\\Alya P.O.V\\

/2 days before/

After Marinette ran away, I looked everywhere. (and I mean everywhere) I didn't see her again yesterday. She missed classes. I went to the Dupain-Cheng Bakery. They didn't even know Marinette was missing. Chloe wasn't sorry at all. She just doesn't care about any human being! Everyone seemed really worried. I made sure to contact the police to start looking for her.

It was hard to continue classes without her. It was so empty. Another strange Thing is Ladybug disappeared that day too. Chat and Ladybug were going to do an interview and she never showed up. Chat told us that he wasn't able to contact her and the screen just went to black when he called.

The bell rang.

"Alright, class. Time to start," exclaimed Ms. Bustier, looking down at her paper.

"Where's Chloe?" I heard Nino whisper to Adrien behind me.

That's strange. Chloe usually shows up early. (mostly to bug me and Marinette) Sabrina sat quietly by herself, looking at the door every second. She must be worried about Chloe. Wait. what is Chloe is missing too? What if someone is kidnapping people? What if-

The door burst open. A frazzled, tired Chloe was there. Her papers were falling out of her bag and her hair wasn't even brushed.

" nice of you to join us," said Ms. Bustier.

"I'm sorry. My alarm wasn't working and I couldn't find my hairbrush and I lost my binder and-"

"That's quite enough. You're starting to sound like Ms. Dupain-Cheng."

Few laughed at this. Chloe slumped in her seat. The class started to giggle. Chloe was one of the best put together person in the class. She would never be late. Why does she have so many excuses? Ms. Bustier was right. Chloe was acting like Marinette. What going to happen next? Is someone going to start making fun of Chloe? Ha.

"Chloe looks so ugly," someone whispered at the back of the class. Another person laughed.

Oh no.

Suddenly, I got this urge to make fun of her. to treat her how she treated Marinette. I wanted to give her no respect because she didn't deserve it. My fellow classmates had the same idea.

\\Adrien P.O.V\\

An Akuma. I could just tell by the way the power surrounded me. I've been controlled by akumas enough to know. But this akuma seemed... different. It was weaker. It was taking control but it was more of a command. Something it expects you to do but you could fight it. I hated the way it felt when an akuma took over. It felt wrong.

I let it pass, fighting my way to take control.

Not today sucker.

People around me started to whisper. It grew louder until you could make out what they were saying.

"Chloe is such a freak," Alya yelped in front of me.

"She's so fake. I don't even know why I bother with her. Why am I even sitting next to you?" Sabrina said, moving to the empty seat next to Alya.

"Ugly!"

"Mean!"

"A mess!"

Even joined in. This Akuma must hate Chloe.

"You're the worst human on this campus."

A lot.

Chloe was holding in tears, her head dropping slightly.

"No one likes you! Get out of here!"

She ran out of the classroom, probably heading towards the girls' bathroom.

"Good riddance."

"Why is she even in this class?"

"I know right."

What just happened? Why would an akuma target one person? They must really hate Chloe.

But, why?

I followed Chloe just to make sure a mob of angry people attacked her. Everyone either ignored her or treated her like dirt. Her father even was mind controlled. He was yelled at her, asking why she was late to school.

I've seen enough. I'd never thought I'd say this but, poor Chloe. I needed to focus on the bigger picture: Where's the akuma and why are they doing this? And more importantly, Where is Ladybug?

\\Marinette P.O.V\\

It's working.

Yes, you're taking all your anger out on poor little Chloe.

I feel great. Chloe is suffering. I can feel it.

Remember what I need from you, though.

Yes, I know. The miraculous. Did you think I would forget something so important?

I'm sorry for doubting your intelligence.

What's next on the plan?

Make everyone who did you wrong feel the pain you did.

That's all I need.

I walked across the rooftop. The cold wind brushed my hair. I leaned back and closed my eyes. It was so peaceful knowing that Chloe finally knows what it feels like to be me. Everyone is treating her just like she did.

But this is wrong. Why am I doing this? When did I end up like this? What did I turn into?

Stop doubting yourself. This is the only logical way to do this. Chloe never listened to you. Now she is forced to.

But controlling people is wrong. I'm turning into the villain I know I'm not. You need to stop.

My knees buckled and I felt myself fall down onto the roof.

Stop. Just stop. This is the only way. What else could you do?

You have some good points. Chloe never listened to me anyways.

Now you're getting it.

I stood back up, feeling stronger than ever before.

Now what to do about Chat. I know he will try to stop me. I must stop him in anyway I can.

I know.

My feet moved on their own as I leaped off the roof and towards the school.

Soon Chat Noir. I will find you and stop you from ruining my plans.

