#this was before marinette cut her hair to look like sabine's... back when she was still alive but weakening

[bigfatbreak]

"hey rat it sounds like Gina tried to help but what about Rolland, Tom's dad, did he help-" no

#*traumatizes your daughter and runs* #dad villain au #since sabine's illness is a mystery rolland assumes shes just faking it #hes just like. whatever get her a fainting couch. back in my day women fainted all the time soooo #my art #this was before marinette cut her hair to look like sabine's... back when she was still alive but weakening

[ledalasombra]

My not so normal little sister

Chapter 4 - Friends until the end

New York 5 years ago

"Don't worry mama, everything is fine here. My meeting with Edna will be in the afternoon and now I'm going to central park…." She frowned briefly when she heard her mother's answer on the other end of the line, then replied "okay, don't worry… we'll talk when I get back from the meeting. I love you too… au revoir "

Marinette left the building as soon as she finished talking to Sabine on the phone. She had been in New York for a week and it was the first time she would venture out into the streets of the big city alone. She was lucky to got an exchange program for her senior year of high school and the teenager was excited about the internship she got with Edna Mode. So excited that she barely noticed the person who came running as soon as she left the building, causing both of them to bump into each other, spilling all the coffee she was holding all over them.

“Merde, comme je suis inattentif ! Êtes-vous bien? mille pardons pour cela..." She stopped to observe the boy who was looking at him strangely, not understanding what she had said.

“Sorry, I didn’t understand what you said…”

Marinette was immediately embarrassed by the guy, realizing she hadn't spoken English “sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going and I spilled all the coffee on you. Everything is fine? Did you get hurt?"

Peter looked at the young woman in front of him. He was surprised that he hadn't sensed her presence before impact, something his senses prevented from happening. He stared at her as if she'd grown another head. Realizing that he was staring at her, he glanced at the clock widening his eyes and realizing that he was late for the internship interview he had scheduled.

"I'm late and I won't be able to go home and change for the interview" Peter said running a hand through his hair. “I'm fine miss, don't worry, events like that happen. Are you well? Did you get hurt in any way?”

“I'm fine, thanks, but I can't let you go out like this, even more so with an interview to do” she spoke looking at the boy's clothes, pressing his lips together and taking a deep breath. It was her fault and she needed to fix the problem she caused.

"Ahn, I'll be going then, I'm already very short of time..." Peter started to speak but was cut off by Marinette.

“I know we don't know each other but I can't let you leave like that for your interview either… My name is Marinette Dupain - Cheng and I live here” she said pointing to the building behind him and extending his hand to shake  “Let me at least fix what I did? I can’t be responsible for you missing an opportunity…”

"My name is Peter Parker, you aren’t from around here, are you?" He commented briefly, squeezing her hand and not giving her time to respond, “I can't accept this miss…”

"Don't be silly, I won't allow you to go to an internship interview like that.. " She took his hand and pulled him towards the building… "I'll help you, it's only fair after I ruined your outfit"

................................................

'Time passes and one thing remains constant: Marinette Dupain - Cheng can't be on time even if her life depends on it' the young woman thought, running towards the stairs and, as always in her life, obviously she was late on her first class day. Lucky for her (so much for being the lucky miraculous holder) she had already picked up her schedule the previous afternoon. The biggest problem at the moment would be getting to class on time “argh” she mumbled looking inside the school not knowing where to go, until she felt someone bump into her shoulder.

“Could you… Peter! I didn't know you studied here. Good to see you! How was the interview? Did you get the internship?” Marinette spoke as soon as she saw the young man at the entrance of the school where she was going to finish her senior year. She was relieved to find someone who could perhaps give her some direction on where to go...

“Marinette? Wow... what are you doing here? Is this where you got your exchange?” he said adjusting the backpack on his back that had almost fallen

"Yes! How lucky to find you here… think you can help me? I'm kind of lost here, it's my first day” she said excitedly.

“Of course, I'll take you to your class, it's the least I can do for the help you've given me. By the way, I passed the interview and got the internship" He commented, taking the schedule from her hands and walking beside her… “We have a few classes together, including this first one. Come on, I'll show you around here later..."

"Congratulations on the internship! And thanks for the tour. It's good to know I can count on you!" She said smiling with a mix of nervousness and hope, following him closely, almost a step away.

"Whenever you need it..." replied the boy, looking at her as he held the door for her to go through first.

Present day - Paris 9:30am

Marinette had just entered the room. She started to remove her earrings, seeing Tikki Sass and Long talking in the corner of the room. She stopped next to Luka and Kagami, taking a deep breath as if she was trying to gather her courage.

“You know what you need to do, if something happens…” she spoke in an agitated way being cut off by Luka who placed a hand on her shoulder

“It's going to be okay, you need to calm down. Are we going to take care of everything, or do you not trust us?” he smiled slightly watching the youngest make a line with her lips.

“Thank you, I know I can count on you…” she hugged him and then her friend who was beside her, smiling slightly. She was going to make a comment, however she saw the Kwamis hide and the door opened right after. She didn't have long to register what was happening, when she was nearly thrown back by the force of the hug she received. She only really understood when she heard the boy call her name.

“Mars! Did you really think you were going to get rid of me…” Peter spoke as he hugged her tightly;

“I couldn't even if I wanted to… and this time I really tried” he replied a little muffled, feeling tears gather in his eyes. She stopped to look at her friend closely, smiling slightly at him. "I missed you…"

“Me too, you stubborn. You should have given me the details of the surgery, I could have been here sooner. And it doesn't even come with that one that ‘I didn't want to disturb.’ We are in this together!” He said not letting her say anything, he pulled away a little giving her a light kiss on the forehead. “Your parents are outside talking to the doctors…”

“I figured you came with them… Let me officially introduce you.” she said pulling away and turning to Luka and Kagami “I know I already introduced you online, but this is the first time you've seen each other in person. Kagami, Luka, this is Peter Parker, a good friend from New York. We worked together a few times on some projects and the whole tech part is usually he who saves me.” she smiled, watching her friends get to know each other better.

“We'll let you talk a little bit before your parents and the medical team come in. Everything will be fine Mari, remember that luck is always on your side!” Luka commented as he hugged her.

“We'll be here when you get back.” Kagami completed, hugging her next.

"I know." She responded, reassuring the two that she was aware of everything they both felt and wanted to go through. She waited for the two to leave and turned her attention to Peter.

“I need you to have my cell phone. He texted me at dawn saying he would try to be in Paris tomorrow…” she spoke nervously “what if he doesn't like me or thinks I want something from him? Did I do the right thing?”

“Mars, relax and take it slow… what are you talking about?” Peter smiled looking at her curiously.

“Timothy Drake. He's one of my clients” she ran a hand through her hair nervously “I told him about our mothers and he said he'd look into it. He believed in me Peter” she sighed and paused." We talked via email and I gave him my number.” She said handing over the cell phone with the exchange of messages between the two "he wants to do a DNA test and I don't know what to do with all this right now"

“Calm down, everything will be fine. I'll keep it and if by chance he decides to show up, I'll take care of everything. Did you tell Aunt Sabine?” He spoke as he read through the emails.

“No…I also told him that my parents don't know yet. What if this all goes wrong Peter?”

"It won’t. Let's solve one thing at a time. You can't be nervous now, let me take care of it and you calm down, ok? I'm here with you until the end” he smiled lightly hugging her.

“Thank you, you don't know how much this already helps me…”

“I see that you are very well accompanied, miss” the two walked away looking at the doctor who was entering the room with her parents “however, I think we should start the preoperative procedures, so as not to delay.”

Marinette took a deep breath going to her parents and hugging them tightly, then returning her attention to the doctor in a determined way "Let's get this over with!"

………….

It didn't take long for all the preoperative procedures to be completed, including the shaving of part of her hair, in the region where the procedure would be performed. She took a deep breath, trying to put her anxiety and nervousness aside, saying goodbye to her parents before heading to the operating room. Her last thought before the anesthesia took effect was that this would not be the first and not the last time that her life would be in the hands of fate.

#damian x marinette #dc x mlb #maribat #maridami #damianette #damienette #damimari #mlb x dc #marinette x damian #daminette

[noisydreamlandkoala]

The Queens Court

CHAPTER SIX: EXPLANATIONS

YOUROFFICIALREPIRTER@BLONDIE

Our residence bonde does not seem that exited for the choice in court members.

#youllbesurprised

After hackling  Chloe into an agreeing on having Juleka as a probationary member of the group they sat in a circle, some on the floor, chaise, bad and any chair available awaiting for Marinette's explanation. Marinette sat between Felix and Luka fidgeting nervously.

Both boys saw this and grabbed a hand next to them gently squeezing it in comfort, whilst glaring at one another. Chloe of course still found her friends predicament amusing and couldn't help but throw a smirk at their direction. She enjoyed chaos and this right here was filled with it.

"Can yall stop trying to figure out who's dick is bigger than who's for five minutes," Chloe huffed with a smirk and mischievous look in her eyes. Marinette narrowed her eyes at the sight.

"What do you say Marinette," Luka whispered into one ear.

"Wanna check so we can end this fued once and for all," Felix whispered into the other causing Marinette to squeak as she turned bright red while Chloe cackled. No nope, this was not happening, they were now working together?

"No nope no," Tim said shaking his head. "As tge second most chilled brother *Duke clears his throat*, third most chilled brother I would like to say that I will burry you alive watch it"

Marinette took a deep breath attempting to chase away the redness on her cheeks.

"So some of you need to be briefed on my past, others need an explanation of why I broke the group up or why I cut half of yall off for three years-"

"Cause your original reason is unbelievable," Chloe added causing a few of the group members to sneaker.

"Then they are those who want to know about the Lila situation," Marinette continued ignoring her best friend. "So all in all I need to start at the very beginning of my life."

"Let me assist you," Jason says clearly in a rush. "Bruce was irresponsible, she was the consequences of that mistake now let's get to this Lila chick."

"Baby bat you need to calm down and let her do this in her own pace," Dick says causing the dark haired boy to huff.

"So as Jason so helpfully put in," Marinette said causing Chloe to snort. "I'm Bruce Wayne's child, my father and mother were in a brief relationship that resulted in my birth. Sadly she lost her life when she gave birth to me. She left me to my father at the time, but he still had a few things going on in his life so my aunt took me in with promises of letting me visit during summer and winter break, you know for the holidays,"

"So you grew up in Paris?," Aurora asks eyes shinning.

"No I grew up in China," Marinette answers with a small laugh. "That's how I met Marc, he's part of the rich dangerous family community."

"Oh," the blonde simply says allowing the girl to continue her story.

"So Sabine Cheng raised me, allowing me to do a bit of back and forward between China and Gotham," she continued. "Galas were a big part of the agreement I had galas both in China-"

"Which is where we met," Chloe added before muttering. "I brat"

"And Gotham-" She continued without missing a beat.

"White is where I fell for her," Felix says throwing a smirk at Luka.

"I actually remember a lot of fighting during that day," Dick says causing a few giggles to erupt from the room and an annoyed look to cross upon Felix's features.

"Yes it was hate at first sight," Chloe cackled.

"Though it kind of ended when he saw her punch a grown man in the balls," Babs adds.

"My all time favorite Gala moment," Jason says dabbing fake tears with a fake hankerchief.

"I was never officially introduced to society as either a Wayne or a Cheng for the first couple of years because both parties wanted me in the spotlight thinking I was still too young," Marinette continued.

"Especially since mother was heiress of their entire family fortune," Chloe adds.

"And her Father was one of the richest man in the world and she was at the time his only know heir," Felix continues.

"It's a good thing you weren't there when Damian arrived actually," Tim quips in.

"Otherwise he would have killed you," Stephanie says side eying tge boy.

"Another thing that helped was that I was 2 years older than you," Damian mutters.

"I thought you were going to bring up gender," Jeleka mutters somewhat drawing attention to her once more. The girls ability to dissappear and be forgotten was honestly scary.

"My mother raised, I learnt quite awhile ago you do not underestimate the opposite gender," The boy said with a winch.

"What happened with his mother?" Aurora asked.

"We don't talk about that," multiple voices echoed.

"Alright," Aurora says putting her hands up in surrender, being a reporter didn't mean she was stupid. Something told her if she continued to dig she wouldn't leave to tell the story.

"So when Damian was forced to go to School, he dragged me along stating her wasn't going to suffer it on his own," Marinette says. "So I relocated to Gotham."

"And we followed," Chloe and Felix say at the same time.

"Felix followed Marie around like  a puppy dog at the time and took her relocation as an excuse to finally be close to her," Chloe continues with a smirk.

"And Chloe was obsessed with the bluenette and wanted everything Marinette," Felix laughed as the blonde girl blushed.

"You had a crush on her?" Kagami asks causing the blondes blush to intensify.

"Yes but I got over it when we were 12, I kind of knew I stood no chance," she admitted glancing at the blonde boy sitting next to the bluenette before her eyes trailed towards Luka. "Though maybe I should've tried harder."

It was obvious she was trying to shift the attention from her anger to the possibility of the blonde boys anger. But Felix did not take the bait, he smirked at her clearly counting this encounter as his victory.

"Don't worry I felt something for Marinette as well it's nothing to be embarrassed about," Kagami says offering the blonde an awkward nudge, she was clearly not used to social interactions. Chloe stared at the girl who was already staring at her, the two kept eye contact for longer than was considered friendly.

"Wait you two are gay," Aurora shouted shattering their moment causing Felix to chuckle.

"Yes/I'm bi," Chloe and Kagami answered causing the blonde to squeal.

"Ok so I had been dragged to school against my will," Marinette said continuing with the story. "Which was annoying because I had spent my whole life being homeschooled,"

"More like being groomed to one day take over the world," Chloe mutters.

"You'd think being raised by mafia leaders is bad," Marc shivered. "The mafia is scared of the Chengs"

"Well so we sort of took over the school, we were groomed to be leaders and became just that as soon as we entered the social environment we did just that," Marinette continued on ignoring the interjections.

"Plus Marie wanted to rid the world of all evil," Felix says with a smile. "And I'd follow my queen to the ends of the earth."

"But it soon became too much for me, somehow information about me was leaked, paparazzi was everywhere all the time and the kidnapping attempts," Marie says.

"On the plus side you got Harley and Ivy to completely adore you," Dick interjected earning a small smile from the girl.

"Yeah but I was young and at the time I wanted at least a shred of normalcy," Marinette says. "So for my 11th birthday I asked for them to make it all go away."

"And they delivered," Jason says with a bitter smile knowing very well he was one of the reasons she wanted to escape Gotham, well at least his death was.

"So they moved me to Paris where my Aunt had gone after falling in love with uncle Tom," she continued. "We gained different allies to help me blend in,"

"And where she went we followed," Chloe says pointing to Felix, Marc and herself.

