Hello. First of all I'd like to apologize for the long wait. I started this story when I realized I hadn't seen many sad/dark/angsty Miraculous fics but then when my depression started to come back I realized it was hard to write this without making myself feel bad. I am no longer depressed for the moment but I'm struggling to find the same motivation for this story that I previously had. I'm not abandoning it but there may be long breaks between chapters. Sorry.
But of course it couldn't be that easy. Ladybug scooped up the unconscious Nathaniel, still out from the akuma cleansing, and jumped off the boat. She knew that when she used her miraculous ladybug attack to restore the town, it would disappear. But when she tried to do just that, she met some resistance. She had failed to use her Lucky Charm and that was apparently necessary to activate the restoration magic.
Chat Noir appeared behind her, having tracked her down after she transformed. "Ladybug, where have you been? The akuma kidnapped a girl!"
"The akuma has been defeated and I already sent Marinette home, Chat." She said briskly without looking up at him. Instead she stared down at her yoyo as if looking at it would give her the answer she wanted. "There's a new problem though." She admitted, looking up at him for the first time since he arrived.
He looked stressed. And looking down at her yoyo she checked the communicator on it and saw several messages on it. Knowing him, he follows the Ladyblog and probably got a notification whenever Alya posted about her kidnapping and has most likely been searching since. Of course, she couldn't help seeing as she was the kidnapped girl in question.
"Marinette's safe?" Seeing her nod, he continued, "What's the problem then?"
"I…forgot to use Lucky Charm on the akuma and now I can't restore the city." She frowned at her yoyo again, internally cursing its picky magic rules. "I was about to try using Lucky Charm now and see if that item will work."
It didn't work. No matter how many times she threw the spotted object into the air, nothing changed and by the time her timer got down to two beeps Chat intervened.
"Alright, it's not working and you are running out of time so here's my question; how much damage did this akuma do?"
She stopped, "Well, there was the library. Also there is a hole in Marinette's wall," 'damn' she added to herself, "but other than that I believe he mostly just made things." At that she gestured to the boat.
Chat considered this for a moment then spoke, "While the hole is not ideal, this could have been a lot worse. And now we know about this for the future so I say we call this a night while we are still ahead." He finished with a grin.
She sighed and nodded, "Good night." She walked around the corner and waited for him to leave. Once she was once again Marinette and thought Chat was gone, she ran over to the boat. If it wasn't going to disappear, she might as well keep what she made.
Alright, so Mari is about to loot the ship. I'm taking suggestions for things she would want to keep so review with your idea if you want. I've wondered what would happen if she didn't use Lucky Charm so this is my head cannon for that.