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Miraculous: The Princess and the Pauper

Chapter 1

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Kagami took her vow to hide her face from the world very seriously. She sincerely loved and respected her mother, and if she couldn't see her face, then nobody could.

Well, until Luka Couffaine was hired to be her tutor when she was 12 years old. He was but a child himself, only two years older than her. But he was wise and capable far beyond his years, so much that he lead Kagami in her education while finishing up his own. Queen Tomoe had taken an instant liking to him and entrusted the care of her daughter's education to him, making him his family's breadwinner at a very tender age.

At first, Kagami found Luka extremely odd. While he was a skilled teacher, he barely spoke beyond their lessons, and didn't try to make polite conversation beyond the small talk one would make with an acquaintance.

One day, Kagami was uncharacteristically late to her daily lessons with him, (she had gotten a little too enthusiastic with her fencing lesson) only to find him patiently waiting for her. And no, he wasn't sitting around simply. He was quietly strumming a guitar to himself, experimenting with the strings, stringing together a beautiful melody. Kagami was too much in awe of his peaceful composure that she just pulled up a chair out of his sight and just sat there until his finished his song.

When Luka finally noticed, he let out a yelp so unlike him, that Kagami actually laughed behind her veil. Which was something she rarely did. After she had firmly assured him that no, he wasn't losing his job for playing guitar on duty....the conversation just flowed. Easily. Like they'd known each other forever.

That was how Princess Kagami discovered a true friend in Luka,none like any other.

Even though Luka never got to see her face, he didn't let it stop him from cherishing the princess's friendship and her trust in him.

And because of that, Kagami nearly caved. So many times. She tried telling Luka so many times how unfair it was that she got to see his face and he didn't. Luka was only amused. Kagami would sooner eat raw eggs than break a rule. Especially one she fought so hard to uphold.

That didn't mean he didn't want to see what she looked like. He yearned to see her face, but he respected her top much to tell her that.

But Kagami was convinced. Luka could be trusted. And she would take it upon herself to make sure he never got in any serious trouble for being the only one who saw the princess's face.

Luka's 18th birthday present from Kagami was her face. After convincing Luka that no one need know that he broke one of the most sacred laws of the kingdom, she finally showed him her face.

And boy, Luka was floored when she lifted her veil.

He wasn't very straight forward, Kagami took up most of the speaking in their relationship, but he wasn't dense enough to hide it from himself.

Deep deep down, he harboured feelings for the princess. He loved listening to her long winded rambling, something which she only did around him. He loved making conversation with her, something which he indulged in only when she was around. They didn't have many things in common, but they never ran out of things to talk about. They argued over a lot of things, but he would never have it any other way. He admired her willingness to learn, he admired her bravery, he admired her sense of duty, he admired her love for her people.

But he always drowned those feelings deep in his heart. She was the princess. Who would one day marry someone who was worthy of her. Someone royal. Him and her would never happen.

Laying his eyes on her face prompted him to lift the anchor weighing down his feelings.

She was beautiful. From her dark brown eyes to the freckles that danced upon her cheeks, she radiated the inner beauty that he always knew shone within her.

"What?" She asked anxiously. "Is something wrong?"

Even then, she showed no signs of regretting her decision. She was always stubborn like that.

But he was very direct too. In a very different way. "I don't understand why you would want to hide your face, Kagami. I mean, who wouldn't want to look at you?"

The blush on Kagami's cheeks confirmed that she was lifting the anchor dragging down her feelings too.

And it turns out, Kagami revealing her face to him made their friendship grow stronger.

And the love they held for each other. But they would not admit that out loud, to the present day, where a 20 year old Kagami was revising her lessons with a 22 year old Luka.

Well.....more of chatting it up than revising, if they were honest. Luka didn't see the point in trying to teach Kagami everything again. She knew it all like she knew him anyway.

Their blissful bubble was interrupted by a rapid knock on the door.

"Uh-" Kagami began to call out, but Luka cut her off by hastily covering her with the veil.

"Do you want to get me caught?" He joked, trying to ignore the tingling inhis fingertips when they touched her face.

"Ha ha." Kagami said sheepishly, glad the veil was hiding her deep blush.

"Come in!" She called, and the guard outside opened the door to reveal a tall, frowning, imposing figure.

"Gabriel?" Kagami got up, confused to see the royal adviser.

"Your Highness." He bowed.

Luka pointedly remained seated. It was no secret around the palace that him and Gabriel Agreste butted heads on a daily basis.

"What are you doing back so early? I thought you weren't to return from your travels until atleast a week?"

Yeah, the palace was a lot less stuffy without him. Luka thought in his head.

"Ah, as forward as ever, Your Highness." Gabriel smirked, and Luka balled his fists in his pockets. "I was called back immediately by your mother, Her Majesty herself."

Kagami frowned. "Is it an emergency? Mother would never do something like this unless it was."

"Which is why I took it upon myself to escort you to her myself." His eyebrow arched when his eyes landed on Luka.

"Did no one teach you your manners? It isn't proper to remain seated when a nobleman is in your vicinity, let alone the princess herself."

Luka scowled, but made to get up.

