Disclaimer- I do not own Miraculous: The Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, nor the characters as well. I only own my O.C. and her Miraculous, though I don't own who my O.C.'s partner is, nor the show it comes from either. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy!
Marinette and Alya both looked at Korra in shock, before Marinette started to laugh in nervousness, saying, "Uh, I have possibly no idea what you are talking about. Me, clumsy, silly Marinette, being the strong and clever Ladybug? The idea is so funny, it makes me laugh," and chuckled hesitantly.
Korra shook her head before saying, "Did I say something wrong? You are Ladybug, right"?
Alya then said, "Wait, how do you know about Ladybug"?
Korra nodded, saying, "My cousin has mentioned seeing Ladybug in battle a bunch of times, and I have seen many pictures of her and her partner, Cat Noir, together. And based on the photos alone, you're the only person who seems to bear some sort of physical resemblance of Ladybug herself."
Marinette felt like she was gonna freak out of nervousness, but tried to play it cool, saying, "But she wears a mask, so how can you really tell who she is"?
Alya added while swinging her arm over Marinette, "Yeah, for all we know, it could be anyone under that mask and outfit."
Korra replied while smiling, "True, but there is one more clue that signifies that my hunch is correct. Only the holder of the Ladybug Miraculous would be wearing the Miraculous, and you just so happen to be wearing the Miraculous on your ears right now."
Marinette covered her earrings quickly while saying, "What? These? They're just my...regular earrings that Alya got for me as a present! Right, Alya"?
Alya went along with it, saying, "Oh yeah, right! I saw these at a jewelry shop and thought that Marinette would love them and so I bought them and boom! I bought them and gifted it to her as a birthday present."
Korra and Lucario looked at each other and smirked, with Korra saying, "Lucario, how much longer should we let them keep it up"?
Lucario chuckled in reply while shrugging, as if to say, "Why not"?
Marinette and Alya both kept trying to look like they had no idea, but then, Korra stated, "Oh, by the way, Lucario can tell when someone is lying, and he has a very convincing way to get someone to tell the truth. Lucario"?
Lucario raised his palm and a glowing light sphere developed, which made both girls gasp in shock.
Korra then said, "Don't worry, this isn't to harm anyone," while Lucario approached Marinette and pressed his palm with the sphere onto her forehead, with the girl suddenly being enveloped in a light blue light before it disappeared.
Lucario stepped back while Alya asked, "What did he just do"?
Korra explained, "Lucario just cleansed Marinette in a truthful aura, where now, she can speak the truth without resistance. It is only termporary though, but just enough time to get an answer now."
Marinette was both startled and impressed at the same time, saying, "Wow. How did he-," before Korra explained, "It's a long story. Now, if it's ok, care to answer my question"?
Marinette answered, "Ok, fine. Yes, it's true, I do," before leaning forward to whisper, "I am Ladybug."
Alya then commented, "Wow, that "aura" thing is really powerful."
Marinette then said, "But you have to keep it a secret."
Korra replied, "No worries, I know a lot about the whole "keeping it a secret" thing. Have no fear, I give you my word that your secret is safe with me."
Lucario nodded in agreement, gesturing that he would keep it a secret too.
Marinette then commented, "Thank you so much, but just asking: how are you aware of the Ladybug Miraculous any way"?
Alya then heard a chime and looked at her phone, saying, "Uh, I hate to interrupt, but if we don't head out now, we are gonna be late to class."
Marinette shouted in a panic, saying, "Not again! Come on," and ran out with Alya, as Korra and Lucario followed them.
The girls, and creature, ran with all of their might. Well, technically, Korra rolled on her rollerskates with all of her might, as she mentioned, "Times like these, I'm lucky I skate"!
Alya commented, "Wow, you're pretty good on them," as Korra led the pack, with Lucario running after her while Alya and Marinette tried to keep up.
Soon, the duo had finally made it to school, where a fair amount of students were chatting together while some of them went inside.
Korra gripped tightly onto the straps of her backpack, looking at the school, while Lucario could sense his friend's nervousness.
He gently placed his paw on her shoulder and offered a warm smile, as Korra smiled back, saying, "Thanks, Lucario."
Suddenly, Korra heard someone shout, "Uh, excuse me, please"!
Korra turned around and saw two girls behind her, with the one up front giving Korra a weirded-out look, while the one stood behind her, waving.
