"It looks lovely Marinette" Tikki says as I admire my dress, it has red lace sleeves and torso with a black corset and ribbon for the waist, the skirt part of the dress is big and full made of red tulle. It's the twenty fourth and my parents aren't at home, after the expo ends tomorrow they're staying at the hotel inside the airport so I won't be seeing them until they return from China.
"Now all you have to do is prepare for tomorrow" Tikki says, but I don't get what she means.
"Isn't it too early to get ready?" I ask Tikki.
"Not that ready. Today is a home spa day! That way you'll be radiant tomorrow" Tikki says as she winks, I don't really get anything she means.
"You have to take a nice relaxing bath and exfoliate your skin! It would also be good to do your nails and do your eyebrows" Tikki says to me.
"I forgot all about those things," I say as I realize that for the past few days all I've done is sew, help in the bakery, and fight akumas. Of course I did basic things like shower and eat but other than that I barely even talk to my friends.
"You're lucky you have me!" Tikki says as she giggles.
"But before that I have something for you!" I tell her, her little face becomes confused and I smile.
I go to the corner of my room where there is a small stack of presents for my friends, I grab a small box and put it on my desk for Tikki.
"It was really hard to get you this since we're always together but this is for you" I say to Tikki with a wink. She opens it and reveals a small replica of my bed, and on top of it is a tiny black dress that I made for Tikki.
"Oh wow Marinette! Thank you!" Tikki says as she hugs my cheek.
"Us kwami's don't usually get gifts! I don't... wear clothes but this is too cute!" Tikki says as she slips into the little black dress. She looks like a small doll which makes me squeal at how cute she is.
"Okay, I'm setting this aside because we are working on you know" Tikki says giving me a somewhat evil which is scary considering how cute she is.
"Ladybug!" Chat yells as a big boom is heard. I'm in a big white room, surrounded by all of the villains we've faced. I don't know where the boom comes from but I see Chat jump in front of me. Before I can register anything that's happened I see Chat fall into my arms. I see a wound in his chest producing blood, this is not happening.
"Chat... Chat... CHAT! STOP PLAYING AROUND AND ANSWER ME!" I yell at my limp companion who doesn't reply as he lays in my arms but breathes softly.
"Chat! IT'S NOT TIME TO BE PLAYING AROUND! ANSWER ME YOU SILLY CAT!" I say as tears fall out of my eyes and pour onto his motionless body.
"M...M'lady" he finally says, I rise his head up and smile at him though my tears continue.
"You're... You're going to be okay Chat, we're going to get out of here," I say, I look around and see as all of the villains transform back to people but their bodies lay on the ground as well.
"SOMEBODY! PLEASE... HELP!" my legs feel uneasy and I fall onto my knees keeping Chat with me.
"It's okay m'lady" I hear him say, his green eyes barely open, his face is dirty and he won't stop bleeding.
"LUCKY CHARM" I shout but nothing happens.
"LUCKY CHARM, LUCKY CHARM, LUCKY CHARM..." I yell not letting go of my best friend.
"Chat, I promise, I'm going to find a way for us to leave this place, we're going to go home, and I'll give you all the pastries you want, just... just hold on" I cry as I try and find somebody to help.
"Princess... I'm... happy we got to be together until the end... I'm sorry... I don't have nine lives" Chat says as he eyes close.
"no...no NO, CHAT STOP PLAYING AROUND! THIS IS NOT THE END! WE HAVE SO MUCH TO DO TOGETHER! I-I-I, PLEASE CHAT!" I yell but his breathing has stopped and his body is heavy. We de-transform together and Adrien lies in my arms a bullet in his chest.
"I PROMISED I WOULDN'T LEAVE YOU! SO WHY ARE YOU LEAVING ME?! WAKE UP SILLY CAT, I PROMISE I WON'T BE MEAN ANYMORE, I'LL LAUGH AT ALL YOUR JOKES IF YOU WANT, I'LL EVEN BAKE YOU CROISSANTS EVERYDAY!" it's useless he just lies there, Plagg and Tikki come to my side but I can't hear them.
"I-IF YOU WANT WE CAN EVEN WEAR THOSE CHEESY SWEATER TOGETHER! WAKE UP, DON'T LEAVE ME! YOU STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU! YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME NOW! WE STILL HAD A WHOLE LIFE TO LIVE TOGETHER!" I cry but it's done. Adrien and Chat are dead.
Dead. Dead. Dead.
