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Miraculously About Nothing

Summary:

An adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.

With the new school wide Messina Messaging system, the students from Francois-Dupont learn of an upcoming dance and set off in a frenzy to find dates. Well, all except Adrien and Marinette, who swore they would never fall in love or ask someone out--and ESPECIALLY not each other. But their friends have a different idea: they're a match made in heaven--or hell.

While everyone is busy, giddy with love and romance, Chloe and her gang of mean girls are scheming to think of ways to ruin the dance for everyone.

(This fic is told entirely through texts, emails, and chats)

Notes:

Hi Everyone!!

Thank you for clicking on this very niche idea for a fic. I'm a high school English teacher currently working through Much Ado with my students and I always thought that this would work perfectly with Miraculous. This is not a salt fic. I'm not portraying characters negatively because I feel that way about them, I am just lining them up with the actions of the characters in the play. Please let me know what you think or if you are able to catch all the references to Much Ado :)

Spoilers ahead for Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It's been out for 400 years.

Chapter 1: Act 1

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Welcome! Thank you for signing on to the Messina Messaging™ system. We care about your privacy, which is why we will hold on to copies of every message you type (sent and unsent!) to ensure your safety. Enjoy Messina Messaging and remember to say “Hey Nonny Nonny!” 

                                                                                                   


New Messina Messaging™ Group Chat: Alya, Marinette, Juleka, Rose,

 

Marinette: @Alya what is this new app that you made us all download? 

Alya: Messina Messaging!

Alya: It’s a new app that Damocles connected to the computers at school. We can message through them and on our phones!

Marinette: And we can’t just use our phones because….

Alya: Convenience

Marinette: You’re gonna look me in the eye and tell me that downloading a whole app and logging in WITH TWO TONE AUTHENTICATOR every time is more convenient than just using my phone? 

Alya: Yes

Alya: It’s more fun

Alya: And the two tone authenticator is only when you log in to a NEW device. After that, it’ll keep you logged in and your messages up all the time. 

Marinette: Oh that makes me feel so much better

Alya: Ur impossible

Alya: Every one is using Messina

Juleka: *emphasized “Every one is using Messina”*

Juleka: She’s right. My brother’s school uses it. 

Rose: WE SHOULD INVITE LUKA INTO THE GROUP!!!! 

Alya: *Loved “WE SHOULD INVITE LUKA INTO THE GROUP!!!!”*

Alya: Yeah! We should invite everyone! The more the merrier!

Marinette: *Disliked “Yeah! We should invite everyone! The more the merrier!”*

Marinette: ****Everyone except you-know-who

Alya: *Disliked “****Everyone except you-know-who”*

Juleka: *Disliked “****Everyone except you-know-who”*

Rose: *Disliked “****Everyone except you-know-who”*

Alya: Girl…BFFR

Alya: You cannot still be mad at him

Marinette: I can, I am, I will. 

Marinette: Veni Vidi Vici or whatever

Alya: Yeah that’s not what that means

Marinette: *dr**n can go kick rocks

Alya: girl

Alya: let

Alya: it

Alya: go

Marinette: Never

Rose: Adrien is so kind though! I don’t know why you hate him?

Alya: please don’t get her started

Marinette: Why do I hate him? Let me count the ways

Alya: Calm down Kat Stratford

Rose: Everybody loves Adrien!

Marinette: It’s actually insulting to insinuate that I am included in that statement and I would very much like to be excluded from that narrative smh

Rose: But he’s full of so many good qualities!

Marinette: He’s full alright

Marinette: Full of himself

Alya: Okay I’ve had enough of this. I’m sending them the link

 

Luka, Nino, Adrien, Kagami have joined the chat

 

Luka: Oh nice! You guys all got Messina too! It’s a cool app

Alya: We all think so!

Alya: Well, most of us. Marinette would beg to differ

Adrien: Marinette doesn’t like something? *Pretends to be shocked*

Alya: Oh no

Nino: Not this again

Marinette: Why hello Adrien! I am so glad that you are in this group message. It really made my entire day

Adrien: Obviously it would

Adrien: I’m amazing

Marinette: That was sarcasm. Every heard of it?

Adrien: No, what is that? Can you explain it since you clearly know everything? 

Marinette: It’s a form of satire

Adrien: Satire? I hardly know her!

Marinette: *Disliked “Satire? I hardly know her!”*

Nino: *Laughed “Satire? I hardly know her!”*

Rose: Omg! Did you guys see Mlle. Bustier’s email? The school will be hosting a dance on Friday! 

Rose: We have to pick out what to wear and find dates!

Rose: @Juleka will you be my date? 

Alya: *Loved “@Juleka will you be my date?”

Luka: *Loved “@Juleka will you be my date?”

Juleka: yes 

Alya: This is so soon! We don’t have much time to find people to go with.

Adrien: Good luck to all of you finding a date

Luka: Do you have someone you are going with already?

Adrien: No

Adrien: I’m not going to ask anyone 

Marinette: Because you’re so scared of rejection? 

