Once arriving, Ladybug hid in an alleyway and de-transformed. Marinette made her way into the airport gracefully. Once inside, she immediately regretted traveling without a palace guard. Marinette was hounded with flashes and reporters. Security had to escort a good portion of them out, due to them only being there because they heard that Princess Marinette might be there. One of the security officers stayed near Marinette while she waited for her friends. Half an hour later, Adrien, Alya, and Nino made their appearance.
"Hey girl!" Alya greeted, pulling her best friend into a hug.
"Hey, Als! Hey Kitty, Nino," Marinette responded, pulling each of them into a hug.
"So, how come you don't have anyone guarding you while you're here?" Adrien asked it.
"I...uh...snuck out. Nobody knew I left until the airport let the palace know. Now we have to wait for the palace limo to arrive, and I will probably get an earful about me sneaking out from the Royal Council," Marinette explained. Adrien shook his head in amusement, Nino was trying not to laugh, and Alya wasn't even trying.
"Oh...my god, I feel so sorry for China, they have a rebellious princess on their hands," she said between her fits of laughter, as she tried to calm down.
"Princess, you should use the guards they provide, save your strength for other things," Adrien claimed.
"Things like what?" Alya asked.
"We'll explain once we're back in the safety of the palace," Marinette claimed, earning a raised eyebrow from Adrien. Suddenly, said boy's phone went off and he pulled it out of his pocket.
"What is that?" Nino asked.
"The messages and missed phone calls from the plane ride, remember, I had my phone on airplane mode?" Adrien answered.
"Oh right, who are they from?"
"Well, each of our classmates sent at least one text, Chloe sent at least 20, and Nathalie sent a couple, as well as my Father." Once he finished, Nino's and Alya's phones went off with similar situations, messages and missed phone calls popping up on their screens.
"I guess it's a good thing I got a new phone and number," Marinette joked but received confused looks from her boyfriend and friends. She sighed and explained, "The Royal Council wanted to be extremely careful, so I was gifted with a whole new phone and such."
"So that's why you haven't returned any calls or messages in the past week?" Nino asked.
"Yeah, I only had your guy's numbers on my old phone, which they took before I could at least write them down on a piece of paper, which was absolutely infuriating," Marinette answered while rolling her eyes.
"Awe! Is M'lady feeling egg-ravated at her Royal Council?" Adrien teased, wrapping his arms around her, from behind. Nino snickered, Alya wacked Nino, and Marinette pulled a face.
"No, I am annoyed at the puns you are using right now," She spat back, removing herself from his arms. He whined at her trying to reach for her. "You are such a baby," Marinette said in response. Adrien rolled his eyes playfully.
"Princess Marinette," They all turned to see a Royal Guard, who had entered the airport. The girl in questioned sighed sadly before following the guard, with her friends behind her, out to the limo. The guard opened the door and the four friends climbed in, Marinette still in the lead, followed by Adrien, Nino, then Alya. The door shut behind the lady-blogger. They listened as the guard walked around the limo and climbed in the driver seat and drove them to the Palace. When they arrived, Marinette was ushered into a private chamber, where the Royal Council was waiting to talk to her about her actions, while her friends were led to their new bedrooms.