I have finally hit the deep end and wrote a fan-fic.
This is based off of the World of Fairy Tail and the characters of Miraculous Ladybug. I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING.
Notes:
- This is future Fairy Tail, so no characters from the anime/manga will be included.
- Since arriving on Earthworld, the Exceed population has grown and are common, not exclusive to dragon slayers.
- Anti-Bug and Chloe are two separate people, as well as other akumatized personas.
- "Ladybug" is a title similar to how Erza is called "Titania" and Natsu "Salamander".
If you have any questions I will update my response here. This is currently a one-shot, as I would want to wait on reader response and Season 2.
Enjoy!
In a land far, far away, lies the Kingdom of Fiore, a small peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic! Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace, for most, magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they have devoted their lives to its practice. These are the mages. Banded together into magical guilds they apply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born... a guide that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name... is Fairy Tail.
Balta - Commercial Town, most well known as a fashion hub
"Come on Marinette, we're finally here!" Tikki exited the train out on the train platform, the station a buzz with people leaving and loading designs exported to all of Fiore.
"Umph!" The small Exceed turned to see her companion's face on the floor.
"Marinette." The bluenette looked up and offered a weak smile.
"Oops." Tikki returned the smile and walked back into the train to help her companion. Just as Marinette managed to stand back up, the train doors shut and the whistle blew. The train jolted, sending Marinette flying backwards.
"Not again!" Tikki rushed over to the window to see the train departing the station.
"Miss If you could please take your seat," an attendant helped Marinette back to the seat beside Tikki.
"So much for extra time for fabric shopping," Marinette sighed.
Adrien wandered around Balta, hood covering his face, despite the sunny day. He wore a large backpack and tried to avoid people's gazes at her walked through the fashion district. Around him women and men crowded around the local clothing stores, gawking at the latest fashion.
"Look at this!"
"Come on, let's go inside!"
"Gabriel Agreste has really outdone himself this season." Adrien cringed internally as he turned down an alley.
"Can't really escape can I?"
"Depends what you're escaping from?" Adrien turned to the voice, to see no one in the alley except a couple of trash cans. He clenched his fist, ready to fight if need be.
"Who's there?" A tail flicked out a trash can. Adrien cautiously walked over and peered inside to find a cat.
"A cat?"
"Actually an Exceed, but it's a common misconception. I can understand your confusion."
"A talking cat?!"
"Exceed."
"Right, what are you doing in a trash can?"
"Eating, or I was until some kid wandered into this alley."
"Wouldn't you prefer something a little more, edible."
"Wouldn't anyone, but as you can see I'm in a difficult situation as I can't get out of."
"Want me to help you?" The exceed looked at Adrien a little annoyed. Adrien reached inside the trash to pull out the cat.
"Jeez you stink."
"You would too if you've been in a trash can all day."
"Maybe we should get you a bath, then something to eat."
"Food first, bath later. I know a place on the way to hotel near the edge of town." Adrien frowned at the cat. The Exceed frowned back.
"Fine," Adrien set the cat down, "Name's Adrien by the way."
The exceed spread his wings and flew up on the top of Adrien backpack and sat down.
"Plagg."
"You have wings?!"
"I didn't want them to get dirty in the trash can."
"They're magic. They don't get dirty."
"How do you know?" Adrien grumbled under his breath as he walks out of the alleyway.
"Curse my clumsiness," Marinette grumbled as she and Tikki made their way out of the train station. They greeted with the hustle and bustle of Balta. "Look at all these clothes! The designs!" Marinette felt she was in heaven.
"Come on Marinette, we have to find Ladybug."
"I know, but it couldn't hurt to look around a bit."
"But the sooner we find Ladybug, the sooner you can go shopping."
"You're right Tikki. Let's find us a ladybug."
"That's the spirit Marinette!" Tikki turned to find Marinette looking at a window filled with bolts of fabric. "We're going here awhile."
"Hey look! It's Ladybug!" Tikki and Marinette turned to where people were pointing to see a streak of red and black leap between the buildings.
"Come on Tikki, we are going to miss her!" Marinette grabbed Tikki by her paw and pulled her along as she cashed after the mysterious Ladybug.
