Hi, y'all!

So, quick question: I have a doc that's my season 1 notes. When I get to the end of writing season one, do you guys want me to post them as an interlude or something? Or no?

Happy New Year's btw.

Please read and review; all mistakes are my fault; relax and enjoy; and does anyone know/remember if I mentioned Marinette having a necklace in this story?

STORY TIME!

Marinette collapsed on the couch from exhaustion. She had just gotten back from the first 'Power Sparring Session' with her cousins. She'd been doing great until all of them teamed up on her. Marinette groaned and tried wiggling her toes, not quite exactly feeling them.

Sabine eyed her from the sink, drying the dishes. "I hope you're feeling better now that you have your Adderall, Marinette."

"Great," came the muffled reply.

Sabine smiled and shook her head, putting the last dish on the rack. Wiping her hands, she started for the stairs, calling over her shoulder, "I hope so, since you're babysitting after school today."

"WHAT?"

Alya didn't wait for Marinette to sit down before she started talking about a new theory. "Anyway, the Ladyblog has been blowing up!"

Marinette made a vague noise of acknowledgment, lifting her head up when she heard another voice chime in from in front of her. "I saw the most viewed video was both of those shadow ones!" Adrien said, twisting around in his seat.

Alya nodded energetically, tapping her phone. "Yeah! I bet Ladybug is the shadow vigilante. Get this, they're the same height! And they're never in the same place together! By that logic, Chat Noir couldn't be them since I saw him right before my first encounter with them!"

"By that logic," Marinette dryly stated, "Ladybug could also be Hawk Moth," she said, not realizing that some of her other classmates were paying attention to their conversation by now, "since, you know, they're never in the same place together. Also, Ladybug's height? Is like the most average height in Paris. The most average of average." But not the most average when your family has godly blood, making them unfairly tall, she added in her mind.

Alya opened her mouth to retort before the teacher walked in and everyone got out their stuff.

"Marinette, here's Manon, the little girl I told you about." Sabine was holding onto the hand of a little girl with brown high pigtails. "You and her can stay in here, or go outside, or whatever. But she is your responsibility until she gets picked up, okay?"

Marinette eyed Manon from her spot on the stairs. "I'm bad with responsibilities, but okay. C'mon, Manon. I'll show you to the living room."

Manon followed her up the stairs to the living room, staring at her with large eyes. Marinette awkwardly gestured to the couch and TV. "You can stay here and watch stuff while I go change, considering that I'm in rainbow printed pajamas, right, Manon? I'll be only a moment. Do you need me to turn in the TV?"

"No," said Manon. "I know how. Thanks, uh. . ."

"Marinette."

"Thanks, Marinette."

She smiled and went up the stairs, content that Manon wouldn't burn the house down. Getting to her room, Tikki flew out, staring at her, much like how Manon did earlier. "At least you'll learn some responsibility, Marinette."

Marinette sighed from where she was putting on her shirt. Her relationship with the kwami was tense considering the arrangement: Marinette could take the earrings off every now and then and Tikki had as much sweets she wanted. Marinette knew she sometimes had to skip the Power Sparring Sessions (PSS) and made up for it by using her powers every day, little by little. Like making a corner more dark, or trying to push something in the bakery while she was in her room. Little things.

She went downstairs to see Manon watch some KIDZ+ studio fashion contest. "Hey, Manon."

Manon looked up and her eyes widened. "Woah. You look like one of those girls my mom won't let me near."

Blinking, Marinette looked down at her outfit. Frayed black short shorts, a black long sleeve with a silver skull, and a purple hoodie tied around waist. Yeah, she could see why. "Do you want me to change?" she asked.

"No, you look good," Manon decided. "What's wrong with your legs, though?"

Oh, right. Marinette winced as she remembered that she had a series of scars caused by scratches from monsters on the inside of her calf. "An accident. Do you want me to change?" she asked uncertainly.

"No." Manon shook her head. "Hey, what's this?" She held up an unfinished hat, the rainbow cap Marinette was making for Nico.

"No, Manon, give it," Marinette sternly said, narrowing her eyes and holding out a hand. Manon quickly withdrew the hat, holding it to her chest.

