My Little Miraculous Ladybug

School-Time Interactions, Part 1

School-Time Interactions, Part One

When Alya and Marinette came out with Sunset Shimmer minutes after they had spoken to Chloe, they had expressions of awkwardness on their faces. Apparently, they had been chewed out by Sunset Shimmer about their treatment of Chloe, and she apparently agreed with Discord that had she not intervened and helped Chloe, something ugly would have happened to her.

"And I don't care what she did to you in the past," she said to them as they walked out of the store. "You girls were shaping up to be no different than she is. I should know, I've been there before."

"She's not coming with us?" Alya asked, noticing the fact that Chloe wasn't with them.

"Her driver will be picking her up to drop her off at her therapy," Sunset answered curtly.

"I wasn't aware she had therapy," Marinette noted in surprise.

"Well, what did you expect?" Sunset bluntly asked her. "You and your friends at school put her in a lot of emotional distress. She had to find some outlet for all this."

The three girls didn't say another word as they exited the store together. As they entered Adrien's limo, Marinette and Alya looked at each other. It was clear that they were going to have to start living up to their promise, lest she came out to a sticky end and their reputations be ruined.

-break—

On Sunday, the nine girls, with help from Adrien, Nino, Tikki, and eventually Plagg, came together at Marinette's place to help bake all the goods that were needed. Marinette, Alya, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy were in charge of baking cupcakes; Adrien, Nino, Twilight, and Rarity covered the cookies; and Tikki, Plagg, Applejack, and Rainbow decided to bake some apple fritters. Surprisingly, the process, even though it was long, was oddly satisfying, and it was probably helped by the fact that Pinkie Pie managed to keep everyone entertained with her songs.

Pinkie Pie:

All you have to do is take a cup of flour!

Add it to the mix!

Now just take a little something sweet, not sour!

A bit of salt, just a pinch!

Baking these treats is such a cinch!

Add a teaspoon of vanilla!

Add a little more, and you count to four,

And you never get your fill of...

Cupcakes! So sweet and tasty!

Cupcakes! Don't be too hasty!

Cupcakes! Cupcakes, cupcakes, CUPCAKES!

"Thank you, Pinkie, for that... interesting song," Alya commented once the song was over.

The oven dinged, signaling that the cookies were ready to be taken out. Marinette opened the oven door, motioning over for someone to take them out. Twilight put on some oven mitts and took them out of the oven with her help, setting them on a nearby table.

"I wish Discord would help us," Rainbow Dash said. "He could get all this ready just by blinking if he wanted to." Behind her, Plagg got an amused grin on his face, and he disappeared into Adrien's pocket.

"Now where would be the fun in that?" Applejack asked. "There's nothing better than earning something by the sweat of your own brow."

"You got that right," Marinette added, smiling. "In fact, if we didn't need these for the dance, I'd say we would have done my parents a favor by getting these ready."