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Summary: Due to the sudden accident that happened in a lab, it caused the whole Paris slumber in darkness because of an electricity accident. From the latest argument from his Boss, Jason swore to avenge to him and Hawk Moth took this chance to fulfil his ultimate goal.


Chapter 7: Power Outage

There were commotion at the heart of the building; some were doing their jobs while others were currently being on a ten minute break.

"…So then I said, that's how you hit'em!" one of the workers exclaimed, earning laughs from his fellow mates.

"You definitely showed them there, Jason." a man replied, grinning.

The man, Jason, laughed. "Well, it's what I do." he then lifted his hand to check the time. "Woah, nelly. Time to get back to work and to check on the dynamo."

The group of men agreed as they walked back to their proper stations.

Everything well until there was a sudden explosion that happened in Jason's station. This alarmed everyone and they all ran towards the explosion while the alarms were furiously beeping, warning them that some sort of accident had happened.

"What happened? Jason?!" one of the co-workers explained.

A cough alerted them and from the smoke, Jason came out and one his friends ran towards him to help him out.

"I'm fi—fine." he coughed. "I don't know what happened! I was being careful, checking all the measurements and the levels and all of a sudden, the explosion came."

Sprinklers soon came out, extinguishing the smoke or any small fires that might've been made from the explosion.

"We need to report to the Boss." one of them stated.

Just then, the lights suddenly gave out which made them be in totally darkness. And then, footsteps were heard followed by a light that seemed to come out from a flashlight.

"Don't worry. The boss already knows." a voice announced.

:(/\):

"…and more on the news—" just as soon as the news person said that, the TV suddenly shut itself down which made the one watching it be wary of it. And as soon as the TV went out, the whole lights went out, having the house be in darkness.

"What just happened?" Mari asked, blinking.

"Hey, Marinette! Did you hear? Apparently, there was some sort of accident which caused this massive blackout we're currently having." Tikki, a Kwami, responded and she tried to fly towards Marinette.

She found it difficult when she rammed into something hard. Mari lifted her Kwami and placed her on her hands.

"What?" Mari asked.

"Yeah. I just read it on the newspaper before the lights shut out." she said.

"Great…" she muttered. The raven-haired girl tried to see in the dark. "Well…if we're going to be in the dark, then we might as well at least try to make the best out of it. Which means…find the flashlight first!"

Mari started to walk but as she did, Tikki's voice called out. "Hey, I think there was a wall there if I remember correc—"

Thunk.

Tikki winced when she heard a rough slam in what it appears to be a wall.

"At least, I know that a wall said hello." Mari groaned.

After searching which proved to be quite difficult, Marinette had finally found the flashlight which happened to be in a drawer.

"Ha, success! Ow." Mari winced from the sudden bright light that got shun in her face. "It's working, alright."

The raven-haired girl walked upstairs to her bedroom and onto her bed. She grabbed her cellphone and double-checked to make sure that her phone was still working.

It was, much to her relief.

"Mom and dad are gone. I'm all alone with Tikki…" Mari sighed. "Great. Just great. And as if things can't get any worse…"

Just then, thunder and lightning followed by rain suddenly came.

"I had to say it…" Mari clenched her fist that was currently holding her phone until an idea came.

She quickly texted Alya who instantly replied, saying yes to whatever question Mari had.

:(/\):

"Sorry, Adrien. But we're currently experiencing power outage." Natalie replied.

Adrien shrugged. "Eh, it's fine." at least, he now knows what happened. With that, the woman walked away and when she did, a black creature flew out of his hiding spot.

"Power outage, eh? You think this has to do something with an akumatized villain?" Plagg responded.

"Don't think so. Or at least, maybe not yet."

Plagg sighed.

Catching this, the boy asked. "What's wrong?"

"How can you enjoy a meal without lights?"

Even though it's dark, Plagg knew Adrien rolled his eyes. "Just eat it."

