(A/N): Hiya everyone! So I've decided to try my hand at writing a Miraculous Ladybug Fanfiction of sorts, because honestly I've been obsessed with this pairing so much that I felt compelled to at least give something to the fandom after reading sooooo many amazing fan-fictions on these two. This story could potentially get to rated M for later chapters, as when I write romance I tend to get a bit carried away and details become very... well 'detailed'. But I'm not really sure at this point, so for now it's T. Let me know what you think of the story as I continue on, and I hope I can do a decent enough job on this story!

She stood there gazing at him from a distance, the gentle autumn breeze trickling through his illustrious blonde hair still makes it difficult for her to take her eyes off him even after all these years. Her twinkling bluebell eyes for a moment, connected with his deep, rich green orbs that every description used to describe it's perfection would be crude, at least in her eyes.

She loved him, but she was beggining to doubt that anything would suffice out of a one-sided relationship.

"Girl! Snap out of it!" A voice beckons her out of her daydream forcefully, not the first time that it has happened either.

In front of her stood none other than Alya, her best friend for two years already. Her arms were crossed and she had an almost disapproving look upon her face as she watched her best friend gaze at her crush for what seemed like the millionth time this week alone. School had ended for the day and at this time of day most of the school was able to walk freely back home, and it was also the time of day Marinette tended to daydream about Adrien even more than usual.

"Ah! Uh…Sorry I kinda of got lost in thought…again." She muttered the last part barely audible.

"Marinette…" Alya sighed looking at the girl sympathetically. "It's Adrien again, isn't it?"

Marinette shuddered at the name, her posh and milk colored skin turned momentarily rose at just the mention of his name.

"A-Adrien? Of course not! I wasn't even thinking about Adrien at all! What made you think I was thinking about Adrien?! Hahaha!" Marinette lumbered around, her azure pigtails bopping around everywhere her head frantically turned in a mess.

Alya just puffed out her cheek in annoyance at her obvious denial. She began lightly tapping her foot, her arms still sternly crossed.

"Girl, you know I love you and I want you to be happy right?" Alya said in a more gentle tone.

Marinette nodded her head slowly, looking down at her feet feeling almost ashamed for some reason.

"You know for the past two years I've tried to help you with this whole 'Adrien problem', and every time, no offense, you just can't form a basic conversation with the guy!"

Marinette frowned at Alya's harsh but true words as she continued her rant.

"I just think…You know now that we are seniors and all… It may be time to move on…" Alya said with a hint of remorse, truly she wanted Marinette to be happy in the end and she knew part of that happiness could have come from the fact she could have had Adrien as her boyfriend or whatever exactly Marinette wanted him to be, if only she had the confidence to say the things she wanted to say to him.

Marinette froze, the possibility, the mere thought of moving on from Adrien was at the farthest back possible in her head. As she thought about it, it did make sense though, they would probably be going to different colleges and not to mention that in most of her free time she would either be designing or having various Ladybug related things to do.
Still, when she looked across the schoolyard to gaze at him once more, she saw him smiling at a joke their friend Nino made, she couldn't help but also smile. Yes, she loved him, she knew that was true. Then she remembered, there was no way that someone like him could ever love someone like her. She felt her eyes dampen and that smile on her face turned into more of a frown. She remembered that she was literally nothing in comparison to him, he would be a famous model in the future, she would be far beneath him even if she did make a successful career about of designing.

Alya almost immediately picked up on Marinette's sudden mood change and she felt a bit bad that she was so blunt about her opinion when she knew how insecure Marinette already was with herself.

"H-hey now girl! I mean, there is still this year so you still have a shot!" said Alya, hoping to stir some hope within her friend who looked already bleak.

Marinette looked over at Adrien longingly once more as she witnessed him forced into a hug with Chloe, a face of clear distraught plastered on his face, however in her eyes it didn't help ease any of her problems as her paranoia got the best of her.

"I don't know Alya, maybe you're right, I mean just look how popular Adrien is with everyone, he would never notice anyone like me." Marinette sighed as she stared down at the stone pavement, her shadow cast over her vision as the sun was beggining to set.

"Girl, I don't know how many times to do have to tell you what an amazing person you are, and if he can't even see that after all this time then it's his loss!" Alya said sternly.

"I-It's not really his fault, like you said, I just… don't have the courage to-" Marinette was crudely interrupted by a large crash that erupted not too far from their current location. All eyes became suddenly alert as they knew very well that it was likely an akuma attack once again. Marinette inwardly groaned, she really was not feeling it today but she knew complaining would get her nowhere.