"We once again took over our new school," Felix continues.

"Riding the school of all that is bad," Marc continued on.

"Picking up strays along the way," Chloe says eyeing Nathaniel before tearing her gaze away from him and muttering. "Though some of them did not deserve it."

"The world soon forgot of Marie Wayne, for I had disappeared just as soon as I had appeared," Marinette continues. "Life was okay for about three years before I had someone say something that haunted my everyday living."

"'don't you regret it' those four simple words got me thinking about everything, what if I was doing the world more bad then I was good," she said voice cracking as a single tear slipped down her cheek." I was destroying lives, people were afraid of me, I felt like an oppressor, a villain. And I felt as though no one truly knew me, they just knew the ruthless queen."

"So you asked the gang to split apart," Chloe says with a tinge of guilt finally realizing her friends inner temoil.

"Yeah not my finest moments, I'm sure if I had talked to yall-"

"We would have told you how wrong you were," Jason finished off for her.

"And how much good you'd actually done for us," Aurora says clearly heartbroken at her queens mental state.

"We bow down to you Marinette because of your kindness," Juleka surprisingly says followed with a bow.

"Because of your heart," Felix says following the Goths example.

"Your melody," Luka says with his bow.

"Your bravery," Kagami says.

"Your loyalty," Chloe says with a smile as the rest of the group added their own compliment followed with a bow.

"I'm very grateful for this show of affection," Marinette laughs feeling a bit lighter then she had in years. "But I'd really like to continue this story."

"Yes we're getting to the Lila girl," Jason says firmly followed by a few growls from different members of the group.

"Yes well a few months after the group split, I was honestly ready to come to yall and burden you with my feelings, then a certain incident happened and it completely broke me," Marinette says causing Felix to look away in guilt. "It wasn't even the person's fault it was all a misunderstanding that communication could have solved"

"Communication is a new court rule," Chloe declared.

"So I spent the next couple of years as a shadow of who I used to be, I ignored all that was wrong and made friends who did nothing but walk all over me," Marinette says tears flowing once more. "I did everything for those people, I even went as far as losing myself and the threw ne aside over the words of some liar who can't even style her hair!"

"I'll brief everyone on the rest, you don't need to continue Marie," Chloe says earning a greatful smile from the crying bluenette who was now squeezed in between her suitors.

"Thanks Chlo," she says causing the blonde to beam at the nickname.

"Yeah, yeah you softly," The blonde said feigning dismissal. "Let's plan our revenge."

YOUROFFICIALREPIRTER@BLONDIE

The court is out for blood.

#lrwerecomingforyou

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#maribat #marinette dupain cheng #miraculous #ladybug #luka x marinette #lukanette #luka couffaine #chloe bourgeois #felinette

[intercoursefluids]

Believe Me Chapter 5

Jon was trying not to fidget as they waited for his sister. 

Everyone was currently upstairs, above the bakery in the living room.

Both Jon and Clark were sandwiched between Damian and Bruce on the couch. Both of the Wayne men trying to comfort their respective best friends.

The woman, Sabine, said her name was, as currently fixing everyone tea as the man, Tom, was sitting in the arm chair. 

Everyone in the room stopped what they were doing when the front door opened with a slam and a, rather short, girl ran past them towards the stairs on the other side of the room.

Both Jon and Clark froze, knowing exactly who she was.

“Marinette? Come here please.”

Sabine called out to her, making the girl, Marinette, pause on the steps before coming back over to the group.

“Yes, Maman? Sorry, I didn’t realize we had guests?”

“Don’t call me that!” Sabine snapped at her, making her flinch back in surprise.

“Wha.. What?”

Jon and Clark shared a look, both faces covered with amounting horror as they listened to Marinette’s heartbeat start to pick up speed.

She didn't know.

Why didn’t she know?!

Sabine took a deep breath, closing her eyes and rubbing her temples.

“I had a very interesting talk with one of your classmates the other day.”

Marinette pales, stumbling slightly towards Sabine even as the older woman takes a step back away from her.

“She said her name was Lila, and judging by the look on your face. You know where I am going with this.”

“Maman… please. You have to believe me I-”

Sabine put her hand up, glaring at Marinette with complete and utter disdain.

“I am not your ‘Maman’ anymore. Stop calling me that. Lila told me everything that you have done to her! Did you really think you would get away with it?!”

Tears were now streaming down Marinette’s cheeks, alarm and dread were filling all four men from America.

Shocked at this turn of events.

“Maman, no! If you would just let me explain-!”

Sabine cut her off again, glaring down her nose at Marinette.

“Don’t try to lie to me, Marinette! I know what you have been doing to that sweet little girl-!”

“SHE’S TRYING TO KILL ME!” Marinette shrieked, tears streaming freely as her voice broke and her heart raced.

Sabine stopped talking, stalking forward and slapping Marinette in the face causing both the Waynes and the Kents to shoot to their feet in alarm.

“I WILL NOT HAVE YOU SPEAK OF HER LIKE THAT YOU LITTLE BITCH. YOU ARE GOING TO GO UPSTAIRS AND PACK YOUR BAGS BECAUSE YOU ARE NO LONGER WELCOME UNDER THIS ROOF! YOU WILL EITHER BE GOING WITH THESE MEN HERE OR BACK TO THE ORPHANAGE WE MADE THE MISTAKE OF GETTING YOU FROM AND THAT IS FINAL!”

The room was dead silent, Tom was standing next to his seething wife with a grim expression on his face as Marinette sobbed in earnest before them, the only sound in the room was her heart breaking cries.

Jon moved towards her, not sure what to do but needing to do something for his little sister before a shout sounded in the room.

“Akuma!”

Tom shoved his wife behind him as he pointed behind Marinette, causing her to spin around in alarm at the toxic purple butterfly heading towards her.

With her eyes wide in fear, Marinette broke into a sprint, flying past him and back out the door she came from before her entire life was turned upside down.

Jon wasn’t sure when he and Damian had started running after her but he was glad for his friend's firm grip on his arm, reminding him to run at the same speed a human would and not give away his identity.

In the back of his mind, Jon was aware that he could hear his Father and Bruce yelling at the people who had raised Marinette.

Mostly though, he was aware of the shouts of alarm and panicked screams of ‘Akuma!’ all around him as he and Damian started to catch up with Marinette.

She had managed to run all the way to the pyramids surrounding the Louvre Museum before she tripped and fell. Giving the toxic butterfly that had been chasing her the opportunity it needed to land on her and merge with one of her hair ties.

Damian and Jon made it to her side just as she started screaming, grabbing her head like it would split in two if she didn’t hold it in place.

Not knowing what else to do, Jon dropped down beside her, pulling her into his arms and rocking them both side to side.

He had never been more grateful that Damian had forced him to learn Mandarin, Spanish, French, and Arabic, even if he was still working on Mandarin and Arabic. His reasoning had been that Jon could end up anywhere in the world so it was important he learned the most common languages, even if Jon decided to learn Arabic instead of Hindi like Damian had told him to, Jon knew he appreciated him  trying to learn Damian’s native language.

Those lessons were very quickly coming in handy as Jon muttered reassurances to his baby sister in French, hoping to get through to her before it was too late.

Damian had thrown Jon his jacket before he ran off to try and flag down one of the local heroes.

Jon wrapped Marinette in the jacket like it was a security blanket.

Quickly losing hope on preventing her ‘Akumatization’ as the same toxic purple from the butterfly started to make itself apparent in the veins on her face, neck, and arms.

She was still shaking and screaming when Damian returned, followed by both Scarlet and Chat Noir.

All three crouched down around her, trying to cheer her on and comfort her. 

The heroes started telling her that she was stronger than him, that she didn’t need whatever powers he was offering her, asking where the butterfly had landed.

Damian opened his mouth to answer the last question when a particularly loud, pain-filled scream and blast of pure, corrupted magic, interrupted him.

The magic sent them all flying with the force of the transformation, the toxic purple hanging in the air like a mist, pulsing with the same heartbeat Jon could still hear coming from Marinette.

Marinette herself was lying on the ground, not moving.

The transformation had changed her, she was no longer wearing her pink pants and black jacket.

Instead there was a long, light pink, flowing dress, the bottom of the dress was ripped to shreds and dyed black, floating eerily away from her body as strips of the same fabric floated around her.

It was beautiful and terrifying at the same time, everything about her made it look like she was under water, even her hair was floating with all of the fabric. 

The fabric never stopped moving even though she hadn’t moved an inch, there was no breeze or anything to make it move either.

 Jon didn’t know how to feel about it.

“Scar?”

Jon looked over to Chat Noir and Scarlet, both looking at Marinette in fear.

“I know. I’m not so sure we can win this one either, Chat, but we have to try.”

Chat Noir nodded, standing up and reaching out a hand to his partner, both of them now standing at the ready for whatever would happen next.

“Hey… Marinette?”

Marinette finally moved at Chat Noir's voice, filling Jon with equal parts relief and dread.

Relief that she wasn’t dead, dread at what she might do next.

It seemed like Jon’s fears were unfounded however, when all Marinette did was float upwards off the ground and turn to face them, even as she curled into a ball.

“Yes?”

As she faced the heroes Jon was able to catch a look at her face, black tears marked her cheeks, making it apparent that everything but her eyes, dress, and tears, had been sapped of all colour. Leaving her looking like a ghost.

“Can you tell us what happened? We promise to listen.”

Jon noticed two things while Chat Noir tried to talk to her, one, Damian had managed to make his way back to Jon’s side without anyone else noticing and two, the girl who ran the ladyblog was hiding behind one of the glass pyramids and filming.

A sharp sound comes from Marinette, sounding like a mix of a sob and a laugh.

“Oh sure. Yeah, you’ll listen. Like I really believe that! No one listens! No one cares or believes me!”

The floating strips of fabric had started moving faster, pulling tighter together and forming a loose ball around Marinette, as if they were trying to protect her.

Damian grabbing Jon’s arm startled him, causing him to tear his eyes off of Marinette even when Damian didn’t.

“Did you hear her?”

Jon blocked out the heroes’ attempts at peaceful negotiation with Marinette to focus on Damian.

“What do you mean? Did you catch something?”

Damian nodded, not once taking his eyes off Marinette.

“She said no one believes her. When we were still at her house she was trying to get her- trying to get Sabine to listen to her right? Because some girl named Lila told them she was doing something to her.”

Jon nodded, eyes widening as what Damian was trying to say clicked.

“You think that if we can get her to believe that we believe her we might be able to get through to her?”

Damian nodded, releasing his grip on Jon.

“It's the only thing I can think of.”

Jon was about to reply when he saw the Ladyblogger dart out from behind the pyramid and wave Marinette’s attention over to her.

“Hey, what is your name? What powers were you given?”

She glances at the heroes giving a slight nod to them as she pulls Marinette’s attention away from them.

“I don’t have a name, he fell asleep before he could give me one. I know that I have the power to make people tell the truth though. With these.”

She waved to her side and one of the strips of fabric floated into it.

She started petting it as the Ladyblogger started asking more questions. Trying to be as much of a distraction as possible like Jon’s mom would sometimes do.

“Damian, I have an idea. Remember Diana’s laso? What if the fabric is like that? If it touches you, you can’t lie.”

Damian nodded, glancing over at Jon before looking back to Marinette.

“It’s worth a shot at least.”

Both boys nodded to each other before breaking into a run towards Marinette, grabbing onto the fabric and wrapping it around their arms before calling out to her.

“We believe you!”

She snapped her head towards them, gaping slightly as she took in their arms covered in her fabric.

“What...?”

She sounded so small that Jon wanted to whisk her away to Ma and Pa’s and feed her Ma’s pies until she felt better.

“We believe you. We were the ones sitting on your couch when this happened.”

Jon gestured to her as Damian took over talking.

“Neither of us are exactly sure what happened there but you have to be one hell of an actor to pull off your reactions and, no offense, I don’t think you are. We want to hear your side of the story.”

The ball of fabric strips loosened around her, floating more freely and covering more ground than they did before as she seemed to open up to the conversation.

“You’ll listen to me?”

The both nodded and she floated down closer to them, peering into their eyes with her eerily, vibrant blue ones.

“Before we talk though, we need you to let go of the butterfly. Or if possible, tell us anything you can about what is on the other side of your mental link to Hawkmoth, I believe you said he fell asleep? Why?”

Her attention snapped to Damian, as they all ignored the Ladyblogger getting closer with her camera.

“I can do that! If you promise to listen after I give it back.”

Damian nodded to her, putting his hand to his chest in a similar way Alfred would.

“You have my word.”

Jon quickly agreed, and she sat down, dress floating in the strange, underwater way it had been the whole time.

For some reason it was even weirder up close.

“He called me his masterpiece. I think he had been after me for a long time. I tried to resist him, I really did! He was too strong for me to stop him but I think it took more out of him than he thought it would to forcefully akumatized me. He passed out right after.”

Damian nodded, subtly waving the heroes closer to them.

“I know where he is too. He is too tired to keep his thoughts and location from me.”

Both heroes freeze at that before rushing forward, giving up on being sneaky as Scarlet takes her hands.

“You know where he is? Can you take us?”

Marinette shakes her head, much to the disappointment of the heroes before she continues.

“No, he won’t let me near him without hurting me. I can show you though, just follow the fabric.”

The fabric that had been floating around came together into one long line, going down the road and turning out of sight.

Scarlet takes off after it even when Chat Noir hesitates, obviously anxious about leaving Marinette alone.

“She will be fine, I promise, we will stay her until you get back, the Ladyblogger too. Go help your partner.”

Chat Noir shots Jon a grateful smile before taking off after his partner.

“Can I ask you questions now?”

Jon’s attention is pulled back to Marinette when she taps his arm.

“Yeah sure. I don’t mind.”

The Ladyblogger sits down beside Marinette, still filming the entire thing.

“Why were you at my house?”

Jon flinches, hesitant to answer.

“I’m sorry to be the one to tell you this but, you were adopted. My parents got a phone call the other day, saying that they needed to come get you. Apparently your biological parents were listed in your information so they were called.”

Marinette nods, even as the black tears start to drip down her neck. The Ladyblogger leaned over to wrap her in a one armed hug.

“Why were you two there?”

Jon grabs her hand, holding it loosely enough that if she wanted to she could pull away.

“I am Jon, beside me is my best friend Damian. I’m your twin brother, Marinette.”

Marinette gasps, looking between everyone there as the Ladyblogger leaned forward with a confused look.

“Wait, if you are twins then how the hell did she end up here? Why are you acting like you never heard of her until now?”

Jon went to answer when Marinette moved, wrapping Jon in a hug as he pulled her closer to him, setting her in his lap and tucking her head under his chin.

“I have a brother?”

