Chapter 21: Invitation to a Trap

Luna Park; it was one of the first amusement parks in the city of Paris, long before the construction of others such as Parc Asterix and Disneyland. Built near Porte Maillot in the beginning of the 20th century, this amusement park had several rides, including a scenic railway, a river ride and a roller coaster. It remained open until 1931, when it was shut down, but not before the owner tried several desperate measures to keep it open, like buying several embalmed animals and putting them on show. Nowadays, the Palais de Congrés de Paris, which acted as a concert venue, as well as a convention centre and a shopping mall stood in its place. But, the base for most of the park's ride still existed, buried deep underground. Once Spectrum turned Paris into the closest thing to Halloween Town, what was left of the park's original foundations, came sprouting from the ground like a blasted weed, replacing the concert venue with a ghoulish version of what the amusement park had been so long ago.

Sensing it, the villain felt it was the perfect place for him to finish the Miraculous Team, but not before he sent them on a wild goose chase. By sending them after the piece of the Samhain pendant, it would give him the time he needed to spruce up the place, and making things perfect, for when the time came to destroy them. He owed it to Hawk Moth, who had brought him to life. If not for him, Spectrum would still be a mere Halloween prop, adorning a Halloween float. Using his powers, he summoned all sorts of creatures to that place, while also sprucing it up as well. He wanted Ladybug and the remaining heroes to feel welcomed and terrified, when they arrived. Standing on top of the Ferris wheel, Spectrum contemplated that which he considered a fitting tribute to Halloween, as well as a death trap to the Miraculous Team.

"Yes, this looks promising. But it's still not good enough. An artist… a true artist needs the right stage for his performance. And on this Halloween, this will be a performance no one will ever forget." –Spectrum thought to himself, as he thought on what else he could do to make that place even scarier and deadlier

"This looks promising." -a voice was heard from behind Spectrum. He recognized the voice, and as he turned around, he saw Hawk Moth looking at him; his lips forming a sadistic smile. No doubt he had come to check on how he was progressing, and Spectrum believed he was going to be quite pleased with what he had accomplished until then. Along with them him were both Reptile and Madame Romani.

"My master." -Spectrum said, as he bowed down.

"I have to say I like what you did with the place." -Hawk Moth declared. –"It is not my style, but it is a certain improvement." -he said. Once he would rise to power, Hawk Moth intended to rebuild entire cities, so these would fit not only his purposes, but his personal taste.

"Thank you, master." -Spectrum said, appreciating what he saw as a compliment.

While Hawk Moth talked with Spectrum, Reptile and Madame Romani talked between them on what they saw.

"A carnival? That thing expects to kill those kids with some kiddie rides?!" -Reptile asked the gypsy woman.

"You call that carrousel with those sharp blades a kiddie ride?" -Madame Romani asked him, as she pointed to the ride in question. -"This Spectrum is really something. Where others have failed, he'll succeed." -she said in a low voice.

"But, you still haven't fulfilled your end of the bargain." -Hawk Moth said, this time with a colder, almost ghastly voice. –"You still haven't killed Ladybug and the other brats, and destroyed their miraculouses."

Hearing those words, Spectrum knew he was right. He still had not fulfilled the end he had been brought to life for. But he also knew it was only a matter of time, and he had absolute confidence in himself, as well as in the creatures he had summoned to scare and terrorize everyone in Paris, to pull that job, one way or another.

"My apologies, master, but it won't be long now. I know that sending them on what you might think was a wild goose chase, searching for a trinket seems like a waste of time, but believe me when I say to you that it will be that wild goose chase that will give me the upper hand, when the final confrontation begins." -Spectrum said. –"By doing so, I intended to weaken them, and who knows, even dispose of some of them in the process, so that when they arrive here, they will be exhausted, and ready for the killing." -he explained himself to Hawk Moth.

"I see." -Hawk Moth said, in a neutral voice. –"Very well, I'll leave to it. But remember, do not fail me."

"I will not, master. You have my word on two things. Those kids will soon be dead by my own hand, and those miraculouses of them will be nothing more than a memory." -Spectrum declared.

"For your own good, you better not forget those words, Spectrum." -Hawk Moth said, as he lifted his cane and bashed its tip, disappearing in a cloud of smoke, followed by Reptile and Madame Romani.

After Hawk Moth and his lieutenants disappeared, the villain's last words kept echoing inside Spectrum's mind. Like a broken record, those words kept repeating themselves. You could say they were burning themselves in his mind and soul, if he had one, and they were acting as fuel. And as they did, he felt that his mission was not just something he owed Hawk Moth to do, but also to himself. He had been created with the purpose of bringing down the Miraculous Team, and that was just what he was going to do… not just for Hawk Moth, but for himself.

