Marinette was able to refocus herself, she still felt the magic running through her, though she didn't need it because she had already started feeling an attraction towards him but he didn't know that.
She had just changed into her cheerleading uniform now she was changing her hair into a ponytail, and styling it with curls and ribbons that match her uniform, then she touched up her makeup and added sparkles, with her friends doing the same next to her in the other mirrors.
"So Marinette wanna talk about Adrien?" Alya teased making the said girl jump with her hairspray.
"No do YOU wanna talk about Nino?" She tried spraying her bangs some more into a proper position.
"Fair game," Alya said returning to her own hair finalizing her hair into a ponytail.
"Alright girls. Everyone ready?" Marinette asked in excitement making the girls squeal with equal excitement.
Marinette had lost count of how often she was in awe of the blonde Isle boy.
The cheerleaders had already gotten their opening to enter the field with fanfare and were out on the field, now the band was playing the music to introduce the team, and all eyes were on the Isle boys, but Marinette's were on Adrien's, the sun highlighted his hair extra specially, but then she noticed it was because of the magic she had in her system, Adrien caught her eyeing him and he gave her a blushing but handsome smile with a wave.
She gasped at the feeling that rushed through her, then she felt the magic trying to force her to do something, she tried to hold back but she could only do so much to control herself. She couldn't find it in her to be mad at him considering he was an Isle boy and if he just wants her affection maybe this was the only way.
The first half of the game passed and the Knights were in the lead, but now it was halftime, it was cheerleaders stage now, Marinette lead the cheerleaders out to the field in synchronization, they turned towards their audience of the school, and instantly her eyes caught his, he was sweaty and his hair was slightly flattened from his helmet. He had a smirk on while he drank some Gatorade.
Marinette smiled her cheer smile that was larger just for him, then the music started with her last-minute change of song 'Ridiculous, by Mitchell Hope.' not to mention her hidden microphone. She had tried to control this urge but it got away from her, she sang her heart out while she and her cheerleaders did their national championship worthy routine, while Alya, Mylene, and Alix all sung harmony. Adrien looked at his boys in shock.
"What the hell was in that cookie," he asked with a large smile and big eyes.
"Oh my Gosh," Nino replied smiling. The song ended with Marinette on top of the pyramid with her arms in the high-V she was breathing heavily and a smile in victory as the crowd cheered.
But then Marinette vaguely heard a 'Look out' before she got hit with an apple on her back making her fall forward off of the pyramid.
She screamed ready for the impeding doom but instead of crashing Adrien was fast to drop his gear and run just in time to catch her in his arms making the crowd go wild as they stared at each other out of breath for about a minute.
"I'm in Love with you Adrien." She said with a gasping breath wrapping her arms around his neck. Adrien had never seen perfection until he held it in his arms, her legs were soft, warm, and sweaty. While she was barely heavy, no more than a large box with knickknacks.
"Finding me so irresistible you fall for me huh?" He replied cockily.
But then they both toppled because of a harsh push on his back, he went forward and they rolled for a few tumbles before they landed with him right on top of her, and then the sun really haloed him and they stared and laughed at each other before a standing figure stood over them making them look up to see Nathaniel.
"I have a new girlfriend so I don't need you pity date." A familiar redheaded boy shouted making everyone look at Nathan who now had his arms around the shoulders of Lila. They quickly kissed before Adrien rolled his eyes as they were suddenly surrounded by battle ready isle boys.
"Someone looks like he wants trouble." Ivan said as Kim cracked his knuckles while Nino helped Adrien to stand up as the girls helped Marinette to stand too. Nathaniel walked away with fear making Lila follow.
"Marinette will you go out on a date with me?" Adrien asked as they were surrounded by theirs friends.
"I would love too." She replied making them all cheer with happiness.
Adrien and his friends were all in his room the next day after school, he had chosen to wear a sleek dark green button down dress shirt with a pattern of black diamond-shaped patches on the back, he wore his letterman jacket to which he also styled with patches, he was freshly showered and clean-shaven, he had ruffled his hair into its familiar spikes. He also wore black jeans with a green diamond pattern down the legs with black and white converse.
