Author's Note: I'm thinking of updating this story twice a week…what says you? Like maybe every Tuesday and Wednesday or something like that…but anyways, who do you guys think Hawk Moth really is? Remember: he IS wearing a mask, so think outside of the mask. Me? Well, hum…the structure of the face does remind me a bit of Gabriel Agreste…but yet again, it could be a total random villain, doing dark deeds so yeah…what do you think? And I dislike the summary for this chapter :3

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Summary: A famous artist comes in Paris but tragedy strikes the museum and the artist gets upset when his art was stolen. Meanwhile, Alya and Mari visit the museum.


Chapter 9: Mystery at the Museum

Marinette gave out a soft murmur as she snuggled deeper into the covers, grabbing all the warmth as possible. She was peacefully snoozing away till a loud voice rang throughout the house.

"MARINETTE! WAKE UP! YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!"

Just from that simple sentence, it made Marinette widened her eyes as she rolled off the bed from the sudden loud noise and fell to the ground with a thud; the covers were dragged as she fell.

"Oh no! Oh no! I'm going to be laaateeeee!" she screeched, immediately scrambling up and had totally missed the fact that Alya was leaning against the door with a smirk on her face.

Alya watched her friend who hopped across the room as she was grabbing her stuff but then paused when she came face to face with a calendar.

"Wait a minute…" Marinette turned her head to the side with an unamused look as she found Alya laughing at her.

"Alya, so not funny!" she complained.

Alya chuckled. "Sorry but I had to. Now, are you really going to spend all your Saturday day snoozing away in your bed when you can spend this beautiful day outside?"

"Well…yes."

"You're impossible."

"But it's bed. Nice, cozy…warm…sleep…" as Mari spoke, she dragged herself towards her bed and flopped herself, instantly snoozing away once again.

Sighing, Alya looked around and spotted that there was a glass of water sitting on her desk. Grinning, she walked towards it and grabbed it then poured it on her friend.

A loud screeching voice rang throughout the house.

"OKAY, I'M UP! I'M UP!"

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"Aren't I glad that I woke you up?" Alya said as she examined her surroundings.

"Sure…whatever." Mari muttered.

"Gee, you don't have to look that excited."

"I would be excited if someone didn't had to pour cold water on me!" Mari snapped, grumpily.

"What's got Mari in a grumpy mood?" a new voice asked.

They turned around and saw Nino and Adrien.

Alya shrugged. "Nothing much. Marinette is just being a drama queen. I simply poured some water on her so that she could wake up."

"It was cold." Mari added.

"So I see." Nino responded.

"And besides if I haven't woken you up, you would've missed your chance in meeting your favorite artist—Edouard Basque." Alya stated, motioning her hand towards a man who looked like he was somewhere between 20 and 30s. He wore a French felt hat with a black and white tux.

Just from looking at the man, it instantly made Mari widened her eyes with delight.

"No way! He's here!" she exclaimed. "He's here!" she squealed. "Come on, come on, come on! We gotta meet him!"

With that, Marinette dragged Alya and made a mad dash towards the artist.

"Uh…have a nice day?" Adrien questioned as Nino gave a shrug.

:(/\):

"Ahhh…Edouard Basque." Mari replied, dreamily as she was holding his signed autograph.

Alya rolled her eyes. "You're hopeless, you know that?"

"Yeah—yeah, whatever." she said, unaware of what Alya exactly had said.

"You gotta stop falling in love so quickly. I mean sure. Falling in love is nice and all but it can also be not fun." Alya began to lecture her.

"Uh huh.

Alya frowned. "Are you even listening to me?!"

"Y-yeah…"

Alya quickly walked so that she can be in front of her and gave out an exasperated sigh.

"Oh for—MARINETTE!" she exclaimed. "Okay, you know what? You had museum enough for one day. Now, let's get you home so that you can stay safe…"

Just as Alya was about to open the door, a sudden blaring alarm rang throughout the building and Alya yanked her hand back when bars slammed the door shut. Because of the loud noise, it actually managed to snap Marinette out of her dreamy state.

"Woah, then again maybe not." Alya replied, staring eyes wide at the locked door.

She looked around and spotted Nino who seemed to be waiting for someone. It turned out to be Adrien who was walking towards him

"What's happening?" Mari asked.

"Nice to have you back to reality but I don't know. Let's talk to someone who knows."

They then gave a quick fast pace towards the two boys.

"Hey, do you know what's happening?" Alya asked, the minute they got there.

"Yeah, apparently there was some robbery. I've just talked to Edouard but he barely can speak. His famous painting is missing—"

Marinette gasped with horror. "The famous star-crossed painting?" she exclaimed.

"Yeah…" Adrien quickly gave her an odd look before shrugging it off. "It's been stolen."

"We gotta find it." Mari declared.

"Are you insane? What makes you think you stop a thief? What if he has knives or a gun? Look, you're just a normal girl so why don't we wait for Ladybug and Chat Noir?" Alya suggested. "I mean, it's the only thing we can do right now."

Adrien and Marinette got a bit awkward when she mentioned that.

"Yeah…er…good idea." Mari replied.

Awkward silence.

"Ah, listen…I gotta go to the bathroom. See you!" Mari replied, hurriedly and she quickly took off.

Before Alya could speak, Adrien had too spoken.

"Yeah, me too! Be right back!"

Nino blinked at their sudden departure. "Uh, that was weird."

"Tell me about it. I mean, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't even let them use the bathroom considering what is going on." Alya narrowed her eyes. "Something's up."

"Oh yeah? Like what? You can't honestly expect them to be Ladybug and Chat Noir, now would you?" Nino asked.

