Chapter One: A Rainy Day

I threw of my shoes- and boy, what a mistake that was. My mom was home, and I wanted anything but to be near that woman. She had ruined everything, but does she care? No. I put my shoes on and bounced down the stairs.

"Where are you going, sweetheart?"

"On a walk," I said. This had become regular with me recently. No matter the weather, I slipped on my shoes, maybe a coat and walked. I walked until my legs were sore and kept walking.

"It's raining," my mother informed me.

"I know. But I need my exercise," I lied. I always lied and only one person, no four, have discovered my lies. Marinette Dupin-Cheng, Adrien Agrest, Ladybug, and Cat Noir. Groaning as my mother told me I'd get too cold, I grabbed my coat.

"But, honey, you shouldn't go out when it's this cold!"

"Mother, I'll be fine," I argued. "I have a coat! That's what coats are for!"

"Okay, Lilana," my mother said. I cringed at my full name.

"Mom, I go by Lila!" I said, throwing my hands in the air.

"You are still Lilana to me," Mother said. I rolled my eyes.

"Mother…" I started. I stopped noticing my mother looking our family picture. Not many people knew this about me, but my father had gotten into a car reck on my seventh birthday. From then on, I refused to go to school a celebrate my birthday. My father had come up with my name, and my mother didn't want to change anything that kept the memory of my father around. "I miss him, too." I grabbed my hoodie, slipped it over my head, opened the door, turned my head and said, "See you later, mother."

"See you soon, Lilana," Mother said, adjusting the picture frame though it didn't need adjusting. With a deep breath in, I slid out of the house, and pulled my phone out. The first thing that popped up was an ad to get the LadyBlog app, something a girl in my class had managed to do. I immediately turned off my phone. Ladybug. She was everywhere. I hated it. She had completely embarrassed me in front of Adrien, my all time crush. She had shown him my lies, the lies I was using to impress him.

….

School was my favorite place to be. I was praised as a savior, a hero. My lies had led them to believe that I was someone to look up to, not like I was. I could actually get a life with my life, I could tell people the truth for what I wanted to happen in my life. I wanted to be noticed for something I've done, but I haven't done anything worth praising.

"Tell us what Ladybug's like again!" Alya said, as I started talking. Of course, Ladybug. Here we go again. I lied about being Ladybug's best friend, which was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. She had done things to me that she didn't know how much it hurt. Sure- she was "goody-goody-two-shoes, lying is bad, I'm the savior of Paris" kinda person, but she didn't realize what lying did for me. It gave me a life. Something to be proud of. I explained how Ladybug was such an "amazing" person and how she had given me an "earplug for my left ear that hurt sooooo much." The students in my class listened to me with wide eyes, ready for more. The thought I was their friend, but no one could be my friend, no one could be my true friend. No one would know my story, no one would feel my pain. I could get praise from my "friends" where I wouldn't get it from my mother. Lies were the only way.

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I looked up from my walk, yet another rainy day, and I saw the pink ladybugs that lit up the air as Ladybug defeated an akuma. This had gone on for over a year now. Why hadn't Hawkmoth, who I knew was Gabriel Agrest, Adrien's father. I walked right past an alleyway about ten minutes after Ladybug had beaten the akuma. Ladybug landed in the alleyway, and I watched closely, but from a distance. Ladybug muttered some words, and her mask came off. I gasped at what I saw. Marinette Dupin-Cheng wearing a rain coat stood in Ladybug's place. An evil smirk came on my face. Time for payback. They will learn not to mess with Lilana Rossi!