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i love loooooooove the idea of people's reactions to the beetles getting back to earth. just imagine:
teenagers citing his videos and data as primary sources on their school projects (how do you make an mla citation for a home video filmed in space?)
grace's final goodbye to earth getting billions of views on youtube
sexy edits of grace ALL OVER tiktok and instagram
grace becomes a whole scientific field unto himself. teams of scientists dedicate their lives to the study of his research and his contributions. maybe some of those scientists were his students once upon a time.
grace x rocky ALL OVER ao3
books on eridian language and culture hit the shelves and sell out immediately
eridian culture reignites conversations about the construct of gender, eridians become nonbinary/agender symbols
space is suddenly back at the forefront of the public mind. space-travel units are introduced to grade school science curriculum worldwide. entire classes are taught solely on grace and his scientific discoveries. EVERYONE wants to be an astronaut
of course, hollywood makes a big-budget Dr. Ryland Grace biopic. it's a box office hit. a huge online movement results in ryan gosling playing grace, and everyone agrees the likeness is uncanny. stratt is the villain of the story.
a series of heartfelt videos from grace to stratt, in which he says hello and goodbye and i hate you and thank you and i miss you, are found in the database and reposted online. there's suddenly a massive outcry of support for her, which results in her release from prison. some youtuber makes a gritty but surprisingly touching short film about her story
people coming together to make earth better. trying to repair the damages from the sun's dimming, trying to repair the environment, trying to repair global relations. they want to be an earth worth saving, an earth that grace would be proud of
space travel becomes a huge global priority, the nations of the world pool resources and there are huge advances in technology (especially with scientists studying xenonite!)
the project hail mary launch date becomes a huge global holiday. there's a parade in almost every city all over the world in honor of the hail mary. people lay candles and flowers at memorials for yao, ilyukhina, annie, and dubois. murals of grace and rocky cover building sides. people gather in the streets and remember those who saved them, and banners that read "grace rocky save stars" flutter in the wind above the crowds.
coca cola airs a VERY insensitive commercial with some low quality eridian puppets. the commercial is slammed online and company stocks plummet
people continue to live their lives as normal. because of grace and rocky, because of the beetles, the sun is saved. earth keeps spinning.
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With Natalie's help, Marinette retrieves the Kwamis from their cells, collecting all of the rings. With the Grimore's help, she starts to put the jewelry back to how it was. Adrien had been in his room for days, only letting Marinette in sometimes, but never talking much. Felix had released Kagami, who had gone back to her mother, despite Felix hating the idea.
Then, a few days after the incident, a portal opens in Aglae's room, and a teenage Bunnyx hops out. She apologizes to the shocked and startled Aglae, who quickly realizes who she was.
"No worries about balancing here, there's no direction." Bunnyx jokes, floating over to her. "Ladybug once told me about a different dimension, where the Hawkmoth there used a power that let him travel to different dimensions."
"There!" She stops at a bubble to see herself get pulled through a different portal, the process destroying their timeline's Burrow, with Alix inside. Meanwhile, Marinette runs down an alleyway, Supreme right behind her.
"Iā I need a way to hide herā to save her!" BunnyBug panics, grabbing the Goat Miraculous. Alix stops her.
"Woah, Timebug, combining two is already taxing. I'll help you." BunnyBug nods, and Alix puts on the Goat Miraculous, transforming. In an instant, she creates a wall behind Marinette, blocking her from Supreme.
"It's exactly like the walls around it. We can't let Supreme know there's other magic involved." BunnyBug nods, and jumps out of the Burrow, startling Marinette.
"It's me, Master." BunnyBug smiles, tears in her eyes.
"Ladybug, c'mon!" They both turn to the voice, seeing Rene Rouge with a sewer cap open.
"Alya??" BunnyBug gapes. She thought Alya was dead!
"How do you know Alya??" Ladybug asks, BunnyBug shaking her head.
"We've got to go. I can save you!" She begs, pointing to the portal.
"But.. the people here, I can't leave them." Tears go to Aglae's eyes.
"You can't save them if you're dead!" She panics, "I saw! If you don't come, she'll kill you! Please, I can't lose anyone else!" Her voice was getting louder, and more desperate. Ladybug and Rene look at each other and nod. In a swift motion, Ladybug scoops BunnyBug, and the three jump into the portal. Goatix dissolves the wall while Supreme was busy searching elsewhere, and de-transforms.
"Oh dear." She pulls out her wallet, opening it and unclipping a pocket. Dozens of pictures on a line tumble out. Each one was a picture of a hamster.
"This was our first one, Muffin, her husband Philā Adrien named him, and her little crumbs, Flour, Sugar, Egg, Milk, Salt and Vanilla Extract. Oh and the guinea pig is Adrien's, his name is Moldy Cheese." Mininette coos at the pictures.
