Awsmpup: So when I wrote this first chapter, the last episode didn't come out, so Ladybug and Cat has already been heroes. So this chapter will focus mostly on Lana, with tiny bits of Ladybug and Cat. Mostly because this is Lana's intro, so it should be about her and how she got her own Kwami. Warning, this is Cat-Adrien/my OC. Don't like don't read. Anyway, there are a few things that may turn out to be AU, like the background of kwamis and etc, should there be more revealed in the next two seasons. Also, I am COMPLETELY open to any advice or suggestions you may have for my story, so long as you state it nicely. Flames shall be used to roast marshmellows! Please enjoy!

How the Cheetah Got Her Spots

Lana Blanchard slowly blinked her eyes open and yawn, stretching out her tired limbs. She glanced over at her clock, her mind not processing much of her surroundings due to just waking up. After a moment of blankly staring at her clock, Lana let out a gasp at the time and tumbled out of her bed. She ran to her closet and threw the door open, not even bothering to make sure what she was wearing before rushing down the stairs, past her younger sister, who slipped onto her bottom. But being the small three year old she was, she just giggled at the experience before continuing her trek around the first floor of their house.

Lana hurriedly packed her bag with all the papers she had thoughtlessly left on the table as her mother watched in amusement as the older woman made breakfast for herself and her youngest. The younger blonde then had one of her many klutzy moments and dropped her bag, making all the contents spill out on the floor. Lana huffed and gave her mother a small glare when the woman chuckled, "None of this would be happening if you woke me up! I'm gonna be late!"

"Instead of blaming me, perhaps you should learn from your mistakes and accept that this is fate's punishment" Her mother simply stated, drinking a cup of coffee.

"As the woman who gave me life, I do believe it is you job to be my personal live-in alarm clock" Lana stuck her tongue out.

"I'm pretty sure it's the other way around" Maria muttered, remembering the many times she had to wake in the middle of the night because of baby Lana's screaming and crying. Not even going to mention the process of giving that kid her life. Not only was it extremely painful, the kid made her go through it for six hours in the middle of the night….

"What's that supposed to mean?!" Lana screeched indignantly.

"You're gonna be late~" Maria sang innocently. Lana shrieked and rushed out the door as Maria sighed and shook her head in exasperation, "You forgot your Art project!" Lana ran back inside and grabbed the painting she spent most of her time working on, before hurrying back out, "And your science homework!" The blonde came back inside sheepishly and, hands full, took the folder from her mother with her teeth, before finally making her way out and running down the street, trying as best as she could to keep ahold of everything. Maria once again let out a sigh, "What am I going to do with that girl?"

Lana paused at the street corner, bouncing on her heels as she waited for the cars to pass, muttering to herself, "Comeon, comeon, comeon." Finally the light turned green and she ran across the road, happy that she was making such good time. Normally she wasn't a fast, but she supposed her fear of being late, again, was forcing her body to move faster.

The blonde sighed in relief as she reached the school steps with a few minutes to spar, and as she rushed to the doors, using the time to get to her class, she collided with something and fell back, all of her papers fluttering to the ground. Lana shrieked in fear, knowing she was definitely going to be late and quickly began trying to gather everything.

"I am so sorry! I wasn't paying attention-uh, here let me help" the person she hit quickly stated, kneeling to pick up the cluttered papers.

"No, it was mine, I was running and-" Lana cut herself off when she saw who exactly she ran into. It was Adrien, aka most popular guy in school and famous fashion model, and secret crush of both Lana and her best friend Marinette. Lana blushed a bit when the male blonde smiled at her and held out the papers he gathered. She slowly took them, still dumbstruck at actually talking with her crush. She let out a squeak when he had snatched a hand past her and grinned, handing her the paper he had caught.

"You're ok, right?" Adrien asked, waving a hand in front of her. He internally wondered if she had a concussion as she seemed to be zone out. She probably hit her head when she fell, "Do you need to go to the nurse? I can take you."

