A/N: So here is a story Carly and I will be working on, with the occasional akuma, and mostly juts story. The akumas will be original except this one, because I honestly have no clue.

Prologue

Morgana was walking into her room. She had been forced to watch her guardian, Uther Pendragon, execute an innocent sorcerer. She was sick of it. She had even spoken out openly against the cruel autocrat, but got thrown in the dungeons for three hours.

When she got to her room, she saw a little box "Huh? What's this doing here?" She opened the little box and it began to glow. Then a weird sprite-thing appeared. It was a small crimson creature that is 10 centimeters tall. It had a large head, a tiny body, and dark blue eyes. It resembles a ladybug, with two antennae, a large black spot on its forehead, back, and each side of its head, and a short tail with three tips aligned vertically.

"Ah! It's a giant bug! A... a mouse! A... a bug-mouse!" Morgana squealed.

The bug-mouse put its hands up "Everything's okay! Don't be scared!"

"The bug mouse talks!" She began throwing things at it.

The bug mouse sighed, "Listen, Morgana. I know everything may seem a bit strange to you…" She covered it with a goblet "Okay, if that makes you feel safer…"

Morgana tensed "What are you, and how do you know my name?"

The bug mouse phased through the goblet, "I am a kwami, and my name is Tikki. Now just let me explain. I'm your friend. You must trust me. You're the only one who can stop the Stoneheart!"

That was something new. Stoneheart had been wreaking havoc around Camelot for about a week. Most just assumed it was created during the Cornelius Sigan incident. That was why Uther had been executing people who breathed the word 'magic' without malice. Fortunately, someone had helped four out of the five prisoners to be executed that day, three of them had been children.

Still, Morgana shook her head "This must be a mistake! I know! Gwen would know! That's my friend. Well, at least I think she would... She'd totally be up for the job! You should go see her!

Tikki sighed, "Morgana, you are the chosen one!"

After an hour of explaining, Morgana had an idea of what was going on,

"Okay, so all I have to do is break the object where the whatchama-call-it is hiding?"

"It's called an akuma. Which you must then capture." Tikki said.

"Got it! Capture it! And what's that charm thing again?"

"The Lucky Charm! It's your secret superpower!"

Morgana sat down with her face in her hands, "Aww… this is all going too fast, Tikki, I won't be able to pull this off!

"Trust yourself, Morgana. Just say 'Spots on'."

Morgana blinked, "Spots on?" The earrings activated "Whoa! What is happening?!" She transformed into Ladybug for the first time, and found herself in a red skintight bodysuit covered in black spots and with a black collar. On her face was a red mask with five black spots that are in a symmetrical design, and the waterlines of her eyes were colored black. The earrings were red with five black spots in a quincunx pattern. It was cool, but it was also magical.

"Aww... how does this thing come off? Tikki, if you can hear me, I want my normal clothes back. I'm not going anywhere!" She heard the servants screaming and was able to get the message: Stoneheart was heading toward the lower town. The monster seemed to be unstoppable!

She looked out the window and, to her horror, saw her maidservant and best friend, Gwen, unable to hide, "Gwen?" She clapped her hands together "Okay, I have special powers... and apparently this amazing super thingy?" She wrapped the yo-yo to a gargoyle statue and pulled the yo-yo and it whisked her to the other side.

OoOoO

When Merlin got to his room after serving Prince Prat—Arthur—he immediately registered a box. He didn't recognize it, and it was unlikely the four druids he saved from being burned alive came back and gave it to him. He was still disappointed he couldn't save the fifth, but four out of five—all the children were saved—wasn't terrible.

"What's this doing here?" He wondered aloud. He opened the little box and it glowed, causing a small black creature to appear. It has a large head and small body with very cat-like features, having cat ears, a tail, two cat incisors, and green cat-like eyes, along with one whisker on its forehead and it also has one dark blue whisker on each cheek.

"No way... like a genie in a lamp!" Merlin said, thinking about the genies from the books he stole from the vaults.

The creature looked up "I met him once. So he grants wishes. Big deal! I'm way more personable! Plagg. Nice to meet you." Plagg saw one of Gaius' potions, "Ooh…"

Merlin immediately began scrambling around, "No! Don't touch that! Come back here!"

Plagg flew under Merlin's bed and found the spell-book, but focused on the Sidhe staff, "Oh! So shiny! Can you eat this? No, you can't." He saw an enchanted amulet, "Ooh, what about this?"

After a frantic chase around the physician's chambers until Merlin remembered he had strong magical powers and froze the creature in place, cupping Plagg in his hands "I still don't know what you're doing here."

