A/N The bonus chapter is here, there are just a lot of replies to reviews so if you don't read those then look for the line breaks for the bonus chapter.

Replies to Reviews:

Ladybug fan Renee Who knew that Alya could be so devious she is scary

It's quite terrifying I agree. She's very smart though so it's not unlike to make a plan like that.

Katsa Graceling Lo sabía! Sospeché de Alya desde que designó parejas, porque, que otra razón tendria para eligir irse con Chloe si tenía a Nino?, obviamente porque ningún otro se alejaría de ella. Que gran historia espero un epílogo :3

¡Gracias!

CeceTheFandomQue (Guest) YAS And the two heroes were the only ones alive and TOOK HER DOWN! I love how well they worked together too. Mari already knew what to do without Adrien even saying anything.

Ikr, It's like they work as a team to fight bad guys every day or something! :P

CanaryBug Aww it's over?Nevertheless, this was a really good story and I was hooked all the way through!Can't wait to see what the future holds for this dynamic duo!

It's sad yes but there's only so far I can stretch it out before it's bland or chapters of fewer than 100 words. Thank you for enjoying it though and being here the whole way through!

7lights13darknesses That was an unexpected twist! I loved how crazy and in character Alya was. And it is but the twist is no one actually died in the play. The doc like everyone else faked it because they all thought there was a murderer.

So, all of them just assumed they were really going to die, and all pretended so they would get killed? What about the first person though? Did they knock themselves out by accident or something?

Guest I really thought there would be way more chapters, but I enjoyed reading it. You should more like this one.

Don't worry, as soon as I get a good enough idea I will get straight to work on writing it.

Guest I LOVE THIS STORY! If you ever create anything new, I'll definitely read it

Thank you, if you haven't already check out my previous Miraculous fics (Miraculous Night and its sequel Miraculous Day) to tide you over. New stuff will definitely come but I can't promise when since I don't like to write stories until I'm really happy with the base chapter and the premise, but once I am I just keep going until it's done. (For example, I had the first chapter of this for about 4 weeks before I wrote the rest as I kept tweaking it until I liked it and had a plan for the plot).

Sprite Heartfilia I can imagine it right now. Marinette bringing Alya into the room in handcuffs. Since Alya is technically is "Arrested".

That would be a fun sight to see.

Lucky Charmz (Guest) THANK YOU! This was great. I didn't see the ending coming. I love how you write Alya's monologuing. ''Twas great. I love this fic, and I hope you write more in the future! I love your updating schedule because I dintavevto wait for MONTHS for a new chapter (unlike some others I could mention). I can't wait for the bonus chapter. Thanks again!

Thank you. I agree, there is nothing worse than becoming immersed into a really good fic and then you don't get an update for months and you've forgotten it all. I may be a while until I have created the next story, but I will always promise daily (or every 2 days at the very most) updates once I have a fic to post.

Ducodnamoreemia I am upset that I found this story the day the final chapter was put up, at least there's the epilogue. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and while I would love to have 10 more chapters that would make no sense... unless one of the characters actually died! not likely. I do have one suggestion if you decide to edit this at all, maybe add a "cast list" of sorts in the authors's note If Chapter 2, personally I had some trouble keeping everyone straight and think it'd be helpful to future readers, and would also be in a fairly relevant spot.

That is a good point, even I struggled to remember some names when writing. I tried to make it so the important characters' names were obvious (Like the ones named after their hero names) and in the first few chapters I tried to make it so if a character was addressed by their character's name they were somehow mentioned outside of speech as their real name. I feel like this works better than having a list and readers needing to constantly look back to and refer to, but I will definitely consider integrating it better for any future fic done this way.

KiddyCartoonFangirl Hurray! What a great story! I never would have suspected Madame Rouge, but I was right that it wasn't Madame Honey!Thank you so much for writing this story, it was a ball! I enjoyed reading it very much. I'm looking forward to the epilogue!

Thank you! It was great having your comments on every chapter and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I guess it's good that you saw through that red-herring at least XD. (Actually, was that a red-herring? I think since a character made that conclusion it isn't but I'm not sure.)