It is then that Jon realizes that he and Damian still have the strips of fabric around their wrists. 

She knows he is telling the truth.

Jon nods, holding her close as Damian takes over answering the questions.

He tells both girls how Lois thought she lost one of her babies and what actually happened, leading all the way until they were sitting in the living room of her house.

“We had no idea that no one had told you. I apologize, on behalf of everyone, for springing that on you so suddenly, if we had known we would have done things differently.”

Marinette nods, about to answer when she pauses.

“Oh, they won.”

This time the transformation is different, instead of a bright flash it seems as though it simply melts off of her, leaving an unconscious girl lying in Jon’s arms.

Before Jon can start panicking, the Ladyblogger, who he now knows is Marinette’s best friend Alya, pulls his attention to her.

“She should be fine, over the years I have noticed that the harder you fight against Hawkmoth’s possession the more exhausted you wake up after. With the fight she put up I’m not surprised she is out cold.”

Jon nods, giving Damian back his jacket while Damian calls their dad’s letting them know that they are going back to the hotel with Marinette.

“Father says that they are packing up her room for her. Clark ended up in a screaming match with them and Father called Lois to let her know what happened. Unless she wants to, Marinette will never step foot in that house again.”

Jon nods, carrying his little sister down to the metro with both Damian and ALya flanking him.

(Alya told him he was out of his mind if he thought she was going to leave Marinette alone with strangers, shared blood or not. He and Damian could both respect that.)

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Mother finds out

(so, Lila lied turned all of Mari's friends against her except for Nino and Chloe apologized to Marinette, the class bully's her physically, verbally, and cyber, Damian knows only of the verbal bullying he doesn't know about the other parts of it, Mrs. Rossi knows nothing of what her daughter does, Nino and Chloe are going to have a good say here. Oh and Marinette is adopted by jagged and Penny sine Tom and Sabine disowned her for a lying sausage haired witch, and Chloe knows Mrs. Rossi since she works at the hotel(She has become nicer and Marinette told Chloe not to hold the mother accountable for Lila's actions and she doesn't want Mrs. Rossi to know what her daughter has done so yah))

Mrs. Rossi P.O.V

I was collecting my stuff to leave till I hear "Mrs. Rossi!" I turn around to see Chloe the Mayors daughter and the future owner of the hotel "what do you need miss?" I turned towards her "may I talk to you in my room?" "sure, do you need me to work a little longer?" I asked out of curiosity "No, its nothing along the lines of work" "oh um ok" I followed her up to the imperial suite, once I stepped in I saw two men, one I recognize as Nino, he would often come here with a blue haired girl named Marinette who also stays here, the other man I haven't seen here before he has black hair, jade green eyes, and he's scowling. "TT, Chloe who is she, and why did you want me hear?" "yes, I would like to know to miss?" I saw her sigh and put on a straight face "Guys this is Mrs. Rossi, Mrs. Rossi that's Damian Wayne, and I called you guys here because of Lila Rossi" I was a little worried when she said my daughter's name and how she knows it, and I'm in a room with a Wayne, Damian spoke up "why do I need to know about her?" well Damian, this involves Marinette" Chloe said with a straight face and then I saw Damians face go serious "what happened to Angel." "well, she's getting bullied by your daughter Mrs. Rossi" I got serious when she said that "what has she done now?" I narrow my eyes "Nino and I are in the same class as Lila and Marinette, she didn't want this to get to you but you need to know." she took a sigh and started explaining. "Mrs. Rossi your daughter Physically, and Verbally bullies Marinette, along with the Cyber bullying" I was shocked and furious that she's doing this "Lila has lied about traveling the world, having diseases, knowing celebs and turned the whole class but Nino and I against her. The class now physically hurts her to where she's gone to the hospital Five times, they call her names, insult her, they've even threatened her, they also went to her parents Tom and Sabine Dupain-Cheng and told them lies from Lila, and they disowned her jagged learned about this and adopted her, after they had started the cyber bullying, they've been sending her death threats and tried suicide baiting her. and Lila had Max hack into Marinettes account and took her money out of it, claiming she stole the money from her or that she stole her designs, its getting bad to where she's broken down in my room..." I was horrified at what Lila had done, then I saw Damian get up and walk out of the room I followed shortly after.

Damien's P.O.V

after Chloe explained what was happening with my angel I was pissed and ready to kill this Harlet, I stood up and headed to my angels, once I got there I went straight to her class and burst into the door to be met with a woman with orange hair in a bob "Sir, you cannot barge into my classroom while I'm teaching!" "TT" I ignored her and looked for my Angel to see her all the way in the back right corner asleep, but it seems she isn't relaxed at all, then I heard Mrs. Rossi "Lila Valentino Rossi!" I saw a girl pale which I'm guessing is the lying Harlet "m-mother w-what a-are y-you doing h-here!?" she yelled "lying to everyone, Including Me, bullying an innocent girl, stealing from peop-" a Harlet with glasses cut Mrs. Rossi off and started talking "Miss! Marinette bully's Lila!" I had it "No she doesn't it's the other way around!" "And who are you!?" "I am Damian Al Gul Wayne." everyone went pale and I walked back to get my angel, while Mrs. Rossi continued scolding the lying Harlet, when she finished I walked back up to the front and turned to look at the class and said "all of you will be sued by me and my family along with every celebrity that has been lied about, and Mrs. Rossi you cannot help Lila pay it off you should not have to pay for your daughters problems." I saw her smile and say "thank you, Mr. Wayne" I just nod and walk out.

no one's P.O.V

after that the class along with the teacher and principle got sued by all the celebrities. Marinette, Chloe, and Nino moved to Gotham, Lila was arrested, she came out as M.D.C(fashion Designer), Nette(singer), and lady red(fencer) a year later, Damian proposed to Marinette three months after the reveal, Nino and Chloe got together a few weeks after and they were happy till the day they died.

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Like A Drama - 1

Ladybug had seen plenty of ridiculous akumas in her time. There was Frozone, a teenager who was cut off by their crush after being friend-zoned. There was Barber-que, a hairdresser who turned all men into sentient pork chops. And, Monsieur Ramier upgraded into Angry Bird on his one-hundredth akumatization.

In the past three years, Paris had dealt with a lot.

But this one definitely took the cake.

A young lady in a floor-length gown made up of glass shards stood in front of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. Her outfit consisted of tens of thousands of fragments. Each shard had what seemed to be a unique video playing, from animated styles to live-action films. Her limbs were encased in opera gloves and thigh-high boots formed by glued pieces of paper. Words flew across the pages too fast for anyone to read. The woman's flowing black hair was held back by a ragged ivory wedding veil, matching the streaks of ghost-white interspersed within her curls. The only intact item on the akuma was a single unfractured rectangular screen placed right above her heart.

Her name was Camellia. Her family was driving from Versailles for her wedding when a truck crashed into their vehicle. Her parents died on impact meanwhile her brother had amnesia; he didn't remember her at all. Three hours from her wedding, she had lost her entire family. It was hilarious! Her life was like the plot of a shitty morning soap opera.

"If I have to live like a drama, then so should everybody in Paris!" Drama Queen screeched.

She plucked three shards from her dress and threw them towards the panicked but amused crowd. It seemed like a fun, run-of-the-mill akuma to the Parisians. Nothing deadly or damaging.

One of them hit the mayor in the head. In a burst of golden light, André Bourgeois was suddenly dressed in a denim vest and ruffled jeans combo, belting out, "Mamma mia, here I go again. My, my, how can I resist you?"

Another shard struck Chloé Bourgeois' chest. After a pink light beam, she was running uncontrollably in a sailor schoolgirl uniform with a piece of toast in her mouth, her blonde hair in twintails.

The last brushed against Mme. Mendeleiev's hand before turning into a red bicycle underneath the science teacher, her palms stuck to the handlebars. An alien sat in the front basket and Mme. Mendeleiev started pedaling as if on auto-pilot. The human-alien duo started flew against an illusory moon in broad daylight.

It was pure chaos.

Marinette took advantage of the mayhem to slip away from her class to transform. Returning as Ladybug, she saw her twin being chased by a tall man and a floating bowler hat.

"Yes, I've been brokenhearted!" Mayor Bourgeois' voice cracked at the high pitch as he danced the song number. He had been joined by Ivan and Mme. Bustier.

"Blue since the day we parted! Why, why did I ever let you go?" they sang in chorus.

Drama Queen stood on the steps of the cathedral, throwing shards at the crowd below left and right. Ladybug tried to knock the one she held, but instead, it was absorbed into her yoyo.

Suddenly, it was night. Ladybug found that her vision turned grayscale, like in a movie flashback. A cloaked woman walked to her parents' bakery and set down a box. She knocked hard on the front door but ran away when the second-floor lights turned on. Ladybug approached the package. Inside were two babies wrapped in soft pink and blue blankets. The girl's hair was as dark as the night while her brother was a fair blonde like the sun. Both twins, however, shared the same bright blue eyes. She recognized those eyes; she saw them each time she looked in the mirror.

Ladybug knew. This was Marinette and her twin, Lewis, as infants.

But the heroine vehemently denied that! She and her brother were definitely not adopted. She had seen videos of her mother talking to her baby bump, ultrasound images, and even a picture of Sabine breastfeeding the two of them. This had to be some sort of plot! Right, plot. Ladybug was convinced this was just another scene in a movie.

As she thought that, her surroundings shifted. Everything was still monochrome, but this time, Ladybug was in an alley. A boy was crumpled over two bodies on the floor, blood pooling around the three figures. The kid looked up, and she froze.

That was her brother's face.

The boy was dark-haired, but it was the very same eyes and nose she saw every day. She couldn't be mistaken.

The environment blurred once more, and the first thing Marinette noticed was a gigantic green Tyrannosaurus rex. She jumped back, fists at the ready, thinking it was a sentimonster.

Click.

She spun around and saw someone with their back to her placing what looked to be Batman's suit into a glass case.

She was in the Batcave.

All of a sudden, the world started cracking like glass just as the man turned around. Before Marinette could get a good look at his face, she was back on the steps of Notre Dame. A broken phone lay next to her feet, and the akuma was flying away. On instinct, she captured the butterfly in her yoyo.

"Are you alright, bugaboo?" Chat Noir asked.

"I'm fine, just a little disoriented. What happened?"

"After your yoyo took the hit, you suddenly fell unconscious. Nothing could wake you, and you looked really pale. Sickly pale. Like you were on the verge of death," her partner looked like he had more to say but he was cut off by the beep of his ring.

Ladybug cast the cure before swinging off in the direction of home. Her class had dispersed. The rest of the field trip was likely canceled, and she had more important things to worry about.

Next

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After more than two years, I’m back!

My headcanon is that Lewis is in Ms. Mendeleiev's class. Francesca Framagucci is the daughter of one of Gina's friends. She's childhood friends with the twins. 

Also, did anyone get the reference to King of Drama hahaha

Cross-posted on AO3

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Oh, How I wish

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Hello there, happy late Halloween, chapter took longer then I expected, but I'm back on my routine, I might need a bit of help writing since it's kinda hard to think at times, let me know if you're interested :)

Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter III.

The powerful sun hit Marinette's, the big day was starting. Surprisingly she woke up before Chloe so decided to splash her with cold water

"WHERE IS THE AKUMA?" The blonde with her eyes still closed and now wet hair

The silent room was replaced with wheezes from Marinette, who was rolling on the floor at the blondes face

"Very funny." She said while staring at Marinette with the most deadly stare, you could basically see fire besides her

"Sorry Chloe, I just wanted to let you know I'll be going for a run and will catch up to you in time for the tour" Marinette said brightly

"Ugh, just get your phone with you so I can call you if you lose your ass around here" the blonde said as she fell back asleep

The black haired girl giggled at her friend's worry.

Marinette leaned down and kissed Chloe's forehead then left quietly

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It was 4 am when the small arrive Infront of the LexCorp. building

She's never been so anxious. She might be as well scared. Lex wouldn't hurt his daughter right?

Well, he's about to know that he has a daughter.

She understood her biological mother, he was a big CEO, and a very social face. She couldn't blame Chyou for not telling him about the pregnancy, they weren't even lovers when everything happened...her mother was scared of the pregnancy, so when little Marinette was born, she was handed to Sabine, Chyou's sister.

Mari for the past year planned this meeting. Probably most of the reason she's in gotham right now was because she knew he would be here

She took a step forward and she entered the building.

The girl opened her phone, dialing a number anxiously

"Hey Mercy, I arrived, I'm at the entrance...No Im not held at gunpoint, I'm just nervous...ok, I'll wait for you." And the call cut.

When Sabine told her after the divorce that she wasn't her biological mother and she told her everything she knew about her biological dad

It was alot all of a sudden, but once her life turned for the worst, more then it was after the divorce. Marinette started searching for her father

She somehow got a hold of his body guard, Mercy She surprisingly heard Marinette out, and even let her meet her dad

"Marinette." The voice of the older woman said

Mari flinched, making her jump out of her thoughts

The small girl turned around to see Mercy, who was dressed appropriately for a body guard, but she didn't look as much as a threat when she looked at Mari, she looked at the much smaller girl with a soft smile

"This way" she put a hand on the black haired girl and they both started to walk to the lift

It was very quiet until Mercy started to speak, breaking the awkward silence that sat between the two of them

"Hey, don't stress so much, even if he doesn't accept or believe you, I'll make sure he doesn't hurt you'' Mercy said as she patted the anxious girl's head

All Marinette did was nod as the lift stopped Infront of a big door

"I'll go in first take a breath" and she was gone through the door

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'Its 4 am' the man thought

He was never this early in his office

But for some reason he couldn't sleep, so he decided to come earlier

His heart was beating very fast, like it was about to explode

The man just got himself a cup of tea and tried to calm down. He couldn't let anyone see him in such a state. His image would be ruined

Getting out of his own world, he saw Mercy talking to someone on the other side of his office

'oh how great, who in the right mind would come here at this hour' he says massaging his temples in frustration

"Mr.Luthor, you have someone who would like to meet you." Mercy said as she approached Lex's desk

"Who the fuck woke up at 4 am to come meet me?" Lex said furiously

"Why don't you see it yourself before you get all butt hurt" the body guard argued back

"Come in" the man said while his eyes shot to the door

The big door opened, revealing a pretty small Asian girl, her hair was in a low ponytail kinda weird since the hair was cut pretty short, her top was black with long sleeves and her bottoms were black as well, with some low boots who were making the girl taller then she actually was

Lex sighed as he got into a professional position

He opened his mouth to speak but then

They made eye contact

Lex's heart finally calmed down, but his body moved on his own and now he was infront of the girl

He couldn't move. All he could look at was her face, he could tell she was scared

The man studied her features

One of her eyes was bright blue and the other one was a combination of very light green and blue

He was so much taller then her and then it hit him

"Chyou?" He asked, everything of this girl reminded him of the girl he met 17 years ago. The girl he felt so safe with, the girl who showed him the beautiful parts of the world

"Hello Father"

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A Failed Betrothal /Betrothal AU: Take Two

So here is the second part of the betrothal AU that I decided to name "A Failed Betrothal. This takes place before Part 1 which in hindsight should have been done first. Part 2 got too long so I cut it and started Part 3. I have no idea and nothing planned on how long this will go. Hope you enjoy ❤.

