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Today has to be the worst day of my entire life. I know I say that a lot but today, I mean it.
I want to dig myself into a hole and die. I also say that a lot but today, I really mean it.
I despise Tikki with my mind, soul and body. I do not say that a lot so you better believe this is bad.
Father is going to kill me. Or Natalie. Or Mom. Or all of them.
Curse Plagg and his existence.
I probably shouldn't blame Tikki. It really isn't her fault that Plagg- no!
No, you are not making excuses for Tikki. Plagg didn't burn the school down- Tikki did.
Okay, so I could tell them that I dropped the ring and it fell down the drain… no, they won't be falling for some dumb excuse. They are going to ask for that ring and read through every lie I give them.
I'm doomed.
Perhaps I should take other things into account. I mean, she didn't start the day horribly. In fact, she tried to help me get up early by setting my alarm.
I slept right through it, but still. It's the thought that counts.
I have so many questions for that flying cat.
First off: why did Plagg think turning off my alarm this morning would be funny?
Plagg's going to call me petty but I don't care. That was twelve hours ago and I'm still bitter about it! Natalie got mad at me because we almost missed my first shoot of the day.
Tikki wasn't horrible at all, now that I think about it. She was really helpful, encouraging me to eat faster and reminding me that I left my Math homework upstairs.
Then reminding me that said Math homework was not finished.
We had to get breakfast outside since I had no time to eat before the shoot. For some reason, Natalie chose Marinette's parents' bakery. Probably because it was extremely close to school, but I'd like to believe that she wanted me to see my friend.
While on the topic, this brings me to my second question: how the hell did Plagg manage to convince customers that he was a rat?
It definitely was not Tikki's fault the bakery got evacuated. That was Plagg.
I don't think I've ever seen people so terrified in my life. To be fair, Plagg is extremely big for a rat.
Sure, he couldn't talk and reveal his and my identity lest Ladybug strangle us to death (and give someone a stroke) but seriously ?
After the health inspector and exterminator showed up, Tikki reminded me that I was running late. Another reason not to hate Tikki.
A rat? In a bakery? Was he even thinking?!
How I didn't see Plagg with my own eyes, goodness knows, but it definitely would have made the reveal a lot faster. Or at least, a lot less Tikki's fault.
He knew what he was doing. He had to be! No one is that stupid!
Now that I think about it, the day started out pretty normal for me (besides from the visit from the health inspector… that was bad).
Now that I think about it, however, he is the same Plagg who thought I knew my mother was in my basement.
No fighting, no fire, no accidental kisses…
But then that damned madman -
Who sends out an akuma at seven in the morning?! Who does that?!
And Mr. Pigeon?
It's like he wants us to run mad.
After fighting… him for way longer than we should have, Cat and I realized that it was already eight o'clock!
And it's after this that I deduced that Shadow Moth simply could not be a working man. He had far too much free time to akumatize on his hands.
Ironic how less than three hours later, he turned out to be the most successful fashion designer alive.
After de-transforming, Tikki reminded me that I had de-transformed five miles away from school and urged me to start running immediately.
Sad to say that this is where Tikki's good streak ends and everything starts rolling downhill…
Third question: how in Dieu's name did Plagg convince Tikki to burn down the school?