Tick Tock

Six

Marinettes POV

I was writing my essay looking around the room for ideas. Seeing everyone's aura and intentions was nice, I could tell who to trust and who not to. To be fair I already knew who was awful and who wasn't but it's nice nonetheless.

As I was writing down bullet points Lila walked passed and "accidentally" dropped a note on my desk.

You're worthless. No one needs you no one wants you around. You're a dumb ass brat who can't seem to get a life, so stop acting like anything other then that. Meet me after school.Come or else.

This was a common occurrence. Either Lila Chloe or Sabrina would harass me every day for years without fail. The only thing different was that this time they had asked to see me in person. And they knew something. Otherwise they wouldn't have threatened me. Did they know I was ladybug?

That couldn't be it could it? No. Maybe? I mean what else do they have against me?

I spent all day twisting and turning trying to get my work done when the bell rang and I reluctantly got my stuff and went outside. I was grabbed and thrown into a decently hidden wall.

"Listen here Marinette, you're going to do exactly what I say understand?"

"And why would I do that Lila?"

"Because if you don't everyone you love will hate you. Manipulation remember?"

Yesterday came back to me and I slowly understood what she ment.

"So you mean..."

"Everyone will think you don't deserve love. Why should you anyway? What's stopping me from doing it now?"

Tell me something I don't know.

"What do you want Lila?"

"Just do what I say."

I was done taking this. I snapped and called her bluff.

"No."

"What?!"

I sucked in a breath before I could change my mind.

"You heard me. No. I won't because you aren't that powerful and I doubt that the two brain cells the three of you share will be able to trick anyone into thinking I'm the bad guy here. So try me."

Not like I had anything to lose anyway.

"You'll regret this Marinette."

"Oh I'm sure I will." I said rolling my eyes.

She kicked me in the stomach with the sharp heel of her shoe knocking the wind out of me and punching my arm so hard it was certain to bruise. She Chloe and Sabrina stalked off laughing going to lie to all my friends no doubt.

Once I could breathe normally again I cleaned off my backpack and headed home. I was walking by the park when I heard a familiar voice say my name.

"Marinette has just been getting on my nerves lately! I don't know what it is she's just so annoying."

I froze and continued to listen rubbing my arm and hiding behind a tree.

"I get it, she's been such a downer like come on dude."

It... it was Alya and Nino...

"Like leave us out of your problems we don't care!"

"She needs to get a grip."

I couldn't take it anymore and stepped out from my hiding spot utterly heartbroken that my closest friends would say such a thing.

"You really think that about me?"

They turned around quickly and my heart shattered even more when I saw Adrien standing there doing nothing to stop it.

"Fine then. You won't have to deal with me or my problems anymore!" I said and ripped the necklace Adrien had given me off my neck and threw it at his feet contemplating stomping it into a million pieces. "I hate you." I said it before I could even think about what I was saying and ran away. I saw him try to run after me but Alya pulled him back.

Just as I turned a corner I heard "she's not our problem anymore."

I ran as fast as I could home cursing myself for forgetting about the charm bracelet I had on my wrist and not throwing it down with the necklace. I told myself the second I got home I would throw it in any place that would burn it.

We had an oven but I didn't think that would work. I was gonna have to go Hamilton style and burn it myself and then throw it in a bucket.

I was on the verge of tears the whole way home. When I finally got there I realized I was home alone. I ran upstairs and collapsed on my bed sobbing and shaking violently. I needed a way to let it all out and fast.

I started hyperventilating trying to get back in a good headspace but to no avail. So I did the only logical thing at that point. I screamed. I screamed as loud as I possibly could only stopping for air and screaming louder than before.

I felt slightly better but I was out of breath and my mascara was all over the place. I sat on my bed for a few minutes trying to wipe the tears away when I got a notification on my phone. I picked it up and I had gotten a text from an unknown number.

I opened it to see I was right you know. Now everyone sees what you are.

I blocked the number but got another notification.

Worthless

I blocked it but got another

Ugly

And another

Fat

And another

If you die no one would care.

I read the last one and sucked in a breath. Wishing so bad that they weren't right. But I knew inside they were.

Waste of a life.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Adriens POV

Oh no no no what just happened? "Marinette wait!" I said trying to run after her but Alya grabbed my arm

"she's not our problem anymore!"

"How can you say that? She's your best friend!"

"Sure she was. Not anymore! Did we not just have a whole conversation about how she was annoying desperate and clingy?"

"Maybe you did but she's still my friend!"

"Is she?"

"What do you mean?!"

"Not like you did anything to stop us."

I was about to say something but nothing came out because well.. she was right. I didn't do anything to stop it. I was just as cruel as they were.

All of a sudden I heard a scream. A scream so loud it must've shook all of Paris yet no one seemed to hear. It only stopped for a second to catch a breath then screamed even louder. I picked up the necklace stashed it in my bag and ran to transform and check on Marinette immediately.

When the screaming just... stopped. The silence was worse then the screaming and I quickly transformed desperate to see that- if Marinette was ok. I had to help her somehow she had to be ok nothing could go wrong!

Hey guys! I'm finally out of my writers block, and I finished this a day earlier than it needed to be posted! Good for me. If there's any confusion about what's going on, adriens going to transform into chat noir to check on Marinette because he knows it'll just make it worse if he goes as Adrien.

QOTC: How was your day today?

AOTC: My day was pretty great!

Loves,

Crystal