Chapter 9

I heard there was a secret cord that David played

And it pleased the lord, but you don't really

care for music, do you?"

When Adrien returned home the woods had been cleared out. Theo had kept his word.

"It goes like this, the forth, the fifth,

The minor fall the major lift, the baffled

king composed it hallelujah."

He stepped on a mirror, he stared glumly at his reflection in the shattered remains. It then changed to Marinette's reflection, being shown through a mirror at the castle. She was dressed in a white wedding dress with long sleeves that didn't cover her shoulders. Her pigtails were taken down and pinned back into waves. A circlet with white flowers with a sliver veil was placed on her head.

"Hallelujah, hallelujah,

hallelujah, halleluuuujah

Baby I've been here before

I know this room, I've walked this hall

I used to live alone before I knew you."

Adrien picked up some of the things that had been spilled by the creatures, one of which was a flower, he picked it up, then threw it into the fireplace because it reminded him of Marinette.

As for her, she sadly waited in her dressing room for the ceremony to beguin. She saw a suit of armor that made her think of Adrien. She missed him so much.

"I've seen your face on the marble arch

love is not a victory much, it's a cold

and it's a broken hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,

halleluuuujah."

Plagg had wondered off to a nearby lake and sat there alone. He turned to see Tikki crying.

"Tikki?"

She looked at him. "Oh hi." She sobbed.

"Don't cry, here." He handed her a tissue, she wiped her tears and smiled. He smiled back.

"Thank you."

"You know for a dragon, you're actually very pretty. Especially in your kwami form."

"Thank you, I hate my dragon form because it scares everybody away."

"And it's not a cry you can hear at night and it's not from

somebody who's seen the light.

It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah."

Adrien had his land and privacy back, Marinette was going to marry Lord Theo and they were both miserable. All their lives they had lived alone, never experiencing love from anyone, just when they finally found someone who they could love and they had to push that person away.

"Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah,

halleluuuuujah."

Adrien sighed sadly as he sat alone in the dark just like before. But this time he wasn't happy at all.

Knock-knock

"Whoever it is go away!" He shouted.

"It's Plagg!"

"Leave!"

Plagg flew through the door.

"Are you crazy?!" Adrien said.

"Yeah I'm crazy! What made you think I was sane?! But that's not the point." Plagg said. "I'm here to talk to you kid."

"I'm not interested!" He walked away, Plagg followed him.

Will you just shut up and pay attention!" Plagg snapped. "You are mean to me! You ignore me! You insult me! And you push me around!"

"Then why did you come back?"

"Because that's what friends do! They forgive each other!"

"Oh yeah I forgive you alright! For stabbing me in the back!" He walked into an out house and locked the door.

"Ugh! Why don't you just admit it? You're afraid of your own feelings."

"Go away!"

"See there you go again. Pushing me away! Just like you did to Marinette. And all she did was like you! Maybe even love you."

"Love me?! She said I was ugly! A hideous creature! I heard the two of you talking."

"She wasn't talking about you! She was talking about...somebody else."

He came out of the outhouse looking more calm and confused. "She wasn't talking about me?"

"Of course not!"

"Well then who was she talking about?"

"She tried to tell you this morning but you wouldn't listen!" Plagg said. "You just assumed the worst and pushed her away. She was your friend, do you honestly think she would say something so horrible about you?"

"I just thought-"

"What? That a beautiful princess could never care about you? That a cat kwami could never care about you? You're so angry at the world that you believe it's impossible for someone to love and care about you! Well she did! But after what you did to her this morning I wouldn't blame her if she didn't like you anymore."

"I...I."

"And you hurt my feelings too! All I did was try to help you!"

Adrien felt his anger melt away and was soon forgotten. What had he done? He should've known better, Marinette was much too kind to hurt anyone or say anything awful. She was the only human who really saw him as a person.

And Plagg, sure he was annoying but he was the first person he met who didn't run away and scream. He actually wanted to be his friend.

"I'm...I'm sorry Plagg" He sighed. "I guess I really am a big, stupid, ugly monster. You're my best friend, my only friend actually. Can you forgive me?"

"What's to forgive?" He said.

They shook on it with each other.

"So what did she say about me?" He asked.

"What are you asking me for? Go ask her yourself."

"The wedding!" He gasped. "We'll never make it!"

"Never fear! Where there's a will there's a way." He whistled and Tikki appeared in her dragon form.

"Need a lift?" She asked.

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