"Oh, right, that." Mastenette sighs, "Alya and Nino decided they were going to try and find Supreme's hideout, but they needed to disappear to be able to do that. So, we decided to fake their deaths, only I knew about them."
"Woah... that's really brave of them."
"Yeah. They got pretty close.." She trails off, shaking her head. "Anywayā" Alya pops her head up, getting their attention.
"Yo, Mini, can you call Bunnyx?" Mininette blinks a few times.
"Why?"
"I need to use BunnyBug, school's about to let out." Mastenette shares Mininette's confused stare.
"So?"
"I gotta pick up my daughter." Mastenette goes bug eyed.
"Not your actualā"
"You have a DAUGHTER??" Mastenette yelps, standing abruptly and tackling her to the ground with a loud thud. "When were you going to tell me?!"
"Ow." Mastenette gets off of her, helping her up, "Once we found Supreme. I didn't want you worrying even more."
"Wait, wait, wait... so you have an actual daughter?!" Mininette asks from the bed, Alya nodding.
"We need to get the rest of the Rebellion anyway, right? What's one more trip?" Mastenette shakes her head.
"I don't know... all of the Rebellion suddenly disappearing would cause her to become suspicious.. what if she uses Nooroo to come here?ā Bunnyx arrives from Mininette's call, listening to them debate.
"Well, what if we pick a time when Supreme tried to wipe us out, and grab them all then, so she thinks she defeated us?"
"Like the most recent attack? But that was before we sent you here.." Bunnyx pops into the conversation.
"That would probably destroy your timeline. It's already quite messy with key players gone." The group falls silent.
"Will Sass work with time jumping?" Mininette asks, grabbing the Miraculous.
"Let's hope we don't need him." She replies. She gives both to Alya, while she uses Nooroo and Fluff.
They land in Marinette's room. It was as dark as ever. The only light was the green hue of the Shell-ter that surrounded all of Paris.
"Alright. You go get your daughter."
"Couldn't we have traveled to a time where more Rebellion fighters were alive?" Alya asks, Marinette clenching her fists.
"... This is the most logical event. Any other time and we risk Supreme catching on before we're done." She says softly, Alya nodding.
They go their separate ways, Alya heading to her secret base, while Marinette goes to the Agreste Mansion.
Marinette slips into Adrien's office. She knew where.. she was right now, and knew she'd be fine. Adrien was getting ready for a meeting with The Kingdom.
"Adrien, you have to gather the Rebellion." She says, startling him. He immediately goes to usher her out.
"Mari, you can't be in hereā"
"Adrien, listen to me. Collect all of the Rebellion into the Crypt. Natalie can stall The Kingdom."
"Stall..? What are you talking about??"
"Supreme knows we're here. She's going to attack us, we need to get to the Crypt now!" She demands, Adrien's face flashes with horror before turning stern and nodding.
"Plagg, instruct all Minis to the Crypt, red alert."
"Don't alert Markov Prime or Racecar." She adds, Adrien giving her a weird look.
"Stall as long as you can, Natalie, but make sure you get to safety as well." He instructs, Natalie nodding.
"Good luck."
They take the elevator into the Crypt, finding half the Rebellion already there. Others were making their way through other entrances, and everyone was confused.
Once she gets a head count, spotting Alya in the shadows with a child near her, she uses the Miraculous to transform.
"M-Marinette?!" Adrien shouts in surprise, everyone looking over at her.
"Waitā are you not my Marinette, then??" Marinette smiles, coming up to him and cupping his face.
"I'll always be yours. I'm just from a bit in the future, a future where we win." Adrien smiles and kisses her, joining everyone else in the Burrow. She closes the portal, then turns to Alya, who nods, using Trixx to create an illusion of the Rebellion fighters all around the Mansion. Her Mini Markov goes off, alerting them of a massive magical attackā too late, of course, just like last time.
The building above them erupts with sound. Walls caving in, statues tobbling, floors crumbling. The ceiling above them shakes, some pieces of flooring dropping around them. Natalie stumbles down the stairs, clutching her ears. Marinette quickly makes a portal under her, sending her to the others.
"Just a few more minutes!" Alya shouts, focusing on the illusions, making sure that they did just as they had done before.
"I'll be right back!" Marinette shouts, getting a quick nod in return.
The rumbling finally stops, Alya and Marinette meeting up again.
"Sorry, I had to grab someone else." Alya nods, and they both enter the Burrow. Somehow, it wasn't crowded. Some people were watching old holes, unable to interact with them, while a few looked towards holes in the future. Marinette detransforms from Nooroo, and the Burrow glitches into its regular white color, the holes showing their new Timeline.
