Marinette slowly made her way to the principal's office, where Lila was practically guaranteed to strike again. Whoopee.

On the way there, she met Alix, who decided to tag alongside her.

"Hey, why'd you protect me there?" Marinette asked.

"Eh, I never fell for any of Lila's crap. She's just a psychotic pathological liar." Alix replied.

Soon, the two girls were at the principal's office.

"Alright, Miss Rossi, you may now plead your case." Mr Damocles told the three girls.

"I was just peacefully washing my hands when Marinette attacked me! I cried out for help, but all that came was Alix, who just attacked me along with Marinette. I have proof!" Lila explained. "There's blood on Alix's cheek!"

Alix turned her head both ways, and in fact there was no "blood."

"Hmmm. Ok, Miss Dupain-Cheng and Miss Kubdel, you may now state your case."

Marinette started.

"Lila came in just as I was finishing washing my hands, pinned me against the wall, when Alix came in and put a stop to it."

"Yeah, and then I held her off while Marinette escaped." Alix added.

"Miss Rossi, it seems that you are outvoted here. I will be calling your parents and-"

"Oh, I don't think so." Lila interrupted. She clicked something on her ring, and the principal immediately changed directions.

"Miss Dupain-Cheng, Miss Kubdel, we will be meeting with your parents this Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in my office."

Marinette and Alix stood there dumbfounded.

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"That... was weird," Alix admitted. "He just totally switched from punishing Lila to punishing us."

"Did you see her ring? It has to be something in that." Marinette speculated.

"Agreed."

"Well, let's head to class..." Marinette said solemnly.

"Yeah... Ok."