Marinette was still annoyed by this strange boy protecting her from Chloe all day, which was embarrassing when everyone at school was spreading rumors about it. She could tell he was determined to get everyone to finally get back at her for mistreating them. No one else was brave enough to go against Chloe because she can make anyone's life a living hell whenever they don't see things her way.

"He sure has a spine to stand against her," Marinette said.

This morning Chloe was back to her selfish bratty self again and Marinette was right that she was not sincerely or genuinely sorry. She knew the strange boy would appear any second again to stop her. Strange that he barely has a snack from the vending machine or a soda. It was as if he can control his stomach without getting cranky.

"Something's off about him" Marinette's curiosity got the best of her.

"How dare you humiliate me yesterday! I can have my daddy exile you from Paris!" Chloe found Adrien but the vampire was not intimidated.

"You really need to work on your attitude. You can think you're pretty all you want but to everyone's eyes, your attitude is very ugly and unattractive" Adrien glared intensely.

"You understand you'll pay for this! No one defies me and gets away with it!" Chloe glares back.

"Tell that to your pathetic conscience for making you a fool of yourself" Adrien cornered her from ever escaping, "Hatred, rage, foolishness, and your big ego are what makes you utterly ridiculous because you have not reached your grownup level. You're still acting like a 5-year-old girl who is a spoiled brat. Do you want to be stuck mentally like a 5-year-old?" Adrien getting into her mind and soul to hear it out but he knows she won't understand well.

"Absolute nonsense from a guy like you?! I'm going to make sure your life is ruined, just as I ruined Mari-trash's life!" Chloe said.

"Say that again and your night will be a living hell for you. You are as pathetic as you are than calling everyone losers when in reality, you're the real loser on this planet. Utterly a loser" Adrien said before making her trip out of nowhere with his telekinesis without realizing it.

"OW! Who tripped me?!" Chloe screamed.

Adrien has other plans in mind to teach that brat a lesson, no matter how hard she tries to ignore it, there are worse things in life she can't be great at. He thought of confronting Kim but wasn't sure since Chloe merely used him to hurt Marinette. Felix told him when it comes to high school popular girls, others wanna try to be cool as their leader, even if it means keeping the friendship strong by being told what to do, even if it means making losers miserable. Just like Sabrina did to remain friends with Chloe but as it got too much, Sabrina had to face the hard truth to free herself from being manipulated again.

"Got any better ideas?" Adrien asked Felix.

Felix gestures to the girl his ancestor was looking for to get revenge.

"That bitch making made-up stories of lies really is making my fangs feel the urge to bite" Adrien growled.

"Yeah, now you get how dogs feel when they're angry? They bite their chew toys from all that stress. Even you" Felix brings him to the boiler room, "Bite this to get your stress out" He hands him an apple.

"That's an apple and vampires don't eat apples," Adrien said.

"Just pretend you're sucking the fruity juice out of it like you suck blood. Unless your friend 'Cravings' get the better of you until you go savage" Felix said.

Adrien looks at Felix and then at the apple, then sank his fangs into the apple and sucked it dry. It was fruity and delicious since it's been so long since he ever tasted an apple.

"Very refreshing" He threw the dry apple aside.

"Does your undead stomach feel the urge to vomit? Dizzy? Nausea?" Felix had to be sure he was capable of eating normal food.

"Well, these last few days I've been drinking blood only. But with this apple nothing happened" Adrien said.

"And you didn't know?" Felix said.

"I thought undead would mean my digestion is dead," Adrien said and felt his stomach growl like it's waited so long for real food, "And I suppose it's been active this whole time. Honestly, I thought being cursed would mean the end of my mortal life" He added before walking out of the boiler room with him.

"So far you've been too busy letting your suffering get the best of you," Felix said.

"So far, socializing with you kept me sane. Otherwise, I would be a street dog alone" Adrien said.

"You're welcome," Felix said.

Adrien saw Lila was about to torment Marinette trying to get a snack from the vending machine but Adrien spotted a student with a live lizard in her hands and used his powers to command it to attack Lila.

The lizard creeps under Lila's jacket and begins biting on her, "OW!!! GET IT OFF!!!" Lila screamed.

Marinette turned and chuckled at the sight. At least reptiles can sense a liar up close to attack them but it made her day better.

"Hey," Adrien greeted at her.

"Hey, Aiden. Enjoying that show?" She crossed her arms as Lila frantically tried to get the lizard off her.

"Totally. It's like animals can sense she's evil. I don't blame them. Let's get the hell out of here before she tries to make another lie to fool the teachers again" Adrien said.

"I agree with you," Felix said.

Marinette then looked confused at what was going on. Adrien held her hand to get out of school with her but it only made her feel a panic attack of anxiety as she smacked his hand away.

"No thanks. I can handle it" Marinette insisted, "But....uhhhh.....thanks for showing Chloe who's boss" She walked on her own to head home.

"She's definitely had a lot of trauma," Felix said.

"Yeah, but seeing Chloe and Lila humiliated satisfied her somewhat" Adrien chuckled.

