I don't own Miraculous Ladybug or any of the characters.

Here's chapter 1. Enjoy!

Marinette had honestly had enough. She just couldn't take it anymore.

She, like many others, was dealing with the pressure of 10th grade exams. But with the added pressure of being Ladybug, she was sure to crack soon. She was getting only 0-5 hours of sleep each night, which meant she was always late and falling asleep in class. Her grades were slowly dropping and she was struggling to keep up. She hated lying to her teachers, classmates and friends and parents but she knew for their safety her identity must be kept a secret.

That was, until today.

Marinette woke to a squeaky, high-pitched voice screaming in her ear."Marinette! WAKE UP! You're going to be late AGAIN!" yelled Tikki for the hundredth time. "Okay, okay. Coming," she yawned. The akuma last night showed no mercy and dragged on until 5am. She quickly changed into her normal school clothes, grabbed her bag and ran down the stairs."Bye Mamam! Bye Papa!" she yelled while stuffing a croissant in her mouth and running out the door.

She hurried up the steps to school and swiftly moved into her seat. "Wow girl! A new record! Only 10 minutes late!" whispered Alya.

"Shut up!" whisper-shouted Marinette. "Hey, where's Miss Bustier?

"She's sick. Instead, we have her." Marinette followed her gaze to the young girl out the front. She had long, wavy brown hair, wearing a coral coloured shirt with black leggings. She looked the same age as them. Marinette couldn't help but think she looked familiar.

"Her name is Miss Fu. She looks waaaaayyyyyyy too young to teach," said Alya.

"Excellent observation Alya!" Miss Fu said cheerfully. She seemed really nice. They whole class looked between Miss Fu and back at Alya. They had no idea how she had heard Alya. Nino and Adrien hadn't even noticed she was talking and they were much closer to her than Miss Fu. "Now that we're all here, we can all begin," she said

"But we started like 10 minutes ago!" said Ivan

"To be precise 12.49 minutes ago," said Max, checking his watch.

"Yes, yes. We don't need to be technical today Max. You'll drive us insane. Although, what I'm about to do will drive some of insane." Miss Fu said mainly to herself. Everyone looked at her like she was insane.

"Okay, this is crazy. How do you know all of our names, which we haven't told you and our personalities? Do you read minds? Are you a superhero? An akumatized victim? Are you friends with Ladybug and Cha-"

"Okay Alya, that's enough. All will be explained shortly. Just hold on. Literately," Miss Fu then clicked her fingers and they class was transported to this dimly-lit room. The whole class had no idea what was going on. Marinette and Adrien were looking for a place to transform.

"Don't bother, I'm not a villain," Miss Fu said to the class. However, Marinette and Adrien could have sworn it was directed to their individual selves.

"Okay follow me through to the theatre." They all followed her through to another room. "Now may all you please sit in your designated seats. It's important you do so." Miss Fu advised them. The seating plan went like this:

Alya, Marinette, Adrien, Nino

Ivan, Mylène, Nathaniel, Juleka, Rose

Alix, Kim, Max, Sabrina, Chloé

Everyone took their seats. (After Chloé had a hissy-fit about not sitting next to Adrien). Aside from her, everyone was content where they were sitting, especially Marinette.

"Okay, now that we're all settled, you deserve an explanation." Said Miss Fu. "As Alya said before I am too young to be teaching. In fact, I'm only 15 like you guys. And call me Lily, my real name. Miss Fu sounds weird. Now, I'm going to show you a ….uh...documentary should we say of two very famous people you all know, well half know. No, actually, you fully know. You just don't know that you know the other half of them. Anyway, it's called Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. I'll explain more afterwards. Just watch the show.

"WAIT. So we all know LADYBUG and CAT NOIR OUTSIDE OF THEIR MASKS! OMG I CAN DIE A HAPPY PERSON NOW!" screamed Alya.

Marinette was whole different story. She had tried so hard to keep her identity a secret. All those detentions, lies and guilt gone to waste. How were her class going to react when they find out that beautiful, smart and courageous Ladybug was just ugly, dumb, clumsy Marinette? They would be all so disappointed. And Alya, her life was dedicated to Ladybug. She wouldn't even want to be her friend after she knows the truth. And Cat Noir, who was someone in this room would hate her afterwards.

"What happens if they-"

"want to keep their identities a secret? The time has come. They are struggling with normal life, and they need help and support from their friends."

Now lets begin.