The Liar’s Sin Chap.2
WELCOME! This is the second chapter of the Crossover between Hazbin Hotel and Miaraculous Ladybug, originated from @sayuricorner‘s promtp! Just wanted to say I’m so grateful for all of you who have decided to be in the tag list and have shared the first chapter! You don’t know much it means to me that you’ve liked this story! Sayuri and I are doing our best so I hope you like this chapter!
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Darkness.
That was the first thing Marinette could identify, just emptiness, cold and light weighted as if she was floating in an endless void.
Her body felt numb and her extremities heavy, like someone putting chains that held you in your place but still felt like there wasn’t gravity around her. Like floating in the endless sea and could be pulled down, drowning into the darkness any second.
A pressure on her chest was making it impossible to breathe, desperation filling her mind clouding it completely the moment she tried to catch a breath but couldn’t do it.
Gone were her rational thoughts, only sheer survival instincts remained.
She wanted to make it go away.
She needed to breathe.
She needed to get free.
Fighting against invisible and intangible forces wasn’t easy, she knew that, but her body was already reacting before she could do anything to stop it and take control of the situation.
She could feel her breathing becoming frantic even if she demanded it to stop, every breath becoming shorter and couldn’t fill her lungs with air. Her body felt as if it weighed so much, she was being pulled further and further into the darkness, not being able to move. She just felt as if someone was trying to drag her down deeper, the darkness around her becoming heavier, her lungs barely with any oxygen, she knew she was about to pass out.
“MARINETTE!” a sweet voice sounded around her making her body and mind react.
Her eyes popped wide open, her breath still labored and her body hurt in so many places that she was surprised when her body answered her command of raising itself enough to sit on the floor. Blinking she tried to get used to the new light around her, it all looked quite somber but colorful enough, neon light bathing her in its green color.
Once her eyesight returned and she was able to take a look around her surroundings, being able to identify the place. She was on the floor of an alley, the backdoor of some kind of club if she was reading the sign right. The foul smell all over the place as she identified a dumpster on her right.
Looking around her she noticed it was abandoned, music still coming from, what she guessed the club was, her costume torn and scratches on her arms, back and legs. Quickly and in a panic, she rose her hands to her ears, feeling the cool touch of the miraculous still on her person and feeling a wash of relief over her body, now she was just missing her friend.
“Tikki?” she asked, her voice hoarse and throat completely dry “TIKKI?!” Marinette called with urgency in her voice, her heart clenching at the thought of having lost Tikki.
Her mind already telling her how this was an unknown and dangerous place, tons of images of Tikki being weak, sick, and even in control of Hawkmoth ran through her head. Each one worse than the one before.
“I’m here!” Tikki’s voice made Marinette breath out in relief.
Marinette looked up to meet Tikki’s deep blue eyes, the tiny Kwami floated in front of her with a frown on her small face.
Marinette’s hands rose on her own, ignoring the pain coursing through her arms and held Tikki in her hands as carefully as she could. Tikki sighed looking at Marinette’s bruises, she had been awake the whole time Marinette fell through the portal but she didn’t want her holder to be in a panic if she mentioned how everything that happened was real, she had to wait for Marinette to be safe first.
“You’re here,” Marinette said in a whisper “you are okay”
Flying to Marinette’s cheek Tikki hugged her as much as she could, trying to transmit her feelings to her holder and friend. Using her magic Tikki cured Marinette’s most concerning bruises and scratches, also helping her to feel calm and safe if only for a few minutes. She knew Marinette would be fine but, this was going to be a rough path to walk through.
“W…where are we?” Marinette’s voice broke the silence between them “I…I remember the class…a book…and….and then…”
Tikki looked down, evading Marinette’s gaze as she floated in her holder’s hands that were now cupping the tinny goddess. Tikki didn’t dare to talk or even move for Marinette to be able to remember everything, so until her memories returned, she would stay put but observe her just out of the corner of her eyes. She would help Marinette, but right now the last thing she needed was for Marinette to go through a panic attack. No, she needed Marinette to be cool-headed and strong.