"Not bad for an Isle boy." he said in the mirror.
"Not bad for the son of HawkMoth either going on a date with the future Queen," Nino replied making Adrien look at him in understanding but no malicious feelings.
Adrien walked out of the room and was followed by his friends towards Marinette's dorm room, he had all the nervousness of a teenage boy and his stomach dropped when the door opened, revealing not only Marinette but her 3 friends as well but his eyes were on her.
She wore another patchy dress, but this one was mostly red with few black patches and a jagged hemline and studs and spikes as decoration, with a black blazer decorated with red studs, and black ankle boots with chains as decoration, she had her hair down and in curls with a large silver ladybug barrette holding back the right side of her hair to reveal ladybug earrings.
"Wow, I think I am finally understanding the difference between pretty and beautiful." He said rather cockily, making her smile.
Marinette had shown Adrien her personal scooter to which she gladly gave him her keys much to his happiness and he gladly mounted the bike but then blushed when he felt her mount behind him and wrap her arms around his waist while her legs straddled his butt.
She had shown him how to drive it and he picked it up quickly, he happily drove like a little boy on a roller coaster, she had him park in the woods next to the hidden trail.
"take off your coat," she said removing her own jacket to show off her strapless dress, he followed suit then she began walking down a hill, he followed her in curious silence.
They were walking down a bridge when she decided to start a conversation.
"So tell me something about yourself." She asked twirling around the bridge to face him as he watched her.
"Uh. On the Isle, my gang name is Chat Noir," he said with a blush.
"Really? Interesting." She said as she felt the ring warm her finger again.
"Well, sometimes people call me Ladybug." She said with a comforting smile. Carefully she was slowing revealing the public knowledge to him that was promised to be kept secret until they were proven trustworthy.
"I can see that." He replied with the same smile.
"Ok, now you close your eyes." She said holding his hands which made him follow her instructions.
She pulled him gently along until she settled him into a good spot then stood behind him.
"Ok now open." She said making him look in the direction and when he opened his eyes he was granted with a lovely sight.
"Wow." He said looking over the sparkling clear water that you can see all the way down to the rock bed below with a broken Greek like pergola with rose vines growing over it, and a picnic laid out in the center.
"I hope you like picnics." She said climbing down the old broken stone steps that had dirt filling in the cracks and plants growing out of them.
"I guess we will see." He said following her.
She immediately handed him a jelly donut as she went for the stinky camembert cheese and cookies shoveling equal amounts in her small purse she has hanging on her hip.
"Saving some for later?" He asked before taking a bite and then shoveled it in his mouth.
"Maybe. Is this your first time?" She asked going for the strawberries.
"We don't really date much on the Isle, it's mostly just gang activity." He said licking his fingers but looked up in confusion when she laughed.
"I meant eating a jelly donut." She said dipping a strawberry in chocolate.
"Is it bad?" He asked laughing with her while finishing up his fingers.
"Just lick your lips," She said doing the same but not smudging her red lip stain.
"Can't take me anywhere." He said with laughter finishing his hands with a napkin.
"You're fine. Tell me something more about yourself." She said twisting the silver ring on her finger.
"Well I'm 19, I was Homeschooled a lot so I am very ahead in lessons and Master Fu has set me up in some of the college classes here at the Academy. I am an only child of the worst Villian HawkMoth, and I have only ever lived in one place." He said moving on to a sandwich.
"I'm similar, I was half homeschooled at least in Royalty lessons, I am turning 19 later this year and I have only lived here in Paridon. We have a lot in common." She said finishing of her own sandwich and taking a small glass and filled with filled cold lemonade and taking a good few drinks.
"No trust me we're not anything alike," He said slightly laughing sincerely making Marinette smile back at him.
"...and your gonna be Queen." He said with an impressed smile still eating a sandwich before his smile fell when he saw her uncertainty.
