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Chaotic

Scar Tissue

Bluebell eyes stared at the sea. She really didn't see what was so special. Why would Plagg leave her every day to come here? In her mind, it just didn't make any sense. But this place was nice. Marinette could see why he liked to come here, even if the reason eluded her. It was calm, voices that plagued her mind washed away like the waves crashing on the sandy beach.

She wished that she had worn shorts or anything that wasn't her usual pink pants. Sure she could take off the flats she normally wore and let the cool water tickle her toes, but walking home in soggy pants wouldn't be fun. And it would make people look at her with their questioning gazes. She hated being looked at like people wanted to pry into her mind or like she was utterly insane. SHE HATED IT! And one day she would find a way to show them that she wasn't as crazy as they thought she was. There was something inhuman out there, and it didn't matter if they couldn't see it because she could. And one day they would too. She just had to find a way to make them believe.

"Uh, Plagg?" She said looking over at him. He hovered close to where the waves crashed against the golden sand. His face looked calm as the breeze rustles through his whiskers. Had he just wanted to come here to look out at the sea? She was hoping for something way more exciting than just standing here. When he didn't answer she voiced again. "Plagg?"

"Yeah." He hummed at her.

"Is this all you do here? I was expecting something... more?" She said quizzically, unsure of what exactly she had thought he did out here.

"It's the ocean, what did you expect?" He asked sharply. "It's not like I go on underwater adventures."

She glanced away from him. Maybe she did expect him to tell her that he secretly went on underwater adventures under the sea. Just coming out here to stare wasn't that fun. Although it probably would have been better if she had thought to bring her notebook. The ocean could be a rather inspiring place. The way the waves rippled as they licked at the sandy beach. The way that the golden rays of the sun gleamed off the bright blues of the vast unknown in front of her.

"Are you looking for something?" She asked without thinking. If he was coming here almost every day just to look at the ocean he had to have some reason.

"Yeah."

"A jewel or gem?" She asked quizzically.

"My wife." His voice passive, like he didn't even realize that he was answering her.

"Wife?"

"With her luck, I thought her chosen would be here, but my bad luck must be keeping her away."

"Chosen?" Marinette couldn't understand what he was saying. Suddenly nothing made sense.

He turned his gaze from the sea and frowned. "I guess there's no harm in telling you since you're my chosen. An evil has arisen and you have to fight."

"What?" She yelled at him, probably looking crazy to any onlookers. "You can't just decide that! I don't even know how to fight."

"You don't have to worry about that. My magic will help you."

"Magic?" Her bluebell eyes light up. Magic that normal people said didn't exist. Magic that could show them that they were wrong. Magic that could prove she wasn't insane like they all thought. She could show them that there was a world beyond what they all thought they knew.

She grinned widely at him. "When can I start fighting this evil?"

Adrien hated the coral city. In many ways, it was the prison that he could never escape from. Or maybe it wasn't the bright red city that he hated. No, it was probably the fact that he could never actually go to the city his father ruled over. Ther merfolk knew him to be the prince, so even if he could have slipped away from his guard it wasn't like they would treat him like just another commoner.

The only time he could truly enjoy the beauty of his homeland was when he gazed at it from afar. The red coral that they carved their home out of, on the side of a steep underwater cliff, wasn't only pretty to look at but also shielded them. The only part of their reef that was even remotely visible was the castle that he and his father lived in.

Luckily, Adrien had been able to sneak away from the castle yet again, to go to his favorite part. The shallowest part of the ocean that he dared to venture to. The sunlight could easily hit his face and made the earrings Tiki had talked him into wearing sparkle, and all he had to do was stare up to see the sky.

"Is this where you found me?" Tiki asked, her deep blue eyes looking around.

"Yeah." He nodded. His green eyes only gazing up.

"Do you want to go up there?"

He waited a moment before shaking his head at her. "It's forbidden to leave the water."

"You already agreed to be my Ladybug and save the humans from HawkMoth."

"Lucky Beetle." He corrected. Ladybug sounded too girly for him. "

"How can you have the humans when you won't leave the water."

"I'll find a way." He hummed softly.

Tiki looked around, making sure nobody was around to see them. "Don't you think it would look cool if you had spots on your tail?"

He flicked his tail, turning to her with confusion written all over his face. "Spots on my tail? What?"

She smiled deviously as she zipped into his earrings in a spiral of red magic. Sure it was an awful thing to do, tricking him like that, but she was sure it would be fine. Besides, how could he save the human's from the evil HawkMoth when he refused to disobey his father's command and leave his home. Even if she had to force it on him, Adrien would be free of this tight hold his father had on him.

"Tiki!" He yelled as the magic swirled around him, engulfing him. At first, it was just a warm feeling, but once the magic covered his face, he felt as if he could no longer breathe.

He thrashed, trying his best to do something, though he wasn't sure what. Was this how he was going to die? That would be pretty ironic for a merman to drown. So he flailed his arms, but his whole body froze once one of his arms broke the water's surface.

He had disobeyed his father. He had broken the number one rule, even if he hadn't meant to. But he didn't know what else to do.

After a moment, he forced his head above the water, gasping loudly at his first real breath of air. His green eyes looked over to the beach. For the first time in his life, he realized how close he was to the human's that he had longed to be a part of. Though the water wasn't shallow enough for him to stand in, it wasn't so deep that he would be fully submerged.

A part of him wanted to go back. Wanted to force himself under the water, even knowing the burn his lungs would feel from not having the air he needed. But he had already disobeyed his father so much just by breaching the surface world. It would be too much to actually walk on the land that the humans resided on.

Swimming a bit closer was harder than he thought without his tail, but he managed. By the time he got close enough to the shore to be able to sit in the ocean without drowning his legs were exhausted. But in the moment that his legs give out and he falls to the liquid with a splash, he finally feels everything he had missed. The light of the sun, beating down and warming his skin. The cool salty breeze licking at his skin and drying his damp golden hair.

Then it hits him...

"Tiki?" He called, green eyes skimming the horizon and glancing at the beach.

She didn't seem to be there. The only thing that resembled her was the tight, perhaps too tight, one-piece, red and black spotted, suit that he wore.

"Tiki." He called again, forcing himself up on unsteady legs.

One step towards the beach.

Two steps away.

Three steps to.

One step away.

He wanted to, but his father. Though it really didn't matter anymore. He didn't know how to get home when his gills were gone.

Not knowing what to do, he brushed his hair from his face and looked up at the clear sky. "Now what?"