Hey everyone, I'm back with chapter 7.
Hope you enjoy.
Special thanks to Nangbaby and Zodiac on Reddit for helping me come up with the akuma for this chapter
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug
Marinette walked to school that morning with a visible look of excitement on her face. Her parents were going away for until tomorrow evening and they had given Marinette permission to host a sleepover, Marinette was really excited since she had never hosted a sleepover before, granted, she had been to a couple since joining Francoise Dupont High School, but she had never had a chance to host one of her own. When Marinette arrived at school, she immediately ran up to Alya.
"Hey, Marinette, you seem happy" said Alya
"I am, my parents are going away until tomorrow and they've let me have a sleepover tonight" said Marinette
"Then you know I'll be there" said Alya
"Awesome" said Marinette
"Now what's going on here?"
The girls looked to see Nino, Zach and Adrien approaching them.
"Marinette's got the house to herself tonight, so she's hosting her first sleepover" said Alya
"Really? Sounds cool, Mari, but I need to take care of Achilles tonight, so I can't attend" joked Zach
"Actually Zach, the sleepover is girls only" said Marinette
"Also, who's Achilles?" asked Nino
"Oh right, you guys have never been to my house, Achilles is my dog" said Zach
The friends shared a small talk as they headed to the classroom. Marinette told the other girls about her sleepover when Zach noticed Sabrina approaching the classroom.
"Here you go, Sabrina" said Zach, holding the door open
"Thanks, Zach" said Sabrina
Once Sabrina entered the classroom, Zach let the door go.
"OW!" said someone
Zach opened the door again and Chloe entered with a hand on her forhead.
"Didn't you see me?" asked Chloe
"Why? What difference would it make?" asked Zach
"Ah, Chloe, Sabrina" said Marinette
"What is it Marinette?" asked Chloe
"I'm hosting a sleepover tonight at my place and I was wondering if you two would like to attend" said Marinette
"Huh?" asked Alya
Everyone in class got confused.
"Um, thanks for the invite Marinette, but I'm busy tonight" said Sabrina
"Okay, what about you Chloe?" asked Marinette
"Well, I don't have any plans for the night, so I should be free to attend, but only if we don't stay up too late" said Chloe
"Why?" asked Marinette
"If I don't get enough beauty sleep, I end up looking like a monster" said Chloe
Zach was about to speak.
"Zach, don't!" said Adrien
"But Adrien, fish gotta swim" said Zach
Everyone took their seats to start the lesson.
==Later that Day==
After getting home from school, Marinette made some snacks and prepared for her friends to arrive.
"This is going to be a great night, Marinette" said Tikki
"Thanks Tikki, I'm excited to finally host my first sleepover" said Marinette
"I'm a little confused about one thing" said Tikki
"What is it?" asked Marinette
"Well...why did you invite Chloe?" asked Tikki
"Well, Chloe and I have been enemies for years, she's always been entitled, stuck up and just mean, but ever since she started being Queen Bee, she's started to show a better side of herself, I feel like me and her could actually be friends" said Marinette
"That's very mature of you, Marinette" said Tikki
A knock at the door pulled Marinette and Tikki from their conversation, Tikki hid in Marinette's purse as Marinette answered the door to let in her guests.
==Petiot House==
Zach was home alone tonight. He filled his dog's bowl before lying down, Howll could tell that Zach was deep in thought about something.
"You're thinking about you-know-who again, aren't you?" asked Howll
"Am I that obvious?" asked Zach
"Zach, I know you want to get your hands on him for what happened, but you just need to be patient, one of these days, he'll show himself" said Howll
"Yeah, and when he does...he's mine" said Zach
Zach smiled and scratched Howll's chin. They were interrupted when they heard the doorbell.
"You have company" said Howll
"Then you should hide" said Zach
==Marinette's House==
Marinette and her friends got ready to start a movie when there was a knock at the door.
"Who could that be? Marinette, did you invite anyone else?" asked Alya
"Actually, yes, I did" said Marinette
Marinette went to open the door and the final 2 guests entered, Aurore Beaureal and Mireille Caquet.
"Aurore, Mireille, so glad you could make it" said Marinette
"Of course, Marinette" said Aurore
"You two are just in time, we were just about to start a movie" said Marinette
==Agreste Manor==
Adrien was in his room, writing down some stuff in his notebook, noting some more notes about Marinette possibly being Ladybug, meanwhile, Plagg was happily munching on a piece of camembert.
