Chapter 2

"Mother, you remember how today was my first day of school?" Helena stood beside her mother placing a spoon full of assorted vegetables on her mothers place. The woman looked up from her tablet briefly before putting her nose back down into her emails. "Well I made a few friends!" The excitement spilled from Helena's voice as placed a scoop of the assortment onto her own plate before sitting down at the opposite end of the table.

"Anne darling mommy's very busy right now, what is it you need?" The older woman let out a frustrated sigh not bother to look up this time. The coldness of the question didn't seem to bother Helena as she stumbled over her words.

"Well, it's that I was hoping that maybe I could have a small dinner party this weekend and invite my new friends over?" She cringed watching her mothers face closely. "I've just never had real friends before and I think it'd b-" But she didn't get to finish.

"This is lovely darling, what is it?" The woman finally looked up and made eye contact with her daughter.

"It's ratatouille. It's our first dinner together since we've been here so I wanted to make something comforting" Helena grasped her mothers praise with a sharp intensity. "What do you think about my idea though?"

"Oh Anne, I just don't think having friends over is a good idea. You don't even know these children" Once again her mothers eyes were down.

"That why it's perfects! I could-" A loud siren tore through the dining room, without hesitation Helena's mother picked up her phone and left the room. "I could get to know them" She half whispered to herself.

Helena sat for a time at the table waiting for her mother to return, but she finally gave up and started clearing the dishes. 'Perhaps mother is right, it's not safe to trust people I've only just met.' When she finished cleaning the dishes she went off to her room, peaking inside her mothers office to see her furiously typing away on her laptop. She didn't say anything as she continued down the hall to her own bedroom.

Helena's room wasn't small by any means, but to her it still felt empty. The walls were a soft shade of sea foam green and the longest wall was floor to the ceiling with windows and in the farthest corner sat a white baby grand piano. Helena had desperately pleaded with her mother to have her fathers own piano shipped over, but her mother said that it was too much trouble and she'd just buy her a new one. She knew better though, her mother was trying to make her forget because if she forgot then her mother could too, and it was working. Try as she might things about him were becoming blurred by the new memories she was making. She stood staring out the window holding herself tightly, she'd never felt so trapped as she looked across the city that was coming to life as the sun set. Helena noticed a strange movements on one of the rooftops below, if it hadn't been moving she would've never been able to see the dark figure jumping from roof top to roof top making his way across the city. Her curiosity caught the better of her and she strode to her to her dresser opening the top drawer. She shuffled between her pajamas and pulled out a small black box. She opened the box revealing a round jewel encrusted flower pendent on a thin piece of brown ribbon.

"Better now than never" she whispered braiding the ribbon through a piece of her hair, the pendent sitting hear the top of her left temple. The pendent consisted of five pedals colors by different jewels, green, violet, blue, yellow and red all connected by a white jewel in the center.

"David?" a small voice asked, and in a flash of white light a little bird looking creature appeared rubbing it's eyes.

"Pax?" Helena asked timidly gently capturing the little fairy critter in her hands. "I'm David's daughter Helena. My grandmother has told me so much about you" Helena hadn't even realized she was trembling, but her hangs were shaking. "She told me you could give me freedom"

"oh, forgive me. It's been a long time since I have been awakened. You were so small when I saw you last, I'm sure you don't even remember!" The little kwami looked the girl up and down with a big pair of silver eyes. "If freedom is what you long for, I will be more than happy to help, just say wings up and you'll be granted with a power that has been passed through your family for centuries. I used to take of your father and your grandmother before him."

"Okay, lets do this! Grandma told me about some of your adventures with her, I just have to get out of here, there are a couple people I need to meet I think" Helena set the little bird on her shoulder and pulled her hair around using her long locks to cover the Kwami. "Just sit tight for a few minutes." Her heart was beating out of her chest and she turned the light in her room off and crept through the door as silently as she could. She peeked in on her mother again to find she was talking away on her cell phone yet again. She didn't know why she bothered to be so careful, once her mother was in her office she wouldn't see her again until the following evening when she returned home from work and that was if she was even still awake.

Still trying to be as quiet as possible she wandered back into the living room of the apartment and crept out onto the balcony. They had the penthouse apartment in one of the cities tallest buildings so once she made it on the balcony she was able to make her way on to the room balcony of the complex.

"Okay Pax, I'm so nervous" She said giving the kwami her finger to nestle on pulling her out of the weeds of her hair.

