Hey yall! New fanfic. Whispers in the Wind wasn't really going well for me and I ran out of ideas. To be honest, i wasn't really getting anywhere with it, and it was getting repetitive so i hope you enjoy this one! (not septimus heap, tho) also this is gonna be more of a script thing. This is based off the new episodes. Some of them are disarranged and they're meant to be that way, so no hate please!
CHAPTER 1
Intro: Shadows. They are everywhere. In the absence of light, there are shadows, in the presence of light, there are shadows. In the corners of our room, in the corners of our mind. There's one behind you right now, smirking at you as you continue. The moth to the flame? Well, there's a shadow there too. Look around you. Did you know there are shadows inside of you too?
Marinette: Goodbye, Alya!
Marinette walks out of the school courtyard and sighs.
Marinette: Tikki, will I ever be confident enough to confess to Adrien?
Tikki: Just wait, Marinette! The time will come and everything will be fine!
They hear an explosion in the distance.
Marinette: Tikki, you know what we have to do.
Marinette: Tikki, spots on!
Ladybug lands on a rooftop. She hears a soft thud behind her.
Ladybug: Nice to see you arrived, Cat.
Cat Noir: It's always nice to see you M'Lady.
He kisses her hand. She pulls away.
Ladybug: We should probably fight the Akuma, Cat. No time for messing around!
She leaps off. Cat Noir follows.
One Akuma battle later…
Ladybug and Cat Noir: Pound it!
Ladybug: I should go, au revoir!
Cat Noir: A bien tot, M'Lady.
Ladybug leaps off towards her house. She detransforms once she lands on her balcony. She sighs.
Marinette: *sarcastically* Good night Papa, Maman.
Tikki: *frowning* Marinette, maybe you should tell someone. It's not good to keep something like this a secret.
Marinette: Why should I tell anyone? So those news reporters can come rummaging through our home like last time? Yeah, that won't happen again.
Tikki: I meant someone who you can trust. Alya and Nino have been trying to come over but you wouldn't let them in fear of them finding your parents' dead bodies! Don't think they haven't noticed you lately. It isn't healthy for you to bottle yourself up like this.
Marinette: I wish I could disagree with you, but your adorable face won't let me otherwise. I-I'll tell them later.
A tear slips down her cheek. She wipes it away.
Tikki: Marinette..?
Marinette: I won't try and get revenge, Tikki. No one knows who Hawkmoth is, anyways. Or where he is. He must have done it so the attention from him turns to the murderer of my parents. And then he'll take Cat Noir's and my miraculous. Not happening.
Tikki breathes a sigh of relief.
Tikki: Just remember, you have me. And Alya and Nino and Adrien. They will be your family when you don't have one. And that's now, isn't it?
Tikki hugs Marinette's cheek.
Tikki: Let's go sleep, okay?
Marinette nods.
Next day at school…
Chloe: You're such a loser, Marinette! How do people even put up with you?
Marinette: Your words have no affect, Chloe, stop trying.
Chloe scowls.
Chloe: I think you should stop trying to act tough. You're just a weakling on the inside, brat!
Marinette: What was that? My ears have been on "nonsense proof" mode.
Chloe: I don't think my daddy would like to hear that!
Marinette: You think I'm afraid of your old man? Sadly, you're mistaken.
Chloe: You know what? Your "old man" couldn't even stand up straight because of his weight. And your stupid mother couldn't stand up straight because of her skinny Chinese chicken legs!
The whites of Marinette's eyes turn black. Her pupil becomes a white slit in the middle of her eye.
Marinette: I'm sorry, what?
Chloe: Skinny. Chinese. Chicken. Legs!
The whole class watches as Marinette tenses and gets up, including Alya, Nino, and Adrien. She growls.
Chloe: Growling like a kitty cat? What are you gonna do about it, Maribrat?
Marinette: You have no idea what I can do…
Marinette feels Tikki bump against her inside her bag. Her eyes turn back to normal. She sits back down.
Marinette: Chloe, learn to leave people alone. I don't think you would like to have your parents insulted.
During class…
Alya: Girl, are you okay?
Marinette: Fine. Totally fine.
Alya: Okay…
Later at home…
Tikki: Marinette.
Marinette: I know, Tikki. I slipped. But I was still in control.
Tikki: Please be careful, Mari. These Entities are dangerous things. Especially in the mind of a Miraculous Wielder.
Marinette looks down.
Marinette: I promise I will be in control. I've been fighting them. I… I won't fail you.
Tikki brings Marinette's chin up.
Tikki: You'll be fine. Let's do your homework.
Marinette: *smiling* Okay.
A flash of light suddenly zooms by the window. Marinette looks out and sees what seems like a superhero.
Volpina: I am Volpina, and I will save all of you!
Marinette looks around in confusion, wondering what the Parisians could be saved from. Then she sees a gigantic meteor hurtling in her direction. She quickly transforms.
Marinette: Tikki, spots on!