"MARINETTE WAKE UP!" Tikki yells as I wake up covered in tears and sweat.
"Tikki! Oh Tikki!" I say as I hug her close and let more tears come out.
"It was horrible!" i say as I sob.
"It was just a dream Marinette, think positive! It's two in the morning, how about you drink some tea and go back to bed?" Tikki says, I pull myself together and nod as I head down to make myself some tea. It was all a dream. And I'm glad, because I don't think I would be able to keep going if something like that happened.
"You look gorgeous Marinette!" Tikki exclaims as I finish tying the bow on my dress.
"Thank you Tikki! Now I just have to do my hair" I tell her as I walk over to my mirror.
"Marinette your phone is ringing!" Tikki exclaims as she floats to me, my phone in hand. It's Adrien!
"Thanks Tikki... Hello?" I say as I answer.
"Hello princess, almost ready?" he asks me.
"Yep, just have to do my hair" I tell him as I plug in my flat iron.
"I bet you look nya-tastic!" Adrien says cracking possibly the worst pun I've heard.
"Did you just call me to make horrible puns?" I ask, now brushing my hair.
"Of course not, I wanted to apologize. I can't go pick you up personally because they dragged me here early for some kind of negotiation meeting, I have to be here instead of my father, so I'm sending gorilla to pick you up and I'll meet up with you if you don't mind" he says through the phone explaining his situation.
"Don't worry Mr. Business guy, I'll see you there, good luck" I say through the phone trying to send support.
"Is that the Miss?" I hear an old voice say through the phone making me blush.
"Hopefully in the future" I hear Adrien replies, I have to keep myself from squealing.
"I'll leave you to it kitty, I have to get dressed" I say to him.
"Of course princess, I'll count the seconds until I see you" he says and I hang up.
"OH MY GOSH TIKKI DID YOU HEAR THAT!?" I exclaim as I fangirl all over the room.
"YES! But be careful in your dress!" Tikki says, I nod remembering I do NOT want to ruin it.
I walk downstairs and see the gorilla- I mean Adrien's driver waiting for me outside. I open my clutch purse and take my keys out, I lock the door and the driver opens the door for me. I carefully enter and am amazed at how big this car is! The drive is silent but I appreciate it, we drive for quite a while and I wonder where this mansion is. We finally reach it and I'm amazed at how large this mansion is, it truly does resemble a castle. I see woman of all age and sizes wearing princess dresses of all types and colors.
The driver opens my door for me and helps me out, making me actually feel like a princess myself. I exit and he nods as he leaves, I walk up the stairs of the mansion hoping to find Adrien around, I can hear people whispering and I just hope it's not about me. I look around and don't find Adrien, I do spot quite a couple celebrities though. I decide to stand in a corner far away from the food table so no accidents happen.
"Marinette is that you?" I hear a familiar voice say, it's none other than Jagged Stone, with his agent Penny and pet crocodile Fang at his side like always.
"Hi Mr. Jagged Stone" I say as he comes to me. He's wearing purple tuxedo with sequins on it and a black tie, Penny is wearing a purple princess gown to match, it has a sweetheart neckline and full skirt with ruffles all over it, she's also wearing gloves and her accessories are gold. Even fang has a little bow tie to match, they look like a family but I won't say it out loud.
"Call me Jagged, I've told you this a million times, you look wicked tonight" Jagged compliments causing me to smile.
"Another one of your originals?" Penny asks me as she observes my dress.
"Yes, it's my first time making a dress like this but I'm more than happy with the results" I tell them, we strike up a conversation about Jagged's tour and more people approach him. Instead of taking him away they seemed to crowed over here, Jagged and Penny introduced me to many prestigious people, whom I already know without him introducing me but now they knew who I was as well. He tells them about my designs and that seems to spark interest in many of them.
Soon I lose sight of Jagged and am surrounded by a lot of women most of which are the wives of rich and famous business men. Most of them haven't worked a day in their life as they already come from rich families. I smile and respond as they ask me about my work or compliment my dress. A couple start asking me if I worked on commission, I didn't lie so I just answered I did on my free time since I was still a high school student but none the less they asked for my phone number. It's probably been forty five minutes since I arrived here but it feels like an eternity.
Adrien P.O.V.
"Thank you all for being here, I think we all have made great negotiations, now please feel free to enjoy our party, many guests have already arrived" Mr. Moreau says, we stand up and clap just to be courteous and walk out of the meeting room we were in. I'm probably the youngest in this room, being only sixteen but am relieved that it wasn't too hard.
