Masquerade Dance Party ~ a Miraculous Ladybug one-shot

Part 1

Sabine's POV

I opened the newspaper. The headline was nothing new. "Ladybug and Chat Noir save Paris!" Another article caught her attention, however. "Princess D, the heir apparent to the Jewel Capital of the World, the Kingdom of D, comes to Paris bearing a Jewel never before seen in public". The accompanying picture showed the princess, a plain girl about Marinette's age with shoulder-length hair and glasses.

"Sorry, Mom, I overslept!" Marinette crashed downstairs and started eating her breakfast at break-neck speed. I rolled my eyes. The oversleeping was nothing new.

Marinette's POV

Finally ready for school, I said goodbye to my parents and set off down the street. Wow, being Ladybug is more tiring than I thought!

I passed a police car. Wow, there are a lot more police around today. I wonder why?

Racing into school just in time for the bell, I found Alya already there waiting for me. "Hey, Marinette, you finally managed to get here!" Alya waved me over.

"Yeah, I overslept again."

"Again? Really, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were leading a double life," Alya laughed. I wasn't entirely sure that she was joking.

Changing the subject, she asked "Did you notice all the extra police out and about?"

"Yeah, I did. Is something going on?"

"Yeah, the princess of the Kingdom of D is coming to Paris," Alya said, as well informed as always. "I'm doing a feature about it on my Ladyblog because there's a chance that Ladybug could show up."

"Why would Ladybug go there?" I asked, taking a sudden interest.

"Apart from the formal dinner she's been invited to, Princess D is going to be unveiling a hidden treasure that's never been seen before in public."

"Wow, that sounds incredible!"

"Unfortunately, cheap trash like you isn't invited," Chloe said from her desk in front.

"So they invite expensive trash like you and wonder why it smells bad?" Alya retorted, a smug smile plastered on her face. Chloe shot her a look before turning back to Sabrina.

Miss Bustier walked in and told the class to settle down. Alya passed me a scribbled message: "Talk more at break OK?" to which I responded with a smile.