There was a huge fight happening at the top of the Eiffel Tower, and Chloe couldn't see a thing from down below.

"Come on, Ladybug," she called out amongst the small crowd forming, the sky darkening, "you can take any enemy down!" She grabbed some guy's binoculars from beside her and peered up. She could just see Ladybug and Chat Noir facing off against the HawkMoth. "Oh, man…"

She didn't know where Povas was, nor did she know how HawkMoth had decided to come out after all the time he'd spent akumatizing people, but it didn't matter. He was out, and the final battle was at hand. There was another akuma, some girl she'd called a few names, but she had nothing on them.

"Look," someone cried from behind her, "Chat Noir!"

She focused on the cat hero as he faced off against the akuma. She led him and Ladybug onto a rickety bar of metal. HawkMoth said something she couldn't hear, and the akuma struck the bar with her hand, and-

"Oh my gosh, it's falling!"

The bar was swaying now. Chat Noir tumbled, clinging to the edge, something small and black falling from his hand. His ring, out of their reach. His ears and tail disappeared, and…

"…A…Adrien…?" She dropped the binoculars in shock as Ladybug slowly edged towards Adrien, trying not to lose her balance or send the bar toppling off the tower. She felt her heart slowing down. Her closest friend was about to fall off the Eiffel Tower.

"Ladybug," she cried out, "save him! Get him, now!"

Adrien glanced down at her, but she couldn't read his expression. He didn't move his mouth. He took one last look at a pleading Ladybug.

And then he let go.

"ADRIEN!"

Everyone could hear Ladybug's scream of terror. Chloe had gone numb as she watched Adrien, falling, and falling, and falling…until he hit the ground. Hard.

HawkMoth was laughing. The akuma was cheering. Ladybug was swinging down with her yo-yo towards Adrien. Chloe jumped over the police tape, shoved her way through the officers and ran as fast as she could to him. She reached his body just as Ladybug was holding him on her legs. He wasn't moving. Completely silent.

"Adrien," Ladybug pleaded again, her voice cracking, "please, please, wake up! No, this can't happen…you can't be…"

She couldn't find the strength to look at him anymore, tears forming in her eyes. She held him close as Chloe approached. "…Ladybug…Adrien…," she sniffled, "I can't believe it…all this time, I…he…"

"Get away from me."

"…L-Ladybug?"

"Get away from us!" Ladybug gently placed Adrien back down before standing and pointing an accusing finger at Chloe. She had never seen such rage before. "This is all your fault, Chloe Bourgeois!"

"M-My fault?!" She backed away, hands up. "I-I didn't do anything!"

"Nearly every akuma we've faced has been because of your arrogance," Ladybug's pointed finger bent into a clenched fist, "if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were working for HawkMoth!"

"No! Ladybug, stop!"

"You wanted this to happen to Adrien! If you can't have him, no one can!"

"Please, Ladybug, stop it," she nearly stumbled over, "I swear, I never meant for this to happen – it isn't my fault!"

"It's always your fault, Chloe!"

Chloe bumped into something solid. She looked up to find Povas staring down at her. Glaring at her. "You," she spun to face him, "where were you?! W-Why didn't you help him?! This is your fault!"

"It's so easy to pass on the blame to another, isn't is, Chloe?" Povas took a menacing step towards her, and for the first time she noticed how truly terrifying his icy blue eyes were. "So long as you're alright, it doesn't matter who's hurt. Even your own friend."

"I-I don't want this! W-Where were you?!"

He grabbed her wrist and pulled her closer, looming over her. "Hunting down the true villain. HawkMoth has nothing on your record of akumatizations, Miss Bourgeois."

She swatted his hand away and ran around him, only to be stopped by the officers and crowd. Sabrina's father blew on his whistle. "Arrest her! She did this!"

Her father and Sabrina were in the crowd, as were her other classmates. They soon surrounded her, chanting. "All your fault, all your fault."

"No, stop it," Chloe fell to her knees, covering her ears, "I would never…I didn't mean for this to happen!"

"But you did, and I thank you for it."

Chloe looked up. In between the angry faces of the crowd she saw HawkMoth, sneering down at her behind his purple mask. "You've been such a helpful assistant."

Suddenly she began recognizing akuma victims. Alya, Alix, Nathanael, Rose, Juleka – they were once again their akuma forms, and they were all laughing at her. "Thanks for opening our eyes, Chloe," Alya slurred her words, "you always know just what to say."

"No!"

She bolted upright…to find herself in her own bed, the sun streaming through her window. "…Oh…it was just a dream…thank goodness!" She fixed her flat hair over her shoulder, sighing and fanning herself down. "Now I'm all sweaty. Gross…"

It had been the weirdest nightmare. First of all, she could never believe that sweet, adorable, wonderful Adrien Agreste was truly the peculiar, oddball Chat Noir. Second, Ladybug would never yell at her, not like that. Third, no one hated her, so none of it had made sense when she thought about it.

"I must have eaten some bad pizza last night. Ugh," she pushed her covers off, "I'm so telling daddy, and he'll have that delivery guy fired for bringing such terrible food. Honestly, the nerve."

She walked over to her balcony and opened the doors, allowing fresh air in. "What a beautiful day," she rested her arms on the railing and watched people mill about below, "I mean, not nearly as beautiful as I am, but close enough."

I hope to never have such a nightmare again, she thought as she walked back into her room to get changed for school, as if it could scare me again. Me? Hated? Please, and pigs can suddenly fly.

After more than a week of straight working, it's finally here! The sequel to "Dance of the Immortal" is out, and I can't wait to start posting daily chapters for you guys. As you can probably tell from this first chapter, Chloe will have a bigger part in this story. I know a lot of you probably don't like her, and I'm not going to try covering up for her terrible actions, but I hope that as the story progress you guys will see where I'm going with this. It's time once again for Ladybug, Chat Noir and newcomer to Paris Povas to take to the fight, and with new akumas and villains on the way, you can be sure that it's going to be another wild ride for the trio!

Until the next chapter!