Hi! This is the second fic in my series Falling Fast, Flying Free-A Nathleka Collection. {The first one is My Silent Scream} This features Trans Nathanael, as well as my Tomato Twins AU. Enjoy!
Nathanael stared at the Chinese printed box in wonder. Whatever it was, it was worthy of a sketch. She looked at Sabrina's box, the exact same.
"Open on three?" Sabrina asked, noting her twin sister's teal eyes on her hexagonal box. Nathanael nodded, and Sabrina started counting down. "Three...Two...One!"
Together, they opened their boxes and covered their eyes as a blue light filled the small room.
Nathanael was the first to look up. "Holy fucking shit. What the hell are you?" She asked, slightly in awe, at the blueish-purplish peacock thing.
"I'm a kwami, the magical being that will make you two heroes of Paris! My name is Duusu, and I am the peacock kwami. Would you like an explanation of what your powers can do?"
"Sure..." Sabrina looked worried. She had no idea how this would play out, only knew that her life wasn't to be normal anytime soon. (Not that it was before, but still.)
"Okie! First, the hairpiece in your boxes are your miraculouses, that's what turns you into the hero. Right now they're in their non-magical states, a hairband with a bow and a ponytail elastic. When you shout "Duusu, feathers up!" I will get sucked into the miraculouses, and they will turn into their magical states, which at the moment I do not know will be. Both of you will have a certain power corresponding to the miraculouses theme, which is magic. the peacock's power is known less than the Ladybug's and the Cat's combined, which is a huge amount. Due to this, I can't tell you what your powers or weapons can be, just that both of you have the power of teleportation and flight. That's about all I know...just to detransform, you shout Feathers Down. Yeah, that's it! Any questions?"
"Just one," Nathanael looked up from where she was examining the jewelled hair elastic, "Why is the peacock the least known about?"
"Oh...I'm not 100% sure, but I believe the peacock is the least known because it has been missing for centuries."
Nathanael nodded, taking all of the information in. She looked at Sabrina to ask her if she wanted to try out the miraculous and saw her twin was still scribbling on a sheet of leftover paper.
"Hey, do you want to try out our miraculouses?" she asked, seeing Sabrina was done writing.
"Sure, let's go to the roof." Sabrina agreed, picking up the boxes, motioning for Duusu to follow her, and heading out onto the balcony connected to the art studio. Nathanael grabbed a ladder, opened it, and leaned it against the side of the house, letting Sabrina climb up first with Duusu following. Climbing onto the roof, Nathanael looked around, examining her handiwork. The once bare roof had solar panels, a picnic table painted with various famous paintings, a large tent made of bedsheets that had sleeping bags and multiple other living things inside it. She looked at Duusu, whose red and blue eyes were practically popping out of her head. "Neat isn't it. Sabrina and I made it ourselves."
"Let's do this thing!" Sabrina shouted, interrupting Nathanael from describing how it was built, word by word, piece by piece.
"Okay, so we just say 'Duusu, feathers up'?" Nathanael questioned, looking just about ready to shout it herself anyways.
"Yep!" Duusu grinned, "Say it on the count of three!"
"One...Two...Three! Duusu feathers up!" the red-haired twins shouted in tandem, gasping at the blue glitter that surrounded them.
Nathanael grinned as a deep blue bodysuit appeared from neck to her feet, with attached boots and gloves, and gaped when she felt the bits and pieces that had always felt wrong turn into bits and pieces that felt right. She flung her arms across her face horizontally as she got golden gloves and light tan boots. She ran a hand up her face and over her hair as she got a mask and a headpiece. She twirled as a cape with a peacock feather pattern appeared, then posed with the twin katanas that had appeared on her back in sheaths.
She was admiring the view when Sabrina jumped in front of her, showing off her exact copy of Nath's super suit, minus the cape, katanas, and headpiece. (She had twin fans and her headpiece was pointing up.) She rolled her eyes at her normally quiet sister's overenthusiasm.
"Look! It's them!" She heard Chat Noir say, from quite a good distance away. Neat, super hearing.
"Who?" Queen Bee, Paris's most recent hero replied, sounding confused.
"The twins I gave the peacock miraculous to!" Chat replied, closer now, on the other side of the roof.
Nathanael looked at Sabrina, and a silent understanding passed between them.
Sabrina spun around, coming face to face with Paris's heroes, Ladybug, Chat Noir, Rena Rouge, and Queen Bee. "Hello, I am Peon Bleu, holder one half of the peacock miraculous."
Nathanael turned to face them as well, and added on to Sabrina's words, "And I am Le Peon, holder of the other half of the peacock miraculous."
The next day in class, everyone was talking about the new heroes.
"They're so cool!" came from Mylene, sitting next to Ivan.
"The one with the swords is totally badass. Did you see her fighting the Akuma? She was like 'Swish! Stab! Slice!'" Alix added on to her conversation with Kim and Max, complete with a reenactment of the poses, about the new heroes.
"I think it's really cool we have transgender representation in the heroes with Le Peon, as well as Aromantic representation with Queen Bee," Chloe spoke up for the first time, examining her nails. Nobody had noticed how two were chipped from last nights battle.
"Alya, I have a fact for you about Le Peon." Nathanael spoke up from her spot in the back, holding hands with Juleka, "Le Peon is actually Russian and Lesbian."
"No way! How do you know?" Alya was already typing this new information into her phone.
"Did you not hear her accent? She also said, and I quote, 'Aromantic is not the only LGBTQ+ identity here. I'm transfemale and Lesbian.' "
"I really liked their outfits!" Marinette jumped into their conversation. Soon, the class was dissolved into a conversation on how the two heroes came to be. For the first time, Marinette and Chloe were agreeing on something. How the two new heroes would be a big help in defeating Hawkmoth from now on.