The Life of Marinette Dupain-Cheng: Book One

Chapter Seven - LUCKY CHARM!

Why me? Why had I been given a pair of magical earrings that turn me into a super ladybug?! 'black cat?' I asked Chat. He nodded his head with excitement. 'I'm Mari-' Then I remembered what Tikki had told me. Never to reveal my identity to anyone. Not even my partner. 'I'm very clumsy!' I said. We both jumped as a loud bang and a crash filled our ears followed by screams. Chat Noir looked at me up and down before saying, 'Well then, clumsy girl, we have to fight whatever it is that needs fighting!' He said confidently. He extended his stick and flew off, heading in the direction of the noise. He saw me waiting below and shouted, 'Well? What are you waiting for? Follow me!' The sound of his voice trailed off as he continued to climb through Paris. 'Trust yourself, trust yourself!' I thought. I aimed my yoyo once again and flew off.

I never thought I would ever find myself standing on top of a three story building but, there I was! 'Oh my gosh!' I said out loud. There it was. A huge stone being, right in the middle of the stadium! It was shouting a name. KIM! A boy in my class who likes to pick on another boy named Ivan. Why he picks on him, I will never know. The being must be Ivan! I flew down and landed alongside my partner, Chat Noir. 'I know! I'll used my super power! The power of destruction!' He said the phrase 'cataclysm' and touched the football post. It crumbled into tiny pieces. 'Wait!' I panicked as he ran off and attempted to destroy the being just like he did with the post. It did nothing. 'I guess it's only a one-time thing?!' He told himself. 'You don't have long left until you turn back!' I shouted. 'Didn't your kwami tell you anything?' He giggled nervously before being picked up by the stone being who was Ivan.

'LUCKY CHARM!' I shouted and, what I thought was a wet suit, landed in my hands. 'What am I supposed to do with this?' I asked no one. I looked around and though about how I could use it to somehow defeat this Stone Heart. I looked beneath me and found a hose pipe. That's when the penny dropped! I attached the hose to the wet suit and ran towards Stone Heart. He grabbed me in his other fist and dropped a piece of crumpled up paper in the process. 'Alya!' I shouted. 'The tap!' Alya, who stood watching and filming the whole thing with her smart phone, ran to the tap and turned it on. The wet suit filled with water, expanding Stone Heart's fist, and I was able to be let free. I grabbed the paper and ripped it up, releasing a small black butterfly. I opened my yoyo and caught the butterfly inside it. It turned from black to white and I set it free. I automatically said the words 'MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!' and the wetsuit flew into the air letting loose hundreds of ladybugs which turned everything back to normal.