A sigh escaped the lips of the moonlight blond, violet eyed, teenage girl as she filled her backpack with everything she would need for the first day of school. It was obvious she was less than pleased with the idea and would rather stay at home than have to go out in public and be surrounded by a bunch of her peers.
This young woman was Selene Blake, a fair skinned fifteen year old. Her family had recently moved to the ever famous city of love, Paris, France. Selene was not happy about the move at all, but the company her mother, Claire, worked for had opened a new office base in Paris and her mother, as it turned out, was quite the lucky woman for being promoted to the head of the office.
This of course meant that Claire would be moving to France, bringing her husband Alex and their daughter Selene with her.
"I really don't want to do this Warren" Selene spoke as she placed a pack of pre opened beef jerky into a secret pocket she made in her backpack.
"Don't worry, things will be great" a small, voice replied. It belonged to a small creature that was floating near Selene's head. It had a wolf-like appearance, with a tiny body that seemed to small for its head, complete with wolf ears and a tail, its entire being covered in black, gray, and white fur.
This strange wolf-looking fairy creature was Warren, Selene's kwami who she met just two weeks ago.
About two weeks ago, Selene decided to walk around the area a little, seeing what sort of shops and attractions were within walking distance from her home. It was as she was walking along that see saw a poor old man being pulled into a nearby alley. Selene, without hesitation , immediately ran to the older man's aid. When she reached the alley she saw two other man, pinning the old man against the wall, armed with knives.
Anger boiled in the teen's veins, the fact that those goons thought that they could make a quick amount of cash by attacking a defenseless old man. The fury continued to bubble within the girl at the thought.
Selene wasted no time and jumped into action, putting her years of material arts training to use and punching the first thug in the side of this throat, knocking the wind out of him and causing him to drop his blade and the old man who landed on the asphalt ground with a thud. Selene made sure to strike the mugger with a kick to the head to ensure he went unconscious, easier to fight one guy than two.
The other goon looked shocked at first but that surprised quickly turned to anger at the girl who dared interfere.
"You little.." The thug began. He readied his blade and charged.
Selene dodged his thrusts and strikes, all the while looking for an opening to land a blow. She saw her opportunity when the thug tried to strike again, this time near her face. The knife ending up grazing her left cheek but Selene took a chance and grabbed the muggers wrist, twisting it so he dropped the sharp object in his hand. The teen then raised her knee, connecting it with the mugger's stomach, making him double over. She then hit him hard in spine, causing him to become unable to move temporarily.
Now that both thugs were beaten, Selene quickly ran towards the old man and grabbed his arm, making sure to get him away from the alley as quickly as she could, grabbing the old man's cane that she noticed he dropped when he was attacked.
"Are you alright monsieur?" Selene asked, her eyes giving the man a once over. Taking in his appearance Selene noted that the man appeared to be of Asian descent and was dressed like he was about to tour Hawaii, hibiscus patterned shirt and all.
"I'm quite alright dear, but what about you?" The man asked. A look of concern crossing his features as he took in the sight of the cut on the girl's cheek. "You're injured."
"I'm fine, it's just a cut, it isn't even that deep" Selene replied. She waved her hand in a dismissive gesture, as she gave him an assuring smile.
"Still, you better have that taken care of, here, allow me, it's the least I can do to repay you." The man stated.
"Oh no really it's fine Monsieur…." She began.
"Fu" he answered. "You can call me Fu. What about you're name Madamsille?"
"S-Selene." She answered hesitantly, not one to be typically be comfortable giving out her name to strangers.
"Well, Mlle. Selene are you certain you'll be alright?" Fu asked once more, just to be certain.
"Yes, Yes, M. Fu, I'll be fine, I'll just take care of this at home, it's no problem, but will you be alright, those men didn't steal anything or hurt you did they?"
"No dear, you arrived just in time to stop them before they could." Fu assured her with a smile.
"Good, well, I must be going but I can escort you home first Monsieur, to make you get home safely." Selene offered.
"That is quite alright, I live no too far away and I'll be fine getting back." He replied.
