Adrien's POV

I was looking for Mari with Alya and Nino when I heard a scream. I looked at Alya and Nino to see if they had heard it. Alya was frozen and then she ran for the door. We followed her and she ran to the right. We heard another scream and she ran faster. She kicked of her heels and ran. We kept hearing scream after scream. We heard cackling and and I saw Lila but, the other person had the shape of a male but, I did not know who. I heard a very quiet crying and sniffling. I turned the corner to see Mari lying down shivering in the snow. I sprinted to her. She had her eyes closed and was very pale and her lips were blue. I took my coat off and put it around her. 

I picked her up bridal style and we ran back to the ballroom and straight to her parents. We went through the backside so, nobody would see us. Mari's parents saw her and ran to us. 

B: What happened to her? You know what take her to the hospital wing, I will take you and then tell me afterward. 

She speedwalked to the door and we followed. We exited and she had already ran through the living room and kept running we followed her to the hospital wing. It was bright and very sanitary and clean. I put Mari on a bed and I looked at her. 

She had uneven breathing, was shivering, blood on her face, a growing bruise on her cheek, and was still pale and her lips were still slightly blue. I made my hands hot and put them close to her. Alya saw what I was doing and came over and did the same. Nino followed. Bridgette came in with a heater in her hand. She saw what we were doing and put down the heater and took her hands and made a blanket of fire. She said some words and the blanket floated inches above Mari. She stopped shivering and her breathing became steadier. her lips were no longer blue and her skin was back to it's normal color. 

I sat in a chair next to her and watched her. I watched her for 30 minutes and then she stirred a little bit and her eyes fluttered open. She looked at me and smiled a tiny one. I nodded and went to Bridgette. 

A: She's awake. 

B: Oh thank heavens. 

She scurried over and took the blanket and made it vanish. 

M: What happened?

AL: We found you in the gardens unconcious in the snow. 

She paled and got teary eyed. I wiped her tears and hugged her. She cried in my chest her arms around my neck. I rubbed her back tried to soothe her. 

A: It's okay, Princess. It's over. 

M: Am I weak?

A: What!? No! You are brave and strong. You have never been weak. I promise. 

M: Okay. I just wish Lila would leave me alone. She said that she was supposed to be with you and everything. She says I'm weak, pathetic, a mistake, ugly, waste of space, and the list goes on. Is any of that true? I have trouble convincing myself it is not true. 

AL: Mari, you are not weak if you are the most powerful royal. You are not ugly. You have midnight blue hair and gorgeous sapphire blue eyes. I would kill just to have your looks. 

N: Yeah, except personally I like Alya. You are more like my sister. You are not pathetic. You could probably turn into a dragon if you really tried. Our whole class depends on you. It is built on you. Everything would fall apart if you were gone. Nobody would talk to anyone. You are the embodiment of happiness. We rely on you Mari. I would not be with Alya without you. I would still be struggling to get the word 'I like you more than a friend' out. 

Mari giggled at that. Bridgette talked too. 

B: Sweetie, you are not a mistake. I wanted to have a baby girl and I couldn't ask for a better one. When you were born you had little blue hairs and vibrant blue eyes. You had a cry that could start a storm. You were also very demanding. You would light up every room with your presence and set fires if you were mad. I would laugh and talk to you all the time. Your father would take you on midnight rides. You were our everything, honey. Don't ever think you were a mistake. Also, where is this Lila? I just might personally decapitate her for doing this to you. 

AL: I wanna help. I got my phone and I will put this on my favorites and in my cloud so, I can watch over and over. 

B: Mari, I love Alya. She is like the embodiment of bloody and scary but delight and amazement at the same time. Gosh, those words go together real well. 

AL: Amen sista! Up top. 

They high fived and hugged. 

Felix burst in and went straight to Mari. He hugged her tightly and she gasped and flinched. Felix let go and everyone looked at her. 

A: Where does it hurt?

M: My ribs. 

I examined her sides and found the spot. I gently traced my fingers along her ribs and found 2 broken spots. I paled and was afraid to tell her. 

A: Oh god. You ummm.....have 2 broken ribs. 

B: Honey, who did this to you?

M: Lila and Rey. Lila just slapped me and kicked my stomach. Rey did the rest. 

She looked down. Felix, Bridgette, and Alya were on the edge. Nino was doing everything in his power to shout. Felix yelled and scared Mari. 

