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[AAM] CHAPTER 2 - PART 1

The warming feeling of being under a safe roof was unbeatable. After the pouring rain and the switch to a colder temperature.

“How are you feeling?” The person -  to whom helped Lily - asked as they gave her a cup of hot tea. 

Lily was currently wearing warm covers around her body, slowly but surely feeling the cold and the trembling of her body go away. 

She was wearing old pajamas that were given by this kind stranger about an hour ago.

The sofa was pretty cozy and warm and the old esque vintage aesthetic of the entire house created somehow a more relaxing ambience, something Lily desperately needed after such emotionally encounters with the entity. 

It has been an exhausting day, to say the least.

“A bit better…” She answers with a smile, holding the cup of tea closer to her chest. The stranger didn’t seem too bothered by the sudden new guest, giving her all the things she needed to not feel like a mess. It was extremely strange… and also kind. Lily looks up to them. “I still haven’t asked… What’s your name?”

The dark unnatural eyes of the stranger in front of her looked at her with those exact same questions. 

“Charlie.” They answered in an act of politeness, sitting down on a poultron next to the sofa, facing it. They cross their legs and arms casually, looking fully at Lily up and down. “What 's yours?”

“Lily.”

“Lily.” They repeat, looking away and towards the ceiling in thought. 

She couldn’t lie, the time was overdue to begin asking more questions regarding this whole situation she was suddenly in. Although in a strange sense of calmness, there was still this eerie feeling crawling deep beneath her upo the last encounter with the so-called entity.

But Charlie seemed to have other plans. They looked back at Lily with a hint of curiosity stuck on their eyes as they tilt their head slightly. “Lily, are you maybe a Demigod?”

Lily was flabbergasted. Her whole face lost color and her mouth forgot to shut with a question that was way too straightforward. One question did cross her mind, though. What the hell are they saying, Demigods were rare to begin with with only ten chosen to be alive at this current time on Earth. And this… this rudeness to even be seen as one! 

“Why would I be a Demigod?” Disdain was shown on her face although her voice was courteous enough to keep itself composed. Although she wasn’t one to begin with, she still felt like a huge personal attack on herself. She never deserved to be called that ever.

“Well.. for many reasons. None against you though, so don’t get so highly alerted. I’m not here to hurt you. None of us mortals are.” Charlie chuckles slightly, casually resting their back on the poultron and crossing their legs, ignoring the staring that Lily kept doing despite their chill demeanor. 

This behavior was odd to the girl. They never seemed to get bothered by how Lily reacted, nor did they react much to watching Lily teleport right in front of them while coughing violently.  They were a bit of an enigma to get a reaction out of. An enigma over what their true intentions were.

Lily hated to admit they were way harder to read than the woman from before.

“What do you mean by mortals?”

“You will get your answers once Katherine comes here.”

“Who?” A knock can be heard right as she asked it.

The glint of her eyes glowed slightly more as she saw the same woman as before entering this unknown cozy house. 

“Hi Katherine.” Charlie said, casually dropping her name.

Katherine. What a lovely name she had. Katherine. Lily couldn’t take her eyes off the woman she met before, gazing at her while Charlie was catching her up on what’s been happening.

There was a moment of two where they met each other's eyes, watching as Katherine’s shoulder’s seemed to relax upon knowing Lily was okay. Lily just kept looking at her though, totally unaware of anything besides her. Unaware of the fact Charlie noticed the way she looked at their friend. Unaware of how her love at first sight showed up in such a weird out of nowhere way.

“You know her already?” Charlie asked.

“... You could say that.”

Lily wasn't sure about what to say as they both seemed to know each other as they both spoke briefly about how they found her. She just took the time to briefly look around the house. She knew the door of this living room led to the hallway with four more doors that were closed. She had to guess two of those must be a bathroom and a kitchen. 

Around the living room though, she saw a few trophies on top of a small shelf as well with some very dusty books by their side. She couldn't really read what was on them, but curiosity grew ever so slightly towards that.

On the other side, where huge windows lighted the room with the cold but sunny weather from outside, scattered around the ground were some already open letters still with the letter inside as if they were carefully read and put again inside the enclosure of the envelope. 

Strange behavior, but nothing Lily could judge much of. She wouldn't start questioning Charlie's choices on decorating the house with dusty books, trophies and even dusty old looking envelopes wide in the open for everyone to see.

“I see…” Katherine speaks a bit louder as she looks at Lily again to gain her attention. Lily's little game of observing her surroundings comes to a stop as she looks back at the woman approaching her with the gentleness that Lily wouldn’t have thought she had with how she looked and reacted before. “How are you feeling?”

“I'm fine now…” Lily chuckles awkwardly, one of her hands behind her neck. She was having a hard time conveying her thoughts to words even after Katherine asked her directly. She stumbles on her own nervousness, not being exactly sure how to tell them that she almost died by strangulation, of all things.

Eventually she manages to explain everything. Patience and kindness was all she could see in Katherine’s body language, making her relax more while Charlie decided to put more wood in the lit fireplace to make sure the newbie was comfortable enough to not get sick as easily.

“I see…” Katherine says, slight concern hidden behind her serious expression. “I can’t lie, when the entity caught you and you disappeared, I fully thought you were killed. Many died minutes after the entity managed to get a hold on them.”

“... Why do they do that…?”

“It hears  everything when the town is still in the void.” She sighs, moving her hand to get some of her white aqua hair out of her face. “Luckily it's not the same as when we reach a destination, but we aren't really sure why this is how it acts. For now you shouldn’t anger it.”

As she looks at the window, Lily follows her gaze. 

“We are trying to find something… anything, to understand it and to probably… well.” Katherine takes a step back, looking back at Lily, not managing to see the slight fear Lily showed with the way she hesitated to look back, keeping herself in total silence. “As you can probably tell now, everytime the destination is in a very different place. If you don't mind never seeing your family nor the ones you care about ever again… this can be your stop to leave this place. It’s honestly more safe for you to do so.”

“Wait…” Lily gets up to look at Katherine closer, wanting to touch her hand but managing to stop herself, hesitation shown unlike before. “Does this mean you two are stuck here until the entity brings you back to where you're from?”

Katherine and Charlie exchange looks between each other, as if silently discussing what to say exactly.

“It's not as easy as you might think.” Charlie spoke up, crossing their arms as they walked closer to the two of them. “Each person here has a purpose now. Even if we did go back…” They look at the ground, thinking. “You don't know much about us. Everytime the entity brings us back to our world, we are in a different place. And with that, they always lure someone in…”

“Charlie.”

“It’s not exactly a secret we need to keep , Katherine. It’s the only way for her to really choose to either keep living in this weird hell or to leave while we’re still on Earth.” They point at the window, able to see the far away snowy mountains.

A strange underlying pressure stays still between the two in silence until Katherine sighs. She massages her temples, nodding to Charlie who in turn turns back to Lily.

“New girl. You need to decide, because almost every time the entity lures someone in… they get killed by it. You’ve been one of the lucky ones to survive.”

Lily listens with hesitation shown in her face.

“We don’t even know if we will save the next person.. It all depends on the entity. As much as we try to stop them from doing it, we still aren't able to.” Kate answers honestly. Lily could see and hear the exhaustion in both Katherine’s body and voice.

Although they said there was a reason to, Lily simply couldn’t understand why they were all still here.

“... What’s the reason why you’re still here and simply don’t leave? Why do you keep suffering here?”

Katherine and Charlie, once again, exchange looks. The silence grows between all of them as the awkwardness settles in.

“The entity doesn’t…” Katherine sighs. “It doesn’t really matter now. It’s not important.” She turns around and starts walking towards the main door. ““We should just gather resources while we can. Charlie, come with me.”

“Yeah. Newbie, think really hard of what you want to do. We will accept any decision you make.” Charlie winks at her and starts leaving with Katherine as well.

Lily just stares at them leaving extremely dumbfounded by this. Why would nobody ever explain anything to her?

…

[milarqui]

Scarlet Lady: Anansi

Directory | Sapotis

Today was one of those rare days where Adrien could get out of home, and since it was Spring Break, they had decided to enjoy it by doing something fun.

And, as they made time before they went out for the fireworks, they were having fun playing videogames – like the dancing game Alya and Nino were starting right now.

“It's amazing you were able to come,” Marinette said as the music began to sound out. “Did your dad make a fuss?”

“Oh, he definitely objected at first,” Adrien said, smiling.

----

“Adrien, I forbid you from going out tonight. It's too dangerous,” Gabriel Agreste said, and Adrien smirked.

“Ah, Père. I thought you might say that,” he replied, turning to the bottles he had carefully prepared for this precise occasion. “Sidebar, have you seen my collection of hair dye?”

Gabriel looked, and Adrien's smirk grew as the man broke out into a sweat.

“I forget, what's your favorite color, père? I'm partial to pink.”

“Mon Dieu,” Gabriel muttered.

----

As Marinette giggled from Adrien's story, the song Nino and Alya had been dancing to was ending, and Nino decided to end on a high note.

“Big finish!” he said, and he made a ballet pose, causing the others to laugh.

“What is that?!” Adrien said before he also broke down laughing.

“Aw, shoot, did I miss the ballet?”

“Nora!” Alya said, turning to her elder sister, who was still wearing her fighting gear, all marked with the symbol of a spider in a circle. “Is your match over already?”

“First round: total knock out,” Nora said, hopping around. “Aaaas usual.”

“I'm sure that was fun to watch,” Alya replied, feeling bad for the people that had paid to see the fight.

“And I told you not to call me Nora in front of other people, p'tite sœur!” Nora admonished her.

“That's so laaaame.”

Nora turned to the others in the room.

“Name's Anansi, like the spider,” she said, pointing at the symbol on her helmet.

“Oh! Like you're really tricky in the ring? Like the legends?” Nino asked, only for Nora to put a confused face.

“Nah, man, I'm like a tank in the ring.”

“How is that like Anansi or a spider...” Adrien wondered.

“Why're you all still here?” Nora said, ignoring Adrien's comment while taking off her helmet. “Isn't it a school night?”

“It's Spring Break, actually,” Marinette pointed out.

“We're gonna see the fireworks from the Place de la Concorde ferris wheel,” Alya revealed.

“What?!” Nora suddenly shouted. “No way, it's too dangerous with everyone becoming Akumas!”

“Oh, c'mon! I'm not a baby, I've been living with Akumas for seven months now!” Alya complained, glaring at her sister. “Besides, I have Mom and Dad's permission, I don't have to listen to you!”

