This is a tale of ancient times in an era before human and non-human worlds were forever divided. When the knights defended the realm welding their magical powers they were feared and highly respected. But among them a group emerged that betrayed the kingdom and became mortal enemies to all knights. They were known throughout the land as "Miraculous Knights""I could have sworn this wasn't here yesterday," a young man accompanied by his friends approached the bar they had seen advertised in the morning, Fairy Den.
"Who cares, so long as those girls from this morning are working here…" the men chuckled as they entered the tavern.
The bar was filled to the brim with other men that had seen the serving girls this morning. The blue haired serving girl, Marinette turned towards the door.
"Take a seat anywhere you like." The men nodded and merged with the crowd. The other serving girl, Alya swashade over to their table.
"Evening gentlemen, can I get you anything?" She stood tall and confident, fully aware of her attractive appeal.
"Well what do you recommend," one of the bolder men asked. Alya leaned over the man's shoulder, her blouse revealing a little more of her feminine physique.
"This one, it came all the way from Balta, only the best quality the high standing merchant town could offer." A chorus of agreements echoed from the gentlemen as they placed their order.
"Anything else gentlemen?"
"Yeah, when you are off of work."
"Now now, that's not very gentlemanly." Alya poked the man on the nose, the table roaring with laughter.
From the far end of the bar watched Master Fu, the owner of the establishment. As much as he applauded his wards for their boldness, he only prayed they would stay out of trouble. He glanced over at Nino, who cooked behind the bar and made glances at Alya, reddening in the face not from the heat of the stove but the heat of her antics.
Marinette handed Master Fu a drink.
"Here you go."
"Marinette, you know better than for the owner to be seen drinking in front of his guests."
"One it's water, and two I wanted to say hi and see how you are feeling Grandpa."
The old man smiled. While Alya played on her attractive looks and bold personality, Marinette was sweet and came off innocent to the customers.
"I'm doing fine." Marinette returned the smile and walked over to Nino, who also turned and waved at their caretaker before resuming his work. Marinette took the tray of food off the table.
"For table number 4," Nino answered the unspoken question.
"Thanks," Marinette made her way to the table.
"Did you hear, they say they saw him wandering the hills?" Marinette sat the food down and made her way back as the men at the table conversed
"Saw who," asked Alya as she leaned towards the gentlemen, curious for the gossip.
"One of the Miraculous Knights. Chat Noir."
"Chat Noir, who's he?" Alya squeezed in beside the men, causing the ones on either side of her to blush.
"You don't know? You have him on your board there," Alya and the men turned to look at the board were pinned up was six wanted posters for a group known as the Miraculous Knights, including Volpina, Jade Turtle, Le Paon, Honey Bee, Chat Noir, and the leader, Ladybug.
"Cat Noir is one of the Miraculous Knights. Years ago, they attacked the kingdom and even killed the Queen."
"They killed the Queen? Are they still alive? How has the king not captured them?"
"They disappeared after the battle, but apparently Chat Noir has been seen wandering in the hills. This is the first sign of the Miraculous Knights in years."
"Better stay safe beautiful, would want you to get hurt by Chat Noir." Alya blushed and glanced over to Marinette, who had a calm expression plastered to her face, but minus the normal cheer.
"Oh come now, I have you fine gentlemen to protect me. I have absolutely nothing to worry about."
All of a sudden there was a heavy footfall from the patio outside the tavern. The silence in the room was deafening. Master Fu sat up a little straighter as all guests listened to the footfalls. The door swung open to show a knight in black, cat ears, and a belt for a tail marking him as Chat Noir.
"Miraculous Knights," came a hoarse voice from the armor.
Marinette was knocked down as the men in the bar rushed out, leaving the three employees and the owner.
The small and ancient looking owner got off his stool and made his way to heavily armored knight.
"Now, who are you?" The armors giant fell on his back from exhaustion, his helmet coming off as he fell. Master Fu, Alya, and Marinette gathered around as Nino hurried over. Underneath the helmet was a blond-haired man about their age.
"Alya, shut the door. We are closed for today. Nino, Marinette, take the man upstairs and get rid of this armor.
The three adults hurried to their tasks. Alya shut the door and turned their open sign in the window. Marinette began disassembling the armor pieces as Nino dragged the man upstairs. Marinette finished taking off the back plate as Nino set the man down in his bed.
