Journey of a Heroine

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Okay, besties... besties look. I know it's been a while BUTTTTT it's not my fault if you really think about it. I know I said I was gonna be free in late April but then my hot garbage pile of a school decided to give us tests which was very closely followed by end-of-semester exams. SO YOU SEE it was not my intention to leave you all waiting. I'll try to make it up to you BUT CONSIDERING THAT I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHAT I INTENDED TO DO WITH THIS CHAPTER, I will make no such promises. Okie bye enjoy I just needed to vent for a second

Marinette's POV

Random day, random time. Same old story, same ol' rhyme. I'm sure you all know the drill by now. 

I wake up, go to school, spend five minutes learning then rush out to save the city. Who knew being a superheroine was so repetitive. And if I tell the universe to give me more, Hawkmoth might just end up taking over. I've been lacking in my schoolwork and my parents are wondering why I've been doing so badly. On top of that, I've barely gotten 5 hours of sleep in the span of two weeks. Maybe I need a break. Maybe I need to tuck my miraculous away in the darkest corner of the room and just forget about it for the week. Or at least that's what I wish I could do. 

There's a lot I wish I could do. Put a stop to Hawkmoth's plans, spend more time planning my future.... and tell Adrien how I feel. I know it's dumb to be obsessing over a boy when I have SO many pieces of my life that I need to put together... but my heart belongs to him and whenever he crosses my mind, there's nothing I can do. 

Nothing I can do... I've been hearing that quite a bit recently. I met with Mr. Damocles a few days and he told me if I'm not careful, I might not have enough credits to graduate. That's always something that's good to hear, huh? 

I wish I could stop myself from getting in my own head sometimes, everything about school is starting to affect my ladybug duties. I was on patrol with Chat Noir yesterday, and let's just say my head wasn't in the game

"Hey M'lady, you're a bit on the quiet side today. What's up?" Chat Noir inquired as we leaped over rooftops

"Hm? Oh, nothing I'm just lost in my thoughts as always." I answered nonchalantly

He paused. "If you need to talk, you know I'm always here... if you wanna talk."

"I just feel like everything I do revolves around being ladybug. When is my personal life gonna matter again?" I sighed as I took a seat on a random roof

"Whenever we defeat Hawkmoth"

"What if that's not soon enough? What if by then...it's too late?"

"Well," he started, placing his hand on mine, "You're not alone P- m'lady. I'll help you figure it out any way I can. I promise."

Chat Noir's promises always make me feel better, but not for long. I can't help but think about what's gonna happen when my job as a hero is done. I want Ladybug to be remembered, but Marinette too

Narrator's POV

Another morning in Paris, as the sun shines through our heroine's beautiful skylight

"Time to- are you up already Marinette?" Tikki asked with a hint of shock

"Well, it's hard not to be up when you didn't sleep a wink," Marinette replied, stretching

"I know everything's hard for you right now Marinette, but you have to power through. It'll be over before you know it."

"Over before I know it, huh? I'd like to believe that, Tikki, I really would, but you've been saying that for years with no luck." she got up reluctantly and dragged herself down the stairs and off to school