The Puppeteer

723 32 8
                                    

Scene: Marinette's room. Marinette and Manon are playing with Marinette's Coccinelle and Chat Noir dolls.

Marinette: (Puppet Chat Noir) Here I am, m'bug!
Marinette: (Puppet Coccinelle) Glad to see you, Chat Noir!
Marinette: (Puppet Chat Noir) Of course you are! I'm the cat's meow! (she meows and then giggles)
Manon: He shouldn't say that!
Marinette: No?
(Manon frowns and shakes her head.)
Marinette: (Puppet Coccinelle) This is no time to be goofing around, Chat Noir! We gotta capture the baddies' akumas before they– (Pauses and looks at Manon) Actually, what do the baddies want?
Manon: Uh.... we wanna win!
Marinette: Yeah, but win what?
Manon: I don't know. What do they usually want?
Marinette: Depends. Lady Wifi wanted to reveal Coccinelle's true identity and Evillustrator wanted to get revenge on a girl for making fun of him! Then there was Rogercop. But the evil Hawk Moth, who makes them bad, wants to take Coccinelle's and Chat Noir's jewels from them! Their Miraculouses!
Manon: And what would happen if he did get them?
Marinette: The bad guys... would win!
Manon: I know! I know what the bad guys want! We want the Miraculous! Then we'll win! Forever and ever! I'm gonna get your Miraculous, Coccinelle and Chat Noir! You-you goody two-shoeses! You'll be super-duper sorry!
Marinette: You won't get our Miraculouses!
Manon: Oh yeah? (The dolls fight, and Marinette's dolls win)
Marinette: Yay! Coccinelle and Chat Noir have won again!
Manon: No fair!! You always win!! (starts crying)
Marinette: Coccinelle and Chat Noir always win, and the bad guys always lose.
Manon: But you never let me play with Coccinelle and Chat Noir!
Marinette: Oh, don't cry! Of course you can play with Coccinelle and Chat Noir! I'll even let you borrow one of them if you want. (Nadja comes up on the stairs.)
Nadja: I'm back, Manon. Have you been a good girl?
Manon: Mommy!! Marinette didn't let me win!! (Manon hugs her mother and cries even more.) She didn't play fair and square!!
Nadja: Oh, Manon, you can't always expect to win!
Manon: Yes, I can! Coccinelle and Chat Noir always win!
Nadja: Well, you're right there! But they're superheroes!
Marinette: You'll win next time, Manon!
Nadja: Alright, now give the doll back to Marinette.
Manon: NO! I wanna keep it!
Marinette: She can if she wants. I told her she could borrow it.
Nadja: And that's sweet of you, Marinette, but Manon already has so many toys at home, I wouldn't even know where to put it. (Nadja reaches out to take the doll from Manon)
Manon: NO! (Manon tries to hold on to the doll, but the force ends up breaking its arm off.) Huh?
Nadja: Look what you've done, Manon! Give it to me. I'm sorry, Marinette.
Marinette: Oh, it's nothing, I can sew it up again! It's no problem, really.
Najda: Oh, thank goodness! Come on, Manon, we're leaving. Say goodbye.
Manon: I... want... that... DOLL!
Nadja: No, you can play with it here next time you come. Come on, Manon, be a good girl and say goodbye. (Manon cries on her shoulder.)
Manon: (Whispers softly) Goodbye.
Nadja: (Answers the phone as she walks down from Marinette's room) Hi, Alec. Huh? Didn't I leave it for you on my desk at the station? (Manon runs back to the stairs.)
Manon: Uh, I left my bag up there, mommy!
Nadja: Go quickly and get it! (To Alec) It's not there, huh?
(Marinette opens her box of her DIY accessories. Manon comes back up)
Marinette: Manon! What are you-
Manon: I left my bag here! (gets Marinette's backpack, opens it, gets the wand and looks at the Coccinelle doll) Can I have Coccinelle?
Marinette: You heard what your mom said.
Manon: She wouldn't know if I hide it!
Marinette: Sorry, but I have to sew him up!
Manon: Pretty pleeeeease??
Marinette: Oh please, please not the baby doll eyes!
(Manon makes cutesy eyes at Marinette, silently begging for the doll)
Marinette: Ugh. Okay, you can borrow Lady Wifi.
Manon: Can I have the Coccinelle doll?
Nadja: Hold on Alec. Hurry up Manon! We have to stop by the station!
Manon: Coming, mommy! (She waves goodbye)

Scene: TVi studio. Manon plays with the Lady Wifi doll and a Coccinelle magazine.

Manon: (Coccinelle magazine) Here I am, baddie! Haha! I've saved Paris again!
Manon: (Lady Wifi doll) No! No fair! You always win!
Nadja: I'm sorry, Alec. I thought I gave it to you. It must be in the studio.
Alec: No sweat!
Nadja: (to receptionist) Can you just keep an eye on Manon for me, please? I won't be long. (Looks over at Manon)
Manon: (Lady Wifi doll) Where are you hiding... Coccinelle?!
Nadja: (Takes doll) Wha...? This is one of Marinette's dolls. You took it after I specifically told you not to!
Manon: But, Marinette wanted me to have it!
Nadja: You disobeyed me. I told you the dolls were to stay at her house. You won't be needing these anymore.
Manon: NO! Mommy, please don't!
Nadja: I'm not happy about this. Wait for me here.
(Nadja walks away to the elevators. Manon crosses her arms as she sits back down, frustrated. Nadja and Alec go in the elevator and it closes behind them. Manon grabs a toy wand from her backpack.)
Manon: I didn't steal that doll! I want that DOLL!

Miraculous RewriteWhere stories live. Discover now