Marinette rolled over in bed, feeling like she was forgetting something. She looked at her phone to find the time already 8:00 am as well as a notification saying it was the first day back to school.
Marinette shot up out of her bed in a panic.
"Late!" Marinette raced down the stairs to the floor of her room, nearly tripping as she went down.
"Late for school!" She tore through her closet, quickly throwing on her clothes for the day. She stopped in the mirror and straightened out her pigtails before charging down the stairs to the kitchen.
"Hello?! Why didn't anybody wake me up," Marinette chided as she grabbed a croissant from the counter, her parents sitting down to enjoy breakfast.
"Honey…" started Sabine, but Marinette already dashed out the door of their apartment, heading down the stairs leading to the street.
"I've already missed home room and…," Marinette stopped short as she opened the door to find the outside filled with over a meter's worth of snow.
Adrien practically jumped out of bed when his alarm went off at 7:00 am.
"First day back to school Plagg," Adrien reminded the sleepy kitten, who had nestled himself in the Santa Hat.
Adrien just finished putting on his clothes when he heard a knock at the door.
"Come in," he responded, which Nathalie came in, holding her tablet in hand.
"Good Morning Adrien, according to the weather reports, school has been cancelled for the day. Your father requests we do some private studying here at the house before a photoshoot later this morning. Breakfast will be ready for you in five." With a nod of her head, Nathalie left.
Adrien ran over to the window to find snow plows going through the streets while children and adults played in the snow.
Typical bad luck would have the first day of school snowed in. He turned on the tv while he checked his backpack for his school books. A young girl with blond pigtails and yellow umbrella appeared on the screen.
"Paris has been walloped by a surprise blizzard. I'm standing here on Quai Branly where snow continues to fall, adding to the two meters accumulation we've already endured over night. All major roadways and public transportation in Paris are closed. Area businesses are shut down and school is cancelled until further notice."
"Snow Day!" Marinette cheered, her family watching the TV.
"And as the snow falls, we'll track it, around the clock, 24-7 non-stop. I am Aurore Beaureal and I am your KIDS+ weather girl!"
Just then a knock came at the door.
"I'll get it," Marinette offered as she jumped over the sofa and to the door, finding Mrs. Chamack and Manon standing there.
"Good Morning Marinette, I know this is last minute but could you watch Manon for me? I need to be at the station for the weather girl competition, and with the schools closed today, I need someone to watch her."
"Weather girl competition?" asked Sabine from where she sat.
"Yes, the past couple days we've been having different girls tryout to be our new weather girl. Today Aurore Beaureal is going on and I need to supervise, especially in this weather."
"No problem Mrs. Chamack, Manon will be fine here with us," answered Marinette. Manon's eyes lit up as she raced inside.
"Thank you so much Marinette. I'll see you later Manon."
"Bye Mommy," Manon raced back over for a quick hug then Mrs. Chamack left.
"Who's ready for popcorn and hot chocolate," asked Sabine, which Manon and Marinette both cheered for.
To say Adrien was bored was an understatement. After Nathalie reviewed with him the school material from the last semester, all he really wanted to do was go play in the snow with friends. Nino had already invited him sledding, and he had a text from Tom to come over and challenge Marinette to Mecha-Strike 3. According to Tom, Marinette was babysitting a family friend's kid, which was proving to be the key for Marinette to lose at the game she mastered.
But instead of being able to enjoy the snow day like everyone else, Gabriel Agreste decided to take advantage of the scenery to schedule a photoshoot for a line of jackets. Adrien's only consolation was that he wouldn't be freezing.
His body guard escorted him to the park where they would be taking photos, the photographer and a design intern, who was watching over the jackets, were already waiting.
Correction, at least the park was close to Marinette' house was his new consolation.
"Come on, Manon, give that back!" Marinette chased Manon around the living room, who was running around with an unfinished hat. After making the hot chocolate and popcorn, her parents had retreated to the bakery to check inventory as well as place orders for ingredients needed later that week. This left Marinette alone with Manon, who had begun to drive Marinette nuts as soon as her parents were gone.
"But I wanna be a fashion designer too!" Manon whined, jumping out of Marinette's reach as Marinette collided with her couch.
"Manon, please, it's not finished! You're gonna ruin it!" Marinette continued to chase the little girl, running into the table Manon had easily dodged. Marinette looked up from the table to see a bulge hiding behind a curtain. She snuck over to the curtain, pulled it back, only to reveal a doll with the hat on top. Marinette frowned.