"Alright then, if you're sure you'll be fine, then…good-bye, M. Fu, be safe" She spoke.
"You as well dear" Fu replied,
The two headed in their respective direction back home. Selene wasn't sure how to explain the cut to her parents so ended up telling them the truth, and after spending some time reassuring them that she was fine, letting them know her material arts training came in handy and everything was okay, she went to the ensuite that her bedroom had and began wiping away the blood from her cheek, making sure the cut was clean before adding antibiotic ointment and covering it up with a Band-Aid.
The blond then went to the vanity were she kept her make up and accessories, noticing a strange box sitting on the table surface. It looked like a oriental Chinese box with its red and black pattern.
Did her parents go out and buy this for her? Selene wondered. Well, she might as well see what it was, she could always ask her parents later. The teen picked up the box and opened it, finding what appears to be a bracelet, though on closer inspection she realized it was actually an anklet, silver in color with five beads, the central bead being bigger than the other four, and a small metal clasp to bring the ends of the anklet together to be worn.
The silver of the anklet darkened slightly and a white light began to surround the object, forcing Selene to look away for a minute. Her jaw dropped as she looked back at the anklet, lighter in color once more, but that isn't what shocked her, no. What made her gape like a fish out of water was the tiny bobble-headed wolf-like creature floating on front of her.
"Why hello there, Madamsille" It spoke, its voice lightly pitched but still distinguishable as quite probably male.
Selene was about to scream.
Her vocal cords were ready to call out for her parents when the creature suddenly zoomed up and covered her mouth with its tiny paws.
"Now please, I can explain alright, just, don't yell, okay, keep calm…" It said, looking at her face.
Selena only nodded, wanting to know what on earth was happening at that moment.
The creature breathed a sigh of relief before moving away from the teen's personal space.
"First of all, my name is Warren, I'm what you can call, a kwami, sort of a god, or fairy, whichever makes more sense." Warren began explaining.
"Kwami?" Selene asked slowly, trying to process everything.
"Yes, I am a magical being that grants my chosen special abilities. Congratulations, you are my new chosen!" The kwami cheered.
"C-chosen….chosen for what?" The girl asked, calming down only slightly.
"Well, chosen to become a superhero, by using the powers I grant you, you can transform and become a superhero. You have heard of Ladybug and Chat Noir correct?" Warren asked.
"Y-yes…Paris's famous heroes….a-are you telling me I can be like them…" Selene asked, completely stunned, her brain trying to process the information.
"Yes, you have been chosen to have the wolf miraculous and become a hero and fight along side Ladybug and Chat Noir against Hawkmoth, he has a miraculous like you and Paris's hero duo, but he's using that power for evil as I'm sure you're aware. You are to help defeat him."
"Okay so let me get this straight, you are a magical creature who can turn me into a superhero so I can help Paris's famous Duo defeat Hawkmoth…." Selene said, putting the pieces together
"Basically" the kwami replied with a nod, a pleased wolfish grin on his face at the fact that his chosen is a smart one.
"Okay so what's a…miraculous? How can you turn people into heroes, or, I guess, villains, in Hawkmoth's case?" The teen questioned.
"Well, through the miraculous, with it us kwamis can give our users their powers, your miraculous is that anklet you have there, put it on." Warren instructed. Selene did so, clasping the jewelry around her right ankle, but not without hesitation.
"Great!" the little wolf cheered. "Now to transform the user needs to say a certain phrase, for me it's 'fangs in', try it!"
"Fangs in!" Selene repeated, and watched as Warren was sucked into the anklet and a white light enveloped her.
The girl then looked in the mirror once the transformation was over, shocked at her reflection. No longer was she wearing her outfit for that day but instead now had on a skin-tight white and gray suit, the gloves of which were black up to her elbows, matching the black ankle high boots she now wore, both having gray anklets on them though one had a black paw-print design. A gray sash was tied around her waist then trailed behind her like a tail, the end colored black as well. Resting on her head in her moonlight colored blond hair were two gray and white wolf ears. The look was then finished off with a gray mask around her eyes, reminding Selene of a masquerade ball, and a crossbow was snuggled to her right hip by her sash-tail.
