Roslie's POV

"Do you think Marinette will do a design?" Adrien asks me as we chilled in his room.

"Leo says she is, but is having trouble coming up with an idea" I tell him. "I suggested he take her to the park" I add.

"If she ends up submitting a design, I'm sure she'll win. Saw some earlier of other hats at school" he states. "Chloe, is also doing one" he adds.

"Probably paying someone to do it more like" I state. "Lets talk about something else" I tell him.

"Sure, what about?" he asks me.

"Your ring, it looks great on you. Where did you get it?" I ask him. He freezes. "Something wrong?" I ask confused.

"No nothing wrong, it was a gift from a friend. No idea where he got it from" he tells me.

"Can I wear it sometime?" I ask him.

"Not to be rude Roslie, but I don't think it'd look good on you" he tells me. "But I can get you a similar design and we could match" he suggests.

"Sounds great" I tell him with smile. We get back to studying. As I think about what design Marinette might come up with.

Leo's POV

Marinette and I are at the park. As she tries to come up with a design for her derby hat for the competition. I let her sketch in silence as I think about the conversation I had heard earlier in her room. A female said Marinette saved the world under pressure and designing a hat should be easy. But when I entered the room, I saw only her.

Marinette sighs in frustration as she rips up another design. "Don't worry, I'm sure you will think of something great" I assure her.

"I thought coming here would inspire me, but so far nothing" she whines. Just then I see Xavier Ramier coming to fed the pigeons. We watch him sit down and blow his whistle after taking out a bag of bird seed. All the pigeons gather around him, one nearly hitting Marinette as it flew by. I chuckled as I picked up a feather.

"Well, happy day, happy day! Splendid is the afternoon day. Ah, Edgar, you fancy one. Fantastic, dazzling performance" he praises as pigeon landed on his arm. Just then Rodger walked over and the pigeons scattered.

"Scram, you winged rats!" he orders and they flew away. "How many times do you need to be told, Mr. Ramier? No! FEEDING! The pigeons! It's strictly forbidden. If everyone feeds them, they'll leave their waste everywhere!" he rants.

"But, who's going to feed my poor pigeons?" Xavier asks him.

"All the park keepers know about you, Mr. Ramier. You're banned from every park in Paris. Leave now or I'll call the authorities" Rodger tells him, then pauses. "Oh, wait. I'm the authorities. GET OUT!" he orders before leaving.

"Sheesh, I almost feel sorry for that man" Marinette states.

"I just hope this doesn't lead him to be another victim of Hawkmoth" I state. "But on a happier note, I think I have an idea for your derby" I add showing her the feather.

"A feather Derby. Nice thinking Leo" she says happily as she starts to sketch a new design. I let the feather fly away. "Hm, yes" she says as she held the sketch pad up letting me see the design.

"Looks great Marinette, you'll win for sure" I tell her.

"Thanks Leo, I couldn't of done it without you" she tells me with a bright smile. "I'm gonna go home to make it, you coming?" she asks me.

"No, I think I'll walk around the park some more" I tell her. "Have fun" I state and she smiles. She hugs me, before running home. I start to walk around the park, wanting to go check on Mr Ramier and make sure he's ok.

I didn't find him, but I did spot Roslie by the fountain. "Surprised your dad let you out" I state as I sit beside her.

"Doesn't know I left" she tells me. "Just wanted some fresh air" she states. "What about you? I thought you were helping Marinette" she says.

"Marinette finally came up with a design for her derby and went home to make it. I stayed to enjoy the fresh air and to check on Mr Ramier" I tell her.

"Mr Ramier, isn't he the guy who feeds the pigeons?" she asks me.

"Yep, Rodger just told him off for doing it and I wanted to make sure he was ok" I tell her.

"You have a good heart Leo, always making sure people are happy. So that they won't be akumitised" she states. "What some help?" she asks.

"Sure" I say with a smile. We get up and start our search. I notice more pigeons then usual and frown in confusion.

"Something wrong?" Roslie asks me.

"I'm not sure, there seems to be a lot of pigeons around" I tell her.

"Lets check the news?" she suggests and I nod my head. She takes out her phone and opens the news app. "Here we are" she says clicking on a news fed.

"Pigeons have taken over Paris. This is just one of the many alarming situations giving authorities cause for major concern" Nadja states. She touches her ear piece. "Yes, I've just been told that someone named Mr. Pigeon is making an announcement" she tells us. A new akumitised victim appears onscreen.

"Mr Ramier" I say shocked.

"Oh, dreary day, poor Parisians" Mr Pigeon says and caws like a pigeon. " Sorry to ruffle your feathers, but Paris now belongs to the pigeons! Flap flap! Roo! Roo!" he states.

"I need to go find Adrien, he's allergic to feathers and I want to make sure he's ok" Roslie states.

"I should get home and check on Marinette, I'll drop you off along the way" I tell her. She nods her head. We run to her house and I left her outside. Before running home. "Hi mum, dad Marinette home?" I ask them.

