Skylar's POV

I walk into the school and hear the tardy bell ring. At this point, I didn't really care. I needed to find some food and get back outside. I run towards the foyer, but accidentally run into someone.

"Sorry! I'm running late again," she says.

"Hi Marinette! It's okay, nothing new." We giggle and she runs to class.

I walk into the foyer and find some cookies left over from the party. They're probably bad now, but they'll have to do.

"Time to transform!" I whisper to Talli once she's charged up. I say the magic words and she flies into my bracelet, transforming me into Shaman Wolf.

I run as fast as I can towards the alley. I stop at the entrance and notice that they were gone. My heart starts to race and I step backwards, accidentally running into something.

"Hello, little wolf," I hear that something whisper in my ear. I jump forward and take out my rope, ready to attack.

I gasp as I look up to see an akumatized Grizzly Bear... aka Tristen Kingsley.

I look up at his face and realize that he has a badly bruised eye and scratches all over his cheeks. I back away slowly, water fighting to fall from my eyes. He walks up to me and puts a hand to my cheek.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you. I'm only here for Ladybug and Cat Noir's miraculouses," he says with an evil smirk.

I bite my lip with fear and sadness. He was the one who told me that he'd do anything to keep the miraculous' safe from the hands of akumas. Now he is the one who I have to stop from getting his hands on them. He walks away from me, but soon looks back.

"Could you do me a favor and make sure a girl named Skylar Beckett is safe?," he says with a smile, making my heart ache.

"Make sure she's far away from anyone who tries to harm her. I'll be back to take care of them myself." With that, he runs away, taking my heart with him.

I fall to my knees and finally let the tears spill from my eyes. It really hurt knowing that the person who told me about all of this was now being controlled by it.

I can't even imagine all of the things that he's dealing with right now beneath all of his negative emotions. I know for sure that he's trying his hardest to fight back.

I suddenly realize that this was my fault. I should've fought back and not let him defend me. I feel stupid for not thinking of what could have happened. He ended up getting extremely hurt because of me, and I can never forgive myself.

I dry my tears and get ready to fight for what's mine. For the Tristen I know and love with all of the heart. For the boy who knows how to make me smile.

I take off at a sprint in the direction I saw him run in. I stop on a rooftop and look around for any signs of him.

Suddenly, the news gets projected and appears across the side of a nearby building. It says something about a new villain on the loose, and I know exactly who that is.

Cat Noir lands beside me and I explain partly of what's going on, leaving out the personal part.

"Darn, I wish I could've been the one to spend more time with him after the fight," he chuckles. I roll my eyes and Ladybug soon appears as well.

"The last place someone spotted him was at Françoise Dupont High School. Teachers, please do not release students until we know more about this new threat," the news lady says.

The camera zooms up to Tristen giving an evil laugh. I clench my fists, ready to face him.

We soon zip off into the direction of the school. As we enter, we decide to split up... which doesn't sound like a very smart plan to me.

I walk into the first room I see with an open door. I realize that it's the same room me and Tristen hid from the Investor. I close my eyes, memories filling my head as I run my fingers along the smooth wood of the bookcase.

"I'll distract her while you run."

"No way am I letting you go out there... We get out of here together or we don't get out of here at all."

"On the count of three, we run."

I open my eyes and my heart skips a beat. My fingers happened to land on two words, written with a handwriting that I could recognize anywhere.

"My Sky"

I smile out of control as happy tears fill my eyes. I have not realized how much I loved that boy until this very moment.

I back away from the bookcase slowly, getting my mind back on saving him. I walk out of the room and suddenly hear yells for help. I run down the hall and find Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Jaxon all tied up in ropes.

"Hello again little wolf, you're just in time," Tristen says with an evil laugh. "I don't recall ever introducing myself. You can call me Cave Bear."

"It's payback time," he says. He walks over to Jax with a big smirk on his face.

"Ahhh!! I'm gonna die!" Jax yells. I roll my eyes, but I know deep down that I have to stop him. I run over to Cave Bear and grab his arm gently.

"Hey!" he says, quickly waving off my arm and glares at me.

"I'm very sorry for whatever he did to you. But no one deserves payback, even if it's hard to believe," I say.

"You wouldn't understand," he says with a sigh. I grab his hand and squeeze it.

"I understand more than you think," I admit. He stares at me with wide-eyes.

Suddenly, a purple butterfly-shaped light appears in front of his face, showing that Hawkmoth was talking to him.

"Please don't listen to anything he says, Tristen..." I beg him with a whisper, not knowing if I meant to say his name aloud or not... but it was out.

The light goes away as he stares at me with wide-eyes again.

"H-how did you?..." he stutters. I bite my lip and my eyes start to water, realizing that this was it... I was going to tell him.

"Because I was there..." I hesitate. "Paws in," I whisper and I slowly start to detransform.

I watch as his mouth grows agape and it soon turns to a small dorky smile. The old Tristen is definitely back. Suddenly, all of my emotions hit me all at once and I come crashing down.

I smile for a few seconds, but then can't hold back my tears any longer and I hug him tightly, burying my head deep into his chest. He hugs me back without hesitation and I hear him start to tear up a little bit as well.

I watch as the akuma flies out of his bracelet and he changes back into the true Tristen Kingsley.

The ropes that kept the heroes and Jax break and Ladybug de-evilizes his akuma. Her and Cat Noir take Jax out into the hallway to give us some privacy.

We pull away and I frown as I still see the wounds on his face. I examine him a bit closer and realize his hands were scratched up and his jacket was torn on his shoulder.

"Hey, I'm fine," he says, trying to assure me. I close my eyes, still feeling guilty for his injury's.

I feel his soft hand gently grab mine. I look up into his gorgeous brown eyes and glance down at his perfect lips-!

Lips?! I meant smile... I think. I feel my cheeks burn like crazy. I close my eyes and start to think.

Could I really do it? I take a deep breath and open my eyes. He is still looking at me with the same expression. Here goes nothing.

I grab both sides of his adorable face and bring him down to my level. Our lips meet in a soft, lingering kiss...

I pull away, my cheeks still burning out of control... but his face was even worse. We giggle and he surprises me with another kiss.

Out of nowhere, bright lights flies out of our jewels and flies around Tristen. We watch as it magically fixes his wounds.