\\Adrien P.O.V.\\

After my endless search for Chloe, I gave up. She ran from her father in tears and disappeared. Out of the of my eye, I saw a girl on the roof. I did a double check and she vanished. It looked like Ladybug. But it couldn't be. She even wasn't wearing her suit. I shook my head and ran back to school.

When I arrived, it was lunch. My classmates were surrounding a wall. They were gasping and yelling at each other. My eyes widened when I saw it.

The wall was covered in a dripping black script that read 'Chat Noir meet me tomorrow on the usual roof'. This was crazy. How did this person know? I always met ladybug above the library before patrol. Is this what they meant?

"I wonder if Chat will show up?" Alya said quietly. Everyone seemed different than this morning. It was like everyone forgot about the Chloe incident.

"Dude are you ok? You're pale," Nino startled me back awake.

"Ye-yeah I'm fine," I replied quickly while jogging out of the courtyard.

What did this person want from me?

\\Chloe P.O.V.\\

I was curled up against the wall of the library. I hid in the maze of books out of sight. I felt sick. My chest constricted and my eyes ran out of tears.

Why? That's the only thing that popped into my head. Why do the akumas only attack me? I try my best. I try to do better. I guess my best is not enough.

I curled up tighter when I heard footsteps draw near.

"Chloe? Are you alright?"

Was that...?

I looked up in surprise. Oh god no. Marinette looked broken. Her hair was ratty and her clothes were dirty. She had dark rings under her eyes like she hadn't slept for days. The look on her face was pure disgust. The top half of her face was covered in a black mask that only an akuma would wear.

"Marinette?"

"Don't you dare speak my name," she spat," You disgust me."

"I'm sorry the way I treated you," I hiccuped," I'm sorr-"

"You're only apologizing because I'm powerful," she leaned down and looked me straight in the eye," Well, guess what? You're too late." She whispered those final words. Her features turned sad for a brief second but turned cold after she noticed. " And you know what? Hmmm. No one can save you. Ladybug can't save you," she said this with a grin," and I'm going to take of Chat tonight. You're all alone Chloe."

"Why can't Ladybug save me? She always saves me?" I whispered.

Marinette stood back up. "She can't save you," he expression turned sour," because I'm Ladybug. Or I used to be." She smiled sadly then her eyes widened. She clawed at her face in attempt to take off her mask. "Chloe save me. I can't control it. It's hard Chloe," she kneeled down and started to breathe heavily," Save Chat. I'm going to kill him, Chloe. Serves him right. He will ruin my plan. Chloe tell Chat. Chloe save us both. I need you." With those final words, she grew somber, turned, and ran far out of sight.

\\Adrien P.O.V.\\

I got out of the school. I needed to save whoever was akumatized. I needed Ladybug. I can't do this alone. As soon as I left the front doors, I stopped still with shock. Everywhere I could see, it had the same message 'Chat Noir meet me tomorrow on the usual roof' over and over. Some just said 'Chat'. Others said 'meet me'. It was written on cars, on the sides of buildings, even trash cans.

"ADRIEN!" Chloe sped right into me. She looked like a maniac. Her eye makeup was running down her face and her nails were short from her biting them. "Adrien. Mariette. Akuma. Ladybug. Library. Scary. I'm scared, Adrien." She fell into my arms and started crying again.

"Chloe, calm down," I started stroking her hair, "Now tell me what happened."

She took a deep breath. " I was in the library crying my eyes out. Which totally ruined my makeup. You know I took like 30 minutes on this like wha-"

"Chloe you're rambling."

"Sorry. Anyways, Marinette showed up. Well, it didn't look like her, but if you look closely you can totally tell it's her. But she looked weird. Her hair was messed up more than usual and she was wearing this black mask. It was kinda like she was an akuma. What do you think?"

"Did she seem, you know, evil and stuff?"

"Yeah, she totally had that vibe. But then she started rambling. And she was telling me that I was the only one that can save her. And," she paused,"Chat. She said she was going to kill him and that I needed to tell Chat." My breath hitched.

"Di-did she tell you anything about Ladybug?"

"Oh yeah," I had hope," she did. The crazy thing was that she told me that she was Ladybug. How crazy is tha-"

I cut her off by putting my hand on her mouth. " Did she say anything else?"

She moved from me. " No, that's it."

I need to save Marinette. All the pieces fit together. Of course, she's Ladybug! How could I be so stupid? Their hair is even the same color. I smacked my face. "I'm so stupid!" I ran towards the library. I was on a mission now.

"You're welcome!" I heard Chloe yell as I ran from her. "I'll just find somewhere with no human contact. Thanks for helping me, Adrien!" I blocked her out as she continued to ramble. I needed to save Ladybug.