#Tom is totally fine with these rumors btw

[jlhynde-insanitybrilliance]

i look forward to the soulmate rumors getting so bad that slughorn uses it as an excuse to tell tom to watch out for harry. "i heard tell that you boys are soulmates! tom, my boy, you need to do more to integrate dear henry into the way we do things." tom: "he's my *what*?"

Or alternative these soulmate rumors make everyone think Harry and Tom are dating.

Slughorn (approaching Harry and Tom) : Ah, there they are, my favorite couple!

Harry: Couple?!

Tom (grinning): Good evening, sir!

Slughorn: Good evening, lad! Are you keeping your date out of trouble tonight?

Harry: Date? He’s not my date. We’re not dating!

Tom: You’ll have to excuse, Evans, professor he gets flustered with public displays.

Slughorn: Ah, I see. Look, Henry there’s nothing to be embarrassed of. You and Tom are a smart match, if I do say so. A very smart match. What with both your natural magical prowess and intellect, I’d say you’re both evenly matched. No wonder your housemates call you soulmates!

Harry: W-Wha—We’re not soulmates!

Slughorn: Well, not technically. Soulmates don’t exist. But there is a unfathomable connection between you both from what I’ve observed. That’s a hard thing to find, my boy, don’t take it for granted.

Tom: Yes, darling, don’t take it for granted~❤️

[alicepink-me]

Secrets Revealed

By: Alice Pink (Btw I was 14 when I wrote this, so not my best work)

Story Summary:

Chat Noir’s goal has always been to find out Ladybug’s true identity. Can one hint about Ladybug lead to the truth? Secrets will be revealed about the past as mysteries unfold. How will Marinette and Adrien react to everything?

Chapter 7: Waking Up

Mari's outfit faded. The Akumatized appearance blew away like paint chips in the wind, uncovering Marinette. Her normal appearance was brought back as the other one faded.

"Nnn . . . " Marinette moaned. She opened her eyes to see Adrien's bedroom. "What!" She shouted, falling off of his couch. Marinette stood up from the floor and looked around.

'Why am I in Adrien's room? I was transported back to my body from The Betweens, but . . . why am here?'

Marinette walked around Adrien's room and went over to his desk. She was surprised to see Adrien's computer screens.

'Adrien really likes ladybug. And he's trying to figure who she is. This sounds like Alya. He has three computer screens with the Ladyblog and one with Ladybug and a bunch of question marks. He's practically stalking me.' She laughed thinking about it.

"No!" Marinette cried picking up a flyer on his desk. "I'm missing." She stared at the flyer in disbelief. "How long have I been gone? . . . wait!" Marinette put her hand on her head. She was starting to remember something. "I was . . . akumatized. Chat Noir no . . . Adrien was there. Or both . . . were. Adrien kissed me and I fell into a deep sleep. I think." Marinette paused as her eyes got bigger in realization. "Adrien is Chat Noir!"

Adrien stepped out of his bathroom with a towel sitting on his shoulders from taking a shower. "Yes." Adrien whispered from behind her. "And I see you're awake."

Marinette turned around and stared at him without words. Her face grew hot as the silence continued. Until Adrien broke it.

"I was wondering when you were gonna wake up, but your kwami told me that I'd have to wait. She said that you were the only one who could do anything." Adrien said, walking over to Marinette. "I'm so happy that you're okay." He mumbled, hugging her. He pulled away, smiling at Marinette as her face beat red.

"Y-You w-were Chat Noir the whole t-time."

"Yep." Adrien said, confidently. "And you My Lady were Ladybug. Which means . . . you're the princess that I fell in love with." Adrien leaned closer to Marinette.

Marinette thought she'd burst into flames in that moment, but instead she laughed.

"Hahaha. Are you gonna call me those nicknames in public now that you know who I am?"

"I don't know, but if I do, you'll know that it's because I love you."

"I can see that." She smirked. "You're internet stalking me." She pointed to his computers.

"Well uh . . . " He said as his cheeks started to turn red.

"Don't worry. I was stalking you first. But instead of stalking Chat Noir, I was stalking the other you." Marinette was starting to get used to speaking real sentences to Adrien.

They both laughed until Marinette picked the flyer back up.

"How long have I been missing?" She asked in a sad voice.

"Uh . . . three days." Adrien said, rubbing the back of his head.

"Three days!"

'The woman said I had only been asleep for a day. Maybe time moves twice as fast out here.'

"I had taken you off of the streets when you were akumatized. You've been on my couch the entire time. I had to get up earlier each day so my dad's assistant, Natalie, wouldn't come into my room to wake me up. She'd have a lot of questions if she found a missing teenager in my room." Adrien laughed.

"Thanks. How are my parents and Alya? What about school? And the damage I caused when I was akumatized." She rambled.

