"Well, she was just seventeen. You know what I mean." -The Beatles (I Saw Her Standing There)
These stories have been ridiculously fun and ridiculously painful to write, lolol, I hope you appreciate the puking extravaganza that accompanied these beautiful masterpieces for your birthday enjoyment!
Le Challenge Rules:
I shall put my music library on shuffle and pair
my sister'snext top ships (11-20) with the first 10 songs. Each ship gets a story related to the song with decreasing times: ship #1 gets 10 min., ship #2 gets 9 min., ship #3 gets 8 min., etc. So ship #10 is a hot mess 1 min. panic attack.
And, you don't HAVE to listen to the song first...but you might want to. And author's notes are bolded.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU (even though I won't be able to see you! D: ), I hope your day is filled with much birthday frolicking and merriment! ENJOY THE MIRACULOUS (and the rest, but, like, let's be honest, we know why we're here).
1. Ladynoir (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) – "Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven - 10 min. timer
UGH, okay, THIS is why Charlie has to give me my music back. What a banger this song that I don't remember at all but totally lived somewhere in the back of my head is! It's a Saracob song – she's literally still because she's dead. But I can so do something wonderful with this.
"That was exhausting."
The room had cleared, the crowd of oohers and ahhers migrating from seeing the opening of the new superheroes and villains exhibition to appreciating the rest of the wax museum.
"All in a day's work of being a superhero, Kitty." Ladybug cocked her head to one side. "Sometimes you have to do publicity events." Her head cocked to the other side. "You can't drink."
"I can drink." He raised his glass in her direction and took a gulp to prove his point.
"O-oh. I can't." She suddenly felt very small. "But-but I can in a few months!"
"Hmm." He turned to face her wax sculpture. "I wonder if she can drink. Hello, M'lady." He bowed gracefully and then stiffened and chuckled darkly. "She's just about as responsive as you are."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Now she was slightly annoyed with his condescension.
"What would you do if I…" He put his drink on the base of their statues and took a step toward her, not attempting to conceal his green eyes raking over her figure. "If I came to you-" He was almost in front of her now, and it was as if she had turned to stone. "And told you you looked good enough to eat?"
She could feel the heat radiating off him and smell the alcohol on his breath.
"Nothing," he said and swiftly moved away. "Just like her."
"A-a-and what do you want me to do, exactly?! Just-" She gestured helplessly. "Oh, Cat Noir, yes, I…" She paused. "Well, what if I said yes, what then?"
"Then?" He smirked. "Your place or mine, Bugaboo?"
"Uh! I can't believe you!"
"I only imagine my place since I have no idea what your place is. Of course…" And now he was dangerously close to her again, and she was as still as ever. "Really, any dark lit place would do." He motioned to the curtained area just off to the side. "No one would look for us there."
"You-you're-" She couldn't stop stuttering, and she hated it. "You're just...just a tom cat!"
He grinned. "Meow."
AHA, there's the spicy Ladynoir fic I wanted to write last year! And also the slightly-tispy trope you like so much, lol.
2. Marichat (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir) – "Bing Bang" from LazyTown – 9 min. timer
Um excuse me what now. This is a strangely fun catchy song. But I've got no ideas. None.
Cat Noir was in an exceptionally good mood today.
His Lady had agreed to meet him later for patrol – even though it wasn't their official patrol day – and he decided to read way more into it than he should.
But then there was Marinette.
He paused mid staff jump to look at the very depressed-looking girl, head on balcony railing and completely ruining his good mood.
"Hello!"
She gave a startled yelp and then a gloomy, "Hi."
"You. Look sad."
"Yep."
He sighed. "Boy trouble again?"
"Yep."
"Well, I'm having wonderful news in the romance department myself-"
Marinette looked very confused.
"-and you're cramping my style. So stop it!"
And with that, he grabbed both her hands in his and yanked her to the center of the balcony.
"Dance with me, Marinette!"
"N-no!" she half screamed as she stumbled helplessly. "I can't dance!"
"Me neither!" He laughed and attempted something that resembled an Irish jig. "But it's fun!"
"But I – ah!" She tripped over a flowerpot, and he caught her against his chest. "I'm so clumsy."
"Then I'll lead!" Then he dragged her squashed-against-his body across her balcony, swirling occasionally until she giggled despite herself.
"Aha! See, you are having fun!"
"I gues- LOOK OUT!"
Too late: he had tripped over the matching flowerpot, and down they went.
He cradled her head with – dare she make the pun? - catlike reflexes.
"Heh-heh. Sorry."
And suddenly he was very close to her, and there was something so very familiar...weirdly familiar...too familiar…
He leaned closer as if to do a scientific exploration.
"If you kiss me, I'll kick you."
"Kiss you?! Why would I do that? You know I'm in love with Ladybug!"
"Well...good!"
"Unless…" He smirked cockily and leaned forward again. "Do you need to practise to be prepared for your guy? I suppose that could be fun too."
You know what, for a children's show involving puppets and a song about dancing to nonsense words, I think this was okay.
