A Chat and Mouse Chase

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    Marinette POV:

    Today felt...strange. Marinette felt WELL RESTED and had woken up BEFORE her alarm. The utter shock on Alya's face when she witnessed Marinette enter the classroom early was apparent. Twenty. whole. minutes. early. Maybe this was a side effect of the Ladybug Miraculous?? Well, whatever it was, Marinette was a BIG fan of it.

    An air of confidence hung around Marinette as she plopped down in her seat next to Alya. Her back was straight and poised and she began to take her materials out of her bag. 

    "Is THIS my BEST FRIEND or did someone replace her??" Alya joked, giving Mari a friendly push on the arm. Marinette laughed and closed her backpack, turning to Alya.

    "Maybe, I mean, I sure feel like I've been replaced." Alya smiled and leaned into Marinette-whispering in her ear.

    "Sooo, I take it the Ladybug Miraculous has its...after effects?" Mari nodded.

    "YEAH, I just feel..." She smiled. "less Marinette-disaster-Cheng." Alya cringed slightly. That was what Chloe, Mari's bully used to call her. But luckily, Chloe had been in New York with her mother for the last few months. Letting Mari and Alya finally breath.

    "Well," Alya began, leaning back and reaching for her own bag. "That's good!"

    While Alya rummaged in her bag, Marinette began to drum her fingers on her desk - scanning the room. Hm. Adrien wasn't here yet. That was quite strange considering his strict father and organized schedule. Of course, Marinette knew his schedule sooo....

    The class silenced as Mrs. Bustier walked into the room. Her orange hair was pinned into a messy bun atop her head as usual. "Alright class, settle down and please get out your history text books and flip to page-"

    Suddenly-the classroom door burst open-an out of breath Adrien stood on the other side. It was clear he tried to play it off, but he was panting quietly.

Adrien POV:

    Adrien was late to class. Which was VERY out of character and he was sure he would get a lecture from his father later. He had slept through his alarm from just pure exhaustion. Using a Miraculous to jump around a city in general took a toll on holders. After you use a Miraculous, you become abnormally hungry and sleepy. And the fact that he had been out till 1AM with the new Ladybug had NOT helped at all.

    He still wasn't sure what to think about the new Ladybug.  She seemed experienced enough, but still, would Scarabella really just choose a random civilian friend to take over? Why not choose someone like...Multimouse? 

    Adrien felt his cheeks heat at the mere thought of the heroine. He had been in love with her since essentially the first patrol they were assigned together. She had been quite soft spoken and timid at first. And a little clumsy. Almost reminding him of his friend Marinette. But as they each opened up to each other more, the more confident she became. One time, when Scarabella was neutralized by an akuma, Multimouse had come. She was very clever and assertive. Him and Multimouse made quick work of the akuma and freed Scarabella so she could clean up the akuma.

    Adrien was thrown from his thoughts as the car halted, signaling he was at school now. He almost forgot he was late. Oh shoot. The blonde quickly thanked his driver/bodyguard, Gorilla and ran to the entrance of the school. He tried to keep it cool but ended up running to the classroom too. In a passing thought, Adrien wondered if this is how Marinette felt. she was late quite often. He wondered if he was gonna see her on the way to the classroom.

    Adrien threw open the door. Trying to hide his labored breathing. But he couldn't breathe. The whole class and Mrs. Bustier turned towards him, surprised. Adrien was also surprised. Marinette had even made it before him! Him and the bluenette made eye contact. He tried smiling at her like 'well, i guess we switched places' but she looked away quickly. 

    The blonde furrowed his brows. He wasn't sure that Marinette liked him all that well. She always ran away and never seemed to want to talk to him. Stuttering and saying that she suddenly had to take her cat to the vet. Adrien had later confirmed with Alya that Marinette did not in fact have a cat.

    "Adrien Agreste." Adrien tore his gaze away from the confusing blue haired girl and looked to Mrs. Bustier. "I will let you off this time, considering that you are usually very punctual. Please go to your seat."

    Thankful, Adrien mumbled a thank you and made his way to his seat next to Nino. Passing Marinette on the way, her head was down and focused on her desk. Adrien sighed in defeat and settled next to Nino.

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    Adrien was GOING TO fall asleep. His eye lids were heavy and everything seemed to blur together. It was only halfway through the day and here he was, drifting off. He had forgotten to grab his lunch on the way to the car and hadn't taken any notes yet. He was screwed. Well, he was about to be more screwed.

    Suddenly, in the middle of the lecture on something regarding quadratic formula, everyone's phones went off. An akuma alert. Adrien jolted awake at the wailing alerts. Well shit. He watched as Mrs. Bustier began escorting them out of the classroom. To the basement where the class would stay until it was clear. But Adrien would not be joining them.

    While the class was exiting the room, Adrien slipped off towards the restroom. Once he was in the restroom alone, Plagg exited his jacket. The cat was clearly annoyed. 

    "Do we reallyyy have to goooOOOOO" 

"---PLAGG CLAWS OUT!" Adrien shouted, interrupting Plagg's complaints. As the green light enveloped Adrien, he transformed into Chat Noir. The feline hero of Paris. Along with the purrfect suit, came a cocky confidence that Adrien didn't normal have. He honestly wasn't sure if that was from Plagg or if this was really him. He did know that the cat puns were him. How Adrien loved a good pun but was too afraid to let them out as his model alter-ego.

    Chat Noir exited the school bathroom through a widow and onto the roof, propelling himself with his staff to the park. Akumas were often there. But looking around...it was quite...empty. There was...no one. And the ground was...shiny?? Chat Noir crouched down, picking up one of the shiny objects. It appeared to be a glass tear drop. One that could be a glass blown necklace pendant. And there were SO MANY of them EVERYWHERE.

    A faint sniffle made Chat turn around quickly. There was a small girl sitting on the edge of the fountain. Head in her hands, crying softly. Could she be the akuma?? Hopefully this would be easy, maybe the little girl just needed a hug, Hawkmoth was truly a monster for targeting children.

    Chat Noir stood up slowly, carefully walking towards the girl. She was so little, her feet didn't even come close to touching the ground.

    "Hey..." Chat tried in a soft, calm voice. He crouched in front of the girl. Her black hair was in twin braids and she was deathly pale. Almost blue. Something about it almost made him shiver.

    "Did Hawkmoth-" She suddenly screamed, removing the hands from her face and looking him in the eyes. Her eyes were dark, and black tears ran down her face. She pushed him back with otherworldly strength. Chat landed with an "OOF" about 30 feet way. He looked where she had pushed him He was grey. The pale color she had been was now becoming his own. 

    When the color reach the top of his arm he froze. He could see it. The posters, the sirens, Police officers were at his house almost everyday for a week. Constantly. His mom, already sick, had vanished. She had gone missing. He wasn't sure how she had left or been taken. She was barley able to get up and walk 3 feet on her own. 

    "We need to consider the possibility that..." That was all he needed to hear. Chat felt warm dark tears of his own beginning to fall down his blue skin.

    THANK YOU FOR WAITING SO LONG!! Now that its summer I should be able to update a lot more often. Thank you for reading!! 🫶 

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