Adrien just stared in disbelief as his friend changed into one of the worst Akumas he'd ever seen before. She was looking at him, but he didn't think she actually registered what was going on in front of her. She flapped her wings and headed into the sky, twirling around in the air as she gained altitude. She was going to dive bomb the School Community Fair!

"Got to do something before Marinette hurts anyone! Not to mention herself!" Ducking behind a dumpster he shouted his transformation phrase, "Plagg Claws Out!" Instantly he was Chat Noir once again and took a gigantic leap onto the school roof.

Dreamwalker plunged into the school courtyard and hovered above the crowd before she announced her presence. "Hello everyone! I hope you're all enjoying this fair and having a wonderful time." There was a few screams as people stood there in shock. Another strange akuma had finally appeared. To some people in the crowd she appeared familiar, but no one couldn't quite place her. The Akuma's antenna pigtails wiggled around as she started to flap her wings furiously. "You all smell as if your dreams are coming true. A dream of a successful fair, having a good time, even gaining some confidence. Too bad it's about to become a real nightmare!"

Her gaze locked onto the decorations as the magenta colored butterfly light surrounded her face. She raised her hands and a beam of nightmare energy dispersed striking all the decorations at once. The brightly colored decorations turned pitch black before coming to life to attack people. Soon everyone was running around in a panic.

"Dreamwalker, you need to gather as much dream energy as you can from this crowd. The heroes won't be far behind and you need to be a full power to defeat them."

"Of course Master. It shall be done." She flew closer to the booths spotting a group of incoming students huddling behind a flower booth. She released her dream dust causing them to fall over asleep. She placed her hands on the sleeping students, sucking their dream energy right out of them as she gave them nightmares.

Sensing a change in the air she dove to right, and missed being struck by Chat Noir's staff. "You'll have to do better than that Chat Noir to stop me from giving everyone here never ending nightmares." Chat Noir landed in front of her with an expression of determination and care.

"I'm not going to let you hurt anyone Dreamwalker! Please listen to me. You have to ahhhhhhhh!" He went flying as she created a pinball release spring out of dream energy. He went through four booths before he stopped himself by using his claws. Remembering how he used his tail before, he used it to grab a piece of pottery and flung it at Dreamwalker aiming for her chest. It struck her hard as she clutched her chest tightly. For a moment her eyes changed just a bit, the glazed expression vanishing for a split second. Her hands went to ears as she whimpered in pain before reverting to her previous stance.

"What was that about Plagg? For a second it looked like Marinette was aware of her surroundings."

"I'm not sure, this hasn't happened before. You better just continue to wear her down, maybe the answer will come to you."

"I really hope Ladybug, is feeling a bit better to help out. I'll even take Peace Keeper's help right now," he said to himself as he darted about avoiding being struck by destructive nightmare energy blasts. Several prizes came to life piling on top of him. Gathering his strength he flung them off and shredded them in the process. Extending his staff he used it as lever to topple over the stacked cartons on drinks. Dreamwalker shield herself as glass went flying and wings were soaked so much she couldn't use them.

"Seems you don't like water wings huh?" Chat Noir laughed. Inside he was incredibly worried. Only half the people attending the fair had managed to get out. The rest were either asleep or hiding. Still, no sign of either of his partners. How far away did Ladybug live? The irony of that question would be answered very soon.

Peace Keeper was already here in her uniform observing the fight below. She was using all her bio-sensory equipment to get to the bottom of how Marinette/Ladybug could be the sleeper Akuma in the first place. Master Fu and Wayzz assured her that it wasn't possible because of all the positive energy around her.

Next to her head, the little Kwamii was fretting. "Oh, how could I miss something like this? I'm over five thousand years old! I should have realized something was wrong when she acted out of character." A stream of tears slid down Tikki face as she continued to blame herself. "It's my fault entirely. I knew from past experiences that Ladybug's magical defenses go down when the body is fighting an infection. I should have eaten more, so I could help keep her energy levels normal."

