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!
A new day came over Paris, as Korra and Lucario were stopping by the bakery to walk with Marinette to school. Though, at the moment, the two were racing to arrive to the bakery first.
Soon, Korra and Lucario soon arrived at the bakery, where Korra skated into the shop, saying, "Woohoo! I win"!
Lucario, who came in shortly after she did, grasped the wooden door frame and stopped to catch his breath, and watched Korra spin and moonwalk-skate backward in victory, much to his embarrassment.
Korra, however, was too preoccupied with moonwalk-skating, she didn't see that she was about to skate over a croissant that was on the floor and...promptly tripped on it, falling backward onto the floor.
Lucario broke into laughter when he saw Korra fall in such a hilarious fashion while Korra sat up, grinning and commenting while rubbing the back of her head, despite wearing her helmet, "Mental note: don't moonwalk-skate backwards without checking the floor first."
Once Korra was back on her feet, she and Lucario scaled up the stairs and made it to the upstairs attic/bedroom door of Marinette Dupain-Chang. Korra knocked on the door, saying, "Marinette, it's me: Korra, and Lucario."
Both listened carefully as they heard Marinette's voice call out, "Come in, you two"!
Korra opened the trap door and made it inside, as she and Lucario made it in and got to see what Marinette's bedroom looked like. The room had beautiful pink walls, a long white table that had a computer and keyboard, and tons of boxes with fabrics, threads, needles, sewing kits, and even a sewing machine, near the table, behind the door, was a pink, wooden vanity with a shiny mirror and tons of cosmetics and beauty supplies, a light pink circular rug with brown floral-petal patterned design on it, a flower-pattered futon to sit on, and a set of stairs that led to her bed high up in a comfy cranny. Above her bed was a skylight window, and by the white table was a big open window that you could open and shut.
Korra and Lucario were in awe of everything that was around them, before something caught Lucario's attention.
He walked over to the white table and saw a large sewing box, but his aura was picking up on something that seemed to be inside the box.
However, before he could even touch the box or get a chance to look at what was inside, Korra called Lucario over, as he returned back to Korra's side.
Korra and Lucario saw Marinette, who was busy tying a red ribbon around a mannequin model that was used to try different fabric designs on, as Marinette then looked up, saying, "Korra, Lucario, perfect timing! I'm so glad you both could make it."
Korra stated, "Well, of course we would make it, especially after i just beat his sorry butt ina race."
Lucario groaned and facepalmed, shoving Korra's shoulder playfully while the girl laughed in joy.
Korra then asked, "So, are we still on for today's first "training session" after school"?
Marinette answered, "Yep, already have it on my schedule."
Korra commented, "It's still so exciting! It's not everyday you get a chance to train with the Ladybug herself! I hope I'll be good student for you."
Marinette smiled, saying, "I'm sure you'll be an excellent student, Korra. I just hope I'll be a good teacher for you."
Korra swung her arm around Marinette, saying, "I'm sure you will. you and alya have already been great tour guides for me and Lucario since we moved here; I'm sure you'll be a great superhero teacher too."
Tikki, who was in Marinette's special pocket purse, peeked her head out, commenting, "Korra's right, Marinette. If you can teach me about everything that's here in your room, I'm sure you can teach a fellow sueprehero about being a hero here in Paris."
Go-Glow peeked her head from under Korra's helmet, saying, "No doubt about that."
Soon, both girls exited the bedroom and were off on their way to school.
At school, later on, they were getting their things from their lockers when Akya came into the locker room, saying, "Girls, I just got the coolst scoop"!
Korra smirked, saying, "Ooh, I do wonder what it could be," while Lucario mimiced Korra's "thinking" motion.
Alya showed a photo of when Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Illumina were fighting against Scriptor, as alya replied, "Thee was a new hero that came to fight a alongside Ladybug and Cat Noir yesterday! I wonder who that hero could be,"
Korra opened her locker door while saying, "Really? Wow! I wonder who that could've been, or who that mysterious hero is; i bet she's a dreamboat to chat with," while Lucario secretly snickered.
Alya answered, "i don't know, but if i find out who she is, I wonder if i can get a n interview with her to add to my Ladyblog"!
Korra then raised an eyebrow, asking, "Ladyblog"?
Marinette answered, "It's an online web blog that alya runs."
Korra and Lucario both nodded in understanding, with Korra saying, "That's cool! Perhaps you maybe want to do an entry on the newest kids on the block," with Lucario smiling while flexing his arm, making Korra playfully roll her eyes while saying, "Put that flex away, you're not Iron Man."
