Chapter 2: Historier.
The students were looking at the new addition to the school, a tall ork, with a dark red small mohawk that continues with a medium length ponytail, shaved on the side, and on his face, like many other orks, two tusks protruded from his mouth. He seems to be wearing something akin to a biker, a shaman, or both, with a leather jacket with a tribal look, patched denim pants and dirty combat boots. He also seemed taller than Kim. But that wasn't all that weird in the Sixth world, with almost everyone with its own personal style, even the corporate workers have their style depending on their company they work for. No, what seemed to call the students was that he looked older than the other students, at the very least by three years.
The ork seemed to be weirded by the situation, like he didn't know what to do or that he felt out of place. Headmaster Damocles looked at the ork and then at the rest of the class and said "Well students, I present you to Goronit, he just came to Paris, from Tir Tairngire, thanks to a scholarship that I didn't knew existed. I want you all to make him feel welcome, both to the school and the city. Now, if you excuse me, I have to go talk with Mr. Esprit and make sure he is fine".
And with that, Goronit was alone with the rest of the class, all of them looking at him with curiosity. That's when Marinette stand up and walked towards him and tells him "Hello, I´m Marinette, the class representative. Don't worry, its ok to be nervous on the first day in a new school, but why don't you present yourself, don't worry, no one is going to make fun of you, well, maybe Chloe, but she is always mean, we are working on that"
The ork was still weirded out by the situation, but Marinette words somehow calmed him, and then he though -I got a job to do-, so he cleared his throat "Well, I suppose you all know my name, Goronit, which is sperethiel for, um, ´barbarian´. Yeah, my parents weren't really the best at naming convention, but if you don't care much for formalities, you can call me Goro, and yes, I´m from Tir Tairngire." After which, he got interrupted by Rose, who in her high pitched voice "Oh, it must be so nice to live between the elves, I heard that there is so much magic there, and that people have noble titles, like straight out of a fairy tale" Even though everyone was used to her ´living in the cloud´ way of life, no one expected Goro response "Well, it's sure is a fairy tale, if you are an elf and don't mind the almost rampant racism against non-elves" Everything went quiet after that, especially because they knew that unfortunately, even in this day and age, racism was still a real thing.
Then a "Ahem" broke the silence, it seemed to come from Max "Well, putting that behind, there is another matter at hand. Looking at your facial structure, your height and your body mass, it is obvious that you are older than us, at the very least by three years. That or you have been under more stress than normal. So with that said, how come you are joining our class?" And sure enough, the moment he mentioned that, the class was mumbling with curiosity, all of them with a different idea, when Chloe, being Chloe said "Well, maybe he is so dumb that he failed all his classes"
The rest of the class looked at her with an annoyed look on their faces, and Adrien angrily says "Chloe, that's not nice to say, we are supposed to welcome him, not insult him", but instead of getting angry, Goro simply gives a small laughter and then respond "Don't worry about it, if that's the best insult she can come up with, then I know that I´m not the dumbest person in this class" and immediately after that Alya simply yells "Buuuurn!", to which Chloe acts surprised that someone wasn't affected by her usual insults, to which she orders Sabrina to accompany her as she walks out of the class room, planning to call her dad, again.
After that,Goro then sighs and continues "Now, I think you all were curious as to why I´m just starting to finish my education, well, let's say I have been busy with other stuff and couldn't continue. So now that's that is in order, what can you tell me that is exiting in this city?" and when someone was about to answer, Chloe comes back running and yells "AAAAAHHHH! There is another villain in the school!"
Mr. Esprit is in the hall of the second floor of the school, looking sad at the history book and says to himself "Ah, I haven't lived this long to be disrespected by a bunch of teenagers. So much history that they should learn to make sure that history doesn't repeat itself, and no one pays attention. Maybe I should have joined the family business in running the company" and Mr. Damocles finally reach him and would have comforted him, if it wasn't for a dark butterfly flying nearby and reaching for the book, possessing it.
