Very soon, the students had finished cleaning the school and were released for the rest of the following day since the firman incident had interrupted the rest of their classes. In fact, they were released so early that Marinette had to wait two hours for lunchtime to arrive to have her usual catch-up with Jim while her parents were still working in the bakery. Thankfully, she had just finished eating her lunch when her phone started buzzing to alert her that her brother was finally calling her. Seeing the familiar sight, prompted Marinette to press the 'Receive Call' button, letting Jim appear on her phone screen as she sat on the dining room table.

"Hey, bro! How's it going?" Marinette greeted the boy, placing her phone against the potted plant so she could have her hands free.

"Pretty good Mari, pretty good. How was your..." Jim began, only to trail off when he saw the background behind his sister. "Wait... are you at home, right now?" the junior chef asked, an inquisitive eyebrow raised at Marinette.

"Yeah... it's a bit of a long story." Marinette bashfully replied, rubbing the back of her neck as she sat on one of the table's stools.

"What happened? Another akuma at school?" Jim questioned, hoping that it wasn't the case since it was starting to affect Marinette's attendance.

"More like Chloé deciding to make life miserable for everyone... again." Marinette revealed, a sigh escaping her lips afterwards.

"Oh boy... what did she do now?" Jim asked with a roll of his eyes, already tired of Chloé's latest stunt before he even heard what it was.

"Want the short version or the long version?" Marinette inquired, a soft smile appearing on her lips.

"Either one will do depending on how much time you have." Jim answered, willing to hear anything his sister could give him considering how entertaining her recounts had been recently.

"Well, I've got the girls coming over to do a photo shoot for my in-progress fashion blog in a half-hour, so... probably the short version." Marinette admitted, scratching her chin in thought as she determined the best option for their limited time.

"You're finally getting your fashion blog up?" Jim asked, his eyes lighting up at the new information on Marinette's fashion career.

"Yep! The girls are so excited to help out." Marinette said, joy bleeding into her voice. "Even Sabrina's coming over to help!" the designer squealed, pulling her fists to her chest in her excitement.

"How about Lila? Did you invite her?" Jim queried, a little curious if his sister had done so after she gave Lila the tour of the school since they seemed to get along that day.

"I did. But she said that she's already got something going on, so she won't be here later." Marinette responded, her smile faltering before turning into a pout as she placed her arm on the table by the elbow and leaned her head on it.

"That sucks. But maybe she'll make it the next time." Jim encouraged, hoping to cheer her up.

"Here's to hoping." Marinette said, her mood turning a bit brighter with her brother's encouragement.

"In any case... care to explain what Chloé did this time?" Jim asked, now wanting to know what happened more than ever.

"With pleasure if I get to vent." Marinette said, her smile returning with the open invitation.

So for the next half-hour, Marinette went into heavy detail about Chloé's stunt with the fire department. This was mostly due to Marinette being upset that her long-time bully had interrupted her dad's baking lesson, and how close she had been to Adrien afterwards. Jim wasn't interested in the Adrien parts and ignored them. But he was more invested in Chloé's behavior just because she didn't want to get her hands dirty. However, when the conversation had finally turned to what Jim had been up to, it had left Marinette a little more than unsettled. While it was nice to hear that Toby was finally getting a roommate in Aaarrrgghh!!!, when Marinette learned the information Blinky had told Jim earlier, their talk took a dark route.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait... Do you mean to tell me that you saw a goblin stealing a baby? Just so it could swap it out with a Changeling?" Marinette recalled, trying to make sure she had all the facts right.

"Unfortunately." Jim replied, a grim expression present on his face.

"And Blinky specifically said that's how the Janus Order has infiltrated the human world?" Marinette continued, her anxiety and worry starting to climb higher the more she dwelled on the issue.

"Pretty much." Jim confirmed. "But on the plus side... if we find out which baby in town was stolen, we'll most certainly find a Changeling in its place." the Trollhunter pointed out, bringing up one of the few positives of this new circumstance that had come along.

"While it's great you got such a good opportunity, the only clue you seem to have is a stuffed bunny." Marinette reminded him, pointing out the flaw in his plan. "How exactly are you going to see who it belongs to? Put up 'Found Plushy' signs all over town?" the designer jokingly questioned, only for a nervous expression to replace his previously grim one.

"No..." Jim said, his eyes darting to the side before catching the 'Spill the Beans' look Marinette was sending his way. "Not anymore, now." the boy guiltily added, his head now hanging in shame.

"Jim... really?" Marinette groaned, her eyes closed as she pinched the bridge of her nose after hearing Jim's ridiculous plan.

"Well, what else am I supposed to do? The bunny doesn't have any address tags for me to return it to." Jim exclaimed, defending himself with the only leg he had to stand on.

