#I wonder who's gonna get akumatize

[purplecatghostposts]

Top 5 favorite writing ideas on your current WIP list <3

I have SO MANY but I think these are the ones I’m gonna go with! Only counting ones that I haven’t published yet bc that helps narrow down the list!

A Kaleidoscope Of Butterflies. Remember that ‘Ladybug!Félix’ thing I mentioned that kept getting more complicated? Yeah. He’s both Ladybug and Guardian and very stressed with responsibility but is doing pretty well so far! It’s also what I call a ‘Death Swap’ AU where Gabriel and Amélie used the Peacock Miraculous and died rather than Emilie and Colt. Félix, while thankfully no longer living under Colt, also no longer has the support of his very loving mother. There’s a lot of details to this AU and it concerns me bc I have no idea how long it’ll end up being, BUT it’s got Black Cat!Marinette, Bee!Adrien, Turtle!Kagami, and Fox!Luka as major players!

World Gone Mad (Let’s Start The Show). Monarch takes over Paris, Akumatizing Chat Noir into the out of control Chat Blanc and causing Ladybug to go MIA in the process. The Miraculouses are scattered in the process, a couple ending up on both sides, and the remaining heroes do their best to fight back against Monarch and his army of Akumas. Argos ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time and finds himself trapped in Paris, but he finds an ally in Queen Bee due to having a similar goal: find their missing siblings and survive. Their reputation makes them unlikely heroes, but they just might be the allies the heroes need to win. This was to both satisfy my need for writing Félix and Chloé’s relationship, but also Félix meeting Chat Blanc!

You Win Some, You Lose Some. For months, Ladybug and Rena Rogue have been fighting against Hawkmoth and his own team of supervillains, including the destructive Chat Noir, the relentless Ryuko, and the defensive Chelone, on top of the usual Akumas. While others have been recruited, those two are the only consistent heroes. However, when Nino is chosen by Duusu to wield the lost Peacock Miraculous, not only does he join the hero scene, but learns all about Sentibeings, and the importance of treating them kindly. Accidentally ended up being a Nino-Félix Kwami Swap but Turtle!Félix and his battle dome is now one of my favorite things ever. Also Peacock!Nino being best friends with Adrien without either of them knowing he’s a senti was something I just really needed.

Before We Crumble. In a span of a week, Adrien finds himself not only Chat Noir and Guardian to an empty Miracle Box, but orphaned after his father passes. Outside of his own and the Butterfly Miraculous, all other Miraculouses are not only scattered and hidden, but Sealed, making them unable to be used unless a certain ritual is done to release them once again. Chat Noir not only faces Violet Admiral, the new Butterfly Villain, alone, but must track down and unlock the other Miraculouses if he wants to have any fellow hero allies. However, Chat Noir is not alone. While the Ladybug Miraculous may be missing and he’s only able to undo the magical effects, not repair the damage, Adrien still has allies. Not only from his Aunt Amélie and Félix, who have moved into the mansion with him, but from all his friends at school who just want to help.

Wonderful Nothing. One of the Akumas from the new Butterfly Villain sends people to alternative dimensions, and manages to send both Ladybug and Argos to the same one. However, it’s one Ladybug recognizes as the reformed Shadybug and Claw Noir’s universe, giving her hope that they can escape this. However, before they can track down the heroes, they’re ambushed by a mysterious Dog Holder vigilante, and Argos is targeted, his Miraculous taken, leaving them in a bad spot. Thankfully, they receive answers soon enough: Shady and Claw have been trying to properly catch and talk to ‘Cerberus’ for a while now with no luck, and no idea what his goal are or where he got his Miraculous. From the name alone, Félix has a pretty good idea of who they’re facing… This was a huge excuse for not only Alternative Félix thoughts, but Félix VS Félix Shenanigans.

Andddd some Honorable Mentions:

You Can’t Win Me (I Can’t Be Beat), a semi-Portal inspired AU featuring both of the sentitwins as highly intelligent robots who may have more to them than meets the eye.

Saint Bernard Sits (At The Top Of The Driveway), a Fantasy-Miraculous AU featuring two terrible supervillains, Flairmidable thievery, and a rekindling romance <3

Blood Is Thicker, a Vampire AU with Monster Hunters Kagami and Marinette, Félix and Adrien having gone through hell but still coming out on top, and a couple misunderstandings about who is and isn’t a vampire.

Does A Swallow Dream Of Flying?, A Swap AU with Black Cat!Félix, Peacock!Adrien, and also Adrien in a bow tie. It’s really important to me that you know he wears a silly little bow tie.

How The Morale Goes (Nobody Knew And Nobody Knows), Monarch’s wish throws everyone into the past with new roles. Neither Adrien nor Marinette are the Miraculous Holders, Félix has the wrong mom entirely, along with a bunch of other mix-ups, and worst of all, a couple of them all remember how it used to be and are now trying to figure out all the new information. The kids all use their knowledge from the previous world to try and fix this one!

His Brother’s Keeper (Also sometimes called The Oversight), Félix hears of Hawkmoth getting help from a new Peacock Holder and goes to Paris to track down and take it for himself. There’s a high chance that his uncle, who is definitely Hawkmoth, is getting help from his assistant. However, he should’ve paid a little more attention to Adrien acting a bit strange before it became too late and he abruptly discovers that his uncle chose a different partner in crime. Enemies AU but Félix ends up learning things he shouldn’t essentially.

Again, I have way too many ideas and I love them all too much to give up. Hope you enjoyed reading about some of these, and thank you so much for the ask <33

(Send me a top five of something and I’ll rate it!!)

[lukaslosteyelashes]

My Review of the Miraculous London Special, Part 1

I've watched the London special and I really wanted to write out my thought on it sooner but I got so caught up in reading and reblogging others’s posts that my thoughts got jumbled up.

Anyway, I really wanted to reflect on my theories that I wrote before the release of the episode and share my further speculations, thoughts and questions.

What this part contains:

The opening scene - I'm pondering some of my previous thoughts about Lila and how she utilizes the power of the Butterfly Miraculous.

The wish - A theory about what wish could have wiped out their future.

Let’s get to it!

Spoilers ahead ->

The opening scene

was quite impactful. We see a miserable Nooroo at Lila’s lair in an invisible force field or something of that sort, which is very interesting. I wonder how Lila was able to make it, maybe every Miraculous holder has that power over their Kwaims.

Then Timestalker appears and it reveals that it’s Lila herself which made me question some things about her.

Not gonna lie, I always thought that Lila could remember every instance she was akumatized, maybe except for the first one. So the fact that she needed the notebook to write everything down as a Timestalker so that she could get the information after she breaks from the Akuma’s effect, surprised me. That’s why the theories about Timestalker being a different person, precisely either Adrien or future Lila, were born in the first place. Also Gabriel, Nathalie and everyone who was able to break from the akumatization remembered what happened (if I remember correctly) so it's baffling why she can't. I want to think that she actually upgraded her Akumas, that it's different from the Akumas Gabriel were using and it's also different from the Mega Akumas. Someone pointed out that she wears the brooch upside down, different from how Gabriel wore it which might have some effect on the powers.

To be honest, I didn't understand Timestalker’s ability at first so I needed to rack my brain a little bit 😅, But after I understood it one thing become clearer: which is, how was Lila able to get the Butterfly Miraculous in her Edna disguise and find out Ladybug’s identity as Timestalker at the same time.

These two moments take place very close in time. But it still doesn't answer the question of how Lila knew that the Butterfly Miraculous will be lost in the rubble. Did she just guess or was she there for something else and found it by chance?

Anyway, my future Lila theory (that I briefly touched at the end of this post) wasn’t that far fetched, but instead of a couple years older Lila we got a couple hours older one and instead of having two of them from a completely different timeline, it’s the same Lila being both villains. Also the boxes had a different purpose than I originally thought.

So, after she de-akumatized herself, she read the notes then quickly akumatized herself again, using her bag this time and became Spectral Looter then disappeared to pay a heartwarming visit to Marinette to steal the Miraculouses. Then she made a wish?

The wish

I expected we would find out what she wished for and what she sacrificed for it, if she even sacrificed anything, but we didn’t. It kinda makes sense, we can’t discover Lilamoth's objective too soon.

At first I thought her wish might be Ladybug to never exist and I will continue to believe that until it is proven otherwise but with a little bit of a modification: she wished for either Marinette or Ladybug or both to not exist. Lila hates both of them with a burning passion and after she found out that the two of them are the same person, it kind of made things easier for her, it's enough to deal with one of them to get rid of both of them.

Like I said, we don't know what she's after so her wish could be literally anything but whatever was it, it was powerful enough to wipe out the future where Alix Kubdel is bunnyx completely and quite fast.

part 2 | part 3 | part 4

[princess-of-the-corner]

God I forgot about Qilin. Cool asfk akuma, arguably one of Gabes best designs, dragged down by the fucking ticket inspection and bringing in the goddamn army. (As well as how the episode felt like it was written avid ACAB Enthusiasts)

my problem with the episode is that it's a bit all over the place in a few spots like.

Firstly take this with a grain of salt because I'm white af

Okay. This is supposed to be an episode about racism and the cops being harder on minorities. But it doesn't.... come across that?

The ticket inspector was initially doing his job. Sabine didn't have a bus ticket. Yes it's because Mari got off the previous stop with the tickets, but if he handwaved everyone who said 'oh I totally bought a ticket but I lost it'.......

Now he does get unreasonable after that, accusing her of being hostile, having her arrested instead of just printing a ticket, etc. But this is also a show where the 'you seem to have broken a law so you immediately get arrested' is not out of place. (I mean sometimes it is BUT it's a 'what works for the story' thing). Doubly so as the target audience is children who sometimes do think 'oh god oh god I sneaked one extra candy they're gonna send a full swat team and arrest me and I'm gonna go to jail!!'.

Then you have the whole thing of literally all the cops showing up for one lady and then the Akuma and then the cops ignoring LB and CN in favor of blasting the Akuma with weaponry despite months of the Heroes handling this on their own. Which at first seems out of place until you remember episodes like Rogercop where all the cops weren't mind controlled they just went 'yeah I guess the obviously Akumatized(controlled by supervillain) cop in a mech suit is in charge because the mayor, who he kidnapped, said so. Time to arrest the Heroes!!". So while it hasn't happened in a while, cops just acting Like That™ aren't out of place in this world.

And like. The ticket inspector is a rando who is only seen here going against Sabine, but we have no idea how he'd act with a white guy breaking the same law. And Roger has been shown to be corrupt as hell toward white people(specifically the Couffaines who as far as we know are white). So it doesn't quite get the message across that this is out of the norm.

Then you have Marinette having to apologize to the ticket inspector who, at this point, is now much more reasonable of 'well she did technically break the law by riding the bus without ticket or ID, but given the circumstances we'll let it go' but Mari insists on paying the fine like he was in the right.

Honestly I feel like this episode suffers from not being direct about what the issue is. Yes it's implied that it's a racism thing, yes most of the audience including the kids will probably pick it up. But when you give that much wiggle room on 'what is motivating this character's actions', then combine it both with stuff that's /supposed/ to be extreme but is par for the course in the series and the protagonist apologizing to the guy who instigated all of this.... it gets very mixed and it can get lost and make people who do see the allegories wonder if they're just reading too much into things.

And I don't know exactly where to place the blame on. Did the writers pull back to try and make the situation more 'relatable to everyone' thus making it relate to no one? Was it a bigger thing of the studio or S&P saying 'hey you can't depict real racism in a kids' show'?

I mean either way there's some blame on the writers for the other flaws like Mari apologizing and undercutting anything the ticket inspector did wrong. But still.

[shysublimecoffee]

I prefer not to sound harsh, but Miraculous has become a fandom where I find more enjoyment in reading fanfics than watching the show. It feels like there's a lack of effort or an attempt to justify and rearrange elements, often ignoring past seasons and assuming the audience won't notice. The handling of Derision is a notable example, with more astute critics than me delving into their dissatisfaction and the evident retcons.

I didn't anticipate the show going to such lengths as portraying Gabriel as someone deserving of a statue, and it left a sour taste in my mouth to see the hero endorsing it. Adrien/ChatNoir's portrayal has become quite pitiful, with a peculiar shift where Ladybug takes on a significant role in the Agreste Saga despite her absence from that narrative. Ladybug, who isn't even part of the Agreste Saga, is the one delivering heartfelt moments. The decision to sideline Adrien and put him out of commission is disappointing. It's his story yet she the one who has to make it about her. She gets to shine along with a cool costume to boot.

There's a palpable bias from Astruc against Chloe, evident in the show's treatment of her character. Despite her being manipulated by Gabriel Agreste, the narrative blames her for becoming mayor, and the absurdity of the situation is magnified when everyone in the story goes along with it. The inclusion of a scene in Revolution where Chloe is crying is perplexing and frustrating, as it seems to perpetuate the negative and irredeemable image the show consistently paints of her. The added layer of her mother being horrid to her intensifies my annoyance, especially when sympathetic scenes are presented in a seemingly contradictory manner.

I mean you want her to be the worst but yet she has scenes like this? Why not go all the way wtf. Why give her depth only to take it away and then make her be so demonized in s5 and act like she was like this from the start. When she's been a joke

I hate to be critical, but seriously, it's hard to ignore how the Miraculous universe is just dripping with untapped potential. Five seasons in, and the movie outshines the show effortlessly. It makes you wonder about the writers' team and their approach—seems like they're just coasting on low effort for profit, and somehow, it's working, thanks to Miraculous inexplicable popularity.

The show's been beating the monster-of-the-week horse for five long seasons, lacking any creativity in crafting interesting villains. Gabriel, honestly, feels like a starter villain, and if they're going to make him the big bad, can we at least get some villains with a bit more pizzazz? You know craft creative interesting villains? KNDS, Original PPG, Totally Spies they got it so why not Miraculous. It's so damn tiring seeing the same old song and dance with Gabriel 24/7 monologuing to his wife and releasing the akuma I thought Mayura would be important but she's barely there.

It's not even an excuse kids do deserve better entertainment so why should Miraculous lower its standards. Marinette is very weird to me as the protagonist because her lovelife is more focused over everything I gauged her well enough to know about her that the rest of the secondary needs more of a spotlight to be cast on them. I like her but am I the only one who just skips when she starts the whining about Adrien and her plan to again get together it was cute at first now I fast forward to the more interesting part of the episode because it irks me i'm tired okay... what other facet of her character do the writers focus on besides her love life? I hope I don't appear to salt on her but Imma tag it just in case. I think she's in neutral treading to dislike because how can I come back from her gaslighting her boyfriends I'm sorry I can't.

You know what I'm afraid of that if Lila gonna be the next big bad they'll just recycle everything from Gabriel onto her. We'll have the same akumatizations same monster of the week formula only this time it's Lila.

I trust more in the fanfic community to come up with a better substantial plot than Miraculous could ever be. I know romance is a big part but the lore is so damn little it's season 5 are they ever going to expand more in the later seasons lol.

I'm tired from writing this long. Imma go to bed now.

[a-chlolix-blog]

Scarabée and Kitty Claws AU

Bea-Loved. An infatuated Super Fan.

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~~~~~Earlier that day~~~~~

Despite only being around since the beginning of the school year, Scarabée and Kitty Claws have become extremely popular.

Especially among their fellow students.

Before school started, Alya was on a video call with Esmée Rousseau. A schoolmate who has helped her out quite abit with the ScaraBlog.

She's also known in school for being an incredible cosplayer and costume designer.

Alya: The Fan Mail livestream is going to be so great!

Esmée: It involves Scarabée and Kitty Claws, of course it's gonna be a success! With me working my music with the school blog, everyone will know by lunch.

Alya, smirking: Are you gonna gonna submit Fan Mail?

Esmée loves having a friend like Alya.

Someone who is aware of her fangirl crush on both Scarabée and Kitty Claws, but doesn't judge her.

Esmée, blushing: That's for me to know and for you to NOT find out!

Alya, playfully: Is it about which of the is hotter?

Esmée, her face going from red to a darker crimson: ALYA!

The playfully teasing is even fun between the two.

~~~~~Later on at Lycée Françoise Dupont~~~~~~

Alix, walking with Alya to class: Are you sure reading Fan Mail they send you through Email for Scarabée and Kitty Claws on the ScaraBlog is a great idea?

Alya: It'll be fine, for those who wanna be anonymous, they can send hand written letters. That way they won't be embarrassed.

Alix: I take it that the Lady WiFi incident that did wonders for the ScaraBlog inspired this?

Alya: As well as Kitty Claws lying about dating Scarabée, getting Jolie akumatized into a copy of her, and apologizing to her on the ScaraBlog later that same day.

Alix playfully rolls her eyes as the two part ways to sit in their respective seats.

While sitting in her seat, Chloé gets a text from Adrien.

🌟Princely Sunshine☀️: Meant to send this to you after the play. 😉

The text has a very familiar photo attachment.

When Chloé opens it, she sees a picture of her staring at Scarabée before they had to quickly get out of the limousine before it was blown up. From Adrien's point of view.

With a smile, Adrien has his full attention on Ms. Bustier as she talks, fully aware that Chloé was currently staring daggers at him.

Ms. Bustier: Alya, I couldn't help but overhear your plans to read fan mail for Scarabée and Kitty Claws on your blog.

Alya: That's right!

Ms. Bustier: Aurélien passed his spelling test last week and decided he wanted to show Scarabée and Kitty Claws how smart his is through a letter telling them how school he thinks they are.

Alya: I will make sure his letter is the first one I read.

After quickly giving Alya the letter, Ms. Bustier goes back to teaching the class.

~~~~~Later on during the Lunch Break Period~~~~~

Even before Alya entered the cafeteria, her phone's notifications kept going off

Marinette: Whoa, you're gonna have alot of fan mail to read later

Mylène: You should really turn off your notifications before the next class period.

Alya: Oh I will. The letters that have been given to me are WAY easier to keep track of than these notifications. This ScaraBlog Fan Mail reading might have to be a two hour long livestream.

After Alya Marinette and Mylène get their lunch, they sit with Alix, who was sitting with Nathaniel, Marc and Esmée.

Across from their table sat Chloé Adrien and Sabrina.

Sabrina: Did you send an Email?

Adrien: Yeah, but I used one of my private accounts, so my "fans" won't harass Alya or the two heroines.

Sabrina: That was a smart move.

While Adrien and Sabrina talked to each other, Chloé was discreetly writing her own letter while thinking of her plan.

Chloé, internally: This is perfect! After school Kitty Claws and appear before Césaire, give her the letter from Scarabée's "Secret Admirer", she runs it on the blog, and Itty-Bitty's utterly smitten for this "Mystery Woman". Flawless, utterly flawless!

Just as Chloé finished writing her own letter, she hears an unfortunately familiar mocking tone of voice.

"Did you seriously hand write a letter?!"

Chloé quickly, but discreetly balls up her letter, only to quickly realize the question isn't directed at her.

She then looks over at Alix's table and sees Brigiette standing over Esmée, who is covering her letter.

Alix: Brigiette, don't you have ANYTHING better to do than annoying us or stalking Adrien?

Brigiette, ignoring Alix and continues to mock Esmée: Awww!!! You even have a ScaraClaws pin! You're SO obsessed.

Esmée, with her head down: ...

Nathaniel: Says the girl who would be Adrien's second shadow if Chloé and Sabrina weren't there to keep her away.

Adrien, shouting from his seat: He's not wrong!

This causes everyone including a now less guarded Esmée to laugh.

Brigiette notices half of the letter and goes to grab it, only to end up ripping it in half.

All the laughter immediately stops as everyone now stares at Esmée and Brigiette.

Brigiette: Oh please! I did her a favor.

While beginning to cry, Esmée snatches the other half of the letter from Brigiette and runs out of the cafeteria.

Alya and Marinette, running after her: Esmée wait!

Alix, getting out of her seat and walking towards Brigiette: I'm getting suspended!

