You all failed terribly

I don't own Miraculous Ladybug.

Summary: Lila and Marinette are childhood friends. They have always been each other's only and best friend for years. So why the lies? It is because Marinette want to test her classmates to see if they were really her friends.

Inspired by Good!Lila on tumblr , La Red, and also Tattered remains of broken dreams (yours, not mine) and Archenemies to Superfriends by Unmasked.

Marinette walks into the classroom early. Thanks to not having deal with her classmates' constant demands anymore she was never late. Opening the door, she walks in. She wasn't surprised to see the torn remains of her sketchbook. Lila had warned her of their plot. She made sure to switch it with an old one. Looking at her classmates, she can see triumph and hatred in everyone's face, but no remorse. Only Nathanial, who shook his head in shame, was sorry. Chloe was filing her nails, but she was neutral in this entire thing. Lila was smiling triumphally, but Marinette can see the disgust in her eyes, directed at their classmates and also relief that the charade was over.

"Well aren't you going to said anything?" Alix demands as Marinette merely sit down ignoring the torn paper.

"Three things. One that sketchbook was something I have been meaning to get off. It had the details for the trips that I had planned before I was kicked out of my position and the commissions you demand," Lila had been furious at that. Marinette was happy with it, especially since that means she can now spend more time on her paid commissions and planning trips for the two of them and her new friends. Lila had declined the position. Alya had taken over, but she was horrible to say the less. Marinette was thrilled that she was excluded from the trips. It meant she can spend more time helping at the bakery. With her Ladybug duties and class representative duties, she had been drifting from her parents. Her parents were happy to spend more time with her, but they were not happy with the reason. Especially when they saw the video of when Ms. Bustier announces it in front of the class.

"Two," Marinette slams a packet of paper on her desk "here are the receipts for all the things I have made for you and all the pastries I brought you. Your parents should be receiving them too. And three" Marinette waits until Lila was by her side "YOU ALL FAIL!"

"What?" The class asks.

"Lila what are you doing with Marinette? She has been bullying you!"

Lila rolls her eyes "Oh, stop it Cesaire. For someone who claims to be a journalist you have no ability to fact check. When have Marinette ever bullied me?"

"She said you were lying yesterday when you said you teach Claire Nightingale her dance moves," Mylene chimes in.

Lila raises an eyebrow "That is it?"

"She was being jealous because you have so many accomplishments." Rose said.

Lila and Marinette roll their eyes. Of course, they think that. "First of all, saying someone is lying or wrong is not bullying. Through in your world it seems to be," Lila eyes Alya with disgust. She was many things (not all good), but believing she was always right wasn't one of them. "Second, I was lying."

"What? Did Marinette made you said that?" Kim demands.

Adrien frowns "Marinette you shouldn't…"

"Quiet Agreste. The grown-ups are talking," Lila shuts him down before he can scold her friend for not taking the "high road." She still wants to strangle him for that. One thing she and Marinette hates more than anything was people who enable bad behavior because of the chaos that would follow from correcting it.

"You can check Lila's stories out on google," Marinette said. Everyone pulls out their phone and started to check her stories. Then the ruckus starts, as everyone started screaming at Lila for lying to them. Marinette put her finger in her mouth and whistles loud enough to caught everyone's attention.

"Don't you dare blame all this on Lila. We purposely made the lies easy to disprove. It's not our fault that you all don't seem to have a brain cell or common sense. Honestly do you really believe that the workers at the airport would let a person, much less a teenager on the runway?" Marinette snaps.

"What do you mean "we purposely made the lies easy to disprove"?" Max asks.

"Oh, for goodness' sake, what these two peasants "The two "peasants" glare at Chloe "are saying is that they play you all for fools."

Marinette sighs "not how we want to put it, but basically yes. We fooled you."

"What!? Why!? We are your friends!" Alya exclaims.

Marinette's glare intensifies. "NO, you are not. If you had passed this test, I would have considered you true friends. Until then you were just my classmates and people I hang out with. You see I don't trust people easily. There is a reason why I wasn't close with any of my classmates, and it wasn't just because of Chloe. I could have easily move to another class or even school if I wanted to, but I choose to stay. Why it is because that way I have a legible reason to stay away from people. I can also see who was brave and willing to fight for what is right. You already failed that. My parents have be persuading me to make friends with you for yeats. I only agree because Lila emails me telling me she was coming to Paris in a few months. I know she would have my back and help me tell if you are true friends or not."

