*Listening to Dangerous Woman by Ariana Grande*

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Marinette backed away from the creature resting a hand near her throat as she gave a shocked expression. "M..My voice?" She asked astonished.

"That is correct." He answered. "I'll need it if I am to make you human."

"...but...without my voice...how can I-"

"You are a very pretty young mermaid Marinette." He interrupted. "I'm sure you'll find a way."

Marinette looked down to the ground contemplating the situation. This was her chance to see Adrien again, losing just her voice can't be that bad right? There was still another issue at hand though.

"If I become human...I'll never see my friends again..."

"That is true, but...you'll have your prince. Wouldn't your friends be happy for you to follow your heart?"

The red mermaid thought about it for a moment. "Yes...they would...okay I'll do it."

Hawkmoth smiled at the young mermaid. "Such a smart girl. Come this way." 

Marinette swam back up to the glowing pearl with Adrien's image. "So here's the deal, before the sun sets on the third day, Adrien must bestow upon you the kiss of true love. Doing this will guarantee your time as a human to last forever." The image on the pearl changed into a image of Marinette with human legs running along the sandy shore. The young mermaid marveled at the image.

"...but.... if he doesn't..." The image of Marinette transformed back into a mermaid and getting dragged back into the sea before disappearing all together. "...you'll change backed into a mermaid and....." Hawkmoth gave a sinister smile. "...you will belong to me."

Tikki having heard enough decided to interfere in this situation, but before she could swim down to her mermaid friend the two eels from before trapped her in their tail fins to keep her from swimming to the blunette. The angelfish struggled to get free while Marinette continue to converse with the sea witch below.

"So...do we have a deal?" Hawkmoth snapped his fingers and a bright yellow contract appeared in front of the red mermaid with a sea leaf that had squid ink dripping from the sharp tip.

Marinette knew she wasn't an idiot. This entire thing screamed bad and no normal mermaid would agree to such a deal.

Noticing her hesitation Hawk moth called on one of his butterfly fish in his hand. It turned from blue to purple and swam over to the mermaid touching her lightly on the shoulder before disappearing into foam.  A bright purple light appeared around Marinette's eyes and suddenly all her doubts went away.

Marinette WASN'T a normal mermaid. She wanted to see Adrien again. The blonde has been in her thoughts the moment she laid eyes on him. She felt something with him and she needed to find out what that feeling was. She wanted...no...NEEDED to see him again. Marinette was all about taking a risk and unknown to her, she was going to take the dive of a lifetime.

She grabbed the pen and signed her name at the bottom. The contract turned blue and glowed brighter before spinning into a tiny whirlpool that Marinette was sucked in.

Trapped inside, her hands flew to her throat as it suddenly began to burn. Her voice, it must be in the process of being taken away, when she spoke it came out rasp and quiet as if it was disappearing by the second. Her vision was starting to become blurred so she closed her eyes, suddenly she couldn't move and her tail felt like it was being split in two.

She couldn't see, she couldn't move, all she could do was hear the sound of maniacal laughter.

Suddenly, Marinette was able to move again, but something felt different, when she opened her eyes she was still in the sea witch's lair. She opened her mouth to speak, then her eyes quickly widen when she realized she couldn't breathe. The blunette attempted to swim, but it felt like her tail wouldn't function properly.

Tikki, who was finally released, swam over to the blunette. Realizing what happened, she went underneath the girl's arm and quickly tried her best to guide Marinette out of the cave.

Once the entrance was in sight Tikki shouted. "ALYA! ALYA!!" Hearing her calls, Alya swam into the cave meeting them halfway inside and her eyes widen when she saw Marinette. "We need to hurry!" Tikki pleaded. "She needs to get to the surface now!"

Alya understanding grabbed Marinette's other arm and started to swim with them out of the depths of the ocean. With the orange mermaid's help they were able to swim much faster now.

The pressure Marinette felt in her chest was starting to become unbearable she felt as if she was going to pass out any minute. Just in the nick of time, Alya and Tikki managed to get the blunette to the surface and she could breath again.

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This chapter was.....okay.

Anyways where was I......oh yeah author's note

This one got deleted too so there's that.

Stay miraculous you guys. 

Blue is out ✌