Mooooooore lore!
Okay yeah I know it could be a bit boring, but I promise it's all important!
Also, I already changed my previous Wind Tumblr posts, but I'll be uploading the full chapters on Tumblr, now, too.
Anyway, less talking, more reading x)
Enjoy~


"So, Tikki, I was wondering…", Marinette started again, pulling together her eyebrows once more.

"What is it, Marinette?"

"Well, we're fighting against Hawkmoth. And Hawkmoth has the Butterfly Miraculous. So… Normally, the Miraculous are there to help people. But against what? Is it always the Butterfly Miraculous?"

Tikki patted the girl's cheek, smiling softly.

"Normally, the Miraculous are activated to protect the human race from themselves. Wars, conflicts, cruelty and so on. But there were times in the past, and not exactly few, when a Miraculous wielder got hungry for power or got corrupted or the Miraculous were stolen by people who needed these powers to accomplish something in their life, usually politically."

Marinette nodded, rolling on her back to stare up at the ceiling. Adrien had just left for home and she was laying on her bed, talking to Tikki.

"So, various Miraculous were used for bad in the past?"

"Yes. Every Miraculous was controlled by someone who had something bad in mind at least once. Everytime this would happen, the yin and the yang, the key Miraculous were activated to take care of the Miraculous that was used. For such things like for what the Miraculous were originally created, the guardians would be activated and not Plagg or me."

"So, how many Miraculous are there again?"

"Two key Miraculous and five guardian Miraculous, of which the Turtle is constantly activated to protect the other Miraculous. And the twelve Zodiac Miraculous, each representing an animal from the Zodiac circle, but these are minor Miraculous."

"So there is Chat and me, we're the key Miraculous. And from the guardians there's Hawkmoth, the Butterfly Miraculous. You mentioned the Turtle. Which three are left?"

"There's the Bee, the Peacock and the Fox."

Marinette's eyes widened and she turned her head to look at Tikki.

"The Fox Miraculous? Volpina? This really is a thing?!"

"Yes, Marinette. But as you already know, the Volpina you got to know earlier wasn't the real one. The true Fox Miraculous is still in the box safe with the Turtle guardian."

"You mean Master Fu, don't you?"

"Exactly."

"And-… Could Volpina be chosen while I'm Ladybug?"

Tikki brought a little paw up to her chin, thinking about that for a while.

"Well, it could be… But you can trust this wielder then, I believe."

Marinette nodded, staring up at the ceiling again.

"And… Master Fu is pretty old… Do you think he'll chose a new wielder soon?"

"Oh Marinette, you're so full of questions…"

"To my defense, I'm saving Paris every once in a while.", she smirked when Tikki sighed but laughed.

"True. I honestly don't know Marinette. All I know is that you should be patient and maybe a new guardian will be chosen. It's probably not so far away from now because Master Fu saw that you and Chat have a pretty good chance against Hawkmoth and I could imagine that he'll send you two help to defeat Hawkmoth once and for all."

The girl smiled, stretching and then crossing her arms behind her head.

"That'd be really cool. I hope it'll work! Chat and I could need a partner, the akumas are getting pretty strong lately.", her smile faltered after a little while, though. She turned over and bit her lip, obviously fighting with the question.

"But-… Why-… Why didn't Master Fu send help when Chat was alone? I-I mean-… I'm grateful he wasn't mad at me for losing my Miraculous and failing… But Adrien had a real problem, he even had to ask Alya to transform for him once. How come Master Fu didn't want to help him?"

Tikki rested next to her head on the pillow and became a bit more thoughtful, lightly tapping on her nose.

"I believe there's an explanation to this… Maybe ask him sometime, Marinette. I'm sure he had his reasons.", after a short break in which Marinette nodded she changed the topic again, "And I also think Hawkmoth finally understood that you two are a challenge. That could be why he never stays at one place and doesn't akumatize people so often anymore."

"Speaking of which, why is he able to only akumatize one person at a time? There are many people in Paris and surely there are a few of them sad at the same time."

"Well, you and Chat Noir, you both detransform five minutes after using your secret superpower. You have limited powers and so does Hawkmoth. He can only evilize one person at a time, he doesn't have the power for more. It's like with your Lucky Charm, you can only cast one."

"I understand…"

They laid next to each other just enjoying the silence for a few moments before the girl decided to speak up again.

