I know, I know...I should be deciding between Waves and Halfway Between Heaven and Hell. I'm sorry! But this idea was just speaking to me! Anyways I hope you enjoy!

Wings

by thepeacockandthebutterfly

"TIKKI!" a shrill voice shouted.

"Yes, Marinette? What's wrong?" This voice was small and soothing, coming from a red ladybug kwami.

"WHY IS THERE SOMETHING GROWING OUT OF MY BACK?!" Marinette cried, fingers running along two strange protrusions on her back.

"Ohhhh, silly Marinette, those are your wings," Tikki answered, giggling all the while.

"WHAT?!" Marinette screamed. She stalked over to her bed and laid down with a huff. "Tikki, why on earth do I have wings?"

Tikki sighed before smiling and flying over to sit by Marinette's head. "Ladybugs have wings, so it's only natural that Ladybug should have wings too!"

Marinette took several deep, calming breaths(well-more like gulps) before responding. "So this is normal?"

Tikki's giggles filled the room again, the sound like chimes to Marinette's ear. "Of course. In fact, I think you'd look very pretty with wings."

Marinette blushed a deep crimson red. "Well, yeah, maybe with pretty gossamer white fairy wings, but not with black insectile wings." Marinette scrunched up her nose at the thought.

"They actually will look like fairy wings, though," Tikki said, smiling at the image in her mind. Her Ladybugs always looked so pretty with the wings behind them like butterflies. "It's only when you transform that they look like an actual ladybug's wings."

Marinette titlted her head to one side and propped her head up on her hands, bluebell eyes filling with interest. "Wait, so what do they look like? Do they look like angel wings, or bird wings, or butterfly wings? OH! Or fairy wings? Or maybe peacock feathers?"

Tikki hovered in the air, thinking about it. "It tends to vary for each Ladybug. I had one girl, her name was Hippolyta, she had these lovely brown moth wings. And Joan, oh she had these white feathery wings, the white was practically blinding it was so pure! But my absolute favorite was my very first Ladybug, Jie Jie. Her wings, they were white too, but they resembled the silk moths of her culture. They were so soft and fine, almost like gossamer, and they smelled divine. Like mulberries!" A dreamy look came over Tikki's face at the memory. "But, Marinette, I bet your wings will be like black angel wings. Big and so black, they're practically blue! That would be so pretty..." Tikki spun around in circles so fast it was dizzying to watch, her cerulean eyes gleeful.

Marinette shook her head at her silly kwami and smiled tenderly. Then a thought hit her and the amused look turned into terror. "How am I supposed to hide wings!?"

"You just tuck them up tight around your body! It's pretty easy and I can help you once they're fully formed. It should be about a month."

Marinette frowned at the thought, suddenly becoming nervous. But of course her worries were soothed by one thought. "Oooh, I can't wait to see Chat's face when I show up with wings!" Marinette squealed, hands on her cheeks as she imagined her silly kitty's face.

-One Month Later-

Marinette rushed to the mirror as soon as she woke up, eager to see the development of the wings forming on her back. She turned around and saw large, black-blue feathers forming huge wings, just like Tikki had predicted. "Tikki! I think they're done!"

Tikki flew in slowly, little paws still rubbing sleep from her big blue eyes. At least, until she caught sight of Marinette's wings. Tikki let out a squeal of delight. "Oh, Marinette, they're lovely! And just like I thought they'd be!"

Marinette moved her wings up and down, fascinated by their movements. However, the breeze that she created sent bottles flying. Marinette squeaked in surprise before hurriedly picking everything up. "They're so strong!" she said after finishing, gently stroking the appendages.

"They have to be! They're going to carry you after all!" Tikki giggled, the pleasing sound causing Marinette to let out a few giggles of her own.

Marinette dressed for school, not worried about being late since she had woken up early. It wasn't until she tried to put her shirt on that she realized the glaring issue. "Um, Tikki? Do you remember your promise to teach me how to hide these?"

Tikki just shook her head before flying over and explaining how to pull the wings in flat against her body. "Um, the only problem is I can slightly see the bump of the very biggest feathers on top. You're going to need to leave your hair down to cover them until you can design some new clothes which won't show your wings.

"That's it?" Marinette asked, obviously calming down.

"Yeah."

"Oh, okay, that's fine. Although I wonder how everyone at school will react to the hair change," Marinette giggled at the thought of her stunned classmates' faces, before blushing hard. "Wait, but what is Adrien going to say?!"

Tikki shook her head again while Marinette began to freak out. "Marinette," she said suddenly, interrupting Marinette's minor breakdown, "Just put your hair down already! You'll find out soon enough whether he likes it or not."