“Forget it, you're staying home, safe and sound, period!” Nora replied, before waving at the others. “Baguette, Cappy, and Billboard Boy can go though.”

“Oh, gee, thanks,” Nino sarcastically fired back.

“C'mon, what does Billboard Boy know about self defense?” Nora asked.

“Hey! I fence!” Adrien replied, defensively.

“And Baguette can't lift more than a bag of flour!”

“Hey! They're heavy!” Hell, they could easily weigh more than twenty kilos!

“And Cappy–”

“Okay, first of all, we're not gonna stop living our lives just because Hawkmoth is a butthole,” Nino interrupted her. “Second, I'd do anything to protect Alya! And third --”

He turned to present Alya, who made a pose, as if for a magazine.

“Alya's a Queen who can take care of herself!”

Giving Nino a look, as if measuring him, and sat on the kitchen table.

“Fine! Alya can go... if you beat me at arm wrestling.”

“Huh?” Alya said, but then the four of them looked at each other, and it was obvious they had had the same brainwave.

“Well, okay,” Nino said, as they all walked up to the table.

“Fine,” Alya added.

Nora looked at them, confused (again).

“Uhh, what are you doing?” she asked.

“Come at us, scrub,” the four of them said at the same time, ready to accept the challenge, as they put together their right hands and clasped Nora's.

And the fight started.

“4-on-1 is obviously cheating!” Nora exclaimed, straining with all her strength against the four teens'.

“Hey, you challenged us!” Alya pointed out as they forced Nora's hand back.

“It's completely unfair!”

“You think Akumas care about fair?!” Adrien shouted.

“We have to do what we can to keep ourselves safe, even if it's not fair!” Marinette followed.

“As long as we have each other, we can do anything!” Nino exclaimed.

“We're not ashamed of asking for help!” Alya finished, and the four of them pushed even harder.

“THAT'S LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, BITCH!” they shouted, and with one last mighty push, they slammed Nora's hand against the table.

----

“Hmm... if I send off this Akuma, whose grudge includes my own son, I'll be directly contributing to putting Adrien in direct danger... but that Ring and Earrings would look so sick on me, so, off you go, little Akuma!”

Yeah, a great set of priorities.

----

BOOM!

Tikki looked up as a red star exploded in the sky, followed by a green one.

“Aren't the fireworks beautiful, Chloé?” she asked her bearer.

“As if!” the girl yelled. “I could've been in New York with Mommy right now, but my whole Spring Break is ruined because I have to stay here and be Scarlet Lady! Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!”

She paused for a moment. The rules said she could not take the Earrings from their wielder... but there was nothing about getting the wielder to give them up themselves...

“There's still time,” she innocently suggested. “You could leave the Earrings with Marigold or Chat Noir for the week!”

“ha! As if they could match my brilliance, even temporarily!” Chloé replied.

Tikki mentally snapped her fingers.

Worth a shot.

----

The sky was illuminated by the beautiful fireworks, and the four friends, who were almost at the top of the loop, were looking up, fascinated.

“Look at that!” Marinette pointed out, as three fireworks exploded at the same time to form what resembled the French flag.

“Wow!” Adrien replied. This was the first time he had been able to watch one of these from somewhere that wasn't home, and he was enjoying it so much!

Alya and Nino, hand in hand, weren't even voicing their enthusiasm, but anyone that looked at them would have seen it quite clearly on their faces.

But then the wheel jerked, and sent Adrien to the floor.

“Ah, whoa!” Adrien shouted as he fell.

“What?” Alya asked, surprised.

“Aw, man, are we stuck?!” Nino asked as well, hugging his girlfriend.

“L-Look, over there!” Marinette said, pointing at the middle of the wheel: something was pinning it in position by using what looked like long lines of silk. One wouldn't have been enough, but there were so many that their combined strength was preventing the wheel from turning.

“A... super villain?” Nino asked, as Adrien looked out.

“A spider villain,” he answered.

“Oh, you've GOT to be kidding me!” Alya yelled, incensed. “AFTER ALL THAT GRIEF, YOU BECAME AN AKUMA, YOU STUPID–”

“Alya, don't attract her over here!” Marinette said, pulling her down to avoid being seen.

Too late, though, because the spider Akuma quickly climbed up to where they were, unhooked their car and brought it down to the ground, forcing them to hold onto whatever they could find to avoid getting hurt.

“Gotcha, my little flyweights! Yoink!” the Akuma said.

“Jesus Christ, Nora!” Alya yelled as the Akuma forced the door open.

“Nora's not here to protect you anymore!” the Akuma shouted, grabbing Nino with one of her six arms.

“Ah!”

“I'm Anansi, the Super-Spider!” the Akuma continued, pulling Nino out of the car.

“Guys! Guys!” Nino begged.

“C'mon, Alya, let's see you 'take care of yourself' without your friends to help you cheat!”

“What do you–”

And then Anansi fired her webs at Adrien and Marinette, trapping them into the car.

“Ahh!”

“Aw, gross!”

With both teens blocked, Anansi began to move away, but then jumped and struck the ferris wheel right in the middle.

“NO!”

“KYA!”

“This'll slow down M. Whiskers and the bugs!” the Akuma yelled as the ferris wheel fell from its place and began to slowly roll away.

“Aw, man, aw, man!” Alya yelled. “She's getting away with Nino, but I can't just leave you guys!”

“Go ahead, Alya!” Adrien replied, starting to pull on the spider web holding his left arm.

“We'll try and catch up!” Marinette added, also pulling off the web trapping her.

“Yeah, don't lose sight of Nino!”

“Are you sure?” Alya asked. “I can wait until–”

“IT'S FINE, PLEASE GO!” both of them yelled at her, intent on getting her away while they transformed.

“Uh, if you say so...” Alya replied, confused, before she did as bid and began to run after her Akumatized sister and her boyfriend.

Marinette and Adrien quickly began to pull on the silk threads, and while it was still sticky, they were able to get rid of it fast enough that it only took a couple of minutes before they were free.

“Ah, you know, I did promise Chat Noir I'd stay out of Akuma fights, so, I–I'll try to flag down a hero instead, yeah?” Marinette suggested, while rolling up the silk: if this thing survived the Miraculous Cure, perhaps she could try to use it as a material?

“G–Good idea! I'll uh, try to catch up with Alya and Nino! See ya!” Adrien replied, and both teens bolted to hide behind the closest alley.

----

“KYAAA!”

“RUN!”

“What's that about? So noisy,” Chloé complained.

“Chloé, it might be an Akuma!” Tikki suggested.

“No way, you don't know that,” the girl replied, but then Tikki looked at the street and her face turned to shock.

“C-Chloé! Look out!”

Chloé looked – and became shocked as well as she saw a loose ferris wheel rolling towards her!

“The ferris wheel!” she pointed out. Tikki could – just barely – see Sabrina, Lila, and someone that was probably Lila's mother holding onto each other, scared.

“It's going to crash into your dad's hotel!”

“And more importantly, my room! Spots On!”

“Ugh–” Tikki didn't even have the time to voice her insatisfaction as she became absorbed into the Earrings.

----

“Dammit, Nora, get your own boyfriend!” Alya shouted, seeing Nino hanging from a web that Anansi had crafted all over the Arc de Triomphe.

“Hey, babe,” she heard Nino say.

“Anansi, p'tite sœur! Now take a hike!”

“Wha–”

Alya didn't have the time to react before Anansi smacked her, sending her flying.

“Oh you bi–”

“Alya!”

A string suddenly coiled itself around her waist and pulled her to safety in Marigold's arms.

“Are you okay?!” the heroine asked with great worry.

“Yeah, thanks...”

“Hmph!” Scarlet Lady grumbled. “Leave this to the Hero of Paris, reporter gir–”

Then she actually saw the day's Akuma for the first time.

“Hey, little beetle!” the Akuma said with a grin.

“EEP! SPIDER LADY! LUCKY CHARM, LUCKY CHARM, LUCKY CHARM!”

As Chat Noir finally arrived, Marigold immediately started to go into planning mode.

“Okay, I'll run a distraction, Chat Noir will go for the hostage, and Scarlet Lady–”

“Welp, here you go Marimo– uh, Marigold,” Scarlet quickly interrupted, handing her the Lucky Charm while her Earrings began to beep, “good luck with that, I gotta, you know, recharge and stuff.”

“And then you'll come back, right?”

“Oh, I can't hear you, gotta turn back, byeeeee!” Scarlet said as she turned to run.

“And then you'll come back, right!?” Marigold yelled at the retreating back of the polka-dotted girl.

----

Unfortunately, the plan soon run into a snag.

“Uh, Honey Bee? I'm in a bit of a sticky situation,” Chat Noir asked, stuck to Anansi's web, as he looked down at the laughing Akuma. “That's some nightmare fuel right there.”

“Chat Noir!” Marigold yelled, still holding the Lucky Charm. “I have to make a trip, but I can't leave Chat defenseless! Lord knows I can't count on Scarlet!”

Alya looked down at the baton Chat Noir had dropped after getting trapped... and decided it was time to act.

“I'll do it.”

“Huh?!”

“I'll distract Anansi until you get back.”

“Are you sure?” Marigold asked. This was her elder sister, after all...

“No problem! I can even get back at my sister!” It didn't look like she minded, though. “For the greater good, of course.”

“Of course,” Marigold replied, a bit shocked.

----

Fortunately, using her top and the roofs allowed her to reach her destination, and after transforming back into her civilian self, she ran for her destination.

“Master Fu!” she said as she entered the parlor. “Chat Noir's about to lose his Ring, Scarlet Lady bailed, and I had to leave my best friend to hold off the Akuma!”

“Yikes!” the elder said, springing to his feet. “We have to take action!”

He picked up the Miraculous Box from its hideaway.

“Marinette Dupain-Cheng, pick an ally who can–”

“I'mma stop you right there cuz I need your Miraculous, Master!”

Fu had a brief look of shock, but nodded as he understood her intentions.

“Do you have someone in mind, Marinette?”

“I know the perfect person,” she replied, before turning to the Kwami of Protection with a n awkward gaze. “I hope you like interviews, Wayzz.”

“What's an interview?”

----

“Not so easy on your own, is it, Alya?” Anansi mocked her sister, who was huffing from the effort of keeping her at bay.

“It's easier when my opponent's so slow!” Alya yelled as she triggered the baton, hitting Anansi with the end of it.

