#MovingForward

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[ivydoomkitty]

Keep moving forward. If it's time to go. It's time. Nothing lasts forever. ~Stan Lee #wordsofwisdom #movingforward #notlookingback #weekendvibes #motivationalquotes #stanlee #perspective #latina #dva #dvawareness #time https://www.instagram.com/p/ColnaL4L0yy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[diamaker-moon]

Moving Forward — Chapter 9

Chapter Nine

Face it, Césaire

Despite disagreeing with her judgement of carrying it all alone, Félix knew he couldn't just interfere with her work, and will respect her wishes of working on it alone, even if he somehow dislike it. He also knew that when the time comes that Marinette needs help with anything, he can imagine himself suddenly putting down everything in a second and rushing to her as fast as his legs could.

Maybe it might not be for saving Paris, but just to see her smile at him knowing he'll be there to help.

— previous chapter... —

"That's enough Chloé! You're being a real bitch right now!" Alya shouted at the top of her lungs.

"I've always been a bitch, and you're not changing it now." Chloé rebutted.

Alya is already on edge about what's happening. Everything was collapsing around her, suddenly everyone is fighting her for Marinette. For Marinette!

"Why are all of you suddenly like this?! Suddenly ganging up on Lila? That's so low for all of you!" Alya screamed.

Alya couldn't understand why every student in the class is suddenly becoming hostile to her new best friend. She never understood why it is Lila's fault that suddenly the bully, Marinette, is gone. She was the one to blame, she tried to bully a student who did nothing but befriend her. They should've been celebrating. They should be happy that they got the bully to leave! But here they are fighting over the said bully.

"Als... Maybe it's time for you to listen." Nino said, coldly.

She flinched at the sudden tone of her boyfriend. Nino hadn't spoken to her like that ever, not even when he was angry for her being so careless. She knew Nino as a caring person, so she couldn't comprehend that the person in front of her is the same one.

Chloé stepped much closer to Alya, to the point where she was standing right in front of her.

"Listen very carefully. Marinette knew from the very beginning. I could see it on her face. The moment she heard you speak so proudly about your stupid interview with that liar, I could see from afar how she doesn't believe it." Chloé started.

"If anything, Ladybug's best friend should be Marinette. I mean, isn't she the one who asked the heroine for an interview just for you?" Sabrina questioned.

Alya blushed hard. She knows that she still owes the ravenette for the very first interview up close with the heroine for her blog.

"Later on, I understood why. Jagged Stone's cat? Really? You all call yourselves his fan when you know that he doesn't have a fur pet but a reptile pet. And an airline allowing a mere teenager to enter the hangar with absolutely no supervision from any airport personnel just to save a cat?" Chloé continued with a mocking look on her face.

"And don't you hear how ridiculous it is for a grown-ass man, to write a song for a teenager? What you wanna call him a p*dophile now?" The blonde said.

Alya was dumbfounded. While others looked away after hearing it clearly. As if a hidden veil was suddenly lifted from their brains, allowing them to see reason.

"Let's add more injury to the wound, who in their right mind would accept the reason of 'catching a tissue that could gouge out an eye' when the said person that was 'supposedly hit by a ball of tissue' is wearing glasses." Sabrina added gleefully with a hidden tone of mockery.

Chloé sarcastically covers her mouth, "Wow, who knew a ball of tissue could cause such a fatal injury? Oh, what a disaster! Help!" She said with dramatic flair.

If anyone aside from the class could see around them, they will see Alya was flushed red, maybe even darker than Ladybug's new costume. She knows about the sarcastic replies and tones she was receiving from the two.

Lila was seething on the inside. All she knows that everything is getting out of hand, but she couldn't leave the room, as Kim had blocked the exit and is staring blankly at her.

—————

"So when do you plan to execute this plan of yours?"

"Hmm... Who knows, I need more before pursuing it, or else it might backfire all on me."

With a cold hard gaze, people could wonder what happened to the person that they could make such a gaze.

—————

"It's revolting to know that even an adult is willing to help her lies." Chloé sneered.

The blonde looked around before continuing, "Did you all know that Bustier and Damocles believed this little snake's lies about a certain 'Lying Disease'? Guess not."