"Don't forget tomorrow is your chance to vote for KIDS+ new weather girl. Our final contestants are Mireille Caquet and Aurore Beauréal who is reporting today. Remember voting is between 3-4 pm tomorrow afternoon, so be sure to get in your votes. Standard text messaging rates apply," Marinette turned to find Manon watching the TV with pictures of the two contestants on the screen.
"I'm gonna vote for Mireille, she's the best!" answered Manon as Marinette sat beside her, holding the unfinished hat.
"But Manon, you don't have a phone to vote," Marinette sympathized.
"I'll just use mommy's phone. She'll let me." Manon eyed the hat, quickly taking it and running around the room again.
"Manon!" Marinette began to chase her when the doorbell rang. Marinette jumped onto the sofa, using it to launch her over Manon, grabbing the hat in the process, and landing at the door. She opened the door to find Alya dressed in her winter gear.
"Alya?"
"Hey, I got a huge scoop for you. Guess who's on a photoshoot in the park?" Alya opened her phone to show Marinette a picture of Adrien having his picture taken in the park.
"He's doing a photoshoot, in this weather?" Marinette whined.
"Well, at least it is for jackets, so he isn't freezing if that's what you're thinking."
"Alya!" Manon raced toward Alya, grabbing her by the leg.
"Are you here to grant me more wishes?" Manon looked up with big puppy dog eyes, pleading with her personal unicorn and granter of wishes.
"I only grant wishes to good little girls who behave and to those who take their babysitters to see their cat boyfriend in the park."
"He's not my cat boyfriend. Just cat … friend," argued Marinette, crossing her arms.
She felt a sudden weight on her leg, looking down to see Manon had switched and was looking at her with puppy dog eyes.
"Oh please, not the puppy dog pout," Marinette whined.
"Please can we go to the park?"
Marinette broke.
"Fine, just get your jacket."
"Yay!" Manon scampered off to get her jacket while Marinette scowled at her best friend, who bore a devilish smirk.
Marinette, Manon and Alya entered the park to find a good part of it covered in snowmen, the other part was where Adrien was still modeling.
"Do those clouds look little greenish to you?" asked Marinette to Alya. Before Alya could respond, she was interrupted by Manon.
"I want to build a snowman," whined Manon.
"Alright, we'll build a snowman," relented Marinette, starting to roll some of the snow into a ball.
"I'll help her build the snowman," offered Alya, "You go talk to Adrien." Marinette looked over to where Adrien was, who also happened to be looking at her, offering a small wave when their eyes met.
"HI!" Manon called out waving enthusiastically at Adrien. Adrien smiled, then turned back around to take photos.
"He's busy Alya, maybe later," Marinette completed the snowball for the base, Manon helping her roll the next one, while Alya rolled the head.
"You are killing me girl, I need my ship to sail."
"You have a ship," asked Manon in amazement.
"Of course, Unicorns have ships they bestow their blessings upon. My ship is called the Adrienette."
Marinette would have hit her head against the snowman, if it wasn't for fear of wrecking the thing, at how cringy that sounded. She and Adrien were just friends and partners. Until Adrien said he wanted something more, she would continue to be his friend.
Marinette lifted the middle part of the snowman onto the base, Alya lifting the head on top. Manon wandered off a little ways to gather fallen branches to make the arms.
"How long has this ship been going on?"
"Since you told me you had a c-" Marinette muffle Alya's mouth as the photographer came over.
"Excuse me, can one of you girls pose with Mr. Adrien," ask the photographer.
Marinette was at a loss for words, but Alya was quick to answer for her.
"My friend Marinette can. She even has a Gabriel jacket to go with the shoot."
"Perfect, come with me Miss." Marinette shot her friend a death glare, which Alya just smiled cheerfully back, helping Manon put the arms in the snowman.
"Hey," Adrien smiled as Marinette approached.
"Hey, still working on a day off?" Marinette jested.
"You know father, there is no such thing as a holiday if work can still be done."
"I take it Christmas was the exception."
"Yeah," Adrien smiled at the thought.
"Alright you two, now sit close. Miss Marinette, lean your head on his shoulder."
Marinette did as she was instructed, trying to think nothing of it as Adrien grabbed her hand.
"Perfect," the photographer was about to take some pictures when they all heard screaming from behind them. They all turned to see snowmen coming to life and attacking the park goers.
"Get Alya and Manon back to the house then meet back here as Chat Noir. I'll deal with the photographer and his crew," Marinette whispered.
