Mari's POV

"Bye, Maman! Bye Papa!" I shout to my parents as I leave the bakery for school. I begin to walk briskly to Francois Dupont, being early enough to settle down minutes before the school day started.

"Look who showed up early to class," joked Alya before looking closer at my face. "Girl! You're eyebags are having bags! What's up with you?"

"Just couldn't sleep," I mumbled before Adrien turned to look at me concerned.

"You couldn't sleep? What happened? Are you okay?"

"I'm fine Adrien. Don't worry," I smile weakly before I lay my head an begin to doze until the bell rang signalling for first period with our teacher, Ms. Candice walking in. She has been one of the nicest teachers in the school, almost as nice as Ms. Bustier.

"Good morning class!" she started while everyone gave an acknowledging reply.

"So today's class will be the last one of the session, because as we all know, your finals are coming up next week. Please ensure that you do well to study for them, so that you can enter the next grade. As you all know, your final exams take 60% of your grades for each subject, so make sure you prepare adequately!"

She didn't teach us anything new, but took questions based on the topics we didn't understand quite well. Since English was one of the basic languages we've learned since elementary school, everyone was fluent at least of the language.

After we had asked all our questions, she began to conclude.

"Honesty, you guys are one of the best classes I have ever taught as a teacher. Although this is my first year, you guys have seemed to impress me, because you all have excelled greatly in this subject. All of you have done well, with a class average of 85.6%! Really impressive!" she said before the bell rang. She smiled a bitter sweet smile before she said, "I really enjoyed your time as my students," and with that she left the class.

...

"Our GPA ranking is out! Finally!" Alya said as she went through her phone. "Dang! Max really made a comeback, Adrien! You have to watch your back for the final," she chuckled.

I opened my phone and looked at the file.

Bi-Weekly Result Placement for Grade 10

1st- Adrien Agreste: 4.874

2nd- Max Kante: 4.87

3rd- Marinette Dupain-Cheng: 4.68

4th- Iris Verdi: 4.47

5th- Sabrina Raincomprixx: 4.41

6th- Alya Cesaire: 4.38

7th- Nathaniel Kurtzberg: 4.28

8th- Nino Lahiffe: 4.22

9th- Alix Kudbel: 4.21

10th- Rose Lavillant: 4.06

11th- Juleka Coffaine: 4.05

12th- Ivan Bruel: 3.92

13th- Kim Le Chien: 3.81

14th- Myllene Harprelle: 3.55

Note: Students are advised to put extra effort into their final examinations as it constitutes 60% of their final GPA. Goodluck!

"I HAVE A 4.68!" I yell. "Internship here I come!"

"Girl, you've got to do very well in the finals if you want it," Alya laughed. "Else, you're gonna lose everything!"

Just like I lost the miraculouses.

Just as I lost the butterfly miraculous.

I'll lose Adrien.

I then saw Gabriel appear from nowhere.

"GET THE MIRACULOUS!"

"NO!" I yell out.

I turn to see everyone in the cafeteria looking at me weirdly.

"Mari, are you okay?" Adrien asks concerned.

I can't possibly tell the love of my life that I was seeing his father in my dreams so I settle with, "Yeah, I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You don't look like you..."

"I SAID I'M FINE ADRIEN!" I bark at him, before I blink back and realise my mistake. "Adrien I-"

"It's okay, Marinette. I understand," Adrien said as he stood up and left the table, Nino running after him.

"Okay, meow! What got into you, Marinette?" Alya asks worriedly.

"I'm sorry Alya, but I can't tell you right now."

"But, Marinette-"

As soon as the bell rang I left my food and headed to my next class

...

"Lucky Charm!" I yelled before I earned an open tube of icing sugar.

Unfortunately, dad had been akumatised into Boulangierer, all because a customer had wanted to harass maman.

Once I catch that man who did that to mum, he's going to pay.

Before I can understand what te lucky charm will be used for I spot the metal statue of Gabriel Agreste standing tall. It then sharply looked at me.

Wait what?

It then came towards me saying, "Get the miraculous! Or you lose Adrien!"

"Stop," I began to cry. "Stop it! STOP IT!!!"

