It was Wednesday today.

Some may say it was just a normal 'Get up go to school/work live your boring lives' Wednesday.

But for one blue haired Parisian named Marinette Dupain-Cheng, it was not.

Because this Wednesday, was going to be the day she would tell her crush she loved him.

"Are you sure you can do this Marinette?" Tikki asked from the girls handbag.

"I'm sure Tikki," Marinette said looking determined as she rushed to school.

Unsure, but not wanting to say anything, Tikki went inside the bag and went back to munching on the cookie she had there.

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Soon Marinette made it to school, this being one of those rare times when she was early, and went right into hunting down Adrien Agreste, son of the great fashion designer Gabriel Agreste, finding him with Nino and Alya.

Taking a deep breath, Marinette stood tall and went over to them smiling.

"Marinette!" Alya called smiling seeing her there.

"Hi Alya, Nino, Adrien..." Marinette said blushing a little "Um... Mind if I talk for you alone for a little bit?" she asked the teenage model.

"Um... Sure," Adrien said getting up and following her to a spare empty classroom.

Wanting this to be private, Marinette closed the door, and turned to Adrien.

"Adrien... I... I like you," Marinette said smiling "From that moment you gave me that umbrella, I've loved you more than anything else in the world." she carried on "That's why I'm always stumbling over my words when I speak to you, and why I'm always so clumsy..." she carried on not noticing Adrien looking nervous.

"I doubt that I deserve you, what with me bring who I am, the daughter of a baker, who's a klutz and trips over herself almost every day," Marinette said playing with her handbag "But I love you, so... Will you be my boyfriend?" she asked nervous looking up to him with high hopes that he will say yes.

"Wow Marinette..." Adrien said unsure what to say, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'm happy that you feel that way, but... I have my eyes set on someone else..."

At that moment Marinette felt like she was hit with a ton of bricks as it felt like her heart was shattered into a thousand pieces.

"Oh... ok, um... I... I understand..." Marinette said trying to hold back her tears "Who... Who is it?"

"Ladybug," Adrien said smiling a daze look coming to his face "The way how she always saves everyone. How she looks as she swings on her yoyo across the rooftops of Paris. Oh and the way how she always cares about everyone who gets Akumatized," he finished up turning to Marinette again seeing the door was open and she was gone.


As quickly as she could, Marinette rushed to the girls bathroom and locked herself in there, tears coming from her eyes.

"Marinette, why are you so upset?" Tikki asked coming out and floating before her "Adrien just said that he likes you."

"No he didn't Tikki," Marinette said shaking her head and bringing a locket out holding Adrien's picture inside it "He said he liked Ladybug."

"But you are Ladybug."

"No I'm not Tikki!" she screamed and a new burst of tears came from her eyes "I'm Marinette, just a dumb girl who can't do anything right and who nobody loves. Adrien doesn't love me he loves her."


Over on the other side of Paris, a window started to open up letting in the light showing a room full of butterflies and a man.

"Ah a girl with a broken heart..." he said smiling "How upsetting it must be for the love of her life to fall for someone else... Come here little Akuma," he said letting a butterfly land into his hand and covered it making it turn dark.

"Fly away little Akuma, and comfort this troubled soul..."


Back at the school, Adrien had returned to Nino and Alya the two of them asking where Marinette was.

"You mean she's not here?" he asked slightly worried.

"What do you mean?" Nino asked.

"As I was finishing giving my answer to a question she asked, she wasn't there anymore, so I thought she had come back here."

"What did she want to talk about?" Alya asked having an idea on what it could be.

"She said that she loved me, but I love someone else," Adrien said looking around the room looking for Marinette.

"Miss, may I go use the bathroom please," Alya said raising a hand a stern look on her face ignoring Adrien.

"Yes Alya, but hurry," Ms. Bustier said before getting back to the lesson.

Quickly Alya got up and went looking for Marinette.


In the bathroom Marinette was still crying, Tikki gently stroking her, on top of her head, the little Kwami having given up trying to make her happy again.

Just as Tikki was about to say that 'There were going to be other boys' a little black and purple butterfly made its way inside the room and was making it's way over to Marinette.

Gasping, Tikki turned to her chosen.

"Marinette, you will have other chances," Tikki said firmly "Pull yourself together, you being this upset makes you vulnerable to Hawkmoth."

"I don't care Tikki!" Marinette screamed "I don't have a life being Marinette anymore so I might as well become his newest puppet." she said taking her earrings off and putting them in her purse with the Kwami before standing tall and welcoming be Akuma.

As soon as the Akuma sunk into her locket, Hawkmoth could sense why she was upset. The boy she loved, loved her alter-ego. Ladybug...

'Mariposa, I will give you the power to make all the Akuma's you and Chat Noir have defeated come to life once again, and help you get revenge on your crush for how he made you feel. But, you must give me your and Chat Noir's Miraculous' in return...' Hawkmoth said in her head 'So... Do we have a deal?'

"You got it Hawkmoth..." Marinette said grinning, a black and purple mist covering her changing her.

Her jeans, shirt, jacket and shoes changing into a purple dress fitted for royalty while still usable to walk, and run around and over roof tops.

She had fingerless gloves with sapphire gems on the backs of them.

A silver crown on top of her head, sunk into her hair which was down from the pig-tails.

A silver mask covering her eyes.

And on her back were a pair of large purple and black butterfly wings.

Once the changes were complete, Mariposa came out of the stall gripping onto her handbag and looked herself over in the mirror.

Just then the door opened as Alya called out.

"Marinette? You in here?" she asked coming in freezing when she saw the girl before her.

"Oh I'm more than alright Alya," Mariposa said grinning turning to her "Or shall I say 'Lady Wifi...'" she said aiming her hand to Alya, hitting her with a ray of light, turning her back to her Akumatized form.

"What do you wish of me Princess?" Lady Wifi asked bowing gripping onto her phone.

"I need your help to send a message out across all of Paris..." Mariposa said explaining, grinning as they left the room and headed up to the roof.