Mylène and Marc, grabbing Alix's shoulders: No you're not!

Brigiette: If Scarabée and Kitty Claws are just as amazing as my Adrien-

Adrien, shouting from his seat: Not yours!

Brigiette: They'd be absolutely turned off by a mushy anonymous love letter.

Sabrina, shouting from her seat: You would know! You sent him HUNDREDS!

Neither Adrien or Sabrina noticed how quiet Chloé was until she stood up.

Sabrina: Chloé?

Adrien, noticing something in her balled up hand: You okay?

Chloé: I'm gonna get some air. *quickly walks towards the cafeteria's exit*

Chloé, internally: There's no way this Mystery Girl letter would have worked! Your own mother won't even respond to one of your letters, why would Scarabée respond positively?!

When Adrien gets up to follow Chloé, Brigiette goes to follow him, only to be stopped by Sabrina.

Who Brigiette immediately realizes she's WAY stronger then she looks.

Sabrina, politely: You're not going anywhere near him.

Adrien manages to catch up to Chloé before she leaves the cafeteria.

Chloé throws the balled up piece of paper in the direction of the nearest trash can, not even looking to see if it went into the trash.

Adrien: Are you sure you're okay?

Chloé: I told you Adrien, I just need some air. Also I just remembered, I got something to do after school. Meet at your place later?

Adrien: Obviously! I'll let Sabrina know.

Chloé: Thanks.

Chloé then leaves the cafeteria, with her thoughts being a fusion of confidence and insecurity.

Chloé, internally: I don't need some cringey letter written on gold colored paper! Kitty Claws is ALL who is needed to swipe Scarabée off her feet. It HAS to be Kitty Claws...

From the side of his eye, Adrien sees the balled up piece of paper Chloé tried to throw away

Adrien then picks up the paper, uncrumbles it and begins to silently read Chloé's letter.

Adrien: Oh Chloé...

After putting the letter in his pocket, Adrien walks back into the cafeteria.

When Adrien goes back to where he was sitting, notices that Brigiette is no where in sight.

Adrien: Sabrina-

Sabrina: I purpose I only had a talk with her!

~~~~~In the girls' bathroom~~~~~

Marinette and Alya stood outside of Esmée's bathroom stall, trying their best to comfort her.

Marinette: Esmée, it's okay! Brigiette doesn't know what she's talking about!

Alya: Yeah, that girl couldn't take a hint to save her life.

Esmée then opens the stall out walks in front of the two.

Esmée: Thanks you guys, I think I'm gonna be okay now...

Marinette: That's great to hear, now let's go back to the cafeteria.

Alya: I would LOVE to hear more of your cosplay ideas!

~~~~~After School~~~~~

After returning home, Esmée goes into her bedroom.

She admirers the superhero pins she made herself before briefly looking into her closet, looking at the many Scarabée and Kitty Claws themed costumes she managed to make within the short time the heroines have been around.

Esmée, pulling the nearest pillow close to her: What if... Brigiette's right?

She then realizes the pillow is red with black dots and throws it into the wall.

Esmée: DAMNIT! I AM OBESSED!

~~~~~In Hawkmoth's Lair~~~~~

Hawkmoth: A young creative mind fueled by desire and full of doubt...*readies the akuma* the perfect combination. Fly my Akuma and unleash this unrequited soul's true potential.

~~~~~Back in Esmée's room~~~~~

With her window opened, the akuma enters her room and goes into the ScaraClaws pin she has on her shirt.

Hawkmoth: Bea-Loved, I am Hawkmoth. You fear Scarabée and Kitty Claws rejecting you due to your creativity, but with the powers I give you, they'll be the ones admiring you. To keep the power that will win their affections, you just have to bring me their Miraculouses!

Esmée: I will do all that I can for them!

Esmée is then akumatized the Bea-Loved

Her hair is now red hair with black dots. Done up in a neat ponytail.

There are pink hearts in her pupils.

She's now wearing a black and light green strapless dress with her now pink heart-shaped pin in the middle of her chest.

crimson high heels and elegant long gloves to match.

Bea-Loved: Before I greet Scarabée and Kitty Claws! I'm gonna need assistance.

~~~~~At The Louvre~~~~~

Alix was walking through the Louvre with Ayla, Marinette, Nathaniel, Marc, Kim and Max

Alix: Postponing the livestream to tomorrow was the best idea, Alya.

Alya: It's only fair. Esmée should call if she wants to add her letter to the fan mail.

Kim: I don't get way Esmée would wanna keep her letter anonymous. We ALL think Scarabée and Kitty Claws.

Max: It's not that simple, Kim. Our friend Esmée have obviously developed an infatuation with Scarabée and Kitty Claws. She is most likely embarrassed by this fact. Especially considering that there is a 99% chance that she doesn't know their true identities.

Kim, shocked: Seriously?!

Nathaniel: Did you seriously NOT realize this?

Marinette: Could you really not tell considering what happened in the cafeteria?

Mylène: I can understand her wanted to keep crushing on two superheroines a secret. Brigiette's action weren't cool!

Marc: As if she has a right to mock crushing on celebrities...

Alix, to Marc and Mylène: Which is why you two should have let me hit her at least twice.

Marinette Alya Nathaniel and Mylène then get a notification on their phone.

Nathaniel, after quickly reading the text message: Did you three also get a message from Esmée tell you to come over?

Marinette: Yeah.

Alya: Do you think something happened?!

Mylène: I hope she's okay...

Nathaniel: We're just gonna have to find out.

Alix: Keep us posted.

Marinette, Alya, Nathaniel and Mylène then leave the Louvre and go in the direction of Esmée's home.

~~~~~At the Agreste Mansion~~~~~

Sabrina gets a notification on her phone from Esmée as well.

Sabrina: Esmée wants me to come.

Adrien, putting a seal envelope in his jacket pocket: I'll come too. Hopefully I can talk to her about the Fan Mail reading livestream.

Sabrina: But you already sent your message.

Adrien: I REALLY gotta make sure it isn't traced by to me.

Sabrina: That's true... you can never be too careful when it comes to fangirls.

Adrien, internally: Sorry Sabrina, but Chloé's letter to Scarabée is our little secret.

Sabrina: We gotta text Chloé to tell her we won't be here when she returns.

Adrien, already texting her: On it!

After exiting the Mansion, Sabrina and Adrien gets into the limousine that will be driven by Placide.

And with Adrien's demand, the two are being driven in the direction of Esmée's home.

~~~~~At Éclat Épanoui~~~~~

Kitty Claws was looking through the many different flower combinations in the well-known flower shop.

The owner of the shop Lillian Thorns then walks up to her.

Lillian: Do you need any help Ms. Claws?

Kitty Claws: No thanks I think I am fine. And Kitty Claws is just fine.

Lillian: Noted, I hope you find what you're looking for, Kitty Claws. *walks away from her*

Kitty Claws, internally: I know I gotta make it up to Adrien and Sabrina for ditching them later. But if I'm gonna confess to Scarabée it has to be perfect!

Kitty Claws then notices the lavender roses, the amaranthus, and the red tulips.

Kitty Claws: I'll take all of these in a bouquet!

Lillian: Oh! A perfect choice of flowers for romance.

After paying for her chosen bouquet, Kitty Claws leaves Éclat Épanoui.

Kitty Claws: Itty-Bitty's gonna LOVE these! Should I get expensive chocolates too? NO! There shouldn't be ANY hint of my identity for this! Waiting for her to approach me isn't the best idea... I'll look for her.

She the open her the end of her staff, carefully puts the bouquet in it, seals it, and begins her search for Scarabée by jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

~~~~~ In front of Esmée's home~~~~~

As Marinette, Alya, Nathaniel and Mylène walked up to towards the building, they noticed a familiar limousine stopping in the driveway.

Adrien and Sabrina then greet the four of after exiting the vehicle.

Adrien: Hey guys!

Sabrina: Good evening.

Nathaniel: What are you two doing here?

Sabrina: Esmée sent texted me and Adrien's here for support.

Adrien: Clearly alot is needed for the situation...

Adrien, internally: This is a very convenient group.

Mylène goes to knock on the door, only to realize it's opened slightly.

Alya: So... I'm not the only one creeped out by this?

Mylène: Nope, I'm creeped too.

As they're all entered the building, Adrien makes sure to go in last.

While being behind Alya, he manages to slip the envelope into her bag without anyone noticing.

As they're all walking in the direction of Esmée's room, Adrien could help but notice how clean it is.

Adrien: Is her place usually like this? I expected costume materials everywhere from how popular I've heard her costumes and cosplay are.

Alya: Esmée told me that her parents only let her continue cosplaying if she kept it all in her room. Understandable, least cleaning for the three of them.

They all stop in front of Esmée's door.

Marinette feels a chill down her spine before knocking on the door.

Marinette: Hey Esmée, we're here! Also your front door was slightly open.

A cheerful voice on the other side of the door: Oh! I must of left it like that by mistake!

Alya: Also Adrien's here, is that okay?

The cheerful voice on the other side of the door: Of course! The more, the merrier!~

When Marinette opens the door, a glowing pink is launched into her chest which sends her flying into a wheel across the hallway.

Alya Mylène Nathaniel Adrien and Sabrina, absolutely shocked: MARINETTE!

As she falls to the floor, Marinette's body begins to glow pink like the pin in her chest.

Bea-Loved, revealing herself to the group: Marinette's not the only one who will be modeling my heroic cosplay.

Alya, trembling: Esmée... what has Hawkmoth done to you?!

Bea-Loved: The name's Bea-Loved now. And you're all gonna LOVE what I have in-store for you! Isn't that right, Marinette?

Marinette now stands before the group, now dressed in the original Sparrow's costume with pink hearts in her eyes.

Pinned!Marinette: Absolutely. Whatever dearly Bea-Loved wants, she gets!

Before anyone could react, Marinette lungs at Alya and holds her in place.

Alya: Marinette! What are you doing?!

Bea-Loved: Making sure you aren't left out, Alya!~

Bea-Loved then summons a glowing pink heart pin between her fingers and flicks it in Alya's direction.

When it quickly makes contact with her, Alya begins to glow pink like Marinette did.

Alya, transforming: Everyone... get outta here!

The other then start running towards the exit.

This however doesn't stop Bea-Loved from flicking pins into Mylène and Nathaniel's backs, leaving Adrien and Sabrina to be the only ones who managed to escape.

When they both hastily intro the limousine, Placide gets surprised, but doesn't say a word.

Adrien: Take us to The Louvre quickly!

Placide then quickly drives away before Bea-Loved exits the building with her now four minions in cosplay of the former heroes and heroines who took on the Alias Sparrow right behind her.

Bea-Loved: Look for Scarabée and Kitty Claws, my Sparrows!

Pinned!Marinette, Pinned!Alya, Pinned!Nathaniel, and Pinned!Mylène: Yes, Dearly Bea-Loved.

The four minions then run and jump in different directions.

Bea-Loved: I have BIG plans for Scarabée and Kitty Claws!~

Bea-Loved then begins skipping down the street.

~~~~~Back at the Louvre~~~~~

Alix was preparing snacks for her current guests with Jalil's help.

She couldn't but worry about the others, who still haven't returned yet.

Alix: I hope Nate and the others are okay. They still haven't answered any of my texts.

Jalil: I'm sure they're alright.

Kim then quickly runs into the kitchen.

Kim: Alix, you gotta see this!

Alix: What's going on?!

Kim: Nate's down in the Museum wearing the coolest Sparrow cosplay I've ever seen!

Alix then feels a chill run down her spine.

Alix, internally: Something's up. One of them would've at least texted and told us they had a surprise planned. Also, where are the others? It's best to keep my guard up.

When Alix and the others make their way to the Museum, they see multiple people taking pictures of Nathaniel in the Sparrow cosplay.

She couldn't help but notice a shiny pink heart shaped pin the didn't match the rest of the costume.

Minion!Nathaniel: By the orders of my dearly Bea-Loved, I am searching for Scarabée and Kitty Claws. Is anyone aware of their whereabouts?

A random teenaged girl, walking up to him: Before coming here, I saw Kitty Claws-

Adrien and Sabrina through the Museum's entrance.

Adrien: Don't tell him anything!

Sabrina: He's one of the Akuma's Minions!

This causes everyone except for Alix's group to run away from him.

Minion!Nathaniel, turning to face Adrien and Sabrina: DO NOT INTERFERE WITH MY DEARLY BEA-LOVED'S PLANS!

Nathaniel runs towards the two only to be tackled by Kim.

Alix and the ran up to Adrien and Sabrina as Kim barely manages to hold him down.

Marc, panicking: Who is the Akuma that did this to Nate?

Sabrina: Esmée...

Adrien: And Nathaniel's not the only one...

Alix: I take it that you don't know where the others are?

Sabrina: We don't. Sorry...

Max: If one of them is looking for the Heroine Duo, then it is 75% likely that they all are.

Nathaniel kicks Kim off of him and towards the group.

Minion!Nathaniel: Do NOT interfere with my dearly Bea-Loved's mission again.

And with that, he leaves the museum.

Marc: We have to help Nate and the others.

Max: But how? We aren't even aware of the Akuma's powers besides the fact that she’s able to transform others into minions in very accurate cosplay. When it's comes to a weakness or if the others can be freed from her control, we're completely clueless.

Sabrina: Another thing we know is that Esmée has a crush on both Scarabée and Kitty Claws. Maybe we can use that to our advantage?

Adrien: Which means we would have to find Scarabée and Kitty Claws before Bea-Loved or her minions do.

Kim: I saw where that the girl who saw Kitty Claws somewhere went to hide. Let's go ask her!

Alix: You guys go ahead. I'm gonna go back sure Nate left.

Adrien: Will you be alright by yourself?

Alix: Of course.

And with that, Alix quickly left the group.

After running an area of the Louvre with no people around, Tikki flies out of Alix's waist bag.

Alix: Esmée... I can't believe something like a super celebrity crush got her akumatized.

Tikki: Situations like this come with the job, Alix.

Alix: You're right... Tikki, Spots On!

After transforming Scarabée leaves the Louvre to quickly see if Nathaniel was still nearby.

Scarabée: He isn't here. Let's hope KC's at least close to the location that girl saw her at.

When Scarabée enters the Louvre, she immediately noticed by the group.

Marc: Scarabée! Thank goodness you're here!

Max: And with remarkable timing. There is an Akuma who has targeted you and Kitty Claws.

Scarabée: I am aware. I haven't heard from Kitty Claws yet, so she probably isn't aware of the Akuma yet.

Adrien: We've been told she was last seen at the Éclat Épanoui flower shop.

Kim: Do you think she's under Esmée's spell?

Sabrina: Unlikely, if that were the case then she would only be looking for Scarabée.

Kim: Then why would she be at one of the most popular flower shops in Paris?

Adrien: That's... a great question.

Scarabée: Well I hope the owner of the shop has answers. You all stay-

Marc: I'm gonna cut you off right there. With all due respect Scarabée, we're all helping with this.

Scarabée: Are you sure? This could be difficult...

Kim: Not only is the Akuma one of our friends, but our other friends are being controlled as well. We wanna help in anyway we can!

Scarabée: *sighs* Alright, just make sure you all stay outta sight. If the Akuma or her minions spot me, it could be too dangerous.

Adrien: The limo me and Sabrina took here should fit all of us, so we'll be fine.

After leaving the Louvre and watching Scarabée to jump from rooftop to rooftop, the group gets into the Agreste limousine and follows her.

While in mid-air, Scarabée tries to call Kitty Claws, but doesn't get an answer.

Scarabée, internally: KC... where are you? What could you possibly be doing right now?

~~~~~On top of the Eiffel Tower~~~~~

Instead of the staff being on her person, it was sat down away from Kitty Claws, with the heroine not noticing it vibrate at all.

Instead she was pacing back and forth, thinking to herself.

"You give her the bouquet and then what? If she asks, you can't tell her your true identity! There's NO WAY she'd date Chloé Bourgeois! Does that mean I can know HER true identity? I mean that really wouldn't be fair..."

Kitty Claws' pacing is interrupted by one of Bea-Loved's minions lands in front of her.

Pinned!Marinette: Kitty Claws, I have been ordered by my dearly Bea-Loved to escort you to her.

Kitty Claws: That voice... Dupain-Cheng- BAKERY! Girl from the Dupain-Cheng bakery?!

After quickly fixing that near slip-up, Kitty Claws quickly leaps up and grabs her staff.

Kitty Claws: I DON'T wanna deal with Hawkmoth's bullshit today!

Kitty Claws attempts to run at Marinette with her with staff, only for Marinette to stop the prevent the attack from happening by grab her wrist.

Marinette: I will deliver you to my dearly Bea-Loved no matter what it takes!

Marinette then throws her onto a near by rooftop.

Kitty Claws is able to get back up on her feet and throws her staff at Marinette before she could leap at her.

Kitty Claws: Who IS this "dearly" Bea-Loved?

Pinned!Marinette: Only one of the most talented cosplay inspiring costume designers in Paris.

Kitty Claws, internally: Rousseau must have taken that Stalker's words to heart... not that I'm any better.

With a deep sigh, Kitty Claws then lowers her staff.

Kitty Claws: Take me to your "Bea-Loved".

~~~~~Back at Éclat Épanoui~~~~~

The Agreste limousine stops two buildings away from the flower shop as Scarabée swings closer to it.

Adrien Sabrina and Kim watch them while Max and Marc lay lown.

Adrien: We'll be safe here, G. You can take a break now.

Placide then quickly leaves the limousine and runs into a nearby building.

Adrien: He should be back with food in ten minutes.

Kim: Makes helping Scarabée ALOT easier.

Max: Considering there is a 50% chance of Scarabée needing extra help, that also means the Akuma could get extra help.

Sabrina: Which is why we're here to even the odds.

Marc: This will be an Akuma Battle so ANYTHING could happen within ten minutes.

As Bea-Loved leaves the flower shop with a bouquet of red and yellow roses, she looks up and sees Scarabée on top of a street light.

Bea-Loved, excitedly: SCARABÉE!

Scarabée: Oh shit! This that really you, Esmée?

Bea-Loved: The name's Bea-Loved now!~

She then summons four pink hearts pins between her fighters and flings towards Scarabée only for the heroine to block them before jumping onto the ground.

Scarabée: Esmée... being made fun of for liking superheroes must suck, but this isn't the answer!

Bea-Loved: There's no need to be worried about me Scarabée. You'll join me soon enough~

Bea-Loved the presses the pink heart pin on her chest.

Scarabée, internally: I saw Nate with that same heart pin. Could the akuma be in hers?

Bea-Loved, still pressing the pin: My Sparrows, fly to me!

After a few seconds, Mylène Nathaniel and Alya land in front of her.

Scarabée, internally: They all have the pins... the akuma's has to be in the main one.

Bea-Loved then notices that one of her Sparrows is missing.

Bea-Loved: Where is-

Kitty Claws: SPECIAL DELIVERY!

While in the air, Kitty Claws sends Marinette crashing into the other Sparrows before landing in front of Scarabée.

Kitty Claws: Sorry I'm late, Itty-Bitty. Are you okay?

Scarabée: I'm fine. Just focus on NOT getting hit by those pins!

Bea-Loved: My Sparrows, bring them to me!

Mylène and Nathaniel lunged at Scarabée while Marinette and Alya leaped at Kitty Claws.

Scarabée, blocking and dodging their attacks: Nathaniel! Mylène! Snap out of it!

While Scarabée continues her attention on the two Sparrows she fought, she turns her back to Bea-Loved.

Bea-Loved: Got you, Lovebug~

Looking at Scarabée with a smirk, Bea-Loved summons another pin between her fingers and aims for the shorter heroine.

Hawkmoth, communicating through Bea-Loved: You have the shot! Take it now!

Right after getting both Marinette and Alya off of her, Kitty Claws looks at Bea-Loved and quickly realizes what's about to happen.

Kitty Claws, running towards Scarabée: SCARABÉE! LOOK OUT!

Before Scarabée could react, Kitty Claws pushes her through the flower shop's window.

Now noticing that she’s now glowing pink, the black cat heroine falls to her knees.

Kim: MAX-

Max: Connecting my laptop to the limousine now!

Before Bea-Loved could get any closer to the flower shop's entrance, the Agreste limousine comes at her at full speed, knocking her a good distance away after hitting her.

Right here she was hit, Bea-Loved saw Max's face.

As the still transforming Kitty Claws and the four Sparrows go after Bea-Loved, Kim goes into the flower shop to grab Scarabée.

Kim: Sorry about the mess, Ms. Thorn.

Once they were both in the limousine, Max uses his laptop to drive the limousine as quickly as possible away from Bea-Loved and her Sparrows.

Hawkmoth, communicating through Bea-Loved: SCARABÉE'S GETTING AWAY! GO AFTER HER NOW!

Bea-Loved: There's no need to worry about her, my Knight Kat's got this cover~

Kitty Claws then finishes her transformation into a fusion of her own heroine persona and the New York heroine Knight Owl.

Knight Kat: Anything my dearly Bea-Loved wants, she gets!

After driving the limousine until Bea-Loved and her minions out of sight, Scarabée and the other hid in a candy shop called "Sucrée Symphonie".

Sabrina: How is she gonna be defeated? Kitty Claws got pinned and we don't know where the akumatized item is...

Scarabée: Considering that all of the minions we've seen so far have on a pink heart pin, I'm betting that it's the pin Esmée has on her chest. We just need to find out if she has a weakness of some kind...

Marc: I can help! Out of all of us here, I haven't been by Bea-Loved nor have I tried to hurt her minions.

Max: He's correct. Sabrina and Adrien escaped being transformed, Kim tackled Nathaniel, and I'm 100% sure Esmée and I made eye contact before I hit her with the limousine.

Scarabée then pulls two earpieces out of her yo-yo.

Scarabée, giving an earpiece to Marc: Considering that the Agreste limousine draws ALOT of attention, they'll be here soon. I'll sneak the others out the back.

Marc: Hopefully Esmée is still so very detailed...