"Who is he," Nino asked Marinette.
"I don't know. But he looks familiar." Nino nodded in agreement.
"You go down, I'll stay," Marinette ushered Nino out the door.
"You sure?"
"Yeah, although send Grandpa up, he made need to heal him." Nino nodded and left the room. Marinette sat on the edge of the bed, watching the man sleep.
Nino met Master Fu on his way down.
"How is the boy?"
"Still sleeping Grandpa, Marinette is with him. She asked for you to go up and check on him." Master Fu nodded and proceeded up the stairs as Nino headed down to help Alya clean up.
Master Fu entered the bedroom to see Marinette sitting and watching the young man sleep. She turned as the door shut.
"Grandpa," Marinette stood up and rushed over to the old man as he made his way to the bed.
"Is he hurt. Is he going to be alright?"
"Hush now dear. He will be fine. I sense nothing out of the ordinary with him other than hunger and exhaustion. Go on downstairs and help them clean up. I'll watch the boy."
Marinette nodded and left the room, but not before turning back to gaze upon the sleeping face.
The man stirred in his sleep as Master Fu pulled up a chair. The man opened his eyes and looked around, spotting the old man.
"Where am I?" The man sat up in the bed, noticing he was only dressed in the under suit, the rest of the armor over in a corner.
"You are on the outskirts of the town of Laymoor, at the Fairy Den to be specific."
"Fairy Den?"
"My tavern." Adrien sat on the bed and attempted to stand, finding he was still too tired to do so.
"And what about you. Why is a young man such as yourself wandering around in heavy armor."
"I'm looking for the Miraculous Knights?"
"Miraculous Knights?" Master Fu and turned towards the door, "They are a dangerous bunch. They attacked the royal city, killed the queen even."
"No, they would never do that. My mom told me stories about how they were heroes. They would never do anything to hurt the city or the queen."
"You would deny the facts over stories."
"Yes. My mom believed in them, and I do too." The young man stood with his conviction, still slightly leaning on the bed for support.
"How do you even know if they are still out there. Rumor has it they are dead," Master Fu opened the door and the young man staggered after the aged gentleman. The smell of something delicious permeated the air as they made their way down.
"I have to hope they are still out there. They are the only ones who can save the royal family."
"What does the royal family have to do with the Miraculous Knights?" Master Fu and the young man entered the room, where Nino set out a plate with food while Marinette and Alya continued to clean.
"Hawkmoth and his akuma knights have taken over the capital. He's imprisoned the entire royal family."
"The royal family? Imprisoned by Hawkmoth," asked Alya, looking at Master Fu. The young man sat down and muttered thanks as he dug into the food.
"Slow down man, we have plenty of food here," Nino chuckled as he hand the man some water.
"Sorry, I've been travelling for days," he answered as he took a sip of water.
"Searching for the Miraculous Knights," finished Master Fu as he sat beside the man. The three workers turned to guardian then to the mysterious man.
"They are the only ones who can stop Hawkmoth." The three exchanged glances, something the young man noticed.
"What?" A sudden banging came from the door.
"Open up! This is the royal guard. We heard from the villagers Chat Noir is here!"
The man's face went pale.
"Marinette," Master Fu whispered, "Take this young man out the back. We will meet with you as soon as we deal with these soldiers." Marinette nodded and took the young man by the hand and lead him upstairs.
"Alya, Nino, back to work." Master Fu hobbled off the chair and approached the door. The soldiers banged on the door again.
"Coming!" Master Fu opened the door.
Marinette raced with the young man to her room and locked the door.
"Um, Marinette right?"
"Yes?"
"Um, how are we supposed to get out of here? This is the second floor?" Marinette opened the window. The young man stepped back.
"Don't be such a baby," Marinette grabbed the man bridal style and jumped out the window, the young man unaware of a red flash following them out. They landed on the ground and Marinette dropped him as she stood.
"Really?" He asked.
"I heard something in the back."
"Dang it. Come on." Marinette grabbed the man's hand and lead him into the forest.
"There Chat goes. Follow him." Marinette looked over her shoulder to see the soldiers following them as she led the man further into the forest.
"Keep running," Marinette push the man ahead of her. She stood her ground as the man kept running. He looked back to see her take the arms of a knight as he charged and swing him into the next knight.