“Ow! Why, you little–”

Anansi attempted to punch Alya with her three left fists, but before she could do that a thread coiled around the girl's waist once more, pulling her away.

“Alya!”

Marigold quickly pulled her away to somewhere where Anansi would be unable to see them.

“Did you see, did you see?! I got her good!” Alya cheered up.

“Uh, yes, I'm very proud,” Marigold replied.

While they were distracted, though, Anansi went back to her original target, the Cat Hero.

“It's just you and me, kitty-cat,” the Akuma said, grabbing his left arm with one hand, ready to steal the ring from him.

“You, me, and Cataclysm!” the hero replied, sticking his tongue at Anansi.

“And now we're pressed for time,” Marigold said, watching the events from below. “Do you still want to help your boyfriend?”

“Of course!” Alya exclaimed. “I'd do anything for Nino!”

Marigold pulled the ornate wooden box she had brought from Master Fu's.

“Alya Césaire, this is the Turtle Miraculous, which grants the power of Protection. You will use it for the greater good–”

Alya grabbed Marigold by the shoulders and began to shake her back and forth.

“Are you serious, this is a total dream come true AHHHHHH!”

“L-Let me finish!” Marigold complained.

----

After letting her finish, Alya picked the box and opened it, revealing a green bracelet and, with a flash of green, a small, floating turtle-like creature.

“Whoa, what's this thing?!” Alya asked.

“The word you're looking for is 'Kwami'. My name is Wayzz,” the Kwami of Protection replied.

“A Kwami? You're what gives superheroes their powers, aren't you?” she asked, and Wayzz nodded.

“My, Marigold wasn't kidding about how bright you are!”

“No way, you talk about me?!” Alya exclaimed again, and Wayzz held his laugh at seeing Marigold's embarrassed face.

“H-Hurry up and transform!” she shouted.

“Eeeee! Okay, okay! Wayzz, SHELL ON!”

----

When the flash of light ended, the new heroine looked down at her costume, admiring everything.

“This is soooo cool!” she said, before turning back to Marigold. “Hey, where do you get Miraculouses?! How many are–”

“Focus!” Marigold interrupted the deluge of questions. “We have to save Nino before Chat Noir turns back! But first we need to locate our fearless leader.”

While the Turtle Heroine took the time to feel her new features – including her very fluffy hair – Marigold called Scarlet Lady on her top-phone.

Then the melody of Scarlet Lady's yo-yo began to ring right behind her.

“Of course,” she grumbled, irritated.

“Have you finished off the spider lady yet?” Scarlet Lady asked.

“Obviously not,” Marigold fired back.

“Well, hurry up!” Scarlet Lady ordered. “And who's she?!”

Our hero, the new heroine sarcastically thought.

Scarlet Lady ignored her and turned to Marigold.

“Uh, nice to meet you?” she asked, feeling awkward.

“Of course it is,” Scarlet Lady mumbled. “Bumbling bee! Where are you getting these Miraculouses, huh?!”

“As if I'd tell you,” Marigold said, dismissively.

“Scarlet Lady doesn't know where the Miraculouses come from but you do?” the Turtle Heroine asked, confused.

“Chat Noir too. Off the record.”

She wasn't sure of the reason, but she needed to ask.

“Why?”

Marigold gave her an 'Are you kidding me?' look.

“She can't be trusted with anything,” she replied, pointing at Scarlet Lady, “let alone secrets of that magnitude.”

“HEY!” Scarlet Lady yelled.

Nobody cared.

I'm starting to see that, she thought.

“How dare you–”

“Just use Lucky Charm already!” Marigold shouted, irritated.

----

This time, the object was a pair of boxing gloves, which Scarlet Lady immediately handed to Marigold.

“Here, go deal with the Akuma, worker bee,” she said, while Marigold just looked like she was done.

“Whu–?! You're not coming?!” the Turtle Heroine asked, shocked.

“Please, that's grunt work,” Scarlet Lady replied with a smug look. “Better get used to it, turtle head. That's your spot in the pecking order while I call the shots.”

“Please, you don't 'call' anything,” Marigold said, rolling her eyes.

Scarlet Lady ignored her.

“So, what dumb little name have you cooked up for yourself?”

She thought it over, and came up with the perfect combination.

“Koki Marina.”

“Hm, there's gotta be some way to make an insult out of it,” Scarlet Lady said, closing her eyes. “Give me time.”

And, with those words, the last remains of her respect for the 'heroine' completely vanished.

I'm going to write such an article about you!

----

Leaving the lazy girl behind them, Marigold and Koki Marina charged towards the Arc de Triomphe, ready to stop the Akuma before Chat Noir transformed back into his civilian identity.

“Hey Anansi!” Marigold yelled.

“Come at me, scrub!” Koki Marina challenged.

“Ooo, a new challenger?” the Akuma asked.

Immediately, Koki Marina began to attack the Akuma with a speed that was unlike what she was meant to represent, while Marigold began to extend her cord around the monument.

“Ugh!”

“Nyah, nyah!”

“This isn't kick boxing!” the Akuma complained.

“Anansi!” Marigold shouted, putting on the gloves. “One round! You win, you get our Miraculouses! I win, you release your prisoners!”

“Huh?” the Akuma asked, shocked.

“Pay attention, I challenge you!”

“Eeeeeeeeee...”

“Or, uh, Koki Marina challenges you,” she lamely added, as her cheer increased.

“EEEE!”

Marigold handed the gloves to Koki Marina, who got ready for the fight.

And began by dodging a punch that struck one of the Arc's pillars.

“Made ya look!” she taunted the Akuma.

“Nyah!”

“Over here!” she said over the next punch, which also hit another pillar.

“SHUT UP!”

“Too slow!” Koki Marina yelled as another attack hit another pillar.

“Hold STILL!”

And so they went for a minute, before Koki Marina noticed the small rocks starting to fall.

“Quit hiding in your shell, and fight back!” Anansi demanded, ignorant of what was about to come.

“Okay~” Koki Marina replied, leaning on the cord and pulling.

The Arc de Triomphe began to crumble down, and Anansi realized too late that she had fallen into a trap.

“Uhh–”

Marigold quickly pulled the hostages down and near Koki Marina, who used her ultimate technique.

“Shellter!”

A sphere of green hexagons surrounded the group, which was left safe as the monument fell to pieces around and above them, while the Akuma was not so lucky and got trapped.

The moment the Shellter was brought down, Chat Noir – just running out of time with his Cataclysm – and Marigold split off, while Koki Marina checked on Nino.

“You okay?” she asked.

“Y-Yeah,” he answered.

“Glad to hear it, handsome,” she said, grinning, in a flirty tone.

“Oh! Uh –” Nino floundered, while behind them Marigold had grabbed Chat Noir and got ready to throw him as if she were throwing a javelin.

“Ultimate Chat Noir Technique! Aim for the helmet!” the Cat Hero said, and Marigold shot him at the Akuma, finally destroying the object and freeing the corrupting butterfly.

“I, like, have a girlfriend?” Nino continued, flushing, and scratching the back of his head. “I mean, I'm flattered! But she's kind of the most amazing person ever, so–”

Koki Marina smiled, holding onto the instinct to laugh or thank Nino for his kind words towards her civilian self, and nodded.

“M-hm.”

Then Nino pulled out his cellphone.

“Do you mind being recorded for the Ladyblog?”

“Ooo, can I?!” Koki Marina asked Marigold, who just huffed in amusement.

“Keep it brief.”

While Nino filmed the new heroine, another person approached the group.

“Hellooo, the real hero is over here!” Scarlet Lady yelled, pointing at herself.

“I don't remember you trying to save me,” Nino deadpanned, wisely choosing to ignore her.

Paris' real heroes watched in happiness and a bit of amusement.

“Good pick, Goldie,” Chat Noir encouraged.

“I only surround myself with the best.” Then she felt a bit awkward. “Now I just gotta stop her from spilling all the Turtle's secrets.”

“See, it detaches!” Koki Marina said, posing for Nino's video. “I can put it on my arm and back!”

----

Finally pulling Koki Marina away – which was easy, as her bracelet was beeping – Marigold took her to an alley and had the girl return to her civilian form, ready to recover the Miraculous.

“Aww, you're taking my baby?” Alya pouted, holding Wayzz protectively in her hands.

“Don't make me regret you,” Marigold countered, and Alya let go with a sigh.

“Ah, just kidding. Part of me wants to make a fuss but I don't want to be as untrustworthy as Scarlet Lady.” She shook her head. “My poor blog needs a total rehaul.”

“Alya, your blog is a huge source of information,” Wayzz wisely pointed out. “I'm sure you could use that information for something good!”

Alya gasped.

“Like finding Hawkmoth!” she said, grabbing Wayzz again and rubbing her cheek against his. “Wayzz, you genius! Are you sure I can't keep you?!”

“No! Stop bonding RIGHT NOW!”

----

With everything back to normal, Marinette and Adrien managed to return from their hero selves and tracked down their friends, who were now being chaperoned by Nora.

“Hey! Is everyone okay?” Marinette asked.

“Woe is me!” Nino dramatically replied. “After all the power of friendship talk, only Alya came to save me!”

“Aw, geez,” Adrien complained.

“Relax, I'm just messing with you,” Nino said with a wink as he pulled his cellphone. “Alya, check this out, there was a new hero and I got footage for you–”

“Oh Nino that's soooo SWEET!” Alya shouted, jumping into her boyfriend's embrace and starting to kiss him.

“MMPH!” Nino said, not knowing whether to pull her closer or push her away, because... “A-Alya, Nora's watching, like, really watching!”

Given the 'overprotective sibling' glare he was getting targeted with, he had a reason to be wary.

As soon as Alya let her boyfriend go, Nora turned bashful for a moment.

“Hey, uh, sorry for losing my cool over the match,” she apologized. “I mean, even superheroes don't work alone! Why should you have to?”

Marinette and Adrien shared a look, and the teens let the fighter bring them into a hug.

“Hey, no big deal, right Anansi?” Adrien said.

“Hey, let's invite Nora to ice skate with us!” Nino suggested, and Alya nodded.

“Yeah I can't remember the last time we hung out!”

Nora pulled them closer.

“I'm gonna skate circles around you,” she said.

The teens wondered if they were going to have to deal with the same thing again.

“It's not a competition,” Nino pointed out.

----

After some time skating, everyone went back to their homes, and Alya checked her phone for the video Nino had made of her heroine self.

