It felt as though I had been wondering around in The White Abyss for eternity. Never aging, never getting hungry, or tired, or thirsty. It was almost like hibernation, except I was always awake, stuck in an endless cycle of no day, no night, and most importantly, no Ladybug.

Upon my arrival of The White Abyss, I had noticed that the Chat Noir ring was no longer on my finger. My plan to use my Cataclysm to escape was then, thrown out the window. Any plan I could formulate from then on simply came and went because without the means to execute a plan, there was no plan.

It took me about a month, by my estimates, to decide upon the name The White Abyss. The name seemed fitting considering the place I had inevitably been stuck in was an on-going white backdrop of space with no walls, no floors, and no ceilings. It was like a prison cell, where the only thing I could do to pass the time was think. Think of all the things that had gone wrong in my life. The times I let down my father, or missed my mother, or acted out of jealousy. However, I was also able to think of the good things. Like, fighting beside Ladybug in our endless akuma battles to save Paris from creatures no one could have ever imagined. My times spent with Nino, my best friend, listening to his new mixtapes and coming along to support his talent on live television. Things like, shaking off my bodyguard so I could go see a movie, or listening to the conversations Alya and Marinette had about the random things they did because the girls were more interesting than whatever the teacher was droning on about that day.

Thinking made it so easy to miss my friends. I had finally begun to have a real life, and now that was stripped from me, leaving me skinned to the bone and tossed into the fire.

I squatted down and ran my finger along the white ground, feeling it's non-existent material. I wondered for the millionth time what the girls and Nino were up to these days.

"Probably shaking off Chloe's usual antics." I decided. Then, a blinding red light erupted above my head, melting down all around me. A million small ladybugs emerged from the light and scurried down an invisible set of walls, creating a sort of box around me. One of the ladybugs ran up to my foot so, I extended my hand out to pick it up gently. Immediately upon contact, a shock of energy ran through me, tickling my spine and making my hairs stand on end. My clothes were washed of all color and replaced with Ladybugs classic pattern, and all the ladybugs that were around me abruptly crawled up onto my body, wrapping me up in a ladybug cocoon.

I was flung into the brilliant red light above me as a set of ladybugs sat down over my eyes, concealing my vision. The air contorted around me, tightening and shifting as the ladybugs navigated me to wherever they needed to take me. Just when I thought it would never end, the air pressure around me ceased, and I could feel the ladybugs squirm their way off my body. The cold air pierced my bare skin. I blinked up into the sky, allowing my eyes a moment to adjust to the new scenery.

I was home.

The full moon hung high up in the sky, illuminating Paris in a soft glow. People in costumes were crowded around the legs of the Eiffel Tower, and rows of skeletons formed a circle around the center of the lot.

I walked forward, rubbing my arms to warm them up from the cold. My face smashed right into the back of one of the Skeleton men and it whirled itself around, chattering its teeth at me angrily. I ducked just as it swung a bony fist out at me and stuck out my foot to trip it before it could come at me again. The Skeleton fell to the ground in a heap of bones.

When I turned around again, I noticed a girl standing just a few feet away from me. The girl was clad in a purple and gold uniform, throwing a spotted yo-yo through the air, fiercely taking out two Skeletons that were directly in front of her. The girl's hair was tied back into two pigtails held together with an unmistakable red ribbon. Her bluebell eyes searched the sky intently, filled with an ongoing worry.

"Ladybug?" I whispered.

"Where is that Charm?" I heard her say. The voice was all too familiar, but still, I had to make sure I was right.

Elbowing a Skeleton out of the way, I stalked my way up towards the girl and touched her shoulder lightly, taking note of the red and black earrings stuck in the lobes of the girl's ears. Big mistake.

The girl gripped my wrist, and I had only just enough time to notice a large black ring on her middle finger before I was flung over the girl's shoulder. My back smacked hard into the ground, but I didn't care. I didn't care because I knew, I had found my Ladybug, and if Ladybug had the Chat Noir ring, she also knew my true identity.

Ladybug pressed her knee against my chest and her purple, leather hand clenched into a fist, ready to make love to my face. But, she stopped mid-air and blinked at me in amazement.

smiled the best Chat Noir smile I could and said, "You needed me Bugaboo?"

Ladybug moved her knee off my chest and adjusted herself so that she was sitting on my lap. I sat up too, rubbing the spot on my wrist that she had grabbed to flip me.

"I see you've taken up my style," I noted. I winced slightly upon looking at the hand-shaped bruise that had started to form, but even a little bruise couldn't stop the happiness from swelling up in my chest.

A purple blur wrapped her arms around me tightly, tackling me into a tight hug. Instinctively, I folded my arms around Ladybug's waist, snuggling her up to my chest lovingly.

"Adrien?" She sobbed into my shoulder. I tucked a loose strand of Ladybug's hair behind her ear. The earrings she wore caught the light of the moon and reflected onto her face, illuminating her wet cheeks in a soft glow. I trailed my fingers down to her jaw and swiftly wiped away the tears with the back of my thumb.

"Are you real?" Ladybug asked. In response, I took her hand and pressed it against my chest right where my heart was, letting her feel my racing heart.

"I'm real," I replied. Ladybug suddenly climbed off me and twisted the black ring that rested on her finger.

"Adrien, I-I didn't know what to do. The akuma…" She trailed off for a minute as I stood up. "You were my Lucky Charm, Chat."

I blushed into the darkness and grabbed Ladybug's hand, feeling braver as Adrien than I had ever felt as Chat Noir. Then, I said, "Let's get these bad kitty's."

Ladybug looked down at the ring on her finger again, gears turning in her mind as she thought. She let go of my hand and yanked the ring off, not even bothering to command Plagg to let go, and her violently purple uniform disappeared in a white light. Ladybug's usual colors returned to their normal state and she handed me the ring, closing my fist around it.

"If we're doing this, we're doing this right. Together, as a team."

Hello fellow Miraculousers! I hope you all had an amazing Christmas. My present to you is TWO CHAPTERS of this book. Chapter 4 is also written in Adrien's point of view, and I think it's the best so far. Hope you all enjoy. :)

P.S. I had to cut this chapter into two chapters because the story got too long.