"They're really worried about you and we haven't had school for a couple of days. People are still spontaneously revealing secrets. Mr. Damocles thought it would be too dangerous for us to go to school with everything going on. But we only have four days of school left anyway. Once you fix the damage, we'll probably have school tomorrow."

"Oh that's good." Marinette sighed. "I should probably go repair the damage I caused."

"Here." Adrien said, handing Marinette her charm bracelet. "This is were the akuma is."

"Thanks. But I'll need your help. Meet me at my house as Chat Noir."

Tikki and Plagg appeared from one of Adrien's drawers. They had been catching up with each other since they were reunited.

"Why?" Adrien questioned as Tikki flew over to Marinette.

"I'll have to tell my parents why I've been missing for three days. I'll tell them that I was akumatized, but it will be more believable if one of Paris's superheroes was there. You'd have to convince them because most akuma attacks aren't three days long. I don't want them to think that I'm lying and had run away." She said, walking over to one of the open windows. "Tikki spots on!" Marinette whispered to her kwami, changed into Ladybug and hopped on the ledge.

"I'll see you in fifteen minutes at my parent's bakery." She said, swinging out of the Agreste mansion.

Adrien was still marveling her transformation, but managed an "okay."

. . .

Ladybug landed on top of a nearby building and saw the peoples of Paris revealing their secrets. She hated it. She hated what she had done to everyone. Ladybug threw the charm bracelet to the ground and stomped on it, letting the evil akuma fly out.

"No more evil doing for you little akuma." She said, swinging her yo-yo. "Time to deevilize!"

She caught the butterfly and let it go. "Bye-Bye little butterfly."

Marinette threw her yo-yo up in the air and Shouted "Miraculous Ladybug." All of the Parisians stopped telling their secrets and felt relieved. Ladybug picked up her newly fixed charm bracelet and faced towards the direction of the bakery.

"Time to catch up with Chat Noir." Ladybug whispered to herself. She didn't have to go far to reach the bakery, but she saw Chat sitting on her balcony. She looked around to make sure the streets were empty by the bakery before she swung over to her balcony and detransformed.

"Did you fix everything?" Chat asked, turning to Marinette.

"Yep. Everything's okay. Now we probably shouldn't keep my parents waiting any longer. They've had enough worrying for the past couple days."

Chat lifted Marinette and carried her to the front entrance of the bakery and set her down.

They walked inside and were immediately hugged by Marinette's parents.

"Marinette! Where have you been? We were so worried. Are you hurt? What happened? Sabine cried.

"I'm fine now mom." Marinette assured. "I was akumatized, but now I'm better."

"Akumatized! Why were you akumatized? What happened to you?"

"The reason is not as important as the fact that she is okay." Chat started. "She had fallen asleep after being akumatized and I kept her safe. There's nothing to worry about anymore."

"Oh." Sabine sighed. "Thank you Chat Noir. If there is any way I can ever repay you, Chat Noir, just ask."

"Well . . . I am a little hungry." Chat smiled, making Marinette roll her eyes.

"Of course. Anything for you." Sabine babbled, handing Chat Noir a box of sweets. "Come back anytime Chat Noir. You can have free food anytime you come back here."

"Thanks. I'll leave you to catch up with your daughter Mrs. Dupain-Cheng." Chat said, leaving the bakery and jumping back up to Marinette's balcony. He sat up on the ledge eating some of the cookies he had just got.

. . .

"Marinette. I'm so glad you're okay." Sabine cried, hugging Marinette again. "I'll call Alya and tell you you're alright. She's been worried too."

"Yeah." Tom agreed. "She had helped us make flyers for you, so I'm sure she'll be relieved to know you're okay."

"Okay well I'll be up in my room."

"Here." Sabine said, handing Marinette a small bag of muffins. "You must be hungry."

"Thanks mom." Marinette said, taking the bag and dashing up the stairs.

Marinette stepped into her room and squinted at the trap door leading to her balcony.

"I know you're up there Chat Noir." She said, glaring.

"I'm just checking in on you princess." Chat smiled, peaking his head through the open door.

"I just saw you like two minutes ago."

"Well you could have tripped and fallen down the stairs and if I wasn't here, I wouldn't be able catch you." He smirked, hopping into her room and walking down the stairs. "I'm here to protect you."

"There is the likelihood that I'd accidentally fall down the stairs, but I think I can defend myself."

Chat smiled at her, but suddenly Marinette's phone started ringing.

"It's Alya." Marinette said, looking at the screen.

"Put it on speaker." Chat said walking over.

"Fine." Marinette said, tapping her phone. "Uh hi . . . Alya."

Alya: "MARINETTE! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN! Everyone was so worried and I didn't know what had happened."

Marinette: "Ya uh . . . I got akumatized but I'm fine . . . now."

