A Miraculous Fanfic 🐞
When a new student arrives at Françoise Dupont High School, almost everyone thinks they've finally found out the identity of their masked hero, Ladybug.
But of course, only Marinette knows the truth.
As Adrien joins in the...
"What do we do, guys?" Alya quizzed her friends as she, Marinette, Adrien and Nino sat around a table in the cafeteria that same day.
Nino sighed in response. "I don't know dude. But Kali sure gets super pissed off whenever Ladybug is mentioned around her."
"Yup." Replied Alya. "It could just be because she's sick of people accusing her... or because she's mad that people have figured out her secret."
Marinette was quiet this whole time, unbeknownst as to how to handle the situation she was in.
Should she encourage her friends to continue seeking out Kali, knowing full well that she wasn't Ladybug, or should she let it be known that their investigation should come to a halt?
Decisions, decisions.
Marinette glanced over at Adrien, trying to get a sense at what he was thinking. He was listening intently to Alya and Nino's conversation, and like Marinette, he wasn't saying much either.
She thought about the afternoon they had planned to spend together, watching Kali. If she told her friends to stop, they wouldn't be able to do that anymore- and deep down, she really wanted to.
But, as the selfless Ladybug would, she made a decision.
"I think we should respect Kali's privacy. Ladybug or not. If it were me, I wouldn't want anyone following me around everywhere."
Alya sighed. "You're right, Mari. Of course. We should stop. We're not stalkers and even if she was Ladybug, it wouldn't be right to find out her secret without her knowledge or consent."
"That settles is then. Operation Kali is no more." Nino said, his face looking slightly glum.
Adrien sighed. His friends were giving up. It was understandable and he knew they had a good reason for doing so, but that didn't mean that he was going to stop with his search for the love of his life.
Before any more conversation on the topic was able to be had, a shrill scream grabbed the groups attention.
"What is..." Alya started, then she got up and once more, ran towards the screaming, without even finishing her sentence, with Marinette, Nino and Adrien following suit.
The foursome raced back into the school courtyard and audibly gasped when they saw the scene that laid before them.
Right in the centre of the courtyard was the source of the screaming they'd heard just moments before. It was the one and only, Chloé Bourgeois, and she was running around mad, dodging beams of light that were shooting in her direction. "Someone help me!!" The blonde girl wailed.
Marinette glanced upwards to where the beams were originating from and was utterly gobsmacked to the an akumatized villain - that looked exactly like Ladybug, only the colours on her suit were reversed.
"Is that Ladybug?" She heard Adrien quietly whisper to himself, and without a second thought, Marinette slipped away from her friends and the retreating crowd, and found a quiet classroom to transform in.
"Tikki?" She called out to her Kwami and the little bug quickly flew out of the bag she resided in. "Do you know what's going on? Who is that? And why does she look like me?"
"No idea, Marinette. But we'd better hurry and find out!"
"You're right. Tikki, spots on!"
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Once Marinette had transformed into Ladybug, she hurriedly arrived to where the attack was currently centred.
The black Ladybug was holding her lucky charm - a giant, spotted ray gun, shooting beams at Chloé who was shouting insults at the villain all while trying to avoid being hit.
The real Ladybug jumped without hesitation into the line of fire, spinning her yo-yo as fast as she could in front of her, bouncing the beams of light away in another direction.
"Well, well, well..." the other Ladybug smirked when she saw the real one. "If it isn't the most talked about bug in Paris." She spat. "Why don't you hand me your damn miraculous so the world can finally see who you really are and stop accusing me!"
"Huh? Accuse you of what?" Ladybug puzzled.
"Of being you! Idiot! Over and over again. Every single day! I'm sick of it! I'm sick of you! Now everyone of you will see that I am not Ladybug. I am Lady Black! And everyone, including this blonde bimbo, will see that you and I are nothing alike!"
"You're Kali..." Ladybug whispered to herself as she began to put the pieces together.
"Excuse me, what did you just say to me?" Chloé snapped from behind, causing Lady Black to scowl at her.
The black villain jumped from her spot on the school roof and landed on the ground with a loud thud.
"God, I am so sick of you." Lady Black sneered.
Ladybug took a defensive stance, still shielding Chloé. "Everyone is! But she's still a person, and you will not lay a hand on her!" She yelled.
At that moment, Chat Noir arrived, and zipped into his familiar place beside Ladybug, readying himself for a fight.
"Hope I didn't miss too much. Sorry I'm late, Bugaboo." Chat gave his lady a very flirtatious smirk, which only cause Ladybug to groan.
"Not the right time, Chat." She replied.
"So who is this chick, and why does she look exactly like you, only evil?" He asked with a curiosity that only a cat could have.
"It's hard to explain, but basically, she's a girl at my school and she's been constantly mistaken for Ladybug based on her looks, and it makes her extremely angry. I'm guessing Hawkmoth took advantage of that, and now he's got his very own evil Ladybug." The red polka dotted bug explained to her feline friend.
The wheels began to turn in Chat Noir's head, his thoughts began running wild.
He'd realised that Ladybug had just given away a massive clue about her real identity, but before he could even think about mentioning it to her, he heard his lady call out to him.