"Fear not, my master. I will prove my worth by destroying those kids and their miraculouses. I will… or I will die trying it." -Spectrum thought to himself. –"And the creatures of the hellish of nights will help me."

Standing on the Place de l'Hotel-de-Ville, Paris City Hall was first established in 1357, and over the course of the centuries it served as the headquarters of the municipality of Paris. It was a building that everyone in Paris knew, and although it was not as famous as some of the city's landmarks, like the Eiffel Tower, or the Louvre or even the Moulin Rouge, it was still seen by many as a meeting point. And it had been the one place Ladybug and the rest of her team had agreed to meet up, after they had found one of the four pieces of the Samhain pendant. From all the buildings that had changed in Paris, the city hall was probably one of the few that changed very little. Other than looking a little bit darker and spookier, with numerous menacing gargoyles spread all over its front, the building looked pretty much the same. The square looked like a battlefield, where numerous living skeletons and werewolves kept roaming, thrashing just about anything there was to thrash in it, while also chasing and attacking anything that moved, whether it was animal, or human. Though most people had managed to get out of the streets, seeking refuge indoors, some still dared to venture out in the open, hoping to find either a better hiding place, or someone who could help them.

The first ones to arrive at the rendezvous were Corbeau Noire, Flamingo and Grizzly Bear, followed by Rena Rouge, Carapace, Dragonfly and Antelope, who along the way managed to save a couple of people, who had fallen prey to the numerous monsters that roamed the streets of Paris. Landing on the City Hall rooftop, they were greeted by their friends, who were relieved to see them alright.

"We were starting to believe, we had been the only ones who managed to get this." -Flamingo declared, as she showed Rena and the others their piece of the pendant. Corbeau Noire had given it to her, for safe keeping.

"Well, I don't know about you, but for us, getting ours was not exactly easy." -Carapace said, as he showed their piece of the pendant.

"Oh, believe me, we had our fair share of trouble, while trying to get it." -Corbeau Noire told him. –"I don't know what you guys had to face, but we had our hands full with both zombies and a giant monster made out of ashes." -she declared.

"A monster… made of ashes?" -Antelope asked her, puzzled. In his head, he tried to picture how the creature looked like, as the raven heroine told him their encounter with the Ash Golem.

"Yup, and zombies. Lots and lots of zombies." -Flamingo said. All that action had made her feel quite exhausted, so she was taking that opportunity to just sit down, with her legs crossed, and relax a little bit.

"I think I never crushed the heads of so many zombies, in my life." -Grizzly declared, as he remembered about it.

"But, you never crushed the head of a zombie before, Ivan." –Flamingo pointed out.

"Not in real life, but when it comes to videogames, I spend some of my free time killing them online." -Grizzly stated.

"What happened to you?" -Corbeau Noire asked Dragonfly, who was still trying to get some of the ghost slime from her hair and clothes. The ghostly substance had stuck to her, and she was having a hard time cleaning herself.

"Long story short, I was slimed by ghosts." -Dragonfly, as she removed another piece of the ghostly gunk from her boots.

"Technically, they didn't slime you. You were the one who went against them, and not the other way around." -Antelope pointed out in a mocking tone. Every time he had the chance, he would find a way to tease and mock Dragonfly. Some would say the way he did it, it meant there was love between the two of them, but the truth was the only thing between them was a great rivalry –"So, you can't really blame them for it."

"Kim, for your own sake, shut up, or I'll make you eat my frisbee." -Dragonfly warned him in an angry tone. She was in no mood for any kind of jokes, as she kept cleaning herself, while thinking just what that gunk was made of.

"Hey, I'm just trying to lighten the mood." -Antelope told her.

"Then, go do that somewhere else… or, you could be helpful and help me get this thing from my hair." -Dragonfly told him.

With the minutes going by, there was no sign of either Ladybug or any of the others, and Rena Rouge was starting to get worried. Still, on the outside, she kept it cool. The last thing she wanted was to worry the others. She knew they were also worried about their friends, but just like her, decided not to show it. Deep down, she knew there was no use in expressing her worries, when the word of order was serenity, in order not attract bad energies or thoughts.

"Come on, Marinette… where are you?" -Rena thought to herself, as she kept scouting the skyline for any sort of movement.

She kept her composure, but there was no fooling Carapace. He knew her far too well, and whenever he saw her acting like that, he knew she was worried. Making sure the others were distracted, he silently walked towards Rena. Nearing her, he placed his left hand over her shoulder, gently caressing it. He used to do that, when he felt the brunette was too stressed. It was his way to show her he was there for her.

"Stop worrying." -Carapace told her.

"I'm not worried." -Rena Rouge lied. She did not want him to worry about her.

