𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 1

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"𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩."

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playing: [Gymnopédie no.1] - [Satie]
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[010]

Your class held a film for some sort of contest, you didn't know much as you weren't paying much attention but because of your acting experience, Nino considered having you the main lead. But after many "no's" he left you alone. Instead, Myléne took the role and played alongside Adrien.

"Agent Smith, it's too dangerous! We must evacuate."

"You're suggesting we run, Officer Jones?" Myléne eyed the camera as she spoke, "After it devoured my family, my friends, even my beloved dog, Sniffles? Never. I won't run! I no longer fear it, I'm going to face it, then I'll—"

She let out a loud scream when Ivan, who wore the monster mask, appeared and scared her. She hid behind the desk, hugging herself for comfort.

"Cut!" Nino shouted, eyeing you over his shoulder for a moment.

You just sat on your desk, shrugging, as you avoided his gaze. "Myléne! This is like, the tenth take, and we're only on the first scene!" Shouting, he rubbed his temples in annoyance.

You felt bad. You knew how hard it felt to get criticized by directors and it always ruined your confidence, also mainly the reason you didn't want to play the role to begin with—especially with Nino's competitiveness.

"Fourteenth actually! But who's counting?" Alix corrected.

You saw Myléne perk her eyes over the desk and observed the class in guilt, "I'm sorry. I'm going to do better on the next take, I promise."

"You're playing a hero from the special forces. You're not supposed to get freaked out!" Nino retorted.

"I know, but that monster mask he's wearing is so...realistic and scary." She reasoned, a frown forming on her lips.

Ivan smiled reassuringly, "It's just big ol' me, Myléne." He poked the monster mask's eye holes with his fingers to emphasize his point, "Nothing to be scared of!"

"You ask me, he doesn't even need a mask!" Chloe said, laughing along with Sabrina.

You saw Myléne sing to herself quietly as she closed her eyes, eventually knocking into Adrien and letting out another scream.

Sighing to yourself, you knew that you could have been the main role. But you just couldn't do it. Though you did felt bad for Myléne, especially since you could relate to her situation, you remembered saving her from your first day of your "heroine duty". If she easily overcame that, what makes her believe she can't deal this?

"And the Oscar for the best pathetic scaredy cat of its own shadow goes to...Myléne!" Chloe taunted, laughing at her obnoxiously.

Eyeing her in the corner of your eye, you spoke, "Chloe. Please keep quiet or just leave."

Before she or you could even add anything to your comment, Myléne cried out as she ran out the door. Letting out a small sigh, you glared at the blonde. Seeing Ivan running after her, you stood up from your seat.

"Great. Look what you did." You retorted, pointing at the door.

"Forgive Chloe! She just speaks before...thinking." Adrien defended, bringing his hands up in the air.

"She does more than that." Marinette remarked, walking away from the door.

Glaring at you guys, Chloe scoffed. "You—"

"Epic, Chloe! Just epic. What are we supposed to do without our leading actress?!" Nino interrupted, yelling at the unsympathetic blonde.

After his words, everyone inside the class looked at you; giving you a pointed look. You just looked at them back in slight distress.

"I'm the producer! I say, we wait for Myléne." Marinette uttered, her face slightly raised in concern as she looked away from you.

Looking down at her nails, Chloe remained uncaring. "Who needs her anyway? She was totally lame!"

"You're lame!" Ivan shouted, slightly out of breath as he ran next to the door, "Myléne is crying her eyes out in the bathroom thanks to you!!"

Noticing everyone's sudden exasperation, Marinette waved her hands in the air dismissively as she walked towards Ivan, "Hey, hey! Everyone chill out!" She leaned over to the boy, whispering who knows what until she spoke again, "I'm the producer, and I'm gonna do everything in my power to finish filming tonight."

"The deadline for the Parisian Student Short film is tomorrow evening, precisely twenty-six hours, fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes, and fourteen—thirteen seconds from now," Max announced, showing her the timer.

"Thank you, Max. And we still have editing, post-sound, soundtrack..."

"Who's gonna take Myléne's part?" Adrien asked, now sitting on the desk.

"I guess I'll take it," you replied almost hesitantly.

