Under Heaven (Miraculous Ladybug)

Chapter 1: Miraculous Turns Not so Miraculous

Marinette sighed as she collapsed on her plush pink bed. She buried her head into her cat pillow and groaned. Paris was safe once again, and Paris was even more in love with Ladybug. Of course, Ladybug was Marinette, but only her and her kwami companion Tikki knew that.

"Are you okay Marinette?" Asked sweet little Tikki.

"I should be asking you that. You're probably all tired from that." Said Marinette.

She sat up and her little friend say in her palm and gazed up at the young teenager. Marinettes pigtails were becoming loose around her head and gentle ink coloured hairs were framing her moonlight coloured face.

"You seem sad these days. It worries me especially since Adrien said hi to you and you hardly semester excited about it." Said Tikki.

Normally Marinette would've been ecstatic about her crush Adrien saying hi to her but lately, she was feeling down.

"Everyone loves Ladybug, and I should be happy about that but for some reason it bothers me. " she said.

"Oh Marinette, it's ok to feel this way. It's hard leading a double life. Your friends and family love you, and the love the city has for Ladybug is the same love thy feel for any singer. It's not real love. What your friends and family feel for you, that's real love."

Marinette smiled down at her friend. Tikki always knew what to say to her chosen hero and it always helped. Marinette felt better about herself and about her alter ego. She kissed Tikkis head and got ready for bed.

The next day at school, Marinette was silently walking in when she was bombarded with insults from Chloé. Marinette glared and had a couple of retorts swirling in her mind but decided that Chloé wasn't worth it. She went to her class and slid into her seat next to her best friend Alya.

"Marinette! You will not believe the excellent camera angles I got of the akuma fight last night! It was absolutely incredible!" Alya said.

She whipped out her phone and Marinette scooted closer to Alya to see what Alya had recorded last night. Alya was the owner of the infamous Ladyblog, a blog dedicated to Ladybug. Alya was obsessed with discovering who she really was. Luckily, Alya had no clue that it was Marinette due to how clumsy and shy Marinette and how she's totally opposite from Ladybug. It was really quite ironic. Marinettes eyes flicked up to see that none other than the blonde haired model, and Marinettes crush, walked into the room. He took his seat next to his best friend Nino. Alya nudged her and gave her an encouraging look. Marinette shook her head. Whenever she tried to talk to the handsome emerald eyed boy, she always stuttered and couldn't look him in the eye. It drove her crazy but she was absolutely crazy about him. Soon, the bell rang and the teacher walked in and Marinette settled in for a long day.

As the final bell rang. Marinette was jolted from the nap she was taking during her final class of the day. She grabbed her things and left the classroom.

"Hey Marinette!" Called Alya.

She was standing talking to Nino probably about having him help on her "ladyhunts". Marinette walked over and joined their conversation.

"Marinette, Nino and I are gonna do a livestream on my blog tonight on who Ladybug could really be. Nino is doing the camera work and I need someone to discuss with! Want to join."

As much as it bothered Marinette to be talking about her "better half" which she was currently upset with, she new that being with her friends would improve her moral.

"Sure sounds fun." She said.

"Great! Come to my house at 4:30pm and bring a sketch pad, pencils and all your possible theories on Ladybug! Ooh and also think about Chat Noirs possible identity!"

Marinette internally groaned. Chat Noir was her flirty partner in crime. He was quite the looker and he made her laugh and if she was being totally honest, if it weren't for Adrien, she'd probably have a crush on him. But Marinette couldn't imagine life without Adrien. The unfortunate part was that he'd never notice a girl like her.

Marinettes family owned a bakery. In fact, she lived above it. It was convenient since it was easy for her to swoop in and grab a croissant before running up to her room. She stuffed what she needed for Alyas livestream and re-did her pigtails.

"You seem happier today Marinette." Said Tikki.

"Yeah, it'll be good to be with friends. Alya loves Ladybug and I want to support her."

Tikki smiled. Tikki new that accepting the fact that some people just had an unconditional love for the hero of Paris was hard to accept. She'd watched so many Ladybugs let negative thoughts about their alter ego consume them. She wouldn't ever want that for Marinette.

Once at Alyas house it was go go go. Nino set up a tripod and camera in Alyas room and hooked it up to the computer. They made sure the website was working and got ready to start live streaming at 5:00pm.

"Hello my Ladybig enthusiast! Welcome to my very first livestream! Today in joined by my lovely friend Marinette and my friend Nino behind the camera!" Alya said with a cheerful smile.

Marinette helped Alya with doing sketched of former akumatized victims and drawing out the two masked heroes. She presented her theories and poked holes in Alyas. In total, the livestream went for nearly two hours and was labeled a complete success.

Marinette sat on her terrace later that night. It was around midnight so her parents were asleep and so was Paris. Luckily, the trap door to the terrace was in Marinettes room so they didn't know she was up there. Tikki was asleep in her room so Marinette was alone with her thoughts. She closed her eyes and tilted her head back. Her hair was still in their pigtails and she brushed her bangs out of her face. She opened up her heavenly blue eyes and was met with someone's gaze. Beautiful emerald eyes looked into her.

"Good evening princess." Said Chat Noir.