A/N:

Hi everyone! I know it's been a while, but a while back I had an idea for this story and I'm finally writing it! In this AU, the team does fight Hawkmoth, but it's not the same- they don't just fight those villains, but rather they fight all villains. This is rated T because I'm paranoid, so if you're expecting a lemon, you've come to the wrong place! However, this fanfic will mainly focus on the dynamics of the older team and some new characters, too! No explicit relationships yet, though this may change. More of a Ladynoir friendship, and a bit of Marichat, NinoxAlya, and maybe a few more ships! Trigger warning: there may be character deaths in later chapters.

"Can you believe we're in college now, Chat?" Ladybug asked me, her long hair swinging loosely around her shoulders. I shook my head.

"It's hard to fathom," I admitted. "I'd ask where you're going, but…"

"Right," she replied. "Nothing about our identities."

"One day, we'll defeat HawkMoth and La Paon, and we'll reveal ourselves," I sighed. "But until then…"

"At least we have each other," Ladybug pointed out. "And Carapace and Queen Bee and Rena Rouge."

"Yeah." I leaned back, staring at the stars. "I wonder who we'll fight next. We should really head out on patrol."

"Yeah," Ladybug agreed. "Come on." She stood, and I followed, bracing myself for the hate that follows me in the streets.

It didn't matter, after all. No matter what they thought, I would protect the innocent.

I was part of Team Miraculous, and we fought. We were strong.

Three hours and very little activity later, I arrived back at our rendezvous spot, where Ladybug was waiting for me.

"Anything?" she asked. I shook my head.

"You?"

"No." We sat down, and she offered me a coffee from the shop we were sitting on the roof of. "Long night, but necessary."

I nodded. "It's for the best. Tomorrow is Rena and Carapace?"

"Yeah." Years ago, the five of us had drawn out a schedule, and we had updated it every few months since then to best suit our needs. Two people patroled every night, the rest of us on call for any nefarious activity. I had used my father's money to buy us all simple flip phones and plans so we could contact each other in our civilian forms without giving out our real phone numbers.

No one questioned where the money came from.

That was the way things were, though. We all had some sort of job. I used to work as a model, but I had quit as soon as I moved out of my father's house. Now I worked at a little bakery near the college. I didn't know what the others did, and I didn't question it.

The sad thing was, we couldn't know anything about each other. Our civilian form and friends would be in danger if we did. So we remained blind, fighting together without any knowledge of the face behind the mask. The only identity I knew was that of Queen Bee, and only because Ladybug had given me the Bee Miraculous to deliver when we were faced with one of our most dangerous villains, Scarlet Hawkmoth.

Suddenly, Ladybug stood, pulling me away from my thoughts and back to reality.

"What is that?" she asked, staring at the Eiffel Tower. I followed her gaze, where I saw a distinctly silver shape hanging upside down from a beam.

"An Akumatized villain?" I suggested, squinting. I scrambled to my feet. If they were Akumatized, they'd come for us soon.

"Must be." Ladybug flipped open her yoyo and clicked the distress beacon, sending emergency texts to Rena, Queen Bee, and Carapace. "C'mon."

I grabbed my baton. "Let's go."