"You really think it's her?" asked Plagg
"You telling me it's not her?" asked Adrien
"I'm not saying that" said Plagg
"So you're saying it IS her?" asked Adrien
"I'm not saying that, either" said Plagg
"Then what are you saying?"
"I'm not saying anything, I'm just asking if you're sure it's her, or, are you just hoping it's her?" asked Plagg
"Plagg, enough with the riddles, just go back to eating your cheese" said Adrien
"Oh, don't worry, I plan to" said Plagg
"Actually, Plagg, you saw Ladybug when she was detransformed, you know who she is, so tell me, am I onto something?" asked Adrien
"I'm sorry kid, I can't" said Plagg
"Why not?" asked Adrien
"It's not my place to tell you, also, my mouth is full" said Plagg, before shoving some cheese into his mouth.
Adrien went back to his notes
"Hey kid, can I ask a question?" asked Plagg
"Sure, go ahead" said Adrien
"If Marinette somehow WAS Ladybug, how would you feel?" asked Plagg
"Huh?" asked Adrien
"Well, would you be happy? Disappointed? Annoyed?" asked Plagg
"Well...um..." said Adrien, unsure how to answer
==Marinette's House==
The girls were half-way through the movie when Mireille tapped Marinette on the shoulder.
"What is it, Mireille?" asked Marinette
"Marinette, where's your bathroom?" asked Mireille
"It's just down there" said Marinette, pointing in the direction
"Thank you" said Mireille
Mireille got up and made her way to the bathroom when she tripped over her bag, which she had left on the floor.
"Mireille, are you okay?" asked Aurore
"I'm fine, don't worry" said Mireille
Mireille stood back up when Chloe noticed something on the floor.
"Hey, what's this?" asked Chloe, picking up a book that had fallen out of Mireille's bag. The book was called 'Elwyn Maglar'
"No, Chloe, that's..." said Mireille
"Wait, Elwyn Maglar? That children's book about elves and fairies? I stopped reading these books when I was 6" said Chloe, laughing
Tears started to fall from from Mireille's eyes as she grabbed the book from Chloe's hands and ran up to Marinette's bedroom.
==Hawkmoth's Lair==
"It's a sad day when people are humiliated for their interests, but it's perfect for my akumas" said Hawkmoth
A white butterfly flew into Hawkmoth's hand, he covered it with his other hand as it was engulfed in a dark energy, turning it black and purple.
"Fly to her, my little akuma" said Hawkmoth
==Marinette's Bedroom==
Mireille sat in the corner of Marinette's bedroom when the akuma flew into her book. A purple outline started shining infront of her eyes.
"Bookworm, I am Hawkmoth, I can sense you feel humiliated, made fun of just for something you enjoy, it's sad, really, but I can help you show others some respect, all I ask in return is for you to bring me the miraculous of Ladybug and Cat Noir" said Hawkmoth
"We have a deal, Hawkmoth" said Mireille
A dark aura enveloped Mireille as she began to transform.
==Downstairs==
"I can't believe you Chloe, you completely embarrassed Mireille, actually, saying it out loud, it's not different from how you usually are" said Marinette
"Oh please, even you can't deny those books are for little kids" said Chloe
"That's irrelevant, Mireille likes those books and you shouldn't have made fun of her for that" said Aurore
"But..." said Chloe
"But nothing, Chloe, now go upstairs and apologize right now!" said Marinette
"Ugh, alright" said Chloe
Chloe went up the stairs and knocked on the trap door to Marinette's bedroom.
"Mireille, I'm sorry, I acted inappropriately, I shouldn't have laughed at you" said Chloe, clearly not meaning it
No answer.
"Uh, Mireille?" asked Chloe
Still nothing.
"She must be ignoring me" said Chloe
"I wouldn't be surprised" said Alix
Chloe opened the trap door and entered Marinette's bedroom.
"Mireille?" asked Chloe
"Mireille isn't here..."
Chloe turned to see the akumatized Mireille. Her skin had turned a deep shade of pink and her eyes were gold, her pyjamas were replaced with a brown business suit with a knee length skirt, her hair, now longer and white, was topped with a brown trilby and on her feet, she now wore a pair of black flat business shoes. Her book was now wrapped in rope and was hanging from her belt.