"Okay, fair point." Marinette sighed, releasing her nose before placing her arm back on the table. "But seriously, be careful. If you do find another Changeling, it will most likely be as vicious as the one that was in Toby's dentist's office." the pigtailed girl warned, hoping beyond hope that her brothers would be airing on the side of caution this time around.

"I know. But we'll be okay." Jim assured her, a small smile on his face as he offered what comfort he could.

"You better be." Marinette said, playfully pointing a finger at her brother through her side of the screen just seconds before the doorbell rang. "Sounds like the girls are here." she remarked, turning her head to the door after hearing the bell go off.

"In that case, I'll let you go. Hope you'll send Tobes and me the final pictures." Jim exclaimed, all too eager to get a sneak peek before the blog went up.

"You best believe I will." Marinette confirmed, a bright smile appearing on her face with Jim's request. "See you tonight, Jimbro." the red-tipped-haired girl concluded, waving 'bye' to her brother.

"See ya, sis." Jim farewelled with a wave as well, followed by Marinette finally hanging up the call. Once the screen was turned off, she grabbed her phone and put it in her back pocket before going to open the door, soon being greeted by the majority of the girls in her class.

"Hey, girls! Are you guys ready for this?" Marinette greeted them, causing wide smiles to appear on their faces.

"Heck yeah, girl!! Let's get this photo shoot started!!" Alya cheered, now leading the girl group to enter the apartment and head up to Marinette's room for the photo shoot, eager to have some fun.

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While Marinette and her friends were about to start their photo shoot, things over at Le Grand Paris were about to take an interesting turn. On the ground level of the building, Artemis arrived at the hotel, walking through the front entrance with slight annoyance on her face. Even after having dropped Rayla off with Nox in Stone Arc after hearing the incident, this was the last thing Artemis had expected to happen that day.

As she walked, she was dressed in a black dress shirt with the sleeves tucked up to her elbows, and light gray pants with the cuffs rolled up to her ankles. She also had tan thick-strap sandals covering her feet, with a matching 1-inch-thick belt around her waist to tie the sandals to the outfit. Accessory-wise, she had a black canvas purse with a tan strap settled on her left shoulder, a silver watch on her left wrist with a set of bangle bracelets on both arms. To top off the look, small silver hoop earrings adorned her ears and were revealed by her usually braided hair, with the only other color of the outfit being a peridot pendant on her neck. One of her usual fancy casual outfits. As she walked into the lobby, she caught the attention of Armand as he stood behind the front desk. Once he saw her, the butler knew that something was going on that he wasn't aware of.

"Madam Artemis. How nice to see you, again." Armand welcomed, causing Artemis to stop walking to the elevator and turn to face him.

"Hello, Armand. It's nice to see you too." Artemis replied as she started walking over to the front desk, her annoyance lessening. "Though I wish I was here under different circumstances." the Changeling in disguise sighed, reaching the desk in a few strides.

"What has happened?" Armand asked, worry etching along his face.

"I got a call from Chloé's school." Artemis revealed, now leaning her back on the front desk while looking at the wall on the other side of the lobby. "Mr Damocles said that there was an incident and had to punish the whole school since no one came forward to take the blame." she explained, tiredly regaling what she had been told.

"Oh, my!" Armand gasped, his right hand flying to his face out of shock.

"But the reason he called me was because Chloé had threatened to call André if she wasn't part of the workload." Artemis elaborated. "And this has me thinking that Chloé might be responsible for the incident at her school." she admitted, having already gone through the possibilities earlier.

"This might explain why Mademoiselle Chloé seemed to be in such a down mood when arriving home." Armand reflected, remembering how Chloé had been so quiet earlier.

"What do you mean?" Artemis asked, turning her gaze towards the butler.

"When she came home earlier... she was not acting like she usually does. It was a little unsettling." Armand admitted, concern painted across his face while Artemis's annoyance faded even more.

"Okay... so obviously something happened after the incident." Artemis observed, now starting to see the bigger picture before finally making her decision. "I'm going to talk with her. Care to help me out?" the woman asked Armand, hoping that he could help her out with this one.

"Of course, Madam." Armand agreed before walking out from behind the front desk to join Artemis in walking to the elevator, the two of them quickly heading up to Chloé's room.

Surprisingly, there hadn't been anyone else who needed to use the elevator when they were heading to the upper levels of the hotel, so they arrived in little to no time at all. But upon opening the door, they were greeted by Chloé sulking on her couch as she kept thinking about what Adrien had told her earlier. Without a second thought, Artemis entered the room and walked over to her honorary niece, kneeling right in front of her.

"Need to talk about what's running around your head at the moment?" Artemis softly asked, prompting Chloé to look up and see her.