She shook her head. "But I want to be a fashion designer too!"

They looked at each other for a few seconds before Marinette lunged towards Manon, falling onto the couch. "Manon, please," she said, getting up, "it's not finished! You're gonna ruin it!"

Manon just giggled and raced around the room. Marinette groaned before swiping the little girl from the floor and taking the hat away. Manon just wiggled out of her grip and took the home phone on the kitchen counter. "I'm gonna vote for Mireille, she's the best!" Manon proclaimed.

"First off: Aurore clearly put more effort into her outfit to try to fulfill the theme, while Mireille looked like she barely put any effort," Marinette said, snatching the phone, "and second: why am I doing this again?"

Tikki peeked out from her hiding spot. "Stay low, Tikki," Marinette hissed.

Tikki giggled. "Don't worry. You know what? If you can handle Manon for a day, any villain here on out will be a piece of cake."

The doorbell rang and Tikki went back to hiding, th away in one of the hoodie's pockets. Marinette went to go answer, jumping over the couch. "Alya?" she asked as she opened the door to reveal the blogger.

Alya grinned. "Hey, I-what happened to your legs?" she questioned.

Marinette shrugged. "An accident. What were you saying?"

"Oh, right! I got a huge scoop for you. Guess who's on a phtoshoot in the park?"

"Adrien? Now? Are we going to go see him?" Marinette asked, unsure as to where the conversation was going.

"As we speak," Alya confirmed. "And, yeah we're going! C'mon!"

"Uh, who's she?" a voice interrupted. Marinette's eyes widened and she hurriedly turned around to see Manon peeking up at her and Alya.

"I forgot to introduce you two," she said. She picked up Manon, setting her on her hip. "This little beasty is Manon. Manon, this is Alya."

Alya nodded. "I'm a mythical unicorn from the world of Rispa, disguised as a totally fabulous human girl. I grant magical wishes, but only to little monkeys who behave!"

Manon laughed before cuttin herself off. "No, you're not!" She paused for a second, before hesitantly asking, "Are you?"

"Well, let's all go to the park!" Marinette interrupted. "Okay?"

"Yay!"

"Okay."

"So, do we just sit here and wait until he's finished?" Marinette asked, shielding her eyes from the sun. Adrien was near the fountain, posing in front of the camera. "I think they're taking a break in a few minutes, we could talk to him then."

Alya shrugged. "Well, I was hoping for a bit more action from you, but you could invite him for a smoothie."

Marinette adjusted Manon on her hip and looked at her. "Hear that, Manon? You want to get a smoothie or no?"

Manon nodded and asked, "Later though, right? I don't want to leave the park so soon, Marinette." She topped it off by widening her eyes and blinking innocently.

Marinette shrugged. "Well, until we can ask Adrien, I don't know. Alya, do you want to talk to him, or do want us to come with you, considering that the break just started." She pointed over to where the photographer had stopped taking pictures and instead was rubbing his chin in thought, a frustrated look on his face.

"Yes! C'mon, ladies!" Alya's eyes brightened and she started dragging the two others to where Adrien was looking at them curiously.

"Hey, Adrien," Marinette and Alya greeted. The blond smiled at Marinette. "Hey Alya, Marin-woah, Marinette, what happened to your leg."

Marinette adjusted Manon once more. "An accident. Say-" Manon started tugging on her hair. "What, Manon?"

"Can I get a balloon with Mireille on it?"

"Er, sure. Alya, can you ask Adrien while I go with Manon?" Marinette asked. "She wants to go get a balloon. Okay? Thanks." She speed walked over to the stand, only half hearing Alya protest behind her.

"I want a purple one!" Manon insisted as they looked at the balloons. Marinette nodded and switched Manon to her other hip so she could pay for the balloon.

"Thank you," Marinette said. "Manon, say 'thank you'!" It must have been very tiring to be standing all day in the sun.

"Thank you!" Manon said sweetly. In a lower tone, she asked, "Can we go to the merry-go-round, now? I want to go on the merry-go-round!"

Marinette walked away from the stand. "Manon, we should be getting back to Alya and Adrien."

