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Luka Stands Strong

This was inspired by Liar's Luck by @artblockandfeverdreams since it really is a great AU. I was inspired to do my take on what Luka would do in a situation like that. Especially since the author has said that he does not know how he would have Luka being in this AU.

Luka is my favorite character and I think that he would definitely play a great part in an AU like that. I give full credit for the AU to @artblockandfeverdreams but the actual story is my own story that I came up with for Luka.

Luka was always said to be one of the best judges of character by his mom. He gave credit to his unique ability to listen to the heart songs of others. It was also why he never really disliked or hated anyone. Because when he would listen to their heart songs, he would know that they would not really be as bad as they appear.

He would listen to their hearts and would see what was inside. He would often see sadness, heartbreak, self-doubt, anger, and sometimes it was just general lashing out at the world because of their own pain. He really did believe that he would never be able to hate anyone.

So, imagine his own shock when he would find himself hating not one, but two people. And he would start hating them on the same day, which made it even rarer.

The first person was a girl from his sister's class, Lila Rossi. Now, he usually tries to give all of Juleka's classmates a chance since he wanted to be able to get along with his sister's friends. He would even give Chloe a chance if he ever got to meet her. That was just how he was.

But when it came to Lila, Luka thought that he would get sick just from being near her. Her heart song was horrible. It was not even a song. It was the worst type of noise ever. Like a dying cat that was using the last of its strength to drag its claws down a chalkboard. He got a headache from just being near her for only a few seconds.

And if it was not her heart "song" that was giving him a headache, it was her non-stop talking. She would just not shut up. And all she would talk about was herself. How she was best friends with Lady Luck, how she did so many charities, how she traveled the world, how she met so many celebrities, how she was related to so many famous people. Luka was going to rip his own ears off if she did not stop talking. It was really driving him crazy. It made him wonder how his sister and her class actually like the girl when she literally never stops talking about herself.

Not to mention that everything she says can be either proven false or just not proven at all with the lack of evidence. The moment he heard some of her stories, he decided to look them up since a lot of them seemed to be very hard to believe. And he turned out to be right to do so. Since it made him find out that the girl was a pathological liar. Every story she told could be proven false or just have no proof of it being true or not.

Such as an interview that Jagged Stone did a few months ago where he specifically said that he has had Fang, his crocodile, for about twenty years. And before that, his only pet was a great dane. No kitten or cat was mentioned at all. Prince Ali also has his own charity website so that people can donate online to any of his charities. It also has a list of all his charities as well as a list of individual people that have helped him in the past. There was no go-green charity nor a Lila Rossi on any of his lists. Clara Nightingale also makes sure to credit any and all choreographers when she posts a music video or even just a dancing video on her social media. Never once was Lila mentioned. And since Clara is known as being one of the kindest celebrities in the world, so she would never steal dance moves.

Luka also thought that the noise in her heart was perfect for her with how she was acting. Not only was she a pathological liar, but she was also someone that could definitely be sued for sexual harassment with how she treats both him and Adrien. Not to mention how she constantly tried to latch onto his arm even when she was supposedly dating Adrien. Not that her so-called boyfriend even looked to want to be near her. He looked more like he was being held hostage. Every time she was near him, his face would be screaming "Someone get this psycho away from me!"

He tried to bring it up that her constant clinging to him and her being so close to him made him uncomfortable. But, he was just brushed aside. They all told him that she was just being affectionate and nice. It made Luka realize that the entire class, other than Adrien, seemed like they were under a spell. They really needed to learn what Google was.

Of course, she was not the only one he learned that he was capable of hating that day. After his mom had been akumatized into Captain Hardrock, he had met, and instantly regretted meeting, Lady Luck.

Her song was just as horrible as Rossi's. He did not even try to listen to it for more than a second since he already had one headache that day from Lila's non-stop talking.