"No, she forgot a feather for her hat and went to get one" mum states.

"Oh no" I say as I look outside.

"What's wrong son?" dad asks me as he rolls out bread dough.

"There's a new akumitised victim on the loose and she's out there alone. I have to find her" I state. I go to leave and dad blocks my path. "Dad..." I try to say.

"It's to dangerous Leo, I'm sure Marinette has taken cover while Ladybug and Catnoir handle everything" Mum assures me.

"We're not having you both out there with a new villain no the loose" dad adds.

"But..." I say.

"No buts, listen to your parents" mum tells me.

"Yes mum" I say. "I'm gonna go wait in Marinette's room and check out her progress with the hat" I tell them. Before going to her room. I see Marinette had pretty much finished, just missing a feather. Maybe I should tell her to get an artificial one, due to Adrien's allergy. But I think she can suffer a little, for making me worry so much with a new villain on the loose. Besides it won't affect her odds.

(Time skip)

Marinette appears with a little flying creature and doesn't notice me. "There's no time to lose. I have less than an hour" she states as she sat down at her desk. The tiny creature spots me and gasps. "What is it Tikki?" she asks as she works on the hat.

"Maybe you could tell me why there's a red creature with black spots in your room" I state. She looks at me shocked. "But we'll disguise it later, right now you should finish the hat. You don't have much time left" I add. She groans gripping her hair.

"Just breathe Marinette" Tikki tells her.

"She's right, breath and relax. We'll talk later" I assure her. "But don't worry, I won't tell anyone about Tikki" I states. She looks a little more relaxed and gets back to work. "By the way, I'm Leo" I tell Tikki.

"Tikki" she says with a smile. We watched Marinette work in silence.

(Time skip)

We arrived just in time as Adrien and Roslie took Natalie around. So that their father could see each derby. Ayla asks Marinette where she had been. Marinette doesn't answer as she took her hat out of the box she had put it in. Alya marvels at it, then her expression darkens. "What?" we asks her.

"But, it's the same as Chloé's" she tells us.

"What?!" we exclaim and look at Chloe's. To see Ayla is right, that little sneak. Oh I can't wait to see Marinette put her in her place.

"Uh, hi Mr. Agreste. I'm Chloé Bourgeois. You know my father, André Bourgeois, the mayor?" Chloe brags.

"Ugh, that thieving little brat!" Marinette snaps.

"Do you want me to take care of it?" Ayla asks her.

"No" I tell her.

"I think I can handle this" Marinette assures her. As the judges reached us.

"Hm, turn the tablet back to Ms. Bourgeois' hat" Gabriel says. Natalie does so. "Is this a joke?" he asks unamused.

"No fair! Marinette copied my design! It's scandalous, how could you do that?" Chloe fake cries.

"Stop crying thief, no one is buying it" I sneer.

"I apologize for the situation Mr. Agreste, but I can prove that this derby hat is MY original design" Marinette assures Gabriel.

"Go ahead" he tells her.

"Um, everything on my derby hat is hand-made" she states as she picked up her hat. "From the embroidery, to the weaving of the band, to the stitching of the brim. All done by myself. And last, there's a special design element that only the true designer knows about: I signed mine" she explains. Flipping her hat over, revealing her signature in the brim.

Chloé knocks over her derby hat stand. Everyone turns to look at it on the ground, and it shows Marinette's signature. Chloé runs out crying. Her friend running after her. I high five Ayla.

"Very exquisite creation. You definitely have the laboring hands of a hat maker, miss..." Gabriel trials off.

"Marinette" Adrien and Roslie tells him. Adrien placing a hand on Marinette's shoulder.

"Congratulations on your demonstration, Miss Marinette. You're the winner" Gabriel tells her.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Marinette says bowing to him.

"Adrien and Roslie will wear your derby on our next advertising campaign" Gabriel states. Adrien puts his hands over hers on the hat. She gasps and blushes.

"Awesome job, Marinette" Adrien praises her.

"Yes, it's beautiful" Roslie agrees. "Is the feather artificial?" she asks. As Adrien goes to try on the hat.

"No, why?" Marinette asks confused. Adrien sneezes and I chuckle.

"Uh-- sorry, I'm allergic to feathers" Adrien says sheepishly.

"I told Leo earlier" Roslie adds and Marinette gives me a pointed look.

"Oh, did I forget to tell you? Must of slipped my mind" I say sheepishly. "Gesundheit" I say as Adrien sneezed again.

"Thanks" he says. He left with Roslie.

"Jerk" Marinette says pushing me slightly.

"Hey, you still won" I remind her.

"You're right, I did" she says with a bright smile. "Woo hoo!" she cheers and I laugh with Ayla We all go out to get ice cream to celebrate.

A/N

Picture above of Mr Pigeon and picture on the external link of Xavier Ramier.