Throughout the month, Mr. Wayne and I have been making a schedule that would include both educational activities along with feeling like a break. I tried to include things that everyone included Lila and her sheep would like.

Our touch up on English was quite easy since we already had a trip to New York for Friendship Week. The only annoying part of those classes was of course Lila. She went on about not needing to be there since she was fluent in English and several other languages. She was supposedly only doing them to protect her sheep from the bullies.

I think it's obvious that during Friendship Week there was nothing about Marinette and Adrien getting together. Instead it was more action packed. Chloe wasn't there with the class. She was still with her mom. Unlike the movie, Lila was there making up stories about how she knew all the superheroes. The main story line was Marinette and Adrien learning more about the miraculous boxes that are out in the world.

As for the akumas, they've been getting worse. The number of bodies I've seen is horrible. Adrien and I have been working on our plan to investigate his father. I can tell it's having a horrible impact on him. A part of me wishes that I didn't tell him, but Adrien and I don't keep things from each other. Although it doesn't feel completely right, the rest of the team doesn't know what Adrien and I are doing. I respect his wishes on keeping it between us.

As for our research on Gotham and it's heroes and villains, Adrien and I know more than we probably should. We tried so hard to avoid finding out everyone's identity, but once you start putting two and two together, it's hard to stop.

~A little flashback~

Adrien and I were in Master Fu's old studio. We decided to make it the base of our operation since no one else knows about this place. While I was researching the Wanyes, Adrien was looking up information on the Bat Family. I knew for a fact that the Waynes had done research on our class, so it was only fair we did the same.

"Hey Adrien, do you have the timeline for when each member of the team joined?" I asked.

"Of course. I should warn you that it is a long and messy one since there are so many people. Why do you ask?" Adrien questioned.

"I know we said we wouldn't try to find out who is all behind the mask, but I think I may solved the case."

I grabbed my stack of information on the Waynes and walked over to Adrien to look at his research. I compared our timelines and everything made sense. Adrien was looking over my  shoulder reading the same information.

"So the Waynes are the Bats?"

"I mean the builds are similar. Same goes for the timeline."

So this is just a small summary of the bat boys just for those who may not know a ton about DC and Batman

After the death of Richard Grayson's parents, Bruce Wayne took him in. Not long after, the first Robin comes in to help Batman. He has the same acrobatic skills that Grayson would have during his time at the Flying Graysons. He was Robin for quite sometime before leaving Gotham and becoming Nightwing. Jason Todd was the second ward Bruce Wayne took in. He grew up in the streets for most of his life. Looking at the fighting skills of the second Robin, you can see how it is more aggressive compared to Richard. The same time that Jason is said to have died, the second Robin disappears. Batman became more aggressive until the third Robin or Tim Drake stood by his side. The death of a son would have that affect on Batman. Bruce didn't take in Tim right away since he already had a family. It wasn't until Tim's father passed that he became a Wayne. Around that time, a new vigilante by the name of Red Hood appeared in Gotham. Behind the mask is Jason Todd. Once Damian was announced to be Bruce Wayne's son, there was a new Robin with Tim becoming Red Robin. 

I'm gonna stop there with explaining how the Waynes are the Bats. There is so much to it that this whole chapter could just explain it. Along with that, I'm not as familiar with Septh and Cass's stories. There is also Duke, Babs, and other heroes such as Batwoman that would have to be explained. Their backstories may be explained in future, but that's it as of now.

"I can see Richard and Jason being Robins if Mr. Wayne is really Batman. But what about Tim? A third Robin appeared before he became Mr. Wayne's ward," Adrien commented.

"The second Robin aka Jason passed around the same time. Someone had to become Robin. What's Batman without a Robin?"

"Why would Batman chose Tim Drake though?"

"What if he was not chosen? Instead, he became Robin on his own. He had the money to do so when he was young."

"A bit of a stretch but I'll go along with you for now. If Richard became Nightwing and Tim became Red Robin after Damian came along, who would be Red Hood?"

"Don't laugh at me Adrien, but what about Jason? If you were to age him up, Red Hood's build seems like it would be close to what Jason's would be."

"Jason is dead though."

"We both know that people can come back from the dead."

