Prologue: An Open Book?
“UGGGGGHHH!!! THIS PROJECT IS GONNA BE A MESS!” Marinette whines, setting her head on the lunch table where she sat with her friends
Alya pats her hand on Marinette’s back “Come on, Girl. Designing is your Jam!”
Rose nods “If anyone can make an Original yet Inspired Outfit Line Concept, It’d be you!” She giggles with a closed eye smile
Zoe placed her hand on top of Marinette’s hand “We’d be happy to be your Models and Mannequins!”
Sabrina nods “I’m sure the boys wouldn’t mind either…”
Nino, from the table beside them leans back in in his seat with a smirk “Now Sabrina, don’t go signing us up for stuff we don’t wanna do” He spoke sarcastically
Kim laughs “Yeah, I don’t wanna wear anything dressy!”
Adrien frowns “I wouldn’t mind Modeling for Marinette’s Project…”
Nathaniel pats Adrien’s wrist “Adrien, They’re just being silly. We all would love to help Marinette, but leave it to Nino and Kim to make jokes out of it” He playfully glares at the two mentioned
Marinette sat up quickly “N-No! You guys don’t have to!” She smiles sheepishly “It’ll probably be embarrassing for all of you anyways…”
“Nonsense” Kagami speaks up “Your designs are always exceptional”
Max nods “We all know the chances of you putting us in silly outfits is eh…Less than 15 Percent” He smiles sheepishly “And this is statistically on an accidental level”
Marinette smiles “You’re all amazing…I’ll start drafting some outfit Ideas after School, I’ll spend my time in the Art Room!”
“Nath and I have some things to work on for our Comic, so we’ll be in there if you need some second or third opinions”
“And we all know how you get…” Mylene giggles “So the rest of us will leave you to do you, but if you need any other opinions or inspirations, ask us!”
Ivan nods “Little Mouse is right, We’d be more than happy to help, just ask”
Marinette nods “I’ll remember that, thanks everyone…”
The bell rings, signaling the end of Lunch
Marinette frowns “Oh… Already?”
Alya laughs as everyone packs their things “I believe in you, Marinette…We all do!” She follows everyone out the room
Marinette looks at her sketchbook and hums “Original yet inspired…How on Earth will I do this?”
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“You don’t think that’s too forward?” Marc questions, Nathaniel was holding his hand as they crossed the Courtyard to get to the Art Room
“It’s perfect!” Nathaniel laughs “All your Ideas are perfect!”
Marc gave a small smile in response. His smile faded when he caught a glimpse of a girl with brown hair and light blue eyes sitting against the wall of the school “Hey, wait…” He moves his hand from Nathaniel and starts walking over to the girl
Nathaniel sighs “Hurry up, Please? We don’t have much time today since we aren’t part of the Competion Project…”
Marc stopped in front of the girl who was hugging her knees to her chest “Hey…Are you Okay?”
The girl looks up and flinches “O-Oh! Y-Yeah, fine, thanks…” She immediately looked back down
He sits on his knees in front of her “You seem lost…Are you sure?”
“I’m…Used to doing my Art Projects at home…Alone…A-And I wanted to try and maybe sit in the Art Room with some other people, maybe I could…Not be lonely? A-And maybe even get the confidence to make friends…”
“My Friend Nathaniel and I were actually on our way to the Art Room…” Marc stood up, holding his hand out “Would you…Like to join us? I-If you want anyways…”
The girl took his hand hesitantly, letting him pull her up “R-Really?” She asked hopefully before shaking her head “N-Not Today! D-Definitely not today!” She quickly takes both of his hands in both of hers “B-But Thank you! Yeah…Yeah, thank you!” Instead of Pulling her hands away, she slides them away before picking up her backpack and running off, tripping over her feet, falling flat on her face before standing up to run off again
Nathaniel walks up next to Marc “She’s almost as Clumsy as Marinette…”
Marc gave a soft smile “Shy as her too…” He takes Nathaniel’s hand again “Come on! Let’s get to the Art room!” He goes back inside the school building with Nathaniel, them finally reaching the art room.
They both smile and wave at Marinette who smiles and waves back.
