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Now remember, this is an EVOLVED STORY of Danging with Fate. What does that mean? It means that I will be using some scenes or situations that were already written in DWF here in this story.
Dancing With Fate is basically the rougher version of Court of Miracles. Go figure huh?
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Chapter 1: Fate Decrees
Ten years later...
Inhale... exhale...
"You can't be serious."
"Mari, you're not ready yet," Fu refused to look at her as he stretched into Crane Stance with her.
"I've been training with the Court forever Uncle Fu," Marinette protested. "I'm always careful when I'm outside, I'm always with other people. More often then not, I'm either helping Tom and Sabine with the recovery efforts or I'm with Alya and Alix or one of the others. I'm perfectly safe! But when an akuma attacks, I'm forced back into hiding. I'm twenty years old now, I'm not a little girl!"
"Hawk Moth made it perfectly clear he will do anything to get the Ladybug earrings. Mari, you have no idea what kind of magick you hold in your little finger compared to when you're transformed; Sweeping Crow." Marinette's body moved into the next stance, sweeping low to take her next chi stance. "As Tikki's champion, you are one of the most powerful Miraculous warriors in all of the world's history. Her powers of creation are coveted by every adversary that seeks to bend our world to their rules. It's our duty as members of the Court of Miracles-"
"- to maintain balance and justice not only in our fight against Hawk Moth and his akuma, but against all evil in the world. I know Uncle Fu." She yelped as his hand swiped down and cuffed her ear.
"Do not get sassy with me young lady. Grounded Bear," he ordered. Marinette dropped into the next stance, feeling her legs stabilize her weight. She struggled not to move her tail from around her waist, which was part of today's exercises. However it just felt so awkward! Walking was one thing, but training without her natural counter balance was hard. "You're not ready. Standing Oak."
"What if I promised that I would never fight alone?" Marinette tried to compromise as she arched back into her next pose and then lifted her legs up over her head into a hand stand. "That's why we always go in pairs or teams right? So that no one ever fights alone? It minimizes all the risks for fatal injuries."
Fu sighed softly, and released his pose and went to his adopted niece. He grasped her ankles and held them together until he felt the muscles tense enough to keep them there. "Marinette-"
"-What if I go on just a routine patrol? Very basic, very easy... during the day?"
"You're beginning to sound like Alya," Fu chuckled. "Crescent Moon." She obeyed and rose into the next pose, one hand holding her weight now while her body remained off the ground, back arched. He caught the telltale blush on her cheeks when she settled again and he could tell it wasn't from the exhersion from their exercises. Marinette was never a good liar, for which he was thankful... but she was extremely persuasive. After a few moments, he sighed, "Okay." She dropped down out of the pose onto the ground and looked back at him. For a moment, Fu was stuck by a moment of nostalgia.
Gone was the cherubic face he had met ten years ago... the baby fat had melted away to high cheek bones and a careful curving jaw and expressive sky blue eyes. She had been a lanky teenager, but now she had filled into her bones nicely. She was muscled and toned well from all the years he had spent training her. Her magick, once wild and uncontrollable, now simmered behind her eyes. Most would not see it if they didn't know what she was... but all within the Court of Miracles knew. It made most people give her a wide berth.
Offering a hand to help her up, Marinette came just below his nose despite Fu's 5'7" height. Marinette's height and bone structure were thanks to her dragon heritage. Most whom shared dragon blood were often taller, so it was a mystery on what else was within her bloodline that kept her smaller than most of her kind. However, it seems that will forever remain a mystery, Fu thought.
"Okay?" Marinette questioned, puffing out a few strands of deep raven black hair.
"Okay, I will talk to Papillon."
Marinette's face split into a wide, joyful grin and she hugged him tightly. "Thank you Uncle Fu!"
"Don't get your hopes up," Fu warned. "We haven't got the official okay. And there are rules-" Marinette pouted and wrinkled her nose. Rules... there's always rules! Rules for going outside the castle grounds, rules for what I do when I'm out there, how to act in the castle, how to act outside the castle... rules, rules, rules! In truth, Marinette was sick of the word. She had been sick of it for years. However, there were times where she were thankful that such things existed. "Don't look at me like that, young lady. This war is getting more and more dangerous. I don't... I don't want you getting hurt. Or worse."