Guest Great job! I loved your story! Cannot stop reading!

Thank you!

doraclub Great job! I loved it and I honestly never thought of this idea. Thanks so much for taking the time to write and post this!

Thank you! I wouldn't say I "took the time to do it" as that makes it sound like a chore. I enjoy writing it (hopefully) as much as you enjoy reading it, so I would never consider it a chore.

Shadowhunted by Miraculous OMG that is such an amazing story !You are so talented and it was so mind-blowing to read. I just had to keep going!you did such a fantastic job CONGRATS I never would have guessed it was Alya!

Thank you. She is sneaky, isn't she?

Spottedlittlebug (Guest) Wow! That was such a fun read! Can't wait for the epilogue!

Thank you for sticking with it this whole time! I'm glad you enjoyed.


Murder at Agreste Mansion

Bonus Chapter – The last 2 survivors

Once all the dead guests had been rounded up they had gathered once again in the dining hall to chat about the events of the evening with some more food and drink. Each of them told tales of how Alya had killed them and laughed at their rash decisions and predictions they had made throughout the evening.

One-by-one they began to leave as their parents collected them. After Alya left it was only Adrien and Marinette left.

"I'm sorry Adrien I'm always last, aren't I?" She told him trying to laugh it off.

"It's alright Marinette" He told her, "And actually since you showed up later than everyone else you haven't stayed the longest yet."

She looked at him frowning as he grinned. "That makes some sense I guess. Although I still feel bad since I'm delaying your staff cleaning up."

"Hey it's ok!" He assured her, "Think about it. If this was still Lord Noir's party, then everyone else would be dead, it would only be him and Lady Bugsworthy left anyway!"

"Oh yeah, I guess you're right." She said perking up a bit, "I wonder what they would do being the only 2 people at a huge party."

"I'm sure they'd make the best of it." Adrien said.

"You think?" Marinette asked.

"Of course" He told her. His face suddenly lit up, "Hey! We're still dressed up as them! Let's prove it!"

"Alright Lord Noir, we're the last 2 survivors, what do we do?"

"Well, as a true gentleman and host I would offer you a drink" He said picking up a glass of punch, "and then I would compliment your outfit."

He handed her the drink which she took a sip from as he bowed to her, "You look stunning this evening M'Lady."

Marinette began blushing, "and then what would I do?"

"You, being such a fine Lady would graciously take the drink and complement and then- well what would you do?"

Marinette picked up another glass of punch and handed it to him, "I would offer a drink in return to the dashing gentleman and if he continued to be so sweet I would kiss him on the cheek to thank him."

Adrien took the drink and had a sip, "Well?"

"Well what?" She asked.

"What sweet things would the dashing gentleman need to say to get that kiss?" He said flirtatiously.

"I-" Marinette blushed deeply.

He leaned in and whispered in her ear, "What if he told her that her hair was perfect, or her that dress was gorgeous, or that he was lost in her sparkling blue eyes."

She looked up at him with those same blue eyes and bit her lip nervously. His face was only an inch away from hers and he was looking into her eyes with a confident grin on his face.

"Or that he couldn't wait to taste her plump, shiny, scarlet lips with his own."

"Adrien?" Marinette asked him slightly concerned.

"Yes?" He responded smiling as he looked into her eyes.

"Are you being serious? Or- or is this just Noir?" She asked him.

"Which would you rather?" He asked her putting his hands either side of her head running his fingers through her hair.

Frozen by the tingling sensation all over her body she simply looked into his eyes and moved her lips just enough to whisper, "You."

He leaned in and kissed her gently but passionately. Marinette, ignoring her mind exploding at the fact she was making out with Adrien, put her arms around his torso and pulled him further into the kiss.

It was bliss. A kind of bliss she would be contented with if they never pulled apart from it. Adrien wasn't sure what drove him to do it but all evening he had been feeling really attracted to Marinette as she was not only even more beautiful but had really shown a much more confident side to herself. Like what he saw in Ladybug. Except he didn't once think about Ladybug all evening nor did he regret it. This moment with Marinette was exactly what he wanted.

