Enchanted

You strung the strings of your guitar. Like Calixte suggested, Kitty Section did end up joining the contest Bob Roth was holding. They were spending almost every day practicing the new song you and Luka had worked on, getting ready to make sure that their performance was perfect. You were too busy preparing and practicing your own song that you planned on singing to even notice or care that Luka was spending time with Marinette. Calixte and his friend were able to get you a spot on the show. It wasn't going to be an opening act like you thought, but a closing act for the channel instead. Either way, you were happy to get a chance to share a stage with Luka.

"I wonder when Luka would get here" You stopped playing and looked at Kwan. She was eating the chicken wings you ordered. The two of you were in the green room at the television studio.

"We got here a bit early." Kwan glanced at the clock in the room. "Wanna go see if they arrived yet?"

"Come on. Let's go" You got up from the couch, putting the guitar down. Kwan flew into the pocket of your shirt. You hummed as you walked through the hallways of the studio. You looked around the set, trying to get any sign of Kitty Section. The contest didn't announce who won, but you guess that it's meant to be a surprise. Kitty Section has to have won. They're the best. You kept reminding yourself.

Instead of seeing the band, you saw the crew members preparing XY's djing set. That's weird. Your gaze landed on Bob Roth. "Excuse me, Mr. Roth?"

The music producer turned to you. "Who are you? What do you want?"

"Um. I'm the closing act. Uh... Whatever happened to the contest?" You managed to ask. "Who won?"

"That thing" The man looked off to the side. He looked like he had no idea what you were talking about. "I plan on announcing that right after my son's performance"

"Oh?" You perked up. The bad vibe you were getting about the man completely vanished from your mind. "Could you tell me who won?"

"Uh." Mr. Roth took a moment. "Well, I can't just ruin the whole surprise, can I?"

"I see. I understand" You smiled. "Thank you, Mr. Roth"

You walked off stage and went back to the green room. Kwan flew out of your pocket. "Something seems fishy about that man. And I don't mean it in a good way"

"I felt it too" You sighed. "But who knows? Maybe he's telling the truth."

Just as you said that the program began to play on the television in the room. You and Kwan stared as XY appeared on the screen. He was wearing a terribly made outfit of a kitty unicorn. The music he was playing sounded familiar. That's when it clicked. "Hey! That's the song Luka, Rose and I made for Kitty Section!"

"Why is XY playing it?" Kwan looked at you.

"That bastard lied to us!" You glared as you stomped your foot. "He stole Luka's song and that ugly outfit must have been Marinette's designs for the band!"

"What are we going to do?" 

"I'm going to talk to that con-man himself" You stormed out of the room, Kwan flying back into your pocket once more. When you turned the hall, you paused when you saw Luka and Marionette.

"(y/n)?" Luka's eyes widen at the sight of you. "What are you doing here?"

"Um. I'm. Uh. Roth's contest thing" You randomly uttered. Damn it, (y/n). This is not the time to be getting flustered. Shaking your head, you turned to stare at the two. "Are you guys going to confront him about the song too?"

"Were you going there just now?" Marinette asked.

"Of course" You placed your hands on your hips. "Luka, Rose, and I worked hard on that song. And there's no way am I letting that piece of scum get away with stealing it"

The two looked shocked at your words. You walked past them, "Come on. The set is this way".

When the three of you got inside the room, XY had just finished his performance and was talking to Alec. "Wow! Awesome, XY! Such a 180 from your last record! This might be your best yet! So tell me, where did you get the inspiration for all this new material?"

"Oh, it's nothing really. I came up with the whole song in 5 minutes." XY smiled while pointing at his head.

"In 5 minutes? He couldn't even sing it the way it's supposed to be sung." Luka glared. 

"And his mask isn't even a good rip-off," Marionette added.

"There's Mr. Roth, right there" You pointed at the man who fooled you earlier. The three of you left the doorway and ran over to the music producer. 

"Mr. Roth! My name's Marinette Dupain-Cheng. I'm the one who sent you the Kitty Section video." Marinette introduced herself.

"Video? What video? I don't know what you're talking about, kid." Bob Roth acted ignorantly.

"You told me minutes ago that you were going to talk about the talent contest!" You glared.

"Maybe I can jog your memory? Look!" Marinette pulled out her phone, showing Mr. Roth the video of Kitty Section. "The costumes, the mask, the music, the dance moves. They're all the same!"

"There's no comparison," He continued to deny the fact that he just plagiarized another band's song. XY had walked up to his father. "This here is some amateur garage band. My son is a solo artist. You guys play instruments, his music is all digital. Our unicorn is much cooler, and our masks are nothing like yours."

"That's not true! You copied Marinette's costumes!" Luka argued.

"And it's the same song. You stole Luka's music!" Marinette argued as well.

"You plagiarized another band's style just so you can get profit from it" You resisted the urge of punching the two.

"Oh, come on. Let's not exaggerate now," XY sighed. "We may have just been a little bit... inspired, that's all."

"Inspired? You flat out stole! You didn't design this mask!" Luka ripped the mask from XY's head. "Marinette did!"

"Listen, it's not too late to do the right thing. Just tell the truth and let Kitty Section appear on the show. That's all we're asking." Both you and Luka looked at Marinette. Was she giving these people a second chance? You were too busy trying not to lunge at the two males while she was still having hope on them. What is she, a saint?

"Yeah. First, they'll wanna be in the show. Then they'll be asking for a cut of the profits. No way! Never saw or heard of Kitten Division." Your glare turned even more intense. That's it. Luka noticed your stance and pulled you back. He also took note of how Marinette wanted to continue to talk it out with the man.

"Forget it, Marinette. It's no big deal. Let's just go." Luka pulled both of you to the side.

"No! It's not fair! I won't stand by and let my friends' work get stolen." Marinette looked back at Bob Roth. "If you won't tell the truth, then I will! Right now, on the air, live!"

The dark blue-haired girl went to walk on stage when Mr. Roth grabbed her by the arm. "If you do that, I'll tell them you're the copycats, not me. I've got all the music biz eating out of my hand. So who do you think they're gonna believe? Me, or a group of nobodies?"