Marinette's mind flashed to an incident with visiting Miraculous Warriors from the kingdom of Amiir... they had gotten caught in the crossfire once between their fight with some of Hawk Moth's akuma on the way here to the Stronghold. She wondered if Py, the wielder of the Roc Miraculous, was healing well from his injuries. As if reading her mind, Fu placed a hand on her head.
"Fu?" Taila's voice called from their small house. She slid open the bamboo door and looked outside. "Alya is calling, she's asking for Marinette."
"Go ahead," Fu motioned. "Be careful and remember to keep your wings hidden."
"I promise, Uncle. I love you."
"I love you too, Marinette."
Alya was waiting on the street corner as Marinette pulled up on her motorcycle, Lucky Star. "Thank all the Gods you're here!" Alya swiftly strapped down four boxes on the back of Marinette's bike. "There was another attack on Fifth and Prospect. Do you have an extra helmet?" Marinette pointed to the black saddle bag and Alya swiftly pulled out her spare. The word 'attack' made the skin on the back of Marinette's neck prickle. Normally she would've stayed here to help Tom or Sabine and stayed away from the action.
"Where are-"
"Already there with Alix. It's bad this time Mari, let's go. I stayed behind in case they brought someone back but they need more medicine and bandages." Marinette didn't need any further prompting as she revved Lucky Star's engine and sped off down the street. When she turned in the direction of the attack... she saw the smoke. Her throat tightened as memories from ten years ago surfaced in her mind. Being part dragon, smoke and fire never scared her... however, she knew the kind of destruction untamed fire could cause.
She jerked slightly when her listening charms in her ears began to ring and she quickly reached under her helmet to touch one of them. "Mari here."
"Marinette? Are you bringing Alya?" Alix's voice called through.
"Yeah, we're about ten minutes out-"
"-we're moving. The blasted akuma's wicked fast! I'm having a hard time getting it to slow down without using Time Break- whoa!" Marinette yelped as an explosion sounded in her ears. A few seconds later, the ground began shaking and a new cloud of pale, dusty smoke rose a few blocks away from the black collum. "I'm ah- I think I'm close to Madam Malki's shop. Can you drop Alya close to there and get to the Dupain-Chengs?"
"Is anyone else with you?" Alya's voice cut into their conversation, tugging on Marinette's sleeve to direct her as she drove. The dragoness slowed enough to make a sharp turn, shouting apologies to a pedestrian as they raced away for cover.
"Scarab's out of commission and with Tom now- holy Mother Goddess!" Another explosion. "That's it you little fucker!"
"Chronogirl, wait for me to get there-"
"There's no time Aracna, I've got to move!" The call cut just as another explosion, a closer one this time, rose up in the distance.
Marinette didn't have to be told to hurry as she revved Lucky Star's again and took another turn into a back alley. "Where are you going?!"
"Taking a short cut!" she shouted back. "I know a safe place for you to transform!"
"What?!" Marinette winced at the surprised outcry and rounded the corner again. She pointed to one of the abandoned brownstone buildings. "In there, it's totally unoccupied and there's a live outlet."
"And how do you know this?!"
"You can question me later, move!" She reared her bike, making Alya roll off and onto the sidewalk. Her gray hazel eyes blazed with curiosity but another set of screaming had her hesitating. "Go!" This time, she didn't hesitate as she ripped off the helmet and tore into the building and out of sight. For a moment, Marinette was torn with joining her.
"Mari, we've got to find Tom and Sabine," Tikki called from underneath the collar of her jacket. "Scarab will need that medicine." Her charge gritted her teeth as she wheeled around and shot off away from the fight. She wanted to help, she knew she could... but Tikki was right, as always. And not for the first time, she hated it when she was right. Reaching up for her listening charms, she touched the second set of piercings just above her Miraculous.
"Sabine." It took a moment and her ears warmed instantly as the magick took hold again. A few seconds later, Sabine's voice came through. "Sabine?"
"Marinette?!"
"I have medicine and supplies, where are you?"
