A Fox in Ladybug's Clothing pt 1
I got a request for Lilanette and I couldn't find a good way to fit it into one fic, so I'm going to make this a multiparter, the intro is a bit short but I thought it was a good place to leave off so here ya go
Lila never expected to be in this situation, she never expected anyone to actually confront her about her lies, especially not again, not after she threatened, and successfully did turn all of Marinette's friends against her. But here she was, standing in front of the girl she had been so cruel to.Â
Marinette hadn't reacted the way Lila had expected her to, she approached her politely, even a bit friendly. . . ? The brunette was confused, and a little more than angry. This wasn't how it was supposed to happen! Marinette was supposed to be upset, and staying out of the spotlight, not trying to fix the situation. She gritted her teeth, balling her fists at her side. She was angry, and with anger came the chance to take revenge in the form of an Akuma. Lika was ready to accept the power once more, to try once again to take Ladybug and Chat Noir's miraculous.Â
Marinette saw it first, and her eyes widened. "Lila, watch out!" The girl frantically moved forward and shoved Lila out of the way of the purple butterfly that was leisurely fluttering towards her, ready to feed on the anger that bubbled inside. Marinette was wide eyed, and she moved her hands towards her ears and the butterfly flew closer, it seemed to have noticed Lila's anger die into confusion, and Marinette begin to show signs of fear as it was now going for her. Lila watched the situation, and tried reaching for the Akuma, but instead a pair of earrings were shoved into her hands. "Take these, and run!"Â
Lila frowned at the jewelry, looking back up at Marinette, the anger she held beginning to surface once again. The Akuma had flown into Marinette's purse, and the purple light that formed the outline of a mask appeared on Marinette's face. She was trying to fight it, but between that and her efforts to get Lila to go she was having a bit of trouble. Turning away, Lila calmly walked out, her frown turned to a grin. If Marinette was akumatized and went on a rampage that would bring even more fuel to her fire, turn her friends against her even more. She could work with this, but there was something nagging at the back of her mind, something that she didn't quite like or understand fully.Â
The girl shrugged it off and began to head back towards the lunch room, opening her palm to look at the earrings she had been given. They were little black feather earrings, very cute, and just her style. Lila paused her steps, blinking at said earrings. Weren't these earrings black studs when Marinette wore them? She had been handed a pair of black studs, the pair Marinette always wore. Lila blinked, as if it was her vision playing tricks on her, but when she opened her eyes, the feathers were still in her hand. Lila bit her lip, and decided to look into this a bit more. She slipped into the bathroom, glancing around the hallway for a brief second, before standing in front of the mirror and putting the earrings in.Â
It was at the moment she heard Chat Noir's voice, and one that sounded eerily like Marinette's coming from down the hallway. "I'm not Marinette anymore, I'm Lady Amity, and soon I won't be cast aside and forgotten by everyone." Lila didn't even flinch at the words. She was getting what she wanted, Marinette was going to make a full of herself today, all she had to do was wait for Ladybug to show up and save the day and then things would unfold perfectly. However, when she heard a small voice speak up from behind her, Lila suddenly realized her plan wouldn't be working the way she had wanted.
"You're not the person I expected her to give these to if she ever needed someone to replace her, but you'll have to do for now." The small voice said, a red being floating up in front of her, a disappointed frown on her face. "I'm tikki, kwami of the ladybug miraculous. Since Marinette entrusted you with this, as you were the only one around, I will allow you to transform into the ladybug hero, once and only once to save Marinette. After that you will give the earrings back without hesitation. Do you understand?" Tikki obviously wasn't happy, and despite her being so small, her demeanor struck a bit of fear into Lila.
The girl nodded, not wanting to speak incase her plans of keeping the miraculous slipped out. "Just say spots on and you'll transform." The kwami wasn't in the mood to explain anything about being the ladybug holder to this girl, Tikki was ready to get this over with and be back with Marinette. A sly grin crossed Lila's face, there was no way she was going to let this pass her by.
"Alright then, Tikki, spots on!" She called and a wave of pink light washed over her. Once the transformation was over, Lila looked at herself in the mirror. Her costume was more complicated than Marinette's, the suit itself was a deep orangey red, with a pair of knee high black boots. Her hair had been twisted into a bun, something she could get used to. Lila nodded to herself,and sped from the bathroom, ready to take on Lady Amity as Harlequin Harmony.