Peace Keeper didn't acknowledge the Kwamii's words. Her eyes kept darting from sensor input to the fight below. Dreamwalker had held her own in hand to hand combat, powering up along with way. Chat Noir was fighting with everything he had, but he was hesitating to use his Cataclysm with no clear target in mind. There was a beep and a red screen flashed before Peace Keepers eyes. "This is worse than we originally thought. Tikki, come on we have to stop them from fighting right now!" Without a second thought, she snatched the little Kwamii and flipped off the roof landing on the second floor. A quick glance told her she had seconds maybe to stop a catastrophe from happening.


At the moment, Chat Noir had pinned Dreamwalker up against the door of a classroom where her family and friends were hiding in. All accept Alya who was standing on a stool so she could film this fight.

"Dreamwalker stop struggling and take his Miraculous already!"

"Understood Master." She stopped struggling keeping herself pinned to the door. "Give me the Miraculous. My Master needs it to fulfill his dream. His dream is all that matters." Again her tone was off and he swore her breathing was slowing down more.

"What about your dreams Marinette?" he asked, shocking everyone in the room. Alya dropped her phone as her parents now recognized their daughter. Chloe wanted to explode and demand Marinette pay for giving her nightmares and ruining her closet only to be held back by her dad.

"My Master is surprised you know who I am when I'm not serving him." Suddenly Dreamwalker's wings started to glow as her classmates and few adults fell asleep with painful looks on their faces. A dazzling gleam caused Chat Noir to be blinded as he rolled around in the rubble of the booths.

There was no way he could have known that any previous victim Dreamwalker attacked, she retained a connection with, allowing her to drain them anytime she needed a power boost. Firing another nightmare blast the remains scattered in every direction along with anyone hiding among them. Chat Noir was buried in a corner of the courtyard. Pain was shooting from his ankle. There was a soft clink as his ring hit the floor and rolled under a piece of wood. Plagg appeared holding his head. "Oh, I could go for a cheese flavored smoothie right now."

"Plagg, we need to transform again. Marinette's coming!"

Plagg shook his head. He needed more cheese to power up another transformation. He could feel Dreamwalker getting closer. "Oh rotten cheese wheels. Stay put kid, I need to talk to Peace Girl." Leaving Adrien, Plagg started to crawl through the wreckage, following his connection to his Kwamii Charm.

The wood changed into a cage. "Prepare to meet your end Chat No… Adrien?! My prince, what are you doing here?" Dreamwalker question. She quickly turned the cage into fluffy clouds for him to lay on, as she knelt down to exam her prince and noticed the sprain in his ankle. "I'm sorry that you got hurt."

Adrien gave her a lopsided grin as he rubbed the back his neck. Ten seconds before she had been out to get his Miraculous and now she was treating him like he was the most important person in the world. "Marinette's its okay. Really I'm fine, I'm more worried about you."

Dreamwalker tilted her head to the side, his words not making any sense to her. "Of course I'm fine beloved. Why wouldn't I be? This is our dream date and of course my clumsiness would cause to you to trip. Just hold still a bit longer." When she had spoken again it seemed she became aware of her surroundings.

Hawkmoth was watching everything Dreamwalker was doing, allowing her to attend to the person her dreams centralized around. Her interaction with the model would strengthen his connection his perfect Akuma.

"Still, why would Adrien be under all that wreckage? I swear I saw Chat Noir flying in that direction. It can't be that he is…"

"Master, I see something!"

Out of the corner of Dreamwalker's eyes another shattered booth was aged into dust as Chat Noir stood up. Seeing the Akuma occupied, he ran towards her.

"Dreamwalker behind you!"

Dreamwalker stopped what she doing and fired a nightmare beam. The cat themed hero dodge and used her as a springboard to get to the second floor. Giving her a signature Chat Noir salute he let out a joke. "I would love swat with you more, but I need a recharge. Feline you soon!"

