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gwen was busy with the box that she asked marinette to make for her, to help put her diary in, after finishing off with a akumatized villain attack.
nadja chamack was broadcasting the attack on the news. "ladybug and cat noir have saved paris yet again."
"what's the box for?" tikki asked. "it's for my diary for my most kept secrets and memories." gwen explained.
"every little secret? you're telling me you write everything down in that thing?!" tikki exclaimed. gwen shooked her head. "don't worry, i wouldn't put my identity as ladybug in here. And besides, i asked marinette to had a special feature. go on, give it a try!" gwen gestures towards her diary and tikki flies over to it, she goes to pull it out, when the box shot on her. tikki goes through the lid.
"see. nobody's going in, unless they have this key." gwen unlocked the box and smiled that it works. "that's pretty cool!" tikki compliments. gwen nodded. "right!"
"Yesterday, mr bourgeois was re-elected as mayor of paris for the 4th consecutive term. Here, we see mr bourgeois with his daughter." gwen sighs as chloe waves.
'That reminds me.' gwen realized. "tomorrow there's gonna be a class rep election. chloe's most likely gonna threaten people to not go against her."
"well, maybe you should run." tikki suggested.
gwen shook her head.
"i'm too busy with being ladybug right now. but i do know the perfect candidate to run against chloe." gwen smiles.
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"chloe is running for the class representative position and sabrina will be her deputy. do we have any other candidates?" miss bustier asked.
kim raises his hand. "yes, kim?"
chloe and sabrina give him a threatening look. "um–nothing." He pulls his hand down. marinette bursts in the classroom.
"hi! i'm sorry. i, uh, the bus, um, dry throat." marinette makes-up some excuse. she quickly sits down.
gwen rolled her eyes, smiling.
"alright, i'll give all of you until the end of lunch to decide if you'd like to be a candidate." miss bustier instructed.
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now in the corridor, everyone was discussing the one who would be going against chloe. gwen, alya, and marinette watched her grilling kim, then walking away.
"so, what did chloe say to you this time? she offered to go on a date with you?" marinette questioned. kim shook his head. "no, she threatened to tell everyone i'm afraid of spiders."
they then went after mylene, nathaniel, and rose. "she told me that if i ran thé election, i'd get kicked out of scrapbooking club. and you know how much i love all those stickers, and colorful scraps of paper, and gluing."
"i couldn't care less about being a candidate. and what's your excuse?" alex was the last one they talked to.
"well, i'm busy with my parents shop and schoolwork." gwen lied. "girl, i notice that you never have any homework with you." alya disagreed. gwen sighed.
"what about you then?" she returned. "I've still got my blog. It's a full-time job." alya told. "I'm busy, also." marinette cuts in. "with what? sleeping?" alya jokes. "I guess i would run if no one else did." marinette concluded. gwen chuckled.
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"so, are there any new candidates that would like to run against chloe and sabrina?" miss bustier asked. she looked around the classroom, and sighed. "given that chloe and sabrina are the only candidates, there's no point in voting. so, chloe and sabrina…" marinette jumps.
"i'll run!" she yelled, raising her hand.
miss bustier gasped. "wonderful! you'll need to develop your campaign and have a speech ready by tomorrow, we'll have the vote then." everyone cheered for marinette. 'i wonder how's she's gonna pull this one off.' gwen thought.
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as everyone was talking about the campaign, marinette was freaking out. "represent? uh, i have no idea. i still can't believe i raised my hand..." she messes with her hair, anxiously. gwen understood the responsibility that came with being class representative.
rose, ivan, juleka, and nino come over to them, enthusiastically. "way to go, marinette! you spoke from the heart, it was truly authentic!" rose appreciated.
"huh? oh, uh... thanks." marinette said, awkwardly. rose puts her hands together and leans forward towards her. "When you win, can we get more comfortable chairs? They're so hard, I can barely concentrate in class. Maybe pink ones!"
"And it'd be primo if we could listen to our beats while we study in the library." nino added, as all the other classmates. marinette was now determined to win the campaign. "better get cracking on that campaign."
gwen was happy that at least someone was taking the school's problems into consideration.
'let's hope chloe doesn't sabotage marinette for the campaign.' she thought.
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it was in vain when chloe orchestrated an autograph signing from jagged stone. gwen called marinette. "marinette, bad news, chloé's invited the whole class to her campaign launch party at city hall and she's got jagged stone coming, too!" marinette gasped. "seriously? jagged stone, my favorite star?! I love him! Oh, and so does everyone else." she expressed admiration. "not if I have anything to say about it! Meet you there!"
marinette hangs up.
gwen watched on as her classmates all got an autograph. she sees chloe smirking at the thought of winning.
"I'm pleased to welcome you all to the official launch of Chloé's electoral campaign. And a special thank-you to world-famous pop-star Jagged Stone for endorsing her." mr. bourgeois congratulates, everyone cheers.
