500 years ago
Cat like blue eyes glared at the miraculous that sat in his hand. Two spotted earring's of his precious ladybug, beside them his own cat miraculous ring. gripping them in his hands and a small red kwami looked at him in worry from beside the black cat kwami. "It was you two that drove us to this fate" a voice hissed. Tikki looked at the tear streaked eyes of the first ever Chat Noir. his long black hair framing his face, black mask obscuring his face, two bright blue glaring at the kwami. "if you two had never given us these powers she would still be here!" Chat Noir screamed in grief at the kwamis before turning to look at the view of the paris the Eiffel tower offered
"Chat Noir please-" Tikki tried to calm the upset cat
"Shut up Tikki, if I hadn't agreed to be chat noir. if Plagg hadn't given me these powers I woudn't have..." Chat noir fell to his knees as she scooped up the bloodied body before him. Her beautiful blond hair had lost it's shine, green eyes void of the light and emotion they once held, fair skin stained with her own blood. Blood that Chat Noir drew because he couldn't cope with the secrets...couldn't cope that his lady loved someone else only to find it was his civilian self that she adored when he removed his ring.
He would never forget her last words as long as he lived. Words that weren't hateful or vengeful, but sweet and loving; 'I could have never been prouder than I am now of my precious Chat Noir, I just wish... I had known...sooner...'
Me too My lady, and I swear all future Miraculous holders will be forced to relive the same thing as we did if they follow in our footsteps... making the same mistake we did. "Forgive me, Marianne" Chat Noir's hand began to glow with an old magic The kwamis knew too well
"Aiden! No!" Plagg cried. but it was too late. the magic was done, the curse was placed and Aiden donned the chat noir appearance once more to deliver the body of his beloved Marianne, his best friend in civilian life and his partner in his hero life, accepting the screams from her family naming him a murderer before disappearing for good not caring he was named a Villain to everyone else as he sought peace with his beloved Marianne once more
500 years later
"You're so lucky Mari! you get to do a report on Lady bug and Chat Noir!" Alya squealed to Marinette who laughed. "Hey I found this book, this history book on Ladybug, it tells you all about past lady bugs, although they talk about it as if it's a simple fictional story"
"Anything would help though Alya, I'll try find it thank you" Marinette darted off to the library and seeing as no one was in there Tikki flew out to look around. Tikki could there really be a book about past lady bugs?"
"Most definitely, all hero's are recorded in history books but are easily dismissed as legend when it seems unrealistic" Tikki acknowledged.
"Well I would love to learn about my predecessors" Marinette shrugged walking over to scour through the shelves and after a while Marinette had found it and sat themselves at the desk. Opening the book to see it's contents. it was a list of capital cities around the world with a year beside them. the Last one being in Paris around 500 years ago.
Marinette glanced at Tikki excited only to falter at the sad look appearing on the Kwami's face. "Tikki?"
"I almost forgot..." Tikki murmured. Using her magic Tikki made the book open to the very last chapter. "Marianne and Aiden... the original Ladybug and Chat Noir..." Marinette read through the page and gasped as she read through the last paragraph.
"In his brief moment of his insanity, Chat Noir killed his own partner when she refused to share her identity, and forced her to do so in death. once his mind cleared it was said he owned up to his murder to his partner's family before he sought to end his own life in his grief, unable to bare the guilt. it was believed that his last victim, Aiden Aucoin, was the real identity of the original Chat Noir, Marianne Dubois his partner"
"Tikki..."
"That isn't the saddest thing. Aiden had placed a curse on these Miraculous' before he ended his life should they follow the foot steps of him in his partner... I had forgotten about the curse because it seemed it had worn off with you and the current Chat Noir but... i guess i should have still told you..."
"Tell me what Tikki?"
"The curse was...Any Lady bugs and Chat Noirs that hide their identities from each other will follow the same fate 2 years after they first wear the miraculous'. The curse is nulled for each choosen that reveals themselves to each other before that 2 year mark. other wise Each and every Chat Noir will have to live with his beloved's death and as punishment, the Kwami's will suffer watching as each chat noir falls apart in their grief, suffering as punishment for placing a cruel fate on their chosen" Both you and Chat Noir are heading down that same path..."
Marinette looked rather shocked at her kwami. "And I'm guessing you didn't tell me because you didn't want to pressure me into it " Marinette guessed and the Kwami nodded.
"So lets see..." Marinette pulled out her phone "I have a month to get the guts to do it." Marinette sighed.