"Alright, everyone. Through here." She instructs. While the Rebellion wasn't as big as it used to be, there were still plenty of people. Marinette had found an abandoned lot away from people, so they didn't spook anyone. Marc floats over to Marinette.
"So.... Why did you bring Nathaniel's dead body?" He asks, pointing to the Pollen-ified Nathaniel. Marinette shakes her head.
"In the new Timeline, we have the Bee Miraculous. We might be able to reverse it." Marc's frown deepens.
"And if we can't?"
"Then we can finally give him a proper burial." She says softly. Marc nods, and follows the others.
Finally, Mastenette exits the the portal, and turns to Minibug.
"Hey, Mini... could I borrow Pollen?" She asks, Minibug nods, deciding a while ago to just roll with what's going on. Once Mastenette gets Pollen, she disappears back into the Burrow.
"Will I ever get my bunny back?" Alix scoffs, rolling her eyes.
"I mean... there's not really a need for you to go back to the Burrow, right?" Marinette says, Alix deflating.
"You've got a point."
"You can still keep Fluff, I know you guys are friends."
"Best friends!" She chirps.
Mastenette comes back with Nathaniel in tow, who was perplexed and a little dazed, but physically fine. Like he hadnāt just spent the last 13 or so years as a statue.
"Dad!!" She sobs, Nathaniel wrapping his arms around his family. Mastenette returns Pollen to a very confused Minibug.
"So.. why did you need Pollen?"
"Nathaniel was caught by Supreme and turned into a living statue with Pollen's power. I wanted to see if using the power again would reverse it, and it worked." She explains, handing Fluff back to Alix.
"So... what do we do now? You guys can't exactly... return to our society with younger versions of you wandering about." Mastenette shrugs.
"We're good at keeping low profiles, and changing our identities." She chuckles. "Plus, some of us might travel away from Paris. It's been awhile since we could."
"What do you mean he's missing?? He's supposed to be on the plane to London in two hours!!" Gabriel snarls. Argos lands behind them, and Marinette jumps in her skin.
"Alright, I'm here. What now?" He grumbles.
"Want to help beat up your Uncle?" Argos smiles at that.
"Definitely." He releases Adrien from the Red Moon, and he looks around in pure confusion.
"Felix! You seriously used the Red Moon again?!" He snarls at his cousin.
"Adrien, why would we be going to Monarch's house?" She asks, turning to him.
"Iā I dunno... Why not just tell Lady..." He trails off, looking at Marinette with wide eyes. She was looking at the mansion with a look of realization and dread.
"You.." Adrien whispers, Marinette looking over with wide eyes, connecting the final piece.
"It's only a matter of time before he goes looking for you, Adrien. He's at his weakest right now, you have to defeat him." She instructs, Marinette putting on a brave face, nodding and transforming, jumping through the window and sending glass against the marble floors of the mansion.
Adrien just stares with terror, trying to get a grasp on his thoughts.
"Adrien. You need to do this. Think later, act now." She says softly, Adrien nodding and coming back to his senses, transforming and following Ladybug's lead. Argos crosses his arms.
"Remember your end of the deal." He warns, jumping into the mansion.
Meanwhile, Imago sticks to the shadows and corners of the mansion, watching the fight from afar. She quietly opens a door, peaking in and finding Natalie. Tears go to her eyes as she sees the horrible state she's in.
"He's awful... Marinette told me he was a monster but..." She goes to her bedside, Natalie looking over weakly.
"You... Who are you... where's Ladybug... she needs to know... he.. he's gone to far... he.."
"Sh, I know. It's okay. Just relax, we'll handle everything, I promise." She whispers, holding her hand gently. "Just rest." Her voice breaks as Natalie shuts her eyes, and she quickly leaves the room, rubbing her eyes harshly as she returns to the battle ahead.
The Mansion starts getting destroyed as Monarch tries desperately to stop the three. Imago sticks to the shadows, acting as back-up, as a last resort. This was their battle, not hers. Due to their rage towards Monarch/Gabriel, Ladybug and Chat Noir had unlocked the ability to summon their power more than once without a timer, but it had its toll. Acting on emotions always does. Monarch was losing badly. Between the three bombarding him, his injury limiting him, and the heroes not needing to recharge, even with the rest of all the Kwamis, he was weakening. Imago smiles. Her presentā their futureā would be perfectly fine.
Then, right as she feels some hope, she spots Lila. She adorned a new alias, and had slipped through a hole in the wall to access the mansion. She scowls and follows her, jumping in front of her before she could get near the battle. She had transformed with Ziggy so she'd recognize her.
"Hey~"
"Ughā you!" She snarls, backing away.
