"Come out! Come out!" her voice was shrill and whiney like that of a very young girl. "I'm not tired yet! Everybody wakeup!"
And with a wave of her Lollipop, Princess caused all the lights in the street to rapidly increase their intensity. They had become so bright that steam erupted from the puddles below them, while other bulbs just exploded from the force. But Princess walked under them, her bunny slippers absorbing the heat and keeping her unharmed. She put the lollipop behind her ear and spun giddily.
"I love staying up late!" she squealed, causing more lights to explode.
"Now, now Princess." Said the voice in her head. "Find the Miraculous and then you can do what you please. They should be at the Louvre."
"In that boring place?" she whined, bouncing to a stop and waving happily up at the terrified city people.
"OK, how in the world did we just cross the city in two minutes?" Panted Marinette as she came to an unsteady stop on a rooftop. "And how did I get in this outfit?"
Gone were her jeans and t-shirt, ceremonially replaced by a strange black and red jumpsuit and mask. The mask seemed to have melded with her skin, making her unable to remove it or adjust it. She prayed it would come off eventually, she'd hate to have to explain that to her parents.
"It's the Miraculous." Whispered Tikki, her voice resonating from the red earrings she now wore.
"I swung here, like Tarzan, using a yo-yo." Said Marinette not reliving what she just did. "How is that even possible?"
"it's the Miraculous." Said a cool, strangely familiar voice.
Out of the shadows a tall boy in a black jumpsuit, mask and cat ears walked out of the shadows.
Marinette braced herself, putting her arms and legs in the fighting position she had often seen actors use on television. "Is he the one I have to fight?"
"No, he's one of us." Whispered Tikki.
For once Plagg had been one step ahead of Tikki, telling Adrien that this girl in black and red was here to help. Of coarse they had had a few moments delay for two reasons.
1) It had finally dawned on Adrien that this wasn't actually a dream. He had actually, somehow, managed to transform into this costume using the ring Plagg had give him and had somehow run across town in one minute.
2)He couldn't keep his eyes off the girl who had appeared before him. She looked amazing and confident and could she look beautiful with a mask on? Just looking at her made him dizzy.
"Why hello there." Said Adrien walking up to the girl and, whilst taking her hand, kissing it.
He secretly scolded himself, he would never do this if it weren't for the mask. But, that was the fun of a mask, he didn't have to act like his normal self under it.
She rolled her eyes, stealing her had away from his gloved one and crossed her arms. "You have a Miraculous?"
"Apparently so."
"New at this?"
"Well… erm…"
The girl lifted her arms up in exasperation. "Great, I don't know what to do, he doesn't know what to do, Tikki what are we meant to do?"
"Yeah Plagg, what are we meant o do." Whispered Adrien looking down at the chaos Princess was causing below.
"Work as a team." Both Kwami said.
"What with him?"
"I can do that." Said Adrien walking up to her and extending a hand. "I'm…"
"Don't tell me your real name." said Marinette, folding her arms and shaking her head again, ignoring his extended hand. "I'm … erm … Ladybug."
"Ah ok…" said Adrien, not having expected this turn of events, he lifted is untaken hand to his hair and gave it a moment's thought.
"I'm Chat Noir."
"It seems we have to team up."
"And you make that sound like a bad thing." He laughed.
"Have you seen that thing down there causing havoc?"
'Actually I have.' He said, looking down at princess again. " It acts like a toddler."
"A toddler with sever anger issues."
"But we have to stop it."
"Apparently so."
"Do you know how to fight?"
That's when Chat Noir winked at the girl again and from his belt he pulled out a small silver rod.
She looked at him, unimpressed until he pressed some invisible button, causing the rod to expand almost to his full height. "I may have an idea."
Ladybug puffed out her cheeks. "And all I got was a yoyo."
"That's all you'll need " said Tikki. " The Miraculous gives you all the power and skills you'll need to protect it."
With a silent sigh she untied her yoyo and swung it in the air, narrowly missing bludgeoning Chat Noir with it.
"Hey!" he said dodging with his feline reflexes.
"Fine, let's see how we do."
"Yeah, how bad can it be?" said Chat Noir giving her his most dashing smile which Ladybug just ignored. She let her yoyo swing out ahead of her, tightly winding itself around a streetlight. With a running start she jumped and like a seasoned gymnast she swung herself to the ground below.
"She's amazing!" Noir Chat said dreamily.
"Adrien focus! You can crush on Ladybug later." Said Plagg.
"Right." Said Chat Noir shaking is head, leaping off the side of the building and gracefully landing on his feet, staff still in hand.
Their entrance hadn't gone unnoticed.
"Have you come to play?" asked Princess, turning her unnatural purple eyes towards them. Her long braided pigtails dragged behind her.