Dreamwalker's antenna pigtails thrashed around in anger as the hero got away. With a wave of her hands the clouds turned into a floating throne. "Take Adrien somewhere safe. I have to get the ring." Fluttering her wings she gave him apological smile. Adrien started to worry where she was going to put him as the throne obeyed her command. There was a familiar whir and a long string was lassoed around his chest and he was pulled right off the throne to where Ladybug was standing. "I hate to be fashionably late, but I wanted this dream night to be perfect." Undoing the lasso she had Adrien lean on her. "Come on, we need to get you out of here."

Dreamwalker was not going to let that happen, as she locked her gaze on Ladybug's arm, ready to use a nightmare beam, to turn it to stone. "Not this time Dreamwalker!" a voice from below shouted. A rope dart wrapped itself around the Akuma's boots and yanked her down to the ground. Peace Keeper jumped over her and released the weapon as the Kachina look alike stumbled to get her footing.

Reaching into a belt pocket, she pulled out a small device that Melissa had shipped overnight to "Irene." "Let's hope this prototype works," Peace Keeper muttered. The UN agent went on the attack as she raced towards Dreamwalker. Two dream energy beams fired, turning the concrete into a field of grass.

"Think you can catch me off guard, I don't think so." Dropping down she started sliding towards her. The sleeper Akuma flipped over her foe, her turquoise bracelet grazing the UN agent. "Gotcha, activate sound blocker net!" A small red chip beeped as the Akuma found herself covered in a red energy net that attached itself to her clothing and formed protection around her ears.

"I don't know if you read lips, but this net is designed to block outside noise from reaching your ears by messing with air molecules. Same thing will happen if you try to talk to us." Promising to be back soon the agent told everyone to remain safe until Ladybug could fix this.


Hurrying to the loft, Peace Keeper hoped it would be a while before Hawkmoth figured out how to get rid of the net on his victim. Upon entering her temporary home, she saw a shocked Adrien, sitting in a mini couch, looking at his hero persona stuttering. "Ho wwwww how iss sss thissss posss posss ible?"

Chat Noir laughed before sticking out his tongue to lick his lips. "How dense can you be?" Ladybug stomped on his foot and waved her finger at him, scolding him for being rude to his chosen. Grumbling a bit, Chat Noir glowed black and turned back into Plagg, with the ring around his neck. Bits of magic hung in the air as some of the magic went back into his body while the rest went into his Kwamii Charm.

Adrien has a frozen expression on his face. He reached out and touched Plagg, who moved so his ears so he could get a good scratching. He even let out little purr. "See, my kitten didn't break Tikki. Are you going to change back now?"

Ladybug nodded her head. Waving her hand there was a reddish pink glow and Ladybug turned into Tikki, the backs of the earring slipped over her antennas. Her big eyes drooped as she took off the earrings handing them to Peace Keeper. The UN nodded as she fingered her Kwamii Charm necklace to comfort herself. She sat down on the couch with Kwamiis on her lap munching on their food.

The blond opened his mouth to ask questions, when Peace Keeper stopped him with a glance. Fingering her necklace she took a deep breath and let it out. She picked up a pad of paper and did some doodling on it and gave it to Adrien to look at.

The picture showed Ladybug and him standing next to each other fighting. He followed an arrow pointing to the next scene. It showed another picture this time the heroes were in civilian clothes as an enemy approached. The next scene showed the Kwamiis wearing their Miraculouses with a plus sign and a picture of Peace Keeper clutching their charms with a wave around her. The final picture showed the little fairies turning into their chosen and fighting by PK's side with a small clock that read ten minutes in it.