A sudden vibration rang through his pocket so he took out his cellphone and read the text message. After he read it, he gave a smile as he responded to it.

I'll be there.

:(/\):

Marinette fast-paced across her room.

"Mari, please try to relax. Company will be here soon." Tikki said, knowing that she was worried.

"I know. I'm just…I just don't really like this current situation." she stated then paused before flopping on her bed. "I wish she would hurry up."

As if on cue, the doorbell rang which startled the girl.

"She's here!"

"Be careful down the—"Tikki cringed when she heard loud thuds before a "I'm okay!"

Once at the door, Mari blindly grabbed the doorknob and yanked it open to reveal a brownish-reddish haired girl who greeted her.

"Hey, Mari. What's up?" she greeted her.

"Alya!" Mari gasped with delight. "I'm so glad you could come here!"

She laughed. "Now don't tell me that you're scared from the power outage, are you?" she grinned.

"Er…n-no…I'm just a bit…jumpy. My parents are out—which I hope they are okay and I'm kind of alone." Marinette answered.

"Understandable." she walked away from the door, allowing Marinette to close it. However, just as Alya was away from the door, she paused. "Oh, I invited two more guests if you don't mind."

"Like who?"

The doorbell rang, making Mari be curious while she gave her friend a look since Alya placed on a mischievous look. As soon as she opened it, a voice called out.

"Hey, Mari!" a voice greeted out.

Marinette turned towards the new voice and gave out a shriek.

"Adrien!" she squealed, jumping into the arms of Alya. "What are you doing here?"

"Alya mentioned a sleepover so she invited us, stating that you wouldn't mind two more guests…"

"Oh…" Mari secretly gave Alya a death-glare look. Once she gotten her composure, she let Nino and Adrien to come in.

Awkward silence.

"Oh right!" Mari suddenly said. "If we're going to see, then we need flashlights. I'll be back."

"Do you need some help?" Adrien offered.

"N-no, I'm fine. I can manage."

And not too soon, there were several crashes which made the group wince.

"Are you sure?" Adrien called out.

"Yes!"

:(/\):

Down the streets of Paris, Jason was walking down with an angry expression. His hands turned into fists and once he came to his destination, he opened the door and slammed it loudly.

How he hated his Boss. Oh wait, scratch that. He's not his boss anymore.

He could've fixed it. But did the Boss accept his help? No! Instead, he got someone new to fix his "mess."

In a faraway place, a bluish white light entered in, lighting up the once dark room. Inside the room, contained a person that goes by the name of Hawk Moth.

"Hmm…a total darkness and a dark hatred…what an interesting combination." he spoke. "But it fuels my energy." a butterfly flew into his hand and he covered his hand which eventually changed the small creature to a dark butterfly.

"Go, my little Akuma. Fulfill the upset comrade's dream! Let him know what his true destiny that was bounded by fate is!"

The black butterfly flew out of the window and had reached the destination. The critter then flew into his cellphone. He lifted his head but something about him seemed off…

"Electride…My name is Hawkmoth and I can make your wish come true but here's the deal. If you want to fulfill your electrifying needs, I need you to gather Miraculous. Are you in?"

An evil grin was formed on his face. "I'm in."

And the dark power altered him.

:(/\):

"Well…this is fun…" Alya said.

Nino was sitting next to her while Mari (who currently brought her legs closer to her chest) sat a few centimeters away from Adrien as though he was "poisonous" while Adrien, himself, was merely looking through the newspaper with the flashlight.

"Apparently, in the news, the reason that caused the power outage is that there was some accident that had happened in a lab." Adrien spoke, skimming through the today's news.

"Like we didn't already know that. And I'm pretty sure the whole Paris knows it by now." Alya pointed it out.

Nino paused. "Wow…way to literally shoot Adrien's note down."

Alya shrugged. "Just saying it like it is. Besides, no offense Adrien, you're kinda boring me with your…"news talk.""

"None taken." Adrien said, flatly as he threw the paper away.