"Auntie Arte? What are you doing here?" Chloé wondered, her face retaining a pout from her sulking.

"Your school called..." Artemis began, followed by her rising from her kneeling to sit down next to Chloé on the couch. "...And told me about what happened today." the Changeling continued, causing Chloé to wince at the mention of the incident she caused and bury her head in her arms as she waited for the lecture.

"But judging by your current state... whatever happened afterwards seems to have been a more effective consequence than what I had in mind." Artemis observed as she gently placed her hands on the girl's shoulders, a look of concern etched across her features. "Want to tell me what happened?" she softly asked.

With a nod being Chloé's response, the heiress dropped her knees from her chest and started to explain what happened that day during class. Granted, she tried to tell a version of the events where she didn't do anything wrong, but Artemis saw right through it immediately. Despite the need to coax the truth out of her honorary niece, Artemis finally got her to say the true version and gained the full picture of what happened. But it didn't mean she liked it.

"And now Adrien says... I have to be nice to everyone... or he won't be my friend anymore!"

Chloé exclaimed whilst eating a plate of luxury chocolates, which Armand had gotten while the blonde brat was telling Artemis what happened. "How can he do this to me?" the heiress cried after finishing another chocolate, only to start weeping. Neither adult present was happy with what they heard.

"Perhaps Mademoiselle would seek comfort with Mr Cuddly?" Armand inquired as he offered the yellow teddy bear to Chloé, the girl suddenly delighted when she saw the toy and grabbed it from her butler to hug it. As she did, Artemis smirked and grabbed one of the chocolates dusted with actual gold from the tray Armand was holding, her giant sweet tooth calling for the luxury brand treat.

"Well from the sounds of it, Adrien has a good point." Artemis said before she popped the golden chocolate into her mouth, drawing Chloé to look at her aunt in shock/disbelief. "Don't give me that look. You and I both know that when it comes to treating your peers with respect and kindness, you're lacking in that department." the older woman pointed out, making the heiress slouch in on herself in shame of the reminder. Seeing the girl so downtrodden, Artemis couldn't help the sigh that escaped her as she once again placed her comforting hands on Chloé's shoulders.

"Look Chloé, you have been acting the way you have been for years and it hasn't done you any favors. Don't you think it's time to change your current behavior?" Artemis asked, hoping that her honorary niece would listen to her this time.

"Maybe..." Chloé meekly replied, only to bunch in on herself again. "But how am I going to do that? I don't know the first thing about being nice!" the blonde brat whined, hiding herself and Mr Cuddley behind her knees again in defeat.

"If you would allow it, Mademoiselle, we could teach you how to be nice." Armand spoke up, drawing both female's attention to him since it was the second time he had spoken since the conversation started. "And keep your friendship with Adrien, too." he added, hoping that it would encourage the young girl to truly try to be nice.

"W-why would you do a thing like that, Jean-Jacques?" Chloé questioned, her eyes wide in curiosity at his offer.

"Because that's what being nice is all about, Chloé." Artemis responded, causing Chloé to gasp in understanding.

"I'm sure Mademoiselle can remember when she was a little girl when Mr Cuddly was always nice to Mademoiselle when she was sad." Armand said as he gently took Mr Cuddely from her grasp. "Mr Cuddly can teach you how to be kind to others!" the butler added in a cheerful voice, waving the teddy bear around as a parent would with their child to catch their attention. While Artemis was a little bemused by Armand's technique, Chloé started reminiscing about when Mr Cuddly used to comfort her as a child... one of those times being when her mother had left.

"I remember, Jean-Luc! Adrien's going to see just how nice I can be." Chloé cheered, triggering Armand to sigh in relief while Artmeis just sighed in acceptance.

'At least she's eager to try.' Artemis thought to herself, happy that Chloé was going to attempt to improve herself.

The next couple of minutes had the three of them talk to decide what to do to kick-start Chloé's show of niceness. One of the main reasons why it took a little longer than the adults thought was because Chloé's first idea had been to shower the school with diamonds from André's mayoral helicopter the next day. After convincing her to drop the idea for several reasons, which were safety concerns and to prevent André's credit score from receiving such a damaging blow, they finally settled on a party instead. But following the main preparations to get the party ready by that night, they hit a snag when they started setting up the invites to a party.

"Urgh! The baker girl as well?" Chloé groaned.

"It's what Mr. Cuddly would do, yes." Armand replied, encouraging Chloé to be inclusive.

"Besides, you've already got invites set up for the others. It would be the route that makes the most sense if you want to prove you're trying to be nice." Artemis pointed out, which convinced Chloé to compile and send an invite to Marinette with a sigh of defeat. "Now all that's left is to get the party set up." the Changeling remarked, lighting a fire under the trio's proverbial butts to start getting ready for the soon-to-be-arriving guests.