“Thanks so much for the footage, mon cœur!” she told Nino. “I've got a few things to finish up, try not to stay up too late! Night.”

And she hung up her phone.

Her two projects were on her table.

The first, a list of all the Akuma fights that had taken place since Stoneheart, and what Scarlet Lady had been actually seen doing during them.

The green, for the times she had actually helped, were a minority.

Most of them were purple, after what she presumed was Hawkmoth's color.

Every time she was heard insulting someone (usually Chat Noir or Marigold), it was blue.

Yellow was reserved for whenever someone new did more work than Scarlet Lady.

If she was late (which was quite common), the orange sticker let her find it.

And, finally, in deep red, the times where Scarlet Lady hadn't even bothered to show up.

The second project was a map.

She pulled a string and pinpointed the place and time where the latest Akuma had happened.

“Alright,” she said, tying the string to the tack on her home. “Where are you, motherfucker...”

She had not done much as of yet... but from now on, the hunt for Hawkmoth was ON.

----

Troublemaker

@zoe-oneesama Heyy, hope you like this!

Also, it's finally holiday time for me!

[wonderwoman6199]

“COME BACK AND TELL US WHO HAWKMOTH IS!!!!”😂🤣

Also Luka and Kagami’s conversation about her mom!😂

It's when she DOES interfere that I get nervous.

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Bonus:

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[sarcasticbambi]

Spiders

HMB Bingo Board "Stab It!" + Crack

“AHHHHHHHHHH!!”

SMACK!

“There she goes again.”  rings in the heads of the residents of the Wayne Manor.

At this point, everyone is used to Marinette’s fear of spiders and, regardless of Alfred’s countless efforts, the Wayne Manor is an old building with a big magnet for the little hairy creatures.

At first, they used to get startled and think that perhaps they were being attacked, no matter how low the chances were, only an attacker could cause such fear induced screams!

Only to arrive at the room she was in, ready to attack, to find her curled into a corner mumbling curses of all kinds and looking on the verge of tears.

Usually someone removes the spider from the room while Damian helps calm down his girlfriend.

Now, after that fateful incident no one is allowed to talk about, that resulted in a broken chandelier from the Eighteenth Century and a painting of one of the founding fathers of Gotham having dinner with a Wayne, Marinette can proudly say she can safely protect herself from the hairy eight leg devils.

And with that, also came a new source of entertainment for the Waynes: Marinette’s Spider killing skills. She had gathered an arsenal of skills and weapons just to get rid of spiders. Some of which not even World’s Best Detective Family could think of.

Some instances include:

She bought a hand shaped fly swatter to smack them with since she refused to touch them herself.

She bought spider insecticide for each and every room in the Manor so that she was never unprepared. (Made sure to use Damian’s card since it was his house, and he should keep it clean of “bugs”)

One time, she was so startled by the spider falling on the lounge room table she jumped and stole the vacuum from Alfred’s hands and vacuumed the spider.

Another time, when she noticed the insecticides weren’t being very effective, she called her mum who told her that in China, a popular way to remove bugs and insects from the house was to use peppermint essential oil and spray it around. Needless to say, the Manor smelled of peppermint for a good couple of weeks until she found a new method.

Alya also told her that when she was younger, her mum used to make a homemade insect repellent consisting of water, vinegar, pepper, oil and liquid soap and of course, our dearest Maribug decided it was a great idea to spray the house down with it - just like she did with all other methods.

She also recommended they plant Eucalyptus trees to help in keeping them away.

She only didn’t use the “spray/pour alcohol on spiders to kill them” because it had to be done directly to them and she considered it torture and she refused to use underhanded methods.

By now, everyone just rolls with it if Marinette comes into a room, flushed and huffing and asking if they have a weapon Manor never had that many spiders but, somehow, Marinette was always being “attacked” by them, as if they were attracted to her like Moths to Flame.

What was surprising was that Marinette was always very gentle with any insects and/or bugs. Especially Ladybugs, she even kept her habit of growing marigolds, sweet alyssums, calendulas and some more on a terrace garden, both at her apartment and at the Manor, which was usually cared for by Damian when she was not there.

Because of this, it was weird that she was afraid of the arachnids, especially considering how useful and harmless they actually were for the house.

This was all even more suspicious when one day, for Justice League business, Ladybug was given the “honour” of visiting the Batcave.

They first found it fun that Ladybug was afraid of the little spiders that also resided in the Batcave alongside the hanging bats (which by the way, what the heck Batman, really keeping up with the theme no?”), joking around if it was a Parisian thing since they knew a Parisian girl that was also terrified of them.

Then, she started using random objects to smack them if they got too close. Which was weird since the spiders never really came close to them, preferring to stick around the small corners and crevices. But they guessed it had something to do with her creation abilities and agreed to not host another meeting in the cave if it could be influenced by it.

Then, she started using methods that Marinette was often using around the house but improvised in a Ladybug way. Like vacuuming the spiders with the yoyo or presenting a peppermint spray from the endless pocket of space that was the little toy-like weapon.

She even grabbed Agent A’s offered teacup, threw the tea at someone - if the “Hey!” was anything to go by - and used it to cover a spider that decided to crawl across the table towards her. It was almost like she did it unconsciously at this point, because she immediately turned to him and apologised for wasting his tea in such a manner.

The highlight of the meeting was when a spider, hanging from the web, was right in front of her face falling right on her nose, causing the loudest shriek to come from The Guardian of The Miraculous. She jumped nearly five feet, attaching herself to the closest victim - who happened to be Robin - shaking him and screaming Bloody Mary.

“DO SOMETHING!!”

“DO SOMETHING I’M TELLING YOU!!

“What do you mean “do something”? What am I supposed to do, Stab It?” 

“I meant something more along the lines of smacking or trapping it, but I guess that’d also work.”

“I-”

“You know what, I honestly don’t care what you do with it, JUST GET IT OUT OF MY SIGHT”

Insert the loudest and longest sigh ever from both Robin and Batman.

“Ladybug, you are aware of just how unprofessional your beha-”

“Father, it’s alright. It is understandable that some people are frightened of such simple life forms, but if we can do it for Habibti, I don’t see why we can’t do the same for Ladybug tonight, you did say we’d change the meeting location for next time so such incidents could be prevented so I don’t see any issue with enduring it for tonight since it’d only be a hassle to change locations at the point.”

And it was thanks to Robin’s words that Batman shut up. With the argument shut down before it could even be started, Nightwing helped collect this round’s spider, and the meeting continued, with a high alert Ladybug and her trusted peppermint spray in one hand and the yoyo on the other. And every Batfam secretly disposed of any spiders attempting to get closer, none of them showing signs of inconvenience at doing such as to not get noticed by Ladybug. 

Needless to say, that no one paid attention to anything Batman was saying and yet, all proving true the “they all share one brain cell” theory when they busied their minds with thoughts on how cute she looked being so concentrated on getting the spiders - which had reduced significantly since there were very few that managed to get past them.

After the meeting had ended with agreements to rerun the points at the next meeting since no one grasped a single speck of information that night, Ladybug summoned the Horse Miraculous and opened herself a portal to leave.

She had told Damian she was going out for the night for a dinner with Chloe since she was in town, so to not wait for her - the excuse she usually went with whenever she had to go on Ladybug business and didn’t want him to know about it. Chloe was the only one of her friends to live nearby when she moved to Gotham, afterall Metropolis was just a town over so any excuse related to Chloe made sense to the little bug.

She was surprised however, to find the lights on when she got to their apartment’s door and saw Damian up and reading a book on the couch when she got inside.

“I told you not to wait up Damian!”

“I know. But what kind of boyfriend would I be if I didn’t stay up to make sure my precious Angel got home safe?”

“I guess you do have a point… Thank you for waiting up then” she said and went in for a hug, which he readily accepted.

“So, did you have fun? You look a bit tired?”

“Oh, uhhh yeah, it was fun! Ahah, but you know Chloe, it’s always unpredictable with her ahahah”

“Hmmm, that’s true. I guess an entire evening with Chloe would be a bit of a headache.”

“Yeah hahaha”

“Hopefully there were no spiders, right?” “wHAT? NO! I mean no! There were no spiders tonight!” 

Damian smiled softly.   She’s so cute when  flustered.

“Great! I’m sure it’s because of all the ladybugs that come to visit!”

“Wha- what dO yOU mEaN hic-?!” Marinette’s brain was going over a mile a minute trying to process what he was talking about. Afterall, He couldn’t have figured out her identity, right? How would he even find out if she was never around him as Ladybug?!

“Oh, you know, the marigold garden in the balcony attracts lots of ladybugs. And like their name says, they are known to bring lots of luck! So, I’m sure you had no encounter with spiders because of it! We should plant some more!

“Oh, yeah, haha, the balcony marigolds, hahaha.”

“Come on, let’s get ready for bed. I already watered the balcony garden, so you don’t need to worry your little head over it. Tomorrow we can go and get some Bachelor’s Buttons, I read that Ladybugs also like them quite a bit.”

Marinette was too dazed to keep up any coherent thought with him at the moment, settling for just a little nod.

Poor thing, she’s probably stressing so much over it. Well, I’ll keep it up for a bit longer, it’s not every day you find your girlfriend’s secret identity afterall.

Pressing a little kiss to her forehead, Damian guided the poor bug to their room to get some rest for the night.

[changer00]

What would the children of Winx and Specialists be called (full names and real titles if they have them)

Oh I like this! It definitely had me thinking. Some ideas below.

Stella and Brandon

Crown Prince Helian Radius Orion Aelius of House Solaria, Protector of the Realm

Princess Eloise Kira Aelius of House Solaria, Fairy of the Suns Rays

Princess Larissa Alya Aelius of House Solaria, Fairy of Stable Moon and Oracle for the Moon Goddess

Bloom and Sky

Crown Princess Rana Alene Samara Bougaimoux of the Eraklyon System, Fairy of Fire's Core

Prince Henri Aiden Schuyler Bougaimoux IX of the Eraklyon System

Princess Lucinda Camille Evelyne Bougaimoux of the Eraklyon System, Fairy of Sparks

Flora and Helia

Camellia Elena Creze, Duchess of Marigold and Healer

Kristina Rosella Creze, Fairy of Spring

Tecna and Timmy

Stephan Ortiz

Vera Mila Ortiz, Fairy of Electricity

I haven't done Riva or Musa at the moment, because in my rewrite they do not stay together in the long run. I also haven't done Nabu and Aisha, because I can't decide if Nabu comes back to life after his death!