Then Chloé's eyes moved towards a certain pair of green eyes. "And that somebody had the gall to cover up the lies and continue to act as your friend. Wow, what a coward."

By that statement, everyone knew she was talking about the nervous Adrien Agreste who suddenly had everyone's attention.

"Chloé, please. Marinette tried to warn all of you, but you didn't listen to her and then left her, I didn't want that to happen. It's the first time I made friends, I just didn't want to lose it..." Adrien pleaded.

"That. I hate you for that." Chloé said.

The boy was confused.

"You think everything is about you. You didn't care if Marinette was being bullied or being left by her so-called friends, all that mattered to you is that it doesn't happen to you. And your first time making a friend? What am I chopped liver?" She said.

"Chloé you don't understand... We were friends because our parents were acquainted with each other." He said.

The blonde girl shook her head, "You're wrong. I didn't like you at first, I could see how you slightly manipulate everything around you. That you had to make it all about you."

Adrien was hurt when he heard it.

"It's kind of true. When Marinette planned a party for getting rid of Chloé, I saw you talked to her and saw how her mood deflated." Juleka spoke loudly enough.

"I thought between the two of us, I was the rotten one. But no, it's you. And what's worse, you're not only rotten but you're like a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing. That's why Marinette left." Chloé said harshly making everyone flinch at her tone.

—————

The day passed by in a blur. Alya was walking home, alone, as Nino chose to excuse himself for the reason of having some space.

Alya was confused as to why she was being a target of such hostility when all she did is defend a harmless exchange student from a hidden bully.

The pained look in Nino's eyes hurts her as if it was telling her that Alya personally hurt him. And she didn't like that feeling.

As she walks slowly, she gradually points at the reason for what's happening around her. Marinette.

Chapter 8 — Moving Forward: Masterlist — Chapter 10

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This is my holiday gift to the readers! Hope you all enjoy reading it, next chapter will be uploaded 'next year' XD Let me know if you'd like to be added to the Taglist!

[travelingkai]

life lately ❤️ feeling a little down but taking it one day at a time :)

[roloflop]

Oops! All berries!

[patricktsao]

Fall of the Crow 30 - Moving On

Step forward. More awaits you. Always.

[deeppoints]

You can do this. You always do.

[shinymindvomit]

fin; when the ghosts of our pasts finally call it quits.

[lattes-laughter-andlovenotes]

Lately I’ve been wondering “what is it to be happy”? Why do I find myself seeking acceptance or gratitude, love or belonging from people who don’t want to be in my life. I feel like I have just sort of “existed”…..going through the motions at work and struggling to find joy in my everyday life.

But today I woke up and I feel as though I’ve turned a corner. I decided to do an early morning workout, before coffee. And I actually found myself smiling, enjoying the fact that my legs were sore. For me, it shows progress, proof that I’m moving forward. It was at that moment that I decided to conquer the beast. I went to the farmers market. A place that holds so many happy memories for me….I love looking at all the colorful vegetables, people who work with their hands, selling their wares. But it’s a place we always shared. And wouldn’t you know the first booth was the ever present tomato man. And I smiled and knew instantly….I was going to make the tomato salad. I smelled tomatoes, picked out some beautiful squash, had THE MOST AMAZING homemade oatmeal cookie. And deep down I just had a great morning.

Let your memories live, don’t try to hide from them. Embrace the happy, learn from the sad. Here’s to turning corners…

[eskarinaevilredhood]

Sometimes I not feeling like speaking or being sozial at all ... #facesofdepression #yourbeautiful #yourenough❤️ #onestepatatime #beyourbestself #selflovefirst #movingforward #healingvibes #healingneedstime #spectrumgirlslife #hsp #infi #aspi #mylife #myrules #keepyourcirclesmallandreal #recovertime #cptswarrior #bereal #mythoughs #traumarecover #letitoutbeforeiteatsyouupalive #facesofdepression #yourbeautiful #yourenough❤️ #onestepatatime #beyourbestself #selflovefirst #movingforward #healingvibes #healingneedstime https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8zd-Co3Wq9L_8J5snKwGp1RVJM4qE0QRqF7c0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mumbled-tea]

Voice of Nightmare

Something about you make me feel agitated, you make me feel you are someone I know. Echoing voice obscured, make me frightened. Are you here to kill? You feel as cold as snow.