"Give her time, cuz. She's had a lot of trust issues" Felix said.

"Very well. I got a bug to visit later" Adrien said.

"She gets very pissed off with bad boys," Felix said.

"Well, I kind of look like a bad guy as Claw" Adrien said.

"And a hooker too," Felix said.

"Stop saying that! I look more like a....what is it called?" Adrien tried to find the word.

"Biker?" Felix guessed.

"Is that what they are called?" Adrien asked.

"Yes. They drive motorcycles to look very badass to show the town who's tough and strong" Felix said.

"They never existed in my time," Adrien said.

"And be careful out there. There is such a thing as a man falling in love with a man. In my world, they call them gay men" Felix said.

"Okay. Is there for women too?" Adrien guessed.

"Yep. Lesbians" Felix said.

"Gross" Adrien cringed in disgust and morphed into a bat to hurry before the clouds uncovered the sun.

Felix just shook his head at Adrien's statement.

-

Night came and Claw Noir was at the Eiffel Tower waiting for Ladybug to show up. The tower was indeed a success as it still stands for over a century like himself.

"Well Eiffel, you did a good job," He said while waiting.

He soon heard Ladybug swinging up the Eiffel Tower and looked down, "Ah, here she comes" Claw Noir chuckled.

"Well, hey there, kitty cat," Ladybug said.

"Meow. Still not scared of me yet?" Claw Noir smirked.

"Not quite yet," Ladybug said.

"Wild cats have very sharp claws to scratch any animal" Claw Noir purred seductively.

"Be nice, kitty. Wild cats hate water. But for you, you hate holy water" Ladybug said.

"Unfortunately. But you don't seem to carry any garlic with you" Claw replied.

"I'm still prepared with this" Ladybug held a holy cross necklace in case he tried anything, "Yeah, you don't like it, do you? Are you afraid of it?" She made fun of his hesitation.

"I'm not scared. I still believe in God" Claw Noir backs away a little bit from the sight of it.

"Mmhmm. That is if you have any sins, He won't forgive you" Ladybug puts it away.

"Okay. Well, I can tell the witch who cursed me has a lot of sins, someday she'll end up in hell and her soul is damned" Claw Noir said.

"You were right that Cerise....Lila.....is more than a compulsive liar. But no one is gonna believe me or you. You have no idea how others tried to report her and ended up getting framed by her. These adults are so fooled by her without checking their facts. For example, pretending to have tinnitus without a doctor's note or medical records to prove it" Ladybug explains that it's not easy to expose a liar.

"She clearly has a spell over them," Claw Noir said.

"Maybe but it didn't work on me. My classmates are easily fooled into believing her. Like seriously? Getting your eyes gauged with a napkin?" Ladybug said.

"That makes no sense. I saw from the window at how Lila was attacked by a lizard today just as she was about to attack Marinette" Claw Noir chuckled.

"You did what? I thought you can't be active in daylight?" Ladybug said.

"As long as there's clouds I can" Claw Noir smirked.

"You're unbelievable" Ladybug crossed her arms.

"That's what she gets," Claw Noir said.

Ladybug tested her phone to be sure he could appear in photos and film since vampires in movies cannot or can; it turns out he can.

"Did it catch my gorgeous face?" He asked her.

"More like I caught your annoying face" Ladybug rolled her eyes and took out a mirror to test if he lacked a reflection.

And he had indeed no reflection, "Yep, Just as I suspected" She took it away.

"Even more difficult to see I'm talking to a non-existent reflection like my old life is dead" Claw Noir crossed his arms.

"And brushing your fangs?" Ladybug guessed.

"Meow, it's like you think my fangs are so sexy when I smile like this" Claw Noir smiled with his fangs out.

"I do not!" Ladybug yelled.

"Speaking of biting, there's this queen bitch I so wanna scare her in her nightmares for tormenting my puuuurrrrrincess far too long. Don't worry, she won't be my bride" Claw Noir jumps down to head to the hotel where Chloe lives.

"Claw Noir wait!" Ladybug was too late to warn him.

-

Chloe was being a rotten brat as always, talking nasty to the hotel staff for being 'utterly useless' for not doing their job so perfectly. No matter how hard they try, Chloe does not care how they feel, especially how their misery is what entertains her. Her half-sister Zoe was nothing like her mom or her older sister since she chose her own path rather than be like them to fit in the family.

"Do better or you're fired!" She warned one staff member.

As soon as she reached to her room, a hardcore goth feline was lying down on her bed, flicking his claws.

"Hello, Chloe" He sneered at her.

"AAAAHHHH!!!! A cat burglar!" Chloe screamed but was pulled by a telekinetic pull.

"Shhhh.....I'm more than a cat burglar, a selfish brat. I am the dark, sneaky, cunning, powerful Claw Noir" Claw Noir muted her voice to not alarm the hotel.

Chloe tried to scream but couldn't, no sound coming out of her throat.

"I know what you did to this Dupain-Cheng and I'm not very happy about it" He held his claws near her.

