Robbed
"I don't understand, how did this happen?"Marinette asked worriedly. "Well, we think it might have been a hacker's job. It seems the hacker transferred your money to their account while his buddy stole what was in the shop." the officer said.
"If it's in an account then you can just trace what account it was transferred to right?" "That's the problem, Miss, the history was wiped clean. It was as if it was never there in the first place." "So, what happens now?" "We...We have to close the bakery." Then Marinette stared at him in horror.
"I'm very sorry, Miss." "Where can I stay now?!" "Do you have relatives or friends that live close to you?" "Unfortunately... no. Wait! I think I can convince my friend to let me stay with him, but he has to convince his father." "Alright, I'll give you a minute to collect your things."
Then he opened a pathway through the police tape. She walked inside the bakery taking the sights and smells one last time. She gathered the things she could take. The family pictures on the wall on the way up the ladder were gone.
When she walked out of the bakery, the for sale sign was already up. Then she looked at the bakery one last time and went on her way to the Agreste mansion.
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She walked up to the mansion's gates and pushed the button on the monitor. The camera looked up at and then a cold voice said, "Who are you?" "I-Uh-I am one of Adrien's friends, Marinette, Marinette Dupain-Cheng." "Yes, I know you. You won the derby hat contest. You also insulted my fashion company and my models, including my son!"
"Oh, Mr. Agreste, I didn't post those comments, honest." "You are not welcome in my home, go before I call the police!" Then the camera went back into the wall. "Great! First my parents are killed in a car accident, then I lose my best friend, then the whole school hates me, then Chloe threatened me not to tell anyone, then the bakery gets robbed, and now I'm officially homeless!
Can my life get worse?" She said while walking away from the gates. Tikki popped her head out of the satchel. "Calm down, Marinette, you don't want to be akumatized." "You're right, an akuma could get me any second. But it's so hard no to be depressed when everything is being taken away from."
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Fortunately, Marinette found a place to stay for the night, in a dark alleyway. She used her blanket as a tent with some nearby poles to hold it up.
Tikki comforted Marinette as she sat against the wall of the "tent". "What do you think I should do now, Tikki? I mean homes don't just fall out of the sky." "No, they don't, but you can survive on your own. You could get a job."
Suddenly loud footsteps came down the alleyway. "Who's there?" Marinette called out. "Your worse nightmare." Then the person opened the flap to reveal that it was Chloe holding up her phone taking a picture of her. "CHLOE!?!? How did you find out about me?"
"I have my ways, just like I had my ways of robbing your store, and killing your parents." "YOU MONSTER!!! I will tell the police everything you have done to me!" "Who will they believe, the mayor's daughter, or a homeless girl on the street." Chloe laughed as she went leaving Marinette in tears.
"Are you okay, Marinette?" Tikki asked quietly. "NO! I've been robbed of my money, my friends, my reputation, my home, and my parents. Everything I've known and loved is gone."