"Do you really wanna test how long you can survive in that box without food?" She warns, Lila glaring. "Leave."
"I will get that Wish. You'll regret ever crossing me." She leaves the way she came in, and Imago continues to watch the battle. It had crashed into the basement while she was busy, where Emelie's crypt was. They had him surrounded, all the rings were off of him, scattered through the mansion from the battle. Now, he only had the Butterfly Miraculous. He had Ladybug and Chat Noir in front of him, Argos behind him, in between the Glass Case and him. It was either face the heroes, or the abyss below.
"You're a monster!" Chat Noir snarls, advancing on him. "You ruined so many people's lives for your own selfish gain!" He advances towards him, his hand pitch black, raised threateningly towards the man. Imago narrows her eyes, jumping in between the two of them as Monarch trips and falls backwards.
"He's beaten." She says, Chat Noir glaring at him with hatred. "He's already dying, remember?" Chat Noir's eyes widen as he realizes, and he staggers back, the cataclysm disappearing. Imago turns to Monarch, who was on his back.
"In my time, you used the Wish to exchange your life for Natalie's, saving her."
"Will you do the same in this time?" He stares at her with fear. "You've killed Natalie the same way you killed your Wife," Chat Noir makes a noise of distress, "you've killed yourself in your grab for power. When will it stop?" Tears go to Gabriel's eyes, he had de-transformed due to exhaustion.
"I... I just wanted my son to have his mother again."
"Let him make the Wish." She instructs, Ladybug resisting at first, but nodding sharply once she sees Argos ready to attack Gabriel from behind.
"Please... just don't tell my son... I don't want him to know me as a disappointment." He begs softly as he steps towards the two. Both Ladybug and Chat Noir take off their jewelry, Adrien looking up at his father with pure hatred as he drops the ring into his father's shaking hands.
"He already does." Gabriel takes a ragged breath in, wanting to say something, anything as the gravity of everything crushes him. He smiles a little, looking down at the jewelry.
"I... I really am a fool. Please... don't ever forgive me." He whispers, turning and stepping away from them.
He says the incantation, and a barrier goes up around him, Gimmi looking down at him, and reading his heart. Just as before, always the same sacrifice, the same loss. Nothing gained. Everything gone.
"Y... Yes... I feel fine... Where is he? I need to stop him, he's gone too far." She says, Marinette looking towards the now empty crypt.
"He saved you." Marinette says softly, tears rolling down her cheeks. They weren't for Gabriel, or the Kwamis, not even for Natalie. She was crying for Adrien, because she couldn't possibly say enough to make things better.
The next school day, it's revealed that Lila was replaced by Kagami on the Alliance Rings. She takes the opportunity to suggest that since she has more time, she should take Marinette's responsibilities of class president, since she's so focused with Adrien and the Dance.
"I want to help all my classmates succeed, but I can't help Chloe without class representative privileges, and since Marinette has already dismissed helping Chloeā"
"Chloe isn't even upset she got caught! She's been copying off Sabrina for years, and won't suddenly change now!" Marinette protests.
"We can ruin Marinette's reputation in one go. We just need to pull a few strings, and everyone will think she's a thief." The feed then shows Sabrina running off crying at something Chloe said to her off screen. The video cuts and another plays, this one is from the locker room, Lila and Chloe are talking by some far lockers.
"Once we convince those saps that I should be class rep, we'll get access to the student files. Then we use Sabrina to make Marinette look like a complete fool. Her friends will turn on her, and you'll be on top."
The video ends and the classroom is silent. Lila is standing there, her mouth open with shock. In a swift motion she clenches her jaw, and runs out of the room without a word. Everyone turns to Chloe, who stammers.
"And here we thought you could actually change." Adrien scowls.
"Chloe, go to the principal's office!" Bustier instructs, Chloe standing with a huff.
"Hah! My father will hear about this!" She storms out of the room. Bustier goes to her computer, trying to look for the videos.
"You ruined my hair!" She screams, glaring at her. "Who even are you?! Monarch has all the Miraculous!" She snarls. Imago collects her knife, glaring at her.
"Ziggy, Transform me." She snarls, Lila's eyes widening. Before she could run, Imago surrounds her in a soundproof box. She then grabs an "out of order" sign and hangs it on the door, and locks it from the inside.
"You monster!!" She screams in rage. "Let me out!"
"No way. I'm not letting you anywhere. I'd rather watch you die in there." She seethes, Lila glaring.
"You'll have to let me out in five minutes, when your stupid powers disappear." Imago jumps on the counter, swinging her legs.
"I won't let that happen." She decides, Lila scowling and yelling for help. "No one can hear you but me."
"The heroes will save me." She threatens, Imago laughing.
