Making the Match

Chapter 14- First Day of Teaching

A/N: Season 1 of Miraculous Ladybug just ended and I'm dying! :( My friend and I are actually writing an ML and KOTLC crossover on multishippers , so keep an eye out for that. And without further ado, here's the chapter!

"Oh, I really hope they like me," Sophie muttered, brushing her hair with choppy strokes. She whipped around to face Edaline. "What if they hate me? Or worse, what if I'm a bad teacher?"

Edaline laughed. "You won't be a bad teacher and they most certainly won't hate you. Just be yourself."

Sophie resisted tugging out an eyelash as she fastened her cape over her shoulders and pulled the scroll out of the drawer. She was supposed to teach a small group of Level Two Telepaths. Level Two manifestations were extremely rare, so these students were undoubtedly prodigies. She didn't realize she had said the last part out loud until Edaline responded.

"You're a prodigy too, and a very unique one at that," she reminded, smiling. "Now get going- you have some students waiting for you."

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Running through the halls of Foxfire and into the Level Two wing brought back some memories. Sophie couldn't help shuddering remembering her alchemy lessons, sighing when she remembered they were over. Now she was the teacher.

She snuck one last look to her scroll and stepped into the classroom, sucking in a deep breath and preparing for the worst. Except it wasn't the worst. It was just three young Telepaths waiting for training. One on one lessons must not be the style for summer tutoring.

"Hi everyone," Sophie began. "My name is Sophie Foster, and..."

The students immediately burst into chaos.

"You're the Sophie Foster?!"

"That's why you have brown eyes!"

"Woah, you're the elf that saved everyone from the Neverseen. And you're teaching us!"

Sophie sighed. "Yes I am 'the Sophie Foster' and yes I did stop the Neverseen. But I had help, so don't give me all the credit." She clasped her hands together to prevent them from trembling. "I'll be your tutor for the summer. Now, let's all introduce ourselves, shall we?"

"I'm Arden," introduced a chatty girl with flaming red hair and turquoise eyes.

Another girl with dark brown hair and cobalt eyes raised her hand. "My name is Cecily," she murmured quietly.

"Keyon," stated a tall boy with disheveled blond hair and ice blue eyes. Sophie couldn't help chuckling slightly.

Keyon frowned. "What is it?"

"You just remind me of a friend of mine," Sophie explained, smiling. "Keefe Sencen."

"Keefe Sencen?" Keyon repeated, lighting up. "He's my idol! I try to pull pranks as good as his, but nothing will ever beat the Great Gulon Incident."

"Oh why would you ever think he did that?" Sophie replied with a wink, quoting the words the Keefe had told her multiple times before. She turned to Arden and Cecily. "Nice to meet you Arden and Cecily."

Arden gave her a wide smile. "Why isn't your last name Vacker? Didn't Fitz Vacker propose to you?"

Sophie's face reddened. "Yes, but we decided not to get married until after I graduate." She shook her head. "But that's not why I'm here today. Magnate Leto assigned me to tutor the three of you, teach you Telepathy really. So how much do you guys know?"

The rest of the class consisted of Keyon, Arden, and Cecily showing Sophie all the things they had learn so far to do with their Telepathy. As much as Keyon was like Keefe personality-wise, he was completely different in terms of his abilities. Arden was a lot like Fitz and Biana while Cecily reminded Sophie of herself. Her determination, though, was something Sophie had seen in Dex multiple times. Soon, too soon really, the class was over.

Sophie clasped her hands. "I really enjoyed teaching you three today," she finished. "I hope you enjoyed having me as your teacher."

Cecily tentatively raised her hand. "Um, Lady Foster?"

Sophie smiled. "Yes Cecily?"

"Are you going to be teaching us after this? Like in the next few classes?"

Sophie's face lit up. "If you want me to- then definitely."

"Of course we want you to!" Arden and Keyon chimed in.

"Then I'll make sure to," Sophie agreed, a small smile on her face. "You three are an interesting group of students, aren't you?"

Arden beamed. "We were the earliest of our friends to manifest," she explained. "Although nobody could beat yours or Fitz Vacker's record."

"Speaking of Fitz," Sophie began. "How would you guys like it if I brought him in next class to demonstrate a few things?"

Arden and Cecily nodded vigorously, but Keyon frowned. "Do you think you could bring in Keefe too?"

Sophie laughed. "Why not?"

"Really?" Keyon squealed, his voice going up an octave. He jumped out of his chair. "I'm going to meet Keefe Sencen! I'm going to meet Keefe Sencen!" he sang.

Arden giggled. "Oh he's not going to stop talking about that now," she warned.

"Oh I'm sorry," Sophie apologized. "I know how that can be."

Arden and Cecily laughed. Smiling, Sophie turned to the clock. "It's getting late, you guys should probably get going."

The three students filed out of the classroom, waving bye to Sophie.

"Those kids are really something," she murmured, collecting all their papers. "They really are."