"Alright, everybody look at the camera. They're perfect! Say spaghetti!"

Picture day. The one day males can be comfortable with their appearance while females go crazy in getting ready and smile at the mirror and see their perfect smiles...except once they take a picture, it's always off.

"I could have just stayed home," Gwen sighed as she borrowed Adrien's mirror.

Adrien laughed. "I didn't think you were the type to care about your looks."

"I'm not." Gwen bit but internally cringed as a zit started to appear on her face and it would be awfully annoying trying to cover them up with makeup that doesn't even match. Perfect timing.

"I just don't like Vincent," she murmured.

When she realized that Vincent was going to be the school's photographer, he made it a living hell for her. He would always narrow his eyes at her and call her crazy or judge her zit. He doesn't say it, but she can tell. She still remembers the first time they met and couldn't help but chuckle as it was a few months back.

Adrien laughed with Nino. "Don't worry about it, you always look nice."

Gwen stopped and turned to Adrien. She huffed. "Says the model who doesn't use skincare routine every day and night and still looks perfect."

Adrien sweatdropped and smirked, leaning close to her. "So you think I'm perfect?"

Gwen's eye twitched, shoving his face away from hers. "Your breath is going to make my zit grow faster."

He laughed as Nino grabbed the mirror from her and continued conversing with Adrien. Gwen looked around and walked next to Rose who was talking to Juleka. She couldn't help but overhear the conversation Marinette and Alya were having.

"I'm gonna be in a photo with Adrien! I'm gonna be in a photo with Adrien!" Marinette bounced in her seat.

"Right. 'Cause uh, it's a class photo and you're in the same class as Adrien," Alya mused.

Marinette nods. "Amazing, isn't it? Oh my gosh! What if we're standing in the same row together?"

Alya chuckles. "Oh girl, you're too funny. Just smile and whatever happens, don't forget to breathe."

"At least you know you're going to be in the photo," Juleka dampens.

"No, Juleka. I'm telling you, you're not jinxed! This time it's going to work out, I feel it right here!" Rose places her hands on her heart.

"What's this about being jinxed?" Gwen asks.

"Ever since I was little, every time someone takes a photo of me, something always goes very wrong," Juleka sighs.

Rose shakes her head. "You're wrong Juleka, you'll see."

"For sure! We'll do everything we can to make sure it goes right this time. Don't forget to smile," Marinette smiles at the girl.

Gwen thinks back to every time she would go to the pool but the annoying little shark would hiss at the water and become shark week for a few days. She would always get annoyed at it and storm off to take sleeping pills.

"Ok, time to flash your pearly whites, guys!" Vincent called out to the class, walked over, and gestures to Max, Alix, Rose, Marinette, and Mylene. "You kids take a seat on the front bench. Quickly please, I've got sixteen other classes to shoot."

"Look Sabrina, they're up front in the baby seats! Go on rugrats, don't forget to take your thumbs out of your mouth!" Chloé and Sabrina laugh.

Gwen rolled her eyes as Chloé is taller than Marinette by a unit.

"Well, next row! You, you, you, and you go stand on the rear bench, please," Vincent pointed at Nathaniel, Alya, Sabrina, and Chloé.

"Wait just one minute! I'm supposed to be in the middle row, right next to Adrien. Preferably center. Look! We're the same size!" Chloé hugs Adrien's arm and waves her hand to their height, which shows a difference.

"Nah, go stand in the back row, behind the rest," Vincent shrugged.

"How dare you, put me behind the rest? Do you know who my father is?"

"Is he a photographer?"

Gwen coughed a laugh and turned back to their conversation. Chloé didn't miss that and turned back to Vincent and gasped. "No! He's–"

"Bummer, I could really use an assistant. Now hurry up and take your place or I'll put you up front with the babies!"

Chloé growled and stomped to her place. Vincent turned to the rest, "The rest of you boys, go stand in the middle row."

The boys did so and Gwen's eye twitched at Vincent. "Perfect! You guys are awesome! Now stop squirming and let's get this photo shot!"

