Miraculous: How It Could Have Happened-Season One

Lady Wifi

Late, late, late, late, I'm so late!  Marinette repeated this in her head as she booked it towards the school.  Things had gone downhill since yesterday.  An akuma attack had required her to dodge out and miss an entire half of the school day.  On the plus side, she did get a few more hours of seeing her darling minou.  When he shot her that charming half-grin, the akuma wasn't the only butterfly she had.

But then, when she returned home and got her school belongings, which Alya had dropped off for her, she had found a note taped to her notebook, saying,"Appelle moi, je sais pui est la vraie Ladybug—Call me, I know who the real Ladybug is!"  It had freaked her out a bit.  Than again, Alya did have a habit of jumping to conclusions before she had all the facts.  Marinette had tried to call her, but the signal for her neighborhood was down.  She would have to wait until tomorrow.

Well, tomorrow came, and even more problems rose up for Marinette.  She had overslept, her body exhausted from saving Paris, and her mind exhausted from doing homework, and had woken up a hour after school had started.  And that was why she was sprinting towards the desired building, hoping she could still sneak into class without anyone noticing.

Luckily, when she finally got there, Mme. Bustier's back was turned to the class as she was writing on the blackboard.  Tiptoeing into the classroom, she slid into her seat without a sound, letting out a breath of relief once she had accomplished her mission.  Her relief lasted only a few seconds, however, once she realized that Alya was absent from the seat next to her.

Leaning over towards Nino, sitting in the front with Adrien, she gently nudged his shoulder and said softly, "Where is she?"  "She's been suspended."  "WHAT?!"  Any obscurity Marinette had struggled to obtain went out the window, as the volume of her voice attracted the attention of everyone in the class.  Mme. Bustier frowned at her tardy pupil.  "Marinette, if you're going to come late, couldn't you at least do it discreetly?!"

Sinking back into her seat with a sheepish look, Marinette waited for Mme. Bustier to turn back to the board before she leaned over and tapped Nino again.  "What for?"  "The short story,", he explained, cupping his hand over his mouth so that the sound was directed at her.  "Accused of breaking into Chloe's locker."  Then he added with a chuckle, "I mean, Ladybug's locker."  "WHAT?!"

Mme. Bustier faced Marinette with a frown.  "That's it, Marinette!  Go to the principal's office!"  Shoulders slumped, Marinette took her backpack and stood up.  "What are you talking about?", Adrien whispered to Nino as his crush walked out of the classroom.  "Exactly what I said, bro!", Nino chuckled.  "Alya says Chloe is Ladybug!  She is crazy!"

That got Adrien to stiffen.  Chloe and Ladybug?  The same person?  He glanced over at his childhood friend, sitting on the bleachers next to his, winking at him flirtatiously.  He couldn't believe what he was hearing.  How could this shallow, superficial queen bee be the same heroic, kind-hearted lady that he fought with side-by-side?

He didn't get much time to mull over it, because minutes later, a holographic screen popped up at the front of the classroom, featuring a very familiar student swathed in black, with a glowing violet WiFi symbol on her chest, wearing a black domino mask.  "I am Lady Wifi, revealer of the truth!", she announced.  "For our first exposé, your principal would like to share a little tidbit with you!"

Lady Wifi stood beside the principal.  "So, Principal Damocles, is it true that you wrongly suspended a student named Alya today?"  "Uh, yes, it is.", said the principal, the shame in his voice matching the shame on his face.  "So you were biased?", Lady Wifi pressed on.  "Unfair?  Totally unjust?"  "Yes...I was."

Lady Wifi faced back towards the camera.  "For my next scoop, I'll be taking you to meet the girl whose been hiding behind the Ladybug mask!"  She shot a beam from her phone, freezing the principal in place.  "Stay connected."  The screen blinked out, and the whole class broke out into a panic.  "Everyone, for your own safety, go directly home, right now!", Mme. Bustier ordered.