Chapter 3: Quick Clash of the Alpha Queens
Author's Note: Read my first story, High School Revolution, and if that does well, I'll be motivated to continue working on this. My fanfics only do as well as my original stories.
Flash Forward:
Cat Noir, Ulrich, Odd and William looked up at two large meteorites falling from the sky above Paris.
"You have got to be kitting me," both feline heroes responded.
Ulrich groaned. "Great, another Hot Shower to deal with."
William rose his sword and tilted his head. "Another? You've been through this before?"
"Didn't you get all your memories back from Lyoko? When you were under XANA's control, it took control of a satellite, fired a laser to break a meteor apart. According to Jeremy, that changed its course and a meteor shower was about to hit everyone on campus."
"What the-"
"Oh yeah. Kill us, destroy the Supercomputer and leave Aelita trapped on Lyoko to bait out her dad."
William gulped. "I helped....I helped that monster do that?"
Ulrich waved his katanas nonchalantly. "Water under the bridge."
Cat Noir comforted William. "It's okay. We've all done things we didn't want to while under someone else's control. Don't beat yourself up over it."
"That's the spirit," Odd added! "Besides, it's not as bad as the time XANA took control of a satellite laser and almost killed me and Yumi."
This time both Cat Noir and William raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?!"
"Oh right, that happened before you transferred to Kadic. Yeah we've been through a lot."
Cat whimpered. "At this point you guys sound like you're the experienced superheroes."
William. "I'll sulk later. For now, how the heck did we end up in this situation?"
Presently:
In the courtyard, Marinette noticed the Kadic Students gazing at the checkerboard site with the basketball court and lounging.
"Wow," Odd squealed in excitement. "I almost forgot what it's like to be in a normal high school, and even then." William had similar sentiments.
"You guys have gym classes here all the time?"
Marinette nodded. "We've even had fencing, yoga," while mentally thinking, "and a few Akuma attacks but they don't need to know about that," before getting back to them, "and filmed a movie."
She was happy they were impressed, thinking they would find the school boring. Admittedly, she thought, visiting Kadic Academy would be interesting. She'd never been to a boarding school before, but didn't think much of it. There wouldn't be a reason for her to after all. Though normal for her life, she had a roof over her head with a porch she could sit in, and her parents were doing well as bakers. Besides, they would cost a small fortune, and there wasn't really anything bad about College Francoise Dupont that would make her want to transfer
Then the sight of Chloe Bourgeois made her reconsider. "So these are students visiting from Kadic Academy, Hmm. Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous, none of you look like you're worth the time."
Chloe storms into the building while the others look on. Marinette was still not willing to talk to her, especially after the end of the HeartHunter incident. On one hand, she realized she could've handled the situation better and partially regretted giving the Miraculous to Kagami. On the other hand, the fact Chloe would stoop that low to work with Hawk Moth in spite of everything he has done to the both of them upset her to this day. At this point, it would better to teach Chloe a lesson if a new Queen Bee took her place.
Before she could have those thoughts though, Sissi approached her in an effort to converse. However, Chloe pushed her aside and when Sissi called her out for being unnecessary rude, her sidekick, best friend, and bullied lapdop Sabrina blocked her from interfering.
"Sorry about that, Chloe has no time for you. She needs to spend time copying my homework for class. Marinette, try and finish showing them around before Ms. Bustier arrives."
As the two of them walked away, Marinette hoped Sabrina and Chloe could just end up calming down. She guessed Sabrina was helping Chloe cope with not being Queen Bee anymore, but was worried Chloe would take it out on her. Then again, Chloe's parents were getting back together, which she thought Chloe would see as a good thing. Since the event, Chloe has rarely acted outside of her mean girl behavior. It was hard to get a read on her.
Marinette snapped out of her thoughts when Sissi sucked her teeth.
"Who does she think she is? What a stuck up brat."
Everyone barring Marinette and Sissi start chuckling much to their confusion.
Odd was the first one to chime in. "The pot should definitely not be calling the kettle black."
Sissi pouted. "Hey, I thought we were friends now!"
"We are, it's just, really hard to forget how much of a diva you were."
"I am nothing like her!"
Ulrich tried fighting his snickers. "To be fair Sissi, you did have a few mean streaks. She even has her own Nicholas and Herb fused into one."
"That's not...did I really treat them like that?" She looked up Ulrich. "I was really that horrible huh?"
Yumi confided and patted her on the shoulder. "Life's all about learning and growing. It's much better having a friend than an enemy."
Marinette silently agreed. Personally, she'd rather have more allies than enemies.
"Hey, Marinette," Sissi asked. "You know that girl right? Is she always like that?"
"She's had some...nice spots. But she's not a nice person at all." She sighed. "Every time I think she might come close, she always makes me change my mind at the last minute. She's the reason I didn't have a lot of friends for a while"
Sissi took Marinette by the shoulder.
"Then I'll be the Chloe you deserve. A beautiful, talented, star. But you're my first Parisian friend. If you need anything from me, just ask." Then she turned to the rest of her Kadic group. "I'll prove to you guys I've changed then, just watched."
Marinette nervously laughed. "Sure, Sissi."
Then Odd sees Principal Damocles in his Owl outfit.
"Wait, you guys have superheroes as teachers?!
Ulrich chimes in. "And he's based on Knightowl too."
Marinette giggles. "Sort of, it's kind of a long story."
Odd holds his heads behind his hair in annoyance. "At least he gets exposure and can help out people in the open. Imagine saving the world for at least a year and no one gave you any recognition. Like-"
Odd faced a hard slap from Ulrich as Marinette shuddered at the thought someone figured out her identity. Laura raised an eyebrow but continued with her bored expression. Seeing them as a group barring her, she wondered if there was some bad blood between her and them.
"Laura, are you enjoying your stay?"
The girl's face seemed normal, but something about her seemed off to Marinette. It was almost like she had Lila's ability to present herself differently and the apathetic nature of Adrien's father, Gabriel.
"I'm fine. Actually, Marinette, can I ask a question?"
Marinette gave her the floor. "Have you ever felt as though you made a big mistake before, but you couldn't remember why? And no matter what you tried to do to find the solution, the answer always seemed impossible to solve?"
That question hit home hard. Given all of her failures, especially with losing Master Fu, left her unsure of what to say or do.
"I can't say I'm struggling with something exactly like that, but I know what's like to hit rock bottom. But, lifting her spirits up with a fist clench, "if all I do is sit and do nothing, then evil and all those bad thoughts will win over me. I can't let it get to me, especially when I know there are people counting on me to do the right thing. I've still got a long way to go at it. Did that help?"
Laura crossed her hands. "Sort of. Though it seems you have something I lack. And I don't know if I need that quality."
She walked ahead of Marinette, leaving the secretly bug colored hero concerned.
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