Alya paused. "Eh, you're right."

:(/\):

"Whew, that was close." Mari responded.

Tikki nodded. "Yeah."

"Now what do you say we kick some villain's butt?"

Tikki smirked. "Right on!"

"Tikki, transform me!"

Meanwhile, at a far corner, was Adrien who seemed to be talking to a black creature.

"What's going on here?" Plagg asked.

"I dunno but I bet there's an akumatized villain running around in the museum." Adrien stated. "Plagg, transform me!"

:(/\):

Indeed there was. An akumatized villain roamed the museum but he stopped as he found an interesting looking picture and was about to grab it until a new voice came.

"Halt! Don't move!"

He turned around and gave out an annoyed sigh since he spotted two policemen. "Ugh, peasants."

He then whipped out his paintbrush and within minutes, the two policemen were suddenly encased into a painting. The thief gave out a sly smile.

"You look much better as a painting, anyway."

"And you will look much better if you know where your places are." another voice proclaimed.

Annoyed, the villain turned around and saw Ladybug who was twirling her yo-yo around. Beside her, was Chat Noir.

"Ah, if it isn't the famous two heroes…" the enemy said.

Chat Noir raised an eyebrow. "And you are…?"

"Oh! Forgive me. Where are my manners? The name's The Bandit Artist." he replied with a dark tone that sent shivers down Ladybug's spine.

"The Bandit Artist, eh? Not a bad name." Chat Noir stated, twirling his staff around. "Now, are we gonna keep on talking or are we going to end this battle?" he asked, immediately going into a fighting stance with his staff pointing towards the foe.

The opponent simply laughed but regained himself. "I do like your antics." he grinned, sadistically before he whipped his paintbrush out and out came the streak.

The two gasped and luckily moved out of the way though Ladybug was almost got struck by the streak but wasn't. The attack struck the nearby wall instead.

Ladybug placed on a nervous look when she saw that a piece of the wall got sealed in a painting.

"Chat Noir, be careful. Don't get hit from his paintbrush or otherwise you will be sealed as a painting." Ladybug stated.

Chat Noir gave an uneasy look. "That just makes a whole lot complicated."

"Now, that is right!" the villain snarled, releasing yet another one of his attacks. The two leaped at the sides to dodge it and then they continued to run towards the enemy.

Because the two were at the sides, it made it be a bit harder for the foe to know who to attack first. However, when Ladybug started to throw her yo-yo, a voice came in the Masked Thief's head.

"Steal the Miraculous."

He narrowed his eyes and whipped out his paintbrush to release the attack. Ladybug gasped when she realized that she wouldn't have enough time to dodge the stream but it all came too fast so she closed her eyes and placed her hands in front of her as a shield, waiting for the impact.

Instead of her being hit from the streak, something else did. Curiously, Ladybug opened her eyes and cried out.

"Chat Noir, no!" she screamed, tears going down her face.

There, in front of her, was Chat Noir who was sealed in a painting. Ladybug collapsed on her knees and gripped at the edges of the painting. However, the laugh from the opponent echoed in her head and she angrily glared at the monster who was gleaming madly.

"You monster!" she screamed.

"Aweh, did I do something that I wasn't supposed to do?" he sneered.

Ladybug shook with anger. "You will pay for what you have done! Lucky Charm!"

In a flash, a palette appeared.

This caused the adversary laugh. "A palette? You seriously think that will damage me?" he laughed. "I think your luck just ran out!"

With that, he fired his power once again but Ladybug was ready. She scanned the places quickly and narrowed her eyes as she readied the palette. The heroine then made the paint streak be inside the holes of the palette which made the villain gasp as she twirled around before she threw the object.

"No!" the foe screeched when he got hit from his own power, having him melting.

Ladybug hurriedly ran towards him and grabbed the felt hat and ripped it apart.

"You have done enough harm! Time to cleanse evil!" she proclaimed, capturing the black akuma in her disk before letting it out.

"Bye, bye little butterfly." she then threw her object in the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

The once broken things was now replaced. The painting that got stolen was also been brought back to its original state.

The akumatized villain was converted back to his original form.

"What am I doing here?" Edouard gasped, not remembering the events.

Ladybug walked towards him and handed him his hat.

"Everything is fine now. And look...your painting has been returned." she motioned her to the painting.

The artist gave out a gasp of delight, quickly scrambling up. "Merci, Ladybug. Merci!" he responded then took off.

After that, Ladybug hung her head down, sniffing.

"I am still lonely."

"Cheer up, princess. Your tiara is falling."

Ladybug turned around and gave out a happy gasp when she saw that it was Chat Noir.

"Chat Noir!" she cried out, throwing herself on him so that she gave him a hug. She then pulled away and gave an angry look. "But don't you dare do that again!"

Noir gave a sheepish look and be was about to speak when a sudden beep came.

"Oops, time to go!"

He then ran away.

:(/\):

"That was not how it was supposed to go!" Hawk Moth raged. "This is not the end, Ladybug and Chat Noir! One way or another, I will destroy you!"

:(/\):

"Marinette, are you okay?" Tikki asked.

They were up on the balcony of her home.

"Yeah..." she said. "I'm just worried that if Chat Noir keeps on taking risks for me, he will eventually be seriously injured and I can't risk that. I need him. I can't do this alone." she replied, going down to her knees and hugged them.

Tikki sighed. "Oh, Marinette. Everything will work out fine. You'll see."

Author's Note: The reason why I'm updating again is because I liked how this turned out. Chat Noir really should stop taking risks for her...but he's in love :D and I'm excited for the next chapter BUT you guys will hate me for it...*ahem* anyways, toodles!