Lucario crossed his arms and grinned, grunting that at least he could leap over high buildings and lift heavy items, thinking that the ladies could be easily impressed by that.
Korra chuckled and playfully retorted, "Yeah right; you have the better chance of impressing a pigeon than a girl."
Lucario feigned being heartbroken, pretending to clutch his chest, cry out (not too loudly to stir unwanted attention), and lean against the lockers, making Alya and Marinette break into laughter.
Lucario then smiled, feeling happy it made the girls laugh while Korra commented playfully with a smile, "Lucario, you are such a knucklehead."
Lucario grinned cheekily in response.
Suddenly, the trio of girls heard someone coming as Lucario quickly placed on his disguise cap and hid behind the open door of Korra's locker, while Alya, Marinette, and Korra pretended to act natural, in case someone was nearby to overhear them.
By the doorway in the hallway, it turned out to be Nino, who was talking to a girl that was walking beside him, asking about needing help to catch up on some homework. The girl had a light tan, hazel-green eyes, wore pale vermilion lipstick, and had long, hip-length auburn hair with blunt bangs and two shorter pieces framing her face, with her hair loosely tied at near the ends with orange bands. Like Nino, she also had multicolored wristbands on her right arm, and wore a vermilion jacket over a dark gray sleeveless and short pant legged jumpsuit that has tiny white spots and a ribbon bow, and light gray leggings and brown ankle-length high heel boots.
The girl was saying, "So, you'll lend me your notes for the homework"?
Nino replied, "Sure, dudette; I get all that traveling can scramble the brain a bit, so you can borrow my notes to catch up."
Korra, curious about the girl, asked, "Who was that"?
Alya happily answered, "Oh, that's Lila; she's a fellow student here at our school. though, she isn't around as often because her family travels a lot."
Korra raised an eyebrow, asking, "They do"?
Marinette scowled and muttered something under her breath, saying, "The only thing that she travels around is on the lying train."
Korra then asked, "How is it possible for her to still be a student if she travels so much? wouldn't that put a halt on her education? Unless her parents have some sort of home-schooling system, but it sounds a bit odd if you ask me."
Alya then replied, "It's strange, but she gets to go to these amazing places! And get this: she even has connections to a lot of famous people! She rescued Jagged Stone's cat from an airport runway! Isn't that awesome"?
Korra raised a suspicious eyebrow, asking, "Huh? First, who's Jagged Stone? And second, how would a cat get on an airport runway to begin with? And third, how was she there"?
Marinette couldn't help but be surprised that Korra wasn't buying into the claims that Lila made right away. If anything, Korra seemed more...suspicious about them! And it brought Marinette a huge wave of relief that there was at least another student in the school that didn't seem to buy into the lying act.
Korra then asked Alya, "Alya, just asking out of curiosity, but don't you think these claims Lila is saying sounds...I don't know...far-fetched"?
Alya answered, "Perhaps if you hear Lila tell them to you personally, you'll understand better. She's gonna be in class today, so, I'll introduce you to her."
As Alya soon left for class, Korra turned her head and asked Lucario, "Lucario, do you think that this "Lila" is much more than she appears to be"?
Lucario nodded, agreeing with Korra's statement.
Marinette then approached her, "Actually, Korra, you're right to be suspicious of Lila. See...follow me a second."
Marinette led Korra and Lucario to the girl's bathroom where they could talk privately. Once inside, Korra asked, "so, what do you want to tell me, Marinette? Is this about Lila? Why am I to be suspicious of her? Or, more suspicious of her than i am now"?
Marinette then took a deep breath in and out, before announcing, "Ok, see...it all started a while back, before you and Lucario came. See, when Lila first came here, she seemed nice...at first. But then, she started to tell my friends all these huge lies just for the attention and praise. I tried to talk to Lila about it, but then, she...she...-,"
Korra then noticed that Marinette's right hand was making a fist, indicating that she had a lot of anger about this Lila person.
Not wanting Marinette to get too angry, Korra instructed, "Shizukesa, Marinette. Stay calm, and clear your mind of all negative thoughts. In and out, like the waves of the calm sea."
Marinette slowly inhaled and exhaled a few times, feeling better with each breath she took. Once she felt calmer, Marinette continued, saying, "She...threatened me."
Korra and Lucario gasped in shock, before Marinette pointed to the corner of the bathroom, saying, "That spot right there? That was where she cornered me the day she threatened me. She said...she lies because she tells people what they "want" to hear and that...she was gonna take away all my friends and...not stop until i was alone and miserable. But the worst part? She threatened to make sure Adrien never goes near me again. all because I'm the only one who knows she's lying. Everyone else just falls for the thing she says. Even...Alya."
