The Lost Miraculous - Tales of Ladybug, Cat Noir & Silver Lightning
Original chapter: Day after day

Summary: How do the average days of the Miraculous trio go by, with and without the mask?

DISCLAIMER: All music used in this story belongs to their respective owners. Miraculous - Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir belongs to Thomas Astruc.

Enjoy!


"WOOHOO! Is that the best you guys got?! Come on, give me a challenge!"

"Well, we're not as super speedy as you are, Silver Lightning!"

Today's original chapter began on a glorious Saturday afternoon, with our trio racing across the rooftops to the Eiffel Tower, courtesy of a challenge by Silver Lightning.

Below, on the streets, the Parisians could only watch (and cheer) as their heroes raced across the rooftops. Of course, thanks to Silver's grappling hook providing him with a ton of velocity, it was no surprise that he was the one who got to the Tower first.

Even if Ladybug and Cat Noir usually lost to the lightning lad, it still made for a great way to get themselves up and running.

"BOOM! Bingo, bango, bongo, I win!"

The zodiac heroes landed on the Eiffel Tower, Ladybug first and Cat Noir second, and had a good laugh.

"Thanks for the race, Silver Lightning. I needed that." Ladybug said, giving him a friendly punch on the arm.

"Me too, this week has been catastrophic." Ladybug rolled her eyes while Silver Lightning chortled.

"Good one, Noir." the boys fist-bumped. "I suppose it was no shocker that I was the one who won."

Ladybug tried to hold back giggling while Cat chuckled back. "I'm feline purr-ity sure you were just waiting to make that pun."

"Well, I'm glad I'm not in your current situation, what with those silly cat puns."

"Meow-ch! You wound me, Lightning!"

"Oh, lightening up, Cat Noir. You know what they say - go big or go Ohm."

"You've got to be kitten me. You think I'd back down from a pun war?"

"Resistance is futile, kitty."

"Oh my god, boys, sto-ho-ho-ho-hop!" Ladybug was laughing hard now, while Cat Noir stared at Ladybug with stars in his eyes, and Silver Lightning looked in satisfaction.

"Don't you mean Ohm-y god, LB?"

"Lightning, I swear, if you make one more lightning pun, I'll kick you off the tower." Ladybug said, chuckling.

"Okay, I'm done with puns. All these electricity puns… my head hertz."

"Okay, okay, hehe, that was needed. I've been having a hard week. Thanks, boys."

"Don't mention it, LB." Silver sighed, as he leaned on the railing of the tower's top, the zodiac wielders doing the same.

Lost in their thoughts, the trio stared at the city below, admiring the view, and rethinking their respective weeks.

Ladybug, alias Marinette's week, had been arduous because she commenced several fashion projects in her sketches and she couldn't conclude which one she wanted to begin first. Aside from that, school had been stocking homework on the girl, and as always, she still had difficulty speaking to sunshine boy (you know who I mean!), and Chloe still picked on her, but the latter, she could manage, as she did for the past years. Add being Ladybug and taking on akumas and you've got a hero-in-disguise who can't find enough time to do everything she planned.

Cat Noir, alias Adrien's week, wasn't easy because, as it has to everyone in the class (except perhaps Max and Gabe), homework hit them hard, and free time had been shredded to a minimum. And if you connect school with being a model and the son of Gabriel Agreste, it gives you the need to deal with photoshoots, fencing, Chinese and piano lessons. And being Cat Noir isn't really helping, not that he's complaining, he enjoys having the mask on, but it just makes an already hard week that much more difficult when needing to deal with akumas, but if it meant seeing the love of his life and one of his best friends, Cat Noir could endure.