She didn't notice that Adrien had quickly slipped away before a huge crowd of people rushed and left Marinette and Alya surged in the midst of it all. Another large crash ensued making Marinette that much more eager to change.

She noticed an opening in the crowd, there was a wall that she could possibly transform behind, it would be risky but it was a risk she had to take.

As she was about to dash off towards the wall her hand was gripped by Alya, who seemed way more enthusiastic about the situation than anyone else, evident by the screams and panic filling the schoolyard.

"C'mon girl! We gotta see Ladybug and Chat Noir in action! You always miss the action, but not this time!" Alya began pulling her towards the next explosion, how did Marinette end up with such a crazy friend, she wondered to herself.

"A-Alya! It's not safe! We don't know what that akuma is capable of!" Marinette blurted in protest as she tried to resist Alya's iron grip dragging her.

She was ignored as Alya continued to drag Marinette, her phone in her other hand recording the whole scene.

"Just wait until I get this on my Ladyblog, I can tell this fight is going to be the best one yet!"

Marinette just rolled her eyes, "There won't even be a fight if I can't transform!" She thought to herself a bit peeved.

"I hope Chat can hold the akuma off until I get a chance to escape!" She sighed continuing to get dragged along.

Just as she feared, when getting to the clearing where the akuma currently was she could only watch in horror as her partner Chat Noir was struggling solo against the akuma who looked… quite fancy for an akuma.

She appeared to be in a long wedding gown, draping for several feet as she levitated in the air, her ghostly white hair in a random array and seemingly looking like it defied gravity.

The akuma noticed a crowd of people gathered beneath her, including Alya and Marinette. She frowned angrily at them all, and then spoke in a chilling tone.

"Citizens of Paris! My name is the Bride and I kindly request that Ladybug and Chat Noir hand over their miraculous' immediately."

In her hand she gripped a bouquet of blood red roses, they seemed to be sparkling with some sort of glimmer which led Marinette to believe that the akuma was inside it.

"Alya! We better get out of here! This is going to get bad soon!" Marinette urgently whispered to Alya who seemed extremely intent on filming the scene.

"Calm down girl, Ladybug will be here soon!"

Marinette inwardly facepalmed as she tried to look for an opening to escape from the crowd and transform.

"If not… I will take immense satisfaction in making everyone feel the pain I feel!" The akuma spoke as she began to grit her teeth whilst a a flurry of pollen was blasted out from her bouquet, it sprinkled down on a crowd of people who looked desperate to escape. As it hit the ground, the people in the crowd stopped running and began to collapse, crying and screaming in despair. The moans of melancholy sent chills down Marinette's spine, this wasn't good, this akuma could influence emotion with that bouquet of hers. She knew she had to get out and try and transform but she was still squished in the middle of a crowd, slowly trying to move as far away from the Akuma as possible, with the exception of Alya who seemed to just be getting closer and closer to it.

Marinette saw Chat jump towards the floating woman only for her to quickly sidestep out of the way, she scoffed as Chat landed a ways away from her.

"You! Men are all the same! Taking a woman's heart and breaking it!" The akuma screamed shooting a blast of pollen towards Chat. The color of the pollen was a reddish color, and if it didn't explode as it hit something it would almost be considered beautiful. Unfortunately, the pollen blast sent Chat flying through the air and knocked onto some sort of car. Even from a distance Marinette could hear the groans of pain emitted from the landing, and she couldn't sit back and watch idly anymore.

The woman floated down next to Chat who seemed to be struggling to get up from the knock, using his baton as support to at least sit up straight.

Holding up her bouquet to him, she seemed ready to fire another blast at him, and he was in no condition to attempt to run.

Marinette was not about to let it end this way, quickly sprinting towards the two of them she picked up a large piece of debris that was created from one of the akuma's explosion. It was certainly heavy, but due to her strength from being Ladybug she was able to do feats that weren't possible for normal humans.

"Hand them over kitty-cat, and I may just let you live." She threatened in a cold tone.

"I'll never give you them! Even if I die here, Ladybug will stop you!" He growled, struggling to stand up.

"So be it." The bouquet began to glow and it appeared like a shot was being formed.

"Nooooo!" Marinette screamed, coming out of seemingly nowhere, jumping high into the air and then crashing down at tremendous speeds, then promptly smashing the debris on the akuma.

"Agh! What the hell!" The akuma screamed before collapsing to the floor, unconscious.

