GOLD

One

"HELLO KITTY, HELLO KITTY! HELLO KITTY, YOU'RE SO PRETTY! HELLO KITTY, HELLO KITTY! HELLO KITTY, YOU'RE....." Blasted throughout the Dupain-Cheng's apartment on repeat for about fifteen minutes. The phone was attempting to awaken the sleeping princess who slept comfortably undisturbed by the volume of her own alarm.

"Marinette! Your alarm's been going off for fifteen minutes! You're going to be late for your first day of your Senior year!" Her mother, Sabine yelled from the end of the staircase. Even know Sabine would never admit it, she was glad this was Marinette's last year.

Marinette turned of her phone before yelling her reply. "Got it, Mom!" Marinette crawled out of her cocoon wondering why she couldn't just sleep for five more minutes. Sure, in was her last first day of high-school but a bed was so soft and warm. She yawned before climbing out of bed. She was glad she planned her outfit the previous night.

A slightly oversized fuzzy pink sweater, a old fashioned floral knee length skirt, a pair off white socks, and a pair of white sneaker wedges that have clear compartments in the soles. She filled the compartments with pastel artificial flowers. She topped this outfit off with cute hair buns displaying the pink streaks that her friend so kindly dyed for her. She wore simple makeup and a white ascot to balance the look. She wanted to look threateningly adorable.

"I bet you anything Bourgeois will be in my class this year." Marinette said as she walked down the staircase that ended partly in the kitchen, partly in the common room area of the apartment.

"Four years in a row, is that possible?" Her mother replied knowing the bright side is that this would be the last year do deal with Chloé Bourgeois, the self proclaimed daughter of Paris.

"Definitely. Lucky me!" Marinette stated sarcastically as she prepared herself breakfast. Nothing special just some fruit loops and orange juice.

"Oh, don't say that! It's the start of a new year - I'm sure everything will be just fine!" Sabine said trying to think on the brightside.

Marinette grabbed the milk from the refrigerator. She accidentally grabbed the Almond milk instead of regular cow milk. She never liked the taste of Almond milk with cereal. By itself or in a baked good was okay but with cereal? YUCK!

When she took a bite, she realized her mistake. Offering her 'spoiled' cereal to her mom so the fruit loops wouldn't go to waste. Her mom sighed accepting Marinette's offer. Marinette made herself a new bowl making sure she got the right milk but this time she trip walking from the refrigerator to the counter on where her milkless fruit loops set.

"I lied." Sabine said referring to her comment that 'everything will be just fine', as she looked at the mess her daughter made. Marinette groaned since she didn't want to clean anything this early in the morning.

Marinette after finally conquering the difficult tasks of cereal making and eating, she headed down to the down stair's bakery. She was greeted by her father singing the lyrics to Ariana Grande's song Dangerous Woman off key.

"Morning Papa, these are delicious! Your best yet." Marinette said before she took another bite of a raspberry lemon flavored macaroon. Her presence startled Thomas Dupain. He scrambled to change the song he was singing to be more 'child appropriate' even know his baby girl was seventeen. He landed on wheels on the bus causing Marinette to laugh at his embarrassment.

"Don't tell your mother."

"Tell her what? That your a dangerous woman?" Marinette joked thinking how ironic it was to see her father who looked like he was stuck in transformation scene between a werewolf and a human singing Dangerous Woman.

"The most dangerouses? Dangerouses? Do me a favor and figure out what is the plural of dangerous is. Unless it's already a plural. This is why I'm a baker not a linguist."

"I thought you became a baker because you were too old to play in Teen Wolf."

"That too." Tom added before handing his only child a box of macaroons that were a variety of different flavors. Raspberry lemon, matcha tea, pumpkin spice, coffee, cotton candy, lemon ginger and Sabine's favorite ginger milk curd.

"Thanks Papa, my class will surely love them! You're the best!"

Marinette hugged her father as a thank you for getting up early enough to make fresh macaroons. Marinette accidentally dropped the box but luckily her father catched the box on his foot and tossed it back to her. Marinette laughed, she was glad her father was more coordinated then her.

"Think you need a little more training." Tom joked handing the box back over. Him and Sabine knew that Marinette was training to become the savior of Paris but sometimes they questioned Master Fu's choice.

"Thanks Papa." She said before she kissed him on the cheek. Something she got in a habit of doing ever since she was a babe.

"See you after school." Marinette said before waving her father goodbye.

Marinette stood the sidewalk a few blocks from her parent's bakery, hitting the button to change to the signal of the light so she could cross. She hit the thing but no luck. She thought about bolting from one side to the other but an oncoming car caught her eye.

"Uff..." Marinette sighed thinking that the light was going to take forever to change. She noticed an old man with a cane dressed in a tacky Hawaiian shirt and khaki colored cargo shorts walking into the street she was planning to cross. This man was her grandfather, Master Fu. He was oblivious to the incoming traffic. Without thinking Marinette jumped into action and grabbed Master Fu his hand trying to get him to safety as quickly as possible.

Dropping her box of Macaroons in the process "Thank you, Bug. What a disaster." Master Fu said as he studied the ruined food which was made worse by passerbys walking onto them. "You should've of been able to save them."

Marinette glared at him. "I just saved your life, old man." She said as she checked the box hoping that their was some left. "Make sure to look both ways." She offered her grandfather a Macaroon. She knew he was a century old and walked with cane but despite this he could bet her in a fight blindfolded without a Miraculous. He had no excuse.

Master Fu took a bite of the ginger milk macaroon and said "Mmmh. Delicious! Reminds me of home. Tell Sabine to drop a box off."

Marinette heard the school bell ring from a distance. "Oh no, I'm gonna be late! And its going to be you're fault!" She sprinted towards the school hoping that she wouldn't get into too much trouble for being late on the first day.