Silver Lightning, alias Adam's week, had been the most difficult so far. Being an actor, a singer, a dancer, and… eh, you get the idea, that means if you add that up with having to do schoolwork, and being Silver Lightning and helping out Ladybug and Cat Noir take on the day's akuma, it gives him little time to do what he wants, but hey, someone's got to humor the heroes, right? As always, Silver always mocked the akumas, as well as Hawk Moth, and it always got a good laugh out of the zodiac duo, as well as any onlookers of the fight and the Ladyblog, and it always just angered the akumas and their controller, and it also made them target Silver as well, and since he's pretty much impossible to deal with, it gives Ladybug and Cat Noir the opening to find the akumatized prop and think of a strategy, greatly making their work easier.

At the end of the day, even if it may be hard, defending Paris was always worth it to the heroes, to guarantee that civilians could be safe.

"I have to admit." heads turned to Silver. "This is nice. Being up here, on top of one of the most iconic landscapes on Earth, admiring la ville de l'amour in all its glory. We have to do this more often, guys." he finished his sentence with not a smirk, but with a warm smile.

"I agree with you Silver, and I also agree we should get together like this more often, but I can't guarantee we'll always have the chance. Let's admit it - in our civilian selves, we've all had a hard week, (I can see it on you guys before you ask) but yeah, we should do this another time." Ladybug agreed with the powerful hero.

"And besides, it also means getting to see you guys." Cat Noir hung his shoulders on the heroes' arms. "The most beautiful lady…" Ladybug rolled her eyes as Cat stared at her with love in his eyes. "...and one of the coolest guys alive." Silver smirked.

"Thanks for the praise, Cat."

For a few minutes, the heroes just watched the city, before saying their goodbyes and heading home.


"HOLD STILL, YOU LIGHTNING BRAT!"

"Missed me, missed me, and missed me! Yo Hawky! Get your akumas under control! I can dodge you guys with my eyes closed!"

An akuma attacked a day afterward, and it went the same way as I said before - Silver taunted the akuma and kept dodging the attacks. Only this time, he went into silly mode and made stupid moves as he dodged the akuma's attacks, and yelling absurd expressions while people around laughed, further infuriating Hawk Moth.

"Dodged, dodged, and dodged! Do you seriously not see me?! I'm right here!"

"Maybe I could hit you if you didn't keep moving about!"

"Eh, that takes the fun out of the fight. Plus, I need to stretch my legs so I have to move… no hard feelings bro. I mean… you're blind if you can't hit a guy wearing white! Even my friend with blindness could make an impact on me!"

The akuma shrieked in rage as he kept on trying to hit Silver Lightning but failed every time. It didn't help that Ladybug and Cat Noir lost attention and started laughing, Cat rolling on the floor as he laughed.

"You know, I'd make a blind joke here but it would probs be taboo since Hawky is too blind to see the humor…"

"SHUT HIM UP!"

"I'M TRYING!"

"To shut me up? You know, it's been a while since Hawky has been trying to quiet me, so Hawk Moth - you want to silence me, come face me yourself, tough guy!"

It didn't take long to defeat and purify the akuma, and things returned to the way they were.


The class gathered around Alya's phone to rewatch the Ladyblog's live stream and laughed every time Silver messed around with the akuma.

"He just doesn't care!" Nino shouted, laughing.

"Does he take anything seriously? Haha!" Kim yelled, also hysterical.

Adam smirked as the class watched Silver Lightning mock the akuma.

Life is good.


"See you at the Champs Elysees, kitty!"

"It is on, bugaboo!"

Tonight, it was just Ladybug and Cat Noir patrolling. Laughs and giggles were heard as they vaulted and yoyoed around Paris, just messing with each other.

"I thought cats were quick on their feet?"

"And I thought ladybugs could fly?"

"I guess I just don't have my wings yet!"

"Yeah, blame it on no wings! What's next, I can't travel around because I have no yoyo?"

"Cat, you bozo!"

"Who says that anymore!?"

"I do!"

Cat chuckled as he zoomed past Ladybug and landed on the Champs Elysees.

Cat Noir looked at Ladybug with a smug smirk as she returned a smirk of her own.