Alya paused before she gave her attention to the quiet Marinette. "So, Marinette. What do you wanna do? After all, this is your sleepover."

Marinette laughed sheepishly when she felt all eyes staring at her. "Uhm…to be honest, I only invited her but you two came in unexpectedly so for now, I honestly don't know what to do…unless you two transfer to be a female so we can have girl talk?" she gave a sheepish grin.

"Uhm…"

"Who wants cookies?" Alya blurted out as she tried to change the subject since she noted that the two boys were slightly being uncomfortable.

"We do!" came the answers from the boys. They looked like as though Christmas had come early.

"Great! While Marinette goes down and gather some treats, we three shall plan out our night activities, sound good?" Alya said.

Mari blinked. "Ahh…sure…"

Just as Mari got up, Adrien stood up. "Maybe I should go with you…just in case."

Mari gave him a weak smile. "No, it's fine. I'll be fine—" thunk.

The group winced.

"I think the wall just said "hello!" Alya said.

"Maybe you should come." Mari said, hastily as she held her bruised nose.

:(/\):

Electride roamed the dark streets of Paris. The only thing that made him be able to see in the dark was his powers. He wore a black and white suit which made him be somewhat visible and he bore a black mask with some blue linings.

As he took steps, his feet were charged with electricity; sometimes creating holes that had his footprints in the ground due to the power he gave out.

He then stopped, being in the middle of the road and he scanned the dark area.

Jason breathed heavily before he felt his power being charged and then he released it to a nearby streetlight. This caused a small explosion since it shattered the glass and the light bulb.

He brought his hand back to him as though to studied it. After all, him having powers was something that was not written in his daily life…so naturally, it felt strange to have these odd powers…

With that, he grinned evilly as he knew just what to do with them…

:(/\):

Adrien and Mari went down the stairs and just for the sake of things, Adrien decided to grab Mari's hand so that she wouldn't fall.

"Okay, so you get the drinks and I get the treats?" Mari asked, dividing the tasks.

"Sure."

The two scattered throughout the dark room. Mari felt the counters of the kitchen, just to make sure she wasn't going either have a wall that said "hello!" or slip and fall.

Once they gathered that was needed, Mari and Adrien walked back to the room.

"We're here!"

"Oh, goodie!" Alya exclaimed, grabbing a cookie. "Mmmhh…the undying love for your mother's baking."

"Hey, I can bake to you know."

"I know…it's just that…" Alya paused. "They mostly don't turn out right."

Mari shot her a look which made Alya laughed since she knew Mari gave her a glare.

"I'm just kidding."

"And while you two were downstairs, Alya and I came up with an idea of what we could do to kill time." Nino announced.

"Which is?" Adrien questioned.

"Ghost stories!" Nino exclaimed, making Mari groan.

"And I know just how much you love them, Mari." Alya grinned.

"Shove off." she muttered.

"Now, since it was obviously my idea, I think I should go first." Nino spoke.

"In your dreams. It was my idea! Besides, I'm an expert at telling ghost stories." Alya pointed it out.

"Hah, you wish. But because you're a lady, I give you the honor of going first. After all, you know what they say…ladies first." Nino smirked.

Alya growled as she ducked his head. "Put a sock in it pal or I'll throw you off the Eiffel Tower and say it was an accident!" she threatened.

Nino gave a sheepish laugh while Mari shook her head.

Alya then grabbed the flashlight nearby and placed it under her chin so that she could give the more "scary-looking" type.

"Once upon a time—"

"Ghost stories don't start with "once upon a time"." Nino muttered. Alya quickly gave him a death-glare look and she continued.

"There were four friends and they were hanging out, watching a movie at the friend's house who had invited them. All was well till they heard a loud thud in the basement. They paused the movie but they shrugged, thinking nothing of it. However, as time went on, the same thud which they had heard from before came once again and this time it was an even louder thud. Now because of the loud sound, this caused them move out of their spot and carried on a flashlight.

