"What now, Tikki?" asked Marinette Dupain-Cheng. The tedious war against Hawk Moth was over, the Butterfly Miraculous was placed back inside the Miracle Box, but the young heroin still didn't have any peace.
"Marinette, you are the wielder of the Ladybug Miraculous. Those earrings are not worn for fashion, they are used to help the wielder to gather the courage to 'jump into action'. It makes sense that you are bored, with Hawk Moth gone, but none of my previous holders had it to this degree. And the fact that Adrien left his miraculous with Master Fu and left to take his father's place as a fashion designer takes away the challenge of practice sparring with Cat Noir. At least you became more calm with Adrien after discovering each of your identities, but when you became just good friends, even the challenge of confessing to him about your feelings went away." The red, spotted kwami sighed, and her thirteenth kwami sense told her that if Marinette was not helped soon, she might fall into depression, like Tikki's first Miraculous wielder.
"Tikki, I am so bored, I feel like I would be delighted to redo the final battle against Hawk Moth!" She giggled for a moment, and then sighed.
Tikki observed her friend. "Marinette, you are twenty years old, you still have a purpose in life. Go to Master Fu's, tell him about your problem. I have a feeling that your life is going to dive deeper into action." Tikki made a sad smile at her owner, as Marinette raced out of the Dupain-Cheng bakery to go Master Fu's massage shop.
"Hello, Ladybug," said Master Fu, as Marinette and Tikki entered the room. Marinette lifted her nose and inhaled the sweet smell of pears, cinnamon, and mint that was always present in the massage shop, the refuge place of the Last Guardian of the Miraculous.
Tikki floated forward, and hugged Master's green turtle kwami, Wayzz, before facing Master Fu. "Master, remember what happened to La Mariquita, the Mexican-Spanish Ladybug? She parted the living because of boredom. She was a great person..." Tikki's voice wavered, and a tiny tear dropped.
Master Fu's expression turned serious, and he faced Marinette. "There once was an ancient myth," he said, "saying that all holders of the Ladybug Miraculous, the most powerful one, is silently binded to an oath to protect and to attack, for the good of others. The oath also says that all Ladybugs must never cease to do good, or suffer the consequences of ceasing to exist, themselves." Master Fu looked up at Marinette. "With nothing to do in Paris, you are now suffering from the oath. You need to be helped immediately."
The Master turned to his kwami. "I am sorry, Wayzz," he said. "This is necessary."
"I understand, Master."
Master Fu took his Turtle Miraculous off, and sadly watched Wayzz disappear. He then went to his strange phonograph, entered the code, and took out the Miracle Box, which started to open. "Marinette Dupain-Cheng, responsible Ladybug Miraculous wielder, this is the Miracle Box, with the 17 remaining miraculous jewels inside, 18 with the Turtle miraculous included. The 19th jewel is your own. You are given the responsibility to guard the miraculous, to keep them from evil, to place your life before them. You are now the Last Guardian of the Miraculous, Marinette."
Marinette's jaw dropped.
"Now, Marinette, as the war against Hawk Moth showed you, the miraculous are powerful jewels, unequaled by today's technology. In the hands of evil, they are extremely dangerous. In good hands, they are even more powerful, for the good of the people. We have all learned that the miraculous are too dangerous for us, but you alone, Marinette, have learned to control the power." Here, Master Fu paused. "I am sending you to a new universe, where the miraculous will not be much above technology, and evil miraculous holders will be easy to overcome. It is the challenge of fighting nonmiraculous people and saving the existence of multiple planets that will matter. I will warn you, you will be fighting against... aliens."
Marinette started feeling faint. She heard Master Fu telling her to transform, and she did so. She then opened up her yoyo, and Master Fu placed the Miracle Box inside. She detransformed, and saw the Master whisper something to Tikki. The red kwami whispered, 'good bye', and started spinning around. Meanwhile, the kwagatama around Marinette's neck started glowing, and as Tikki lifted her arms toward the ceiling, Marinette thought the world disappeared in a blinding flash.
When the bright light left, Marinette found herself in a corridor with many doors without doorknobs. She walked forward, but stepped back when one of the doors opened up automatically. She turned to Tikki. "Where are we, Tikki?"
The wise kwami slowly grinned. "Welcome to the future, Marinette! It is currently stardate 2258, which is the year 2258. We have traveled more than 200 years into the future, and we are currently on a starship, which is like a space rocket, in outer space, and..." Tikki suddenly twitched, and darted into Marinette's trademark purse. A few moments later, a group of red-shirted men wearing black pants and a badge pinned to their chests rounded the corner. On seeing Marinette, the leader instinctively pulled out what looked like a gun.
"Well, well, well, it looks like we have a spy aboard this ship," the leader remarked. He then faced one of the other men. "Lieutenant, take this girl up to the office for interrogation. Admiral Richard Barnett will surely want to question her. Maybe she knows Kirk, it might make it easier for us to interrogate them, maybe we can find out why Kirk was lurking around the database of the Kobayashi Maru."
Author's Note:
Thanks for reading! Please review! Also, I know how annoying it is when you read a fanfiction and it isn't updated, and the author doesn't update for many years, so I WILL finish this one!
Many thanks,
Cat Nari