Imago was right. She didn't de-transform all day, leaving Lila to become bored, sitting in the box and just stewing in her hatred. Imago was looking through the news, when an announcement for Police Robots being implemented comes across her screen. She checks the time.
"Only a day until the end of the year dance." She murmurs. "That means Monarch should be trying to act now... but without Chloe.. hm.." She mutters to herself.
"Where'd you even come from? How'd you kill that Akuma?" Lila asks out of boredom. Imago glares at her.
"My sole purpose of being here is to stop you. By any means." Lila huffs, glaring away.
"Trust me, they know I'm stopping something much worse, Cerise." She snarls, Lila looking at her with surprise.
"Whatever, so I fib to get what I want. It's not a crime."
"It is when you're involved." Looking back towards her phone, she sees that Audrey and Chloe had left for America.
"Oh good. Ziggy, de-transform me." In an instant, the box was gone, and Ziggy lands in Imago's hand, exhausted. "Sorry. I'll get you any food you want." She says remorsefully as Lila runs out of the bathroom. She pulls up her phone.
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"Are you sure something bad happens at the dance?" Tikki asks, disheartened.
"Not at the dance. Marinette and Adrien share their first kiss around the dance, but then only a day later, she defeats Monarch alone." Ziggy gives her a worried look.
"I remember Adrien saying that he was being protected by his father for some reason. That he had been trapped somewhere, and then learned later about Monarch." She explains, trying to look into what activities Gabriel had been up to. Surprisingly, it showed that he had pulled most of his public appearances, and meetings. The only scheduled event was the Diamond's Dance.
"No... no they fix everything. Everything will be fine if I don't interfere." She murmurs to herself, both Tikki and Ziggy were concerned and confused. "I need to figure out some things myself. Tell Marinette that I'm going to the library or something." She declares, starting to leave.
"Lila only gains power because Monarch is defeated. She takes the Butterfly when Ladybug and him are fighting.... But if I fight him.." Ziggy comes in front of her.
"Racecar, I need you to follow Lila at a far distance. Record anything suspicious she does, and report back when we get back to school." She instructs, Racecar giving a thumbs up. "Now we can focus on Adrien." She smiles, going to the wall where Adrien's room was.
"It's me, Imago. I'm an ally." She says, Adrien nodding.
"Why are you here? Is Ladybug in trouble?"
"No. You are." He gives her a weird look.
"Look. Your father is going to send you to London after the school year ends. He'll trap you somewhere where you can't defeat Monarch." She explains, Adrien giving her a look.
"Why would he do that? He's finally starting to become a good father."
"I... I can't say. It'll ruin everything. Just... text me when your father informs you." She says, Adrien nodding. "And believe in Felix. He's a good person deep down." With that, she leaves, detransforming and going back to Marinette's house, leaving both boy and Kwami utterly confused.
"Who are you texting?" Lila asks, annoyed that her attention was being pulled away.
"A friend I met recently. She's keeping me updated on how Marinette and Adrien's relationship is going."
"Really? Does she know how much you care for Adrien? Isn't it like rubbing salt in a wound?" Kagami frowns a little, putting her ring down.
"I'm... happy that Adrien has found happiness, even if it's not with me."
"Aren't you worried about Marinette hurting him, though? You and Adrien have been together through so much, you know him better than anyone. Marinette acts more like an obsessed fan of his sometimes." Kagami narrows her eyes a little. "She uses everyone just to get close to Adrien. She's only your friend because you're close to him. She even uses her own cousin, pretending she's falling behind so that Adrien will help. It's all just so he feels bad for her." Kagami looks at her with worry.
"You think so?"
"I mean, you've seen how weird and clumsy she gets around him, but she's fine around everyone else! It's just an act. True friends can see when their friends are being used." Kagami stands.
"I... I need to go." She marches out of the park and down the sidewalk towards Adrien's house. She gets a message, and pulls it up.
"I'm your friend, Kagami, I want to know what's bothering you." Tears go to Kagami's eyes once more and she refuses to look at her.
"I don't seem to have many real friends right now." She whispers.
"Why do you say that?"
"I thought I had Marinette... but she's just been using me to get to Adrien." She gets out.
"Have you talked to her?"
"No. She'll just lie to me. All she ever wants from me is advice. Advice to try and win him over." Aglae puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Friends give each other advice, don't they?" Kagami blinks, her head starting to spin a little. "Do you go to her for advice?" She nods slowly.
"But... what if she's only my friend to get closer to Adrien?"
"The only way to find out is to talk to her." Kagami plays with her hands. "If you don't tell her how you're feeling, she'll never know how to help you."
"What is it is all a lie?" She whispers, Aglae smiling a little.
"Then we can slice her in half with a fencing sword and go get ice cream together." Kagami finally looks at her.