“Wh…why?” Marinette said in a whisper, her voice breaking and sobs making her whole body shake “I don’t…understand…I thought they were…my friends”
Tikki was angry, so angry and sad to see such a beautiful girl broken in front of her. She had experience with previous holders of the Ladybug miraculous passing through rough times and tough decisions, but to watch Marinette crumble like that, it brought pain to her heart. Memories of a young man breaking into the same position as Marinette was right now, it was like looking at a mirror, watching her chosen slowly breaking made tears build on the small goddess’s eyes.
Tikki decided to move and clean the fresh tears rolling down Marinette’s cheeks, hoping and praying that it would be enough for Marinette to come back to her right now.
“I don’t know Mari” Tikki said looking at her holder “but we need to get out of here”
Tikki knew that if she had guessed where the portal had opened up to, this was going to be difficult to overcome. Not just because of the kind of magic they had used but for Marinette’s soul to not end up tainted if she was able to return. Tikki knew they could do it using the other Miraculous but the price would be Marinette’s soul to be tainted and condemned to spend the rest of her afterlife here, in hell. Tikki thought about all of the possible options to turn things around but they needed to be in a safe place first.
“You’re right” Marinette took a deep breath before getting up as fast as she could, her face contorting in pain as her muscles protested the movement “We need to go somewhere safe and then I can panic and think what to do”
Tikki smiled and nodded, hiding into Marinette’s costume. Fortunately for both of them, it was black so it would help Marinette hide quite well in the shadows and give them an advantage for now.
Squaring her shoulder Marinette walked outside the alley, slowly but taking in all of her surroundings to assess any possible threat coming her way. Sharpening as much as she could all of her senses and moving her hair out of her eyes Marinette ventured outside the alley, making her gasp and stare.
Everything looked almost run down, a few exceptions here and there but for the most part, she would observe awful buildings. They looked normal enough but with how damaged they were it made Marinette think about those times she had seen photos about how places tended to be abandoned before nature took its usual course. Even if a lot of them looked quite new and amazing, proudly displayed, and filled with music or screams. Neon signs advertising drugs, alcohol, porn, and weapons were everywhere, along with the explosion of a screen made her return to reality.
“This is…hell?” Marinette asked to Tikki who was peeking over her hiding spot “I…I expected something more- “
The sentence was interrupted by the sight of two approaching figures, the closer she could make out her features the wider her eyes became. Long claws, sharp teeth, their features more animalistic than human, and even the aura they emanated was strong enough to make her have shivers running down her spine and her instincts to run away as far as she could.
“Hey look!” she heard a guttural voice speak and the eyes of the demon light up in a red hue “she’s probably a new addition to the place!”
Both of their smiles widening as Marinette took a step back, her bravado about to abandon her the closer those demons seemed to approach. A horrible metallic stench coming her way from their direction, but Marinette could only watch those horrible beast-like eyes set on her glowing.
“Fresh meat,” the other one said growling, his sharp teeth showing “It’s been a while…hey, that’s…that’s not a demon!”
Whatever they were going to say or do next, was interrupted by Marinette sprinting into a run. Fear and adrenaline running through her body making her run and jump over objects as fast as she could. Her mind clouded by her instincts and her gaze only in the path before her, her body accustomed to doing stunts like this flawlessly guiding her to another alley so small she knew she could fit while the one’s going after her wouldn’t.
Hiding in the dark was a feat of its own for Marinette, the alley a bit bigger than what she expected but her luck had kicked in helping her find a ladder just when the demons were about to catch up. Climbing up to the roof with almost inhuman speed, Marinette slumped down hiding in the shadows and peeking just to see the figures of the demons that were chasing her leave. As soon as she saw their silhouette disappearing around a corner, she felt her breath return.
Tikki appeared in front of Marinette, looking around until she was sure that no one else was around before lying on Marinette’s chest. Slumping on the roof Marinette caught her breath, closing her eyes until she felt her heartbeat had gone to normal speed.