~~~~~Outside of Sucrée Symphonie~~~~~

Bea-Loved, Knight Kat and the Sparrows had the Agreste limousine surrounded.

Marc, running out of the candy shop: Oh WOW! You cosplay is SO amazing!

Bea-Loved: Why thank you, Marc! Knight Kat, Sparrows, Stand down. He's a friend.

Marc: With how powerful you are, there's NO WAY you could have any weaknesses.

Bea-Loved: Considering that your creative self didn't catch a certain detail, I'm proud of the design. There's actually a weakness!

Marc: Oh really?

Bea-Loved: Yeah, if Scarabée kisses one of my minions, they'll be the only one freed from my control. But if Scarabée were to kiss me, they'd all be freed from my control!~

Marc: So very genius! Hawkmoth could NEVER!

Bea-Loved: Not without MY ideas-

Hawkmoth, communicating through Bea-Loved: FOCUS ON FINDING SCARABÉE!

Bea-Loved: *rolls her eyes* Talk to you later, Marc!

And with that, Bea-Loved and her minions leaped away.

Marc: You get that, Scarabée?

Scarabée: Yeah. Never thought I'd have to act out a fairytale. Good work, now go hide with your friends. I can take it from here. Lucky Charm!

After using the magical luck power, two smoke bombs and flower bouquet wrap.

Scarabée: The smoke bombs I get, but why bouquet wrapping? I'll have to feature this out fast.

She then puts one of the smoke bombs and flower bouquet wrap in her yo-yo before going after the cosplaying akuma.

Scarabée manages to stay hidden from Bea-Loved and her minions as she caught up to them.

Knight Kat was standing the closest to Bea-Loved when a smoke bomb is thrown at them.

Bea-Loved: My Knight, protect me!

Knight Kat: Cataclysm!

Knight Kat had her cataclysm ready for anything that would attack her from the front, the smoke make her blind to an attack from behind.

Scarabée surprises her with a tornado kick, flinging her into the nearest alley and quickly runs to tackle her.

When the smoke clears, Bea-Loved immediately notices Knight Kat's absence.

Bea-Loved: Knight Kat, come to me! .... Knight Kat?!

In the alley, Scarabée was on top of Knight Kat, kissing her lips as she slowly turned back into Kitty Claws.

Scarabée, internally: Sorry KC, hope you'll forgive me for this...

When Scarabée finally pulls away, she sees the heart pin break into pieces.

Kitty Claws: Itty-Bitty? What happened? What is my cataclysm activated?!

Scarabée, quickly gets off of her: What all do you remember?

Kitty Claws: After saving you from being a controlled cosplayer, everything's a blur-

Scarabée: Don't worry about what you can't remember! I need your help to quickly feature out what to do with flower bouquet wrap.

Kitty Claws: Did you say flower bouquet wrap?

Scarabée: Yeah?

Kitty Claws then opens her staff and quickly but carefully pulls out the bouquet of carefully wrapped and selected flowers.

Scarabée: And thanks to you, we've got a away to defeat the Akuma.

Kitty Claws: Oh Itty-Bitty, you flatter me! Where's the akuma?

Scarabée: In the pink heart pin on her chest.

Scarabée then reveals her to Bea-Loved.

The cosplaying Akuma then quickly notices the bouquet of flowers in Scarabée's hands.

Scarabée: Bea-Loved, I wanna show you how much your work is appreciated. Which is why I got these gorgeous flowers.

Bea-Loved: Oh Scarabée-

Hawkmoth, communicating: DON'T DO IT! IT'S A TRAP!

Bea-Loved: Don't ruin this for me!

Ignoring Hawkmoth Bea-Loved runs towards Scarabée, only for Kitty Claws to leap from the alley and throw the second smoke bomb between them.

Bea-Loved: WHAT-

With just a poke from her cataclysmed finger, Bea-Loved's pin falls to pieces and the akuma flies out of it.

Scarabée then uses her yo-yo to catch it purifies it and releases the now pure butterfly.

Using her Miraculous Cure, she throws the bouquet in the charmed wrappings into the air and fixes everything.

When Esmée and the others are turned back to normal, Kitty Claws pulls Scarabée into yet another victory selfie.

Kitty Claws couldn't help but smile as the flowers fell around both her and Scarabée

Scarabée: See ya KC!

Kitty Claws: See ya...

The two heroines then part ways.

Esmée then runs towards Marinette Alya Mylène and Nathaniel.

Esmée: YOU GUYS! I'M SO SORRY!

Alya: You don't need to apologize, Esmée!

Marinette: This was Hawkmoth's fault, not yours!

Nathaniel: It's all okay now.

Mylène: Let's go back to your place.

Esmée: Thanks you guys...

Alya: We don't even have to talk about the fan mail livestream if you don't want to.

Esmée: I will be changing my letter for sure!

Alya: We've got all day and the rest of tomorrow to help you come up with ideas.

~~~~~The next afternoon~~~~~

Chloé Adrien and Sabrina were watching the ScaraBlog's fan mail livestream.

Sabrina: Esmée sending an Email instead of an anonymous letter was so nice.

Adrien: Sounds like she isn't crushing on Scarabée and Kitty Claws anymore. Wish some of MY fans were like her...

Chloé: You'll probably be wishing for a long time.

Alya, from the phone: And now for our final letter for the stream!

When Alya takes a very familiar piece of crumbled paper out of the envelope, Chloé's eyes go wide.

Chloé, internally: That's... oh no!

"Scarabée, you're not only my favorite of the two heroines, but you're an amazing inspiration to me. Seeing how you can pull through even the toughest situations leaves me in awe. Everytime I see you, it's like you manage to become even more incredible everyday. I hope you continue to be your beautiful and badass self."

Sabrina: Whoa... that was a really sweet one.

Adrien: Such a nice way to end the stream, right Chloé?

Chloé: R-right.

It took everything in Chloé to not bury her face into her pillow.

Sabrina: I wonder who sent it...

Adrien, smirking: I'm sure Scarabée will be so flattered no matter who it is.

Chloé, muttering: Shut it, Adrien!

~~~~~Later that night~~~~~

With Adrien and Sabrina gone home, Chloé was getting ready for bed when Plagg flies up to her.

Plagg: Are you still embarrassed by your letter being read on the ScaraBlog-

Chloé: Adrien HAS to be the one who submitted it! I know he wanted to cheer me up, but WHY do that?!

Without realizing it, Chloé ends up pacing on her balcony.

When she stops to look up at the sky, she sees Scarabée jumping from rooftop to rooftop.

Chloé: Plagg, Claws Out!

After Scarabée lands top of the Eiffel Tower, Kitty Claws lands behind her second later.

Kitty Claws: What brings you out and about Itty-Bitty?

Scarabée: Just thinking... I saw the ScaraBlog's fan mail livestream.

Hearing this causes Kitty Claws' heart to beat rapidly.

Kitty Claws, fake laughing: Oh yeah that! I already forgot about it! So lame!

Scarabée: I'm gonna let the bitchy mean girl bit slide tonight. I for one thought the messages were very sweet.

Kitty Claws: Y-you did?

Scarabée: Yeah, especially that last message... if I can inspire more people like that messenger, this hero stuff can get alot easier...

Kitty Claws, beginning to blush: Okay, many not ALL of the letters were lame...

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Inspired by: @emdoddles @princess-of-the-corner @muggle-born-princess @dcschart @justanotherpersonsuniverse @symphonic-scream

[kawaiichibiart]

Matagot AU

In case anyone wants to know where this started:

Not sure how far I'm going to get into this AU, but I figured some of y'all would be interested. So... :)

First thing ya gotta know, I never plan for any ship in the lovesquare to be the end goal. Just not my thing, I don't like it. And in all honesty, whenever I think of the Matagot AU, I don't see any romantic relationships developing. Purely platonic friendship and familial love.

Because he knows he can change the way his costume look, it'd easy for Adrien to change his appearance to ensure no one makes a connection between Chat Noir and Matagot. The only reason Ladybug can is because of the bond they've developed and her knowing his identity.

↑ Unfortunately, despite them having revealed themselves, it wasn't the happy moment they both wished for.

And while some would have argued for Ladybug to take back the cat miraculous, seeing as Monarch was dead, she didn't want to. Even if she did, she wouldn't be able to.

There are many ways kwamis bond with their holders. Stories of "true holders" have circled around for centuries, people who had been "destined" to wield a certain miraculous. But the reality is that those so called "true holders" actually formed a sort of soul bond with their kwamis. A special connection between the two that added some additional protection to them and the miraculous. One of which is only they can remove the miraculous.

Plagg formed one with Adrien shortly before Monarch made his first appearance, and Tikki planned on forming one with Marinette but could never find the right time to bring it up.

Of course things aren't easy at first. Trauma aside, Adrien has a lot of trust issues and things he's internalized. As I mentioned in the linked post, people wanted someone to blame because Gabriel was dead. And who better than his son? A lot of blame was shoved on to Adrien to the point where things that were unrelated to Monarch and people being akumatized were also blamed on him: You got fired? It's Adrien's fault. Your significant other left you? It's Adrien's fault. You got expelled? It happened because of Adrien. You were robbed? Failed a test? Broke your grandma's favorite vase? It's all Adrien's fault. It happened enough that he began to internalize it and now feels like he has to apologize for literally everything. Because it's all his fault, right?

*Catwoman entering the Batcave with Matagot, each with a smoothie* Nightwing:...what ya got there, Catwoman? Catwoman: a smoothie

Bruce and Selina definitely get into "minor" arguments about her taking in a boy and teaching him how to break into places and steal.

Honestly, it's kinda fun not having to be hero in Gotham. Chat Noir and Catwalker were both heroes. Matagot isn't. Vigilante, anti-hero, either works. Maybe people back in Paris would question it. But, he can't really find himself caring. He will feel bad if it reflects badly on Ladybug though. He's not gonna stop but he'll feel bad.

Personal therapist Harley Quinn, most of their "therapy" sessions is just breaking shit with bats. Sometimes they're joined by Jason /Red Hood. Don't tell Bruce/Batman.

When Marinette makes her way to Gotham, it's part of a school trip that students had to pay for. The trip was divided so some students went to Gotham and some went to Metropolis. The reason she chose Gotham over Metropolis was because she had been visited by Wonder Woman.

Originally, Diana planned to train Marinette herself, but after learning that the holder of the cat miraculous ran away, she told her she'd help her get in touch with her friend, Batman. If anyone can help her find Adrien, it's him and his team. And, if she's willing, she'll talk him into giving her more training. With that, Marinette decides she's heading to Gotham.

Adrien avoids his old classmates and friends like the plague when they arrive. While they didn't really do anything, some of them did participate in blaming him for everything. If he sees one of the few he fully trusts is alone, he might talk to them. Might.

[literaphobe]

I’ve seen a lot of gender swapped mlb stuff where either one or both of their genders are swapped. How do you think any of those variations would change the love square dynamic or the characters in general, if they would change it all?

GONNA TALK ABOUT WLW LOVE SQUARE. other variations will be elaborated on if u come back and ask my sweet anonie <3

adrienette: i feel like fem adrien would give marinette so many more demons. i could go more in depth about my visions but ifl it would be really funny to see alya try and convince marinette that girl adrien TOTALLY likes her like its SO obvious and marinette is like IT DOESNT MEAN ANYTHING ALYA SHES NICE TO EVERYONE!! plus we dont even know if adrien likes girls!! and adrien walks by only overhearing the last sentence and is like oh! i do like girls :) and then after marinette’s recovered from her heart attack the new meta becomes OKAY BUT WE DONT KNOW IF SHES ATTRACTED TO GIRLS. MAYBE SHE JUST THINKS GIRLS R REALLY FUCKING COOL!! the next day the papers announce that girl adrien is in love w ladybug

ladynoir: chat noir has got the biggest crush on ladybug like she is so seriously gay like if she didnt already know she was gay if she was the most repressed gay girlie in this gay girlie world she would know what she was with ONE look at ladybug. ladybug has no fucking idea chat noir is in love with her. she thinks they are best friends. no one understands this life other than Her. one time some sleazy guy hit on chat and ladybug beat the shit out of him. he just so happened to be akumatized but she was so pissed off and violent about it. the dating rumors and the media are the same about it. aka incredibly invasive and ladybug is just as pissed off that they think they are dating. she gets so aggressive about it to the point where chat noir asks her what she thinks about the lgbt+ community. and chat is like im sorry like im a wlw and if u dont like gay ppl thats okay i just– and then ladybug like kisses her and is like im gay too u idiot its just weird of the media to speculate so harshly and then chat is just like FROZEN and ladybug freaks out shes like IM SO SORRY I SHOULDNT HAVE LIKE I MEAN I SHOULDVE ASKED and chat is like NO ITS OK UVE KISSED ME BEFORE ANYWAY and ladybug is like THATS DIFFERENT I HAD NO CHOICE BUT HERE– and then chat kisses her to calm her down (and shut her up) and pretty much just even the scales in terms of initiated kisses. when news about girl adrien x ladybug breaks out ladybug is like ???!!!!!!!! and chat is like um do u hate that she likes u i mean the news probably waaaayyyy exaggerated what they interrogated out of her and like um so overstretched it probably haha what do u think of blonde models and um adrien i guess like do u hate her do u think shes cool do u think you could fall madly in love with her and spend all your days together

ladrien: ladybug saves girl adriens life and shes like oh thank you ladybug… ur so wonderful 😍 like so clearly into her but ladybug is dense af and also nervous af she doesnt even believe the rumors!! shes like ur welcome girl adrien haha um yeah so um i saw the news but dont worry!!!! i know how the news exaggerates all the time like they always call me and girl chat noir a couple even tho we are not!! and adrien is like oh so like… ud never date chat noir? and ladybug is like uh… we are… friends and partners. do you.. want me to date chat noir? So the news really got it all wrong and you dont like me at all? and adrien is like I DO LIKE YOU… UM WHO WOULDN’T LIKE YOU? <- she has no idea how to save this bc she wants to date ladybug but doesnt know which identity to chase her with best and she thinks ladybug might not like EITHER of her identities so shes like confused at shit but also she very easily gets her hopes up and shes like maybe i should tell her???

marichat: ifl the events of glaciator will always be so inevitable for marichat. like marinette will always look so inviting on that balcony of hers staring off wistfully into the evening air and chat noir will always feel drawn to it when ladybug is nowhere to be found… what would be fun about wlw marichat guys

[imsparky2002]

Where Was The Tomato?

This features some altering of canon to make Nath less of a creep. Just letting you know.

Nathaniel Kurtzberg was prepping for the undead apocalypse, something that he had been hiding from his classmates. He had studied zombie movies, comics, games, and books religiously. He had been turned into Evillustrator after getting caught drawing zombie apocalypse plans in science class. He knew his stuff and kept that knowledge to himself in case he had to kill an undead friend. When Miss Bustier, or “Zombizou” barged into class and infected Sabrina, the redhead knew exactly what to do. Sure, this was an Akuma who would probably be defeated by Ladybug and Cat Noir in a span of an hour or so, but he wasn’t taking chances. While everyone else was panicking, he analzyed the infected. They seemed to act as love-hungry zombies, repeating “Kissou” over and over and spreading the infection via smooches. Nathaniel also knew that Chloe had caused the akumatization, as usual. So he figured that in order to avoid Zombizou’s wrath, he needed to get as far away from Bourgeois as possible. He couldn’t do it at the start, as people would look for him, wondering where he had gone. He waited until Mylene had been infected, causing a panic between the group. It seemed that as usual, most of his classmates were running around like headless chickens, attracting attention from love zombies. Why couldn’t they just keep calm and find a safe spot? Whatever, he still managed to slip away, and began looking for a place to hide. Maybe the classroom he had left? Zombizou would be looking for new places to infect, skipping the places she already visited. He had dived into the empty classroom, closing the windows and locking the door.

“Alright, more like yanderes than zombies, but I can make it out if I keep calm.” Nathaniel said aloud.

This would be fine! All he had to do was keep quiet like always, and they wouldn’t notice him. Should he use a marker and draw kisses on himself, blend in with the rest of the infected? Probably not, they’d smell the marker, and uninfected kids might think he was a zombie himself. He would have kept on debating what to do, if he hadn’t heard a scream outside the room, a tall boy in a hoodie ran for dear life, before stopping at his door.

“HELP! IS ANYONE THERE! PLEASE HELP ME!”

Nathaniel recognized the voice. It belonged to one of the boys in Mendeleiev’s class. He had seen the kid a few times during lunch, sitting by a tree, always writing in his notebook. Nath had found him to be pretty cute, and wished he would join the art class, even if he just knew how to write. The paranoid part in his brain screamed not to let him in, in case it attracted attention.

“I’M NOT INFECTED! I SWEAR TO GOD! PLEASE!” the boy screamed.

Nathaniel felt his heart ache for the boy, and decided to be a hero. He unlocked the doors and pulled the tall kid into the room, locking the door behind him. He was immediately hugged by the hooded kid, causing him to blush. He heard the other boy’s muffled cries of relief, causing his heart to melt even further.

“Thank you! I thought I was gonna die out there!” the boy sobbed, staring up at Nathaniel with tears in his eyes. Nathaniel just shushed him, taking the boy to one of the desks to sit down.

“Sshh! It’s ok, man. Just try not to attract any more attention, alright? This is a hiding spot I don’t want to lose.” Nathaniel explained.

“I-I’m sorry.” The other boy sniffed.

He gave the writer some time to calm down. Once he had composed himself, Nathaniel stuck out a hand.

“I don’t know how long this is gonna last, so I want to get to know the guy who’s hiding with me. I’m Nathaniel Kurtzberg.” He said.

“Yeah, I know who you are.” the writer mumbled. “I’ve seen some of your drawings on the school website. The movements, the expressions, the attitudes, they’re all so... vivid.” he gushed.