I haven't though much about this, but now I have some ideas!

[championsofthegate]

Ayla had felt something in that chamber, but she couldn't say for certain what. Divinity isn't exactly her specialty, although she does send a prayer to Tymora every now and then. Whenever she thinks she might need the extra luck.

The prayers are becoming more frequent, these days.

"I'm starting to think gods don't really understand what mortals consider a favor," Ayla comments. Nothing good seems to ever come from it. Sure Ameridan was alive, but now he was 100 years in the future. That had to be jarring, even if for a god that passed in the blink of an eye.

"Maybe the githyanki were attacking and they had to put them up early?" Ayla suggests. "They might not have been able to wait." And so they'd trapped him in there instead of letting the githyanki get the blood of Lathander. After all he had done to help them...

Ayla likes to think she'd never do that. But you truly never know until the moment's right in your face.

Ameridan brushes the scar on his cheek absently. Back during the spellplague when magic went astray, it gave him the ability to control time in small ways. But he cannot feel any power coursing through it now. The Weave has been repaired. And it never gave him such control that it could last for a century, anyway.

"Lathander was in that chamber", he says instead, removing his hand from his cheek. Once it would have been dangerous to draw attention to it. "Did you feel him? He was watching over the relic, but maybe... I helped his followers at the monastery for years. Maybe he thought he should return the favour."

It doesn't feel like a favour, this. But gods doesn't always understand mortal needs.

"As for why I was there... it was only to place the relic in the chamber for safekeeping. The barriers weren't supposed to come up while I was in there. I don't understand why they did."

[artzychic27]

Scarlet Beetle & Ikati Black:

One day, all the miraculous holders wake up to find their hair is the color of their miraculous. Kim’s hair is red, Max’s hair is black or green, Nathanial’s hair is purple, Marc’s hair is blue, and etcetera.

Also! Bugs and insects become more sluggish during winter. Does that effect Scarlet Beetle and Monarch?

(From the Arrow-Anon🏹)

Adrien: *Walks in with tan/cream-colored hair* Hey, guys! What do you think of my new look?!

Nino: *With white, blue, and yellow highlights in his hair* Nice, dude!

Alya: *Talking a selfie with Marinette. Her hair is green and Marinette’s is brown-to-white gradient* If this is an Akuma, I’m liking this one!

Nathaniel: *Nervously sweating* Hahaha! Yep! It must be an Akuma!

Kim: Right! He’s so right! An Akuma dyed our hair these random colors!

Max: That is the only explanation.

Chloé: *Struts in with dark blue hair* ‘Sup, losers?

Lila: *With pink hair* Looking good, Chloé!

—

And yeah, the cold affects Monarch, Scarlet Beetle, and Marigold even when not transformed.

Now, imagine if there were a garden-themed Akuma

Monarch/Scarlet Beetle/Marigold: *Running around and giggling like they’re high off their asses*

Ikati Black: *Snickering as Prince Paon records* We should- we should really be fighting.

Prince Paon: Yep… Next week?

Scarlet Beetle: Guys! Guys! Guys… Guys… I don’t have wings.

Monarch: Whaaaaat? Oh my God, where’d your wings go?

Scarlet Beetle: I don’t know, man! I’m a ladybug, I need wings!

Marigold: Wait!… Hold on… Your shoes… Your shoes have wings. Shoe wings… Showings… Shwings… Swings… Hermes has shoe wings!

Scarlet Beetle: Am I a god?

Monarch: Duuuuude… That is so trippy.

Marigold: *Huffs a rose* Oh my God! This rose, man! This rose! It is so happy I can’t stand it!

Scarlet Beetle: Hey, hey guys. That tree over there. It’s kinda hot, right?

Monarch: Dude, go and fuck that tree.

Marigold: Totally dare you, man. *Laughs*

*Meanwhile*

Ikati Black: Ten euros says he makes out with that tree.

Prince Paon: You have yourself a deal… No… No, don’t! Don’t do it!

Ikati Black: He’s kissing it!

Prince Pain: Damn it! *Hands him ten euros*

[latenightswithdoom]

Characters

(Organized Alphabetically for ease of use. If a character does not appear they either A. Haven’t been added yet and you can send an ask if they will be added as an accepted character, or B. Are not an accepted character.)

Avatar: Aang, Asami, Azula, Katara, Korra, Sokka, Mei, Tonraq, Toph, Zuko

Ben Ten: Ben, Gwen, Kevin

Beastars: Haru, Jack, Juno, Legoshi, Louis

DC: Barbra Gordon, Barry Allen, Beast Boy, Blackfire, Bruce Wayne, Cassandra Cain, Clark Kent, Clara Kent, Cyborg, Damian Wayne, Diana Prince, Dick Grayson, Hal Jordan, Harleen Quinzel, Harvey Dent, Jessica Cruz, Johnathan Kent, John Stewart, Lady Shiva, Pamala Isley, Power Girl, Raven, Selena Kyle, Sierra Hall, Starfire, Stephane Brown, Talia Al Ghul, Tim Drake, Wally West

Disney: Anna, Ariel, Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, Elsa, Gaston, Honeymarren, Jasmine, Moana, Mulan, Pocahontas, Rapunzel, Tiana

Edgerunners: David, Lucy, Rebbeca

Gravity Falls: Dipper, Mabel, Pacifica, Wendy

Helltaker: Asmodeus, Azazel, Beelzebub, Helltaker, Judgement, Justice, Loremaster, Lucifer

Helluva/Hazbin: Adam, Angel Dust, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Blitzø, Charlie, Chaz, Husker, Lilith, Loona, Lucifer, Lute, Mille, Moxxie, Octavia, Stella, Striker, Vaggie, Velvette, Verosika, Vortex, Vox

Incredibles: Bob, Dash, Helen, Tony, Violet

Invincible: Amber, Anissa, Debbie, Eve, Immortal, Kate, Mark, Nolan, Rex

Kim Possible: Ann, Bonnie, Jim, Kim, Monique, Ron, Tim

Legend of Zelda: Ganon, Link, Zelda

Mario: Bowser, Daisy, Peach, Rosalina

Marvel: Ben Grimm, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Drax, Felica Hardy, Gamora, Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, Jean Grey, Jennifer Walters, Jessica Drew, Johnny Storm, Jubilee, Logan, Mary Jane Watson, Miguel O’Hara, Miles Morales, Mystique, Natasha Romanov, Nebula, Peni Parker, Pepper Potts, Peter Parker, Peter Quill, Reed Richards, Rio Morales, Scott Summers, Steve Rogers, Susan Storm, Thor, Tony Stark

Miraculous: Alya, Adrien, Chloe, Marionette

Miss Kobyashi’s Dragon Maid: Elma, Kobyashi, Lucoa, Tohru

Murder Drones: J, N, Tessa, Uzi, V

Overwatch: Ana, Ashe, Brigette, Cassidy, Doomfist, DVA, Echo, Emily, Hanzo, Genji, Kiriko, Mei, Mercy, Moira, Pharah, Ramattra, Reaper, Reinhardt, Roadhog, Solder 76, Tracer, Widowmaker, Zarya

Owl House: Amity, Camila, Eda, Edric, Emira Hunter, Luz, Willow, Vee

RWBY: Adam, Alyx, Blake, Bleiss, Cardin, Ciel, Cinder, Coco, Dove, Emerald, Flynt, Fox, Ghira, Glynda, Goth Nora, Hazel, Ilia, Ivori, Jacques, Jaune, Jessica, Junior, Kali, Kobalt, Leo, Lewis, Lil Miss Malachite, May Marigold, May Zedong, Mercury, Neo, Neon, Neptune, Nolan, Nora, Oscar, Ozpin, Penny, Port, Pyrrha, Qrow, Raven, Ren, Roman, Roy, Ruby, Russel, Sage, Salem, Saphron, Scarlet, Summer, Sun, Tai, Theodore, Velvet, Weiss, Whitley, Willow, Winter, Yang, Yatsu

Scooby-Doo: Daphne, Fred, Scooby, Velma

She-Ra: Adora, Catra, Glitter

Sonic: Amy, Knuckles, Shadow, Sonic, Tails

Spy x Family: Lloyd, Yor

Star Wars: Ahsoka, Anakin Skywalker, Asaji Ventress, Ben Solo, Bo-Katan, Cal Kestis, Han Solo, Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi, Padame Amadala, Sabine Wren, Shami Skywalker

TCOAAL: Andrew Graves, Ashley Graves, Julia, Renee Graves

Zootopia: Bellweather, Bogo, Bonnie, Fennec, Judy, Lionheart, Nick

[dizzying-faust]

If you don‘t mind me asking, what is it about scarlet lady‘s treatment of poc characters is bad. Zoe is really salty, but most people think the comic has great writing

Max is demonized because of actions in Gamer.

Alya gets demonized and is treated as a joke, especially compared to Lila, who is written more sympathetic and, from what I'm hearing, is getting a redemption Arc.

When in comes to them trying to showing off Marinette's Chinese heritage, it's written into stereotype territory (mostly regardingher Marigold costume, even if I'lladmit Marigold is the only positive i have about SL).

I think it's better to read this post about it since that covers it more than I could.

But like I said, I'm don't care if it has good writing or whatnot, I'm not reading it if the creator is making it out of malice for the show.

[im-ej-arts]

warmups (sort of) before properly trying to draw something in the next few days:

scarlet lady miraculous users!

[alyaandmarigolds]

[AAM] CHAPTER ONE - PART 3

YOU CHOSE: Awkward! Refuse to move or do any sound.

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"... Hum…"

The moment to whom Lily decided to paralyze in her tracks felt like an eternity. The woman right in front of her stayed silent with a questioning gaze that was hidden behind the cloth on her eyes. A questioning that took a while to leave her mouth as she realized that Lily had no intentions to move from this embrace.

Lily's face still burned red. This was so embarrassing, she couldn't stop asking herself why she was like this, feeling embarrassed to any pretty woman that came to embrace her, even if it was in a dire situation. Freezing in such a state only meant to make the whole thing even more awkward.

…

It wasn't her fault though! Or so she wanted to believe... She couldn't help to notice that beautiful aqua hair that beautifully turned white from a gradient wonder, asking herself just what type of eyes were behind that cloth. Was that woman even capable of seeing anything with such a thing?

