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Hello readers and Miraculers! I'm a new writer here and this is the first ML fanfiction that I'm actually submitting. I hope you like the story. It's a part of a collection filled with what ifs and I just wanted to say that I really appreciate your ideas for more what ifs. :)

P.S. bugs and insects are weird in this story. They actually think and talk to each other. I know it's weird but bear my weird imagination. :P

Soft rays of sunshine were shining down on the world and filled it with warmth and light. It was another beautiful spring morning. The glorious castle was quiet which only meant that morning chores hadn't began for maids and servants yet. But dislike the quiet castle, the nature outside of it was alive. It was glowing along with sunshine.

Birds were softly singing their morning songs as they looked for food. the entire garden was alive that morning. There were many small creatures that were hidden in the grass below or the trees as they looked for food and hid from bigger animals. But there was a certain tree that contained the most creatures, the one that was right in front of one of the castle's room. Prince Adrien's room, actually.

Almost all of the people that lived in the castle knew how dear the tree was to him. By the way, it was one of the few things that was left from his mother and he loved the tree dearly. Queen and prince had both planted the tree together and took care of it themselves. Even though queen was gone now and Prince Adrien was mostly busy with his chores, he hadn't forgotten the tree and had hired a special gardener just for this tree and all of the other plants her mother had planted.

The special treatment tree had gotten had made it one of the biggest trees in the entire garden and therefore, it had changed the tree to one of the best living places for little bugs. That was why the tree was always filled with so many bugs who lived there. Such as a little ladybug and a butterfly that lived with other insects in the tree.

The two sure didn't looked alike and the insects that lived in the tree knew that they weren't the same in the manners as well. While the butterfly was vibrant and realistic, the little ladybug was calm, sweet and seemed to always be in some kind of dreamland. All of the insects knew them as inseparable friends, Marinette and Alya.

While most of the insects preferred to hunt for food alone, the ladybug and butterfly always looked for food together, ate together, slept together and simply did everything together. So, as they started flying off the tree together, no one said anything. They just watched them fly away for a second before they went back to what they were doing.

"So, where do you wanna go today?" asked Marinette.

Alya looked at her friend and answered, "I don't know. Any suggestions?"

Marinette sighed and looked around. "Can we stay close? I'm… not in a traveling mood today."

"Marinette, you've been off today. Are you sick? I can get food for the two of us if you're not okay," said Alya with worry in her tone.

"No Alya, I'm fine. Just… bored," she said as she stared at the ground below. "I mean, it's always the same. Wake up, find food, hide from big animals, sleep and then all of those things again. I want something new to happen to us. Just look at those humans. Their days are never the same. They have parties at some and different chores at others."

"But that's because they're humans." said Alya. "And we're bugs. We're not like them, thankfully."

"Alya sometimes… I wish I could be a human like them," she said with sadness.

Alya's eyes immediately widened upon hearing her friend and before she could stop herself, she let out a shriek, "Say what?" Marinette only sighed and didn't spoke up. "Girl, you can't be depressed over not being a human."

"No, I'm not depressed over that. Just sad that nothing new happens," said Marinette.

"We can… go to the side of the garden we never went to? A lot of new things happen there." suggested Alya.

"No. There's a long way till there. All I want is to grab a few plant lice and go back to the tree to sleep the rest of the day," she said sadly.

Alya looked at her with worry in her eyes and muttered a quiet 'okay' as she silently prayed that something different would happen so her friend would cheer up. Two friends separated and Marinette went to one of the nearby trees while Alya flew to a nearby bush of flowers. It wasn't long before Marinette started flying away with a sad, dejected sigh.

"Where are you going? Are you going back to tree?" asked Alya. Her friend only nodded with a small sigh and continued flying away. The last thing she heard from her friend was the 'be careful in the way' she shouted her way.

She sighed again as she flew faster to the tree. There were always days like this. Days that she just regretted she was born a ladybug. Days that she questioned her existence. 'Who says that ladybugs are lucky? They might bring luck for humans as they believe, but they sure aren't lucky themselves.' These thoughts occupied her brain as she flew back to tree. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't understand how she found her way back.

She stopped right before the tree. Going back there only meant more worried glances and 'are you okay's. With another sigh, she flew to one of the lower branches and plopped on a leaf as she looked in front of her nonchalantly.

There wasn't much to watch anyway. Just a big wall that was another part of the castle. However, since the branch she was at was much closer to ground than treetops,her usual sleeping place, there were a lot of new things she hadn't seen before. Like the huge glass doors that opened to the tree.

Behind those doors was a big, neat room. It made sense since it was Prince Adrien's room. That was all Marinette knew about the strange room in front of the tree. She had never seen the prince himself or the things inside the room. All she knew was what maids said about him when they were working in the garden. She knew that he was very handsome, nice, kind and many other things. Usually when maids got to this part of their conversation, they started squealing and swooning over him.

She would say that she didn't care who he was or how he looked, but she'd be lying if she said she wasn't curious even a bit. In her mind, the Prince Adrien she had made was tall and big, like any other human, with a kind look and maybe a small smile. She had no idea what color his eyes or hair was but she just imagined he was handsome.

She huffed as she felt her mind wander to a human. As much as she wished she could be a human, she knew her feeling wouldn't stay for too long. All she had to do was taking a nap and when she woke up, she would be as fresh as a blooming flower. So it was useless to think about a human even if that human was a handsome prince.

She sighed for the thousandth that day and glared at the big glass doors in front of her. Right on cue, the doors on the other side of glass door opened and a boy stepped in. It was way too far for Marinette to see him but she didn't have to anyway. Then why was she peaking as she turned away from the human?