"Adrien created it when his father wouldn't let him out."
"Clever." They spot the two on a balcony, and they head inside. When they open the door, both Adrien and Marinette are spooked for a second, but smile when they see Kagami.
"I... my feelings for Adrien are still persistent. I won't do anything with these feelings, but it seems recently you've only needed me to get closer to him, and it's made me... feel unsure." Adrien stands now, sadness in his eyes.
"I'm so sorry, Kagami. I'm the reason you feel unsure. I was an awful boyfriend to you, I used you to try and figure out what my own feelings meant without considering yours. Then I turn around and ask you for help with my feelings with Marinette. I'm truly sorry." Kagami's eyes water, and she tries to dry them.
The date devolves into a hang out for the four of them, but neither pair of the couple minded one bit. Adrien got to brag to Kagami about how good he's gotten at video games, while Kagami got to brag to the rest of them about her championship win with Fencing.
By the time they were running out of things to talk about, it had started to get dark. So, they decide to call it a day.
"Marinette... today was really amazing." He says, Marinette nodding, then smiling a little.
"I really want to kiss you... is that alright?" She asks, Adrien smiling brightly and holding both of her hands. They lean in close to each other, but Adrien suddenly pulls away.
"Perhaps she does not want to interact with you because of what happened between the two of you." He offers, Lila pouting.
"I'm not the one being nasty... I can understand if she doesn't want to be friends, but I can't understand why she'd be so mean, I apologized and explained everything." Max shrugs.
"Unfortunately some people hold grudges, there isn't much to do about it." Lila sighs.
"You understand, right? I didn't mean to hurt her... I couldn't help it! Some people just never understand, or just refuse to!" Max nods.
"I understand you perfectly, Lila. That feeling hurts. But, staying by friends and away from those who won't understand you, you'll feel better." Lila smiled brightly, hugging him.
"Marinette, wait up!" She calls, Marinette had stopped on a nearby bench, her knees tucked to her chest.
"I'm awful at love, aren't I?"
"No, you aren't. You can't force love, no matter how many times you try." She tells her, sitting down next to her and rubbing her back.
"But I love Adrien! Why can't I kiss him?!" She grumbles, clenching her fists.
"Because you aren't ready. No amount of fake romantic moments will make you ready! You'll just know." She replies, Tikki agreeing.
"Why don't we go home and eat ice cream, Marinette? We could watch a fun movie too!" Tikki suggests, Marinette nodding.
The next morning, Marinette wakes up to a text from Adrien. The two had fallen asleep while watching movies, loose popcorn was scattered around the bed.
After school was even worse. She was still ignoring Kagami's calls, and desperately trying to force herself to say 'I love you' to Adrienā well, a picture of him.
"But I do love him!! I just can't say it!!" She complains. Ziggy comes in front of the picture.
"Then why don't you sing it? The movies alwaaays sing their love for each other!" Marinette sighs.
"That's just movies, Ziggy! If I can't even talk to him, how will I sing to him??" Ziggy thinks, deflating a little. She apologizes, to which Marinette immediately hugs and reassures her.
"Well, maybe try to think of why you can't say it, instead of trying to force yourself to." Marinette grumbles, staring at the picture. Her eyes soften as she looks at him.
"I... I don't know. He's just so perfect, and I want to be perfect for him too."
"What makes you think that? No one's that cruel." Just then, Marinette has a memory come to the front of her mind. A memory about two years ago, when she had a crush on Kim, and how he and Chloe humiliated her because of it.
"She keeps saying she doesn't want to disappoint you because you're her best friend." She replies, Kagami's eyes widen with confusion, the tension leaving her immediately.
"She's worried about disappointing me? How?" They had moved to a couch, out of the way of the people setting up.
"Because she's a klutz around Adrien." She chuckles, Kagami cracking a smile.
"I remember this!" She breathes, Kagami giving her an odd look, but instead of focusing on her, she instead looks to the stage, smiling as Adrien starts to sing.
The song finishes, and a light shines on Marinette as Adrien steps towards her.
"I... I do too." She whispers, her eyes still sparkling from the song. Her friends start to clap as the lights come on, and Adrien goes to kiss her, Marinette pulling back slightly.
"But.. I want to take it slow." She admits, looking down. As others go to move to get ready for the rest of the show, Marinette gets closer to Adrien. "I want to know this is real." She admits, Adrien smiling.
"We can go as slow as you want, I'm just glad I finally found words for the feelings I've had for you." He replies, Marinette blushing.
"Listening to your heart can lead to magical things, Marinette, but listening to your head can lead to logical things."
"What do you mean?" Luka strums his guitar softly.
"Has Adrien ever pulled a prank on anyone before?"