[Masterlist]

(Part 1)

PART 2

Marinette also wasn't having a good day or a good week.

Lila Rossi had been up to her usual tricks. You know, spewing lies from her mouth. How she met these awesome celebrities during this trip and they worship the ground she walks on for her amazing and humbling help. There were stories of these charities, trips and galas that she had been to or was invited to. She has problems with her wrists and can't do simple stuff like carry her own bag or do her homework. She has tinnitus in her ears so she needs to sit in the front where the only seat available would be next to Adrien.

And for the finale.

The desert after feeding the class a banquet of lies.

"Mari...nette..has been bullying me, she...told..me not to tell anyone..*sobs*..that she would kill me if I did.."

Lila dramatically gasped and slapped her hands over her mouth. Turning on the waterworks for a more dramatic effect. They all ate it up, jumping on the ‘let’s hate Marinette, a bad person’ train.

"She is going to kill me now and I am so scared." That snake managed to snuck an evil smirk past her glaring, oblivious classmates.

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Marinette, at this point of her life, had frankly given up caring for them due to the class's lack of brain cells and Agreste's spineless 'High Road' Approach.

For Kwami's sake, she went through a brutal torture that was training in some jungle temple in Asia before Sabine Cheng, former mercenary/assassin, kidnapped her (Little Marinette took a risk. She ran away and followed her around until Sabine begrudgingly accepted that she was now the 6- year-old girl's mother because screw it, Tom said he wanted children.) to raise/train as her own while she settled down with a baker whose mother may or may not have ties with the Mafia and other illegal activities.

(Mother-daughter bonding days became much more fun once she had Guardianship of the Miraculous. Sabine was ,at first, furious at Master Fu for dumping everything on the girl and losing his memories before swearing to help protect the jewels. Adopted or not, Marinette is her daughter and no one should let a child, even one with training, fight a war. A good thing to come out of her reveal was that her mother was a great tiger to have as back-up. But now, her training regime had become harder and challenging.)

The point was that Lila Rossi would be dead and body missing since that first time she threatened Marinette in the bathroom. The Italian was in perfect health despite what she claims otherwise, because Marinette didn’t want to be the person she was raised to be and also she didn’t want to disappoint Tikki, she was fond of the little red kwami. But sometimes, she just wanted to give into the urge to kill.

She had met and dealt with unsavory characters of all types and she can safely say that Lila Rossi was a manipulator that thrives on attention and like a parasite, latches herself onto the fame of others. None of the unsavory people she had met get under her skin like Rossi had.

Marinette had enough self-preservation to drop the nice girl act and sometimes let the dragon underneath to surface. She stopped doing last-minute favors and giving away free stuff which Lila uses to her full advantage to further destroy her relationships with her ‘friends’. It was better than sticking her neck out for classmates that were no longer worth her time. Attempts to expose Lila had backfired due to the denial they are in, believing the liar to be a sweet, nice girl living the high life.

Adrien with his rose-tinted glasses firmly stuck to his eyes was not happy at all with her decision. That may also have to do where she suggested he shove his advice after he tried to reason her to take the high road for defending herself for the umpteenth time. She felt like the biggest idiot to ever have a crush on him. Every time, Rossi blames Marinette for a problem, he would shoot disappointed looks in her direction.

Alya being Lila's biggest guard dog tore into Marinette for her newfound 'bad' behaviour. The rest of Lila's supporters backed her up with "How could you do that to Lila","I can't believe you changed." Nearly all her so-call friends had turned their backs and lost all common sense to the Italian's manipulations.

(Alya was supposed to be her best friend, aren’t you supposed to listen to your ‘bestie’ over a complete stranger)

The designer took it all with a bored expression on her face, used to the lecturing which was a waste of time because her behavior isn't going to change, no matter what, Lie-la will keep up the act of being the bully's (*cough*Marinette*cough*) victim.

Her heart that cracks the tiniest bit at the accusations. A small part of her, she admits, is hurt that they think so low of her.Was she really that worthless to them? All those times and efforts helping them out on last-minute favors and giving them free treats. Were they not enough to earn their friendship? Their trust or at the very least, a benefit of doubt?

The only ones who didn’t join the berating to 'correct' the raven-haired girl’s attitude were Chloe (who had proven herself to have changed after the miracle queen incident and Lila stole the spotlight and Sabrina. There were a lot of apologizes, gifts and ‘making up to do’) Alix (she came to her senses when the supposed bullying started) and Nathaniel (Lila blatantly claimed to be the artist for the Ladybug comic to his face).

“Girl, Marinette, are you even listening to me?”Alya demanded.

“Maybe. Did you say anything that doesn’t have to do with Lila or how I did her wrong or how I am no longer the person you knew?”

Marinette knew that being sarcastic would backfire but nothing she does or says will change what they think of her. One word from Lila and they will turn back on her. As much as she hates to admit it, Lila’s threat has fallen through and she was alone. Mostly.

She still had Chloe, Nathaniel, Alix, Luka and Kagami as friends. The trust-worthy and loyal kind.

“Girl,” Alya says in a disappointed tone, shaking her head,“when I look at you, I don’t see that girl who stood up to Chloe the bully-”, Chloe snorted, she had changed but they were too blind and prejudiced against her to notice her efforts, “-Picking on Lila, threatening and harassing her. This isn’t you and you know it. Just get over your jealousy on Lila being close to Adrien and apologize to her.”

If Alya had talked to her in the past 12 months other than demanding things that took away her time or anything relating to Lila, she would know that her infatuation had turned into annoyance.

Marinette sighed, too tired of this routine, tired of trying to knock heads so the brain cells can work again. Apologizing would mean that Lila had won. She was petty and stubborn enough to allow that to happen. Lila said she will take the class and Adrien. Fine, she can have them but Marinette Dupain-Cheng will not admit defeat. Bigger men had fallen to the ravenette for lesser offences. A year has passed since the expulsion and the class still hasn't regained common senses, so they can deal with the consequences after the inevitable downfall of Lila and Marinette will be there to see them lay in the grave they dug.

Steeling herself for the pain that will come with the execution of her plan,

“What if I don’t. I won’t apologize to her because I have not done anything to her or even interacted with her. If I apologize, it would be insincere and a lie. And I hate liars.” The former assassin said evenly.

“Lila is not a liar. I don’t know why you are like this.” Alya said, frustrated.

Marinette knew there would be a small chance of an akuma with Gabriel Agreste having an important meeting to attend on this day that would last for the next hour. This was the small window of opportunity to start the plan and also further confirm the identity of Hawkmoth. Killing two birds with one stone.

“Alya, this has always been me, you just never took the time to get to really know the real me.”, she replied, the last part with an icy tone.

“Well-... I- ..You-, fine, then if you can’t say those simple three words, we can’t be friends. I clearly don’t know what a selfish bitch you are. God, I can’t believe I wanted to be best friends with you. You are now replaced by Lila because unlike you, she is genuinely nice and selfless.” Alya declared. The rest of Lila’s supporters murmured in agreement.

Phase 1, complete. Lure the Lie-la into a false sense of security by making her think she won.

Marinette tried not to show how hurt she was, to be replaced by the scheming bitch. But at the same time she felt relieved, she no longer had to walk on eggshells in fear of losing the friendships of people she used to care about. It felt final as she maintained her stoic expression, hoping they didn't notice the glassy sheen her eyes had.

“Then, it is official. We are no longer friends.”

They haven’t been friends for a long time.

Mme. Bustier finally walked into the classroom to start the afternoon classes, signalling the end of the conversation. After class, Marinette resolves to inform them that she was resigning as class president which she was sure the class will be glad for. She was right.

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Ladybug was, as the Americans say, pissed at Hawkmoth which was nothing new. He had sent out another akuma just as Marinette was back home and trying to relax after the stressful day. The akuma was not any of her ex-friends which she wasn’t sure to be thankful for or not.

Louise Martin was a boy about Luka’s age and mad at his friends who had blamed their fifth loss-in-a-row on him despite the fact that it was his skills that were getting them any progress. They were playing one of those recently released 5V5 skills and strategy battle games. (League of Legends or Mobile Legends. Take your pick, I am going with the latter)

He was akumatized into Hayakuma as proof of Hawkmoth’s lack of creativity. Hayakuma was a bleached out version of Louise’s chosen hero avatar, Hayabusa whose outfit was basically what the media portrays ninjas to look like with some samurai aspects.

Unfortunately, he also had the hero’s ultimate special powers which were making four shadow copies of himself and being able to switch positions with them. Thanks to Rattlesnake’s Second Chance, they know that he can only make a switch once every two minute. Hayakuma also wields a sword, showing off his skills.

Just lovely.

Hydra and Ladybug were the only ones able to counter his attacks with Hydra’s sword and Ladybug’s summoned one. (Let’s go with that headcanon(?)/trope that she can summon weapons for plot convenience and the others can too but just don’t have enough practise yet.)

The others managed to dodge and shield themselves from Hayakuma’s really sharp sword.

The shadows themselves were annoying as they would distract or hinder the miraculous users by grabbing them by their shadows and making them unable to move. Until Bunnix had the brilliant idea of shadow boxing which gave the heroes gain more even ground.

With how strong and handful the akuma was, it was code ‘all hands on deck’. Ladybug, Stinger, Rattlesnake, Hydra, Bunnix, Trickster. Well, nearly every hand. Lady Mǔ lǎohǔ was busy with the bakery. Chat Noir was nowhere to be seen or very late which had been the norm for the last year ever since Ladybug wanted to form a new miraculous team consisting of permanent heroes.

(He didn’t show up for the first few months because the first permanent member was Ladybug’s mother who did not like his attitude towards her daughter. He ran away with his tail between his legs once he found out how she was related to Ladybug. His face when he realized it, was something Marinette will cherish forever)

At least when Lady Mǔ lǎohǔ was around, he would not dare act out of line. When she is gone however, he is back to his old ways.

After saving one of Louise’s teammates from Hayakuma’s sword, they gathered the rest of the team and hid them someplace safe. Using Trickster’s illusions to trick all the shadows and the original to one place, the heroes were going to surround and ambush them and get the akumatized item. The plan would have been a success if it weren’t for Chat Noir hugging Ladybug from behind, making her miss her cue.

“Hey~ Bugaboo~ Did you miss me~? Your Chaton~?”

Thwack! Smack!

Chat Noir was on the rooftop, groaning pitifully in pain. Especially his crotch area. Ladybug glared at him and looked to the ambush point to see the illusions had disappeared and everyone else gone from their hiding place.

She sighed and turned on the comms, (Thank you, kwamis)

“Sting, did you venomed the akuma?”

“No, he escaped before I could. What happened, LB?”

“A certain cat got me delayed. What’s the status update?”

“Hydra is holding him off and Bunnix found that an umbrella is a good substitute for a sword. The rest of us are keeping track of the shadows. They split up but none of them are getting near where we hid the targets.”

“Where are you? I will meet you later with back-up.”

“Near Notre Dame and tell Mama Tigress I said hi.”

“Tell her yourself.”

She looked down at Chat No-, no he is not worthy of being a hero anymore with the amount of times he had derailed and hijacked the plans to defeat the akumas just so he can ‘earn’ Ladybug’s heart.

She looked down at Adrien Agreste, who was sitting and sulking like a child that was unfairly punished. (Once she got over her crush and started looking at the right things that she managed to piece together her ‘partner’s’ identity by accident. Tikki’s confirmation sealed the deal.)

“Chat Noir, this partnership of ours,” she said, gesturing to the two of them, “ is going to change tonight. Meet me at the ‘spot’ at 11 sharp. Now, go home.”

He left with a small glimmer of hope in his eyes at her words. She felt a little bad about the subtle manipulation but with the way things were now, it can’t go on. He was hindering more than helping and the people of Paris that weren’t shipping ‘Ladynoir’ saw that.

As she jumped towards Notre Dame, she called the bakery with her yoyo.

“Mama, are you free now? I need a little help with the akuma and can you bring the horse miraculous.”

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Chat Noir waited excitedly at what they both dubbed at their ‘spot’, in the good old days when it was just the two of them. Maybe Ladybug was finally open to the idea of dating. Or maybe she must have seen what a great hero he is and was going to get rid of the team. Or realized that having her mother on her team was a bad idea. Parents are the worst and they both can be two rebellious teenagers in love. Like Romeo and Juliet. So romantic~.

He was so deep in his daydream that he didn’t hear his lady land.

“Chat Noir.” Startled, he nearly fell off the roof. No, don’t make a fool of yourself in front of Ladybug.

“Yes, Bugaboo.” Hoping she didn’t know that he was very distracted. His attention will always be hers 100%.

“Don’t call me Bugaboo. Tikki wants to talk to Plagg about Kwami stuff. So you go over and hide behind that chimney. Then, we can talk about why I told you to be here.” Adrien frowned and then smiled. His lady must be very embarrassed about her mistake that must be why she is taking her time. He tried listening to what they were saying but the kwamis were talking in their special Guardian Language. Was it him or did Tikki’s voice sound more like his lady’s voice?

Whizz!

Adrien was tied up with Ladybug’s yoyo. “M’Lady? Bugaboo!? LADYBUG! WHAT IS GOING ON?!! PLAGG-”

Ladybug cut in, “Adrien Agreste, you have been slack in your hero duty and choosing your own feelings over supporting your partner, me, the holder of the Ladybug Miraculous and current Grand Guardian, in the efforts to defeat the enemy of Paris, Hawkmoth. Due to those reasons, you are no longer worthy to be the Holder of the Black Cat Miraculous” in one swift motion, she took the ring off his finger, “As such you are hereby revoked of Plagg’s Ring.”

“NO, YOU CAN’T. YOU CAN’T DO THIS TO ME! I LOVE YOU AND I KNOW YOU LOVE ME BACK. WE ARE SOULMATES, WE ARE MEANT TO BE-”

Adrien went slack at Lady Tigress’s pinch on his pressure point.

“I don’t what you ever saw in the boy.”

“I don’t know either. I think I dodged a bullet here. Can you carry him back to his home? I think I have dealt with enough of him tonight.” Ladybug muttered, as she erased Adrien’s memories of being Chat Noir.

