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So I have a lot of you on the edge of your seats so I am gonna get right to the explanation in this chapter. I think that people will be happy.

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Flightbird2003- I have loved this headcanon since I was introduced. Felix on the other hand, well I hated cannon so I created my own. I wanted him unique, but also didn't want Mare to be his only friend, so I dragged a few of my other favorite characters.

Cinder- Yeah I wanted to shock my readers. I am glad I was able to get that reaction.

BORK- Thank you for your kind words. It seriously means a lot. The bisexual Adrien was partially inspired a few fics and partially by my own impression of who Adrien is.

Shiranai Atsune- Your enthusiasm is very touching. You got your truths and yes people can be jerks. Marinette is adopted and in this chapter your going to get your answers.

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Guest 2- Sorry to disappoint but he won't be in a black turtleneck. Though I can definitely picture it, the group is approaching spring so that doesn't work anymore. And thanks.

Fanfic Fan- I updated!

I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir or anything else besides my story ideas and Original Characters.

Oh heads up. You may want to reread the last chapter as I reference it a lot.

~Before the sleepover~

Tikki was nibbling on a cookie as she waited for the last bag to be delivered to Marinette's room. Her partner had reassured her that once the sleepover started no one would be upstair for a good hour and a half. Tikki had decided to invite Wayzz over, with Marinette's permission, to keep her company. She doubted that she would see any of her fellow Kwamis soon any other way.

"Finally I never thought he would leave." Came a very familiar voice.

Tikki froze and peaked from behind her hiding spot. Their floating above Adrien's bag was her bad luck counterpart. While she had guessed that Adrien was Chat Noir it was another thing entirely for it to be confirmed. She was both dreading and looking forward to when Marinette found out.

"Oh come on! That pretty boy is the clumsy cat?!" A voice exclaimed.

Tikki's jaw dropped as she took in the sight of Sinnopa glaring at Plagg. Apparently she was off her mark today.

"Oh lighten up you fussy ball of fur." Plagg whined. Sinnopa glared and opened her mouth to retort when Wayzz floated in.

"Wayzz?" Sinnopa asked. It had been a good century since she last saw him.

"Sinnnoa, Plagg, it is good to see you again my friends." Wayzz smiled, but was inwardly puzzled. He was not expecting to see his friends, nor did he think that Tikki was.

"Whatca doing her shells?" Plagg asked. The black cat made himself comfortable.

"I was invited over." Wayzz replied.

"By who?" Sinn questioned. Taking this as her cue Tikki came out of her hiding spot. She watch in delight as her friends surprise melted into joy.

"Tiiiikkkiiiiiii!" Sin squealed as she pulled her friend into a tight hug. The ladybug just giggled and hugged her friend back.

"It's been too long Sinn. By the fact that your here, I dare say that makes Nathanael your new partner." Tikki mused. Honestly now that she thought about it it was quite obvious.

"Yes Master Fu thought that the young artist would be a good match with the clever fox." Wayzz informed the group. He floated down to sit in Marinette's lounge chair.

"The kid's okay but, my boy Adrien has taken to the superhero life like a pro." Plagg bragged.

"Really because apparently he has ended up being controlled by numerous akumas since you started." Sinnopa taunted. Plagg glared at her and was about to retort when Tikki floated between them.

"Enough you too! Plagg we are all happy with who we have as partners. Each of them suit us well." Tikki stared at her counterpart until her nodded. She then turned and glared at a smirking Sinn. "Sinnopa you have no right to judge. Chat gets caught in those situations mostly due to the fact that he will do anything to protect Ladybug." Properly chastised both Kwamis turned away.

"You have always had a gift for tempering those two." Wayzz whispered to his friend. She shot him a grateful smile.

"So what are we gonna do all night? We can't move around freely and I am hungry." Plagg whined. Tikki giggled and then made her way over to her dish. She uncovered it to show cookies, blueberries, cheese cubes, and apple slices.

"Marinette had thought of that so she created a platter for all of us. She didn't know who was coming so she decided to add dishes for each of us." Tikki said smiling at their gobsmacked expression.

"How thoughtful of her. She really is a perfect partner for you." Wayzz mused before picking up a apple slice.

"It is not camembert but it beats going hungry." Plagg grabbed a cube and promptly stuffed it in her face.

"I can see why my human is so infatuated. She is a sweet girl. Nathanael is going to be a lucky man once he captures her heart," Sinnopa mentioned.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! If anyone's going to get the girl is going to be Adrien. The kids been in love with Ladybug from the get go." Plagg argued. The rivals glared and launched into a tirade over who is a better fit for Marinette.

Tikki and Wayzz shared an amused glance. They would never change.