"Hello Historier, I am Hawkmoth. You are right in that we must learn of our past to protect our future, but the youth today won't listen. So now I give you the power over history, so that others will finally pay attention to your warnings. The only thing I ask from you is to get Ladybug and Chat Noir miraculous and give them to me"
With that, Mr. Esprit has a dark look in his eyes and with a grim voice, he says "Of course Hawkmoth" and transforms in front of Mr. Damocles.
Darkness engulfed the old elf, and from that darkness, appeared a large man, made of white marble, and seemed to be dressed like an ancient roman soldier, with a cape made of old texts, a red and white tunic and a bronze armor, and a staff with a sand clock at the top end on his right hand and a book that looks old and tattered on the left hand. And then he looks at Mr. Damocles, with a wicked smile.
"Oh, Mr. Damocles, your name reminds me to the great Greek philosophers of the past, maybe you would like to meet them?" And with that, he opens his book, and with a motion of his staff, he absorbs the aged dwarf inside the book. All of that was seen by Chloe and Sabrina, who scream and run away back to the class room.
When the rest of the class heard Chloe say that there was a new akumatized villain, they all started to run outside, and there, as they started running towards the stairs, they saw a living statue, who looked at them "Ah, hello again students. You see, I have learned that history is not something to be taught simply by saying, but is better understood if you lived through those moments, so who wants to be the first to live history?" he asked, raising his staff and pointing it towards them, shooting beams of sand, which the students were lucky or skillful enough to dodge as they ran away to other places to hide. Thankfully, this was enough to for Marinette and Adrien to escape to separate empty rooms, where their kwamis came out of hiding "Tiki/Plagg, we need to stop him before people starts to get hurt, Spots On/Claws Out" and soon, they transformed into Ladybug and Chat Noir.
Meanwhile, from the upper floor of the library, many of the students were hiding, including Goro, who looks both annoyed, angry and confused, all at the time "What the FUCK! Is going on? What is that thing and why is he shooting us sand?!" he asks, to which Juleka quickly asks "You don't know what is going on? We kind of expected people from outside Paris to know about this". Goro just seem even more annoyed "Oh, sure, because Horizon has a specific channel talking about this, and every news channel in Tir talks about it every time something like this happens, of course I don't know what is going on! No one in freaking Tir, the NAN and fucking Seattle knows about this!" He yells, to which the other students back away, Kim quickly calling him out "Hey, you don't need to be so mean, we are just surprised that people outside of France doesn't know about this" And Max continues "Yeah, it´s just that for an entire year, a villain named Hawkmoth has been terrorizing Paris, turning people into super villains, at the very least once a week!" and Juleka again ending the conversation "Yes, but thankfully we Ladybug and Chat Noir saving the day, and sometimes Rena Rouge"
Goro starts to think, and then he heard two voices in his mind, very familiar voices "This is what that clown was talking about, you need to be careful/ So what are you waiting for, a fight is waiting for you outside, go and destroy your enemy" the two aspects of Wolf, his mentor spirits, said. Goro was annoyed by them, but he listened at their advice, and looked out of the window, and there he saw the two heroes the other students mentioned.
Ladybug was wearing a red with black polka dots leather crop top jacket half way zipped with asymmetrical sleeves. The left sleeves are rolled up to the elbow and the black fingerless gloves fill in the space. The right sleeve covers the glove on that side and goes down to the wrist. It has padded shoulders for protection and a popped color with red inside lining. The jacket covers a black unitard that has criss cross openings up her neck, and has red with blacl polka dots tights with rectangular cutouts on the thighs. Black legwarmers cover black boots with red bottom accents. Her eyes are covered by a red visor, and her hair is done in twin ponytails. She is swinging her usual weapon, a red yoyo.
And from the other side comes Chat Noir, who is wearing a black trench coat with a popped collar and green buttons, and underneath, he seems to have a black tie suit with a green shirt, and he is equally wearing black suit pants and shoes, he also had a belt around him that was long enough to look like a cat´s tail. On his head, he had a black fedora with a green bow around it, and somehow, the ends look like cat ears. And covering his eyes is a pair of green sunglasses. In all, he looks like a detective from those old noir films. And he is brandishing his black metal staff.