"This magic has run in your family for a long time, I'll take good care of you. If you run into any trouble you have a magic bow that will assist you. It might take some time getting used to your wings, but if you long for freedom you'll have it!" The bird flew off her finger stretching out her own little wings. "Whenever you're ready!" The bird creature hovered in front of her patiently.

"I think I'm ready" Helena took a deep breath. "Pax, wings up!" Another burst of white light burst from her pendent as the little bird was pulled into it. The light hugged Helena radiating peace and grace. The light faded revealing Helena in a soft short dress. Helena's neck and arms were covered in what appeared to be a soft floral lace, the jeweled tones of violet, blue, red and yellow but it doesn't resemble material more like fresh trapped inside the material. The dress cinched at her waist with a sheer violet ribbon that flowed behind her in two long wide pieces resembling a pair of tail feathers. It flowed down into a soft skirt that swayed with the breeze, the color seemed to shift from a rich green to blue depending on the light. The star of her new look was on her back, her dress had a hole cut in the lace at the back and two gorgeously feather wings sprouted from her. The feathers appeared white but they had a holographic film covering them causing them to reflect a rainbow of colors, they were short but spread about three feet wide on each side of her. Her waist length chestnut hair pulled half up into a braid and flowed with a variety of colored flowers, her feet were adorned with violet ballet flats that mirrored the color of the ribbons around her waist. The last thing to appear was a thing mask crossing her eyes, a beautiful blue and purple mask, and at the outside of her eye in the lower corner of the mask a round yellow dot.

'Members of your family have gone by many names, no two transformations are alike.' This was all such a new sensation for Helena, feeling the transformation take her away, sprouting wings and now the kwami's voice seemed to echo through her head. 'For you Colibri Soiree, the Evening Hummingbird, go on give your wings a flutter'

"Colibri Soiree" Helena whispered, the name felt oddly familiar and right, it felt like her.

Colibri focused her attention on her new appendages and making them move, it surprised her how easy it was, it didn't take much effort before her she was hovering.

It was incredible, she had never felt so free as she fluttered around the rooftop, twirling and soaring testing out her new gift. She was practically in tears as the joy filled her heart and the new opportunities presented themselves to her. She looked at her wings as she hovered and realized they fluttered so fast that they were nearly invisible. She slowed down and stood on the rooftop and they came back into sight, the beautiful feather sparkled with a rainbow of colors.

Colibri took the moment to look around Paris, her eyes fell on the Eiffel tower. "Better now than never" She repeated as she stood up on the edge of the roof. She had never been particularly scared of heights, but as she looked down the 54 story building her heart began to pound. "I can do this" She said pumping herself up looking back across to the glowing tower in the distance. 'We can do this, you're not alone anymore Helena' Pax whispered in her mind, the words took Colibri's nerves away immediately leaving her with a feeling of peace and determination. After a deep breath she stepped off the roof, letting her wings take over. It only took a moment for her to find her place in the sky, she let herself soar and fall closer to the building then rise above them again. She couldn't help but laugh, she'd never felt so alive! This city was hers for the taking, she could go anyway, do anything! She was free, Pax really had granted her the one thing she'd always wanted.

She soared to the Eiffel tower flying through the arches and swooping around the different levels giggling like a small child.

Chat Noir POV

Chat Noir was resting on a rooftop a block away from the Eiffel Tower staring at it wondering what his lady was doing tonight. It was his night for patrol so she was doing something as her civilian self, his curiosity always came close to getting the better of him too many times but he dreamed on about her anyway. He heard an odd fluttering sound paired with soft laughter, he turned his head just in time to see something go flitting past the building heading towards the tower.

"An Akuma?" He wondered at first, but he didn't think so. He'd never heard an Akuma sound so happy, it didn't match the dynamic. There is was, his curiosity again so he followed the strange laughing creature.

It only took Chat a few minutes of observing to realize it was a girl. He watched her fly around the tower before she finally landed on the top observation deck, Chat saw his opportunity and he used his staff to get to her.

"Well hey there" He said jumping beside her shrinking his baton back to its default size. She nearly jumped a mile as she turned to him, he thought surely his heart had stopped as he stared at her.

"I don't want any trouble please" She said taking a step back fear filled her face and coated her body language. Her voice was rich and somehow it reminded him of the classical music he was forced to rehearse over and over but it sounded good from her. The lights from the Eiffel Tower made her glow, the rainbow essence on her wings seemed to shine with their own light.

"Are you an angel?" Chat didn't even mean to speak, but the words fell from his mouth before he could even form a coherent thought.