"I win, LB. I do believe you owe me…" he said, tapping his cheek.

Ladybug rolled her eyes, still smiling. "Fine."

She then got on her tip toes, and planted a kiss on Cat Noir's cheek, making him blush.

"You tell no one about this, kitty!" she said, pointing a finger at Cat Noir in fake threatening.

"My lips are sealed, bugaboo."

"Good night, kitty!" she then yoyoed off towards the unknown sanctuary, leaving the black cat hero to sigh to himself in bliss, as his cheek still felt warm from his love's kiss.

"Man, do I love that girl…" he said to himself before vaulting back to Agreste Manor.


One night, Silver Lightning was patrolling solo, just listening to the silence of the city and the sound of traffic in the distance. The scene was absolutely tranquil to the boy, as he hadn't experienced this kind of ambiance in a good while.

He sighed, before smirking and getting out a wireless headset and his phone from his pockets. He put the headset around his neck and placed the earbuds into his ears, then connected his phone to the headset and put on a song.

[music: Kygo ft. OneRepublic - Stranger Things (Alan Walker Remix)]

Now, this is more like it!

He then grappled off, dancing across the rooftops to the song (don't worry about the music being too loud, my senses work at these times!) and oh goddammit Silver can you not go one second without interrupting me?! Sigh. Anyways, with skill, he jumped from rooftop to rooftop, landing effortlessly and flawlessly, all the while sneaking some dance moves into those moves for anyone to witness.

"Snow white mountains in a foreign state, tell me someday we'll get there, someday!"

After running with the buildup and jumping off the roof, his favorite part of the song came and timing the rhythm, he hopped from roof to roof in perfect synchronization, grappling hook forgotten completely.

When the section ended, he just walked across the roof, singing.

"I see a Technicolor shadow, underneath your window, just in case you don't know, I can see it…"

Hop, hop, hop. Grapple, grapple. Drop. Repeat.

This is how my solo patrols go from now on. Experiment successful.


[ambient music: Kasbo - Kaleidoscope]

Tonight, Silver and Cat were patrolling together, admiring the view and having small talk.

"Yo kitty! You know, you really skilled with that baton of yours."

Cat Noir smirked at Silver Lightning. "Why, thank you, S. Pretty useful. And that grappling hook? How it gives you so much speed, I'll never know."

Silver shrugged. "Honestly, me neither, dude. Hey, I got an idea…"

"What's on your mind, Lightning?"

He then got out his hook and held it to Cat with a smirk. "You said the last patrol with LB you'd like to test it someday. Well, here ya go, buddy."

Cat's eyes widened. "Are you serious?"

"Totally. In exchange," he made a come here gesture. "Gimme your staff."

Cat Noir threw his baton to Silver who caught it. He then attempted to vault over to the Eiffel Tower, but with difficulty, as he was having trouble getting used to his head bobbing all the time when he pressed the staff's button. Needless to say, he was rather used to being thrust forward, and he was a lot slower than Cat.

That being said, Cat launched the hook over to the Tower, and pulled it back… but a bit too much. Without warning, he was immediately shot forward like a bullet from a gun!

"WAAAAAAAAAAH!"

Cat did land on his feet, but when Silver got there a minute later, he was still standing on all fours, frozen and shaking.

Silver laughed out loud. "Single stupidest thing we've ever done!"


At Starshine Manor, in Adam and Gabe's room...

"Wait, you guys have never done a prank call before?!"

Alya, Nino, Adrien, and Marinette shook their heads. Gabe and Adam smirked.

"Then let's do a call right now, come on!" Gabe suggested as Adam got his phone out.

"Wait, but what do we say?!" Marinette exclaimed.

"Whatever comes to your mind! That includes you guys!" Gabe said, pointing at the other three.

"Wait, dude, so totally random? Anything?" A fire started to ignite in Nino's eyes.

