08/09/24
28 Reviews, 31 Favs, 32 Follows
Its hard to like Chloe or give her a chance because my friend and I remind her of our ex-friend who was alot mean like her and whenever we do try to give her a chance to change, she never did. It took us this long to realize there is a zero chance to ever see a change in our friend because she couldn't respect people's likes and dislikes. It took us 2 years to finally see there's no reason to be her friend anymore if she can't learn to respect herself.
But we just only hope that Chloe can finally see the consequences of her actions for real because she never does. She once said she doesn't care about Monarch's intentions but she has no idea what its like to be manipulated as pawns. If you look back in season 3, Hawk Moth always targets her because he knows she's Queen Bee and is waited for the right moment to manipulate her. Plus, she's always the trigger when it comes to getting someone akumatized. Every time that happens, she always puts herself in danger so many times and yet she doesn't learn her lesson at all. That there, she lacks awareness. Because in her mind, she only thinks highly of herself.
If Chloe can learn to let nice people into her heart, she could try and learn to understand that there's more to life than money and popularity. She never let Ladybug into her heart nor listen to her reason to why she can't have the bee miraculous. Ladybug did tell her that but Chloe did not take her word well. Alya took Ladybug's word well because she can't let her family suffer from Hawk Moth again. Which is why she can't be Rena Rouge in the open again because Alya knows about responsibility while Chloe does not.
For one thing, Chloe was never disciplined all her life and without discipline, that's what happens when she becomes like that. No care, no responsibility, no manners, and definetly no respect to all ages.
It's only been a few days since school is opened due to every school board discussion with the safety of students to be extra cautious and the teachers to be very aware of any student breaking the school's rules. It includes passes for students going to the bathroom without being out there too long, medical records as proof that a student has a real illness, disabilities, or any conditions without making a lie about it, real emergency calls to call real parents if a student is injured or misbehaving, any rules for the school to be justified without having Chloe to use abuse of power ever again. But of course, the mayor can't be fired without holding an election for a new vote for a new mayor. Chloe, however, still hasn't been taught a lesson ever. She was still as ignorant and selfish as always. But she still didn't get the restored bee miraculous back. Every other time she willingly gets akumatized, it only proves how well she did not earn the bee miraculous at all. Because she sided with Monarch so much for power and greed. Nothing can ever help her see the errors in the outcome of so much pain and suffering she put in everyone. She once said so herself that she doesn't care about Monarch's intentions. Sabrina cut ties with her since she can't handle her anymore, not even what she said about making fun of all the losers who are only good enough to be used as doormats. When she means 'everyone', she means Sabrina a herself too along with those who tried to reach out for Chloe until it only comes down to losing their trust and faith in her. And now with Monarch dead and the butterfly brooch with Ladybug, she has no Akuma to be transformed willingly. Chloe will surely never change at all because she wants to impress her mother by being mean to everyone or end up like Zoe with nothing. But with the others, they were discussing the Miraculous team's return, having stopped only regular crimes the last few days. Cat Noir was simply trying to get over his grief and betrayal from his late father. The only question is can he control his rage from accidentally cataclysm someone? Which he almost did on Dark humor. But as Adrien, his aunt has taken over the mansion he would stay in his hometown. Right now, he puts his stuff in his locker while ignoring Chloe nearby.
"I can't believe I have to be in these boring rules of this utterly ridiculous school! Thanks a lot, Adri-nothing!" Chloe blaming Adrien for this.
"You need some manners, Chloe" Adrien walked past her, not in the mood.
"You need to respect my wishes! I'm not the one to get betrayed by Lila!" Chloe ranted.
"You never respected me or anyone else. As I already told you, I gave you multiple chances and you did not take those chances to become a nice person people wanted. You trusted Lila but you don't see she was using you the same way you use Sabrina for selfish desires. Like you don't know what that's like when someone treats you like a puppet. I'm done with you, Chloe. You don't deserve to have friends at all and that's not my problem, it's your problem now" Adrien said before leaving but she gets relentless again.