Nino's disappointment suddenly morphed into great satisfaction as he sprinted towards you, grabbing your shoulders, "Yes! With a famous actress, I'll definitely win!" Hearing Alya scoff at him, he corrected himself, "We'll win."

Alya handed you the script and after reading a few lines and the ending of the act, your eyes widened ever so slightly. "A kiss with Officer Jones?" You asked, your jaw slightly slack.

Hearing a few gasps around you, you handed the script back to Alya. Marinette suddenly dragged Alya with her in the corner of the room, almost making her drop the script, and whispered to her angrily. You stole a glance at Adrien, who seemed just as surprised by the script as you were and only shrugged when you made eye contact with him.

"I didn't write that!" Alya said, loud enough for you to hear, confusion creeping through her eyes as she read the script.

"Uh...I wrote it. It was just a little tweak, y'know? To move the story forward." Nino commented nervously, eyes wide when Alya suddenly sprinted at him. "What! You edited my script without even telling me?! That's low!"

"Wait a minute! You mean our script!" Nino pointed out.

"Well then get that changed!" Chloe commanded, also coming up to the stressed boy to shout at him.

You hated to agree with the obnoxious blonde, but you truly didn't want to kiss Adrien nor anyone in the class. Well maybe, someone here would be tolerable for you to kiss, but you definitely preferred not kissing anyone at the moment.

"Juice?" Rose suddenly asked, handing you a small cup of juice with a cutesy smile on her lips. Nodding your head, you returned her small and grabbed the drink, "Thanks, Rose."

Suddenly the angry voices of your classmates cooled down and Marinette walked over close to where you were standing, "We can't just let Myléne leave! It's wrong. We all chose her to play the leading role, and we're all in this movie together. She needs our support. I'm gonna find her and bring her back!"

After a few minutes of her leaving and Alya eventually following where Marinette had left, Nino commanded you all to continue the film. Sighing to yourself, you did your lines meanwhile Adrien did the same. Eventually, against your wishes and Chloe's, you hesitatingly leaned forward to Adrien for a kiss, only to be stopped by the sudden burst of the door.

"Cut!!"

Letting out a small breath of relief, you pushed yourself back from the blonde.

"Marinette! What gives? We're in the middle of a shoot and I'm the director, fyi! I say cut. No one else, comprende?"

Frowning, Marinette fumed at him, "And I'm the producer. Myléne's supposed to be the star of this movie!"

"We're out of time! And from what I can see, Myléne is MIA." He fought back, pacing dramatically around the room, emphasizing his commitment as a director, "Let's take it from the top people."

Groaning, you eyed Nino in distress, "Really?" You asked sarcastically, meanwhile Juleka came up to you, helping you with your makeup.

"This is beat! Agent Smith does not need a man on her life right now, Sniffles just got munched on. Remember?" Alya protested, crossing her arms.

"Do you want to finish this film or not?" Nino replied.

"Do I have a say on this?" Asking, you walked up to Nino.

"We don't have time. Plus, you know well that actors don't have a say on written scripts." Nino brought up, annoying you by the minute.

As he continued pacing around the room and talking about what had to be done to make the film work for all of you guys, you ignored him as you looked down at your shoes in slight discomfort. Suddenly, Marinette shyly put her hand on your shoulder in reassurance, so gentle that it made you believe a feather would be slightly heavier. "Y-You don't have to do this if you don't want to." She must've noticed that you weren't sure if you wanted to do this acting thing and it made you smile. She seemed to be the only one considering you in all this.

"It's okay. Though, it would've been better if it were you I was acting along with."

At your comment, she remained unblinking; unmoving as she stared at you in complete awe, cheeks covered in red hues. Suddenly she moved insanely fast and looked at you with a different expression she had previously held confidently. "M-Me? No...I-I can't act. N-Not like you of course! Plus...I'm the producer." Watching her play herself cool as she leaned slightly back on the wall, you smiled at her softly. You didn't know how she did it, but you felt your stress slowly lifting off your chest.

"Thank you, Marinette." You thanked, eyeing her almost adoringly as you walked away from her and back towards the blonde.

"Finally! Let's get moving. Ready to roll? Camera!"

As he pointed his camera at you guys, you both said your lines, eventually leaning forward against one another. "Cut!" You heard Chloe shout before you could kiss Adrien, "No way! Your stupid movie won't get into the festival if I'm not in it, because my daddy is one of the judges!"