The weird red sky greeting her as soon as she opened her eyes, the five-star pentagram shining brightly on top of her. She barely was able to memorize that figure when Tikki floated near her eyesight and Marinette sat on the roof.
“We need a disguise,” Marinette said, “I can’t be around there without one, not after that!”
Tikki nodded as they both laid on the roof again. Marinette thinking about how she could search through a dumpster and make a disguise with any clothes she found around there or maybe traveling through roofs.
Her stomach growling made her stop in her tracks. Tikki looking at her with a really sad expression but there wasn’t anything to discuss except maybe finding somewhere to eat. Marinette was still human, she needed to eat or else she would be too weak to the point of starvation and so far, she needed food, but also help.
“We need help,” Marinette said getting up “I…I don’t know how to return, I don’t know where I could stay, hell, I don’t know if I will be able to eat any of the food I could find!”
As Marinette continued to freak out walking all over the roof and Tikki assuring her help would come her way and that they would think of something together no one noticed another demon running across some rooftops, and crashing straight into Marinette. Both of them landing on the roof, the demon on top of the human
“Oi! Bitch!” the cyclops growled as she got up “watch where you’re going!”
Marinette could only stare at the demon, she had only one eye and an ex for a pupil, her blonde and pinkish hair tickling Marinette’s cheeks. Her clothes tattered but still looking stylish, her ponytail holding half of her hair and keeping it out of her face. She was quite beautiful and her tattoos looked like bombs and explosions.
“Hey!” the demon’s voice interrupted Marinette’s examination “I’m talking to…you…”
The cyclops demon got closer, making Marinette crawl backward until she bumped with the small trim of the rooftop.
“Hey…I’m not going to hurt you” the demon spoke softly “I just want to know what are you…um…doing here?”
Marinette hesitated for a moment before looking up at the demon in question. Examining her stance Marinette could see she was ready to jump into action, but her hands showed she was trying to be the lesser danger around by holding them up facing Marinette. Her voice had been gentle and she hadn’t made any attempts to approach Marinette further, giving her enough space to feel a little bit safer.
“I…I just….” Marinette couldn’t talk, the fear making her go numb “I…I…”
A growl interrupted them and the demon laughed, Marinette just clutched her hands covering her stomach but noticed her laugh, not by any means evil, it was nothing but a soft chuckle that made her do a double-take. She looked as if she would burst out laughing but refrained from doing so just not to scare Marinette.
“Want to grab a bite?” the demon asked “my treat as a sorry for bumping into you, besides my place ain’t that far away from here”
Extending her hand and crouching down the cyclops smiled softly at Marinette, who by all means was petrified and didn’t know what to do. Behind her, Tikki was nodding her head frantically for her to accept the help, if only for a few hours she would be safe.
“I… yeah…thanks,” Marinette said taking the demon’s hand “I’m…I’m Marinette by the way”
The cyclops demon smiled and pulled Marinette’s hand until she was standing up with her. Giving it a firm shake the demon smiled, her sharp teeth showing and her eye glowing a soft red.
“A pleasure Marinette,” the demon said, “the name is Cherri Bomb!”
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Lucifer Magne was relaxing, hell had been quite silent with only a few turf wars between overlords wanting more territory. Nothing new really, the only exception was his daughter.
While yes, he had said cruel things to her daughter for her opening of that ridiculous hotel he hadn’t expected her to still be able to stand her ground. He had tried everything to make her come back, but she just kept insisting on redeeming demons in the future. Even after watching the fiasco on the tv, she still kept the hotel and even got the radio demon to be her sponsor.
Sure, Lucifer was sure he was up to something but for now, Razzle and Dazzle were reporting nothing but the sheer joy his daughter had while she had been remodeling the Hotel and receiving a few demons who seemed to like the idea of being redeemed or just paying nice for a while before they left again. That was until he turned on the tv, straight into the news.
“And now! Breaking news from some demons that claim to have seen a human in hell” Katie Killjoy announced as the screen changed into a recording of the demons in question “Let’s go to the live feed for more details!”
