"So, let me get this straight. We left Earth a few years ago, and in our absence, magical superheroes appeared and are fighting a villain who makes people evil using butterflies. You have the powers of a ladybug, which means you're super lucky and have the ability to summon forks and broken plates. On top of this, you have a tiny magical bug creature friend who flies, eats cookies, and is like your personal life coach." Pidge summarized.

"As bizarre as it sounds, yes, that is correct."

"And you wear simple domino masks, but no one is able to figure out your identities?"

"It's the magic of the miraculous, but-" Ladybug was interrupted. Chat Noir walked through the door, accompanied by Tikki. Tikki grinned and flew over to her Chosen.

"HOLY CRAP IT REALLY IS A TINY FLYING BUG MOUSE!" Pidge gasped. "Can I get a picture of you? You're so frickin' tiny and cute and adorable!"

"This is really out of character for Pidge," thought Keith. There was something really weird about these "superheroes" that he didn't like. The girl in particular was just peppy and got flustered easily. Most boys would find that adorable, but Keith wasn't like most boys. In fact… He wasn't sure if he liked girls at all. But this was besides the point.

Tikki smiled sweetly. "Thank you, but we kwamis cannot be photographed."

"How does that work?" Pidge looked confused. Every new thing she learned messed with her perception of reality even more, and she really didn't like it.

"I… Magic? I guess?" Ladybug and Chat laughed upon seeing Pidge's frown.

"Tikki, Spots On!" Ladybug transformed back into her super suit.

"What. In the name of Altea. Was that." Allura's eyes were the size of the yo yo that had suddenly appeared around Ladybug's waist.

"Where did all the pink sparkles come from? You just, what, magically summoned a change of clothes? I've seen magic before, but this isn't like anything we had back on Altea."

Noticing the awkward expressions on the two newcomer's faces, Shiro stepped in.

"Guys, come on. This can't possibly be the weirdest thing you've seen all day. I mean, I thought it was impossible to eat an entire container of yogurt through your nose, but I apparently Lance can do it." Hearing that, Lance winked flirtily at Ladybug.

"Hear that, I'm very talented." She groaned, putting her head in her gloved hands.

Glaring at the flirtatious paladin, Chat entered the conversation. "While I agree that M'lady is purretty pawsome, we need a lift back to Earth. An akuma may be on the loose, and we need to clean up its mess befure efury adult floats paway in bubbles. Or Paris is furrozen ofur. Or Earth shifts off its axis. Again."

"Wait, WHAT? How did Earth just-!" Hunk's jaw dropped, and Chat was pretty sure he could fit a whole stack of croissants in there. Especially the ones made by the Dupain-Chengs. Those were the best!

While Chat was in croissant land, Coran piped up.

"By my calculations, we should be able to get you both back to Earth in two quintants."

"How long is that?" Chat asked, worried.

"About 48 hours, or two Earth days." Pidge explained.

"We need to get home before the akuma-" Ladybug stopped. The previous day's events came flooding back to her, and she collapsed onto the floor, unconscious.

The day was supposed to be normal. Well, as normal as one can have when one is a crime-fighting superhero. Tikki was watching the news while Marinette added the finishing touches to a design she had been working on. It was a skirt, inspired by and made for Alya. It was a light gray at the top, but faded into a bright reddish-orange. Along the hemline, small white triangles could be seen, perhaps resembling fox tails? This piece was loose and flowy, perfect for Alya. Fashionable, yet, when needed, Alya would be able to chase after Ladybug. While Marinette didn't like her best friend putting herself in harm's way, she didn't want Alya to trip due to the restraining skirt. So flowy it was.

Meanwhile, halfway across the world, an aspiring pilot's dreams were crushed as she learned that she wasn't accepted into the Galaxy Garrison. She had read (and the reread several times) the email on the plane as she traveled to France for her grandfather's funeral. She and Grandpère had always loved space. One of the last letters he sent to her expressed his excitement for her to finally achieve both of their dreams.

"I failed you Grandpère," she thought to herself, tears streaming down her face as she stepped off of the plane. Her grandfather had given her a charm, one designed to look like the solar system. But it didn't matter anymore. Grandpère was dead. She wasn't going to space. She dropped it to the floor. A black butterfly went unnoticed as it landed on the charm.

"Hello, Moon-Lander. My name is Hawkmoth. They told you you couldn't fulfill your dream? I'm giving you the power to send everyone into space. See how they like it when everyone is floating around in zero-G. In return, I'd like you to bring me Ladybug and Chat Noir's miraculous. Do we have a deal?"

