[Mariposa Spanish for Butterfly] Today was the day. The day when Marinette would tell Adrien how she felt about him. But then... It all goes wrong... Witness the fall of Ladybug and the rise of Mariposa, Princess of all Akuma's.
Lunch time at Collège Françoise Dupont, was a bit quieter than normal today, as everyone was thinking about the last few days.
About last night, when Mariposa publicly humiliated Chloe and Lila, who are still at her 'palace', dungonized Chat Noir, admitted that she had taken down Ladybug, and put out the new 'law' that if anyone speaks the red and black heroines name, they would join Chat.
All of that, combined with the fact that for some reason Adrien hadn't been seen yet today, made Nino, especially worried.
Needing space to think, the teen dj went outside and sat down on the steps, sighing.
"I wish I could do something to fix this mess," he said to the air around him.
Just then a familiar looking high-tech police car came up to park next to the school gates, and Roger Cop stepped out.
"Oh boy..." Nino said standing up slowly, trying to show he wasn't afraid.
Looking around Roger Cop located Nino and walked over.
"Where is Adrien Agreste?" he asked in his robotic voice.
"I don't know," Nino answered "He didn't come to school this morning."
"If you are lying, I will be forced to bring you to Princess Mariposa," Roger Cop said handcuffing Nino to make him stay put, and pushing him aside and entering the school to search for Adrien.
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In the class room Sabrina was having lunch with Rose, and Juleka seeing that she didn't have Chloe or Lila.
"It's nice of you to let me join you," Sabrina said looking at them, smiling "I'm sorry for letting Chloe do what she did to you both when you got Akumatized."
"It's cool," Juleka said after taking a bite of her sandwich "Besides, if she didn't then we wouldn't have gotten what we wanted in the first place."
"What do you mean?" Sabrina asked, confused.
"She means, that if Chloe hadn't shut her in the bathroom, Juleka wouldn't of had all those perfect pictures of her with everyone else in the park," Rose said as bubbly as ever "And if she hadn't ripped up my letter to Prince Ali, then I wouldn't of gotten to meet him."
Sabrina was about to ask something else when the door to the class room opened up and Roger Cop came in looking around.
"Where is Adrien Agreste?"
"Dad?!" Sabrina asked getting up but was held back.
"Excuse me Sir, may I help you?" Miss Bustier asked coming over.
"Where is Adrien Agreste?" Roger Cop repeated.
"I'm sorry, but he didn't come in today," Miss Bustier answered.
Looking around the room one more time, just to be sure, Roger Cop turned to leave.
"Dad! Wait!" Sabrina called after him running over to hug him, but he just ignored her, and made her fall to the ground, tears in her eyes.
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Out front, Nino was still waiting for Roger Cop to let him go.
After fifteen minutes of waiting, Roger Cop came out and undid the cuffs.
"You are free to go now citizen," he said and went back to his car.
"Yo! Why does Mariposa want Adrien anyway?" Nino asked.
"That is classified," Roger Cop said getting into the car and driving off.
Hearing this, Nino picked up his back and started looking for his buddy himself to try and keep him safe from whatever Mariposa had in store for him.
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At her palace, Mariposa was getting tired of waiting for her minions to find Adrien.
As the fourth team come back with nothing, she decides to take matters into her own hands and go looking around the city for him herself.
"He has to be here somewhere," she said as she jumped off the balcony, spread her wings and took off.
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Meanwhile in the dungeon, Chat Noir was working on trying to find another way out, seeing as the bars were rigged.
*After digging in the dirt for the last few hours, he concluded that making a tunnel would take too long.
What he needed was the key.
To get the key, he needed to tell Mariposa what she wanted to know.
"Guard! Guard!" he called out.
Soon one of the Knights came over.
"I know where Adrien Agreste is," the black cat boy said, his hand behind his back holding his staff "I'll tell Mariposa whatever she wants to know. Just please let me out."*
"The Princess is not here at the moment," the knight said standing tall "You can tell her when she comes back."
With that he turned around and walked away, not noticing Chat hooking his keys.
Once the knight was gone, Chat let himself out and went looking for Tikki, and the Ladybug Earrings, being careful not to bump into anyone or be spotted by any cameras.
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AN: * - * If you know the 'Dreamworks Dragons' series I expect you to name where this comes from