I begin having flashbacks of the final battle, Monarch coughing out ash, him making his wish....

"M'Lady, watch out!"

I blink to see the akuma coming towards me and successfully trapping me in a loaf of bread.

"Cataclysm!"

The fluffy dough surounidng me disintegrates to ash.

Ash.... the ash Monarch coughed out.

I immediately felt sick and ran to one of the bins in the park, throwing up in it.

After throwing upto my satisfaction, I realise that I still have the lucky charm and do the only thing that comes to my mind.

"Hey, Muffin Man! Take this!" I yell

With that I hurled the tube at the opening his chest, causing his armour to be filled with icing. The dough part of his armour explodes soon enough, causing everywhere to be littered with dough and cream.

I carry the baker's hat which I saw the akuma going into earlier and tear it. As expected the evilised butterfly flies out.

"No more evil doing for you, little akuma," I mutter as I open my yoyo. "Time to de-evilise!" I yell before swinging my yoyo in the air before capturing it. "Gotcha!"

I open the yoyo to release the purified butterfly. "Bye bye little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" and just like that, everything is back to normal.

I glance around to see dad lying on the floor.

"Da- I mean, Mr. Dupain!" I say as I rush to his side to help him up. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine Ladybug, thank you," he says gratefully. It takes all my willpower not to hug him so as not to raise suspicions. Instead I give him a magical charm and take him back to the bakery.

After bidding them goodbye, I swing to the top of the Eiffel Tower and begin making my way home. My yoyo buzzes and I see two new messages.

Miraculous Heroes Group

Chat Noir: Those who are in charge of patrol today should not worry, Ladybug and I have it covered tonight.

Hold up, why would he tell everyone in charge of patrol not to worry. I mean, I was to patrol today but still...

I consider questioning his actions when I realise that he sent me a private message.

Chat Noir: I cleared everyone's patrol so only you and I will be out tonight. We need to talk.

Okay. What's going on?

I begin to feel a dark foreboding in me, but I chose to ignore it.

LB: Sure, I'll see you by 10pm.

"Patrol was fun," I said as we both land on our spot opposite the Eiffel Tower. "Gotta run, kitty. See you!"

Before I jusmp away, Chat holds my hand.

"We need to talk."

"Okay.... what's up with you?" I ask

"What's up with me? I should be asking yoiu that!"

"What do you mean, Chanton?"

"What I mean is that you've not been at your best these days, Bugaboo. The day we fere fighting Monsieur Rat, you got distracted and got caught in the mouse trap. I had to call Rena to create an illusion to save you. Remember when we were fighting Eros? You got distracted again and got hit by his love spell. I had to tie you up and defeat him myself so you wouldn't go all over me. And today, you became a Ladybug sandwich. What is going on?" he asked looking at me directly in my eyes.

For a moment I wanted to spill everything out, tell him about the nightmares and the illusions I was seeing. But I realised that it was my fight, not his. Besides, he wouldn't understand it. He wasn't there during the final battle was he?

"Don't worry about it Chat," I sigh as I look away from him. "I'll be more focused, sorry."

"It's not a matter of being sorry LB, something's bugging you. What's wrong?"

"I said don't worry about it," I replied a bit sharply, turning away from him. "Not like you can help me anyways," I mumbled, forgetting Chat's superhearing.

"Not like I can help you anyways?" Chat asked, getting annoyed. "How do you know I can't help you out if you don't tell me what is wrong, Ladybug!"

"Don't bother helping me," I say dejectedly. "It's not your fight."

"It's not my fight?" Chat said, getting angrier. "When did we start fighting different fights? We're a team, Ladybug! You, me, Rena, Carapace, Vesperia... everyone on the team! And most importantly, we are partners, remember?! You and I against the world!"

"It's not a fight against the world, Chat Noir!" I shoot back. "This is a personal fight I'm taking alone! Besides, you weren't always there for me! Of all times you didn't show up, did it have to be the day we were to defeat Monarch together?! So why do yo want to be here for me now?!"

"Don't blame me for things that were out of my control, Ladybug! I want to help you now and you are pushing me away!"