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(Part 3)

#maridami #maribat #damian x marinette #mlb x dc #Betrothal AU: Take 2 #A Failed Betrothal #sorry. No Damian this chapter #there is salt #Alya salt #Adrien Salt #Lila salt #class salt #I don't know if it is mild or not #Marinette is an assassin

[liquid-luck-00]

Where There Is Change

Discovery

@maribat-bdbwm

So I will not be following the prompt days at all. If any fall on the right day it is by chance. All of them will be written but not by the calendar order.

Without further ado.

Next

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Once upon a time Marinette would have bent over backwards, dropped everything, and would never have questioned her friends. But now she was turning fourteen. She has been fighting Hawkmoth for three years, with no end in sight. Her friends, if she could still call them that, behind Lila's lies and followed her like sheep. You can only push a person so far until they break.

That was what happened to Mari.

She was pushed to do dresses, suits, casual wear, and banners with little to no notice for free, without even a thank you. She was made to plan and make baked goods and food for bake sales and fun raisers for class trips, picnics, and parties that she could not attend. They spoke to her condescendingly as if she was stupid, honeyed words to guilt her to do everything while they did nothing and reaped rewards.

At the end of her 7th year, she put in a signed request (by herself and Mendeleiev) to transfer into Mendeleiev's class. But surprise surprise it was denied. Bustier, her homeroom teacher last year denied her transfer, because she wanted to keep all her students the same.

Fine if this was how she wanted to be, well she had nothing left to give.

You can only give so much before becoming empty when you never receive anything.

The first thing she did was step down from class representative. "Miss Bustier?" she stood up from her seat in the back.

"Yes." said teacher smiled at her.

"I am renouncing my title of class representative, effective immediately." she announced shocking the teacher.

Her ever present smile faltered. "Alright, would the vice representative like to take the position?" She scanned each face, but no one stood up or spoke.

"There has not been a vice since my first month three years ago, Miss." The color drained from the teacher's face.

"Oh well, you will need to continue until we have an election next week." she smiled again.

"No." Her voice turned steely. She picked up three bursting folders and dropped them on the desk. "The white folder is student medical records, allergies, cumulative extracurriculars and birthdays. The orange folder holds field trip and fundraiser applications, guidelines for applications as well as locations each student is banned from listed under the student and the location's reason. The black folder has graded homework, tests, quizzes, papers, and projects you gave me to grade. As well as lesson plans and homework you had me assemble for you."

"But... but..." Miss Bustier stood shocked, gaping between Mari, to the folders, then the rest of the class.

"Like I said effective immediately." Marinette turned and was immediately stopped by a blonde.

"Mari, please reconsider." Adrien plodded blocking her from ascending.

"Pfft. And why should I fucking do that Agreste." she side stepped him and climbed the stairs.

Eyes stared at her, as if it was the first time seeing her. In a way it was, since she had no fucks left to give to those who would step all over her.

The girls wanted dresses. She gave fee rates, appointment times and estimated finishing date. Some took her up on her like Rose, Juleka, and Alix. Kagami and even Chloe started requesting commissions.

The same with banners and suits for the boys.

Sweets from the bakery, they placed their orders and paid like everyone else.

This helped her more than most would think. Her grades and attendance improved because she no longer dropped things at the drop of a hat.

Two weeks prior, Hawkmoth went silent, now almost a year later, Paris went back to normal. But she didn't. She became Paris' Ice Princess. She kept everyone at an arms length, her trust was hard to earn, her words cut like a knife and her eyes bore daggers. Yet as both Marinette and Ladybug she is the definition of calm, collected, and serenity. Something snapped a long time ago and no one knows how or what to fix.

"We are done." Sabine was exasperated again. "We got in contact with your biological father, and he is taking you in."

"Alright." She answered, knowing best to respond than to stay quiet.

Sabine began talking again but she only half listened, it was the same as every other night after all.

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Bruce was done just done.

Apparently his very own system, which is in theory completely perfect, is anything but, because he just figured out, he has a daughter. An adoption agency apparently had him listed as the father of a child roughly 16 years ago, that he had completely no idea of. The mother apparently wanted to keep it secret and gave up the child not even listing herself which was odd. So, the adoption agency never made that information public. However, now he’s being called by said adoption agency and the parents of the girl who is apparently his daughter.

He thought Damian was the only one apparently not.

He is currently sitting in front of the Bat-Computer nursing one hell of an incoming headache, praying that none of his boys come down and see this.

He has a daughter that is older than Damian and knowing his son he will throw a fit over this. That his claim is the only blood child is literally going down the drain.

On top of that Bruce knows almost nothing about his daughter. Sure, he looked up her and her parents other than a few contests and school there was nothing on her. No social media, it was as if it was erased from the system. Her contacts seemed almost sparse for a girl her age, that being said he does not have a good reference for that.

The fact that not even his system was able to pick up on her says a lot more than you might think. When her parents came into contact with him, he thought it was a joke, but they held firm and even sent a DNA sample of their own daughter. He almost didn’t even cross test with his own, he was disgusted with how these people treated their child this way.

Yet here he is, he tested it and he was a biological match.

The parents are transferring her custody over to him, but he doesn’t even know this girl.

Life is never dull for the the greatest detective. Even when life seems to pull things out underneath him.

So, let’s just hope he can meet his daughter while ensuring that his sons not find out before he can get a grasp on the situation.

He continued to rub at his temples and the bridge of his nose trying to lessen the pain of this migraine which was sure enough going to set in. The only reason he’s getting gray hairs is because of his children.

Now to find out what the next one is like.

Next

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[lost-in-the-world-of-fandoms]

Meeting for The First Time - Day 1

My maribat bio dad! Bruce Wayne day 1

(sorry if it's late!)

Ao3

@maribat-bdbwm

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Marinette ran through the streets of Paris trying to get away from the Akuma. This time, she was doing it as a civilian. She couldn't get away to hide and transform into her alter-ego, Ladybug, in time.

This particular akuma was turned into one because to victim just found out that they were adopted. They wanted to find their biological parents and meet them, but their adopted parents banned them forcibly from doing so.

Their power, apparently, sent people to the place their biological parents were. Mostly, they'd sent people to the biological paternal figure. Luka and Juleka were sent to where Jagged Stone was. Kagami, poor thing, was sent in front of her father's tombstone. Mirielle, someone from the science class homeroom, found out her bio father was in the hospital fighting cancer.

Marinette tripped over a stray pebble and got zapped by the day of light from the villain. She was transported to a pristine office, landing on something. Or someone.

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Bruce's day was normal, or as normal it can be it Gotham. He was finishing up some paperwork. He put them to the side and reached for his bottle of water. Something, or someone fell out of a portal and crashed into him, toppling the chair, him, and the mysterious person over into the floor.

The person stood up quickly. He stood up as well and looked to see the imposter. And saw the same color of eyes he saw in the mirror everyday.

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Marinette didn't really know what to expect when she looked at her supposed biological father. She didn't expect the slightly buff and very tall figure. She thought he'd be taller though. And she sure as hell didn't expect them to have to exact same color eyes as herself.

Her 'father' scanned her then asked, "Who are you?" .

Marinette, nervous of his reaction said, "Um, Hi. I'm Marinette and apparently I'm your daughter".

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Bruce couldn't believe what he was hearing. He had another biological child!

"Who is your mother? " he asked the girl. Marinette, his mind supplied.

The girl, 'Marinette' answered, "My mother's name is Sabine Cheng".

Well, that explained a lot.

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Explanation

Bruce met Sabine about 15 years ago. They had a short fling, but soon she had to go back to China. They had contact for a few weeks, but she had moved to Paris, and contact was cut.

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Her 'father' then introduced himself as the BRUCE WAYNE. He looked like he was going to say something else to Marinette but,  a portal opened up next to her. A blonde boy in black, a girl in blue and white with pink hair, and a boy wearing brown with white hair stepped out.

Bruce wrote down something on a piece of paper and handed it to her, which she pocketed before she was pulled through the portal.

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Marinette, as Ladybug later defeated the akuma at last and three the 'Miraculous Ladybug' cure. There wasn't much damage, so the team headed back home individually.

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At home, Marinette opened the paper from Bruce.

Hm. Ok.

He wrote down his contact information.

She might use this.

#mbdbwm2021 #maribat bio dad! bruce wayne month #maribat #drabble?

[jinx-jade]

A Swallow’s freedom Part 1: The death of Marinette Dupain-Cheng

The death of Marinette Dupain-Cheng was all caused by one Lila Rossi. She may not have physically killed her, but the death of Marinette could all be pinned back to Lila Rossi’s first day of school.

When Lila first joined Miss Bustier’s class, she would spin these grand, too good to be true tales. This was most likely to grab the attention of those who value things and people that are shiny and new.

Then Lila slowly made her claims more realistic.

She made them harder to prove wrong or right.

At some point, Lila had Alya remove any interview that could cause a problem if the wrong person saw it. Of course, she never told the ladybloger that this was the reason for wanting them taken down.

Slowly, Lila became the talk of the school, the new star student, the new popular girl that everyone wants to be, the person everyone wants to be friends with.

Lila got everything she wanted.

She was treated like royalty who had suffered at the hands of a monster.

A monster that Lila created, not that anyone willing to stand up to her knew.

The monster’s name was Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

To paint Marinette as a monster took time and effort. Unlike the grand stories Lila started with to get the school wrapped around her finger, Lila had to start small.

The liar would mention how Marinette was never where she should be.

She would point out mistakes in Marinette’s excuses.

Slowly, Lila moved from real problems to false claims that no one could prove wrong.

Lila planted her seeds wherever she could. Some had even gotten back to her parents and they grounded her to the point where she wasn’t let out of the house, doing school online.

Much to Lila’s joy, Marinette Dupain-Cheng slowly disappeared into the background. No one paid the bluenette any mind, not even her parents.

Tom and Sabine seemed to prefer Lila over Marinette with how they’re always checking on her when she’s at the bakery, giving her free treats, and showering her with compliments.

Marinette slowly became fed up with how she was being treated. Researching her family tree to find a relative that she could potentially stay with, in some sort of half thought through runaway plan.

During Marinette’s research, using a bit of aid from her magic, she learned that Tom Dupain and Sabine Cheng were not her parents, they were her Aunt and Uncle.

Her mother was a woman named Chéng Féng and her father was unknown. According to medical records, Chéng Féng died only moments after naming her daughter. Digging a little deeper, Marinette found her original birth certificate. The name Chéng Yàn printed clearly on the document, even if it was only an online version.

With her curiosity piqued, she cast a simple illusion, creating a globe of the world.

Taking a needle and pricking the tip of her finger, she dripped two drops of blood at the north pole.

The blood drops went two separate ways. One went to someplace in China, Hong Kong before the blood turned black. The other drop went to the USA, New Jersey before breaking into a small rose red and large crimson droplets.

This is where knowing the meanings for blood magic came in handy. Black blood means dead. Crimson means full blood. Rose-red means half-blood.

Marinette.

No.

That felt wrong now, but Chéng Yàn didn't feel right either.

Not yet at least.

Letting out a sigh she went back to her previous train of thought.

 She now knew her mother was deceased, her father was alive, and she has a half-sibling.

Digging through her mother's travel history wasn't difficult. Finding out who her father is was even easier.

A few tabloids had taken pictures of Bruce Wayne with his current lover Chéng Féng. The timeline matched up perfectly. Of course, she also checks with a bit of magic, just to be sure.

Once she was a hundred percent certain, she continued her digging, learning about her father and apparent little half-brother. If during her digging she ran into information about the bat family's identities, well, then no one else needed to know.

The bluenette fell asleep in the early morning hours instead of the night hours. The reason was due to some late-night planning.

Her plans did include running away, but strangely they didn't include meeting her father and brother.

Her plans included traveling the world and helping people get out of bad situations.

To be fair, she had been half asleep while making this plan, yet the longer she looked at it, the more she thought it was a good idea.

She thought through all the reasons to stay and leave, the pros and the cons. Surprisingly she found no reason for her to stay. 

Paris’s villains have already been dealt with. She was already doing school online. She didn’t have any friends or strong bonds to keep her in Paris.

Sure she had to take care of the kwamis, but they already gave their blessing for her to leave. They seemed to have collectively come to the agreement that this environment was toxic and slowly killing their guardian.

Before running away, they figured out all the big details, then moved to all the smaller details. Once the planning was complete they started their mission.

The kwamis only referred to their guardian as Chéng Yàn to help her get used to the new name. Her original name, which was her mother’s gift to her before she passed. A gift that her Aunt and Uncle stole from her because they wanted a child of their own, including a name of their choosing.

Chéng Yàn let out a slow breath to calm herself. There was no point getting worked up over something that won’t matter at the end of the month.

Using her time wisely, Chéng Yàn rewired the inheritance from her mother to only be accessible to herself. Making sure that her Aunt and Uncle wouldn’t ever see a cent of it.

To her surprise, it was quite a large inheritance, it would easily have her set for life. Especially if she kept doing her clothing commissions, but her commissions would be too easy to trace back to her. Maybe later she will start some kind of business, but for now, she’ll simply live off of her commission money, which was nothing to laugh at.

At the end of the month, everything was ready for the last phase of her runaway plan.

Miss Bustier’s class was getting icecream from André, right next to the seine.

One of them seemed to notice Marinette and points her out to the others.

Just in time for them to see her jump.

Gasps and screams could be heard from the class of sheep.

The police were called when she never resurfaced.

The authorities swept the seine for the young girl’s body, but all they found was Marinette’s signature blazer and purse. They claimed the current must-have swept her body away, and with that, Marinette Dupain-Cheng was pronounced dead.

No one noticed the girl who had been watching from the shadows leaning against an alley wall dressed in a red leather jacket, a white sweater, black leggings, and black combat boots. Her hair was freshly cut to shoulder length with the tips dyed red.

She pushed off from the wall, walking deeper into the alley before stepping through a portal.

To where?

She didn’t know.

Right now there was only one thing she knew for certain, Marinette Dupain-Cheng was dead.

#maribat #maribat march 2021

[ladybugout-au]

I haven’t done any Tom and Sabine salt this whole time, so I’m going to remedy that right here (takes place right after Marinette’s reveal as LadyBugOut’s creator):

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All things considered, Marinette was pleased with how her reveal as LadyBugOut's creator went. The class - most of it anyway - had readily accepted it and it cleared up a lot for them. She was also thrilled to have the whole Lila thing behind her, as having to deal with her was both ridiculous and tedious.

Marinette hummed a happy tune as she began to exit school for the day, but stopped as a swarm of reporters suddenly approached her, their feet pounding up the stairs and microphones suddenly being shoved into her face.

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng, how does it feel to help Ladybug with her blog?"

"Do you know Ladybug's identity?"

"We heard you've never been akumatized? Have you been under Ladybug's protection?"

"Is it true that you and Ladybug are dating?"