The girl in the front had cobalt blue eyes, pale pink lips, and light honey blonde hair parted in the middle while pulled back into a high ponytail held in place by a white ponytail holder, who wore a gold chain necklace, with a small gold disco ball, and white-rimmed sunglasses on her head, along with a sparkly brilliant yellow bolero that goes halfway down her forearms with a light blue button on the left side and two pockets over a white shirt with black stripes around the chest running down to the bottom of the waist, white jean capris with a golden belt that has pyramid-shaped bumps and white dress shoes adorned with white bows with black lining and soles.
The girl behind her had chin-length brown hair that is styled in a bob-cut, strong cyan eyes, and light pink lipstick, and wore a white headband and glasses with a grayish-brown and grey rim. She wears a purple and blue argyle vest, and underneath that, a white long-sleeved dress shirt with a very deep purple bow tied to the collar, light blue shorts with a brown belt, black leggings with a dark blue argyle pattern, light arctic blue socks, and black hidden wedged-white sneakers.
Korra looked at the girl, saying, "Uh, hey. Did you need something"?
The girl in the front replied, "Uh, yeah: you're in my way! Would you and your mutt mind moving over"?
Lucario scowled, not appreciating being called a mutt, as he crossed his arms and grunted in frustration, while Korra said to calm him down, "At ease, Lucario. This is just like at my old school: We just let them go, and we don't do anything to cause conflict."
Korra and Lucario moved out of the way so the girls behind them could walk by into the school.
Meanwhile, Alya and Marinette, who had seen what had gone down, walked over to them, with Alya saying, "Don't mind Chloe, she's always been such a bossy prima donna."
Marinette added, "She can be a bit, uh, harsh, but you get used to it."
Korra replied, "I've had my fair share of girls like her back in my old school; It's always the same old story. Over the top, dramatic, insane ladies who try to outdo you in everything, and act like they own the place, when in reality, they are nothing more than two-faced-," before suddenly,
Korra found herself staring face-to-face with Chloe, who asked, "Two-faced what, now"?
Korra looked straight at Chloe, unsure of what to say, as Lucario wanted to step in, but worried anything he did, or tried to do, might make things worse.
Korra gulped nervously, stating, "Uh...two-faced...mimes"?
Lucario had to hold in the urge to facepalm from how bad that comeback line was, as he watched Chloe say to her, "Oh really? Well, why don't you make like a mime and stay quiet?! Or better yet, don't talk at all; mimes are great at only using their hands to communicate. Perhaps you should try it," before turning around to re-enter the school.
Meanwhile, when Chloe was gone, Korra groaned and stated, "Why didn't I say anything?! I had the perfect comeback too"!
Lucario just shot Korra a "really" look, as the girl then said, "Ok, maybe not the best, but it was still gonna be good"!
Alya and Marinette came over to Korra, as Marinette said, "Hey, it's be ok, Korra. No need to let Chloe shake you like that."
Alya added, "Yeah, she's just like this to practically everyone in school, so, you're not alone. Stick with us, and you'll be just fine."
Korra smiled a bit as she joined the girls, with Lucario joining, as they entered the school.
As they went inside the school, Korra and Lucario got to see what it looked like, with the huge recess floor where the gym classes took place, stairs that led up to the next floor where the classrooms were, and the first door that they saw, once they walked up the stairs, was their classroom. Korra opened the door and saw that inside, there were rows of wooden desks on a large platform, where a bunch of kids were busy talking to each other, engaging in fun conversations. In front of the room was a large desk, and behind it was a giant green blackboard, where a teacher was writing something with chalk.
The teacher had light skin with moderate vermilion hair, which was pulled back in a high bun, strong cyan eyes, thin light pink lips, and freckles, who wore a pale, light grayish cerulean jacket with a moderate opal collared shirt and a white undershirt beneath, along with a pair of white earrings and a small goldish white necklace, and pants that match her jacket and white high heel shoes.
Lucario seemed to be interested about being in the room, until Korra whispered, "Lucario, use the hat to hide your ears." Lucario nodded and quickly removed his headband and placed on a matching red cap, to go with the kimono, on his head to hide his ears.
Marinette and Alya saw this, with Marinette saying, "Smart move."
Alya then said, "Follow us," and led Korra and Lucario to the second desk on the row to the right, behind the desk where 2 boys were sitting.
Korra sat next to Marinette while Lucario sat next to Korra, getting familiar with his surroundings. Korra was doing the same thing as she commented, "Wow. It sure is quite roomy here."
Soon, the teacher turned around, saying, "Good morning, class. We have, what appears to be, two brand new students joining our class today. Please give a warm welcome to them, and let's make sure they feel at home."
