Marinette is a normal girl who lives a normal life.
Except for the fact that she's a Parisian heroine called Ladybug who fights Akumas with her partner Chat Noir who has the fondness of calling her Princess in her civilian form.
But what happens whe...
"Mademoiselle Cheng. We've arrived." Marinette wearily cracked open her eyes at the sound of her bodyguard's voice and stifled a yawn, stretching her arms and neck with a tired sigh.
"What time is it?" In normal circumstances, Marinette would've been self conscious with her mumbling to a person who didn't seem to like her very much but frankly she was still sleepy as all hell and wasn't completely aware of her surroundings.
"It's now 8:40pm mademoiselle Cheng." He replied briskly, opening the compartment above their seats to retrieve her bags. Marinette frowned. Why was he leaving out her papa's last name?
"Excuse me sir but I have two last names and I would appreciate it if you would use both of them."
"I'm sorry miss but as you are a member of the royal Cheng family you will be referred as Marinette Cheng." He eyebrows furrowed in annoyance with her bodyguard. Why was she only to be referred by her maman's last name? Who the hell came up with that idea? Again, with her still being sleepy she didn't try hard to cover up her emotions in her expression with the bodyguard sighing tiredly and gesturing for her to get out of the seat. She sluggishly got up, quickly checked on Tikki, and took her bodyguard's offered arm.
"We should be getting to the hotel now miss."
"I thought that I was to be meeting my other relatives?"
"Not today miss, you deserve your rest and I can only imagine that you have a lot to think about since this news has been dropped on you." The small bluenette faltered in her movements a bit but the bodyguard kept on walking, making her keep up with his strides but her expression morphed into slight awe and disbelief.
Maybe this guy isn't so bad after all.
"Thank you." She said quietly but loud enough for the bodyguard to hear. He grunted in response.
They got past all of the luggage checks and the security, heading out into the crisp night air of Beijing. Marinette could definitely tell the difference between Beijing and Paris. For one, there were a lot more cars in Beijing than Paris. Two, unfortunately there were more poor people out in view in Beijing than in Paris making Marinette purse her lips and make a mental note of doing something about that later. Three, it was certainly more noisier than in Paris but she found that she didn't really mind.
She took in her surroundings, marvelling at Beijing's new architecture but was snapped out of her thoughts as her bodyguard called for her to get into a very expensive looking black car. She took a deep breath to calm down her nerves and slid herself onto the black leather seats and settled herself in with her hands folded on her lap. Her bodyguard closed the car door for her and she waited patiently for him to get into the front driver's seat. A few moments later, the engine hummed to life and they took off.
"Your relatives have arranged a first class suite for you at the Legendale Hotel." He informed her after a while.
"Okay." She replied back and the silence was back, filling the car to the brim. Marinette gazed out of the window before a beautiful building caught her eye. She pressed her face against the window to look closer, her warm breath fogging up the glass but she didn't pay any attention to it as she let out an awed gasp.
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