Okay so first chapter of the re-do and I hope that this turns out better then what I had. Note that there will be spoilers in this story due to referencing episodes so I am warning everybody now for Season 2. I will also be adjusting information that may be presented in episodes as we move along. Also feel free if you want to guess the episode(s) for the references. Some may only be bits or pieces and others maybe larger chunks. There maybe even more then one different one in each chapter.~
'Would you like to play this piece with me Father? As a duet?', the green eyed fourteen year old Adrien Agreste turned to face Gabriel Agreste with a small smile on his face. Beside the Agreste Patriarch stood the dutiful form of the boy's caregiver and his father's personal assistant Nathalie Sancour.
The famous designer's normally stoic emotionless expression became one of shock and nerves instantly at the request of his son. 'Um-I-I...uh..I don't think...', Gabriel stuttered trying to think up an answer but being too shocked to do so properly.
The blonde man took a deep breath closing his eyes. His fingers moving to hoover just above the piano keys as the memory of over ten years ago played in his head. Everything was so clear it was like Adrien had been transported back to his years as a teenager again. It almost spooked him.
'Please Father, if I'm not allowed to go to my friend's concert then at least grant me this.' ,begged teenager Adrien seeing the designer looking for a way to decline his request.
Eyeing his son, Gabriel reluctantly got up from his place on the couch and walked over towards the grand piano. Stiffly the man took a seat at the keys right beside a grinning Adrien on the polished wooden bench. Fingers poised properly above the keys ready to begin the now duet.
Nathalie smiled warmly at the sight of father and son.
Fourteen year old Adrien turned back to the piano to press and strike the first note-
"-Papa?"
The voice was soft and groggy with sleep and called the man by a different name then he was used to, but none of that made any differance to Adrien. It didn't matter how used he was to his new name it was enough to shake him from his thoughts. The blonde's head turning automatically as he turned in his seat. Emeralds locked onto emeralds as a Cheshire Grin pulled at Adrien's lips seeing their owner standing looking half asleep in the doorway. Forgetting the classical instrument he was sitting at, "What's new pussy cat? It's way passed your bed time Kitten, you were sleeping so nice when Mama and I tucked you in a little while ago."
The little girl could not have been older then seven years old. The groggy half-asleep child rubbed her eyes, eyes that perfectly mirrored the former model's own bright green gaze, as she made her way over towards Adrien. Tripping in the process only for her father to appear at her side in an instant. The child smiled her thanks up at her father letting him carry her back princess style to the piano. "I had a nightmare and couldn't go back to sleep. I-I don't want to go back to sleep and end up back there again. Can't I stay up? Mama says I'm getting really big and I'm almost grown up because I'm going to be eight.", the tiny bluenette bargained.
Adrien had to place a gentle finger on the girl's mouth to get her to be quiet. But his gaze remained soft as he sat her down on the polished wooden bench and took a seat beside her. "Un-fur-tunetly no you can't stay up. Growing up or not you'e still a kitten Kitten and need sleep if you want to be as beautiful as your Mama. Eight is a big girl but you've got a ways to go yet.", said Adrien raising a hand to tussle his daughter's long bluenette locks. The little girl looked so much like his wife it was uncanny. Or at least that was what he and most of the family thought of the little girl.
"Purr-lease Paw-Paw?", quiped back the little girl knowing she could useually get her way with her father if she used a good pun or two. It never failed. "If I go back to sleep then I'll go back there and I really don't want to go back. The room was dark and scary...there were strange noises and this lady that just stood there in the middle of the room. I tried talking to her to ask about where we were, but she never answered. She ignored me Papa! Like a statue!", the child explained before clutching onto Adrien's t-shirt. Her little fist white knuckled with fear at the memory of the emotionless statue-like women in the dark room. Her normally bright green eyes filled with fear and pleading. "Papa?", the child repeated.
Meanwhile the man froze at the tiny bluenette's description of where she had gone in her nightmare. The former model knew that it was impossible but the scene that his daughter had described...only one place came to mind. Though neither Adrien or his wife had breathed a word to make their child think of such a place. It was too taboo in their family. A dark painful memory treated as a nasty stain and left better alone never brought up again. But then how had the little bluenette think about the old ruins? It was said bluenette's second attempt at calling him that Adrien snapped back to his senses. Looking back down at the child he blinked.
"Are you okay Papa? You got really weird like when Mama has her hissy fits only you wouldn't answer me. Are you sick?", the little girl asked clearly concerned for her father.
Adrien blinked again before leaning down to brush his nose with the child's much like a cat nuzzling another. This made the girl giggle and lightly push him away from her. Backing off, the man returned his hands to the poised position hovering just above the ivory piano keys. "Sorry Kitten, Papa just lost his train of thought for a minute.", Adrien smiled trying to reassure his daughter before adding, "You know I still get nightmares like that too only Grandma Emilie taught me a secret way to make them go away. She had to otherwise I wouldn't have stopped waking her and Yei Yei up in the middle of the night. I still use it. You want to know the secret?" That was a silly question. Of course the little curious bluenette would want to know her father's secret. But the blonde still asked milking the situation as much as he could for the girl.
"A secret!? Really!? What is it?! Please tell me! Please, please, please-", the little girl begged practically jumping up and down in her seat. Her eyes wide as saucers staring up pleadingly at her father.
And just like that Adrien pressed down on the piano keys and started playing. He started playing with the intention of surprising his daughter but, as luck would have it, that wasn't quite what happened...
"I live a life that's full of fun! It keeps me sharp, and on the run! When evil comes, I find a way to use my force and save the day! Oh oh oh! Life's got me spinning around! Oh oh oh! My feet are off the ground! Oh oh oh! And when the sun goes down, that's when I become! Miraculous! Simply the best! Up to the test when things go wrong! Miraculous! The luckiest! The power of love always so strong!"
"They look at me and think I'm cool, I'm Cat Noir and at night I rule! My ring is charged with energy, my claws are out! Just watch and see! Oh oh oh! Oh no you'll never know! Oh oh oh! My force will only grow! Oh oh oh! And when the moon is out you better hang around! Miraculous! Simply the best! Up to the test when things go wrong! Miraculous! The luckiest! The power of love always so strong!"
"Another day I'm back at school! I think about him, he's so cool! I look at him, he looks away but does he see me anyway!? Oh oh oh! He's got me spinning around! Oh oh oh! My feet are off the ground! Oh oh oh! But when the sun goes down that's when I become...Miraculous! Simply the best! Up to the test when things go wrong! Miraculous! The luckiest! The power of love always so strong!"
"I am the cat just chilling out! But in the night, she is all I think about! I feel so strong, when she is around! She picks me up when I am down! Oh oh oh! Oh no you'll never know! Oh oh oh! My love can only grow! Oh oh oh! And when I see her smile, that's when she becomes! Miraculous! Simply the best! Up to the test when things go wrong! Miraculous! The luckiest! The power of love always so strong!", sang the tiny bluenette happily taking each cued word from the notes her father created with the piano keys.
The blonde former model stopped playing at the end of the song and stared at the little girl.
The child giggled at Adrien's reaction to her singing. The little bluenette's gaze drifted around the room before coming to rest on one of the darker parts of the room. There, staring right back at her bright with amusement, was a pair of small slited green eyes. "Kiki!", the little girl called, "Cat Noir!"
The slited green eyes blinked a few times before disapearing back into the shadows of the room.
