❛𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐄❜ ━ 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺

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THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF powers a person could have is four, sometimes five. But if you have Ladybug as your animal form, the amount of powers you have can get up to seven, perhaps even more, no one knows yet.

I only have three as of now. . .

You're unique.

You're a Ladybug.

Ladybugs are rare and unique.

Marinette then stopped walking when she heard sniffles coming from a room. Originally, she'd asked to be excused from her last class of the day so she could use the bathroom, but hearing these sniffles made her stop walking, believing someone was crying. Marinette took ahold of the doorknob, before twisting it and pushing the door opened. The sniffles got louder when she walked inside, silently closing the door behind her. It was then she caught who it was -the only person who had been in the empty room before she'd shown up.

Lena.

"H-Hey?" Marinette started walking over to the girl, who was now wiping the tears off her face. Marinette could remember now of when Lena had asked to use the bathroom as well, though she'd never come back to class after this. Was this where she'd been, crying to herself? Marinette slowly sat down in front of her, Lena declining to make eye contact with her. "What's wrong?"

"Why should I tell you?!"

"I don't know, to be honest. You have every right not to tell me what's bothering you. We barely even know each other. All I know about you is that you've got the power of Ice and the animal form of an Ice Dragon. But. . . I'm also worried, and I tend to get worried quite easily, especially when I see someone else in pain." Marinette paused for a few seconds, none of them making eye contact. "You don't have to tell me at all, and I probably shouldn't have butt in, like I always do, but I just want to help. . . if I can."

That's when Lena perked up then, staring into Marinette's eyes for a few seconds, before looking away, inhaling and exhaling while at it. "I'm honestly not sure what's up with that Zoé girl, but I can sense trouble from her. I finally know what her power can do and she used it on me today, right after Ms. Mendeleiev's class.

"Zoé has the ability to replay someone's nightmare right in front of them, causing them to go weak. Her targets can get these nightmares even when they're awake. She gave me a nightmare, a reminder of what had happened to me when I was younger, something I so badly wanted to forget, but now remember because of her!" Lena looked irritated while she spoke, but softened up after she'd finished her sentence. "Can I trust you?"

The words took her off guard for a second, but Marinette was quick to nod. "Of course, you can."

Lena breathed in and out again, before resting her back against the wall.

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"Teacher said if I practiced harder, I'll get it right!" 7-year old Lena chuckled to herself as she spoke to her stuffed teddy bear, but the chuckle came out forced. Her patience was running thin. Ever since being told of her Ice powers, Lena could do nothing but practice everyday to activate it. She'd only been able to done it once and it'd been by accident. As the type of girl who didn't learn how to be patient enough, she was beginning to lose it.

She then closed her eyes in slow motion as she reached forward, her palm touching her teddy bear. She let her palm rest on the head of the bear for a few seconds before reopening her eyes. Much to her disappointment, the bear looked just as normal, not a single piece of ice on it.

"Why isn't it working!" First time, it hadn't worked, she'd cried. The next few times she'd failed, she'd grown out of her sadness and turned it into anger. Lena stood up from her bed, gritting her teeth all while trying to hold back in her tears. She gently punched the wall. Again. Then again. The more punches she gave, the harder it became. Until, it came to the tenth punch, though instead of meeting the wall with her fist, Lena had slammed against it with her palm just as she screamed out her next words. "WHY ISN'T IT WORKING!"