"an Angel? Heavens no, I'm He… I'm Soiree Colibri" Her confidence was coming back a little but her cheeks were tinged with pink as she couldn't believe he had thought she might be an angel.

"Wow, ugh I mean well wow" Chat slapped his hand over his forward and turned a shade of red. "I'm Chat Noir, local hero, saver of Paris, vanquisher of evil… You must be new, I'd remember seeing you around, I mean not because your beautiful because I remember the heroes around here, not that you're beautiful, I mean you are stunning really but no never mind forget everything I just" His whole face was red now as he rambled on finally giving up and stopping putting his head down so she couldn't see his face. He felt like an idiot, he couldn't imagine what she must have thought of him.

He jerked his head when he heard her giggle, it was like music again but this time it was bells. "It's good to meet you Chat Noir. I am new to Paris and all over this" Her hands motioned down to her dress and back up to her wings. No she definitely wasn't an Akumatized victim, she must be a miraculous holder!

"Who gave you your miraculous?" He asked seriously, he'd been wondering where his power came from, maybe she would have a clue for him.

"Miraculous?" Her face twisted in confusion. "I don't understand, what is that?"

"You don't have a miraculous? It is the item that gives you your powers." Chat explained feeling confused himself, how could she not know what a miraculous was! She must be using one.

"Oh, my charm, she motioned to the brain in her hair where the flower charm hung off a small brown ribbon. "My little bird told me that it's been in my family for over 100 years"

"Little bird? Your kwami?" Wow, she didn't know anything about this. "It was in your family? Hm… I wonder what Ladybug will think of that."

"Ladybug? I've heard of her, my friends were talking about her earlier. She is a Super hero too right?" Her voice was filled with admiration. "I can't even imagine what it must be like to help people and save lives. What a dream!" Chat couldn't help but laugh at her declaration.

"Did I say something" Colibri suddenly felt embarrassed, her wings seemed to reflect her emotions as they drooped.

"Don't feel bad, I'm sorry for laughing like that it's just that you are one of us now" Chat said controlling his laughter and giving her a beautiful smile, She felt her heart skip a beat.

"Oh I couldn't be a hero, this is my first time being out of the house without some kind of body guard, I'm not qualified to be a hero or anything really" She rambled on.

"Hey" Chat interrupted her and she looked up at him. He reached his hand past her and let it rest on her charm. "This means you have every qualification possible to help people in need. All it really takes if a little courage and a lot of love." Colibri blushed a deep red now, he spoke in a voice so low and sweet and he was so close to her. Chat couldn't help but notice to and he nervously took a step back.

They stood staring at each other in silence for what could have been minutes or hours. The breeze pushed Colibris hair and skirt to the side and Chat watched as it ruffled her feathers noting how as the light shifted on them with their movement they seemed to change color.

"Can you meet back up here tomorrow, around 9?" Chat asked her breaking the silence. "Lady bug will be out here tomorrow, it's supposed to be my night off but I'd like to introduce you two. She's very kind and beautiful and well she's just perfect." His feelings oozed out of his words and she smiled, it was sweet.

"I can't make any promises, it shouldn't be a problem though. My mother will probably working late so she won't even notice if I'm not there" Colibri explained. "If I can't make it, maybe I can send my little bird Pax in my place"

"Little bird? Pax? Is that your Kwami?" Chat was curious and she just confirmed with a smile and a nod. "Does your mom give you a hard time about going out?" She was surprised he was asking about her mother, she didn't like to think about their relationship much less talk about it.

"It's complicated, my mom doesn't really let me leave our apartment only to go to school or some important function she has to attend and needs a perfect lady to be at her side to show what a great mother she is" Colibri didn't mean to sound so bitter or be so honest but once she started talking she couldn't stop, it was kind of nice being able to tell someone what she's felt for such a long time. "I'm just an accessory to her, I make her look good."

Chat Noirs eyes curved with sadness. "I-I really know how you feel" He whispered, the look in his eyes told her he was reliving something horrible. "I have to be a picture perfect son at all times! Which is impossible, especially when I'm trying to have a life with friends and fun. My schedule is insane I take so many extra curricular and classes, just to make my father look perfect"

"I understand" She placed her hand on his shoulder, they both got a little worked up during their rants. Her eyes were wet but no tear fell, and his face was stained red with aggression. "My mother keeps hiring these body guards to "protect me", but they're really make sure I don't leave our apartment. If she knew I was here I think she would lock me away in a small dark room, maybe even tie me up for good measure." She wanted to laugh because to anyone else the scenario she described would sound ridiculous, but she couldn't there was no sign of sarcasm in her voice, no hint of over exaggeration.

