MC: I am going to get a lot of hate for this one, i just know it!

Alya: you should!

MC-Labs Presents:
Lyre Festival- An Armored Heart (i do not own Miraculous)

Hong Kong, China...

A bus makes it's way to the city, as it stops, Alya exits out, still in her wheelchair, it had been 6 months since the island party incident which crippled her, after finding out that Marinette had moved in with her uncle, she pleaded with Marinette's parents to tell her where she was, she made it, she was determined to try and patch things up.

She had talked to Marinette's uncle, and learned that she had decided to enroll in a martial arts school along with helping around in her uncle's resterant, and so Alya had made her way to the Panda Fist Dojo.

Inside, Alya saw all the teenagers training, some sparing, doing stretches, but no sign of Marinette.

She turned to one of the instructors, "Excuse me, do you know where Marinette Dupain-Cheng is?" Alya asked in chinese.

"Ah! you mean, "Little Armored Heart" she is one of our best students, she puts 100% into her training, she bareley speaks to anyone, and focuses on her training, she's already 9 Kyu!" the instructor said as she pointed Alya to the sparing yard.

"KYAAAAAH!"

The primal cry of a young woman.

"TORI-YAAAAAHH!"

The cry of defeated young men.

Alya saw it all, Marinette beating the living crap out of the advanced students, some huddling in the corner in fear, others whispering, "She is not human..."

Marinette was wearing a sleevless pink top, with a black belt tied snuggly around her waist.

her sky-blue eyes had lost their shine, obviously Alya's actions had taken a toll on Marinette's heart, forcing her cover her heart in a protective shell, hence the name, "Little Armored Heart"

Her instructor points her to Alya, whose own heart was beating like a boombox, "Please don't kill me!" she thought.

The two girls' eyes met...

"Alya..." said Marinette.

"Mari..." said Alya.

Marinete looked at Alya's legs, Adrien told her that Alya was crippled, but not like this, however Alya brought this onto herself, she tried to warn her.

"Mari, you're pissed off at us, you have every right to be, but damn, it is so good to see you!" Alya said as she crept closer, but Marinette stepped back.

"Pissed off, no, i got rid of all my anger back in Paris, after i came to live with my uncle, i realized that this was my chance to reinvent myself, i realized that in order to survive in this world, i needed to keep my heart safe." Marinette said, so i devoted my time here, and taught me how to brace my heart and sheild it from alot of things: Betrayal, Fear, Suffering, all of it, you broke my heart Alya, but i managed to make it whole again."

Alya was stunned, she and the others did this to her, they took her for granted, and shattered her, they were no different than Lila.

"If you're wondering if i'll ever return to Paris again, i'll save you the oxygen, NO." Marinette said flatly.

"What about your parents?" Alya asked.

"They'll be visiting me in a few weeks.." Marinette explained.

Alya was afraid of this, she knew that it was a waste of time, so she turned around and left...but not before she was wrapped around by her former friend's arms.

"Take care of yourself..." Marinette cooed.

Alya smiled as she left Marinette to finish her training.

1 week later...

After Alya explained that Marinette was not comming back, everyone sighed, Chloe understood, she wouldn't come back to this hellhole if she was Marinette.

"SHE HATES US!" cried Rose as Juleka held her.

"I don't blame her, after the way we treated her, i wouldn't hold it against her if she completely stops writing us altogether." Alix said.

And with that, the class ponders the farewell of their closest, most genorous friend of all.

Marinette continued her training until graduating half a year later, afterwards, she traveled the world, taking on some of the world's strongest fighters, she would often visit her parents in Paris, just to see how they are doing, but never once did she ask about Alya and the others.

She decided to keep the nickname "Armored Heart" and continued to grow, as both a fighter and a person...

THE END!

MC: huh, that was more tame than i usualy work with, oh well!

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