Lana's face heated up before she slowly shook her head, "N-no. I'm alright. Just, uh, thinking of my art project." She quickly picked up the painting she had dropped and protectively made sure there weren't any marks or anything.

Adrien, curious, leaned over, which served to make the female blush harder, and observed the painting. It surprised him how exact Miraculous Ladybug was, swinging past the Eiffel Tower. It was extremely well made, and it was obvious she took her time making it so that it would be great. She was a wonderful artist. He wouldn't be surprised if she later became a famous one. What was her name again? "That's really good. You made it?"

"Yeah" Lana smile proudly. She had completely forgotten who she was speaking to, only that she was talking about her work. Lana always took great pride in her artistic skills, "We were supposed to make something from real life, and when I was doing the concept design, Ladybug swung by, so I added her into the original idea."

"You only got one look at her before creating this?" Adrien blinked, surprised at how well she made his almost-partner (almost because Ladybug was insistent that she didn't need a partner) with just one glance. Lana nodded, with a shy blush when she recalled who was next to her, "That's amazing." But then the bell rang, making Lana jump with a squeal.

"I'm gonna be late!"

Adrien stood as Lana ran off, vaguely remembering that he forgot to ask for her name. She seemed nice and he'd be lying if he said he wasn't interested in getting to know her. As a friend of course, he was loyal to his sweet Ladybug, despite her constantly telling him to bug off….

~Time Skip!~

Lana was sulking on the steps of the school, comically sobbing at how horrible her life was. Marinette and Alya exited the doors, only to pause at the sight of their crying friend. Alya sighed and walked over, crossing her arms, "What happen now?"

Lana sniffed and looked at her friends pathetically, "Which do you want to hear first? The good new, the great news, the awesome news, the bad news, the worse news, or the horrible 'I'm-gonna die!' news?"

The other two girls exchanged a look at her dramatics, before shrugging, Marinette answering, "Let's start with the bad news and work our way down before the good news."

"Alright, so, the bad news," Lana whined, "I hurt my foot in gym and it hurts!"

"How did you hurt your foot? We were doing track today, and you always walk instead of jogging. It's not like it was volleyball or something" Alya remarked.

Lana bit her lip with as a small blush appeared on her cheeks, "I, uh, I tripped."

"Over what?" Marinette inquired. Lana turned even redder.

~Flashback~

Lana was walking around the track, playing on her phone. She hated gym, always had. But that was mostly because she sucked at being athletic. She's an artist not an athlete. Noting she was nearing the coach, she quickly stuck her phone in her shirt and sped up a bit to make it seem like she was jogging. However, once she passed him, she slowed to walk and took out her phone with a roll of her eyes. Unfortunately, it was at that moment she face-planted into the ground, her foot stinging lightly. Lana began to whine as she held her foot, never being one to stand pain, as the coach shook his head and signalled one of his students to help her to the nurse.

~End of Flashback!~

Lana chucked sheepishly at the dumbfounded looks of her friends. Alya smacked her forehead, "You tripped, over nothing? That, has to be, the most clumsy moment you've had."

Lana gave a small shrug, "I've had worse…"

Marinette smiled at her klutzy friend, "Moving on,"

"Right. So, anyway, the worse news, I failed my literature class! I have to go to summer school!" She cried.

"For such a creative girl, you suck at that" Alya stated.

"I'm artistic, there's a difference. Anyway, the horrible 'I'm-gonna-die!' news is my mom's gonna kill me for failing my literature class and having to go to summer school!" Lana cried.

"Maybe you should get a tutor" Marinette suggested.

"I suppose. But that doesn't help me today!" Lana whined before sighing, "Ok, anyway, the good news is I aced my art project! The great news is that Madame Sofia said my project was the best so she's entering me in a local art contest and the winner gets a scholarship to Paris College of Art!"

"Awesome!" Alya cheered.

"You'll definitely win Lana!" Marinette encouraged.

"Thanks guys!"