"... no.. butā"
"Do you really think he'll pull one now? With so many people around? People who care about your happiness and have helped you to become confident?" Marinette smiles after a second, and shakes her head.
"No."
"Adrien's never broken anyone's trust, right? Even when he didn't know his feelings for you." She nods again, smiling even brighter.
"Thank you, Luka." Her eyes suddenly widen and she hits her head.
"Augh! You probably hate me, I shouldn't be asking you about my love life when I broke your heart!" She cries, "I'm sorry!" Luka just smiles, strumming more.
"My happiness is yours, Marinette, that's what friends are for. I'm happy with our friendship since it lets you find your true love." Marinette smiles warmly and hugs him, heading upstairs with him joining a minute later. He watches her go up to Kagami, and a girl he's never seen before. His eyes widen slightly when he spots Tikki hiding in her braid, watching the stage. The Kwami looks over to Marinette, and flies into her bag without being spotted. He couldn't focus on what he had seen, though, as Juleka calls him over to start.
The concert finishes, and Luka watches as the girl starts to leave. He jogs over.
"Hey, I haven't seen you around." He says, the girl smiling and extending her hand.
"Obviously! But I don't know anything about him!" She grumbles. Luka smiles.
"Well, now you have someone to brainstorm with." He says, stepping away from the door, "The others are waiting, c'mon." She grabs a sticker and a pin, and follows him out. She meets up with Marinette and puts the sticker on Racecar as they walk off the boat.
"Much better. I shouldn't have caused you so much trouble yesterday." Marinette scoffs.
"The only trouble you caused was towards Lila, and I'm all for that." She chuckles, writing down more notes. "But who cares about her. I might've figured out a solution to the video problem."
"She can't be. You guys defeat Monarch and then Lila takes her power." Marinette grumbles, crossing out the second theory as well. "But what if she's working with him?"
"Hm... maybe. What would she gain from it, though? If she wanted a Miraculous, wouldn't he have given her it already?"
"Ohhhh right... that!" She starts stumbling over her words until Marinette enters the room. "Marinette! Why don't you tell Max about the little robot he saw?" Marinette blinks at the two of them.
"Max.. I... he's... he's your design. I got him from a dear friend, but I can't say anything more. No one has stolen your designs." Max gives her a look of utter confusion.
"I see. I understand, then. I'm sorry for being pushy." Marinette relaxes a bit.
"I'm really sorry, Max."
"It's alright, I promise!" He smiles, "Ladybug and Chat Noir need to use any tactics to defeat Monarch, with how powerful he is, secrecy is the best option." He explains, Marinette nodding.
"That makes sense." He relaxes. "Well, now that my mind is at ease, would you like to play a new game I brought?" Marinette beams, nodding enthusiastically.
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A day passes by without a word from the Resistance, until one day Nino leads the group down to the boiler room, where more of the classmates had gathered. Including Lila.
"Maybe because you framed me? Maybe because you blamed me when you dropped your ring? Maybe because you keep bad mouthing Marinette behind her back?" She lists, the room was getting more tense, though, no one steps in.
"Stop talking for me." She snarls at Nino. "It's a constant that none of you listen to people, huh??" Nino steps back slightly. She points towards Lila.
"I don't need to apologize to her, and I won't! What I've asked is basic information of a claim, which clearly you haven't done! Your girlfriend is a famous journalist for crying out loud! You want to investigate into Monarch's identity, but can't even discern that Marinette is uncomfortable around Lila? I've been here a week and a half and she's accused of something she had no proof for!!ā She screams. Marinette was by her side, trying to calm her down, but it was falling on deaf ears. "Isn't citing your sources and finding evidence for claims the whole point of investigations?? Why don't you question the girl who's faking her own identity?"
"The only thing Marinette has ever told me about you is the lies you've created. Let's do some real investigative journaling, hm?" She pulls up Racecar, Max's eyes widening.
"Has Jagged Stone ever written a song about Lila?"
"Research shows that all of Jagged Stone's song meanings are public and heavily talked about by Jagged Stone. There is no account of a "Lila" being featured, mentioned or attributed to any song."
"Was Lila Rossi ever in Achu, or near Prince Ali?"
"Achu's documents of international travel does not have a Lila Rossi passport on file."
"Was there ever a meeting of officials about Climate Change that involved Lila?"
"I get that Lila is annoying, and gets under your skin, but you gotta ignore her. What if pushing her and revealing her lies is what gets her to turn to power?"
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry.. I've never shouted like that... I could've destroyed the Rebellion... what if an Akuma found us? I can never shout, I'm sorry." She blubbers, Marinette leading her to a bench and helping her sit down. "I... I can't even look at her without seeing... everyone. She's killed so many people... so many Rebellion fightersā your friends." Marinette gives her a devastated look.