Nathaniel couldn’t help but blush. Some people had complimented his art before, but not in such detail, not with such genuine passion. “T-thanks.” he sputtered. “That means a lot to me... what’s your name?”

“Marc Anciel. Better known as ProseScript.” Marc replied, causing Nath’s eyes to widen in shock.

“You’re Marc Anciel? The one who writes those amazing short stories for DuPont’s website?” Nathaniel exclaimed. “I thought it was just the Literature teacher using a penname!”

Marc beamed a little, scratching his neck. “I didn’t feel comfortable revealing my identity. So I went with “ProseScript” instead.” Marc admitted. He showed his notebook to Nath, as if to backup his claim.

“God, the dialogue, the use of vivid descriptions, the wit, you’re amazing, Marc!” Nathaniel gushed. “I’m glad that if I’m gonna die in a love-zombie apocalypse, it’s with someone with such a talent.”

“Yeah, I feel the same way about you.” Marc said, starting to grow in confidence. He then gave a little chuckle.

“You know it’s funny. I’ve sorta been prepping for an apocalypse, shame it was the wrong kind of monster.” Marc giggled. This intrigued Nathaniel. Marc had been preparing for a monsterpocalypse as well? They really were perfect for each other.

“Oh? What kind?” Nathaniel asked. Marc opened his backpack and pulled out a small black notebook. As he showed off a few pages, Nath could see content dedicated to holy water, garlic, silver, a bucketload of ways to defeat bloodsuckers. Every type of vampire was in there. Like Nathaniel, Marc held a lot of knowledge for monsters, except he specialized in vampires.

“I thought the monsters would be trying to suck my blood, not my tongue.” Marc joked, before groaning in response.

“I’ve been prepping too! Except for zombies, not vampires.” Nathaniel responded. They shared a laugh over the absurdity of the situation. Then, Nathaniel felt his heart begin to beat rapidly. The realization hit him like a freight train. He was in love with Marc. But why? He only just met him! Sure he thought he was cute, but did he really want to have a crush on him? Normally, he’d hide such feelings, but this was an apocalypse. Those rules went out the window. In an unusual show of strength, he cleared his throat, and looked at Marc.

“Marc, I think... no, I know I love you.” Nathaniel admitted, relieved to get his confession out of the way. Marc gaped in response, before hugging the redhead once again.

“OMIGODOMIGOD YESS!” He yelped, before being shushed by Nath once again.

“Sorry! It’s just, I’ve had a crush on you for a while! I didn’t think you liked me back, I saw you giving googly eyes to Marinette-”

“Eh, I’m bi. That’s ok with you right?” Nathaniel asked.

“Oh totally, I’d never be biphobic. I’m just so happy the feeling’s mutual!” Marc replied.

“Well, when this is all over. Would you want to make a comic with me? As boyfriends?” Nathaniel asked.

“Yes yes, a thousand times yes!” Marc cheered. It was at this moment that Nathaniel got an idea. He heard the love zombies getting closer, and grabbed Marc.

“Kiss me.” he stated.

“Now? Doesn’t that seem a little fast?” Marc asked.

“There are infected coming, and we need to blend in. Plus... I want to see what it feels like.” Nath admitted. Marc nodded in understanding, and as the zombies passed their room, they ignored the seemingly “infected” boys kissing each other. As they moved out of sight, the boys pulled away from each other, grinning from ear to ear.

“That was amazing.” Nathaniel gushed.

“Not how I wanted my first kiss, but it felt awesome.” Marc replied.

And so the two boys spent the next hour or so, hanging out together, learning more and more about each other. At some point, Nathaniel’s classmates would come back, cured by Ladybug’s Miraculous, but he didn’t care. All that matters was that he survived Zombizou’s apocalypse, and found a partner while doing so.

And that was it! I thought it’d be cute for Nathaniel and Marc to meet during a zombie apocalypse. It also explains where Nath was during the second half of the episode. Lemme know what you think in the replies and reblogs. @artzychic27 @msweebyness 

[awakefor48hours]

The Maribug Fic -- Rewritten

[Fanfiction.net] || [AO3]

[Chapter 2 >]

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug Relationship: Maribug/Ladynette Tags: Crack fic, No beta, I will update this every time someone asks Characters: Marinette Dupain Cheng | Ladybug, Adrien Agreste | Cat Noir (more to be added later) No warnings

Summary: Cat Noir asks Ladybug an important but difficult question to answer. So she tells him a ridiculous lie. What's the worst that could happen?

Woohoo, I'm stable enough to write this. If you don't know, last year, I tried to write a Maribug fic but I was fighting some of the worst depression in my life and I could tell the fanfiction was suffering because of that. But I'm better now. Also, this is going to take place at the same time as the original fanfiction (a little before Kwami's Choice special and a little after Elation). Now without further, onto the crack.

Cat Noir and Ladybug were sitting on a roof of a building watching the sunset after spending the day on patrol. Fortunately, there wasn't much disturbance today. Just a few kittens stuck in trees.

"I wish patrol was like this every day, M'Lady." Cat Noir commented.

"I do too but as we both know, that unrealistic." She then stood up about to leave only for Cat Noir to stop her.

"Before you go, M'Lady, can I ask you a question?"

She turned to face him and just said "yeah, sure, go ahead."

"Okay, so I've been wondering... why have you only given a Miraculous to Marinette Dupain Cheng once?"

Other than being Multimouse, technically speaking... she has given a Miraculous to Marinette Dupain Cheng. In fact, she's given a lot of Miraculouses to Marinette Dupain Cheng. But of course he wouldn't know that.

"Cat, don't you remember? I can't give a Miraculous to Marinette Dupain Cheng. We both know her identity!"

Cat Noir scratched the back of his head. "I know about that but this isn't the first time we've both known the identity of a holder. We both know Ryuko's identity, Bunnyx's identity, Pegasus's identity." Why did he have to make good arguments now? "In fact, when you gave Chloe the Bee Miraculous, the whole world knew her identity. Not to mention, along with being a great a holder of the Mouse Miraculous, she's one of the few people in Paris who still hasn't been akumatized." Not an easy task. "It's also doesn't hurt that her parents have the best bakery in all of Paris. So, I just don't understand why you gave her the Mouse Miraculous once."

She had to think of something to say but it was really hard. She wasn't expecting questions like this and he made some damn good points.

Think Marinette, think! What is a totally believable reason for not giving herself a Miraculous without blowing her identity?

"I, uh, have a crush on Marinette."

Was it too late to reveal her identity?

"You do!?" Cat Noir sat up in surprise but also... intrigue.

"Yeah... I... have... a... crush on... Marinette Dupain Cheng." What is she even saying? "So in order to stop myself from getting distracted on the job, I just... I just haven't given her another Miraculous."

She could see the gears turning in Cat Noir's head. He probably already saw through her lie. "That's actually a great decision!" Or maybe he didn't see through her lie. "You're already losing your composure just thinking about her."

"Yeah... I sure am!" She started gesturing wildly. "If I think about Marinette for too long, a villain could definitely take my Miraculous easily. So it's best that I just don't get distracted."

Cat Noir stood up and put a comforting hand on her shoulder. "You made such a great choice."

Ladybug laughed lightly. "You're, uh, not gonna tell anyone about this, right?"

Cat Noir took a step back and bowed at her. "Not even if the most heinous akuma tries to torture it out of me."

"Gooooood." She was thankful for that at least.

"I'll see you around, Ladybug." Was the last thing Cat Noir said to her before using his pole to catapult himself into the air, leaving Ladybug alone.

She watched him for a few moments before heading home herself. When dropped into her room, she detransformed and reality finally caught up to her and it hit her like a truck.

"AAAAA!" She screamed, then started her head against the wall. "I TOLD CAT NOIR I HAVE A CRUSH ON... MYSELF!"

She then tightly grabbed her hair, almost to the point of pulling it out. "This is a disaster! A disaster! A disaster! A DISASTER!"

Tikki flew to her eye level. "Calm down, Marinette. It's not the end of the world."

Marinette now focused on Tikki. "It might as well be! I already blew my chance at being with Adrien and now I just my chance at being with Cat Noir! I'M SO LAME!"

So glad I took that break because I'm already loving this rewrite more. (Also like my Adrichat fic, new chapter comes out when someone asks for it)

[aalissy]

Hard Decision

Whoo day 11 is done!! And I think it’s my new fave heheh. It’s my take on what would happen if Marichat had gotten together after Elation instead of Adrienette :). Lemme know what you think!

AO3

Marinette paced on her balcony. The cold wind blew on her cheeks, cooling some of her anxiety. Every so often, she’d tug on one of her pigtails, letting out a frustrated screech. Why was this so hard?! 

She knew that she wanted to reveal her identity. Wanted to tell Chat that she had been his lady this whole time. Wanted to tell him that he had fallen in love with her twice. Wanted to give him all of her because she trusted him more than she trusted anyone else in her life.

But, whenever her mind was made up, and Marinette decided that she was just gonna blurt it out as soon as he landed on her balcony, a flash of Master Fu’s frowning face filled her mind. What would he think? He was the one who had pushed just how important their secret identities were. That if she and Chat revealed their identities, they might have to both give up their miraculouses.

But then, when she had made her mind up the other way, that their identities were too important to lose, she’d remember that Master Fu was gone now. Marinette was the guardian now. Everything was up to her. And, even if she had lost the miraculouses, she trusted Chat when he said that they would get them all back. Together. 

Tugging on her pigtails again, Marinette let out a frustrated yell. She buried her face in her hands, shaking her head back and forth. “Why is this so impossible?” she muttered to herself.

“Marinette, if this is worrying you so much, then why don’t you wait and do it later?” Tikki’s calm, reassuring voice came from above her.  

“I can’t just wait, Tikki,” she muttered in her hands before looking up at the kwami. “Chat deserves to know the whole truth. I can’t keep lying to him about this. Especially now that we’re dating. He needs to know that I’m Ladybug so that he can decide if he still wants to be with me.”

Marinette glanced away, guilt hitting her like a truck. She sighed, taking a few steps away to lean over her balcony railing. “Especially now that he says that he’s over Ladybug. It just feels wrong lying to him like this.”

Tikki was quiet for a few moments. Long enough that Marinette wondered if she had gone back inside the room. But then, she spoke up, her voice sounding hesitant and unsure, “But, Marinette, Chat’s keeping his identity from you as well. Would you expect him to reveal the whole truth to decide whether or not you want to stay with him too?”

She spluttered, whipping around to stare at Tikki with wide eyes. “What?! No, of course not.” 

In fact, Marinette was sort of hoping that she could convince Chat to keep his identity secret. It wouldn’t be good if they both knew each other’s identities. What would happen if she got akumatized again? With a shiver, she wrapped her arms around herself. She couldn’t let that happen. 

Her thoughts drifted to their second kiss of that night. The one that had saved her from Monarch’s clutches. The one that had solidified the fact that they were going to try a relationship. Even if it was difficult. 

With a tiny smile, Marinette let her arms fall back down to her sides. “But I love him, Tikki. On either side of the mask. No matter what.”

Slowly, softly, Tikki murmured, “And you don’t think he feels the same?”

Her eyes grew sad as she glanced down towards her feet. She shifted, blowing out a quick puff of air. “I know he doesn’t,” Marinette muttered, brushing a stray strand of hair back behind her ear. “He told me himself that he’s not in love with Ladybug anymore. That it was too much to bear.”

Suddenly, her head whipped back up, determination flaring in her gaze. “Which is why I have to tell him that she’s me! I’m done with the lies and secrets.”

Once again, there was a long pause wherein Tikki said nothing. After a tense few seconds, Marinette glanced over at her kwami. She swallowed as Tikki slowly gave a nod of her head. “Alright. If that’s your decision then I won’t stop you. You’re the guardian now, so it’s your choice.”

Marinette thought that she’d be hit by an instant wave of relief. That didn’t happen. Instead, she felt kind of numb. Hollow even. Maybe she’d been expecting Tikki to scold her. To tell her that she couldn’t reveal her identity because it was too dangerous. 

She blew out another sigh, about to start pacing again when Tikki’s eyes widened. Her kwami quickly phased through the trapdoor back down to her room and Marinette knew her time was up. It was now or never.

A light thump sounded behind her and she quickly whirled around, tilting her head to stare up at Chat Noir. 

“Hello, purrincess,” he said.

He looks nervous, Marinette thought before clearing her mind. It was time. 

“I need to tell you something!” she blurted out at the same time Chat did.

She blinked before they both burst into giggles. They were so in synch sometimes it was funny. With a wave of her hand, Marinette gestured at him to go first. “What did you want to tell me?”

“No, no, it’s alright. You go first.” He gave her a shy grin, scratching the back of his neck anxiously. 

Okay. This was good. She could speak her mind without completely freaking out. Yep. She could definitely do this.

Sucking in a deep breath, Marinette rushed out, “I-I want to talk to you about secret identities!”

Clenching her eyes shut, she felt her heart quicken its pace in her chest. She didn’t want to see his reaction. Didn’t want to see the anger and hurt in his eyes as he realized that she had been lying to him the whole time. 

When Chat didn’t shout at her or at least demand an explanation, Marinette cracked an eye open to peek at him. He didn’t look hurt or shocked. If anything he just looked confused.

Both her eyes opened as she frowned. Why was he confused?

“Marinette... I already know that you’re Multimouse, remember? You accidentally took your miraculous off in front of Ladybug and me.”

She blinked again, feeling her lips part in surprise. Oh. Multimouse. How had she forgotten about Multimouse? Well, that was going to be difficult to explain.

Biting down harshly into her lower lip, Marinette slowly shook her head. “I-I’m not talking about Multimouse...”

Chat stiffened, his eyes darting away from hers as his expression morphed from confusion to anxiety. “T-then are you talking about my identity?”

Her brow furrowed once more. What was he talking about? 

Opening her mouth, she was about to explain that wasn’t what she meant at all when he began to pace. His movements matched hers just a few moments ago, one of his hands coming up to rake through his hair every so often.

“I swear, Marinette, I was going to tell you,” Chat said, looking at her seriously as he took her hands in his. He squeezed them and now she was the one who was confused. What was he talking about? 

“That’s actually what I came to talk to you about right here and now. And I know I shouldn’t have done it. That I was taking advantage of your feelings for me when you already said that you were over me. But then we kissed and all I could think about was how much I loved you and how much I wanted to do it again.”

Marinette blinked furiously, a whirlwind of confusion hitting her. What was he talking about? Taking advantage of feelings... that was supposed to be her line. He hadn’t done that to her. That was what she had done to him by not telling him that she was Ladybug.

Chat was still mumbling about taking advantage of her when she placed a finger over his lips, shushing him delicately. He looked at her with a pair of wide, innocent eyes. Did he know how adorable he was?

Marinette took a step closer, moving her finger from his lips to his cheek as she stroked it softly. “Slow down, kitty. I’m not understanding you. What are you talking about? You didn’t take advantage of my feelings at all. I love you.”

His gaze softened before he quietly murmured, “Yeah, but you don’t love Adrien anymore... right?”

Adrien? What did Adrien have to do with this? Her frown deepened and she opened her mouth to ask him what he meant when suddenly his words from before hit her. Taking advantage of her feelings. Telling Chat that she was over Adrien.

Her heart roared in her ears as her palms grew sweaty. Marinette scanned his face, searching for Adrien’s features under that dark mask and messy hair. She found it. With a quiet gasp, she stumbled back from him.

He took a small step forward, reaching for her. “Marinette... I,”

Before Chat could say anything else, though, she suddenly erupted into giggles. That was probably the wrong reaction to have but she couldn’t help it. All she could think about was the circles that they had gone around and around in. 

Chat had gotten over Ladybug only to fall in love with Marinette who was Ladybug. And she... she had gotten over Adrien only to fall in love with Chat who was Adrien. What else could she do but laugh?

“Marinette?”

Chat sounded worried, and honestly, she couldn’t blame him. 

Slowing her giggles, she sucked in a fierce breath of air. It really was time to tell him. “I-I hadn’t been talking about your identity. I had been talking about mine. And I wasn’t talking about Multimouse, either. I was talking about Ladybug. Or, well, me being Ladybug.”

There was a long pause as neither said anything. Marinette’s giggles immediately ceased as she looked up into Chat’s eyes. There was an unreadable expression there and her gut swirled with even more anxiety. 

Maybe she never should have said anything. Maybe he hated her now. Just because she realized that she loved both Chat and Adrien now didn’t mean that he would feel the same. Maybe he despised the fact that she had lied to him for so long.

“You’re Ladybug?” he whispered, that same, fixed expression on his face.

Slowly, she gave a nod of her head. There was another even longer pause. Marinette opened her mouth, prepared to unleash a slew of apologies when suddenly Chat rushed forward, his arms wrapping around her as he lifted her into the air. She squealed, surprise filling her as he hugged her to him tightly. 

“It’s you,” he whispered, “Of course, it was you.”

Relief mixed with love and she squeezed him back. When he slowly lowered her to the ground, Marinette nibbled her lower lip before giving him a small smile. “So you don’t hate me, then?”

“Not even slightly,” Chat said, cupping her cheek. “Do you hate me?”

“I couldn’t even dream of it,” she murmured. 

In the next second, Marinette was leaning up at the same time Chat leaned down. Their lips met in a sweet kiss. Their surroundings disappeared as they both drowned their worries away. It was just them. And it always would be.

Leaning back, she whispered, “I love you so much.”

“I love you too,” he whispered back before tilting his head as he deepened the kiss. Throwing her arms around his neck, Marinette realized how truly thankful she was. She had made the right decision after all, because this was complete and utter perfection.

[kleenex-tissues]

Yours Truly

Maribat coming at you again twice in the same night baby

As always, click here for AO3

Chapter 2:  Marinette Dupain-Cheng Will be Fluent in English, Mark Her Words

Marinette Dupain-Cheng liked to think of herself as an optimist, not that she had much choice.

After spending the past three years fighting a guy who took advantage of the negative emotions of Paris’ civilians with nothing but a yo-yo, she had learned to ward off bad feelings rather quickly.

No matter how many times she got detention for skipping class to fight an akuma. Or got yelled at by her Maman for falling asleep at the bakery’s register after staying up all night fighting an akuma. Or her friends called her flakey when she was late to their hangout because she was across town fighting an akuma.

Quite frankly, it was a wonder just how she hadn’t been akumatized in all these years, but her ability to switch into aggressive positivity seemed to keep even Hawkmoth at bay.

This optimism was what got her into trouble when she convinced herself that she would be improving her English-speaking skills before going off to university. Applications from multilingual students looked remarkably better for programs outside of France, so in order to keep herself from being a total liar on her resume, she was going to speak English perfectly!

Easy as it sounds, no?

Well, actually, no.

Between being Ladybug: defender of Paris and menace to poorly dressed villains, class president for the fourth year in a row, going to school full-time, filling out her portfolio for design school, taking commissions for outfits and costumes, working part-time at her parent’s bakery, and having a social life, she was spread a little thin. There was no possible way she could fit in an extra language class.

After the fifth week in a row of missing her time-slot with her English tutor, Marinette felt defeated. She knew if she continued to fail, she would spiral into a panic. If she was bad at English, then she would have lied on her applications. If the schools she applied to found out she lied, she could get denied attendance. If she was denied attendance, she would have to spend the rest of her life living in a bedroom above her parents’ bakery, making out-of-fashion clothes because she lost all her inspiration to design after getting deni–

“Girl, stay with me,” Alya snapped at Marinette. “You’re catastrophizing again.”

Marinette only groaned in reply from her position face down on her school desk.

“C’mon, Mari! It’s only September, you’ve got plenty of time to improve your English,” Nino piped up from in front of her.

If Marinette could count on one thing to stay positive about in her hectic life, it was her friends. Every year since they were 14, Marinette, Alya, Nino, and Adrien had been placed into the same classes. While their classmates had shuffled and changed over time, these three had stayed solid in her life. The same four seats in the front of the classroom – Marinette and Alya behind, Nino and Adrien in front.