Adrien nodded then took off towards Alya and Manon.
"Everyone, please evacuate the park!" Marinette called out, everyone worrying for their own safety that even Adrien's entourage missed him in the crowd.
Adrien ran over to Alya and Manon while Marinette was helping the crowds to evacuate.
"Come Alya, we need to get you and Manon out of here," Adrien looked down at Manon who looked at him with her big brown eyes.
"Are you Marinette's cat boyfriend?" Adrien turned bright red at this, Alya's face unreadable as she hurried Manon outside of the park, Adrien following behind. Alya led them all to Marinette's house.
"Go to the bakery kitchen, that should be the hottest spot in the house and safe from the snowmen. I'll go get Marinette," ordered Adrien.
"Bye Cat Boyfriend!" Manon waved as Alya carried her over to the bakery. Once they were gone, Adrien put on his mask and headed outside. Marinette was stuck in the middle of the snowmen, fighting as best as she could.
Chat Noir turned to his right to see an abandoned snow plow. He quickly jumped inside, thankful whoever drove this previously left the keys inside.
He turned on the ignition and floored the gas, driving straight through the park, knocking out several snowmen.
"My Lady, your escort awaits," he called out. Marinette did a flip and landed on the hood of the vehicle, continuing to fight off snowmen.
"Less flirting, more fighting," she responded before punching a snowman in the face.
Chat grabbed a shovel that had been sitting in the car and began whacking at any snowman who attempted to attack Marinette.
Just then they both got a call on their watch.
"Alya?" They looked at each other then at the screen to find Alya instead of Nino.
"Nino's probably being mauled by snowmen somewhere. He gave me your info in case of an emergency."
"What's the sitch Alya?" asked Marinette.
"Check this out." Alya sent them a live feed off the local weather.
"This is Aurore Beaureal and I'm reporting to you from Beaugrenelle Paris where we are under siege from legion of zombie snowmen. Keep it here for continuing coverage of zombie snowmen watch. I am Aurore Beaureal and... Argh!" the junior reporter was then overtaken by one of the zombie snowmen.
"I always figured zombies would be the ones to take over the world, but snowmen weren't what I had in mind," commented Chat as he sent a head of a snowman flying into the trees.
Marinette kicked off the last of the snowmen before climbing into the vehicle.
"Drive Chat," she ordered. Chat crawled back inside, handing Marinette the shovel. Chat shifted the vehicle out of park and drove off.
"Do you know how to get to the mall from here?" asked Marinette. Chat raised his eyebrow at her as he continued driving.
"There's a reason Chloe lives so close to it," answered Chat. Marinette nodded, trusting Chat to drive.
They plowed through the streets of Paris, passing mobs of snowmen who raided stores in search of hats, scarves, coal, carrots, and corn pipes.
"There is going to be quite a discount sale on scarves and top hats after this," commented Chat as they swerved right.
"No kidding." Chat made another turn, now heading straight for the mall.
"Ram it Chat," Marinette ordered, which Chat responded with an all too eager smile.
"With pleasure bugaboo." Chat rammed right through the mall doors, almost hitting one of Chloe's favorite stores in the process. Almost.
Aurore and a cameraman were holding onto a pillar for dear life, while Mrs. Chamack tried to hold back the snowmen, attacking them with a janitor's mop.
"Get on!" Marinette called out, jumping onto a mob of snowmen while Chat haphazardly crashed local zombie snowmen with his three point u-turn.
"Where's Manon," asked Mrs. Chamack as she made her way towards Marinette, the cameraman helping Aurore down.
"Don't worry ma'am, your daughter's safe and sound at Marinette's," reassured Chat as he opened the door, slamming a snowman in the face.
"Let's get out of here," whined Aurore from the back of the snowplow. Marinette and Mrs. Chamack joined Chat up in front. Chat drove the snow plow back out the way the came, only slightly hit the corner of Chloe's favorite store on the way out. Once safely clear of the mall, Chat continued the drive through Paris, slowing down only once when they saw Nino stuck in a tree.
"Help! Anybody!"
"Nino! Get on!" Chat called out as he moved to the side underneath the tree where he hung for dear life. Nino dropped into the back of the snowplow.
"Aurore Beaureal? The KIDS+ Contestant for weather girl?' Nino asked in amazement while Aurore blushed at the recognition.
"Dude where did you pick all these people up," asked Nino looking over a Chat, who instead decided to concentrate on the road since he almost provided more arms for the snowmen by nearly hitting another tree.
