Two or three times a month, Marinette wouldn’t be in class. She’d be gone for a few day, once in a while an entire week, and come back like it was nothing. The teachers would never complain. No matter how much the other students in class brought it up. She was gone almost as much as Adrien was.
The teachers refused to say anything. It was clear they knew something but for some reason went pale whenever anyone asked about. More than likely it was the result of the so-called “student aides” that now sat in the back of the class rooms, watching.
The “student aides” presence in school had caused a drastic change in how the school was run. Bullying was near non-existent. Teachers blaming the victims had stopped altogether. Students getting away with nearly anything they wanted just because they had money or their parents had influence.
Bustier’s class had seen the biggest change.
Lila, while still ruling on her self-made empire being worshiped by her lackeys, had lost a lot of clout.
Any medical issue required a doctor’s note.
Any trip required advanced parental approval, with any trip longer than a few days require in-person parental approval.
No one could do anyone else’s homework. No student could take notes for any other student that went passed just doing it for one day. Anything more than that, and the student should present a doctor’s note and one of the student aide’s present in school would assist her.
The class couldn’t just randomly switch seats.
Lila couldn’t take up a majority of the class time by bragging about her accomplishments and the celebrities she knew.
And the longer she couldn’t sway the class with her glittering words, the longer she couldn’t go one extended “trips”, the more it seemed she lost her sway over the class.
It had been a surprise when Bustier stopped Lila’s brag about Jagged Stone latest song about her short, and demanded that she remain silent unless she had something constructive to add to the lesson.
It was at that moment all the students knew they were in a whole new world.
This situation had resulted in a Akuma. Bustier’s was quick to detained Alya from rushing out to get footage of Ladybug and Chat Noir’s fight.
No student was allowed to leave until the the akuma alert went away for their safety. Alya was furious and went on a long rant, that Bustier surprising ended quickly by calling Alya’s mother so she could speak with her daughter. Alya had deflated as soon as she got on the phone with her mother, and whatever the woman had said had caused her daughter to remain silent of the rest of the day.
On the bright side, since all student absences required advanced notice or a call from France’s child protective services, Adrien was no longer randomly pulled out of school.He no longer went on long extended absences from school to work. His schedule had lighted. He had his own social services worker that visited him on a random, weekly, basis. His aunt had taken to visiting the blond boy regularly.
Adrien was happier and looked healthier. Now that the threat of being removed from school was non-existent.
Which meant that Lila’s hold on the blond boy was gone. Especially when he officially requested a seat change to be away from the Italian girl but swore it was because he was being distracted in class. Bustier had tried to deny it, not wanting to upset anyone but the student aide quickly agreed.