Marinette Daughter of Batman

{0. Prologue}

(3rd POV)

Marinette has always been loved by everyone, whether it be friends, family or even strangers. Even though life was a bit harder because she was a mute, she still managed just fine. That was at least until SHE came along. Who am I talking about you may ask, well I am talking about the one and only Lila Rossi. When she first came along everything was fine, that was at first though. At first it was just a little bit of jealousy, because Lila was always around Adrien. There was a little lie here and there, but I mean they weren't hurting anyone, right? WRONG, the lies were affecting people, they just didn't know about it.

After a while things got worse. Lila started lying about Marinette after she tried to call her out on her lies. It started off with Lila putting the answer sheet of a test in Marinette's bag, then pretending to fall down the stairs and blaming it on Marinette, placing her necklace in Marinette's locker then saying she stole it, which then led to Marinette being expelled in front of her ENTIRE CLASS. Thanks to Adrien, she was reinstated in school, after Adrien convinced Lila to make another lie to get Marinette back in school.

Then it got even worse. Lila kept on making up lies about Marinette, until gradually, her friends began to take Lila's side and turn against her. First it was her classmates that she wasn't really close with, then her friends and eventually, her really close friends and best friends, even Alya and Nino left.

But thankfully there were still a few friends that believed her, Alix, Kim, Max, Nathaniel and Adrien stayed, because they didn't believe her lies and knew Marinette wouldn't do any of the things Lila said. Alix and Kim, because they knew her well. Max, because Markov convinced him otherwise. Nathaniel, because he used to have a crush on her. Lastly Adrien, because he knew Marinette was a good person. There were even some friends outside of class that still believed her, like Marc, Luka, and Kagami. Chloe ended up apologizing for the way she treated Marinette, and she forgave her. They all became closer as a friend group as a result, they even called themselves the MPS (Marinette Protection Squad).

Then it got to the point of physical bullying, it started with tripping her, kicking her or pushing her. Then it was full on beatings, not only was Lila doing it but her former friends as well. Some of them held her still, while others beat her. Unfortunately, the MPS couldn't do anything.

Slowly Lila's lies spread outside the class. People started to avoid her. It wasn't long before her parents found out too, because Lila came to the bakery to convince her parents as well. At the start they were a bit harsh on her, then came them being rough, and then eventually disowning her. When that happened, her parents shouted stuff at her like 'This is not how we raised you.' or 'How dare you be mean to such a nice girl' then 'We will not tolerate this behavior, you are now disowned. You have 10 minutes to pack your bags and go before we call the cops.' and lastly 'Thank goodness, you weren't our actual child.'

So that's what she did. She packed as much as she could in 10 minutes, which unfortunately wasn't much. She only got enough time to pack the necessities, like clothes, bathroom supplies, her phone, phone charger, shoes, and the miracle box. Then she ran out of there as fast as she could. She had nowhere to go, so she went to the park and sat on a bench.

Tikki started trying to comfort Marinette, without anyone knowing, but it wasn't working. She just wouldn't calm down. She couldn't believe that happened or that they believed Lila's lies over her. I mean, she just found out the people she lived with for her entire life weren't her real parents. It also made her wonder who her real parents were.

A few minutes later, she got a text message. She checked the Messager ID; it was her honorary uncle Jagged Stone. She answered the call, as it turned out he heard about Lila's lies and called to check on her. She told him about what happened, about her parents disowning her and that she wasn't even their kid. He offered for her to live with him, and she accepted. When she got to the hotel her Uncle Jagged was staying at, which so happened to be the same hotel Chloe's father owns, she went to his room and knocked on the door.