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Minutes before Chloé had sent the invites, the majority of girls in Ms Bustier's class were up in Marinette's room in the middle of a photo shoot. With Alya being the only one with ample experience with using a phone, she had taken the role of the photographer while the others modeled off Marinette's hat designs. Soon enough, they had enough photos of the hats and decided to focus on one of the other design categories Marinette had ready.

"And these are jewels I designed that you can customize yourselves." Marinette explained as she sifted through her jewelry box to retrieve the mentioned accessories. "I got some inspiration from Pandora jewelry when making these." the designer admitted as she found what she was looking for, followed by her walking over to Rose to place one of the necklaces around her neck.

"Oooh. They are so cute." Rose squealed, holding the necklace in her hands to take a closer look at the charms while Marinette had given Sabrina one too.

"Alright, now strike a pose!" Alya said once the two girls were ready, taking a picture of Rose and Sabrina as they modeled the necklaces. "This one would make an awesome homepage image for your future blog. Wouldn't it?" the reporter cheered after taking the picture, showing it off to Marinette before a notice from Chloé appeared on her phone screen.

"Chloé?" Alya muttered in confusion.

"What does that bratty snob want?" Marinette wondered aloud, leaning away from Alya out of her habit of avoiding the blonde brat's toxic behavior.

"Chloé's inviting me to a party." Alya replied after opening the message, disbelief lacing her voice while her words left Marinette in shock. A second later, Sabirna's phone buzzed too.

"Same here." Sabrina reported after pulling out her phone to see what the alert was. No sooner than she did, everyone else besides Marinette had received the same message.

"That's so nice of Chloé!" Rose gushed, feeling happy about Chloé deed.

"Chloé and nice in the same sentence? Can't be her." Marinette remarked, not believing one bit that this occurrence was Chloé's doing.

"Maybe somebody hacked her phone then." Mylène suggested, trying to offer some logical explanation for this strange event. Immediately after Myléne spoke, Marinette pulled out her phone and checked her messages just in case.

"I haven't received a text." Marinette said, feeling slightly relieved that she was spared from what could only be a prank.

"Then that means it must be from Chloé!" Alya laughed, triggering the others to laugh at her joke too... at least until Marinette received a message from Chloé too.

"Ewww, She invited me!" Marinette yelped, nearly dropping her phone in disgust.

"Awesome! This will be so much fun!" Rose cheered, excited for the party.

"Wait! You're actually going to go?" Marinette questioned the others in disbelief, surprised that they were so willing to attend.

"She probably wants to say sorry for this morning. Maybe she's nice." Mylène theorized. "Very, very, deep down." the girl with rainbow dreadlocks added, being realistic as well as optimistic.

"Chloé? No, she's the exact opposite of nice!" Marinette argued, not buying this act for a second. "Whatever, you guys can go but don't count me in." the pigtailed girl declared, turning away from the other as she crossed her arms over her chest in defiance.

"Marinette, I know you and Chloé don't get along. But maybe it wouldn't be so bad to go to the party to support what seems like Chloé's attempt to change her ways." Sabrina spoke up, hoping to convince the stubborn girl to try and make an effort to see if Chloé could improve.

"Also, if I could become a better person, maybe Chloé can? I did more than enough bad things to warrant your mistrust." She went on.

"Well..." Marinette began as she glanced at Sabrina, her stubbornness lessening the more she thought about it.

"At least try to keep an open mind?" Sabrina asked, offering a sort of compromise. "Besides, think of this as a perfect opportunity to milk Chloé's spontaneous kindness for a little bit." the ginger-haired girl pointed out, which seemed to be the final nail in the coffin to fully sway Marinette's decision.

"I suppose it wouldn't be too much of a pain to go to the party." Marinette mused aloud, her hand rising to her lips as she pondered Sabrina's argument. "Oh alright, I'll go." the pigtailed girl announced, finally relenting as she let her arms drop back to her sides before turning to face the group again.

"Awesome!!" All the girls cheered, only for Alya's phone to suddenly buzz again. Upon the new alert, the reporter pulled the device out of her pocket to see what the alert was about.

"Probably a good thing you decided to go." Alya said to Marinette after reading the message she had just received.

"Why?" Marinette asked, a curious eyebrow raised at her best friend.

"Because Nino just texted me and said he's going to the party with Adrien." Alya revealed with a sly smile, causing Marinette to scream in shock before she quickly composed herself.

"O-okay, maybe giving Chloé one more chance will be worth it after all!" Marinette exclaimed, followed by Alya and the other to giggle at her antics. With the unexpected party invite, the girls decided to have the rest of their photo shoot at a later date before they all returned home, eager to get ready for the party Chloé would be hosting.