Her life was better for them.

“My life is over,” mumbled Marinette.

Alya, Nino, and Adrien shared a look before the former rolled her eyes and patted her friend on the back. “No, it’s not. You’re just a little busy right now. Some time will free up soon.”

Marinette shot up to look at her friend in horror.

“There is no soon! I will never make it to this stupid class without an akuma attacking, or an emergency at the bakery, or a hours-long project due the next day with zero progress done on it. How am I ever gonna learn English?”

Just as tears began to form in Marinette’s eyes, Alya hugged her tightly. Her warm embrace calmed Marinette down well enough to keep any tears from falling.

‘Breathe in. Breathe out,’ she thought to herself, trying to calm down and match the breathing pattern of the girl attached to her.

“We’ll help you figure it out. You’re never alone when we’re around, okay?”

Marinette nodded into Alya’s shoulder. “Okay.”

This was how Marinette ended up in her room a few hours later staring at a pen pal website on her monitor like it had personally wronged her.

Alya’s idea of figuring it out was a pen pal website. Something about ‘real-world application’ is how she described it.

As it turned out, Alya had discovered the service on accident over the summer and decided to look into it. She met a girl from Hawai’i named Robyn, and they had really hit it off. It was all she could talk about for months, and realizing how much her English had improved, she had an idea. Marinette didn’t know the definition of stranger, so what better way to learn than through making friends from an English-speaking country?

Everything was easier said than done for Marinette, however.

The application to just be approved for the pen pal database was brutal. A dozen questions about her demographics, ten personal open-answers, and a preference sheet made up the documents. It felt like every page dragged on before she finally reached the submit button.

Her finger hesitated over the mouse.

“What’s wrong, Marinette?”

The query came from her desk, where the source of her superpowers rested in the body of a small red creature – Tikki, the Kwami of Creation. They had been partners for three years now, ever since Hawkmoth came to Paris. There was no one she could trust more than the small goddess before her.

Marinette chewed on the inside of her lip before answering. “I’m just not sure if it’s a good idea. I barely have enough free time as it is. How am I gonna be able to spend the time actually talking to this mysterious pen pal?”

“I think you’re worrying over it too much! You only have to message them as often as you feel comfortable doing. Maybe state in your email that you have work, but still want to make a friend.” Tikki flew up to hug her holder’s face. “Plus, you can reply while you’re working at the register since the email goes to your phone too!”

“Yeah, maybe you’re right. I’m sure I can make some time. All worth it to improve my English, right?”

Tikki nodded her head in agreement before moving to put her hand over Marinette’s. They would click submit together. In one quick movement, they pressed the button together.

–

Her application took its time to process, and within a few days, Marinette had forgotten all about it. As she bounced down on her chaise after a grueling akuma battle, she pulled out her phone to check her notifications. Not answering anyone for three hours in the midst of an emergency tended to let her notifications fill up fast. She scrolled through a couple texts from Alya about the amazing photos she got of today’s win, alerts for the Ladyblog – the website said friend had dedicated to recording the akuma attacks, a hoard of replies in their class group chat, and emails.

The top email description read, “New Pen Pal Awaits You!” and the one below it being her confirmation that she was accepted into the pen pal database.

She looked at Tikki nervously before opening it the top one.

To: maridesigns@xxxxx.net From: penpalsonus@xxxxx.com Subject: New Pen Pal Awaits You! Hello Marinette,

Welcome again to our service, Pen Pals On Us!

Our website is dedicated to giving you new experiences with people from all over the world. Using the application you filled out, we have found you a perfect pen pal based on your preferences.

Language(s): English, French Pronouns: She/Her Likes: Animals, Fashion, Sketching Age Range: 16-18

Through analyzing your preferences and those of the many people registered in our database, we have decided to pair you with:

d.w.redbird@xxxxx.net

Language(s): English, Arabic Pronouns: He/Him Likes: Animals, Art Age Range: 16-18

We hope you become great friends!

Pen Pals On Us XXX First St, Somewhere, CA xxx-xxx-xxxx

“Well, Tikki. It looks like I’ve got a new friend.”

[milarqui]

Scarlet Lady: Sapotis

Directory | Despair Bear

It was all hands on deck chez Césaire: not only had Marinette come to help Alya with her twin sisters, Nino had also come (along with his little brother Chris) and Adrien had joined them for the sleepover (the first he'd had in years, and even then, it had only been with Chloé).

Which led to right now, with Alya running after the twin terrors while Marinette reassured their mother.

“Yes, Mme. Césaire, they're in bed – well, almost! Enjoy your evening!”

As she hung up, Alya finally caught up with Ella and Etta.

“Alright, little monsters, bed! You've had enough mischief for today!” she exclaimed, grabbing her sisters and carrying them as if they were bags. “You have to sleep to be in top shape for the amusement park!”

“No fair!” Ella complained, while Etta pointed at Nino's brother.

“Why does Chris get to stay up!”

“Chris is a year older so he gets one more hour than you,” Alya replied as she made her way towards the bedroom.

“Hm!” Chris hummed, happily nodding as the twins angrily glared at him.

“The Sapotis are gonna get you Chris!” Ella said as they disappeared up the stairs.

While Chris asked about the tablet she was using, Nino turned to Adrien.

“Hey, guys, thanks for agreeing to help with the kids,” he said in a low voice, mindful of his girlfriend. “Alya really needed the distraction.”

“What do you mean?” Adrien asked, curious.

“Dude, you saw Scarlet Lady at the party. Alya's totally in shock that her idol is a bossy show off,” he explained. “Though I already knew that.”

“Ooh,” Adrien replied, clapping Nino's shoulder. “Well, hey man! We'll cheer her up! Good looking out for Alya!”

Nino smiled, blushing.

“Heh, thanks. I'm trying to be better about these things!”

“I wonder why we didn't notice it,” Adrien and Marinette said in unison.

They couldn't see it, but having to deal with Scarlet Lady's meltdown had made them numb to that sort of thing.

When Alya returned from putting the girls to rest, she brought out an orange juice jar, several glasses and a couple of cantaloupe slices.

“Hey, Alya, what's a sapi– sapo–?” Marinette tried to ask.

“'The Sapotis'?” Alya corrected. “Little prankster monsters from Creole legend. They spend their time getting into mischief.”

She then pulled out her cellphone and brought out an image Marinette recognized from their visit to the Louvre, the day Alix's brother got Akumatized.

“But check this – the Ladybug existed since Ancient Egypt! But no way is Scarlet Lady that old!” Alya exclaimed, so sure of herself. “Which means the Earrings have changed hands loads of times, see?! So maybe the Scarlet Lady at Chloé's party was someone else–”

“I'm gonna stop you there,” Marinette said, feeling awkward at the straws her friend was trying to grasp.

“Hey, where's the orange juice?” Chris asked, and Alya turned to see that the jar was now completely empty.

“Ah!” she muttered, already knowing who was the guilty party.

“Heehee! Sapotis did it!”

Yeah, girls, way to cover up your involvement.

“Oh, the cantaloupe too!” Adrien said, seeing the fruit now completely eaten.

“Sapotis did it! Haha!”

Alya's left eye twitched in annoyance as she walked to the twins' room, where she found them both allegedly under the sheets, but her keen sight could easily tell they had both rushed back in just moments before.

“Ella! Etta! If I see you up again you're not going to the amusement park, got it?!”

The two girls giggled, completely unaware of the danger they were both in.

“It's not us, it's the Sapo–”

Alya's temper frayed, and she pointed her fingers at both girls with the face only a thoroughly annoyed elder sister could do.

“I. MEAN. IT.”

The two girls were somewhat cowed by the fact that Alya was angry.

Not enough, though, to really understand how close to the edge she really was.

----

With Alya back in the table, Nino thought it was better to distract Alya from the current situation.

So, he started to bring up heroes, and made a question to Alya.

“So, what would you call yourself if you were a Ladybug hero?”

“Justice Bug! No, Superbug! Scarabella!”

Nino rose an eyebrow.

“Can I be a beetle instead?”

“Hey,” Chris suddenly said. “What's the TV doing?”

“Huh?!” Alya said, turning towards the TV.

Which was on.

And someone was clearly meddling with the TV remote.

“Hahaha!”

And it wasn't difficult to ascertain the guilty party.

She returned to the main hall, where she found Ella and Etta lying on the couch, Ella with the remote in hand, acting as if it was something funny.

“Haha haha!” Etta laughed.

“It's not us, it's the–!”

Alya's frayed temper snapped.

“GRRR!”

And the girls realized too late that they had pushed her too far.

“Uh-oh.”

That was when Alya issued her punishment.

“But Alya–” Ella tried to protest, but Alya was having none of it.

“No! The boys will be going by themselves because you two can't behave!” Alya berated the girls, who were now realizing their disobedience had consequences.

“WAAAH!” they both cried out.

----

“Ahh, the life of young children is no fun at all,” Hawkmoth said through his newest Akuma. “They should be able to do whatever they want, whenever they want!”

He looked around, and nodded when he became certain that Nathalie was nowhere close to him with a recorder.

He didn't want her to play this back at him in the future.

----

It came all of a sudden.

“Ha–CHOO!”

“Whoa!” Marinette said, shocked.

“You okay dude?” Nino asked in worry. Adrien picked a handkerchief from the box Marinette offered and blew his nose.

“Yeah, I have the feeling someone was talking a lot of BS related to me.”

----

As Alya returned and detailed what had been done with the twins, Chris broke down crying, and had to be held by Nino.

“I didn't mean to get them in trouble...” he said between sobs, as Nino patted his back.

“It's not your fault, Chris!” Alya tried to console him. “I'll take them some other time!”

“Yeah, little dude! The park's not going anywhere!” Nino added.

CRASH!

Now officially fed-up with her sisters, Alya ran again to her sisters' room and slammed the door open.

“SERIOUSLY?! Don't try and tell me it's because of–”

Then she had a look at who was at the room – and it wasn't her sisters, but two little goblins wearing something that looked like the twins' helicopter hats.

“S-Sapotis?!” she said, stunned.

“Alya!”

“Food!”

“FREEDOM!”

The two little monsters jumped on Alya, causing her to fall to the ground as they escaped the room.

“AH!”

“Alya?!” Marinette shouted, worried.

She got her answer when the two monsters landed on the table and began to eat the food laid on it.

“My cookies...” Adrien lamented: they were Dupain-Cheng cookies, and he hadn't got around to enjoy them!

The obvious Akuma did, and as they did another of them popped in the air between them.

“They multiply when they eat!” Marinette exclaimed, while Chris held onto her leg.

And then the monsters turned towards them.

“Chris!”

“Tattletale!”

“Get him!”

“Huh?!”

Before anyone could react, the Akuma had swarmed the group, grabbed Chris and jumped for the balcony.

“CHRIS!” Nino shouted as his brother tried to reach out to him.

“Help! Nino!” Chris said, crying, as the Akuma took him away, laughing without a care.

“STOP! BRING BACK MY BROTHER!”

“C'mon, we gotta catch'em!” Alya said, bringing her boyfriend's cap.

The four teens quickly ran out of the house and spread in order to stop the Akuma.

Two of them ran into different alleys.

----

“This is getting crazy! We need to intervene!”

“Sure, Banana Boy.”

“Plagg, Claws Out!”

----

“Now, while we have the chance!”

“Yes, My Queen!”

“Pollen, Buzz On!”

----

All over Paris, the Akuma started to cause chaos.

Two of them took control of Jagged Stone's car – while he and Penny were in it.

“Ahh!” the rocker shrieked.

“What is thiiiis?!” Penny asked, shocked.

“Rock'n'roll!”

As the car swerved around, another four of them were stealing a rickshaw while laughing, and another pair was jumping to take a sweeper's vehicle.

“Trumpet!”

“Ah!” the poor man said, as Alya attempted to grab one of them.

“Knock it off!”

And, in another street, Nino was running after a group of the monsters that had stashed Chris in a shopping cart.

“Get back heeeeere!”

----

Temporarily ignorant of the goings-on outside, Chloe was currently relaxing in her father's hotel's spa, eating cookies, while Tikki just floated in the water with a kwami-sized towel on her head.

“Ahh, I earned this,” she said, even though she hadn't actually done anything to do so.

Then, a small army of tiny monsters swarmed the spa, causing great ruckus around her and bringing their chaos to the room.

“Stop!”

“Ah, wait–!”

“What are these things?!”

Annoyed, Chloé turned around to yell at the closest of the monsters she could see.

“Do you mind? I'm trying to relax–”

Her complaints were quickly muted when one of the creatures found a bowl with mud intended for facial treatments and decided it would be fun to throw it at the girl's face.

Where it landed with a SPLAT!

----

Chat Noir and Marigold were getting irritated – the Akuma were multiplying as they found more and more food, and each time they fought one, it was clear it was only a clone.

“Get back here!” Marigold yelled at a laughing clone, as Scarlet finally deigned to show up.

“Hey lackies, why haven't you cleaned up yet?!”

The two heroes glared at their 'teammate'.

“The Akuma is in the hat, but...” Chat Noir began.

“... only in the original, not the clones,” Marigold finished.

“Seriously? There's sooooo many!” Scarlet replied. “So lame. Hey, how do you know all this stuff?”

Both heroes became startled at Scarlet actually pulling the thread for once.

“Oh! Um!”

“You see–”

“Whatever, Lucky Charm.”

Thank goodness she's an idiot! both heroes thought as the ladybugs formed...

“A teapot?” she asked, surprised. “Do I throw it? It's ugly.”

Ignoring the opening she had created, Chat Noir was instead helpful.

“The Akuma's too young for tea!”

“That's it!” Marigold exclaimed, grabbing the teapot. “Chat Noir, I think you need to go work on your Kung-Fu!”

And, as she winked at him, he understood the message.

“You're right, I think it'll definitely help! Be right back!” he replied, throwing a wink back.

“Is this some gross new way of flirting you're doing?” Scarlet asked, disgusted – and caused both heroes to flush.

“NO!”

----

Adrien opened the door to Master Fu's home, Plagg in tow, with a bit of a hurry.

“Master, Scar's Lucky Charm was a clue to come see you for help!”

“Ah, I see,” the elder man said, a cup of tea in hand. “I believe the Lucky Charm is telling us you'll need a power beyond what you three can offer.”

Standing up from his seat, Fu walked to the gramophone that hid the Miraculous Box.

“You must entrust this power to someone you trust, who will return the Miraculous.”

“I know just the person!” Adrien stated, causing Fu to look at him in askance.

“It's not Marinette again, is it?”

“Ha!” Plagg laughed, while his wielder blushed.

“N–No! I have other choices!” he replied, covering up that Master Fu had been accurate.

----

Nino was at his wits' end, trying to corner one of the little gremlins that had kidnapped Chris to force the truth out of them, but right now the group he had found was more entertained toying with a merry-go-round.

“Dammit, tell me where you took my brother!” he yelled, but got ignored as the merry-go-round twirled.

“WHEEEE!” the Akuma yelled.

“This is your stop!”

Chat Noir suddenly landed next to the merry-go-round and forced it to stop, causing the Akuma to fly off – and two of them popped out as they hit the ride's bars.

“Chat Noir!” Nino said, stepping forward. “Dude, please, you gotta save my little bro! He was taken by these Sapotis Akuma things!”

“Nino Lahiffe,” Chat Noir replied, pulling out a small wooden box from a pocket. “Wouldn't you rather save him yourself?”

Nino rose an eyebrow.

“Hooooow do you know my name?” he asked. Chat Noir managed to skip answering the question by handing over the box to him.

When he opened it, a flash of light revealed a small fox-like creature now floating in the air, along with a pendant that resembled a fox tail.

“Whoa, awesome!” Nino exclaimed, while the creature giggled. “Hey, little dude, are you some kind of genie?”

“Ha!” the creature said, smiling, and Chat Noir laughed.

“That's what I said!”

“I'm way better than those guys!” the small fox replied, winking. “I can make you a hero! Just say, Trixx...

----

“LET'S POUNCE!”

----

The two girls were getting surrounded by the Sapotis clones, and they were struggling with dealing with the group, so much so that Scarlet had collapsed from the struggle.

“There's so many of them!” she complained, while Marigold's top kept twirling around them.

“Get up, they're still coming!” the Bee heroine replied.

“Sorry for the wait!”

In the blink of an eye, two boys – one in black, the other in orange – went on to attack the crowd of Sapotis, making them pop out with strike after strike.

“Not so tough now!” the fox-like one said, hitting one with a large flute.

“That'll teach ya!” Chat Noir added with a swing of his baton.

“Chat Noir! And – a fox hero?!” Marigold said.

“Sup,” the newcomer replied with a smile.

“Another Volpina, get him–!” Scarlet tried to say, but Marigold quickly grappled her away.

“We're already dealing with an Akuma, relax!” Marigold yelled at her as she pulled away.

----

Alya was still running after the copies of her sisters' Akumas, and her earlier snapping was back.

“If you think being Akumatized will convince me not to discipline you in the future, you've got another thing coming!” she yelled.

----

With the crisis temporarily held back, Chat Noir went on to present his superhero-ed friend.

“Ladies, meet my super pal, uh...”

Oh, right, they didn't have a name lined up for him.

“Um, Fox Trot!”

“Nice,” Chat Noir said, smiling.

“Well, new fox face, don't forget who's in charge here, got it?” Scar stated, and Chat Noir rolled his eyes at her. Fox Trot crossed his arms and smirked.

“Obviously, I'll take my cues from the established Heroes of Paris. Chat Noir and Marigold.”

Scar's face turned thunderous as she took in the comment.

“WHAT?!”

Marigold looked at Chat Noir with a smirk.

“You chose well.”

He nodded.

However, the time of fun had to end, and the heroes (along with their assorted load) went back to the battleground, where the Akuma copies had kept multiplying in spite of their effort.

“They're coming! By the hundreds!” Fox Trot noted.

“Guess I'll try this again,” Scar replied. “Lucky Charm.”

“A unicycle?” Chat Noir asked. Seriously, that power gave out such a weird list of objects...

“What do we do with that?” Fox Trot asked as Scar struggled to hold the Lucky Charm.

“Heavy...”

“Here, guys, I'm gonna need these objects to make it work!” Marigold replied, bringing out a piece of paper that Chat Noir picked up.

Construction Cones

Tape

Trash Can

Broom Handles

Chat Noir looked up from the list and at Marigold.

“When did you have time to do this?” he asked, honestly curious. Where did she get the paper and pencil from?

“No time for questions!” Marigold exclaimed, clearly wanting to avoid having an awkward conversation.

----

The objects were surprisingly easy to find (Paris was a big city, there was always bound to be some place under construction or repairs, and handles were thrown to the bins on the regular), and as they moved towards the place Marigold had suggested for setting up the trap, Fox Trot brought something up.

“Do you always make it this complicated to save Paris?” he asked; in the past, they (mostly Chat Noir) tended to go with simpler methods.

“Only when Her Highness calls the shots,” Chat Noir jokingly replied.

“We can't all have the sophisticated method of hitting it in the face,” Marigold joked back.

----

“Attention please! Sapotiland, the amusement park of the future, is now open!” Marigold announced through the megaphone as she pedaled on the rickshaw. “At Sapotiland, all pranks are allowed!”

At the top of a building nearby, Chat Noir and Fox Trot had been waiting for the signal, and the veteran hero looked at his friend.

“Alright, Fox Trot, you're up!”

“This'll get my bro back?”

“Of course!” Chat Noir replied, putting his fingers to his temples while winking. “Focus on exactly what'll attract those little Sapotis.”

“I know just what they want,” Fox Trot replied, and put the flute to his mouth. “Mirage!”

And, at the tune of his flute, a shining, majestic amusement park grew from nothing, catching the attention of all the clones.

“Whoa,” Chat Noir said, astonished by the illusion crafted by Fox Trot.

“SAPOTILAND!” the Sapotis said in unison, and quickly marched in that direction. “SAPOTILAND!”