"There is only Bookworm"
"Oh no" said Chloe, before running back down the stairs, closing the trap door behind her.
"Chloe? What's going on?" asked Juleka
"Mireille's been akumatized" said Chloe
"WHAT!?" asked Aurore
The trap door opened again and Bookworm walked down the stairs.
"This isn't good" said Rose
Bookworm grabbed her book.
"You know Chloe, I've been thinking, maybe the reason you made fun of the book is because you don't appreciate it, so, I would like to read a little part of it to you" said Bookworm
Bookworm opened the book and began reading.
"...there, Elwyn stood face-to-face with his latest hurdle in his quest, the treacherous Stone Trolls..." said Bookworm
As she spoke, 5 small creatures with grey skin appeared infront of her.
"Say hello to the Stone Trolls" said Bookworm, closing the book
"I think now would be a good time to run" said Marinette
"Why? What are they going to do?" asked Alix
As soon as Alix finished her question, one of the trolls jumped at her and bit her arm.
"OW!"
Alix punched the troll off her arm and it vanished in a puff of smoke, but the bite mark left behind had a strange effect. Alix felt her arm go stiff, she looked to see her arm turning to stone, within seconds, Alix completely transformed into a stone statue. The other girls tried to run off as Bookworm ordered the other trolls to follow them.
Most of the girls left the bakery while Marinette tried to hide so she could transform.
"Alright Tikki, time to..." said Marinette
Marinette stopped when she noticed she didn't have her coin purse.
"Oh no, I left my purse upstairs" said Marinette
Marinette turned to see one of the trolls running towards her, when it jumped at her, Marinette quickly grabbed a baking tray that was next to her and swatted the troll away, causing it to disappear in a puff of smoke. Marinette quickly pulled her phone out of her pocket and called Alya.
"Marinette, thank god, you're okay" said Alya
"I'm fine, Alya, how are the others?" asked Marinette
"It's not great, Mylene and Rose both got bit by those trolls, we were able to take out 3 more of them though" said Alya
"I was able to get the last one before it could bite me, so Bookworm doesn't have any trolls left" said Marinette
"Awesome, listen, don't go anywhere, I'll try to find you" said Alya, before hanging up
Marinette couldn't stay, she needed to stop Bookworm. Marinette ran outside and saw that Bookworm had summoned more minions, an army of knights.
"Go forth my army, find me Chloe Bourgeois" said Bookworm
Being careful to avoid being seen, Marinette ran upstairs and grabbed her purse off the sofa and released Tikki.
"Marinette, you're okay" said Tikki
"Yeah, so far my sleepover isn't going so well, we need to stop Bookworm..." said Marinette
"TIKKI! SPOTS ON!"
Marinette brushed her hair out of the way as Tikki flew into Marinette's earring. Both of Marinette's earrings turned red and 5 black spots donned the surface of the earrings.
Marinette covered her eyes before moving her hands away to afix her mask.
Marinette stretched out one arm as a bright pink light pasted Marinette's suit onto her.
Marinette's Yo-Yo materialized around Marinette's waist.
With a little dance and a high kick, Marinette posed as her transformation into Ladybug was complete.
With her transformation complete, Ladybug headed back out to fight Bookworm's army.
==Meanwhile==
At the Petiot house, Zach was finishing some homework when he heard a loud commotion outside. He looked to see an army of fantasy creatures wandering the streets of Paris.
"Hawkmoth must have been busy" said Howll
"Ladybug and Cat Noir won't be able to fight all them on their own" said Zach, removing his bracer to reveal his miraculous.
"HOWLL! FULL MOON RISE!"
Howll flew into Zach's bracelet. His Gauntlet formed on his other arm.
Zach snapped his fingers infront of his face as his mask materialized.
Zach ran his fingers through his hair, causing his black, spiked hair to develop purple highlights and a set of wolf ears to form on his head.
Zach raised his right arm above his head and extened the retractable claws in his Gauntlet, before driving the blades into the ground as his suit formed on his body.
Zach waved his arms infront of his waist as his belt materialized.
Zach posed as his transformation into Nightwolf was complete.
Nightwolf left the house and went off to fight the army.
==Agreste Manor==
Adrien was in the bathroom, brushing his teeth and getting ready for bed when he heard screaming.