Marinette expected whoever that human was would wander in the room for a few minutes and then leave, but to her surprise, he walked toward the glass doors and walked in the garden. Again, she thought he would go to another part of the garden, hopefully, but he walked straightly toward her tree instead of anywhere else. 'Yep, Ladybugs are definitely lucky…' she thought and then she glanced at the boy.

Marinette did want to avert her gaze, she desperately did but her body didn't obey her. She just couldn't help but stare at him. His shocking blonde hair that shined in the morning sun and made his head like a beautiful ball of light. His eyes that were a beautiful shade of green and sparkled in the light. His face that was as beautiful as the statues of the angels she had seen on the other side of garden, if not more beautiful.

He didn't see her though. Obviously, since she still was a little bug, but he reached his hand to the part of tree that was right above Marinette. And That was when she saw it... The happy sparkle in his eyes changed to a sad one as he whispered, "I miss you mom…" He smiled sadly and stared at the tree, as if he was remembering a memory.

And Marinette stared and stared. If it weren't for Alya's call, she would have drowned in the beauty in front of her. "Marinette? Marinette? What are you doing-" She could feel Alya freeze in her place and stare at the scene in front of her with wide eyes. "Mari, listen up. Just do a wrong move and you'll be dead. Now, before he looks at you, fly away as fast as you can," said Alya frantically.

Again, Marinette tried to move, but she didn't want to go. Sight of Prince Adrien was new here and even though he was human and it meant danger, she wanted to experience something new. She could hear Alya shouting at her, trying to get her away from there, but in Marinette's state of mind, her voice was just a noise in the background. The little ladybug was long gone in the la la land…

Prince Adrien's gaze lingered on the tree for a few second before he closed his eyes, took a deep breath and put on a happy and very, very enchanting smile. Marinette could feel her breath caught in her throat as she witnessed the beautiful sight in front of her eyes. Little by little his gaze lowered until a beautiful grin filled his face as he exclaimed, "A ladybug!"

"MARINETTE BACK OFF BEFORE YOU'RE KILLED!" screamed Alya in fear. She really wanted to step in and help her but it was too late by the time she made up her mind.

Prince Adrien, oblivious to all the chaos, smiled down at Marinette as he hold out a finger in front of her. For the first time since he had appeared, Marinette's gaze shifted to something else. She looked at the raised finger in front of her before she lifted her gaze to look at him again. There was happiness in his eyes. He was happy about a little ladybug. She couldn't believe that he was happy for such a small thing and couldn't help but be happy herself.

"Marinette, don't be a fool. I swear if you stepped on his finger, I won't talk to you ever again," threatened Alya from background.

"Then I'm sorry Alya," she whispered before she fluttered on his finger with a smile she knew he couldn't see.

Prince Adrien beamed happily at her and lifted his finger in front of his face as he stared at her curiously. She stared back at him with wide eyes as she tried to take everything in. She'd never been this close to a human. Sure, she had seen maids talking in the garden but that had been from afar. And now, this… this was amazing! It was as if she'd drown in his eyes any minute. They were so big, and green and really, really kind.

"Wow…" he said under his breath. "Who thought such a beautiful creature lived right under my nose?" She instantly grinned after hearing it. He had called her beautiful! "I should take her inside!" he said happily.

Marinette's eyes immediately widened after hearing him. Take her inside? That only meant extreme danger. She had to be quick and make up her mind. With one last glance at the boy's handsome face, she opened her tiny wings and flew away. She knew that staying on his finger was really tempting, but that was for her own safety.

"What? No! Don't go away ladybug!" he said with a pout. She couldn't help but giggle at him. After a few seconds Adrien cheered up again and chuckled to himself too. Probably because of the same reason Marinette giggled. "I'll be back little ladybug and I hope I'll see you here. I know you probably don't understand what I'm saying but… who am I kidding? I probably look like an idiot talking to myself now but I don't care! What I mean is… see you later!" he said with a kind smile at her direction. Marinette smiled back although she was sure he couldn't see her doing so.

He went back to his room as he hummed a happy tone. Once he was inside, he turned around and glanced at the tree to check if he could still see the ladybug there. Even though the tree was smaller from his room and that ladybug was small even from a close distance, he was sure he saw a red and black dot there. He smiled again and left the room. He couldn't wait to check on his ladybug again tomorrow.

Outside the room, Marinette landed on the leaf she was previously at as she wore a silly grin on her face. She couldn't believe all of the things that had happened. She couldn't believe that she'd only hoped for something new and it just happened! Maybe ladybugs were lucky after all…

"Miss Ladybug Marinette!" called an angry Alya. "What the hell girl? I thought he was going to kill you under his big filthy foot! Don't do it again. Do you hear me? Don't. Do. That. Again," said Alya with an angry and at the same time, relieved tone. "Marinette? Mari? Earth to Marinette!"

"What?" she answered with a dreamy tone.

"Mari, what had gotten into you?" asked Alya. "First all of the ranting about something new and now this."

"Alya…" she called with her dreamy tone.

"Yeah?" answered Alya.

Marinette turned to her friend with glimmering eyes and a dopey grin on her face. "I think I'm in love," she said with a dreamy sigh.

Alya first raised an eyebrow but then grinned as she started rambling, "Really? Oh my God, Mari! About time! Now who's the lucky bu-"

"And I really, really, really want to be a human now!"

Alya stared at her for a few seconds before she was able to finally digest her words and shrieked, "SAY WHAT?"

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