"So, Tikki… Will you stay with me even after we defeated Hawkmoth?"

She heard the Kwami shift on the pillow and look at her.

"Do you want me to?"

Marinette faced the tiny goddess and her mouth hung open for just a few seconds. Then, she collected herself again, nodding furiously.

"Of course I want you to! I love you, Tikki, you're one of my closest friends!"

The Kwami smiled and nuzzled her cheek.

"I love you too, Marinette. And I will be honored if I can stay with you."

They both laughed but quickly settled again, Tikki now laying on the girl's stomach. For a moment, the silence took over and they both just breathed, enjoying to be with each other.

Sometimes they needed that.

After being separated they had began just to feel each other's presence, sometimes not saying one word for hours while breathing together, trying to overcome the past by enjoying the safety of feeling the other breathing. That was enough to keep them both, but mostly Marinette, on the ground.

"Tikki, was one of your wielders once corrupted too?"

She was quiet and Marinette had to softly nudge her head to get a response, then comfortingly brush over Tikki's forehead to keep her going.

"Well… Yes… There were two of them. It was not nice. They used me and controlled me. The first one was from Finland and surprisingly strong. Puna, my Ladybug, and his partner, Musta, Plagg's Black Cat, had just defeated 'sininen varjo' aka 'blue shadow', as my wielder, Torjen, experienced the power that came with having both key Miraculous united. His Black Cat, Nilo, had been unconscious at that time and alone, Torjen would've never had a chance against the corrupted wielder of the Peacock Miraculous. So he took Musta's ring and defeated his enemy, killing the Peacock wielder in the process. I started begging Torjen to stop this in an instant and let Plagg go, let the power go, return to his old self and get back to his family, to his wife and young children. He wouldn't listen… Luckily, Nilo had awoken again and took Torjen down, taking his ring back. He was too slow to save me, even though Plagg gave him all the strength he could to prevent me becoming a prisoner. Plagg had to witness that three times at this point already and he didn't want me to go through this too. I-… I still remember his worried look right before Nilo transformed and fled. It had been ten years until three Miraculous wielders, Musta himself, the Peacock and the Butterfly Miraculous took down Torjen. He-… He died a horrible… Horrible death…"

Marinette scooped up her Kwami and felt something wet on her cheek as she sat up.

"Tikki, you don't have to tell me about this, you know? If it is too painful then you don't have to do anything."

The little red goddess shook her head and looked up at her current wielder while trying to manage a smile.

"No, it's alright… You should know about this anyway. So, that was the first time it happened… It was the worst too. It was completely new for me and it had happened so fast… And Torjen died while being transformed so I had to witness every little detail, it was-… Not nice, really. As I said, his death was a painful one and I wish to never have to live through something like that again."

The girl nodded, placing a little kiss on the Kwami's forehead.

"And, well, the second time was not that long ago, actually. Torjen lived almost 1300 years ago, the second time is only a bit over 160 years ago."

"Only, huh?", Marinette smiled as Tikki snorted.

"For me it's only, especially when I'm deactivated most of the time. Anyways, the second time had lasted just about one month. It was in Spain, and Mariquita or Sofía, had been a girl, just like you. She'd lost her family to one of the revolutions there and desperate through her mourning, she decided to suddenly hunt down her partner Gato. I never got to know who he was and Plagg doesn't want to tell me, but I think it's been her younger brother, Nicolás, who she believed was dead. He was fast and able to snatch the Miraculous from her just a month after her mind was twisted by her sadness. But he never revealed and so, she committed suicide right after he took the Miraculous from her.", Tikki sniffed and shook her head, "She had only been twelve…"

They stayed quiet for a while, just Marinette comforting Tikki. As the girl was sure her Kwami felt better again, she bit her lip.

"H-How many times-… How many times had the Black Cat Miraculous been used like this?"

"Plagg had been in such a situation eleven times now. That's probably the reason why he doesn't exactly want to bond or talk about serious things with his wielder. Plagg's grown distant since this one wielder, Panteră, Joana, back in what you now call Rumania in 509. I think he was in love with her, just a little bit. And then, she turned against him, grew cold and angry with the world. That's when Plagg changed."

Marinette's shoulders slumped and she laid back again, resting her head on her soft pillow and caressing Tikki's head on her chest which resulted in a slight buzzing coming from inside the Kwami.

