A second chapter! Yay!

So this will be about 5-6 chapter long, hope you enjoy!
I own nothing but the plot!

And thank you to the Guest reviewer and JaDe In NighT!


~~Chapter 2~~

Chat flew over the roves of Paris searching for a flash of red, anything to indicate where Ladybug was.

He needed to talk to her, not the thing in her body, he needed to explain why.

But no matter how he looked, there was no ladybug. Not a pep. He had even checked on the Ladyblog for any sightings. Nothing

It had been getting dark and Chat knew he should go back home soon but he didn't want face his father yet, not until he had a solid lead.

Chat stopped on a roof in exhaustion, he could feel the hopelessness engulf him. He was getting nowhere.

As he sat on the roof of a random house, Chat stared forlorn at a lit window. He was so lost. Adrien wasn't even sure what to do. Plagg wasn't happy, far from it. Chat knew that his Kwami didn't want to be used against Ladybug and her Kwami but...

Chat Noir sighed tiredly, feeling so much older than 17.

As started to get lost in his thoughts, his eyes tracked new movement in the window that he had been staring at.

It happened slowly, he noticed the person there but it didn't register until a sudden movement, that being the person falling and flailing wildly. Chat stared at the window more critically before the abrupt realization that he did know who that was in the window. That he did know where he was and who lived in the building he happened to look at.

If there was one person who didn't swoon at the sight of him, there was one person who always seemed to offer the best kind of advice when in need, then it was Marinette. The kind classmate who always sat behind him in class.

Feeling just a little lighter than before, Chat leaped over the rooves and headed to the room of that one other person he would trust just as much as Ladybug.

X

He found Marinette hunched over her desk, an adorable frown on her face as she faced down what appeared to be a physics question.

That was a subject he knew well but it wasn't why he had come.

Chat raised his hand to knock on the glass and hesitated. He didn't want to her involved but he just didn't have anyone else to turn to. Not Ladybug, not his father, not Nino, not anyone. Just her.

And just as Chat reached the resolve to knock, a voice interrupted him.

"It's unlocked!" Marinette's soft voice called out from below.

There was something in her voice that made him frown. Chat couldn't identify it even as he came through the trap door and into her room.

XX

As he came in, Marinette hadn't looked at him once. She kept her head bent, staring straight at the mocking physics question before.

She couldn't look at him, not when she knew who he was and she knew that he had betrayed Ladybug, that he had betrayed her.

"Princess?" She could hear the confusion and hesitance in his voice and she could feel her heart crack just a bit more.

"Sorry Chat! I've just got this question that keeps mocking me." Marinette did her best to keep her voice light and carefree.

She took a subtle deep breath and turned to face Chat Noir.

Marinette didn't expect him to look so lost, so fornlorn and so small on her bed.

Chat was sitting her bed, looking every bit the lost kitten she sometimes thought he was.

"Chat, what's wrong?" Marinette forwent all the pleasantries.

"What do you mean?" He deflected.

"Chat I can see something is troubling you. What it is?" Marinette needed to know. There was something in his eyes when he turned on her, some regret.

Chat looked at her and for just a second, all she could see was pain and sadness in his green eyes.

Marinette walked closer until she stood above him, shadowing his face as he looked up.

She smiled at him, a kind and understanding smile that held no judgement. And that was all it took.

The tears rolled freely down his cheeks as he buried his face in her stomach. Marinette stared at chat's head in shock, she hadn't expected this.

Her eyes turned gently and sad as she embraced him in return. She felt him stiffen when she moved but relax when he felt the hug.

"Oh, Chat. What's happened?" Marinette asked in a wistful tone as she gently ran her fingers though his hair.

"I...I... I messed up and I hurt Ladybug!" Chat told her through his tears. Marinette's fingers stilled, only for a moment. Shocked that he told her out right.

"I'm sure you didn't mean it." Marinette told him.

"I didn't but it just got so messed up too quickly." She could feel him shakes against her.

"Tell me." The blue eyed girl demanded softly and Chat with his walls so low, and him hurting, told her everything.

He told her of how Hawkmoth captured him. Of how Hawkmoth had always known who he was, of how Hawkmoth promised him that he could bring back the cat's mother, of how they could be a family again, of how he could hear her play the piano again, of everything going back to the way it was.

Then there were the threats against Ladybug and his classmates, against the people of Paris. And the pressure. Saying that his mother waiting to come back it and couldn't was because Chat couldn't get Ladybug's miraculous.

And like the good son he was supposed to be, Chat had agreed and did as his father told him.

Then there was his worry for Ladybug. He wanted to make sure she was Okay, especially after finding out that someone else had taken control of her body because *he* had hurt her.

There was so much that he had wanted to say to Ladybug but instead had said them to Marinette.

The words that poured out of him left Chat Noir exhausted and red eyed. The whole time, Marinette stood above him, listening to his every word until he cried himself to sleep.

Her heart had broken more and more when every word was uttered. And she could understand. She completely understood what had pushed him so far. There was a problem with understanding, especially for Marinette because when she understood, she empathized and when she empathized there was no chance for her to stay mad at anyone for long.

She gently laid him under the covers of her bed and quietly moved to get Tikki and the peacock Miraculous.

Marinette had given back the butterfly but she had kept the Peacock. There was something she had to do before it went to the Guardian.

Once her small bag that held Tikki and the Peacock Miraculous were safely secured, Marinette left a quick note on her table for Chat to hopefully find.

With it stuck to her desktop, Marinette crept out on to her roof and, after sharing a look with Tikki quietly transformed into Ladybug and swung away.

X

Ladybug kept moving, staying out of the public eye as she moved to the more industrial side of Paris were there were abandoned warehouses.

Just the place she needed.

She kept going until she reached the most run down of the all. She quickly slipped inside and released her transformation.

Tikki flew around, confused as to why they were here.

"Marinette..." Tikki began, the question clear in her voice.

The girl look at the small god and suddenly Tikki understood.

She had mentioned it once, just on a whim.

"No! You can't be serious!" Tikki exclaimed as she flew closer to the still girl who only stared at her pleadingly.

"You told me once, that you could create anything, living or dead. You even told me that you believed that Adrien's mother was the Peacock Miraculous holder. " Marinette spoke, her voice gaining strength as she continued.

"Please. Can you do this?" She finished softly.

"Mari, the process is very dangerous. There's a very small chance that you'll even make it!" Tikki tried to persuade her charge off this course of action.

"There's still a chance!" The young woman pointed out and Tikki couldn't help but sigh.

"Then who's going to stop Hawkmoth?" The Kwami tried a different approach.

"Mrs Agreste will." Marinette said simply as she looked into Tikki's eyes.

The small red being bowed her head in defeat before raising it to look at Marinette.

"For it to work, you'll need to merge with your Other." Tikki conceded and started to help.

Marinette nodded with a determined look in her eyes.

"How do I contact Her?" She asked, still wary of Her but willing to go though it.

"I'll send you to her but you will need to convince her to merge." Tikki explained.

"It's best you do it some where comfortable. We might be here a while." The embodiment of luck advised. Marinette nodded and moved to lie on one of the two large flat metal raised work table.

"I'm ready." Marinette told her. Tikki nodded and flew over. She landed softly on the girl's forehead before muttering some ancient language that flew out like water and touch Marinette right between her eyes.

The last thing she saw was a soft red light, just in her peripherals.


So thoughts?