"Tom! Tom we've got help coming in hot, get ready to raise the barrier! Mari, we're somewhere close to Prospect and Main but we're pinned down here."
"Pinned down? By what?!"
"Quiet! I think I hear him!" Tom's voice cut in, probably standing close to his wife. "No, don't move Scarab. Not with that leg." Marinette's blood ran cold as she realized how close she was to them now. Hand shooting out, magick flew from her fingers and wrapped around a damaged light post to help make her turn. She sucked in a breath as her knee came dangerously close to the ground before righting herself.
"Marinette be careful," Tikki suddenly warned, her head very close to her ear. "There's something... there's something in the air-" she gasped and ducked away just as Marinette caught a flash of white. She braked instantly, skidding to a halt. Something brushed over her senses... something powerful and dangerous. It didn't feel like an akuma; those she's felt plenty of times. This was different.
"Marinettte? Where are you?" That was Tom's voice in her ear but her eyes were fixed on a figure that was vaulting over rooftops.
She wet her lips, "Your problem wouldn't happen to be a white thing would it..?"
"Chat Blanc... Marinette, don't engage him! Avoid him, go the other way. Do not engage him, do you hear me?!" A pained yelp sounded from somewhere nearby. Marinette jumped, half expecting to see someone wounded in her vicinity until she heard Tom curse. "Scarab, I told you to lay down!"
"Marinette? It's Sabine, where are you now?"
The dragoness ducked swiftly into another alley and peeked out for a street sign. "Ah... Prospect and Third... I think, half of its writing is scratched out." Another explosion sounded, making the whole area shake and buildings begin to crack and destabilize. Marinette had no choice but to gun Lucky Star's engine and flee her hiding place. "This whole place is coming down if we don't capture that akuma and soon!"
"Come out, come out wherever you are!" the white figure shouted to the sky. It was so loud that Marinette could hear it through her listening charms. Her heart began to pound for her friends. They really are pinned down. "Come out little bug and I will purr-omise on my nine lives to let your friends go. All I want is your Miraculous and I can guarantee your lives. Do you want me to call off my friend or not?" There was a moment of silence before he yowled, "Phoenix! I know you're close by! I can smell the stench of your ash..."
Marinette swore softly, "Is he right above you?"
"We think so, I don't see him. We're hiding in an alley-shh! Quiet children, please. I need to hear-"
Marinette stopped listening. Sabine had children with her, scared children. There were no place for children during an akuma attack. She had to do something! Think, this is what you've been training for, she ordered herself. She maneuvered Lucky Star carefully into another hiding place as she tried to get better angle on her opponent. I need... a distraction to draw him away. Think, what would Kame do... he would... do what ninjas do best, right? Use misdirection. She bit her lip, the innumerable conversations about rules resurfacing in her mind. Her heart warred with those memories. Her friends were in danger; Tom, Sabine, Scarab and who knows how many others. And there were children! She couldn't just do nothing. The rules dictated that she was not to engage an akuma in battle. She was to run and to assist anyone out of the danger zones but she was not to fight. Suddenly, a new memory surfaced in her mind of when she was training with Aunt Taila and Uncle Fu in the forest. The pair had gotten the drop on her because they distracted her with a very simple light spell. A light spell she could easily recreate.
"Tikki, I'm going to distract him."
"Marinette, you're not supposed to engage an akuma under any circumstances!" the Luck Goddess warned her.
"Marinette? What are you talking about? Tikki, what is she thinking? What are you doing?" came Sabine's frantic questions.
Her champion grinned and then opened her hands. It took a moment of concentration but a ball of blue light appeared in her palms. "What are the odds that this cat would follow a light? Like a laser?" Tikki blinked then craned her head further out to get a better look.
"In this much daylight? If he does get distracted, the spell won't hold for very long. There's way too much natural light for it to hold properly."
"But it might be enough to get us through without being seen."
Tikki regarded her champion before nodding with a smile, "Distraction and misdirection without engaging the enemy... very clever Marinette."
"Sabine, is there a back entrance to your hiding place?" Marinette asked.