"What?" He asked worriedly.
"A crown doesn't make you a Queen." She said a little dejected.
"It kind of does." He said trying to lighten the mood.
"No, it..." She stopped to think for a minute.
"Your Dad is the King of Evil right?" She asked him in serious tone.
"And my parents are the poster parents of goodness, but we are not our parents we get to choose who we want to be. Right now I can look at you right now and I know you're not evil." She said holding his hand and giving him a warm smile, making him give her one in return.
"Let's go for a swim." She said standing up to slip off her boots and socks revealing her red painted toenails.
"What? Right now?" He asked looking up at her in shock.
"Yeah right now." She said holding out her hand for his but he reached for a maccha macaroon and said "No I think I'm gonna stay here and try a macaroon, I have never had one before." he said biting into it and then getting dreamy eyed and then reaching for more.
"Ok suit yourself. Don't eat all of them." She said walking off while he dug into more macaroons.
"Ok." He said with a full mouth then a minute later a red figure in the corner of his eye caught his attention and looked over to see her getting on top of a rock, he wiped his hands and stood then leaned against a pedestal.
Marinette had changed into her Ladybug one-piece swimsuit with an attached skirt around her hips but instead of dots, they were black crowns.
"Are those little crowns on your suit?" He shouted at her.
"Maybe," she said rubbing it against her belly with a laughing smile before she swan-dived into the lake.
Adrien looked away and down at the food his mind going a million miles a minute.
Marinette felt the magic of the enchanted lake do its job like she knew it would, The love spell was leaving her system and now she had control of herself. No more crazy acts like the halftime show and all she felt were her true feelings for the boy no magic hypnotizing her.
She dove down to the bottom of the lake to grasp the special rock.
She surfaced next to a flat rock leveled with the water and let her mind slip loving the feeling of her control being in her power once again, but her thoughts were disrupted by a shout of her name.
"MARINETTE?!" She heard then a splash and frantic swimming.
She quickly swam back around the cliff to see Adrien struggling to swim and dove right toward him, he felt her wrap her arms around him and helped him back to shallow water next to the pagoda, to which he quickly hauled himself onto to catch his breath.
"You scared me." He screamed at her with a look of betrayal.
"You cant swim?" She asked worriedly.
"NO." He said flipping over onto his back to sit up and relax his shaking body.
"But you live on an island." She said pointing in that general direction.
"Yeah with a barrier around it remember?" He said incredulously.
"Yet you still tried to save me." She said with an impressed smile.
"Oh and do you thank me NO. All I get is soaking wet." He said with irritation motioning to his dress clothes he took care of to make sure they were clean and pressed just for this date.
"Oh and this." She said handing him the glowing rock.
"Its magic, make a wish and throw it back in the lake." She said handing it to him before threw back in with a groan then moved back to the picnic blanket, making her get out of the water and follow him, she grabbed one of the towels and wrapped it around his shoulders before pulling the other around herself and sitting next to him.
Marinette knew from that point, and all she saw was a misunderstood boy that has a heart of gold covered in rock, that just needs to be mined.
"You know, I told you that I loved you, but you never replied." She said twirling the ring again and looking at her purse seeing the small black Kwami looking at him with stars in his eyes then nodded at Marinette.
"I don't know what love is." He said looking away with an annoyed look but a gentle hand on his cheek gently pulled him back to look at her and she has a caring smile and understanding eyes.
"Then let me teach you." She said retrieving her hand and pulling off the silver ring.
"Here take this." She said holding out to him.
"Is this you proposing?" he said looking at the ring and in a cocky tone but with no smile making her chuckle.
"No silly, this is a sign of my affection for you, never take this off and don't lose it its a very special ring to me and maybe someday you will be told its story." She said putting the ring on his right hands ring finger. Adrien stared at the ring and fisted his hand he felt a comforting warmth from the jewel, Looking back at the smiling Princess he smiled back at her before wrapping an arm around her pulling her into his wet embrace.