"True, especially when it comes to heroes. But why would Jason go from Robin, Batman's partner, to Red Hood, a crime lord? That is a bit of a leap."

"People aren't always the same when they come back."

"I trust you Mari, but I'm still not a hundred percent convinced. Why wouldn't Mr. Wayne tell the world his son is alive? He could easily come up with a believable story for it."

"His death occurred a long time ago. It would be too late to make something up. Plus, I am doing six suits for Mr. Wayne with one being for someone named Jason."

"There is a lot of speculation and stretches, but I guess I can see it."

"This stays between us. It's their secret that we just happened to find out. We wouldn't want them to go around telling others if they found out about our other life," I said.

"Agreed," Adrien said with a nod.

~Back to the present~

It was finally time to leave. I had a couple extra bags than I was supposed to. It's not my fault that I needed so many. Ok maybe it is, but once the idea of dressing up came into mind there was no backing out. I made four different outfits for each of us along with our outfits for the Gala. I also had commissions to work on as MDC. I paid for the extras myself, so I don't know how it would be a big deal.

In order to fit all my bags, Chloe let us take the limo to the airport. We also had a slight feeling that a certain liar was going to try to get the class to leave early. So predictable.

I got into the limo and sat next to Adrien. They were in a deep conversation about what we might do during our time in Gotham.

"Come on Mari. We're your best friends, so you should tell us something," Nath begged with the rest of the group agreeing.

"As much as I love you all, it's a surprise. Mrs. Bustier doesn't even know everything. All I can tell you is..." I stopped mid sentence after hearing what was on the radio. I looked at Adrien who realized what was playing.

"God no," Nino said hearing it as well.

"What?" Chloe asked.

"Listen up, y'all, 'cause this is it
The beat that I'm bangin' is delicious," I started.

"Do you have to do this every time?" Kim asked as Adrien and I started dancing.

"Fergalicious, definition make them boys go loco
They want my treasure, so they get their pleasures from my photo," Adrien continued.

"I don't know when it started, but when this song comes on nothing else matters. They could be in mid fight with one another and stop just to do this," Alix explained to Chloe.

"You could see me, you can't squeeze me
I ain't easy, I ain't sleazy
I got reasons why I tease 'em
Boys just come and go like seasons," we said together.

I don't know why it's like this but Adrien would do most of Fergi's part while I did the guys. Sometimes we'd duet, but he had Fergi's attitude and could pull it off better than I could. I would also do the echo.

"Fergalicious (so delicious)
But I ain't promiscuous
And if you was suspicious
All that shit is fictitious
I blow kisses (mwah)
That puts them boys on rock, rock
And they be lining down the block
Just to watch what I got (four, tres, two, uno)"

They all watched in horror at our dancing and singing. The song continued until our favorite part.

"Hit it, Fergie!" I yelled.

"All the time I turn around brothas gather 'round
Always looking at me up and down looking at my (uh)
I just wanna say it now
I ain't tryin' to round up drama, little mama
I don't wanna take your man
And I know I'm comin' off just a little bit conceited
And I keep on repeating how the boys wanna eat it
But I'm tryin' to tell that I can't be treated like clientele
'Cause they say she delicious (so delicious)!" Adrien responded.

We finished the song out of breath laughing our asses off. I could care less what anyone else thought. It was one of those stupid things that brought me joy.

"What did I just watch?" Chloe asked.

"A work of art," I told her.

"Never put on It's Tricky around them," Kim told Chloe.

"You're just jealous that you can't do the dance from White Chicks," Adrien sassed.

After his comment, the limo came to a stop in front of the airport. Not even a minute after we got our bags out and were standing by the doors, the bus pulled up as well.

Lila walked out with a smirk thinking she left us behind, but it quickly left at the sight of us.

"Mrs. Bustier, Marinette brought more bags than she was supposed to," Lila pointed out looking at the overflowing suitcases.

"I paid for these myself and even talked to Mr. Wayne about it," I responded. It was true. "I asked him about the options of extra bags and he said that if we paid for them it was allowed."

"No one told us about that," Ayla said.

"I actually mentioned it at the end of one of the English classes, but you all were too busy listening to Lila's lies."

"And why weren't you on the bus? Did I do something wrong?" Lila asked.