"How dare you say it's my problem! I expected better for you to treat all the losers to respect those who have power!" Chloe getting Adrien all pressure up, "Especially that you don't belong to that worthless baker girl!"
That got Adrien very angry and he unexpectedly slapped Chloe for insulting Marinette, "Shut up!"
Chloe fell to the floor, gasping in shock.
"Marinette is not heartless and she's the most selfless girl I know! The Chloe I once had as my only childhood friend betrayed me and everyone in Paris. Ladybug had the right to not give you the bee miraculous because you don't know anything about teamwork, cooperation, or respect!" Adrien explained why she would never be anything good.
He then heads back to the classroom, leaving Chloe all stunned and baffled at him slapping her. He didn't mean to do that but he had to knock senses into Chloe to take a hint. But he hopes that she's not gonna do something horrible to him. No Akuma to come ever again since that's what she's good at by getting akumatized willingly and paying the price of her selfish greed making everyone despise her more.
"This is all Marinette's fault!" Chloe grumbled, her face all red in anger.
Marinette was in the classroom, waiting for Adrien, "Hey Princess" Adrien came in to meet her.
"Hey, handsome. Whoa, you looked flushed. Are you okay?" Marinette can see he looks flushed in his face like he got angry or something else.
"Just told Chloe off in the most serious way possible and well... I slapped her" Adrien admitted.
"What?!" Marinette exclaimed.
"I know, I know. I didn't mean to but she was insulting about you. I hate when someone insults my princess like that. It's as if I feel very protective of you so much that I don't want to lose you again. But I had to tell her off the hard way. I did the nice way a lot and this time, I had to discipline her" Adrien explained his reason.
"She still won't quit, won't she? But I have a feeling she's gonna do something terrible to us both, even without an Akuma" Marinette said.
"Princess, don't worry. Your Akuma did tell the mayor off. So I hope he makes the right decision" Adrien said before sitting down.
"I hope so," Marinette said.
"Besides, Felix and I have been practicing the stare of death as kids whenever we intimidate each other," Adrien said.
"I hope you used it on her" Marinette chuckled.
"And I will. Next time she pisses me off, I will" Adrien said.
"I gotta learn it too," Marinette said.
After school was over, Adrien was called into the office for 'domestic violence' against Chloe but he did not care because it was on Chloe who got Adrien angry, not himself. Chloe just couldn't keep her big mouth shut and stay the hell away from people's business.
"She was the one who started it by insulting me and Marinette," Adrien said.
"Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!" Chloe said.
"The reason she's angry at me is that I ended my friendship with her. I had every right to disown her" Adrien explained his reason.
"You traitor!" Chloe yelled.
"You see? She can't even acknowledge herself because she ignores her irresponsible actions" Adrien said calmly.
"Well, I suppose you had every right but I can't expel her," Mr. Damocles said.
"Expel him!" Chloe demanded.
"Do not make the same mistake again. Either do your own right or let her turn the school into injustice again. Do you want the board directors to come back here again?" Adrien glared, hoping he wouldn't do the same thing again by punishing innocent victims for Chloe.
"I'm sorry Chloe, but Adrien won't be expelled," Mr. Damocles said to Chloe.
"And don't forget, it requires a hearing, Chloe. And I haven't done any multiple policy violations in the school. You did" Adrien said, asking if he could leave the office since he can't deal with Chloe again.
"You're free to go, Adrien," Mr. Damocles said.
"Thank you" Adrien left the room.
"My daddy will have your head for this!" Chloe yelled.
"Good luck with that" Adrien chuckled while he left.
He soon joined Marinette again, "I had a feeling she would have a big mouth," He said.
"As usual," Marinette said.
"As much as I wanna be angry at her father for spoiling her too much but I can't," Adrien said before going outside with her.
"She really has him under her thumb," Marinette said.
"Talking back at an adult, that's a bad move," Adrien said.
"Yes, it is," Marinette said as they headed to the park.
