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Chloe couldn't sleep. She was too busy validating her life decisions in the comfort of her cozy bed. So there Chloe Bourgeois was at 2:43 in the morning trying to unlock the secrets of life.
Chloe missed Pollen. She knew what she had done was wrong but she thought she had done a great job. She knew that it was terrible that she had become Miracle Queen but she was just so angry at Ladybug. Chloe just wanted to feel special. Her mother didn't even know her name and almost all her classmates disliked her. The only way for her to be seen was to be a brat. She didn't dislike her classmates. She even liked Dupain-Cheng a little.
Chloe wasn't completely sure why she hated her. It could have been the fact that she was so nice. She always helped her classmates and always ruined whatever pranks Chloe had pulled. Maybe she hated her because she was so persistent. Dupain-Cheng never gave up. No matter how big the situation Marinette could always find a way out.
Or maybe, it was because Marinette was so much like Ladybug. Marinette was brave, kind, heroic, well liked. She even looked like Ladybug! With Chloe's newfound hatred to Ladybug, Chloe had every right to dislike the baker girl. Although, Chloe had taken a liking towards the bluenette when they tried to separate Adrien from that rude Japanese girl. Marinette had proved that she can be powerful if she wants to. Chloe thought maybe she could add Dupain-Cheng to her list of tolerable humans. After all, Marinette was the least of her worries.
Lila Rossi was the definition of pure evil. She lied with every breath. She'd even gotten her pathetic classmates wrapped around her ridiculous finger. Lie-la had been trying to get the class to hate Marinette for some reason. Chloe thought it would be nearly impossible to hate the "Everyday Ladybug" but the class clung to Lila's words and believed every breath. When Lila had gotten Marinette expelled Chloe actually felt sympathy for the poor baker girl. As annoying as Marinette was she didn't deserve that. Then Lila came and said she had a "Lying Disease" and didn't mean to lie about Marinette. Of course the oblivious class hadn't thought of poor Marinette and had cooed over poor Lila and her stupid diseases. Chloe thought that it was utterly ridiculous. A lying disorder? Chloe thought her classmates were dumb before but she had come to the conclusion that they were complete idiots!
The only classmate who wasn't terrible was her precious Adrikins, and possibly Marinette. Even her best friend Sabrina was one of those bumbling idiots. Chloe was honestly sick of the mess that used to be her class. She would rather hang out with Marinette and Ladybug at the same time.
Chloe remembered when it was her who caused chaos in her class. Sure she had gotten a few people akumatized because of her feats but it wasn't serious. She had gotten Kim, Rose, Juleka, Alya,Nathaniel,Sabrina- Oh that was a lot of people. But Chloe thought that everyone had been responsible for at least one akumatization. Lila was a ticking time bomb. When everyone found out about her lies, it would explode and everyone's emotions would corrupt and everyone would get akumatized.
Chloe sometimes felt bad after she bullied someone but she knew Lila never did. She saw her mouth twist into a smirk every time she lied and wondered how people didn't notice. Sure, Chloe smile after some of her pranks worked but Lila was different. Chloe had a reason to bully. Her life was messed up but Lila just wanted attention.
Chloe recalled the time Rose had gotten akumatized. Prince Ali was visiting Paris and Chloe had wanted to impress him. Ever since he was young she had dreamed of becoming a princess. She had tons of dresses and crowns but it didn't feel right. Anyways, Chloe saw that Rose wanted him too and was enraged. Chloe had wanted it longer than Rose! Sometimes Chloe didn't even realize she was being mean. She had grown up bossing people around and still did. So, Rose cried and got akumatized. Marinette had dropped her toy and Chloe found it. Marinette had been strangely frantic about loosing it. It was just a toy! A strange looking toy though. It looked looked like a Ladybug but also kind of like Pollen. Chloe discarded that thought.
Then Chloe thought of Kim's akumatization. She didn't mean to be that harsh but Kim wasn't her type. She wanted someone less bold. Someone to be the prince to her princess. Someone like Adrien. Adrien had been there for her when no one else was. He had played the prince when she was the princess. Chloe wasn't actually madly in love with him. He just felt like the right fit but he wasn't. Chloe wasn't sure if she was meant for anyone.
Chloe shook off the negative thoughts and went back to Marinette's weird toy. It did look a lot like Pollen and she could've sworn she saw it move. No-that was ridiculous Dupain-Cheng couldn't be Ladybug. She was too clumsy. But she did act like Ladybug and looked like Ladybug. Chloe shot out of bed.
There was no denying it Marinette Dupain-Cheng had a kwami and she was Ladybug.
Chloe definitely couldn't sleep now.