Chat just stood there baffled, what the actual hell was she thinking? This was a civilian getting involved in an akuma fight, that just… doesn't happen! Sure he was grateful for the help, but it was so dangerous that he almost wanted to scold her for being so reckless! Not just that, this was someone Chat knew, well… Sort-of, it was Marinette. Sure they were, 'friends' but not anything that close, and he knew that she seemed to dislike Adrien as she never seemed to be able to form a coherent sentence around him. It sort of upset him that she didn't like him as Adrien, but here she was, knocking out akuma's for Chat Noir, someone she knows even less.

"I… um… Sorry!" Marinette squeaked as she ran away from the sight as soon as possible, leaving Chat just staring blankly at the unconscious akuma.

"What… Just happened?" He mumbled.

Marinette panted heavily as she finally was safely hidden in an alley way, despite being completely out of breath she knew she had to change quickly.

She reached in her bag to get out Tikki, but she noticed it was already unzipped, and in front of her was Tikki who was crossing her arms disapprovingly.

"Tikki I-" "Marinette! You should know better than to interfere with these kinds of things when you're not ladybug! What could have happened to you if that akuma hadn't been knocked out by that blow!?" Tikki sounded like she was attempting to sound angry, but it sounded more concerned than infuriated to Marinette's ears.

"We'll talk about this later, we gotta hurry and purify that akuma before that woman wakes up!" Tikki exclaims.

Marinette just nods as she quickly transforms into ladybug. With a quick sling of her yoyo she was back at the sight in no time. Thankfully, the akuma was still lying on the floor passed out. Chat was still in the same spot Marinette last saw him, and he still had a dumbfounded expression on his face. She wasn't entirely sure why, it couldn't possibly because of her 'help' could it?

Ladybug wasted no time in grabbing the bouquet from the woman and promptly smashing it on her knee to reveal a purple butterfly, in which she quickly flung her yoyo and purified it.

She knew she had to use lucky charm so that the damage on the city would be healed, so in doing so, the damage from the city was repaired, including the damage done to civilians and Chat.

The woman transformed back into a normal being and still stood there on the floor, silently weeping. Her wedding dress looked worn out and torn almost, something terrible must have happened to her.

"I-I'm so sorry… I didn't mean to do all this…" She whimpered as she began to stand up slowly.

"It's alright, you're safe now." Ladybug said in a comforting tone, she looked to Chat to help her calm the woman down, but he still was just standing there blankly.

Ladybug sighed as she probed a little bit more to try and comfort the woman. Apparently her groom rejected her at the altar and was having a secret affair the whole time in their relationship. Ladybug felt awful for the woman, but knew in the end that there was nothing she really could do to change the situation.

After sending the woman on her way, Ladybug walked up to Chat to see what was bothering him now, surely that pollen-effect wouldn't still be lingering around after purification, and besides she didn't see him get hit with any of that kind of pollen.

"Hey…Kitty? You ok?" Ladybug tilted her head, inspecting Chat as he stood there blankly still.

"Ah! Uh… Yeah… I'm ok M'lady, I just…I-I gotta go…" He said quietly, not even making eye-contact with Ladybug, before she knew it he was already gone before she could even apologize about being late, which wasn't really her fault.

"Er.. Ok bye I guess…" She mummers to herself as he was already far in the distance.

"Ladybug waaaaiiitttt!" A voice pierced as she noticed a girl running up to her, just as she was about to leave too. It was of course Alya, who again seemed way too peppy after an akuma attack.

"I was hoping you had time for an intervi-" "I"m really sorry, but my earrings are running out and I have to get going!" Ladybug quickly interjected before swinging away as fast as she could with her yoyo.

Alya smiled as she watched Ladybug soar off, "Ok! Maybe next time then!" She waved with her phone watching her leave.

The wind blasted against Ladybug's face as she raced to get closer to home, the sun was almost completely set and the winds were getting a bit chilly. Despite all this, she couldn't help but wonder why Chat was acting so strange earlier, she hoped he wasn't too angry at her being late to the scene. She inwardly groaned remembering that Tikki was going to give her the lecture of a lifetime once she retransformed.

"C'est la vie." She mumbled with a frown as she took another large swing towards home.

(A/N): Thanks so much for reading my first chapter! I think the writing will get better as I go along, but for now I just wanted to get the 'introduction' blah out of the way, so sorry if it seems a bit brief at times, but I don't want to bore you all with my excessive details I tend to write in scenes, especially not for the first chapter! Leave a review and let me know what you think! See ya next time :3!