"I'm still processing and healing a bit. Grief can be ugly to haunt your life" Adrien said.
"Chloe's just trying to make it even harder for you," Marinette said.
"She did, by pushing my buttons," Adrien said,
"Of course" Marinette sat on a bench with him, "Whatever threat is coming we'll be ready"
"Criminals and terrorists are not the same as akumas, milady. I never faced one for real" Adrien said.
"Me too," Marinette said.
"Master Fu always says that the miraculous is used for the greater good. My father used it for evil and personal gain, it destroyed him. Chloe did try hard to impress you but she foolishly transformed in front of the public, especially in front of my father that day he got devasted to lose me by Style Queen" Adrien said.
"Chloe never learns from her mistakes nor wants to make up for them," Marinette said.
"She's afraid of forgiveness because when she wants forgiveness, people will still believe she will never be good enough," Adrien said.
"Yeah," Marinette looks up into the clouds.
"I wanted to believe so hard that people could change but it's not up to me, it's up to them," Adrien said.
"Well, this world isn't perfect but there's a balance of good and evil," Marinette said.
"But so far, our friends are like the family I needed, not my father telling me what to do that isn't me," Adrien said.
"Yes, my prince charming" Marinette said.
"My Purrincess" Adrien leans in to kiss.
For so long, they both felt the freedom to have a normal life without having akumas get in the way of everything. Paris still needs their help in the future.
x
Later, Marinette was ready to talk to her friends and hoped she could trust them again. They all gathered and started having their talk together.
"Marinette, I knew we've gone through this when you were Princess Justice. But that Akuma really made us open our eyes to not trust a stranger that turns out to be someone who doesn't exist" Juleka said.
"And I should've realized that I wear glasses and a napkin is very impossible to gauge an eye out," Max said.
"Or that you would never push someone down the stairs," Alya said.
"We should've thought of how Lila was able to walk normally because falling down the stairs would've caused bruises, broken bones, and even a concussion. Not a single scrape on her" Mylene said.
"Or the fact that lying diseases don't even exist," Rose said.
"You guys should know I never lie nor cause harm. You've seen how Chloe torments me a lot and Lila was no different than her. She was right about one thing, people can't resist what they like to hear, even if it's from rumors or gossip, this is a reason why checking facts is better than believing every word" Marinette said, letting out the emotional pain they put her through.
Alya felt bad that she was not doing what a reporter should have done, by checking the facts before uploading.
"There are times I despise liars because they hurt people so much to the point when it comes to pathological liars like her, they change you, convince you, and even turn you into bullies to one day go against an innocent victim who you think is a bully. Chloe may have a big mouth but she turns the school into injustice. But when Lila is around, you never see what she does to me because you never witness it. You only believe her words but whenever I try to prove it to you, you think I'm the liar" Marinette explained what it's like to feel like doing nothing but let Lila get away with it.
"We should've supported you when you needed us," Alya said.
"Instead of being her unwilling pawns," Marinette said.
"Never again," Alya said.
Adrien came in because he also wants an apology from them too ever since he remained quiet all the time and never told them all how he felt around Lila modeling him, he expected better from them. But although he should've said something sooner but he took too long.
"Everyone, I think I owe you all an apology about how I felt about Lila" He announced.
"What makes you say that?" Alya said.
"Because I did nothing at all and when I saw how worse she became, I took too long to tell you guys. I threatened her to get Marinette reinstated at school but knowing how well she's not great at being honest, I made her come up with another lie just as convincing to prove Marinette's innocence. In exchange for a photoshoot which I hated" Adrien confessed why he had her in a photoshoot with her.
"You knew Lila was up to no good and kept your mouth shut?!" Alya got a bit angry.
"I thought she would change and learn but I was wrong. Would you have believed me? Do you have any idea how hard it is to smile a lot while hiding my real feelings? Do you all think I was really happy to model for my father's company? I did not choose Lila to model me, my father did. My father only likes exceptional people but Lila is not exceptional nor from a rich family" Adrien sighs in frustration at how long it took for him to be true to himself with his amok rings, "I expected better from my father if he let me choose the right girl to model but he never lets me. And Lila did not care about me, she only cares about attention"
"I didn't know, bro," Nino said.