"Plagg, what's going on?" asked Adrien
"How should I know?" asked Plagg
Adrien turned to his computer to see a live-stream of the akuma attack on Alya's ladyblog.
"That doesn't look good..." said Adrien
"PLAGG! CLAWS OUT!"
Adrien's ring changed from silver to black before Plagg flew into the ring as a green pawprint appeared on the ring. Adrien shot his hand above his head.
Adrien waved his hand infront of his face as his mask materialized, before running his hands over his hair, forming his cat ears.
Adrien spread his arms as his catsuit manifested from the center of his chest to his hands and feet. Adrien's belt and Bo Staff also materialized around his waist.
After performing 2 scratch taunts, Adrien posed as his transformation into Cat Noir was complete.
==Streets of Paris==
Ladybug was fighting off Bookworm's knights when she was knocked down by an attack from behind. The knight raised their sword up, but quickly disappeared in a puff of smoke after behind hit by Nightwolf.
"Thanks for that, Nightwolf" said Ladybug
"No problem, Ladybug, so, what's the situation?" asked Nightwolf
"The akumatized victim is called Bookworm, she can bring creatures from her book to life" said Ladybug
"Sounds hard" said Nightwolf
"No doubt, by the way, any sign of Cat Noir?" asked Ladybug
"You called, bugaboo?" asked Cat Noir, who walked up behind Ladybug
"Ah, kitty, you're here, did you hear what I said about the akuma?" asked Ladybug
"Every word, milady, so what's the plan?" asked Cat Noir
"Not sure yet, all I know is that the akuma must be in her book" said Ladybug
"Then let's go get it" said Nightwolf
The three heroes ran off to find Bookworm, finding her in the middle of the Place des Vosges, she was sat in a throne atop a tower.
"Where did she get that stuff from?" asked Nightwolf
"Probably from the book" said Ladybug
"Bookworm, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Nightwolf have arrived, bring me their Miraculous" said Hawkmoth
Bookworm ordered her minions to attack the heroes, but the heroes proceeded to defeat all of them.
"You may have defeated my other minions, Ladybug and friends..." said Bookworm
"Hey, that makes us sound like characters in a kids show" said Nightwolf
"...but you're going to need to do a lot better to defeat the greatest enemy in the book!" said Bookworm
Bookworm opened the book and began to read.
"...and so, Elwyn stood before the final hurdle in his quest, he knew he needed all the skills he had learned on his journey to defeat Grimm Matches!" said Bookworm
Above Bookworm's head shone a bright light, which materialized into a large red dragon.
"A DRAGON?!" asked Nightwolf
"Any plans to take down that thing, bugaboo?" asked Cat Noir
"Don't call me bugaboo" said Ladybug
"Sorry, can't help myself" said Cat Noir
"Only one thing to do..." said Ladybug
"LUCKY CHARM!"
Ladybug flung her Yo-Yo high into the air. Energy shot out from the yo-yo before creating a book.
"A book? What am I supposed to do with this?" asked Ladybug
"Uh, you do know we don't want to give her MORE power, right?" asked Nightwolf
Ladybug opened the book and saw the pages were all blank, she looked around, noticing the book in her hands as well as the one in Bookworm's hands and Grimm.
"Or maybe we do" said Ladybug
Ladybug removed the ladybug patterned sleeve from the book.
"Here's the plan..." said Ladybug
As Ladybug explained the plan, Bookworm ordered Grimm to attack, the heroes quickly dodged the attack. The three heroes started to fight Grimm, but could not get a hit on the dragon. When Cat Noir tried for a sneak attack, Grimm swatted the black clad hero away, causing him to land next to the tower where Bookworm was sat atop.
"Now, Cat Noir!" said Ladybug
"CATACLYSM!"
Cat Noir raised his hand above his head as his hand was infused with negative energy.
Cat Noir placed his hand on the tower that Bookworm's throne sat atop and caused it to crumble. Bookworm fell and dropped the book in her hands. Ladybug ran to pick it up.
"GRAB THE BOOK!" said Bookworm
Grimm went to retrieve the book. Nightwolf grabbed the book first and quickly tossed it to Ladybug.
"Got it!" said Ladybug
Ladybug was caught off guard when Grimm attacked her from behind and knocked her down, causing her to drop the book. The dragon picked up the book and handed it to Bookworm.
