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When Alya learned that Lila was in fact lying about being the harvest goddess she was aghast. Surely the titans were kidding. And then insinuating she wasn’t doing her job correctly was the icing on the cake. Lila was her friend and there was barely any evidence proving that Lila wasn’t the harvest goddess. Why would she give someone a harsh punishment when there’s no evidence they did anything wrong? Her anger was then replaced with embarrassment when it became clear that Lila was in fact lying about everything. And then finally guilt when Marinette was revealed to be the true harvest goddess. Marinette, her best friend. She didn’t even realize Marinette was gone.
Alya stepped forward, but stopped when Marinette spoke. On the surface her requests were reasonable, but Adrien needed to marry her and to just cut people out seemed a little harsh. As the two vanished, she realized something else. She never did visit Marinette when Lila was around did she? She sighed and glanced at some of the other deities. Some looked just as guilty as she had, but one stuck out Adrien. He wasn’t guilty. More shocked really. She briskly walked over to the sun god. “You didn’t know about this?” She hissed.
“That Lila was lying? No.”
“Not that. Marinette.”
“No.”
“I think you’re lying.”
“Why would I lie? If I knew that Marinette was the true harvest goddess I would’ve spoken up immediately.”
“Everyone can leave. We need to decide if anyone is getting punished outside of Lila.” Plagg said, bored. “We’ll call you if we need to talk.” Alya paled, but left with the others, returning to her room. They were going to punish them? For what? They weren’t the ones lying. You also didn’t question anything . A nasty voice said in her head. You blindly followed her without stopping to think. Alya bit her lip. She hated to admit it, but the voice was right. She just hoped her punishment wouldn’t be to awful.
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Ever since Adrien was declared god of the sun, he was expected to marry the harvest goddess and live happily ever after. He had his ideas of who it could be, but none of those thoughts included Lila. But if that was the case, so be it. But then Marinette went missing. To be honest, one of the first people that came to his mind as the harvest goddess, Marinette was one of them. Her nervous stuttering was endearing and her eyes would light up when she was talking about something she was passionate about. He did visit her parents house but they only said she was out. He hid his disappointment and thanked them for letting him know she was okay. So when the Marinette looked the titans in the eye, as the harvest goddess, he was taken aback. The shock then faded into a dull throb of pain. She was the harvest goddess and she was married. He took a deep breath, letting the feelings flow away. “Did you know about this?” Alya hissed. When had she moved?
“About Lila lying? No.”
“Not that. Marinette.”
“No.”
“I think you’re lying.”
“Why would I lie? If I knew that Marinette was the true harvest goddess I would’ve spoken up immediately.” Adrien looked over and opened his mouth only to close it as Plagg spoke. The deities left, per request, and Adrien waited.
“You haven’t left Adrien.”
“You’ll honour the marriage right? Like she asked.”
“Yes. Why?”
“Just making sure.” He looked away. “She deserves to be happy. Especially with what she’ll have to go through.” Adrien soon left the hall and returned to his room. Marinette would be back in a week. He needed to apologize to her. And help her with her situation. He was determined to get his letter to Marinette, no matter the circumstances.