The four of them walked down the basement to search what has been making that sound. Naturally, nothing was there so they thought nothing of it and walked back up. They then decided to go to bed—"

"How is this a horror story?" Nino asked, interrupting Alya who twitched.

"I'm getting there!" she snapped.

While indeed she was getting there, Mari on the other hand wore a look of terror as she shaking with fright. What she didn't realize was that she hanging onto something and as a result, the person pointed it out.

"Yeah uh, I think it's a good of a horror story since one of us is already frightened…" Adrien pointed it out.

Alya blinked and looked at Mari and gave a face palm.

"And uhm…you're kinda tugging my arm." Adrien said.

Mari blinked and turned her head to the side to see that she was holding Adrien's arm as if she was depending on it. She freaked out and quickly scrambled away from him.

"Ha, me? I'm not scared." Mari said although her tone gave a bit of quaver.

"Riight…" Alya drawled.

"Perhaps we had enough of ghost stories." Adrien said.

"No, no, no, no!" Marinette quickly shouted. "Uh…I mean…please continue. I actually want to hear what happened in the end…heh, it is rather intriguing in a horror story way…" she gave them a forced smile.

Alya shrugged. "Alright then." she paused before she resumed her story. "At some point in midnight, that same noise came and the main girl could've sworn she had heard someone talking. So, the girl checked upon her sleeping friends and discovered that it obviously wasn't them so being curious, she grabbed the flashlight and started to walk towards the basement once more—"

"Don't go there!" Mari yelled, throwing a pillow at Alya who sweat-dropped.

Seeing the looks, Mari quickly covered up. "Uh…I mean…er…hehe…carry on?"

Alya sighed. "Look, Mari. If you want me to stop, then I'll stop."

"No, no. It's fine." Mari insisted. "Please continue."

"If you wish…anyways, the girl walked down the stairs of the basement and stayed in the basement a bit longer…"

Outside the house, a figure was walking down the street until it stopped since it reached its destination. It looked at the house with narrowed eyes before he resumed his walking, going towards it.

All that was left was the electrifying footprints…

"…Suddenly, the girl turned around and aimed her flashlight at the shadow which she saw and gave out a loud scream when she saw a creepy silhouette staring right at her. Panicking, the girl hurriedly walked up the stairs and back into her room, shutting the door and climbed back into bed and pulled her covers. Because of what she saw, she couldn't sleep. However, the same voice from before was heard and this time, the girl was able to make out what she was saying: I'm on the tenth step…

The girl was frozen in fear as she did nothing. The little girl's voice was kept being heard, counting the number of steps of what she currently was on." the expression on Alya's face suddenly grew dark but just as she was about to speak, a noise that sounded like a thud came.

Thud.

"D-did you guys hear that?" Mari asked, frightened as she was unaware at the fact that she was moving closer to Adrien.

"It was probably some cat." Nino replied.

"Now why would a cat be in this time?" Mari pointed it out.

Nino rolled his eyes and got up. "I'll check it out."

After several of minutes, Nino came and went back to his spot. "It was nothing."

"Can I continue?" Alya questioned.

"Go right ahead."

"And then, the small girl spoke softly I'm on the first step…since the other girl was curious even though she didn't want to look, she got out of her covers to take a peek and…" she took a deep breath, shutting off the flashlight so that she can add some effects to the next sentence. "The small girl was found on her bed with a knife being raised above the other girl's head!" Alya exclaimed and Mari's whimper became even louder.

Mari then looked to the left since something told her to and she gave out a scream which made everyone be startled.

"For goodness sake, Marinette, it's a story!" Alya said, exasperated.

"Then what is that?!" Marinette exclaimed, pointing to the direction which made her scream.

Raising an eyebrow, the three looked to direction where she was pointing and gave a gasp. There, in the doorway, stood a distorted person with electricity going around his body.

