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“So don’t laugh, but I’ve been having these dreams.” Marinette said in a hesitant tone, as she stared up at the bedroom ceiling.
“Oh? I hope they are not us having a baby.” The voice said from the other room. “No!” Marinette said with a hint of embarrassment, she could hear the other voice laughing.
“I told you not to laugh…” Marinette pouted. “No…I’m sorry, I was only trying to lighten the mood.” The other voice was sincere in their apology. “Please continue… I promise there will be no more laughing” The voice said.
“Thanks… So I’ve been having these dreams… Dreams of me… Well not of me. But of other versions of me?” Marinette was struggling to find the right words, as she expected to hear a fun comment from the voice, but none came. “Tell me more? Can you give me some examples? Please, it may help..” Was the voice's response.
“Well in one of them I’m mostly the same, except I’m dating Adrien Agreste? You know the boy in our class who goes out with Nino.” Marinette said in a slight disbelief. “Wow, I can't believe he managed to score you… What is that version of me thinking?” The voice almost sounded jealous.
“Let’s move on from that one… In another, I’m all emo looking and seem to be in a punk band?” Marinette recalls feeling the rush of the concert and the post-concert kiss from her bandmate Zoé. “Wow! I think you could rock the emo look! Tell me about another Marinette!” The voice said with a great amount of enthusiasm.
“Well in another world I’m really sporty and on the school’s track team!” Marinette found that dream to be very intense, she felt the wind in her shorter hair, she felt the sweat running down her abs and she felt the rush of victory as she crossed the finishing line and took the gold medal. She kept the feeling of being kissed by her track rival Ondine to herself after hearing the previous jealousy that Marinette had sense towards Adrien.
“Wow I would love to meet that Marinette…” Marinette was now the one to feel a rush of jealousy towards the Voice’s words. “Well I bet you would like the version of me who is really tall then…” Marinette let her jealousy coat her words with a fine poison, as she spat them towards the Voice's direction.
“Marinette… You know that I only have eyes for you.” The voice finally reveals itself to be Alix.
“But Alix… What if there’s a better Marinette out there? What if these dreams aren't dreams, but actual other versions of me?” Alix goes over and hugs Marinette. “Because I’m not tall, I’m not creative and I’m not popular.” Marinette now directed her venom back at herself. “I’m just a small, nerdy girl that managed to date the coolest and tallest girl at school!”
Alix just brings her deeper into the hug, almost consuming Marinette’s tiny body with her taller frame . “But none of them are you. I don’t want a Marinette who’s sporty, I don’t need a Marinette who knows everybody's name and I don’t want a Marinette who doesn’t love me the way you do.” Alix said with no hesitation or doubt in her voice.
She could feel her shoulder getting wet as Marinette’s eyes were wet. “Don’t look at me right now, I’m ugly crying…” Marinette buried herself into Alix’s shoulder. “Marinette, nothing you can do is ugly to me…” Alix said as she picked up the smaller girl and pecked her on the cheek, then lay on the bed fully embracing her. “You know what’s funny… In the Tall Marinette’s reality she is dating you too… But her Alix is my size.” Alix chuckled at Marinette’s reveal.
“So once again I should be jealous… Can’t have a mini-me steal my mini princess. Besides, I think dating a Marinette that was my height would be too weird for me.” Alix got Marinette to laugh. “Can you tell me a few more of your dreams? I like to hear more about the other Marinettes?” Alix asked with sickly cute puppy dog eyes.
“You know I can’t say no to those eyes… Fine.” Marinette pouts for a few seconds before she continues. “So in another dream, I was evil and seemed to be in a relationship with Cerise. It was mega angst?” Alix listens to more dreams about the other Marinettes.
“In another one, Me and Alya were together and solving mysteries in a van? With Nino, Rose and Juleka.” But then Marinette’s face grew puzzled.
“But the weirdest part about all the dreams is that we all know about each other… Like we are all connected.” Marinette once again looked up at the ceiling. “And… I want to meet them…” Marinette whispered to the void of the room, but was surprised to hear an answer. “Shall we then?” Marinette saw a flash of a smile on Alix’s face as she saw the shine of the familiar thumb ring on Alix’s right hand. “If it’s with you then always…” Marinette smiles as she was going to see the worlds in her dreams with her own eyes this time. “Just you wait, I'm coming to see you all.” Marinette said knowing that the others will see this message in their dreams. “See ya soon.”