Sure, he had heard of Lady Luck and had seen her on the news, but this was his first time actually meeting her. And he definitely was not impressed. Cat Walker did most of the work while Lady Luck seemed more focused on keeping all the attention on her at all times. And not in a way to distract an akuma, but in a way where she wants to be admired and treated like a celebrity.

She certainly did try and make herself look like the powerful leader even when Luka could plainly see that Cat Walker was doing almost all the work. And he honestly thought that if Cat Walker did more things on his own instead of letting himself be bossed around by Lady Luck, he would be an even better hero. Unfortunately, he was once again alone with his thoughts since the others all obviously loved Lady Luck.

Luka really could not believe that he was the only one seeing it. It was so obvious. Lady Luck was obviously not a hero to do good. She was clearly only fighting akumas to make herself look good, to make herself look powerful, and to basically gain followers and worshippers.

But, then came what had made him so mad that he nearly broke his guitar in half in anger. After his mom had been de-akumatized, Lady luck actually scolded her for letting Hawkmoth get to her and akumatize her. He stood there in shock as the so-called hero actually said that his mom needed to be the bigger person and take responsibility for everything she did as Captain Hardrock. Something he definitely hated since all the damage was fixed and it was not like akumas even remember anything that they have done. He glared at the "hero" as she basically was guilting his mom. She even went as far as to say that she needed to apologize to the officer that angered her.

If Luka was not angry before, he definitely was now. Raincomprix should be the one scolded, not his mother. The man had gone way too far with his stupid one-sided feud with his mother. Not to mention those ridiculous tickets that he was giving his mother. A ticket because he couldn't sleep? A ticket for him getting seasick? That man was a menace, not a police officer. And the fact that this so-called hero was saying that his mom was the one that needed to apologize infuriated him. And looking at the others, he was horrified to see that they all agreed with what Lady Luck was saying. He knew that they had all been akumatized before, except for Adrien, so he guessed that they all got the same speech.

He was lucky to not get akumatized. But, it was when he actually was akumatized that he could not keep silent.

Bob Roth and his son XY had stolen Kitty Section's music with a fake contest to "discover the next up-and-coming artist." But, that was just a lie so that XY could steal the "winner's" music. And they stole Kitty Section's song, costumes, and basically their entire performance.

But, that was not what had gotten him akumatized. What had happened was that he and Juleka had gone to confront Bob Roth and XY about what they had done. Luka was already mad because Rose and Juleka had stayed up all night to make the costumes for their performance. Marinette had designed them for the band, but she was too busy being Lila's slave/best friend to actually make the outfits.

The two of them had the gall to lie to their faces about how XY came up with everything. Juleka, for once, spoke up as she told them that since they had a time-stamped video of their own performance, they could easily prove that XY had stolen their music. That was when Bob threatened Juleka about what his powerful lawyers could do to her if she tried that. That was what got Luka akumatized into Silencer.

The next thing that he remembered was opening his eyes and seeing Cat Walker in front of him. Juleka had basically tackled him with a hug after he was no longer a villain. But, Lady Luck approached him as he got up. He used all his willpower not to glare at her as soon as her horrible heart "song" filled his ears again.

"You should not have let Hawkmoth get to you like that," she once again started her toxic speech. "You need to be positive. After all, I know not everyone can be a hero like me. So, you need to learn to be the bigger person. You caused a lot of harm and destruction while you were a villain. And you were one of the worst villains, yet, because you were able to take our voices."

Luka raised an eyebrow. That had been his power? He liked that. If only he still had it so that he did not have to listen to this horrible excuse for a hero scolding him like a child. Her "being the bigger person" speech was promoting toxic behavior. It was not healthy for people to try and be positive all the time.

"You might need more than just community service," Lady Luck continued. "Maybe you could get off lighter once you apologize to poor XY and Mr.Roth. You need to..."

"No," Luka could not keep silent anymore.

"Excuse me," Lady Luck glared at him.