~ ~ ~ Time Skip ~ ~ ~

Tikki perked up as she heard footsteps approaching. She and her friends hid as the trapdoor swung up. Marinette peaked in and sighed inwardly in relief.

"Here are the boys bags, Sebastian." Marinette said handing her DJ friend to overnight bags.

"Thanks. Honestly we should have just stashed them in the spare room." Nino mentioned as he made his way downstairs.

"Alya you can go first I am just going to use the bathroom quickly." Marinette said ushering her friend in. Once Alya had gone back downstairs Marinette returned. She carefully closed the door.

"You can come out now." She called. She watched as four floating figures appeared from various spots. She smiled.

"Good to see you Wayzz." Marinette greated. The turtle smiled and nodded.

"It is nice to finally meet the cat behind all the stories, Plagg." Marinette addressed the black cat.

"Glad to meetcha Marinette. I see my reputation precedes me." Plagg boasted. Sinn rolled her eyes.

"More like your infamy tom cat." Sinnopa taunted before smiling at Tikki's charge. "A pleasure to meet you face to face Marinette." Mare giggled.

"Likewise Sinn." The designer the quickly changed into her PJ's.

"So how's the sleepover going?" Tikki inquired.

"So far so good. We are going to catch Adrien and Alya up on our past before watching a movie." Marinette replied.

"Nice meeting all of you!" The designer called racing down the stairs.

The Kwamis looked at one another.

"You know I actually don't know the full story behind the Quad split yet. Only bits and pieces." Sinnopa pointed out.

"I am also curious about that topic myself." Wayzz admitted.

"If we listen in then it would save us from asking uncomfortable questions." Plagg added. Tikki looked at her friends and sighed.

"If Marinette didn't want us to listen in she would have told us." Tikki agreed reluctantly. With the lucky bugs permission the four jetted downstairs.

The four ancient being listened to the abridged version of the quad's woes. Tikki being the only one that heard the full version was the only one who knew what was coming.

"Geez I didn't realize just how much shit a person could go through." Plagg said feeling sorry for the group of young teens.

"I hadn't realized just what that girl had done to him. My poor kit." Sinn sniffled. Nate had refused to budge about who Rachel was when they ran into her earlier. Now she could understand why.

Wayzz and Tikki were silent. Many of Tikki's partners had gone through a lot of tragedy in their life. It's what allowed them to empathise with others so well.

Wayzz on the other hand was just stunned by the strength that each of the quad showed. His gaze lingered on Felix. 'Duusu would like him' Wayzz thought quietly before banishing the thought.

The Kwami's sighed in relief as the teens became absorbed in the film.

"That was hilarious." Plagg said laughing at the various hijinx of Roger. The others shushed him.

"Well this sounds like an interesting game." Sinnopa said perking up.

"Marinette told me that they created it since her and Felix wanted to give Nino and Nathan the option of what they shared." Tikki informed.

The group sat in silence as they listened to the artist tale. Plagg looked at the fox and sighed.

"I may not like you, but your partner has a strong heart." Plagg said. Sinnopa just nodded in reply. They fell silent once Alya started her story.

"While I may enjoy the girls nosiness she's got guts. In another lifetime she would have been a good fox barer." Sinnopa muttered. The others nodded in agreement.

Nino's truth made the group feel both sad and happy. Tikki looked at Wayzz and then at Nino. Something told her that if given the chance, Nino would go as far as the rest of the heroes. It seemed that Wayzz was seeing it as well.

"Aweee!" Tikki sighed at Felix's tale. No wonder her partner adored the boy. His heart was a big as Mare's.

"That boy may not be open, but he cares deeply about those that are in his heart." Sinnopa observed. The group laughed at Nino's comment.

"Damn Adrien's cousin is a sneaky one. He would make a good cat." Plagg said.

Tikki observed her partners face as Adrien talked about his truth. She felt a shot of pride at the fact that Marinette was able to beat the jealousy and only showed concern for her friend. She had come a long way from Volpina.

"They're a good group of friends." Wayzz said watching the teens offer the model their support.

When Marinette turn came Tikki became curious. She knew a lot about her partner, but not everything. But not even she would have guessed what Marinette would say.

"I'm adopted."

"WHAT!?" The four voices of the Kwamis shouted with the teens.

~ ~ ~ Back to Marinette ~ ~ ~

"How can you be adopted?!" Alya screeched.

"Are you being serious?" Adrien asked.

"How the hell did you not tell us?" Nathanael questioned.

Marinette sat looking at her friends helplessly. Seeing her distress Nino put an arm around her.

"Back off you too! Your making her nervous." Nino ordered. He gently rubbed Mare's arms. She looked at him and smiled.

"Thanks Sebastian." She whispered.

