Today we were in Miss Bustier's classroom and Mr. Damocles was addressing the class.
"You only have one day to work on your fashion piece, and it must be your own design. In ten hours your fittest presentation will be judged by none other than the great fashion designer Gabriel Agreste, the father of our very own student Adrien Agreste. In fact, Adrien will model the winning design in his next photoshoot." Mr. Damocles said. I bet Marinette was excited for Adrien would be wearing one of her designs. I would be staying out of it 'cause of that furball, but I wasn't gonna have a bad grade. So I decide to work Alix to make the grade. "And now, to announce this year's theme: derby hats."
We all looked as the image of the derby hat appeared on screen and I made sure to sketch out the design of it's shape. That way we would be getting the idea of what to add to it.
"Derby hats?" Marinette asked as Chloé looked at her and gave Marinette a thumb down.
Outside, Marinette paced in a hall, looking at her sketchbook and talking to me and Alya.
"Derby hat, derby hat, derby hat, derby hat...!" She said as she began to panic. "I don't have any derby hat designs. I've got top hats, caps, even two-horned hats! Need a beret? I'm your girl. A sombrero? No problem-o. But a derby! You know what? It won't even matter, 'cause I'm probably going to make a total fool of myself at the event. Most likely trip over my stupid derby and collapse on Mr. Agreste; give him a full-blown concussion and Adrien will hate me! I'll never be a world-renowned fashion designer. MY LIFE IS OVER!"
"Marinette, calm down." I said. "All this over a derby hat? Let me see your sketchpad. There must be something in here."
"Forget it, I'm a disaster zone. I'll probably mess everything up in the end." She said hopelessly.
"Wow, Axel," Adrien said as he walked over and saw me with Marinette's sketchpad. Then Marinette panicked and hid behind the bench, "those are some awesome designs. I didn't know you had such mad skills."
"Uh, thanks, Adrien, but I can't take the credit. These sick designs belong to Marinette." I said as I pointed over to Marinette, who gave a weak, embarrassed wave. "Off the chain, right?"
"You're super talented, Marinette. You seriously have a good chance of winning." Adrien said.
"Well, um, yeah! I… like—um, designs that—um…" Marinette said as Alya made motions to Marinette, who tried to interpret them. I laughed a little when she was get all of them wrong. "Go upwards… while stopping… I mean, uh—thanks?"
"Sure, and uh—good luck. Maybe I'll be wearing your derby at father's next photoshoot." Adrien said as he left.
"Girl, you gotta get a grip next time." Alya said. "But did you hear? Adrien thinks you're good enough to win!" Then they cheered. That was a really pain to the eardrum. We didn't know it but Chloé and Sabrina were spying on us.
"Did you hear how impressed Adrien was with Marinette's desi…" Sabrina said.
"Of course I heard!" Chloé interrupted. "Her? Win the contest? As if. When Adrien sees my design he'll convince his father to award me the winner."
"I'm sure he will, Chloé. You're a born champion." Sabrina said, supporting her. "Your design will blow everyone else's out of the water."
"Yeah, it will. As soon as I can get my hands on the sketchpad." Chloé said with a devious look in her eye.
"Well, I better get going." I said as I got ready to leave. "I get to Ali's house so we can work on the derby hat."
"Ooh. Partnering up with Alix?" Alya said with smug look on her. "I bet you two will work great together like at Adrien's party." Then I saw Marinette get the same look.
"Mm. Hey!" I said as I felt heat run up to my cheeks. "Mind your own business. We're just going to help each other get a good grade. It's only the assignment."
"Really? Then why'd you pick her as a partner?"
"I got my reasons. Now, if you excuse me, I got work to do." I then began to leave. Sheesh. Couldn't that girl mind her own business for once? True, there was something about Alix that I was interested about, but Alya didn't have to exploit it.
"Only have nine hours until show time." Alya said as she checked her phone.