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However, while the students of Collège Françoise Dupont were getting ready for the party, a certain emotional manipulator could feel the conflicting emotions stirring among the teens. Needless to say, after he had shifted around said emotions to find out what was causing them, Hawkmoth was left very intrigued by what he learned.

"A party being thrown by the most spiteful girl in all of Paris? Such a fertile breeding ground for negative emotions!" Hawkmoth exclaimed as his lair window screen opened, letting the late afternoon light stream into the space before he turned one of the fluttering butterflies into an akuma.

"Fly away, my evil akuma! Finding a victim to evilize should be a piece of cake!" the resident sociopath practically gushed as the akuma fluttered out of his lair and made its way to the ensuing Ground Zero of his newest victim.

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Just as the sun started setting on the city, Le Grand Paris was all aglow as Chloé's party was beginning, the guests cheering as they started flooding into the main lobby. As more guests arrived, Chloé was watching the crowd on the balcony above the main staircase with a look of contempt.

"Mademoiselle should go downstairs and greet her guests in a welcoming manner with a hug and a kiss." Armand suggested to his superior, he and Artemis standing behind her while Chloé turned to face them in shock at her butler's words.

"Uh, you're kidding, Jean-Claude. Do you actually expect me to let their cheeks touch mine?" Chloé whined, letting her usual high and mighty behavior come to light.

"Well, that's what Mr. Cuddly would do." Armand said, lifting the teddy bear as he spoke and causing Chloé to sigh with resignation.

"Not to mention that this would be a great way to show your friend, Adrien, that you are trying to be nice." Artemis spoke up, adding an extra incentive as she pointed to the door as Adrien, Marinette, Alya and Nino arrived at the party. After turning around and spotting the blonde model, Chloé was all the more eager to comply.

"Oh alright." Chloé said, relenting to greet her guests if it meant convincing Adrien to still be friends with her. With that in mind, she quickly climbed down from her perch and started greeting her guests, slowly making her way towards the quartet that had just arrived.

"I know I said I would try and keep an open mind, but this whole party thing seems way weird." Marinette admitted as she and Alya stood with Adrien and Nino by the refreshment table in the middle of the lobby, still not sure of Chloé's sudden good deed.

"Well, I've known Chloé for a long time. She can be cool, sometimes!" Adrien replied, hoping to settle Marinette's worries. But before he could say anything more, Chloé gleefully leapt onto Adrien's back.

"Adrikins!" Chloé squealed before she let him go to greet the slightly shell-shocked Adrien by kissing him on the cheeks. "What do you think of me hosting this party? Real nice of me, right?" the heiress inquired, finally letting the boy go long enough for him to gather his previously scattered thoughts.

"It's awesome, Chloé!" Adrien said, a small smile on his face whilst not noticing Marinette softly growling at Chloé out of jealousy.

"Hey, there!" a voice off to the right greeted Chloé, causing the group to turn and see Rose walking over to the blonde brat. This was then followed by the girl in pink to kiss her host on the cheeks, prompting Max and Kim to follow her example, too.

But after the two boys had made their greetings, Chloé had taken a few steps away and unintentionally ended up standing right in front of Marinette. The two girls were surprised to encounter each other unexpectedly... and so were everyone else in attendance. Needless to say, the whole school was aware of Marinette and Chloé's dislike of each other and were on the figurative edge of their seats for what was to come. However, a glance behind Marinette had Chloé spotting Armand waving Mr Cuddly at her to remind her of the nice thing to do, prompting her to hesitantly lean in to kiss Marinette's cheeks.

With Chloé going for a greeting, Marinette leaned away out of both reflex and to try and run away... but one glance at Adrien and Sabrina; who had walked over to stand behind the model, had her doing the same. The process was slow; the guests watched in suspense the whole time, but the two girls finally exchanged their kiss cheek greeting. Immediately after, they both quickly turned away from each other and spat in disgust before whipping their mouths clean of the other's presence.

"HA! I should have got you guys on video!" Alya cackled, finding the greeting between the two girls hilarious.

"Don't rub it in." Marinette mumbled to Alya, still rubbing her cheek to get rid of the lingering presence of Chloé greeting. All the while, nobody seemed to notice Artemis as she stood up on the balcony, trying and failing to keep her laughter down due to the scene she had just witnessed.

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Well after the greeting between the two girls, the party had moved up to the dining hall of the hotel. Once all the guests were present, Nino took center stage at the DJ set up and started cranking out the tunes so that everyone would enjoy themselves as they took part in either dancing or video game battles. The host of the party had even gone the extra mile to have a ball pit installed too, which a large majority of the younger students enjoyed playing in. But one of the hosts was not satisfied by the sight of her guests having fun.