Marinette could only blink, her mouth opening but she was too dumbfounded to answer. She wasn't sure whether to be impressed that they'd managed all of this talk overnight or weirded out that they were doing this to a teenage girl. She could at least imagine they saw her as ageless when she was Ladybug.

Nadja hurriedly pushed through the crowd, brushing some of the reporters off as she addressed them, "Now now, this one knows me personally."

Marinette squinted as Nadja presented the microphone to her. Unpleasant memories of Face-to-Face surfaced and she very quickly wanted to be anywhere but here.

"So, Marinette—"

A familiar male voice suddenly cut in. "Ah, my fans are here!"

Marinette and the reporters turned confusedly, just in time to see Jagged hoist himself over the stone wall surrounding the stairs, which was the only way they weren't blocking. He also looked completely unphased by all of this, strolling up to Marinette like she'd asked him to come. The reporters, meanwhile, were gaping at the sudden development, and Marinette could swear that she could see the theories forming in their heads.

"I'd love to stay and talk to you all," Jagged began, raising a hand like he had some sort of magical ability to force them back, "but me and my designer here are very busy, so—"

"Huh?" Marinette asked, though she didn't get an answer and yelped as Jagged hoisted her over his shoulder, immediately moving to the other stone wall closer to the bakery. The reporters tried to react, but they went completely ignored.

Giving a two-fingered salute to his "fans" with his free hand, Jagged then placed said hand on the stone wall, hopping over it with Marinette in tow as he shouted, "Remember to buy the new limited edition of Rock Giant!"

Marinette, still awkwardly draped over Jagged's shoulder, watched the stunned reporters get farther away as he hurried across the street. He passed by the front door and rushed for the side entrance, fumbling with opening before realizing that it was locked.

"Got a key?"

Having accepted whatever was happening, Marinette reached for her purse and pulled out the key to the side door. Jagged raised his hand over his other shoulder, palm facing up, and she dropped the key onto it.

Jagged unlocked the door, slipped inside, then let Marinette down and hunched her down alongside himself, just in time for the reporters to slip by in search for them. Marinette didn't look, but could hear retreating footsteps, even though they had paused by the bakery very briefly.

Then, just as Jagged was about to stand up, the door opened, both Marinette and Jagged turning in a panic before they saw Penny standing there. She was hunched over, a hand on the doorframe for support as she panted, desperately trying to catch her breath.

Clutching the doorframe tighter, she straightened up, inhaling and fixing her messy hair to its normal, stylishly messy style. She then stepped forward, closing the door behind her and turning to Marinette.

"We heard about how you're helping Ladybug with her new blog. Congratulations," she said. Glancing over at Jagged with an exasperated expression, she continued, "Jagged wanted to go see you in person and 'save you' from the paparazzi."

Marinette's lips quirked up at that, somewhat amused by the explanation. Both she and Penny clearly knew that Jagged showing up and making a presence like he did wouldn't technically help, though Marinette did appreciate the save he did manage.

"I wasn't gonna let those journalist hacks get her," he told Penny, looking all too proud of himself. Glancing down at Marinette, he boasted, "I know Ladybug, y'know? She's saved me before."

He said it like it was an accomplishment. She giggled, even though she'd tried to stifle it. Jagged and Penny were always fun to be around, even if Jagged could be—well—Jagged.

"Is that all you came for?" she then asked, partly feeling like she should thank them for thinking of her. Shooting Jagged a knowing look, she added, "My parents can adjust for all sorts of allergies."

"Sounds great to me!" He pounded his fist into his palm with a wide grin. "I could go for a rockin' roll!"

Penny rolled her eyes at him and shook her head, but she was smiling. Turning back to Marinette, she placed her hands on Marinette's shoulders and assured, "Anyway, just know that if you ever have any issues publicly, you have my number." She tossed a glance at Jagged, making sure he didn't see it. "I know how to deal with things like this."

Marinette, needless to say, was surprised by the support, even blushing a little at the attention she was being given. Still, she nodded her head, giving Penny a grateful smile. "Thank you. I'll call if I have any questions."

Before Penny could respond, a voice cut in from the bakery. "Marinette? What's going on?"

Marinette looked over, Jagged stepping aside as the three of them stared at Tom and Sabine, looking between Jagged and Penny with a mix of confusion and... was that a hint of jealousy?

"Oh!" Marinette stepped away from Penny, waving as if the gesture said everything. "There were some reporters out by my school, so they came by to take care of it for me!"

Their reactions were minimal, Sabine giving a concerned nod and confirming, "Yes, we heard about how you've been helping Ladybug."

"Our customers wouldn't stop talking about it," Tom added, brows furrowed, though he didn't look angry exactly. "It was the first time we'd heard about it."

Marinette shifted awkwardly in place. She honestly hadn't even thought about telling them, having had other - more important - things on her mind.

"Marinette," Sabine called steadily, "we'd like to talk to you after—"

One of the customers, still out in the bakery, suddenly exclaimed with a gasp, "Jagged Stone?!"

Jagged turned to look at them, flashing them a grin. Apparently completely unable to read the room, it was only once Penny walked up and shot him a look that Jagged got the message, the two walking out the bakery to keep the customers entertained.

Tom and Sabine's gaze lingered on them as they went, then turned back to Marinette. Tom spoke first, stepping forward to ask, "Why didn't you tell us anything?"

Marinette shrugged awkwardly for lack of a better explanation. "I didn't think about it?" When Sabine put a hand to her chest, looking hurt, Marinette sighed guiltily and tried to clarify, "I mean—I just don't go to you to talk?"

"We're your parents," Tom replied, equally hurt. "You know we'll listen to you."

"Bu—" Marinette bit back her retort, jerking her head away before she said something rude. She only glanced back at them briefly, their eyes silently asking her to go on but she struggled to word it correctly. She never put much effort into wondering why she didn't often go to her parents, but now the pieces were starting to fit together in her head.

"...Not always," she said carefully.

"What do you mean?" Sabine asked, clearly surprised to have been accused suddenly.

Marinette threw her arms out in a more exaggerated shrug. "It feels like it doesn't matter if I go to you or not? Or, it does—but then I just end up feeling... bad." She hugged herself, looking back and forth between them as she went on. "Whenever I talk to you about anything, you sort of... get in the way?" She grimaced at her inability to say it without sounding harsh, but the gaming tournament was still vivid in her mind; even regardless of Adrien and her current feelings on him, she was supposed to practice and they kept inserting themselves into things. "Or you don't do anything at all and I feel all alone. I always come out of things feeling like it's my fault? Or like I did something wrong and anything I did is all on me?"

"That's not what we mean at all!" Tom gasped.

"It feels like it," Marinette repeated. "I'm already tired enough and I'd just rather work it out myself. It's easier that way."

"Oh," the two whispered sympathetically, immediately going to her side. Sabine placed a hand on her shoulder, reassuring, "Marinette, that's not how it's supposed to be. You're supposed to rely on us. You—"

Marinette jerked away, a flash of offense briefly taking over Sabine's face. However, it faded when she seemed to realize what the problem was; she'd just accused Marinette of being the problem, as Marinette had just accused them of, proving the point.

"...We're supposed to be reliable," she corrected, almost sounding like she was talking to herself.

Tom, meanwhile, seemed to be thinking about something. He glanced upstairs, mulling whatever it was for a bit longer, then looked back at Marinette to voice it. "How long have you been working with Ladybug?"

It took Marinette a few seconds to understand, but then she noted that Tom must've been talking about the day she'd been grounded. It was unsure territory, as the true reason was related to Ladybug, but she could only say so much.

After some consideration, Marinette answered cautiously, "...A while. Ladybug—she had to stay a secret."

Dread washed over the faces of both of her parents. Her words seemed to stick in all the right places; they'd punished her and hadn't actually shown concern over why she might've been missing classes - only disappointment that she had - and neither of them had gone to comfort or talk to her after the fact.

Tom approached, lifting Marinette up as he gave her a tight hug that made her grunt from the sudden lack of oxygen. He put her down quickly, but rested his hands on her shoulders, rushing to say, "I—we're so sorry. We thought you'd come to us for everything and we wouldn't have to ask."

"We'll do better, alright?" Sabine asked. Due to Tom having already taken up Marinette's shoulders, Sabine awkwardly brought up her hands to rest them on Tom's own hands. "We won't meddle unless you ask us to, and if you need anything, or you just want to talk about how you're feeling, you can talk to us—no, we'll ask you ourselves, because you shouldn't have to. In fact, we'll start right now."

She shared a glance with Tom, and the two backed away, standing in a way that was similar yet somehow very different from how they'd faced her before.

Tom grinned, asking clumsily but genuinely, "How are you doing today?"

Marinette met Tom's gaze, then Sabine's, not responding immediately as she absorbed exactly what they'd said. She knew very well - from both personal experiences and from watching the failures of others - that such things weren't instantaneous. It would take time to see if this would all pan out and stick.

Still, she supposed this was progress, and at least for now, it was nice. She grinned back at him, answering, "I'm doing great. It's been a good day."

Tom beamed like he'd just won the lottery. He opened his arms out, exclaiming, "Well? We want to know everything—" Sabine jabbed him, wordlessly telling him something, and he cleared his throat before correcting, "—if you want to talk about it, anyway?"

Marinette chuckled, giving them a dismissive wave of maybe later.

With all that sorted out, the three headed back to the bakery together, where Jagged was currently improvising a song about danishes.

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Day 3 - Identities

Day1 - Day2 - Day3 - Day4

Marinette had been living with the waynes for over a month now. The reason? Tom and Sabine sent her away to her biological father. Apparently To Dupain was not her biological, but Bruce Wayne was.

Marinette had a sliver of hope, A really, really thin one. Which had faltered by the month.

Marinette had defeated Hawk Moth with Chat Noir. Apparently Plagg found the brooches along with two sleeping kwamis accidentally. At night when Gabriel and Natalie were asleep, He had stolen the miraculous. On the patrol that night, Chat had told her that the miraculous were right under their noses. He gave her the two brooches and told her that Plagg had found the brooches in his father’s study. He told her that Gabriel was Hawk moth and Natalie was Mayura. Then he de-transformed and handed her the ring saying that he wanted to continue his life as a civilian.

Later that week it was announced that Chat noir found out who Hawk Moth was and he had stolen the miraculous at night. He then said that Gabriel and Natalie were the Villians. He then revealed himself saying that he was innocent, and he had no idea that his father was Hawk moth. Marinette had thought that with Hawkmoth gone she could beat Lila, But no, it Backfired. That was the reason she was Shipped off. Like an object. She was replaced just like an object.

Her only wish was to die. But she had tried to do that multiple times. Someone always managed to save her. So no, that option was unavailable. She had thought that she would finally be able to die in Gotham by sucide, But no, Selina, Cassandra or Jason always managed to save her.

By now she had started to see the woman as a mother figure. The Waynes hated her. They didn’t even listen to her side of the story. Only Cass and Jason had seen that there was more to the story. Selina and Alfred too, of course. The waynes saw her with disgust. They laid out certain rules.

And of course she figured out they were Bat family. She may not be from Gotham, but she wasn’t certainly stupid. She had to admit, The Waynes were really good at hiding the Batfam thingy. But what gave them away? Misplaced Batarangs by Tim. Then Tikki had also found the cave. She wasn’t stupid, Clark Kent and Bruce Wayne were good friends and certainly Batman and Superman. The people of Justice league stopped by often at the Manor too.

Speaking of the Justice League, They had given her an offer to join the League, but she declined. They had given her a satellite phone for emergencies to contact the league. They had praised her high and low. Batman was even Concerned for her when he found out her age range. Concerned! If they knew that Ladybug was their new sibling who was claimed to be a bully, she’d be declared a threat and her take Miraculous away.

Her routine was the same. Wake up. Eat breakfast in silence as she was being glared at. Study something. Do commissions while talking to her boyfriend, Luka and the others. Eat Lunch while being glared at. Study the Grimoire with Alfred. Sketch some designs while talking to Selina and Cass. Draw illustrations while Jason talks. Eat dinner in Silence. Stay up till 3 am doing commissions. Sleep.

Last week she had introduced Luka to Cass, Selina, Jason and Alfred. It went really well. Especially when Jason found out he was Jagged Stone’s son.

She was thinking how she could step up her game with the Waynes. In her thoughts she didn’t see Selina coming in.

“What are you thinking about Kitten ?” Selina asks, seeing the half sketched dress.

“Gah! Selina don’t scare me like that! Anyway I was thinking, ``What do I do to annoy the waynes?” Marinette asks the Master of scheming Cat-woman.

“Hmm, what about going to your true self? Being in headphones, ignoring them, Snide answers, and stuff like that?” Selina says thoughtfully.

“Selina, that's brilliant! You’re the best Mom!” Marinette says. She covers her mouth with her hand realizing what she said.

“Aww, Com’ere Kit. I love you.” Selina says softly.

“You’re not mad?” Marinette hesitantly asks.

“Of course not!” She says.

“You’ll be more of a mother than Sabine will ever be to me.” Marinette says with a small voice and hugs the older woman.

Then the Chaos was unleashed. Whenever the Waynes wanted to ask her something she’d ignore them and she always had her headphones on.

- - - - - - - -

“Marinette, tell me why did you hurt the poor girl?” Bruce asks in a stern voice. Of course Mari didn’t hear him because of the blaring music.

“Marinette, Why did you hurt the poor girl?” Bruce asks again, obviously annoyed.

“MARINETTE-” He was cut off from Alfred of course.

“If I may Master Bruce,” he says, earning a nod. He gently taps the girl’s shoulder. Marinette moves her hair away and removes her Airpod. The music is loud enough for everybody to hear.Meanwhile Bruce flushes in embarrassment. “Miss, Your father wants to ask you something.” Marinette nods. She turns to her Father.

“What?” She asks.

“I asked, Why did you hurt the poor girl marinette, around two months ago?” He asks, patience bearing thin.

“Oh? I didn’t know that I could make a clone of myself and Send one to the fencing class and the other to beat her up at the Seine?” She says in a bored tone. Jason and Cass, not being able to hold their laughter any longer, burst out laughing.

Later that night they checked her attendance, sure enough she was in the fencing class.

- - - - - -

One day Marinette got a call from the Justice league, Stating an emergency. She quickly transformed to Ladybug and Portalled to the Watchtower.

“Ladybug, welcome to the Watchtower,” Wonder Woman welcomed, standing at the head of a group of heroes. Interestingly enough, Batman and all of his brood were among them. Nightwing, Red Robin, Black Bat, and Robin and the others.

“Wonder Woman,” she greeted back. “What’s the problem?”

“Your former partner has been kidnapped.”

Ladybug’s face turned pale, but she took a deep breath instead of panicking. “What do we know?”