Goro looked at the two heroes, and right now he was thinking –What the hell am I doing here. Why did I accept this job? – But that didn't matter, right now he had to fight. But then, he looked at the other students that were trapped with him, and started to think, could he leave them trapped in here while, well, whatever that thing was outside?
Meanwhile, outside, Ladybug and Chat Noir were fighting Historier "Ah, new students, welcome, I hope you are eager to learn, for I assure that what is going to happen right now will be recorded in the history books, the defeat of Ladybug and Chat Noir"
"The only thing that will be history is you. Now, what did you do with Mr. Damocles?" Ladybug asked, entering a fighting pose, so did Chat Noir. "That is not of importance, but if you want to know, he is way back in the past, and so will you, now stand still" the villain said as he lifted his staff and started to shoot them with the same sand that he used to capture Mr. Damocles.
The teenage heroes blocked the attacks with their weapons, and started to dodge it, trying to get closer to Historier, finally reaching him in close combat. But he seemed to be a better fighter than what he looked at first, parrying and blocking the pair attacks, and even pushing them back to the school courtyard "You think you can defeat me that easily? You foolish kids, I have the knowledge of many past fighters and tacticians, you will have to do better than what you are doing now" And soon, he started firing again his staff.
The heroes quickly ran behind opposite pillars, which they used as a barrier against Historier attacks, Chat Noir soon talked "I may be a cat, but right now I´m not looking for kitty litter. Any idea on what to do my lady?" To which Ladybug quickly responded "Well, if we are able to get him away from his staff, this fight would be much easier, so I suggest we concentrate on that"
Unfortunately, before they could continue working on a plan, Chloe, for some reason, thought that she had a chance to run to the exit of the school, and as she was running away, Historier saw her and pointed his staff against her "Well, what do we have here, the princess who always gets what she wants, that reminds me of someone from a long time ago, maybe you would like to meet her, she was very fond of cakes" And shoot a beam of sand towards her, Chloe was paralyzed in fear as she was attacked, but a loud "NO!" was heard, and Chat Noir quickly reacted and put himself in front of the attack, receiving the hit, and he now found himself transported into Historier staff, his reaction confused but relieved "Well, it's not what I had in mind, but I can work with it. Black cats are supposed to bring bad luck, so I´m going to send you to one of the unluckiest times of this city" And then tapped his staff on his book, energy passing from one object to the other.
Ladybug yelled "Chat Noir! No!" before launching her yoyo towards Chloe, and pulling her closer. And angrily, both in look and voice, he yells at the blonde teen "Look what you did Chloe! What were you thinking?!" To which Chloe responded in a sad scared tone "I´m sorry, I was just so scared and wanted to leave! I didn't mean for Chat Noir to get, well, whatever happened to him!"
Ladybug sighed and said "Ah, that doesn't matter now. Now I need a plan on how to fight him. Maybe if I get his staff, I could free Chat Noir. But I can´t do it alone, not and stay at the defensive. And I can´t go to get Rena Rouge and leave the students with Historier"
The superhero was looking around, thinking on what to do to get that staff and get the students out of the school, hearing the heavy steps of Historier getting closer, when both her and the villain hear a voice from upstairs "So, Ladybug, weird choice for a superhero theme, after all, it´s kind of hard to imagine a little red bug as hero material" Both hero and villain look at where the voice is coming from Goro.
"Goro, what are you doing? Get to safety!" Ladybug yells, while Historier smiles and says "Ah, a willing student, so good to see young men with self-initiative and a want to learn, now stand still, so I can send you somewhere, let´s say, by your looks, I think maybe the prohibition era in the United States, or maybe the beginning of the biker culture in the 1950´s" And with that he shot a ray of sand against Goro, but the ork somehow dodged the attack with unnatural agility, and jumped to the first floor, where some sort of magical aura started to surround him.
"Wait, you are an adept?" Ladybug asked, to which Goro responded "Well, I´m a little bit more than that" and suddenly, Historier continued to fire rays of sand against him, to which the ork kept dodging as best as he could, until he decided a more static defense was better, and making hand gestures, he conjured a magical barrier which stopped Historier attacks, and smiling, Goro said "I´m a mystic adept"
Historier was now angry, too much disobedience, too much disrespect, it was starting to get on his nerves "Enough of this! Mage or not, you all will be show your proper place, and you will learn! And you ork, since you like magic so much, maybe you will like to visit Salem during the witch trials" He said furiously, now running towards him to attack him physically.