Gwen sighed and stood in front of the camera, alerting Vincent. "Are you going to put us somewhere in the photo?"

He blinked and turned to see Juleka standing by herself. He sighed. "I didn't see her," he murmured to himself but Gwen caught that.

"Well?"

"Ah sorry, my bad. Go stand in the middle row, next to the blond boy," he ushered them both.

Gwen rolled her eyes and did that with Juleka and glanced at her. "You're going to be in the center. You won't be jinxed in this photo for sure."

Vincent looked at the class, "No, this isn't right! Something's not working here!"

"Uhh, 'course it's not working! I'm in the wrong spot!" Chloé exclaims.

Vincent ignored her and pointed to Ivan and started moving him around and he still wasn't satisfied.

"Excuse me, but do we have a problem?" Mr. Damocles asked.

Vincent sighs, "It doesn't matter where I put him, it throws the whole picture out of whack."

"My spot is unacceptable!" Chloé goes to Gwen and tries to shove her but with Gwen's strength, she wouldn't budge at all. "What are you made of?! Move it!"

Gwen sighs and moves her a little, making her fall back with a yelp.

"Ms. Bourgeois, behave yourself!" Ms. Bustier scolded.

"This isn't gym class, you know Chlo" Adrien nervously laughed, checking the girl was alright.

Vincent moved more people, now satisfied. "Perfect!"

"Uh, no! It isn't! It's not perfect at all! I'm totally not next to Adrien!" Chloé exclaimed, making Adrien and Gwen sigh.

"Please Chloé, we still have sixteen classes to photograph! Go ahead Vincent," Mr. Damocles nodded.

"Say spaghetti!" Right when he pressed the button, the battery died. "I don't believe this! I'm sorry, I have to go and fetch another battery. Nobody move!"

He walked away from them and Juleka gasped. She sadly looks away but looks back as Gwen grabbed her hand and smiles at her. "Miss Bustier, can we go to the restroom real quick?"

Miss Bustier trusts these girls and nods to them. "Yes, but hurry."

They entered and Gwen washed her face. "This foundation sucks."

Juleka laughs softly. "I think you look nice without it." Gwen turned to her. "You think so? I couldn't take Adrien's words seriously."

Juleka blinked, "Adrien? You two are very close, huh?"

"Of course, we're friends," Gwen smiled, taking off the last of the foundation. "Come on, we should head back."

They tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge. Gwen blinked in confusion. "The hell?" She knocked on the door. "Hello?! Anyone out there?!"

No one replied. Gwen sighed irritatedly. "Great."

"It's hopeless. I'm jinxed," Juleka sighed. "Hey. You're not jinxed. Some idiot locked us in. Screw that."

Gwen cracked her knuckles and her neck. "We'll get there." She stopped as she can't literally use her strength to get out or she'll have to pay for the damages.

She cursed under her breath and grinned as she found a chair on the side of the room. She grabbed it and glanced at the girl. "You should move back."

Gwen hurled the chair at the door, breaking the chair into pieces and denting the door. She paled in horror as she just caused damage. "Fuck!"

Juleka sweatdropped. She goes to consult her when the door opened, revealing Rose. "What was that noise?"

"I'm sorry!" Gwen tried to explain and turned to Juleka who started crying. "Hey," she goes to her but Juleka keeps sobbing.

"We missed the photo, didn't we?" Juleka asked.

"Yeah, another one of Chloé's mean tricks!" Rose explains. Gwen's eye twitched and sighed. "Yeah, that's her alright."

"Why should I expect any different? Nobody ever hears me or sees me. I'm invisible. Even in photos."

"Don't say that, Juleka! It's not true!"

"Forget it. As long as Chloé's in the picture, she'll find a way to keep me to of it. I dragged Gwen into it too," Juleka walked to the door.

"No, wait! Juleka!"

"Really, Rose. Forget it. Forget me," she ran away.

Gwen sighed as Rose hugged her and cried. She patted her head and guided her outside the bathroom.