F: WHY?! WHY DID THEY DO THIS TO HER? WHAT DID SHE DO TO THEM?

Mari flinched and jumped. She got tears and hugged me. I refused to let her cry. 

A: Mari. Please don't cry. For me please. 

She nodded and gave a small smile. 

I smiled at her and turned to Bridgette. 

A: Do you want me to take her to her room?

B: Please. 

I was going to pick Mari up but, she got off the bed, but her legs hurt and she fell. I picked her up bridal style and walked out of the room. I walked to her room and set her on her bed. 

A: Mari what did they do to you?

M: Lila lowered my already low self esteem. She slapped me in the face and kicked my stomach and pulled my hair. Rey kicked my shins, kicked my ribs till he broke them and kicked my stomach until it was purple, and threw me by my hair. 

I was boiling. I kissed her and said good night. I walked out of the room and was half way to the ballroom when, I saw the class crowded around Lila.

Rose: Wow. I never thought Mari would do that. Guess we were wrong. 

Alix: Adrien! Guess what! Mari beat up Lila for no reason. 

I saw Alya was seething in a corner with Nino trying to keep her from killing Lila.

Lila: Adrien, please help me. Your girlfriend is a monster!

A: No you are. 

I knelt down and looked at her arm. It was makeup. 

A: Those are fake. Look.

I got my thumb and rubbed on it. The makeup smeared and stained my thumb. 

I showed the class and they were shocked and angry. 

A: If you want to see someone hurt go see Mari. 

They followed me to Mari's room and I knocked. 

A: Princess, can I come in? I have the class with me. 

M: Hold on. I have the nurse wrapping my ribs. 

The class paled at that. 

After 5 minutes.......

M: You can come in.

I came in with the class Mari's face had been cleaned but, she still had a bruise and she had been wrapped and she had a pruple and blue stomach because of the bruises and she had a big bruise on each leg. She was sitting upright. I felt like blowing a hole in someone's head. I sat next to her bed and motioned for the class to sit. They sat where they could but, that was easy since Mari had a big room with lots of space to sit. 

M: Hey guys. How are you doing?

She said it so nonchalantly that everyone was shocked. 

Alix: Your in this state and asking how were doing!?

Mylene: You are way too kind to even sometimes take care of yourself Mari. You need to take care lf yourself before us. 

Chloe: Yeah. Of you were gone our whole class would fall apart. We are like built on you. We rely on you for advice, help, and everthing. You are like the most impotant person in our class. 

Lila: What!? What about me? I am sure, I come before Mari-trash and you guys saw what she did to me. I even have her saying stuff about all of us. 

She went on her phone and pulled up a video. She played it and showed the phone to everyone.

It showed Mari saying stuff like, Nathaniel is too shy and everyone mooches off him, Chloe is a spoiled brat, Lila is a fat crybaby and lies to have friends (that part is true, Alya is too focused on the Miraculous Squad and blogging. Nino's beats aren't good. Mylene thinks world peace is going to happen. Juleka is too gothic and nobody except Rose wants to hang with her. Rose is so happy and joyful she thinks the world is unicorns, cupcakes and rainbows. Ivan is an ox and needs to lose about a 1000 punds. Alix and Kim are just dare devils and don't do much of anything. That I have horrible puns and she has never ever liked her nicknames we gave her and she just dated me for instant fame when we haven't even told the public this.  

Mari had tears streaming down her face. Her eyes were dull as she looked at everyone of out class mates. I noticed that the video was photo shopped and her "voice" was too high pitched and didn't sound like Mari's voice at all. 

Alix: Mari, how could you do that!

M: I didn't say any of that stuff. 

Max: But it's right there in the video. 

M: I still never said that!

Kim: You are starting to sound like Lila. Lying. 

A: She didn't say nothing. If you would open up your ears and listen you would notice that voice was too high pitched to be hers. It was Lila's voicr and I can prove it. 

I got my phone and got a recording of Mari's voice. Then, i played Lila's. Then I played the video. 

They heard the difference and everyone looked at Lila. Alya screeched and pointed to Mari's bed. 

AL: Where is Marinette?

We all ran out of her room and I hid and shapeshifted into a small bird so, I could find her faster. 

I flew around the palace and heard a tiny sniffle. I followed it and found Mari in the kitchen. She was getting stuff out of the pantry and fridge. It looked like cookies ingredients, crossiant ingredients, and cake ingredients. 

I went back to Adrien and walked to her slowly.