"... Who are you?" The aqua haired woman asked, not letting go totally of Lily. "What are you doing here?"

"I.. I don’t know." Lily was honest, her face still hot. She was slowly calming down from the hopeless romantic mindset she usually liked to be in. " I was lost, and suddenly I was…. Dying…?"

That description felt like it made Lily sound completely out of her mind, yet the woman just nodded to that, understanding yet casual body language.

"Hm. That does sound like the entity's powers. Can you stand up?"

"I… think so…?" Lily feels her body move slightly to a more comfortable position by the help of the woman who stands up before her to help her out.

Lily tries not to think of anything of it this time as she gets up.

Her legs still tremble. After a moment of not feeling them and almost falling back down – even with the help of this strong woman – Lily thought to herself: Maybe it wasn't a bad idea to freeze and not move at all, she would have made a fool of herself with that one.

The woman steadies her for a few seconds after Lily feels okay to stand by her own.

The rain still pours, the wind is strong and Lily feels slightly cold. Her clothes are so drenched now and it feels so heavy and annoying. After that incident with the 'Entity', she just wanted a cozy warm place.

Aqua haired woman seemed to have noticed that, holding her hand up to Lily, waiting for her to take it.

…

Lily coughs awkwardly, giving her hand, holding the other in a shy manner. How strange it was to feel shy while the other's hand felt so calm and strong.

In her wonder of thinking about imaginary scenarios, though, a sigh from the woman by her side can be heard. "Hold still for a second."

Lily suddenly felt the lack of warmth in this woman’s voice to be alarming, an indirect way to tell her to please stop this. She cleans her throat, shielding herself from more awkward situations. "... Okay… I should maybe leave.."

"You can’t. Not right now at least." As the woman spoke, Lily felt, for just a split second, her body lose any matter as her entire view changed from a cold rainy town in a dark night, to a rather cozy small room. The only light source in that place was a candle in the table nearby.

Lily felt confused for a single second, until she realized what this woman's powers were.

The wonder of teleportation. What a nice power to have, Lily always felt the need to use those types of powers in any capacity if she would be able to. It was such a nice one to have. But, truth be told, as long as it stayed exactly like the current situation, Lily was okay over her current situation regarding her powers… at least that's what she hoped in the best way possible…

As these thoughts go through Lily’s mind in a flick of a second, the scenery surrounding her quickly makes her body relax as the warmth of the nearby fireplace decides to give the fire a comfortable and warm lighting to the whole room.

Lily took a while to continue to speak, to the moment where this woman took her spear off her back and put it near the couch.

“... What do you mean by not right now? I can’t leave?”

The silence the woman stood after that was a bit scary in Lily’s mind. She stood her ground as she took a step closer to this woman, feeling her wet clothes making her feel so much heavier than she was.. “Is there any reason for me to be unable to?”

“No. Well…” Silence again. When Lily felt like this person would never answer her clearly, the woman turned her head towards her, passing by her side and walking towards the window behind Lily. “It’s not easy to explain, and not safe white it stills around.”

“It…?” Lily turns around to look at the window. The woman opens the heavy curtain to reveal… a dark sky.

Lily’s eyes go wide. She hadn’t noticed it before. The sky was not a night sky. Where the stars should be, there was nothing but darkness. A lack of everything.

It wasn’t the night sky Lily was looking at, but something devoid of anything but void itself.

“There it is.” The woman spoke, pointing at the sky. Lily had to squint her eyes to try and see anything. Probably took her a while, but eventually she saw in the sky a glitch type of effect going through the sky. There was any lack of orange to be able to see it clearly, making it all impossible to see unless it was the slight colors of its shape quickly fading. “That entity keeps us here for days, or even months sometimes when it decides to not kill us.”

Lily felt fear slowly rising under her skin, stepping away quickly from the window and closing the curtain without asking the other first.

Luckily the woman didn’t even react to any of that, just looking silently at Lily as she tried to come to terms with this situation.

“... You… You will have to explain everything to me right now, otherwise I will scream…”

The woman stays silent for a few seconds, pondering over the statement. “What do you want to know?”

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[milarqui]

Scarlet Lady: Animan

Directory | Intermission

From his vantage point, he could see Marinette and Alya animatedly talking about something that (apparently) required the former to wave her hands around while showing something.

“Hmm...” This plan he had come up with would require some work to put into practice, particularly –

“Uh, Nino? Any particular reason you've been ogling Marinette so much lately?”

“AH!” he shouted: Adrien had not only come up from behind him, but was also giving him a rather unhealthy (for him) glower. Well, maybe he could have a bit of fun. “Ah, man, you caught me. Truth is I'm totally crushing on Marinette.”

Adrien's made a noise that was somewhere between a growl and a whimper, as his face became pale and he began to tremble.

“O-Oh, awesome, I hope you'll be h-happy–” Adrien somehow managed to say through clenched teeth.

“Dude, I was kidding,” he replied, thinking that maybe he had underestimated how bad Adrien had it for Marinette, before noticing something red coming out of his friend's mouth. “Is that blood?”

Adrien shook his head and pulled a handkerchief from a pocket to wipe out the blood. While still worried for him, it looked like it wasn't serious, so he turned to his plan.

“I've been thinking of ways to hook you up, dude. Like, maybe you can ask her to the new panther exhibit at the zoo!”

“Nino,” Adrien replied. “I can't ask Marinette out. I have no time or energy thanks to my... job.”

“No way!” he exclaimed. “You've been way livelier lately! Even your Pops has let you have more fun! You should at least try!”

“That's... true,” Adrien admitted, looking down at his hands. “Can... can I really? Is it possible? Am I allowed?!”

Man, he was sparkling like an animated character.

“Bro, it's just a date.”

Nonetheless, he pulled him towards the girls, who had just stopped their talk and started to leave the place.

“Hey Alya, Marinette!” Adrien greeted as they came close.

“Hey guys!” Marinette replied.

“Have you heard about the new panther exhibit at the zoo?”

“Oh, yeah, it's all my dad talks about since the panther's quarantine ended,” Alya said, smiling. “Did I tell you that's why we moved? Dad switched zoos with it.”

“Well, wanna check it out together?” he suggested.

“Sure, sounds fun!” Marinette agreed. Score!

“Fair warning, don't engage my dad in front of the animals. He gets so weird,” Alya warned them.

----

The girls agreed to meet them in a while, and the two of them quickly dropped their things at their homes before meeting again.

“A date with Marinette!” he said. It was the one thing he had been hoping for so long. He turned to his best friend. “Hey, should I get her flowers? Or a present!”

“Whoa, slow your roll!” Nino exclaimed, smiling. “We're testing the waters with a chill hangout, remember?”

“Yeah, you're right,” he agreed. He had to make sure that Marinette was interested in him, or at least willing to try, before he could begin.

“Don't worry, man, soon you'll be asking her out on a real date, and then you pull out the smooth moves.”

He laughed.

He had been blessed that day when he sat in the front row.

“You're awesome for setting this up, Nino.”

----

Up above the two boys, a blonde girl growled in anger.

----

She wasn't going to complain.

She had seen this too many times.

“This is hopeless! Nothing will disguise my beauty!”

It was going to be useless, but she was going to try anyway.

“Chloé, this is ridiculous,” she said as Chloé picked a pair of boots. “Adrien is free to date whoever he wants!”

“Of course he is!” Chloé replied. She just waited for – “As long as it's me!”

There it was.

“But why'd he choose the stinky, sweaty, gross zoo?! I'll have to talk to him about his lack of consideration for me.”

“Ugh.” What a wonder, this girl's mind was. Able to mold reality to fit her narrow-minded beliefs.

“The sacrifices I make for love.”

“You don't have to–”

“SACRIFICES!”

----

“I'm surprised you agreed to a date, Marinette,” Alya said as they waited at a picnic table, already inside the zoo.

“Huh? This isn't a date, we're just hanging out,” Marinette replied.

“Hm. I guess you could see it that way.”

“Wait...” Marinette said, and Alya could detect the tone was the kind she really didn't want to hear. “Alya, do you want this to be a date? With Nino?”

Alya felt her cheeks redden and tried to hide her face from her inquisitive friend's look.

“We've already established it's not a date, so why does it matter?”

A look aside to the widely grinning Marinette told her it was too late.

“Oh no.”

Fortunately for her, something interrupted Marinette before she could squee like one of Adrien's fangirls.

“Hey, Marinette, Alya!”

“Hm?” Alya mumbled, smiling upon the face of her saviors, one of whom was waving hello at them. “Hi Max! Hi Kim!”

“Not here with your girlfriend?” Marinette asked.

“Nah, we're having guy time!” Kim said, flexing his biceps. “We're gonna see the new panther to see how I measure up!”

“Measure up?” Alya asked.

“Yeah, like, speedwise.”

Max's face told pretty much what he thought of it.

“How do you plan to measure that?” Marinette asked.

----

As Max and Kim split off, Marinette looked in the distance and saw two familiar figures, one of them waving a hand.

“There they are!” she told Alya, standing up and waving at their friends. “OVER HERE!”

“M, I'm telling you right now, don't do anything weird,” Alya demanded.

“Whaaat? We're just having a nice, no pressure day out with the guys!” she replied, but Alya didn't look convinced.

“Mhmm.”

Looking away, she unconsciously slipped into what her father called her 'slasher movie special' (which was ironic, given her hatred of horror movies).

And if me and Adrien accidentally leave you two alone halfway through, that's just a coincidence, she gleefully thought.

“You have a terrible poker face,” Alya fired.

----

Ughhhh... the only good thing about today seemed to be that she'd be out.

“Grr, look at those gross idiots! I need to get closer!” Chloé said, 'hiding' behind a newspaper with holes at eye height.

Sometimes she pondered how she hadn't gone mad yet.

“Maybe you'd do better in the bushes. Where you can sit in shame.”

Oh, right. The chance to snark at her. And mess with her stuff. Even if she barely realized it.

“As if! My plan is so original and genius, just watch!”

And she sat on a chair and hid behind the newspaper again.

Should she feel pity over this? Because there was no way she could be this dumb.

Wait. She was this dumb.

There was even a man right next to her, doing the exact same thing – down to the newspaper.

Although, who was that man spying?

----

“STOP! YOU CAN'T COMPETE WITH MY PANTHER, KID!”

Marinette could hear Alya's father from the distance, which really didn't bide well for the next exhibit, the panther. Which already had Kim in front of it.

Which probably explained why Alya's father was shouting that.

