Samantha had spent years pouring her heart and soul into the papers that filled the folder that she held. This was her book. The story that she wrote was elegant and detailed. She had tried to get it published, sure that it would sell if it was. The publisher had looked at the first page and told her to leave. He hadn't even looked at the rest of the book. Samantha sat on a bench clutching the binder that held her work. She didn't even see the butterfly coming toward her and finding the lucky pen in her pocket.
"Storyteller, I am Hawkmoth. I can help you get revenge on those keeping your story from being told, but you must do something for me in return. You must get Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculouses and bring them to me." A voice said to her. Samantha felt herself nod and then she transformed. Her skin and clothes had sentences from her story covering them.
She walked back to the publisher and stood in the lobby. She opened the folder and found the pages inside blank and grabbed her pen from her pocket. The receptionist was asking her what she was doing, clearly scared. Storyteller smirked as she wrote on the paper.
The receptionist calls Mr. Petit and tells him to come to the lobby.
The ink shined for a moment before slithering off the page toward the receptionist. As much as the other woman tried to escape, the words slithered up her leg and imprinted in her skin. She then calmly walked back to the desk and dialed Mr. Petit's extension.
"You need to come to the lobby, sir." She said before hanging up the phone and being released from the influence of the words. Immediately the woman tried to pick up the phone again, but Storyteller was ready.
The receptionist then walked out into the streets of Paris without another word.
The receptionist's eyes clouded over as she then made her way to the door. She walked out of the building and Storyteller waited patiently. She heard the sound of screeching tires outside, but before she turned to see what happened the elevator dinged announcing the arrival of Mr. Petit.
"What is this? Where is…" he started, but Storyteller cut him off.
"You wouldn't even look at my book. You tossed away years of my life like they were garbage." Storyteller stated as she scribbled new words on her blank page.
Mr. Petit takes Storyteller to his office.
And the words snaked across the floor to Mr. Petit who instantly invited her into the elevator. Storyteller started to make her way to the elevator when she heard someone speak behind her. "I see you're a woman of few words, so I'll keep this quick. Give me that silly pen of yours and we can all go home, 'kay?" The leather-clad blond smirked at her while petting his leather belt of a tail.
Storyteller's eyes narrowed. "Take his miraculous. The ring on his finger." Hawkmoth said urgently in her mind. Storyteller smirked.
Chat Noir refuses to fight Storyteller.
"I have a plan." She stated as the words flowed off of the page and toward Chat. They didn't reach their destination as a red yoyo with black spots struck them, scattering the ink. Storyteller frowned.
"Getting yourself into trouble again, Kitty?" Ladybug asked with a smirk.
"Not at all, M'lady." Chat replied.
Storyteller smirked, knowing what to do now that both Ladybug and Chat Noir were here to stop her. "You will give me your miraculous, Ladybug." She stated as she wrote on the paper.
The ink snaked toward Ladybug quickly. Just as she had anticipated, Chat Noir stepped in front of his partner to block her from the attack with his body. What they didn't know was what Storyteller had written.
Chat Noir takes off Ladybug's earrings and gives them to Storyteller.
The words snaked up Chat's leg and sank into the leather suit he was wearing. Despite his obvious struggle, he turned to Ladybug. Ladybug jumped back away from him and used her yoyo to swing across the room. Chat followed her like a predator hunting prey. It wasn't the first time the black cat had turned on the heroine because of an akuma attack, but Ladybug was having difficulty staying away from him in the confined lobby.
She made to swing out into the street, but was blocked by Chat's staff. She hit the pole mid-swing and fell to the floor of the lobby.
Ladybug gives her miraculous to Chat Noir.
Storyteller sent the ink toward Ladybug who hit the ink with her yoyo again as she got up, Chat right behind her. His arms closed around her and he made to throw her to the ground. "No, Chat!" Ladybug shouted as she stomped on his foot and then wriggled out of his grasp. She finally made it out into the street where she would have room to fight. Chat followed her and Hawkmoth demanded that Storyteller do the same. Storyteller looked at Mr. Petit, contemplating ignoring Hawkmoth who then threatened to take away her power. She nodded and went out into the street where cars were piled up next to the receptionist who was still standing in the street seemingly unharmed.
Storyteller watched as the two superheroes went around a corner, Chat on the heels of Ladybug. Storyteller followed at Hawkmoth's insistence and saw Ladybug fling her yoyo at Chat who deflected the magical toy with his staff.
Ladybug refuses to fight Chat Noir.
Storyteller wrote sending the ink toward the fight. Ladybug was almost caught by the words, but swung away quickly when she saw the attack before smashing the words with her yoyo from a safe distance. She then flung the yoyo at Chat again who held up his staff. The yoyo wrapped around the staff and Chat grabbed it, yanking Ladybug forward.
Ladybug takes Chat Noir's miraculous and gives it to Storyteller.
The ink snaked toward the heroine as she fell through the air, unable to bat the ink away. The bug jumped up as soon as she hit the ground and managed to land on top of Chat's staff. Chat swung the staff to knock her off and Ladybug jumped on Chat's head as he threw the yoyo across the street. Ladybug sprung from Chat's head after her trusty yoyo and snagged it in time to send the toy flying at the ink that was still chasing her. She scattered the ink, but then Chat jumped on her, tackling her to the ground. Ladybug struggled to throw him off of her, but he was stronger and heavier than she was. He gently took the earrings off before standing and walking back toward Storyteller, leaving Marinette laying on the ground shocked. She didn't stay shocked for long.
She got to her feet and chased after Chat. He hadn't expected this, likely because his orders were now to give the earrings to Storyteller. He hadn't even seemed to notice who she was when the magic was stripped away. She knew that he desperately wanted to know who she was beneath the mask as he had tried many times through the years to find out.
The young woman drops the earrings.
Storyteller tried to preemptively stop Marinette as she tackled Chat and stole the earrings back. She quickly put them back on and transformed. With her trusty yoyo, she scattered the ink again. "Lucky Charm." She shouted, tossing the yoyo into the air. Her lucky charm was a full water bottle. "What am I supposed to do with this?" She asked aloud as Chat resumed his pursuit of her earrings. Ladybug flung the yoyo and soared into the sky while looking around. Then she had an idea. She made her way through the air to Storyteller as she was starting to write again and poured the water on the paper. What was already written was a smudged mess and the pen would no longer work. Ladybug dropped down, snatched the pen and broke it in half. She then quickly caught the akuma and set everything back to normal with a pit in her stomach.
Author's note: Hey, I recently got hooked on this show thanks to my daughter so I decided to write a fic about it. I do have several chapters written so far and am getting close to finishing the story. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please leave a review to let me know what you liked or didn't like.