Back in remedial Goodness class the next day.
Master Fu approached his students.
"Ok children, I have a special surprise for you." He said gaining their attention from their studies.
"As you know Parents day is today and due to... Uh... distance we have arranged for a special treat." Master Fu said pulled up a TV then turned it on to reveal HawkMoth and the other parents.
"Hello, my son," HawkMoth said he was without his mask so all we were now was Gabriel Agreste, and noting his attire that was cleaner and well put together.
"Hello, father," Adrien said coming up to the TV keeping his hands by his side showing respect for his father, but he was unaware of what he was able to hide from his father by doing this.
"I see you're doing well," Gabriel said trying to show concern for him but was failing and instead kept a straight face.
"Yes, sir. We all are," Adrien said raising his arms lightly motioning to his friends but still not showing his hands, not purposefully anyway.
"When will I get to see you," Gabriel asked but Adrien understood his meaning.
"There is a big coronation coming up so I'm thinking sometime after that," Adrien said.
"WHEN?" Gabriel said.
"Friday 10 am," Adrien said with a smile.
"Then I will see you then," Gabriel said before the TV turned off, Adrien looked down at his clenched fist and at the ring Marinette gave him.
"Man he didn't let my Dad talk," Nino complained going back to his seat.
"Me neither," Kim said while Ivan stayed silent.
"Sorry guys," Adrien said returning to his seat as well.
"I'm sorry as well." Master Fu said with disappointment.
"Thank you for the special treat Master Fu," Kim said as they gathered their bags to leave.
"Of course." Master Fu said.
"Hey Adrien, what do you think our parents would do if we fail?" Nino asked with a look of worry.
"We won't fail so we won't think about it," Adrien said walking out with the guys following him.
Later that night they were in Adrien and Nino's dorm room.
"Ok, so Kim you get the keys to the limo and have it ready once we have the miraculous we can meet you and head straight for the Isle. Ivan your on guard duty making sure we have a clear shot to the Limo." Adrien explained going over the coronation day plan.
"Nino take this, two sprays and the driver will be out like a light," Adrien said handing over a cologne spray bottle.
"OK," Nino said taking the small bottle. The boys all separated and Adrien went to his Father's spell book and looked through it. Nino looked at the page and saw the spell he was studying.
"Adrien? Are you planning on removing the love spell on Marinette?" Nino asked looking at his best friend.
"Yeah. I figured you know once we take over the world wouldn't a love spell be extra... Cruel?" He said giving his best friend an unsure but innocent look.
"Dude," Nino said before giving Adrien a bro hug. Kim and Ivan looked at each other and joined in all feeling the same.
Out in the garden for Parents day.
The Isle boys arrived in their Sunday best and immediately went to the buffet Kim and Ivan battling over the chocolate fountain and Adrien made a grab for the macaroons.
"Adrien over here." He heard looking over then going to meet with Marinette and her 2 parents. She wore a gorgeous red and black dress that went to her thighs, a small red ruffle along the edge, and a black blazer.
"Adrien these is my parents, King Tom and Queen Sabine," Marinette said introduced them making Adrien nervous but he smiled and waved.
"Mom, Dad, this is my new boyfriend Adrien." She said pointing to him before a tall shadow loomed over him and he suddenly got very nervous as the large King reached for him.
"Dad wait." Marinette cried out before those big arms wrapped around him securely then he was enveloped in a strong bear hug.
"OOF" Adrien said as he was knocked against the mans hard shoulder.
"Well hello, there Isle boy, nice to finally meet you." Adrien heard as his spine was popping and his legs dangled.
"Thank you... sir. Its a... pleasure to... be here." Adrien said in the hug but gasped and stretched when he was set down.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Adrien." Queen Sabine said coming up to shake his hand which he gladly took.
"Come, lets all play come croquet and then get together for lunch." King Tom said leading everyone away after Adrien called his friends.
"Well, that could have ended better." Nino said as they all returned to Adrien's dorm room.