They eventually both pulled away to breathe but still embracing each other opened their eyes and looked at each other. Adrien smiled at her but she had a bit of a different reaction. One more of fear. Had she really just kissed Adrien!? Her mind was going into a panic and she was losing composure in typical Marinette fashion.

"Are you okay?" Adrien asked her.

"Y-y-yeah I-" was all she managed to spit out.

"I'm sorry did I go too far?" He asked now concerned.

"N-n-no y-you" She stuttered before taking a deep breath and pulling him into another kiss. Since she was incapable of speaking it was her only way of letting him know this was what she wanted. And it worked. He kissed her back loving every second of it.

For the rest of the evening the two felt no need for words, they just needed each other.

It turns out the last 2 survivors at a party really can make the best of it.


I hope you enjoyed that! I felt like the ending of the previous chapter was a good ending point but I really wanted some more Adrienette (or NoirWorthy) in there, so I sat down began writing and this chapter happened.

Now for some of my favourite predictions you made on earlier chapters (since I had to hold back my thoughts about them at the time):

CanaryBug (On chapter 4)

So I was thinking about possible suspects: I feel as if Chloe and Sabrina would be a bit too obvious (It still may be a possibility). I had originally debunked Lila, but after learning there may be 2 suspects, I put her on the maybe list. Adrien is definitely a possibility due to the fact that Chat has night vision. Nathaniel may seem suspicious, but I believe its a false lead. I can put Juleka on the maybe as well as Max, but Marinette seems interesting. Although she seems innocent, it may not be too far off to believe she could have slipped a card...

Anywayzz, I'm probably totally wrong but it's fun funto theorize!

You made 2 correct decisions about Lila straight away so well done for that.

Adrien was always meant to be a red-herring and MANY MANY people began to guess him due to this. I had originally considered him when writing it but in a real game of murder mystery I did with friends (the one I said inspired this fic on one of my previous A/Ns) the host ended up being the murderer (not by her choice) but it ended up kind of sucking because it made everything feel planned out (even though she hadn't).

And I had originally planned for it to be that Marinette had unknowingly planted the poison card in the drink with a part when they find out with Chloe convincing the others it was her down the line but I couldn't quite get that to work how I liked so I scrapped it in the end.

Ladybug fan Renee and Ugly-Duckling123 (On chapter 4)

Both guessed Adrien, but I have addressed that above.

CanaryBug (Chapter 5)

Alya Cesaire, you sly fox.And I guess I was kinda right?

I know you were referring to Alya putting Mari with Adrien but I find it ironically funny since she was a LOT more of a sly fox than you probably anticipated.

Spottedlittlebug (Chapter 8) What if both Honey and Azure were murdered, then the murderer moved one of the victims to throw the rest off? hmmm... or it could be Honey haha I guess I'll just have to wait for next chapter.Also, was Lila hired by the murderer? Since she mentioned a 'target', and assassins are usually hired, right?

That was exactly my plan for the way Alya was going to fake her death. It was going to be that Myléne, Sabrina, Chloe had all died together but Alya hid Chloe and faked her death to pin it on Chloe. But I decided that I would rather have Chloe alive to face the wrath of Marinette reaching the same conclusion which is what ended up happening. (Plus, idk how Alya would be able to kill 3 people all at once without being stopped by the other 2 after the first one.)

And you got the hiring bit right so well done.

As a whole I don't think anyone predicted Alya was the murderer (at least in a review) so either I planted my red-herrings well or my clues weren't good enough. I feel like there were enough clues but there were subtle. Like how I masked her Chloe manipulation a lot with "helping" Marinette.

I really hope you have all enjoyed this fic as much as I have. (I know I say that a lot). I did say in some replies but for those that do not read them: I can't promise a certain timeframe that a new fic will be in as I only write when I am very happy with a premise, but once I have one you can expect frequent updates to it like this fic had.

For now though, Thanks for reading and I look forward to interacting with you again in the future.

-LinguineReturns