Guardians of Paris

Carnival

Marinette rummaged through her room looking for her something.
"What are you doing Marinette?" Her positive companion asked. "I need a bow to finish my dress for the masquerade ball tonight. It's Carnival this week!" She reminded her spotted friend."I always love the tire d'érable! It tastes so good" "Well I'll have to try some then, but they probably won't be as good as the cookies your dad makes!" Tiki said licking her lips. Marinette reached underneath the table to find the bow she was looking for. She stitched it up quickly and held it up to the light. "It looks beautiful, Marinette!" Tiki said cheerfully. "Thanks Tiki" She said as she smiled. Just then she received a call from her best friend Alya.

Alya-Heyyy girl! You ready to go to the masquerade ball?
Marinette- I just have to get changed, and then I'm ready to go.
Alya- Hurry up because I'm around the corner!
Marinette- Okay bye
Alya- Bye

Five minutes later Alya is waiting eagerly for her friend to pick her up. Marinette is wearing a red dress with a black belt around her waist, black spots along the hemline and a big black bow to top it all off. Her hair was in a neat bun with not a hair out of place. Alya was wearing an orange dress up to her knees. She had a light jean jacket on top of it to complete the look. She had her hair in one giant fishtail braid. "Girl, you look AMAZING" Alya said.
"You too!"She said as the two jumped up and down in excitement. "I can't wait!" They two screamed.

Meanwhile with Adrien

"Oh Plagg I can't wait !"Adrien exclaimed. " I love the parade! And the masquerade! It's always such a fun time every year." "What are you going on about kid?" Plagg rudely interrupted. "Carnival " Adrien responded. "Is there Camembert?!" The tiny black cat asked. "No, there is no stinky old cheese Plagg" Adrien said. "Oh, then I'm not interes-"
Just then Adrien was getting a call. He thought it was Nino asking him about the masquerade. But when he checked who was calling it was his father. He answered the phone.

Adrien-Hello Father
Gabriel-Adrien I have important news for you.
Adrien-What is it?
Gabriel-You will be this years bonhomme de neige!
Adrien-But father!!!
Gabriel-No buts Adrien! You will be bonhomme de neige and that's final.

At the masquerade

The two girls arrive at Chloe's Dad's Hotel open the door and find the whole room staring at them. Not in a bad way, it was in a good way. The two made their way into the party. Until Marinette recognizes a girl who she had seen while cutting out clipping of Adrien in all the big time magazines. Her name was Emma Maple. Emma lives in Quebec. She must be here for the carnival festivities. So she went over to talk to her. "Hi Emma, my name's Marinette and I'm a huge fan! It's nice to meet you." Marinette said friendlily. "Hi Marinette, oh I'm flattered." She said sarcastically. "Oh well I'll be over there waiting for the committee to announce the carnival queen" Mari said quietly .

On the stage there stood Jagged stone, the mayor aka Chloe's dad, and bonhomme de neige. Every year the queen is crowned and has the traditional bonhomme & Queen dance.

And

The

Winner

Is

...

(We'll see next chapter)
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Okay so the admin of this account is Canadian but there is another admin who draws the pictures and helps out with the story. Isn't that drawing great?
Anyway
We live in Canada and we personally love carnival. We're not sure if it's similar to France in the way it's celebrated but I'll give you an explanation about how it is in Canada.

Every year there is someone who is picked to be bonhomme de neige which basically is a snowman and he is the mascot of carnival. Tire d'érable is maple syrup rolled on fresh snow to make a sweet tasting dessert. I personally have never tried it but all my friends say it's delicious. As said in the story there is a queen chosen who will dance with bonhomme de neige and has the titles of the queen of carnival for that year. It is an honour to be chosen as bonhomme de neige or the queen.
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