"Luka, sit down." Kagami sharply said, turning to Gabriel. She was half his height, yet she faced him bravely. "No one, not even a commoner is required to stand up in the presence of a nobleman unless he is a part of the royal assembly at court. Except of course, unless he is royalty. I am the only royal here and I have no problem with Luka sitting down, and you are not in court, so neither should you. And you know his name very well. It wouldn't do your dignity any damage if you addressed him with it."

Gabriel was taken aback, and his eyes burned at Luka's smug and proud smile behind the princess's back. Everyone knew how protective the princess was of her tutor whom she liked to call her friend.

"Of course. My apologies, Lucas."

"It's Luka, Your Grace. But apology accepted." He said smoothly.

"Shall we, your highness? Your mother eagerly awaits." Gabriel offered her his arm, which she stiffly took.

"I don't think you shortly wait up for me. This could take a while." She said freely to Luka, who nodded as he began to pack up his things.

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"The kingdom has been bankrupt for a week and no one told me?!" Kagami gasped in horror when her mother told her the news.

"I wanted to break the news gently to you, Kagami." Tomoe said tiredly from her high chair.

"This is a terrible tragedy indeed, Your Majesty." Gabriel wiped his glasses. "But I believe we should try to look for the bright side."

"What bright side?" Kagami asked sharply.

"I insist that we run a thorough inspection of the royal mines before making assumptions, Your Highness. There must be some leftover gold that we could amass."

"It is no use. I sent for three inspections, all of which came back with the same result." The queen sighed.

"Does that mean our people are going to starve?" Kagami asked worriedly.

"I'm afraid the economy is already depressing by the minute, dear." Tomoe looked straight ahead, but Kagami knew she had heard her. "And I thought there was nothing we could do about it-"

"Well we can't do nothing! Our trade relations with Northern France is slowly developing since the Civil War- what if we got a loan-"

"Northern France is not a country to be trusted, Your Highness." Gabriel said seriously. "I had lived there for many years, and yet I can tell you with full confidence that the border among our lands was put there for a reason."

"That doesn't mean we can't try to improve them now-"

"Ahem." Tomoe cleared her throat. "I wasn't done talking."

"My deepest apologies, Your Highness." Gabriel said.

"I am afraid I must side with my daughter on this one, Gabriel. We are far too deep in debt to get back up by ourselves. Getting Northern France on our side is a good idea."

If Kagami was less proper, she would have smugly said, "I told you so."

"Which is why I have already reached out to them for a marriage proposal."

Both Kagami and Gabriel's heads whipped to see the queen, sure that they had heard her wrong.

"Marriage....?" Kagami sputtered.

"Yes, Kagami," and in her defense, Tomoe did look rather abashed. "The king of Northern France, Adrien is quite young, and is seeking a wife. He has enough resources to back us up for the next three years atleast."

"Your Majesty, this is completely absurd!"

Kagami never thought she would find an ally in Gabriel, but right now she was too much in shock to be reproachful of him.

"After everything that I have done for this kingdom, it pains and insults me that you would take a decision of such a huge magnitude without my counsel." Gabriel harrumphed.

Of course. It was all about his stupid pride.

Swallowing her tears, Kagami shot back. "The kingdom is starving, and you were away sailing in your yacht. I don't think they would want to wait for your 'counsel', Gabriel."

"Your Majesty, please reconsider-"

"We will discuss this later, Gabriel. Now if you'll excuse us, I need a moment alone with my daughter."

Gabriel looked like he was going to argue, but then he thought better of it, bowed, and left the room.

"Kagami, are you still here?" Tomoe reached out for her hand.

Kagami immediately took it. "Yes, mother." Her voice was thick, but she fought to keep it straight.

"If I would have my way, I would never impose something like this on you, my darling. I hope you know that. And I hope you can forgive me, but our people come first."

"I know,mother." She hated to say it, but sometimes her mother's blindness was a blessing. She could cry silently in peace. "If it is my duty to marry King Adrien, I will. Our kingdom is always my first priority."

"Come here, my beautiful, brave child." Tomoe got up from her chair and opened her arms. Kagami hastened to wipe her tears as she hugged her mother.

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"What's up, Kagami?" Luka said, strolling in her room that evening. "You never call me in this late-" he paused when he saw her sitting on her bed, eyes red with tears.

That deeply worried Luka. He had never seen Kagami cry, except for when she mourned her father whom she never knew.

"Come here." He said immediately, and she strode towards him, wrapping her arms around his middle and burying her face in his chest.

They stayed that way for a while, Kagami quietly sobbing and Luka patting her head and back.

Every part of Kagami was screaming at her to tell him already. If she didn't now, she would never have another chance.

Images of her mother and visions of starving families trying to feed their children swam in her head.

Any bystander would have called her brave. Brave was the last thing she felt. In fact, she was pretty sure she was the biggest coward ever.

She looked up at him from his chest. "I want you to hear this from me before you hear it from anyone else."

"Whatever it is, you can tell me, you know that, right?"

Kagami swallowed. "I'm getting married."

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Yes, I decided to not make Tomoe an asshole in this, only because Anneliese's mom is awesome.

The next chapter will be Adrien and Marinette's lives separately because they haven't met yet.

Oh, and Nino is definitely Dominic/Adrien's ambassador. I mean, who else would you expect to sigh and facepalm good naturedly at Adrien's ridiculous plans?

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