What would you think if Chloe and Audrey heard rumours about the way they were going to be portrayed in Astrucâs new movie, so they went back to Paris in an unsuccessful attempt to stop the movie from being completed? Then an evilized villain (maybe a wishmaker-like villain or maybe even a villain that's unrelated to the butterfly miraculous) caused Chloe and Zoe to switch bodies somehow, and nobody fully understands what's going on, so Zoe (in Chloe's body) is taken by Audrey back to New York, despite Zoe desperately trying to explain things. But Chloe enters a fugue state (heavily due to trauma caused by the neglect of her parents) and genuinely thinks she's Zoe, and is even able to recall many of the things Zoe did due to being in Zoe's body. The class thinks âZoe'sâ change in behavior is due to the psychological effects of method acting, since âZoeâ is playing Chloe in Astruc's new movie, but they gradually convince âZoeâ to let them help her relearn how to be âherselfâ again.
Zoe is not able to gain access to Chloe's memories while in Chloe's body, because unlike Chloe, Zoe knows she's in the wrong body. In New York, Zoe is trying to get back to Paris, but when she gets there, âZoeâ thinks sheâs there to try to hurt Marinette. Eventually, after listening to âChloeâ, Marinette starts to suspect that âChloeâ might be telling the truth, so she decides that she must test âChloeâ and âZoeâ. She fakes being in danger to see how they react. âZoeâ reacts slightly faster than âChloeâ, so Marinette comes to the conclusion that âChloeâ is lying and that âChloeâ has an evil and manipulative plan. Marinette thinks that âChloeâ must have picked up a few tricks from Lila, because she thinks no version of Chloe could possibly react faster than Zoe when it comes to protecting her. So Audrey takes âZoeâ back to New York again to âcorrectâ her after âZoeâ fails to convince anyone of the truth.
10 years later, âZoeâ gets seriously injured after fighting a villain when Ladybug isnât around, which causes âZoeâ to not have long to live. Then Ladybug accidentally stumbles upon the truth about âZoeâ while trying to help âZoeâ using magical powers. Ladybug decides that the moral thing to do is to switch Chloe and Zoe back to their original bodies. Once Zoe gets her body back, she blames Chloe for her impending death and for leaving her with 10 years of loneliness, while Chloe got off scot-free. When Lila gets defeated, Zoe steals the Butterfly Miraculous to get her hands on Ladybug and Catnoirâs miraculouses, hoping to âmake things rightâ. Zoe gets defeated by the heroes (including Chloe, who has gotten her memories back) and Ladybug manages to cure Zoeâs injuries.
Do you just want to write my rewrite for me? Because you just cooked with this one.
I think that is a very compelling story and I could totally see someone making a like au comic or fic about it. It's definitely an interesting concept and would serve as a great way to explore both Zoe and Chloe's characters. Plus, who doesn't love a good body swap story?
I might end up taking parts of this story as inspo in later episodes I write (if I decide to introduce Zoe to the story that is).