Korra then asked, "so, that was why alya was telling me this and didn't appear to be suspicious with what she was saying"?
Marinette nodded, saying, "All because of that...that no-good, dirty, sneaky little weasel"!
She stomped her foot, making a loud sound echo through the bathroom, but to Korra and Lucario, that stomp almost felt like the world was shaking.
Marinette clenched her teeth and balled up her fists again, an angered growl escaping her throat, but before she could shout and say anything, Korra motioned her to breathe again, saying, "Shizukesa, Marinette."Don't let anger cloud your mind; it only messes with your judgment."
Marinette, however, didn't listen this time, as she declared while pacing back and forth, "It's times like these I wish I could expose her, but I can't because every chance that comes, she turns it around and outs the blame on me, making me seem like the bad guy! But I'm not; she is"!
Korra then whispered, "Lucario, do it," as Lucario then brought his paws back into a position for an aura sphere, before raising the aura sphere up to Marinette's face, but making it pop lightly, just so Marinette can stop her angry rant.
Once Marinette was still, korra placed her hands on Marinette's shoulders, saying, "Easy, Shizukesa, Marinette. Breathe in and out. block out the volume of the world,a nd focus on the volume of you."
Marinette remained still as she slowly soon started to take deep breaths again, feeling less tense and calmer with each breath.
Korra smiled, saying, "That's it. Nice and slow, just take it all in and out, let calmness expand through your heart and mind. Serene thoughts, Dupain-Chang."
Soon, Marinette felt a lot better, smiling while saying, "I do feel a bit better now. Korra, how did you know what to do? And what does "Shizukesa" mean"?
Korra answered, "It's Japanse for calmness. Lucario and I meditate often, and when we do, we practice Shizukesa, where we calm our bodies and mind, and we washa way the negative thoughts and feelings, and allow ourselves to think positive thoughts. It's a really good stress reliever, and it helps when you just want to shout or do something violent. If I feel like punching a wall or shouting something harsh, I just whisper to myself "Shizukesa, Korra-san," a few time,s and the more i say it, with each breath I breathe in and out, the calmer I feel."
Marinette then mentioned, "wow, it definitely is really helpful. I feel a lot better already. Though, I do still wish I could be able to show everyone that Lila is lying,a nd that everything she's been saying to them is a lie."
Korra and Lucario looked at each other and nodded, before Korra stated, "Tell you what, Marinette. Perhaps Lucario and I can help you expose that lying witch."
Marinette was stunned, in a good way, asking, "Really? How"?
Korra explained, "Well, as you know, Lucario is able to tell when a person is lying or not, since he can sense it in a person's aura."
Lucario nodded, smiling while stretching his right paw out, raising his left one as if he was ready for combat.
Marinette then asked, "Say, Korra, I've been meaning to ask: what is this "aura" you keep referencing to, and how is Lucario connected to it"?
Korra answered, "Well, think of aura like energy; an energy that is always lit up inside of you, but you can't see it. Even if you were to look through a thermograph, which determines body heat, you can't see aura. It's an energy everyone has inside, but in some people, like me, or in creatures like Lucario, it's stronger, so, we are able to sense it. Or in Lucario's case, his aura is so strong, he can be able to see it using aura vision."
Marinette was speechless, with tikki peeking her head out and asking, "Aura vision? You mean it can see the aura of other living things"?
Lucario nodded as Korra replied, "Yes. See, how it works is that Lucario uses the power in his aura to sharpen his sight and use the energy in his aura to see the energies of the auras around him, and so, is capable of seeing the people's aura."
Marinette then commented, "Wow! that's really cool! But, how can aura tell if a person is lying or not"?
Korra explained, "See, even though we can't see aura, for those who can sense it, when a person is lying, their aura flares up rapidly and sharply, the feeling's like if your hand gets hit by a baseball: hard, and fast. So, in Lila's case, I would bet if she's telling a lie, Lucario and I can sense the flare in her aura, and I'll bet it's really high in her case. If anything I'll bet her aura is a s red as blood."
that question made Marinette ask, "Aura can be red? Isn't it blue, like in Lucario"?
Korra answered, "Yes, aura is normally blue, but it can be different colors depending on how a person acts or behaves. for example, blue is the aura of someone as pure as gold, with a pure heart. Like me and Lucario, or yours, Marinette."