She spotted Adrien talking to Nino and guided Rose to Marinette and Alya. She walked away from the boys and huffed.

"Dude, you missed the photo," Nino spoke.

"No shit," Gwen sighs and sits on the bench. "Not only that, I kind of broke the door. I'm screwed."

"You broke the door?!" Nino and Adrien asked.

"It doesn't matter anyway. Juleka is now sad that she was still jinxed. Where's Chloé?"

"Before you go, calm down. We don't want you hurting someone," Adrien placed his hands on her shoulders. He sighs, rubbing his nape. "Sorry about her."

"Don't apologize for her. She knows that she'll have to grow up eventually. I don't care if she does something to me but doing that to Juleka? That's not cool."

Adrien goes to the restroom as Nino kept talking to Gwen. Her senses spiked. An akumatized girl jumped in the court in front of Mr. Damocles and Vincent.

"Hello!" she grinned.

"What? Who? Who are you?" Mr. Damocles asked in disbelief.

"Nobody's ever noticed me! But those days are over! Because from now on, everybody will notice me because everybody will look like me! Time to get a new look!" She pointed the backside of her hand at them and zaps them. Transforming them both into herself.

"Soon there will be Reflektas everywhere!" she cackles and transforms the students. "No need to panic! Who doesn't love an extreme makeover?" She grabbed the lockers and barricaded the entrance of the school. "Nobody leaves here! Soon all of Paris will look like me, including Miss Chloé Bourgeois!"

Gwen missed one of the attacks and runs away. She hides away from everyone and punched her fists together.

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Chat runs in and hides under the stairs. He frowns as he noticed the entrance being barricaded.

"Yo! Check it! Chat noir is gonna save us!" Nino exclaims loudly. Chat tried to shush him but Reflekta heard him and spotted him.

"Okay, change of plan," he grinned and ran towards her. He moved aside on the beams as he reached her. He snatched one of the hoops and tied Reflekta in it.

Chat noir runs to the door but stops when he heard Ivan behind him. "Help us, Chat noir! I don't know how much longer I can stand being in this body!"

"Cataclysm!" Chat stops when he gets hit by a beam, turning himself into a duplicate of Reflekta.

"Much better! I hate cats!" Reflekta smirked. "You're going to love spiders, then."

She exclaims in shock as Ghost tackles her to the ground. Reflekta grunts in anger and beams at her. But Ghost dodges every single one and webs her face.

"Agh! I can't see!"

Ghost punches her torso, moving her back a few feet. She runs towards her and throws punches and kicks at her. She even webbed one of the lockers and threw it at her.

"Property damage!"

"Shut up!" Ghost shouts out to the principal and keeps fighting the villain. "Chat! What the hell are you doing?!"

"My ring! My miraculous! It's gone!"

"You don't need powers to fight! Come on!"

Reflekta kicked her away once she heard Chloé not far and ran after her upstairs. Ghost cursed herself and ran after her.

"There you are at last! Chloé Bourgeois!" Reflekta smirked at her.

"Who are you?" Chloé scowled at her. She was chasing after Marinette for taking her phone. Now she can't find her anywhere!

"Take a good look at me because I am your future face!"

"Gross!" Chloé cringes. She runs to escape as Reflekta aims her hand at her. She grunts as Ghost tackles her again and shoves her to the wall. "Not happening! Chloé! Run now!"

Chloé's eyes widen and ran away. "NO! You'll pay for this!"

Ladybug jumps in and faced Reflekta. "Juleka! Stop this now!"

"I'm not the Juleka nobody notices anymore! Now, I'm the unmistakable Reflekta! I'm sure you're going to love your new image, Ladybug, Ghost-Spider!"

"No thanks! Love the shoes, but I already like my ugly face," Ghost shrugged.

"Are you sure? Ask Chat noir. I'm sure he loves his new look," Reflekta smirks throwing beams at the heroes but they ran off and dodged every attack.

By the entrance, Chat was thinking over what Ghost said earlier and his eyes burned in determination. "My powers might be gone but I can't just stand by and do nothing!"