"Nice try, Ladybug, but not good enough" said Bookworm
Bookworm opened the book, intending to summon another minion, but was shocked when the pages were all blank.
"Wait, THIS ISN'T MY BOOK!" screamed Bookworm
"Hey..." said Ladybug
Bookworm looked to see Nightwolf hand over the real book to Ladybug.
"...looking for this?" asked Ladybug
==Flashback==
When Nightwolf grabbed the original book, he removed the plastic sleeve and put it on the decoy book, which is the one he threw to Ladybug.
==End of Flashback==
"NO!" screamed Bookworm
Ladybug ripped the book in half, releasing the akuma inside.
"No more evil doing for you, little akuma" said Ladybug as she opened her yo-yo
"Time to de-evilize!"
Ladybug captured the purple akuma in her yo-yo.
"Gotcha!"
Ladybug released the akuma, now pruified into a white butterfly.
"Bye-bye, little butterfly" said Ladybug, before throwing the Lucky Charm into the air.
"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"
An explosion of pink energy dispersed into a swarm of ladybugs that flew around the city, repairing all the damage caused by Bookworm, and reverting her back to normal.
"Huh?" asked Mireille
"Pound it!" said the trio of heroes, fist bumping over a job well done.
"Ladybug? Cat Noir? Nightwolf? What happened?" asked Mireille
"Don't worry about it, Mireille, for now, you should be getting back" said Ladybug
"Thanks" said Mireille, before heading back to the bakery.
"And we should be getting back too, bug out!" said Ladybug, before swinging away
==Hawkmoth's Lair==
"The story is not yet over, Ladybug and Cat Noir, one of these days, your miraculous shall be mine!" said Hawkmoth
==Marinette's House==
Ladybug swung to the bakery and landed on the roof, the final spot on her earrings beeped before she ran out of time and transformed back into Marinette. Marinette hid Tikki in her coin purse and headed inside, going down to the living room where the other girls were.
"Marinette, where were you? I told you to stay put!" said Alya
"Don't worry, I'm fine" said Marinette
"How did you get upstairs?" asked Mylene
"Uh...Ladybug dropped me off" said Marinette
The girls heard the door open and saw Mireille enter the room.
"Mireille, thank god you're alright" said Aurore
"Don't worry about me, I'm happy you're all fine" said Mireille
Chloe walked up to Mireille.
"Mireille, I'm...sorry, about how I acted before, it was wrong" said Chloe
Marinette could tell that Chloe's apology was more honest than her fake one earlier.
"It's alright Chloe, I know that the book is supposed to be for kids, but I can't help but enjoy it" said Mireille
"So, who wants to get back to the sleepover?" asked Alya
The girls all gathered around the living room to continue the sleepover.
==The Next Day==
At school, the next day, the guys were all in their seats in class when Marinette and her sleepover guests entered together.
"Hey girls, have a nice sleepover?" asked Adrien
"Could have been better" said Marinette
"Yeah, I don't know what was worse, the akuma attack or Chloe's snoring" said Alya
"HEY! I don't snore!" said Chloe
"Please, we had to turn you away from the window so you wouldn't inhale the curtains, still, one of the best nights of my life, though" said Juleka
"Yeah, Marinette, hope you're parents are away more often" said Rose
Everyone took their seats when Marinette's phone went off.
"Someone text you?" asked Alya
"No, it's not that, it's an e-mail from Mr. Agreste's assistant, Nathalie" said Marinette
"What is Nathalie doing e-mailing you?" asked Adrien
Marinette was a bit nervous to respond.
"Well, I-I decided that t-this y-year, since I'm officially old e-enough, I would enter the a-annual Gabriel A-Agreste Rookie Designer competition" said Marinette
"Wow, good for you, Marinette, and?" asked Alya
"Well, the e-mail is about this years theme for the designs" said Marinette
"What's the theme?" asked Nino
"It's..." said Marinette
Marinette checked the e-mail.
"...Heroes" said Marinette.
Thank you for reading, hope you enjoyed.
I wanted to make an announcement about this story, I originally wanted to include a custom cover image, rather than just my account picture, but since I'm not great at fanart, I didn't do the custom cover image, however, I still want to use one, so if anyone is interested in making a cover image for this fic, let me know.
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