With the appearance of the barrier, Ladybug started to get an idea, and then yelled at Goro "Hey, do you think you could make a barrier to imprison Historier while the rest of the school escapes?"
Goro was weirded out by the question, after all, barriers were made to surround oneself for protection, not to surround your enemy, but he still could try, even though that could drain him. He let his first barrier dissipate, and dodged Historier attack, ending in his left side, and soon, he had created another barrier, a dome that surrounded the marble made villain.
"Historier what are you doing?" Yelled Hawkmoth inside the villain mind "First you send Chat noir who knows where, and now you are losing against some random kid! Get me the miraculous, NOW!" That just made Historier angry, and his respond was thus "I must remind you that YOU are the one that need my help, so don't rush me. For historical events never happened in short time" And with that he started to hit the barrier with his staff, fists and feet, trying to destroy it.
Goro resisted as much as he could, keeping up the barrier, but it was becoming too much, and started to feel the pain caused by the drain, but he endured as he saw Ladybug directing any student or teacher out of the school, finally leaving only the three of them inside. Now he had to hope that she knew what to do next, for soon, Historier finally broke the barrier, but instead of using his staff to send him who knows where, he instead makes a powerful kick at the weakened Goro, sending him flying right inside a class room. Now it was only Ladybug and Historier.
Seeing that she was on her own, Ladybug quickly casted her "Lucky Charm", and throwing her yoyo to the air, from a cloud of ladybugs appeared the object that would give her victory, and as usual, it was an unusual object. A bag of marbles "A bag of marbles? How am I supposed to use this?" But before she could think of something, Historier was already on the offensive, shooting more rays of sand at her, which she dodged until she was now behind cover.
The heroine looked around, trying to see how to use the marbles she just got, and she was fortunate to see it. In her vision, three objects were outlined: the door behind Historier which he had thrown Goro through, the marbles themselves, and Historier sandals. With that, she knew exactly what to do.
She quickly got out of cover and threw the marbles out of the bag and in front of Historier feet. This caused the villain to laugh "This is your great plan? You expect me to fall so easily? You are as desperate as Alexander the Great when his army didn't want to continue with his conquest." Ladybug simply smiled, and responded "I´m not desperate, but I do hope I´m lucky enough that I´m right in what will happen now"
Historier was now confused in what she meant, when suddenly, behind him, he could hear "IM NOT DONE FIGHTING OLD TIMER!" and from the room Goro was, a powerful blast of both water AND fire appeared, and hit Historier, pushing him right towards the marbles, making him fall to the ground, giving Ladybug the perfect opportunity to grab his book with her yoyo. Meanwhile, Goronit jumps out of the class room and lands on top of Historier, a red aura of anger surrounding him, looking like his about to coup de grace him, or at the very least hit him again.
Ladybug was quickly to destroy the book, from which a black butterfly came out flying "No more evil for you little akuma" Ladybug said as she threw her yoyo at the dark insect, trapping it, and then releasing it, but the butterfly was different, like the corruption has left it "Bye bye little butterfly". She then launched the marble bag to the air yelling "Miraculous Ladybug!" and from it, a cloud of ladybugs appeared, and they seemed to repair everything that got broken in the fight, and from nowhere appeared Chat Noir and Mr. Damocles, who seemed to be a bit confused. And Historier, a black energy surrounded him, but then quickly left, leaving a confused Mr. Esprit, who was soon a scared Mr. Esprit, seeing an angry Goronit over him, who looked that was about to kill him.
Goro, while in berserk mode, heard the voices of his mentor spirits, the Wolves. "Stop it Goronit, your enemy has already been defeated, there is no more need for bloodshed/Do not listen to him, finish him off, before you regret it" Both voices said, almost in unison, but somehow, he could understand them clearly. And then, he felt a hand on his right hand, which was raised and about to hit. It was Ladybug, who said in a calm tone "Calm down Goro, everything is fine. We won". Goro made hard breaths, but then he started to calm down, and looked around him. Many of the students that ran away had come back, and looked at him.
