a few minutes to stop crying, but she remains at sniffling.

"They're jerks, and jerks always get a taste of their own medicine.", Plagg says as he feels the girl relaxing, her arms loosening. He moves a little upwards to be positioned out of the teen's arms way if she decided to hug herself again. "It's hard now, but you'll come out on top at the end of the day."

"Plagg's right, Mari, everything will even out, eventually.", Tikki chimed in.

Marinette nodded and sucked in a breath, she exhaled it, she felt some weight fall off of her, but she knew that it wasn't all of it.

"What?", the man is taken aback by the sensation of his target relaxing, he sighs deeply, and narrows his eyes. "No matter, the depth of that kind of hurt doesn't just go away, I'm sure she'll break.". Hawk Moth taps his cane onto the floor, he knew that the girl would no doubt spiral back into her emotions, he knew that she was practically overflowing with despair and sadness. It was only a matter of time.

Welp, it's only been like a day and a half of posting this fic and I'm starting to get harassed through reviews and pms.Oh well, guess i'll just delete the PMs and Reviews. XD