"Great, not only does he smell of trash, I have an Exceed that smells of the worst kind of cheese of possible." Adrien trudged along with Plagg sitting on top of his backpack
"Camembert is a refined delicacy only appreciated by the truly cultured people of this world."
"If you're cultured, then I'm a cat."
"Hey, there's Ladybug!" A girl cried out, pointing towards a nearby building. Adrien looked up to see a girl stop on top of a building.
"Ladybug!"
"Who?"
"You don't know who Ladybug is?"
"Does she like Camembert?"
"Not that I know of."
"Then I don't care."
"You should! She's one of the most powerful Fairy Tail wizards," Adrien raced over towards the building where Ladybug stood.
She through some papers out in the air, then dashed off. Adrien reached for one of the papers, but was quickly snatched away by a fan girl. In moments the flyers were gone.
"Did you see what way she went?" Adrien asked a passerby.
"Ladybug? I believe she went that way," the person pointed down the street.
"Thanks!" Adrien raced after the direction Ladybug went.
"What's the big deal? She's just a wizard. You've seen one, you've seen them all."
"She's just not any wizard."
"I know, one of the most powerful wizards in Fairy Tail. You said that," Plagg snorted.
"She's-Umph!" Adrien collided into a person, crashing into the ground.
"My Camembert!" Plagg flew off to save the cheese before it hit the ground.
"It's ok, I've got you."
"Sorry!Sorry!Sorry!" The other person apologized profusely.
"It's ok, I wasn't watching where I was going either."
"Marinette, are you ok?" Adrien looked up to see the bluenette rubbing her head and apologizing as a red and black spotted Exceed helped her up.
"Really, it's ok," Adrien offered a smile.
"Sorry," Marinette offered a hand, which Adrien took and stood up as Plagg resumed his spot on top of Adrien's backpack. Marinette giggled.
"What's funny?"
"Your Exceed, when he sits on your backpack, it looks like you have cat ears." Adrien looked over at a window to see indeed the Exceed behind him looked like cat ears. He also noticed his hoodie fell back. He hurriedly put the hoodie back over his head.
"That's no fun, now you look like you're wearing a hoodie with cat ears."
Adrien blushed and pulled the hood back down, messing up his hair.
"Better?"
"Much."
"Marinette, we got to find Ladybug." The Exceed beside Marinette urged.
"You were chasing after Ladybug too?"
"Too?"
"Yeah, she threw out flyers for something earlier. I was hoping she would stop again and I could get one or even meet her."
"You're a fan of Ladybug?"
"Who wouldn't be? She's, like, amazing and, awesome, and wonderful."
"Have you met her?"
"No, but I've read every spread of her in Sorcerer Weekly. That sounded creepy didn't it?"
"A bit," Marinette blushed and giggled, "Just be careful, things are not always as they seem. Tikki, do you remember which way she went?"
Tikki smiled and spread her wings, "Maybe we fly this time."
"Sounds like a plan. I'm Marinette by the way, and this is Tikki." Tikki offered a shy wave.
"Adrien. And this is Plagg." The only acknowledgment Plagg gave was the crewing of his precious Camembert.
"What he makes up in culture, he lacks in manners."
"I can see. See you around." Tikki grabbed Marinette's waist by the tail and took off in the direct of Ladybug.
"I don't see why you chase around some fancy wizard when there was a perfectly normal person in front of you," Plagg complained as he sat beside Adrien on a bench. Long after giving up his search for Ladybug, Adrien resorted to sitting and reading his Sorcerer Weekly. Adrien shrugged as he opened to a picture of Ladybug.
"How could say she isn't amazing," Adrien showed Plagg the wizard, dressed in a red and black evening gown, the next page of her a red and black spotted bathing suit. Both images had a mask covering half the girl's face.
"I never said that, I said that maybe you should try someone more realistic. Besides, she's always wearing a mask. You don't know what she even looks like."
"I don't have to. I'm sure she is wonderful, confident, amazing -"
"Oh please go on," the spotted wizard appeared beside Adrien. He turned nearly 50 shades of red.
"La-La-La."
"Aren't you a cute one," she tapped his nose, "What's your name?"
"Uh... Adrien."
"Well Adrien, how would you like to come to my party tonight?"
"P-party?"
Ladybug pulled out a flyer at laid it in his lap.
"Hope to see you there." She threw her yoyo to the nearest building and launched into the air.
