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((chapter 6))

"Captain Sancoeur!" another PPP agent joined them, as Marinette and Natalie entered another elevator. This elevator had walls of glass, allowing Marinette to see more of PPP.

"Bridgette. Report." Nathalie addressed the agent. "Princess Annabeth has had a successful extraction, she'll arrive at 5:25," The agent followed them out of the elevator. " Princess Luna is still rejecting all attempts at transformation, said somthing about Narkles? Oh, and Princess Elizabeth is in need of our services."

Marinette wondered what kinds of threat these other princesses were facing. What if Hawkmoth attacks their kingdoms too? She bit her lip as she thought of other royal families being dragged away, or hurt, by Akumas. If Hawkmoth gains full control over France, his next move would definitely be world domination.No. Marinette mentally slapped herself. As long as Master Fu and the other agents of the PPP are around. Hawkmoth will never win.

"Come along" Nathalie gestured for Marinette to hurry up as the agent named Bridgette hurried off.

"Where will you be sending me?" Marinette questioned. "Nowhere, for now. First you must go through stage three; transformation."

"We will start with your hair." Nathalie pointed to where several girls, whom Marinette supposed were princesses, were getting their hair washed, cut and dyed. "And then the wardrobe. Until you are unrecognizable as a princess." Agents hurried back and forth the room carrying armloads of hats, jeans, boots and more to the waiting princesses. A pair of blue sunglasses clattered to the ground next to Marinette's foot.

"Oh! You dropped this." She picked it up and handed them to the agent who dropped it.

"Thanks" The agent smiled sheepishly before hurring off.

"You're welcome" Marinette called after the agent as Nathalie sat her down in front of a mirror.

"This princess needs a haircut." She instructed one of the barbers.

"Wait!" Marinette frowned and crossed her arms. It had taken her months to grow her hair this long and she didn't want all her effort chopped off. Especially by a stranger. "I hardly know any of you! I want to speak to Master Fu, I only trust him" Sure, she had only known Master Fu for a few hours, but her mother had said she trusted him, so Marinette trusted Master Fu, and only Master Fu. Not these agents on some faraway island who wanted to snip off all her hair, give her odd clothes and throw her out to some foreign country. The only real threat I see now is being frozen to death like Princess Avantika. Marinette shivered. Nathalie sighed and signaled for an Agent to go fetch Master Fu.

*

"Is something wrong, Ladybug?" Master Fu tapped her chair with his cane.

"Take me back to my country" Marinette demanded.

"Princess, I'm sorry, but Hawkmoth has taken over the palace, and he will do anything to get his hands on you." Master Fu sighed softly.

"But I must go back!" Marinette hopped out of her chair indignantly.

"And you will. As soon as we find a way to legally remove him." Master Fu sat her down and explained in a sympathetic voice. "Ladybug, you are the only heir to the French throne. If Hawkmoth captures you, all he needs to do is get rid of you and he will gain control over all of France." He pinched his nose. "You need to do this for the people of Paris. You're their only hope, which is why we need to protect you in any way we can." "What about my mother? Who's protecting her?" Marinette clenched her fists as the memory of the queen being dragged away by Akumas floated into her mind.

"You are" Master Fu patted her shoulder. "As long as you're with our program you'll be safe. And by doing this you'll be giving your mother hope that help is on the way. Besides, if your haircut is bad we can always give you a wig as long as Rapunzel's!" He winked, causing Marinette to smile.

*

After an eternity of snips and chops, it was done. "You can open your eyes now, Princess." Marinette hesitantly opened her eyes, gasping in shock. Her once waist length hair now reached just below her shoulders, and was separated into two neat pigtails, tied by red ribbons. It wasn't quite so bad as she thought it would be, although she much preferred her former hairstyle.