The two seat themselves at their own table to allow Marinette to do their work
Nathaniel pulls his sketchbook out of his bag “Okay, Where did we leave off yesterday?” He sets the sketchbook on the table
Marc opened his backpack to pull out his notebook “I think it was the scene when…-” When he pulls his notebook out, he gasps and drops it, looking at his left hand
Nathaniel sets his pens on top of his sketchbook and looks at Marc “What’s Wrong?”
Marc held out his left hand and Nathaniel instinctively held it “No! No, Look!” He whisper shouts
Nathaniel looked at Marc’s hand before looking him back in the eyes “What is it? Tell me…”
Marc whisper shouts again “My Miraculous! It’s Gone!”
Nathaniel’s eyes widened, moving his hand from Marc’s, quickly grabbing Marc’s Backpack, looking through it “No No No No No, you didn’t lose it! I-It just fell in your bag!” He keeps searching, no avail “I-It has to be! You’re so responsible! You Didn’t Lose it! You-”
“Nath…” Marc grapes his wrist causing Nathaniel to look up at him again “I don’t wanna believe it either…But…It happened”
It was Nathaniel’s turn to whisper shout “Ladybug can’t find out about this! She’ll take your Miraculous away for good!”
“Relax…She won’t find out” Marc tells him “I think I have an idea where it is…” He looks out the window to outside “I just need her to come back tomorrow…”
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The routine after school started the same as yesterday…only this time, Marc wasn't going to be as friendly to the girl…if that was even possible for him
“Hey” Nathaniel pulls Marc’s hand gently to stop Marc from walking “Don't get insanely rude? I know you won't…but maybe this is a big misunderstanding”
Marc ignores him and pulls his hand away
“Marc…”
Marc's eyes land on the Girl who was sitting on a bench in the Courtyard. He starts running over to her “HEY! GIRL!”
“MARC NO!” Nathaniel ran after him
The girl flinched, standing up, looking at the duo “Oh! It's you two!” He holds out Marc’s Miraculous “I just…-”
Marc took it out of her hand “No! I didn't drop it, it didn't fall out of my bag or pocket!” He puts his Miraculous on his thumb and it camouflages again “You slipped it off my hand!”
“Y-Yes…” The girl put her hands behind her back “I sincerely apologize for taking that from you…I knew it was important to you, but I was hoping you wouldn't notice until I gave it back”
“You have no idea how important it is! Someone very important gave it and entrusted It to me!”
“I'm sorry…The Unamazings made me do it…They said we needed answers…”
Marc’s expression softened as he and Nathaniel looked at each Other confused
“The…Who's?” Nathaniel looks back at the Girl and tilts his Head
The girl shook her head “I-I said too much, I-I should leave…” She picks up her backpack
“Wait” Marc grabs her arm “Who are the Unamazings? What did they need My ring for? What did you know!?”
“More than I can possibly share, Marc…” She pulls her arm away and runs off
“She knew your name?” Nathaniel raised his eyebrow
“We're in the same art class” Marc shrugs
“Do you know her?”
"I've seen her…”
Nathaniel sighs “The Unamazings…Do you think some other kids our age made a version of our Resistance? Or like…A Miraculars Fan Club?”
“Sounds like it…But…She was saying those Unamazings told her to take my Miraculous…” Marc looks in the direction the girl went “Did…They think it was just some Random Expensive Thumb Ring they could've used for money?”
The girl walked Into an empty classroom, closing the door behind her. She pulled out a Compass which emitted a Light Blue Light
“Does she know my Identity…” Marc looks back at Nathaniel
“Maybe she's not what we think?” Nathaniel suggests
“Take Me to the Veil…” The girl spoke softly, the blue light from the Compass came out, going around the girl. After a few moments the light disappeared and the girl was gone
Marc laughs “Weren't you the one defending her and saying it was a misunderstanding?”
Nathaniel shrugs “I'm tossing Ideas out there…but She and her Group did have hands on your Miraculous…something is definitely up…”
“Ah, Celeste, There you are” The Girl arrived in a Dark room, only a light blue light dimly spreading through the room. A Man at the head of a table was speaking, His dark Red Hair and Purple Eyes barely visible “Now, Let's continue with what we learned yesterday…”