A scream echoed through the school, startling you all in the classroom. "Did you guys hear that?" Adrien vocalized all your guys' thoughts.

"Adrikins, now is not the time to play some silly plots to get me out of the way. Besides I—" Another scream was heard, interrupting whatever she was going to say.

Marinette immediately began walking towards the window to inspect the area, "I definitely heard that. But who could it be? No one left the class, and we're the only ones who stayed."

Looking around you guys noticed that Kim and Max were gone. They must've been bored or something to leave the class with no one noticing. Or maybe Chloe sent them out to create some sort of distraction so you'd guys wouldn't be able to act for the film.

"Seems like Max and Kim could be in danger. We'd better scope this out," Marinette said.

You all ran out the classroom with Marinette leading the way out. Eventually, you guys stopped near the entrance of the school; with Marinette still in the lead.

"Hey! Anybody here? Kim? Max? Where are you guys?!" Adrien called out, inspecting the school.

You saw how Marinette remained still for a moment before crouching down at the sudden goo that appeared on the ground. Walking up to her, you heard her mutter under her breath with Kim's wristband on her hands, "I saw this pink goo before." Suddenly she gasped loudly in recognition, "The bathroom!"

She immediately got up from the ground and held the wristband in front of you.

"They've vanished!" Nathanial cried out, doing a panicked pose.

"Or they're playing a sick joke on us." Alya suggested.

"We should go to Principal Damocles' office and tell him what's going on." Marinette advised, groaning shortly after when Nino pointed the camera at her once again, "Nino, come on. Stop filming!"

"Not a chance. This is just getting good!"

How the hell were you going to transform if Nino's attention is all over the place with his camera? You didn't exactly have the time to think of a way, so you simply just tip-toed away. Exactly like your previous thought, Nino pointed his camera at you, "Yo, Y/n! Where you going?" He asked, startling you.

Damn what could you even come up with? Turning your body around, you gave the camera a strained smile. "I, uh, left my bag that has my stuff! If I'm dying tonight, I'd rather have my stuff with me." You reasoned.

Ignoring whatever Nino would come up with, you ran up the stairs to the classroom to transform. Once you got there and noticed that no one was there, Plagg flew out of your jacket. "For an actress, you can't lie to save your life." He ridiculed. Scoffing, you took your shoe off and placed it on the floor.

"What are you doing?" He asked, eyeing you suspiciously.

"Making sure they all believe I've been caught too," you responded. "Plagg, claws out!"

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You gasped when you left the classroom, already seeing the school being surrounded by the same substance you've seen Marinette previously looking at. Twisting your brows in concentration, you extended your staff to push against the goo; only for it to be futile when the goo didn't budge.

Walking down to the principals office, you already see ladybug there, to your surprise. You don't question it, especially when she could easily question the same thing.

"We've got to calmly evacuate the building. Okay guys?" Ladybug said.

"Sorry, bug, but the goos totally indestructible. We're all stuck in here until we catch the akumatized villain." You spoke as you walked towards the polka dotted heroine.

"Double legit!" Nino yelled out.

Ignoring his comment, you grabbed Ladybug's hand to drag her into the corner of the room and far from the others.

"I'm guessing you also know that there was an akumatizion in this school." You informed, almost sarcastically.

Nodding, the heroine smirked at you. "And there's only one way to get rid of this pink goo and get everyone outta here. Capture the victim's akuma."

Smirking back at her, you winked, "Love it when we think alike."

Smiling, she pushed you gently. "We'd better find this thing first and its prisoners." She instructed, her face suddenly turning serious.

You brought a hand over your mouth in mock surprise, emphasizing your false surprise, "Hey! You just did it again." She turned her head away from you, making you slightly confused but brushed it away just as immediately.

Nino suddenly appeared behind you and lifted his camera in front of you both. "Don't mind me, finding the missing peeps and solving this mystery with Chatón Noire and Ladybug!" You both shared a skeptical look and sent one another a teasing smile before you heard his next following words, "This movie's gonna be so swank!"

Ladybug walked away, leaving both you and Nino behind.

