Chapter 3, here I come!
Marinette, Adrien, and Avery walk into the library.
Marinette: Ok, you can't stay too long, and try to keep quiet, if anyone recognizes you, they'll be pretty suspicious.
Avery: Got it.
Adrien: Just stay at this table, we'll be right back.
Avery: Wait, you aren't gonna sit with me?
Marinette: Sorry, we have a project to work on, and our group members were in our class last year, and they remember the chem lab incident.
Avery: That was Chloe's fault, ugh. Well, I'll be right here at my table if either of you need me, (under her breath) not like you ever do.
Marinette and Adrien walk away.
Rose: Oh good, you're here!
Adrien: Yeah, we would've been here sooner, but we were distracted by that superhero battle outside!
Nathaniel: Good thing Ladybug and Cat Noir came to break it up, otherwise things would have gotten real ugly real fast.
Avery: (to herself) Tadashi and I could've handled it.
Peeka: Look's like somebody's jealous.
Avery: I'm not, really, it's just, I wish I had the chance to be the hero for once. No one ever really acknowledges me unless it's about me helping the main team. I always get pushed aside, you know?
Peeka: I hate to tell you this, but this isn't something new for Apidae. Every bee hero from the beginning of time has been underestimated, treated like less of a person than the stronger Miraculous holders, I think that's why the bee comb hasn't been active for so long. But don't let that get you down, Aves, you're full of potential, and your time will come for you to become legendary just like your friends, you just need to unlock it.
Avery: You're right. I guess I should get back to school so I'm not late for math class.
Mireille: Ok, Chloe, your turn. Chloe? Chloe?
Chloe: Who is that girl? She looks familiar, she kind of looks like me, only less pretty. (walks over)
Jean: What about the project?
Sabrina: Forget her, she's uncontrollable.
Chloe: Um, who are you?
Avery: (turns around) Someone who was just leave...Chloe!?
Chloe: Avery!? What are you doing here?
Avery: I-I...uh...gotta go! (runs out) Good going, Avery, she TOTALLY bought that! Why do I even try?
Chloe: Wait up!
Avery: My sister knows I'm here, tell Fred I'm ready to go, and fast!
Tadashi: Ok, I'm typing as fast as I can. The portal should open in... (the portal appears) right now!
Hiro, Tadashi, and Baymax go through the portal. Right when Avery is about to enter it, Chloe runs into her, accidentally pushing them both through.
Chloe: What just happened? Where am I?
Avery: I wish I could explain, but it's top secret, and I really have to get back to school. We'll talk later, alright?
Chloe nods, Fred reactivates the portal, Avery goes back to school.
Tadashi: Are you ok?
Chloe: Yeah, I'm fine, but where are we? And who are you?
Tadashi: I'm Tadashi, Hiro's brother, I think you two have met.
Hiro: What you saw here today has to remain a secret. No one can know that we're superheroes, or that we have a teleportation portal.
Chloe: Wait, so you're the same Hiro that Avery likes? She's been dating a superhero and didn't even tell me?
Hiro: Chloe, there are some things that she just can't tell you, it's for security reasons.
Chloe: What else is she hiding from me?
Tadashi: That's up to her to decide if she wants you to know the truth. We need to send you back, promise you won't tell anyone about what you saw here today, ok?
Chloe: I promise, just let me go back to school, I'll even do the stupid project!
Fred: Uh, I think I broke it.
Hiro: What!?
Fred: It won't turn on.
Tadashi: Let me see it, ok, minor setback, we should be able to fix this. Don't worry, Chloe, this shouldn't take too long to fix.
Chloe: You'd better fix that thing fast or I'm telling Daddy!
Fred: (whispering) Is she always irritating?
Hiro: (whispering) Unfortunately, yes.
Avery runs into math class.
Avery: Sorry I'm late!
Chris: A whole ten minutes late to be exact.
Mr. Brown: Please, take your seat. I'll let you off the hook since it it the first day of school, but in the future, I have no tolerance for lateness and will give detentions to those who walk in after the bell.
Avery sits in her seat.
Chris: Hey, you need help on that problem?
Avery: Why, do you?
Chris: What kind of comeback is that?
Avery: Don't know, don't care. (works)
Chris: So, Avery...
Avery: Get a life. (works)
Chris: How was your vacation with Hiro?
Avery: How did you know about that?
Chris: Jewel told me, so, did you guys...
Avery: No, the answer is no, nothing happened, no!
Mr. Brown: Avery...
Avery: Sorry.
Chris: Are you SURE nothing happened.
Avery: I am prepared to pay you to stop talking to me.
Mr. Brown: Enough, both of you! I hate to have to give detention on the first day of school, but you leave me no choice.
Avery: But...I can't get detention! It'll ruin my perfect record! And besides, he started it!
Chris: You think I'm thrilled about this, princess? I've never gotten detention either!
Mr. Brown: I'm sorry, but nothing either of you have to say will change my mind.
Avery: I am so done with this day.
The school day is over at College Francois Dupont. Marinette, Adrien, Alya, and Nino leave the school.
Alya: I can't believe you have to do a group project.
Marinette: It's not so bad, we got a good group, and we aren't stuck with Chloe!
Adrien: Speaking of which, where was she today? When we went back to Mr. Haprele's class she wasn't there.
Nino: She was probably just having a bad hair day!
Marinette: Yeah, that sounds like Chloe!
Alya: Did you guys see what happened outside earlier? It was the coolest!
Adrien: Yep, everyone's been talking about it!
Nino: Wait, did I miss something?