"Yikes! I'm off to my secret garden of inspiration. I'll see you later." She said as she ran off. She then ran into a wall. "AH! I'm okay. I'm okay, I'm okay." Alya chuckled as Marinette continued to run.
In Hawkmoth's lair, Hawkmoth's window began to open.
"The time has come for us to find our next victim, my wicked little akumas. And to prey upon the Element Gang. Their Miraculous must be mine!" he said to himself as his window opened.
In the park, Marinette was trying to get inspired to draw some designs. She drew something, but then ripped the paper out for it wasn't the right idea.
"Geez, it's hard to be creative under pressure." Marinette said as she struggled to get one good idea.
"Marinette, you save the world under pressure. I think designing a hat should be a piece of cake." Tikki said as she popped her head out of Marinette's purse.
"Hm, a cake derby hat. Stylish and tasty." Marinette said. Then they both chuckled.
Marinette kept drawing new designs and ripping them out. After a while, she got tired and looked up. A man walking like a bird sat down on a bench ahead of her. He takes out a brown paper bag and blows a bird call. A cluster of pigeons then approached. I knew this man. I met him from when we first arrived in Paris. His name was Xavier Ramier. He's a pigeon lover. Every day he would go out and feed the pigeons. I even heard he bought a pigeon call because of it.
"Well, happy day, happy day. Splendid is the afternoon day." Mr. Ramier said as he threw food for the pigeons. "Ah, Edgar, you fancy one. Fantastic, dazzling performance."
"Scram, you winged rats!" A cop said as he approached Mr. Ramier. "How many times do you need to be told, Mr. Ramier? NO FEEDING the pigeons! It's strictly forbidden. If everyone feeds them, they'll leave their waste everywhere!"
"But who's going to feed my poor pigeons?" Mr. Ramier said worriedly.
"All the park keepers know about you, Mr. Ramier. You've been banned from every park in Paris." The cop said. "Leave now or I'll call the authorities. Oh, wait. I'm the authorities. GET OUT!"
Then Mr. Ramier began to walk sadly away.
"Sheesh, I almost feel sorry for that man." Marinette said, feeling sympathetic.
"What a unique character! He was like a human bird." Tikki said. "All he needed was a feather jacket to complete the look."
"A feather jacket, hmm. Nice thinking, Tikki." Marinette said as she started drawing with inspiration again.
On another park bench, Mr. Ramier sadly sat down on it.
"Poor Mr. Ramier," Hawkmoth said as the window of his lair opened, "the feeling of injustice, such easy prey for my akuma." He then created another akuma. "Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him!" He said as the akuma flew off into Paris. The akuma then flew to Mr. Ramier and infected his bird call. "Mr. Pigeon, I'm Hawkmoth. Neither this police officer, nor any other park keeper, should stop you from taking care of your friends. What would Paris be without pigeons, what would pigeons be without you?"
Mr. Ramier then chuckled and stood up as the akuma energy began to transform him. He turned into a pigeon-like human, with a magnificent bird call far fancier than before. He then flapped his arms in a wing like motion and ran off, making pigeon noises as he did.
Back at the park, unknown to Marinette, she was being secretly watched by Chloé as she was drawing. Chloé then signaled Sabrina, and Sabrina went behind Marinette and took a picture of Marinette's design from her sketchpad.
"Yes!" Marinette said as she held up a drawing of her finished design, which Sabrina snapped a photo of.
"Now that's a derby." Tikki said, impressed by the design.
"Thanks, Tikki." Marinette said.
"We're so awesome." Sabrina said as showed the picture on her phone to Chloé.
"We?" Chloé coldly said as she snatched the phone.
"Oh right, sorry! You're so awesome, Chloé." Sabrina said with a hurt look. "When are we—um, you going to make the hat?"
"And ruin these nails? Of course not. Daddy'll pay someone to do it." Chloé said as she walked off with Sabrina following behind.
At the bakery, Marinette was in her room, working on her hat. When the hat was almost finished, Marinette seemed to realize something was missing. She looked under her desk.
