Marinette

Marinette Dupain-Cheng was the perfect girl-perfectly clumsy, perfectly kind, and perfectly secret as Ladybug, Paris's beloved superhero fighting Hawkmoth and his Akumas. She was popular, friends with almost everyone at school, living a complicated but manageable life balancing heroism with normalcy.

Everything shattered when Lila Rossi arrived.

With honey-sweet lies and crocodile tears, Lila wove impossible stories-saving Jagged Stone's nonexistent kitten, being best friends with Ladybug herself. The lies made no sense, contradicted reality, yet everyone believed her. Marinette's friends turned against her one by one, believing Lila's accusations of jealousy and bullying. Alya, her best friend, fell for every word. Even Adrien told her to take the "high road." Marinette found herself isolated, watching her life crumble while still saving the city with a smile.

Then Chloé Bourgeois returned from New York-changed, determined, and ready to fight.

The former bully recognized Lila's manipulation tactics because she'd used them herself. Together, these unlikely allies must expose Lila's lies without becoming Akumatized, protect their identities, and stop the catastrophic damage spreading through their school-all while battling the Akumas rampaging through Paris at every turn, many of whom are Lila's victims.

The battle for Paris's heart has begun.