Marinette smiled, saying, "Awww, I didn't even know that, but that's sweet."
Korra continued, "Aura can also be green, which indicates you are a person of good values, yellow, which indicates you are a person of mixed values, orange which indicates you are a person who is unsure of what values you wish to exhibit: whether good or bad, and red is the aura of those who exhibit bad morals. In other words, people who are plain evil."
Marinette then asked, "Can the color of aura...change"?
Korra nodded, answering, "Yes, and the color change depends on how your behavior changes, or the way you act around other people change."
Marinette was quickly writing everything down in a notepad, saying, "wow, that's so much to know! oh my, i wonder if I'll be able to remember it all."
Korra and Lucario both chuckled in unison, with Korra saying, "Don't worry; since you're training me, I'm more than happy to help teach you about aura, Marinette. But now, let's focus on how we are gonna squash that Lila bug and expose her"!
However, before they could even start discussing a plan, they heard the bathroom door swing open, and both girls, and Pokemon, saw Lila entering the bathroom and she turned around and saw Marinette and Korra, and "Luke" standing there, making her say, "Oh sorry, i didn't know the bathroom was being used."
Marinette scowled and crossed her arms, saying in a monotone/suspicious tone of voice, "Hello, Lila," while Korra added, "so, you must be the Lila alya was telling me about."
Lila pretended to be all friendly-like with Korra, saying, "Oh, and you must be the new girl she was talking about! Korra, right"?
Korra pretended to be "nice" saying with a forced smile, "Yes. I heard so many "good" things about you. alya was telling me about you, and i was so serious as to know who you were. i was just about to ask Marinette about you, but here you are, in person! Oh, what "joy" that is."
Lucario kept his hat tipped down so Lila couldn't see his face, trying to resist the urge to smack Korra upside the head.
Lila, luckily, didn't seem to suspect anything, as she smiled, saying, "Ooh! Well, I have so much to tell you about myself! I hope you and I can be great friends"!
Before Marinette could speak up about anything, Lilia pushed her down, making Marinette fall and hit her head on the bathroom wall, while saying, "First off, I happen to be the most popular kid in school."
Marinette did not appreciate being pushed like that and clenched her fist angrily, ready to retort back out of anger.
However, she saw the "Don't do it" sign Lucario was secretly offering her, making Marinette bite her tongue and breathe in and out, repeating to herself, "Shizukesa, Marinette. Shizukesa, Marinette."
Meanwhile, Lila kept spewing out lies left and right about everything she had "done" such as being best friends with Ladybug, which Korra could tell was a straight-up lie, and that she knew Prince Ali, and those famous people that just scrambled around in her head.
It took Korra a lot of strength to not just scream, "Stop with the lies," but she knew if she did scream that, Lila was gonna get supcious, and she couldn't let that happen, not at the expense of her new friend getting put under bad limelight again.
Whil talking, Lila then said, "And I also happen to be Adrien's boyfriend, you know. His father says I'm his muse."
Finally, Korra couldn't hold it in any longer, saying, "Um, Lila, just asking, when did you start dating Adien? I thought Marinette had a crush on him."
Lila looked at Marinette before answering, "Oh, don't mind her, she's just an ordinary stalker."
Marinette felt heated from hearing Lila call her a stalker, she was NOT a stalker! Just because she knew Adrien a lot better than anyone else and had pictures of him up in her room and knew his schedule by heart did not mean that she was a stalker! Lila had no right to call her that!
Not wanting to stay silent any longer, Marinette angrily shouted, "Me?! A stalker?! Says the same girl who followed Adrien everywhere, including his own house"!
Lila turned around and faced Marinette, saying, "I only follow Adrien because I'm his muse; and plus, at least he cares about me; he could care less about you."
Marinette then retorted, "That is not true! Adrien does care about me, and at least I don't go spewing lies everywhere"!
Lila then looked at Korra and saw an opportunity, saying while pretending to be frightened, "Korra, stay away from that girl! She's a big bully"!
Lucario gritted his teeth, holding in an angered growl, while Korra too resisted the urge to punch Lila, as she said in the fake naive voice, "What? Marinette? A bully? That can't be true; she's been so nice to me ever since Luke and I came here."
Lila pretended to be worried, saying, "Don't let her nice act fool you; she's cruel! She hates me because she's super jealous that Adrien likes me more, and she keeps doing all these mean things to me! She made me fall down the stairs, and she even stole my grandmother's necklace"!
Marinette stomped her foot, saying, "Korra, don't le her fool you; she's lying again"!