"It's time you stopped this." Called ladybug, yoyo in hand and feeling quite foolish with it.
"But I don't wan' too!" Princess protested, stomping her feet. Witch each stomp the earth shook, the windows shattered, showering the two teenagers with glass dust.
"Don't you think it's time you went to bad?" asked Chat Noir, shaking his head to get the glass out of his hair.
"I said I don't wont to!" Princess screeched, this time the ground shook so badly a nearby street lamp clasped. If it hadn't been for Ladybug pulling Chat Noir towards her with her yoyo it might have ended badly.
Instead, caught unaware he stumbled , almost falling over her.
"Sorry, my lady." Mocked Chat Noir, as he used ladybug's shoulder to steady himself.
She brushed his hands off and with a scowl said. "Don't call me that."
He gave her a lopsided smile. "What ever you say, my lady."
She groaned, walking past him.
Princess's eyes suddenly widened. "You two have the Miraculous things don't you! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! He said I'd never have to go to bed early again if I gave them to him."
"Didn't you mother ever teach you to say please?" asked Chat Noir, walking up besides Ladybug. "And who is she talking about? Who wants to steal the Miraculous?"
"Hawkmoth." Said Plagg with a hiss. "This is his doing."
Screaming Princess dashed towards them, her lollipop swinging from side to side.
"Marinette, destroy the lollypop. If you do she'll turn back to normal!" Said Tikki.
"But how am I meant to do that!" yelled Ladybug dodging the monstrous Princess' swinging lolypop.
"What?!" called Chat Noir, confused, also dodging Princess's attack.
"Destroy the lollipop!"
"But isn't that kind off immoral?"
"Just do it!"
"Fine." Murmured Chat Noir gracefully turning on his heels and running towards the screaming Princess. She swung her lollipop like a sword forcing Chat Noir to block it with his staff.
"Use your Ancient Power." Said Plagg.
"Huh?" said Chat Noir panting as he forced the girl back, she was way stronger then she looked.
"Yell Cataclysm! And see what happens… just make sure not to scratch you nose while you do it…"
Chat Noir bounced back and lifting one gloved hand over his head yelled "Cataclysm!"
A black glow surrounded his hand.
"What now?" he called not sure who'd answer.
"Destroy the Lollipop when you get the chance, okay?!" yelled Ladybug from somewhere.
Ladybug stood under the last remaining working light bulb.
She whistled to get Princess's attention and waved the spotted lollipop she had just summoned using 'Lucky Charm.' and called. "Hey! Do you want some sweets?"
Princess turned, her eyes widening as she saw the beautiful lollipop in Ladybug's hand, ten times larger then her own.
"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" screeched Princess running towards Ladybug.
In Princess's haste, she hadn't seen Ladybug's yoyo tied between the streetlight. She tripped, stumbling and wavering in her attempt to stay on her feet but, in doing so, princess sent the lollipop flying in the air.
Chat Noir, taking this advantage jumped into the air slicing the lollipop in half. The two pieces fell to the ground with an ominous clatter when a black moth emerged from the remains. Swiftly Ladybug untied her yoyo and threw it in the direction of the escaping moth, capturing it in an orb of golden light. After a few seconds the yoyo's glow faded, releasing a pure white moth.
"Well that was bizarre." Commented Chat Noir, looking down at his ring. Strangely it had beeped and two of the circles making up the paw print had vanished.
"You'll loose transformation when all the circles vanish." Commented Plagg.
"Your transformation is going tot wear off too?" commented Ladybug as she looked down at the red and black lollipop.
He shrugged. "The streets are deserted except for us, no harm done if we do."
"It's better if we keep our identities secret, even from each other." Said Ladybug throwing the lollipop up in the air. It erupted in a shower of gold sparkles, slowly fixing all that had been broken. Where Princess once lay, a small girl with dark locks slept soundly in her kitty themed onsie, shivering slightly from the cold.
"But that's so frustrating!" complained Chat Noir shaking his head. " I could actually know you."
"Trust me, we don't." said Ladybug as her earrings gave another ominous beep. She bent down and picked up the sleeping girl, she knew her, she had often babysat her during the weekends, her parents must be worried sick. "I'll take her home."
"Fine.' Said Chat Noir feeling exasperated as his ring beeped again. He extended his fist towards her. Ladybug looked at it with distaste. "At least fist bump me."
"Fine." She said bumping her knuckle with his own.
"Mission accomplished, my lady." He said, smiling. His smile was so genuine that she almost forgot to scold him and smiled up at him.
This was going to be an interesting team.
Hey :D so that's chapter 3! I really hope you guys are liking it, if you aren't feel free to tell me! Please review and thanks so much for reading. I'll try update soon - LunaPendragon