"I said, no," Luka glared at her. "As if I would ever apologize to those like XY and Bob Roth. You call yourself a hero and yet you are supporting two thieves that have the gall to pray on the dreams of others just to get their next big hit."

"You need to be the bigger..." Lady Luck tried again.

"You can not call yourself a hero when you are actually saying that I should ignore that our hard work was stolen," Luka's fists clenched. "My sister and her girlfriend stayed up ALL NIGHT to work on the costumes for our music video. We rehearsed our song for hours before we actually recorded ourselves. And Rose and I had worked for weeks to even get the song written before that fake contest was even announced. I will not stand here and let you spit on all our hard work just because you are promoting such toxic behavior."

"How dare you," Lady Luck glared back at him. "I actually know what I am talking about. I am the wielder of the miraculous of creation. I am a hero and you are just a..."

"I am a human being," Luka interrupted her again. "A human being that was wronged. And just that, but I am a big brother that will NEVER apologize to someone that would go as far as to THREATEN a teenage girl just because she said that we had proof of them being thieves. I don't care if it got me akumatized because if anyone deserves to have an akuma chase after them, it would be those that see nothing wrong with stealing and threatening teenagers."

"Luka," Juleka was both touched and shocked.

"You can scold me all you want, but that will change nothing," Luka said. "You call yourself a hero, but all I see is someone that knows nothing about how to treat actual good people when they have been wronged."

Lady Luck was completely shocked and furious. This civilian that looked like he dressed out of the trash, in her opinion, had the nerve to talk to her like that. He did not have the right. She was Lady Luck, the hero of Paris. She deserved nothing other than the respect, love, and adoration of everyone around her. They needed to bow at her feet and see her as the queen that she is. And this nobody had no right to talk to her like that.

She was trying to calm herself down so that she did not lose her temper and ruin her mask as the kind and amazing hero. But, Luka just left before she could say anything else. Juleka quickly left with her brother.

And the entire thing was caught on live camera by one of the camera people that got back into the studio after he saw the magical ladybugs of the miraculous cure. And he was definitely shocked by what he was seeing. So, he turned the camera that had never been turned off during the attack to the scene in front of him.

The entire thing went viral pretty much in an hour. All of Paris could not believe what they were seeing. Alya Cesaire's Ladyblog was also blowing up as she was given interviews by Juleka and Anarka about how both of them were proud of Luka for standing up for what he knew was right. Anarka even added joined in her son's attitude and said that she would also not be apologizing to an officer as corrupt as Raincomprix when he was the one in the wrong.

While Marinette was trying to comfort her best friend, since Lila was also Lady Luck's friend, Adrien was silently very happy. He had been forced by Lila into being her boyfriend, so he could not be happier about what was happening.

Soon, Luka was asked by Nydia of Face To Face to interview him. Luka was not surprised by the request. After talking to his mom and Juleka, he agreed to it. He went onto the show to speak out once again.

Nydia sat across from him, professional as ever. As the interview started

"Thank you for coming, Mr.Couffaine," Nydia tells him.

"It's no problem at all," Luka says. "And you can call me Luka."

Nydia nodded in response. "I am sure that you know why you are here. All of Peris had been talking about your confrontation with Lady Luck. Something unexpected to happen with the hero of Paris."

"Well, that is just it, Nydia," Luka says. "I do not see her as a hero. Not since the moment I met her."

"That is certainly very shocking to hear," Nydia certainly had not been expecting that. "Why is that?"

"Because she does not act like one," Luka said. "I saw her in action when my mom was akumatized into Captain Hardrock. And what I saw was Cat Walker doing almost all the work while she just ordered him around. And even when she would fight, it was because she was the one that was attacked rather than her actually trying to fight the akuma."

"Luka, I am going to tell you right now that this could end badly for you," Nydia warned him. "Lady Luck is loved by a lot of Paris. You could be putting a target on your back by saying all of this."