"Did you see that?"
"Yeah, she doesn't look anything like the magazine."
"She touched me!"
"Her hair was blond."
"She personally invited me to her party," Adrien stood up, clutching the flyer close.
"Dude, did you even see her?"
"Maybe I could talk to her, maybe she'll ask me to be a part of Fairy Tail."
"You can't even form a complete sentence around her, how do you expect her to want you in her guild?"
"What am I going to wear? Never mind that, I need to shower."
"You're not listening are you."
"Come on Plagg." Adrien grabbed the Exceed and placed him on his backpack. He finally took a look at the flyer.
"8:00 pm, Bourgeois Hotel."
"Tikki, I'm so tired." Marinette stretched as they walked along the streets of Balta.
"Why don't we call it a night Marinette, we can hunt for Ladybug in the morning."
"You're right. Now to find a cheap hotel."
"Did you hear? Ladybug is throwing a party at Bourgeois Hotel!" Marinette looked over as two young men were walking down the road.
"Really, I wish I could go."
"Excuse me!" Marinette rushed over to them, "Did you say Ladybug is throwing a party?"
"Yeah, at Bourgeois Hotel. It's the giant hotel by the train station."
"Thanks." Marinette rushed over to Tikki, who expanded her wings and lifted her into the air.
"How rude, to have a party and not invite the host."
Adrien wandered around the hotel ballroom floor, dressed in a white dress shirt over a new black shirt and jeans.
"This is seriously the nicest thing you got?"
"I didn't exactly pack planning to go to a party," Adrien scolded the Exceed, while looking around the hall.
"Who you looking for? Ladybug or Marinette."
"Ladybug, why Marinette?"
"No reason. CHEESE!" Plagg rushed over to a table, where there were samples of cheese and crackers.
"Plagg no, you'll get us both in trouble."
"Fine, you can eat the crackers, and I'll eat the cheese. That way, no one will be suspicious."
"Plagg, stop it."
"Mr. Adrien?"
Adrien turned around to face a tall lumbering man who almost reminded him of home.
"Yes?"
"Miss Ladybug is requesting your presence."
"Uh, sure." The man nodded and began to walk away.
"Don't do anything stupid."
"Nothing more stupid than what you're doing."
Adrien glared at the Exceed before after the man to the double doors.
"Adrien, so glad you could make it."
"I wouldn't miss this for the world Ladybug."
Ladybug sat on a love seat in a long dress, like in the photo spread, but with a long slit revealing her leg. A mask still covered part of her face.
"Well, aren't you the charming one," she gestured to the seat opposite of her. Adrien stiffly sat down. Two glasses stood on a table before them. Ladybug sat up and reached over, offering him a glass as well as a good shot of the cleavage her dress revealed. Adrien turned fifty shades of red as he accepted the glass.
"Ladybug?"
"Mhmm?" She twirled her cup as the drink began to spin in her glass.
"I was wondering, if possible, I could join Fairy Tail."
"You?"
"Yeah, you see, I'm a wizard too. Still practicing, but my mom was a part of Fairy Tail too when she was younger. I was hoping based on her name, and maybe if you put in a good word, I could join." Ladybug shook her head in disappointment as she stood up and walked over to Adrien.
"I see how it is, you thought by coming to my party, you could get into my guild."
"Well, not just that, I also wanted to meet you too. Get to know you more."
"Then why don't we. We can talk about Fairy Tail later. Let's talk about us first." Ladybug sat beside him on the seat.
"Us?" Adrien looked into Adrien's big green eyes. He felt his body go stiff, as if, no matter how hard he could try he wouldn't be able to leave his seat.
"Ladybug, we got trouble," the burly man barged into the room.
"Can't you see I'm busy?"
"But there's a girl here, and an exceed, and she wants to see you now."
Girl? Exceed? Marinette and Tikki?
"Fine, stay here lover-boy. Not like you have a choice." She stood up and left the room.
"Where is the guest that's ruining my party?!" Ladybug stormed into the ballroom. The crowd, considerably smaller than before parted, revealing a very angry Marinette and Tikki.
"I thought it was funny that Ladybug would host a party. Here in Balta in all places, but it all makes sense now." a flash of red and a man who was holding a young woman dropped to the ground, passed out.