Lucifer’s drink fell to the floor as he stared at the screen, his eyes glued to the photo of the pigtailed blue-haired girl. A young teenage girl who was clearly a human, in one of hell’s alleys looking like a deer in headlights before a video, showed her running away with an amazing speed. She looked pretty alive for Lucifer to be able to recognize through the photos her small pure aura surrounding her.
A growl and with his eyes flashing he took his phone and dialed the news, his anger barely contained as he kept staring at the photo of the girl. As soon as he was on the air, he growled telling all of hell that he had an announcement to make regarding the human and he wanted them to follow his instructions or else they would pay.
Every single demon paid attention since this was their king talking, knowing fully well that if anyone dared to go against his wishes, they would never survive whatever he had in store for them.
“Bring the human to me” Lucifer growled, before deciding to make it more special and faster for the demons to bring him the girl “she must be unharmed and well cared for, whomever who brings her to me shall obtain a quite juicy reward. However, fail to bring her to me without a scratch and I shall make you rue the day you fell!”
As soon as that message was delivered Lucifer called for his guards, he had to be notified every single time someone claiming to have the girl appear, he had to be sure how and why she was here when she looked so young and pretty much alive.
Sitting on his throne he sighed, if he had luck someone who at least knew to heed orders would bring her to him. He would gladly dispose of the demons who dared to try and trick him. As well as thinking where to put the human, the safest place was the palace but with how busy he would be soon it would be better to have her leave for the human world and keep her close to the palace to be able to protect her for those few hours or maybe the day she would spend there. He wouldn0t wish for his kingdom to be festered with those winged rats again.
Well, at least his boredom had been cured, for now at least. It was just a matter of hours before someone would claim to have the girl and the fun would begin. After all, Stolas had a book that had all the answers for returning the human to the mortal plane and he could get it with a snap of his fingers.
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The rain had started just as they both had jumped into another rooftop, but Marinette kept up with Cherri until both of them ended landing in the roof of a small shabby looking department complex. Cherri guiding Marinette through some stairs and pulling her to the front door as no one was paying attention to them. Waking to the third floor, Marinette noticed almost all of the building looked tattered, some holes, and more often than not sounds that seemed to be from rats traveling through the walls.
“It’s not much but it’ll do,” Cherri said as she opened the door “at least until you can give me a reason to not kill you”
Marinette squeaked in fear before looking at the teasing smirk on Cherri’s face followed by her laughter.
“Oh, shit!” Cherri managed to say between howls of laughter “your face!! Fucking priceless!!”
Cherri kept laughing to her heart’s desire as Marinette let out the breath, she didn’t know she was holding in. She could feel her muscles becoming more relaxed which meant she would soon feel the whole extension of her injuries.
“Here” a sandwich appeared in Marinette’s vision field “I can still hear your stomach growling”
Marinette laughed embarrassed but took the sandwich, but stopped before taking a bite. Cherri looked at Marinette but ate the rest of her lunch, motioning for Marinette to take a seat on the bed. Cautiously and without dropping the sandwich Marinette walked up to the bed, and after taking a seat they both stayed in silence for a few minutes.
“So, what brings you here?” Cherri asked, after discarding her trash through the window “I’ve never seen a human still alive in all my years in hell”
Marinette looked away thinking about everything that had happened before she had ended in, well, hell. How all of them had done nothing to stop the joke or even showed an ounce of sympathy towards her.
“I…I really…. don’t want to talk about that” Marinette whispered as she avoided Cherri’s intense gaze “So… this is hell?”
Cherri nodded and decided to let the girl, Marinette, avoid the question. She knew how scary it was to find yourself in hell, all the dangers the people, the air, and all of your body changing into something akin to a monster but still she was curious. The small girl in front of her was a human, that much she knew. But she looked so young and so innocent that she had been quite put out the moment they crashed.
“Yup,” Cherri said, taking out her hellphone “quite a sight don’t you think?”
Marinette nodded as she stared at the sandwich, her stomach telling her to eat it, but her brain screaming it was dangerous and probably poisonous.
