Chapter Four

(About a month after Volpina)

Alya sighed as she closed the door to her sisters room. She couldn't believe even now a month after the fact, that she helped Ladybug and Chat Noir, but she had. She only wished that she had been able to keep the Miraculous and continued to be able to help the other two heroes. Still she did make a promise to Ladybug and she had to keep it. True to her word she didn't say anything on her blog about their adventures that night, but she just wished she could tell her best friend about it.

Still if what she received on her blog a month ago was true then her suspicions were true as to why she was always late for class and why she was always disappearing. Alya just had to keep the hope that one day Ladybug would trust her enough to actually let her keep the Miraculous and continue helping them. Just then there was a knock at her window and Alya couldn't believe who it was standing on her balcony.

"Ladybug, Chat Noir w-what are you two doing here?" Alya asked shocked as Ladybug held out the same box she did three weeks ago.

"Alya Cesiare, you've helped us in the past, however the time has come for us to acknowledge that we need more than temporary help." Chat Noir explained when Ladybug didn't answer Alya's question. "Therefore the question lays will you join our team and help us?"

"Are you for real?" Alya asked shocked. For the last three weeks she had dreamed that Ladybug would trust her enough to actually let her keep the Miraculous and become an official member for their team. Now they were there offering it to her.

"Yes Alya we are." Ladybug told her friend. Though she didn't want to really bring Alya into their fight, Adrien and Tikki were right when they said that they needed the help and who best to work with someone than someone that they've already worked with before. Still Ladybug knew if Alya were to accept the Miraculous, then she would want to know who the two of them were, because they knew who she was. "We desperately need the help. Even after the Sapotis the villains have gotten much worse and stronger. We've been lucky the last few times but if you were to join us we could be much more stronger ourselves."

"So can we trust you?" Chat Noir asked.

"Yes totally." Alya said and she took the small black box once again and opened the lid releasing the fox Kwami once again.

"Hello Alya." it said.

"Hello Trix." Alya said smiling, then she looked at the other two heroes and wondered something. Since the two obviously knew who she would really be, then she wondered if they would let her know who they were. However she wasn't going to push it. If they didn't want her to know then they didn't want her to know and that was that.

"Alright Alya now remember not a word to your friends or on the Ladyblog." Ladybug said and Alya was slightly disappointed. She had hoped that they would trust her enough with their identities like she did with theirs.

"Ladybug remember what we decided?" Chat Noir said suddenly and Ladybug nodded the she turned to Alya.

"Meet us in two hours at this address." she said writing the address on a piece of loose paper. "He'll explain everything."

"Alright. " Alya said confused and the other two heroes left as Trix flew around Alya.

"I'm so glad we're going to be partners."

"So am I Trix." Alya said and she got ready for her meeting with the other two heroes.

Meanwhile Adrien sighed as he walked through his house. He hoped against hope that he was wrong and that his father wasn't his worst enemy. Still he had to be sure. After the incident with the spell book, he knew there was more to his father than the public or even he, knew. Just then he heard Natalie talking to his father and he leaned closer to the door, but not so close that they could see him.

"Are you sure sir?"

"Its the only thing that makes sense." came his father's voice. "He steals my book, then he is never home anymore, and now whenever he disappears that annoy Chat Noir shows up along with that aggravating Ladybug."

"Have you found out anymore about that new hero?"

"No but I intend to and I won't let those other two get in my way." Gabriel said as he pushed buttons on his painting of Adrien's mother and Adrien watched as his father went down in the floor. It was then that he knew the truth and he couldn't believe it. Grabbing his phone, he dialed Marinette's number and ran back to his room.

'This is Marinette, leave me a message. BEEP!'

"Mari we need to talk." Adrien whispered. He wasn't about to take a chance that his father would over hear him. "Meet me at the Eiffel tower, and bring Alya." he added then transformed and leaped out of his bedroom window.