Another day, another late start. Marinette was waking up on 31st October 2016. She turned in her bed to check her phone. She was in blind panic when she saw the time 8:45 her screen. School was starting right now!

'Thank god I live across the street.' Marinette thought. "Tiki. We gotta go, I'm late for school." The little kwami hid in Marinette's purse. Marinette quickly got dressed and ran downstairs with her bag, past her parents and straight towards the school. The doors were shut, but the blue-haired girl was ready bust them open. When she ran into the doors, she banged her entire body, revealing that the doors were locked. Marinette was confused, the doors at the school are only locked when the school is closed at the beginning and end of each day. At that point, Marinette's literature teacher, Miss Bustier arrived.

"Marinette?" The teacher called. "What are you doing here so early?"

"I thought I was running late for school. I ran here."

"Marinette, it's only 7:45. The clocks were turned back an hour last night. If you need to kill time, either go and get some breakfast or... well do whatever, but I can't let you into the school till 8:30."

"Erm. Okay." Marinette walked around to the side of the school and sat on a bench. She grabbed her purse and opened it to speak to Tiki. "I can't believe I arrived at school early. I feel a bit embarrassed."

"Look on the bright side, Marinette." Tiki responded. "No one will think you're late since you're not."

"Yeah. I'm gonna call Alya." Marinette grabbed her phone out of her bag and dialed Alya. The phone was ringing for about 4 seconds until...

"Hello?"

"Alya. I never found out. Is the Halloween party still happening tonight?"

"Yeah. Celebrity fancy dress. You got your costume?"

"Yep. Jagged Stone. Who else could I be?"

"I think our entire class will be Jagged. Well, except for Chloe. She'll dress normally, since she thinks she's a celebrity! Oh, I don't know if you heard but there's a new student joining us. I've heard he's arriving today."

"I wonder what he'll be like. I hope he's more like Adrien and Nino than Kim."

"I guess we'll find out later. I'll see you there."

At 8:45, everyone had arrived in Miss Bustier's classroom. Adrien and Nino were sat in front of Alya and Marinette. Everyone was chattering away to each other when Miss Bustier entered. The students became mute as Miss Bustier spoke.

"Good Morning, class. I'm sure some of you heard that we were getting a new student today. He is here permanently and I hope that you will all do your best to make him feel comfortable and welcome him to our class. Okay." Miss Bustier looked towards the classroom door. "Okay, Liam. Come in and introduce yourself."

The door opened and in walked a boy. Marinette could see that he wearing blue jeans, a black Harrington jacket, some unrecognizable trainers and had blue eyes and short dark blonde hair. The boy didn't seem too nervous about speaking. Marinette could tell he was a kind boy just by listening to his voice when he spoke.

"Hello, my name is Li-" The boy said before being cut off by the definition of spoiled brat, Chloé Bourgeois.

"LIAM REJETER! How have you been? You must be happy to see me again."

"Actually, Chloé. I was happy to see my new classmates. Then I saw you and now I am officially in hell." Liam scorned. Miss Bustier was worried that the two may start fighting.

"Uh, Liam. Why don't you take a seat next to Nathaniel at the back there?"

"Sure. I apologize for that slight outburst." Liam walked to the seat where Nathaniel was sat. "Are you Nathaniel?"

"Y-Yeah, that's me."

"Nice to meet you." Liam said, sitting down. At the front of the class, Alya and Marinette were whispering to each other.

"So... Liam knows Chloe." Alya said. "And not in the friendly way."

"Alya," Marinette whispered excitingly, "do you not realize who he is? Liam Rejeter is the son of Bryan Rejeter, the PRESIDENT OF FRANCE! I was told about them from my aunt Bridgette."

"WHOA! Do you think he'll attend the party tonight?"

"Marinette and Alya!" Miss Bustier shouted, "It's not nice to whisper about people behind their back. One more time and you're both off to the principal's office!"

Marinette and Alya went red. They could see that Chloe and Lila Rossi were snickering. "Sorry, Miss." They said, filled with embarrassment...

At lunch break, Alya and Marinette were sat at a table with Rose and Juleka. They were just talking about Chloe when Liam walked up to them.

"Hiya." The young man said. "Can I please join you?" Marinette, Alya and Rose nodded while Juleka said nothing. Liam smiled and sat down with the four girls. "I don't believe I had the chance to introduce myself properly. I am Liam Rejeter." Each girl introduced themselves.

"Nice to meet you, Liam." Rose said sweetly. "I'm Rose Lavillant."

"M-m-J-Juleka." Juleka stuttered.

"Alya Cesaire" Alya answered.

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng." Marinette said. "Say, Liam? We're having a Halloween party tonight at Alix Kubdel's house and I was wondering if you would come? I'll have to ask Alix first."

"I'll gladly come." Liam answered, though he needed to know one more thing. "Erm, which one in the class is Alix?"

"She's the girl with pink hair and wears black and green."

"Okay. Thank you. The only person I really know is ugh, Chloé."

"She has caused everyone of us dread." Alya responded. "She got me suspended for a week, she trapped Juleka in the bathroom to keep her out of the school photo. She destroyed a letter Rose wrote to Prince Ali and well, what HASN'T she done to Marinette?"

"Here's what she did to me. When I was 11, I joined an after-school club for creative media. We could do music, films, games, comic books etc. I actually made friends in the club. I was best friends with this kid called Wallace West, though he preferred his nickname Wally. Anyway, since my father and her father are in politics, we eventually met. I told her about the club and she pleaded with me to get her in the club. When I did and she came in, the first thing she did was make offensive comments about Wally because he was black. I instantly agreed with Wally and the rest of my friends that she had to go. We voted her out and the next day we were visited by her father saying that the club was now disbanded and we had to leave, claiming the club kicked her out unfairly."

"That is just horrible." Rose said.

"There was also one time we she snuck into a party hosted by my brother, Félix. She was underage and was thrown out so she had Félix's car clamped and crushed. At least my dad got Chloe's father to pay for a replacement. Girls, I don't want to say it, but she's always been a bitch and she always will be. Anyway onto something more positive, is there any dress code for the party?"

"Yes." Marinette answered. "You dress as a zombie-fied celebrity. Doesn't matter if they are now alive or dead."

"Oooooooooooh, I am gonna enjoy this. I'll get a taxi later and see you there. I'm gonna go introduce myself to the rest of the class."

"Okay, bye." The four girls waved.

The bell rang 10 minutes later to signal lunch break over. Marinette and Alya started speaking about the Ladyblog.

"Do you think I should interview Liam for the Ladyblog?" Alya asked.

"It sounds like a good idea. He's never even implied that he's heard of Ladybug."

"I'll give him a shout at the party, tonight. In the meantime, we should get school over with and get ready for the party."

That evening, Marinette added finishing touches to her costume. For the party, she was dressing as an undead Jagged Stone...