Hey guys! Me again! I'm trying to upload a new chapter to this story every Saturday (even though I only posted it a week ago), but I was sick Saturday and busy yesterday, so I'm uploading it on Monday.

For those of you who don't know, today is, well it's not exactly a holiday, but today in the US is known as 9/11. I'm not going to go into really any details, I don't really like talking about it, just know that this is the anniversary of the day too many people died and he world once again was given proof that some truly horrible people do (did?) exist. Think of this chapter as a little bit of joy on not the best of days!

Chow for now, TheUltimateFanGirl7

I do NOT own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

A couple of weeks after Payten's birthday, I noticed I had been having blackouts, and people had become increasingly afraid of me. They gave me scared looks whenever I passed them in the hall. They whispered among themselves, glancing warily in my direction in class. They, quickly, crossed to the other side of the street when I walked by. It took them four months to think to show me a video of why, and another month after that to figure out that I only transformed when experienced any negative emotions.

My friend and I were hanging out one evening, a week after it was discovered that my emotions triggered my transformations. She joked that maybe I was an akuma, from the popular French children's TV show: Miraculous Ladybug. I laughed about the idea with her, but it got me thinking: what if she was right?

It took me a week and a half, but it was finally ready. I had written aa journal with everything I knew about what had happened to me and what could be done to fix it. Now, I just needed to get it to Ladybug and Cat Noir. I knew that if I was right, then the Miraculous Ladybug TV show must take place in another dimension, because it certainly wasn't real here. I also knew that if I was right, then an akuma had found a way to get here, so there was a chance my notebook could get there, and Ladybug and Cat Noir could get here. I realized I had no idea how to get the notebook to Ladybug and Cat Noir. So, after a lot of contemplation, having no better idea, I climbed the highest point I could in my town and hurled the notebook as hard and as far as I could. Then, I stood there and watched as it vanished from sight in the darkening twilight sky.

Present Day

Miraculous

Alya Cesaire ran down the street towards the growing crowd of reporters. Ladybug and Cat Noir had just finished another epic battle against an akumatized victim. They usually only answered one question, if any, before running off, and Alya wanted to make sure it was her question that they answered. But, as she was running along, she tripped on something in the snow. She stood back up with a frustrated huff, just in time to see Paris' super duo leaving the scene. She sighed and looked at the ground to see what she had tripped on. It was a metal box. It didn't look like it had been there longer than a few hours. It was covered in a light dusting of snow, but the box wasn't buried deep enough to have been there too long. Alya picked it up. The lid was locked in place with a five-digit combination lock. On the box was written: "Get this to Ladybug. Please, this is a matter of utmost urgency!"

Written along the base of the box was AWIKM. Alya tried putting AWIKM in the lock, but was unsuccessful. She shrugged and brought the box with her. She wondered what was in the box that was so secretive and important that the owner begged it to be urgently forwarded to Ladybug and gave a lock with a seriously encrypted clue. Unless of course, AWIKM wasn't a clue. If that was the case, then Alya was at a complete loss for what it meant, and what the code could be. Alya checked the time. The attack had ended just in time for lunch, which meant she had just enough time to eat before getting back to school.

After Lunch

Marinette Dupain-Cheng rushed into class, just as the bell rang signally the beginning of class. As she collapsed into her seat, her best friend, Alya, smirked at her.

"Girl, you have got to get, like, three alarms, just to make sure you leave the house on time." She said with a laugh.

Marinette mumbled a weak excuse under her breath. She knew Alya wouldn't buy it. Marinette just seemed to be tardy by nature. And honestly, even if she could tell Alya the truth about her alter-ego, this time she was just late.

"Hey, Mari!" Alya said suddenly, pulling something out of her bag. "Check this out! I found it after the akuma battle today."

It was a strange metal box, the lid held firmly in place by some sort of combination lock.

"What is it?" She asked her excited friend.

"I'm not sure. Whoever owned it wanted it to get to Ladybug, but even I can't figure out the code to open the box, and I'm Ladybug's biggest fan. Unless, of course, she knows the code already, but then the box's owner might as well as just handed the box to her." Alya said, her excitement fading to almost a sort of confused calculating state."

Marinette studied the box in her friend's hands. Some sort of writing was on the box lid, but the angle and lighting prevented Marinette from being able to read what it said.

"How are you going to get it to Ladybug?" Marinette asked.

I was actually hoping you could." Alya responded. Marinette felt her blood run cold for a moment before Alya continued. "I'm leaving town for a few days, and honestly I probably trust Nino to remember more than I trust you to, but he's already promised to run the Ladyblog for me, and since you're my BFF, I think I can probably trust you with this." She handed the box to Marinette.

"I'll do my best Alya." Marinette said, smiling at her friend.

Alya nodded to her and turned to face the front of the classroom as class officially began. Marinette looked down, briefly, at the box in her hands, before quickly shoving it in her bag and turning her attention to the class taking place around her.