Adam smirked. "Anything. Go all out, guys! No holding back!" He then hit call.

Gabe cleared his throat and began. "Good afternoon, thank you for calling King Marcus!"

Nino continued. "Can we take your order?"

"Uhh… wait, what?"

Adam smirked. "Oh, so you want seventeen large hamburgers?! OKAY!"

"Um, hang on just a second?"

"So you want nine orders of fries?" Alya asked, trying to hold back her giggles.

"Wait, you want fries?"

"No, you do!" Adrien corrected the guy.

"You just said so, and we all heard it!" Adam replied.

"Er, could you repeat that?"

Nino took over. "Of course, you ordered thirty buckets of chicken…"

"Eleven pairs of underwear…" Adrien added.

"With special sauce…" Marinette cut in, trying herself to hold back her laughter.

"And two elderly ladies from Versailles!" Adam finished with a British accent, causing the girls to silently start laughing, boys trying with trouble to hold back their chortles.

"Would you like ketchup or mayonnaise on your elderly ladies?" Gabe added.

"Okay, I'm very confused?"

The girls and boys got their act together and went back to the prank call.

"No, we're out of lemonade!" Adrien joked.

"But we do have denim jeans!" Alya said.

"How many pairs of denim jeans do you want to eat?" Marinette said, silently giggling afterward.

"Gah, wha, I have no idea what you're saying!"

"Liiiife is a haaam, and I like iiit…" Adam sang.

"The ham likes it more," Adrien added.

"Yo, what are you wearing?" Nino cut in.

"Do you want ointment on your tacos?" Alya joked.

"We don't sell tacos…?"

"You don't sell tacos?!" Nino asked with a fake surprised voice.

"But if you don't sell tacos, what do you do with them?" Marinette asked.

"ILLEGAL TACO ACTIVITIES!" Adam yelled, and from that, the dam broke and everyone erupted into insane laughter. A few seconds later, the laughter died down, hearing the guy on the line silent.

Adam brought the phone's microphone to his mouth. "That'll be sixteen thousand euros, and I'd like to have your sister's phone number…"

"...WHAT?! Is… is this some kind of prank call?!"

"BUSTED!" Adam shrieked, and laughter came back.

"IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE TO YOU?!"

"YUP!"

Adam then hung up the call soon after the guy began screaming and yelling insults into the phone, further boosting the laughter.

"I feel sorry for the guy, but that was hilarious!" Adrien yelled, hysterical.

"We have to do that again sometime!" Nino suggested, after the laughter from everyone stopped shortly.

"Oh, we should! And we will!" Adam smirked.

Luckily, no akuma came from the call, so the rest of the day passed casually.


In the music room, were the six people mentioned in the last drabble. Adrien was currently playing a short version of Pictures At An Exhibition on the piano, using his phone as a music sheet after looking it up on the internet.

Everyone was fascinated with the song, while Marinette stared at Adrien with stars in her eyes, as she listened to the piano.

I never knew Adrien was such a wonderful pianist!

Adam smirked as he glanced at Marinette's red face, and went back to watching Adrien playing. Soon afterward, he finished the song, and he got a small round of applause, to which he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"Bravo, Adrien! / That was great, dude! / Amazing!"

Adam smirked. "Alright, my turn!" Heads turned to Adam.

"You play the piano?" Adrien asked. Adam nodded.

"Yup! Lemme play a song for you guys."

He whispered to Gabe, who smirked and went over to the drums.

[music: Balázs Havasi - The Duel (drums and piano)]

The song was slow and quiet at first, but as time passed, it started to pick up the pace.

Enter Gabe on the drums, as the song started building up, and Adam started playing faster. The sounds of the piano went higher and higher, and by then, even students passing by came into the room to watch, unbeknownst to the Starshine twins.

And as the drum stopped for a split second, Adam began playing on the piano like a maniac, pretty much repeatedly tapping his fingers on the keys, and getting every sound perfect. His hands roamed from key to key, finding the correct sounds, and stunning the invisible audience.