Korra stood up, saying while waving to the class, "Hi, everyone. I'm Korra Mei-Ling, and this is...um, Luke"!
Lucario kept his paws hidden and bowed his head quickly to keep his face hidden, while still remaining respectful to the courteous greeting, as Korra added, "He doesn't speak, but I can sense what he means at times."
All of the kids in the class waved at them, saying, "Hi," while the teacher added, "Welcome, Ms. Mei-Ling, and, uh, Luke, correct"?
Lucario nodded, still keeping his face hidden.
The teacher then said, "I am Ms. Caline Bustier, but you can call me Ms. Bustier. I hope that you'll get to enjoy tagging along on this wondrous education journey with us, and pick up on many new experiences."
Korra and Lucario both smiled and bowed their heads in gratitude before sitting down.
Marinette, curiously, asked, "Mei-Ling? That's Japanese, right"?
Korra nodded, saying, "Yeah. "Luke" and I moved here from Tokyo, Japan."
Marinette smiled while saying, "Wow, you and I almost share similar ethnicities! My family and I came from China."
Suddenly, one of the boys from the desk in front of them turned around and faced the girls, saying to Korra, "Hey, dudette, chill dude, welcome to the school."
The boy had short dark brown hair, dark skin, and moderate orange eyes, and wore a plain red cap, uses black-rimmed glasses, and often has a pair of dark gray, blue, and orange headphones hung around his neck, a vivid azure t-shirt with an eye design on the front (a design involving a black pupil, white sclera, a dark gray upper eyelid with lashes, and a light blue lower lid), around his jeans is a brown belt, and while most of it is hidden by his shirt, one tip sticks out a little bit below the hem, lime green, pink, red, blue, and yellow wristbands around his right wrist, moderate azure jeans, and red and white high collar shoes with a white knight design on the tongues.
He tipped his hat while saying, "I'm Nino, pleased to meet you both. Like the cap, Luke."
Lucario simply grunted and tipped his cap at Nino, hiding his face.
Korra answered, "Luke says "Hi" to you as well, Nino. Your headphones look pretty sweet."
Nino replied, "Thanks. These help me be able to listen to whichever song I'm playing, and it helps give off a cool vibe when I DJ."
Korra, who was curious, asked, "DJ? As in you play music"?
Alya answered, "Yeah, you can always count on Nino to drop some of the coolest playlists. And for some of the sweetest words too," as Nino blushed, saying, "Well, it's easy to know what to say when you have a beautiful canvas to "paint" those words on."
Alya couldn't help but blush and chuckle as a response.
While Korra struck up a conversation with Nino, Lucario couldn't help but take notice of the other boy, who was currently listening to the teacher, next to Nino.
The other boy had fairly tan skin with brushed-back blond hair that is swept to the right, emerald-green eyes and has a rosy tint on his cheeks, nose, and the tips of his ears, and was wearing a white button-down shirt with an upturned collar and sleeves rolled up above his elbow, which he keeps unbuttoned a black shirt with five horizontal stripes around the chest underneath the white shirt, which the stripes are colored, from top to bottom, yellow, brown, bright green, navy blue, and purple, blue jeans and orange sneakers with white laces, and a logo of a black butterfly in a circle on the sides.
While not noticeable to everyone else, on the ring finger of his right hand, he wore what looked like a strange black ring.
Something about him made Lucario very curious about wanting to know more about him.
Korra seemed to notice the other boy too, but before she could say anything to him, the class was getting underway, and all of the students had to pay attention to Ms. Bustier.
Later on, after class was over, and all of the students were getting their things from their lockers, Alya and Marinette showed Korra to an empty locker right near theirs.
Korra and Lucario both looked inside their new locker, with Korra saying, "Wow! These lockers are a lot nicer than the ones at my old school. And a lot roomier too."
Lucario tapped the metal door, grunting about it's toughness.
Alya then commented, "Feel free to put anything you want in it; helps take a load off when you have a lot of stuff to carry."
Suddenly, the boy Korra and Lucario saw earlier next to Nino came up to the girls, saying, "Hey girls. What's up"?
As they turned around to face him, Alya greeted him with a, "Nothing much. just showing our new friend her new locker."
The boy then looked at Korra and smiled, saying, "You're the new students, right? It's nice to meet you both. I'm Adrien."
Adrien and Korra shook hands while Korra replied, "Nice to meet you, Adrien," while Lucario, keeping his face hidden, sent a wave at Adrien.