He stands up, and then helped Mr. Esprit get on his feet, and says "Sorry about that, sometime I go berserk. Literally, it´s one of my powers" he said with a smile, which then faded and took out a flask, which seemed to have some sort of drink, and drank from it, then offering it to the old elf "It´s whiskey, want some?"
Esprit said angrily "I´m pretty sure alcoholic drinks are forbidden in the school grounds… But I need something to calm my own nerves" And grabbed it, drank from it, and gave it back to the young ork "Don't make me catch you with this, understood young man?" The ork simply had another drink from it and put it back on his jacket.
And in Hawkmoth lair, he is angry for losing again "Damn you Ladybug. This time you may have won by sheer luck, but I assure you, next time, yours and Chat Noir miraculous will be mine, and you will be forgotten from history"
Meanwhile, Ladybug went to see Chat Noir, to see if he was alright "So what happened to you kitten? Are you alright?" To which Chat Noir responded "Well, it was kind of weird, but apparently, he did send me to the past, specifically during the viking invasion of Paris, and guess what? I met a past Chat Noir! Unfortunately he was one of the attacking Vikings, we fought a bit, and then became friends" he said nonchalantly, like it happened all the time.
Ladybug simply smiled and in an interested tone said "Wow, meeting a past you? That must have been quite an event. Makes me jealous I wasn't the one send to the past. I suppose I lost my chance to meet a past Ladybug."
"So what happened? How did you defeat Historier alone? Or did you have some help besides me. Please don't tell me you are going to replace me land leave me as a stray cat on the streets for a cuter and better model?" The cat said in a mocking manner as he acted all hurt, with an obvious smile on his face.
"Oh, don't worry about that, Chat. I would never replace you. Although if you keep getting possessed, captured, transformed, or in this case, teleported to another time/dimension, I do might need a new partner. And that ork seems like a good choice" She said, also mockingly, although Chat Noir looked at Goro, and decided to take it as a challenge, albeit a friendly one.
Both heroes then walked towards the Goro, who was apparently swarmed by many other students, who asked him questions like "What is like being a mage? Can you lift a bus? Are you a shadowrunner?" And many more, which kind of annoyed the ork, but he still tried to answer them, or at the very least get away from his apparently new fans, when he saw the two of them approaching.
"So, I´m guessing this is a common event in this city. I mean, the super villain thing" To which Ladybug answered "Yes it is, and although I appreciate the help, next time don't get involved, for your health" To which Goro simply responded "Nah, its fine. And besides, I just got a few broken ribs, nothing a healing spell won't fix. Auh, auh, I forgot to cast it" he says, being a bit in pain, casting such healing spell quickly, enough to make the pain go away, before continuing "And besides, I cannot really run away from a fight. Wolf would be angry at me if I did".
Both heroes looked confused at each other, thinking who this Wolf is, when Goro noticed his new friend's confusion, and answered "Wolf is my mentor spirit. He is the greatest warrior and hunter that ever existed, his only lost battle is also his last one. And he can also be a monster who only cares about the defeat of his enemies. But both sides agree, that loyalty to your allies, friends, family or pack is important. And that's what I will do. I get in a fight, I won't run away, and if I see my friends in trouble, I will help. And since I´m now part of this school, well, I will protect it and its students, for they are my pack now"
Ladybug and Chat Noir smiled, having found a new ally, and then the red dressed heroine said "Well, I suppose any help is fine, but don't put yourself in unnecessary danger, understood?" And then she heard her miraculous start to beep, telling her is time to leave "Well, it seems I have to leave now. See you around" and she leaps away to somewhere she can transform safely.
With her gone, Chat Noir looks at Goro and says "So, thanks for helping her. But just so you know, I´m her companion" the ork looks at him confused "Wait, is that a challenge or an affirmation?" Crossing his arms, being confident after defeating his first supper villain. The cat, with his usual burlesque confident way says "Why not both?". Goro simply smiled, and shakes the cat hand, feeling a sort of friendly rivalry beginning, something Chat Noir also "Well then, I accept the challenge! See you around then, kitten" Unlike Ladybug who said it in cute friendly manner, Goro said more like mocking him. Chat Noir simply responded "Yeah, well, see you around Tusks" The ork widened his eyes, while the Wolves simply said inside his mind "Oh, this will be fun"
Goronit was walking away from the school feeling triumphant, thinking –Maybe this job might not be so bad after all- when suddenly, he started to receive a message from his commlink. He was unsure as to pick it up, but he still did "Hello, who is calling?"
