p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"I just don't understand why no one told me about the trip or the coronation, unless they all forgot but that seems like some information too important to just forget to relay to a person. I'm so lost in my own thoughts I barely even register walking through the door to the bakery, as my mind slowly comes back to reality I realize the bakery is empty. This is particularly odd considering it doesn't close until 5 and it's only 3:00, I head upstairs to the living area because that has to be where they are, unless something bad happened to them. My thoughts begin to spiral as the only logical thought that can seem to come to the forefront of my mind is that whoever wanted me dead has finally found me and the people I love are paying the price, but right as I'm about to call out for my transformation I see my aunt and uncle sitting on the couch in our living room, just fine. They both sport worried and annoyed looks on their faces, but they're both fine./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Marinette, dear why don't you sit down? We have to talk to you." My aunt says /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Is this about my class going to China, and the coronation that I'm apparently having? Because I know all about that already." I say the sarcasm and annoyance dripping sweetly from my tone as my aunt sighs and says something under her breath/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yes Mare-bear, it is." My uncle starts, I roll my eyes at the nickname he's had for me forever/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""How come no one told me about this? It would have been nice to be a little prepared, luckily no one in class noticed how freaked out I was about the whole thing, otherwise, we would be having a much different conversation"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Sweetheart we didn't find out until about 10 minutes ago when your parents called us to inform us about everything, and the plans to move you back to China" As soon as those words left my aunt's mouth I felt my whole world come crumbling down, emmove back to China?/em/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""But my whole life is here now." And I can feel the tears brimming in my eyes as I realize what all this means "I can't just leave them all behind to rule a country I haven't lived in for the past 12 years! I'm not ready for this"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""We understand that and we tried to reason with your mom and dad but they won't listen" I didn't even feel them pull me closer as the tears began to fall, I couldn't even register who was talking to me, all I can think about in this moment, is how unfair it is for my parents to do this to me./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Why don't you go upstairs and take a breather before you call your parents, hopefully you'll have better luck than we did," my aunt says as she ushers me upstairs, I can feel Tikki moving around in my purse and I want nothing more than to hold her and let her words comfort me. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Thank you, Aunt Sabine, I'll let you know how it goes." She smiles at me as I head up the stairs to my loft bedroom and climb up the ladder to my bed, Tikki zips out of my purse and cuddles my cheek. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Oh Marinette, I'm so sorry about this, I know this isn't what you wanted at all" I give Tikki a watery smile as I think about everything that I'll have to give up./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I just don't think I'm ready for any of this, I haven't had any of the prep my parents did, and what about being Ladybug, and Adrien and Chloe, what happens with them? Will I have to give all of this up?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Well you are the guardian, plus you have the power-ups for your suit available. I'm sure you'll be able to figure out something, I'm not ready to leave you either and I'm sure if you talk to everyone you'll be able to figure out something." /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Thanks, Tikki, you always know what to say to me, I don't know what I would do without you" She smiles and cuddles up to my cheek as I lay down for a little while before calling my parents. I pick up my phone and call my mom's cellphone as Tikki smiles at me encouragingly from the end of my bed, I can do this if I'm calm I'll be able to eloquently get my point across and appeal to them about all of this. They pick up the phone on the third ring and I can hear my mothers excited breathing on the other end of the line, /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Marinette? Baby are you there?" She asks me through the phone. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yeah Mom, I'm here I wanted to talk to you about mov-" /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Good, we need to talk about your move to China and your coronation, I am so glad you'll be an amazing Empress I'm sure of it!" She cuts me off and I start to realize that this might be harder than I originally thought but nevertheless./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yes Mama I heard about that, but here's the thing, I don't think I'm ready to be Empress or move back to China"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""What? Why not? Are you okay baby?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Of course! I'm fine, I'm just not ready to rule and I was hoping to have some more time to prepare for all of this. Plus my whole life is here in Paris now, I can't just up and leave everybody" I can hear my mom's slow breathing on the other end of the line, and I know she's trying to hold back tears "I miss you guys more than anything, I promise I just need some more time"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Are you sure? If this is what you really want, we can just reintroduce you back into court as the Princess and crown you that way, it'll put you in the spotlight but it will give you more time to prepare for ruling, your dad will just have to deal"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yeah, Mom I'm sure that's what I want, I can train here in Paris and come visit in China for the time being until I'm really ready for it."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Alright, I'll let your dad know, but let's wait until you get here next week for you to talk to him, that should be enough time for him to cool down, and maybe it won't be too much of a touchy subject for you then as well" I can't help but let a big smile creep across my face. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Thank you, thank you, thank you! I love you so much, mama! I can't wait to see you!" I can hear her giggling through the phone/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Of course baby, I love you too! See you next week okay? And keep me updated!"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Okay, bye!"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Bye baby" and with that our phone conversation was over and I felt so much lighter and happier, I know my dad only wants to do the best he can and he thought he was doing the right thing, but I just need more time to figure all of this out in fact, I'm not even sure I want to rule at all. But for now, all I have to worry about is what my dad will say. /p