"We don't need to worry about it," Adrien said fisting his hand until his knuckles turned white.
All of the boys were nursing their own broken spirits, parents day had not gone well, an old enemy of HawkMoth had recognized the family resemblance in Adrien and had publicly humiliated him causing a ruckus and Nino spraying them to protect Adrien as was his job, which to every one of their disappointment put Marinette on the spot as center of attention and blame for bringing villainy back to the Kingdom.
"I can't believe even after all of that she still stood up for us," Kim said in astonishment although all of the other girls had given them the cold shoulder, Marinette had stood up for all of them even when her own parents had blamed her.
"The future Queen, Ladies and Gentlemen," Nino said to the newscast on the TV showcasing Marinette's failure and questioning her rights as Queen while showing what happened and the boys felt so embarrassed.
"We don't need to worry about that anymore, once we have the miraculous it won't matter to us, cause were Rotten..." Adrien said with all evilness and anger seeping from his body.
"...To the core." The boys replied.
Adrien wore an impressive military type suit of black with gold studs and decorations with green accents, he sat in the carriage then watched as the Princess mounted the carriage and sat next to him with a sure of herself smile on her face, she was wearing a lovely gown of pink lace and a high collar, her hair was curled up into a lovely bun made for a Queen's crown. (A/N; Imagine Mal's coronation gown but in pink.)
"Hello, there." She said happily as she settled her dress before the carriage took off.
"Hey," He replied with a small smile.
"Don't be upset. I promise that I am handling it." She said wrapping her arm under his and squeezed it pressing her face against it. He couldn't help but feel bad. He looked down in his hand at the small green box that held the cupcake, he hesitated for a moment as they passed the townspeople while heading towards the chapel.
"Here I made this for you, to help you get your strength back," he said handing it to her which she took and opened it to hold the cupcake.
"No, not now it's for later." He said quickly but quietly before looking around to see who was watching too closely.
"Always thinking." She said with a smile but then went on to say "But I can't wait." She said as she took a generous bite enjoying the flavor and feeling the anti-love spell spreading through her body and smiled at the tingly feeling.
"NO." He lightly shouting grabbing for the cupcake but was too late. "Feel anything?" He said nervously.
"I don't know but let's wait and see when the anti-love spell takes effect." She said cleaning up her fingers with a smile.
"Yeah. Wait what? You knew?" He said exasperatingly.
"That you spelled me? Yeah, I knew from the moment I ate the cookie I have spent my entire life training my body to feel the effects of magic to protect myself. That's why our first date was at the enchanted lake, the water deactivates all magic spells, But I wanted to give you a chance so AKA the date, which you showed me exactly what I believed." She explained cleaning up in a compact mirror.
"So you have just been faking it?" He asked solemnly looking down at the ring.
"No, I haven't been faking anything. My heart raced when I first saw you, so I didn't need to fake anything." She said taking his hand pulling his face up to look at her while giving him a sincere smile.
"Well, Well. I see my son has become a Prince." HawkMoth said watching the news and impressed, then he saw a certain silver glimmer on Adrien's hand and he smiled the largest smile he has ever had.
Adrien stood next to the thrones and watched as Master Fu opened the Miraculous box to reveal the Fox Miraculous, the turtle Miraculous, the bee miraculous, and the Ladybug miraculous.
Marinette bowed in front of him and they all watched as Master Fu held out the earrings with a very majestic sword.
"Do you solemnly swear to uphold the law and be a fair ruler to the Kingdom of Paridon?" Master Fu asked addressing Marinette who sat in the throne and stared forward with a straight face.
"I solemnly swear so to do." She said with a smile.
"Then I hereby honor you with..." Master Fu said but the earrings were snatched from his hand along with the other miraculous'. The crowd gasped in surprise as the unknown person felt the earrings power electrify not knowing the barrier around the isle had fallen.
"Yes." HawkMoth said changing into a large butterfly and flying off from the Isle toward the Chapel.