"Did you guys hear that?" Marinette said when she heard the roar.

"It's just a panther Miss." Otis said. "Don't be alarmed though, judging by the distance it's quite far."

"You know panthers are supposed to be very fascinating especially that white panther." Simon said.

"White panther? What's that?" Marinette asked.

"Ask Mr. Cesaire."

"It is only a native legend." Otis said.

"Will you tell us?" Marinette asked.

"They say that he is stronger than any animal in the jungle, faster too. With the agility and reflexes of cat but the mind of a human. By day he rules the entire jungle but by night-"

"He and Bigfoot run the candy counter at the movie theater of complete nonsense." Nathaniel said uninterested. "Now playing everywhere."

"Moron alert." Nino whispered to Max who chuckled.

"Bigfoot?" Mr. Pidgeon said. "Hey Simon we could get way more for Bigfoot if we-"

Simon stomped on his foot to shut him up.

"How strange, I've never heard of an animal like that." Tom said.

"Well according to my calculations." Max said. "The percentage of such an animal existing is 1%."

"Marinette what are you doing here?" Nathaniel asked annoyed.

"Nathaniel don't be rude, Daddy and I came here to study animals for our fundraiser to protect endangered animals and ban game hunting."

"Ugh! Another crusade."

The next day the group traveled further into the jungle in search of more interesting plant and animal life. Their search soon lead them to a bridge.

"Okay everyone be very careful." Otis said. "One false move and you could fall over."

"Don't be ridiculous I was on a bridge like this in Asia and it was steady as a rock." Nathaniel said. He began to shake the bridge to prove his point.

"Stop! Stop that!" Otis said.

Suddenly Nino fell over the bridge and into the river much to everyone's horror. Don't worry nobody dies in this story they just get really big boo-boos. Trust me in a few minutes he'll be out of there bandaged up.

"There we go Nino." Tom said bandaging his head.

What did I tell you? Nino stood across from Nathaniel giving him dirty looks and whispering to Max about something.

"What are they talking about?" Nathaniel said.

"I don't know. It's none of our business." Marinette said.

Nino glared at him.

"Did you see the look he just gave me? They're probably planning against me."

"Oh don't be silly." Marinette said.

"That guy is the biggest jerk I've ever seen in my life." Nino whispered to Max.

"Let's think of something evil to do to him." Max whispered back.

Marinette stood up from her chair.

"Where are you going?" Nathaniel asked.

"I need a few minutes to myself." She said leaving.

"Don't go too far." Otis warned.

"Don't touch any strange looking plants or animals." Tom said. "Might be poisonous or dangerous."

"I won't."

"Marinette! Wait! Please! Don't leave me alone with...them!" He said looking at the two angry assistants.

She walked down to the stream and sat by the edge. She saw a purple macaw perch on a tree branch near her.

"Hello there." She said. "I've never seen a bird like you before. Papa." She called in a whisper. "Daddy quick." She pulled out her sketchbook and began drawing it. "Well I don't know if you're an endangered species but you are certainly one of kind."

Unknown to her, sitting up in the trees watching her every move was Adrien. He lowered ered himself down to get a better look but not too close for her to see him. Even though Marinette didn't see him she had the strangest feeling she was being watched.

"Hello?" She said looking behind her. "Is someone there?"

Adrien quickly hid.

"Whoever you are, I will not tolerate you peeping on me. So come out at once."

Adrien was about to when...

"Marinette." Nathaniel said approaching her. He took her roughly by the hand.

"What are you doing?" She said.

"Trying to get away from those natives before they turn on us." He grabbed her roughly by the hand.

"Ow! Hey! Easy!" She said.

Adrien watched angrily as Nathaniel pulled her along. How dare he lay his hands on her in such away. He thought. He would have stopped him but he sensed a bigger threat coming.

"Shhh." Marinette said. "Don't move."

"What now?!" He said annoyed.

His question was answered when a crocodile came from the stream. They stopped dead in their tracks.

"No sudden movements." Marinette whispered to Nathaniel.

"I'll get help!" He said shoving her out of the way so he could escape. "You wait here." But he tripped and hit his head on a rock losing consciousness.

"My hero." Marinette said sarcastically. Her sarcastic attitude then turned to fear when the crocodile walked toward her. She backed against the tree and shielded her eyes. She removed her hands from her eye sight when she heard a Tarzan-like cry.

Adrien swung from the branch but he missed his target.

"Watch out for that-" Marinette cried.

And he smacked right into a tree.

"Oooo." Marinette said.

"I'm okay! I'll walk it off!" Adrien dropped down and faced the crocodile. Before Marinette could blink Adrien and the crocodile began to wrestle. She was amazed by how strong the young man was. He was stronger than her friend Ivan from back home.

The two rolled into the stream and fought underwater. She waited nervously for one of them to come back. She saw the man raise a knife and stab something. Then rose from the water breathing hard from the fight.

Marinette looked at him shocked and amazed. But before she could say anything a snake slithered up and bit her leg.

"Ow! Uh-oh." She said. "I better get back to the camp. Now where was it?" She started to walk back but she didn't know where she was. Her vision started to blur as the poison took effect and she collapsed to the ground in unconsciousness.

Adrien kneeled down, lifted her leg up, and sucked the poison from her leg. Then spit it out before it could enter his system. After that he began to examine her body, she had paws like him and she only had fur on her head like him. She hand no fangs, claws, or a tail. She looked exactly like him well almost exactly, he noticed one difference when he looked inside her shirt. He then went back to looking at her face.

"So beautiful." He said stroking her cheek. She moaned in a way that made his heart pound out of his chest. She felt hot, she must've had a fever from the snake bite. He lifted her up and carried her with back to where he lived.

Nathaniel started to wake from his fall and he got a blurry glimpse of Adrien leaving with Marinette.

By the time his vision cleared they were gone. "Help!" He shouted. "The white panther took Marinette! Help! Help!"