The GenderBender (Miraculous Ladybug story/ kinda AU)

Prologue

It was an awful feeling. One that you would subconsciously hope to never experience in your life, as you'd try not to imagine it. It's the feeling of metaphorically having knives stabbed through your heart, leaving you with blank emptiness as your emotions are hurt beyond relief. That's normally what someone feels before the dreaded butterfly of darkness, the akuma, comes to them with Hawkmoths message. And for the next target it was no different yet so different. It hadn't been a bully that had caused this summoned akuma, not a friend, a parent, a sibling, or even a rejection. Instead it was caused by none other then the troubled mind of the akuma victim.

No the victim didn't have a mental disorder with caused them to feel like this or in fact any illnesses that could have forced them to feel so horrible. They simply were experiencing extreme body dysmorphia which was causing them to question their own existence and gender.

As they sat in their room leaning against the wall, the akuma victim found themselves with their face in their arms to muffle their tears. They had been writing a note to their parents about their feelings and opinions but everything seemed to be so cliche and cold by now. They tightened their grip around a pen in their hand as anger mixed with sorrow and hurt. Why couldn't they be like everyone else? Why couldn't they be happy? Thoughts like this filled their mind as they covered their face with their palms. Everything was awful and they were tired of telling the world that they were fine and just didn't get much sleep the previous night. It was all too stressful now. They just wanted someone to talk to... anyone...

Stress was another way the akuma can weave itself into ones mind. Sure enough the mottled black and purple butterfly was slowly fluttering towards the crying teen. It's wings beat swiftly as it lowered onto the pen in the victims hand. As it sunk into the object, the shape of the dreaded butterfly formed on the teens face. Emotionally drained and puffy eyes lifted to the blank horizon as hawkmoths voice echoed from inside their mind.

"Hello GenderBender, it's not nice having to hide your true self whilst others don't have to worry about anything as they live with something you can't easily have. From now on you'll be able to make them understand the pain and effort you go through everyday just to be remotely happy, but of course..." the corrupted miraculous holder paused to cause tension. He knew it dragged the victims attention so he could easily control them into it, "Of course you'll have to give me Ladybug and Chat noir's miraculous' in return,"

GenderBender blinked their darkened eyes. Ever since the first akuma they heard about on the to news, they had told themself that if they were ever caught in this situation they would definitely reject the offer... but right now... why did it feel so tempting to them... desirable... They started to understand why the other victims accepted. It was so clear. The offer sounded so easy and the definite way to go. Like a light at the end of a dark tunnel.

"Of course... Hawkmoth" the victim grinned, as mottled cloud which matched the wings of the akuma covered their body. Soon they were buried in the inky fog. The feeling was muggy but strangely... relaxing. Suddenly they felt like chains had been cut free. Like a new side of them was in control. Nothing apart from the desire to get what had been offered remained in their mind. As the strange fog cleared, the same person, only in the body of their desired gender was presented to the empty room with a wide, evil, grin filling their face. Unlike the other akuma victims, this one looked like a regular person... even if the entire layout of their body had changed. The akuma admired their new body before they looked out the window with a grin and a menacing glint in their eyes.

It was time to even out society.

A/N
Hey! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of 'GenderBender'! If you couldn't already tell, this chapter  is not going to be as long or as story filled as the other chapters as it's just as starting point.

The next chapter will be coming soon, I'm on holiday right in a place with poor wifi so even if I can't post it I will be writing it so I can post it asap!

Thanks for reading!