Author's note: sorry this chapter is a bit shorter, I'm working chapter 5 which may take some time to finish up. Enjoy!
Ms. Bustier's Classroom
Marinette walked into the classroom late. She got a note in her locker saying to meet with the principal, but when she got there, there was no meeting. He gave her a pass to excuse her, so she wouldn't be marked late again. But when she walked into the room, everyone looked at her, smirking and giggling among themselves. Alya had her phone out recording, making Marinette nervous. What were they up to? She hoped nothing serious would happen because she was alone today. Adrien wasn't here today to back her up, having to attend a photo shoot.
She approached her desk, Alya getting up to follow her. That's when she saw it, a pile of shredded paper on her desk. She sifted through it as the class snickered some more, while Ms. Bustier was confused, trying to rein in her class. None of the shreds gave away the identity of whatever it was, until she found one with a pink flower design: the same design on the cover of her sketchbook. "No, please no" Marinette started trembling.
"So are you ready to start telling the truth Marinette? Have you learned your lesson?" Marinette looked at her class, everyone looking at her, satisfied with what has been done. Even Chloe who didn't like Lila, clearly impressed with the cruelty.
Marinette ran out of the room, shoving Alya out of the way. Before the reporter could say anything, Ms. Bustier called for silence and for everyone to sit. Marinette got to her locker, finding the lock on the ground broken, her door wide open. Looking inside confirmed her worst thoughts: her classmates destroyed her sketchbook, her life's work, her brand, every idea and design she ever had.
"Marinette, you can't let it get to you. If you get akumatized, no one can save the city!" Tikki looked at her chosen, terrified. Marinette simply shook her head, "No." Tikki gasped as Marinette removed her earrings, handing them to the kwami. "Find Master Fu, tell him I'm sorry." Tikki phased through the walls, while Marinette cried, letting everything flood out.
Hawkmoth's Lair
The window opened as the villain grinned, the time of his victory has finally come, heralded by the tears of a teen. He caught a butterfly, infusing it with evil, "Go my akuma, and evilize her!" No longer will Ladybug and Chat Noir stand a chance against him. The miraculous will be his to wield as he wishes.
School Locker Room
Alya entered the room, phone out and streaming, intent on getting Marinette's confession recorded, humiliating the girl as a finally form of revenge. She spotted Marinette, curled into a ball in front of her locker, bawling her eyes out. For a moment, Alya felt regret, knowing how much Marinette's sketchbook meant to her, but shook it off intent on getting justice for Lila. "Are you sorry now? Are gonna stop accusing Lila and using Adrien?"
"Sorry? You destroy my sketchbook, call me a liar and turn your back on me and you want me to say sorry?" Marinette looked at her friend, anger burning in her eyes. "You all decide to turn your backs on me on the word of some new girl, when I have been there for all of you? Do you even fact check what she says?"
Alya was taken aback, but before she could say a word, an akuma came in the room and entered the purse on Marinette's waist. "Princess Justice, you have been betrayed, wronged, abandoned by the people you helped for so long, all on the word of a liar. I can give you the power to make them all pay, the power of every akuma at your control. All I ask for in return is Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous."
"Deal, Hawkmoth." A dark cloud enveloped Marinette, leaving her in a black dress going just past her knees, her hair down a single black domino mask. She looked at Alya who was trembling, "Run." Alya took off, not looking behind her. Princess Justice pulled Stormy Weather's umbrella out of her purse and flew outside.
Ms. Bustier's Classroom
Everyone was freaking out at Alya's stream. As Nino, Chloe, Kim and Max all slipped out, Lila ran to the teacher crocodile tears in her eyes, "It's all my fault! I should have tried harder to reach out to her!" Everyone left in the room tried to consul her, debating what to do next.
Fu's Ice Cream Shop
After Feast, Fu moved to a single story building in a quiet part of town, starting an ice cream parlor. Today no customers were present when Tikki phased inside with the Ladybug earrings. "Master, Marinette is going to be akumatized." Fu groaned, his worst nightmare coming true, he moved into the apartment behind the parlor. He punched in his code on the gramophone, unlocking the miracle box. Chat Noir needs everyone one of the seven back up heroes. He took out six miraculous, putting on the horse miraculous. Kaalki materialized in front of him,
"Kaalki, you need to take us to Collège Françoise Dupont right away, Ladybug is down."
Photo shoot in the Park
Adrien sat on a bench waiting for the shoot to start, disappointed that his father didn't come as he said he would. His phone buzzed in his pocket. When he turned it on it showed a live stream from the Ladyblog. The class seemed to have done something to upset Marinette, leading to her getting possessed by an akuma.
He was shocked, first that the class would do such a thing then at Mari becoming an akuma. Plagg was freaking out inside, concerned for Tikki and the general future. Adrien tried to sneak away from set, only for the Gorilla and Natalie to stop him, pointing at the photographer.
"You need to do the shoot before you re allowed to leave Adrien."
He groaned, there was no way he was going to be able to evade his father's assistant and bodyguard to a safe spot to transform. Adrien struggled to maintain a model smile, trying to get through the shoot as fast as he can, his thoughts on his princess in danger.
School Hallway
Alya ran into Nino, Chloe, Kim and Max, somehow the five ended up in the same spot. Before anyone could leave, an old man jumped through a portal. "Well this is very convenient." The teens gave each other weird looks as Fu continued, handing out miraculous, "I'm sorry but Ladybug can't make it in time."
Alya scowled, "So you expose our secret identities?"
I needed to get you all as soon as I could. Marinette will be the most dangerous enemy you ever faced, when you see Chat Noir, ensure he knows Ladybug isn't coming and that he needs to find me." The teens nodded, each of them transforming. Fu could only hope they could stop Marinette before it's too late.
Rene Rouge, Carapace, Queen Bee, Roi Singe and Pegasus ran outside into the courtyard, when a lightning bolt hit the ground before them. The heroes looked up, Princess Justice looking at them all, secretly knowing their identities as her former friends. Hawkmoth didn't need to know, nor did she care to tell him. This allowed her to hurt them, but they won't be helpless with the miraculous. "Five little heroes, no Ladybug or Chat Noir to save them. What will they will they do?"
"Fight and take you down," Alya was done, ready to push Marinette down another peg. The other heroes nodded, raising their weapons for a fight.
Lady Justice smirked, "Good," she raised her umbrella, starting a storm. "I was hoping for a challenge," she smiled, lightning surging wildly around her umbrella as she pointed it towards them. "Maybe I'll let you survive this."