You're The Music That's Been Playing In My Head: Book 3

Luka Chapter Forty

Ivan and I waited patiently outside the school for (y/n) and Mylène who was in the bathroom preparing for the sit-in we were about to do to protest against Project Oxygen. Currently, Ivan was asking how things were going with (y/n). "So you and (y/n) haven't fully made up yet?" I shake my head. "No, not yet, we're getting there though, I think we'll be able to go back to being friends soon though." "With a little good luck, you'll be able to get back together too," Ivan says hopefully. Before I could respond though, the girls approached, Ivan and Mylène having a sweet moment before I asked if they were ready.

After they nod I hand them their sighs and we head out to the park where the mayor is giving a speech. Blocking out the nonsense he was spewing the four of us block the construction workers and start chanting loudly "Stop Project Oxygen!" It wasn't long before Officer Roger was asking us to leave.  "We can't officer this is too important. They're planning to cut down all our trees." "So? Ultimately there will be less pollution." "By building a building that'll cause pollution to produce its product? You shouldn't just look at what they want you to think," Mylène and (y/n) argue back.

We're asked to be reasonable, causing us to chant louder and we're escorted into his car to be taken home and I argue with him that we had the right to protest. "This isn't fair officer, we have the right to protest." "But you also can't disturb the peace," I grit my teeth, that was completely wrong and I mull over how to correct him without getting the whole 'I'm the adult so I know better than you' spiel when Ms. Bustier called soon yelling at him.

"Take them back to the Place des Vosges. I don't know if you remember Roger but disrupting the peace does not invalidate their right to protest as long as they weren't being violent or slandering anybody. I'll be there soon to get them," My argument was voiced and I smiled which only grew wider as we were taken back to the park to find Ms. Bustier and the class there calling out the mayor for trying to cut down a tree. When the mayor hears us protesting again a huge argument starts about what to do with us and the mayor argues we were disrupting the peace. "That's because your project is unethical and uneco-friendly!" I pointed out and the ad was shoved in our faces, the class asked how this was bad and we had to explain it.

We're met with more arguments about how the wood from the cut-down trees would be used to make the building which meant in their eyes it was echo-friendly and I scoffed, soon smirking when (y/n) asked "Mayor Bourgeois what you're saying is you wanna take down our trees, a natural and cost-free air filter, and replace them with your tower that'll absorb polluted air and clean it only for you to make everyone pay including those who might not be able to afford it for a basic need to survive through plastic bottles, the same plastic bottles that won't be recycled and pollute the ocean, another one of our main air filters and eventually will add to the big garbage patch already polluting the ocean?"

"Yes exactly!" He quickly backtracks and our friends apologize for not helping or even listening when we tried to tell them about it. The mayor tries to use this distraction to his advantage and attempts to cut down a tree but we catch him and block his path to the tree, everyone soon blocks the other trees as more and more people show up, curious about what is going on. We even attracted the news. That's when things go straight into the trash as the mayor gets akumatized and I feel (y/n)'s warm hand leave mine as she takes off. I try to grab her again when I feel something on my shoulder and look down to see a mini Malediktator crawl into my ear.

Now that I understood how helpful Project Oxygen would be I helped my fellow citizens take down any tree we saw while occasionally chasing Ladybug, Chat Noir, and (s/n). Suddenly there's another mini person on me who also went in my ear and a moment later I shook my head in confusion, confused about what happened before I saw the commotion going on. Grabbing some napkins from a nearby vendor I plug my ears and help as many people as I can while looking for (y/n) and my friends when the miraculous ladybugs fix everything.

I sigh in relief as I head back to the park to find the mayor has completely changed his tune and is going to plant more trees around Paris. A congratulatory hug was given before we helped the mayor plant more trees.