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Planning Verses Fate (Pt. 2)

Mirielle's Point of View

After I transformed, I nervously approached my first akuma. How the heck did Marinette do this crazy stuff?

"Umm... Hi Volpina. I'm Ladybug. So uh... you need to stop being evil?" I attempted to talk my way out of it.

Volpina turned around and looked me up and down with a cold glare, "You are not the old Ladybug."

My eyes widened and my heart almost stopped.

"H-how did you know?" I asked nervously.

"You are all so dumb! Of course I can tell! She's already dead and I watch the weather everyday! Don't think I haven't seen your civilian form before! I'm kinda actually a fan of you..." she admitted bashfully.

"Really?" I was surprised.

"Yeah. I kinda sorta idolize you?" She put her hands behind her back, blushing.

"Y-you do?" My heart pounded with excitement but fear. This akuma was my favorite already.

"You make a so much better Ladybug! The other one was so mean! She insulted me and embarrassed me in front of my crush!" Volpina's anger returned.

"What actually happened?" I asked her, lowering myself to sit down on the roof.

Her face was red with fury but she took a deep breath and sat beside me.

"I had just moved from Russia," she started to say.

"Please don't lie to me," I begged, knowing Volpina would probably slip some lies in.

"Fine, it was Italy. Anyways. I just moved from Italy to Paris. I didn't know anyone. I was nervous for my first day of school. I didn't know whether or not I would be accepted into your guys' social groups. At my old school, everyone thought I was quiet and boring. I had a chance to change that impression with my new school," she began, her eyes filling with tears.

"People used to bully me for being a boring, quiet mute girl. I wasn't heard. Nobody cared about my boring life. I-I thought maybe... maybe if I just..." she stammered, realizing who and what she's become. She broke out into sobs as she was detransformed.

"Lila?" I put my hand on her shoulder.

"I- I can still remember everything I did as an akuma!! It wasn't the akuma who killed Marinette!!! It was me!!" She sobbed loudly. She choked on her sobs as they grew louder.

"I thought that maybe if I tweaked my story a bit, people would listen to me for once. I was so so wrong. When I got to your school, I had no friends. I was so scared. I was on the verge of tears until this friendly blonde boy came up to me and introduced himself. I realized that I could throw away my old life and start another... I didn't know I would lie to the point of annoying one of Paris's best heroes! I thought she was so cool, I told everyone she was a good friend of mine. Everyone believed me. They all believed me," she still sobbed.

I didn't know what to say.

She was a human who made a dumb mistake.

She wasn't a monster.

"I- I shouldn't have lied... Somehow, Ladybug discovered the video and exposed my lies. Everyone thinks I'm lame again. In fact, I know that everyone in Paris hates me!" She cried, tears running down her small face.

"Everyone has lied at some point," I tried to assure her, already knowing I was a liar as well.

"But not only did I lie... when I discovered Marinette's identity, I- I st-stabbed the poor girl," she whispered, her face tear-streaked.

"This was your plan?" I asked softly.

She wiped some of her tears and muffled her sob.

"I didn't mean for it to be like that!" She screamed, more sobs grew louder.

"Maybe this was fate..." I whispered.