The person gave a frightening smirk as he spoke in a raspy voice. "Knock, knock. Mind if I come in?"

And with that, the intruder took his hand out and out came an electric beam that was headed towards them. The group gasped while Adrien commanded "Move!" Just in time, the group moved out of the way and the beam struck at the now empty spot.

The group gave out a grunt when they fell to the ground from being pushed.

"What is that thing?" Alya gasped, scrambling backwards.

"I don't know but we better find a place to hide." Adrien said as he quickly scanned the dark area even though it was difficult and he remembered about the drinks. Swiftly, the boy released Marinette and quickly headed towards the drink but as he did, shrieks from Mari was heard as she told him to come back.

Adrien then grabbed the two half-filled cups and threw the liquid at the horrifying creature. Naturally, Electride gave a roar of pain as sparks came.

"Go, go, go!" Adrien exclaimed, using this chance to escape.

The group scrambled to their feet and they all blindly stumbled down the stairs since they had forgotten to bring the flashlight due to hurry.

"Everyone alright?" Nino called out.

"Uh, define alright." came the remark from Alya.

Meanwhile, upstairs, the villain regained self-control once the agony had dissolved. He then fixed his eyes at the entrance and started to walk down the stairs.

Thud, thud, thud.

"Hey, Alya. I think your ghost story is coming true." Nino joked.

"Now is not the time to joke around." Alya muttered.

"I think the monster is coming back." Marinette hissed.

They scrambled out of their spot and Mari made them follow her since she has a certain hiding spot which she could use right about now.

"Into the kitchen closet. It's big enough to all four of us." Mari said as she opened the door and motioning them to go in.

"Adrien, you too."

"No, you go in." he insisted. "I'll fend off the monster. It's an electric."

"Even so. It can still kill you so stop being bold and get in here!" Mari hissed.

"I'll be fine."

"Oh for…you know what. Mari, leave Adrien be. It's his death wish not yours. Now come in." Alya said, dragging Mari before she even had the chance to say anything. Once she was in, Adrien took off to another hiding spot and from his vest pocket, a small black creature flew out.

"Plagg, ready for some action?"

"I'm always ready…" he boasted then paused. "When I'm not eating cheese, that is." he added.

Adrien smirked. "Plagg, transform me!"

:(/\):

The house was silent which made Mari's nerves stand up even more.

"Would you relax?" Alya whispered.

"I can't." she said quietly. "Adrien's out there, risking his life and we're here not doing anything!" she then turned to Nino. "You know, sometimes you have an idiot of a friend."

Nino shrugged. "I'll be sure to tell him that."

A few minutes passed…

"Okay, you know what. I'm going to check on him!" Mari quietly announced.

"Are you mad?!" came the two responses.

"Yes, I'm mad but I can't sit here, not knowing if Adrien's alright. I'm going." she stubbornly replied as she was thinking that Ladybug would be great at the moment.

"No, no! Adrien already left. I'm not about to have my friend being electrocuted by some mad man. No. You're staying here until the power somehow returns back." Alya responded, firmly.

"I'm sorry, Alya but I've made up my mind." with that, Marinette quickly got up and pushed the door open. She then swiftly got out before Alya could even catch her.

Alya groaned. "I always knew she's smart but sometimes she just lacks of it."

Marinette walked away from the hiding spot and she would occasionally turn around just in case. This time, the girl was now walking backwards but then suddenly, her back got rammed into something hard and that made a cold chill go down her spine. A heavy breathing was breathed down her neck. Breathing quickly, Mari slowly turned around and her eyes went wide as she stared at the figure with a horror look.

There, in front of her, was the monster who gave her a sadistic smile as he placed his finger on his lip.

"Shh…"

Mari, who was being paralyzed in fear, wasn't able to move as the creature's hand started to go to her way. Just as the hand was about to strike her, a silvery staff was placed between them and this made Mari snap out of her frozen state. She blinked, recognizing the figure who had saved her.

