So my friend randomly mentioned this weird French kid's show that she was into, and I stupidly decided to check it out. 17 episodes and two days later, I had gotten zero sleep and was hooked. So now I am miraculous trash. I have fallen straight into the depths of miraculous hell and am prepared to go down with the love square that's actually only two people. Anyways, this is my first fanfiction for this fandom. Constructive criticism is fine, but remember, no flames please!

Disclaimer: Thomas Astruc owns this fabulous show and all of its oblivious characters.

Chapter 1

Marinette sprinted into the classroom just as the bell rang. She breathed a sigh of relief; she did not need another tardy this week. Hawkmoth had been particularly active the past few days, with anywhere from three to six akuma attacks a day. Ladybug and Chat Noir had been up all night rounding up akuma after akuma. Marinette had leapt through the trapdoor on her balcony at 5:00 am.

Marinette slumped in her seat next to Alya and closed her stinging eyes. Her brain barely registered Adrien sitting in front of her, who looked nearly as sleep deprived as her.

"Girl, you look like hell," Alya dead panned next to her.

"Thanks," Marinette responded dryly. She wasn't really in the mood for another one of Alya's lectures on how she should sleep earlier.

Ms. Bustier appeared to be absent as a man none of them had seen before stood in front of the classroom. As the substitute took roll, Marinette laid her head on her arms and tried to ignore the pain that signified the beginning of a headache.

"Alright class, Ms. Bustier is absent today so you all have a free study period. You may talk to each other but if it gets too loud, I will prohibit any talking. Am I clear?" The sub stated as he plopped down into the chair at Ms. Bustier's desk and opened a book.

"Nice," Alya said next to her. "So, girl, what kept you up this time?"

Marinette grunted in response. If it was a free period, she was going to use it to sleep. As she started to drift off, which don't take very long at all, Marinette was faintly aware that it felt like someone was touching her ears and her neck. She was, however, too tired to think straight and brushed it off as her being paranoid. She sighed and she felt herself just about to fall asleep when a loud scream interrupted her.

"Chloe! What are you doing?!" Alya yelled at the blonde. As Marinette rubbed the sleep from her eyes, she saw Chloe smirk. "That belongs to Marinette!"

Puzzled, Marinette looked at Alya. Alya pointed to Chloe's hand, which held Marinette's necklace. Marinette's hand immediately flew up to her now bare neck. That must've been the feeling she had had when she was trying to fall asleep. Marinette sighed and stood up. She held out her hand to Chloe.

"Chloe, give it back." Marinette had no patience to deal with this girl. That necklace had been given to her by her mother just a few days before as a present for helping out with a particularly difficult order at the bakery. Next time Chloe needed saving (and there would be a next time since the girl caused most of the akumas), maybe Ladybug would wait just a little bit longer before rescuing her.

Chloe just laughed. "Why would you want this ratty piece of junk anyway? It's obviously a cheap fake. The diamonds and gold aren't even real. Is this all your poor family could afford?" Chloe scoffed.

Marinette felt her blood begin to boil. She massaged her temples and exhaled. "Chloe, give me my necklace back," she said again. Marinette looked at the substitute to see if he could possibly be of any help, but he appeared to be lost in his book.

"You want it? Catch." Chloe tossed the necklace away from Marinette.

Marinette's breath hitched until she saw Adrien, almost with cat-like reflexes, grab her necklace out of the air. She tried not to blush as he handed it to her. "Chloe, you shouldn't steal people's things," Adrien reprimanded her. Chloe's face turned slightly pink and her face twisted into a sneer.

Marinette began putting her necklace back on. As she hooked the ends together behind her neck, her arm brushed past her ear. She froze. She slowly brought her fingers up to her ear and felt her own skin where she should have felt the metal of her earring. Marinette was positive her heart had stopped beating.

"Chloe," Marinette's voice had a slight tremor to it. "Did you take my earrings?"

Chloe merely smirked. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Marinette took a step forward. "Chloe, give me my earrings." Her voice had gotten so deathly serious that conversations around the room were beginning to die down. People were watching Chloe and Marinette's exchange.

"Why should I? These look even cheaper than that stupid necklace." Chloe produced Marinette's earrings from behind her back. Marinette attempted to take a swipe at them but Chloe held them just out of her reach.

Marinette started shaking with mixture of desperation and anger. She needed to get her miraculous back and she was almost ready to punch Chloe to get it.

Chloe was still talking. "These are worthless just like you." With that, Chloe threw them on the ground, raised her foot, and stomped on top of them.

Marinette's blood ran cold. "What the hell?!" Marinette heard Alya's voice behind her. "Chloe, what is wrong with you?" Alya pushed past Marinette to confront Chloe when a pained squeaking came from Marinette's bag.

Marinette dove for her bag and opened it. Please please please be okay, Tikki. Marinette thought in her head. She delicately pulled out her kwami. Tikki was shaking and writhing in pain in her hand. "Oh god," Marinette whispered.

"What is that?" Chloe asked obnoxiously. While the entire class gathered closer to get a better look at Marinette's writhing kwami, Adrien stood frozen, unable to move.

"Tikki," Marinette whispered. "Tikki, are you okay? Oh my god."

Tikki could barely squeak out a reply; she was in so much pain. "Marinette, you need to take me to Master Fu. Bring the broken miraculous too."

Marinette snapped into action. "Chloe, get the hell off of my earrings."

"Why should I?" Chloe smirked.

"You just freaking smashed my miraculous! Get the hell off of them!" Marinette screeched.

Chloe involuntarily took a step back, off of Marinette's earrings. "What? Your miraculous?" Chloe's smirk disappeared as she pieced it together. "You're… you're Ladybug?" she breathed out.

Marinette paid her no attention as she quickly picked up all of the fractured pieces of her miraculous and sprinted out of the room. Adrien's voice was barely audible in the chaos that ensued as Marinette left the classroom.

"My Lady…"