"Well, those people need to see that not everyone has the same opinions as them," Luka says. "They may love her, but I do not. I will not shame them for their opinion even if I disagree with it."

"That is very mature for a teenager," Nydia commented.

"I know not everyone believes that and would always try and change the opinions of others to suit their own views, but I am not one of them," Luka said. "I am just saying that I saw. Cat Walker was fighting his hardest while Lady Luck seemed to take her time doing anything. I even saw her checking her reflection in one of the windows before trying to fight my mom."

"I must say that this is all a little hard to believe," Nydia tells Luka. "After all, Lady Luck has defeated many akumas since she first appeared."

"If she the one defeated them, or is she just taking credit for Cat Walker's hard work," Luka pointed out. "After all, Lady Luck is always talking about how she is creation while he is destruction, making public opinion more in her favor rather than his. So, people naturally then assume she is the one who defeated the akumas with Cat Walker as her side sick. I think Cat Walker would be a much better hero either without her or just with a better person using the ladybug miraculous."

"You have definitely caused quite the stir with all your opinions," Nydia says. "I recently checked out the Ladyblog and it has been blowing with both support for you as well as plenty of hatred as well."

"I knew from the moment that I let my opinions known that it was not going to be easy for me," Luka said. "But, I don't care."

"Being honest, I actually did find myself agreeing with a lot of the points you were making in your speech to her," Nydia says. "After all, I was akumatized, myself, because of the pressure put on me to have high ratings or I would be fired. And yet even with that, I was..."

"Told to be the bigger person and that you also needed to be the one to apologize," Luka finished for her.

"Exactly," Nydia said.

"That is the point that I am trying to make," Luka says. "Lady Luck's so-called advice is extremely toxic. She is shaming people for being akumatized, scolding them for having negative emotions, and telling them that they are the ones in the wrong for being upset. None of that is right. We are human beings. We can not just 'be positive' as she tried to tell me. We are allowed to feel sadness, anger, heartbreak, betrayal, and every other negative emotion out there. It is not wrong to be upset. It is not wrong to be sad. The only thing wrong is to be treated badly because some nutcase with an addiction to butterflies takes advantage of that. He is the only one actually at fault for what happens. The akumas do not even remember what they did. So, Lady Luck trying to say that we need to do community service and make up for what we did as akumas is wrong on so many levels."

"You really are making great points again, Luka," Nydia complimented him. "We are human and feeling every emotion, no matter what emotion it is, is part of being human. We can not stop ourselves from feeling."

"Let me say this as a message to everyone that has ever been akumatized and whoever might be akumatized in the future," Luka looked at the camera. "You are all allowed to feel the feelings that you did. If you were wronged, then you were allowed to feel negative about it. Don't let anything Lady Luck told you get to you. Each and every single one of you are human beings and could do nothing to stop Hawkmoth from taking advantage of your feelings. Lady Luck is not telling you to be positive, she is victim-blaming you. And that is not a good thing. You are victims and Hawkmoth is the real villain. And for all of you out there shaming people and punishing them for being akumatized, you are the ones that actually need to be taught a lesson for treating people that way."

"I do hope that your words actually reach them because I know that I will certainly take them to heart," Nydia says. "And in case Lady Luck is watching, do you have anything more to say to her?"

Luka glared at the camera.

"I hope Cat Walker takes those earrings from you and gives them to someone that will be a REAL hero," he said.

Adrien watched the TV, twisting the ring on his finger. He looked at the cat kwami eating his cheese next to him and also watching the TV.

"So, what do you think, kitten," Plagg asked his chosen.

"I think that I should never have let that girl force me to throw away Cat Noir just to be her version of what I should be," Adrien said. "And I will certainly be planning something for those earrings in the future."

"You have any idea who they should go to," Plagg asked him.

"I have a few thoughts," Adrien said as he looked at the blue-haired boy on the screen in front of him.

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