"Trust me" // mlb fanfiction

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No one wakes Marinette in the morning. Everyone knows she was tired and she still managed to save everyone in this class. So once Marinette finally wakes up, it's already afternoon and no one is in the tent except for her and Tikki.

"Hey Tikki." She says, getting out of bed and changing into regular clothes.

"Hey Marinette, did you sleep well?"

"Yes, I actually did."

"I'm glad."

"I should probably join the others." Marinette says after a while.

"You could, but this might also be your only change of purifying the akuma without revealing your identity to anyone." Tikki is right, she hasn't been able to purify it yet. "Tikki, spots on." She whispers, transforming into Ladybug. She opens Max's toolbox and catches the black butterfly with her yo-yo. When she releases it, the butterfly is white again. She writes a little note 'I purified the akuma. I'd like to thank all of you for your bravery, I don't know what I would have done if this akuma hurt you all because I wasn't there, thank you. -LB'

Marinette de-transforms and leaves the tent as if nothing had just happened. Her classmates just started lunch and she joins them.

"There's our hero!" Alya says, which causes everyone to look at Marinette.

"I'm no hero, I tried telling you that yesterday too." Marinette says, but no one agrees with Marinette.

"You saved us, girl. You were amazing! The whole of Paris knows it, I posted it on my LadyBlog."

"Speaking of your LadyBlog, I don't know if you already know, but Ladybug purified the akuma, there was a note."

"Really?!" Alya asks, running towards the tent and returning with the note.

"As you guys can see, Ladybug did indeed come after all. She thanked us for our bravery, this is incredible. Stay connected for more awesome news!" She posts the new video on her LadyBlog.

"What are we gonna do today?" Marinette asks Alya after the class talked a lot about Ladybug and Chat Noir.

"We're not doing anything anymore. Two akumas showed up in two days, our parents want us to come home right away." Marinette understands this reasoning but she's still a little disappointed, she doesn't want this trip to end, not yet.

The class drives back home in the bus, laughing loudly and talking about all the events that occurred in the last few days.

"I think Marinette's action from capture the flag were the best of the whole trip. Those movements were awesome." Kim says.

"No way, her defeating an akuma was much better." Alya says. "She has no fear!"

Everyone keeps complimenting Marinette, but they're all wrong. She fears a lot. She fears Chat's injury will not recover anytime soon, she fears she can't handle being the guardian, she fears HawkMoth knows her identity. Why else does he keep targeting this class? It can't be a coincidence.

"Girl, what is it you keep pondering about?" Alya asks Marinette, which results in her waking up from her thoughts.

"Nothing."

"C'mon, you can't lie to me like that, spill it." Marinette takes a deep breath, thinking how to tell her what's on her mind without raising suspicion over her identity.

"I keep wondering why those two akumas were all here. Is it a coincidence or does HawkMoth target our class for a reason?"

The class falls into silence, everyone heard what Marinette said, even though Marinette only wanted Alya to hear her concerns.

This also sets Adrien to thinking, what if HawkMoth knows Chat Noir is in this class, but how would he? He didn't reveal anything, HawkMoth can't possibly know, right?

"Isn't it obvious." Chloé starts, everyone gives her a confused look.

"Most of the miraculous holders were in this class. I'm Queen Bee, of course. Nerdy Max is that horse. Césaire is that Fox and Kim is that weird monkey. Don't know what DJ weirdo is, but he does own a miraculous. So anyway, there's a huge chance Ladybug or Chat Noir know them in real life, which means they're probably in this class too." Everyone falls silent, how come Chloé remembers the events that happened when she was akumatized? Marinette thought only HawkMoth and Mayura knew, but if Chloé knows it too then who else knows and did Chloé spill their identities to someone else, too?

"Thank you very much, Chloé. We can never get our miraculous back, thanks to you. Just because you're dumb enough to spill your identity to the world, doesn't mean you get the right to spill ours!" Alya says, she's obviously very mad.

"Oh please, as if Ladybug would ever want to give you your miraculous back, you're all losers. Ladybug gave me my miraculous back after everyone knew my identity, which means I'm more useful to her than you are."

Soon, everyone starts attacking Chloé again. Some people ask Alya, Nino, Kim and Max about their miraculous, but they won't answer any questions as they promised Ladybug they would keep it a secret. It's a complete chaos and only two students don't interfere with the conversations.
Two students need time to think.

If Chloé figured that Ladybug or Chat Noir has to be a student in this class, then HawkMoth sure did too. And yesterday, she defeated an akuma without her suit and it's posted on the LadyBlog, there's a change HawkMoth knows her identity, Marinette has to be extra careful.

Adrien also thinks about what Chloé said, about the fact that Ladybug or Chat Noir has to be in this class. But Ladybug has always been the one giving miraculous to people, not him. Does this mean that his lady is a student in this class too? And if he's correct, who could it possibly be?