"Stay together. Right behind us." Ladybug commanded meanwhile Nino stood near you and brought his camera closer to you but soon was pulled away by the bug heroine, "You too, Spielberg."

Everyone left the office and out near the entrance of the school, following you and Ladybug closely behind. Eventually, you all entered the same classroom you originally held the film in.

Gasping silently to yourself, Ladybug pointed at the shoe you had left on the floor, "There!"

Nino gasped, though unlike you, held volume, "That's Y/n's!"

"That's weird. There's no pink slime." Adrien muttered, grabbing your shoe to hand it to Ladybug.

"Yes there is—" Nathaniel replied, only to shortly leave out a scream as he was pulled from the desk. Suddenly the same desk was thrown across the room, now making the akumatized creature more visible for you guys to see it. Your jaw dropped when the creature held the red headed boy by its tail.

"Everybody run!!" Ladybug yelled.

Everyone ran out the class besides Nino, unsurprisingly, and Juleka; who watched the creature in pure fascination. "Awesome." Her fascination only grew when the creature roared at her, "So awesome."

The creature spat more goo at the fearless girl when it shrunk. Before it could inflict any harm at the girl, Ladybug ran to save Juleka and out the door; once again leaving you and Nino behind.

Spinning your staff around, you smirked at the villainess, "Gross. Are you called, Drool-ator, by any chance?" Nino remained unbothered as he grew his camera close to you, making sure to catch every single moment of your presence. Bringing your staff close to you, the creature began spatting goo at you and you avoided it all. Stealing a glance at the door, you see Ladybug pulling Nino away and you landed near them.

"We better figure out where that akuma is hiding." Ladybug uttered.

"With all that goo, we ain't figuring anything out." You responded.

It spat out more goo at you three, making you sprint out the door. Fortunately, Nino remained unhurt as he still recorded on top of the stairs, seemingly having the best time of his life. Landing near the courtyard, the creature landed in front of you two. "Help!" Nathaniel yelped out, who was still held by its tail.

Letting out a roar, it turned its head slightly to the small group of students that were trembling in a corner with fear. It grew in size, making you and your partner smile in recognition. "Fear! It's fear that gives it strength."

Spitting lots of goo at your direction, you avoided it with your staff. Meanwhile you jumped on the air, Ladybug used her yo-yo to grow closer to it. As it was distracted, you extended your staff mid-air to hit it but the creature spat more goo at you; trapping you against the metal bars. Ladybug faltered slightly as she saw you trapped, making the creature easily throw her out of the way and trapped her as well.

The creature grew once again as it saw the same group of terrified students. You watched in horror as the creature softened ever so slightly in recognition at the boy in front of it, Ivan. It only licked Ivan and grabbed Alix, sparing him.

"The more people are scared of it, the more powerful it gets. By defeating fear, we defeat it." Ladybug said.

"Great thinking, bug. By the way, watch for your head." You extended your staff towards the backboard Ladybug sat on, stabbing it harshly so it'll break. Breaking free, Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around your staff to push you free.

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Hearing Chloe's yelp, you kicked the door open to see inside the classroom; with your classmates following behind you.

"Damn. We're too late!" You said, looking around the class.

Ladybug crouched down to the slimey footsteps, obviously from the creature, "But look. We can track the monster."

You hummed, following your partner closely behind.

"Oh, yeah. I'm so amped!" Nino yelled out, his fist thrown up in the air.

Laughing quietly, you look over at him with amusement, "Chill down a bit, will you?"

He sheepishly nodded as he rubbed the back of his head.

Opening the door the footsteps lead you to, you entered a sort of pipe room that held goo in every direction. Even goo shaped eggs. No doubt the victims were held there.

"Anyone in here?" Ladybug asked, her brows furrowed in concern.

"Ladybug! It's me, Chloe Bourgeois!"

"Don't worry! We'll get you out of there." She assured.

"Well, hurry it up already."

Even despite her voice being slightly muffled, you rolled your eyes in annoyance. After Ladybug called out the victims names, she eventually called out yours. Clearing your throat, you sneakily hid behind one of those goo shaped eggs. "I'm alright!" Pondering, you remembered the blunette being nowhere to be seen, "How about Marinette? Is she okay?"

"Yeah, we've got everyone."

After a while of trying to budge