Just when she was about to fall asleep, a quiet knock on her window startled her awake again.

Green eyes flashed and she was out of the bed faster than Tikki could process.

The girl was down her stairs to her window, ripping it open and letting in a completely soaked Chat Noir.

"What are you doing? Chat, you were here literally around an hour ago."

"Yeah, but I couldn't wait to see you again! I was just missing you.", he grinned and shook his wet hair to sprinkle her with raindrops.

"Ugh, please detransform, kitty, or otherwise you'll get water everywhere. I'm getting a towel for you and camembert for Plagg. And then you're telling me what really brought you here."

He nodded still showing his teeth in a cocky grin, releasing his transformation just before she left her room, catching Plagg in his hands.

"Thanks buddy… I just-… I had to get away from there.", he whispered just when he was sure she couldn't hear them anymore.

"It's okay Adrien. Just get me cheese.", the little Black Cat dismissed it with a wave of his paw, already looking around for Tikki. She just came floating down from the bed, settling in Adrien's hand as well after shooting a questioning look to him. He nodded smiling, watching as she laid down next to her boyfriend, snuggling close to him even though he was as wet as Adrien's hair.

He heard them whispering but didn't pay attention to give them some privacy, until Tikki spoke up.

"Why did you have to 'get away' Adrien? Is it because of your dad?"

"Keep it down, will ya?", he received an accusing glance of the tiny goddess and rolled his eyes, "Yeah, okay, it was because of my dad. But please don't tell-…"

"What should who not tell?", Marinette just came up again to toss the towel to Adrien who caught it with his other hand. She went to set down the plate with camembert on her desk, turning around to face Adrien again.

"Uh-… nothing?", he tried. Tikki's annoyed huff alone got him busted.

"Okay, what's going on?", her eyebrows scrunched together and she pouted, making the face Adrien could never say no to.

"Uh, well, you see… I-… I kinda had to get out of my home because-…"

She gestured him to go on and he laughed nervously.

"My room is just too big! It's cold and lifeless and I missed you!"

She nodded, coming up to him and taking the Kwami from his hand cautiously. She brought them back to the table where Plagg instantly attacked the cheese which resulted in a disgusted but also amused snort from his partner. Marinette as well smiled a bit before returning to Adrien, putting her hands on top of his chest.

"Adrien, I can tell when you're lying. And it wouldn't just be that when it's raining like that outside. You hate the rain, I know that. So please, tell me. What's going on?"

He sighed, placing a little kiss on her forehead before sitting down on her chaise, pulling her into his lap while doing so.

"Yeah, okay, it's my dad again. He's being… Overprotective."

She pressed her face into his shirt on his shoulder, trying to comfort him.

"I'm sorry… What did he suggest this time?"

"He tried to take me out of school, because we're nearing our graduation and he wants the best possible grades for me… And he thinks I'm doing better if I'm being homeschooled again especially now that we're together…"

"He thinks I'm distracting you?"

"Don't get him wrong, Mari, he just… He really likes you, I think, it's just that… No, he thinks exactly that if I'm being honest. Well, along with other things like friends and not being individually schooled and so on…"

She inhaled his scent and shook her head.

"How did you get out of this? Did you get out?"

He smiled and pressed a little kiss to her dark blue hair.

"I did get out, luckily. I told him it was unreasonable and that my grades are better than ever. He just… He doesn't want to see that. Anyway, I had to see you. The argument with my father was pretty… Harsh. Especially against Nino. You know he doesn't like him."

She nodded, lightly kissing his chin and then looked up to his green eyes, smiling.

"I'm right here, kitty cat. Now, don't think about it anymore, okay? You are staying in school and if your father tries to take you out again, a certain superhero will have a word or two with him."

He laughed, nuzzling his nose against hers.

"You wouldn't do that, bugaboo. And now, I promise I won't think about it anymore. We have more important things to do.", he waggled his eyebrows and she couldn't help but laugh.

"Like what, patting you?", he nodded enthusiastically and she laughed a little louder, scratching the back of his head, "The silly cat that you are, of course you came here just for pats."

He purred and laid down on the chaise, pulling her on his chest with him.

"Well, for what else would I be coming over? Kisses?", he trailed off, his purring never stopping when she pressed her lips lightly on his, "Okay, maybe-…"

He grinned against her and his hands went up and down her back.

"I love you, purrincess."

"And I love you, kitty cat."