"I know this won't make you heed my warning because you were never taught a lesson all your life nor ever gotten disciplined, punished, or grounded by your parents. This time, you will learn to stay away from the bakery girl or I come back here at night to haunt you like a boogeyman" Claw Noir growled angrily to make her pay attention, "Do you understand?!" His eyes flared.

"Kitty, enough!" Ladybug swung through the balcony window.

"I am doing justice here, bug! If Paris is not gonna teach her a lesson, then I will! I don't care if she spreads the word but I want Paris to see there's a new cat in town!" Claw Noir said before seeing how scared that brat was.

"I was worrying if you would drain her," Ladybug said.

"Please, her blood is so evil. Heed my warning, brat. I have eyes everywhere. I know you'll disobey me. Sone day there's no one left to love you anymore" Claw Noir snapped his fingers to un-mute her.

"Ladybug, please get this creep out of here!" Chloe panted.

"Oh, excuse me?! I don't recall how you embarrassed me in public by saying how I dumped you in the dumpster when I was simply saving you from falling to your death! All you care about is yourself!" Ladybug yelled angrily.

"Let's go," Claw Noir said before leaving claw marks on Chloe's bedroom wall.

"Right Kitty" Ladybug swung out.

-

Later on, Ladybug sat with Claw Noir on another rooftop.

"Don't ever do that again!" Ladybug was very upset about getting involved without thinking straight.

"I told you, milady. If Paris doesn't do something, Chloe will one day claim the throne to do whatever she wants" Claw Noir said.

"Nobody would have her as either mayor or president! There will be consequences" Ladybug said.

"I can smell her intentions, milady. Spoiled brats like her will do anything to get what they want! Even if it means making a deal with the devil!" Claw Noir growled.

"The world has changed, kitty! This is not the world you remember in your time! The world is never gonna be perfect the way you want it to be! Unlike you, I don't take my anger out on heartless people who don't learn anything! You can't force them to change! They have their own worlds that aren't exactly the same as everyone else!" Ladybug explained why everyone has their own worlds and differences.

"Yeah, I know that. There are a lot of things worse than anything. But how long will Chloe or Lila gonna continue to fuck everyone's lives just like Lila fucked mine where I woke up in a world I don't belong to?" Claw Noir said.

"Wait for a miracle or a God's sign," Ladybug said.

"So far from the books I read, God was never on anyone's side to stop wars," Claw Noir said before looking down on Paris.

"I'm afraid so," Ladybug said.

"Not even He tried to save me from being cursed because I was the one to get Lila pissed off that I rejected her. But instead, she put a curse on me to make me suffer as punishment. Don't you think it's enough for me to suffer for another 130 years again?" Claw Noir said.

"I understand that Claw, and being immortal comes with a great price," Ladybug said.

"Drinking blood from the living. It's never that fun at all to me. But I can still eat normal food, except wine and garlic" Claw Noir said.

"There's always something to get away from being miserable," Ladybug said.

"But not from Lila. She needs to be stopped which is why you will be on the lookout during the daylight. I can't walk in daylight, not if it's cloudy" Claw Noir said.

"I'll do what I can, Kitty" Ladybug said.

"Just don't get too close. I don't know what else she has learned over the decades because she's very intelligent right now. Especially her compulsive lies really get persuasive" Claw Noir said.

"If only there was a practical way to expose her," Ladybug said.

"Hmmm.....she did wear a wig to be disguised as a fake person Cerise. In my time, I didn't know she wore a wig. Wigs are for women who have no real hair. What I do know is that wigs can't be brushed or combed, especially in water" Claw Noir said.

"That's right," Ladybug said.

"Even if we did expose her, she'll make a lie to everyone that she had a bad hair day," Claw Noir said.

"That's true. But we are gonna have to lay low for now and figure out how to expose her for good to free everyone from her manipulation and lies. Alya, the school's reporter, she's not very professional like one. Grr!! I tried warning her about Cerise but she claims I'm just overreacting" Ladybug said.

"So naive" Claw Noir said.

"Like I said, Cerise is very good at lying her way out of trouble," Ladybug said.

"Yes, but together we might figure it out," Claw Noir said.

"And I'm being dead serious. Stop getting involved. Do you want your ass exposed to the world to hunt you down?" Ladybug asked.

"No! I'm just trying to be useful in this new world. Vampires are judged too often from what I read" Claw Noir said.

"Everyone only sees vampires in movies, cartoons, or books. They think they aren't real in real life" Ladybug said.

"But you do see me as the real one" Claw Noir said.

"Yes, I do," Ladybug said.

"Anyways, we'll think of something. My relative said there's this funfair tomorrow. Maybe I can blend in and find Lila" Claw Noir said.

"Well I hope you won't get caught by her," Ladybug said.

"She won't. If she wants to be anyone she wants, then I get to play her game and see how that feels to be fooled by her disguise just like she fooled everyone for over a century. Sleep tight, don't let the vampires bite your neck" Claw Noir laughed before morphing into a bat.

"Silly bat kitty" Ladybug shook her head.