"I did it. Adrien seems happy. Are we done now?" Chloé whined as she, Armand and Artemis stood off to the side of the celebrating teens, whipping her cheek clean from earlier.

"If we may be so bold to suggest, Chloé?" Artemis spoke up, grabbing Chloé's attention and her nod to continue.

"To reaffirm Adrien of her kindness, perhaps Mademoiselle might go and check that her guests are having a good time." Armand continued, he and Artemis having come to the same idea while earning a glare of slight disgust from Chloé.

"And why would I do that?" Chloé questioned, not understanding how much good manners could connect to being nice.

"Because that's what Mr. Cuddly would do!" Armand responded, waving the toy around to affirm his suggestion. At the sight of her beloved teddy bear, Chloé quickly shoved it out of sight to keep it a secret.

"Alright! Fine, I get it!" Chloé replied as she looked around to make sure no one saw Mr Cuddly, followed by her taking a deep breath and walking towards her partying guests.

Looking around, Chloé spotted Nathaniel leaning against the refreshments area and decided that he would be a good place to start. So she walked up to behind the bar and slammed her hands on the counter to grab the redhead's attention, only to hear him scream out of shock before turning around to see Chloé behind him.

"Having a good time?" Chloé forced out, a fake smile plastered on her face and scaring Nathaniel even more than her usual antics. But before he could reply, Myléne had thankfully come spinning over to the refreshment area.

"Whoa! All this dancing made me thirsty." Myléne remarked as she approached the table, unaware of the near exchange she had interrupted before quickly grabbing a cup of juice and finding it to be a little too warm for her liking. "Do you know where the ice cubes are, Chloé?" the rainbow-haired girl asked, which seemed to snap Chloé out of her sudden silence.

"How should I know? I'm not your servant! Go and find them yourself!" Chloé snarled at Myléne, dropping back into her usual snottiness as she turned away from Myléne with crossed arms and her head held high. "And if you're so hot, why don't you take off your fake sheepskin sweater? Throw it in the trash where it belongs!" the blonde brat rudely added, causing Mylène to gasp in shock at her words. Unbeknownst to them, the akuma Hawkmoth had sent out had arrived and started flying close to Mylène when it sensed her hurt feelings.

"Ahem!" A couple of voices to Chloé's left quietly spoke up, causing the heiress to turn and see Armand crouched behind the bar and waving Mr Cuddly at her. Another glance also had her spotting Artemis pointedly glaring at her as she stood just behind Adrien, who had come to grab a cookie from the table. Seeing their looks of encouragement, contempt and surprise, Chloé immediately chuckles nervously to defuse the tension she created.

"I'm totally joking. I love mutton!" Chloé exclaimed while she patted Mylene's head, lying through her teeth to keep the peace before she finally stopped. "I'll get you those ice cubes!" the blonde girl softly declared, walking away to bring ice for Mylene's cup. Once she was gone, Mylène, Adrien and Artemis all sighed in relief whilst the akuma finally flew away from her.

'That was close.' Artemis thought to herself as Adrien walked away, only to suddenly spot the akuma fluttering its way towards the ceiling.

"Of course, Hawkass would try something like this." the Changeling softly complained with a groan, placing a hand on her head to soothe an oncoming headache. "So much for having a quiet night." Artemis breathed out in resentment before she started to follow the akuma, hoping to make sure it didn't cause any trouble.

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Back over in Hawkmoth's lair, the supervillain himself was left speechless with how fast he felt Myléne's negative emotions fade away. To say the least, he wasn't happy.

"What are you doing, Chloé Bourgeois? Where's that natural cruelty I'm counting on?" Hawkmoth growled, both shocked and confused by how his akuma's first attempt of the night had failed so quickly.

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While Hawkmoth was left to wait for another potential victim, things back at Le Grand Paris were continuing to remain civil. But as Marinette stood off to the sidelines with Alya, she was still not convinced that Chloé was acting the way she was out of the goodness of her heart. Her gut feeling was confirmed when she saw how Chloé had bent like a willow branch when she noticed Adrien nearby.

"This BFF act she's doing is just one big charade. She's just doing it to please Adrien." Marinette observed with a scowl and her arms crossed over her chest, now seeing that her small hopes that Chloé was willingly trying to change had been for naught.

"How funny. That reminds me of a girl who didn't want to go to a party until she heard Adrien would be there." Alya teased, pointing out that Marinette had displayed similar behavior herself.

"Please don't compare me to Chloé." Marinette said, pouting at Alya's remark while the reporter giggled at the designer's reaction. "Besides, I agreed to come to the party for Sabrina's sake... Adrien being here was just a bonus." the pigtailed girl reminded her bestie, only to look back over at the refreshment area just as Chloé had returned with a bucket of ice cubes in hand.