“Whatever, it's clear I'm the hot one!”

Yeah, that did it.

“Whoa, Kim, you wanna race a panther? Do you like being lunch?” Adrien asked, amused, as she looked at the animal.

“Ha, I can take'em!”

“Go!” Otis ordered, angry. “My panther needs calm during her meal and you're stressing her out!”

“Then shouldn't you feed her in the back, away from the public?” Marinette asked, and from the way Alya's father's face went red, it was obvious that he hadn't considered that option.

“Get out or I'll have you banned from this zoo!”

“Dad, no,” Alya said, exhausted.

----

He had sensed the man's anger from his home, and, seeing how strong it was, and what kind of power it could play out, he decided he could make for a good chance.

“Animan,” he said, “I'm giving you the chance to get revenge.”

“Excellent! How dare those kids disrespect my panther, thinking they can outrun her?!”

He blinked. He had heard way too many dumb reasons for people to get angry about (some of them from the Enchanted Florist)... and somehow this was the worst of all.

“... really?”

Well, dumb reason or not, it was enough to get what he wanted out of him.

----

“Well, that was... interesting,” Nino said as he delivered the drinks, noting Alya's still embarrassed face. “Where to next?”

“I'd like to see the giraffes,” Adrien suggested as he and Marinette accepted their drinks.

“I'd rather go to the reptile house,” Alya replied. “Faaar away from panthers.”

“I'll go with you!” Nino offered, and Marinette realized this was the golden moment she had hoped for.

“Let's split and meet up later! I'll go with Adrien!”

“Yeah, okay!” Adrien agreed, smiling.

And then disaster struck.

“Oh, Adrichou! What a coincidence meeting you here!”

“C-Chloé?!” Adrien replied, dropping his drink from the impulse of being pushed by the irritant now hanging on his arm. Fortunately, he managed to make her let him loose and glared at her. “Wow, Chloé, wild that you're here, where I am, without me telling you.”

“Must be our deep connection,” Chloé replied. Marinette stuck her tongue at the stalking girl, irritated that she was (a) messing her plan to get her friends together and (b) disturbing Adrien.

Adrien, for his part, gave Chloé a glare.

“You weren't invited, Chloé, you can't just–”

“AHHHHH!”

Suddenly, Max and Kim were passing by them, running as if the devil was behind.

“GET TO SHELTER!”

“GET OUT OF HERE!”

Looking in the direction the duo had been running from, they realized why.

Somehow, all the animals had escaped their enclosures.

Again.

Come on, it took us hours to get you back here last month! Adrien and Marinette lamented.

“AH!”

“SCATTER!”

----

Adrien was a tad irritated. Chloé had prevented him from finally being alone with Marinette, and now this?

“We were so close to going off on our own, Plagg, CLAWS OUT!”

----

“Ha!” Chloé laughed. Her plan had worked perfectly! “Now their 'date' is ruined, I win! Tikki, SPOTS ON!”

----

She had been this close to finally giving her best friend the chance to be alone with Nino!

“This was Alya's big break, so annoying! Pollen, BUZZ ON!”

----

The heroes quickly entered the scene, and managed to protect the civilians, forcing the wild animals to stop and distracting them.

“Get OFF you overgrown handbags!” Scarlet Lady shouted as she smacked a panther with her yo-yo.

Meanwhile, Chat Noir was twirling his baton to keep a giraffe away, all while Kim looked at the event, transfixed.

“Get out of here, Kim!” Chat Noir ordered, and the boy shook himself off and ran away, thanking him for the help.

Marigold noticed two other people were still there, trying not to put their backs to any of the animals, and saw her chance.

She grabbed Alya.

“Ah!”

She grabbed Nino.

“Whoa!”

She pushed them both into the now empty panther enclosure and slammed the door.

“Stay safe!♥” she said with a smile, jumping back into the fight.

“HUH?!” both of them replied, still in shock.

----

It took Alya a while to realize what had just happened. And what it entailed.

“Nonononono!” she yelled.

“Alya?” Nino asked, worried.

“This can't be happening!”

“What's wrong?”

“My dad's an Akuma and I'm stuck in here instead of getting footage, which is the onlyreasonI'mrelevantbecauseScarletLadyonlyworkswithrealreporters–“

Alya's sudden panic spiral was cut short when a pair of headphones blocked all sound save for the ones it emitted, and she turned to Nino, who was smiling at her and saying something she didn't quite catch, but looked like... something about breathing?

“... I can't hear you,” she replied. Taking off one of the headphones, she was able to hear him.

“Missing one Akuma won't ruin you,” Nino suggested. “You can still make a blog post about it.”

“I guess,” she admitted.

“And maybe try interviewing the other heroes.”

“That's a good idea...”

And then she began to listen to the actual song. It had no lyrics, but it was really cool, full of rhythm and intensity.

“This is a good song,” she said, amazed.

“Really? I mixed it myself!” Nino replied, and Alya took off the headphones.

“What software do you use?! I can never get background noise out of my videos!”

Nino laughed gently.

Wow, I've never seen him so close, a part of Alya noted, as she got closer.

“Maybe listen to more of my stuff before deciding my advice is worth it,” Nino said, but Alya knew she wanted to know.

She laughed.

And she grabbed his DJ hand with her writer hand.

----

Unfortunately, the heroes weren't having as good a time as the lovebirds. Right now, they had had to jump to the higher point they could find to avoid the animals, and even then the giraffes and elephants weren't looking friendly.

“There's too many of them!” Marigold admitted.

“Then what do you suggest, Stinkbug?!” Scarlet Lady yelled.

“Back to roots: defeat the Akuma and the animals will be captured!” Chat Noir suggested.

With some effort, the three of them jumped at the roof of the nearest enclosure and made their way to one that offered a better vantage point.

“Where did you go...” Marigold mumbled, looking around.

“There!” Chat Noir shouted, pointing at a passage that only had two beings.

One was a panther that did not look like the one that had been freed earlier.

The other...

“KIM!” Marigold shouted.

“He's really going to eat him!” Chat Noir realized.

And all of them realized as well.

All because he said he was faster than a panther?!

Seriously, people needed to get some priorities in order...

Realizing that Kim was clearly tired from running away, Marigold and Chat Noir jumped between the Akuma and him. While Marigold twirled her spinning top to prevent the Akuma from advancing, Chat Noir allowed him to take a breath and gave him a pat in the back.

“Quick, hide in the first building you find!”

Kim nodded and started to run again. While he trusted the heroes, he knew they wouldn't be able to do this forever. And the less work they had to do protecting him, the better.

“You won't get away this time!” Marigold declared, trying to find the way to paralyze the Akuma.

“You will never catch me!” the Akuma declared, and suddenly its black skin turned into feathers as he became an eagle.

“He transformed!” Scarlet Lady pointed out.

“And is getting away,” Marinette lamented.

“No worries, I tagged Kim so we can beat him there!” Chat Noir told the girls, and Marigold smiled.

“Well played, kitty,” she complimented, starting to scratch his chin as he happily purred.

God, he was so adorable!

Scarlet Lady made a disgusted face.

“Be gross on your own time,” she complained.

----

Chat Noir eventually began to track down Kim, whom they ended up finding at Marinette's parents' boulangerie. And Marigold took point as they entered the delicious, delicious-smelling shop.

“Hello, Ma–uh, Ma'am,” Marigold greeted Sabine and Tom, who had helped an exhausted Kim into a chair.

“Oh, but you're–!” Sabine said.

“Ohoho! Yes, it is I, your hero–” Scar claimed, but was interrupted.

“Marigold!”

Seeing Scar silently thundering about being slighted was hilarious, and he had to cover his mouth to avoid being heard.

“It's so nice to meet you!” Sabine stated, picking Marigold's hand – making her look awkward for some reason.

“A-Ah, thanks!”

----

The embarrassment of her parents welcoming her to the boulangerie past, she had led Kim to the hall and realized something: if the Akuma was like an animal and could track Kim by smell, then there might be a way to trick him into a trap.

But they couldn't put Kim at risk, obviously.

There were other ways of doing it, though.

“Can we borrow that?” she asked, pointing at one of his wristbands.

“Sure,” Kim replied, trusting her, as he immediately took off the wristband. She was thankful that she was wearing gloves, because the band was kinda sweaty.

“Ew, newbee, what do you want that for?!” Scarlet Lady complained.

“We're gonna lure the beast into a cage, obviously!”

----

The plan was simple, really: put the wristband in one of the many empty buses nearby, wait for the Akuma to show up, and trap him.

The first part worked, as the Akuma – back in his panther form – pounced into the bus, only to find too late that the smell that had led him there was not that of Kim, but of one of his clothes.

“WHAT?!”

“He's in! Now, Chat Noir!” Marigold said, and Chat Noir jumped into the bus.

“Cataclysm!” he shouted, destroying the door controls, and he jumped back out just as the bus doors closed, with the panther only just crashing into the doors.

“Nice!” Marigold declared. “Now we just let him tire himself out!”

Suddenly, the panther transformed once more – but this time, he picked a rather larger form, large enough to break through the roof of the bus.

“Oh yeah, he looks real tired out!” Scarlet Lady yelled in annoyance as the Tyrannosaurus Rex climbed out of the bus.

Chat Noir quickly jumped at his head, intent on distracting him.

“Get the F–” the akuma said, but Chat Noir yelled over him.

“GET HIS LEGS!”

“DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!” an annoyed Scarlet Lady shouted back, hitting the dinosaur's leg with nothing to show for it. Instead, it was the spinning top that tangled its legs together.

“I got him!” Marigold said, and picked up the top. “VENOM!”

Jumping at the Akuma's head, she stabbed him with the tip of the top, quickly paralyzing him and causing him to collapse on the ground, with Chat Noir jumping off just in time.

“That was easy,” he admitted. “Thank you Venom!”

“Right?” Marigold said, smiling. “No one even got to jump in his mouth!”

“Ew!”.

----

Tikki enjoyed a cookie, doing her best not to let her wielder annoy her too much with her attempts to claim success.

“I did such a good job today. Stopped Maribrat from being alone with Adrichou, ruined their date, defeated the Akuma without even using my Lucky Charm. I'm too good for Paris.”

Alright, mission failed.

I'm going to throw out her hairspray while she sleeps.

----

The two of them had been let out by the zoo workers, so they could also return the animals back to their enclosures, and now they were just waiting for their friends to show up again.

“Sorry, sorry!” one of them said, running into the scene.

