1. Newsworthy

"What do you guys think of Mlle Farrah?" Alya asked as the girls from Mme Bustier's class made themselves comfortable to have lunch by the bleachers. You could hear Kim and Alix arguing in the distance by the basketball hoop.

"She's interesting. It's a shame that Chloe pulled that prank on her today," Mylene answered after taking a small bite of her sandwich.

"And she's so beautiful," Rose said sweetly.

"I like her pink hair," Juleka offered.

"Sorry I'm late!" Marinette said out of breath, seemingly appearing out of nowhere and sat next to Alya.

"Wow girl, where were you? You disappeared after homeroom and missed two classes. Oh and you'd never believe this, Mme Mendeleiev unexpectedly turned in her resignation yesterday, so we have a new Physics-slash-Chemistry Teacher."

"Sorry Alya. I had a Doctors appointment," Marinette nervously pressed her two index fingers together and hoped they couldn't see through her alibi that Master Fu gave her.

"Are you feeling okay girl? You look pale." Alya asked concerned.

"I'm fine. I just need to take a break from working in the bakery and designing." Marinette smiled tightly. No, she was not okay. This morning she stopped by the Massage Parlor to show the book that Lila stole from Adrien yesterday to Master Fu. This led to a disturbing hypothesis that Adrien could be Papillon.

Marinette gasped, "I forgot my bag in homeroom!" She jumped to her feet and dashed away.

"Marinette..." Alya sighed knowingly.

Adrien can't be Papillon, Marinette thought desperately as she rushed to class. He is good. I know he is. She stepped into her classroom and faltered. There sat Adrien at his desk looking down forlornly at the platinum ring on his finger. It was still break so no one else but them were in class. He didn't seem to notice her appearance yet.

Swallowing a lump down her throat, Marinette channeled Ladybug's confidence and approached him. "H-hey Adrien, what are you doing here by yourself?"

He looked up in surprise and smiled politely. "Oh hey Marinette. I was just thinking. By the way, you didn't happen to see that book I brought to school yesterday did you? I can't find it anywhere."

"That thick one? Um no? I don't think so." Marinette winced. She didn't like that she had to lie to him.

"I see. What did you come to class for?"

Marinette reached underneath her table to pick her bag up. She held it out in front of her. "I forgot this." She blushed when he raised an amused eyebrow at her. Taking a deep breath, she took a seat in Nino's place next to him. "Wh-what is the book about?" she asked.

"No idea. I can't read it. I think it's written in an unknown dialect of ancient Mandarin. I've been trying to decipher it with no luck." Adrien sighed and leaned his elbows on the desk. "My dad is going to kill me." He muttered under his breath as an afterthought, but she still heard him.

"Did you do something wrong?" She dared to ask.

He looked uneasy. "I um, the book actually belongs to my Dad you see. I wasn't supposed to take it. He's going to be mad that I lost it."

Thank god. Marinette's shoulders relaxed in relief. The book doesn't belong to him. Adrien can't be Papillon!

Suddenly, both of their phone chimed. Unlocking her phone, Marinette saw that it was a video message from an unknown number. She got those sometimes. Usually promotions or ads from partners of her cellphone company. Not feeling in the mood to possibly see something disgusting or get her phone infected, she pressed options in order to delete the message.

Huh? Marinette frowned at her phone.

"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Adrien asked her. She guessed that he must have gotten the same message.

"Yeah. The delete button is gone."

"Strange. Do you think it's a virus?" Adrien scooted closer to her to see her phone. His hair brushed her ear. Marinette squeeked but stayed completely still.

"We maybe open should it? I MEAN. Maybe we should open it?" Great, her stammer was back. And she was doing so well too, she thought.

"Wouldn't that make it worse?"

"Probably. But it shouldn't make a difference. If it's already hiding buttons it must already be in affect. Let's go see Max to be safe though. I'm sure that he could fix this."

"Good idea."

They both got up and moved to leave. They were stopped by Alya barreling into the classroom. "Marinette!"

"Alya!" Marinette jumped in surprise as Alya grabbed her shoulders.

"Did you get the message?! An Akuma is about to reveal how Ladybug and Chat Noir started out on my Ladyblog!" Alya bounced in her excitement.

Marinette broke out in cold sweat and felt her stomach drop to her feet. Next to her, Adrien gaped.

Mechanically, Marinette opened the video message on her phone.

The mobile screen showed a moving image of a pink haired... was that an Elf or a Fairy?

...

Greetings, I am Alterna.

If you would like to know how Ladybug and Chat Noir became the superheroes they are today, tune in live on 'Origins' via the Ladyblog in one hour of receiving this message or come to the Eiffel Tower.

And yes, their identities will be revealed.

This will be the event of the century, don't miss it.

...

The Elf-fairy person winked at the viewers before the video ended.

"Can you believe this?! We finally get to find out who Ladybug and Chat Noir are behind the mask! Battery, check. Alya, out." Marinette didn't even get a word in before Alya rushed out the classroom.

"I-I need to go." Adrien said, looking pale as he ran away too.

Marinette gulped, what is she going to do?

...

AN

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