Elliot was pacing around their room as they went through their daily mental list of things they needed to do. They had not gotten any sleep the night before, they never really did. Their friends had always wondered how they functioned during school but all they ever said was, "I don't"
Elliot was ripped from their thoughts as their useless alarm went off. "Why do I even set this every night? I don't even use it."
They went around their room gathering their necessary items before they came across a glasses case,one they had never seen before. Elliot looked curiously at it before picking it up and opening it. A beam of light shot from the case, momentarily blinding them, and a tiny figure shot from it.
Elliot yelped in fear and jumped back from the case. A pixie of sorts flew into their face, causing their eyes to go cross-eyed looking at it. It had a big head, bigger than its body with fish-like characteristics. Blue and orange gills rolled across it's skin.
"Uh, hey." Elliot said to the creature "What are you? The creature stayed silent.
Elliot looked around awkwardly, the fish-thing not saying any words, just staring at them.
"So… Your name is…?" Elliot paused, unsure how to continue as it glared at them.
The mysterious fairy-thing finally spoke, gaining Elliot's attention. "Names are not important. What is important is that you need to put these glasses on."
Elliot's eyes widened in shock. The figure had a fairly deep voice and was kind of frightening. It was orange and blue in color and almost looked like a Koi fish, like in Japan.
"Why would I need to wear those?" they tapped the side of the glasses currently on their face. "I already have glasses." they paused. "Are they special or something?"
The being, glared and frowned. Floating over to the glasses case. "Just put them on. I promise you won't regret it."
Elliot walked over to the case and picked it up. "But I need mine to see."
The pixie looked at them. "You'll be able to see just fine. And they look like the ones you have as well, which is perfect."
The blonde contemplated the glasses for moment and then shrugged, saying, "Whatever. What's the worst that can happen?" They took off their glasses and put on the new ones. Nothing changed. "So… what now?"
"Alright, time for introductions. I am a Kwamii by the name of Nonaam, pronounced 'no name' " he turned to Elliot. "And you are now Koi. You are able to transform into a being capable of anything you put your mind to. All you gotta do is ask me to transform you."
Elliot's eyes widened. "What do you mean transform?" They bit their lip and then squinted. "What is a Kwamii?"
Nonaam floated up to Elliot's face. "I am one of many. Currently several of my kind have people of their own to look after." The Kwamii flew over to the abandoned glasses case. "Your glasses, the ones I just gave you, are your Miraculous. Those allow you to transform into a superhero of sorts, helping you to destroy evil."
Elliot waved their hand nonchalantly. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Superhero. What's important is that I have school so you need to stay here while I go learn." The blonde ran a hand through their cropped hair. "Unless you want to come with…"
"Yes, I will come." Nonaam said, folding his tiny arms. Elliot sighed and rolled their eyes back. "Alright," they gestured to the inside pocket of their leather jacket. "Get comfortable."
…
Elliot got home at a normal time and they slumped onto their bed. They looked at their jacket pocket where Nonaam was eating a cracker. Apparently he liked crackers. Elliot didn't really want to do their homework so they thought about transforming. It seemed easy enough.
"Hey, um… Nonaam." Nonaam looked up from his snack. "Do you think I could transform? I just want to see what it's like."
Elliot's Kwami smirked at their. "Go ahead. Just make sure to watch your timer. You'll transform back into yourself if you're not careful."
Elliot looked at him and nodded, determination in their eyes. "Well, okay. Uh… Nonaam! Transform me!"
Elliot's eyes watered as a strong wind pushed them up towards the ceiling of their room. They felt their hoodie and ripped jeans disappear and be replaced with something tight and spandex feeling. Warmth spread across their face and their cropped hair was pulled into a bun of sorts. Like a man-bun.
Elliot looked down at their wardrobe change. They were wearing a orange and blue bodysuit that resembled a koi fish, much like Noonam.
"Um… This is not what I was expecting." Elliot said, walking over to a mirror.
They looked into the mirror and saw that they had some sort of dark mist, swirling around their eyes. They were still wearing their glasses, which was weird because usually superheroes wore a mask. But they didn't mind.
Elliot walked over to their aquarium and picked up the fish net, some voice at the back of their mind telling her to do so. They scooped up one of their goldfish and channeled some of their powers into it. It slowly got larger and shifted from the tiny goldfish into a koi fish. Elliot whispered some words to it and it flew out the window.