“Well, you’re quite famous now!” Cherri said “His majesty has put a bounty for you”
Marinette panicked, in an instant, she had run straight to the door of the room. Cherri being faster and quicker on her feet, was able to grab her wrist without much effort.
“He will probably send you back to where you belong” Cherri argued before pulling Marinette to her “and if you want to be food for the rest of the demons out there be my guest, no one is gonna help you, they will want the money of the reward and care little about you”
Marinette sighed and turned to Cherri, staring at her she could notice worry in her eye. She had been sweet with her and had helped her out of this situation. There were creatures out there that wouldn’t hesitate to harm her if only to receive the money from the king.
“ok…alright…” Marinette said, clutching closer her costume where she could feel Tikki’s warmth and the weight of the miraculous box “but, how we will arrive there?”
Cherri smiled, her eye glowing and her smile turning into an evil smirk.
“Oh, I just know the way” Cherri gave Marinette a hoodie that was so pink it didn’t look like it belonged to her “This will be so much fun!”
Marinette put on the hoodie, it was so soft and it felt like high-quality fabric, some of the stitches were an indication of someone altering it after buying it. It smelled like candy and was so soft that she could feel herself melt into its touch. As soon as she managed to pop out her head out from the hoodie, she could feel Cherri dragging her out of the room by her wrist, following her Marinette noted a bounce on her step, and on one arm carrying a bag that looked quite heavy. The only thought now in Marinette’s mind was of how had she made it to end with such an amazing but still crazy girl to help her.
Marinette was digging her nails in the passenger’s seat, or what was left of it, as Cherri whooped while driving full speed. Her screams of panic and begging to slow down went deaf on the ears of the cyclops demon. Marinette was sure her heart was going to stop beating and she would be dead for sure this time, that or maybe they would crash before that would happen.
“I’m gonna die!” Marinette screamed as Cherri laughed even louder
Soon Marinette could visualize an enormous construction, it was the biggest thing she had ever seen. It was a castle, so many aspects combined into its architecture that it made Marinette’s head swam with the details. Everything looked between a mix of beautiful and deadly, she didn’t know how but it worked so well here she just knew she needed to take a photo of it for inspiration later.
First, she needed to survive this car ride with Cherri before thinking in her new pair of jeans and that jacket that would look amazing with the design of, what she could guess, was the royal emblem. Which was getting bigger, or was it her imagination?
“We’re gonna crash!” Marinette screamed at Cherri as the demoness just screamed full of euphoria and joy “Cherri!”
Marinette closed her eyes and sunk deeper into the seat; she didn’t want to see what was coming next. That is, until she felt the car spin before stopping right in front of the biggest and intricated gate she had ever seen.
“And we’re here!” Cherri announced getting out of the car before slamming the door closed “and in record time!”
Marinette shakily got out of the car, her legs felt like jelly and her heart was beating so loud she could bet everyone in a ten-foot ratio could also hear it. Her hands went to her chest as she took deep breaths trying to regain control over her body.
“Oh, come on!” Cherri exclaimed, her hands in the air looking at Marinette “It wasn’t that bad!”
Marinette tried to laugh but she found her breath was still lacking. Cherri waited until Marinette felt good enough to walk and knocked on the gates. Marinette burying herself into the hoodie with it covering almost all of her face and hands.
“Yo! Assholes! Open the fucking door!” Cherri screamed at the guards that were there “I have to talk about something with his majesty!”
A guard walked to the front of the gates but didn’t open them. Both of them staring at each other until it spoke.
“What do you want?” his voice deep and angry made Marinette flinch at the sound, “Your highness is busy for the moment so, go away and never return”
Cherri huffed; Marinette noticed that the guard seemed unaffected by this until he turned his gaze to her. Immediately Marinette went to hide behind Cherri, the demoness putting a hand over the one Marinette had placed on her shoulder.
“I came here ‘cause I found the human, you dumbass!” Cherri exclaimed, a well-placed growl on her voice “so fuck off and let us through before I decide to enter myself, dipshit!”