"Okay, the Kwamii Charms exist to protect the Miraculouses from being taken while the Kwamiis are dormant. You mentioned that the Great Guardian or you, his apprentice, use them to protect the Miraculouses and the Kwamiis at all cost," the boy stated as he inclined a shoulder towards the young woman. She inclined her head and gestured for him to continue. "This is another defense mechanism. If something happened to the Miraculous heroes in the middle of a fight for the box, then the Kwamiis can temporary take the form of their bonded one as long as you transfer some of your life force to them via the Charm?"

Plagg smiled as he landed on the boy's head and gave it a rub for being right on. It was a great trick to keep people from figuring out who their chosen ones were, but at the same time it was draining holding human form and using their powers with the Miraculouses without a partner, that's why it was only for ten minutes.

The blond model looked a little overwhelmed by the fact that Plagg could turn into him that almost forgot that Tikki was there without her chosen. Glancing around the loft, he noticed that there was no sign of a sick girl. If Peace Keeper had been delayed because she was getting Ladybug to a safe place, then where was she?

"She's not here Adrien. I wish I didn't have to make this choice for her, but right now her very life is on the line. She could die and take half of Paris with her." Removing a blank picture from a compartment, she asked Adrien to close his eyes and think about the qualities he most admired in Ladybug then apply them to any girl in his class. "You already know who she is subconsciously, but you have to make the conscious connection if the glamor is to fall completely. Once you do, the photo will develop."

She watched him as he thought about his interactions with Ladybug. His smile frowning a bit as recalled activities with the girls. His heart almost exploded as he realized what he had been oblivious to before. Opening his eyes, the photo showed Marinette smiling happily as she worked on a design in her room. "Marinette is Ladybug. What are we going to do now that she's an Akuma under Hawkmoth's control?" he whispered to himself.


Peace Keeper stared at the floor in shame. Tikki wasn't the only one who missed the signs. As the apprentice of the Great Guardian, shouldn't she have been able to sense something was wrong with Marinette? Master Fu had even told her he felt an increasing darkness and that she was the only one who could keep it from spreading.

I can't give up before I start. We all made the mistake of not realizing who was the new sleeper Akuma, but we have to keep trying everything to fix this. With the stakes this high, we can't afford to lose she thought to herself. Standing up, she snapped her fingers getting everyone's attention. "We need a plan, but before we can make one all three of you must understand what we're up against."

Pointing at Adrien she commanded him to get some medical books from the bookcase. Tikki went to fetch some magical supplies that were tucked in a secret hiding spot next to the bed. Plagg didn't argue with her, making sure to lock down the place and retrieving the Kwamii novel. Clearing the table, Peace Keeper set up her laptop and clipped the news articles, to a timeline she jotted down. Soon everyone was in place.

"Alright, the first thing we should talk about is how Marinette became vulnerable enough to be infected without knowing it." Glancing at the time line it appeared that when Marinette fought the first experimental akuma, being knocked around after an explosion probably had blocked her Eustachian tubes. That's what lead to the initial symptoms.

"Tikki, can you show me on this timeline when Marinette started to hide her pain, but sometimes it showed?" The little ladybug nodded as she picked up a pencil and started to write times and dates of the incidences. It was clear that during the other two attacks the the infection had gotten worse. When Tikki started to write about Marinette's weird behavior Peace Keeper stopped her.

She tapped the date of the initial appointment. "This is day things changed. Tikki, where were you and the Miraculous after the visit?" Hovering in the air she mentioned that once they came back home she had been forced to stay in Marinette's special box with the earrings because of the constant checks her parents made. "I didn't even get to eat anything all day. I had to wait until it was really late to get some sweets from the bakery."

"Your chosen must have been infected when you went to get a treat," Plagg stated. Floating down he looked at the timeline himself before floating back to Tikki. "Please don't tell me that you spent all day charging the earrings after Marinette took them off. You did didn't you? Dammit Tikki, I'm supposed to be the lazy one! I bet you forgot to give her some of your energy too!"

