Ch.5 Classroom 101
It's been a week since the field trip, and everything went back to normal. Or so it seemed. Nothing really changed much. Nino and Nath were doing pretty alright, and the whole class seemed unfazed by the fact that their beloved classmate just so happened to be the future. But hey I digress as an author.
"Hey, Mari you ok?" Nino quietly asked while was lecturing about Akumas and how their culture works.
"Nino for the tenth time, I'm alright, now will you quit your complaining, I'm trying to focus here." The aspiring fashion designer demanded, with a little pout on her face.
"Now class, today we will be learning about the Akumas and the kind of rule they run."
"As you already know, the Akumas live in a Monarch-based society. The royal family, also known as the Agreste family." The class nods their heads, allowing the teacher to continue.
"In the family, a male is always born, and only male." Some of the girls had a disappointed look on their face.
"The reason behind it being only male is because of a curse…" The look on the teacher's face turned into a frown. 'A curse?!' Marinette thought.
"This curse sets three distinct rules unto the King of the Akumas." She continues on.
"Three?" Marinette said out loud.
"Yes -Cheng, three .The first being that the family may only and only give birth to one healthy male child. That child is destined to be prince. The second requirement is that child has god-like powers, capable of destroying worlds if he so chooses." Half the class gulped at this.
"D-d-destroy worlds?!" A female student screeched.
"An-and he's here?!" Another student yelled in alarm.
"Oh my god we're gonna die!" Another student claimed.
"Class please remain calm!" tried to pacify her students.
"Yeah right, like as if that's possible!" Another student said in denial.
" what if these Akuma people said that so that we fear them and their Monarch?!" A random student said.
"He does have a good point…" Another student remarked.
"I keep telling you guys these Akuma peeps aren't good!" Another student claimed.
"Students please that's enough!" The teacher yelled. Not wanting to fuel the flames, Marinette simply remained silent the whole time, while the class was arguing with itself on the lesson.
"Mari you ok?" Nino whispered to the peeved Bluenette. She simply looked at him with a blank stare.
"I don't know Nino, I honestly don't have a single clue." She merely gives as she just remains silent the whole time.
"Wait a second !" Some random student called.
"Yes ?!"
"Marinette Dupain -Cheng is the prince's soulmate!" She claimed. The entire class went silent. Sweat dripped down her face fast.
'Crap! Now what?!' She thought. Nino also grew nervous too.
"M-Marinette, is this true?" The teacher asked in alarm. The interregated student could only look at her desk, stares burning through her soul, judging her.
"I-I don't kno-w what you're taking about Ma'am, never met him before." She lied. The teacher didn't seem to buy it, and neither was the class.
"Some soulmate he turned out to be…" Nath muttered to himself. But the rest of the class heard due to the silence filling up the classroom.
"So you've met t-the prince?!" A random student asked. Marinette looked down her desk, resuming to give an answer or a look.
"Ok class that's enough, we are pressed for time, you may ask Ms. Dupain-Cheng questions after the lesson.
"As I was saying the final requirement of the curse, is a rather peculiar one." She starts.
"Because it involves a soulmate prophesied to be the future queen of the Akumas." The teacher looks to Marinette, then gazed around the class to notice other students stealing glances of their lovable classmate."
"The soulmate has the powers of creation within her, balancing the powers of destruction the future king has. So if the king can destroy worlds, the queen can create worlds full of life." She finishes with a smile on her face.
'Wa-ait powers?!'
"Now class any questions?" the teacher offered. Marinette shakily raises her hand, causing some unusual stares, mainly from Nino and Nath.
"B-but I don't have any powers…" Mari claims.
"That's the thing, apparently the future Queens powers lay dormant until they are discovered by the King, and well I'm not really sure honestly…"
"This is like way too unrealistic to be true, like for a person to hold that much power?! That's… just like a fairy tail…" A student speaks. A couple of people around her nods their heads in agreement.
"Honestly I don't really believe in this, it could just be a scam to get us on their good side or something for all we know." Nath states. Marinette's eyes widen at Nath, Nino had on a neutral look.
"If you're all done with your chit-chat, I'm still not done. What makes the third requirement the strangest of them all is the fact that the Queen brings good luck to her kingdom, while the King brings bad luck."
"Isn't the modern queen of the Akumas like no more?" Nino asks unsure.
"Yes, she had passed away 10 years ago apparently…" she informs. Marinette felt sad for the prince at this.
"He lost his mother at such a young age…." She whispered as she shed a single tear down her face. Nino looked at his friend in concern, but she still looked to the board lost in her own thoughts of the prince.
After Class
"Omg Marinette is it true?!" A student asked.
"Yeah spill girl!" another girl demanded.
"Is he scary? Does he have fangs?!" Another concerned voice asked.
"Ha ya right I bet you just spread that rumor so that people will actually like you or something." Some girl said.
"Ya! You're just an attention hoar!"
"You not even pretty!"
"What could boring lil Mari offer that could make her a Princess let alone a queen." Tears were building in her bluebell eyes, but she refused to let them spill. She just walked away from the crowd.
"Hey leave her alone you fuckers!" Nino shouted at the crowd.
"Ya what gives you the damn right to ridicule her you salty ass tards!" Nath screeched.
"Don't you think that maybe she's had enough of your crap!" Nath continued.
"She's been through enough as it is!" Nino explained.
"Ya right! If I were betrothed by a prince I'd be ecstatic!"
"Oh with the prince! Such a wonderous romantic adventure, I envy her!"
"Just imagine all the food she could eat!"
"You guys make me sick!" Nath screeched causing the whole crowd to look at him.
"That guy is a monster, and she is soulmates with with, with that thing!" He further ranted on.
"Dude- For crying out loud he assaulted her!" Nath quickly covered his mouth, while Nino had his lower jaw hanging down his face. The crowd went silent at what the tomato head said.
"OMG! EWWWWWW!"
"SHE GOT JACKED!?"
"DAMN WAY TO GET SOME MARI!" The crowd started to laugh. Marinette heard from a distance and just ran. She ran out of the school ashamed and stressed.
She enters the Bakery, her parents greeting her with hellos and why she came home early, but they noticed the tears in her eyes and grew concerned. The bluenette fell on her bed, hugging a cat-like pillow to soothe the pain she was feeling as she bawled out into the pillow.
Author's Note:
I feel like this chapter is too short compared to the other ones and cringy, but I wanted to give information on the Akuma's government and how they run themselves. Of course, I didn't go through it all so yeah… I also wanted to give different perspectives of different people and on how they feel. There are those in fear and are willing to go to war, those in denial, and those that fantisize. Anyways have a great day and enjoy the chappie?