3. Ladrien (Miraculous: Takes of Ladybug and Cat Noir) – "The Perfect Woman" by Bo Burnham - 8 min. timer
Um, beautiful Ladrien that I love oh so very, very much, what do I do with this weird song.
"NO!"
Adrien watched in horror as Killer Keller blasted Ladybug, and she fell crying, crashing through the window into his room.
Muttering angrily under his breath, he leapt to her and gathered the frantic girl into his arms. She flailed, practically hitting him as he struggled to contain her.
"It's okay! Ladybug, it'll be okay!"
Well, she couldn't hear him, so how would that help?
Thinking – or maybe not thinking – quickly, he picked up her hands and brought them to his hair. She sifted through it, a confused expression on her face.
"Um...here!"
He shoved a bottle of his cologne under her nose, and a strangled gasp of, "Adrien?" left her throat.
He nodded aggressively, then remembered, again, that she couldn't see, so he brought her hands to his head again and nodded.
"I've been hit!" Her eyes were very unfocused, and it looked like she was staring intently at his shoulder. "I can't see! Or hear! I-I can't defeat her like this! I can't do anything!"
He hugged her.
Because he could.
And then, because he could, he said, rather loudly, "Don't worry, M'lady, for I am Cat Noir and will defeat the villain myself momentarily, as soon as you calm down. Also, I love you so terribly much, and you should know that."
Oh! She was hugging him back.
"M'lady," he breathed, and it wasn't fair to her, she just wanted comfort, but, darn her, when he swept her hair out of her unfocused eyes, if she didn't turn her lips up to his like she could hear him all along.
Lolol, yeah, this was weird but maybe could be interesting if fleshed out more?
4. Adrienette (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir) – "FRIENDS" by Marshmello & Anne-Marie – 7 min. timer
YOU CAN BE MAD AT ME IF YOU WANT FOR SLIGHTLY CHEATARING AND CHOOSING THE BETTER OF TWO SONGS, but come on, . this is funny. And I can write my "I somehow made Adrienette hot" story. The other song, if you're wondering, was Don't Throw it All Away Our Love Our Love Don't Throw it All Away Our Love from the Andy Gibb CD that puts you to sleep. And like, eh, sure, I could have done something with it, but...no, this is so much better. Oh, btw, it starts after part 1 of the season 4 finale, lol, and was created and written before I watched part 2.
Marinette opened the door, and Adrien enveloped her in a hug.
"I'm so glad you're here! I switched places with my cousin, Felix, so I didn't have to leave, and now I'm not sure that was a good idea, but my dad's not even home, and I probably shouldn't deal with him now anyway, and-" He released her and sighed. "Can I spend the night here? I really don't want to go home."
Marinette stood speechless and rooted to the floor.
"Please? You're the only friend who understands how much I hate this!"
"Uh...uh…"
And somehow her head was nodding, and he smiled widely and was headed up to her room.
"My...my parents might not like this…!" she trailed, running after him.
"Why? Don't friends have sleepovers?" he asked innocently. So innocently. "Of course, I've never had a sleepover. Is it because I invited myself?"
"Uh, uh, no, uh-"
"I'll keep out of sight!"
Oh, my gosh.
"Do you mind?" he asked when she entered her room a minute after him. "I can't sleep in Felix's awful, stiff clothes. And I doubt anything of yours would fit me."
"Uh...so...so...just your boxers-"
It was truly miraculous that she didn't faint dead away.
"I mean, it's no different than a swimsuit! Anyway, I'm used to people seeing me like this all the time with modeling." He waved a hand dismissively.
"Uh…"
"Well, I'm beat! Time for bed!"
And he took her hand and lead her up and lay next to her on her mattress, pulling the blanket over both of them. He wrapped his arms around her and put her head against his chest.
"Thanks, Marinette. You're such a good friend."
UGH. SEVEN MINUTES. WHY SEVEN MINUTES. THERE IS STILL HALF A STORY AFTER THIS. There is also a funny middle part where Adrien just wants to do stereotypical sleepover activities because he's never had one, and Marinette has forty-seven panic attacks, and Sunshine Boy is just so blissfully ignorant and innocent bahaha.
5. MaebyxGeorge Michael (Arrested Development) – "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max - 6 min. timer
Okay, so I've seen like the first three episodes of this show, and The Hat Potato showed me a compilation of clips from this ship. This is my background knowledge, lol.
"We should kiss again."
George Michael nearly choked on his pudding pop.
"We-we should-I mean, we should?-I mean-" He cleared his throat. "What – uh – what changed your mind?"
Maeby shrugged.
"Boredom? Look, who cares, do you want to or not?"
He shook his head and muttered, "I think you're crazy," under his breath.
"So, no?"
"No, no, YES! Yes, definitely yes."
"Why?"
"What?!" His head hurt.
"Why do you want to?"
"Because-"
"Nah, I don't really care about your answer."
Then she grabbed him by his shirt and tugged him towards her with such force that a piece of the material actually came off in her hands.
"Ha! You need better quality clothes!" She waved the orange scrap in front of his bewildered face. "I'm keeping this."
And then she got up and began to saunter away.
"M-Maeby!"
