Max's POV

Camp Campbell, a camp where you can do anything. What a bunch of bullshit. My name's Max, an asshole. I hate everything. Before the usual weekly adventure with my friends, Neil and Nikki, I joined them in the mess hall for breakfast. "Hey, guys." Nikki greeted. "What do you think this week's adventure is going to be?" "I don't know if I'm up for an adventure this week, I'm testing out some new equipment for the science camp." Neil replied. "My dad bought me some science equipment from Amazon." "What the fuck is up with you and that shitty science camp?" I asked as our camp counselor, David, stormed into the mess hall in excitement. "Good morning, kiddos!" David exclaimed. "Jesus Christ." I mumbled. "Who's ready for a nature hike?" David asked. "Ooh, I am!" Nikki exclaimed. "I wonder if we'll find the legendary Bigfoot!" "That's the spirit, Nikki!" David smiled.

As David took us in the woods, he sang the camp song that he wrote. "Don't you ever get tired of singing that?" Harrison, the magician in training asked. "Never." David replied. While we continued walking, Nikki said that she heard an animal cry, but it wasn't like any other animal she's heard in the past. It was more of a deep cry. Once David was making a presentation on different leaves from the forest, Nikki walked away from the group to help the animal. A little bit after Nikki wandered off, David was still doing his shitty presentation. I had a perfect plan to sneak away. "Neil, can you create a distraction so I can sneak away from David?" I asked. Neil began to hesitate, but then he sighed. "Fine, but you owe me big time." Neil ended up asking about the difference between poison ivy and poison oak, even though he already knew the answer to that. The distraction will probably take David about three hours.

Now that I was farther away from David, I was finally able to get some quiet time to read a book. Usually, I'd set books on fire, but sometimes just sitting alone quietly gets boring for me. After a while, I heard a growl. I knew it wasn't my stomach, only because this camp only serves shit and is too broke to afford to serve real food. The growl was coming from a bear cub. I found a candy bar that was in my pocket and gave it to the cub. "Ew, is that what David feels like everyday?" I asked myself. The cub looked at me confused, like a puppy.

I waited as the others began heading back to camp. We went to theater camp to watch another one of Preston's shitty plays. "Good evening, fellow campers." Preston greeted. "It is with greatest pleasure that I present to you, Hamilton: But with Jazz." As his musical started, it immediately went downhill. All of them kept watching in hope that he'll get better, but it just kept getting worse. Preston got a lot of reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, and by that, I really mean rotten tomatoes were tossed at him. "Wait, no! I was taking it to Broadway!"

In the mess hall that night, I met up with my friends. "Well, that was shitty." Neil commented. "Yeah, Preston should stick to original pieces in my opinion." Nikki said, turning to me. "What's up, Max?" "I don't want to talk about it." I replied. "I really fucked up." "How come?" Nikki asked. Suddenly, a strange person bust down the door of the mess hall. He looked kinda familiar to me, then it occurred to me, that was Preston, but he still looked like shit. "Oh my god!" Gwen, our other counselor shouted. "Preston, is that you?" David asked. "I'm afraid that the curtains have closed on Preston, the name's Showstopper, and you will now do whatever I say!" He replied, writing down something on paper with a quill. Once he was finished, David began destroying the mess hall for no reason whatsoever.

I quickly ran into the forest to find shelter. God, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually feel bad for Preston. Although, something was different from the last time I saw him. Before David trashed the mess hall, I noticed him writing something down on some paper, and after that, he pierced David with the quill. As I sat down, I noticed what looked like a ring, which was almost shoved up my ass. I picked it up and it began to glow. "What the fuck?" I questioned as a tiny creature appeared where it was glowing, resembling a black cat. "Oh God, I'm starving!" The creature shouted. Did Neil drug me last night? "What the hell are you?" I asked. "Oh, so, my name's Plagg, the kwami of destruction, I can give you superpowers." The creature explains. "A superhero?" I asked, putting on the ring. "What bastard thought of me becoming a superhero?" "No idea." Plagg lied. "But what I do know is that you have some good in you, Max." "No one has ever told me that there's good in me, other than David." I sighed. "Here, just say claws out, and we'll go from there." Plagg said. "Why would I say claws out?" I asked. All of a sudden, I was dressed in a black catsuit with a cat hoodie attached to it, including a black mask covering the top of my face. "That little piece of shit." I groaned, grabbing my legs tight.

In the woods, I wanted to be alone. I can't believe whoever gave me this miraculous or whatever wants me to be a fucking superhero, but I guess I'll have to get used to it. "Hi!" Someone greeted. "Jesus Christ!" I shouted as I tripped on a stick. "Sorry, I'm still getting used to this whole superhero thing." A female superhero explained. "Me too." I sighed. "But I don't understand why anyone would want me to be a fucking superhero." "I don't know, but there's a supervillain at a nearby camp." The heroine replied. "His power can allow him to get others to do anything he says. And I believe I know where that akuma is." "I have no idea what you just said." I replied. "Oh, I'm Chat Noir by the way." "Um, Ladybug." She introduced. "What's your superpower?" "I can destroy anything I touch, which basically explains my life." I replied. "What about you?" "The exact opposite, creation." Ladybug replied. "I believe this is going to be the start of an amazing partnership."

When we arrived at the mess hall, Ladybug summoned her power. "Lucky Charm." She said as a spoon appeared in her hand. "How the hell are you supposed to fight this guy with a spoon?" I asked. All of a sudden, we saw Neil taking shelter at the science camp. Maybe he could help us?

We walked over to the science camp to talk with Neil. "Holy shit!" He cried. "Wait, who the hell are you guys?" "Ladybug and Chat Noir, protectors of all the camps on Lake Lilac, but mostly Camp Campbell." Ladybug explained. "You're Neil, right?" "Yeah." Neil replied. "Do you happen to have any smoke bombs?" Ladybug asked. "Well, I was going to save these for Space Kid's tent, but go ahead, if you are saving the camp." Neil explains, handing us some tiny smoke bombs. "Thanks, hope we can see each other soon." I said.

As we headed back to the mess hall, it was time to fight. "Focus on firing the smoke bombs in the mess hall, I'll take care of the others, Showstopper might've made some of the campers into his slaves." Ladybug explained. "Cataclysm." I said. Once he touched one of the windows, it was instantly destroyed. Ladybug wrapped the campers with her yo-yo and I launched the smoke bombs inside. "Eat smoke, you son of a bitch!" "Now!" Ladybug shouted as I poked Showstopper in the eye with my staff, causing him to drop his quill. "Your days are over, akuma, Miraculous Ladybug!" Everything returns to normal and Preston was back to his normal self. "What happened?" Preston asked. "Apparently, you became a supervillain, but we saved you." Ladybug explained. "Who are you brave young heroes?" David asked. "We're Ladybug and Chat Noir, we'll always be here for you guys." I replied. "But, for now, we have to head out."

Basically it's Max's take of the first chapter. I know it's cringe, but at least it's content. -Mal.