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At Collège Françoise Dupont, a new student had just entered Ms. Bustier's class. The problem was no one seemed to notice them. The student felt invisible and unwanted.
Throughout the day, the new student noticed no one looked their way. No one struck up a conversation with them. They were forced to eat alone. Tears threaten to come out of their eyes.
It wasn't easy being a new kid in school. But this new student had gone her whole life and never really noticed or cared about making this experience worse.
She didn't dare try to sit with anyone else. Because of her experience, she had always made the first move and bungled it. So she didn't desire more heartbreak and rejection.
She watched as the other kids chatted so happily with one another. It must be nice to have friends you could count on. But the lonely new girl never had a friend in the real world.
Yes, she had online friends. Yet that wasn't the same as a real-world friend coming to your house and hanging out. Get a bite to eat or go to the movies with.
Again, she kept her emotions bottled up even though her therapist said it wasn't a good idea. Still, it is what she did her whole life. Going your real life unnoticed and friendless. Being rejected because you are 'too different.'
You show that pain when you can't take it anymore. But for now, the girl tried to keep her emotions in check and not make a scene at the school—no need to get detention.
She eyed some of the boys in the class. The redhead artist Nathaniel seemed like he'd make a good friend because she liked to draw herself.
She also noticed the goth girl Juleka and felt she was nice to hang out with. Something about being different always drew more people together who were different themselves.
But the person who looked like the best choice to be friends with seemed to be the girl everyone wanted to be friends with. Marinette. But the new girl felt she never noticed her at all. Why would she? Why would anyone give her the time of day?
Suddenly, unable to take it any longer, the new girl left. She threw her uneaten food in the trash, then ran to the bathroom to cry in peace. She didn't notice a strange little butterfly following.
It didn't take long for Hawkmoth to exploit another person who was in pain. The new Akuma could erase others, making them not be noticed. But Hawkmoth didn't count on whether the person had no intention of getting him Ladybug or Chat Noir's Miraculous. She wanted everyone to feel the pain of being unnoticed, unwanted, friendless, and beyond lonely.
So when she faced the heroes, she wanted them to feel her pain. However, she was more surprised when Ladybug didn't attack. But emphasized her pain. Even Chat Noir explained they'd gone through similar things. They also admitted that they didn't always do the right thing in their civilian lives. Or notice right away when someone was carrying a lot of pain. Their ability to empathize made it easier to get rid of the Akuma. They did drop the girl back off at school. To her surprise, many of the kids came up to her.
They talked about their own experiences of being akumatized and what they'd been feeling at the moment of becoming Hawkmoth's slaves. And they grudgingly admitted they should've done a better job making the new student feel welcome. Then Marinette came up to the girl and said. "Hi, I'm Marinette. What's your name?"
The girl smiled and replied, "I'm Kelsey."
"Do you want to be friends?"
"More then anything!"
"Come on. You can come with all of us to get something to eat at our favorite cafe."
Feeling better, the students all went to hang out, and suddenly, life didn't seem so lonely anymore.