Miraculous: How It Could Have Happened-Season One

Dark Cupid

Today was no ordinary day in Mme. Bustier's class. No, today was a special day—Valentine's Day!  In honor of this romantic holiday, Mme. Bustier was holding lesson on classic fairytales, such as Sleeping Beauty and Snow White.  "Now class, in most fairytales, the prince breaks the spell by kissing the princess.  Can anyone tell us why?"

Hopeless romantic Rose raised her hand right away.  "Because only love can conquer hate!"  "Correct, Rose!"  "Technically speaking, this reasoning is only exhibited in eighty-seven percent of all fairytales.", Max pointed out.  "And—"  "Thank you, Max.", Mme. Bustier said, cutting him off before he dampened the mood with his logical but negative knowledge.

Her eyes fell on Marinette, who was scribbling away in her notebook.  Her eyes seemed intently focused on whatever it was she was writing down.  "Marinette, I hope whatever you're writing down there has something to do with my lesson."  Marinette jumped as all eyes fell upon her, including the hopeful, longing green eyes of the blonde boy sitting in front of her.

"What did I say?"  Marinette regained her composure and cleared her throat.  "In fairytales, the prince kisses the princess because only love can conquer hate."  Mme. Bustier smiled, pleased to see that her lesson had indeed gotten through to her young pupil.  "Very good.  Glad to see you were paying attention."  Just then, the bell rang.  "Don't forget to finish reading Sleeping Beauty.  Happy Valentine's Day!"

Adrien gathered his things, stealing a few more doe-eyed glances back at Marinette, who was slipping the paper she had been working on earlier into her design notebook and smiling a little bit.  He wondered what it was that she had.  Maybe it was a new design.  Was it a dress?  A top?  A skirt?  A pair of shoes?  He thought about asking her, but he could barely say hi to her, let alone get out a full question without stuttering.

"Adriekins!"  Chloe's shrill cry pierced into his line of hearing and chased away the happy butterflies in his tummy.  She stood in the door with Sabrina, who was holding up a giant roll of some sort of paper material.  She unfurled it so that the bottom peeked out without showing the rest.  "Sign here, please.", said Chloe, pointing to the bottom with a permanent marker.

"Oh, come on, Chloe, you know I hate signing autographs.", Adrien sighed.  "That's not what this is.", she said, Sabrina adding in with a shake of her head.  "Its a petition against cruelty to hamsters.  Have you SEEN the ugly sweaters they're forced to wear?  Its appalling!"  A small voice inside him said to turn her down, that he shouldn't believe her, but the all-powerful moral voice drowned that small voice out.

As he signed his name at the bottom of the paper, Chloe glanced over his shoulder to see Marinette smiling at her notebook.  "Whatcha got there, Dupain-Cheng?!", she asked, strutting over towards the blunette, who jumped and hugged her design book to her chest like it was the only thing keeping her alive.  "N-Nothing!"

"Doesn't look like nothing!", Chloe said, reaching out and grabbing the book from Marinette.  "NO!", the pigtailed girl cried as her blonde valley girl foe took out the paper and gave it a quick glance, before breaking out into a wide grin.  "Oh my gosh!  Its a love poem!"  "Give that back!"  Marinette reached for her paper, but Chloe pushed her to the ground.  "Everyone needs to hear this!"

She bolted out the door past Adrien and Sabrina, booked it down the steps, and jumped on top of a table in the center of the courtyard.  "People!  For your entertainment, a poem by Marinette Dupain-Cheng, to her sweetheart!"  Adrien and Sabrina leaned over the railing to look out her below, joined moments later by Marinette.  Adrien saw the look of panic on her face, and instantly felt sorry for her as Chloe cleared her throat and began reading in a loud, dramatic voice.

"Your hair's as golden as the sun!
Your striking emerald eyes!
I wonder who you really are
Beneath that strong disguise!
When I ask you to be my Valentine,
I hope that you will agree
Because my love for you is true
And will last for eternity!"