Plagg rolled his eyes "Look, I'm a kwami. I grant powers. Yours is the power of destruction, got it?"

"Nope."

"Good. Now, you got anything to eat? I'm starving…" Plagg said, looking around.

"Gaius is pranking me, right?"

Plagg flew out of Merlin's hands, "Your guardian must never know I exist! Or anyone for that matter."

Merlin frowned, "But magic is banned! And Gaius can see right through me when I lie!"

"No good. That's why it's all going to change soon. If you're willing to change, that is. Claws out! That's how you transform."

Merlin nodded, slipping on the silver ring, "Got it. Plagg, claws out!"

"No, wait! I haven't finished explain—" The kwami entered the ring and Merlin saw his clothing change. He looked in the mirror and took in his strange attire. He was wearing a textured black skin-tight catsuit with metal details with matching gloves that have claws on the fingertips and boots with a hidden wedge, silver toes, and paw-shaped treads. He had a golden bell on his neck, connected to a zipper on the front of his costume, and a long belt that wrapped around his waist and hung out from the back like a tail. He had black cat ears and a black mask around his eyes. His eyes became cat-like with sapphire blue sclerae, dark blue irises, and oblong pupils. His hair became longer and untamed, covering his normal ears—a feat. His ring turned black and gained a bright green paw print on its face.

Cat Noir grinned, "Wow!"

OoOoO

Cat Noir was tightrope walking over his baton, Camelot was beautiful from up here. The people were just staring at him, but nobody was pointing him out to the knights, "I'm starting to get the hang of this." Suddenly, he saw a girl using a yo-yo contraption—thank you, books stolen from vaults— about to fall into the courtyard. She fell into his arms and they both fell, getting tied together upside down by the yo-yo.

"Well, hey there. Nice of you to drop in." Cat Noir said. Admittedly, this girl was really cute.

The girl blushed, and the yo-yo was released, "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose."

Cat Noir looked around at the gawking people and took the girl by the hand, extending his baton and sending them both to the roof of the tallest tower—the east one. Once balanced, he sat down next to the girl, "I bet you're the partner my kwami told me about. I'm Cat Noir. And you?"

"I'm Mo... err... Mor... uh…" While playing with her yo-yo, she accidentally hit him on the head, "Not god at this."

"No sweat. I'm learning the ropes too."

Suddenly, the roof they were on trembled. Cat Noir saw a piece of the western wall around the citadel falling and was ready to run to where it was

"Hey! Where are you going?"

Cat Noir shrugged and pointed to the falling wall, "To save Camelot and hope I don't end up on a pyre, right?"

As Cat Noir jumped away Ladybug muttered to herself, "Trust yourself, trust yourself…" she used the yo-yo to swing around and followed him.

…

When Cat Noir got there, Stoneheart was attacking Leon, for who knew what reason. Leon seemed to realize this creature was more dangerous than he could handle and began to run away, but he tripped and fell.

Cat Noir jumped down and intercepted the monster from its prey, "Hey, it's not nice to pick up people who are smaller than you."

Stoneheart looked down at him "I guess you're talking about yourself."

"Damnit." Cat Noir muttered, then he jumped up and hits Stoneheart with his stick, but the rock Villain got bigger.

Cat Noir grunted in frustration, "Where are you, partner?"

…

Meanwhile, Ladybug was panicking, watching her new partner fight a villain ten times the size of him,

"Oh, I can't. I'm not gonna be able to do it…" She muttered.

Stoneheart threw a net away. The net was about to hit Gwen, but Cat Noir saved her. The cat-themed hero immediately jumped back into the fight and turned to Ladybug, "What are you waiting for, super red girl? The whole of Camelot is watching you!"

Ladybug was suddenly filled with courage at the words of her best friend. She entered the training field and wad about to fight Stoneheart, Animal cruelty? How shameful. Sorry it took so long, Cat Noir."

Cat Noir shrugged "It's cool. Now, let's kick some rocky ass!" He was about to hit the creature with his baton again, but Ladybug stopped him, "Wait! Haven't you noticed? He gets bigger and stronger with every attack. We have to do something different."

"Different how?" Cat Noir asked.

Ladybug looked around "Uh... I don't know?"

"Okay then. Let's use our powers." Cat Noir held out his left hand—whether it was dominant or not, Ladybug couldn't tell—and shouted, "Cataclysm!" His hand now had dark bubbles over it. He turned to Ladybug, "Apparently I destroy whatever I touch."

Ladybug groaned, "I don't need a superpower to destroy everything."

