"Alya Césaire, don't you dare."
Click.
Marinette tried to stay calm.
It's 1:46 p.m. My name is Marinette Dupain-Cheng. I am Ladybug, heroine of Paris. I am in an empty classroom. The three people in front of me...
Adrien, Alya and Nino stood staring at Ladybug (... Marinette?...) with dumbfounded looks on their faces.
At least it was empty...
***
Marinette was dying of boredom. Unfortunately, she was put in the same group as Chloé and Sabrina once again. The history teacher had sent the class to the library in halves, so she was without Alya, Adrien and Nino. The time it took for the second half of the class to get their books seemed like it took a solid decade.
Finally, the first group of students returned to the room.
'Help.' Marinette mouthed to Alya, who had been oh-so lucky enough to be placed in a group with Adrien. Again. The curly haired girl shot her a sympathetic look.
Marinette's group settled into a table by a bookshelf. Chloé immediately propped her feet up, tipped her chair backwards, and began filing her nails. In the process of getting comfortable, she just so happened to nudge the chair into a short girl struggling to reach a book on the top shelf behind her. The sudden movement made the girl lose her grip on the book. Marinette knew all too well what was going to happen next.
"Ouch!" The book came down on Chloé's head with a thud. She stood abruptly and turned on the girl, snatching the book from the floor. " What in the world is wrong with you!? Do you have any idea what you could have done to my hair?!"
"I-I'm sorry Chloé! It was an accident, I swear!" The little brown haired girl stammered, wringing her hands as a worried expression etched it's way into her face.
"You IDIOT," the evil blonde snapped, causing her victim to flinch. She thrust the book at the girl and jabbed a finger at her chest. "Next time, watch where you're dropping your stupid books, or I'll have my daddy ruin everything you low-life of a mother has worked for!"
Marinette stood aghast. How Chloé even knew anythingabout someone other than herself was beyond her. She shook her head and focused on the bigger problem as the girl clutched the book to her chest and scurried away, "Hey! Don't you think that was, I dunno, maybe reallymean? She didn't drop it on purpose!"
Chloé shrugged, Sabrina scurried off to do all the work in finding the right books, and the day carried on. That was, until maniacal laughter echoed through the library. Marinette jumped out of her chair as books flew from the shelves and started throwing themselves left and right.
There was too much panic in the library to transform without being seen, so Marinette exited the library and frantically dove into the nearest empty classroom, unaware of her three friends making their way towards that same room. Their pace was only quickened at the sight of the tiny body floundering into the room.
"Tikki, spots on!"
The little red Kwami shot into her earring and Marinette was no longer in sight. The familiar red and black material replaced her clothing and covered a section of her face. The nostalgia of her transformation was short lived.
The sound of three gasps from behind her was enough to stop every blood cell in her body. Slowly, Ladybug turned.
Nino, Alya and Adrien stared, jaws practically at their feet.
Very slowly, the girl in the middle of the gaping trio rose her phone.
"Alya Césaire, don't you dare."
Click.
