AFTER Watching Miraculous

Chapter 1: Everything Changes

Marinette's alarm went off again but she didn't need to wake up. She had been awake all night. Ever since yesterday, she couldn't help but think about what might happen in what was now a few minutes.

Marinette rolled over to her stomach and turned her alarm off. She then laid back on her back. Tikki looked at Marinette in the eyes. "You can't back out of this. If you don't go to school your parents will get suspicious and your friends will come over anyway."

Marinette sat up. Tikki was right. There was no way she could get out of this. Marinette walked down to the main part of her room and got dressed. At least she got all of her questions answered before she got home. Belle wasn't really akumatized or anything that she thought. She could understand the part about liking to see reactions; in fact, Marinette herself was worried about reactions and she had the best reactions to laugh at. At least that was what she was told.

Marinette grabbed her purse and sighed as Tikki flew in. Tikki looked out. "It's okay Marinette. It's not like it's going to kill you." Marinette chuckled. She closed her purse and put it on to run downstairs.

"Morning honey. I made a to-go breakfast for you." Sabine held out a box that had a couple of croissants inside that were fresh from the oven. Marinette went up to her mom, took the box, kissed her on the cheek, and said, "Thank you, Mom."

Marinette then walked out the door and was about to start walking to school, but she was met with paparazzi. News crews, photographers, and just plain random people were at her front door snapping pictures of her.

Marinette didn't know what to do. She just ran as fast as she could in anyway past the paparazzi as possible. She ran and ran until she was clear of sight from them. Once she finally caught her breath she had flashes in her face again.

"Can I get your autograph?!"

"Can I get a picture with you?!"

"Can I see you transform?!"

Marinette heard questions blaring in her ears. "I wonder if Cat Noir has to deal with this," Marinette thought aloud. She then face palmed herself. Of course he had to deal with it; he had to deal with it everyday! He was a model! He's Adrien Agreste!

Marinette heard a car pull up and more camera flashes behind her. She decided to look behind her and saw Adrien being protected by his body guard from crazy fans and cameras. Marinette blushed more than she had ever before. She then tried to run to her classroom by dodging her own crazy fans and cameras.

Marinette had made it to the door and was catching her breath until she was yanked in the classroom by the hand. "You and Adrien owe me an interview." Alya had her by the hand so she couldn't get away.

The whole class was at least a little normal. They looked at her like she was a celebrity times two, but at least they weren't asking questions like crazy. Alya dragged her down to their seats. "Tell me everything!" Alya said, excited.

"Everything? You saw everything yesterday."

"True. True."

Marinette sunk in her seat. Adrien was going to go through that door any second. Marinette glanced over at Chloe. Chloe was taking pictures of her when she wasn't looking. She was trying to get a shot of Marinette transforming into Ladybug. Now that she knew who Ladybug was, she was now going to get every chance she could to get at least a decent picture of Ladybug. "C'mon! Transform already!" Chloe whispered to herself.

Marinette looked over at her again and Chloe tried to hide what she was doing. Sabrina went up to Marinette at that moment and said, "I'm really sorry that I didn't believe you when we were doing that project together."

Marinette looked at Sabrina and started to sit up straighter. "It's okay Sabrina. You didn't know." Sabrina smiled, but was pushed out of the way by Chloe. "Hi Marinette! How are you today?" While Chloe was talking, Alya was busy analyzing Marinette.

Marinette turned around and saw what her best friend was doing. "Uuuuuuuuum...what are you doing?"

"Trying to figure out how I didn't see this before! You look exactly like Ladybug! Wait hold on!"

Alya turned around and dug in her bag. Marinette tried to see what she was doing, but was then smacked in the face by Alya. When she could open her eyes, she saw Alya smiling big. "Now you look exactly like Ladybug!" Marinette was wondering what she meant. Chloe then put one of her arms around her neck and held up her phone for a picture. "Oh my gosh! Say cheese Ladybug!" Marinette was now wearing a handmade Ladybug mask.

Marinette was trying to get away from Chloe, when Adrien ran into the classroom and slammed the door before a whole bunch of people could come in. He then slid down the door and landed on the ground.

"Dude! Are you okay?" Nino asked, laughing. Adrien was wide eyed. "Yeah. Sure." Marinette saw Adrien and she sank back down in her seat faster than a camera flash from Chloe's phone. "Hey!" Chloe's shout caught Adrien's attention.

He stood up and slowly walked over to where Chloe was and saw Marinette trying to hide. "Uh...H-H-Hey."

Marinette looked over and saw Adrien. "Oh! Hi?" Marinette sat up and Adrien turned red. "W-W-What?" Adrien didn't answer. Marinette then realized that she was still wearing the mask that Alya had plastered on her face. She instantly took it off and threw it back at Alya. She then looked back at Adrien and smiled nervously.

"C-C-Can I talk to you? Outside?" Adrien's words made Marinette blush even more. She also seemed to stop working. Alya waved her hand in front of her face. "Yoo-hoo. Marinette. Girl?" Alya snapped. Marinette barely even blinked.

"M'lady?" That woke up Marinette. "Uh...y-y-yeah. S-s-sure."