The UNlucky One

Prologue

Bad luck followed him, a black cloud that never left him alone, ever blotting the sunshine from his life. It had been that way for as long as he could remember. Even the day he was born had been wrought with misfortune and tragedy. After a complicated and dangerous delivery, he arrived into the world at the cost of another's life: that of his twin sister.

The doctors had told his parents that they could only save one of the twins. Due to positioning and survival chances, they had chosen his sister. Fate had other ideas. Somehow, the unborn twins swapped places before the doctors began the procedure to save the girl, and her brother received the treatment meant for her. He firmly believed that cruel twist of fate had been the catalyst for his curse. His parents never blamed him or acknowledged his bad luck. In fact, they had named him Felix, a name meaning happy or lucky in Latin.

As Felix grew up, he realized just how much that name didn't suit him. Nothing seemed to go right when he was involved. Everything from minor instances of running out of milk for his cereal nearly every morning, no matter how full it had been the day before, to more irritating things such as missing every bus despite being early. The worst cases were when he tried to help his little brother with anything. Inevitably, his brother would end up hurt or in some sort of trouble. Eventually, Felix gave up and began to distance himself from his family. When the opportunity arose for him to study in another country, he leapt at the chance.

Five years had passed since he'd been home. He didn't even return when his mother disappeared. In fact, the only reason he even decided to go back home had been twofold. A particularly bad stroke of luck and a rumor. He had been expelled from his school mere days from graduating because of an awful misunderstanding. It was one of those wrong place, wrong time instances, and he'd been accused of accosting a female student and stealing her term paper. In actuality, she had never seen who took her paper, and he had found it on the ground nearby. Not even knowing the student, he took the paper to the teacher, but before he could even explain, the girl fingered him as the thief.

His father would have found another school for him in Italy, but it had been the rumor that had led him specifically back to Paris. Two superheroes had appeared; they called themselves Ladybug and Cat Noir. It was the ladybug themed hero that caught his eye. Ladybugs were a symbol of love and good luck, and from everything he'd heard, this heroine certainly had luck to spare. Her main power was even called Lucky Charm. For the first time in his life, Felix felt hope. Perhaps she could be the key to breaking his curse.

A/N: It's a bit short, but it is a prologue after all. First official chapter is done and almost ready for upload. Thanks for reading!