Adrien had a confused expression as he watched Plagg continued to scold Tikki, who started to argue back at him, reminding all the times he messed up with his kittens. That got him going on how her bugs usually didn't get sick and that Tikki and he had stayed pretty healthy for the last hundred years. Having enough, Adrien whistled loudly to stop the Kwamiis from arguing. "Someone want to tell me what's going on?"

"This illustration might help you," Peace Keeper calmly stated. She had opened the Kwamii novel and turned to a specific page. The page was faded and the illuminated page had lost most of its coloring. Bits of the page were frayed. The model could still make out seven humans lying on beds being healed by their Kwamiis basking energy. The seven Miraculous were resting in the box Peace Keeper described. Flipping the page the illustration now showed the seven humans in agony as their partners were scattered around. Looking closely he could just make out someone wearing his ring and looking like he was about to puke.

"I don't understand. One side shows the Kwamiis helping with the healing and the other they look like it was making them worse." Thinking back to that Aztec akuma he recalled how crazy she acted because of her blood loss. A memory of him with his mother at the doctor's office. She was holding him as he coughed horribly due to a sore throat. She had asked the doctor for a different type of throat medicine, because the standard made things worse. "Remember Adrien, always ask for all options when it comes to getting better. One type of medicine might be good for you and not for another."

The model understood now. Having a sick person wearing a Miraculous could cause unforeseen consequences on the human body. It was better to have their partners receive a minimal dose of Kwamii energy during the day to keep the magical protection up. Plagg came to rest on his shoulder, tired from arguing with Tikki, who looked like she was exhausted. "So we know how Marinette got infected and that her infection got worse because Hawkmoth has been using her. So why aren't we out their right now doing something? You could use the earrings this one time and…"

"It's not that simple Adrien. I'm bonded to Marinette so no one else can use the Miraculous unless she dies or willing gives them up."

"Besides, your girlfriend is sicker than you think. Hawkmoth really went all out when he created this akuma. Its not going to be easy even to get to the akuma considering it's practically out of our reach."

Tired of being confused he demanded Peace Keeper to explain everything. Doing as he asked, she showed him what her scanners picked up about Marinette's brain activity then compared it to two other samples. It matched the second wave almost perfectly except when a strange spike would appear. That strange spike appeared in the third one.

"These brainwaves show that Marinette is in deep sleep yet able to perform complex activities while her mind isn't completely conscious. The spike you see is the connection between Hawkmoth and his victims. Putting this all together along with other results, indicate Marinette is a sleeper agent in every sense. She's sleepwalking and Hawkmoth is using this to control her better."

That information surprised him. "Sleepwalking? So that's why she doesn't seem aware of her surroundings and her actions are a bit off?" Peace Keeper nodded, flipping open a medical textbook she showed him the entry about sleepwalking. Patients suffering from the disease could do little complex activity or a lot. Sometimes a episode lasted as little as three seconds, other times it could be three hours. The point was that some of the complex behavior they exhibited could really hurt the patient or others.

"It's a common misconception you shouldn't wake a sleepwalker. Scientist had proven no one will die if they are suddenly woken up, but they're times you shouldn't and should." Peace Keeper pointed to some highlighted section in a couple reports. "If a sleepwalker is just walking around or doing something simple, such as washing their hands again and again, then it's best to just guide them to their beds again. There are cases when it's necessary to wake a person up despite the danger."

Reading the case study, Adrien noted that when sleepwalkers attempted to leave the house or use sharp objects, the person should be woken up as quickly as possible to avoid disaster. There were cases where people drove to a fast food restaurant and ended up crashing into a fence and getting a pole in the mouth for it. There were a few cases of people committing acts of violence, such as murder or assault towards others, because they hadn't been woken up or stopped in time.

At the end of the case study, there were suggestions and warnings about waking a sleepwalker. A person being woken up by loud sounds or painful pressure would be very confused and strike out, injuring themselves in a struggle or the other person by hitting or pushing them, because it took up to half an hour for said person to completely become conscious. It was best at times to try to wake them from a distance so not to get hurt. Even then, you had to keep an eye on the sleepwalker to make sure they didn't fall back into a deep sleep.