"Y-yes but what are you-"
"Give me exactly two minutes and then raise the barrier. We're going to try and throw Chat off your trail," Marinette told her, cutting off the listening spells. She craned her neck carefully to get a look again at her target and froze. Chat was looking her way, clearly agitated that he wasn't getting an answer. She morphed the ball in her hands carefully before taking aim... and throwing it. A thin thread of light connected her hand to the ball as it flew to her target. Chat Blanc spun around, seeing it and raised his baton in defense. She tugged the line, trying very hard not to break it and the ball froze in mid air.
"Come on... come on kitten," she whispered, making the ball dance and jump in his face. Chat Blanc backed and ducked away before swiping at it with his claws. She tugged it back just before he could touch it. She grinned, suppressing a giggle as she made the ball roll back and forth in mid air. He shot forward in a pounce and she tugged again, almost breaking her connection. This is kind of fun, she thought. Now that she had his undivided attention, she released the line from her hand and gave it a hard shove away. The ball of light flew off and Chat Blanc hissed furiously. Marinette had to clap her hands over her mouth to smother her delight as he took off after it.
Marinette gripped the throttle and gunned the engine, all the wile keeping her eye on the white werecat's back as he leaped from roof to roof in chase. She knew, though, the distraction wouldn't last forever. She had to find Tom and Sabine faster before it ran out. But what if it runs out and he sees you? a tiny voice in the back of her head asked. She shook her head, refusing to give that any acknowledgement. She had to trust herself... in her magick.
"I can feel Tom's magick, get ready!" Tikki told her charge, jerking her back to the present.
Marinette saw it, Tom's sun gold magick was hard to miss when one didn't know how to look for it. There was a glamour over one of the alleyways that shimmered just enough for her to see in daylight. She cut the engine but didn't dare stop as she rounded the corner and braced for impact. However, Tom raised the barrier just in time to allow her through and shut it again.
"Oh thank the Gods you're alright!" Sabine wrapped her arms around Marinette when she came to a stop. She was shaking and looked exhausted. She must've been the first line of defense when the attack started. Nearby, Scarab, still transformed, moaned and cracked open a bleary azure blue eye.
"It's alright," Tom was instantly by his side. "Marinette's here with medicine."
Scarab winced as he turned to look, "Did you bring pain killers?"
"I'm not sure what Alya packed," she admitted after she pulled off her helmet. She stood beside Tom, assessing his injuries with a practiced eye. "I'm sure she did."
There were more people here than she had imagined. Normally Tom and Sabine had about four or five people when assisting with an immediate attack; there were ten today of assorted ages, species and genders. Nearby, she spotted a dark skinned witch with shocking silver hair attending whom must've been her daughter by wrapping up a scraped knee. A burly man with dreadlocks that reminded Marinette very much of Simbre was helping Tom with Scarab's injury. Other than those two, it seemed like everyone was relatively unharmed... just very scared. She steeled herself and went over to the black clad beetle warrior. His brown hair had always been a wild mess, but now the hairline was caked with dark red blood. She took in his muscled physique from the black suit to his tattooed arms. He was heavily bruised, but other than his obviously broken leg, he didn't appear to have any broken bones.
"It must be a sign," Scarab murmured through his half mask, eyes fixated on her. Marinette turned questioning eyes on him. "If you're here Marinette, I'm destined to live."
"Of course you'll live," Tikki chirped, sliding out of Marinette's jacket and into the open. People scrambled back, startled to see her dragon familiar. "Your leg's broken as is your ankle, but your heart's fine."
"You forgot my pride," Scarab muttered. "Cat boy busted that all to pieces."
Marinette bit her lip so not to giggle but watched as Tikki helped assess injuries and give light cures to headaches or sprains. La's temple will be getting a lot of offerings, she thought, thinking of the main face of the Luck Goddess people worshiped. Tikki was her avatar, though most people did not know that. She was sure if they did, they would've been in much worse straights with trying to please her.
"Mari, I need some fresh bandages over here too," Sabine called and the girl hurried to obey. When she finished fishing through the vials of potions, medicine and bandages she looked up... and froze. There was a shadow on the other side of Tom's barrier; a very clear, feline shadow.
"T-Tom?" Marinette reached back to grasp the man's shoulder.
