"Ah...ha... Where am I?"
Ladybug looked around. It was dark, total darkness. She then looked down her feet, and gasped.
She was de-transforming...
"Hello Ladybug," a voice said. "Oh, turns out the girl behind the Ladybug mask is none other than our own very clumsy Marinette."
Ladybug realized the voice quickly. Suddenly there was light, and she was face to face with Lila.
"Lila! Where am I?! What's going on?!"
"Ladybug, or should I say, Marinette. I'm here to teach you that being on Hawk Moth's side is the best side to be on. He's the good guy. He can help you, and me!"
"But I don't need help!" Marinette yelled, realizing that she was tied up. "Hawk Moth is the bad guy, believe it or not!"
"Oh Marinette, I knew you would say something like that," Lila chuckled. "Which is why I'm here to change you."
"What are you going to do?!"
"Oh Marinette. If I told you, in less than a few hours, you wouldn't even remember," Lila laughed.
"What... What does that mean?!"
"Just sit and relax. I'm here to change you!"
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When Lila captures Ladybug and tramples with her memory, Marinette is left to think that Lila and Hawk Moth are the good guy.
She's filled with lies, but she doesn't know that.
Adrien/Chat Noir refuses to give up on changing Marinette back the way she was.
Even if it means he has to give up his life for her...
Bye-bye Marinette/Ladybug
Hello Miss Fortune...
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"Marinette, believe it or not, I am the good guy, and Chat is the bad guy. Don't let him deceive you."
"Don't worry... I won't!"
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"Chat, I'm dangerous. Better stay away!"
"No! Ladybug, I know you're still in there! I refuse to think that you're gone."
"Ladybug, I'm going to do everything I can to get you out of that trap you're in.
I promise!"
"You never expect these sorts of things to happen to you in real life, until it happens. Frankly, I'm just an unlucky one."
In a bleak moment of vulnerability, Chat Noir renounces his role as a Superhero. Through a couple clues and a small amount of help, what will Ladybugs reaction be to who lays on the other side of the mask? When their well-kept secret isn't so much a secret anymore, how much danger is the duo really in? How far are they willing to go to save each other, and themselves? When things go south, will Marinette find it in her to keep going or will her other half break her completely? Doubt circling the air, will they make it past this...?
After all, isn't pain numbed by the ones you love?
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Disclaimer:
I do NOT own these characters; they belong to Thomas Astruc.
Cover by @s44lem