He took a step but he trips over his heels to the floor. "Who invented these things?" He wobbly walks over to one of the classes to the duplicates. "If you want your faces back then listen up, have you heard of safety in numbers?"

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Ladybug throws her yo-yo at Reflekta but she deflects it with her beam. She constantly tries again and again but it was no use. Ghost would throw web-grenades or just webs at her but nothing. As Reflekta beams at her yo-yo, she would walk closer to the heroes.

"Soon, like everybody else, you will look just like me! But first, I'm gonna take your earrings and your miraculous as a trophy!" Reflekta grabs Ladybug's arm and reached over. Ghost glares and was about to punch her away when they heard Chat's voice.

"Time to face off!" Chat stood in front of the duplicates. "Catch her!" They ran towards her but Reflekta jumps over them to the other side. "You're no match for me, Ladybug, Ghost-Spider! This will all be over soon for you!"

She jumped to the roof of the school and ran away. Most likely to beam at the citizens.

"How are you going to help us, Ladybug?" Rose asked.

"We want our faces back!" Nino spoke.

"Don't worry, we'll figure it out," Ladybug answers as another duplicate walked next to her.

"Yeah, these shoes are killer on the feet, my lady!" Chat spoke. Ladybug's eyes widened and turned to him. "Chat noir?"

"Excuse us, move out of the way," Chat grabbed the girls' hands and moved them away from the others.

"Chat noir, is it–is it really you?" Ladybug asked in disbelief. Ghost nodded.

" 'Course it is! Can't you tell by my swagger? Am I still the cat's meow or what?" Chat grinned.

"I uh...I don't know what to say," Ladybug rubbed her nape.

"How about a thank you for getting you out of that tight spot?" he smirked.

"I was about to punch her," Ghost deadpanned.

Ladybug laughs as she stared at Chat. "Sorry, Chat noir. But you–you just...you just don't look like yourself! But uh...thank you."

Chat nods and turns to Ghost. "I'm not thanking you for doing your job, idiot."

Chat sweatdrops and turns to Ladybug. "Your welcome and, in case you've forgotten, we've got to de-akumatize Reflekta!"

"Yes. We do. We can start by–"

"We? Your powers are gone, what are you gonna do? Throw your shoes at her?" Ladybug laughs again, interrupting Ghost.

"Remind me who just saved us a minute ago?" Ghost crossed her arms. "Besides, you don't need powers to be a hero."

"We have to find Reflekta fast. He'd only slow me down," Ladybug turns to walk away.

"Maybe, but you know, sometimes I do have ideas," Chat smiled. Ladybug wasn't sure but she saw how Ghost didn't move from her spot. She sighs to herself and turns to them. "Yeah, sorry, and?"

"I don't think taking on Reflekta face to face is the best idea unless you want a facelift too," Chat spoke.

Ladybug smirks. "You're right and that gives me an idea!" She swung a yo-yo and swung to the roof.

Chat turned to Ghost and hugs her. "Remind me to take your shoes," Ghost stated and webbed themselves to the roof next to Ladybug.

"Where are we headed?" Chat asked.

"To the T.V. station. Watch your nails," Ladybug punned.

"Your jokes are so lame!"

"You haven't just lost your body, Chat noir. I think you lost your sense of humor, too!"

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They arrived at the T.V. station and Ghost connected the channel to every single TV in Paris. She nods to Chat to adjust the camera as Ladybug is on the screen.

"People of Paris! Reflekta is not invisible! You can help, all you have to do is put on a disguise! Then we'll spot the real Reflekta and bring her down! Remember, put on a disguise! I'm relying on you all!"

"And cut!" Ladybug walks to her partners and high-fives them. "Got it. Sorry, but isn't your plan a bit complicated?" Chat asked.

"This isn't my real plan," Ladybug grins.

"Reflekta knows we're in the T.V. station, she'll come to us," Ghost crosses her arms.

"And fall right into our claws," Chat grabbed the girls' hands and kissed them.

"You mean into your nails," Ladybug puns.

