Last updated: 07/05/20 (dd/mm/yy)
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~No one's POV~
Nightlynx opens up to Marinette and reveals who she is, and that she will be joining her school tomorrow. The news on the TV suddenly flickers on, and Marinette caught sight of the usual reporter. "Hey, look." Out of her shapeshift, (y/n) turns her attention to the television. Nadja Chamack appears on the screen. "Recent akuma attacks have proven that Hawk Moth has grown stronger, and a new hero is amidst Ladybug and Cat Noir. Here is a clip of the akuma fight with Heartbreaker a few hours ago." The screen changes to the view of someone filming the scene from behind a wall. The camera adjusts past the wall slowly, and tilts up, showing Nightlynx in the air, holding out her right hand, and Ladybug's yoyo frozen in mid-air. There was a gasp, probably from the videographer. "Don't. You do not know his powers fully. By attacking so soon, you'll only let him win." Night's voice boomed. Right there, the screen changes back to the news report. "After closer inspection, research also shows that teens are more targeted now. As a new measure, all students are to stay in dorms that schools provide." Marinette gasps. (y/n) turns to look at her, peering into her mind. How I wish I get to room with Adrien... (y/n) immediately burst out laughing, "Seriously Mari? Your chances to rooming with him is like, 100 out of 100!" she winks at her. She seems to catch on. "No way. You knew about this. What did you do?!" (y/n) had a cheshire smile on her face, "Just a very simple twist in the mind~" Marinette blushes furiously, and then smirks. "So, did you also get Nathaniel in the same room with you? You two look so cute together!" She squeals. (y/n) goes red in the face and stumbles with her words. "U-uh, m-maybe? I mean, h-he's quite c-cute..." "Nightlynx, AKA (y/n), and Nathaniel... Hm... Nighthaniel? Nathalynx? (s/n)?" Marinette puts a finger to her chin, looking as if she's deep in thought. (y/n) smacks Mari's hand playfully, her face red. Mari giggles and puts her hands up and surrender. "Okay, okay!" (y/n) looks out of the window and realises that it's gotten really dark. (It's already dark what do you mean-) "Okay, I gotta go, bye Sister Mari! Snowlyx, howl loud!" (y/n) says, opening the balcony door. "See you at school tomorrow." Marinette says, walking over to give Nightlynx a hug. Night hugs back, then leaps into the night, heading back home.
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//Next day, Tuesday morning//
~(y/n)'s POV~
"(y/n), it's the first day of school, get up!!" Snowlyx screams. I jump up, terrified for a second at the sudden loud voice. "Are we early?" I ask. Snowlyx nods. I let out a sigh of relief, getting out of bed and heading to the toilet. After washing up, I change into a (a/c) crop shirt with a pair of (a/c) jean shorts. Snowlyx does my long hair into my usual braid and ended it with a (a/c) bow. Looking at the time, I had another hour before school started. I walk into the kitchen and prepare (a/f) for myself. Hey, proper meal for a proper lady, that's what they always say. As I finish up my breakfast, I wear on my (a/c) socks and (a/c) Nike shoes. (NOT sponsored!! XD) Having half an hour more, I grab my bag and my pouch, and transform. I swing myself out of the window and into an alley at least 70 feet away from my house, landing gracefully. "Snowlyx, silence." I transform back and let Snowlyx settle in the pouch before adjusting my back straps and step out of the alley. Next destination, Marinette's place, which was just about 10 minutes away, I think.
I pull out my phone and open Maps, keying in Tom & Sabine Boulangerie Patisserie. The map quickly zooms into the shop, and I begin my walk. After 8 minutes, I arrived at Marinette's place. Seeing no one outside, I walk into the shop. As soon as I stepped into the store, I was in complete awe. To the left of the shop is a collection of glass display cabinets, showcasing many treats. On top of the cabinets are small displays of baked bread, that seem ready to sell. The floors are ornately styled, with repeating designs of lilies and fleur-de-lis. The walls are wood near the entrance and brick farther back. To the right are more displays, and further along is the register, with peels hanging from the ceiling above, and a cast-iron oven in the background. In the back there are what seems to be various sacks of flour, and a door leading to a rear exit that probably leads to the residential streets; upstairs probably leads to the Dupain-Cheng home. A lady with short dark blue hair comes out from the back. "Welcome to Boulangerie Patisserie! How can I help you today?" She says politely. I wave at her, "Hello! I am (y/n) (l/n), a friend of Marinette's. I'm new to Paris and she suggested I meet her here so she can bring me to the school?" "Oh! So you're the girl! You can call me Mama Sabine. I'll call Marinette to hurry up. Here, enjoy this croissant while you wait for her." I nod at her and mumble a thanks, munching on the croissant.
After another 10 minutes, Marinette rushes down the stairs, grabbing a lunchbox from Mama Sabine, kissing her on the cheek. She then goes to a tall and plump man and hugs him, before dashing to the front to meet me. "Bye mama! Bye papa!" She shouts, turning and gesturing to me to follow her. I thank her parents, skipping out of the patisserie behind her, and we make our way to school. From the tip of my eye, I saw Adrien walking ahead of us and picked up speed on purpose. Mari was busy talking to me and wasn't looking where she was going. I had the purrfect plan in mind. Once Mari was right behind Adrien, I slow down, rushing behind her and pushing her into him. Mari screams, and Adrien turn around just in time to catch her. "Are you oka- oh, hey Marinette! Who's this?" He asks a tomato Mari while curiously looks at me. I silently facepalm myself. Seems like we have a ton of work to do with this guy. I thought. "H-hi Adrien! It's so good to kiss- I-I mean, meet you here! This is (y/n), a new talking- I mean, transfer student." I wave at him, and we continue our suddenly turn into super awkward walk. After 3 minutes of silence, I gave up. "So.. Marinette, I heard you draw and design well, can I see it?" I ask, smiling. She mouths a thanks to me and starts digging around in her bag. She pulls out a pink sketchpad and passes it to me. I flip through it, focusing on certain designs.