Cat Noir used his Cataclysm to break the weapons holder in his way. "No, don't do that!" Ladybug shouted, but it was too late.

Cat Noir didn't seem to understand, he continued to run at Stoneheart, "Cool. It's just you and me now!"

Ladybug threw her hand out, "Cat Noir! Wait!"

Cat Noir leapt towards Stoneheart to try and defeat him, but found his Cataclysm wouldn't activate again, "Shit. I guess I only get one shot to use my power." As he realized this, Stoneheart threw him away, causing him to crash to the ground. Fortunately, he was on his feet again in moments. He ran over to Ladybug, "That didn't go as hoped."

Ladybug pointed to Cat Noir's ring. The paw prints were flashing and one vanished, "And you only have five minutes before you transform back. Didn't your kwami explain anything to you?"

"I guess I was a little excited about my new life." Cat Noir said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck with his right hand.

"Well, up to me." Ladybug muttered, "My kwami told me I have to break the object where the whatchama-call-it... er, the akuma is hiding."

"Well, he's made entirely out of stone."

Ladybug looked up, "His right hand, it's still closed. He never opens it. The object isn't on him, it's hidden in his fist!"

"So, what's your plan?"

Ladybug looked around, "Hmmm... This!" She tied Cat Noir's feet with her yo-yo, "Don't miss. Trust me."

Cat Noir grinned, "This girl's crazy!" he said to himself. He got thrown and Stoneheart grabbed him, but in grabbing him, dropped a piece of paper. Ladybug ran over and broke the akumatized object and the akuma flew away. Stoneheart was turned into Sir Kay.

"This girl is awesome. She's crazy awesome." Cat Noir said.

"What's going on? What am I doing here?" Kay asked, looking around.

Cat Noir walked over to Ladybug, "You were incredible, miss... You did it!"

"We both did it, partner."

They bumped fists, and both said, "Pound it!" Cat Noir's Miraculous beeped, and Ladybug smiled warmly, "You should get going. Our identities must remain secret."

Cat Noir bowed fancily to her, with more respect than Arthur would ever get, "Farewell, M'Lady. Let's do this again soon, okay?"

"Not too soon, I hope." As Cat Noir ran away, she saw Kay, grabbed the paper and read it, "You haven't even got the guts to tell Lillian you love her, wuss." Morgana knew full well about Kay's crush on the kitchen maid, and also knew he didn't have the balls to say it.

"Sir Bors wrote it." Kay muttered sheepishly, "He's always making fun of me."

"You know, you shouldn't get so bent out of shape about that. There's no shame in telling someone you love them, Kay." Ladybug said.

"Hey, how did you know my name, miss?"

Gwen ran over, clearly excited, "Are you gonna be protecting Camelot from now on? Oh, I've got a ton of questions to ask you, uh, miss… uh…"

"Uh... Ladybug! Call me Ladybug."

"Ladybug... thank you." Gwen said.

OoOoO

Morgana was standing on the balcony as Uther Pendragon addressed the crowd on the topic of the two superheroes.

"People of Camelot. I am aware we have two new heroes in our midst, Ladybug and Cat Noir. I am aware they have used magic for this and if it weren't for the convincing of the people and the council, they would be guilty of treason and executed. However, I am willing to give them a full pardon on the condition they help us deal with monsters such as Stoneheart. But, Ladybug and Cat Noir, if you are listening, don't think I won't hesitate to execute you if you betray us. I am pleased to announce we will organize a celebration in honor of our city's new protectors."

The people cheered, and Morgana ran back to her room, overjoyed, "I did it, Tikki!"

"You see? You were up to it!" Tikki said, grinning.

OoOoO

Merlin laid back on his bed, overjoyed and completely lovestruck, "Ladybug. Her name is Ladybug…"

Plagg groaned and stared at the food Merlin had left out for him, stolen from one Prince Arthur, "Oh, what is this?" He said, disgusted.

"Seriously?" Merlin said in exasperation, "That food was prepared for the Crown Prince of Camelot!"

Plagg stuck his nose up, "If you expect me to get my energy back after the transformation, I need to eat something more... delicate!"

Merlin groaned, hearing Arthur's angry stomping, likely wondering where the hell his food was, "Okay. What do you want?"

OoOoO

"Morgana!" Gwen shouted, running in.

Morgana looked up from her dresser and Tikki hid in a drawer, "Hmmm?"

Gwen took a moment to catch her breath, "Did you hear? Dozens of people are mysteriously transforming into stone monsters."

Morgana blanched, "Well, shit."