"What are you looking for?" Tikki asked.
"A feather! I forgot to pick up a pigeon feather for the hat! It has to have a feather!" Marinette said as he took it and she began to leave. She then ran back to the park to find a feather.
At Ali's house, we were working on the hat and were about to add the finishing touch. We did one that was based on El Dragon's, well my brooch. The only thing we had to do was add the amethyst to it. It was kind of embarrassing for we both grabbed it at the same time. I even saw some red on her cheeks and began to wonder if she had the same feelings for me. But we still had and assignment to do, so I let Ali place it there while I recovered myself. But then I felt akuma energy and new there was a new villain loose in Paris. With the hat finished, I had the perfect excuse.
"Ali, you wouldn't mind taking the hat to school?" I said as I gave it to her. "I just remembered that I have an important errand to do."
"Of course." She said.
"Thanks. I'll meet you at school." I said as I began to take my leave. Ali made a confused look, but shrugged and went to get the hat to school. I then went to find a good spot where no one could see me. I found an alley and went to it.
"Time to transform." I said as Nooroo got out of the pocket. "Nooroo, let's fly!" I then transformed and went to action.
"Basar, come in." I said as I called him on my communicator.
"Yeah?" Basar asked.
"I just sensed some akuma energy." I answered. "I think there's a villain on the loose."
"We'll be right there." he said as ended the call. "Guys, akuma alert!" They then transformed and went off to meet up with me.
Back at the park, Marinette showed up and made some pigeons fly away.
"Yes!" She said as she picked up one of the feathers that fell off. As she left, she accidently ran into the same cop from before.
"Uh, sorry, Mr. Officer, sir." She apologized as she left.
As the cop walked away, something big came up from behind and snatched him. I made it to the scene and found pigeons feathers and a police hat on the ground. I knew I was getting close to this villain. I was actually hard to track him because the samples of the energy seemed to be constantly moving around. I had to keep moving and find this villain quick.
In the streets of Paris, Marinette was on the bus, presumably returning home, but the bus wasn't moving.
"Ugh, Come on! Can't we go any faster?" Marinette said impatiently as she walked up to the driver's seat.
"Sorry, folks, we have a situation here." the driver said. Marinette looked to see cars were being held up by a cluster of pigeons. "You'll need to get off the bus now."
I made it onto the scene and saw what was happening.
"Okay." I said as I looked and the strangest road block in history. "This is strange."
"You said it." I turned my head and saw Icedra beside me.
"Whoa, every pigeon in Paris must be here." Posidacus said.
"Yeah. And they're all under the control of Hawkmoth's villain." I said as I saw akuma energy around every pigeon down there.
"Ah, this is weird." Marinette said as she got off the bus and saw the streets littered with pigeons. She walked down the street and saw a bunch of people gathered near a screen.
"Pigeons have taken over Paris. This is just one of the many alarming situations giving the authorities cause of major concerns." Nadja said on the screen. "Yes, I've just been told that someone named Mr. Pigeon is making an announcement."
Then the screen switched to a video feed of Mr. Pigeon.
"Oh, dreary day, poor Parisians." He said, making pigeon sounds as he spoke. "Sorry to ruffle your feathers, but Paris now belongs to the pigeons! Flap, flap!"
We then went off to find Mr. Pigeon. While we did that, Marinette ran down to a subway entrance to transform.
"Paris needs us!" Marinette said as Tikki got out of her bag. "Tikki, spots on! Yeah!" She then transformed into Ladybug.
On the rooftops, she was jumping from roof to roof, looking for Mr. Pigeon.
Ladybug looked up and saw what looked like airplanes made out of pigeons.
"What took ya?" I said as she turned to me.
"Not long at all." Ladybug said. "Now this is weirder than weird"
"You're telling me." I said, agreeing with her.
"Birds of a feather, flock together." We then looked to see Cat Noir on a ledge above us. He then sneezed and fell down to where we were.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked.
