Chapter 1

Marinette's POV

"Marinette!" Alya shakes her best friend's shoulders. "What's got you so tired?"

Marinette lifts her head, her eyes blurry from lack of sleep. She had spent all last night sprinting across the rooftops of Paris as Ladybug, but she couldn't tell her friend that.

"Designing." She says instead.

Alya seems to take this as an answer, because she just nods and turns away, looking at her Ladyblog.

Adrien and Nino, Alya and Marinette's best friends, walk into the classroom and take a seat on the benches in front of the girls.

Chloé and her sidekick Sabrina stalk over, Chloé swaying her hips. Chloé puckers her lips, looking her childhood friend up and down.

"Adrikins, would you like to come over and help me pick out some clothes for my birthday party?" She asks sweetly, resting her head on the space in front of Adrien.

"Well, Chloé." Adrien rubs the back of his neck, something he does when he's nervous, Marinette notices. "I kinda have a photo shoot to go to - "

"It's ok, how about next Thrusday?" Chloé interrupts.

Adrien looks annoyed, his mouth open as if he's about to answer when Mme Bustier stalks in.

"Everyone, take your seats." She snaps.

Marinette looks at Alya and quietly asks, "What's got her panties in a twist?"

Alya shrugs and turns back to the teacher. "Better not try and find out."

Marinette lifts her head, her eyes drawn to where she sees the cross women staring at her. Marinette blushes, ducking her head.

"Now." Mme Bustier snaps. "Pull out your textbooks and turn to page 32..."

...

Marinette exits the classroom as soon as the bell rings, letting her kwami, Tikki, out of her purse.

A shrill scream echoes through the air, and Marinette ducks into an ally.

"Tikki, Spots on!" She cries.

Tikki gets sucked into her earrings, Marinette's suit appearing in red light. Red and black spotted spandex covers her, a matching mask on her face and yoyo on her hip.

Marinette, now Ladybug, rushes towards the scene. Glowing black light obscures everything, but it eventually dies down enough for her to see the villain.

A girl dressed in black material with silver highlighting her curves stands in the center of the light.

She wears high boots that are a purple color, with a mask the same color. She has what looks like silver lightning bolts protruding from the sides of her head and boots.

"I am Portal Fire!" She crows, the outline of a purple butterfly covering her face when she spots Ladybug.

"Portal Fire, give up!" Ladybug cries, using her yoyo to swing her to a spot close to the girl.

"Never!" Portal Fire shrieks, whipping a staff out of nowhere and creating a bubbling mass of darkness appear behind her. "And now, Ladybug, give me your Miraculous before I suck you into another dimension!"

"Catch me if you can." Ladybug taunts, breathing a sigh of relief when she sees the familiar black cat superhero dressed in leather. "Chat! Thank goodness, get over here!"

"Bugaboo." He winks as he lands next to the ladybug themed superhero, baton returning to normal size. "Purrleasure to see you again, milady."

"Enough puns, get to work!" Ladybug orders.

Chat Noir salutes gets to work on distracting the akuma. Ladybug accidentally swings a little too close to the portal with her yoyo and starts to get sucked in.

"Chat!" She shrieks as she disappears.

(For the coming chapter) I know that the peacock kwami's name is actually Duusu, not Bluu. But I prefer the name Bluu over Duusu (sorry, fans), so I am going to call her Bluu.

Anyways, this is the first chapter in A Peacock's Journey, a story I wrote a little while ago (Much like the Oneshot Ladyhate) and decided to write it on .

*Glares at the blue peacock kwami munching in sweetbread loudly next to her ear*

*Clears throat and continues writing*

Anyways, please review and tell me if I'm doing anything wrong.

Also, if you want to, please like.

Sorry this chapter is so short, I just kinda ran out of ideas for how Marinette could get to an alternate dimension.

*Grins at writing, imagining the readers instead of a screen*

Cya, folks, and continue fanning your beautiful feathers!

- TheMiraculousPeacock