Look What You Made Me Do

It's A Perfect Night For Something

(A/N: Marinette learns some surprising news and isn't sure what to do about it.)

To say the rest of Marinette's day was stressful was an understatement. Not only did she and Chloe still have to deal with the rest of their class thinking she had broken up Paris' number one couple but she couldn't help that sometimes Barbs as she was affectionately referred to the night before watching her. Chloe tried to tell her she was being paranoid but Marinette couldn't shake the feeling that the red head knew something.

It was a relief to get back to Wayne Manor where it was quiet and she could actually think. When she got up to the room with Chloe she was surprised to see Plagg was waiting on her pillow. "Hey Plagg." she smiled "How has your search gone?"

"Uh....yeah about that." Plagg began a little nervously.

"Did you not find a holder?" Tikki asked.

"No...I did...." Plagg replied.

Marinette had a bad feeling. "Are they a true holder?" she asked. She refused to accept anything less than that. No one would be put at risk for her. If need be she would just have to continue being La Dame Chat. Plagg hadn't been gone that long so she was worried he had cut corners. "Plagg tell the truth please."

"He's a true black cat." the kwamii reluctantly admitted.

"Plagg that's great!" Tikki exclaimed. 'What's his name."

"Jason Todd."

The room was absolutely silent. Chloe was the first to recover. "Wait....Jason as in Jason Todd the tall bruiser ready to throw down at a moment's notice?!"

Marinette wasn't sure why Plagg hesitated so much to give the name. Sure it was a surprise that Jason was this generation's true holder of the black cat miraculous. Though thinking back to that night he helped her focus her energy this made sense. She wasn't sure what had happened to make him know what to do with excess destructive energy, but he had really saved her..

"Plagg.....what aren't you telling us?" Tikki demanded. Marinette wasn't surprised that Tikki thought there was more to the story. These two had been together since the beginning.

"Jason Todd is Red Hood!" the cat kwami blurted out. They all started.

"Wait.....what?" Chloe asked.

"My true holder is the Red Hood!" Plagg exclaimed. "He's a criminal! A crime boss! I can't let him be my holder!"

"But Plagg Marinette can't keep combining out miraculouses. It's too much strain!" Tikki exclaimed. "She could lose her mind if your power overwhelms her!"

Marinette sat down on the bed. This was a lot to take in. She understood Plagg's worry but now she had to figure out what to do with the information she had just been given. Plagg had dropped a huge bomb on her and Chloe. How should she approach him? Should she approach Jason or Red Hood? Would it be better to try and talk to him as Ladybug or Marinette. She tried to imagine how she would want to be approached by some one who knew she was Ladybug. What if Jason refused? After all he had said that he wasn't a hero. She didn't think that anti-hero spin would work for the citizens of Paris. They needed to have faith in Team Miraculous! She needed to think. "I need to bake something!" she exclaimed, jumping to her feet. Baking always helped her focus.

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Alfred had just finished dusting when he noticed Miss Marinette coming down the stairs looking agitated and distracted. Not that he knew her very well but this seemed rather out of character for what he had seen of the energetic young lady.

"Miss Marinette, is something wrong?" he asked politely.

She looked up and seemed a little surprised but smiled anyways. "Oh hello Mr. Alfred.....I was a little distracted just now." she admitted