But instead of Chloé giving Myléne a few ice cubes as they expected, the blonde brat just dumped the ice cubes onto Mylène in an impertinent manner. The girls could only watch as Mylène and Nathaniel gasped in surprise before Chloé walked away again.

"See? She's not even really trying." Marinette remarked, causing Alya to nod in reluctant agreement before they decided to walk over to the other side of the room.

As they did, the two girls failed to notice Artemis had seen what Chloé had done and abandoned her pursuit of the akuma to rectify the offense. While doing so, the sorceress also covertly created some ice cubes with her magic, using the water in the air as she grabbed a cup to hold them in after she finally reached Mylène and Nathaniel.

"I'm sorry for Chloé's behavior. Here are your ice cubes." Artemis apologized to the two teens, handing the cup of clean ice cubes to a now smiling Myléne.

"Thank you, ma'am." Myléne said, causing Artemis to smile before walking away. But as she left, it was only then that Artemis realized that she had lost sight of the akuma, leaving her to start searching the room for the infected bug.

While Artemis was distracted, Kim had walked up to the DJ booth and requested Nino to play slow-dancing music, to which the boy happily complied. As the music started playing and the teens on the dance floor had paired up, Kim quickly made his way over to Chloé as she grumpily sat on a bar stool off to the side.

"Chloé, how about a dance with an awesome guy?" Kim asked the heiress, chivalrously bowing to her while Chloé rolled her eyes at his request.

"I'd love it! Where is he?" Chloé rudely replied before pretending to look for the boy, immediately shooting down Kim's offer and causing the boy's mood/confidence to plummet.

Unbeknownst to Kim, while he was looking down at the floor and sighing dejectedly, he unfortunately attracted the akuma to start fluttering above him. However, Armand had appeared behind the counter once again and waved Mr Cuddly at Chloé, reminding her to be nice before Chloé sighed in defeat and turned to face the jock.

"Oh! Here he is, right in front of me." the blonde brat exclaimed in mock joy, making Kim sigh in relief before Chloé grumpily pulled him towards the dance floor.

Thanks to Chloé's acceptance of Kim's request to dance, the boy's negative emotions disappeared and caused the akuma to fly away, which angered Hawkmoth to no end. But that was the least of anyone's concerns as Chloé started dancing with Kim, who was leaning as far back from the jock as possible before spotting Adrien watching off to the side. At the sight of the model, Chloé waved at him, to which he responded by giving her a thumbs up and a wink, proud of her for being kind. But unknown to him, Marinette and Alya were standing right behind him while Alya tried hyping Marinette up enough to take the chance presented to her.

"Go over and ask him, girl!" Alya quietly encouraged her best friend, nudging the red-tipped-haired girl to ask her crush for a dance.

"Uh, what?! Adrien?! No, you're crazy!" Marinette protested, only for Alya to shove Marinette towards Adrien since it would be the only way for something to happen. Fortunately for Alya, it did the trick as both teens gasped in surprise after Marinette accidentally bumped into Adrien, which caused the boy to turn around and spot her as she recovered from the collision.

"Hey, Marinette. Wanna dance?" Adrien asked the designer, surprising her that he was the one to ask her instead of her botching an attempt to do the same.

"I, uh..." Marinette stuttered, once again finding it hard to just say 'yes' before Adrien gently grabbed her wrist and led her to the dance floor.

The moments it took them to reach the center of the dance floor seemed to pass in slow motion for Marinette, seeing as she couldn't believe she was about to dance with Adrien. Once they arrived in the last open spot on the floor, Adrien gently took Marinette's hands in his own and the two of them started slow dancing with each other around the room. As they danced, Marinette was still in shock that she finally got to spend her day with Adrien, but pushed her racing thoughts to the back of her mind as she smiled up at the boy she was dancing with. However, as soon as Chloé spotted them, she wasn't happy with what she saw.

"What?! I am speechless!" Chloé shrieked, shocked when seeing Marinette was the one dancing with Adrien instead of her.

"Thanks! You're a pretty good dancer, yourself." Kim replied, thinking Chloé was talking about him while she growled out of anger and jealousy the more she glared at the happy pair.

Thankfully, it took all of her willpower, and Armand's continuous waving of Chloé's teddy bear from the ball pit that she kept dancing with Kim. And the added glare from Artemis; who had abandoned looking for the akuma and focused on reigning Chloé in, as she stood behind the ball pit had helped too. However, neither Adrien nor Marinette noticed the adult's intervention as they kept dancing, soon turning and seeing Chloé not causing any trouble.