OoOoO

Merlin had been making Arthur's bed when the prince in question immediately ran in, barking orders,

"Merlin, I need my armor and my sword. Now! There are more stone monsters!"

Merlin immediately put Arthur's armor on the prince at record speeds and the blonde monarch ran out.

"A day off? Now that's what I'm talking about!" Plagg said, peaking out of Merlin's jacket.

"Oh, no." Merlin said, smirking towards his kwami, "We've got work to do. Plagg, claws out!"

OoOoO

Things had gone from bad to worse in a matter of minutes. As of now, both Lillian and Arthur were being held hostage.

"You have no idea who you're dealing with." Arthur shouted, "The king will bring in the knights, the army!"

Cat Noir jumped down from a ledge, "And don't forget the superheroes!" He hit Stoneheart with his baton, but Stoneheart grew bigger. "Oh no. My bad."

Arthur groaned, "Super incompetent, you mean. You're worse than my manservant."

Cat Noir groaned at the mention of himself and Stoneheart laughed "You wanted the cavalry? Well, here it is!" The stone began running amok and surround Cat Noir, "Seize him!"

Cat Noir dodged them with little issue.

Lillian looked up, "Kay! Where are we going?"

"To deliver a message. Then we'll be brought together forever by a pretty black butterfly."

Arthur groaned, "Do me a solid, and get a room."

"Don't worry, little prince." Stoneheart said, "I'm gonna take care of you, too." Arthur cringed.

"If you can hear me, Ladybug," Cat Noir shouted, "I could use a little help!

"What's she waiting for?" Gwen mumbled aloud.

…

Meanwhile, Morgana saw the stone beings from her window where Uther locked her in for her safety. One of them knocked over a cart and it was about to hit Gwen, but Cat Noir threw his baton to save her. Gwen still got trapped; and a stone being kidnapped Cat Noir.

"Let go!" Cat Noir shouted.

"Help!" Came from Gwen.

Marinette was filled with courage. Turned to Tikki, "I think they need Ladybug! I can't sit back and do nothing. Tikki, spots on! Ha!" She transformed into Ladybug and jumped down, pulling the cart with her yo-yo and Gwen came out.

"You can't stay here. It's too dangerous." Ladybug said, avoiding the stone beings and throwing Cat Noir's stick to him. "Cat Noir! Extend it!" He obeyed, and jumped out of the stone being's hand, to the ground. Ladybug pulled him to safety, hanging upside down. "Sorry I was late."

Cat Noir gave a roguish smirk, "M'Lady, have I ever told you, you turn my world upside down?"

"Oh, you're quite the jokester, aren't you?" She saw the Stonehearts closing in, "But we gotta get out of here!"

"Hey, aren't we going to take care of 'em?" Cat Noir asked.

Ladybug used her yo-yo as a device to track down Stoneheart, "No. If we wanna save them all, then we go to the source. That one!" She pointed to the Northern tower, where Stoneheart was, with the knights surrounding him.

Uther was screaming at the top of his lungs, "I demand my son's safe return!"

Stoneheart glared, "You know what? You're welcome to him!" He threw Arthur away and the prince began to fall, barely saved from hitting the ground by Cat Noir lunging forward with his baton and catching him. Arthur stared at him for a moment before the knights took him away to the king.

"We're clear to attack!" Sir Leon announced.

"Wait!" Ladybug shouted, jumping down, "Don't attack them! It'll only make it worse!"

"We have a plan, unlike you!" An unnamed knight sneered, "Move aside and let the pros do their thing. You've already failed once!"

Ladybug sighed, turning to Cat Noir, "He's right, you know. If I had captured Stoneheart's akuma the first time around, none of this would have happened!"

"No." Cat Noir said, "He's wrong. Because without us, they won't make it, and we'll prove that to them. Trust me on this. Okay?

"Okay." Ladybug said shakily.

Stoneheart coughed and spit out a swarm of akumas that formed a feminine face, with seemingly long hair, but it was hard to tell with only a face.

"People of Camelot, listen carefully. I am Papillon."

Ladybug and Cat Noir looked to each other in confusion, "Papillon?"

"Ladybug, Cat Noir, give me the ladybug earrings and the cat ring now. You've done enough damage to these innocent people!"

Ladybug glared and walked up to the face, "Nice try, but we know who the bad guy is. Let's not reverse the roles here. Without you, none of these innocent victims would be transformed into villains. Papillon, no matter how long it takes, we will find you, and you will hand us your Miraculous!" She jumped up and used her yo-yo, "Time to de-evilize!" She used her yo-yo to make Papillon disappear by catching multiple akumas. Cat Noir and the others looked at her, surprised.

