Miraculous: How It Could Have Happened-Season One

Stormy Weather

It was a sunny day in the famed city of Paris.  The birds were chirping in perfect harmony, and there was not a cloud in the sky.  It was a shame that not a lot of people noticed how nice the weather was.  Today was the day that KIDZ+ would be picking a winner for which lucky lady would get to be their official weather girl.

They had started with five thousand contestants, and after weeks of voting, there were only two finalists, Aurore Beauréal and Mireille Caquet.  It all came down to today, where the viewers of the show would be voting on a final winner.  Nearly every teenager in Paris was on the edge of their seats to find out who would win it all.  They were all either at home, watching the drama unfold on their TV screens, or at the studio to see the pizzazz in real life.

One of those teens was not Adrien Agreste.  His father had decided since all the action would be elsewhere, it would be the perfect day to do a photoshoot in the park, where no one could disturb them.  Adrien didn't mind all that much.  He didn't have time to watch TV at all, let alone KIDZ+.  He was too busy juggling his new public school schedule with his lessons and modeling duties at home.  Besides, he relished any opportunity to be outdoors instead of locked away in his home.

Adrien was in the heart of the park right now, posing in front the white fountain as the photographer snapped away.  "Magnifico!  Super!", he cried in delight, finding new ways to position the camera.  "I want to see the hunger in your eyes!"  Adrien's focus was stolen when he momentarily glanced behind the photographer and noticed Nino running over towards where they had set up.

"Dude!  Dude!  Dude!  Dude!  Dude!"  He arrived at the fountain and took a step towards Adrien, only to be blocked by his bodyguard.  "Not now!", the photographer commanded, still taking pictures.  "The framing is just right!"  Adrien smiled at his best friend.  "Hey, Nino!  Glad you accepted my invite.", he said, not getting out of his pose.  "What's with the rush?"

"Dude!  You'll never guess who's on their way to the park!", Nino exclaimed between pants.  "Who?", Adrien asked, redirecting his attention towards the camera.  Nino caught his breath and cried, "Marinette!"  At that single name, Adrien's poise was instantly shattered, as the shock from what he heard caused him to fall backwards into the fountain with a splash.  Ignoring his new wetness, he sat up and gaped at Nino.  "Marinette?  Marinette Dupain-Cheng?  She's coming here now?!"

Nino's head bounced up and down in enthusiasm.  "As we speak, dude." Adrien pulled himself out of the fountain, grabbing the towel his bodyguard offered to quickly dry himself off.  "I thought she'd be watching the KIDZ+ contest on TV or something."  "Well, she's babysitting for a friend of her mom's.", Nino explained.  "She told me she wanted the kid to get some fresh air.  I ran into her on the way here, and I rushed to find you to tell you the news."

Adrien ruffled his flaxen blond tresses dry as he kept grinning.  "This is the chance I've been waiting for!", he said as he handed the towel back to his guard.  "When she passes by here, I'll act real cool, like its no big deal."  "Then what?", asked Nino, walking over towards his buddy.

"Then...I'll invite her for a smoothie after the photoshoot!", he gushed.  "And then, we'll elope together to an island where we'll live off nothing but fruit in a cute little house that we built ourselves!  We'll have two kids—no, three!—and we'll get a dog!  No, a cat!  Wait!  I know!  A hamster!  She loves hamsters!"

He was pulled out of his perfect vision of the future by the strange looks he was receiving from Nino, the photographer and the bodyguard.  "What?"  "Uh...let's just start with the smoothie and then see where that goes.", said Nino, rubbing the back of his neck uncomfortably.  "That is, if you can even spit out the right words."  Adrien frowned.  "What do you mean?"