Adam was now wincing at how fast he was playing, but that wasn't stopping him. He kept playing with still no mistakes, and then, the song slowed, as it came to a halt.

(Author's note: the song itself is four minutes long, but Adam played a shorter version)

[stop music]

Adam let out a breath of air he didn't know he was holding, before panting a bit. Cheers were then heard in the music room, though, it wasn't cheering from just his friends…

...he looked to see a quarter of the school gathered to watch Adam and Gabe on the piano, that includes his class as well.

Adam and Gabe bowed. People went about their day after the applause died down.

The praise came immediately from the group. Adam could only smile in pride and say a thank you.


With an akuma on the loose once again, excuses had to be made by the heroes-in-disguise to go save the evilized victim.

"I have to help at the bakery!"

"I've got a photoshoot I need to attend!"

"I need to go continue a song's recording!"

Marinette, Adrien, and Adam as Ladybug, Cat Noir and Silver Lightning were soon able to find the akuma, and as Silver began distracting the akuma, he got a crazy plan…

Oh, time to test my senses for real. This is going to be good…

"Wait! Before you start attacking…" Silver Lightning then, to everyone's surprise, took out a blindfold and put it on, and put his hands behind his back.

"Okay, come get me."

"Oh, this will be a piece of cake!"

"I wouldn't say that if I were you. Silver Lightning always has a trick up his sleeve - be careful."

Shots were fired, but Silver Lightning dodged them with no trouble - leaning back and forth, jumping out of the way, it was all done even though he was actually blinded.

The shots from the akuma went towards his feet, but Silver kept dancing like Pennywise as he dodged the attacks, much to the akuma's rage and the audience's laughter.

"Didn't you hear? I said come get me! I'm ready for the blow!"

"THEN QUIT MOVING!"

"Dude, I'm blinded! I'm making your job easier by doing this! Tell your master he should be thanking me!"

"HOW DO YOU KEEP DODGING?!"

"Like I said, Silver Lightning is tricky. He has enhanced senses, so no matter how hard you try, you won't be able to hit him!"

"Couldn't you have told me that before I started shooting?!"

"I thought it was obvious when I told you to be cautious."

Distracted, the akumatized prop was quickly found and destroyed. It seemed Hawk Moth and the akuma got into too much conversation.

"Note to self: never start a conversation that could distract any akumas…"


Case in point, not one day goes by for the heroic trio without anything exciting happening. It doesn't always necessarily mean an akuma, it could be something else as well, such as a successful patrol, or something silly like a prank call. For Marinette, Adrien, and Adam, even if they may have days where everything seems to be against them, they always find a way to relieve the stress that comes from a difficult day. They may not know each other's identities (yet), but lots of times, it's always felt like they've known each their whole lives.

For they were the heroes of Paris, who shared a bond so strong, no akuma could shatter it.

For our last scene of the day, it was nighttime in Paris, and the trio had just finished a patrol together and was sitting casually on the railing of the Eiffel Tower's top, Ladybug in the middle, Cat Noir on the right, Silver Lightning on the left, admiring the nighttime view of the city of love.

"...it wasn't even that long since we had a moment like this, huh?" Silver asked. Ladybug and Cat looked at him.

"Only, it was in the daytime. But this… this is just gorgeous. Heh, I remember it was also nighttime when I moved to Paris, and even then, I thought this was a beautiful city. This view, however, takes the cake. I've never seen anything like it."

"Neither have I. It's one of those things we get to see once in our lives, you know?" Cat said, shrugging. "The absolute perfect view of the city. No akumas, no danger… just us, and this city."

Ladybug smiled at the boys. "And personally, there's no one I'd rather share the moment with…" she put her arms around the boys' shoulders. "... then with the greatest partners I could ask for. I haven't said it much, I know that… but you boys are truly something special. I feel so lucky to be able to call you guys my friends."