"MOMMY!" Mannon raced up to hug her mother as Marinette led Chat, Nino, and the rest of the tv crew into her home. In the kitchen stood her parents making s'mores with Alya and previously Manon.
"Are you kids alright?" Sabine rushed over, taking both Marinette and Chat into her arms. Alya rushed over to hug Nino.
"We're fine maman, " Marinette reassured her mother. Chat could only nod, but gripped Sabine a little tighter.
"Come one in everyone, we have s'mores if anyone is interested," offered Tom.
"Mommy, I want to make you a s'more," Manon pleaded, pulling her mother to the kitchen.
"Alright, just be careful."
Aurore and the cameraman sat on the sofa while Sabine led Marinette and Chat into the kitchen, Alya coming up behind with Nino.
"Did Marinette and her cat boyfriend save you Mommy?" Asked Manon as Mrs. Chamack helped Manon put the melted marshmallow on the chocolate. Both teens in question turned bright red while Sabine let escape an unlady-like snort.
Mrs. Chamack looked between the two teen then back to her daughter.
"They're partners Manon. Being partners does not make them boyfriend and girlfriend."
"Ohhh, so he's your cat partner?" Asked Manon, looking at Marinette.
"Right, cat partner," Marinette offered a nervous smile before stuffing her face with a s'more to hide from further embarrassment.
Chat decided to change topics all together.
"Nino, do you have any info for us on the snowmen."
"Nothing man, I've been getting mauled by snowmen all day."
"Don't worry boys, I got you covered," answered Alya with an all knowing smirk. She moved passed Marinette and Chat to the family computer. She pulled up several pages she must have been looking at before their arrival.
"Still nothing on what's causing the snowman effect." Chat, Marinette, and Nino gathered around her, while Mrs. Chamack and her daughter sat on the sofa.
"The good news is I can use thermal imaging to track the snowmen's movements," Alya pulled up another page.
"I'm guessing that means there's also bad news," responded Chat.
"The bad news is all the snowmen seem to be converging on a single location."
"What location," asked Marinette.
"Mommy, the zombie snowmen are outside!" Manon called out as she looked out the window. The four teenagers rushed over to the window to see the snowmen stacking to get inside the apartment.
"Maybe we should have gone to my house," offered Chat in a whisper to the group beside him.
"As good as an idea as that is, have fun explaining to your dad where you are while you're busy being Chat," responded Marinette. Chat conceded to her point. His father finding out about his extra extracurricular activity would not bode well.
"Maman, Papa, can you turn on the ovens?" Tom and Sabine gave their daughter a understanding nod and smile before proceeding down to the bakery.
"Alya, Nino, take everyone up to my room. Chat and I will deal an unwanted guests."
"Oh no you don't girl, you are going to need all the help you can get," responded Alya.
"I'm helping too," added Nino
"I'll take everyone upstairs," offered Mrs. Chamack, pick up Manon. Marinette nodded, the four proceeding up into her room.
"Let's get to work."
The four teens made quick work to board up the house, the heat from the bakery preventing any zombie from entering through the bakery or the door from the street. Once they had set up their temporary secure, everyone reconvened back in the living room.
"I don't get it, why are they only attacking this house," ask Alya who was keeping an eye on the zombies from a crack in the boarded up windows.
"Maybe they are upset the bakery is closed because of the snow day," joked Nino, who was also keeping watch with Alya.
Marinette and Chat were posted at the front door, also mulling over the situation.
"The park, the mall, then here," mumbled Marinette.
"I don't think we can give the park credit my lady. You can't build snowmen in an indoor mall."
"So they moved from the park to the mall."
"You think then," Chat looked over to Aurore, the cameraman, and Mrs. Chamack sitting on the couch. The cameraman was looking over at Aurore, in an irritated sort of way.
"It's very possible."
Before Marinette could move to interrogate the suspects, Sabine walked over to the couch with cups of hot chocolate in hand. The cameraman took one of the mugs, mumbling a thanks.
"Aurore, would you like something to drink? Hot chocolate, a water?"
"No thank you ma'am."
"You sure, looks like this zombie attack is going to last us a while."
Aurore pouted.
"This is all your fault you know," chided the camera man before taking a sip of his drink.
"My fault?"
"Well we're stuck in this mess because of you. If you just decided to win the competition fair and square, we wouldn't be trapped here."
"Competition," Alya's ears perked up at the sound of a news scoop.
"I wanted to win the competition alright. To be the KIDS+ weather girl. But I wanted it to be better than everyone else so I bought a weather machine."