I walk out and see the 'ball' room full of men and woman of all ages dressed up in either princess dresses, tuxedos that either looked like something a prince would wear or just a normal one.
I look around and try and spot Marinette, I see many famous faces and finally I spot in the very corner of the room in a beautiful red dress, none other than Marinette who is being surrounded by woman. I recognize a couple and notice that some men fro the business meeting walk towards the group, probably to see their wives.
I walk up behind Marinette and wrap my hand around her waist startling her.
"Sorry to interrupt ladies but may I steal Marinette from you?" I ask the group of mostly elder ladies who laugh and nod. I walk silently with Marinette to the entrance so we can both take a breath of fresh air.
"Thanks for helping me back there, I was sure that one of them would drag me somewhere to start designing something for them" Marinette says as I release her and she takes a deep breath. I look at her, she looks simply amazing, her top part is made of lace with some thin fabric the color of her skin under, it's very tight fitting so one can truly appreciate her slim frame. She has a big black ribbon around her tiny waist that creates a bow in the back, her dress is full and big made of tulle. Her face isn't caked like most females in here, instead she has really light make up that makes her glow.
"Adrien?" I hear Marinette, I can feel my face warm up but can't keep myself from looking at her.
"You... You look stunning... I can't describe how beautiful you look..." I blurt out without thinking, but I'm honest. Her face instantly becomes red and I smile at her.
"T-Thank you... you look dashing yourself" she says, I'm wearing a black prince outfit with minor green details, my hair is styled to the opposite side other than that I just put a lot of cologne.
"T-Thank you princess..." I say as I hear music start playing, the Orchestra must have started playing.
"Have you ever read or seen Cinderella m'lady?" I ask Marinette.
"Of course, who hasn't? The story of a girl who lived with both her stepsisters and stepmother who treated like a maid, one day when the king held a ball for every eligible maiden her fairy godmother granted her the ability to go to the ball, the prince fell in love with her and danced all night until midnight struck and she had to flee leaving only a glass slipper behind, the prince searches for her trying the slipper on every maiden until he finally finds her and they live happily ever after," Marinette says letting out a dreamy sigh at the end.
"Won't you be my Cinderella then? But promise you won't leave at twelve" I ask her as I extend a hand out for her.
"Sure silly kitty," she says as she accepts my hand.
"Well then, will you honor me with this first dance?" I ask her as I stare into her bluebell eyes.
"It would be my pleasure" she says and we both walk hand in hand to the dance floor where everyone is waltzing.
We danced in sync, and just looked into each other's eyes not saying a word but not needing to either. I'm amazed at how many tricks she has up her sleeve as she puts her clutch bag into an invisible pocket in her dress so she can dance easier. The song changes to a different waltz with the same speed so we continue dancing in perfect harmony.
"Kitty..." she suddenly says as we dance.
"Yes princess?" I ask as I see her face become gloomy, her eyes parting from mine.
"You know... how you asked me to never leave you?" she asks... please don't tell me you can't.
"How could I forget?" I ask her smoothly, but internally I am dying.
"I want you to promise me the same," she says as she looks into my eyes again, she seems sad, sadness is the least thing I want to cause my princess.
"I promise I won't leave you m'lady" I say as I press my forehead against hers, causing her to blush but smile.
"I mean it kitty, I don't want you doing dumb things either okay?" she seems serious about this, I don't know what happened but I want to make sure she feels safe.
"I promise m'lady, anything for you" I say as the music changes to a slower pace and we slow down.
We dance never unlocking our eyes, we change our speed depending the music and never stop. We ignore everyone and pretend like we're alone as we enjoy this moment that truly feels out of a fairy tale.
Nothing can ruin this... can it?
A/N: Okay, sorry for that one dream scene please do not kill me!
I tried really hard with the drawing, the first one was fine but then I ruined her face, I loved the second one but before I managed to take a picture of it I had to go my sports practice and came back to see it soaked in orange juice, the third and last one is the one I used and I'm sorry the sleeves don't look like lace but this is my first time attempting to draw lace!
School starts tomorrow for me which means I might be uploading either really late at night, or really early in the morning. I'm sorry if I don't update daily sometimes! I will try my best!
As always thank you all for being so lovely and favoriting, following and reviewing. It means sooo much to me and with school I'm sure this is the only reason I will actually wake up! 'Till next chapter!