"What?" He turned and froze when he saw what Marinette saw. The figure turned fully and faced the glamoured wall. Faintly she could see his glowing purple eyes trying to look through the glamoured barrier. "Don't move, I don't think he knows we're here. If we're lucky, he'll move on."
Lucky? We can be lucky, right? But why is he just standing there? However, as soon as that was said, the shadow swung at the barrier and it shimmered brilliantly. Marinette sucked in a startled gasp and watched as dust fell from around the edges. Scratch that, he knows we're here! The barrier flashed and a clanging sound rang out as Chat Blanc struck the barrier again and again in a specific rhythm. Is he... knocking!? She wondered, bewildered. Her heart began to hammer in her chest.
"While I love a game of Cat and Mouse, fun's over!" Chat snarled furiously.
"Sabine?" Scarab called weakly.
"Pryx is still wiped out and I don't have anything in here to get you anywhere close to fighting shape," Sabine admitted, looking back at the Phoenix Goddess. Pryx panted nearby and her face looked ashen. She's about to burst into flames again and there's no telling how long it'll take before she's back to full charge.
"Then our only defense is to retreat," Tom announced and went to the supplies Marinette had brought. Suddenly, another explosion rocked the whole block and Marinette ducked down to protect her hearing. Children screamed and clung to the adults while they helped shield the wounded from falling debris.
"You have until the count of ten to come out of there peacefully and hand over your Miraculouses; or I bury you all under that rubble with my friend's help," Chat Blanc warned. A chill raced up Marinette's back as she glanced at Scarab and Sabine, looking for help. What do we do in situations like this? We've never been trapped before... but then again we've never gone up against two akuma at once like this. They never team up.
"Marinette," Tikki's voice cut through her scrambling thoughts. Meeting the crimson and ebony dragoness, she immediately felt settled and calm. "Set up another barrier."
Barrier, right... good plan. Marinette raised her hands above her head and blue magick spilled out of her like water. It washed over everyone and everything, painting them in opaque sky blue light before spreading out and ending just behind Tom's own barrier.
"Do you think you can hold it?" Tom asked, glancing at her warily.
"I'll have to," she answered.
"One... two... three... four," Chat's counting started to grow more and more agitated. He struck Tom's barrier again and again for good measure. Each time he hit, the barrier flickered and Marinette could hear cracking. Oh shit, it's going to give! Another explosion erupted, making those who could stand duck down and a few of the children scream out in terror. "No! No, no it's okay," she tried to soothe. She turned to the closest one and gathered the boy in her arms. "It's okay, it's just a lot of noise."
"But my mommy is still out there!" he wailed. Marinette's blood ran cold, taking in his tear streaked brown eyes and dark hair. He wiped his face on his shirt, unable to stop crying. His mother?
"Damn, Alya forgot the chalk!"
Sabine swore colorfully, "We're sitting ducks out here."
"Chalk?" Marinette turned to look at them.
"To make a portal seal. It's a one way ticket but it's enough for us to at least get away." Marinette blinked, having never seen them use such magick in action before. She had seen depictions and explanations in her tomes and texts back at the castle... but never had the need to activate one. They don't have chalk, but I do; In my saddle bags! Marinette turned on her heel and quickly rifled through her bikes storage. She easily found her travel sewing kit... inside was chalk. She used it to mark alterations in clothing. It was small, would it be enough?
"Here," she held it out in offering. Sabine openly gaped before grasping her in a tight hug.
"What luck! You're a Gods send, Marinette!"
Clang-clang-BANG! Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass ripped through the air and everyone ducked down to evade any falling matter. However, only Tom's magick fell in sparks of golden light. Sabine shot away to a door and instantly began drawing around its frame, the floor and the threshold. When she finished the runes, she began a complicated seal, often erasing stray lines as she worked. Portal seals have to be exact or the consequences can be deadly, Marinette remembered from her reading. She turned back to the entrance of the alley. This time she couldn't see the purple eyes, but she could see the shadow outside. "Hurry Sabine," she urged, trembling as she felt Chat advance on her own barrier. She held up her hands again, making sure to keep tight control on her magick as she reinforced her spell.
"Seven! Eight! Nine!" Chat's counting picked up speed.