A (a/c) dress, the top filled with roses that intertwines with lush green leaves. From the waist down, there is a spiral of jewels in all shades of colours. The dress is around knee-level, and ends with some white snowy fluff. (no image, just imagination)
Another dress was ankle-long, and was coloured blue from the top, fading to white at the bottom, the end of the dresses fading into black. Simple, but amazing.
The last dress that caught my attention was... stunning.
(Creds: FizzArt)
I have no words to express how amazing this dress is... it's just so perfect.. Marinette was doing her best to stifle her laughter while Adrien just looked at the dresses in awe. "You drew this, Mari?" He asks. Mari went beet red, and just nod her head vigorously. "Woah, they look amazing! Hope to see you in one of these dresses!" He says. Mari was technically competing with blood on who's redder. I smirk, glad to make a little progress. The rest of the journey was more of a comfortable silence and I went to my phone, blasting music through my earpiece.
(Music: HuMiY CORE, not mine!)
I then went to my phone and began reading on Wattpad. (Also not sponsored LMAOO) Next thing I knew, I bumped into someone or something and fell backwards. I yelped, shutting my eyes, expecting to land rough. However, that never came. A hand slipped around my waist all of a sudden, and I was pulled up. I open my eyes to see a pair of turquoise eyes, laced with worry and shock, staring down at me. The red-orange hair was brushed to the side. Oh, I could really get used to this. "Y-you okay?" Nathaniel voiced out. I realised he was still holding my waist and gasped, pulling out of his grasp, missing his warmth almost immediately. Nath widens his eyes and blushed furiously, his skin darker than the shade of his hair. Oh my gosh, he looks so freaking cute. Someone kill me please. "Ooh, (y/n)'s got an admirer and a crush~" Marinette mumbled in my ear. I gasp, and give her the death glare. Turning back to Nathaniel, I say, "Thanks for catching me, though I honestly don't mind landing on my butt." I laugh. That seems to make Nathaniel relax a little, while I'm literally dying inside trying not to let the heat onto my face. Is this how it feels to fall in love? "Let's head in before we go from on time to late, which is in like, 2 minutes." I forgot Adrien existed. Oops. "Yeah, let's go!" I pull Mari along with me and into the school, abandoning the guys. I stop abruptly and turn to face her. "Well? You're my guide, lead the way!" I sing cheerfully. Mari giggles and leads me up the green stairs on the left. A lady with red-orange hair tied in a bun arrives at the door and tells Mari, "Hey Marinette! You should go into class now. Are you (y/n) (l/n)?" She says to me.
I nod, staying silent. "Great! I am Ms Bustier, the main teacher of this class. Do me a favour and wait outside till I call you in, okay dear?" I smile widely at her. Adrien and Nathaniel made it to class a while before Ms Bustier entered. She enters and greets the class, then gestures me to follow her into class. "Class, we have a new student joining us today. Please make her feel welcome!" Ms Bustier chirped."Hey! I am (y/n) (l/n), I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life, so I'm hoping my time here will be fulfilling!" I said cheerfully, before turning to a girl with yellow hair tied up in a high ponytail, with some over-heavy makeup. Ew, this girl looks like she just came from the trash bin. Like, what is she wearing?! I give Chloe the death stare, and she turns away, giving a realistic 'hmph'. I roll my eyes. "I want to adjust the sitting arrangements a little so (y/n) can sit close to someone she knows. Alya, you sit beside Ivan, and (y/n) can sit beside Marinette." I catch Marinette's sad face and realise I have to voice something out. "Ms Bustier, it's okay. I don't mind sitting somewhere else, in the empty seats. Alya is a very helpful friend and can help Marinette out a lot as well." Ms Bustier gives me a look, but gives in anyways. "Fine, who else do you know in this class?" Marinette's eyes widen, and she shouts, "Miss! (y/n) knows Nathaniel as well, maybe she can sit with him!" I was shocked and immediately narrow my eyes at Mari. Oh, now she's done it. "Miss, I've heard from Marinette that the boy beside Adrien talks to him way too much, so maybe Marinette and he could change seats." I smirk at Mari. Mari looks at Adrien and clearly had begun daydreaming, before Alya pushes her and whispers something into her ear. Mari snaps back and stares at me. I muffle my giggle. Ms Bustier sighs. "Okay, Adrien, change seats with Alya. Nathaniel and Ivan, swap seats. (y/n), you sit beside Nathaniel. Now, Marinette will be in front of you so you can ask her for help if you need." Well, we both got what we wanted, I guess. I nod to Ms Bustier and walk to my seat after everyone has settled down, sitting next to a tomato Nath, our thighs touching a little, but neither moving away. "You must have heard of the recent outbreaks of teen akuma attacks. You also should know that you will be getting dorms. During break, I want all of you to head to the library and meet Ms Mandeleiev to collect your keys. Now let's go on to today's lesson."
I look as if I'm paying attention to class on the outside, but I'm literally melted on the inside. Nath's warmth beside me. The way his hair falls over his face. His sparkling turquoise eyes. Ugh, this isn't going to help me with my life at all. I facepalm myself internally.