"But what's the awesome news?"

Lana let out a dreamy sigh, "Adrien was the one who took me to the nurse. And he complimented my painting. And talked to me!"

"What?!" Marinette and Alya exclaimed.

"He talked to you?!" Marinette squealed, "I wish he would talk to me!"

Alya on the other hand, shook her head at her lovesick friends. She always tried to stay out of their little jealous spats. Both girls had a huge crush on the model, but Alya tried to stay out of it as much as possible. She didn't want to be accused of picking sides. But she was going to support either girl any way possible, all the while being the neutral party.

"If he talked to you, you'd be a mess of goop. At least I could get in full sentences" Lana stuck her tongue out childishly. She couldn't help it. She was a bit of the jealous type. But she still loved Marinette, and vice versa. They just had a bit of a love rivalry is all. But they never let that get in the way of their friendship. After all, they grew up together. They were practically sisters!

"Would not!" Marinette exclaimed, only to shrink back at the deadpan expressions from both of her friends, "Ok….maybe…"

Lana shook her head with a sigh, standing up as she grabbed her bag, "Anyway, I should get going. I don't want to give my mom another reason to ground me by being late." After a small goodbye to both girls, Lana slowly made her way home, not particularly wishing to speed up her future punishment.

However, she paused when she neared a jewelry store, becoming drawn to the necklace in the window. It was a silver locket, and inside was a cheetah print background with a place for a name inscripted. Lana didn't understand why, but she had this urge to buy it. It was, calling to her.

Unable to resist, Lana took out her wallet and, taking a glance at the prince, figured she had enough money to buy it. Besides, she'd earn more working in the bakery owned by Marinette's family.

~Time Skip!~

Lana was right in the fact that she was grounded. Though it was strange that her mother just sighed in exasperation before grounding her. It was like she had expected it or something! Either way, she lost her TV privileges for a month. Which is why Lana was busy examining her new necklace in the peace of her room. She had waited in the store while they inscripted her name, so she was also late coming home, but she was already grounded so she couldn't care less.

"What's so special about you? Why did I feel the need to buy you?" Lana muttered, poking the necklace. Sure it was pretty, but it seemed to be a waste of her money.

"Hey! How dare you!" Lana screeched and dropped the necklace, shoving herself away from it, which served to knock her onto the ground below. She rubbed her head a bit as she stared at the necklace that had seemingly talked to her.

"W-what?"

And suddenly, out of nowhere, a small creature separated from the necklace and glared at her. Lana's eye twitched as she began to question her sanity. The, thing, resembled a chibi humanoid cheetah, it's tail swishing behind it as it placed its hands on it's, hips? "What do you mean by not special?! I'm the most special thing here! That's more than I can say for you! I mean, look at yourself! And then, look at me! It's obvious that I'm the cute one in this relationship!"

Lana just gaped at the thing as it seemed to be preening, "I knew it. I'm going insane. My friends always said this day would come but I never believe them!"

"Excuse me? And now you accuse me of being some form of your messed up mind? How insulting can you get! It's just my luck that my next holder is an inconsiderate brat!"

Lana, deciding to just go with it, slowly blinked, "O...k...If you aren't a figment of my imagination, which isn't messed up!, what are you?"

"I am a Kwami, the best one out of all, obviously!" The kwami stated, fluffing it's fur, "My name is Mafdet! And you are going to be the next Marvelous Cheetara! Though I can't imagine why."

"Marvelous, Cheetara? What's that?"

"Uh, duh! The best superhero I help create! And we're going to be way better than that ladybug if it's the last thing we do! After all, Plaque loves me not her!"

"I'm lost, but whatever you say" Lana shrugged.

"Great! Just put this on," Mafdet said, picking the necklace up with some difficulty due to the difference in size. Lana took it to ease the load off the poor kwami, and clasped it onto her neck. "Now say, 'Let's race!'"

"Uh, let's race?"