“Ra’s al Ghul has taken the former Chat Noir in an attempt to convince the Guardian of the Miraculous to turn over the jewels to him,” Batman reported.

Her face turned up into a snarl. “The League of Assassins,” she spat.

They were surprised that she knew Ra’s. But they hid it well.

“I take it you understand why we cannot allow the Miraculous to be surrendered to his control,” Batman continued.

Wonder Woman stepped in before Ladybug could reply. “Ladybug, we need you to tell us who the Guardian is so that we may protect them.”

Ladybug let out a cold laugh. Shivers ran down everyone’s spine. “Wonder Woman, you misunderstand. The Order of the Miraculous is all but dead. I’m all that’s left. You want the Grand Guardian of the Miraculous?” She spread her arms wide. “You’re looking at her. And Ra’s al Ghul can have them over my dead body. ”

The gathered heroes looked stunned. “Now where is Adrien?”

Red robin started, recovering first. “You’re not going alone.”

“You’re right,” Ladybug cut in. “I’m not. I’m gathering my team.”

“What Red Robin meant to say is that Batman and his assembled partners are going with you,” Wonder Woman soothed. “They have experience dealing with Ra’s and would be a great asset.”

“I’ll be back in ten minutes, at the most.” She said. Everyone nodded. She portalled away to gather her team.

Five minutes later a portal opened and stepped out Honey bee, Dragoness and Cobra in the Glory. The portal snapped shut when Ladybug entered.

“This is not enough! We’re dealing with Ra’s al Ghul and the league here!” Ladybug said. “We need her. She’s the last resort if we lose!” Dragoness exclaimed. The Justice league was confused. Who were they talking about?

“You’re right. Bee, you’re the only one who knows where she is. You’re her best friend. I can't find her in all of paris!” Ladybug asks, turning to Honey bee.

“You’re right, I do. It’ll be easy to find her. She’ll be in her room. She’s always Isolated, so don’t worry about getting caught.” Honey Bee answers.

“Isolation! I thought I told her to Socialize!” Ladybug exclaims.

“Yeah, but her family treats her like a pariah except some people. But Ladybug I don’t know if she’ll be able to fight.” Honey bee says.

“Rossi?”

“Rossi.”

“Now location please.” Ladybug says.

“Right. Wayne Manor, Gotham, New Jersey.” Honeybee whispers. Earning surprised looks from Ladybug and the Supers.

“Alright.” Ladybug portals away. This was all staged of course. She had recently found a spell to make a clone of herself.

“Why won't the hero be able to fight? She’s a hero!” Batman exclaims.

“Depression, you overgrown furry, Depression. She’s tried committing sucide several times. We saved her.” This earns many shocked looks.

Cue opening a portal. All of the Paris heroes Gasps. All in glory Multimouse is standing there.

When Honey Bee saw Multimouse, she gasped and enveloped her in a hug, muttering French endearments and saying how much she’d missed her. Dragoness stole Multimouse for a hug next before passing her on to Viperion who also received an extra peck on the lips in return, while Ladybug watched with a soft smile.

With Kaalki involved, it was child’s play to get into the assassin stronghold. Team Miraculous filled the gaps and worked seamlessly in their own right, simply a step away from Gotham’s Bats. They beat assassins on their own. The Bats just watched in awe.

It didn’t take them long to make their way to Ra’s.

The man wore a self-satisfied smirk on his face as he greeted him from his throne. A bruised and bloodied but otherwise intact Adrien was being restrained on the dias a few feet away.

“Well, well, if it isn’t Team Miraculous,” Ra’s mused, looking down the line. His eyes paused on Multimouse and his expression shifted to intense amusement. “And if it isn’t the latest in the Detective’s brood. I suppose heroics truly do run in the family after all.”

A number of shocked and confused gazes snapped to Multimouse, who simply stared at him down with cold eyes growling quietly.

“And yet she isn’t why we’re here,” Ladybug cut in coldly, shoving that problem in a box for later.

Ra’s shifted his oily attention to her. “Yes, I believe I requested the Guardian, young Bug.”

“And here I am,” Ladybug said simply. “But I will never cede the Miraculous to you.”

“Well, then I suppose the Blonde Cat dies.” The assassin near Adrien tried to kill him only to turn to orange smoke. Ra’s growls when he realizes he was tricked.

“Your reign is over. Your crimes won’t continue much longer. Tell me, just how long have you been using the Pits to keep yourself alive?”

“Goodbye, Ra’s al Ghul,” Ladybug intoned. “We’ll leave you to what remains of your empire.” She turned and motioned for the Fox to open the portal to the Watchtower. The Bats followed behind.

Adrien was at the fringes, attempting to escape a hero that was trying to get him to the Medbay for medical attention. He only had eyes for Multimouse.

“Marinette!” he called.

The Bats were shocked at both the name and the blatant outing of a secret identity.

Adrien broke free from his wounds. “Marinette, I’m so sorry,” he said brokenly.

It was quiet for a moment. “I take it they told you why I left, then,” Multimouse said, carefully devoid of emotion.

“I never thought-”

“Don’t, Adrien,” Queen Bee snapped.

Adrien gaped at his friend, shocked at the venom her words carried against him.

“But her Lies, they weren't hurting anyone!”

“How?” Multimouse snapped, her voice cracking. She took a deep breath. “How was it different? Because you told me I had to ‘take the high road?’ Because her lies would unravel themselves? Because she wasn’t hurting anyone? Bullshit, Adrien! They were hurting me!”

“She followed your advice at first,” Queen Bee said sharply. “She shouldn’t have, but you were her friend and she trusted you. By the time she realized that it had been a mistake, it was too late. Everyone else was in too deep and you did nothing . When Mari tried to tell everyone that they were being lied to, she was made to look like a liar. A bully.”

“Do you realize that the rest of us had people on watchlists?” Ryuko said bluntly. “People at risk of Akumatization that could bring the city to its knees. Aurore, because of Stormy Weather II. Ondine, because of Syren. But do you know who was on top?” She let the silence sit. “Marinette. Marinette was on top of that list. The only reason she was above Ladybug was because Marinette was drowning. But any time she tried to get through to the others, Lila hit back harder and you would ask Mari to back down. Because we don’t want to upset Lila, right? We don’t want her to become an akuma. Again.”

“My parents believed her, Adrien,” Multimouse said quietly. “They sent me away because I was ‘out of control’. I’m treated like a criminal where I am now! So I’m sorry, Adrien, but I can’t forgive you. You said you didn’t want to live with more lies, but then you stopped telling the truth when it threatened your ‘peace’. Even when that ‘peace’ might have ruined my life.” She took a deep, steadying breath. “But you know what they say, right? Never meet your heroes.” She turned and looked straight at Batman. “They’ll always just disappoint you.”

- - - - - - - -

The next week was tense at the Wayne manor. But eventually they apologised to marinette. She became close with them. She and her family then sent lawsuits to the Akuma class.

The saying is true then. “All’s well that ends well.”

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TIMOTHY JACKSON DRAKE-WAYNE, THE BEST BAT BOY OF THEM ALL!!! YOU CAN’T CHANGE MY MIND!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Tim

Tim never really cared for his birthday, afterall nobody ever remembered it, and he doubted that Bruce would care.  He had never shown much of an interest in him, which was fine since he wasn’t supposed to get close to him.  His entire job as Robin was to make sure Batman didn’t go crazy, he wasn’t supposed to get attached.  So he didn’t, at least that’s what he told himself.  It was around 10:45 PM when Tim went upstairs at Alfred’s request.  Timidly the 14 year old walked into the kitchen only to be met with a small white cake.  Upon closer inspection the cake had red and green letting that spelled out in neat scroll, “Happy Birthday Timothy” with perfectly cut strawberries decorating the sides.  Tim stared at the cake in awe, he’d never been given a birthday cake before, except at galas; but that didn’t count as he wasn’t really aloud to eat any.

“Good to see you up here Master Timothy.  Happy birthday young sir.  I apologize for the others absence, but I’m afraid that they are ‘busy’.”

Tim swiftlet lifted up his arms in a placating manner,

“Oh no, it’s fine.  Don’t worry about it, I wouldn’t want to bother anyone.”

Alfred gave him a small smile and nodded.

“Well, I believe that it is time for a bit of cake.”

Alfred walked around the counter and pulled out a plate, for, and knife before he cut a large piece and plated it.  Tim held back tears as he took his first bite of the cake.  This was the best cake he had ever had, and this was definitely his favorite birthday.

*******

Tim stared at the computer screen in front of him trying to figure out what he was missing.  He was tired, he hadn’t slept in a few days, and he was on his 8th cup of coffee from that hour alone.

“Tim, come with me!”

Dick said, suddenly on his right side.  Out of habit he turned and threw a punch at him.  Dick quickly ducked and laughed.

“Your getting faster baby bird.”

Tim sighed and rolled his eyes turning back to the computer.

“What do you need, Dick?”

He asked typing something onto the screen and scrunching his brow in frustration at the facts in front of him.  Dick rolled his eyes and sighed before he grabbed Tim and pulled him from the computer chair and onto his feet.  Tim groaned and tried to pull away in protest, but Dick overpowered him and he was dragged up the stairs.  Tim looked around to see where he was so he could make a quick escape if necessary.  When he looked forward again he saw he was being dragged to one of the main room doors.  He was thinking and going through all of the things he could have missed or forgotten, but nothing came to mind.  When the door opened the lights were off until they suddenly turned on and loud voices screamed,

“Happy birthday!”

From all around the room.  Tim blinked a few times everything catching up to him as he looked around and saw his family; Bruce, Alfred, Barbara, Stephanie, Cass, and Dick all around him.  The room was covered in decorations and on the table sat a decent sized 3 tier cake, just like the one he had had when turned fourteen, but bigger.  Tim ran through his memory and tried to recall what the date was and froze.  Oh, it was his 16th birthday, he had forgotten all about it.  He was pulled out of his stooped by Steph grabbing his arm and pulling him towards the table were 16 candles lined the rim of the cake and in the center it said, “Happy 16th Birthday Tim!” in the neatest cursive with a robin made of frosting right below it.  There was also neatly plated and perfectly made sushi on another table near them.  Tim smiled as everyone began to sing happy birthday to him and when he was done he blew out the candles happy and content with his day.  There was so much warmth that spread through his chest as he talked and ate cake with his family.  So much joy that surrounded the manor, he even saw Bruce smile.  Tim didn’t need to wish for anything, he was happy, and that’s all he could ever wish for.

*******

Tim looked at his watch and frowned.  He was now officially 19, but it didn’t matter, nothing mattered much now.  He was alone in Paris training with Lady Shiva, and his family didn’t care.  They were the ones who kicked him out afterall, he wasn’t wanted.  He sat under a shady tree bench in the park and watched as people talked and interacted with eachother.  It was peaceful, but that didn’t fill the hollowness he felt in his chest.  As he stood and began to walk away he felt someone crash into him and fell foreword, someone landing on his back.  Quickly the person got up and began to call out apologies obviously embarrassed.  Tim got up and turned around and came face to face with a girl about his age with dark black hair that tinted blue in the light and show startlingly bright bluebell eyes.  The girl was still talking and he wasn’t sure if she had even breathed yet.

“Hey, it’s ok.  Don’t worry about it.”

The girl immediately bit her lip and bowed her head as she tried to hide her face.  Tim smiled at the girl who was slightly shorter than him.

“I’m Tim.”

He said casually as he held out his hand.  The girl gave an awkward smile before excepting his hand and giving it a firm shake.

“Marinette.  Sorry again.”

“It’s nice to meet you Marinette.  Do you know where any good coffee shops are, I haven’t slept in a while and I really need a pick me up to finish my things.”

Marinette lit up and nodded.

“I totally understand.  I design and commissions keep me up all night half the time.  I live in a bakery and have concocted the best wake up coffee.  My friends say it’s very dangerous and I’m going to kill myself with it one day, but all well.  Why sleep when you can get things done?!”

Tim smiled at the girl as she began to walk and talk.  She was cute and was very dramatic in the way she spoke and expressed herself.  They walked across the street to a small bakery, the one Marinette must live in, and walked to the front where a short Asian woman stood near the register.  When the woman saw Marinette her smile grew as she welcomed them.

“I’m gonna make one of my specials for him!”

Marinette called out as she went to the back and started making some kind of coffee concoction.  The woman rolled her eyes, but she still held an amused smile.

“Hello, I’m Sabine.  Please choose a sweet, you’ll need it if you’re going to drink her “Miracle Cure”, as the college students like to call it.”

“Thank miss.  Please, call me Tim.”

He said giving her a small smile back as he browsed the selection.  In the display he noticed lots of animal themed treats and smiled.  There were many ladybug and cat themed ones as well as an orange fox, a turtle, a bee, a blue snake, a monkey, and a red dragon.  It was an interesting choice of animals and he wondered if they were important in some way here.  He found a small tarte aux fruits with an assortment of fruits that formed the red dragon.  When he looked up he saw the woman waiting for him still wearing her friendly smile.

“Could I please have the Tarte aux fruits du dragon please?”

“Of course dear.”

Carefully she opened the door to the refrigerated case and grabbed one of the fruit tarts and carefully put it in a small box.  Tim went to the register right as Marinette had finished and placed the large drink in front of him.  He pulled out his wallet but was stopped by Marinette’s hand.

“Nope, on the house.  An apology for earlier.”

She said with a bright smile.  Tim was shocked and felt a warmth he hadn’t felt in years begin to bloom once again.  He gently took the coffee from her hands and carefully picked up the small box with a plastic fork atop it.

“Thank you, Marinette.  That’s very kind of you.”

Her smile brightened and before Tim could stop or even think of what he was saying the words had already left his mouth,

“If you’re free, do you want to walk around Paris with me?”

Marinette blinked for a moment shocked, but then smiled again and nodded.

“Sure, that sounds nice!”

She took off the apron she had been wearing while making the coffee and hung it up on a wrack before walking out from behind the counter snd grabbing his arm and almost dragging him out the door.  When she realized what she was doing she quickly dropped it slightly blushing and scratched the back of her neck in embarrassment.

“S-sorry.  I should have asked first.”

Tim snickered a little, she was adorable.

“No it’s fine, so where to first?”

Tim asked as he gently placed the tart in his satchel and sipped the coffee.  When he did he felt his mind begin to clear and he felt more awake than he had in a long time.  He understood why it was called Miracle Cure now, this stuff was amazing!

“Well, where were you thinking of?”

“I was thinking of going to the Arc de Triomphe then head towards the Effiel Tower.”