He thought she hadn't heard him, but then a faint, "Huh?" came from down the hallway.
"Do you – I mean, we didn't actually, do you want to...continue?"
"What, no, we're cousins."
George Michael collapsed back on his bed in dismay.
Maybe he was the crazy one.
Lol, this was funny. I totally still plan on watching this show at some point in my life.
6. AprilxAndy (Parks and Recreation) – "Coraline End Credits" from Coraline - 5 min. timer
Yes, this song is just called "Coraline End Credits". Also, people of the internet, just to let you know, I have never seen this show, and I have no idea who these people are. The only information The Hat Potato gave me was, "they have a big age gap and get married and have lots of kids". This is what I have to go on. Enjoy the insanity.
"Oh, Andy, I just love this new house we have moved into!"
"I'm glad you like it, April! Say, have you seen our twentieth child?"
April looked around.
"Why, no! It's hard to keep track of all forty-six of them."
"Mommy!" said one of their multitudes of offspring. "Look at that little door!"
Sure enough, there was a small door in the wall.
April and Andy went through, and there was their twentieth child and an April with button eyes!
"Say!" said Andy. "Give us back our child!"
"No!" said the Other April.
"What do you like?" asked April. "What can we give you in exchange for our child?"
"I like games," said the Other April.
"Oh, splendid!" said Andy. "We will make you a park so you can have some recreation!"
So they did. And she gave them Child #20 back. And they left.
"Our age gap is large," said April.
"That it is," said Andy.
Then they got busy making Child #47.
CLAPS UPROARIOUSLY FOR MYSELF. 10/10. FANTASTIC LITERARY ACHIEVEMENT.
7. LeiaxHan Solo – "Ghost Town" by Adam Lambert - 4 min. timer
Vague knowledge I have from watching the original trilogy when I was eight, don't fail me now!
He was not a Jedi or Sith, though he had been married to one and fathered another.
He had absolutely no connection to the Force and therefore no reason to ever be able to come back in any way.
But he had always been something of a rebel. So he looked the Force right in its judgmental, discriminating face and shot first before it even knew what was coming.
His wife and son were surprised to say the least at his appearance, but after the initial shock, they decided there was something very inevitable about this.
"Leia." And they were together again, whatever petty disagreements had separated them in life instantly deemed stupid and forgotten.
"Go back to her, son," he said to Ben.
"But – I'm dead. I can't-"
"And I can't be here either. Rules are meant to be broken, kid."
Or I can rely on my sequel knowledge, which is much better. I think this feels pretty canon. And I snuck Reylo in there for you, you're welcome.
8. SelinaxBruce/CatwomanxBatman (Batman) – "3 Small Words" by Josie and the Pussycats - 3 min. timer
Whoa, so I put all 1-A Zillion numbers of my songs into a random number generator, and it said...1. Wowzers. Also, this song is awesome. I think Catwoman and Josie would be good friends. Also also, you can put this in any Batman universe you want to...but actually you can't, this is definitely Gotham verse, you said I could make it Gotham, and I did.
"I love you."
She stared at him, half in shock but trying hard not to show it. Instead she cocked an eyebrow skeptically.
"Do you though?"
"My gosh, Selina. You know I do." He rushed towards her and in true Bruce fashion didn't quite know what to do when he got to her, but he grasped her upper arms with that strength she was always surprised he possessed. "I always have."
"Yeah. Well, it took you long enough to say so."
"You love me too."
She rolled her eyes.
"See ya, Bruce."
She had almost made her escape out his window when he caught her hand with that speed she was also always surprised he possessed.
I've been on a Gotham kick lately. I had a dream where Selina and many other random people were stuck in this like haunted water park, and Bruce had to come rescue her. It was a top notch dream.
9. Kataang (Avatar: The Last Airbender) – "Mad World" by Adam Lambert - 2 min. timer
Went back and watched the performance before writing this. Simon gave him a standing ovation. This was definitely the last good season, the show should have ended after this, lol. OH, I LIED, Scotty was after Adam, never mind.
"Hello, Sifu Katara! What's my lesson?"
"I…" She patted the grass next to her, and he sat down in concern. "I had a dream that you died."
"Oh? Katara, don't worry about it. I can defeat him."
"But how...how do you know? How can you be so sure?"
"Because." He smiled and took her hand, pushing his nerves to the side. "I know I could never leave you."
Seafood Katara.
10. JudyxNick (Zootopia) – "Phantom of the Opera" by Lindsey Stirling – 1 min. timer
OH, NO. IT'S TIME.
"Oh, mysterious, masked Phantom!" Bunny Christine exclaimed. "You are so dark and sexy! But why do you hide behind a mask?"
"Because!" And he ripped the mask away.
"AHHH! You're a FOX?!"
Noel liked this one so much that she made me record it in a very dramatic voice so she could listen to it over and over hahaha.
LOOK, TRISHY! LOOK! I DID IT! WITH NOT A DAY TO SPARE! Seriously, appreciate how excruciatingly hard this was for me to accomplish lol. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MY JULY STORIES :D I blub your face and will SEE IT SOON!
