First, some notes. This is a version of Miraculous where Ladybug and Cat Noir find out each other's identities after the battle with Stoneheart, leading to some interesting changes. The timeline that this story is going to follow is the one on this link: post/142955283453/miraculous-ladybug-timeline-complete. Credit goes to the creator of this timeline. Final couple things. The new Miraculous holders, so Rena Rouge (Volpina), Queen Bee, and Carapace, will first appear in Season 1, after the holder gets Akumatized. Also the first new Miraculous holder to appear will be Rena Rouge, and the last will be Queen Bee. Also, I have slightly changed each appearance of the Superhero's. When Rena Rouge, Carapace and Queen Bee are introduced I will note the changes, but for now. Ladybug's hair is a lighter blue, Sapphire Blue, and her hair reaches past her shoulders, so it's longer in general. It's also held in a single ponytail. Cat Noir's hair is now a darker shade of blonde, while still being more messy. That's the only real difference, since his mask already makes the whites of his eyes green, so not much change was needed. Anyway, let's begin.
"People of Paris, listen carefully. I am Hawk Moth." A large amount of Akumas had formed to make a giant face.
"Hawk Moth?"
"Ladybug, Cat Noir, give me the ladybug earrings and the cat ring now. You've done enough damage to these innocent people!" Ladybug frowned and walked towards the Eiffel Tower, where Hawk Moth's face was currently projected to the people of Paris.
"Nice try, Hawk Moth, but we know who the bad guy is. Let's reverse the roles here. Without you, none of these innocent victims would be transformed into villains. Hawk Moth, no matter how long it takes, we will find you, and YOU will hand us YOUR Miraculous!" Ladybug smirked as she launched into the air, heading towards Hawk Moth, her Yo-Yo spinning around her. "Time to de-evilize!" She swings her Yo-Yo all around her, very quick, and very fast, capturing every Akuma that had formed this face. Cat Noir looked on in awe. Ladybug landed, then turned to the people of Paris. "Let me make this promise to you. No matter who wants to harm you, Ladybug and Cat Noir will do everything in our power to keep you safe!" She opens her Yo-Yo, releasing all the now purified butterflies into the skies. Cat Noir stood on the ground, love now in his eyes.
"Wow. Whoever she is beneath that mask, I love that girl."
"Agh! That's the problem with superheroes. They're too heroic! Stoneheart, they're trying to take your loved one away from you. You must snatch their Miraculous so they will be powerless against you!" Hawk Moth stood in his den, an angry look on his face. Using the purple butterfly symbol to communicate to the akumatized villain.
"Okay, Hawk Moth." Stoneheart replied as he held Mylène in his left hand.
"Help me!"
"You'll never take Mylène from me! Come to me, my stone beings!" Stoneheart turns and begins climbing the Tower. Cat Noir watches as the Stone Beings around him start to follow Stoneheart up the Tower. Ladybug drops down beside him.
"We're surrounded! What do we do now? We can't attack him." Cat Noir begins the conversation as he slowly twirls his Staff around.
"Yes, but we know where the akuma is." Ladybug replies as she, similarly, swings her Yo-Yo around.
"In his clenched fist. The one he's holding Mylène with. So..."
"So we know he's in love with her. That's it! We don't separate Stoneheart and Mylène: we bring them closer together! They're made for one another! It's just that they don't know it yet."
"Ugh. Not really following you, but guess I better trust you. Something tells me that this is how it's gonna be from here on out." Ladybug smirks at his comment, before both heroes leap to the top of the tower.
"Help! I'm scared of heights!" The voice of Mylène was heard as they arrived.
"Everything's gonna be alright!" Ladybug replied as Cat Noir glanced at his partner.
"How are you planning to get them closer than they already are?"
"By using our powers! Lucky Charm!" Upon use a Parachute falls from the sky and lands in Ladybug's hands. "A parachute? What am I supposed to do with this?" Cat Noir is busy fighting a Stone Being before being thrown away.
"You sure you know what you're doing?"
"We'll find out soon enough!" Ladybug swings her Yo-Yo and attaches it to Stoneheart's hand. She calls for Cat Noir once again. "His hand! Get ready!" While Ladybug is pulling Stoneheart's hand, Mylène, figuring out what the heroes needed to do, kissed Stoneheart, causing him to drop the girl. In the scuffle, the paper falls from Stoneheart's hand. Cat Noir reaches it and hits it with his Staff, releasing the Akuma.
"Home run!" Ladybug ready's her Yo-Yo in preparation to catch the Akuma. Unknowing of a certain other problem. "No more evil-doing for you, little akuma." She swings the Yo-Yo around and captures the Akuma, the Yo-Yo closing shut in the process. "Time to De-evilize!" Upon closer inspection, Ladybug notices something. "Huh?" Stoneheart transforms back into Ivan, causing him to start falling down the Eiffel Tower. Ladybug gives chase but is too far away to do anything. "Cat Noir, take care of Ivan!"
"Cataclysm!" Cat Noir's left hand started glowing green, as he ran towards the Eiffel Tower, running his hand along the base of the tower, causing it to rust, and catching Ivan in the process. Ladybug manages to catch Mylène.
"Gotcha!" She pulls out the parachute, before throwing it in the air. The energy beginning to turn the world back to normal. She pulls out her Yo-Yo and taps it, opening it and freeing the now purified Butterfly. "Bye-bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" As the world continues returning to normal. The innocent people also revert to normal. Cat Noir looks around in amazement with Ivan and Mylène.