Marinette beamed and nodded and began to walk towards the Arc de Triomphe.  She knew the path by heart as she often went there for inspiration.  The two talked the whole way there and bonded over their love of coffee and insomniac tendencies.  As they arrived at their first destination the sat on the steps and watched people pass them.  Tim pulled out the small tart and began to slowly eat it and smiled.  It tasted like Alfred’s cooking, though he didn’t want to admit that this might just be a bit better.  He glanced over at Marinette and noticed that she now had a sketchbook out and was drawing something.  He didn’t want to disturb her as he didn’t like being interrupted when he was really into something and let her draw as he watched the people.  Suddenly there was a loud crash.  He looked up and was shocked to see a giant child walking around smashing and destroying buildings.  He looked over and saw that Marinette had disappeared and he began to panic.

He stood up and began to move so he could get a better place to watch and analyze what was happening so that he could see if he needed to interfere.  He watched silently from a roof and saw a bunch of people begin to surround the child all with the same theme.  His mind flashed to the animals in the bakery and connected the dots as he glanced at all of the different people in animal costumes.  He watched as the Ladybug ordered everyone on the plan and on what to do which lead him to believe that she was the leader of this group.  It only took a few minutes and he watched the cat hero completely destroy a toy car from the giant child’s hand and a purple feather and butterfly flew out.  The ladybug hero quickly caught them and released them into the air.  She threw the object she had summoned into the air and he watched in amazement as thousands, maybe millions, of small ladybugs flew around the damage done and repaired all of it, including the bodies that had not been moving moments ago.

Tim ran back to the Arc de Triomphe and waited there to see if Marinette would come back.  It took a few minutes and then he saw her figure running towards him with panic and worry.

“Tim, I’m so sorry!  Are you ok?  I shouldn’t have left like that, I’m so sorry.”

Tim gave her an awkward smile and nodded.

“It’s fine, you came back afterall.”

She smiled at him and he lifted his arm out for her to take,

“Shall we continue our walk Mademoiselle?”

Tim asked with a slight bow.  Marinette giggled and gave a small curtsy before she placed her hand atop of his.

“Why of course Monsieur.”

They both laughed as they walked.  They enjoyed the silence for a bit before Tim asked what had happened.

Marinette gave him a sad sigh and explained the situation that had been happening in Paris for about 4 years now.  Tim was shocked that this hadn’t made it to the Justuce League, especially if it had been happening for four entire years.  Tim asked a few more questions that Marinette happily answered and they felt happy and content in the warm companionable silence.  Tim thought of all of his past birthdays, and he knew that this one was on the top 5 best list of his favorite birthdays.

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Why Now?

AYO its ya girl back with more biodad!bruce wayne. I bring you all day 4! I highly recommending reading this after day 1 cuz it takes place right after it.

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Day 1

Word count: 1.2k words

Summary:

She was… she was so beautiful. Bruce could only wish she was truly his.

But why now? Why keep it a secret for years?

The aftermath of 'First Impressions' from Bruce's perspective.

BD!Bruce Wayne Month Day 4- Bonding

without further ado:

Bruce had always thought that his crusade for justice would leave him lonely, removed from the world, protecting it from the shadows. Taking on the fate of the world, his focus primarily condensed to just his city, did not create opportunities to form meaningful connections. Yet he made them anyway. Finding camaraderie in the Justice League and family in his children. Yes, his children. His very stupid children whom he loves very much. Who were keeling over themselves laughing at him.

All except his youngest son. He was caught between staring at Bruce, glaring at his brothers, and glaring at the new guests. Ignoring them, Bruce focused his attention back on Sabine. He remembered her well and he thought, hoped, that he would never see her again. She was a part of his past that he wasn’t proud of but she was here, claiming to have brought him his ten-year-old child, and all Bruce had wished for in that moment was for the women he slept with to stop hiding his children from him. If he had a nickel for every time that happened… he would have two nickels. Not a lot, but it was weird and depressing that it had happened twice now.

He wasn’t even planning on denying any paternity. There was no need, no want to do so. He would take in the little girl in a heartbeat if that was what Sabine wished. How could he not? Her pout was the same as Damian’s and she had his mother’s button nose. Her eyes were as blue as his father’s and as his own but her glare— when she could not understand why his idiot children were suddenly doing their best hyena impressions— was entirely her mother’s. She was… she was so beautiful. Bruce could only wish she was truly his.

But why now? Why keep it a secret for years? Bruce stared at the two of them, having flashbacks to two years ago, to his introduction to his youngest son and could only think of the worst.

Something must have happened. She must have been in danger for Sabine to have brought her to him. But what?

“Why are you really here, Sabine?” He needed to get to the bottom of this. He needed to prepare. “Certainly not just for a friendly visit.”

“Actually there is no ulterior motive.” Her voice was as cool as ever. Her passive expression that used to piss him off, her posture unreadable, drove him up a wall. He both missed and resented it. “We don’t need your help with anything. I just believed Marinette needed an opportunity to meet her father.”

Marinette. His baby’s name was Marinette. It was perfect.

“But why now?” At this point his sons’ laughter had died down and they were paying close attention to the exchange.

“She deserves to know who her father is and she’s old enough to understand why you can’t be in her life.” Her tone left no room for questions, as if the notion that he wouldn’t— couldn’t— be a part of his own daughter’s upbringing was set in stone. His blood was starting to run hot at that. He had been deprived of raising his children not once but twice, missing important milestones and not being able to form a bond he so desperately yearned for. It’s one thing to take in children, ones who already had been taught with a set of worldviews for the first few years, and had to combat with different ideals. It was a completely different thing, however, to be there from birth, to hold them, to coddle them, and to raise them and watch them become their own individuals.

“And who decided I can’t be in her life?” His frustration was well hidden but it still tasted bitter on his tongue.

“Don’t kid yourself,” she scoffed. “You and I both know she has no place in Batman’s crusade.”

The silence was damning. He didn’t say anything to that. What could he say? He never wished this life for his children but everyone he had taken in had fallen victim to his mission. He didn’t want to think about whether or not the young girl before him could keep up. She probably could; knowing her mother, she was probably well-trained and highly skilled. But Gotham was cruel, it was brutal and vile and wouldn’t hesitate to remind anyone of their own mortality and Bruce never wanted to bury one of his children again. His mind made up, he reached for his cowl and pulled it down.

Face and heart bare, he kneeled before his daughter. She looked at him with the same scrutiny she had since she greeted him.

“Hello, Marinette,” he said. He saw out of his periphery his boys drop from their perch. They made no step closer, but that was fine. This was between him and the child in front of him. “It’s nice to meet you.”

“It’s nice to meet you too, father.” Her smile was brilliant and if he wasn’t already set in his convictions, he would be now. He’s known her for ten minutes and he never wanted that smile to disappear.

“I know your mother said that you don’t need me,” he breathed out, more tenderly than he thought he was capable of, “but if you ever— and I mean ever — need me, don’t hesitate to reach out.”

He saw in her eyes that she didn’t fully understand his earnest but her head bobbled in agreement all the same. Sabine’s hand rested on her shoulder, drawing her into her side. He looked at her face and saw a compassion he hadn’t seen in years.

“We’ll be in contact,” was her closing remark. Not giving him a chance to respond, she steered the little girl away from him, back to the car. He rose to his full height, cowl still by his shoulders, hung down by the weight of his decision. His sons still haven’t said anything, leaving him to have this moment for himself. His gaze was transfixed on his daughter. The daughter he never got to know. He watched as she made it to the car, holding the door open but not getting in. From what he could see of her face, she was contemplating something. Before he could hazard a guess, she turned and ran to him, colliding into his legs with full force.

She was hugging him. Bruce’s arms came to rest on her shoulders then to pet at the back of her head. He couldn’t feel how soft her hair was with his glove in the way.  

“Goodbye, father,” her ocean eyes were shining up at him, his father’s kind smile etched into her features. “I hope to see you again someday.”

“Me too, Marinette.” He would never tire of saying his children’s names, hers was no different.

Then she was off, back to the seclusion of the car that didn’t hesitate to reverse out the way it came. Just like that, as silently as they arrived, they left.

“Well that was something,” Tim’s voice cut into the air. “Care to explain?”

No, not really.

“Later,” he said; hopefully never, he prayed. “Back to patrol, all of you.”

He was hoping, foolishly, that his sons would just accept this as just a moment in their lives, no explanations needed. But he knew he had to, he owed them answers.

But that was for later.

Later.

#maribat #mbdbwm2021 #maribat!biodadbruce #maribat!biodadbrucewayne2021 #maribat!biodadbrucewaynemonth2021 #maribat events #monthly events

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Pride Month is right around the Corner! Yay! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Marinette, Kim, and Nino- The Trio of Transcendenceness... Ness 🏳️‍⚧️

Marinette, Kim, and Nino have been best friends since birth, and do pretty much everything together

If some rando were to look at them, they’d think it’s odd that Marinette likes to wear pink and gaze starry-eyed at dresses in store windows while Kim and Nino like to play with action figures and shop for clothes in the boys’ section

And people swore they saw them get teary-eyed whenever someone said their birth names

Tom and Sabine sort of just knew that Marinette was somewhere on the trans spectrum, and let their so- daughter buy whatever outfits she wanted and grow her hair out

Marinette: I wanna be a princess when I grow up!

Rando: Don’t you mean a prince?

Marinette: No! I’m the Princess of princes!

She officially came out when she was seven

Her parents were supportive. Confused, but supportive. They even made her a three layered cake with Trans flags toppers

She named herself after a princess she read about in a book

Kim and Nino did everything they could to help their sister

Nino gave her the makeup kit he never uses and a bunch of his hair accessories

Kim gave her some clothes he doesn’t like wearing

Whenever someone asks what happened to their friend, [CENSORED]. Kim and Nino say their friend went on a long trip and is never coming back

Kim was second to come out when he was nine

He loved how carefree Marinette looked after she had what he and Nino call her “Gender Awakening”

He was confused about some things though, and asked her to explain how she came to the conclusion that she wasn’t a guy

Marinette: Well, I never liked how people kept calling me by my old name, and whenever I had to wear boy’s clothes, my skin crawled a bit.

Kim: ... I’m trans, I wear pants, deal with it!

His parents were very supportive and his mom even threw a one-woman pride parade in the backyard

Kim: Is mom okay?

Kim’s dad: She’s just happy for you. Now let’s go get you a haircut, young man before you look like a hippie.

In Vietnamese, Kim means gold/metal (A little reference to the gold medals he’s one in sports)

Marinette made him a custom binder that’s red with a gold star on the front

Nino cut his hair and is even learning how to contour so he can do Kim’s makeup to make him look more masculine

Finally, Nino came out when he was ten. He just figured it out on his own like Marinette

Nino: Your daughter’s dead, dudes. I’m taking over her room.

Chris: *Stares in awe* That is... awesome!

His parents supported him wholeheartedly

He chose his name because it’s Spanish for boy

Marinette made him a binder and she and Kim took Nino clothes shopping

Since they’re all best friends, they wanna do everything together

When they were ten, the three of them started taking their hormones

On dysphoria days, they’ll get under a big blanket and snuggle up while watching Disney movies until they fall asleep. Nino and Marinette would sandwich Kim in the middle while he wrapped his arms around them

Sometimes they wear matching hoodies that are a few sizes too big and just hide everything

On their first day of collége, all three of them were dead named in one of their classes since the school didn’t update their names

Word spread. Long story short, Kim and Nino beat up a boy who deadnamed Marinette and asked for “proof”

Their classmates were very supportive and always corrected teachers who accidentally say their dead names during role call

Many guys who had crushes on Marinette offered to beat up or threaten anyone harassing her

Nathaniel (Before meeting Marc) almost framed one of her bullies for murder

The swim team wore gender neutral swimwear so Kim wouldn’t feel like the odd one out until he got his surgery

Guys will always put emphasis on ‘Dude’ whenever talking to Nino

Students offered to stand guard whenever they used the bathroom in case anyone tried anything else

When Alya and Adrien came along, they were all so nervous. Sure, most of the school was pretty tolerant, but what if someone outs them and the new students turn out to be bullies in their own class?!

Once again, they were outed by some asshole Damocles won’t expel for some shit reason

Alya beat the asshole to a pulp (Which caused Nino’s crush on her to start) while Adrien treated his three new friends to ice cream

When they started dating and Nino was feeling dysphoric, Alya will say things like: “My boyfriend is the manliest man ever.”

... Ah, fuck it! Bring out the Miraculous!🐞🐈‍⬛🐢

Marinette is Ladybug/Nino is Carapace/Kim is Mèo đen (They all know each other’s identities because they opened the boxes together in Marinette’s room)

Thanks to a little magic, they have the bodies they’ve always dreamed of having

One Akuma they faced was some transphobic dick who they did not go easy on. Carapace and Mèo đen had to reluctantly keep Ladybug from murdering him in front of a bunch of people

Now, Lila? (I can’t go one second without Lila salt) She’s a new member of the assholes club but doesn’t know others know Marinette, Kim, and Nino are trans

She runs into class sobbing like a dumb [BLEEP] and whines about how Marinette assaulted her in the bathroom

The class was not amused and Lila never did become popular

Then the big day came. They were eighteen and they got their surgery together in the same hospital

Doctors and nurses gushed over how sweet it was three best friends were taking this huge step together

Kim and Nino’s first act was to burn their bras. Marinette even joined in even though she needed hers’

🏳️‍⚧️ Okay, onto the Pride headcanons! 🏳️‍⚧️

Some consider them Trans icons

It’s not every day a group of best friends come out as Transgender and get their surgery on the same day

They go to Pride every year, and thanks to Marinette, they’re always the best dressed

Their outfits mainly consist of sleeveless hoodies, crop tops, sandals, and bedazzled shorts and capes

Every time Marinette inhales, a terf gets punched

Every time Marinette exhales, a trans kid gets a cupcake

Mari makes pride capes, bedazzles them, and passes them out at parades

Kim is very popular with the drag Queens.

He is a lip sync god

Children love him and always ask for piggyback rides

He’s notorious for making flower crowns for the kids

Nino takes on the role of the mom friend when they got to pride

He once put Mari and Kim on those baby leashes so they wouldn’t wander off

He also supplies juice boxes and snacks

After their surgery, Nino and Kim pass out their old binders.

Kim’s would definitely look like sports jerseys

Nino’s binders are neon and one even glows in the dark

He wears hoodies no matter how hot it is

Marinette: Nino, take that off!

Nino: *Sweating more than the average person* No!

Marinette once beat up a terf who was harassing Kim and Nino for being “traitors to their sex”

The terf left with bruises and a small crush

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug headcanon #Trans Nino Lahiffe #Trans Marinette Dupain-Cheng #Trans Lê Chiến Kim #trans male #trans girl #Marinette/Nino/Kim BroTP #brotp #Chat Noir Kim #Carapace #Ladybug #kwami swap #supportive friends #supportive family #cute #lgbt pride #lgbt headcanons #happy pride 🌈 #transgender