"Do it at patrol tonight Marinette... bring the book with you" the kwami advised. "Marinette, I don't want to loose another user. Please don't let me see another Chat Noir fall apart in his grief"
"You can count on me Tikki" Marinette smiled although she was panicking on the inside. What if Chat Noir didn't like the girl he saw underneath?
Later that night
Ladybug sat in her normal spot waiting for her partner to arrive as she poured through the book she had checked out of the library. Much to her dismay most of the ladybugs had met the same fate. but thankfully not all, some merely disappeared, others revealed themselves to the public afterwards when Hawk-moth was defeated. she was bought out of her thoughts when familiar voice purred to her
"Good evening, My lady"
"Hey Chat" Ladybug sighed. Chat was immediately sitting beside her.
"What's wrong my lady?" Chat Noir asked. Ladybug placed the book on his lap and pointed to the last paragraph about the original ladybug and Chat Noir. after reading it Chat seemed to panic. "My lady you know I would never hurt you"
"If we keep going the way we are... you wont have a choice. Tikki told me about it... Aiden... the first ever Chat Noir before he died placed a curse on the Miraculous because he couldn't deal with the grief that he couldn't control himself in his anger. That every Chat Noir will - at the two year mark - will start getting violent when ladybug refuses to reveal their identity... whether they liked it or not."
Chat Noir was suddenly standing book tossed aside backing away "I never asked for this... I don't want that fate for us!" Chat Noir pleaded as if he was begging her to say it was a joke.
"I know kitty" Ladybug smiled.
"We have a month left then..." Chat Noir sulked "Maybe I could give the Miraculous to someone-"
"Chat!" Ladybug giggled sadly "I thought you would jump at this chance" Chat Noir paused with a curious look "I think... I think its time we know each other's identities" Ladybug smiled "If not for our safety and sanity" Ladybug forced herself not to laugh when Chat Noir seemed to slowly process the words before his cat like grin and his face lit up with an expression of a kid in a candy store.
"You... You aren't teasing me are you?" Ladybug shook her head.
"But first lemme just... calm myself first" Ladybug breathed. Seeing this Chat reached for his lady's hand and pulled her to her feet feeling her shaking.
"You have no need to be nervous my lady. I can guarantee that whoever is under that mask... no matter what you will always be My lady" Chat Noir smiled. "Here we'll both close our eyes, I'll count down from three and we release our transformations . Then we open our eyes when we're ready. Okay?" Ladybug nodded "Ready?" Ladybug suddenly closed her eyes earning a chuckle from Chat.
"Ready" Ladybug breathed. Chat Noir could feel her shaking and squeezed the hand he held.
"3...2...1. Plagg Claws in"
"Tikki spots off" Both transformations dropped and Adrien felt his lady start to shake once more. Slightly amused and yet worried at the same time he let himself open his eyes and his face morphed into shock before his gaze softened. how could I have been so stupid. Marinette stood there eyes squeezed shut chewing on her lip. She was the only girl that wasn't Akumatized in our class, they look so similar even had similar personalities even if there was a slight difference.
"My Lady, open your eyes"
"I'm not ready" Marinette whimpered. Adrien smiled and rasied his free hand to cup her face.
"Marinette...please, Princess?" Adrien pleaded. Marinette peeked out one eye only for both of them to snap fully open whe she saw Adrien smiling at her. She turned bright red when she remembered the incident with Dark Cupid, when she realized that she had been turning down him in favor of himself all this time.
"Adrien?" Marinette asked not believing what she was seeing
"The one and only My lady" Marinette dropped his gaze to stare at his shoes only for him to lift her face once again "Do you not like what you see? I for one am loving what I see"
"That's not it at all!" Marinette suddenly defended. "It's just... embarrasing that I was turning you down all this time because...well... I tohught you two were different people and..."
"You turned me down for me?" Adrien grinned. Marinette turned an even brighter shade of red. "Well then, My Lady, would you do this stray cat the honor of being my girlfriend? no point in denying how we both feel for each other"
"But, Alya will ask tonnes of question about this sudden ... development. I mean I couldn't speak full proper sentences to you because I was so nervous" Marinette blurted. "And I tell her almost everything! so I can't just say we were spending time outside of school" Marinette added.
"Tell her we ran into each other after school today and you got eased into being able to talk to me properly" He chuckled "The dating part can be our secret for a time if that makes my lady feel better" he purred with a wink.
"Fine then, my silly kitty," Marinette smiled. Adrien let out a cry of victory before hugging Marinette close pressing his lips to hers.
"You won't regret it My Lady" Adrien grinned before turning back into Chat, Marinette followed suit into ladybug.
"I already wish I had done it sooner