The man turned his head back around to see he was approaching a cliff. He stopped short, almost falling off the edge. He turns to see the knights still running after him, but their momentum is too strong. He braces himself to be pushed off the edge when something pushes him from the side, and a masculine yell is heard descending down the cliff.
He looked up to see Marinette on top of him, her outfit torn in more revealing places.
"Come on, we have to get you out of here." Marinette stood up and helped the man up, looking away as his suit was torn almost as badly as her outfit.
"What's the point, they are going to get me and take me back."
"With that kind of attitude they will. You've got to believe in yourself and your mission."
"My mission?"
"To find the Miraculous Knights. You believe you can find them don't you?"
The young man never got to answer as a gust of wind blew him and Marinette into a clearing where once stood massive trees. Marinette and the man turned to see a knight taller than the rest. Her armor was a lavender looking silver, with a bright purple butterfly engraved on her chest.
"An akuma knight," the man mumbled as he and Marinette stood up.
"Shame, almost had them," the akuma knight stood a foot taller as the remaining knights gathered around her, her sword still pointing in the direction she had made the gust of wind blow.
"When I say run, you run," Marinette whispered.
"That's him that's Chat Noir," the guards pointed at the man.
"You imbeciles," the akuma knight struck one of the men upside the head with her metal glove.
"That's not Chat Noir. That's Prince Adrien, heir to the throne." She smiled as she turned back to the prince and Marinette.
"Hawkmoth has been searching for you." Adrien gritted his teeth while Marinette looked at him in astonishment.
"Prince...Adrien…" Adrien turned to see almost a sparkle in Marinette's eyes. She looked like she was going to ask him something when lightning struck the ground between them, sending Marinette over the cliff.
"Marinette! NO!" Adrien raced to the edge to see Marinette falling into the sea of trees. She yelled something inaudible as she disappeared into the trees.
"You'll pay for that." Adrien charged at the akuma knight, only to have a rush of wind knock him into a tree.
"Wait til Hawkmoth hears I found Prince Adrien," the akuma knight sauntered to Adrien, pointing his sword at his throat.
"Hawkmoth wants you alive, but I see no problem if there was some accidental," the akuma knight pushed in the sword, a cut forming below Adrien's jaw, "injuries."
"I don't know Stormy, Hawkmoth wanted the prince intact I think."
"You think? It's not your job to think. It's my job to decide what's best, and I don't think you are the best soldiers for this job," the akuma knight turned to her soldiers, brandishing her sword against them.
All of a sudden A string wrapped around the hilt of the hilt of the sword, the string ending when a red and black spotted yoyo snapped the akuma knight on the knuckles. The string pulled the knight towards the edge of the cliff as a flash of red leaped up and landed beside Adrien.
"It's a knight's sworn duty to protect the king and his family. And based on the look of things I'd say you are doing a bad job."
"Th-that's Ladybug. One of the Miraculous Knights!" One of the soldiers pointed.
"I know that idiot," answered the akuma knight.
Adrien looked up to his savior, "Ladybug."
"I thought I told you to run. Do you ever listen?" Adrien blushed.
"What a great day, I get to kill a Miraculous Knight and return the prince. Hawkmoth will be very pleased."
"Leave the prince alone."
"Sorry, that's not going to happen," the akuma knight charged at Ladybug. Ladybug readied her yoyo and charged, deflecting the sword, and wrapping around the knight. Ladybug threw the yoyo back like a fishing line and cast it far out it to the forest below, sending the knight sailing over the hills.
"Who's next?" Ladybug turned to the other soldiers, who scampered away into the forest. She laughed as she dropped her transformation, revealing herself to be Marinette.
"Marinette but, how?" Adrien stood up, but the ground shook sending him down on his rear.
"Looks like our ride is here," Marinette pulled Adrien back up and sent him flying over the ledge, with Marinette jumping after him.
"She's crazy," Adrien yelled as he fell into the forest below, only to be caught by strong arms.
"I know bro, you get use to it," Adrien looked into his new savior's eyes to see Nino who quickly set him down. Marinette landed beside him.
"But how?" Adrien looked around to see the bar moving through the forest. He looked over the balcony to see a larger part of the bar now exposed with appendages moving it along the forest floor.
"Welcome your highness," Adrien turned to see Master Fu with Marinette, Alya, and Nino at his side, with three floating pixies resting on their shoulders.
"Looks like you've found your Miraculous Knights."