"How are you so calm about this Nino?" Alya asked. Nino shot a look at Marinette before sighing deeply. He rubbed the back of his neck.

"Because I already knew." He admitted softly. The teens froze. They turned to Marinette who silently confirmed his statement with a nod.

"You knew?! And you didn't think to mention this to me?" Alya asked in disbelief. Nino just glared at his girlfriend.

"Not my secret to tell." He said calmly. Alya started at this. He then looked at Nathanael calmly, daring him to say something. Both stayed quiet.

Marinette looked at Felix. Aside from the first exclamation he hadn't said anything. Instead he was sitting there quietly. Staring at her.

"When did you find out?" He finally asked. Marinette was surprised. That one she was not expecting.

"You're not mad?" Marinette asked timidly. Felix looked at her and let out a soft smile.

"Marinette you have been my friend for over ten years. You wouldn't have hid that from me unless it happened after I left. I also infer that it is tied to the real reason you let the boys go." Felix reassured.

Marinette flung herself into her best friends arms. As he hugged her Marinette felt a few tears escape. She had been dreading Felix's reaction the most, but he just showed her what she already knew. Felix wouldn't leave her side. He trusted her just like she trusted him. It was a huge relief.

Nino smiled at the pair before leveling a glare at the other three, especially Nathanael. Each looked down feeling horrible.

After Marinette had calmed down she looked at her friends. She held out a and to stop the sorries that were about to spill form their lips.

"I am not mad, so save your apologies. I should have known that informing you like that was not going to get the best reaction." Marin said shaking her head.

"Why did you tell Nino and not me?" Nathanael asked softly. The designer gazed at him. While some would say he was accusing, Mare saw that it was his insecurities shining through.

"I didn't tell Nino." Marinette said firmly. "He was there the day I found out."

"What?" Adrien asked baffled. Marinette sighed trying to find out a good place to start her story.

"Felix was right. I found out a little over a year ago right about when Nathanael and Nino asked me to back off. Originally I had no intention of backing off, in fact I was even more determined to get my friends back." Mare smiled at the memory. The rest sat quiet anxious to here what she would say next.

"I knew that Nathanael needed time, plus he was at least in my class. Instead I focused my energy on Nino. After all it wasn't just him who was hurting from his gramps death." Marinette revealed.

"She was relentless." Nino said chuckling. "Seriously the girl may have not been in my class but she knew my schedule by heart. She had this way of popping up everywhere. Hell she even scheduled her guitar lessons at the same time as cello."

"Why didn't I ever know about this?" Nathanael asked laughing.

"We were already not talking bro, plus Swan wanted to focus on one before she tackled the other. I would be more willing to tell her when she went too far." Nino explained. Nathanael nodded his demons once again quiet.

"Well Nino's and My teachers decided that they wanted us to do a duet. It was my big break to mend our friendship. Since his parents were always working, we would work on harmonizing at my house, especially since my parents would be around to watch us." Marinette told the group.

"Try as I might, I was slowly letting Marinette back in. After all playing together just seemed right." Nino mused. While food was a good way to his heart, music appealed more.

"But then a storm came to Paris." Mari's eyes turned sad. As she began to remember that horrible night.

"Our lessons were canceled due to the storm warning, and my parents were out of town. Now I was really coming down, and there was lightning. There was no way I was going to able to get home." Nino said.

"So I offered to let him stay at the bakery, with my parents permission. They were also out of town for a wedding. They would be back the next day and since we had no school they saw nothing wrong with us being alone." Mare drew her knees to her chest.

"We were actually having a lot of fun. I finally felt I had my friend back. But then everything went dark. The storm had cut the power." Mare remembered that flash, of how the lights flickered and died. And of the rumble of thunder that sounded as her perception of her life crashed around her.

"Try as we might we couldn't find any working flashlights, but then I remembered that my parents kept one in their bedroom. So I ran to get it and to our relief it worked. But then I clutzed out and dropped it. It had rolled under the bed." Mare shook her at the memory.

"We both tried to grab it, but we couldn't reach. So instead of fumbling around in the dark to find something to nudge it out, we decide to move the bed so that we could get a better chance at grabbing it. We were able to move the bed enough to grab it and just when we were about to put the bed back, I noticed something. Behind my parents headboard was a small closet." Felix tense knowing that what came next would not be good.

"Now I was really curious so me and Nino kept moving the be until I could easily access this hidden delight. I had never known that it was there. So I did the obvious thing. I opened the closet. Just my luck that it was open. Inside was an album and a chest. I grabbed both and pulled them out to get a better look. A loose photo fell out of the book face down." Marinette became quiet, lost in the memory.

"I picked up the photo. It said 'Marinette age four with her mom'. We were curious. Belle didn't have a lot of baby photos or of her at a young age. Hindsight it was a bit obvious that there was something wrong with that." Nino muttered.

