Marinette sighed, putting down her pencil. It's no use, she can't focus at all. She looked up to look at her friends –are they still friends though?- flock around Lila like workers to a Queen, listening to her yammer on about some amazing thing she did. She had hoped that drawing something would distract her from it all but it seems today is not her day.

Watching her friends get sucked in by Lila's honeyed words makes her feel sick. She had tried to get them to see the truth, that she is nothing more than a liar. But it seems no matter what she tries; Lila can spin it to make it look like she's in the wrong, when she wasn't!

Her eyes trailed over to the familiar blonde hair and green eyes that would have made her swoon and sigh dreamily just at the sight of him, Adrien Agreste. But ever since he came to her with his 'advice' of letting Lila continue with her lies so she wouldn't be akumatized with the off chance that she'll get caught in her own lies one day. It left a bad feeling in her stomach, it wasn't right to just let her continue on with no consequence. To just let her manipulate and get the hopes of their friends' hopes up. She had agreed to it as back then it seemed like a good plan, just sit back and wait for it to happen. But it's been two months and everyone is still enthralled with her lies.

Within those two months, Lila was able to move her towards the back of the class like before and her right next to Adrien. Being at the back on her own gave her time to reflect on some things and after speaking with Tikki did she begin to see the holes in Adrien's logic.

She feels so stupid for not seeing it before. His advice wasn't aimed at Lila, it was aimed at her. He placed Lila's wellbeing above her own when she saw the class gang up on her for whatever excuse Lila would throw in the fire that he knows aren't true. She isn't hurting anyone, he had said but he was wrong, she was. Lila was hurting Marinette, couldn't he see that? The revelation made her stomach clench and made her question her view of Adrien. Surely he isn't prioritising Lila's feelings over hers just to get her to stop being akuma, right?

She bit her lip and looked down back at her sketchpad, to her unfinished drawing. It was supposed to be an entry for a contest on who would be the next designer to be commissioned to design for the new model that partnered with the Agreste Fashion Line. She was hoping to have come up with some sketches that she could improve later.

Then the school shook and it was followed by screaming. She and the rest of the class ran out to see an akuma. Looks like it's to be Ladybug.

Kirara's day was not going as she had hoped. The moment she landed on Paris for the partnership with the Agreste Fashion Line did they have people evacuate to safety from a weird monster. As she watched the news, did the monster or as the news reporter called it an 'Akuma'. They reminded her of the Zetsuborgs, she used to fight alongside her friends when she was a student at Noble Academy, back when she was still Cure Twinkle.

She clenched her fist; she hated not being to help. It was certainly an adjustment for her and her friends when they had finished their mission as Princess Precures. She and the others missed Towa-chi, Pafu, and Aroma. She missed being Cure Twinkle and being able to help and fight off monsters.

Though the thing that surprised her was that Paris seemed to have their own heroes. She could tell they weren't Pretty Cure at least she thinks so. She isn't completely sure. But the hero duo, ladybug and Chat Noir was certainly different from her and her friends when they were Princess Precures. The duo was using weapons along with their hand to hand and the two seemed to have synergy that one would get if they put their trust in another person. Their powers were also different from what she could gather, they weren't elemental, Chat Noir was more for destroying something from what she could see from the news while Ladybug summoned something? It was a pack of gum, she wasn't sure how that was gonna help but she was soon proved wrong as Ladybug was somehow able to make use of what she was given and turn against the Akuma.

After winning the battle, did the authorities let them go out of the safe zone. She picked up her luggage and was at the entrance. Her mom said that someone was gonna meet her there at the airport. Did they get chased out when the Akuma attacked?

"Greetings Ms. Amanogawa." Said a voice behind her.

Kirara turned to see a woman with blackish blue hair that was in a bun with a red streak along the bangs, square framed glasses, and a black and blue business suit. She wore the most bored out expression she had seen before.

"Hello." She answered back cautiously.

"I am Nathalie Sancour, secretary of Gabriel Agreste. We're sorry for the delay, we didn't expect the akuma to have hit the airport." She replied, professionally. "We hope the akuma attack won't be an issue during your stay in Paris."

Oh dear, she has a feeling that she was not gonna get along with this woman at all. But no matter, she can get through this. This was an important partnership for her. She was one step closer to achieving her dream of becoming a Super Model and she's sure that she'll fulfil along with HaruHaru and Minamin dreams.

"It's okay, if anything Paris seemed a lot more interesting than I had thought."

Author's Note: This is my first fanfic for ML and in awhile. Kirara would be a few years older than Marinette and the gang.