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Marinette took a deep breath as she reached forward to open the theater doors before her, hesitating “S-Should I? I mean…what if they auditions are already over?” Marinette asked herself “They’re not! They started 15 minutes ago!” a voice said. Marinette screamed as Alya appeared beside her “Wh-What?! How did you get here?!” she yelled “I came here as soon as you texted me! I knew you were gonna try and back out!” Alya said, smirking “Now come on!” she said as she grabbed a hold of her best friends’ hand and pulled her into the theater.
The day before a woman came to their school, telling them about a performance they were planning to put on. “Miraculous Ladybug the Musical” they called it. Marinette wondered why every amazing thing had to be made into a musical when the woman announced that they were looking for teenagers to be casted as Ladybug along side their Cat Noir, Adrien Agreste.
“I don’t know if I can do this Alya…” Marinette said, sighing as she looked towards the stage. Before the stage was a large audience, some of them coming to watch the casting, others part of the show. “Of course you can! Your singing is amazing! Can you imagine being the Ladybug to Adrien’s Cat Noir?!” Alya asked. “Of course not! I can’t possibly play along side him!” Marinette said.
Alya sighed and grabbed her friends’ shoulders “Yes you can! You are amazing! You can sing well! Remember: You are Ladybug!” Alya cheered You have no idea Marinette thought to herself, sighing before realizing Alya was holding up a plain red domino mask “What’s that for?” Marinette asked as Alya placed it around Marinette’s head. “Method acting, I heard that when actors get nervous they sometimes pretend to be the character that they’re playing, it can help them get an actual feel for how the character would act in that situation” Alya said.
“Now come on lets go!” she said pushing Marinette towards the stage.
The casting director sighed softly “None of these girls seem to make Adrien shine…are we going to have to hire a child actress? That’ll be way over budget…they can act like such divas!” she sighed. “Don’t give up yet, we still have a couple more auditions” her assistant said, smiling.
“Look no further! Your Ladybug has arrived!”
The casting director looked up, unamused, as Chloe walked onto the stage. “Name?” she asked, tapping her clipboard “Chloe Bourgeois” Chloe said, smiling. “Very well miss Bourgeois…” she said, looking down at her clipboard “Play music!”
The theme song began to play, Chloe taking a deep breath before beginning to sing, making the casting director wince. Sh-She’s awful! Completely off pitch! And way too loud! She thought to herself. She was about to yell cut before she noticed the mayor standing beside the stage, glaring at her Dammit! That’s right! She’s the mayors daughter! If I don’t play nice the entire production will be scrapped! We won’t have anywhere to perform!
Marinette covered her ears back stage as Chloe sang “Why aren’t they stopping her?” she whispered to Tikki, who pointed to the mayor. Marinette’s eyes widened. Sh-She’s rigging the auditions! Without even trying! That’s it! I’m not going to let Chloe represent Ladybug! Or steal my time with Adrien! Marinette thought to herself.
Adrien on the other hand was trying hard not to cover his ears as he sang along with Chloe on stage, Chloe immediately running up to him. “Cut!’ The casting director yelled finally. “Huh?! What is it?!” Chloe asked, the casting director eyeing the mayor, who sent a fierce glare in her direction. “I think that’s enough…we only needed to hear how you meshed with Cat Noir…next!” the casting director said, writing something down on her clipboard as Adrien went backstage once more to take a break.
Please let someone better come along! Please let someone better come along! Both the casting director and Adrien prayed silently in their heads. Marinette took a deep breath as the assistant backstage set up her microphone before she walked on stage. I am Ladybug…I am Ladybug…I am-
“Name?” The casting director asked as Marinette walked on stage “Ladybug!” Marinette suddenly blurted out. Chloe laughed, a few members of the audience giggling with her. The casting director shushed them before looking up at Marinette “You’re auditioning for Ladybug, yes, and while I appreciate someone who knows method acting, I need your real name” the director said, tapping her clipboard “M-Marinette Dupain-Cheng…” Marinette said, feeling better as the casting director gave her a warm smile.
“Alright Marinette…don’t be so nervous. Focus and stay calm” she said. Marinette nodded, taking another deep breath as the music began to play.
Adrien, who had been eating and not paying attention to what was going on on stage sighed as the music began to play again. Here we go again… He thought to himself as he slipped backstage once more. His eyes widened as Marinette began to sing. “I live a life…that’s full of fun, it keeps me sharp and on the run” Marinette had started off weak, most likely still nervous, but as the casting director urged her on her voice became stronger and clearer.
“When evil comes, I’ll find a way to use my force and save the day!”
Adrien was immediately in love. Whoever this was sounded just like his lady! Or at least what he imagined she would sound like while singing. Adrien peeked through the curtain, his eyes wide as he realized who was singing.
Marinette?!
Surely enough, Marinette had gained a sudden burst of confidence and was singing and dancing around stage, doing all sorts of gymnastics. Adrien became more and more excited, bursting out onto the stage with energy. “They look at me, and think I’m cool. I’m Cat Noir, at night I rule” The casting director’s eyes widened as Adrien had completely slipped into his Cat Noir persona, showing off on stage and even to Marinette before freezing for half a second as he realized something.
Marinette always got shy in front of him, even though he didn’t know why. Would she be able to sing along with him without becoming a nervous wreck?
Well that question was answered as Marinette bopped him on the nose before running off. Adrien smiled as he realized what she was doing, as the two began to playfully chase each other around the stage, making the audience laugh as every time Adrien got close, Marinette would slip away again.
The two continued this routine until Adrien was finally able to catch her at the end “It’s Ladybug!” the two harmonized, Adrien pulling Marinette close by the waist to prevent her from running away again.
The two looked at each other, red faced and panting from their improvised routine before a sudden clapping caught their attention, they turned to face the audience, who were clapping and cheering wildly. The casting director smiled at the pair.
“I think we found our heroes!” she said cheerfully.
If only you knew both Adrien and Marinette thought to themselves.