Korra whispered so only Marinette could hear, "Trust me, I'm not buying a word she says," before she saw Lila say, "And worst of all; my first day back, she threatened me in this very bathroom! Being back here brings back so many bad memories"!
Marinette had finally had enough; she had tried to be posed about this, but despite Korra and Lucario's support, Lila was just getting to her so bad, she was furious! She didn't want to just expose Lie-la anymore, she wanted payback! She wanted closure for all the hell lie-la put her through! She wanted...justice!
Not too far away, Shadowmoth was up in his lair, sensing Marinette's negative emotions from his lair. He smirked, saying as the window opened and his butterflies started to stir, "Ah, that feeling that those who do bad are easily getting away with everything that their doing? Feeling completely helpless that you cna't do anything to prove your innocence? those feelings just festering inside and bubbling over makes my akuma hungry for negative emotions. Isn't that right, my little akuma"?
A white butterfly flew into his hand as he covered it with his other hand and used his superpower to turn it purple, making the butterfly dark purple and set to control the person in mind. And for added measure, he plucked a feather from his fan and used his power to make it blue, also giving it the similar power he gave his akuma.
He then let his butterfly and feather fly free, saying, "Fly away, my little akuma and amuck, and evilize this scorned girl"!
The butterfly and feather traveled along with the winds of Paris, heading straight for Marinette.
Back at the school, Marinette was glaring down Lila, fuming mad, ready to do something very drastic.
Korra wanted to help Marinette so bad, but with Lila in the way, she couldn't risk making Lila suspicious of their plan to expose her. and it didn't help that Lila was pushing Korra towards trying to fend off Marinette, while Lucario, still remaining in his disguise as "Luke" was trying to stay calm about the whole situation.
Suddenly, Lucario's appendages shot up, indicating that he was sensing something approaching, as Korra saw what he was signaling, and with an idea in mind, shouted, "Akuma"!
Lila, hearing the word "akuma" was alerted saying, to Korra's shock, out of interest, "Akuma? Where? Is it outside," and ran out of the bathroom, looking for the akuma.
Korra's jaw dropped, making her ask, "Lucario, did you see that? She went to look for the akuma instead of running from it"!
Then, she turned her attention to a still fuming Marinette, asking her, "Marinette, are you ok"?
Marinette looked at Korra and answered with anger in hr throat, "I'll be ok after Lila's gone from this school! She's caused too much pain and problems"!
Suddenly, Lucario saw something enter the window: a purple butterfly, and a blue feather, as it was coming towards Marinette, making him grunt and warn Korra and Marinette about the incoming items.
Korra immediately recognized the butterfly, shouting, "Akuma! For real! Marinette, you got to calm down and think positive right now because I think it's head towards you"!
Marinette looked up and saw the butterfly and feather coming towards her, as Korra and Lucario expected Marinette to start trying to relax and breathe and focus her mind so she can transform into Ladybug and catch it and the feather before some poor student got akumatized.
Not this time, though. Instead, Korra and Lucariow watched in shock as Marinette took her earrings off, placed them in her little course with Tikki, gave the purse to Korra, and ordered, "Run, run now! Take tikki and run as fast as you can"!
Korra and Lucario wee speechless, especially korra, who protested, "But Mari-,"
Marinette had tears flowing as she shouted, "Korra, please! Run now! Get Tikki and the earrings to safety"!
Korra looked at the purse in worry before she nodded, saying, "We'll protect it, Marinette, I promise. Lucario, we got to warn the school, now"!
Korra and Lucarip ran out of the bathroom to go earn the school, about the akuma attack, worrying about their friend Marinette.
Marinette didn't run, she didn't flee, she didn't even try to fight against it; she didn't have the will to. she just felt so angry with Lila, she figured, if this was gonna fix things once and for all...so be it. this time, nothing was gonna stop her from exacting justice.
The akuma entered Marinette's left scrunchy and the amuck entered her right scrunchy.
Marinette felt her anger flare up as the butterfly mask appeared around her eys while she heard Shadowmoth's voice answer in her head.
Shadowmoth stated, "Princess Justice, I am Shadowmoth. so, you want to exact justice on the people who's done you wrong? I'm giving you that power, as well as the power to force the truth out of those you exact justice on. All I ask in return is if you do me the justice of bringing me Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculouses."
Marinette took a deep breath in and out, and in a hoarse/angry voice, she replied, for the first time in her life, "Understood, Shadowmoth. justice will be served."
And just like that: Marinette's worst nightmare came true: she had been enveloped in the black bubbly mist and...was now...akumatized.