"And Ladybug did confront Lila in front of me. Even if it was too far Ladybug had to or I would end up like all of you to go against Marinette. Lila would have filled my head with bad influence" Adrien explained why he knew Lila was a liar.
"And on the same day she got akumatized into Chameleon, she threatened me in the bathroom that she would make sure I would lose my friends and never get close to Adrien. There were no witnesses ever and I never said anything because you all would think I'm the liar. I did try to prove you all when I tossed the napkin to her, her wrist is just fine but quickly pretended she had a sprained wrist on the other. Helping someone who fakes an injury is just ridiculous because it's manipulation to lure you away from your real friends" Marinette said.
"Seems Lila's more of a monster than we thought. Having all of us fooled when the obvious is noticeable" Nino said.
"But we can forgive you, as long as you learn to trust the right person who is sincere, honest, and genuine. Lila only talks about herself too much with fake stories. She doesn't talk about anything nice with honesty" Marinette said.
"Thank you, Marinette" Adrien smiled.
"No problem. Lila only wanted you all to believe Chloe can change but Lila was simply using her and only changed her into a horrible person, filling her head with bad ideas to make my life miserable. Chloe nearly almost changed before but she gave up on Ladybug and sided with bad people who hated Ladybug. Lila hated Ladybug so much with passion" Marinette said.
"Cat Noir once told me how Lila pretended to have an injured ankle to lure him away from Ladybug alone with a villain. It's like she knew I had a small crush on Ladybug which obviously she got jealous and wanted me to herself by eliminating all girls who won't have a chance with me. Meaning she wanted Ladybug dead" Adrien explained how much Lila hated Ladybug.
"My god" Alya was shocked at how much Lila hated Ladybug.
"Yup. And she knew I had a crush on Adrien which is why she wanted me out of the picture. But I think she's afraid of me because I would try anything to expose her. Her mistake was to get me akumatized" Marinette said.
"Though she didn't expect you to expose her as an Akuma," Juleka said.
"Because she was helping a terrorist Monarch when it comes to getting what she wanted but she doesn't know the consequences it becomes. I may not remember what I did but Princess Justice sure hates liars and injustice as much as I do" Marinette said.
"Plus, Chloe and Lila get on my nerves a lot. Chloe insulted Marinette and an Akuma was gonna touch her, so I took the hit and became Dark Reaper. It fed on my deep dark thoughts which obviously I wanted to so badly claim souls but that was just my deep dark thoughts, not my intentions" Adrien said.
"I don't blame you, dude," Nino said.
"But we need to know if we can count on you guys to not believe a single word from strangers you barely know," Marinette said.
"As long as we learned from experience, it won't be repeated," Alya said.
"I certainly hope so," Marinette said.
"And I hope I learn to open my mouth about it. And Princess Justice was right, I had no childhood public schools at all. I never experienced bullies or know what it's like to be tormented. Until I learned from Chloe and Lila at how much pain and suffering they put on people" Adrien said.
"Lila may be behind bars but together we're a team against Chloe," Sabrina said.
"Chloe is lost to herself. Everyone tried to reach out for her but she's well aware of hurting people and being mean but she doesn't know a thing about friendship or anything. She makes rules for herself and she's not careful with trusting people who would backstab her. We all tried to help her but in her eyes, we are all losers and nobodies to her" Adrien said, knowing how he tried to help her become a better person but he can't change her mind or heart, especially experiencing what people see in her.
"She won't have power for long once next election, her dad's been mayor for too long," Marinette said.
"Except there are others who can't see how much pain and suffering she put everyone through. They need to stop trying so hard to believe she could change. I learned my lesson now until I learned what she did to Marinette" Adrien said.
"Even not caring to go apologize" Sabrina adds.