"That explains why you used that net and got us away from Dreamwalker. You didn't want to wake her up, but shouldn't we want her to wake up so she stops being an Akuma?"

"For a physic whiz, you sure are out of your league with biology. Think about it kitten!" Plagg flew into the kitchen and came back with a rather large lemon. Tikki gave him some makers, no one knew where she found them, and proceeded to turn the lemon into a make shift version of the human brain.

"Okay, the akuma is in Marinette's brain, specifically the parts that control sleep and dreaming," Plagg lectured pointing to the red colored areas. "While she's asleep the akuma is whole and in control. When she wakes up though, these parts of the brain stop working and the orange parts come back online. An awake Marinette means there's no way to get the akuma because it will have broken apart and merge with the brain matter."

"I didn't know you knew so much about biology," Adrien commented off hand. Picking up the brain lemon, his heart sunk. They couldn't risk waking Dreamwalker because the akuma would disappear and she could end up hurting herself due to where and what she was doing while sleepwalking. Brain surgery was out because the akuma became part of the brain cells and there was no way to cut it out.

Tikki sniffed and cried a little. Peace Keeper gave her a tissue to blow her nose. "We can't break her skull open to cleanse her like a normal akuma. Even if that somehow worked, the akuma could die in her mind and the brain would start attacking itself. Her ear infection would turn deadly and then she…" Not able to say the words Tikki buried her face into a pillow on the couch letting her tears flow.

Peace Keeper face looked grim. "Hawkmoth created a perfect Akuma. What's worse, the longer Marinette is Dreamwalker, the longer Paris will suffer never ending nightmares." Tapping a few keys on the laptop she projected an image in the air, a file about dream research, with a picture of doctors.

"According to most recent studies done by doctors at the National Sleep Foundation, while doctors still have not discovered why we dream, the phenomenon itself has been linked to emotional and physical health. Everyone dreams, but not everyone recalls them for different reasons. Most studies have shown that dreams help people work out emotions and problems that their waking mind can't. It also gives different parts of the brain a chance to recharge. The study concluded that if humans never entered R.E.M. sleep and dream, the body would be stressed to a breaking point."

Having nightmares every night for who knows how long can cause stress, insanity, and in a small number of cases, death by proxy. If Dreamwalker keeps turning dreams to nightmares by draining her victims, then in a few short weeks all of Paris could be dead Adrien thought to himself. He shivered at the image of bodies strewn all across the streets of Paris with scared expressions on their faces.


Their pity party didn't have long to be sorry for themselves. An emergency broadcast interrupted their thoughts by taking over Peace Keeper's laptop. They could see Ms. Chamak on the screen. Turning up the volume, her voice came in loud and clear. "Hawmoth's latest Akuma Dreamwalker has been on the move. Neighborhoods have fallen into deep sleep. EMTs have reported that the infected are suffering from nightmares."

"Dreamwalker is apparently being very selective in her targets. Several buildings have been changed into what one would only describe as dream homes and others have been turned into living nightmares. Ladybug and Chat Noir, along with a mysterious third party, engaged in battle with Dreamwalker, but since fled after rescuing fashion model Adrien Agreste. All of Paris is wondering where their heroes are now."

The report ended and Adrien smacked his fist into his hand. They had to do something. He started to stand up only to hiss in pain and fell back to the couch. The pain from his sprained ankle came rushing back now that Dreamwalker's dream energy had worn off. The Kwamiis gently settled the boy down. Peace Keeper got a bag of ice and laid it on the injury. "You're not going anywhere Adrien, not with that ankle."

"We need to do something! I can't just sit here when Paris and My Lady need my help." The model tried to get up again only for Plagg to scratch his face as he forced the boy to stay lying done. Plagg questioned PK asking if the Great Guardian had enough strength to help. She shook her head. If Master Fu had been able to do something, he would have reacted by now. No, this was her test, to find a way to save Marinette and Paris or make the hard choice to put an end to the threat. He eyes slid to the slim novel about the Kwamiis giving her an idea.