Adrien: Please, like anyone could reject a face like mine

Marinette: your face makes me want to reject my lunch

Alya: *Laughed “your face makes me want to reject my lunch”*

Adrien: It’s simply not fair to all of the girls that want to go to the dance with me

Marinette: Saint Adrien

Adrien: So I won’t ask anyone 

Marinette: And cheers can be heard all across Paris

Adrien: oh and you have so much room to talk? You have a long line of suitors waiting to ask for your hand? 

Marinette: God no

Marinette: I’d rather listen to a dog bark at a pigeon than have a man ask me to a dance 

Adrien: Please keep that mindset. I’m only thinking of the safety of any boy foolish enough to even try to ask you out. Don’t want you to scratch up a poor soul for trying

Nino: @Adrien @Marinette do u two want a room or something? 

Alya: “Laughed *@Adrien @Marinette do u two want a room or something?”*

Luka: “Laughed *@Adrien @Marinette do u two want a room or something?”*

Rose: “Laughed *@Adrien @Marinette do u two want a room or something?”*

Adrien: *Disliked “@Adrien @Marinette do u two want a room or something?”*

Marinette:  *Disliked “@Adrien @Marinette do u two want a room or something?”*

 


                                                                                                    

New Messina Messaging™ Chat: Nino and Adrien

 

Nino: Dude

Nino: Did you notice Alya’s messages?

Adrien: Saw them? Yes

Adrien: Noticed them? No

Nino: She was reacting to all of my messages. Do you think she likes me? 

Adrien: So was Luka. Should we call him in here and ask if he’s in love with you too? 

Nino: She’s so pretty

Nino: And smart too

Adrien: Are you being fr? 

Nino: You don’t think so?

Adrien: Marinette is pretty and gets better grades

Adrien: Even if she is the worst person I know

 

Luka has joined the chat

 

Luka: You guys good? You haven’t said anything in the group chat for like 10 minutes

Luka: @Adrien Marinette has been saying plenty that I thought you would have jumped at the opportunity to joke about

Adrien: Luka are you in love with Nino

Luka: Not currently

Adrien: Nino thinks Alya is into him because she reacted to his messages

Adrien: Talk about a big ego amirite?

Nino: *Disliked “Talk about a big ego amirite?”*

Luka: *Disliked “Talk about a big ego amirite?”*

Luka: That’s great man, she’s a nice girl

Luka: @Nino you should ask her to the dance 

Adrien: That is a terrible idea

Adrien: One of your worst yet @Luka

Luka: @Adrien one of these days you will fall in love and we will never let you hear the end of it

Adrien: If that day ever comes, and I pray that it never does, can you guys do me a favor and just put me out of my misery cause clearly I’ve gone crazy

Luka: I’m ignoring that statement

Nino: *Emphasized “I’m ignoring that statement”*

Adrien: Rude. Both of you. I wish you both nothing but the worst. Plagues on both your houses or whatever

Luka: @Nino do you really like Alya? 

Nino: I’ve liked her for so long but I don’t know what to do about it :/

Luka: I’ll help you out. 

Luka: I’ll message her and see how she feels about her and if she likes you then you can ask her to the dance with the assurance that she’ll say yes

Nino: Really? Thanks!! 

Adrien: Why does no one care what I have to say about the matter?

                                                                                 


                 

New Messina Messaging™ Chat: Chloe to Sabrina

 

Chloe: Ugh! Who do they think they are? Having group chat without me? This app is stupid anyhow

Sabrina: Maybe if you tried messaging them first they would be more welcoming? 

Chloe: I don’t want them to be more welcoming 

Chloe: I want them to do what I say and tell me how fabulous I am

Sabrina: Okay

Sabrina: So we need to work on your people skills

Chloe: I can’t hide who I am

Chloe: I am a mean girl and I think I should be even meaner tbh

Sabrina: But being mean doesn’t get you what you want

Sabrina: Marinette isn’t mean and people follow what she’s says

Chloe: I would rather wear a pair of dirty converse than ever be compared to Dupain-Cheng

 

Lila has joined the chat

 

Lila: I have tea

Chloe: Is it scalding? 

Chloe: Can I use it to ruin someone’s life?

Lila: That’s the only kind I deal in

Chloe: well spit it out

Lila: There’s going to be a dance on Friday

Lila: And I know that Nino is going to ask Alya

Chloe: So what? I thought this would be life-ruining information

Lila: The key is that Luka is going to ask Alya for Nino

Lila: So we could start a rumor to make Nino think Luka wants her for himself

Chloe: oooooh this could be interesting

Lila: it would drive a wedge between Nino and Luka and make Alya uncomfortable

Chloe: This could work

Chloe: But how do you know that Luka is going to ask for Nino? 

Lila: I was walking to Mendeleiev’s class behind Nino and Adrien and Nino was talking to Adrien about their plan. 

Chloe: Adrien is a part of this too? 

Chloe: I think I have an idea

Chloe: Are you guys in? 

Lila: Duh

Chloe: @Sabrina ?

Sabrina: I don’t know…

Sabrina: Okay fine. Yes. I’m in

Chloe: good. Pay attention because I’m only going to type out this plan once