I awaken, as the grip of immense hand tightened. Something about you hold me low. What do I owe? Don't show up, stay behind the dark invalidated, don't stop my glow, I know you care, let me grow.

Enough, you can't scare me or leave me baited, because I will forget about you as I enter reality. You can't hurt me, you are real only unto mentality. You can't kill me because I choose to live elated.

Anyways I will be giving up sleep to reach clarity, somewhere far away where you will be negated. I am capable of anything, I was the one you hailed. Yet I want to escape, as soon as your effect is faded.

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[hugsandkissesjaika]

“What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love Him."

1 Corinthians 2:9

—-

When we wait for something, it teaches us to increase our trust. That it is not up to us, or up to anyone, but only up to God. What we know is so much limited compared to the Author of wisdom itself. It is so comforting to know that we can just lean and trust Him with all our hearts and not our own understanding because when we do that, when we take the backseat, everything falls into its place.

Waiting can be depicted as an instrument God is using to unravel His beautiful design of things. It transforms and prepares us inwardly. We learn to see each day about His goodness and His faithfulness as we unite our hearts with Him.

My prayer for today is that may we not lose heart but just continue to trust. And when our timeline nudges us to give up, let us remember Jesus Christ- the perfect example through His life, death, and resurrection of a faithful waiting.

Remember this:

through Him, what lies ahead,

what was set before us,

is joy.

—

I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.

Psalm 130:5

[diamaker-moon]

Moving Forward — Chapter 8

Chapter Eight

The cold hard truth

Adrien heard the bell, and reluctantly dragged himself towards his classroom, he saw Nino seating next to his desk, but when he sat down the DJ didn't acknowledge his presence like before. Adrien looked to his right and saw Chloé frowning and ignoring him as well. He thought back to Chloé's last sentence in her message.

She was right. He knew from the very beginning, but he didn't side with the victim, instead, he sided with the bully. What kind of friend even was he? He didn't know either.

— previous chapter... —

Alya arrived on school and immediately felt that something was wrong.

Some of the students kept glancing at her then back towards to the person their talking to or to their phones. She wanted to ask someone what was happening, but every time she tries to approach someone they kept flinching back and immediately left. Not without glancing back at her with glee dancing in their eyes.

She made her way towards to the classroom and could vividly see a huge change especially on how her boyfriend's, Nino, scooting away from his very own supposed best friend, Adrien. She walked inside and waved at them, still trying to see what was the change. "Hey guys! Why's everyone acting differently today? Did something happen?"

The rest of the class suddenly flinched and immediately remembered that Alya was a newly proclaimed best friend of said liar.

Before anyone can answer, someone walked inside the room, approached the teacher's table then started setting up a projector in front of the class.

"Uhm... Not to be rude, but who might you be Mme?" Kim asked.

The woman in front stopped and looked at them. "I am Mme Cheilr, I will be this class' temporary teacher for a while. Mme Bustier is handling some issues right now." She explained.

Unknown to students, Caline Bustier is currently in a meeting with the school board along with Principal Damocles as someone had filed an anonymous report about Bustier and Damocles.

Alya was still confused to why people were avoiding her, even her own boyfriend is avoiding her.

Lila showed up in class in the middle of the discussion, successfully having everyone's attention for disturbing lecture hours, but was surprised to not see Bustier in front of the class. But she played it off, worried only for the three who caught her act.

"I'm sorry for showing up late everyone, I was busy helping a poor cat get off a high tree—" Lila started.

"Mlle Rossi, you're late. Stay after class, now go to your seat." The teacher interrupted her.

That not only shocked Lila but Alya as well. The coldness on their temporary teacher's voice was new to them. Lila being humiliated and being cutted off, she silently went and sat next to Alya, and whispered how the teacher's cold voice 'terrified her and reminded her of someone who use to do that to her back in Italy'.

At the moment, everything was weird and suspicious for Alya, the glances from her fellow schoolmates, the whole class' change and even Nino's sudden distance from his so-called Best Friend is driving her nuts. She wanted to know what was happening but couldn't act on it because of the temporary teacher, so she had to wait until lunch time to get around and investigate what was happening.