Needless to say, Selene was in complete shock overload. She took some time to calm down and study her appearance. Her brain was beginning to process the information she had learned that and allowed it all to sink in.
"Okay, so I'm a superhero now, suit and everything..."Selene spoke aloud to herself, before realization hit. "How do I change back, I mean, do I say a phrase to detransform Should I try fangs out…."
A rush of energy came over her and she was soon back in civilian form.
"That answers that…" The teen said to herself.
"You're a quick study, I like that." Warren said, now floating in front of her once again…..
That had all happened two weeks ago. Two weeks that Selene spent practicing with her crossbow, finding that not only could she shoot arrows at enemies but if she waved her hand over he arrow in the bow a magic string would appear, one end tied to the arrow while the other was tied to the bow. If she fired her arrow to grab onto a surface, she could use the contraption like a trapeze and swing from buildings to get around the city.
Warren had also been helpful in explaining more about Hawkmoth's akumas, butterflies infused with magic that turned the victim into a supervillain under his control. Warren explained about how akumas possess an object on their targets and thus possess the person, and to stop them the object has to be broken to release the akuma then capture it, though the capturing and purifying would be Ladybug's ability.
Selene learned that her olfactory senses were sharper when transformed and also about her special ability, Alpha Heal. The ability to heal herself and those around her should they be injured, however she could only use it once each time she transformed and had only five minutes after before the transformation wore off, the paw-print on the right ankle of her boot when suited up would count that time, a paw pad disappearing from the print per minute. Warren told her that after each transformation he would need to eat to recharge and allow her to transform again, the food of choice being beef jerky.
Selene felt a bit overwhelmed but took it all in stride, in the time she trained she watched the news on T.V and videos online of Ladybug's and Chat Noir's victories and how they fought the most recent akuma that appeared in the two weeks since she got her miraculous. She hadn't been sure of herself at the time and although she felt a bit guilty that she hadn't made an appearance to help, she felt that it was better to train a bit first and get used to her new hero persona. She might've just gotten in the way otherwise even with her athletic abilities.
"They seem to be handling things on their own Warren." Selene had commented when watching a video on a website called The Ladyblog. "I don't get why I was chosen if they don't need me."
"Hawkmoth's akumas could get a lot tougher Selene, I'm sure he is one to quickly learn from his mistakes so that means Ladybug and Chat Noir are going to need you most likely at some point, so be prepared." Warren advised.
"Still, why me specifically though?" She wondered.
"Well, you saved Master Fu from those thugs didn't you, he's the guardian of the different miraculous and he decided that having another hero around would be a good idea, and after meeting you and seeing that you're brave, kind, and won't abuse the power granted to you, he decided that you are worthy of the honor." The kwami replied.
Now, after two weeks of learning and practice, Selene felt ready. The next time there was an akuma, she would go help the superhero duo in battle and introduce herself to them. She even had a name picked out for her hero persona, Lycantra. She just hoped that they would accept her on their team.
For now though, she needed to focus on the present. The teen grabbed her backpack and headed downstairs, grabbing some pancakes to eat before school.
"Are you ready honey?" Claire asked her daughter.
"As I'll ever be." Selene answered, less than enthusiastic.
"You'll be okay, think of it this way, it's as fresh start for you, to make new friends and meet new people, a new adventure." The older woman said from the washroom across the kitchen, fixing her short dark brown hair.
"I'll try mom" the blond teen answered.
"Good, I know you'll be just fine." Her mother stated, giving her daughter a big hug which the girl reciprocated.
After a quick goodbye and good luck from her parents Selene set out and began her trek to her new school, hoping that things will actually turn out for the best.
A.N
So recently I found myself trapped in the miraculous ladybug fandom and decided to start a fic for it and for my Miraculous Ladybug OC Selene. The only thing I own in this fic are Selene, her family, aND Warren, so yeah there's the disclaimer. The chapters here will be more episodic than a full on plot. So any episode like ideas you may have for this please feel free to share. As always a review is appreciated and I hope you enjoy