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Chapter 9 - Fashionesta

Picture above drawn by my BFF and partner in crime, Miraculouships
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In the bakery, things had been quiet, but beautifully blissful for Marinette. That was, until a strangely dressed figure turned up. Marinette stared at her, with her polka dotted dress, and her sandalled high heels that lifted at least six centimetres from the ground. She had a purse, which was deathly black, with electric purple streaks. Her sandal heels clopped as she advanced menacingly towards them. Marinette studied her face; she had make up caked on her face. Those blue eyes were so piercing, and so familiar. Marinette nearly fell out of her seat as she realised that the strangely dressed woman was none other than Chloe. Marinette quickly realised she was akumatised; ordinarily Chloe wouldn't be seen dead in clothes like that.

"Um...I'll be back. I just gotta go to the bathroom." A nervous Adrien said. Marinette turned to him.

"Sure, it's the first door on the -" but he had already gone.

Marinette snuck upstairs to her room.

"Tikki, spots on!" Pink light illuminated the room and Ladybug appeared. "I got to go!" Ladybug said. "Sorry, Adrien."

"That's OK." Adrien called. Or, at least that's who Ladybug thought he was. Secretly, Adrien had transformed into Chat Noir.

Ladybug raced out of the bakery, to face Fashionesta.

Fashionesta growled, as Ladybug blocked her way into the bakery. "Get out of the way!" She screamed, and produced her baton. A ribbon shot out of it. Ladybug dodged it, and the ribbon wrapped itself around a nearby lamppost.

Chat Noir appeared out of nowhere. "M'Lady!" He purred in surprise. "It's purrrrfect to see you!"

Ladybug groaned. "No time for puns, Chat! There's a new akumatised victim!"

"Such a smart little lady, you are." Chat grinned at his pun.

"Whatever. Come on!" Ladybug looked over at Fashionesta, who smirked in return.

Ladybug stared at the purse. It was black and electric purple. A colour all too familiar...oh! Ladybug realised that the purse contained the akuma.

"Give me the purse, Chloe!" Ladybug shouted as she made a grab for it. Fashionesta stepped out of the way, making Ladybug stumble and fall on the floor, looking very undignified indeed.

"My name is not Chloe!" She growled angrily, "my name is Fashionesta! Now if you don't get out of my way, I'll make you!!" Chat produced his baton, swooping it round, and tried to throw it at the purse. Apparently he hadn't good aim, because it clattered on the ground, not even touching the akumatised purse.

Fashionesta cackled. "What a stupid move, kitty cat! Now it's my turn. My move will rope you, for sure!" Then she produced her baton and shot a ribbon at Chat. Chat's reflexes weren't quick enough, and Chat was unable to move by the ribbon restraining him.

"Haha, guess you could say that's a tie!" Chat chuckled. Ladybug groaned. She produced her yoyo and threw it over in Fashionesta's direction. Fashionesta hit it away with her baton.

"Aw, the little kitty's lovebug is coming to save him." She cackled. "How sad," she said, in a voice so unsympathetic Ladybug wondered how sarcastic one person could get.

"I'm not his lovebug," she growled. "Lucky charm!" Ladybug shouted, and a pair of scissors fell into Ladybug's hand. "What could this do?" Ladybug wondered. Suddenly she saw Fashionesta's ribbons, all tied onto Chat, and Fashionesta's purse, and an idea formed in her head. She grabbed a loose end of Fashionesta's ribbon and pulled. Chat spun round and round, and when the last of the ribbon unraveled from his body he was very dizzy. He was stumbling everywhere, and ended up falling on the floor, most likely seeing stars. Ladybug cut the deep red ribbon to the exact length she needed, using her lucky charm scissors. Then she thrust the ribbon over. The end tied itself onto the handle of Fashionesta's handbag. She shrieked and tried to pull it back, but her ribbons' grip was too tight. Ladybug effortlessly pulled it and Fashionesta's grip made it fly in the air. Ladybug jumped into the air, and in a split second she untied the ribbon. The purse continued to fly in the air, and for Ladybug the next few seconds went by in a sort of slow motion. The purse landed in the middle of the busy road. Ladybug watched in delight, and Fashionesta watched in horror, as the purse was ran over by a lorry, two lorries, and about ten zooming cars. The leather on the purse was thin, supposedly a fashion, and the purse was so worn down it split in two.