"I'm allergic to feathers." He said as he sneezed again.
"That's helpful."
"Tell me about it." Cat Noir almost sneezed, but he stopped himself. "These birds are only part of the problem. The park keepers in Paris are vanishing without a trace."
"What? We have to track down Mr. Pigeon ASAP." Ladybug said.
"Easier said than done." I said. "Those pigeons are under his control. With the akuma energy around them, I can't pinpoint where he is."
"Then where are we going to find him?" Cat Noir asked.
"Hmm, I don't know where we can find him, but I do know where he can find us." Ladybug said.
Back at the park, Cat Noir was wearing a park ranger cap and pretending to be a park ranger, while we hid behind a tree nearby.
"This is the plan?" I said quietly to Ladybug. "There's no way Mr. Pigeon's gonna fall for this."
"Well, we have to try." She said. "Whatever happened to listening to your teammates?"
Cat Noir started to whistle and then started dancing.
"Hey, cat for brains!" I said as I popped my head out from the tree. "Act natural or he'll never show up!"
"What do you mean?" Cat said as he kept on dancing. "I am acting natural."
I groaned in annoyance.
We didn't know it, but a pigeon saw him and flew to where Mr. Pigeon was.
"Ladybug and Cat Noir?" Mr. Pigeon said as the pigeon whispered in his ear. "Job well done, buddy-boy. Pigeons will reign supreme! Power to the pigeons!"
He then jumped off his ledge, and the pigeons formed a platform to carry him off. Back in the park, we were still waiting.
"Where is he? He should've been here by now." Ladybug said impatiently.
"I told you it wasn't gonna work." I said.
Unknown to us, pigeons started flying overhead. It came known to us when Cat Noir sneezed. A bunch of pigeons formed a big ball and started carrying Cat Noir away.
"What the…" Ladybug said as we watched the flock carry Cat away.
"Come on! Let's see where they go!" I said as we began to follow them.
The pigeons reached the roof of the Le Grand Paris hotel and dropped Cat Noir off. Cat Noir sneezed again and the pigeons look at him. We then arrived and as he got up.
"I can't believe it worked." I said surprised.
"Told ya." Ladybug said with a smug.
"Where's that bird-brain Mr. Pigeon?" Cat asked as he looked around.
"He's gotta be here somewhere." I said.
From above, Mr. Pigeon was lifted by a swarm of pigeons behind us.
"If you want to give Paris back to the pigeons for good, you must first rid the city of those pests." Hawkmoth said from his lair. Then Mr. Pigeon sounded his bird call and the pigeons started to circle around us.
"Call me crazy, but I feel like bird seed all of a sudden." Ladybug said as the pigeons formed a shield to keep us in.
"Got any bright ideas?" Cat asked.
"You're the cat, don't you eat these things for breakfast?" Apolloid said. Then a gigantic cage was brought down over us, imprisoning us.
"Look!" I said as we watched to see Mr. Pigeon appear, making bird sounds.
"Turpy day, I'm so ruthless." Mr. Pigeon chuckled.
"Excellent." Hawkmoth said, pleased to see that Mr. Pigeon had trapped us. "Now take their Miraculous!"
Then Mr. Pigeon made some bird noises and said "Your Miraculous, give them to me or face the wrath of my feathered friends." He then sounded his bird call and some pigeons started banging on the top of the cage, while others turned around and pointed their behinds at us. "Dada-dee, on the count of three, my beloved pigeons will commence fire. You can still save your sorry skins by handing me your Miraculous. One, two…"
"Cat Noir, the bars!" Ladybug said to Cat.
"Cataclysm!" Cat said as he used his Cataclysm superpower to destroy the bars of the cage we were trapped in. Mr. Pigeon cowered back toward the edge of the rooftop while we advance on him. "Well, well. Looks like the pigeon's really a chicken."