She felt like hours have past before the finally rang indicating that it was lunch time, it was as if time was ticking very slowly. While packing up her stuff, Lila told her that she needed to go to the bathroom and freshen up after what happened, and she nodded hoping to buy some time and ask around. Not knowing that the girl was running of to the bathroom and try to gain some gossip on what happened to Bustier.

"Alright, was is going on?! You can literally cut through the tension in here!" Alya shouted, demanding an answer.

"Maybe you should take a look on your so-called BFF, Als. She's not what you think she is." Alix answered.

Alya scoffed.

"Really? This again?! Come on Alix, you're sounding like Marinette! I'll tell you what I told her, you don't have any proof! That's it. What, suddenly your against Lila who did nothing and who Marinette antagonize every single day!" She shouted again.

"Well it's the truth!" A shout from the back startled all of them.

Looking at the back of the room, they saw their resident petite blonde girl, Rose, with an angered yet teary eyed look. Juleka was beside her running her hands up Dan down on her back trying to calm her down. Rose's hands were balled to fists on her side.

"The last akuma, we were together. Me, Juleka, Alix and Lila. She got hit, and started talking about how Marinette didn't do anything to her but the opposite. She was the one harassing Marinette,"

The class was shocked to their cores. Rose was known as someone who doesn't talk about someone unless it was necessary.

"I saw her expression. She was angry that she couldn't stop what she was saying, after the akuma was dealt with, we started backing away before leaving her there alone." Rose explained.

The class was stunned. But only a handful of students are not in agreement of what is happening. Alya is heavily disagreeing about her classmates confession about their other classmate, while Adrien stood shocked and indenial. He is certain that Rose must have been exaggerating, because if what is said true, then he truly messed up.

"Alya why is is so hard for you to try and believe in Marinette? I mean she is your former BFF... You couldn't even give her the benefit of the doubt?" Sabrina asked.

"Because! And besides you all know what Marinette can do!" Alya tried to reason.

All of a sudden, Chloé entered the room with a stoic expression on her face. She stopped and looked around the room before going to her desk and sitting down. No one understood why everything stopped when she entered.

"What?" She asked, when she noticed everyone staring at her.

The students slightly flinched before one by one filtering out of the room, leaving only Chloé, Sabrina and Alya. But even then Alya soon followed the students in pursuit of Lila to fill her in on what's happening.

—————

The three girls, Alix, Rose and Juleka, went to Marinette's Family Bakery during their lunch time. After blowing up on Alya, Rose could still feel the tension on her shoulders, without Juleka's silent support she knew she would've already been on the ground.

Upon entering the bakery, Sabine immediately noticed them and the smile on her face slowly faded. She politely excused herself and approached the girls. She was looking at them silently before asking them.

"What are you three doing here?" Her voice calm yet strict.

Alix was the one to answer, "We're looking for Marinette. We we're hoping to talk to her about what we found out, and hopefully apologize for what we've done."

Sabine looked at the three intently, in her mind, she knows that Marinette would've instantly accepted them without a doubt given her personality, but being a mother and knowing your child has been bullied by her peers due to lies and manipulation from another student who views her as a rival, it hurts her. She sighed deeply before answering.

"Marinette's isn't here anymore. After we found out what is happening to her inside that school with the staff that we trusted, we deemed it not worthy enough for her. As a her mother, it pains me to know that my child is suffering from such mental assaults that it drained her, so we pulled her out of Dupont and transferred her to a school that will help her grow closer to her dreams."

The girls were dumbfounded.

"The school is in a place we deemed safe for her. As such we let her moved closer to that school as it may hinder her opportunity to be free from your school. I understand that you might've realized your mistakes, and wished to apologize to her. But I won't let you near her until she says so. I'll deliver your message to her, that you three are apologizing, but that's it."

"Uhm... We could send her a text if it's alright..." Rose said.

"Marinette changed her number long ago apparently. After she received such texts from her 'BFF', she changed it and didn't notify anyone. As it seems, we are busy at the moment, you can now go back." Sabine said before turning her back and going to the register to accommodate a customer.

The three numbly walked back to school. Feelings of guilt, sadness and pain overtook their bodies. Knowing that a person they knew so well before needed to change schools, because of them, hurts.