"Oh, you know who I am" Said a high pitched voice, a male one, a voice that puts Goro nervous. "I saw what you did, and I can say that I think I made the right choice. Now meet me in Pigalle, specifically the Moulin Rouge, tell the reception that the clown is waiting for you, go when the sun sets. I have a gift for you, and it´s time we start the next part of the plan" And then the call ended. All Goro could think was -That fucking clown-
Pigalle, the night life in Paris, the red light district, and a hive of scum and villainy, well, not as much as the megacorps district, never as much as those districts, and considering that Paris is a safe place, much safer than Denver or Seattle, one can say it's a nice place to live. But back on topic. This is where the majority of shadowrunners live, drink, have fun, and make friends. Here you can find a black market of the city, where you can buy weapos, drugs, cyberware and bioware and even some magical foci. Between all these people that a normal person would have to always look in his back, Goro felt right at home.
He lit a cigarette and started to smoke it. An unhealthy habit, together with his usual drinking, but one that wouldn't affect him till later, and in this age, you can probably heal it with magic or some sort of weird science thing that might cost you some essence, if you had the money of course. But to be honest, in his line of work, he could die at any time.
He walked into the Moulin Rouge and sure enough, he met the receptionist, an attractive human woman, probably of aztlani origin, or maybe somewhere more south. She was dressed in a revealing cabaret fashion. She saw the young ork and said "Well, hello big boy, are you here for the show?" The Moulin Rouge was still famous, and one could say it still kept some of its former theatrical dignity, but many uncultured considered it nothing more than a fancy nightclub/brothel/shadowrunner meeting place, with a famous history. Don't say that in front of the owner, she will have people beat you up. Even though its partially true.
Goro simply answered, not in the mood for anything at the moment "Don't bother, I´m only here to see the clown, he is waiting for me" the receptionist understood, and gave him a key, and told him that it was for the room at the top floor, hard to miss since it's the only one.
Goronit then walked through, and in the main area there was bar, tables and the stage, a show was going on, seemed well rehearsed. But he continued. He walked up the stairs, the elevator apparently broken. And he could see the other hallways and rooms, where the more, let´s say adult, and some illegal businesses happened. He finally reached the last floor, and it only had one room. He opened it with the key he got at the reception, and inside he saw that fucking clown.
"Ah, Goronit, you made it. I was worried you bailed on our deal. Come in, have a drink, have some food. We have a lot to talk about" the clown said. He was a tall elf, with a face painted in white with red diamonds painted over his eyes and red painted lips. His hair was red and was wildly braided, with the end of the braids had little bells, it made it look like a jester hat. He was wearing a fully red leather suit and a blue belt, which held by his side a sword that looked old. He may look ridiculous, but somehow Goro knew that he an incredibly dangerous man.
Goro looked around, and sure enough, he found some drinks and food, which kind of surprised him since the food looked real and not your normal soy food with flavor. And considering that the clown wasn't going to kill him, yet, he started to eat.
"Ah, I´m glad you like the food. The real stuff is so hard to get, and it cost so much, but it´s worth so much for its taste. So, I saw what happened at the school. You did well on helping Ladybug, at first I wasn't sure if the team up could work, but you indeed did well. Worked like a team, as long as it lasted, and you helped save a lot of people. You must be so proud of yourself."