And in an instant, Mafdet merged with the locket as flashes of color circled around Lana's body, spotted ears and tail popping into the correct places. Cheetah-printed clothes suddenly appeared on her body, replacing her old clothes as her hair rearranged into pigtails, while her skin darkened in places, giving her body the look of a cheetah.

Lana shrieked when the light faded to reveal the change, "What'd you do to me?!"

'Oh calm down. I just made you super awesome is what. You should be grateful!' Mafdet voice echoed in her head.

"Get out! Getout Getout Getout!" Lana screeched, banging her head on the wall.

"Lana?" Said girl froze in fear, having forgotten her family was still downstairs, "Are you alright? What's going on?"

"Uh….Just talking to Marinette!"

"Well, alright then," He mother sounded as though she didn't believe her, but accepted it nonetheless, "Just keep it down, alright?"

"Ok!" Lana called back, before smacking her head, with a hushed growl, "Get out of my head!"

'Sorry sweetcheeks. We're bonded until you release the transformation. Though I don't get why you'd do that since you're now so much better looking and powerful.'

Lana huffed and glanced at her reflection, swiping her bangs aside, critically eyeing herself, before a small smirk grew on her face, "I suppose you're right. I'm way prettier than Chloe ever will be now."

'See? I told you.'

Lana then frowned, "Still. How exactly do I go back to myself? I can't just stay like this."

'Oh fine. Well, I can really only think of one way. You can let out the energy I stored up to give you as Cheetara.'

"How?" Lana asked in exasperation.

'Let's go out and play~!'

"But-"

'Oh come on! Don't you wanna test out your new powers?'

"Powers?"

'Yep! First there's your whip! It's magic, duh, and stretch out as far as you need. And then there's your speed. We're a cheetah. We're fast. Test it out. You won't be disappointed.'

Lana glanced back at her bedroom door, "But my mom,"

'Won't even know you were gone with how fast we'll be going! Now come on!' Mafdet urged.

"Well…" Lana bite her lip, glancing out the window. She was on the second story, but hey, cats always land on their feet right? "Let's go!" She opened her window and glanced around, making sure no one was watching, before snapping her whip towards a nearby tree and jumping out the window. She swung down to the ground and grinned at how well she manned the weapon, despite never having held one before.

'That would be influence. Hundreds of other Cheetara's have used that whip, and you're just using their experience.'

"Way to ruin my self-esteem…" Lana muttered, pouting at her hopes of actually being good at using a whip destroyed.

'Boo-hoo. Cry me a river. Now come on! Let's run!' Lana sighed, before starting off on a job in the back roads, before slowly gaining speed as she continued. Unknown to herself, she became fast enough to pass by others, unseen as anything other than a blur. Lana grinned as the wind rushed against her face. It was absolutely amazing! She never had run before, not even in gym, due to be a clumsy person. She avoided things that may result in accidents.

Lana cheered while, as if by instinct, she used her whip to swing above the city around her, letting out whoops of excitement, all the while ignoring the people below, who had finally noticed her swinging around like their very own Ladybug, some even taking pictures.

~Time Skip!~

Lana grinned as she sat on her desk before class began. All of yesterday she spent running out Mafdet's energy as Cheetara, and boy was it fun! Lana internally swore to do the same after school when she got the chance. Though it would probably cost her a lot of food. Mafdet had an obsession with meat. Mostly raw. It disgusted Lana, but whatever to keep her kwami happy right?

Lana was sketching in her notebook as class went by, making a sort of comic using herself as Cheetara saving Adrien and he would be forever grateful and instantly fall in love with her. She was startled when the bell rang but packed up her stuff as Alya rushed over, dragging Marinette with her, "Did you hear?"

"Hear what?" Lana asked curiously, standing up from her seat.

Alya shoved her phone in front of her, shocking the poor girl when she saw her, as Cheetara, swinging through Paris with her whip, "She was seen by practically everyone! And we think it's another superhero like Ladybug! How amazing would that be!"

