A/N: Hey guys!

Sorry that this chapter has taken so long to write. The play is over now so I have more time. I've also been dealing with writer's block. Thank you so much for your patience and support. Anyway, this chapter is going to swap from Adrien to Marinette half way through. Thought I should warn you before you read it! Stay Miraculous!

-geekygirl20000

P.S. Sorry about the coding weirdness.

Adrien sat in the audience as he watched a certain blue, black haired flutist finish her solo, then sit back down to finish the piece with her band. When they finished, he stood and clapped as his girlfriend took a bow. Then, he walked backstage to find her so that they could practice their duet one final time. Once backstage, he stopped in the doorway looking for Marinette. Seeing her, he made a beeline towards her. She was laughing and talking with a red-haired boy and he couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy, but those feelings immediately retracted when she turned her smiling eyes and beaming face toward him, making him smile in return. He closed the distance between them and pulled her into the biggest hug he's ever had.

"You did amazing!" he said as he kissed her head.

Marinette giggled. "You were great too! Are you ready for our duet?"

Adrien pulled away and gave her a cocky smile. "I'm ready for anything with you by my side, My Lady," Marinette blushed and shoved him.

"You're such a dork."

He leaned into her face. "Yes, but I'm your dork,"

Marinette rolled her eyes and pushed him away. "Simmer down Trumpet Boy, we just started dating,"

Nathaniel cleared his throat awkwardly and Adrien gave Marinette a small grin before looking at him.

"I'm sorry, who is this?" Adrien asked as he grabbed Marinette's hand.

"This is Nathaniel. He is doing the duet for our school,"

Nathaniel raised a hand in greeting, then looked back at his giant tuba sitting next to him.

"I thought Chloe was going to do that." Adrien said with confusion.

"She was," Nathaniel said as pulled out his music. "She forced me to give up my spot so that she could have it. When she discovered you were doing a duet with someone else, she came to me. Telling me to learn the piano in a few days, when I was already having our oboist, Juleka, coming over to my house to practice a completely different song,"

Adrien glanced at Marinette who just rolled her eyes.

"Marinette saved me from Chloe this morning," Nathaniel continued.

Marinette nodded her head, "Yeah, we both thought she was going to throw his Tuba into his face,"

Adrien just shook his head. "I wouldn't put it past her. She probably would've if Marinette hadn't stepped in,"

At that moment, the intercom came on.

"Would Nathaniell and Juleka please come onto the stage for their duet."

Nathaniel smiled and stood up with a grace that is uncommon with a tuba player.

"Wish me luck," he said as he picked up his tuba

"Break a leg," said the couple before him.

An hour later, Adrien and Marinette were called and they started walking hand in hand towards the stage door. Just as they reached it, Marinette pulled away.

"I need to go to the bathroom real fast,"

Adrien bowed to her, "I will wait for you, My Lady,"

She smiled and ran towards the bathroom and Adrien just chuckled at his girlfriend. Then he went onto the stage to set up and wait for her.

Marinette walked out of the bathroom, feeling much better. Her nerves had gotten the better of her, and now she had to go play. Now that she had done what she needed to do, she felt more than ready to take on the judgement of her music.

"Excuse me Madam," said an unfamiliar voice behind her. "Are you alright?"

Marinette looked around and discovered a tall man, looking down at her. She immediately could tell that this man wasn't concerned. The look in his eye told her that he had different intentions. Bad ones even.

"I'm fine, Monsieur. Thank you for your concern though," she began to walk away, but she suddenly felt a hand wrap around her shoulder and pull her to a stop.

"I must insist on taking you to the hospital. I'm sure something is wrong," the man whispered in her ear.

"No, Monsieur. I'm actually due on stage. My partner is waiting for me so we can do our duet. He's sitting on stage right now and the judges don't like to be kept waiting,"

"You go do your thing. Once you are done, I'm taking you to the hospital,"

"But Monsieur, I have a solo as well. I have no idea when that is,"

"Then they'll have to wait for you," and he let her go.

Marinette practically ran onto the stage and took her flute from Adrien with a smile. The judges nodded approvingly that she was there and told them that they may begin.

Marinette took a deep breath, put the strange man out of her mind and began to play the opening of their song. Pretty soon, Adrien and his cello joined in. She could hear the hush of the audience as "The Ladybug's Lullaby" took their breath away. As the song died away, there was silence. Then, slowly, the audience came out of their trances and began to clap. Then they stood and clapped and Adrien and Marinette stood and bowed. When Marinette glanced at the judges, they were standing as well. They did it.

Marinette and Adrien were walking out when she heard her name called over the intercom. She was first for the solos. Pushing the man that tried to take her to the hospital out of her mind, Marinette turned around and walked back onto the stage, music folder in hand. She walked over to the microphone and waited for the "go ahead" from the judges. When they nodded, she put her music on the stand, then spoke into the microphone.

"My name is Marinette Dupain-Cheng and I am playing 'Balmoral Castle' by J.S. Skinner," she waited for the applause to die down, then she put her flute to her lips and played the familiar notes to the tempo set in Skinner's song. As she played, she imagined Adrien sitting in the audience, rooting for her secretly. The song was over to soon and the audience clapped for her making her feel content, but when she walked backstage the contentment disappeared and was replaced with fear. The strange man that had stopped her earlier was standing in front of her, blocking her path to the band room. He had a sinister grin on his face and his eyes glinted with a glow that she could only explain as an evil glare. He grabbed her with his steel hard hands, forcing her to drop her music, but not her flute. There was no way she was going to allow this monster to force her to drop her brand new flute. He leaned down and whispered into her ear once more.

"You are going to come with me and not make a sound. If you do, I will kill everyone you love. Got it?"

Marinette nodded and as he held her shoulder, she held her flute close and allowed him to push her out of the school and into a black Chevrolet truck. As the man drove away, Marinette watched the school shrink behind them and hoped to herself that Adrien or Alya, anybody really, would realize that she had disappeared.