“We're here, we're here!” the other added, huffing.

“Hey, glad you're okay!” she replied, waving at the two.

“Did you get chased far?” he asked, a bit worried.

“Yeah, I–”

Then, their friends noticed they were holding hands.

“Whooooa!”

“What is this?!”

“OOOOH!” both said in unison, pointing at said joined hands.

She turned to her boyfriend – her boyfriend! – and sighed.

“Told you they'd make it weird.”

“Wha– When– How?!” Adrien asked, surprised, while Marinette wiggled with a wide smile.

“Marigold locked us in the same cage all afternoon,” she replied.

“Turns out we have a lot in common: an interest in video editing...” he said.

“Really young siblings...” she added.

Then they gave smug glares at Adrien and Marinette.

“Best friends that ditch them.”

“Eheheh!” both awkwardly laughed.

----

Fortunately, since nothing bad (or too bad) had happened, Adrien and Marinette were forgiven, and they split off once again.

“Hey, man, congrats!” Adrien told Nino while giving him a one-arm hug, and Nino smiled.

“Thanks, dude!”

Adrien's eyes opened, and suddenly the cheerful atmosphere turned kinda oppressive.

“Pretty amazing you got a girlfriend when you're supposed to be wingmanning for me.”

“M-My bad.”

----

Meanwhile, Alya had a bone to pick with Marinette.

“Girl, I told you not to be weird but you totally tried to dip on purpose,” she complained, and Marinette tried to put a surprised face.

“Whaaat? I just wanted to see the elephants!”

Alya gave her an irritated gaze.

“It was giraffes.”

----

After being told what had happened, Otis felt quite embarrassed of his actions and how they had affected everyone. He had been lucky that he had only been sent home early and that this issue would be written down in his file: if it weren't for the fact that Akumatized people were not blamed for the actions taken under Hawkmoth's influence, he could have been fired.

“How embarrassing,” he complained, after the twins mobbed him and asked what had happened.

“I'm home!”

“Alya!” Ella exclaimed, as his second daughter entered the room. He had to apologize, fast!

“Listen Alya, Dad didn't mean to ruin your day out! You know how I get when people stress out my–”

But then Alya gently kissed him in the cheek and danced away, humming a song he had never heard.

While he was glad that she was fine now, he wondered what in the blazes had happened while he was possessed to make her so happy.

----

Puppeteer

@zoe-oneesama If only Animan could prey on Hawkmoth...

Alright, we're getting (slowly) closer to the end of Season 3!

BTW, not counting the 18 empty pages reserved to begin all the chapters I have yet to do, this story stands now at 321 pages in Times New Roman size 12.

[wonderwoman6199]

SHE’S SO PRETTY!!!!!

I love the slight alterations you made to her costume! The darker shade of red really balanced the whole look!♥️

Here she is~ The only Unification I will ever use~

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My favorite parts of Scarlet Lady in no particular order (Part 1)

Scarlet Lady is an amazing fan comic by @zoe-oneesama​, so I thought I’d put all my favorite parts from the comic out! 

[sunnnysideeup]

it's ya girl marigold from @zoe-oneesama 's Scarlet lady au! I tried out my new metallic paint in this drawing and it didn't turned out like how I expected?? Honestly it's kinda messy since I didn't use a smaller brush. Whoops. 😂 But I had tons of fun with it! I like how they're so shiny 🌟🌟

suPER SHInY 🌟 *lmao sorry for being too hype for this XD

[gale-gentlepenguin]

ML: Scarlet Lady au: Christmas special Part 1

(Oh sweet Christmas it is finally December, Which means it is time for me to release the Christmas special. I hope you enjoy.)

(And before you all ask, I will be adding the songs as I see fit.)

(Scarlet lady au by @zoe-oneesama)

“I love the holidays Alya! It is just such a wonderful time of year.” The black haired teen exclaimed.

“Ah yes Marinette, a holiday all about giving to everyone you care about. It was like the holiday was made for you.” Alya smiled.

“I am looking forward to all the Christmas goodies.” a small girl with brown pigtails exclaimed as she walked along with the two.

“I am sure you and your family will love what my parents made Manon.” Marinette smiled sweetly at the girl.

The three enter the Dupain bakery where the Marinette’s  Parents greeted them wishing them a merry Christmas. The two smiled as they passed the cut out of Chat noir and Marigold wearing Santa hats, collecting donations. The black haired girl was more then happy about the season and was eager to express her emotion as she handed out the Christmas Logs to everyone that came in.

Marinette:

“Mom and Dad, I'll help you in the bakery To hand out Christmas logs to all my friends, you see. Merry Christmas, Alya, and your family.

Alya: Thanks my BFF, the same to you three! Marinette Alix and her dad, Merry Christmas to you! Mr. Kubdel: Tom, Sabine, Marinette, happy holidays, too! Marinette Rose and Juleka, gifts for you, you bet! Rose Merry Christmas to you! Juleka Merry Christmas, Marinette. Marinette Manon, Merry Christmas, and Nadja, Merry Christmas, Nino and Sabrina! Merry Christmas, Chlo-

The dark haired baker’s daughter stopped her song when she saw the blonde daughter of the mayor.

“Do you want a photo?” the blonde teen deadpanned, clearly annoyed she was there. Her eyes happened to catch notice of the two hero cut outs. Noticing the rather new Bee themed super heroine and the cat hero, but not the inclusion of the main heroine of Paris, Scarlet Lady. “Seems you are missing a rather important person. Why didn't you include Scarlet lady?”

Marinette still holding the Christmas log, took a second and calmed herself. The truth was that Marinette didn't want to have a Scarlet lady cut out in the bakery. She confessed it to her parents earlier, in which they were fine not having one, plus the Scarlet Lady cut outs were incredibly expensive and usually sold out.

“The store was sold out.” Marinette stated, not lying but not exactly stating the full truth. “Sorry we don't have the complete set for your viewing pleasure Chloé”

Thankfully, Marinette’s mom was able to coax her daughter back into a less hostile mood.

“Marinette, it is Christmas.” Her mother reminded her.

Marinette sighed irritated, but still went on with it. She handed them the log

Marinette (whispering): Merry Christmas, Chloé...  Chloé looked at her amused and decided to prod her a bit more “Could you repeat that? I couldn't hear you.”

Marinete managed to sing loud enough to cause the wind to blow Chloé’s hair back. Marinette: Merry Christmas, Chloé! Chloé looked quite smug after getting Marinette to react, and clearly had no intention of saying Merry Christmas back, but her father touched her shoulder. “Chloé, it's Christmas” He insisted, causing the blonde girl to give in “Merry Christmas, Marinette!” Chloe copied in Marinette’s voice as she took the log, before whispering “But I hate your guts, don't you forget.” Tom, Sabine, Marinette & André: Merry Christmas to all!

The merry singing ceased as Chloé and her father left the bakery. Marinette’s parents kissing their daughter as thanks for helping them hand out the Christmas logs.

When a massive man enters the bakery. He wore a suit that somehow fit his massive frame and seemed to be his usual attire, but with the addition of a winter hat that covered his ears and head. He stood expressionless as he placed a donation into the cutout charity box.

Marinette realizing that it was Adrien’s Bodyguard. She remembered she didn't get a chance to get Adrien his gift yet. She quickly ran upstairs to her room to get it.

She frantically searched her room for Adrien’s gift.

“I don't believe this! Where is the gift? Where did I put it? I am such a lame friend!” She exclaimed as she searched her room, thankfully a bee kwami was watching out for her.

“Its right her my queen.” The bee kwami exclaimed as she pulled the gift out so it was more visible. “See?”

Marinette sighed in relief.

“Thanks Pollen.” Marinette stated as she hurried back downstairs, just in time to see the bodyguard leave the bakery. Marinette quickly dashed outside to cat up to the large man.

“Excuse me wait!” Marinette calls out. The man stops, turning to see the black haired baker’s daughter holding something.

“If you don't mind, this is for Adrien. Could you wish him a merry Christmas from me?” Marinette asked. 

The man takes the gift emotionlessly as he starts getting into his car. Marinette realized how awkward her wording was and ended up word garbling more.

“Not that it can't be from you too cause it totally can be if you want. Oh also Merry Christmas to you to.” 

The bodyguard paid her no mind as he drove off.

Marinette looks up at the night sky.

“I hope Adrien has a good Christmas.”

__________________________________________________________________

The bodyguard arrives at the Agreste mansion just as a blond teen was decorating a Christmas tree with his father’s assistant.

“Check it out Nathalie, do you think he will like all the decorations?” The blond asked, his tone more optimistic then usual then when normally talking about his father.

The bodyguard walked in just as the teen finished asking the question. The blond noticing the massive man entering the home making him realize his tone is too optimistic.

“He should be down here by now.” The teen model spoke, his tone showing how quickly his optimism has faded. “Did you call him?”

Nathalie could tell that the blond son of Gabriel Agreste needed his father present, considering the holiday. She chose her words cautiously.

“Adrien, Perhaps we should give him a few more minutes” Nathalie spoke composed, trying to give the him hope.

Adrien could tell when Nathalie was not certain of things. He held one of the ornaments he was gonna put on the tree. But before putting it on, he sighs.

“Whats the point.” he says defeated, tossing the ornament “He isn't coming.”

He started to head up the stairs when he is stopped by the bodyguard. The large man handed the boy a gift that the baker’s daughter gave him.

“Thank you.” He said gloomy. He walked up the stairs, clearly angry with his father.

“Merry Christmas both of you.” He nearly spat, his anger not directed at them, so they were aware he was not mad at them.

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In his office, the only light emanating from the art of his absent wife. A bespectacled man looks at the picture with longing and sorrow. He hears a knock on the door.

“Yes?” He answers without moving from his spot. Nathalie enters the room, closing the door behind her.

“I can imagine how difficult it must be for you sir. But it is Adrien’s first Christmas without his mother. I really think, sir..”

“I know you are right. Ill go see him” The man interrupts. “I just need... a little more time.” His eyes solemn, he was not taking this day well.

“Of course.” Nathalie responds before leaving and closing the door behind her.

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(I think this will be a good place to stop for part one. Don't worry, there will be more apparent differences in the upcoming parts. This is the hardest part to set up, since the beginning song has so much description and I am trying to find a healthy balance when writing it. Santa claws is coming very soon. But please tell me your thoughts on this. Feedback is a writer’s favorite thing and Christmas is coming up, but only if you want to.)