Lila explains "I enjoy telling stories in my schools to see who is interested in me for my connections and who is interested in me for me. The people who are willing to call me out and protect their friends are the only ones worth my time."

Marinette muses "these people are usually grateful to you afterwards because it tells them who their true friends are." She always helps Lila with that. Her creativity helps Lila's stories. She also helps Lila confess to the person afterwards with a gift she makes and send to Lila to give to them. The person usually gets over it in time and with some therapy. With all the schools that Lila have gone to, a website had pop up with the stories. It gave Lila and Marinette friends throughout the years.

"That can't be "Alya stammers.

Marinette rolls her eyes "Use what brain cells you have. Why did you think all of Lila's stories were engineered to your interests? Ladybug, Jagged stone. I told her about your interests and help her craft the stories."

"What about Adrien?" Rose asks.

"Marinette's my best friend. As such, I have to make sure he was a good enough person for her. So, I want to test him."

"By the way, you fail that too," Marinette told Adrien. "On a scale of 1 to 10, you get a negative ten."

Lila snorts "Negative a hundred is more like it. Honestly if you had been firmer on telling me no, I wouldn't have got into your house and taken that selfie. I must remember to apologize to Kagami for getting her akumazited for that. Also, I can't believe you told Marinette to keep quiet about my lies." Lila shakes her head. "I have seen people try to disprove my lies. I have people threaten me to stop lying to their friends. Their friends have defended me or helped them. But never have anyone guilt their friend into keeping quiet. Honestly after Marinette told me about that, I knew that you weren't a good man for her."

"Dude you knew," Nino said, hurt. Adrien looks away.

"Huh, you are a spineless fool who won't fight for anyone, even if that person is important to you. Stay away from Marinette," Lila warns rubbing salt in the wound.

Marinette leans back in her seat "So to sum it all up, you all are terrible friends, and are very gullible. All the favors I have done for you, all the free clothes and pastries are over. In the future, don't talk to me unless it is for a commission that you are paying me for, and don't talk to Lila either."

"That is a lie. You are making this up", Alya denies.

Lila and Marinette groan in unison and roll their eyes. Lila takes out her phone. She chooses an album of photos and send it to everyone.

"These are photos of when we first meet in Italy as children, as well as emails and gifts we send to each other over the years." Lila explains. She always keeps them on her. She had backups of her backups. They always sooths her during her travels. The class looks shocked. The bell rings , yanking everyone from their thoughts.

"Oh, remember when I said I don't need this sketchbook anymore. Do your job properly and get rid of it for me, would you?" Marinette shoves the papers off her desk. Lila snickers and Chloe laughs loudly as the papers flow off the desk. Lila sits down next to Marinette.

Ms. Bustier walks in. "What happened?" She asks, seeing the mess of papers.

Marinette smiles sweetly "Rose and Jukela wanted to recycle some old paper but spilled it all over the room. They are about to pick it up now."

"Shouldn't you help them?" Ms. Bustier asks.

"Sorry, but Lila and I are almost over our misunderstanding. A few more minutes is all we need."

Ms. Bustier brightens "In that case, Rose and Jukela, you two hurry and cleaned up before class starts. The rest of you help them." Everyone in the class, but Nathanial and Chloe who remains in her chair, glares at the two girls as they clean up the paper. Marinette had somehow made the paper scatters all over the room, making the chore more difficult.

Marinette pulls out some pastries for the two friends to share. Lila choose her favorite. The two friends enjoy the treats and watch as their classmates clean up. Breakfast and a show. The two friends look down at the room like queens, an image that would one day become common throughout the world.

I have no idea who sits that seat, so I guess.

Marinette give Nathanial his favorite after the room was clean.

Lila uses lies to tell who is a leech and who is not. For the people who can see through her lies, she would go further, but at a certain point she would reveal her true intentions to them before they break. They collaborate sometimes. But in the end that person become stronger for it and at least have a grudging respect for Lila. It works well for both parties (eventually.) Lila gets attention and the person learns the truth.