Manon pouted. "You promised! You aren't going to break your promise, are you?"

"Sweetheart, I didn't promise anything, so miss me with that trash." Marinette raised an eyebrow. "But," she relented, "we can go to the merry-go-round. Adrien and Alya are teenagers, they should be able to take care of themselves. Mostly." Hopefully, they weren't like other teens Marinette knew.

She just put Manon on the merry-go-round when Alya ran up to her, panting, "They need an extra to pose with Adrien!"

"Uh, okay." Marinette had a slightly panicked look in her face. She had no idea why her friend was telling her that. Manon looked between the two. "Is that boy your boyfriend?"

"What? No," Marinette shook her head.

"Well?" Alya shook the demigod's shoulder. "Go on! What are you waiting for?"

"But, Manon? Who's going to look after her?"

"I'll do it!" Alya waved a hand in the air. "You take care of Prince Charming, and I'll take care of Miss Unicorn here."

"Oh-well-okay!" Marinette turned to Manon. "I'm going to go do something, and then after that we'll get smoothies, okay, Manon?"

"No way." Manon shook her head. "You're my babysitter!"

Alya shoved Marinette away from the merry-go-round. "Trust me. Unicorns unite! Let's go to Rispa and find us some sad little village kids and grant those wishes! Yee-haw!"

"Yee-haw!"

Marinette bit her lip. "Well, actually maybe I should stay. Or Manon can come with me! Or-huh?" She saw a dark looking girl with pigtails and an umbrella. While normally she'd love the colour scheme, the fashion internal was bad. Maybe with with few changes her and there it'll look exceptional, but as it is, it looked like a badly thrown together toddler costume.

She barely dodge the ray of ice that came from the parasol, incasing the merry-go-round in a ice dome. "Tikki, I really hope you're still in my pocket," Marinette murmured, "because I think we'll have to transform."

She ran into an alleyway across the street, making sure no one was near her before Tikki flew out of her pocket. "Tikki, spots on! Yeah!" A bright pink light enveloped her and she felt her hair flow out of the ponytail into two pigtails tied with red ribbons while her clothes were replaced with a red and black suit.

After the light dissolved, Ladybug immediately rushed back towards Alya and Manon, whispering, "Why did I leave Manon? I should have never done that! No. Alya's right. She's in good hands. Hopefully." She arrived at the dome and stared at the pair. "I'm going to try and get you out of there, stay calm."

She tried wire-cutting the dome only for the yoyo to slip right off. "Or not? Damnit, on to plan B!" She ran back up to the dome. "Don't worry, everything's gonna be okay!"

Manon looked at her with wide eyes. "Where's Marinette?"

Ladybug crouched down to be eye-level with the kid. "She sent me to check on you guys. If she's smart, she'd hiding in a shop or building." But she's not, so she's out in the open with a yoyo and a skin-tight suit while an akuma is on the loose.

To be fair, she never claimed to be smart in these type of situations.

No, no, not there, Ladybug thought as she ran down the streets looking for her partner. They needed to regroup to task on the akuma. Hopefully Chat Noir didn't try to confront the akuma by himself-

"AAAAAHHH!" Chat Noir came flying down the street, landing by her feet. Ladybug rolled her eyes and helps him up.

"I thought cats always landed on their feet," she grumbled. She distractedly swung the yoyo a few times by her side. Chat Noir took her hand and brushed a kiss over her knuckles. "Thanks, M'Lady, but I had it covered. Also, the akuma calls herself Stormy Weather."

Ladybug gently pushed him back by his nose. "Uh, didn't look like that to me, KitKat. But, your welcome. And, thanks for the name!"

Stormy Weather floated above them. "We should be expecting lightning storms like right NOW!" She used her parasol to make the sky darken with storm clouds and lightning. Ladybug pulled her and Chat Noir, barely avoiding a blast of energy from the akuma.

Chat Noir cracked his neck. "You just won yourself a cat fight!"

Stormy Weather growled. "Black ice!" The streets glazed over with ice and wind blasted from her direction. Chat Noir was lifted from the ground and thrown back.

"Gotcha!" Ladybug caught him, preventing him from doing pinball with cars. Stormy Weather broke a screen in the side while Chat righted himself.