"Chat Noir?"

"Go! I'll handle him." Noir replied, not looking back to see her nod.

When Mari started to run off, she paused. "Please, what happened to Adrien?"

This made Chat Noir be a little tense. "Uh, he's fine. He will join you soon. He just went into hiding."

Nodding, Mari took off and when she did, Chat Noir narrowed his eyes and gave a strong push so that the villain stumbled back and he performed a twirl which made the enemy fall back.

Once at a safe corner, Mari stopped running as she opened her purse and let out a red and black Kwami.

"Tikki, I think it's time for Ladybug to join in the action." she stated. "Tikki, Transform me!"

:(/\):

"Oh, this is ridiculous." Alya muttered under her breath. "Adrien and Marinette are out there, risking their damn lives while we're just sitting here, waiting to be as cooked gooses."

"Have faith in them." Nino told her. "They knew what they were doing. Heck, they could right now call Ladybug and Chat Noir even though I don't know how they can contact them but just don't worry so much. Everything turns out fine. It always does."

A short silence.

"You know…that was actually reassuring."

:(/\):

Ladybug and Chat Noir grunted when they landed on the ground with their own two feet. Noir scanned the area and performed a flip then landed beside Ladybug.

"Hey, I've got an idea that could potentially weaken him." Noir stated.

Ladybug grunted when she used her yo-yo to deflect the attack. "Shoot."

"Well, maybe we could lure him into a string of cables that would result in a nasty shock." Noir pointed to the tangled cables that were up ahead.

"You sure it would work?" she questioned.

"I'm paw-sotive."

Mari gave a scowl. "Let's move."

Just as she said that, the akumatized enemy lifted his arm and made a shockwave since he brought down and the two just managed to avoid it by jumping into the air. They then split apart as they ran from the walls in order move away from the creature. Marinette halted in her tracks to face the back of the foe.

"Hey, two eyes! Over here!" Marinette yelled as she threw her yo-yo to gain his attention.

It did since the brute turned around to give out a snarl and started to walk towards the two heroes. Smirking, the two stood their ground until Noir shouted out "Now!" and they moved out of the way by jumping sideways and Noir sent out his staff to knock him so that the opponent fell into the tangled cables. This resulted as quite a painful shock and the electricity sparked everywhere which caused Noir wrap his arms around Marinette to shield from the bright lights.

The zapping stopped and out came smoke, fizzing.

"Is he…?" Marinette spoke.

Wanting to know, Ladybug unwrapped herself away from Noir's arms (much to his protest) and walked towards the unmoving creature. Once close enough, the monster suddenly came back to life without a warning which startled Ladybug. Having no time to react, Ladybug got ready to throw her yo-yo and when she did, the adversary grabbed the string and sent out his attack by having his electricity go down the string and gave Marinette a very painful shock. When he sent his attack, his cellphone glowed an eerie blue color which indicated that he could send his power.

She let out an exclaim of yell while Noir widened his eyes.

"Ladybug, no!" Noir started to run towards her but the creature saw this and he let go of the string which made the heroine fall to the ground. Electride then grabbed Noir by his arm and swung him around in a half-circle then flung him so that he crashed in a string of cables which zapped him.

Gasping, Noir collapsed on his knees with his palms touching the ground.

"Noir!" Ladybug exclaimed. "Lucky Charm!" she cried out.

In a bright flash, an object appeared which turned out to be a bucket.

"Convenient." she muttered.

She then scanned the area to know where she could use it and quickly ran towards Chat Noir who was just starting to be in order.

"Hey, you okay?" she asked, worriedly.

"I'm fine…" Noir mumbled.

Ladybug drew a breath in. "Hey uhm…if you don't mind, I was wondering if you could destroy the faucet that's in the kitchen since we're close to it and uhm—"

"Say no more. I got it covered." Noir flashed her a smile.

"Thanks, Noir." she thanked him, graciously.

