Suzhen
Adrien was adjusting his tie in front of the mirror, while he listened in the distance to the voices of his wife and his 6-year-old daughter, who were chatting happily in the dining room.
In the last 8 years, a lot had happened from the marriage proposal to the birth of their firstborn, who inherited her father's blond hair, but her mother's blue eyes.
"Can I go to the bakery today to see the grandparents?" Emma excitedly asked her mother.
"I'm afraid not, Emma," Marinette replied, fixing her daughter's hair. "Your grandparents are busy with Heroes' Day orders, and your Aunt Amelie is also going to be busy in England."
"And I can't stay with you?" she asked with a pout.
"We'll go record an interview with Aurore Beauréal ," Adrien explained, "and your mommy and I decided to go alone, because, well..." Adrien didn't want to overwhelm his daughter with the media, as Gabriel had said in her childhood, but he also couldn't find the right words to explain it to her.
"We don't want you to get bored," Marinette replied, "Because we have to sit and answer a lot of questions, we can't play."
"Huh? No games?" the girl asked, disappointed.
"Nope, no games"
"So your mom and I asked someone to come take care of you, little princess"
"Aunt Manon?"
"Sorry, Aunt Manon is very busy with the event attractions at the Eiffel Tower, but…" the ringing of the doorbell interrupts their conversation "She's here!"
Marinette went to open the door, and a 16-year-old girl entered through the doorway; with blue eyes, straight black hair, porcelain skin with freckles adorning her cheeks, and dressed in a white shirt, pink pants, and a black jacket.
"White?" Adrien murmured, perplexed, and his daughter blinked in surprise.
"Adrien, this is Suzhen, she is the daughter of distant relatives of my uncle, her family opened a Chinese medicine pharmacy a few years ago"
"Nihao, nice to meet you" the girl gave a small bow, not noticing Adrien's shocked look "I'm Suzhen , and I've come to take care of little Emma"
"Hi!" Emma exclaimed excitedly, running up to the girl. "I'm Emma. Nice to meet you."
"Good morning, I'm Adrien Dupain-cheng ," he greeted uncomfortably, trying to understand why that girl was a spitting image of White Snake.
"Emma, she'll be the one to take care of you while we're out" Marinette introduced the girl to her daughter "I want you to behave well with your cousin Suzhen"
" Yep !" Emma raised her hands excitedly, while Adrien indicated to his wife that he wanted to talk to them alone for a moment.
"Marinette, that girl…"
"Yes, I know she looks like White, but just because she looks like her doesn't mean she really is; besides you know how desire works"
"Still, it's too much of a coincidence," Adrien refuted.
"My prince, I know it's hard to accept, but if she really is White, neither you nor I have intervened in her return"
"I wish Tikki and Plagg were here to clear everything up"
"They already have their new carriers, and we decided to continue with our lives... otherwise" Marinette indicated to Emma, who was happily playing with Suzhen "our little girl wouldn't have come into this world"
"I know, my love," Adrien hugged his wife gently and looked at the teenager, "she may not be White, but I trusted her in the past, and I trust you."
Marinette smiled calmly and headed to where Suzhen and Emma were, who were now playing with the cat and ladybug stuffed animals.
"Come on kitty, the sooner we finish this the sooner we can be back with our little girl"
The Dupain -Cheng couple left their home in the care of the young brunette, and went with the interviewer.
For both Adrien and Marinette, it was initially uncomfortable to have to remember unpleasant things, as well as to inform Parisian society that Gabriel Agreste remained in prison, still mute and held in a straitjacket to prevent him from continuing to damage his throat with his nails. Meanwhile, Nathalie had recovered from her deafness several years ago and was now serving her sentence as a consultant for the United Heroes of New York. The only one they hadn't heard from was Lila Rossi, and it was Aurore herself who informed them of her whereabouts.
The woman was isolated in a swamp born from her own curse that spread across her family's lands, and was now known as the Viper-tongued Witch.
Marinette shivered and Adrien tensed for a few moments. They both knew, just like their interviewer, that if White Snake hadn't stopped Lila, who knows what atrocities she would have committed in the future.
"White Snake possessed her own soul and discernment, she wasn't looking to become a hero, but someone who would bring justice to what happened to my wife..." Adrien explained, holding Marinette's hand tightly. "Sentimonsters usually reflect the souls as desires of their "users."
"In my case, I wasn't able to meet her in person, despite everything she did and sacrificed for me," Marinette reflected, still staring at her beloved husband. "I only know that it was thanks to her that I was able to survive, grow up, marry the person I love, and have our little Emma."
Suzhen was showing old videos of Ladybug and Chat Noir to an excited Emma, when they noticed the silhouettes of the new holders of the Miraculous of Creation and Destruction.
-I just wish she'd been given a second chance- Marinette commented, while Suzhen pointed out to Emma that the heroes passed near her house, where the new Ladybug carrier was waving at her from afar-, to have a real life, meet people and be with a family that loves her - Emma asked Suzhen to make cookies for when her parents return, to which she immediately agreed. - May every experience she has be a new memory full of hope and joy.
End.
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-IT'S DONE! I've done it - I lie down on the bed while Plagg and Toothless look at me accusingly. - I have no excuse...
- More or less, I mean, now you work at a school and you don't have much time for your hobbies anymore... - Plagg scolds me when he sees my new work schedule.
-I know…
- And not to mention that you lost the thread of the series because of the inconsistencies and that the sissy left without real punishment... - To what the Kwami said , Toothless roars in approval.
-Bills and utilities don't pay themselves... And I would have assumed that Gabriel would end up in hell, far from Emilie, who is in heaven.
-But will you continue writing MLB fanfic ?
-I don't promise anything, working with children takes up too much of your life energy... - Toothless snuggles up next to me.
- Better late than never, thanks for all the effort.
-Thank you so much to you and all the readers. I never thought this short story about White Snake would be so well received by the community, even though several years have passed.
This amateur writer thanks you from the bottom of her heart.
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