"You're recruiting for Hawkmoth aren't you Ladybug? Or should I say, Anti-bug?" Ladybug smirked, her red dress changed to a black suit with red dots.
"I'm surprised you figured it out. And who might you be?" Anti-bug dropped her black and red yoyo to her side and began to spin it rapidly
"The real Ladybug." Marinette dropped her red and black yoyo and matched Anti-bug's speed.
"Kid, what are you still doing here?" Plagg entered the room, mouthful of cheese. Adrien struggled to look at the Exceed.
"Plagg, I can't move. Ladybug, did something to me."
"Well, we got to move, Ladybug needs your help." Plagg toddled over and tried to push Adrien off the chair.
"Ladybug needs my help?"
"Not that Ladybug. The real Ladybug. She's here."
"Wait, two Ladybugs?"
"No, just one Ladybug, but not the one you think."
"Huh?"
"You'll see, just get up." Plagg succeeded in knocking Adrien off the seat, hitting his head on the table and disrupting the freezing charm.
"Alright, let's go save Ladybug." Adrien rushed into the room to find most of the guests had left, with Ladybug dressed in all black with red spots fighting Marinette.
"Marinette?"
"She's the real Ladybug. Now move it." Adrien looked to see two burly men rushing over to him. Adrien grabbed a nearby tall candelabra and whacked one of the men in the head, leaving only a stick in the end.
"This'll work," Adrien ready to swing again, but felt something grab him from behind.
"Hey," he struggled until he noticed it was Plagg flying him higher. Tikki joined them in flight.
"So you aren't entirely lazy after all." Plagg scowled at Tikki's comment.
"Adrien, we need something that will distract Anti-bug."
"Anti-bug?"
"She is part of the dark guild Hawkmoth. The Guild Master gives his members additional powers to amplify their own magic. Ladybug needs to cleanse their magic, but she needs to-"
"Use her Lucky Charm. Right. What can I do?"
"Do you have any magic or something that could help?" Adrien looked around to see the chandelier swinging as Ladybug and Anti-bug fought below.
"I got a plan, but you need to get Marin-I mean Ladybug, out-of-the-way."
"Got it!" Tikki zoomed down to Marinette.
"CATACLYSM!" Adrien yelled, dark energy surrounding his hand as he reached towards the rope holding the chandelier. The rope turned to dust and the chandelier fell with a mighty crash. Anti-bug barely dodged the Chandelier while Tikki took Marinette to the other side of the room, where Plagg dropped Adrien.
"LUCKY CHARM!" "ANTI-CHARM!" The yell came from both sides of the room. Ladybug received a bag of marbles while Anti-bug received a giant sword.
"A bag of marbles?"
"I don't think this is the best time for playing games Marin-I mean Ladybug."
"Marinette is fine, but I think I have an idea. Have Plagg take you up and drop the marbles when I say so."
"Alright, then what?"
"Leave the rest to me."
Adrien nodded as Plagg flew him up in the air.
"There is only going to be one Ladybug when I'm done with you," Anti-bug yelled as she prepared her sword.
"Now!" Adrien released the bag of marbles only the ground, some hitting a few of the guards in the head. Anti-bug charged towards Marinette, dodging the marbles. Marinette raced towards Anti-bug.
"Tikki!" Just as Anti-bug ready to strike, Tikki lifted Marinette out-of-the-way, causing Anti-bug to over-step onto a marble, sending her on to the ground, knocking her out cold. A dark butterfly emerged from the suit.
"Time to de-evilize!" The red yoyo flew out and captures the butterfly.
"No more evil doing for you." Adrien landed to see the yoyo open to release a white butterfly flying out.
Adrien handed back the emptied Marble bag.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Marinette through the bag in the air, and it exploded into thousands of little ladybugs, cleaning up the mess.
"That was awesome! And seeing it in person!"
"You helped a lot too." Marinette smiled, raising her fist.
"Pound it?"
"Pound it!" Adrien smiled.
"I can't believe it! I helped Ladybug!" Adrien whispered to Plagg, who sat on his shoulder.
"Darn it, Anti-bug got away." Adrien looked where Anti-bug once lay, to find her gone.
"Don't worry, I'll get her next time."
"You mean, we'll get her."
"We?"
"Yeah, partner?"
Adrien was on Cloud 9. "Partner."