"See? Chloé's on her best behavior tonight." Adrien said to Marinette, causing her to look around and see that Adrien was right, followed by her turning her gaze back to Adrien to smile up at him.

But as Adrien returned the gesture, neither of them had seen Alya and Nino; who had a chance to step away from his DJ booth to dance with Alya, passing by them. When they finally did notice their respective best friends, it was when Alya spun around the two of them and readjusted their hold on each other. Only after placing Marinette's hands on top of Adrien's shoulders and putting Adrien's hands on her bestie's waist did Alya deem her job done before continuing to slow dance with Nino.

Both Marinette and Adrien were left shocked by Alya's bold move, but Adrien recovered quickly and responded by leaning in close to Marinette. It took Marinette a second to process what was happening and confirm it wasn't a dream, but she found herself leaning into Adrien as well, blushing like mad while she and Adrien kept dancing. Off to the side, Artemis had been watching the scene between the two lovebirds play out and couldn't help the stray tear that escaped her as a watery smile appeared on her face. Deciding to play cupid alongside Alya and Nino, the Changeling discreetly waved her hand to summon her powers and pointed the black glow at the ceiling above the dancefloor.

A second later, rose petals started falling around the dancers, creating quite a romantic moment for those participating and leaving onlookers in awe of the sudden spectacle. Seeing the joy her little spell had caused, Artemis smiled as she continued to watch Adrien and Marinette dance, a feeling that the older woman hadn't felt in a long time starting to bloom within her. But not everyone was a sucker for romance like Artemis. As soon as Chloé saw the scene happening between Adrien and Marinette, she finally snapped.

"I'm not letting her dance with Adrien under my roof!" Chloé seethed, pushing Kim aside before angrily walking towards Marinette and Adrien.

"Hey, this song's not over yet!" Kim complained, not happy that Chloé had walked out on him. But just as Chloé was about to reach the dancing lovebirds, Armand appeared between them and Chloé.

"If I re-say, Mademoiselle..." Armand began, still blocking Chloé's path and further angering the girl.

"Move, Jean-Jacques!" Chloé demanded, only for Armand to pull out Mr. Cuddly again.

"Oh, please, Chloé, dear! You've been such a good little girl! Mr. Cuddly is so very proud..." Armand cheered in a squeaky voice, catching Marinette, Adrien and everyone else's attention to look and see Chloé's teddy bear.

"Oh, no..." Artemis breathed out in dread, immediately walking over as Chloé tried to hide her teddy bear from anyone noticing. But it was too late...

"Is that your teddy bear, Chloé?" Kim questioned from behind the heiress, causing everyone to start laughing at Chloé and her teddy bear. Needless to say, Chloé wasn't happy with the outcome at all.

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"I've had it with your stupid teddy bear, your stupid advice, and you, Jean, whatever your stupid name is!" Chloé yelled at Armand, the two of them and Artemis in the kitchen after moving there to settle the matter between them.

"Chloé, calm down!" Artemis advised Chloé, trying to keep the peace between the three of them.

"But, Mademoiselle, I was only trying to help." Armand nervously spoke up, still holding Mr Cuddly in his hands as he defended himself.

"There's no more Mademoiselle, no more help, no more anything! You are FIRED!" Chloé angrily announced, having enough of Armand's help now that he embarrassed her in front of the whole school. "Now get out!" the blonde brat demanded, followed by her angrily stomping out of the kitchen and leaving the upset butler behind while Artemis tried to comfort him.

"I'll go and talk to her. There's no way I'm letting her get away with this." Artemis assured Armand, quickly exiting the kitchen to find Chloé while the butler looked down at the floor in despair.

But as she went out the door, the akuma flew in as it finally closed and fluttered to Armand, landing onto Chloe's teddy bear still in his grasp. A second after the akuma had been absorbed into the plush toy, Armand angrily looked up from the floor as the link between him and Hawkmoth was created.

"Ah, I knew I wouldn't be disappointed." Hawkmoth happily remarked from his lair, the butterfly mask appearing on Armand's face. "Hello, Despair Bear. I am Hawkmoth." the resident supervillain greeted his latest victim.

"You've always been such a good influence on Chloé. But now you get to be a bad influence on everyone! And a very evil one at that!" Hawkmoth explained, outlining Armand's new powers and skipping over the usual requirements needed for his 'generous donation'.

"With great pleasure, sir!" Armand darkly replied, happy to have such an opportunity before he was transformed into Despair Bear, shrinking into the size of a doll and landing on the floor in his new puppeteer-controlled bear suit.

"You've been very naughty, Chloékins! And Despair Bear is not proud of you." Despair Bear exclaimed from within his new puppet. "The time has come to make you pay!" the bear-themed akuma declared, controlling the toy to exit the kitchen to start causing some chaos.