Adrien was walking along the beach, hanging out with his friends from school, Nino and Alya. Even chloe was there, although she didn't seem very happy.

When Adrien approached her, she scoffed loudly "I can't believe you would actually allow those losers to walk on our private beach, Adrikins!" She complained. Chloe was wearing a yellow bikini with black laces. She had a thin, black see-through skirt on overtop the bottoms.

"I wouldn't say it's our private beach, since my dad owns it. He said I was allowed to hang out today" Adrien lied. Sure, he wasn't busy, but if he told his dad he was going to the beach with friends, he would assign Nathalie or the gorilla to stay by his side, or cancel his plans all together.

"So have you heard the rumors of this beach?" Alya said, holding onto her phone. Alya was wearing a orange one piece bathing suit with white sides.

Nino stood beside her, looking over her shoulder. He was simply wearing green swimming trunks

"Mermaids?" He asked. Alya nodded her head.

"Apperently people have seen mermaids in these waters before. They have voices if angels, and their songs are so captivating that you will be in a trance. The mermaid will guide you to them, and once your close enough to see them, your dead. Never to be seen again." Alya wiggled her fingers like an adult would to scare children, makeing "wooing" sounds.

Chloe was hiding behind Adrien, arms wrapped tightly around his neck. "Are you scared Chloe?" Nino hid his Snickers behind his hand.

"N-no! As if! If anyone should be scared, it would be those mermaids for not being as pretty as me!" Chloe yelled, trying to cover for herself. Adrien rolled his eyes at her antics.

Alya snuck up behind Chloe and began to hum a quick tune. Chloe shrieked, and practically jumped into Adrien's arms.

"N-no fair! Just because you have the fox miraculous, it doesn't mean you could pull mean tricks on me!" Chloe yelled, sticking out her tongue.

Adrien placed Chloe back on the soft sand, just as Nino called out "Last one in the water is a rotten egg!" And Nino made a mad dash for the water.

"Says the turtle!" Adrien yelled as he started running.

"I thought cats didn't like water?" Alya teased and began running.

Needless to say, Adrien won the race. Nino came in second, and Alya, who hasn't had the chance to start until the boys were halfway there, made it last. Chloe stayed on the beach to tan. She didn't want to become a mermaids meal.

The three friends in the water began playing games like Marco Polo, and seeing who can hold their breath the longest.

Eventually the games turned into an all out splash war that even Chloe wanted to get in on. The four of them had loads of fun, and they continued splashing to the point it was nearly impossible to see. Everyone was determined to win, and no one noticed when Adrien was pulled under by his ankle.

He was dragged deeper and deeper into the water. He could hear very faint singing getting louder as he went along.

He was eventually released, and he barely had any oxygen left in him. Which way was up again? Was he upside down? Sideways? It was all disorienting. The only thing he was able to make out was the song.

Adrien willed himself to get deeper into the water, following the sound. His lungs are screaming for oxygen, and his vision was blurring.

The last thing Adrien saw before he succumbed to his fate, was the pretty face of a girl.

Adrien woke up on the beach surrounded by his friends and their kwamis. Even plagg stopped eating cheese to check on him.

"W-what happened?" He asked. Nino and Alya exchange looks, while Chloe jumps on him with a massive hug. "Oh, Adrikins! I thought you died! Please don't die on me like that again!" She yelled overdramatically.

"Dude, a mermaid saved you!"

"A mermaid?" Nino pointed to the beach. A young girl, about their age, was sitting on the sand. She had a long, elegant, red tail. It was about twice as long as her human half was, with razor sharp scales flattened alomg her tail, and she had a flowy fin coming out from between her shoulder blades.

The human half of her had bright blue eyes, and black hair that was up to her shoulders. She had red and black scales covering her chest and wrapping around to her back.

She was rather pale, with a rosey hue on her cheeks and tips of her ears. Her lips curled into the cutest smile Adrien had ever seen, and her eyes were full of wonder.

"Did you save me?" Adrien asked the mermaid. Her naturally Rosy cheeks lit up and started doing the best impression of a tomato.

"S-save... you did i- yes!" She squeaked. She was getting flustered, and Adrien could see her edging towards the water ever so slowly.

"Don't leave!" Alya called out, and she ran to her bag on the top of the beach. She came back with her handy phone in hand, and took a quick picture.

The mermaid jumped back into the water as fast as she could after being startled by the flash.

"Yeah, she'd better leave! She's not allowed to eat my Adrikins!" Chloe yelled into the water, wrapping a protective arm around Adrien.

"I meant to take a video!" Alya sighed loudly, viewing the only picture they had of the mermaid. It was a very clear shot of her, unless you counted the hair that covered her face as she turned towards the water.

With everything that just happened, Adrien probably wouldn't have even been able to remember the mermaid at all if Alya hadn't sent the four of them pictures. (Chloe deleted hers)

Ever since that day, Alya, Nino, and Adrien went to the beach as often as possible. Trying to catch even the slightest hint that the girl was actually there. Chloe never wanted to help. She didn't trust that mermaid one bit.

They looked for months, until the water started freezing over slowly.

Adrien was the only one at the beach, and he vowed it was his last day until spring. He was getting ready to leave when he saw her. She was sitting on the snow where the sand once was. She had her arms wrapped around her body. she was shivering.

Adrien got close to her, and she looked back at the ice. She looked like she wanted to jump in and swim away.

Adrien took off his jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders. His hand made contact with her skin, and he felt that she was freezing. She jumped at the contact, but she gave him her cute smile.

"T-thanks" she murmured. "It's chilly out, huh? Don't you need this? Humans can't handle the cold very well" she asked while trying to hand him back his jacket. Adrien shook his head and zipped up the jacket around her to help keep her warm better.