"and, when you vote for me, you'll get free tickets to jagged's next concert!" chloe blackmails her classmates.
alya brought back some autographed cd's and they noticed that marinette was back. "huh! you got an autograph?" alya looked ashamed. "uh... yeah, got you one too. sorry, couldn't help myself." marinette shakes her head.
"nope, i'm not falling for it. but, i'll consider forgiving you if you vote for me." alya nodded.
gwen goes over to the line. "do you realize that you're all being bribed? concert tickets are awesome, but they aren't gonna solve classroom problems."
"so what's your campaign then, marinette?" nathaniel questions.
"well, uh, i'm, uh, thinking cushions would be more realistic than buying new chairs. your cushion could be very pink. and i'll see about listening to music in the library. through headphones, of course." marinette named off.
chloe laughs.
"Remarkable. You actually sound like a class rep. Too bad you don't have a chance of winning. A word?" chloe takes marinette from prying eyes and ears.
suddenly, a trumpet starts playing.
"o-ye, o-ye! darkblade shalt speak now! listen or be imprisoned!" a knight instructed everyone in the building.
'it must be an akuma! best think of a plan to transform.' gwen thought. She got an idea. 'while everyone's distracted by darkblade, i'll just sneak away, yo-yo out of the city hall and deal with darkblade.' gwen quietly runs up the stairs and into one of the city hall's rooms. "paris needs ladybug's help! tikki, spots on! ha!" gwen, now ladybug, opens the window and throws her yo-yo out to catch onto something.
she swings out of the room.
she noticed cat noir being cornered and went towards them. she kicked them away. "nice one, cat noir for getting those knights right where i wanted them."
he salutes ladybug with a wink. "no problem, ladybug." she chuckles. "Who's the akumatized villain now?"
"mr. armand d'argencourt." cat noir explained. "he's the one that was running for mayor." gwen nodded.
"he's turning the people of paris into his knight army! we have to destroy his akuma." cat noir hums in agreement, and they look on as darkblade's knights are catapulting themselves on the roof.
"why are they going on the roof?" one slams into the building. "well, at least some of them." cat noir inquired.
"the flag. darkblade seems to want to take it." gwen suggested. "Let's stop him before he does." cat noir instructed. they ran towards the city hall and climbed their way to the roof.
"tally ho! ha ha ha! once these stripes are supplanted by mine coat of arms, i shalt reign supreme!" darkblade celebrates his inevitable victory. The knights launch him to the roof with the catapult.
"the akuma must be in his sword, how are we gonna get a hold of it?" cat noir asked. gwen smirks. "by getting me close to him!" gwen ties darkblade's arm with her yo-yo, and goes to where he is. she goes to attack him, but darkblade blocks ladybug with his sword.
"cat noir! don't let him get his banner!" she yelled.
"right!" cat noir tries to knock down the human ladder of knights to stop the banner from going up, but is too late.
darkblade laughs evilly. "villains! thou impress me not. by the blade of darkness, i hereby declare all peoples of this kingdom are henceforth mine!"
darkblade puts his flag on top, causing the sky to become black. "bow to king darkblade!" a black void of energy appears and begins closing in on city hall, causing civilians to become knights. cat noir and gwen gasped.
"Soon thou shalt join my army, you venomous insect!" darkblade threatens.
cat noir knocks down the knights who are holding him. "not so fast! en garde!" he sees the civilians becoming knights. "we're about to wind up as knights too!"
"lucky charm! a ladybug toy?" gwen figures out a plan. she just hopes it works… or they'll be turned into knights.
"Let's hope darkblade's ticklish." gwen winds up the toy, it goes to where Darkblade is and throws the toy ladybug at him. He starts feeling ticklish and laughing.
He throws his sword. "cat noir! now!" cat noir sees the sword fly into the air. "cataclysm!" he touches it and destroys the akuma's item. gwen opens her yo-yo. "No more evil doing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize!"
she captures the akuma. "bye-bye little butterfly. miraculous ladybug!" Everything turns to normal.
darkblade turns back into armand d'argencourt. "pound it!" They fist bumped. their miraculouses starts to beep. cat noir looks to his ring. "uh, gotta take off, see ya!"
she chuckles, and runs off back to the city hall, before anyone realizes that she's been gone.
gwen de-transforms and tikki flies into view. "great job, gwen." gwen snuggles up to tikki. "thanks, tikki." she smiles.
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as everyone is back at school, the campaign ends with marinette being class representative with everyone cheering, and chloe having a sour look.
"by majority vote, marinette is the new class representative, and alya will be her deputy." miss bustier congratulates.
"You'll be able to do your blog and be deputy. We can do anything if we put our minds to it!" Marinette states.
"i'm with you, girl!" alya agreed.
"and when alya isn't available, i'll be your co-deputy!" gwen pointed her thumb towards her. They laughed together.