Ladybug let out a breath and turned to them, "Let me make this promise to you. No matter who wants to harm you, Ladybug and Cat Noir will do everything in our power to keep you safe!" She opened her yo-yo, and a carriage-load of purified butterflies came out.

Cat Noir gave a lovesick grin, "Wow. Whoever she is beneath that mask, I love that girl."

They were all snapped back to reality with Lillian's shriek, "Help me!"

Stoneheart roared, "You'll never take Lillian from me! Come to me, my stone beings!" He climbed up the tower.

Cat Noir backed up, "We're surrounded! What do we do now? We can't attack him."

"Yes, but we know where the akuma is."

"In his clenched fist. The one he's holding Lillian with. So…"

"So, we know he's in love with her." Ladybug muttered, before grinning, "That's it! We don't separate Stoneheart and Lillian, we bring them closer together! They're made for one another! They just don't know it yet."

Cat Noir just stared at her, "I'm not really following you, but I'll trust you. Something tells me this is how it's gonna be from here on out." Ladybug and Cat Noir ran to the top of the Tower.

"How are you planning to get them closer than they already are?" Cat Noir asked.

"By using our powers!" Ladybug threw her hand up "Lucky Charm!" A rather large cloth in a bag appeared.

"A parachute?" Cat Noir asked, staring at Ladybug "What are we supposed to do with that?"

"We'll find out soon enough!" Ladybug used her yo-yo to tie Stoneheart's hand. "His hand! Get ready!" She started pulling his hand and Lillian kissed Stoneheart. Stoneheart let go of her and the paper. Lillian grabs on to his finger and Cat Noir grabbed the akumatized paper and hit it upward with his staff. Ladybug grabbed the paper, breaking it.

"Home run!" The akuma began to fly away. "No more evil-doing for you, little akuma. De-evilize!" She grinned, then paused, "Huh?" She saw Stoneheart turning back into Kay, falling from the Tower. She jumped down to rescue them. "Cat Noir, take care of Kay!"

"Cataclysm!" He used his Cataclysm on the Tower, making part of it fall. He slid on it and rescued Kay. Ladybug rescued Lillian and captured the akuma.

"Gotcha!" Ladybug shouted, she pulled the parachute out, then released the akuma, which turned into a normal butterfly. "Bye-bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" She threw the Lucky Charm into the air, its energy turning everything back to normal. The stone beings turned back into people.

"Whoa." Cat Noir awed, "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?"

"Yeah. It's beautiful and amazing. It's…um…miraculous!" She turned to Kay and Lillian, "I think you two have things to talk about. Hm?"

Kay blushed, "Oh, uh... I... Uh…"

Ladybug picked up the piece of paper, "Maybe it would help if you read the lyrics to Kay's song." She gave the paper to Lillian.

Lillian smiled while reading the lyrics, "Wow, it's really beautiful." She hugged him.

"Oh, they're so made for each other." Ladybug said.

Cat Noir wrapped his arm around her shoulders, "Like us too." His Miraculous beeped and Ladybug laughed, "Uh oh. You see that? Time to split. See you soon, Cat Noir."

"Can't wait, M'Lady."

OoOoO

After the celebrations in honor of Ladybug and Cat Noir, it had begun to rain. Morgana was standing undercover, hoping the rain would die down so she wouldn't get wet and ruin her hair or makeup.

"Hey."

Morgana turned and saw Merlin standing behind her, "Hey, Merlin."

Merlin walked up to her, "Don't want to get wet?" Morgana nodded.

He covered her with his brown jacket, covering her head and shoulders. Suddenly, a thunderclap sounded, and Morgana opened her eyes wide, startled.

Merlin grinned his signature grin, "See you tomorrow."

"Uh... see you tomorrow…" Morgana said, as Merlin walked to Gaius' chambers in the rain, "Why am I blushing?" She wondered aloud, feeling her cheeks heat up.

"Hey! I think I might have an idea!" Tikki said, grinning.

…

When Merlin got to his room, he began to change out of his soaked clothing and into his sleep clothes. Plagg began munching on the cheese Merlin stole from the kitchens.

"First week with a new chosen and we already have two lovebirds." Plagg said.

Merlin rolled his eyes and laid down on his bed, "Be quiet. She's just a friend."

A/N: Take a hint who Papillon is. Also, Morgana will not be going evil, because unless it's Miss Fortune—which might happen, might—I honestly wouldn't be intimidated. And Plagg's here to stop Merlin from doing extra stupid shit. And akumas won't happen as often because Papillon has better things to do.