Adrien was already seated when the final bell rang, and he saw Marinette plop down. Typical Marinette, he thought as he smiled to himself. Everyone else was already in their seats chit chatting away as they waited for Ms. Bustier to arrive. This was a bit unusual, as Ms. Bustier was always in class before her students.

"Hey, Nino," Adrien turned to his bud, "Do you know what's going on?"

"I think I heard Alya say something about a new student. That's probably what's keeping Ms. B."

Just then, Ms. Bustier entered the room, with a girl they'd never seen before. Nino was right. Or, I guess, Alya was right, thought Adrien. He was excited to have a new classmate and potential friend. New students were one of his favorite parts about getting to be in public school. Perhaps father will let me hang out today, and I can invite her along, he thought as he took out a pencil to sharpen.

Class ended and everyone gathered around to meet the new girl, Meg. Adrien loved how friendly all of his classmates were as they introduced themselves—

"Oh who cares!"

—Everyone except for Chloe, of course.

"What's the point of introductions now at the end of the semester? Everyone will just forget who you are and have to do it all over when school begins again."

But that was just Chloe. She was always nice to Adrien, but he knew she could be pretty mean to, well, everyone else. He decided to step in before she went too far.

"I'm sure nobody will forget you, Meg. I'm Adrien." He began as he reached out to shake her hand. "And it's okay with me if you forget between now and next semester. I know starting at a new school can be a lot to take in."

"Thanks, Adrien." Said Meg, returning his handshake. "And thank you everyone else for being so welcoming. You don't have to worry about me forgetting any of your names."

Chloe rolled her eyes and exited the classroom with Sabrina following behind her.

"Well, now that you've met Chloe, the worst part of the tour is over." Adrien turned his head to see Marinette standing nearby. He almost didn't notice her there. "Now that class is over I can formally introduce myself. I'm Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the class representative and your guide."

"I'm Meg. But you already know that." She laughed a little bit. "I'm excited to be here."

The students that gathered around Meg had begun to disperse to their next classes. Adrien turned to Marinette, "Do you mind if I join you ladies on the tour? I have a free period."

Marinette stood there for a moment without saying anything.

"I don't mind if you don't, Marinette." Said Meg after an awkward silence. This seemed to wake Marinette up.

"Yes that sounds great. Like a great idea. A great way to make Meg feel welcome."

Adrien chuckled. He was used to Marinette sometimes going a little scatterbrained, but he was glad she said yes. He was the new kid not too long ago and was in a similar position. Except instead of being welcomed by everyone, he was almost instantly shunned for being friends with Chloe. He appreciated the irony as they walked through the halls, and Marinette gave Meg the layout of the school.

"So Meg, are you new to Paris?" He asked.

"Yes and no." She answered. "I haven't been here long, but I'm pretty familiar with it, I think."

"What's your favorite part about it so far?"

"Hmm, that's a tough one. I think it would have to be—

There was a loud crash from outside and they heard the sounds of people screaming. The three of them ran to the window to see what was going on. There were people running away from a giant Frog! It was knocking buildings over and catching people with its tongue!

"Ladybug and Cat Noir! Come out, come out wherever you are!" Frogzilla shot out its tongue and snatched up a few more people!

"IS HE EATING THEM?!" Yelled Meg.

Adrien had never seen akumatized villains eat people before. He knew he had to transform and get out there right away.

"We should move away from the windows, in case he spots us." He said as he tried to think of a way to get away from the girls.

"Wait, look!" Marinette pointed at Frogzilla. He'd opened his mouth again, and out came the people he had just devoured. Only, they were different. "He turned them into frogs."

"Well that's one more reason not to stick around. Come on guys, we'd better split up." This came from Meg. Adrien was relieved to not have to think up an excuse to bail. I have no idea how I would've gotten out of that one, he thought.

"Great idea!" he and Marinette exclaimed at the same time!

They exited the classroom and each went a separate direction. Adrien checked around to see if the coast was clear before ducking into a nearby broom closet.

"Plagg, we've got trouble."

"But I was just about to take my mid morning nap."

"You can sleep after we kick some akuma butt. Plagg, CLAWS OUT!"