Mr. Pigeon made some bird noises and said "Me? I'm not flying away. I'm just killing two birds with one stone." He then sounded his bird call and jumped over the edge of the roof. Some pigeons caught him, formed into a sleigh, lifted him back up, and took him away.
"Merry Christmas!" He said as a group of pigeons dove toward us. We then ran inside and closed the door behind us to stop the pigeons. A bulge formed in the door as pigeons slammed into the other side.
"Ah!" Ladybug and Cat Noir said as the bulge formed.
"I'm not done with you yet!" Mr. Pigeon said as he rode his pigeons away. We all started running downstairs, but it wasn't long until I heard Cat Noir's ring alarm sound. He only had four minutes left for he transformed back.
"I've gotta get out of here before my secret identity is revealed!" He said.
"Yeah, you wouldn't want to let the cat out of the bag." Ladybug said. I chuckled a bit from her joke.
"Ha, ha, very funny." Cat said sarcastically. We made it to the first floor and started to head out the building. On our way out, we saw a crowd gathered on the entrance.
"The Element Gang! I'm in great danger of losing big bucks if my guests leave Paris!" The mayor said as he walked toward us. "You are going to get rid of those pigeons, aren't you?" Cat Noir's alarm sounded again and he'd got nervous.
"Of course we are, but before we do I have an urgent need." Cat said.
"An urgent need?" The mayor said as he looked at Cat. "I see, head to the royal suite. There's paper in there, but perhaps you would prefer… a litter tray?"
I then laughed and said "Good one, mayor."
"Oh right, no need for litter. But, um, could I have some camembert?" He said as he went into the elevator and it closed. Both the mayor and Ladybug looked at me with a confused look and I just shrugged as my answer.
In the Royal suite, Cat Noir was being taken by a butler.
"'Scuse me, sorry." He said as he slammed the door. "Emergency."
Then there's a knock on the door and Cat Noir opened it to find the butler.
"How do you like your camembert?" The butler asked.
"Runny!" Cat answered as he slammed the door again. There's another knock and Cat opened it again to find the butler was holding a tray.
"Unpasteurized camembert, matured for two years." The butler said as he handed Cat the silver tray.
"Thanks!" Cat said as he slammed the door again. Then the last paw on his ring disappeared and he turned back into Adrien. Plagg got out of the ring and landed on a bed.
"Oh, the exhaustion!" Plagg said as he laid there. "My poor aching body, I can't move a muscle."
"You wanna bet?" Adrien said as he walked over to Plagg and opened the tray to reveal the camembert.
"Ah, my gooeyness." Plagg said as he started devouring the cheese.
"Eat up, buddy." Adrien said. "The Element Gang needs help."
Outside of the suite, the rest of us were in a dining hall with large glass windows, looking to see if we could find Mr. Pigeon.
"Great, we can get a much better view from here." Ladybug said as we walked up to the window.
"Odd, those pigeons are flying in the same direction." I said as I looked to the flocks of pigeons that flew past us. "We better go follow them."
We then heard the elevator ding and turned to see Cat stand in it.
"Ready when you are." he said.
"Let's go!" Ladybug said as we all got in the elevator.
When we got to the top of the building, we began to follow the pigeons to a building. We then looked inside and saw a big cage full of park keepers.
"So that's where Mr. Pigeon is keeping the park keepers he abducted." I said.
"The Grand Palais." Cat said. He was about to sneeze, but Ladybug stopped him. "My pigeon radar is on high alert."
"Either your radar is on the brink or Mr. Pigeon's left the park keepers unattended." I said.
"Let's set the cat among the pigeons." Cat said.
"Hold on, cat for brains." I said as I stopped him from rushing in there. "It's too easy. I've got a plan." We then ran around the outside.
Then a pigeon flew into the building.
"Perfect timing, hootie ho!" Mr. Pigeon said after the pigeon told him. "We're ready to greet them, aren't we? They're going to fall right into my trap. It won't be long before you get your Miraculous, friend."