"A little Chat Noir will take the wind out of her sails!" Chat Noir said, lunging forward. Ladybug stopped him by his belt-tail-thingy.

"Whoa, kitty kitty. You better think before you leap," she said, letting go of her grip. Chat Noir backed up unit he was back at her side.

"You got a plan?"

"Uh," Ladybug hesitated. "Just follow my lead." She started running along the face of a building, hoping that Chat Noir was copying her on the other side of the street. They tried getting the jump on Stormy Weather, only for her to see them and fire a windy blast, knocking them back throught the air, along with several vehicles.

They landed harshly on the street, curled up. Ladybug go up first, then saw a bus about to flatten them. "Um," she protested as she quickly crouched over Chat Noir, who was slowly rising. She forced both of them down as she used her yoyo as a shield, cutting a circular hole on the side of the bus, saving her and her partner.

They slowly got up as the yoyo stopped spinning, falling onto Ladybug's head. "Ow."

"Ha!"

Ladybug and Chat Noir ran down the street, pausing in their search. Ladybug looked around. "Maybe she's got some anger issues!" she said, turning back to her partner.

Chat nodded. "Or she didn't pass her driving test!"

The screen crackled to life above them as Stormy Weather filled up the screen. "Hello, viewers! Here's the latest forecast for today. Looks like Mother Nature had a change of plans. Warm weather is officially over!"

Chat pouted and wiggled his eyebrows at Ladybug. "Already? But I look so good in a swimsuit," he smiled.

"The cat suit will do, thanks." Ladybug rolled her eyes. "And that background looked familiar. . . Chat, do you know where it is?"

Chat Noir nodded. "It's the KIDZ+ studio, not far from here actually."

Ladybug smiled and clapped her hands. "At least now we know where to find her."

Stormy Weather continued on the screen. "Prepare for the worst weather in history!"

"Actually," Chat furrowed his eyebrows, tilting his head at the screen, "she reminds me of that girl from the competition. Y'know, the one with dozens of merch of her and the other girl."

"It's her!" Ladybug exclaimed. "The akuma should be in her parasol, then!"

Stormy Weather left left parting message before the screen went black: "In Stormy Weather's world, it's winter wonderland FOREVER!"

"Hiyah!"

The double doors to the studio were kicked open as Ladybug and Chat Noir entered. Ladybug looked around but all she could see was a small TV in front if the camera that showed Stormy Weather. "It's a recording!"

Stormy Weatger laughed behind he and Ladybug whipped around to see her at the entrance, firing at the lights. The lights went out and the room was pitch black. Ladybug blinked rapidly for a second for her vision to come back to her. Being a child of Hades meant they had superior sight in the darkness most of the time. Looking around, she saw Chat a few paces beside her.

"Frosty the Snowgirl's getting away!" Oh, right. Chat didn't know she could see in the dark. Just to be sure, she made herself trip on a piece of rubble. "Oh, do I hear a damsel in distress?"

"Most of the population don't have night vision..," she said. It wasn't a lie, most people didn't have night vision. "Woah!" she yelped as Chat grabbed her hand. "What are you doing?"

"No need to bug out. Just trust me! At least in this, Ladybug," Chat said. Ladybug gave a helpless shrug as he guided them to the stairs. Turns out all the lights were off in the building.

Soon the act became annoying. Ladybug got her hand out of Chat's grip. "Okay, that's enough. I think I can manage to-"

"Duck!"

She saw a fire extinguisher canister coming towards her and ducked, hearing it clang near her. "Uh," she cleared her throat, "follow your lead on this one!"

Chat Noir grabbed her hand again and lead her to the rooftop where Stormy Weather was waiting for them. She cackled. "You airheads! You fell right into my trap!" She made a whirlwind appear with her parasol. "There's no way out! Party's over, fools!"

Ladybug straightened up. "We're just getting-Chat please remove your hand from mine-started, Stormy! Lucky Charm!" A bath towel fell into her hands. "Huh? What am I suppose to do with this?"

Chat shrugged beside her, readying his baton. "Great. So, we're about to be obliterated, but at least we'll be dry."