Adrien then commented, "If you get nervous, it's ok, I was feeling a little jumpy my first day too."
Alya chuckled while saying, "A little? You spent the whole day trying to apologize to Marinette for the gum misunderstanding."
Korra held in a snicker before she looked at Marinette and saw how she was watching Adrien all dreamy like, with cheeks blushing.
Korra and Lucario looked at each other and smirked, with Korra whispering, "Looks like someone's got the love bug," while Lucario snickered, grunting a little tune.
Adrien then turned to face Marinette, saying, "So, Marinette, see you on the courtyard during lunch"?
Marinette began to stammer, saying all flustered-like, "I..uh...yeah, I'll need there- uh, I mean! I'll beat there- be!! Be there! You bet I'll be there."
Adrien smiled before walking away as Korra then asked, smirking, "Ok, what was all that"?
Before Marinette could answer, Alya stepped in, saying, "Marinette has a huge crush on Adrien and every time she tried to talk to him, she gets all bleh-bleh-bleh-bleh-bleh-bleh-bleh," while making a silly face.
Korra and Lucario both broke into laughter as Korra commented, "In other words, she becomes lost in her own words"?
Marinette could feel her face heat up with embarrassment while answering, "Yes, I know, but I can't help it. He's just so dreamy."
Then, Marinette looked around to make sure no one was around, as the locker room was currently empty, with the 3 girls and Lucario as an exception.
When she was sure, she closed the door and locked it before asking, "So, back to the question I asked earlier, Korra, how do you know about the Ladybug Miraculous"?
Korra answered, "Well, the truth is...I learned about it from a special friend of mine. She taught me about the Miraculouses when I first came across her."
Alya raised an eyebrow, asking, "Came across who"?
Korra then answered, "Well, I will tell, but this too must be kept a secret. Ok"?
Marinette and Alya both nodded, with Marinette saying, "Of course we will keep it a secret, Korra."
Korra looked at Lucario, who gave her a reassuring smile, as Korra then said, "Well, if I am to be honest, I myself am a Miraculous holder too."
Korra rubbed her thumb on her firefly necklace, saying, "Go-Glow, come out to say hi. No need to fret, these people are trustworthy."
Suddenly, the firefly symbol started to glow as a light ball emerged and circle around them, before Go-Glow became visible, flying around and making the light on her bottom flicker excitedly as she said, "Hello there, nice to meet you"!
Marinette and Alya were both surprised to see this little kwami flying around, with Marinette asking, "A firefly kawmi," while Alya commented, "I didn't even know there was one"!
Go-Glow giggled while saying, "Hi, I'm Go-Glow, the kwami of Illumination! Glad I could "brighten" up your day"!
Korra then answered, "This is Go-Glow, my kwami. And this necklace is the firefly Miraculous that it calls home."
Suddenly, Marinette could feel her purse twitching, which caught Lucario's eye, as he pointed at the purse curiously.
Before Marinette could reply to him, her purse opened, letting out what looked like a small ladybug-like creature the same size as Go-Glow. It was red all over had some black spots on its head, and two long thin antennas.
The creature started to say, "Marinette, is everything Ok? I thought I-," before it turned around and saw Go-Glow, who looked at it in shock.
Go-Glow flew up to it, saying, "Tikki, is that really you," which prompted Lucario to grunt the little ladybug creature's name (in Pokemon language) while Korra asked in unison, "Tikki"?
Tikki gasped in shock when she saw Go-Glow and squealed, saying, "Go-Glow"!
Both kwamis started to fly around each other happily exclaiming things like, "I've missed you so much," and, "It's been far too long since we last saw each other"!
Alya was both in awe, and, in shock about all of this, especially since this was not only her first time seeing Tikki, but to also see that their new friend was also a holder of a Miraculous.
Meanwhile, Marinette spoke up, asking, "Wait, Tikki, you know Go-Glow"?
Korra then asked, "Wait, is that "Tikki" you called it your kwami"?
Tikki flew to to Korra and Lucario, saying, "Well, since you already found out, yeah. It's nice to meet you, Korra."
Go-Glow then commented, "Oh my light bulbs, Tikki, you have no idea how long it's been since I've gotten to see another kwami"!
Tikki smiled, saying, "We were all so worried about where you've ended up after the "incident" a while back. But now, I'm so happy you're back"!!
Alya then chimed in, asking, "But wait, how do you two know each other? Do kwamis have some sort of friendship bond with one another"?
Go-Glow looked at Alya before saying, "Well, it's actually a long story."