"I can't wait, my dear Pigeon." Hawkmoth said from his lair.
On the roof of the building, we were running up onto it.
"I found the akuma is his bird call." I said as we got to the roof. "If we can destroy it, we'll be able to capture the akuma."
"So what's the plan?" Apolloid asked.
"Okay." I said as I began to explain the plan. "Cat, you open the window, Ladybug, you'll grab him and yank him up onto the roof, then I'll snag his bird call away from him."
"Let's go, early bird gets the worm!" Cat said as he opened the skylight on the roof, but a draft of feathers hit him and he sneezed, so when Ladybug threw her yo-yo, she missed Mr. Pigeon.
"So much for the element of surprise." I said as we jumped inside to fight Mr. Pigeon, who jumped back and let the pigeons carry him. We chased Mr. Pigeon until he sounded his bird call and the pigeons came to him.
"Deedle-dee, come closer, I have a bone to peck with you." Mr. Pigeon said as the pigeons formed two spheres where his hands were.
"I'd be honored." Apolloid said as we went to attack him. Then Mr. Pigeon hit us all back toward the cage.
"Element Gang, get us out of here!" one of the park keepers said.
"Ladybug!" I said as I looked to her.
"Got it." She said as she began to use her power. "Lucky Charm!" Ladybug's Lucky Charm gave her a coin. "A coin? What am I supposed to do with this?" Ladybug said as she looked at me.
I shrugged and she then looked around, letting her thinking vision show her a beam, a vending machine, and the coin.
"You can't buy yourself out of here!" Mr. Pigeon said as he threw a sphere of pigeons at us.
Ladybug then started running towards him, slid, and used her yo-yo to wrap around his left ankle. She then jumped up to the beam and back down, making a pulley. She then ran to the vending machine at the far end, and got a bag of popcorn with the coin.
"Cat Noir!" She said as she threw it in the air. I then realized what she was doing.
"You heard her." I said to Cat. "Time to feed the pigeons."
"Yeah!" Cat said as he threw his staff, which opened the bag. With popcorn spilled on him, the pigeon would be in our favor.
"Snack time, pigeons!" I said as the pigeons surround Mr. Pigeon to get the popcorn and Ladybug pulled on her yo-yo and lifted him up by the ankle. His bird call then fell to the ground.
"My bird call! Nooo!" Mr. Pigeon said as he hung there.
"Cat Noir, grab it!" I said.
Cat then grabbed it, but then he sneezed and threw it upward. Ladybug then ran to get it, dropping Mr. Pigeon, who also ran for it. When Cat recovered, he ran toward it too. They all lunged for the bird call. Mr. Pigeon's hand landed on it first, then Cat's, then Ladybug's. Then Ladybug hit Cat's hand, breaking the bird call.
"Yes!" Ladybug said as the akuma flew out.
"Time to clip your wings, akuma." I said as I set my staff in capture mode. "Time to de-evilize!" I caught it. "Gotcha!" I said. I then released it as a purified butterfly and said "Goodbye, little guy."
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug said as tossed the coin into the air. The miraculous light fixed the bird call and returned the park keepers to their parks. Then the akuma energy converted Mr. Pigeon back into Mr. Ramier.
"What happened? Where am I?" Mr. Ramier said as he tried to recall what happened.
"Pound it!" Me, Ladybug, and Cat said as we pounded fists for a job well done.
Back in Hawkmoth's lair, Hawkmoth was furious that his villain had failed.
"Wretched pigeons, wretched Element Gang. I'll destroy every one of you!" he said as the window closed.
In Marinette's room, Marinette got back to work on her hat.
"There's no time to lose. I have less than an hour." She said as she got to work.
Back at Collège Françoise Dupont, everyone was getting ready to present their hats.
I made it there in time and almost ran into Ali in the process.
"Took you long enough." Ali whispered to me.
"Hey, at least you didn't have to run halfway across Paris to get here." I said.
Alya then called Marinette but she didn't respond.
