AN: I really love the movie/play It's a Wonderful Life, so I decided to make a Miraculous AU for it! Warning: If you've ever seen the movie/play, you know that George Bailey (the main character) is thinking about jumping off a bridge. Adrien isn't really thinking about doing this, but it might seem like it. Please, feel free to review!

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

It was a quiet night, and the sudden voice startled Adrien, nearly causing him to lose his balance. He was standing on the railing of the top of the Eiffel Tower, but it wasn't giving him a thrill like it used to. He wondered what would. He turned his head around, coming face to face with his small kwami.

"And how would you know what I was going to do?" he snapped.

"It was obvious. You hate your life, and feel like everyone's upset at you right now. Trust me, jumping won't help anything, and it certainly won't give you any kind of happiness," Plagg scolded sternly.

Adrien sighed and climbed down for the railing. Christmas never did seem to go right for him, all he did was ruin it for others.

"Why do you care, Plagg? And besides, I wasn't actually going to jump..."

Plagg flew up to the blonde. "I care because I like you, kid. Also, you're my source of cheese, so that's another reason why I can't lose you."

Adrien chuckled, but soon stopped, expecting pain on his bleeding lip. He touched it, but couldn't feel the cut. The latest akuma had injured it, causing it to hurt every time he opened his mouth too much. Now, it didn't hurt at all. Could it really have healed that fast?

"Plagg, why is my lip back to normal?" he asked confused, still feeling around for the cut.

"I healed you. I know healing is more of Ladybug's forte, but all kwamis can heal in some way."

Adrien nodded, but hearing Ladybug's name reminded him of everything that had happened so far that day.

Flashback

Adrien looked up at the tree. The uniform ornament and lights hanging on it didn't look merry at all. He sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time that day. It was Christmas, but the Christmas he knew seemed to be nowhere in sight. If his mother was still here, she wouldn't stand for the plain and scarce decorations. They would go crazy with tinsel and colorful lights, leaving no spot unadorned. This was his first Christmas without her, and it just wasn't the same. He sighed once more and left the sad tree. Walking around the cold halls of his house, he entered his room.

Not much later, his phone beeped. An alert from the Ladyblog was flashing on his screen, letting him know another poor Parisian had fallen victim to an akuma. Maybe being Chat Noir will cheer me up, he thought to himself.

"Plagg, claws out!" he called to his sleeping kwami. The newly woken Plagg groaned as he was pulled into the ring. After he transformed, Chat bounded out of the window to the site of the akuma.

Ladybug was already there, waiting for him. "Chat, finally. What took you so long?"

"Sorry My Lady, I got caught up reminiscing about the holidays," he replied, forcing a smile.

"There'll be time for that later, let's go fight an akuma!"

Chat felt sorry for this akuma. He was a college student, unable to make it home for the holidays because of never receiving his Christmas bonus. From what it sounded like, he had been saving up for a long time in order to pay for his plane ticket home, but came up a little short. The bonus could have changed that.

"If I can't celebrate Christmas with family, then no one can!" the student, otherwise known as Holiday Fear, cried out. People screamed as family members were trapped inside presents. Holiday Fear laughed at the chaos ensuing.

"Well, you know what they about family, Bugaboo. It's the best gift you can receive!" Chat grinned.

Ladybug facepalmed. "Chat, this is serious! We need to free those people! Quick, can you see anything that looks like it might be the source of the akuma?"

Chat scanned the villain. His eyes landed on a letter in the hand of Holiday Fear. "I think it's the paper in his hand! I'll go grab it!"

"Chat, wait!" Ladybug called out, but he was already out of earshot. Sprinting towards the akuma, he reached for the letter. The akuma pulled it away, resulting in it cutting his lip. Chat took a step back, his hand covering his mouth to stop the bleeding.

Ladybug caught up to him, glaring at her partner.

"What were you think?! I told you to wait, but no, you just had to charge headfirst into danger. If you had listened to my plan, we would've had the paper by now!"

Chat just looked at his feet. "I'm sorry My Lady, I should have paid more attention."

Ladybug sighed. "Let's finish this."

The rest of the fight also didn't go well for Chat. He tripped and fell, causing him to knock over Ladybug. His lip was throbbing, and the bleeding hadn't stopped yet. Ladybug used her Lucky Charm, a string of Christmas lights, and wrapped them around Christmas Fear. Chat had nearly missed Ladybug grabbing the paper out of the immobilized akuma's hand and tearing it in two. The dark butterfly emerged from the letter, slowly flying out. "No more evil-doing for you little akuma!" Ladybug cried out, swinging her yoyo toward the butterfly and purifying it. The new butterfly flew out. "Bye bye little butterfly!" she smiled as she waved to the departing butterfly. "Miraculous Ladybug!" she yelled, tossing up the Christmas lights.

All of the gift-wrapped civilians were released, and ran towards their families.

Christmas Fear changed back to his normal self. He grabbed the letter, reading it once more. He turned to Ladybug and Chat Noir. "Thank you for saving me. I'm really sorry, it's just that this is my first Christmas away from my family. Where they live is a two-hour flight away, and I just don't have enough money to afford a plane ticket. This letter was the notice saying I wouldn't be receiving my Christmas bonus," the student said sadly.

An idea came to Chat. "Wait right here," he said, turning around and extending his baton. Ladybug just watched confusedly and shook her head, walking away to check up on the affected civilians.

Chat returned shortly to the student, carrying a thick envelope in his hand.

"This is for you, hopefully it's enough to get you home," he winked, handing it over to the student.

He opened it and gasped, looking at the wad of money inside. "How did you get this?" he asked in awe, not believing his eyes.

"I was saving it, but I think you deserve it more. It's hard, not being with your loved ones for the holidays.

The student's eyes welled up, and pulled him into a tight hug. "Thank you so much!"

Chat smiled. "You're welcome."

The guy laughed gleefully and pulled away from the hug, thanking Chat many more times before running off.

Ladybug walked over, having missed Chat's gift to the student. "I'm sorry for snapping at you earlier, Chaton. I just really didn't want to have to deal with an akuma on Christmas. Anyways, Merry Christmas!" she smiled, turning around and swinging away on her yoyo.

Chat watched her as she left. "Merry Christmas, My Lady," he said softly.

End Flashback

"Well Plagg, thanks for healing my lip," Adrien said as he turned to back around to look at the shining city. After the akuma attack, he really hadn't felt like going back to his house. He had gone to the Eiffel Tower instead and released his transformation, going back to plain old Adrien.

Even as his cooler, better ego, he had still messed up. He had ruined Ladybug's Christmas by fumbling around like a fool during the attack, causing her to miss out on time she could have spent with her family. At least you helped that one guy, his brain reminded him. Well, it was the decent thing to do, and besides, it wasn't like Adrien or his father were short on cash.

Adrien's eyes widened as he remembered something. "Plagg, I forgot to give Ladybug her present! Oh, I bet she really hates me now."

Plagg rolled his eyes. "Relax kid, it wasn't like she gave you a gift."

"She doesn't need to, just being her friend is enough of a gift for me." Adrien shot back, but suddenly stopped, and frowned.

"Plagg, I wish I was never born. Everyone would be way better off if they never had met me," he declared sadly, turning around to face his kwami.

Plagg looked shocked. The kwami paused for a minute, narrowed his eyes as if he was deciding on something, and then nodded. "If that's what you want..." he said slowly, grabbing Adriens's hand and snapping his small fingers. Confused, Adrien tried to figure out what the kwami was doing, but suddenly his vision blurred and Plagg lifted him off the ground.

"Hold on kid, we're about to see what it would be like if you were never born."