Alya: There was this epic superhero fight, and then Ladybug and Cat Noir stepped in and put an end to it, and these other two heroes showed up, it was so awesome! Well, I'll see you tomorrow. (exits)
Adrien: Bye.
Nino: Later.
They exit. Marinette receives a phone call, she answers.
Marinette: Hello?
Hiro: Hi, so we accidentally took Chloe home with us, and now the portal's broken, and she's driving me crazy! How do you deal with her?
Marinette: Um, I don't think you wanna get on her bad side, I'm not the right person to ask in this situation. How long until the portal's up and running again?
Hiro: Tadashi and I have been working on it for the past hour, although it feels like five. Oh wait, I think I've got it! Chloe, you're going home!
Chloe: Finally, took you long enough.
Hiro turns on the portal, Chloe jumps through and lands on Marinette.
Marinette: Agh! Real mature, Hiro!
Hiro: Hey, she made it home safe!
Marinette: You dropped her off on my head!
Hiro: I gotta go, talk to you later! (hangs up)
Chloe: Wait, you know about the portal too? First Avery, then Hiro, now you? That's it, I want the truth!
Marinette: I'm hiding nothing, just go home.
Marinette and Chloe exit in opposite directions. Later, in the Hamadas' garage, Tadashi is lecturing Fred.
Tadashi: Now, Fred, what are you not going to do?
Fred: Touch the portal unless you say it's ok?
Tadashi: Yes, and that goes for everything in this lab.
Avery sneaks in and bumps into a desk.
Tadashi: Fred, what did I just say?
Fred: I didn't touch anything!
Avery: I'm guilty.
Hiro: What are you doing here?
Avery: I kind of live here now, I thought I'd drop by.
Hiro: Oh, you convinced your mom to move here?
Avery: No, I took a bus, and I have no intention of going back.
Hiro: You shouldn't have done that, do you realize how worried your family must be?
Avery stares in shock, remembering the boy in the woods. Suddenly, it all starts to piece together.
Avery: That was you.
Hiro: Huh?
Avery: When I was a little girl, I tried to run away from school, and while I was in the woods, I met this boy, and he said the exact same thing to me, and, you look just like him.
Hiro: You were that girl with the Mickey Mouse hoodie! Whoa, freaky. But really, you need to go back home, you can't just leave your mom to go live out on the streets alone.
Avery: Hiro, this is my home now, and you can't convince me otherwise. I'm done with putting up with being constantly treated like dirt. People here accept me for who I am, I can never go back.
Tadashi: Your mom accepts you, and she's probably worried sick.
Avery: A teacher gave me detention for something that wasn't my fault, and I have never gotten a detention in my entire life. It only takes one to ruin my chances of excellency later in life, so I made a run for it. But that's not the only reason I left. Kids have been tormenting me all day. I mean, it's sort of Marinette and Katrina's faults, but neither of them meant any harm. To make a long story short, Marinette thought it was a good idea to take a picture of us asleep on the beach, and she sent it to me, and when Katrina saw it, her reaction wasn't exactly quiet. She promised she wouldn't tell, but it's hard to get her to shut her mouth. And Chris can spread whatever rumors he wants, as long as I don't have to hear them, I don't care.
Tadashi: Avery, you know you can't stay in San Fransokyo, especially not all alone on a street corner.
Avery: I can take care of myself, besides, I'll have Peeka with me.
Fred: Why don't you just stay in the garage?
Hiro: Fred! Don't encourage her. Avery, you need to go home.
Avery: I can't believe this. (exits)
Tadashi: Baymax, go make sure she doesn't get mugged. Bring her back here when she falls asleep.
Baymax exits.
Fred: I guess I'd better head home, I'll be on the lookout for Avery, let you know if I find her.
Hiro: Ok, see you tomorrow. (phone rings) Oh, now what? (answers) Hello?
Adrien: Hiro, I have a problem.
Hiro: So do I, I don't really have time for...
Adrien: Please, this is important.
Hiro: What's wrong?
Adrien: You know how that peacock pin is actually my dad's old Miraculous?
Hiro: Yes.
Adrien: Someone stole it. I took it to school with me, bad idea, I know, I emptied my bag and checked every pocket, it's not here.
Hiro: Ok, don't jump to conclusions, maybe it just fell out.
Adrien: It could be anywhere right now, if that pin falls into the wrong hands, I could've unleashed a new threat on Paris, and it's all my fault!
Hiro: Don't freak out just yet. So tell me, did you take it out of your bag at any point today?
Adrien: I didn't...wait, Nathaniel. He took it out of my bag. He put it back after I told him to, but maybe he took it when I wasn't looking?
Hiro: Hm... what would Nathan want with a Miraculous?
Adrien: I don't think he knew what it was, he probably just wanted it. Either way, I have to get it back! Not only can it cause disaster if used for evil...
Plagg: The world will run out of camembert!?
Adrien: No Plagg, the Peacock Miraculous is one of the only links to my mom. Without it, I might never find her.
Hiro: I promise you, we'll find her. I'm not letting you lose your parents forever like I lost mine. I'm here for you.
Adrien: Thanks. So, what's your emergency?
Hiro: Avery ran away to live on the streets of San Fransokyo and I can't convince her to go home. Baymax and Fred are out looking for her, but I'm really worried.
Adrien: Good luck, Avery's sort of like a wild horse, she does what she wants when she wants to and runs over anything that gets in her path. She's not easy to control is my point, she can't even control herself sometimes, and this seems to be one of those cases.
See you in the next chapter!