"To create the snowstorm of the century," finished Alya.
"But I don't know what's going on with these snowmen. It's not my fault, OK?" Aurore pouted, Mrs. Chamack looking highly unamused at this turn of events in the competition.
"Maybe the weather machine was faulty. Did you buy used?" asked Chat, stepping closer to the center of the room.
"Pre-owned. The salesman said it'd only been used once for some attack on Canada," Marinette and Nino both cringed remembering a similar event taking place last spring with Hawkmoth.
"A weather machine needs a lot of water to create a storm this big," added Marinette.
"I got the water from some lake. Epin, Epan?"
"Lake Epon?" Nino and Marinette asked simultaneously.
"That's it."
Both the teens shuddered at the thought, leaving Alya and Chat confused.
"You know what that means right," asked Nino.
"Toxic snowmen."
"Toxic?!" Everyone exclaimed at once.
"I thought Camp Epon was safe," asked Sabine.
"No ma'am, not when you put the science camp next to the lake," answered Nino.
"So we just need to take control of the weather machine, turn off the storm and return the water to Lake Epon," concluded Marinette, moving towards the group in the living room.
"Are you sure that's safe," asked Tom
"Very, the camp has been closed for a few years now," answered Marinette.
"The weather machine is on top of the tv station," explained Aurore as she handed over the keys to the vehicle.
"You and Chat go take care of the weather machine," Tom took the keys and handed them over to Marinette.
"But papa…"
"No buts, your maman and I can handle things here."
"Don't worry LB, we got you covered," echoed Nino with a smile.
"Now go you two," Sabine nudged Marinette and Chat towards the door. They gave everyone one last smile before heading out into the snow.
"What's so special about Camp Epon to create zombie snowmen," asked Chat as they proceed down the stairs to where the snow plow waited for them.
"Not much to tell, lake it absolutely toxic due to the science camp nearby."
"Wasn't there some villain you fought there?"
"Finn? Yeah, he was a camper there. He's in rehab so it's good now."
Feeling she wasn't going to say anymore, Chat started the engine for the snow plow, taking down a dozen of the zombie snowmen who attempted to break into the house.
"Nino's present would be pretty useful about now," Marinette looked out the window to see a few of the snowmen following them.
"I already got my present. He got me a baton."
"There's another present," Marinette pick up the shovel, whacking passing snowmen.
"How many presents does that guy have to give out?"
"Just enough," she responded.
"Hold on," Chat made a sharp turn, Marinette holding on for dear life.
"Where did you learn to drive?"
"Advantages of being a model, you get to practice driving more so you don't look stupid when you pose with a car. Isn't my driving pawsome?"
"More like a hazard to street safety," Marinette teased, which Chat responded with a teasing glare of his own.
They stopped the vehicle in front of the tv station, Marinette summoning the machine with the keys from Aurore.
"My question is, where did Aurore learn to drive that thing," asked Chat as the clunky vehicle lowered itself.
"Personally I'm scared to find out," answered Marinette as she climbed out of the snowplow and into the vehicle, Chat following behind her.
"Bugaboo, we got company," Marinette looked to where Chat was looking to see snowmen approaching them.
"I'll hold them off. Find a switch to turn off this storm." Chat nodded, searching the buttons carefully for the "Off Storm" switch.
"Wait, is this the weather machine Hawkmoth used to try an take over Canada with?"
"Based on what Aurore said, yes," answered Marinette as she dislodged another snowman. She felt a gust of wind push her back into the vehicle to find a tornado tearing up parts of Paris. Then it started to rain.
"Chat," Marinette whined.
"Hey, I'm trying here. There's no logic to these buttons." Marinette looked over at the panel to find indeed a lot of buttons with no labels. Chat at this point opened the glove box to find no instruction manual.
Marinette searched the panel to find a blue button she remembered from her previous fight. She pressed it, the clouds slowly beginning to clear up.
"We did it LB!" Chat cheered, hugging Marinette.
"Come on, let's take this toxic water back where it belongs," Marinette pulled herself out of the hug and sat in the captain's seat.
"Can't I drive?"
"Have you ever flown a flying vehicle before?" Marinette asked smugly.
"No…"
Marinette smirked as she flew over to her house, stopping by the street.
"You probably should go find your bodyguard."
Chat looked over to the park.
"Probably, can I see you after the shoot?"
"Maybe Chaton," Marinette smiled at Chat as he got out of the craft, heading back towards the park. He stopped at the entrance to take off the mask as Marinette piloted the craft back to where the toxic water belonged.