The boys smiled warmly at Ladybug, Cat Noir fighting out a light blush.

The spotted heroine then took her arms away from the boys' shoulders and held her fists out to the boys.

"Pound it." They all said in unison, sharing a fist bump together.

They don't know how long they've been sitting there. Maybe a few minutes? Maybe an hour? But after some time, their Miraculous started beeping.

"I guess that's our cue." Silver said, doing a 180 and landing on the tower, the zodiac heroes doing the same. "Same time next week?"

"You know it, Lightning. See you then, guys!" Cat Noir said, giving a two finger salute to Silver, and blowing a kiss to Ladybug before he vaulted off.

"Good night, LB!" Silver said, grappling off.

Ladybug smiled to herself before she yoyoed back to her home.


So, finally, an original chapter for you guys. Just some drabbles I've been thinking about, and since I had trouble deciding what to do with this chapter, I thought to myself, 'why not do some mini drabbles?' So, this chapter is what came out of it.

I'll try to get Pharaoh out to you guys as soon as I can. Until then, thanks for your patience!

As always, let's finish with some reviews.

ApiphobicDalmatianLass (PM): Yes, well, I try not to clash too much with canon, as I still do want to follow the plot of the series itself. So while I do change things up, I don't go too far and completely rewrite the entire thing. At least, that's not always what I plan to do, hehe. I was actually worried people might get annoyed with the fourth wall break conversation I had with my OC, but I'm glad you liked it. And trust me - I have even bigger plans when it comes to fourth wall breaking. :D I'm glad I could make your day with the shoutout. Like I said - you deserve it. :D

heart: He's going to play a big role in getting them together and encouraging them to reveal their identities, so you're going to be in for quite a ride. ;) And yes, Adam will expose Lila for the liar she is. I don't like Lila either, but then again, I suppose most of the fandom doesn't like her either. Case in point, she will get what she deserves. I can guarantee that. :D

kingjeremy134: Yes, and yes. Those will happen in the future. :D

The Sensational SpiderDom321: Like I said, I don't want to clash with canon too much, but I can always make an exception to moments like these. And you're very right on Adam not being a perfect character, he is in no means a Gary Stu. And more about that will be revealed much later, when we learn some dark secrets about him. I'm pleased you liked the changes I made to the episode, and more changes will happen in future chapters. :D I know I didn't have to, I simply wanted to give you that shoutout, because like ADL, you truly do deserve it, when I'm the one who has the most follows and favorites out of us, yet you guys also write such great stories that get less attention. I'm not meaning to brag at all when talking about follows and favorites, I'm just saying. :'D

Gry22: Well, I do like your idea, but I already have an idea planned for Kung Food. Adam will take part in being one of the judges, and beforehand, one of the judges would actually be a Starshine himself! I'm not saying any names though, just to let you guys guess :D Adam wouldn't see, but he'd know Chloe did something to Cheng Shifu's soup because he knows she doesn't like Marinette. Like I said, thank you for the idea, I will use them, but not all of the ideas you mentioned in the review. Thanks for your support, and I'm sorry to cause any disappointment.

Fluttershy 2059123: Don't worry, all is forgiven! If anything, I should be the one apologizing for being so blunt. I'm not normally blunt, and I'm sorry if I did anything that hurt you. ;-; I'm very sorry that all happened to you, and seeing how much did happen, I can understand you had little time to point out the specifics. Thank you for pointing out the grammar mistakes, much obliged. Like I said, don't worry about upsetting me, I'm not the kind of person that gets upset easily, I just got a teensy bit anxious when I looked over them and didn't see what I think you saw, if you understand what I mean. Again, thank you for your support, and I really hope all your problems will be solved in the future.

And wow! We've hit 3000+ views and 30 favorites! Thanks for all the support, guys! Much appreciated! :D

See you guys in the next chapter!

~ Adam / Starshine89