"Arnt your le- er... Tail cold?" Adrien asked. He wasn't sure what to do about that if it was, but he was willing to try. Anything for the girl that saved his life.

The mermaid shook her head, her dark hair bouncing on her shoulders. "My scales can handle any temperature."

"I haven't thanked you yet, have I?" I asked. She looked at me with confusion spread across her face.

"Thanked me? For what?"

"You know, for saving me? A few months ago, you save me from drowning. Don't you remember?"

"Oh, I do now! I'm sorry about that. I thought I was too deep for humans to hear me!" Her face turned red again, and she burried her face into the jacket. "Oooh.. I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Adrien warned. But it was too late, the damage was done.

"Eww! Why does this smell so bad?!" She threw her head out of the jacket with disgust. "I'm sorry, I always have camembert with me. Plagg likes his cheese a bit too much"

She wrinkled her nose. "Why camembert? It's like the most disgusting thing ever!" She said, and began laughing.

"So, what's your name? I'm Adrien." He introduced himself. The mermaid smiled sweetly at him. "Quite the gentleman, aren't you? Im Marinette"

"Ok Marinette. Now, may I ask why your sitting out here in the cold instead of staying in the water?"

"Well Adrien, mermaids can't live in water when it's frozen over. We are forced to move to other bodies of water." Marinette explained.

"Of course, if we absolutely needed to, as a last resort we can live on land." Marinette blushed.

"I'm almost dry... And I'll kinda need clothes to wear when I transform." Adrien's first thought when he heard transform, he imagined her transforming into a superhero like Alya, Nino, Chloe and himself.

Then he realised why she was warning him, and his face started feeling warm. "Ohhh, uh, I'll call Alya!" Adrien said and grabbed his phone. Alya immediately picked up.

"Did you find her?!" Alya yelled instantly. "Yeah, and she'll need clothes. Can you bring some of yours?"

After a quick "I'll be there!" From Alya, the phone disconnected.

"Alya will be here shortly." Adrien told Marinette.

"Who's Alya?" Marinette asked.

"You'll see."

Within a few minutes, Rena Rouge was right by them. She was holding A bag of clothes, which she passed to the mermaid.

Marinette eventually changed. Her tail split down the middle, turning into two individual legs. She stood up quickly and wiped snow off of her before it melted. Apperently the scales weren't warm enough to melt snow, otherwise she'd be stuck there.

Adrien looked away when she took out a pair of pants. His jacket could only hide so much of her lower parts.

Rena/Alya helped her out with putting the pants on. Adrien heard a zipper behind him, and he figured they were taking his jacket off of her.

Soon the girl was all dressed. She was wearing a pair of grey sweatpants, black boots, a thick black jacket, mitts, and a tuque.

"Geez, Rena! Don't you think that's overkill? It's only like minus seven" Adrien asked. Marinette took a couple steps, and she fell back on her face.

"No, she needs all that warmth! She's been in that water for months! She's lucky if she doesn't have a cold after this!" Alya picked up the poor girl.

"Let's get you to your new home!" She declared. Marinette and Adrien both looked at her confused.

"With Alya, duh!"

"Speaking of Alya, where is she? I thought she was coming." Marinette asked. Alya scratched her head. "She... Uh, had to have a shower! Yeah, her little sisters dumped paint all over her as she was leaving, so I offered to come instead."

"Oh. Ok! Lead the-"

"Wait, do Alya's parents even know about this?" Adrien asked.

"Uh..."

"That's what I thought. I'll take her to my house until we get proper arrangements settled." And with that, Alya picked up Marinette and began running with her to Adrien's house. Once they were far enough away, Adrien yelled "Claws out!" Plagg, who was previously sleeping in his pocket, was sucked into his miraculous.

He was transformed into Chat Noir, the town's main superhero.

Using his staff, Adrien was able to very easily catch up to Alya, who was only running as fast as she could with a girl in her arms.

Adrien then proceeded to run beside Alya.

"W-who are you?!" Marinette gasped.

"The names Chat Noir, but right now I'm your escort, purrincess." Alya shook her head at Adrien's pun.

After a few minutes of running, and many puns later, Alya and Adrien made it to the Agrest household. Alya jumped into the window that led to Adrien's room. Adrien stayed behind and changed back once the coast was clear. He used the front door and made his way into his room from there.

Marinette was sitting on Adrien's couch, quite obviously comfy. She was already stripped out of her heavy winter clothing, and she was just in a plaid shirt with sweatpants. Her hair was tied back in two pigtails, and her feet were bare.

"I should leave before your dad comes. I'll send Alya this way" Alya said as she left through the way she came.

Marinette looked at Adrien uncertainly. "Why did you offer to help me? I could have found some place to go on my own"

"I don't know. Probably because I feel like I owe you one?" Adrien tapped his chin in thought. "Or maybe it's because I cant just let someone go off on their own in unfamiliar grounds if I can help it?" He shrugged his shoulders.

"Take your pick"

"But... It's my fault that whole thing even helped you... If anything, I should be the one who owes you!" Marinette shouted.

"Hey, relax! It's fine. This house is absolutely huge anyways. I could use the company."

Just then, the doorbell rang. The gorilla answered the door, and Alya stepped in. She ran all the way to Adrien's room with good news in her pocket.

She sat next to Marinette once she got in the room and began examining her ears.

"What are you doing Alya?" Adrien asked. Alya turned to look at Adrien, I huge grin on her face. She pulled the little black box out of her pocket, and handed it to Adrien.

Inside were two little earings.

"We finally have our ladybug!"