"Whoa. Are you seeing what I'm seeing?"
"Yeah. It's beautiful and amazing. It's...um...miraculous!"
"This is just the beginning, Ladybug. You and Cat Noir may have won this battle, but I will win the war. I will get your Miraculouses. I will get the absolute power! And then my secret dream will come true!" Hawk Moth angrily stood in his den. The window closing in front of him, shrouding him and his butterflies in darkness.
"I think you two have things to talk about. Hm?" Ladybug smirks as Ivan turns to Mylène.
"Oh, uh... I... Uh..."
"Maybe it would help if you read the lyrics to Ivan's song." Ladybug directed at Mylène, before handing her the paper that Ivan had. Mylène begins to read.
"Wow, it's really beautiful. It's a shame you can't hear them when you scream. I mean, when you sing."
"It was scary, wasn't it. Is that why you left? I'm sorry, I'll be gentle." Mylène smiles at Ivan before hugging him, Ivan quickly hugging back.
"Oh, they're so made for each other." Ladybug comments as Cat Noir smirks.
"Like us too." He flirts back as his Miraculous starts beeping really quickly.
"Uh oh. You see that? Time to split. See you soon, Cat Noir." Ladybug turns to start walking when the de-transformation begins.
"Can't wait, m'lady." Cat Noir comments before he begins changing back as well. 'Oh...' he thought to himself as he changed back into Adrien Agreste. He glanced up, noticing Marinette Dupain-Cheng standing in front of him. Her smile immediately turned to a frown. Marinette turned and walked away, leaving Adrien to stand there with his head down, he glanced over at Ivan and Mylène, thankful they were too caught up in each other to notice anything strange going on. 'M'lady hates me.' Was all Adrien thought as he walked away.
The next day Marinette and Alya ran into the classroom, they glanced at Nino, before Marinette had an idea. She walks up the steps and sits in the seats behind Nino, Alya following directly after. Chloé and Sabrina then walk in.
"Uhh... You're in the wrong seat. Go on, get lost!" Marinette smirked as she stood up to confront the rude girl.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing!"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"It means that I'm not putting up with your crud anymore, Chloé, and neither is anyone else around here, so take your attitude and go on, get lost!" She points to the seats Alya and herself had previously sat in as the class laughs around them. Chloé glares at Marinette before sitting in Marinette's old spot.
"Good job!" Alya says as she fist bumps Marinette. Adrien then enters the room. His face brightens as he sees Marinette, before slipping as she turns sharply away from him. Adrien slumps into his seat next to Nino frowning.
"Dude, you wanna make friends, right? Well, go talk to Marinette. You know, about the chewing gum." Nino supplies as Adrien looks all moody.
"But what should I say to her?"
"Just be yourself."
It's raining outside. Marinette stands outside the School gates. Not moving, she didn't notice Adrien come up behind her holding an Umbrella.
"Hey." Marinette pointedly ignores the boy, causing him to sigh and begin speaking. "I just wanted you to know that I was only trying to take the chewing gum off your seat. I swear. I've never been to school before. I've never had friends. It's all sort of new to me." With his words he takes his Umbrella and holds it above the girl's head. Marinette stares at him as he smiles at her. She hesitates, before closing her hand around the Umbrella, holding it above her... before it closes shut around her, causing her to scream quickly. Adrien starts laughing as Marinette glares at him. He stops laughing immediately, but smiles again when Marinette starts giggling. Satisfied, Adrien turned and headed towards the car waiting for him. He stops for a moment and turns to Marinette once more. "See you tomorrow. M'lady." Marinette watches him leave, aware of the fluttering feeling in her stomach.
"Yeah! See you to...mo... tomo... Haha!" Marinette frowns once he's out of earshot. "Whoa, why am I stammering? I'm not falling in love with my partner."
"Hey! I think I might have an idea!" Tikki said as she flew out of Marinette's purse, before nuzzling her face against Marinette's. She looks at Adrien one last time before starting to move towards the bakery, her home.
"First day of school and we already have two lovebirds." Plagg sticks his head out of Adrien's shirt and smiles... while eating his Camembert.
"Shut it, Plagg! She's just a friend. Oh... a friend..." He smiles to himself, happy to finally have a real friend. He walks towards the Car and gets in, waving to Marinette as she walks by. She waves back. As they leave, they both sigh contently. However, they don't notice another person holding an umbrella.
"Excellent choice, Master." A green kwami said as he hovered next to his holder, a smile on his face.
"Those two are made for each other! Even if things didn't go completely as I would've thought." The other man, Master Fu, supplies before heading away as well. Knowing, he'd made the right choice.
Well, there's a first chapter. The next chapter will be the first main episode. Then from there it will be 2-3 chapters exploring Adrien and Marinette's life as they adapt to knowing each other's identities, and then an Akuma fight. To note, Marinette and Adrien will not get together immediately. Cat Noir/Adrien will still flirt with Ladybug as it's in his character. Ladybug/Marinette will reject his advances for a while, however she will eventually give in to her feelings and they will start dating. When with others, Marinette and Adrien will not call each other pet names, when alone they will though. Marinette will call Adrien, Kitty, Kitty Cat, etc. while alone and Adrien will call Marinette, Bugaboo, M'lady, etc. when alone with her. As for when Rena Rouge will appear for the first time, I'm thinking after Animan. While Carapace will appear after Mr. Pigeon, and Queen Bee will first appear after Antibug. Anyways, until the 2nd...