Goro simply kept eating, having never tasted something like this but a few select times, and made a large swallowing noise and looked at his contractor "Yeah, that fight sure was something else. But I still don't understand why you fully need me though, and I´m guessing this isn't the gift you promised, although I honestly wouldn't mind, this stuff is delicious"
"Oh, everything in its right time, but you are indeed right" The red elf said, and from a backpack that he easily levitated towards him, procured a box "I already told you what miraculous are, ancient artifacts from even before the fifth age. Probably the fourth or third, but still, you saw the power they give to the wielders, if used properly." And then he opened the box, showing the content, a weird piece of jewelry that looked like a badge, with the imagery of a wolf calm and looking at the front. "This is the wolf miraculous, it belonged to many warriors and heroes in the past, including a former member of the knight order of the Crimson Spire, and it served him well. And now, I´m giving it to you"
The ork was astonished and at loss of words, mostly because it was now or never. He could accept the object and thus the responsibility that came with it, or he could leave right now. He could even hear the surprised look that the Wolves made, which was a first since he met them. He then looked at the elf and asked "Why? And why me?"
The elf sighed, because he knew Goro was going to ask him those questions, so predictable he thought "Because I believe you have the material to be a hero, and the strength to make the hard choices the others won´t or can´t do. Because you are brave in a fight ad loyal to your friends. Because you honestly fit well with it, I mean, two mentor spirits of Wolf, you could say it was even destined or planned, either by them or something else. Or maybe it was random luck and chaos and I chose you by accident and maybe I should find someone else. But whatever reason, here we are, me giving you one of the oldest and most powerful artifacts that has ever existed"
Goronit thought for a while, should he take it, should he leave, and then he heard his mentors speak "Goronit, we understand that you are worried, we understand that it's an important choice, but think about it/ Man has never achieved anything by doing nothing, there were challenges that have impulse him towards greatness, and now here is your change to face those challenges and grow as a person, and remember this, the only fight you don't win is the one you die, but that is always the last challenge to face/ Or you could think of it this way, imagine the power it could give you, enough to face against anyone that goes against you, you could be unstoppable and strong enough to face anything and anyone, and you wouldn't have to be afraid anymore, and you could protect those you care for"
Goronit just said "I accept" and with that, the clown smiled and squealed of happiness "Oh, I knew you would, I´m so glad you did. Now only put the badge and say you accept the ownership of the miraculous and what it represents.
Goro placed the badge on his jacket, and touching it, he said "I, Goronit, accept this miraculous and what it represents, whatever that is" and a light started to shine from it, and soon, from the miraculous appeared some sort of tiny flying silver wolf/fairy creature "Hello everyone, it´s nice to be out again" He says in a calm civil manner with a squeaky voice, and looked around, and seeing the elven clown he smiles "Ah, Sir Har´lea´quinn, it´s been a while since we last seen each other. I hope everything is well"
The clown smiles and says "Oh, I´m calling myself Harlequin now, and sure enough old friend, it has been a while. And you could say everything is well, but there is trouble brewing and you are needed once more" The kwami seems to be happy, and flies around the elf saying "Well then good knight, here I offer my power to you, to help you in your endeavors"
Harlequin gives a hearty laugh and the says "Oh my good friend, is not me who you will be helping. This is your new chosen warrior" And points at Goronit, who seemed to be confused with, well, everything. The kwami also seems confused, but then smiles again, and calmly flies towards the ork and says "Well met good ork, I am Garou, and I hope our alliance brings justice to the land and helps you on your quests"
Goro is still confused, and his brain seems to still be processing what is happening "Um, hi, I´m Goronit" And then looking at Harlequin "What the fuck is this squeaky toy?" being called a squeaky toy seems to have surprised and slightly angered the kwami, but Harlequin simply laughs again "Oh, this will be wonderful. I am sure you two will be great friends. You see my young ork. He is a kwami, and is the source of power of the miraculous. Think of it like a mentor spirit, with advices and powers and everything"
"Woah, wait, what? Oh hell no. I already have two voices in my head telling me what to do, I don't need a third one to start doing the same" While Garou looking at the clown "I must agree good knight, you can´t leave me with this barbarian, I mean, his name literally means barbarian"
Harlequin then sighed, a smile still in his face "Oh you two, it will all be fine, you just need to work out your problems. Garou, I assure you that he is a great warrior, worthy of your power. And Goro, you might learn a few stuff with him. Now, all you need to do to activate the miraculous is to say ´Lets hunt´, and that's it. Now do just that, for I have a phone call to make, and then we will meet the rest of the team"
Both ork and kwami looked at each other with worried faces, but knew they couldn't do anything about their situation but to accept it. What a way to start a partnership.