Alya: "You were akumatized? I guess what everyone said was true. There were some rumors that Chloe made fun of your massive crush on Adrien."

Chat started laughing as Marinette rapidly pressed buttons on her phone to turn off the speakers. Alya had just shouted to Chat Noir (Adrien) that Marinette had a crush on him and she was dying of embarrassment.

Marinette: "Alya!"

Alya: "Everyone knows about your crush, Marinette, but I'm just glad that you're okay. By the way we have school tomorrow. It was on the news that all jobs and schools will resume tomorrow."

Marinette: "Thanks for letting me know, but I'm probably gonna get bombarded with questions tomorrow. And I'm sure Chloe will be "happy" to see me back."

Alya: "Well I'll see you tomorrow at school. Bye."

Marinette: "Bye."

"So . . . your massive crush on me." Chat smirked.

"Shut up . . . and it wasn't a massive crush on you." Marinette corrected as her cheeks turned red.

"Of course. I can totally see that, because all of these posters of me say otherwise."

Marinette's cheeks turned even darker red as she thought of the fact that Adrien was under that mask. "Let's talk about something else." Marinette awkwardly tried to change the subject.

"Okay . . . what all happened in your mind when you were asleep? You somehow changed back to Marinette."

"I was . . . in the Betweens!" She shouted, confusing Chat Noir. "And . . . there was a woman . . . she was . . . trapped there." Marinette whispered under her breath. She was now starting to remember more about what had happened. "I need to see Master Fu." She mumbled. "We need to go visit Master Fu!"

"Wait. What is the Betweens and who is Master Fu?" Chat questioned.

"The Betweens is in our minds . . . sort of. And Master Fu is the one who gave us our miraculouses. We need to go see him, so that I can tell him about the Betweens. I also have to tell him about my friend that I left in the Betweens." Marinette said, pushing Chat Noir over to her window. "Meet me on my balcony tomorrow before school starts. We can go see him before we have to go to school."

"Okay ,but I'm completely confused. I think I deserve some cookies."

"Go make them yourself. You just got some free ones from my mom."

"I don't know how to make cookies and they'd never be as good as the ones you and your family make." Chat pleaded.

"I'll give you some tomorrow morning. Now go. You should get some sleep since we'll have to get up earlier."

. . .

Chat Noir quietly knocked on Marinette's window, which she had heard and immediately let her kwami out of her purse.

"Tikki, spots on!" Marinette called, transforming herself. She grabbed a bag of cookies she had on her desk and made her way out of the window.

"Good morning, My Lady." Chat said, grabbing Ladybug's hand as they jumped down to the streets.

"Here's the cookies I promised you." Ladybug said, giving Chat the bag.

"You actually brought me cookies? Thanks."

"There enjoy your cookies. Now Master Fu's massage shop is kind of in the middle of town." Ladybug said, pointing ahead.

"Let's go." Chat smiled at Ladybug while eating a cookie.

They walked through the streets of Paris as citizens smiled and waved to the superheroes. They were all surprised to see them walking the streets on a day where there was no akumatized villain, but they still cheered for them.

Ladybug and Chat Noir both walked into the shop and Master Fu greeted them.

"Welcome Ladybug and Chat Noir. What brings you here?"

"Well Master Fu." Ladybug started. "The last time there was an akuma attack . . . I was akumatized. But it was different than any other attack. My mind went to some place called the Betweens."

"The Betweens?" Master Fu said in surprise. "I've only heard a couple of tales about the Betweens. Many people don't believe it exists because it is thought to be a fairytale."

"I went to the Betweens after Chat Noir talked to the akumatized me. I was there for a day and a half, but I was asleep for three days here, so time must move slower there. There was also a woman there who helped me escape. I promised her that I'd find a way to save her. We need to find something."

"It sounds like you both need a little help. Maybe you need another partner to help you protect Paris and find out more about the Betweens. I could find another person to hold a miraculous."

"Really. We're getting another partner?" Chat Noir chimed in. "What miraculous?"

"It will be a surprise Chat Noir, but you'll know soon enough. Now I think you two should get going. You have school to go to."

"Yeah. Let's go Chat Noir."

Ladybug and Chat Noir detransformed and walked out of the shop. Marinette turned to Adrien and rambled about everything she saw in the Betweens while they walked. Marinette stopped rambling to turn around and walk forward, but she ran right into a pole.

"Are you okay?" Adrien asked, sitting by Marinette on the ground.

"Yeah, but I-I hit my head. I-I . . . I remember something. That woman . . . in Betweens. She told me . . . to tell you something. She said, "Tell Adrien Agreste, family portrait, 09-26-01." I didn't get to ask her how she knew you, since I was transported out too fast."

"I think I have an idea of what you're talking about, but I'll check it out later. Are you sure you're okay?" Adrien helped Marinette to her feet.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Let's just get to school."