Sitting up with a small smile on her face, gave the others hope. "We only have two viable options. The most ideal would be if we could convince Hawkmoth to release her from his control leaving no lasting damage." That suggestion earned her barking laughter at her expense. Like that was going to happen. "The second choice we have is to have the Kwamii of dreams to open a portal into the dream world. If we can defeat the akuma in the dream world then maybe Marinette will be freed."

Hearing that made Adrien's heart beat in joy. They could save his Lady! "Great idea! So do we have to awaken that Kwamii or is he the one that this Master Fu has?" Adrien asked excitedly. Then he noticed everyone's expression and he felt his heart fall into his stomach, "No, no, no, don't tell me our only hope is…"

The UN agent gave him a grim nod. "Nooroo, the Kwamii of Change, whose powers come from Creativity and Dreams, who's Miraculous currently belongs to Hawkmoth," she informed him calmly, as she ran her hand down the opening page of Nooroo's chapter. "Nooroo is the source for all the myths and legends about the dream world, especially about the part with butterflies. He's the only one that can help us."

Plagg and Tikki looked at one another and started speaking at rapid pace in their native tongue leaving the two humans clueless. Plagg pointed out that Peace Keeper hadn't earned their "brother's" trust so his Kwamii Charm was useless. Tikki argued that if they combined their powers, with some help from Wayzz, via his charm, then they could contact him without alerting Hawkmoth. They had nothing left to lose.


Ten minutes later, Nooroo was sitting miserably in his Miraculous, watching as Dreamwalker continued to push herself closer to her death. He had given up on persuading his master into letting the girl go. "It's hopeless. For the first time in my long life I'm going to be directly responsible for a death."

"Not if you help us stop Hawkmoth," a strange yet familiar human voice whispered to him. He could feel his fellow Kwamiis boosting the telepathic link. He retreated into his private area. "Your voice, you're the one from before who challenged my Master."

"I am. My name is Peace Keeper and I'm Master Fu's apprentice. Nooroo you can still stop this, we just need your help. We need you to open a portal to the dream world, specifically Marinette's."

"I don't know if I can! Hawkmoth is using my miraculous right now and it's taking nearly all my power to keep it going. Opening a portal and creating a link to a specific dream without alerting him might be more than I can do."

"You are the Kwamii of Change! You alone have the power to change the fate of Marinette. This time, Paris needs you to save it. I know the darkness scares you, maybe it's time to step into the light."

"Alright, prepare for the ritual. I'll be ready when the time comes to open the portal. Remember, we can't risk the Miraculous and you need someone whose already part of the dream in order to not arouse suspicion."

"We'll be ready. Contact us soon. Thank you Nooroo."

Back at the loft, the Kwamiis and Peace Keeper were setting up the ritual to send Adrien's dream body into the dream world. The first step was to make him as comfortable as possible in the bed. Tikki held the dream catcher ready to attach it after Peace Keeper finished burning the sage and blessing the dream catcher. She prayed for what she wanted the dream catcher to help them accomplish.

"Hang the dream catcher Tikki. Plagg, place the dream charm on Adrien's wrist please."

"Are we sure this is going to work? I mean isn't this ritual for allowing good dreams to pass through the catcher and nightmares get stuck?" Plagg asked as he attached a bracelet with a little pyramid on it. There was a tiny bit of dream energy stored into it.

"Yes, and it will work that way still. As long as Adrien's dream body is in dream world, he needs protection from having his body attacked by other people's nightmares. The dream charm will help guide him to the right dream," Peace Keeper explained as did a final check to make sure the ritual had been completed properly. She looked at Adrien, who was determined to help Marinette. She felt obligated to give him a warning. She pulled the covers nice and tight over him. "Listen Adrien, the charm's power will yank your dream body back to your real one if something bad starts to happen. You can't stop or prevent it." Adrien gave her a look that clearly stated he wasn't going to leave the dream world until he saved Marinette.

