Chapter One

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In my world people are born color blind until they find and kiss their soul mate. You are probably confused so let me explain in more detail. When a child is born they only see in black and white. For eighteen years they live in this sad depressed world without color. Then, on their eighteenth birthday the hunt for true love has begun. They have exactly seven years to find their soul mate before it's too late. How will they know they found them? They can see their soul mate in color; they can see every vibrant piece of fabric they wore that day. However, if they run out of time they will only see their soul mate in color for the rest of their lives, that is if they even find their soul mate. At 12:00 AM on his or her 25 birthday their time is up. My biggest fear you ask? Running out of time. Imagine it? Never knowing what color your own hair is. Sure other people can tell you the name of that color but it's not the same. They tell me my eyes are blue but blue is just a word; I can't see what blue is or how blue makes me feel. They tell me I look good in red but I don't know if I feel good in red.

My name is Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Let me give you some basic knowledge of me. I live in Paris and, I am currently 17 years old. Some of my hobbies include baking and designing clothing. Oh, I almost forgot to mention, I am one of the two super heroes that protect Paris. As a hero, I am known as Ladybug. I chose that name because someone told me my suit red with black spots like a ladybug. My partner against crime is Cat Noir. You may be wondering why I didn't tell you his real name and the answer is simple. I don't know his real name. You see about two years ago me and one other person were chosen to yield miraculouses. Ancient artifacts that each hold a different kwami. Our kwamis give us our power. Their energy gets used every time we use our miraculouses and that's more often than I would like it to be. You see when I need to transform into Ladybug, Tikki gets sucked into my earrings and my super suit appears on my body along with my mask and my special yo-yo. Then I have to work with Cat Noir to take down the person infected by the akuma and de-evilize it. If I don't capture the akuma then it would multiply until it infects everyone in the world. Hawkmoth is also a miraculous holder but he doesn't deserve it. He doesn't use his power to help others. He uses it against others. He uses people's sadness and anger against them and turns them into an akuma.

 He uses people's sadness and anger against them and turns them into an akuma

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Today is my first day of senior year and I couldn't be more anxious. I turn 18 this year and I don't know if I'm ready. What if the one person I want to be my soul mate isn't? What if I don't find my soul mate? What if everyone in the class finds their soul mates and I don't?  Stop I need to calm myself down. Life is full of "what if moments" I can't worry about every single one then I won't have time to worry about the things that matter.

I sit up and put on what looked like a light grey short sleeved peplum shirt and black high-waisted pants. I grab my purse and put two cookies in it for later. Then, I wake up tikki so she can get in my purse just in case there are any akumas today. As I start to walk out of the door I pass a mirror and see that I haven't even done my hair. Although, I could just leave and rock the "bed hair, don't care" look. I quietly giggle at the thought and grab a brush. Picking up two hair bows to put in my usual pigtails I remember what Alya told me yesterday and every year before this. "Girl you have got to change up your hair a bit. I mean seriously haven't you heard the saying 'new year, new hair'. At least think about it". Sighing I looked at my hair maybe she is right.

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