The guard looked over again at Cherri and Marinette, as if he was examining them both, it lasted a few seconds but for Marinette, it felt like hours. Growling but making a signal to his side, the doors opened before them, just enough for them to come through. Cherri walked in first guiding Marinette and squeezing for a moment her hand in silent support. Both of them following the guard who didn’t speak the whole way into the castle.
Marinette could only stare and wish she could take photos of the gardens, the corridors, and the art displayed on the walls as they walked following the guard. The corridors she had to walk through were just so beautiful she didn’t have words, the gardens were so well kept and the paintings of the royal family were something to behold, in her opinion.
“His highness is waiting for you,” the guard said as he sidestepped motioning the red gigantic doors behind him “Do not make him wait”
Cherri scoffed again but letting go of Marinette’s hand she pushed the doors open, walking confidently but Marinette could feel the tension on her shoulders. Loose enough to put up a front but tense enough to be able to think on her feet if something happened.
“Ah, Cherri…Bomb, right?” Lucifer exclaimed, appearing before both of them “A pleasure to meet you and you too little female human!”
Marinette walked beside Cherri staring at the King of Hell himself, his smile wide and sharp teeth showing, pale skin almost white, along with his golden hair. Wearing a white tuxedo with golden buttons and red details showing off his figure, his red and white striped waistcoat made the tux pop out as well as his blood-red bow. His bi-colored hat seemed to be decorated by a snake and an apple and Marinette couldn’t help but stare at him.
“Hello, your highness!” Cherri said, quite enthusiastic “I bring you the human, like you asked!”
Marinette tried to smile despite her obvious nervousness and fear, but only managed to make Lucifer laugh. The sound of it making Marinette shiver, she didn’t know if it was in pleasure or fear.
“I welcome you to hell, my dear!” Lucifer exclaimed “I hope your stay here with miss Cherri has been…quite eventful!”
Marinette nodded not knowing what to do, Cherri just observing but still ready to jump into action if anything happened and Lucifer staring at Marinette with such an intense gaze it made her feel naked, as if any secret would be revealed by him and those eyes. That was until the smile disappeared from Lucifer’s face and his shadow seemed to grow.
“You need to return immediately to the human realm!” Lucifer exclaimed, walking to his desk as his aura surrounded him “what kind of morons send here the holder of the miraculous of the creation!?”
Marinette’s eyes opened wide and stared at Lucifer, looking at his every movement. Cherri also looked at her, as she seemed to be too shocked to even know what was going on but with wonder on her gaze.
“Ex-excuse me?” Marinette said in a whisper “what…what do you mean?”
Lucifer sighed as he made a staff appear and tapped it two times on the floor, a demon appearing before bowing to him.
“Fetch the book of incantations from Prince Stolas, ad bring it to me quickly!” Lucifer roared as the demon left a second later, turning his gaze to Marinette he sighed “Someone decided to use black magic to bring you here. Tearing you, the new holder of the miraculous of the creation, from the human plane. It is one thing to bring an untainted soul to hell, as most of them never make it through the portal and are immediately returned to their plane, just suffering nightmares or memories repeating themselves at inopportune moments… but to bring you with the intent of making you stay here and disrupting the balance of the world?! This is something quite worrying and whoever who was involved will be severely punished for this! We do not need to start a war right now…”
Marinette shrunk thinking about her classmates, had they been trying so hard to send her to hell? They hated her so much? All because of those petty little lies Lila had made! She could barely believe it…
Marinette’s whole frame started to shake, her fingers curling until she could feel her nails on her palms. She couldn’t believe them! She had trusted them, gone out of her way to help them, dropped everything, and anything to make them happy! How could they do this to her? Her anger was starting to get the best of her as she felt everything else go in deaf ears.
“Marinette!” Cherri screamed, breaking whatever spell was over her “Breathe, come on take a deep breath”
Marinette’s focus came back slowly, distinguishing Cherri’s silhouette along with a red blur in front of her vision. Another figure was pacing on the background, too many bright colors slowly coming back into their respective shapes. She was able to distinguish Tikki’s blurry form, along with Cherri’s blurry concerned gaze and Lucifer’s blurry figure walking from side to side muttering things under his breath. Marinette blinked slowly, the tears leaving her eyes and clearing her vision.