Not wanting to fight with him she mentally reached out to Nooroo. "Nooroo, we're almost ready for you. I'm just about to put Adrien to sleep. Are you ready?"

"I've gathered up the energy to open a small portal. I'll keep it open as long as I can, but I need you to keep my master distracted so he doesn't notice me using my own power for myself."

"Don't worry we have a plan for a major distraction."

In the loft, Peace Keeper picked up a small bag that Tikki had gotten out earlier. It contained glittering gold sand, a rare magical ingredient. Sleeping sand from the Sandman himself. She had to trade a lot to get this small bag. You never knew when you would need to send angry people to sleep during peace missions. Taking a tiny pinch, she got ready to toss it. "Are you ready Adrien?"

"Ready as I'll ever be. Don't worry about me. I know I can save Marinette, after all we're soulmates." Taking a deep breath he relaxed his body and closed his eyes. The sand was tossed over him as he feel into a deep sleep. The others stood by waiting for Nooroo to come through.

Back with Nooroo, he made sure that Hawkmoth was still busy directing Dream Walker. Carefully, he singled out the dream path to Marinette's dream and sent it to his "sister and brother." He could feel them place the path into the charm. Inside his Miraculous, Nooroo glowed brightly imagining the portal opening in the loft. "Pathway to the dream world open up. Allow the dreamers to unite. Keep them together until first light."

In the loft a small mauve portal formed just beyond the dream catcher. The dream charm lit up covering Adrien's body in a white light. The trio could just make out a tiny white thread passing through the dream catcher and into the portal. Adrien was on his way to the dream world.


Plagg looked at Adrien, a tiny bit of worry showing on his face. The dream world could be a dangerous place, especially when there was an evil force invading it. Tikki touched her counterparts shoulder, giving him a reassuring look. Blinking the tiny cat brushed her off. "I'm fine, the kid's fine. He's going to be just fine. We need to get this distraction started."

Tikki nodded, she was supercharged after eating two whole boxes of cookies while Plagg scarfed up three huge cheese wheels. With the extra energy to power their magic, they could hold their human form for a longer period with taking as much life force from Peace Keeper. The Kwamii Charms glowed and in seconds the Kwamiis turned into doppelgangers of their chosen. "Remember, our objective is to distract Dreamwalker. Under no circumstance are we to wake her up or injure her."

"Ladybug" nodded. "Our best chance to prevent her from gaining more power and counter whatever nightmare or dream constructs she creates."

"Shouldn't be too hard with the three of us working together, though I'm not going to be taking all the hits out there! I say we contain her quickly," "Chat Noir" suggested.

Nodding, they left the loft and started running towards the Eiffel Tower where Dreamwalker had been spotted. Running and jumping off rooftops on their own was a new experience for Plagg and Tikki. They stumbled a few times, but never gave up. They had just reached the area near the tower when Peace Keeper shouted, "Scatter!"

The trio broke apart as three nightmare beams nearly hit them. "Ladybug" flipped out of the way and started twirling her yo-yo to shield herself from dream dust. "Chat Noir" broke the staff in half and threw them like boomerangs at Dreamwalker, still trapped in the sound blocker net, who dodged them in the air. Her antennas alerted her to an incoming attack only for her to be caught in a smoky cloud.

Beating the smoke away, she locked eyes on the trio. "Nice to see you have come out of hiding. My Master wants the Miraculous and whatever gives you your abilities Peace Keeper. Surrender now," she mouthed at them. The trio shook their heads telling her to come and get them.

Jumping away from the tower, Dreamwalker followed them as the three played the part of the distraction to keep Hawkmoth from realizing their only hope was in the dream world. This had to work or Marinette was doomed.