"We weren't on the bus due to the extra luggage. There wasn't enough room for it."

"You didn't even think about tell our own teacher," Rose said.

"Yes Marinette. You should have told me about this," Mrs. Bustier added.

"I told you in class and you told me it was fine. I also sent you a message this morning as a reminder."

"Even if she didn't ask, that would mean you didn't bother doing a head count and would have left half the class behind," Chloe pointed out.

"Lila told me you were all there."

I'm done with her now. Mrs. Bustier knows that Lila lies, yet she took her word for something big like that. First she would let Lila get away with interrupting her class to tell false stories and now this.

I wanted to keep her nice but couldn't help putting that in. I think I might have her get worse as the story goes on. Who knows maybe she'll redeem herself.

"It doesn't matter now. We are all here, so let's go and get our tickets. I for one don't want to miss our flight," Nino said.

You'd think that after all that our time at the airport would be drama free. With someone who loves attention, nothing ever goes according to plan.

After a small argument with the woman at the ticket counter, Mrs. Bustier walked over.

"I'm sorry class, but I'm not able to get our tickets. They're saying that my name isn't in the system," she said with a frown.

"Did you try asking under the winner's name?" Alix asked. I gave her a small glare since we all knew where this was going.

"I think Bruce said something about it being under my name. I mean I did win this trip for everyone," Lila said.

I wanted to stop her, but once I saw my group recording I decided to stand by. She's lying about Mr. Wayne and getting evidence about it might help in the long run. If somehow he found out about lies being spread about him, Mr. Wayne could end up suing her.

"I don't know about you guys, but I just want to leave Paris. I'm gonna stop her before Lila makes a bigger fool of herself," I said to my friends. Adrien had his camera on me as I talked. "Before I go, do you think we could get in trouble for recording? I know if her lies get out of hand having evidence such as these recordings would back up our case, but will it hold up in court if she didn't give consent?"

"We are in a public place, and we aren't the only ones recording," Chloe pointed out.

I gave her a nod and walked to the counter where Lila was arguing with the same lady Mrs. Bustier was.

"I won this trip, so they should be under my name!" Lila yelled at her.

"I'm sorry but your name isn't in the system," the woman who wore the name tag Emma said.

"I'm sorry for all this trouble. Could you check under the last name Dupin-Cheng? I'm the actual winner," I said pulling up the email Mr. Wayne sent me. "Here's my ID as proof of who I am."

"Here are your tickets," Emma said as she gave me the stack of tickets.

"Once again I am sorry about my teacher and fellow classmate."

"Thanks for the apology but unfortunately I deal with stuff like this everyday."

I gave her a smile before walking to the class.

"I can't believe you took credit for winning. Lila did everything," Alya spat in my face.

"Our flight is leaving in a couple minutes so we don't have time for this. If you want to waste time by arguing making us miss our flight then go ahead," I said back with a calm face after wiping the spit of myself.

At the very bottom was first class tickets with my friends written on them. I looked at Chloe who was on her phone.

"What? You think I'm gonna let us ride with them. I couldn't survive six hours listening to her, so I upgraded us to first class," Chloe said as I gave out the final tickets.

I tried to get us to the entrance before Lila could make up any story. Unfortunately I wasn't fast enough.

"Marinette, I can't believe you stole Lila's ticket," Mylene said.

"Excuse me? This ticket has my name on it."

"Maybe you should worry about yourself before making accusations against Marinette," Nino replied with a glare.

"Due to my medical issues sitting next to the engines causes me a lot of pain," Lila lied.

"I gave everyone a medical form to fill out to make sure accommodations could be met. There was nothing on your form that said anything about that. Mr. Wayne would have given you first class if it was actually true."

"You really want Lila to suffer," Alya said trying to grab my ticket.

"I mean..." Chloe started.

"Marinette could you please just switch tickets?" Mrs. Bustier asked.

"I'm sorry but ticket switching is not allowed," Emma told everyone.

"If you excuse us, we have a plane to catch with first class seats," Kim said rubbing it in their faces one last time.

Gotham here we come.

I'm gonna publish another chapter this week that is important to read. It gives more information about the characters and a bit on the timeline. It's more of an author's note than plot. I would put it in this chapter but it's already pretty long.