"Where is that girl?" Alya asked as she looked for Marinette.
"Hello, Mr. Damocles," Nathalie said as she appeared on the scene holding a tablet. "I'm Mr. Agreste's executive assistant Nathalie."
"Hello, miss." Mr. Damocles said. "Pardon me, but where is Mr. Agreste?"
"I'm here." Mr. Agreste said as Nathalie held up the tablet, revealing him on it.
"Ah, uh, hello, Mr. Agreste. Welcome to our school." Mr. Damocles said.
"Does that guy even get out of his house?" I asked, which Ali answered with a shrug.
"Adrien, take Nathalie around." Mr. Agreste said and Adrien did exactly that. They went around and inspected everyone's hat designs. I even heard him compliment, I thought it was a compliment, me and Ali on our hat.
"Ah, there's Mr. Agreste." Chloé said as Mr. Damocles, Nathalie, and Adrien go up to see Juleka and Rose's hat. "He's coming this way."
"As you'll see, Mr. Agreste, our students have poured their hearts and souls into their projects." Mr. Damocles said as Marinette rushes in and carried her box over to Alya.
"Where have you been?" Alya asked. "You got your hat?"
"Yep, here." Marinette said as she took off the lid. Alya marveled at it, but then her expression darkened.
"What?" Marinette said as she looked Alya.
"But, it's the same as Chloé's." Alya said pointing her to Chloé.
"What?!" Marinette said as she looked and saw Alya was right. The judges walked over to see Chloé and Sabrina's hat.
"Um, hi, Mr. Agreste. I'm Chloé Bourgeois." Chloé said as she saw Mr. Agreste. "You know my father, André Bourgeois, the mayor?"
I had no doubt that Chloé stole the hat design from Marinette.
"Ugh, that thieving little brat!" Marinette said, furious at Chloé for stealing her design.
"Do you want me to take care of it?" Alya asked.
"I think I can handle this." Marinette said as the judges reach her hat.
"Hm." Mr. Agreste said as he inspected Marinette's hat. "Turn the tablet back to Ms. Bourgeois' hat." Nathalie does as he says. "Is this a joke?"
"No fair! Marinette copied my design!" Chloé said. "It's scandalous, how could you do that?" She then began to fake cry.
"I apologize for the situation, Mr. Agreste, but I can prove that this derby hat is my original design." Marinette said.
"Go ahead." Mr. Agreste said as Nathalie turned the tablet toward Marinette.
Marinette then began explaining about her hat. "Um, everything on my derby hat is hand-made. From the embroidery, to the weaving of the band, to the stitching of the brim. All done by myself. And last there's a special design element, that only the true designer knows about. I signed mine." She then turned the hat upside down and showed her signature on the band.
I then went over took Chloé's hat and did the same. No surprise to what I saw.
"Hey, Chloé's haves the same signature." I said as I showed everyone Marinette's signature on the band.
"Daddy!" Chloé cried out as she ran off, knocking over the pedestal where her hat rested.
"Very exquisite creation." Mr. Agreste said. "You definitely have the laboring hands of a hat maker, miss…"
"Marinette." Adrien said as he walked up beside Marinette.
"Congratulations on your demonstration, miss Marinette." Mr. Agreste said. "You're the winner."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Marinette said as she showed her gratitude.
"Adrien will wear your derby on our next advertising campaign." Mr. Agreste said.
"Awesome job, Marinette." Adrien said as he began to put on the hat. Knowing Marinette, she would use a real feather instead of a fake one so I got phone on to record this hilarious moment. Then Adrien, before he got the hat on, sneezed right in front of Marinette.
"Sorry, I'm allergic to feathers." He said as he sneezed again.
"Gesundheit!" Marinette said with a smile.
"Thanks" Adrien said as he sneezed again and walked away.
Well, that was one feather flying adventure. This event is something me, Marinette, and Adrien are gonna remember, especially with the video I got of Adrien sneezing.