Chat took this opportunity to put his hand on her shoulder and smile at her. "If that happens Lady Bug and I will do whatever we can to find you. You won't be alone anymore." His words were like an arrow in her heart, his kindness left her feeling a little weak. "But for now you should probably head home, it's one in the morning. Don't worry I have to head home too, I have class early and I'll probably be late" He laughed scratching the back of his neck, his laugh tore away any of the remaining negative energy and Colibri couldn't help but laugh with him.

"You're right! I didn't even get all my homework done tonight! Oops" She did feel a little guilty, but no an ounce of regret. She'd never met someone she could connect with like this before, he made her feel sane and comfortable. She couldn't help but wonder if it was normal to feel so comfortable with someone you've only just met? What does it mean? "Get home safe, I'll do what I can to be here tomorrow night. It was good to meet you Chat Noir, thanks for making feel welcome here. You're one of the first people to show such a kindness to me." He stepped forward and gave her a tight hug, then whispered in her ear.

"You'll be okay, I'll always be here if you need to talk. I understand what it's like to have the pressure to be perfect" She absorbed everything she could about this moment, the stars, the tower and the way he gave such warmth and comfort. She never wanted to forget right now.

Without another word he released her and vaulted away on his baton. A soft pink filled her cheeks and she couldn't control the wide smile that spread across her face. She fluttered back home, landing on the apartment roof. "Pax wings in" A white light surrounded her stealing away her transformation leaving Pax in it's place. The little bird could hardly fly, luckily Helena caught her.

"Do you have any flowers? Or maybe honey or fruit?" The little Kwami asked half asleep leaning her head on Helena's thumb.

"Well mother won't let me have plants here, but I think we have some strawberries in the fridge lets go check"

Helena crept back into her house to the kitchen checking the fridge and pulling out a small container, holding some freshly cut strawberries. The little kwami dug into the strawberries greedily getting her fill.

"We can stop by a shop tomorrow and get you something you prefer, or order it if we can't get out of the house" After the kwami got her fill she and Helena returned to her room and she set the kwami on a pillow at the far side of her bed, so she shouldn't grab it by mistake. Helena turned her bedroom light off and snuggled under her sheets. She couldn't help but smile and hoped she would dream of that moment on the tower, the moment where she realized she really wasn't alone

Adrien's Room

'Plagg Claws In!" Chat Noir called and he was enveloped in a green light and his Kwami reappeared at the light faded and there stood Adrien in the same clothes he'd worn to school that day.

"So what was all that about?" Plagg asked heading to his cheese stash to regain his energy.

"What was what?" Adrien asked pretending he didn't understand Plaggs question.

"I know you know what I'm talking about. I've never heard you talk about your personal life like that with anyone. Except maybe Nino. You don't even know that girl, can you even trust her?" Plagg went.

"She just felt…"He paused for the moment trying to find the right way to describe his feelings. "safe. She just felt safe but also like she needed someone to return the safety she offered." He didn't even understand his feelings and it was frustrating him to know end.

"She was pretty cute for a human" Plagg set nudging his chosen's cheek. "I mean after your little spiel about how beautiful she was" Adrien had tried to forget about that.

"Gee thanks buddy, that's exactly what I wanted to think about" Adrien's exhaustion was getting the better of him now. He pulled off his polo and replaced his jeans. 'She is beautiful, but she's still no Ladybug' He thought as he tucked himself in his bed, Plagg was resting his makeshift bed on Adriens' dresser. She may not have been Ladybug, but he couldn't get her out of his head, he had a big goofy grin as he thought about he'd made he blush.

Authors Note:

Hi everyone! Thanks for checking out this story. I am going to always try to have two chapters written at a time to keep this moving at a good pace. Please forgive my dress description, I may sketch up the design I can see in my head but for the most part it was based on this dress from the link below. The way the lace material appears and how the skirt flows.

A lot of the holes are going to be filled in the future, but feel free to ask about them if you'd like that way I don't miss anything.

Also the Kwami I spelled the name how I wanted it pronounced Helena is American after all, but it is actually Paix. Okay now that I've got that covered, thank you for reading this! The story is going to get better! I had the middle and end already formulated the beginning didn't come together as smoothly as I wanted, but we're getting there!

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