"Trust me" // mlb fanfiction

1//Drama Queen

"I can't handle this Tikki!" Marinette Dupain-Cheng blurts out, laying in her bed.

"Of course you can, Marinette. You're an amazing Ladybug and you will be the best guardian I've ever known." Tikki responds.

"I can't. My life was hard enough being just Ladybug, but now that I'm the guardian too... It's too much responsibility!" Marinette says, covering her face with her hands, trying desperately not to burst out in tears.

"Master Fu believed in you." Tikki responded, handing her the letter Master Fu wrote before he lost his memories.

"As we grow old, we realise life doesn't always give us all the gifts we hoped it would. I would've loved to tell you all of this in person, Marinette. But if you're reading this, it means I've already lost my memory. But you mustn't be scared and you mustn't be sad. As I was telling you at the beginning of this letter, experiencing loss is a part of life, but it doesn't define it. Because what really matters isn't whether you win or lose. It's the ability to accept changes in ourselves, it's accepting that even if life doesn't give us the gifts we were hoping for, the real gift is life itself..."

Marinette reads out loud, it's the millionth time she has read it and she still isn't entirely certain whether Master Fu had made the right choice, but is she ever? "Thank you, Tikki. I don't know what I would do without you."

"Hurry Marinette, you're going to be late for school again!" her mom shouts from downstairs.

"Coming!" Marinette places the letter inside the gramophone master Fu gave her, along with the miracle box.

Marinette arrives just in time for school, she takes her regular place besides Alya and behind Adrien. Since Marinette started spending more time with Luka, her obvious love for Adrien has started to fade, but she still isn't sure if Luka is the one for her. The same goes for Adrien, since he and Kagami started seeing each other more, his love for Ladybug became less. It's good between Marinette and Adrien, Marinette doesn't struggle that much with her words anymore and Adrien still sees her as a very dear friend.

Before they can say a word to each other, angry Chloé Bourgeois walks through the door. Her attitude is worse than ever. It has been for the past few weeks, she is the reason for most of the akumatised victims since The Battle of the Miraculous. "No Sabrina. I don't want you to speak to me anymore. You trying to 'help' me is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!" As Sabrina starts crying, Chloé has to add "Stop being such a drama queen. You know I'm the only queen here!" Sabrina runs out of the classroom and Chloé takes her seat as if nothing has happened. Marinette wants to follow Sabrina to make sure she's okay, but when Ms. Mendeleiev announces the start of the class, she's got no excuse to leave the classroom.

"Guess Chloé just made another victim." Alya says under her breath and Marinette knows it's the truth. She just has to wait for Sabrina to show up and then de-akumatize her. Again.

A few minutes later, the new Sabrina walks through the door. "Chloé!" She says in a singing and angry voice. Just as Marinette is about to leave to transform, she sees Adrien leaving before her. He always flees the scene when an akumatised victim shows up. It's probably his father demanding him to come home right away, Marinette thinks, while leaving for the bathroom herself.

"Looks like Chloé did it again." Marinette says irritated to Tikki.

"I feel sorry for her, all she ever wanted was being a superhero, in her own unique way." Tikki says, but Marinette doesn't share the same thoughts.

"No time to talk. Tikki, spots on!"

Not so far away from them, in the boys bathroom, is Adrien. "Why are you still trying to be nice to Chloé, she's the reason you still haven't defeated HawkMoth." Plagg says in his own, not-caring-but-still-caring way.

"She's been my friend forever, there's good in her, she just doesn't know how to use it yet." Adrien responses.

"Yeah whatever, just transform and get this over with, I do hope you carry camembert with you today."

"Yeah, you'll get it after we've saved Sabrina. Plagg, claws out!"

Entering the classroom, Chat Noir notices that Ladybug is already on scene. "Good morning, My Lady." He says, while making a bow.

"Hi kitty, we've got a huge problem." Now Chat Noir notices that there's complete chaos in the classroom. Everyone is arguing with each other.

"I see, what happened here?" He asks.

"Sabrina, Chloé Bourgeois' friend, got akumatized again. She calls herself 'drama queen'. She shoots rays from her glasses and everyone who's getting hit is overreacting over every little thing." Ladybug starts explaining.

"Where is she now?" Chat Noir asks,

"I saw her leave, taking Chloé with her. I don't know where they're headed."

"Well, we better find out. Because if we don't de-akumatise her quickly, those innocent students are gonna hurt each other badly." Chat Noir says, looking through the classroom. He notices everyone is fighting. Nino and Alya acting worst of all, but he doesn't see Marinette. That girl keeps surprising him. She must have fled the scene before she got hit with a ray. Marinette has always been a good friend to him, to Adrien and to Chat Noir. He's glad she's safe.

"Are you coming, kitty? We've got an akuma to catch."