Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir.
The kingdom of Voges was usually bustling all day every day. The only exception was on the prince's day of birth. Queen Emilie and King Gaberial did not have any more children and everyone figured that this was the royal couples only chance of having a baby. The King and Queen made very few appearances. Emilie made many more than her husband but they were still few and far between.
One thing that remained of the prince was the crown that was made for the prince. Currently, it was on display in the royal jewel room and every year on the prince's birthday the noble families would come and visit to pay their respects to the prince. The crown was one of the legends, for there were those who believed the prince was not truly dead and that the crown was the key to finding out. Many thieves tried to steal the crown for their own. Today was no different.
Upon the castle, roof stood two thieves. The one leading the way was a young woman with bright orange hair with white ends tied up in a ponytail. She was dressed in clothing of the same colors, that included a cloak the resembled a fox tail. An orange mask concealed part of her but did show her eyes. Underneath her shirt was a unique necklace shaped like the tail of a fox. The second was also a female. She wore a similar ensemble to the first but she lacked a cloak and her clothes were red with black polka bots. Her black hair was tied up into pigtails to keep it out of the way. Instead of a next necklace, the second wore a pair of red earrings with five black dots on them.
"I don't know if we should be doing this Rena," The second thief said the two scaled across the tower.
"Ladybug you should know me by now," Rena said with a small laugh, "when I hear of a scope I won't stop until I get it."
"But stealing Prince Felix's crown," Ladybug stopped in her tracks, "isn't that a little too, I dunno well known to steal."
"Ha, no job is too tough for Ladybug and Rena Rouge!" Rena raised an arm in the air. Ladybug tapped her shoulder and the two immediately ran behind one of the castle towers.
"See the castle is impossible to steal from," Ladybug gestured to the outside of the castle.
"Would a vote help calm you down?" Rena put a hand on her hip and Ladybug nodded. "Okay Trixx, Tikki can you come out please?"
At that moment two kwamis flew out of Ladybug's satchel. One looked like a tiny fox and the other was all three with three spots on her head. The thieves looked to double check that the coast was clear and nodded to the kwamis that it was alright to speak.
"Alright, what's the problem?" Trixx asked flying forward a little.
"Miss Ladybug here thinks stealing the crown is a bad idea," Rena explained to them, "so the four of us are going to vote. All in favor raise your arm."
Immediately everyone except Ladybug raised their arm.
"Tikki you too," Ladybug looked in shock, "you're normally the reasonable one."
"Ladybug I've told you we kwamis know things that humans do not," Tikki explained flying over to Ladybug, "I wish I could tell you all these things but some things we kwamis are not allowed to speak."
"Is why you want to steal the crown?" Tikki nodded slowly, "Alright if you're in I'm in."
The kwamis flew back into their hiding spots. The thieves gave each other a quick nod before sneaking out. Usually, Prince Felix's crown was kept in a very secure room with no less than ten guards protecting the door but due to the prince's birthday being in a few days the security was lessened so more people could pay their respects. What the thieves were interested in was the glass ceiling.
"Ha, who put a crown under a glass ceiling?" Trixx laughed from his hiding spot before Rena quietly shushed him. She turned to Ladybug who nodded.
"Luck Charm," Ladybug whispered causing small group ladybug sprout out from her hands. Soon a crowbar formed from them and landed in Ladybug's hand. With Lucky Charm's usage, all the spots on her earrings disappeared.
"Mariage." Rena Rouge called whipping out what looked like a flute. She played a small note and soon an exact copy of the prince's crown appeared in her hand.
The two ran to the window and Ladybug lifted a loose glass panel with the crowbar. She tied a rope around Rena below she made her descent. The illusionist smiled widely at the sight of the crown and quietly swiped it before the guards could notice. She carefully lowered the illusion crown on the pillow before pulling on the rope so Ladybug could lift her out.
"Got it," Rena grinned as the panel was lower slowly back. Ladybug placed the crown in her scathel and the two headed off.
The town of Voges was thankfully rather quiet. People were always focused on their daily task and never questioned anything. The two thieves jumped from roof to roof as hidden as they could. Once they were safe they jumped into an alleyway and dismissed their disguises.
"Still got the scathel?" Rena asked and Ladybug. She held it up and smiled. Since the girls were no longer in their disguises they were able to walk around Voges freely without anyone being suspicious. They walked next to each other and conversed with each other until they reached a small shop. It was a small antique shop decorated like a building from China.
The owner of the store was Wang Fu. He was known as a Miraculous Guardian, someone who could communicate with all kwami and acted as a guide to help lost kwami find new beholders. Fu was an older man and wielded the turtle Miraculous. His kwami was named Wayzz and was always happy to see the other kwamis. Today was store appeared to be closed by Rena knocked a special knock and the door opened slowly by Wayzz. Once inside they saw Fu conversing with what looked like a small peacock.
"Duusu!" Tikki and Trixx said flying over to the kwami. Master Fu looked back and smiled at the girls.
"Come on in Marinette and Alya," Master Fu gestured for them to walk in more. "How are you doing?"
"We are doing well," Alya nudged Marinette who removed the crown from the scathel. "We just nabbed this."
Master Fu's eyes widen at the sight of the crown. Duusu also took notice and gave a small gasp.
"You took a big risk by stealing that," Master Fu said as he was handed the crown.
"Don't worry we'll return it," Alya brushed it off. Master Fu nodded and the three walked into the back room.
"So Duusu how is your owner?" Tikki asked once the three people left.
"She is getting much better," Duusu wiped a few tears away, "She deserves so much better than she has. So how are your owners?"
"Oh, they're good." Bubbles came out of Trixx's mouth. "My owner was just here how can I not say her name?"
"You know the rules Trixx we can't say our owner's name," Tikki sighed.
"I wish we could," Duusu stared to cry, "there's so much I want to tell mine but can't."
"Don't worry Duusu," Tikki comforted her friends, "hopefully this will all be over soon."
"So you have obtained Prince Felix's crown," Fu looked at the crown in his hands. The three of them were wearing gloves so no fingerprints would be present on the crown. "What is it you want me to do with it?"
"Give us some solid proof he is alive." Alya looked excitedly at the crown.
"Hmm I'll see what I can do," Fu walked over to a book and started flipping through the pages. He scrolled down on a page before he left to get some ingredients. Once they were gathered he placed them in a pot. As the pot bubbled he gently placed the crown inside. Soon a small bubble appeared.
"It seems there is no trace of the prince on the crown," Fu's face fell as he said that. "I am sorry."
"I guess the prince was stillborn," Marinette said.
"What do our kwamis say?" Alya asked looking at her partner. Marinette didn't answer. "About instinct?"
"To always trust your instinct," Marinette sighed.
"And we're going to do just that."