"Mr. Adrien!" Adrien turned to see the photographer, assistant, and his bodyguard approached him.
"We've been looking everywhere for you," scolded the photographer.
"Sorry, my friend's house was close by so I hid there," answered Adrien, noticing out of the corner of his eye as Mrs. Chamack, Manon, Aurore, the cameraman, Alya, and Nino exit the Dupain-Chengs. Mrs. Chamack handed Manon over to Alya and left with Aurore and the cameraman.
"Mr. Adrien!"
"What?"
"Where is the girl?"
Adrien stared at the photographer blankly, trying to remember what happened before the zombie snowmen attacked.
"Miss Marinette whom you were going to take pictures with?"
"I-uh, she's busy," answered Adrien. The photographer sighed in regret at missing his photo, but immediately lit up upon seeing Manon with Alya and Nino.
"Wait. Who is that angel?" Adrien turned to see Alya, Manon, and Nino stop as the Photographer pointed at Manon. Manon looked around to see no one her height in view, giggled.
Alya and Nino sat on a bench, watching Adrien taking pictures with Manon. Alya was groaning frustration, while Nino was blowing bubbles.
"My ship almost happened today, and it failed," complained Alya.
Nino patted his girlfriend on the shoulder as she leaned into his arm.
These things take time, and for Adrien, this was going to take a lot of time.
"Everything is back it belongs. See you in school tomorrow," Adrien read his text message he had received from Marinette after dinner. While taking pictures with Manon had made the photoshoot bearable, Adrien had wanted to take pictures with Marinette. He had officially made a new friend and he wanted photos to commemorate.
He began to type a reply.
"Sounds great. Can we take a picture tomorrow to make up for the one we missed today?"
"Sure. Thanks for taking pictures with Manon. Her mother says she won't stop talking about it."
Adrien chuckled.
"No problem, she made the photoshoot fun."
"Glad to hear that.
"Sorry about the cat-boyfriend thing. She comes up with the strangest things sometimes. Lol."
Adrien turned bright pink at that.
"It's fine, may I should get Plagg a girlfriend so he can be the cat boyfriend," Adrien responded, hoping he avoided anymore awkwardness. They just became friends, there was no way he wanted to rush into that. Maybe a few months ago when he still had his super hero crush on Ladybug, but he wanted to keep their friendship. Although he wondered why she had avoided talking to him about Camp Epon.
"Haha, maybe. Goodnight Adrien."
"Goodnight Bugaboo."
There was only one person to ask in a situation like this. Adrien quickly dialed Nino.
"What's up bro?"
"Nino, how much do you know about Camp Epon?"
"Marinette wouldn't tell you about that one huh?"
"I know from the Ladyblog she went there years ago and that a kid got mutated from the lake."
"Fine, I'll tell you this one, but only because I'm involved too."
"When are you not involved with a Ladybug case?"
"This was before Ladybug."
Adrien sat up on his bed, pulling Plagg into his lap.
"Years ago my parents got me into a science camp for summer. It was at the edge of Lake Epon and had good recommendations from my school. There are three other camps going on the same time as mine. Band Camp, Clown Camp, and Camp Epon which was mostly just nature activities. I met Marinette when was going on a hike with her cabin team. She would come over and hang out with me, saying she traded another boy her swim time for his free time, especially since he would just swim in the lake during free time anyway.
"Fast forward to the summer before 9th grade, shortly after Marinette became Ladybug. The kids in our class were going to see do a final goodbye camp at one of their places in the mountains when we got stranded at Camp Epon."
"And that's when Marinette fought Finn?"
"Turns out Finn was the guy Marinette traded her swim time with to hangout with me. He ended up disappearing and the camps closed due to the toxicity of the lake."
"Why wouldn't she tell me this?" Adrien felt a little hurt by his friend not trusting him enough to tell him this.
"As much as she enjoyed our hangouts then, she's not exactly proud at causing the kid to turn into a mutant. She'll probably tell you when she she's completely sure Finn is out of rehab."
"Thanks Nino for telling me."
"No problem. See ya tomorrow bro." Nino hung up the phone, leaving Adrien feeling alone.
He knew Ladybug and Marinette weren't perfect. Neither was he as Adrien or Chat Noir. So why did Marinette not telling him this hurt so much?
Dear Guest(s) who wrote the wondrous long comments. Thank you. Reading your comment made me excited to start the next chapter. More growth in love and friendship to come.
Camp Epon = Camp Nope