"WHY WON'T I PUSH YOU AWAY, HUH?! WHY?!" I yelled at him, going ballistic. "WHY DO YOU WANT TO HELPME WHEN YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING AT ALL! EVEN IF I TELL YOU, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?! ARE YOU GOING STOP GABRIEL AGRESTE FROM INVADING MY DREAMS! YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH EVERYDAY, LYING TO MY FRIENDS... LYING TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF PARIS AND HIDING THE FACT THAT GABRIEL AGRESTE WAS MONARCH!!!! DO YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO HIDE THAT GABRIEL SUCCEEDED IN MAKING HIS WISH, CAUSING THE ENTIRE WORLD TO BE DESTROYED AND REBUILT, BRIGNING EMILIE BACK TO LIFE!!!!! DO YOU?! DO YOU?!!!!!!!!!"

Did I just....

Oh shoot.

"Gabriel Agreste..... was Monarch?" Chat said, trembling.

"Kitty..."

"GABRIEL AGRESTE WAS MONARCH AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!! YOU LIED TO ME THAT MY FATHER WAS A HERO WHEN HE WAS A MONSTER TO THE PEOPLE OF PARIS?!" Chat yelled in my face.

Wait....

Gabriel Agreste being his father....

No.

It can't be....

"Plagg, Claws in!"

The black suit and mask vanished with a flash of green, leaving the one and only Adrien Agreste- my boyfriend- behind.

"YOU LIED TO ME, LADYBUG! WHY?! I TRUSTED YOU!!" he screamed at me with tears.

"Adrien please, I didn't want to.... your father..."

"SCREW MY FATHER! WHY WOULD YOU HIDE SUCH A THING FROM ME?! WHY WOULD YOU HIDE SUCH A THING FROM THE PEOPLE OF PARIS, LADYBUG?!!!"

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, YOU IDIOT!" I yelled back at him.

"YOU NEVER LOVED ME LADYBUG! DON'T GIVE ME THAT CRAP! IF YOU LOVED ME, YOU WOULDN'T HIDE THIS FROM ME! IF YOU EVER LOVED ME, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE REJECTED ME SO MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS IN LOVE WITH YOU! IF YOU HAD LOVED ME..."

"STOP IT! YOU WANT ME TO SHOW YOU HOW I LOVE YOU?! FINE!! TIKKI, SPOTS OFF!" I screamed as the magic away from me, turning me back to clumsy old Marinette.

"I LOVED YOU SINCE YOU GAVE ME THAT UMBRELLA LAST YEAR! I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU EVER SINCE THAT MOMENT OUR FINGERS TOUCHED! I MADE PLANS AFTER PLANS AFTER PLANS OF US BEING TOGETHER, US GETTING MARRIED WITH A HOUSE, THREE KIDS AND A HAMSTER WHOSE NAME I WILL NEVER DECIDE ON, AND WHEN I FINALLY HAVE YOU, YOU WANT TO LEAVE ME?! YOU PROMISED ME, ADRIEN! YOU PROMISED ME YOU WOULDN'T STOP LOVING ME!" I yelled at him as everywhere fell silent.

After a long silence, he finally spoke up.

"Then maybe some promises have to be broken."

"What?! Adrien, please no...."

"Plagg, claws out," he said, turning back to Chat Noir.

"Adrien, please..... don't leave me... please..." I sob out, trying to hold him to no avail as he shrugs me off and jumps into the night.

I then stare into the silence as I process everything that just happened.

Chat Noir and I just fought.

He revealed his identity as Adrien Agreste.

I revealed my identity as Marinette.

He doesn't love me anymore.

He left me.

He left me.

All because I kept silent.

All because I was Ladybug.

"Marinette...." Tikki started as I began to pull off my earrings.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" I screamed at her as I threw them into the night sky before bursting into fresh tears.

It was all my fault.

I ruined everything.

"Marinette?"

I turn to see Rena Rouge standing beside me. I throw my hands on her as I begin to sob even more.

"I ruined everything," I sobbed into her arms.

"It's okay, Marinette. Everything will be fine," Alya cooed as she tried to comfort me.

"No it won't Als. Everything will never be the same again," I cried.

Nothing will be as it was.

What a cat-astrophe.