Prologue: The Clock Strikes Two

Tonight their minds were in darkness. A swirling haunting mass of shadow, that surrounded them in pillars of dark smog and smoke.

"What is this? Who's there?"

But no matter how much they tried to speak, the words just wouldn't leave their mouths.

They stared around at the dark mass about themselves, trying to figure out shapes or solid objects from within its depths.

But there was nothing there but-

There was a scuttling noise and they wheeled around, just in time to see the silhouette of something dart away.

Eyes wide, they stared about themselves, drinking in everything and anything they could as the darkness pressed in all around them, enveloping them, towering over -

The scuttling sound started again and this time they were fast enough to spot in the corner of thier eyes, something snowy white dart past, with long fuzzy ears and small pink eyes.

"huh-what's ah!"

They squeaked as all of a sudden one of the clouds from the smog around them broke off, it's shape twisting into wings and claws.

"NO!"

They screamed but too late.

With a screech that deafened their eardrums, the strange creature dove forwards, snatching the small bundle of white in its talons and swooping it up into its dark wings before it disappeared in a puff of black smoke.

"Marinette!"

"Adrien!"

On two opposite sides of Paris, a pair of emerald and bluebell eyes opened with a snap.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng had had weird dreams before.

An upset stomach from an overdose of sugary goodness (courtesy her frequent snacking from her parents bakery) was usually the guilty culprit. Then there was the sweet blissful, if slightly odd dreams of her trying to talk to a blonde haired figure who always was a little blurred around the edges even as she approached him.

Other times it was just the stress of fighting so many strangely powered akumatized supervillains as Ladybug catching up on her exhausted mind. Because even though she was a superhero she couldn't deny that she wasn't a little bit disturbed by some of the powers and abilities of some of her enemies (especially the ones belonging to a certain fox themed girl that she had just so recently defeated).

But this night, tonight, was different.

She wasn't griping or groaning from indigestion. She wasn't dreaming of the boy that made her heart flutter and neither was she dreaming about supervillains and their oddities.

No.

This was strange beyond strange.

"Marinette are you alright? You look very pale" the tiny red and black spotted Kwami beside her tittered in motherly fashion as the young girl sat up, wiping sweat from her brow.

"I'm fine Tikki" Marinette gulped "Sorry…it's just that dream was just so weird"

"What was it about?" Tikki tilted her head but Marinette just hid hers in her hands.

"I don't know. It was dark, then there was a rabbit, then an owl and well…I don't know. It was just weird and- Tikki are you okay?"

But Tikki stilled where she floated in mid air, her blue eyes wide as saucers.

"Tikki?"

"Huh? Oh Sorry Marinette, it's okay I'm just tired."

"Uh are you sure Tikki because if something's wrong-"

"Nothing's wrong Marinette. What you had was just a little dream caused by stress" the little Kwami waved her human off distractedly "Let's just get back to sleep and we'll talk in the morning."

"O-okay" Marinette yawned wide as she stretched back into her bed "But we will talk kay?"

"Promise" Tikki grumbled as she floated off to snuggle in her little pink pouch.

But a few minutes later, after she was sure her human's breathing had slowed down the little Kwami sighed sadly.

"So…it's starting huh?"

"-so then the owl-thing just swooped in and plucked the rabbit right out of thin air!" Adrien Agreste panted as his rant trailed off to silence.

He had not stopped talking since he'd sat bolt upright in bed and managed to coax his odd little bedfellow from his catnap on his pillow…but not without trouble.

"pff! Well that is strange" His black cat Kwami Plagg, snorted sarcastically from his comfy spot on his human's pillow. "I mean who knew Owls hunt rabbits? Did they finish eating all the mice?"

"Plagg this is serious" Adrien sighed shaking his head in his hands "this wasn't just an owl. And that wasn't just a rabbit. It felt like…it felt like…"

He paused and looked down to see Plagg looking back up at him with a quirked brow of confusion.

"Felt like what?"

"Felt like you. Plagg."

There was a silence as Plagg stared at his human, green eyes glowing faintly in the dark night. When he spoke next his voice was slightly stiff, even (dare Adrien think it) stern.

"Listen, I'm tired and that akuma we faced today wasn't easy. So let's just go to sleep. We can talk in the morning."

"But Plagg-"

"Sleep now, talk later!" Plagg snapped.

Adrien blinked as he watched the tiny black cat suddenly float down to settle on the pillow once more, his black tail curling about him as he shut his eyes tight.

The young Agreste boy sighed heavily.

If there was any trait he and his kwami definitely shared it was a surprisingly strong stubborn streak, one so absolute that to even attempt to break it in such a moment as this would be completely futile.

And so it was with a wide yawn the young boy reclined back in his bed and shut his eyes, missing the way the little black cat chanced a peek at him in the dark, his green eyes furrowed with worry.

But it couldn't be time…could it?

And here it is...first chappy. Hi guys. so uh...this is my fic for this fandom so please be kind and constructive and Review if you enjoyed.