The day started out simple enough. Marinette and Adrien were talking to each other outside the school before it started. Adrien was holding a large book, given to him by his parents.

"Dad said he found it in Tibet. He doesn't know how old it is, just that it's...well, it's old."

Marinette giggled. "It's definitely old alright. How much have you read so far?"

"First few dozen pages or so. It's really cool. Right now, I'm on this part about a legendary hero who styled themself after a fox."

"Yo! Mari! Adrien!"

The two turned to see Nino coming over and waving to them excitedly. Adrien smiled as he gave his now official best friend a fistbump.

"Did you guys hear the news? We're getting a new student in Ms. Bustier's class."

Adrien and Marinette looked at each other. Marinette was always willing to meet new people and Adrien was glad to make new friends.

"What's this about a new student?" Peter asked as he came in along with Bruce.

"Marinette's class is getting a new transfer student from Italy. Apparently, she's the daughter of their diplomat." Bruce clarified.

"Ah, she's-a from Mother-a Italy, eh?" Peter joked in a cheesy fake Italian accent.

Marinette giggled, Adrien snorted, Nino burst out laughing, and Bruce just sighed and facepalmed.

MIRACULOUS

As Bruce and Peter left for their class, Marinette, Adrien, and Nino headed to their own class and saw a girl in a red jacket with brown hair and green eyes talking with Alya and Rose.

"Oh, there you guys are!" Alya said as she recognized her friends. "Adrien, Marinette, this is Lila. She's new. Lila, these are our best friends, Marinette and Adrien."

It didn't take long for Lila to react to Adrien. She immediately went up to him, getting close to him, too close for the gang's taste.

"Well, Adrien, I think we are going to get along just fine since we have something in common," She said, batting her eyelashes at him.

Adrien immediately blushed and smiled nervously. "Oh? That's good. Uh... What do we have in common?"

"Well, we both come from high-class standings. My mom's Italy's ambassador and your dad's the legendary Gabriel Agreste, if I'm not mistaken."

"I guess that's sorta true..." Adrien muttered to the side.

"Hmm? Sorry, I couldn't quite hear that." Lila said, scrubbing her ear. "I have tinnitus in my left ear. I got it while I was getting a private lesson from Jagged Stone, a personal friend of mine."

"Hold on, you know Jagged Stone?" Ivan asked in surprise. "He's one of the best musicians of this time period!"

"Wow, you got to meet a celebrity? That's pretty cool." Marinette noted.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cool, whatever." Lila said, completely waving Marinette off before immediately turning her attention back to Adrien.

That's when Ms. Bustier came in. "Alright, everyone, take your seats."

"Oh, Ms. Bustier, may I sit in the front with Adrien?" Lila asked. "I have a bad hearing problem in my left ear and need someone I can trust to help me with notes."

She clung to Adrien's arm with a pleading look, which made the Agreste boy more than a little uneasy. Lila's sudden clinginess felt sudden and very unsettling.

"Well, Nino would have to give up his seat. Nino? Would you be willing?"

Nino looked at his best friend and at Lila. He thought about it, and while it would suck not to be with his buddy, at least Adrien would be making a new friend. With a sigh, he nodded his head and went to the back.

"Alya, I don't want to sound distrustful but something isn't right about that girl." Marinette whispered to Alya.

"Well, she's probably just happy to meet Adrien. You know how popular he gets with girls sometimes."

"Yeah..." Marinette muttered, still unsure.

As the lecture began, Chloe noticed how Lila was still clinging to Adrien, so she leaned toward Sabrina.

"Something's bugging me about that new girl."

"She does seem to be acting a little suspicious," Sabrina admitted. "But maybe it's just first-day jitters?"

Somehow, Chloe didn't believe that. Eventually, the class was over and the students made their way to their next class. Adrien made his way out the door, not realizing that he had left his new book for Lila to discover. Her prying eyes lead her to open it.

MIRACULOUS

To say things got better throughout the day would be a lie. Marinette tried to spend time with Adrien during passing periods and lunch but found that he was often with Lila, whether by choice or not, Marinette couldn't tell.