Going inside the classroom, the trio could see everyone on edge.

"What's going on?" Alix asked.

Max turned to her before looking back at his computer and answering. "Someone filed an anonymous note of how 'incompetent' Mme Bustier is. I'm trying to figure out who did it, because Mme Bustier isn't incompetent!" 

Rose and Juleka went back to their desks and sat quietly, still processing what Sab— Mme Cheng told them. Meanwhile Alix went to the front center and told them.

"We went to the bakery earlier,"

Everyone stopped moving and looked at her confused.

"Marinette isn't going back. Apparently Mme Cheng deemed this school unsafe and unworthy for her daughter." Alix looked around before settling her eyes on Lila, "And it's mainly because of you."

"Alix! That's rude of you!" Alya defended.

"It's true. You might continue manipulating Alya but not us. I will never forgive you for driving between us and Marinette, that you couldn't take that Marinette knew you were lying. That you managed to rope Agreste into not telling everyone about your lies. The school knows what a fraud you are, and soon this class will."

Alix said before going up to her desk and stayed quiet after.

"Really? You're blaming Lila?! And why are you all so defensive about Marinette when a few days ago you all defended Lila against a bully, against Marinette. And so what if Marinette transferred?! She doesn't have a right to just leave after causing so much trouble! Where is she?! I'll drag her back here if I have to!" Alya shouted at the top of her lungs.

"Why? So you can make her miserable again?" Chloé sassed.

Alya scoffed.

"What you're defending her as well? So that you can be this noble person?" Alya said sarcastically. 

Between all the shouting inside the room, two students are ransacking their brains on what's happening. Rossi didn't understand why suddenly her sheep are being so hostile at the moment, she could understand why Rose, Juleka and Alix are hostile against her, but now only Alya is left at her side! She didn't understand how everything is falling apart.

Adrien Agreste on the other hand is pale as white. His best friend, Nino, is avoiding him after finding out that he knew for a long time. He doesn't understand why he was receiving all this hostility just because he didn't tell. In his defense, Marinette tried warning everyone about Lila's lies but look where it got her? He just didn't want to lose his friends, can you blame him?

"No. I'm being like this because that liar needs to be put in her place. Done with the manipulation, and this class? They're done with your lies, only this tabloid writer believes you." Chloé's eyes lingered longer on a shaking Lila Rossi, not because of fear but with anger.

"And you're not dragging her back here. Besides she's already happy with the new support around her. You should've all seen how she smiled brightly, especially you Rossi. You should've seen how happy she was after trying to destroy her. That no matter what you do Rossi, you can never break her. Ever." Chloé sneered.

Lila was filled with hatred and anger after Chloé's words. In her mind, Marinette didn't deserve to be happy. Never.

"You failed Rossi. Because you're pathetic." Chloé added with a smirk.

—————

On the other side of town, a serious boy is looking directly at a skittish bluenette.

"So... what did you want to talk about?" Marinette spoke rather sarcastically.

Félix raised an eyebrow at her before pointedly eyeing the floating Kwamis beside her. "I'll save you the embarrassment of explaining about how you just easily got found out. I want to talk to you about ideas and investigation on this whole Hawkmoth problem."

"Oh. Actually I might already have a lead, but I can't tell you. Besides I can't risking letting more people know that have possession of such jewels. I really appreciate the offer of helping me out in this hero business." Marinette said sincerely with a smile.

Despite disagreeing with her judgement of carrying it all alone, Félix knew he couldn't just interfere with her work, and will respect her wishes of working on it alone, even if he somehow dislike it. He also knew that when the time comes that Marinette needs help in anything, he can imagine himself suddenly putting down everything in a second and rushing to her as fast as his legs could.

Maybe it might not be for saving Paris, but just to see her smile at him knowing he'll be there to help.

Chapter 7 — Moving Forward: Masterlist — Chapter 9

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[travelingkai]

how does one live a simple little life when the world tells you anything but that will give us happiness. trying to rebel against a society that tells me more is joy and less is not satisfying is a hard process to go through. But day by day friends I’m learning that society is wrong and my little life that I’m cultivating is the most beautiful thing I have ever done for myself. merry merry my people

[roloflop]

He got overexcited again...

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