“Marinette” Tikki was the first one to talk, breaking the silence “please, Mari, let it all out”
Marinette wasn’t aware of the sobs making her breathing coming short, she barely noticed the tears still running through her cheeks. She felt numb, everything was so overwhelming. Her feelings, her situation, the reality of it all. Everything just came crashing down, and poor Marinette who had been denied herself to be overwhelmed by her feelings for so long, just broke in that moment. Giving in to them and, for the first time in months, she let herself feel, not holding back.
A few minutes passed but Marinette had been crying, letting it all out. Cherri just being by her side and Tikki going with Lucifer to talk with him about Marinette’s return to the human plane. Marinette felt lighter and tired, but she felt so much better after letting it all out but it had taken a lot out of her.
“It seems we have a problem” Lucifer announced “Prince Stolas claimed he has… misplaced the book that I require to return you to the human plane. So, until we manage to get it or find a copy, you will have to stay here.”
Marinette’s eyes opened so wide Lucifer was worried she was going to break down again, she kind of reminded him of Charlotte and having such a beautiful soul trapped between so much evil he was worried she would end up being tainted. A lot was at stake here, especially with her being the holder of the Miraculous of creation and also the guardian. Suddenly an idea came to mind, it might be a risky move, but no one would dare to harm Marinette in any way once he made his decree known.
“Do not fret” Lucifer said before Marinette could open her mouth to say anything “No demon is allowed to hurt you in any way or form, you’re safe as long as you stay where you are supposed to be”
Marinette nodded and squeezed Cherri’s hand, she was just wondering if she would be in the palace. Picturing herself in her room all day completely isolated it would be something that might make her go crazy but probably they would think she would be safe there.
“And I have the perfect place for you to be during your stay in hell” Lucifer claimed as he motioned a demon to come closer and deliver something to Cherri Bomb “Trust me, you’re gonna love it!”
With an arm around Marinette, Lucifer walked to the doors. Some demons opening the doors and bowing before their King. Lucifer kept twirling his staff as he hummed a merry tune. Marinette could only follow Lucifer to the limousine.
“I guess I’ll see you around!” Cherri said as Marinette took off the hoodie she had borrowed “If you ever need anything you know where to find me!”
Marinette smiled before hugging Cherri, both of them melting for a few seconds into the embrace.
“Thank you, Cherri,” Marinette said and smiled at the demon breaking he hug “I won’t ever forget it!”
Marinette and Tikki waved at Cherri, before going inside the limousine with Lucifer and being driven away from the Palace.
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Charlie sighed as she sat on the lobby beside Vaggie, Razzle and Dazzle were managing the front desk, Husk fell asleep a few minutes ago, Niffty was still doing her cleaning rounds, Angel had gone to the studios and Alastor was out. He had disappeared a few minutes ago claiming to have some urgent business to take care of in his territory.
Everything seemed to be perfect, her newest patrons had been giving their all to at least behave and some of them had changed their attitude and Charlie was happy with the small progress they were making. There still wasn’t a sight of any redemption, but she just had to keep on trying.
“Something on your mind?” Vaggie asked, looking at Charlie concerned
Charlie shook her head and sighed, she just had a lot to think about. Nothing worrisome but she had to make more changes, investigate more, and find something that could help everyone else.
Charlie opened her mouth to say something when Alastor came through the main door, greeting everyone and not waiting for a response he walked right to the bar and woke up Husk asking for his favorite drink.
Vaggie growled at the overlord, even after months of Alastor helping in the hotel she still didn’t trust him. Also, Angel was an issue, but Vaggie was more accepting of his comings and goings, working under a contract with an overlord was something they couldn’t change, he was the best for Valentino’s industry, his cash cow. It had proven to be difficult but the spider demon had been quite the character, always surprising them. Charlie knew Angel wasn’t the person everyone thought he was, like with Alastor and the rest of the original small crew.