"Mission Space is a go, Hawkmoth." The akuma victim grinned maliciously as she transformed into a space-suit wearing, green-skinned supervillain.

By the time the news stations had learned of this new akuma, Moon-Lander had already zapped several people with her cheesy looking laser gun. Folks were being encased in what looked like a one-person spaceship. Tikki looked at Marinette's computer with worry, and flew over to her Chosen. Marinette nodded.

"Tikki, Spots On!"

Ladybug and Chat Noir met up on a rooftop, looking out on the damage this akuma had already caused. Several dozen people had already begun rocketing up into the sky. The situation seemed eerily similar to The Bubbler Incident. But no matter.

"Hey, Space Face!" Chat taunted. " I'd give you a space pun, but I kinda need a bit more time to planet." Ladybug groaned. That one was really bad.

"That was really bad, kitty." Ladybug said to her partner.

"Au contraire, M'lady. I think it was out of this world."

"Silly Earthlings. My name is Moon-Lander. Let me help you. Just give me your miraculous for Hawkmoth! Outer space is a better place than this silly Paris you keep protecting." The akuma victim smiled.

"Sorry Moon-Lander. You can tell Hawkmoth that he'll never get our miraculous."

"Yeah, he needs to just cool his jets about that whole thing."

"CHAT!"

"Sorry m'lady. My furrriend bought me a pun encyclopedia over the weekend. I memorized the whole book."

Ladybug groaned. Moon-Lander took this as a sign to start shooting at the heroes again. A green laser-ish beam shot at Ladybug. Chat pushed her down to the ground, sacrificing himself.

"Chat!" Ladybug yelled. Why did he always sacrifice himself for her? She heard a muffled cry of "CATACLYSM" and the rocket that had formed around Chat disintegrated. His miraculous beeped.

"You stupid cat…" she muttered, relieved that he was alright.

Together, they closed in on Moon-Lander. But she had another trick up her space-suit sleeve. She grinned, gave a little salute, and took off with tiny rockets that had been attached to her boots. Ladybug hadn't seen those. The villain flew up over their heads and out of sight. Ladybug and Chat shared a look. Ladybug ran into an alleyway, while Chat only had time to run behind a wall. Each miraculous holder took out their respective boxes with magical kwami food. Marinette selected the purple "magicaroon", feeding it to her kwami.

"Tikki, power up!" The tiny red kwami ate the cookie midair, and transformed into Planetikki, her space form. Her spot in the center of her forehead took on the shape of a star. Her eyes were purple, and seemed a bit more sparkly.

The kwami shouted her name: "Planetikki!" Marinette smiled.

"Planetikki, spots on!"

Ladybug transformed into her space self. While her suit was red at the top, it faded into a light purple as it went down. Her spots turned into stars, looking very much like her kwami.

She jumped out of her hiding spot. Chat Noir had already transformed, white stars glittering like the night sky against his black outfit. He extended his staff, raising himself to the villain's height.

"Hey Moon-Lander. Take me to your litter." Chat punned, causing Ladybug to smack her forehead in disappointment.

"How about instead we take this fight to the final frontier!" The villain countered, flying up up up. Ladybug swung her yo yo upwards and it wrapped around the villain's leg. Grabbing Chat by the arm, the three flew skyward. When the heroes exited the atmosphere, a bubble formed around their heads, allowing them to breathe.

"Good thing we have these," Chat said, tapping the side of his helmet. "Otherwise, we'd be in big bubble."

"Chat..!"

"Yes, milady?" The cat-themed superhero purred.

"Just… nevermi- WATCH OUT!"

Moon-Lander shot at the heroes.

Chat didn't react in time.

He was trapped in a rocket, one now flying at, well, rocket speed.

And there was nothing Ladybug could do.

Well, that was a lie. There was one thing.

"LUCKY CHARM!"

A red item with black spots floated above her head, but it didn't come down. Ah. There's no gravity in space, so she would have to swim for it.

Moon-Lander beat her to it.

"A telescope? Nice try bug, but you won't get me that easily." The villain crushed it in her hands.

"NOOOOOOOO!" The heroine screamed. Moon-Lander smirked, and pointed her gun at Ladybug. And fired it up.

"Moon-Lander, what are you doing? You're supposed to get their miraculous! Now both Ladybug AND Chat Noir are flying off into space!"

"Cool your jets, Hawkmoth! I'm just playing! They'll be back. And when they are, then you'll get your magical jewels. Until then, I'll head back down to Earth and get my revenge on the Garrison for denying me what I truly deserve!"