Marinette and Adrien were in their respective homes, finally preparing themselves to go to sleep. This has been quite a day for both of them. One has gained a new ally, even if she thought was unsafe for said ally, while the other traveled to the past and met a former version of him, although not in the way he wanted to. But in all, it was a common day for the pair of superheroes.
Until they both received a call on their commlinks, an unknown number. They picked up the phone and said "Hello?" They could hear each other voice but didn't recognize it, and then the other side of the line responded "Hello Ladybug, hello Chat Noir. We have to talk"
Writers notes:
So, what do you guys think? Be honest, even if its brutally honest, what do you guys think of the fanfic so far. Any critic just helps me become a better writer.
So this is the appearance of my OC Goronit, a ork mystic adept.
Now Im sure that many of those that doesnt know about Shadowrun must be asking themselves, "what is a mystic adept? what is Tir Tairngire? what is freaking going on?"
Well, you see, Shadowrun is a famous tabletop rpg. The story is that in the year 2011, magic came back to the world as we know it, and with it, a lot of other problems and changes. Imagine Cyberpunk 2077 meets Bright and you get the idea. But magic is more prevalent. And in the case of magic, there are 4 types of magic users: Your normal mages, who can do everything from casting spells, enchant items and conjure spirits. Adepts who channel their magic into their bodies to do incredible feats of physical and even mental prowess and other stuff. Mystic adepts are a combination of both mages and adepts, capable of doing both outward and inward magic, but not at the same scale as a full mage or adept. And finally aspected magicians, who are a one trick type of magic user, either enchanter, spellcaster or conjurer. Goronit is the third one, and shaman at that (Shamn is just another tradition of magic and are the ones most likely to have mentor spirits)
Now, I hope I my character doesnt look like a Mary Sue, thats the last thing I want to. And I hope my representation of the characters is as loyal as they are to the show. Now, some of you may ask yourself why a 18 year old is studiying in a 15, almost 16 years old class. Well, one, its part of his mission to integrate himself in the zone zero of almost every trouble in the show (Seriously, how many times a akuma villain started at the school or is related to that school?), and second, there is a good explanation in his background, which will be told in another chapter.
As for the two mentor spirits, I saw that there are two version of Wolf, one that is more of a warrior and hunter, and the other one which is more of a beast in battle. And Goronit will have to deal with both as a inner turmoil (is that how is said? English is not my main language. If you see a typo, dont be afraid of saying something, it helps me when people tells me that kind of stuff). And yes, I know that mechanically, you can only have one mentor spirit, but cmon, in the videogames you have a big range of companions that are weirder than this (In Shadowrun: Honk Kong, one is a japanese cannibalistic vampire), and besides, Shadowrunners are supposed to be out of the norm, in many different ways.
Also, this is the first appeareance of Harlequin in the fic. He will not appear much, but I assure you, he is really important, but he will be more of a Deus Ex that might appear from time to time, or a mentor for the characters. And yes, in the game, he is one of the most important characters in the Shadowrun lore. And you might be asking "But how did he knew Marinette and Adrien are Ladybug and Chat Noir?" Well, the answer is this: he is a thousands of years old elven knight, who literally, as in shadowrun canon, when the atomic bomb was created, he created for himself a spell to protect himself from that, even if he were on ground zero, and has it permanently active. Look at the tv tropes, it says right there. He even has a spell called "Destroy Pants". Someone that has such levels of preparation and paranoia must be capable of finding out a superhero secret identity, maybe not easily, but I assure you, he can, and might not be only one that knows.
Also, Ladybug and Chat Noir outfits, they have changed. I did the changes because, well, the one on the show doesnt really fit the magic/cyberpunk theme of the setting, so I looked around, and saw some outfits that fit more the setting, and gave them a few. And yes, Rena Rouge will also have a new outfit.
As for the villain, Historier, I give credit to my discord friends Left Redheaded and Cornonjacob for helping to come up with the name and power.
And I ended with a cliffhanger! Because done well, they can be cool.