"Come on Chat, practice like you mean it," Adrien snapped from his trance to see himself paired with a fifteen year old Nino. Fighting nearby was fifteen year old Marinette and Honey Bee.
"Right, sorry." Adrien went in and attacked again.
"So bro, ready for the masquerade tonight?"
"Yeah, should be fun," Adrien responded absentmindedly, continuously taking glances at Marinette. He felt a force knock him down to the ground.
"Bro, you alright?" Nino offered Adrien a hand to help him up, which Adrien took. Marinette and Honey Bee stopped fighting to watch.
"Just need a break."
"Sure."
Nino headed towards where a jug of water was, grabbing a drink with a nearby mug. Adrien headed over as Marinette and Honey Bee followed, Marinette passing him by.
"Someone is looking forward to tonight," Marinette winked as she joined Nino.
"Don't forget, we have a job to do," Adrien turned to watch Honey Bee pass him, who gave a devilish smirk.
"Queen Bee," Adrien awoke to find himself alone in his room.
"Nino?" Adrien got out of the bed and headed downstairs to only find Master Fu drinking.
"Morning Adrien."
"Master Fu. I had another vision."
Master Fu nodded as Adrien sat beside the old man.
"I was training with everyone, Nino mentioned something about a masquerade, which Marinette had mentioned in another vision. Then Honey Bee came up to me and said something a job we had to do." Master Fu nodded as Adrien concluded.
"Why do I keep having these dreams, they feel like they belong to me, but a different part of me."
"They belong to the Chat Noir part of you.
"The Chat Noir part of me?" Master Fu nodded and pulled out the box he had seen in Marinette's room. He handed the box to Adrien, who opened it to reveal the cat miraculous. He turned to the old man who nodded. He took out the ring, but all of a sudden, a bright green glow emanated from the ring. When the glow died down, it revealed a black kwami with cat ears and a tail.
"A cat Kwami?" The kwami woke up from it's nap, its eyes lighting up with recognition.
"Adrien! Kid, thank heavens you're ok. After your mom died, you kind of freaked out, then Ladybug took your miraculous!"
"Wait? I was there when my mom died?"
"Of course you were there, you - OHHHHH!" The kwami gasped, "Hawkmoth must have stolen your memories."
"Hawkmoth?"
"Well yeah, after you made that deal, and Ladybug took your miraculous, no wonder Hawkmoth would wipe your memories."
"Yes Plagg, so please introduce yourself to Adrien," interrupted Master Fu.
"Right, I'm Plagg, you're Adrien, also known as Chat Noir. That's Master Fu, and nobody else to introduce. Hey, do you have any cheese? Camembert to be precise?"
"Always for you. In the fridge." Plagg flew off in a flash towards the kitchen at Master Fu's guidance.
"So I was Chat Noir?"
"Many years ago."
"But what happened? Why did I betray the team? If my memories then are correct, I was having fun and getting along with everyone."
"Hawkmoth must have made you a deal you could not refused."
Adrien thought hard as to what deal he could have made with Hawkmoth to make him hurt his team, especially Marinette.
"I figured you and Honey Bee knew each other in the outside world, and had somehow found who Hawkmoth was. After we destroyed the tower the first time, Honey Bee changed, and a few days later, you did too, as you both carried the weight of an unseen burden. As much as you tried to make sure the others never found out, Le Paon and I could sense something was wrong as the Masquerade approached."
"Le Paon, was I close to her?"
"In the team, about as close as anyone else, but in the real world, I believe you were very close to her. That would be why as you were close to her miraculous, your memories began to return. Hawkmoth must have the final puzzle piece to your memories."
"The final puzzle piece?"
"Well yeah, what happened at the Masquerade," answer Plagg as he zipped back over with his paws full of cheese, "Nobody else was there that could really remember except maybe you, Hawkmoth and Ladybug."
"Ladybug?" Ladybug? Marinette? Marinette was the last person to see Chat Noir, meaning she had known Adrien was Chat Noir all along. So when she loved Chat Noir, she loved Adrien.
"Master Fu, where's Marinette?" Adrien slammed his hand on the table. The old man sighed, for once not able to look Adrien in the eye.
"They're gone. To finish what was started."
6/12/2017
Sorry for the short Chapter, but now begins the final battles. Adrien is the former Miraculous Knight Chat Noir, but something tampered with his memories of his time as Chat Noir.
This Thursday I will be on vacation, so I may or may not update. Depends. But if I can't I will upload two the following Monday. I have the story planned to where it conveniently end on a Thursday and I would like to keep it that way.