As the crowd passed by, Chat Noir noticed the one individual in the crowd that wasn't like the others.

“Fox Trot! There!”

“Chris!” Without a thought, Fox Trot jumped down and grabbed his brother from the crowd that had kidnapped him. “Gotcha!”

“Wah–!” Chris exclaimed.

“This way to Sapotiland!” Marigold shouted, keeping the Akuma distracted from trying to get Chris back.

----

Today was probably the worst night Chris had ever had. He had thought he'd have a good time with Nino and his friends, but then the twins had done those things, they had been punished, they had been Akumatized, and they had grabbed him because they blamed him for all of that.

But now, he was in the arms of a hero that looked like a fox, that had rescued him, and was looking down at him with a smile.

“Hey, little dude, you okay?”

“Whoa...”

This... this was what a hero was truly like!

So amazing!

----

The Sapotis were led to a narrow corridor that would take them to their target.

“Yay!”

“Sapotiland!”

Not knowing that it was a trap, for the device Marigold had constructed was spinning around its axis, the broom handles swatting their hats off their heads and into the trash can the heroes had collected earlier.

“Watch your foot!” Fox Trot commented as another hat flew.

“Got it!” Chat Noir replied as they moved the can right into the path of the hat.

“That's all of them!” Fox Trot said, grinning, and Chat Noir primed his attack.

“Cataclysm!” he said, and the entropic energy coming from his hand hit the full can, which started to vanish. Then he turned to Chris. “Wanna break it?”

“YEAH!”

----

As the Miraculous Cure did its work, Ella and Etta woke up in the middle of the street, no longer the Sapotis, but now confused.

“Where are we?” Ella asked.

“I don't know, how'd we get here?” Etta asked.

“Ella! Etta!” a voice they knew all too well shouted, and the two young girls turned to see their bigger sister running towards them.

“It's Alya!”

“Uh-oh, we're in trouble.”

But the gloomy expectation didn't come to reality as Alya just about tackled her little sisters into a hug, much to their surprise.

“I have been looking all over the city for you!” Alya exclaimed, huffing as she held onto them for dear life. “I'll kill Hawkmoth!”

The girls chose to just take the good fortune for as long as they could have it, and hugged their sister back, until two people walked up to them.

“Marigold! S–Scarlet Lady!” Alya exclaimed. “Have you seen a little boy–”

“Don't worry, Chris is on his way home right now,” Marigold explained, causing Alya to sigh in relief. “Would you girls like a superhero escort?”

“Yeah!”

“Yay!”

“As for me, I have to go,” Scarlet Lady said, her earrings beeping. “After all, I'll be very missed if I'm not–”

“I didn't expect anything from you anyway,” Marigold dismissively interrupted her, as she and the Césaire girls were already walking away.

“Bye!” Etta cheerfully said, but Scarlet Lady didn't care.

“HEY!”

----

By the time they arrived to the Césaires' home, the twins were fast asleep in their arms, and both hero and reporter did their best to put them back to bed without waking them up.

“Thanks for this, Marigold,” Alya whispered, as Marigold struggled to get Etta to let go of her.

“No problem.”

The two of them head the balcony window close, and Alya stood up.

“Oh! That must be Chat Noir with Chris. I'll be right back.”

“'Kay,” Marinette replied, giving her a thumbs up.

Alya tiptoed her way to the sitting room, where she found another figure.

“Hey, thanks Cha–huh?!”

The reason for this reaction was that this wasn't Chat Noir, but another boy dressed up like a fox the same way Chat Noir resembled a cat, and that he was holding Nino's brother in his arms.

“Ah! Shh! He's asleep!” the unknown hero whispered, a finger to his lips.

There was a torrent of questions she wanted to make of him, but Alya managed to cover her mouth before it came out.

“W-Whoareyou,why'reyouafox,how'dyougetChris–”

The hero was clearly confused.

“Uh, I can't understand you,” he admitted.

----

He knew that his girlfriend was enthusiastic and wanted to learn about the heroes for the Ladyblog, but this was a bit excessive.

“What's your name?! Are you a new hero?! Hey, what's your Miraculous!” she rapidly fired as she took photos from every angle. Finding the bed they had prepared earlier for Chris, he carefully set him down and took his glasses off so he could sleep.

“Fox Trot, Temp, and that's a secret Mlle. Reporter,” he replied after chuckling, while he covered Chris. “G'night, little dude.”

As he turned around, Alya turned her phone and began to check on the photos she had taken.

“... even a temporary hero does more than Scarlet Lady on his first day...” she contemplated... and that was when the dam cracked.

When she realized that everything she had done for Scarlet Lady had been for nothing.

When the illusion that kept her from seeing the truth broke.

“What else have I been ignoring?” she asked, and tears pooled and fell down her cheeks as she sobbed.

“Ah! Um! Uh!” Fox Trot said, struggling against the desire to just hug Alya and dry her tears. That was Nino's job – if he tried that right now, he doubted she would take it as well. But there was something he could do. “Y–You know, I was also bad at picking up hints and stuff, but hey! Now you know, so now you can fix things!”

“Fix things...” Alya replied, clearing her tears. “M–Maybe I could... talk to past Akuma victims? Or focus on the real heroes...”

“Yeah, great idea!” Fox Trot replied, smiling.

BEEP!

Which, of course, was why his pendant now bothered to warn him that he was running out of time.

“Ah!”

“It's beeping!”

“I know!”

“Quick, hide in my room!”

As Fox Trot rushed to hide in Alya's room, Marigold came down to investigate.

“Alya, who're you talking to?” she asked.

“Umm...” Alya mumbled, trying to distract her while Fox Trot left.

----

Unseen by the girls, Chat Noir was helping Nino come down the balcony in a rush without being discovered.

Fortunately, their escape from Césaire Home was successful, and Chat Noir brought Nino to a nearby alley, where he took off the pendant and put it back in its box.

“Thanks for trusting me, Cat-Dude,” Nino said, giving him the wooden box.

“Cat-Dude,” Chat Noir repeated with a chuckle. “I never doubted you.”

“Whew, that was fun!” Trixx said, floating. “You sure know how to set a scene!”

“Aw, thanks!” Nino replied, scratching the back of his head. “One day, I want to be a movie director, so–”

And he gasped.

“Can I keep the fox to make movies?!” he asked. Chat Noir noted how Trixx was clearly using some of its power of illusion to make sparks and bubbles float around them. But, in spite of the puppy-dog eyes both of them were putting out, he had to be firm.

“Negative.”

----

Alya was wondering where the others were: it had been at least ten minutes since Ella and Etta were deakumatized, they should have already returned by now, right?

Just as she thought that, someone knocked on the door, and she ran to check.

“Coming!” she said, and as soon as she opened the door Marinette was glomping her.

“Alya! You're okay!” the pigtailed girl said, widely smiling.

“You too!” Alya replied. Alright, that's one–

“Woo, found you!” Nino shouted, glomping both of them.

“Ah!” Alya exclaimed. Nino had rushed so fast that she had nearly fallen from the impact, but she had managed to stay on her feet.

“You're safe!” Adrien exclaimed, also glomping the group.

And, like wafer thin mint into the gullet of a morbidly obese eater, everything went to hell.

In their case, Alya lost her balance.

“Ahh!”

“Oof!”

And she was trapped under the weight of her friends.

----

The morning after, everyone gathered for breakfast at the Césaires' kitchen, with Marlena bringing a plate full of pancakes for everyone to enjoy.

“So, how was your night, kids?” Marlena asked.

“Oh gosh, maman, listen to this–” Alya said, getting going on her explanation of the previous night's events.

Meanwhile, Nino turned to Adrien.

“Hey mec, what do you want on your pancakes?”

“Huh? Oh...”

That made him realize something.

Actually, even though Nino says he doesn't notice stuff, aren't I the one who doesn't tell him stuff? he thought, realizing that he was doing his best friend a disservice.

“I... I like blueberries,” he decided.

“Nice,” Nino said, passing him the bowl with the berries.

Shouldn't I rely on him more?

Any further musings were interrupted with the arrival of the twins, who had bed hair and were trying to shake off her tiredness.

“Good morning, girls. Sleep well?” Otis asked, worried as Alya had mentioned how they had been Akumatized.

“Mmn,” they mumbled in unison as they sat down.

“Chris, we're sorry for kidnapping you,” Etta said.

“And pranking you,” Ella added.

“Have fun at the amusement park,” both finished.

But Chris was of a different opinion.

“Who cares about the amusement park! I'm helping Alya talk about Fox Trot in the Ladyblog!” he exclaimed, waving his fork. “Don't worry, I'll teach you guys all about him. It's okay, Nino, you're still the coolest.”

Adrien smiled as Nino covered his blushing face, knowing very well the cause.

“Thanks.”

“Marinette, I want Fox Trot PJs,” he asked.

“If you say please.”

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Anansi

@zoe-oneesama Alya's finally seeing the light after only seeing the shadow for too long. Opinion?

BTW, that's 397 pages, 158139 words and 851574 characters.

[miracleandplagueau]

I have a lot of questions but this are the more important to me

1- Does Gabriel in your AU cares about Adrien or he is gonna be this cold and cruel parent towards him?

2-The Butterfly/Moth miraculous power, how it will work? Does it have a limit?

3-The power of the Peacock is still the same? (in my versión I give it the power to let blind anyone who look directly to the feathers, and the sentimonster thing is kinda now part of the Ladybug, cuz, you know, creation)

4-Adrien is a sentimonster in your AU?

5-Master Fu is in this AU?

1. Gabriel is still going to be a strict father, a bit distant and cold, but he has a soft spot for Adrien. After all, all those additional activities are for his future, for him to not depend on his father's reputation alone and build one for himself. To add to that, his son takes up appearances after his passed wife, how could he ever hate him when he cares about his wife so much?

2. The Butterfly Wonder's powers are nearly the same since I just fixed a few things about the logistics. First of all, It's worth noting the first big change: the akumas are only the carriers - the source of the power comes from the wonder itself. The Butterfly user can share his power with 5 people at once, each person weakening him as that power is borrowed to fuel the other person. The Butterfly Wonder can go beyond just 5 people, but It only has enough power for five and this is where things can get a little disturbing. If the user pushes themselves to akumatize more than 5 people, the artifact will be forced to acquire that power itself - oftentimes by draining the person using of their energy, stamina, life and all the other things. The detransformation countdown begins after the last person akumatized "disconnects" from the Wonder user. A few other things I feel I need to note is that the object of akumatization has to be alive and sentient (In order to avoid situations like Robostus). Additionally, being blinded by emotion, any emotion (both negative and positive) can help bring their form to their full potential, which is why Monarch is using people only in a state of overwhelming anger, sadness or overall negativity.

3. The power sounds so cool! I made it so that the user can trick anyone looking at them into thinking they're not there or that they're in a different position. It's kind of like an illusion, but only for the user themselves and person they might be holding. I'd like to say It's "concealment", but I'll have to find a better name for it lol

4. Nope. And with what's going on in season 5, I say good riddance

5. He is! However, I did definitely change his character and backstory a bit AND the way the first meeting goes as well. I think It's important to note that both Jiayi and Adrien find him on their own and BOTH stay in contact with Master instead of Ladybug being the only hero allowed to talk to him.

Thank you so much for asking! I hope I explained everything well lmao

[princess-of-the-corner]

Other thing - the "Mari has no personal connection to Gabriel" would bother me less if Adrien had more focus. Like, if the reveal happens, & we get a lot of Adrien angsting over fighting his dad, or wondering what else he missed? I would care FAR less about Mari being connected, cause the focus is on the person who DOES have an established connection. But they didn’t want to focus on Adrien, they wanted to focus on Mari. So not giving her any emotional investment just makes it all seem. 🤨🤷‍♀️

Yeah like.

Adrien is the one who has all the connections to this plot all the emotional investment.

He should get to know. To have big emotions over the truth even if it hurts. Gabe trying to akumatize him over it would be a big moment, and after Chat Blanc and Ephemeral, having it be 'this time it's different, this time Adrien manages to resist' would've been such cool buildup and worth having CB and E end in retcons!

and even if it still ends the same, with Gabriel winning but deciding last second 'oh I've been An Asshole™' and killing himself to avoid the consequences of his actions save what he can and that's considered a 'redemption'

at least it would be /Adrien/ choosing to say 'you know what that was fucked up but I Get It™ so I'm gonna just try to remember the good parts of my father's life instead of the hot mess he ended up as' instead of Marinette going 'but Adrien might be sad if I tell him so I gotta lie!'.

[mister-e-filman]

Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir: Year One

Autumn; Climatika

An entire week had passed with Hawk Moth sending a multitude of akumas after both Ladybug and Cat Noir, first came Monstre Terrifiant, then the Gargoyle, a monstrous croissant, Snailman, The Thug, and then finally the Mole, all of which the duo deakumatized back into their civilian forms. Thanks to the AkumAlert system, the deakumatizations were becoming easier to get done as a special ambulance with anti-akumatization markings on it would arrive soon after the super duo had finished, and would help the victim. And as much as Mayura wanted to, Hawk Moth flat-out refused to add any of them to their growing army as he had his sights set on the KIDZ+ Weather girl contest. He even insisted that Mr. Pigeon be removed as he saw him as too pathetic to be a part of the army.

In the KIDZ+ studio, Alec walked onto his stage and said "Welcome to the finals of our KIDZ+ competition! When today, one lucky winner will be announced as our brand new KIDZ+ weather girl! We started off with 5000 contestants. But with the help of our audience at home, we whittled our talent down to just these two amazing young ladies! So, let's welcome our fantastic finalists! To my right, Aurore Beauréal, and on my left, Mireille Caquet! Who will be the lucky winner? Vote now! Text 1 for Aurore and 2 for Mireille. And remember, standard text messaging rates apply."

The crowd could be heard chanting both Mireille's and Aurore's names as Aurore waved "Hi!" and Mireille giggled.

Meanwhile at the Dupain-Cheng House Bridgette was on the balcony, lying on the door to it giving herself a tan all while her twin Marinette was chasing Manon Chamack. Nadja had stopped by earlier to ask Marinette if she would babysit Manon, and of course Mari couldn't say no when Manon flashed her the "baby-doll eyes" which just made her cave. As for Bridgette herself, she wanted absolutely no part of babysitting her, all she wanted was something to punch.

Marinette was chasing the toddler all around the living room shouting "Come on, Manon, give that back!"

Manon whined "But I wanna be a fashion designer too!"

Marinette fell on the sofa, getting exhausted, but still determined to stop her. Standing upright seconds later.

"Manon, please, it's not finished! You're gonna ruin it!"

Manon giggled mischievously. Her babysitter’s pleading words had no effect on the toddler who was loving her impish ways.

Marinette let out a "Huh?" before resuming her chasing Manon, but ultimately ended up crashing with the table as she let out an "Ah! Nnnngh..." Marinette looked around the trashed room searching for Manon.

Marinette got to her feet and walked around, listening for her "Hmmm... Huh? Ah!" She giggled; and walked over to the curtain, only to see that Manon was not there.

Manon emerged from under the bed and snatched Marinette's cellphone. "I'm gonna vote for Mireille, she's the best!” Manon supplied, “She gave me candy when I visited Mommy.”

Marinette grabbed her phone back from Manon, "Hey, my phone!" Marinette said annoyed. But in payback Manon then grabbed the older girl's hat and ran off.

Marinette then wondered aloud "Ughhh... Why did I agree to do this again?"

Then over her left shoulder Tikki couldn’t help but make her presence known to her wielder. Much to a flustered Marinette who was having issues with the rambunctious child.

Marinette whispered to her, "Stay low, Tikki!"

Tikki whispered back, "Do not worry. Think about this. If you can handle Manon for a day, any villain here on out will be a piece of cake."

While it was weird to compare one of the akumatized villains she had to battle with to a troublemaking little girl Marinette couldn’t help but feel like Tikki had a point. But she couldn’t think about it too much since she heard the sound of footsteps approaching the house-part of her home seconds after Tikki’s words of wisdom. Marinette made the kwami hide so Manon wouldn’t see her kwami just as the doorbell rang. Marinette opened the door to find Alya standing there. Marinette beckoned for her to step inside.

“Alya?” Marinette asked in surprise, “what are you doing here?”

“Hey, I got a huge scoop for you. Guess who's on a photoshoot in the park?” Alya asked. Though Marinette already knew the answer...

“Now? Adrien is in the park right now?” The dark-haired girl replied with no hesitation. Drawing a nod from her bespectacled best friend, “As we speak.”

And Marinette couldn’t help but get flustered due just at the possibility of meeting her blonde crush, “Oh, gosh! What... what am I gonna say to him?”

But Alya couldn’t help but tease her bestie in response to that, “The same thing as usual 'I... uhhh... dahee... wha... ahh...''" she mocked. Much to Marinette’s chagrin, “Oh, stop it,” she softly chuckled.

“Uh, who's she?” Manon chimed in. Getting the attention of both of the older girls.

“Whoops! I forgot about this little detail,” Marinette stated while looking back at Manon.

“And who’s she?” Alya inquired.

“This is Manon, one of my mom's friends' daughters. I'm watching her all afternoon. Oh no! I can't go out!” Marinette realized following a gasp. Her babysitting duties took priority over potentially asking Adrien out. 

“Leme guess. Another 'you couldn't say no' favor?” the wavy haired girl prodded with a raised eyebrow. “No, I just couldn't... say... no…,” Marinette answered. Looking down at the floor in a bit of self-shame.

Now Alya could tell her friend was in distress and she was really looking forward to seeing Adrien. Which was a bigger deal to Marinette than it was to her, “No problem! I'll look after your little detail for you.”

Manon ran off. She didn’t think much of Alya's presence. Perhaps she’d be just as fun to mess with as Marinette was.

“Thanks, but I'm responsible for her... Besides, I couldn't do that to you. She's... an absolute angel!” Marinette said with a smile so fake it looked like it hurt, just before grimacing at the sound of a loud crash from Manon messing with stuff with the pots and pans she had seized, mostly Bridgette's. Knowing very well that her twin would be livid if she saw her most prized possesion wrecked. And she was right when she saw the four-year-old reappear, Bridgette's head popped into the room screaming "Manon Mia Máire Moni Chamack, that crash had better not have come from my trophey!" Carrying the now broken trophey which was leftover from one of the akumas that she had fought in the past week, Manon decided to make a run for it. “Manon! Put that down! Ugh! Come back!” Marinette yelled after the young brat.

While Marinette was scrambling behind Manon, Alya thought ahead and was already in the pathway that she correctly predicted Manon would go, and in the blink of an eye, Manon’s hand was now in hers. Though the little girl was trying to pull away.

“You're just a pushover, Marinette. I have to babysit my sisters all the time, which makes me an expert in dealing with angels,” Alya said with a matter-of-fact smile.

“Who are you anyway?” Manon asked. Looking up at Alya who had a creative answer for the little girl, “I’m a mythical unicorn princess from the Nespar Kingdom which is on the wonderful world of Reespa, disguised as a totally fabulous human girl! I grant magical wishes, but only to little monkeys who behave!” she answered while giving Manon a playful poke on the tip of her nose that made her laugh.

“No, you're not! ...Are you?”

And while not breaking her smile she lifted Manon up and placed her in Marinette’s arms. Who by the way was stunned in how Alya had managed to make the troublemaking preschooler calm down for more than five seconds. Alya beckoned for Monon to hand over Bridgette's broken trophey, which Bridgette snatched before Alya could even touch it. Bridgette sighed as she held the trophey in her hands before saying dryly, "Nothing a little superglue can't fix." She gently set down the broken trophey.

“Okay, say, let's all go to the park,” Alya said, not missing a beat.

“Yay!” Manon exclaimed. Followed by Marinette chiming in with, “Okay!” and Bridgette, who was holding superglue in her hand, "Fine."

And meanwhile at the KIDZ+ studio the new weather girl was going to be chosen. People across Paris were tuning in to see the results with Alec hosting it all.