Marinette tried to get involved and be friendly towards Lila. She wanted to be her friend, but each time, Lila just brushed her off. Marinette could understand the appeal of having someone to relate to, but Lila's behavior seemed unusually unfriendly to her, especially since they had just met.

"Hey Marinette, how are you feeling?" Peter asked as he swung by.

"It's about Lila, the new kid. Something's just...well, I don't want to sound distrustful, but something seems suspicious about her."

"I saw her hogging a lot of Adrien's time. Seems like she's one of 'those' fangirls."

"No, it's not that..." Marinette said before suddenly hearing Lila talking to one of the other students.

"Yeah, I got the tinnitus in my right ear while I was hanging out with Prince Ali and Ladybug. I know her, you know. She saved my life once. Now we're friends. Though, if you ask me, there are way better heroes out there. Like Batman and Spider-Man."

Marinette gasped. Lila had said earlier that she had tinnitus in her left ear but now she was saying it was in her right? That could have just been a slip of the tongue, but the story had changed entirely, not to mention the part about Ladybug. Marinette knew for certain that that part was a lie.

"Uh, hey, Lila?" Marinette spoke up as she came over. "Sorry, but when you said you had tinnitus, didn't you tell me it was in your left ear? And I don't remember you telling us that you met Prince Ali and I certainly don't remember anything about…"

Lila's hand was suddenly brought over Marinette's mouth as she turned to the student she had been talking to.

"Can you excuse us?"

Lila then dragged Marinette into the bathroom. This time, Peter began feeling his Spider-Sense go off and he began to eavesdrop, not noticing a couple of other girls were passing by.

"Hey! What's your problem?!" Marinette snapped as she pried Lila's hand away from her mouth.

Lila sneered. "What's your problem? You've been stalking me all day."

"I wasn't stalking anyone. I was trying to talk to Adrien, because he's my friend, and I was also trying to be yours, but you kept brushing me off."

"Oh. Well, okay, sure. We can be friends." Lila said, giving off a smile that seemed a little too sweet for Marinette's liking.

"Fine by me, but you need to stop lying," Marinette said, crossing her arms.

Lila glared upon hearing that. "How do you know I'm lying?"

"Lila, you were telling a completely different story than the one you told us in class, and even added Ladybug into it."

"Okay, Little Miss "Honesty", so I make a few stories up. It's not my fault if people are dumb enough to believe them. People love my stories because it's what they want to hear." Lila said, her voice becoming more dangerous as she backed Marinette into a corner. "I know how to work a crowd, and I can make it so everyone loves me, and hates you."

Marinette was speechless. She was catching a glimpse of Lila's true colors, and she didn't like it. She tried desperately to say something, but she was too shocked to think of anything.

"So, you can keep this our little secret, or you can risk testing me. And let me warn you, it won't end well for you," Lila threatened as she turned on her heel and left. "And you might as well forget about Adrien because, by the end of the day, he's going to be mine."

Marinette just stood there, shaking. Just how much of Lila's threat was worth worrying about? The idea of this girl manipulating Adrien and the rest of the school against her was terrifying. Peter quickly moved into the bathroom with a concerned look on his face.

"Marinette, are you okay?!"

"I knew she was trouble!"

The two noticed that Chloe and Mary Jane were also there, having apparently heard everything themselves.

"H-How much did you hear?" Marinette asked nervously.

"We heard enough." Mary Jane replied, her normally laid-back and friendly face having a rather upset look. "We saw you and her coming our way, and I thought there would be trouble."

"Yeah, and I definitely felt there was trouble," Peter added.

MJ then walked over to the wastebasket and took her phone out of it as Chloe did the same.

"We hid our phones in the wastebasket and put them on record. I may not like you a whole lot, Dupain-Cheng, but Lila certainly is crossing a line." Chloe said. "Besides, she's trying to deceive Adrien and I can't let that slide no matter how you see it."

"We need to let the rest of the gang know about this," Peter said to Marinette. "Otherwise, bad things might start happening."

