Chapter Ten: Ball Fit for Heroes…Super Heroes That is.

Adrien tried his best to be subtle as he slipped some kind of cheese snack that was offered to him into his jacket, where Plagg was hiding. He was wearing a black tuxedo with a matching mask and a bright green button down shirt. In other words, his alter-ego's colors. Speaking of which, he really needed to figure out how he was going to slip away to transform and do that appearance. Mr. Agreste was literally standing right next to him, wearing a purple tuxedo and white button down shirt, and a purple mask. Adrien spotted his friends from school, mingling with each other as they chatted eagerly amongst themselves. Chloe, who was wearing a bright neon yellow dress with black stripes and a matching mask, was over by her father, trying to get a good look at where the princess was to arrive through at.

Finally, the guard standing next to the double doors cleared his throat. "Presenting her royal highness…" All eyes turned the doors, eager to see the young princess for the first time. "Princess Ma…" Gasps rippled through the air when the doors flung open to reveal that no one was standing behind them.

Adrien knitted his eyebrows together as he realized that something was off. They were told her name was Coccinelle, and yet when announcing the arrival of the princess, he had used a name that started with an M. Before he could think too much about it, the king bellowed out in rage. "WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER!?"

A servant approached him, and appeared to have calmed him down, before slipping away, weaving her way through the crowd. Adrien narrowed his eyes, as he realized that she appeared to have an objective in her mind, ignoring everyone that she passed. Instinctively, he slipped away, trying to keep her in sight, even as worry squeezed at his pounding heart. What if she was actually a part of some kind of group that is against the king? She could have kidnapped the princess and is on her way to tell her superiors…

"Adrien!" Alya waved frantically at him drawing his attention away from a potential kidnapper.

"Hey Alya… love the fox custom." Adrien nodded to the elegant evening gown that was indeed fox themed.

All of his friends appeared to be some sort of animal themed custom, whether it was the green turtle themed tuxedo that Nino was wearing, or the fun blue bunny gown that Mylene was wearing. Juleka was a rattlesnake themed, while Rose a cute piglet themed. All in all, they all looked amazing.

Chloe came storming over right then, fuming. "Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous! I finally get to grace the princess with my presence and she is late?! How dare she!"

Adrien opened his mouth to respond to that, when a familiar elderly Asian man wearing an Hawaiian shirt appeared at his elbow. "Will you please follow me…all of you. Not just Chat Noir."

"Uh?" "Um, sorry to disappoint you sir, but Chat Noir isn't here…yet."

Adrien however could feel his heart picking up speed as he gestured for his friends to follow him and the last Guardian. Once they were out of the ballroom, Master Fu picked up speed, swiftly leading them to an empty sitting room of sorts. Well, almost empty. Adrien couldn't help but notice that there was a small black handbag in there as well.

Once Adrien was able to confirm that his entire class was in there, he snapped the door closed and turned to glare at his mentor. "What is so important that you had to blow my cover like that?"

Master Fu sighed before pointing to the handbag. "It seems to be that the princess was kidnapped not too long ago. I am still trying to figure out the exact details. It will be better for everyone if you locate and rescue her. I have a feeling that your powers will be needed."

Adrien sighed as he pulled his custom's mask off, eyeing the guardian. "But that doesn't explain why you had to alert my friends to the fact that I am Chat Noir."

"What?! Ok, you owe me so many interviews." Alya screeched as she started to bounce on her heels.

"The fact that if you don't succeed then Paris is in grave danger." Master Fu bluntly announced.

Adrien shook his head, crossing his arms as he looked at him. "If I don't succeed then I can just call Ladybug to come help me…and I doubt it'll just be Paris. It would be all of France, Master."

Just then something small and red, with large black spots zipped straight up to his face. "Except for the fact that my Chosen is the princess." It stopped moving, allowing him to see that it was the ladybug kwami.

Which meant that… "I've been flirting with, and making a fool of myself around, the princess of France!?" Adrien nearly fainted, all of his most embarrassing moments, most of which involved Ladybug, flashed across his face.

"Yes. I have talked Master Fu into giving each of your friends a miraculous of their own. Their kwamis will give them the rundown version of things, but you will be in charged until we rescue my Chosen. Unless you have any objections to that Plagg?" She glanced down to his jacket.

Plagg immediately darted out of his hiding place, a grin on his face. "We're talking about a mission that if Hawkmoth finds out about, we will be in huge trouble. Of course I don't have any objections sugar cube!"

"That's not my name Plagg!" She cried out in frustration.

Plagg quickly dove behind Adrien, using him as a human shield to protect himself from the kwami of creation. Master Fu coughed, before speaking up, his voice firm. "Tikki, Plagg. Now is not the time to get into a fight. I have the miraculous on me right now. Let's make this quick. Time is of the essence here." He pulled out the miraculous box out of nowhere.

Quickly opening it, he handed the miraculouses one at a time to each of his classmates. Stopping at Nino, he sat down the box, which was now empty and started to take off the green bracelet he was wearing. Realizing what he was about to do, Adrien stepped forward. "Master! Wait! Are you sure that you want to give away your own miraculous?"

Nino's eyes widened in awe and surprise that the petite elderly man in front of him was a miraculous holder. Master Fu steadily looked Adrien in the eye. "Yes. My time as the Guardian is coming to a close. After much thought and discussion, Wayzz and I have decided that your friend known as Nino will make a great turtle." Slipping the bracelet off, he handed it to Nino. Instantly, Wayzz left his hiding spot to join Nino. Turning to face each of them, he spoke sternly, worry tinting his voice. "I must rejoin the ball to keep up appearances that everything is alright. I leave the miraculous in your care… you are the Chosen Ones." He then left the room.

Adrien glanced over at Plagg, one thought flashing across his mind. Things were definitely getting interesting. "Ok… we cannot put any of this in our essays about the ball."

Nods of agreement rippled through the group, before they slipped their miraculouses on. Bright light flooded the room as the kwamis connected to the newly activated jewelry awoke for the first time in years…

A/N: Done! So yeah, as I said in Princess Coccnielle, Rena Rouge, Caraspace, and Queen Bee haven't happened yet and yes that is important to understand what is going on here. And, the color scheme for their 'uniforms' is the same for their customs and yeah…their customs actually are just formal wear versions of their superhero selves. Sniggers… that's just going to be fun.

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