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Bright blue.

All she remembered last seeing was bright blue.

And now, she felt like she was suspended in mid air, floating.

'What is happening to me? Where am I?' Marinette thought, panicking.

She tried to open her eyes, but it felt like they were glued shut by super glue. She tried moving her hands but it was as if her body was not at all coordinating with her brain.

She felt trapped and she didn't like it one bit.

'Is this an akuma's doing? Has Hawkmoth finally gotten to me? Has he finally succeeded in taking my miraculous?'

She struggled against the invisible binds again, this time succeeding. Though her vision was still hazy, she could make out her surroundings. That is, if she had any.

All she could make out was a big, blank, nothing. There was nothing around her.

No way was this all real. Maybe it was all just a really weird dream.

'But I don't even remember falling asleep.'

Her surroundings suddenly dissolved, taking shape this time. The sudden motion startled her and she couldn't help but let a gasp escape.

After everything settled, Marinette took in her new surroundings.

She was lying on a polished wooden floor, of an unfamiliar room. It was grand and was decorated with various objects of high standards.

The surroundings were as vivid as ever but somehow....they didn't feel real to her. Like, they weren't her own.

Exhausted and confused, the bluenette still pushed herself up determinedly, almost stumbling. That's when she noticed her clothing.

"What the-When did this happen?"

Instead of her dress, she found herself wearing an elegant pink gown, which went down in gorgeous folds.

The dress was certainly pretty, and Marinette's inner designer screamed with all its might to examine the beauty. It took all the will power in her to keep her itching fingers to herself.

For some reason, she felt that this wasn't the only thing that had changed.

That was when she caught sight of a mirror on one of the walls. She nearly fell down again in shock as the reflection of an unknown person stared back at her.

The woman was young, probably in her early 20's. She had the brightest of the blue eyes which sparkled like the sun reflecting on the blue oceans. They were just another one of her strikingly beautiful features. Her hair was midnight blue too, just like Marinette's, except longer and wavier. The woman was taller than Marinette and had a snowy white complexion. Her figure was slender and she held herself with such feminine grace that our dear, little Marinette cannot even imagine pulling off.

Marinette gingerly touched her face, only to see the reflection do the same.

"H-How did this happen? Who is this? And why do I see her instead of me?"

In the midst of all this panic, the huge mahogany doors opened suddenly and a woman with dark brown hair with green eyes stood in an orange gown. She ran towards her, her chocolate coloured skin glowing due to the sun's rays, which were peeking through the translucent curtains of the various windows of the room.

"There you are! Hurry up, everyone is waiting for you Bridgette!"

Hold up. What?

"B-Bridgette? Who's that?"

Even though the words escaped her mouth, no sound came out her physical self. Instead, she felt her physical self flash an apologetic smile and let out words that were not her own.

"I'll be down in a minute Aurora."

The brunette nodded, and then took 'Bridgette's' hands gently, smiling sadly.

"I know that this is not what you want. Or you ever would. But I promise that it'll all be okay soon. We'll make it through. Tonight."

Marinette was confused beyond measure. What exactly was happening in this person's life. What was it that she was forced to do?

"Be ready." Aurora spoke again.

Marinette didn't even know how to reply to all this. Not that it would've mattered anyway if she did.

But apparently Bridgette did.

"Thank you so much Aurora. If it wasn't for you, I would've given up a long time ago."

Then Marinette felt something weird. She felt hope and immeasurable gratitude and affection for this 'Aurora' person.

'How is it even possible to feel all this when I don't even know her?'

Aurora let go and hurried away, shutting the doors behind her. She left behind an extremely confused, scared and panicked Marinette. It was unsettling, experiencing all of this. One moment she's at the carnival with Tikki and the next-

Hold on. Where is Tikki?

She quickly put her hands on her earlobes but froze in shock when she felt the presence of danglers instead of her miraculous.

Oh no.

"T-Tikki?" Marinette called out, hoping that Tikki was here with her in this weird place.

But alas, no answer came. The little red bug kwami was no where in sight and the lack of her miraculous had really put her in a fix, hard to get out of.

'Maybe if I'll just pinch myself..this weird dream will be over."

She tested out this theory only to end up with a red skin and stinging pain.

'This should've worked! It's supposed to!"

Then she felt it again. The feeling that wasn't her own. This time, she felt that she was running late for something, but she didn't know what. And she was scared of making someone upset.

Without thinking, she moved forward, towards the mahogany doors and out in the hallway. Chatters and clinks of glasses were heard from the ground floor below along with the beautiful melodies of an orchestra.

Marinette had the urge to go down there and she felt nervous and sad. Nervous, yes, she understood but sad?
Slowly she descended down the stairs, overly repeating the same question in her head.

What in the world was happening?

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