"We turned the photo over. Sure enough it was me with two braids and a wide smile. I was in the lap of a beautiful woman, who was undoubtedly my mother. We looked so alike, we even had the same eye color." Marinette looked up at the last words.

Felix got it first.

"Shit." Felix cursed. "What a way to find out."

The other three looked confused.

"What color are my eyes?" Marinette asked.

"Blue." Nathanael answered puzzled . Marinette looked at her friend softly.

"And what color are Sabine's?" Nino asked for his friend.

The artist froze. He looked at Marinette who nodded.

"Grey." He whispered. Alya's and Adrien's eyes widened.

"I didn't believe it. But then I saw something that made it a lot clearer." Marinette got up and grabbed a picture that she had stashed away earlier.

"Sabine and Tom aren't my parents. Their my aunt and uncle. My mom is Sabine's sister."

Marinette showed the group the picture. It was of two young women both had blue hair and were obviously related. One had dark grey eyes, but the other had bright blue eyes. Eyes that were inherited by the girl before them.

"Inside the box was a lot of papers. One of them was paperwork that appointed Tom and Sabine Dupain-Cheng as my closest living relative and guardians." Marinette revealed.

"Tom and Sabine told us the truth the next day once we confronted them. They got a call one day. Their had been an accident. Sabine's sister, Nuan, was missing and their niece was in a coma. When she woke up she had no memories. She thought that Tom and Sabine were her parents. So they took their niece, home. They became her parents and gave her the name Marinette Dupain-Cheng." Nino told the group.

"I swore Nino to secrecy and began to avoid him. We still had lesson and the duet. But after the performance I couldn't bring myself to play the guitar. All it did was bring up memories of that night." Marinette admitted.

"I didn't feel right talking to Marinette so I went back to ignoring her. I knew why she quit playing and didn't begrudge her for it. Life moved on and a year later here we are." Nino ended trying to get a chuckle.

"There is another reason that I gave up the guitar. Apparently my actual mother played guitar as well. The wound was still fresh so I selfishly decided that I didn't want to be like her." Marinette finished.

Felix brought her into a tight hug.

"Girl I had no idea. I am so sorry." Alya said.

"It's not your fault. Besides I wanted you all to know. Your my friends and this wasn't something that I felt right keeping from you." Mare said with a water smile.

"Thanks Mari." Adrien said choking back tears.

"I don't know about you, but I need a major distraction." Nino blurted out. The others laughed, but didn't disagree.

"What movie did you bring Alya?" Marinette questioned her best friend. Alya grabbed the DVD and held it up for the others to see.

"The Iron Giant eh? That sounds like as good a choice as any." Nathanael mused. Getting nods from the rest they put the movie in. They grabbed pillows and blankets and made themselves comfortable, trying to put the bomb that Marinette dropped out of their thoughts.

~ ~ ~ Time Skip ~ ~ ~

All of the teens were past out by the time the credits were rolling, exhausted from the emotional stress of the evening. All, but two that is.

Marinette sat up and looked at Felix, knowing that he was awake. They looked at Nino and Alya curled up against one another, at Adrien curled up in a ball, and Nathanael who's hair was already a mess. Marinette gently removed the reporter and DJ's glasses, careful not to wake them, While Felix placed blankets over the other they were sure that the group wouldn't wake, Felix grabbed the spar cot, plopping it behind the couch. Felix sat quietly waiting for his closest person to speak.

"We always seem to do this. End up being the last awake and sharing a cot together." Marinette mused. Felix hmmed.

"You know that we might need to stop doing that soon." Felix pointed out. Mare sent a look his way, but she knew he was joking.

"My parents are hiding a lot about, well my parents." Marinette got ball rolling.

"Like the fact that your father was never mentioned?" Felix questioned.

"Yep. Apparently my mother never told them who he was. He isn't even listed on my birth certificate." Marinette answered. Felix turned to her.

"What else?"

Mare looked into his grey-green eyes and sighed.

"Nuan, my mother is still alive. Or at least that is what mama believes." Mare revealed. Felix picked up on her turmoil.

"You aren't sure how you feel about that." He observed. She nodded.

"Honestly I don't want to talk about it." Marinette admitted. Felix nodded, but knew that it would come up again eventually.

"But what bugs me the most is that they have never told me what the actual accident was. I am not even sure if they know." Marinette pondered.

"We'll find out."Together went unvoiced, but Marinette knew. They didn't say anything else. It wasn't necessary.

The hero of Paris knew that she would get her answers eventually, and Felix would be right there with her.

The fan theory fact that lead me to that conclusion are definitely the eyes. Mari's dad will stay a mystery, but her mom will be popping up again.

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