"Oh, uh, cool, I suppose" Lana stuttered, before deadpanning at the nickname they gave her. What kind of name was Cat Woman?! That wasn't nearly as amazing as her hero name! "Cat Woman?"

"Yeah, like Cat Noir, only female" Alya stated, swiping the picture to a guy dressed up as a black cat following after Ladybug.

"That makes her sound like a copycat" Lana pursed her lips.

"Well what would you think her name is?" Alya put her hands on her hips.

"I don't know. She looks like a cheetah. Maybe something like that. Why don't you ask her?"

"And where exactly am I supposed to find her to talk to her?" Alya let out a gasp, "What a great way to keep myself busy! I gotta go track her down!" And with that, the redhead rushed out the door as Marinette and Lana shook their heads in exasperation.

"So, have you found a tutor yet?" The half-chinese girl asked.

"Not yet. I asked the teacher for suggestions and she said she would ask one of her best students to help me" Lana asked, "Watch how my luck turns out and it's someone I hate, like Chloe. That'd be the worst!"

"Excuse me." The two turned, only to freeze on spot at the sight of their crush, the fabulous blonde model Adrien, who only maybe the girls blush heavily when he smiled, "I'm looking for Lana."

"T-that's me" The blonde stuttered, wondering why he was asking for her, but exactly complaining.

Adrien looked at the blonde, who looked very familiar to him. But then he remembered that he met her yesterday, the artist girl, "Oh! Hey. It's you. Cool. I've been meaning to get your name." Lana internally squealed in delight at the fact that he wanted to know who she was, "The teacher asked me to tutor you. Said something about failing?"

And that's when her blush turned into sulking as she dramatically and comically cried at the reminder, as Adrien sweatdropped, "Uh, anyway, I was hoping to set up a schedule for your sessions."

"Oh," Lana's dark aura brightened slightly, completely filled with joy at the fact that her crush was going to be her tutor. Oh great. KNowing her luck, she wouldn't be able to concentrate at all…. "Well, I got to work during the afternoons, but I'm free during lunches. My mom doesn't care if I go home or not, so I guess we could work then. And sometimes my boss with let me off early. Thanks, by the way, I really need this."

"It's no problem" Adrien grinned, happy to help a fellow classmate. Though he was wondering what exactly was wrong with her friend, he vaguely remembered her name being Marinette, "Well, ok. How about we start next week, seeing how that's when summer school starts."

"Cool!" Lana said eagerly. Now she finally had a reason to talk to him and get closer than Marinette! It's perfect! And once they started her tutoring, he'd fall in love with her, they'd get get married, and live happily ever after as man and wife! Of course, she couldn't leave Marinette in the dust, as an old cat lady, so she'll set her up with someone, maybe Nathanael. He always had a huge crush on her.

"Awesome. See you later then" Adrien waved, walking away from the girls.

Lana grinned happily, glancing at Marinette. Who then fainted at having been so close to her crush, "Mari!"

~Time Skip!~

Cheetara swung above the city, happily letting her energy out, before settling onto the top of the Eiffel Tower, eyes sparkling as she looked over the beautiful city she lived in. Sure it's the City of Love and Lights, but still. She never had such a grand view of it before.

The cheetah woman took a look into her reflection and, noticing the wind had ruined her hair, instantly went to fix it, licking her paw and rubbing it against her ear in an effort to clean, unaware of the oncoming duo.

Cat Noir and Ladybug landed on a nearby building observing the new miraculous before them, who hadn't noticed their arrival at all as she primped herself. "Meow. Looks like we've got a new kitty in town."

"What is up with you and cat jokes?" Ladybug snorted with a roll of her eyes. It's bad enough he kept vying for her attention when she was loyal to her beloved Adrien, but his little puns and jokes annoyed her endlessly.

"Because my puns are just purrfect" Cat Noir literally purred with a, what he hoped, charming smirk. Ladybug just scoffed as the poor cat hero sulked at his failing flirts.