MIRACULOUS

Peter, Marinette, Mary Jane, and Chloe met up with Sabrina, Alya, and Nino and managed to get Adrien, Bruce, and the rest of Ms. Bustier's class over at the Grand Paris to talk about what they had learned.

"I can't believe she would lie like that!" Adrien said with his fists clenched. "She even went on about being a descendant of Volpina, a Fox Superhero, and how she knows Ladybug and Chat Noir."

Earlier, Lila had returned Adrien's book to him and had made up the lie about her being descended from the fox-themed hero in the book, Volpina. Adrien had already taken it with a grain of salt but this just confirmed his suspicions.

"Does that mean she was lying about knowing Prince Ali too?" Rose gasped, feeling more than a bit betrayed.

"Guess she must have been lying about Jagged Stone too." Ivan frowned.

"I showed her the recording and told her she should just simply admit the truth," Bruce said with his arms folded. "She merely got defensive and brushed off my words, saying she 'didn't need a lecture'."

"Man, and she seemed so nice too..." Alya sighed. "Guess I only have myself to blame for falling for it..."

Mary Jane shook her head. "That girl is bad news."

"Well, if she doesn't want to come clean on her own, then we'll have to do it for her," Nino said.

"I really didn't want it to come to this but...I guess there's no choice, huh?" Adrien sighed.

Bruce put a hand on his surrogate little brother's shoulder with an understanding look on his face.

"I know it's hard, Adrien. But sometimes, people will only learn the hard way."

"I see everyone is having themselves an important meeting of sorts," Gabriel noted as he and Emilie came in, the latter having a big grin on her face.

"Adrien, we have a big surprise for you."

"Well, your mother has a big surprise for you, mostly," Gabriel said with a wry chuckle.

Adrien looked at Marinette, who shrugged. He then followed his parents in with curiosity about this sudden surprise, followed by his friends. They went in, and right there, talking to Mayor Bourgeois was none other than Jagged Stone.

"Holy...JAGGED STONE!" Ivan, Peter, Mylene, and Rose all exclaimed excitedly.

Adrien, for his part, nearly screamed as he ran over to meet the rockstar.

"No way, no way, no way! Someone pinch me, I've gotta be dreaming! Jagged Stone! I am such a big fan! I can't believe I.."

Adrien was cut short when Jagged Stone turned his head and looked at the boy before giving a big smile his way.

"Little Adrien Agreste?! Is that really you?!" He asked, much to Adrien's confusion. "Blimey! I almost didn't recognize you! Look at you! You've gotten so big! C'mere, little bloke! Give your Uncle Jagged a hug!"

Adrien found himself in a state of stunned silence as his favorite rockstar hugged him tightly.

"Uh...I...Uncle…what?"

Jagged broke the hug. "You don't remember me, do you? Oh, what am I saying? Of course not. You were only four."

"Jagged is a friend of mine. We met when we were your age," Emilie explained.

"More her friend than mine, I'll say," Gabriel added for clarification, ignoring the look his wife gave him.

"The last time I saw you, you were only up to my knee," Jagged said, ruffling Adrien's hair.

"It's good to see you as well, Jagged." Bruce said as he came over.

"Well, well, the main man himself!" The rockstar laughed as he shook the Wayne Heir's hand. "How you holding up since...you know?"

"I've been traveling the world, broadening my horizons." Bruce smiled sadly. "The pain is still there, but I've learned to cope now."

Jagged smiled sadly at that.

"They'd be proud of you." Then spying the confused and concerned loojks, he chuckled. "Long story short, I met Martha Wayne when I had some…issues that we shared, Might not have been as close to her as I am Emile, but she and Tommy boy were good folks."

"Oh, he hated you calling him that." Bruce chuckled, recalling t6he annoyed look on Thomas Wayne's face whenever Stone called him that.

Nino whistled. "Wow, Lila wishes she had this kind of connection."

"Who's Lila?" Jagged asked.