"That's not fair!" she shouted, making him hesitate in mid swing.
"All is fair in war," he snarled out, swinging again. A shock spell flew from Marinette's lips just as the baton struck her own barrier. She saw Chat's shadow fly back and land hard in the road beyond. Marinette panted, the extra spell having taken more out of her than she anticipated. She wasn't well practiced with combination spells... that would be something she'd have to work with when she got home. She gasped, tightening her grip on her barrier as it began to lose its density, making it more see through. Tikki flew to her and latched onto her back, pressing her claws to whatever skin she could. Marinette gasped, feeling her magick flood into her through the contact and the barrier slowly began to restrengthen.
"We're running out of time, Sabine," Tikki shrieked, strain in her voice.
"I can detransform-"
"-That is not an option!" both she and Tikki chorused.
"It's open!" Sabine cheered just as the last of the chalk etched into the wood. Magick shimmered as she slammed her palm into the center of the seal and a white light spilled out from around the frame. She threw open the door and began ushering people in.
"Alright, ready? One-two-three-up!" Tom and the burly man lifted Scarab's make-shift stretcher and hurriedly carried the wounded warrior out of battle.
"Go with Sabine," Marinette told the boy, whom was still clutching her waist. "She'll take you somewhere safe."
"But what about my mom?!" the boy demanded. He dug his nails deeper into her jacket, dangerously close to her tail. Marinette's resolve wavered again but this time, Tikki was the one who answered.
"There are others of the Court who are out there fighting. They'll bring her back to you but you have to go to where it's safe! You're too young to be out here, spriteling."
"My name's not spriteling! It's Matthew!" Marinette winced at the boy's volume. Her barrier wavered again with her broken concentration and she quickly sucked in a breath to get it to hold.
"We have to go, Matthew," she urged. "The Court can't protect us both, not like this! I promise, we'll bring back your mom safe and sound but you won't be helping me if I can't protect you too." Matthew seemed to take a moment before his eyes began to widen. His eyes slid past her shoulder and took in Tikki's crimson and ebony scales with disbelieving eyes.
"A-are you... one of the Court of Miracles?" he asked.
"We are," Marinette answered, though her voice trembled. "And I promise they'll bring her back safely to you."
"Pinky promise?"
"Pinky swear," Marinette quickly locked appendages and ushered the boy through the portal. Her barrier wavered again and now she could see Chat Blanc getting up from where he lay. He was clearly disoriented... and outright pissed. Marinette quickly backed with Matthew away from the barrier. She glanced back to ensure the path was clear, sidestepping debris and broken rocks. Movement caught her eye and she gasped as she watched Chat run at them, baton raised and a spell tore from his lips. She gasped and swiftly shoved Matthew towards the door, throwing her hands up again as Chat Blanc struck again. She screamed as the barrier cracked but held firm. She glanced back in time to see Matthew scramble to his feet and through... only for the portal to close behind him.
"No!" Tikki shrieked, watching the dust from the chalk fall away int useless piles. Marinette's heart stopped, seeing the white light vanish.
"Oh... oh my Gods!" she gasped, terror gripping her heart tightly.
"Stupid boy must've scuffed the chalk!" Tikki spat, smoke beginning to rise from her nostrils. She turned to look as Chat Blanc began to pace again, drawing obvious seals in the air with his baton. I can't take another hit, she panicked. If I do the barrier will shatter! "Marinette, we have to transform!"
"What?! But Tikki I'm not supp-"
"We don't have time, this is now a life or death emergency. Transform now!"
Life or death emergency, Marinette's thoughts came to a startling clarity when Tikki said that. Life or death... I could die if I don't and others most definitely will. This is what I wanted right? To be out in the open... but I never imagined my first battle to be like this.
Tikki grasped Marinette's sweaty cheeks in her claws, making her look directly into her amethyst eyes. "You are my champion and I believe in you. If fate decrees you fight today, then you fight! Do you want to die?"
"No," her voice trembled with open fear.
"Then transform! You know the words!"
She did know. Marinette squeezed her eyes shut for a second before sucking in a breath, "Tikki, scales on!"
DUN DUN DUUUUUN!
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