"We've got to figure out if she's on our side" Ladybug stated. Though she wondered how well this girl would work with them, as she only seemed to care about how pretty she was. Sure, she was beautiful, but it doesn't mean she had to be so vain. But, hey, she could be wrong and just making up wrong assumptions of this new person.

Cat Noir, on the other hand, was wondering if he could use the opportunity to make Ladybug jealous, by flirting with this cheetah. And once Ladybug realized her undying love for him, they'd reveal their identities, get married, have five kids, all of whom will have names relating to cats, and live happily ever after! It was brilliant! "Well let's go greet this kitten!"

"Wait, Cat!" Ladybug cried when her 'partner' (at least in his mind) rushed towards the cheetah, never even bothering with a plan. She groaned in annoyance and quickly followed after him, hoping he didn't just ruin anything if this girl was an enemy.

Cheetara jumped up with a yowl when someone tapped on her shoulder, leaping to a bar above her, clutching to it with her life as she shook from the shock it gave her, as she glared at the one who startled her, "Don't you know it's rude to scare a cat!"

Cat Noir grinned and shrugged, "Sorry, Kitten. I tried calling, but you seemed rather busy."

Cheetara huffed, and began to once again fix her hair, "Well duh! In case you haven't noticed I'm cleaning myself here! Honestly, some people are just so rude!"

"Well, I apologize, little Kitten."

"And just who do you think you're calling Kitten? I am not a kitten!"

Cat Noir gave her a charming smirk, hoping to woo her and make Ladybug jealous, "Whatever you say Kitty Cat. But I don't know your name, so Kitten it is."

Cheetara huffed and was about to tell him her name, hoping he'd stop with the stupid nickname. She wouldn't mind if Adrien called her that, but not some stranger who goes around dressed as a cat! But then the one and only Ladybug landed beside the new guy, and Cheetara, having an influenced moment by Mafdet, hissed at her. Mafdet was the jealous type and seemed possessive of her 'Plagg', and seemed to accuse Ladybug of trying to steal him from her.

Ladybug frowned at the hiss as Tikki let out a small groan in her head, 'Not her…'

'Who is she?'

'The "Marvelous" Cheetara. Her kwami, Mafdet, hates me. Plagg, Cat Noir's kwami, is her mate, and being yin and yang, she gets jealous of us easily.'

'...I have no idea how to answer to that but ok….'

"So, Kitten, what exactly are you doing way up here?" Cat Noir asked, leaning against the railing as Cheetara lounged on the bar, fluffing her tail.

"Just observing. The view I get of the city is absolutely beautiful."

"The view I get of you is rather beautiful too" Cat flirted, making Cheetara roll her eyes.

"Cut the Cat-titude out will ya? Ha, see what I did there?" She giggled.

Ladybug groaned at another hero with an obsession with cat puns, while Cat Noir's eyes sparkled as he looked at her with admiration, "You like cat puns too?! Yay! I have someone to share my love for them with!"

"Are you kidding? Cat puns are just claw-some!"

Cat Noir let out a whoop of excitement as Cheetara grinned and leapt off her bar beside Cat, slinging an arm around his shoulder, "You know what, I think we'll get along just fine!"

~Time Skip!~

Lana smiled as Alya went on and on about how amazing it was that Paris now had three superheros. Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Cheetara. Once she and Cat Noir became practically best buds, bonding over their love for cat puns much to Ladybug's despair, they convinced Ladybug to form a team of the three of them, and she reluctantly agreed after they fought off an akuma together. And once that was done, Lana, Cheetara, made sure Alya got her name right.

Now that she was officially a superhero, Lana made it top priority to make sure it stays a secret, even from her teammates, but that was more of Ladybug's idea. Of course, once she made Adrien fall in love with her, she'll reveal her hero identity after the wedding. True they were barely friends at the moment, but that would change sooner or later now that she had an excuse to spend time with him, Adrien being her tutor after all.

Because who knew what would happen in their future.