Once recovered, Noir raised his arm up. "Cataclysm!"

He then ran towards the kitchen and slid then used his powered up hand to smash the faucet.

"Now this is going to be quite a downpour." Ladybug announced.

Noir smirked. "Ladies and gentlemen. Please open your umbrella since today's forecast is heavy rain." he grinned.

Ladybug used the bucket and placed it sideways so that once the stream of water struck at the side of the bucket, Marinette slightly adjusted the object so that it gushed towards the monster who was coming at them. However, just as he entered the kitchen, he was met with a torrent of water.

He screamed something awfully as he received painful shocks which eventually weakened him and he collapsed to his knees.

Using this chance, Mari grabbed the cellphone and crushed it. Out came, a black butterfly.

"It's time you ended your harm." Mari called out as she took out her yo-yo so that the critter can be pure again. Once it was, Ladybug sent it free and it fluttered away.

"Miraculous Ladybug!" she exclaimed, throwing the object in the air and everything that was destroyed was now fixed.

"What…what am I doing?" Jason responded.

"Job well done." the two fist-pounded.

Just as they congratulated each other, the power came back on.

"Just in time too." Ladybug said, smiling.

A beep were heard which indicated that Noir had little time left.

"Well, time to jet." he gave a smile before he zoomed off.

:(/\):

"So close yet so far!" Hawk Moth stated, eyes narrowed. "Oh, celebrate your victory, yes. But this isn't over, Ladybug and Chat Noir. The final battle between good and evil will come at last!"

With that, the blue light then vanished which left Hawk Moth be in total darkness.

:(/\):

There was nothing but silence in the house which made Alya and Nino be curious about it.

"Okay, it's too silent." Alya announced. "I'm going out."

"Wait, Alya—"Nino moaned. "I'm going to then."

Alya pushed the door open and gave a little peek. She scanned the place before she motioned Nino to come out.

"Uh, so far everything looks normal." Alya stated as she walked in the dark. She then went towards the light switch and flicked it on. "The power came back on."

"And it looked like it stopped raining." Nino observed through the window.

"So, where are Adrien and Marinette?"

Two running footsteps were heard followed by screeches. "We're here!"

Alya turned around to see Mari and Adrien who gave strained smiles.

Alya walked towards Mari who gave a sheepish laugh as she knew what was to come.

"Alya, I—"

The girl stared into her friend's eyes then what she did made Marinette be taken off-guard.

"I'm just happy that you didn't get killed." Alya said as she threw her a hug. Mari returned it.

Just then, a door opened from the entrance and that caused Marinette withdrew from her friend's hug.

"Hello? Marinette?"

Mari gasped with delight when she found out who it was.

"Mama! Papa!" she exclaimed, running towards the front door entrance. When she saw them, she embraced them into a hug.

"Ah, there's my girl! How are you? Was everything okay during the blackout?" her mom asked.

"Yeah, I've invited some friends over." Mari said as the three came into the view.

"So I see. That's good. I'm happy that you had company." her mom responded then paused. "Say, now that the rain stopped and the evening is so beautiful, why don't you four do some star-gazing up at the balcony?" she suggested.

Mari's eyes sparkled with delight and turned towards her friends. "What about it guys?"

"Sure, why not."

:(/\):

"The night is beautiful." Nino said as they were sitting in lounge chairs.

"Yeap, it sure is." Alya agreed. The night was filled with thousands of sparkling stars that illuminated the bright star.

"Hey, isn't that Orion?" Adrien pointed it out, pointing it towards the three stars that formed the belt.

"It is!"

As the four continued to gaze across the starry night sky, Marinette kept help thinking.

Paris is truly beautiful and I will keep fighting for it.

Author's Note: …ha, I had fun writing this XD AND I STILL NEED TO SEE THE NEW EPISODE ARGH! I've seen bits and pieces (yeah, I know) but still T_T anyways, I need to go bed since it's 11:33pm so yeah…toodles and goodnight!