"A new student at our school. She's been telling all sorts of crazy stories, even claiming to have met you once." Chloe explained.

Jagged raised an eyebrow. "Well, I don't know anyone named Lila."

"Figured as much. She's been going around telling all sorts of ridiculous lies and when Marinette tried to confront her about it, she got aggressive with her." Peter said.

"That's no good. If you ask me, someone should get the word out." Jagged Stone said.

"That's the plan, stan." Mary Jane smirked as she held up her phone.

"It's not kind, but it has to be done," Alya said with her arms folded.

"You know, I admire someone who's willing to call out a lying bully." Jagged Stone said to Marinette. "How would you like a little job while I'm here?"

Marinette tensed as her world went silent for a few seconds. First, Gabriel was using her hat design and now THE Jagged Stone had a hob for her?! Her?!

"Really? I'm listening."

MIRACULOUS

The next morning, when Lila came into class, she was met with some pretty sour looks from everyone else.

"Why are you all looking at me like I just kicked your puppy?" Lila asked, a hand on her hip.

"Because we know you lied," Rose said, crossing her arms with a stink eye.

Nathaniel glared. "And that you're a bully."

"We know what you said to Marinette the other day. Not cool!" Kim said.

Lila was starting to get a little nervous. Her eyes shifted back and forth as she saw the disapproving glares coming from everyone.

"None of you have any proof! For all you know, they're the ones lying, not me!" She shouted.

Chloe smirked evilly, all too ready to put this little bitch in her place as she took out her phone and played the recording. It said loud and clear everything Lila said to Marinette the other day...and right as Ms. Bustier came in.

"Lila Rossi, am I hearing all of this correctly? Is there something you would like to say to your classmates?" The teacher asked.

This was the straw that broke the camel's proverbial back. Lila panicked and rushed out the door.

"Lila, wait!" Adrien called out, ever the bleeding heart.

"Hey, Bro, it's okay," Nino said, pulling his friend back. "We'll find her together, okay?"

Marinette, Adrien, Alya, and Nino followed where Lila ran off to and found her sitting alone in the same bathroom she had confronted Marinette in the other day, angrily wiping away black mascara-stained tears from her eyes.

"Lila!" Marinette called out as she came over.

"What do you want? Are you here to gloat?" Lila scowled.

"Hey, you think we actually liked what happened?" Adrien asked defensively.

"Listen, Lila, we're sorry, but the thing is…" Marinette said, only to be interrupted.

"Keep your little fake apologies," Lila said, standing up and getting in Marinette's face. "The last thing I want is for someone to lecture me! So just leave me alone! I hate you! All of you!"

Lila then stormed off, crying the whole way. Now Marinette and Adrien felt guilty. It was true that Lila deserved to be called out for what she did, but in their rush to do it, they didn't think about how upset she would be.

"Well, that could have gone better..." Peter said as he and Bruce came by.

MIRACULOUS

Lila was busy sulking outside of school. She was doomed to be alone, all because the boy she liked and that goody-two-shoes ratted her out, even if they did attempt to try and be her friend if she told the truth.

"Well, whatever!" She said to herself. "I'd rather have no friends at all than be friends with them! I don't need anyone!"

"Hey, kiddo. Why so down?"

Lila perked up and looked to the sky to see a man floating down surrounded by wisps of green smoke. He was clad in a green wizard-esque outfit with a purple cape held by Illuminati eye tassels and most bizarrely of all, was wearing a fishbowl-shaped helmet.

"W-Who are you?"

"Awww, come on." The man chuckled before grabbing his helmet and pulling it off to reveal his face as Lila gasped, recognizing it. "Aren't you gonna say hello to dear old DAD?"

Knightmare Lord A/N: Get out the pitchforks and torches, Miraculous Fans, Lila is here...and she's the daughter of MYSTERIO!

What will come of this? Find out in the next chapter!

Tell me what you think, Mrotrax!

Mrotrax A/N: GREAT WORK BUDDY! Even better than I remember it.

All I really added was Jagged Stone having a connection to Martha through spending time at a mental asylum together