"Still not funny."

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The door bursts open, revealing Reflekta. She looked around and walked inside, seeing no one there.

Ladybug wraps her yo-yo at her. "Gotcha!"

"The akuma has to be in her bracelet!" Chat goes to get it but Ghost speaks up.

"It's not her."

"Huh?" Ladybug and Chat turned to her. "I didn't sense danger when she walked in. It's not her."

Ghost walks to the duplicate. "Who are you?"

They heard Reflekta's laugh echo in the room, making them tense. "I'm sorry, she promised that she'd change me back if I tricked you," Mayor Bourgeois lowered his head in shame.

Reflekta beams at Ghost but Chat stood in front of her. "There! Look out!" He's been hit but he didn't seem affected as he has already been turned. "I've already been changed so I'm safe."

"Thanks, Chat," Ghost smiled beneath the mask.

"Go ahead, guys," Chat smirked.

Ladybug used her Lucky Charm, dropping a camera in her hands. She frowned in confusion but looked around. She grinned and turned to Chat.

"Chat noir! Turn off the lights, quickly!"

Chat turned off the lights, bringing the room into complete darkness. Ladybug turned to Ghost-Spider. "With your night vision, blind her with the camera flash. You're the only one who can see in the dark."

Ghost nodded and grabbed the camera, flashing on Reflekta. "Over here!"

Reflekta winced at the brightness and tried to catch her. "Ooh! Not a good one. Let me get one on your good side! Say Spaghetti!"

"Really? Pose for me! Maybe Ladybug's weird stance," Ghost teased.

"Hey!" Ladybug exclaimed from the darkness.

Reflekta would trip and fall constantly from the brightness. She smirked as she grabbed hands with a camera but gasped as it was Mayor Bourgeois in front of her.

Ghost flashed her palms and punched her to the ground. Reflekta screams in pain and goes to beam her but her bracelet was gone.

Ghost smirks, throwing the bracelet to Ladybug. Chat turned on the lights, giving Ladybug the chance to purify the akuma. She threw the camera in the air, bringing everything back to normal.

Chat and Bourgeois turned back to themselves and they grinned in relief.

Reflekta turned back to Juleka.

"You were awesome, Chat noir," Ladybug smiled at him.

"And with those shoes too! By the way, those things should be illegal. Sorry, you couldn't grab them, Ghosty."

Ghost pouted but shrugged. "It's fine."

The three grinned in victory and pounded their fists. Ladybug walked to Juleka and grabbed her hand and dragged her to the Mayor. "Could you take this girl back to her school please, Mayor Bourgeois?"

"Yes, of course, Ladybug."

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Next thing Gwen knew, the class was in the park. Marinette somehow convinced Vincent to retake the photo after school at the park. Gwen smiled standing next to Juleka and Adrien.

"You're not wearing make-up?" he whispered next to her.

"Nah, I'm fabulous like this," Gwen smirked.

Adrien laughed, wrapping an arm over her shoulders and making bunny ears for her as Gwen just laughed, glancing at Juleka. "The class photo curse is broken, now."

"Thank you, guys," Juleka smiled. "I also heard that the bathroom doors were fixed by Ladybug so you don't have to pay for anything."

Gwen sighed, "Oh thank god. I thought my soul was leaving me just now."

The class laughed and smiled at the camera.

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ Next Episode: The Puppeteer ♥

A/N: I was so confused earlier about where I should have Gwen set up in the photo shoot so I researched. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read that Adrien was canonically 150 cm (4'9 ft) tall. And Gwen is taller than him?! I didn't believe it and kept looking. I was going to use the Fandom height but I wasn't sure so I didn't include height numbers in the story. But hey! I like tall female characters, *whispers* they're always hot 😉

Not only that, I would wake up early to watch the new episode of Attack on Titan but I keep forgetting that it's over until next year 🥲 I'm dying inside. But hey! Spy x Family is hilarious...I ended up reading the manga and it's funny 🤣

Published: April 25, 2022

Word Count: 3430