Marinette took a deep, calming breath and smiled at her kwami fondly. "Thanks, Tikki." Marinette pulled out the ribbons holding her pigtails in place and brushed out the silky black hair. She took a white headband with a spray of cherry blossoms on it and pulled her bangs out of her eyes.

"I actually think you look very pretty like that!" Tikki cried, fluttering around Marinette's face. "The cherry blossoms really look nice against your hair."

"Thanks! Although, I hate how my hair looks blue in the light..." Marinette muttered, a pout on her face as she reached one hand up to brush the velvety strands.

Tikki smiled. "No, it's pretty! And only really black hair looks that dark, it's simply gorgeous!"

Marinette blushed slightly at her kwami's flattering words before looking at her bedside clock at letting out a shrill scream. "TIKKI, I'M GOING TO BE LATE! AGAIN!"

Marinette was surprised to see a smirk across Tikki's usually angelic features. "It won't take long to get there if you fly."

Excitement and terror appeared simultaneously in Marinette's eyes as she prepared to jump off her balcony. Her wings were outstretched and ready to fly, but Marinette couldn't help her doubts rising to the surface. What if they can't carry me? What if I fall? But one look at Tikki's reassuring face and Marinette was ready to go. "Here I go, Tikki."

"Don't worry, Marinette! You'll be fine!" Tikki chirped from Marinette's shoulder bag.

Marinette took one last deep breath before jumping off her balcony and plummeting to the street below.

WHOOSH! Marinette opened her eyes a crack and found herself above her house, looking down. She turned to look behind her and saw her huge black wings beating the air steadily. She concentrated on moving her wings as if they were another set of arms, flying up above the clouds to remain hidden before finding her way to school. Marinette looked around and found an alley next to the grand College Francoise Dupont. Tucking in her wings, she landed as lightly as a feather before tucking her wings in all the way and hiding them beneath her clothes and hair. Marinette took one more deep breath to calm her reappearing nerves before walking up the steps along with the rest of the students.

"Hey girl!" Alya said, lifting her head up as Marinette slid into the seat next to her. "Whoa! You're actually on time today!"

Nino turned his head and surprise flitted across his face before he broke out into a huge grin. "Good job, Mari, you managed to make it on time!"

Marinette smiled at both of them before staring at the door, waiting for her love to come in and fill the empty seat beside Nino.

Finally, Adrien ran in just as the bell rang, missing a tardy by a few seconds. He dropped into the seat next to Nino, panting slightly. He fist bumped Nino before turning to wave to the girls behind him. He stopped suddenly at the sight of Marinette before a grin appeared on his face. "I love your hair like that, Mari!"

Alya winked at Marinette as her face turned red and she began to stutter. Nino snickered behind his hand at her blushing face before he and Alya shared a knowing look before Adrien turned to look at the front of the classroom as Mme. Bustier began to call roll.

"Alya, did he just say what I think he said?!" Marinette whispered to Alya excitedly behind her hand.

Alya smiled at her friend and high fived her before whispering back, "Yes he did, girl!"

Marinette was in a daze the rest of the school day, barely able to answer any of the teacher's questions. Using her wings she had reached the highest point of Cloud 9 and was just lying there, blissfully unaware of her surroundings. It wasn't until Alya tugged on her sleeve that Marinette finally came down from her high.

"Mari, school's over," Alya laughed at her friend's confused and dazed expression.

"Wha-? What was that again, Alya?" Marinette asked as she blinked, registering that Alya was laughing.

"School's over! You've been in your own world since Adrien complimented your hair," Alya laughed even harder, snorts mixed in, "You should have seen your face then. You looked like a cherry tomato!" Guffaws streamed from Alya's mouth like the few tears of laughter streaming down her cheeks.

Marinette pouted and blushed, but only slightly. "Stop laughing at me, Alya."

"Sorry, Mari. It's just-" another laughter filled explosion, "It was just SO FUNNY!"

Marinette slunk out of the classroom, bubbling resentment filling her towards her dear friend. Tikki popped out of the bag once they were alone. "Marinette! Alya just thought it was funny! You laugh at her all the time!"

Marinette looked away before turning back, a growing smile stretching across her face from ear to ear. "Oh, wait! I get to fly home now!"

All of a sudden, alarms started blaring. Tikki sighed, "I know what that means...another akuma..."

However, an evil smirk was on Marinette's face instead of annoyance. "But, Tikki, now we get to see Chat's reaction!"

A/N: Mwahaha! I know I really should be deciding which story to continue, but I had this idea and it was nagging me so I just had to write it. I can't decide which of my two AU's anyways. If any of you reader have read Waves and Halfway Between Heaven and Hell, please suggest which one I should continue in the reviews! And I hope you all enjoy this story. It's just going to be a very fluff-filled piece with about 10 or so chapters. Nothing huge, just a cute story. But I hope you all enjoy it!

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