(I kinda don't want to explain what happens between the fight, because i'm assuming whoever's reading this already watched the episode volpina, so i'm just going to skip straight to this part:)
Ladybug: I knew there was something wrong with you.
Volpina: Hah, took you long enough. Now give me your miraculous or that building gets destroyed.
Volpina points to a building in the near distance.
Ladybug: You wouldn't…
Volpina: I would!
Volpina makes an illusion of the building crumbling. Ladybug grits her teeth and takes off her earrings.
Ladybug: Here's what you want, take them!
She throws her earrings and Volpina catches them. Volpina stops the illusion.
Marinette: It-It was an illusion?!
Volpina: Better luck next time, sweetie.
Volpina jumps off. Marinette bangs her fist against the wall.
Marinette: I have to get Tikki back. No matter what it takes…
Remember what I said about shadows? That they're everywhere? That they are hiding in every square inch of your mind? There's something I didn't tell you. You're listening? Okay. Shadows can grow. Oh, so surprising! Wow! Don't be so cocky, that's not the important thing. Sometimes, they can overshadow your mind. Your soul. Hah, see what I did there? Well, look what happens when they do.
Marinette knows she is losing some control, but she doesn't care. She lets the Entities flood her. She blinks. She opens her eyes, and they are black with a white slit. She transforms. A black suit with ancient markings appears over her body and black ribbons trail from her shoulders to the ground. She cocks her head to the side and grins.
Marinette: … no matter what I do.
She runs off, following the path Volpina had taken. Cat Noir had watched her turn into another self. A shadow self. He has not seen her detransform from Ladybug to Marinette, however. He goes to stop Marinette, for he fears the worst.
Marinette has caught up to Volpina, who stops to catch her breath on the rooftop of a building. She leaps over her and lands in front of her.
Volpina: And who are you?
Marinette: I don't know, who am I? I am here for the miraculous.
Volpina: *smirking* You think I'm gonna give it to you?
Marinette: Oh, I know you will. *makes a fist* Cataclysm.
Cat Noir watches, in shock.
Marinette: You can give me the miraculous, or I can take it from you. You don't want me to take it from you.
Volpina: We'll see.
Marinette: If you're being cocky, I won't take it. One touch, petite merde, on this roof, just one touch. It will come crashing down, killing you and whoever's inside it. I'll give you five seconds.
Marinette: Five, four, three, two…
Marinette: One!
Marinette reaches down to touch the roof but Cat Noir quickly stops her with his staff. She looks at him. During this time, Volpina runs away. Marinette goes off in pursuit of her. Cat Noir sighs, because he knows he can't stop her. He can only follow.
Marinette snaps her fingers and a greyish dome forms around Volpina. Volpina bangs against it.
Volpina: You're not going to use a Cataclysm?
Marinette: If Cat Noir does not wish it, I will not. Hand over the earrings.
Volpina: In your dreams.
Marinette: We can do this all day. Or probably in a matter of minutes. That dome will shrink. You can die a slow, painful death or you can give me the miraculous. It's a simple decision, really.
Volpina glares at her. Marinette glares back. Volpina knows that there would be no way of getting out of this, so she gives in. Marinette makes a little window in the dome and takes her earrings. But she quickly snatches Volpina's necklace, which was uncalled for. The Cataclysm she intended to use before was still there, and she uses it to break the necklace. The Akuma that flies out of it is soon in Marinette's fist. When she lets go, the Akuma is purified. Volpina turns back into Lila.
Lila: Who are you? I thought Ladybug and Cat Noir would be here.
Marinette glares at Lila.
Marinette: … Umbra. And I don't think I'll be coming back.
Umbra leaves. Cat Noir arrives.
Cat Noir: Hello.
Lila: You? What are you doing here?
Cat Noir: What's your address?
Lila: You won't get me with that, kitten.
Cat Noir: I'm not flirting with you. You're not the "fox superheroine" anymore, clearly you can't get off this place. I'm taking you home. *in a lower voice* Though I'd rather not… So what is your address?
Lila: Hmph!
Cat Noir half-carries Lila back to her home. Meanwhile at Marinette's home…
Marinette: Tikki!
Tikki: That was a very dangerous thing you did.
Marinette: I was still in control.
Tikki: Barely. I felt those Entities and though I was sucked in the miraculous, I fought them. When you looked back at Cat Noir, that's when I fought a tendril that was trying to take over the last bit of your mind.
Marinette: I couldn't leave Cat Noir alone. Even if he got my miraculous he wouldn't know who to give it to. I had to take a risk, Tikki. If I didn't, Lila would still be Volpina and destroy the city. She might have taken Cat's miraculous too. I couldn't take that chance.
Tikki: You were brave. I'm sorry.
Marinette: It's okay. I'll feed you and then I'll do my homework. Okay?
Tikki: *smiling* Okay!
Don't bother trying to ask me what Marinette is thinking. You'll find out soon enough, ma cherie. Until we meet again.