Ladybug hit him with the towel gently. "Just hold your whiskers."

Stormy Weather yelled, "Hail!"

Hail started to rain down in them, the smallest being the size of Ladybug's fist. Chat stood in front of her while she crouched, trying to come up with a plan. He twirled his staff so it deflected the ice chunks. "So what's the plan for getting the akuma back? My arm's starting to get a cramp!"

Ladybug looked around. The was. . . an HVAC tube, bath towel, and a sign. "See that sign over there? Check it out!"

Chat nodded. "Alright. Cataclysm! Hey, Coldilocks!" he yelled. "Is that all you got?"

Stormy Weather threw a lightning bolt at him but he dodged and ran along the billboard, using his Cataclysm to make it fall down, aiming at Stormy Weather. She blasted a hole through it and that's where Ladybug came in.

As Stormy Weather went up, Ladybug wrapped her yoyo around her ankle. She took off running under the pipes and against a crane before jumping over an HVAC. Opening the towel, she used it as a parachute of some sort, soaring into the air and pulling Stormy Weather down. The speed of which the Akuma fell and the angle of the crane made Stormy lose her parasol.

Chat Noir caught it and tossed to Ladybug. "Get outta here, little butterfly." She broke the parasol and the akuma fluttered away from it. "Hold on, little akuma. Time to go!" She captured and purified the butterfly, releasing it after. "Bye, little butterfly!"

Ladybug threw the towel up in the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

The pink energy fixed the damage and the weather as Ladybug subtly stepped closer to Chat. His energy was much more comforting than the positive pink light. Stormy Weather turned back to Aurore and groaned. "Uh, what am I doing up here?" she asked.

"Pound it."

Tikki peaked out of the pocket again. "Hey, there's the photographer and Adrien waiting for you!" she pointed out.

Marinette nodded distractedly. "Yeah, uh, but where's Manon and Alya? And, don't you think it's a little too late?" she asked.

"Come on, Marinette. You saved Manon, and the whole world for that matter. Have some fun!" Tikki replied. The whole world?

A kid knocked into Marinette causing Tikki to hide again. "Marinette!" Manon cried, hugging her legs. "I know what your secret is!"

Marinette scrunched up her face in confusion. "What secret?"

Manon grinned up at her. "You know Ladybug! That's how you got her to check on us and try to save us! You guys are probably best friends!"

"Uh. . . yeah! Yeah, you're so right, Manon!" Marinette gathered her up in her arms, squeezing her in a hug. A second later, she snaked an arm around Alya's waist and pulled her in, hugging them both. After a few moments, she set both of them down.

"Can I have a lollipop? Can I? Can I? Can I?" Manon pleaded.

Marinette rolled her eyes and smirked. "How about we get you that after the smoothie?"

Alya snapped her fingers. "Oh, right! Adrien said that he couldn't go with all of us. But, I think that if only one of went with-"

"Oh, okay," Marinette cut off.

Alya blinked. "No, Marinette, I meant-"

"Adrien can't come. I get that," Marinette said confusedly. "You don't have to keep repeating yourself, Alya."

The blogger groaned. "No! I meant that Adrien couldn't go with us, too busy of a schedule, but I think that if-"

"I'm not leaving you or Manon behind, Alya." Marinette rolled her eyes. "It wouldn't be much of a hangout if I didn't hang out with all my French friends. C'mon," she picked Manon up, "let's go see if they still need the model."

They made their way over, stopping as the photographer pointed a finger at them. Or, most importantly, Manon. Marinette changed her stance so that Manon was the farthest away from the man. "Perfecto!" The man tried to grab Manon but Marinette pushed him back.

"Excuse me?" She raised an eyebrow.

The man backtracked. Adrien looked embarrassed in the background. "Er, I mean, for the role! She could pose next to Adrien, bring more life to the pictures!"

Marinette turned her head to Manon. "Do you want to, Manon?"

Manon hesitated, then nodded with a bright smile. Marinette sighed then allowed her to go, watching as she took various photos with Adrien.

Sitting on the ground, she resigned herself for a long time of waiting, with making people and objects trip and fall with shadows as her only amusement.