“Okay ladies and gentlemen, this is the moment we've all been waiting for! The viewers at home have made their decision, and the new KIDZ+ weather girl is…” Alec announced proudly while the votes were shown on screen with Mireille getting a large lead until the final score was counted.

“Congratulations Mireille!” Alec announced to a cheering crowd and a stunned Aurore. And the only thing that broke her shocked state was Alec talking to her, “Man, she really crushed you, eh? Better luck next time!”

“UGH!” Aurore grumbled before running out of the room to the elevator while Alec unintentionally added insult to injury, “What’s the big deal? You only lost by half a million votes!” "Go fuck yourself Alec!" she screamed at him, though she knew he was right and began going through the number of votes in her head to see if there was any error whatsoever.

And once she was in the elevator Aurore sat down defeated as she realized that if it was true that Mireille had 82% of the votes and she had only 18%, and that she lost by half a million votes, then it could be calculated that Mireille won 640,625 votes, while Aurore had only 140,625.

Aurore was now a seething volcano of rage as she knew that her schoolmate Chloé would no doubt mock her for this humiliating failure, “I should've won, I have the talent, the star looks, everything! But she took everything away from me. They took everything away from me! They--" She calmed down a bit remembering what led to that week's events...

Sabrina had been standing beside her from afar when she leaned close to Chloé and told her "That's terrible! You hear that, Chloé? Aurore's GPA dropped a whole point on her last report card!"

Chloé responded with "Well, you can't be a Little Miss Weather girl and Little Miss Good Grades at the same time!" Aurore had gasped at her cruelty but did think that she could possibly be a damn good weather girl. Mireille, a Japanese/Korean-French girl then said shyly "That sounds nice, being a weather girl and such." "Well, we better not make her cry, Sabrina, or else Stormy Weather might start raining on us. Oh, and go cry somewhere else Máirín" Chloé added. Sabrina meekly went to stand beside Chloé. What ridiculous bitches!" Chloé cackled. "Utterly ridiculous!"

"It's Mireille, Chloé!" Marinette yelled.

Aurore remembered that whenever Chloé would act so cruel to others Soqueline would always put Chloé in her place, but now that she was no longer there, surprisingly Marinette had taken up that role, she remembered Marinette going up to stand beside Aurore; Alya on her heels.

Marinette turned to face Chloé and told her "Aurore won't be transforming, because her grade average will be up again next term." Marinette then turned to Aurore and calmly told her "Don't hesitate to ask if you need any help."

Aurore remembered thanking Marinette for being so kind to her. She still couldn't believe that that had come from Chloé's favorite punching bag.

Aurore was just starting to stand up when suddenly the power went out. Making the elevator abruptly stop and knock Aurore down in the process. Then an akuma squeezed its way into the elevator which made Aurore swing her parasol at it defensively… but to no avail as it entered the scared girl's parasol just in time for the electricity to come back on, and to hear HIM.

"So correct you are. You should've won the contest. Yes..." Hawk Moth buzzed in her ears.

Aurore found herself saying "I should've won. Yes!"

"Climatika, I am Hawk Moth. I give you all the power you need to seek revenge on them as my weather girl. All you have to do is bring me the Miraculouses of both Ladybug and Cat Noir. Can you do that?"

Aurore started to become eveloped in purple aether, but she let out a "Yes!" before it fully encased her.

Hawk Moth then proudly said "That's my weather girl. Show the entire world who the best weather girl really is!" As he said that, the elevator doors opened, revealing Climatika, her brilliant violet eyes darting around the place.

Climatika sighed as she felt power coursing through her. She felt like she could do anything, even move the entire Earth itself! But how?

Meanwhile at Place des Vosges which was one of the most beautiful locations in Paris. A public square that was usually bustling with free-roaming people was now the setting for young male model Adrien Agreste’s photoshoot which was open for the public to spectate. Marinette and Alya were going to take that chance to the fullest.

“Come on. We're gonna stroll over there real cool as if we just happened to be passing by….” Marinette started to say and Alya knew there was more to this, “Then what?”

"Bad Idea!" Alya thought to herself as at that moment Marinette’s face quite literally lit up with love and imagination!

“Then? I'll invite him out for a fruit smoothie at the end of the photo shoot! Then, we'll get married! Live happily ever after in a beautiful house and have a dog! Maybe a cat? Nah, forget the cat. A hamster! I love hamsters! Plus, we'll have two kids? No, three. No, four! Louis, Emma, Hugo, and, and, a-” Marinette babbled out unnaturally fast.

“Let's just start with just happening to be passing by and see if we can get to that smoothie afterwards,” Alya interrupted her with a small smile which made Marinette giggle in return even though Alya was concerned for her friend who just resumed talking to her as if she hadn't just had a magical mental breakdown. So she was now planning on going to go see Master Fu for any help on what was happening to Marinette. At least once she got the chance! "One step at a time."

“Magnifico! Super! Come on now, I want to see hunger in your eyes!” spoke the voice of Adrien’s photographer for the photoshoot, Vincent.

"Remember, cool! Just be cool… Remember, cool! Just be cool…” Marinette chanted to herself while standing next to Alya behind the security barricade so they could watch Adrien.

“Um, we couldn’t be more invisible,” Alya noted. Even they weren’t the only people watching Adrien pose for the camera the only person who noticed them so far was Adrien’s hulking bodyguard.

And it was at that moment that Adrien saw them, and waved just as Marinette said with a deep breath “Okay, let's start over,” Marinette was desperately trying to stay cool and relaxed. But that instantly melted away when she saw Adrien waving at them, “Did you see that? He waved at me!”

“Yeah, I saw it too. Pretty normal, since we're in the same class,” Alya pointed out, as she tried putting Marinette’s hand down in the process, however it was still up well after Adrien waved at them unfortunately.

Meanwhile back at the KIDZ+ building. Mireille entered the elevator holding her trophy, though she felt like she didn't properly deserve it as she believed that Aurore was the true winner since she absolutely crushed her meterology exams while she herself felt that she had only won just because she was nice with people. She began exiting when she reached her floor and saw Climatika waiting for her. "Boo!" Climatika tauntingly said, nearly causing Mireille to drop the trophy. Climatika chuckled as she snatched the trophy before saying, "I am Climatika. The only weather girl who always gets the forecast right! And unfortunately for you, there's a freak icy front moving in right now!" She then attacked her with her parasol by firing a blast of ice.

"Somebody get me out of here! Help! Help!" Mireille shouted though her pleas were muffled thanks to her icy prison cell. "Oh and, thank you so much for giving me my trophy, Caquet! That was so nice of you!" Mireille just then realized who she was. "Now, get comfy now because it's gonna get a whole hell of a lot colder!" Climatika cackled.

Back at the Place des Vosges. Vincent was continuing taking pictures of Adrien.

Vincent was continuing photographing Adrien while saying excitedly, "Bravo! That's it! Give me the smile when your mom brings in spaghetti! Okay! And now, Oh no! Mama dropped the spaghetti! And now, you have to eat the spaghetti off the floor! Oh yes, you're angry! Show me angry, yes, yes, yes!" Little did Vincent know that Adrien absolutely HATED that he had just used his own mother as a way to get pictures.

Marinette, Manon, and Alya were still there watching the modeling session and while Manon and Alya didn’t mind it, neither of them were as lost in the moment as Marinette was who hadn’t taken her eyes off of Adrien since they arrived in the public square.

“Marinette, I want a balloon with Mireille on it! Can I? Can I!? …Marinette? MARINETTE!!!” Manon called out. Breaking Marinette from her adoring gaze, “Ah!”

“Ngh! Silenzio!” Vincenzo grumbled from the noise the girls made, disturbing his work. But Manon didn’t quiet down, “Come on!”

“Come on small fry, I'll get you that balloon,” Alya said with that calm demeanor that worked well enough back at the house but Manon’s response took Alya by surprise.

“No! I wanna go with Marinette!” Manon cried while hugging Marinette’s leg. Was she trying to be a good girl for the “unicorn princess?” Possibly. But Marinette did have a choice to make. She looked back at her crush, and then down at the four-year-old girl clinging to her. Her decision was apparently clear.

“I'll deal with it. I am her babysitter,” Marinette said which brought a beaming smile to Manon’s face.

“But what about Adrien?” Alya couldn’t help but point out. Which did lower her resolve. But she still wanted to be a good babysitter since Manon was finally behaving well, “The balloon stand isn’t far, so we’ll be right back. Come on Manon.”

“Okay!” the messy haired girl chirped. Walking hand in hand with Marinette to get the balloon. There was no doubt that Mirelle was popular.

And speaking of Mirelle. Climatika decided to make her presence known to the weather reporter’s adoring public outside of the KIDZ+ studio.

“Where’s Mirelle?” A civilian vocally asked which raised the ire of the Mirelle’s akumatized rival.

“Ugh… For all of you who voted for Mireille, I'd advise you to move indoors. It's going to get very blustery! Oh wait… too late.” And with an evil smile, Climatika blew them all away with a blast of wind from her parasol. But then suddenly heard clapping coming from someone... Climatika turned to see who it was and saw a teenaged brunette girl watching her unblinking. She appeared to be next to who Climatika assumed was her mother. She hesitantly landed next to the girl who still watched her which made both Climatika and Hawk Moth very uncomfortable. "Do I know you?" Climatika nervously asked. The girl only said five words while putting on a creepy smile "You will! You both will!" Climatika soared away, the further, the better!

Back at The Place Des Vosges Marinette was having a situation of her own. She got Manon the balloon she wanted and was ready to go back to see Adrien some more, "Alright, let's go back.”

But Manon had other plans…

“I wanna go on the merry-go-round!” Manon pleaded. But her dark haired caretaker refused, “No, no, no, no, not right now, I gotta get back to Adrien…”

You promised! You aren't going to break your promise, are you?” The little girl whined.

“Aw, please, please, not the baby doll eyes… You know I can't say no to the-” Marinette started to say before Manon did just that. Using her "baby doll eyes." Using her cuteness in her golden eyes as a weapon to make Marinette’s defenses melt, “fine, but one ride then we’re going back to the photo shoot.”

And that was all Manon needed to hear. Grabbing Marinette by her hand to the carousel. Giggling with glee. All while unknowing that Climatika was flying high, seeing banners and balloons of Mirelle.

“Ughhh!” Climatika grumbled, “I can’t believe those stupid people voted for her over ME!”

And down below people saw a weary Adrien. All of the posing and facial movement was exhausting and even Vincent could tell. That’s when he had a bright idea on the spot, “No, no, no! The boy has eaten too much spaghetti! Ugh, we need more energy! More romance! We need…a girl!”

Then he ran directly to Alya, “You! I need an extra!”

“Who, me?” Alya asked, which made her blink in disbelief.

“Sì! To pose with Mr. Adrien!” The Italian photographer explained. But Alya was not interested in the slightest.

“Uh… Hah! You don't want me, I… uhh… I think I'm having an allergic reaction to this apple, I know juth the perthon you need! Hold that thought!” Alya said as if her mouth was swollen from the apple she just picked. Lying to avoid getting into the spotlight. But it was alright because she knew just the right girl for this…

“What? Seriously?” Marinette asked with her mouth agape.

“Yeah they need an extra to pose with Adrien!” Alya answered.

"What? Seriously?" Marinette asked aghast.

" Mhm! I'm guessing that he looks too lethargic for that photographer's taste," Alya explained. 

“Is that boy your boyfriend?” Manon chimed in from Marinette’s left side which made her blush on the spot, “What?! No, I mean, yes? No!”

“So go on! What are you waiting for?!” Alya asked. Since Marinette had her eyes on Adrien almost the entire time.

"But, what about Manon?" Marinette asked her friend who was wagging her finger toward Marinette and hand gesturing her to move aside, before telling her "You take care of Prince Charming, and I'll take care of Little Miss Unicorn here. You don't know how to control her anyway."

Alya gave Marinette one last look before saying "Trust me. Unicorns unite! Let's go to Rispa and find us some sad little village kids and grant those wishes! Yee-haw!"

Manon followed suit "Yee-haw!"

Marinette was just about to approach Adrien when she suddenly let out a "Huh?" just as she saw Climatika flying by.

Climatika fired an icy wind at the civilians. The icy wind surrounded the carousel and froze it.

A random civilian then screamed "Run!"

Marinette looked over at Alya who gave her the okay sign... It was time for the Miraculous Ladybug to enter the picture!

Marinette ran to a nearby bench with Bridgette also behind the bench. "Time to transform! I'll let you take this first round Sis," Bridgette said to her twin. Marinette gave a thumbs-up before, “Tikki, spots on! Yeah!” And in a burst of red and black spots and light Marinette was suited up for battle as Miraculous Ladybug! Ready to save the day and battle Climatika!

But she wasn’t the only one springing into action though…

People were screaming in a panic and the sight of it all was enough for Adrien to get his second wind and get moving to a tree, “Uh Plagg? Plagg!”

“I am not here, I am sleeping,” Plagg’s voice was heard but the bag looked empty however Adrien knew better and held up a small piece of camembert cheese, rolling his eyes in the process while also making Plagg fly directly to the piece of cheese, “For your information, I can smell Camembert in my sleep. It is only one of my many talents.”

“Great but there's no time to talk about cheese,” Adrien said before he and Plagg heard and felt a loud rumbling.

“It was not me! I swear I did not use my Cataclysm,” Plagg pleaded his innocence.

And then Adrien looked around and that was when the both of them saw a large volcano emerging over near the Eiffel Tower, causing multiple buildings to come crumbling down, no doubt some with people still inside.

“Okay. Enough standing around. Plagg, claws out!” Adrien gave his cry to activate his cat Miraculous. Transforming into the cat-stylized hero Cat Noir in a black and green blast. Time for him to enter the fight!

"Why did I leave Manon? I should've never done that! No. Alya's right. She's in good hands. I must trust her," Ladybug thought to herself. She then turned her full attention over to Alya and Manon and told them "I'll get you out of there! Let's wire-cut this icy cake!" Ladybug tried using her yo-yo, but its cord just slipped off of the ice.

Ladybug looked embaressed as she stammered out to both Alya and Manon "O-or not? Uh, on to plan B! Don't worry, everything's gonna be okay!"

Manon then suddenly asked "Where's Marinette?"

"She hasn't forgotten about you, Manon," Ladybug softly told the frightened toddler.

"How did you know my name?" Manon pointed out.

"Ah! Uhh..." Ladybug stammered and before she could say "Marinette told me! She's coming right back, okay?" Alya told her "She knows who everyone is in order to protect them, you see, isn't that right?" Alya winked as she looked up at the superheroine. "That's absolutely correct. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have an akuma to defeat and purify! Right?" Ladybug said.

"Uh, yeah. She's gonna be right back, won't she?" Ladybug nodded before swinging away.

Then Alya noticed out of the corner of her eye that Climatika left the park and made it onto the Parisian streets she couldn’t help but voice her motives. Her plan with her fiendish powers.

“I'm gonna use this volcano to move the Earth away from the sun. Soon the world will plunge into a perpetual winter, and Earthlings will be nothing but frozen food. Then you'll all realize just how powerful I really am!” she cackled with lightning flashing into the sky around her. 

She certainly seemed capable of going through with her threats considering the massive volcano she made dwarfed the Eiffel Tower.

“Can she really do that?” Cat Noir asked. Looking up at the supervillain while in a fighting stance.

“Probably. But don’t worry, Kitty. We’re not gonna let her rain on Paris’ Parade,” Ladybug said. But her wordplay didn’t go unnoticed by the male hero beside her.

“Was that a pun milady?” Cat Noir smirked which drew the same grin from the spotted girl, “Yep. A little bit of change is good, don’t you think?” she asked before heading toward Climatika.

“I love that girl,” Cat Noir beamed, following Ladybug.

Then on the park grounds Manon was hugging Alya tightly at the carousel. They managed to avoid Climatika’s assault though due to the extreme cold, Manon's balloon shattered. Alya pulled out her tablet to try and get further information on the news.

“Don't be bemused, it's just the news. Astronauts that orbit around the earth have confirmed that our planet has shifted on its axis, and it’s moving away from the sun!” Nadja reported.

“Come on Ladybug, Cat Noir…the world needs you right now...”

Climatika was just starting to leave the streets until Cat Noir made his presence known while standing across from her on a nearby rooftop.

“Hey Ice Queen, what's with all the terrorizing? Why don't you pick on someone your own temperature?” the cat-themed hero taunted.

“My name isn't Ice Queen! It’s Climatika!” The parasol-toting villain growled.

“Eesh, the Nyanja translation of climate? Ugh! Listen. I'm feline more generous than usual today. So cool down and we'll call it quits, okay? WHOA!”

Climatika had had enough of Cat Noir and tried to blow him away with a concentrated blast of wind that could’ve sent him flying. He had to run like the wind to avoid getting blown away by it.

“Hold still!” Climatika ordered the bounding hero who was running from rooftop to rooftop around the streets looking for an opening to strike.

“Nah I don’t wanna!” Cat Noir retorted. And when he saw a free chance to pounce he jumped up to do so hoping to knock Climatika out of the sky.

“AAAGH!”

Cat Noir’s hopes were in vain though as Climatika dodged him just in time from midair and hit him with a rush of wind in the side sending him flying across the streets all the way onto a nearby street below. Fortunately Ladybug helped him up.

“And I thought cats always land on their feet,” Ladybug lightly teased.

"Why thanks, MiLadybug, but I had it covered," Cat Noir teased back as he kissed Ladybug's hand.

Ladybug was taken aback by her partner's chivalry but was only able to let out a "Huh?" before she pushed Cat Noir back by his nose. "No time for your charm, Cat Noir. But you're welcome."

Climatika then turned her full attention to the two, shouting "We should be expecting lightning storms right about NOW!" She proceeded to use her parasol to darken the sky with storm clouds and create lightning and Ladybug and Cat Noir scream and groan after being struck by said lightning.

Ladybug and Cat Noir rolled over then Ladybug blinked twice. Cat Noir blinked twice as well and pulled himself up and grinned. Ladybug turned his head toward Climatika.

Cat Noir leapt after her shouting "You just won yourself a catfight!"

Climatika then shouted "Black ice!" while using her parasol to coat the street with said ice; then created another wind blast which knocked Cat Noir back.

“Gotcha!” Ladybug called out when she caught Cat Noir by his tail. All while Climatika blasted a screen with Mireille on it to bits.

While Alya was indeed desperately trying to keep Manon's mind off of the danger outside of their icy prison cell, she also was watching the news to keep up on what was happening with her superhero best friend. Manon's face lit up when she saw her mother Nadja reporting on Alya's phone; "The further the Earth moves away from the Sun, the colder the temperatures will get. You're outside right now, Clara. How’s it going?" Clara Contard answered with "We're down to minus 40 degrees Celsius, Nadja. It's getting very difficult but Ladybug and Cat Noir have pinned down the akuma calling herself Climatika." Suddenly the camera froze, and a test card was shown. Nadja tapped on her microphone worried for Clara's life since the latter was only wearing a thin coat courtesy of their boss, "Everything okay, Clara? The picture's gone down." Clara luckily responded clearly shivering, "The freezing temperatures have just cracked the camera, but I can view the battle. Everything's fine, Nadja. The Miraculous Ladybug seems to have already called up her Lucky Charm. She’s got a small object - it looks like a bath pencil. What’s she gonna do with that?"

"Is Ladybug gonna do some coloring?" Manon asked Alya. "Guess we'll just have to see, won't we?" she answered the tiny tot while the news broadcast continued "Cat Noir is holding up a copy machine, I can't see much, but it- it looks like Ladybug is making a photocopy," Clara said shivering just as an explosion happened. "Whoa! That was a huge flash! Wait, Climatika has been stunned!" Clara exclaimed in awe.