"I'm learning about Hawkmoth.. er.. Monarch more. I mostly remember my Master being really upset whenever he was brought up, and she'd change the subject, so I don't know much about him."
"Your master?" Tikki asks.
"Oh uh.. My Marinette, I mean." She replies, Tikki smiling widely.
"Wow... she grows up to be as great as to be called Master. I knew she would."
"ā thought Ladybug didn't want regular people trying to fight Monarch." Adrien says, Nino smiling.
"We won't be fighting him, we'll be resisting him... I'm making a resistance." He whispers. "I can tell you more later... when there are less ears." Adrien brightens.
"Oh, speaking of later.. my fa- dad says that I can eat in the cafeteria today. He's going to be here for conferences too." He beams, Nino giving him a strange look.
"Huh. Are you sure he isn't akumatized?" Adrien scoffs, pushing Nino's hat over his eyes, making him snort.
During lunch, Nino helps Adrien pick out food, and they go sit down. Marinette has to shoo Chloe away, and then Lila, but finally they were alone.
"Okay." Joining Marinette, she hears the tail end of a conversation.
"It's the perfect plan! Adults are always emotional when they think they have to prove something. Gabriel has to prove he's actually a caring dad, he'll be vulnerable!"
"That's a really bad idea." She replies, Nino frowning a little.
"But, it's foolproof! We know Gabriel is tempered, soā"
"So you'd risk everyone's safety to have a slight chance of revealing something Ladybug and Chat Noir never figured out??" She snaps. Marinette's eyes widen.
What if this was the reason Adrien started hating him? He did something horrible while Akumatized? She needed to make sure Adrien was safe from his dad.
So, she watched silently from outside the classroom as Nino succeeds in messing with Gabriel, and she watches silently as he becomes cold and harsh towards Adrien, and she watches silently as they leave. Then, she goes into action, putting on her hero suit and following the car from a safe distance. Racecar had already locked onto it, so she wasn't going to lose them.
They get to the mansion and memories of her younger years start to surface. She pushes them back.
"Disable security." She instructs, and climbs through a window undetected. She sees Adrien behind a door, videoing something. She sneaks over, and looks through the door as well, but couldn't see anything, just weird waves, as if an area was giving off heat.
Magic. She gets closer, and Adrien nearly jumps out of his skin.
"What are you seeing?" She whispers.
"H... He just got Akumatized." Imago narrows her eyes. That wasn't right. Racecar had Akumas and Akumatized victims signatures in his database. Even if he couldn't "see" the magical aspect, he could still see the person, or the Butterfly, and he would have identified the signature that Nooroo's magic makes.
"That isn't..." Adrien pulls her away from the door, and into a different room, closing the door and only leaving a sliver. He was watching something intensely.
"What's happening?" She asks again.
"He was just given the power of the Horse." He whispers, then relaxes a bit.
"He used a portal. I don't know where he went." They leave the room.
"Why couldn't you see him? Didn't you come here because you tracked an Akuma?" Imago shakes her head.
"I came because I thought he would hurt you." Adrien scoffs.
"My father would never hurt me." Imago shakes her head.
"In any case, I didn't see anything. Usually I can see Nooroo's magic just fine, and even track it when it's corrupted something... but I didn't see any of Nooroo's magic at all. I knew it was magic, but my mask doesn't have the signature in its database."
"What does that mean?" She shrugs.
"I donāt know. Racecar is only programmed to see Nooroo's signature, because I was assigned him. It's too hard to program all the signatures into one, so each of the Miraculors had their own signature, and we would connect with Markov Prime to be able to sync the signatures together... but he can't connect to Markov Prime, so he can't see other signatures." She was pacing now, trying to connect the dots.
"Monarch gave him the Horse Miraculous, maybe that's why?"
"When?"
"Right after we hid in that room." Imago shakes her head again.
"But I didn't see him at all.... Just.. connect to the Alliance Ring." She instructs Racecar, and he sends a thumbs up on her screen. "I'll look at it later. Try to figure it out. Now that I'm connected I have your contact. I'll tell you want I find." Adrien nods, and she leaves.
"If they got this video in the past too, why couldn't they ever figure it out?" She wonders. She had even put her mask on to watch other videos with Akumatized villains, which showed up just fine. "What's wrong with this time?"
"Maybe... you're connected to Adrien's. Try looking at the active feed." Racecar's eyes go blank, and he projects the Ring's video. It showed Adrien's room, on a random bookshelf overlooking the large windows. It was set on "do not record", but the active feed was something that couldn't be turned off.
"Well, that proves you're seeing it perfectly fine." He stops projecting.
"I cannot analyze the video, therefore I cannot give a definitive answer."