Angel came strutting into the hotel, waving at Charlie and Vaggie before going and joining Alastor and Husk at the bar. Those three had been getting along a bit better than when they started but still had some issues they needed to go through.
Everything seemed to be at peace, for now. That is until a knock sounded on the door of the hotel.
“Who could it be?” Charlie muttered to herself as she walked up to the main doors, Vaggie behind them and everyone looking expectantly at the doors “Hello! wel…come…”
As soon as Charlie stopped talking all of them got on guard, sure there had been threats against the hotel but it had been just by low demons, nothing to worry themselves over. Still, Charlie being so quiet and still worried them.
That is until Lucifer himself walked through the doors. His smile rivaling Alastor’s and by his side a human.
“Ah, Charlotte!” Lucifer said, not caring the wide-eyed stare on Marinette nor his person “I came here with a present for you and your Hotel staff!”
Pushing Marinette to the front Lucifer smiled and placed both of his hands on her shoulders.
“This is Marinette!” Lucifer announced “a human! And he shall be living in this hotel until further notice!”
Marinette looked around, smiling and waving. She was taking in all that was around her and the demons that were carefully watching her. Their eyes wide, faces with shocked expressions before all hell broke loose.
“oh boy…”
That was the last thought Marinette had looking at their variety of reaction and disbelieving stares, some screaming and some just claiming to require more liquor in their system. Lucifer smiled and just kept holding her in place, Tikki giving her soft pats on her arm in form of support.
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Meanwhile, on the human plane, a group of teenagers were barely aware of what was going on. They had just seen a spell become real or well that’s what they all assumed, people didn’t disappear from nowhere. Well, they didn’t unless there was an Akuma near.
“How could you do it!?” Adrien Agreste demanded looking at Lila “how could you throw Marinette to the portal?!”
Everyone gasped and immediately looked at the said Italian girl. Who was still staring at the floor, Adrien could identify the vicious smile and look Lila was giving the place where Marinette had been previous to her fall. She looked as if she had won.
But that was before Alya came to the rescue of her new bestie the moment Lila started wailing.
“Hey! Don’t talk like that to Lila!” Alya claimed, running to hug said girl with the crocodile tears “she didn’t do anything wrong!”
Immediately the class agreed with Alya, arguing with Adrien about how unfair he was being to Lila Max, Alix, Juleka, Kim, and Nathaniel were just standing there. They weren’t sure about what was going on but they had seen Lila push Marinette through the portal, or that’s what they thought they had seen.
Adrien just stared at how the rest of the class was surrounding Lila, doting onto every word coming out her mouth about how she had wanted to help Marinette but that maybe she had tripped over something and not making it to her. Everything a blatant lie, but Adrien could see how all of them believed the girl without thinking.
“I never wanted to…to…” Lila kept wailing as her fake crying was still on full force, the class coming to her aid telling her how it wasn’t her fault.
Now as he saw how Lila talked them down to lying to their parents, to everyone about how they should lie and no one questioning her. Observing how Lila convinced them it was all Marinette’s fault and not theirs, he now could see how the lies could hurt and even destroy.
He stood there, fighting the numbness his body was feeling watching as all of his classmates went their way out for “helping” the liar and getting out of the house. Adrien staring at the backs of the group, his kwami appearing beside him a disappointed stare on his eyes.
Their voices becoming fainter and fainter as he just turned to Plagg.
“I told you, kid,” Plagg said, tiredly looking at his holder “but you didn’t listen”
Adrien just stared at the exit, ashamed of himself, the guilt eating him, and the look of Marinette forever etched into his memory.
“I’m sorry” Adrien whispered, his voice broken, defeated but with an anger behind it “I promise Plagg, I will make things right”
Plagg just looked at his holder, he knew that this wasn’t the end. No, this was the beginning of more problems to come, something so much worse than what Adrien could ever imagine.
This was just the calm before the storm.
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This is GREAT!!! Wanna see reality hit the class when the police ask them why the girl, who they call a bully without seeing her do jackshit, is missing after being seen with them.