Climatika wasn't out yet, as she rose up again from where the explosion happened. She was now clearly pissed, but the duo didn't care. It was now time for round two! “A little Cat Noir will take the wind out of her sails!” Cat Noir got into a fighting stance and was ready to get back into the fight but Ladybug grabbed his tail, “Whoa, kitty kitty. You better think before you leap.”

“So I assume you have another plan?” Cat Noir asked while rubbing his tail.

“Just follow my lead,” Ladybug charged into action with Cat Noir doing likewise on the opposite side of the street. Much to Climatika’s annoyance.

“Ugh not you two again…” She grumbled while raising her parasol. She fired wind blasts which not only blew them back but sent vehicles airborne as well. Including a bus toward the heroes.

“AHHHHHHHH!” they screamed in unison as the massive vehicle was hurled their way. Fortunately their panic didn’t stop them from reacting as Ladybug used her yo-yo as it's primary shield. Spinning it around fast enough so that it cut a hole through the side of the bus, saving her and Cat Noir. But when it stopped spinning it fell on Cat Noir’s head.

“Ow,” Cat Noir rubbed his head while Ladybug giggled and snuck into a place where she could easily swap places with Bridgette. Now the heroes had a hell of a fight going on but they weren’t finished yet!

Meanwhile back at The Place des Vosges Alya was playing with Manon while trapped in the frozen carousel desperate to keep the toddler's mind off of the danger.

“Lemonade, crunchy ice, hit it once, hit it twice, freeze”!

“Hey, no fair,” Manon pouted, ”you always win, uni-! What was that?”

She heard the ice cracking above her head. Alya tried to use her creativity to take Manon’s attention, “It's... the big goblin king! He ate too much and split his shirt! Wahahaha!”

And when she chased Manon the ice cracked once more but Alya, ever so resourceful, knew what to do. And after leading Manon to a safer part of the carousel she was ready to put it in action.

“Wanna hear a story?” she asked the toddler who nodded, clearly having her full attention drawn away from the danger that Climatika had created.

And back in the city, Climatika thought she had won the battle. Between the massive volcano and the fact that she wasn’t fighting those pesky masked do-gooders the fight was over as far as she was concerned. Time to secure their Miraculouses and Hawk Moth’s voice in her head let it be known, “You showed them all not just who the real winner is but also show them all just how powerful you are, my weather girl, however you have created a situation where if everyone dies due to your damn volcano, then I'll take you with me!" Climatika suddenly started feeling immense pain coursing throughout her entire body! Something that caught the attention of the superhero duo when she screamed out in pain "What is this Hawk Moth?!" "Your punishment!" she could hear him screaming at her in her head. The pain ceased when he continued albeit more calmly "But now if you wanna redeem yourself then now is the time for you to fulfill your part of the agreement. And listen carefully because here's my plan…”

“Maybe she’s got some unresolved anger issues!” Ladybug mused as to why Climatika was behaving like this.

“Or she didn't pass her driving test! I don't know why she decided to doom all of humanity by using a giant-ass volcano to move the Earth away from its normal spot! I hate to say it but I think now's a good time as any to use our powers, don't you think?" Cat Noir suggested. "Also, what the hell was with her screams of pain? Do you think that Hawk Moth can send psychic pain if they don't do as he plans?" he questioned to Ladybug who just shrugged.

But before Ladybug could ponder any further, Climatika appeared on a cracked screen nearby.

“Hello, viewers! Here's the latest forecast for today. Looks like Mother Nature has had a change of plans. Summer vacation is officially over! Forever!"

“Already? But I look so good in a swimsuit.” Cat Noir smiled and wiggled his eyebrows and nose at Ladybug.

“That catsuit will do, thanks. At least we now know where to find her,” Ladybug stayed on task with her reply.

“Prepare for the worst weather in history!” Climatika cackled. But there was something unique about her that Cat Noir noticed.

“Hey!” He said while looking at a poster of Aurore, “that girl reminds me of someone.”

And Ladybug perked up. Putting the pieces of the puzzle together, “It’s her! It’s Aurore! The akuma must be in her parasol!” "I can't believe that Hawk Moth decided to go after a 12-year-old! That's just... evil!" Cat Noir stated in disgust at Hawk Moth.

“In Climatika’s world, it’s Winter Wonderland FOREVER!” Climatika declared. But Cat Noir wasted no time shouting back.

"Hey Climatika, first off, I know you can hear me, and second off I noticed that there are several errors on the map of Europe you used in your forecast!"

Various nations were shown on the weather screen and Cat Noir was playing the role of an impromptu weatherperson correcting the villainess, “While Mainland France, including Monaco is highlighted, Corsica isn't. Andorra, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, San Marino, and the Vatican are missing. Northern Ireland has a large peninsula that doesn't exist. The Netherlands extend into northern Belgium. Eastern Poland and southeastern Hungary are deformed. Lithuania and Kaliningrad are too far south. Ukraine extends too far west, chipping out the eastern tip of Slovakia and northeastern Hungary. Northwestern Romania contains parts of Serbia. Speaking of which, Serbia, along with Montenegro, and Kosovo are part of the same country. North Macedonia is farther west than it should be, cutting out northeastern Albania. And last but most certainly not least, European Turkey appears to be a part of Bulgaria, and the rest of Turkey doesn't appear."

“How do you know all of this stuff?” Ladybug was stunned by her partner's extensive knowledge of the whole world. "Geography’s my favorite subject in school," Cat replied as he grabbed her hand to enter the KIDZ+ studio.

“It’s a recording,” Ladybug noticed just in time to hear a lightning bolt hit a light to make the lights go out in the building.

"This is all going wonderfully according to plan. Soon their Miraculouses will be mine. Bring them to me!” Hawk Moth bragged while Climitika arrogantly giggled.

"Frosty the Snowgirl's getting away!" Cat Noir called out while Ladybug tripped and fell, "Oh, Milady?"Cat Noir said concerned.

"Some of us don't have night vision... Whoa!"

Cat Noir grabbed Ladybug's hand and led her along the way, "No need to bug out. Just trust me!"

And back at The Place des Vosges Alya was telling another story to Manon.

“Then the cyclops monster picked the princess up in his hand and said, "Look into my eye!" Then, gluck! She stuck a finger right in it! As soon as she took a bite of the cursed potato, the poor princess fell into a deep, deep sleep…”

Manon was loving Alya’s story and Alya had no problems telling it. In fact, the only thing that threw her off was the sound of an icicle breaking through the top of the carousel which put panic back into their minds.

“Hurry up, Ladybug…” Alya muttered fearfully while holding Manon close.

“Okay that’s enough,” Ladybug told her partner when she could see again, “I think I can manage to –”

“Duck!” Cat Noir called out as Ladybug was nearly struck in the head by a fire extinguisher canister.

“-- follow your lead on this one…” Ladybug finished her prior sentence.

They did eventually make it to the top of the building where Climatika was quick to greet them.

“You airheads! You fell right into my trap. There’s no way out! Party’s over, fools!,” Climatika declared while making a whirlwind appear with her parasol.

“The time is now! Bring me the Miraculouses!” Hawk Moth ordered Climatika.

“We’re just– umm…” Ladybug pointed at Cat Noir’s hand which was still holding hers even though they were outside of the darkened building,

“Heh. Oops…” Cat Noir let go of Ladybug.

“We’re just getting started Stormy Weather!” Ladybug finished while pointing at her. "IT'S CLIMATIKA!" Climatika roared.

Hand to hand combat wasn’t going to work at this point and Ladybug knew it thanks to Cat Noir's earlier statement. She knew what she had to do.

While the battle between Climatika and Ladybug and Cat Noir resumed, the news anchor helicopter to overview the fight, with Alya occasionally taking breaks in her story to check up on her superhero friend with Manon peeking over her shoulder in the process.

Back with the heroes, Ladybug called out “Lucky Charm!” activating her superpower in a swirl of red and black polkadots and thousands of magical ladybugs. And what she got in return was…

“A bath towel? What am I supposed to do with this?”

“Great. So, we’re about to be obliterated, but, hey… at least we’ll be dry” Cat Noir gave some grim humor.

“Oh just hold your whiskers, I'll think of something,” Ladybug replied.

Back with Alya and Manon who both were both watching the news, the latter of which asked "Is Ladybug gonna do some drying?"

Ladybug herself was still trying to figure out what to do with the item just as “Hail!” Climatika shouted with a hailstorm appearing overhead. Cat Noir sprang into action by spinning his staff with urgent speed to make a shield that protected Ladybug from the hail, “So what’s the plan on getting the akuma back. My arm’s starting to cramp.”

Ladybug’s Lucky Vision helped her see useful items that could help use the item she got from her lucky charm properly. That’s when she had a bright idea after seeing an HVAC tub and a nearby billboard.

“See that billboard over there? Check it out,” Ladybug instructed.

“Right!” Cat Noir nodded, heading directly to it, “Cataclysm!” And with his right hand enveloped in black and green energy he was ready for action. Now to get Climatika's attention.

“Hey, Coldilocks, is that all you got?!” Cat Noir taunted. Climatika turned her attention to him which played right into his plan.

Both Alya and Manon continued watching the news where Clara announced "Cat Noir is using his Cataclysm to bring down a billboard, I can't see much, but it- it looks like-" suddenly the feed cut out completely. So, in order to keep the toddler from freaking out, Alta decided to continue her story.

Climatka attacked Cat Noir with lightning, but he quickly dodged, and used his Cataclysm to make the billboard fall down, its aim toward Climatika, who blasted a hole in it and Ladybug then wrapped her yo-yo around Climatika's ankle. She took off running under pipes and against a crane before jumping over the HVAC. Opening the towel, Ladybug glided in the air, pulling down Climatika. The speed at which she fell and the angle of the crane caused her to lose her parasol as Ladybug heard a Climatika screaming toward the ground. Cat Noir caught it and broke it over his knee which sent the akuma fluttering out of the parasol!

“Get outta here, you nasty bug,” Ladybug said before saying “No more evil-doing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize! Gotcha!” Ladybug caught the akuma, purified it, and released it into the sky, “Bye-bye, little butterfly.”

Ladybug then shouted "Miraculous Cleanse!" She watched as the Lucky Charm started bursting apart in her glowing hands, and the magic began reverting all of the damage, including the enormous volcano.

Back at the Place des Vosges, the glacier that the carousel was trapped in started melting.

Alya was still telling her story to Manon when a droplet of water landed on her nose "And after defeating the three-headed dragon with...Huh?...Taekwondo..."

The firefighters who had arrived to get the both of them out shouted "Yeah!" in Ladybug and Cat Noir's triumph.

Alya decided to wrap up her story while she still had the chance "So the Princess kissed her Prince Charming and..."

"They lived happily ever after?" Manon asked.

Alya paused a moment before replying with "Uh, sure. Until they had a dozen or so little monkeys like you who drove them bananas!"

Back on the roof of the KIDZ+ building, Climatika turned back into Aurore.

Aurore woozily asked "Uh, what am I doing up here?"

Ladybug and Cat Noir both said in unison "Pound it!"

Later, Mireille approached Aurore with the latter apologizing for her behavior but was genuinely shocked by Mirielle's announcement that even though she won, she wouldn't be the KIDZ+ weather girl as she lacked the complete knowledge in meterology to do so. The two 12-year-olds embraced with Aurore telling Caquet "Thank you Mireille."

Meanwhile back at the Place des Vosges.

"Hey, there is the photographer and Adrien waiting for you!" Tikki pointed out to her wielder.

Marinette then asked the crimson kwami "You don't think it's too late?"

Tikki told her "Come on, Marinette. You saved Manon, and the whole world for that matter. Have some fun!"

"Yeah Sis. Have some well deserved fun for goodness sake!" Bridgette told her twin.

Bridgette then ducked behind a tree when Manon came running up to Marinette and gleefully said" Marinette!"

Marinette acknowledged her with a "Huh?"

Manon continued "I know what your secret is!"

"W-w-what secret?" Marinette stammered out shocked.

Manon told her "Ladybug is your best friend! That's how you both always know what the other one's gonna do!"

Marinette let put a "Huhhh... Phew!" before hugging Manon.

Manon then immediately went back to whining, asking "Can I have a lollipop? Can I? Can I? Can I?"

Marinette firmly told her "No, Manon. I have something important to do. Alya, you'll watch her, yeah? I'm ready for the photoshoot!"

However, Vincent suddenly noticed Manon and asked "Wait. Who is that angel?"

Marinette was obviously bummed out but didn't notice Adrien's simalar disappointment as he also was expecting to have Marinette by his side, a fashion designer alongside a fashion model, it was too good to be true, which sadly it was, when Manon placed next to him, his face fell, but perked back up when Manon asked him "Haha! Hey, are you in love with Marinette?"

"Wah, n-no. W-we're just friends is all, now say cheese!" Adrien stammered.

"CHEESE!"

Vincent started taking photos of Adrien with Manon. "Hohoho! Stupendous! Magnifico! Perfecto! ..." he kept exclaming , completely unaware of Adrien's plan of telling his father about the huge missed opportunity.

Marinette let an "Ughhh..." all while Alya patted her. Alta still planned on visiting Master Fu about her friend's condition.

Meanwhile in Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth was most displeased with how things went.

"Someday, your Miraculouses will be all mine. I don't care how many enemies I need to throw out to win, but I will be victorious! Though as for Climatika next time I bring her back, she won't be as powerful as she was today," he growled as he placed a pawn onto the chessboard just as the window fully closed.

"That was too close!" Mayura said. "Yes. Yes it was, wasn't it?" Hawk Moth nearly fell over before catching himself. Mayura rushed to his side and gently asked "Are you alright?" Hawk Moth looked at before responding with "No, not really. I'm exhausted from sending all of these damn akumas everyday! I think I need to slow down or else I won't be able to send out akumas." "I understand Hawk Moth," Mayura begrudgingly agreed. "And that girl! Who is she? 'You will' she said, but what does she want?" Hawk Moth asked with a shiver going down his spine.

Little did he know was that the girl was currently sitting in her room tending to her mother's broken neck. "Of all your free times from the embassy, you just had to go to a pointless weather girl competition. Seriously Mom, if I were not there, you would be dead. Okay, so how do you feel now?" Volpina asked. Her mother sat up and answered with "Much better, thank you! And you're absolutely right. Going to that competition was a mistake!" "So, when am I able to get into the school again?" Volpina asked. "It's gonna take a while as I only just sent in your registration today," Prima told her. "That is fine, I do not mind waiting!" Volpina said while Prima was exiting the room, an evil smile spreading across Volpina's face. She. Was. Home!

[whenimgoodandready]

Like the good book says, “….and a child shall lead them” (Isaiah 11:6). Despite their youth, maybe they’ll grow to mature and gain experience from the authority they hold? Its happened before:Marie Antoinette was made Queen of France when she was only 18, King Tutanhamun “Tut” was King of Egypt when he was only 8 and the badass warrior girl Joan of Arc was in command of her army when she was only 16! Now a 14yrs spoiled little b*tch is mayor of Paris thanks to a supervillain terrorist who gifted her with an army of destructive force inducing robots. Is this gonna help her wise up and learn about authority!? Let’s see:

*Revolution-So Chloe is mayor now. Yeah, I know, they allowed that despite being against the law, but she had her robot army to enforce that (although there was the mention of a democratic election if any one were to run against her, so that’s still following the law) and her first decree was outlawing supers, heroes and villains alike. This is all being puppeted to her by Cerise through her ear piece. What is she (Cerise) up to?

Sadly, the dynamic duo can’t do anything to stop her as being righteous supers, they abide by the law (despite it being run by a tiny tyrant who can’t even pronounce the word “democracy”) and there’s no akumatized villain for them to fight against. However, they can still fight the system in their alter ego forms, so yeah, that’s cool. First Amendment baby! Except it does jacksh*t! Chloe rules over everyone who annoys her (ex.Andre the Ice Cream Man. Dude didn’t even have a permit to sell his products! No wonder his ice cream wasn’t magic! It wasn’t approved by the law! :P) more so than ever and it just gets worse from there.

Seeing an opportunity to defeat the heroes, Monarch approaches Chloe and says he can make her more powerful. Chloe, with coerces from Cerise (who sees her own opportunity for revenge against Monarch), willingly accepts and is akumatized, with her robot army, as Queen Mayor. Her 7th akumatized form and it’s at the bottom of the list now. Her 1st was Antibug and that’s🥇for me cuz it’s a evil version of her former idol, Ladybug, both being foils to each other and her “Lucky Charms” were deadly weapons over random (but useful) objects, 2nd was Queen Wasp which I place as🥈as well cuz it’s an evil version of her former superhero self, Queen Bee, 3rd was Miracle Queen and to me that’s #5 cuz it’s basically Queen Wasp with a crown :P, 4th was Queen Banana and it’s also listed as #4 for being a stupid look with a stupid power :P (the gorilla is fine), 5th was Penalty/Penalteam and it ranks🥉cuz it’s a cool soccer/football theme that clones an army! 6th (and #6) is Sole Destroyer cuz it’s just a ripoff of Zoe’s Sole Crusher. We already saw an evil version of her idol and superhero self, but one for her sister is too much. We know they’re foils to each other too, but don’t make it a supervillain look to emphasize it! If this is the third attempt then fine, but just stop there. Queen Mayor is low ranked for not being much (except for the miraculous powered gold painted robots). She looks like her normal self w/ a fur fleeced coat! She didn’t have that in her closet and had to be “magiced” on her! Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous! Her army was the real threat. They trapped people in a labyrinth “detention”! They also almost exposed the dynamic duo! Don! Don! Don!

(hisses through grind teeth) Yeah, maybe putting children in charge wasn’t the best idea cuz well, you know, THEY’RE JUST KIDS! Marie Antoinette spent her reign basking in the glow of her leisurely luxury never noticing how terrible the state of her country was going through and thus, the revolt and off with her head! Just like Chloe who, when she wasn’t bullying others, spent most of her time pampering herself and not giving a sh*t about the people or the problems Paris faced on a daily basis until they started their own revolution! King Tut died at the young age of 18 and since he was too young to do anything as a kid ruler, he had others doing all the work for him while he took all the credit. Much like Chloe who wouldn’t have been where she was had it not been for a lying con artist making her parakeet whatever she said to rise to high power! Joan of Arc had her army by her side to vanquish the English army and the poor thing was as brunt at the stake for “hearing voices”. Same with Chloe, she had her army of miraculous powered robots who did away with any one she deemed a “nuisance” and much like the leaders before her, it all came crashing down! Did she lose her head!? Did she die young!? Was she made barbecue!? Nope! Much worse then death! She ended up with nothing! Nada! Zip! Rein! After her defeat, she lost her adviser (Cerise), her power as a dictator and finally, (not mentioned, but implied through cut scenes from the previous ep) her father divorcing Audrey and gaining full custody of Zoe leaving Chloe banished from her hometown, along with her mother, to London (for us Americans, she said London not New York. Hmmm, could we be seeing them in the London Special as well as Felix and Miss Rose!?😉). Oh the irony, all this time the running gag of Chloe threatening to send Zoe away is now in reverse (Badum-tish🥁). Not even using the last arrow in her quiver of insults to strike at Marinette was effective cuz Marinette, like a badass, caught it with ease and threw it right back at her officially bringing her down…….to rock bottom💥. To some, this would be cathartic due to Chloe getting her well deserved comeuppance for being a heinous little b*tch throughout the show, but it’s also sad for those that sympathize with her (like Ladybug who this time wanted to personally give her an anti-akumatizing charm) and wished for her to get character development already. Perhaps in the future this’ll be the redemption she needs. I mean, yes it’s her fathers fault for spoiling her all those years after her mother left which made her the way she is and he’s part to blame, but she never bothered to change for the better either cuz she had everything. Well, she’s got nothing now! No authority with her father stepping down from office, both parents not giving a sh*t about her (her mother being the worse one she’s now stuck with), no friends to talk/cater to her and finally, no respect! This was her damnation arc, now we can see her redemption arc. Maybe this is the push she needs to accept change? Astruc! Don’t fail us now!😠🫵.