"Come on, Alya. You can fool anyone, but not me. You know that, not counting your parents, Marinette and I are the only ones who can tell when you're pretending everything is okay, but deep down, you are worried sick." -Carapace said, as he wrapped his arms around her waist.

There was no way for her to deny it. Though she tried, she could never truly hide her feelings from him.

"I'm worried about Marinette and the others, Nino." -Rena Rouge sighed, finally letting out what was on her mind. –"They should've been back by now." -she said. –"Do you think something happened to them?"

"I don't know, Alya, but we need to have faith in our friends and their powers." -Carapace said. –"Let's remember that this isn't their first rodeo, just like it isn't ours, even though we got pulled into this life not so long ago." -he stated.

Once more Carapace knew just what to say, and how to say it. After she heard him say those words, the fox heroine became a little calmer. She did not know he was able to do it, but she was glad he did. With her spirit a lot calmer, she let him keep hugging her, while she remained vigilant for any of the remaining heroes. When they showed up, she would be the first to notice them. And it did not take long for some of them to show up. Panda Rouge, Forest Doe and Arachnid arrived at the rendezvous, relieved to see their friends had also managed to come back safe and sound. Still, there was no sort of sign from Ladybug's group, and that just made Rena become even more nervous. And she was not only one who was worried. The rest of the team was also starting to wonder what could have happened to them. Forest Doe and Flamingo both tried to reach them, but they did not answer.

"I don't know about you, but I'm starting to fear the worse." -Flamingo said, as she tried to reach them over the cell. It was times like that she liked they all had their cell phones imbued in their weapons. –"I already called each one of them at least once, and none of them answers."

"I say we go after them!" -Antelope suggested. –"We know where they went, so it's just a matter of getting there. They might actually need our help." -he said.

"No. We can't do that." -Rena Rouge declared. She was hating herself for saying those words right then, but she knew that was what Ladybug, as their leader, would say in a situation like that.

"And why not?!" -Antelope asked her. –"If they're in trouble, we have to help them."

"Look, I understand what you're saying, but we have to remember what's at stake here." -the fox heroine stated. –"If something happens to them, it'll be up to us to save the day, especially, if they aren't able to bring the last piece of the pendant with them."

"You really think we need the pendant to face that clown?" -Dragonfly asked her. She did not say a word about it, but ever since they heard Spectrum telling them that in order to face them, they needed to have the four pieces of the Samhain pendant, she thought that there was something behind that statement. Of course, she did not say a thing back then, because she could have been wrong about it. But now, the more she thought about it, she wondered if the all thing was just a pretext to have them going on a wild goose chase, just to exhaust them. –"Because the more I think about it, the more I think he sent us to find the pieces of this pendant just to drain our energy in meaningless battles, so we become easy pickings."

"She does have a point, you know?" -Panda Rouge said. –"And I can't say I would be surprised."

Before she could say she agreed with them both, the fox heroine heard Corbeau Noire calling out Ladybug's name. She had spotted the scarlet heroine, along with Chat Noir, Queen Bee and Louve Grise, making their way towards them. When she saw the four of them, it felt to her like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders. As they landed on the rooftop, her lips formed a smile.

"What took you guys so long?!" -Carapace asked them, as he fist bumped Chat Noir.

"You guys were starting to worry us." -Flamingo declared.

"Sorry, but let's just say we had a couple of problems exiting the Louvre." -Ladybug smiled.

"Yeah, problems with capes, sharp fangs and an unhealthy appetite for blood." -Queen Bee sighed. She was feeling exhausted, after using her powers to create the tornado that sent the vampires that were chasing them earlier, flying away. –"I don't know about you, but I don't want to see another vampire as long as I live." -she said, still feeling repulsed by the vampires.

"Don't worry, Chloé, you sent them flying away. If I were them, I wouldn't dare show my face in front of you." -Louve Grise smiled to her friend.

"Thanks, Sabrina." -the bee heroine smiled back at her.

"Vampires? Look on the bright side, at least you didn't run into lawyers, because the only difference between those and vampires, is that the vampires only suck you dry at night." -Antelope joked, even though it had been a terrible joke. Needless to say, that that lame joke earned him a smack on the back of the head from Dragonfly. –"Ouch!" -he said, as he rubbed the place where the girl had hit him.

"I swear that if you say one more corny and lame joke tonight, I'll personally kick your butt, you hear me?" -Dragonfly told him. She did not like his stupid jokes, and she was not afraid to tell him that they sucked.

"Nobody appreciates my comedic genius." -Antelope said, making Dragonfly roll her eyes in annoyance.

"Never mind those two." -Carapace told Chat, ignoring them. –"So, did you get the piece of the pendant, bro?" -he asked the feline hero.

"You bet we did. Not even a whole army of bloodsuckers would've stopped us from bringing it with us." -Chat smirked, as he tilted his head towards Ladybug, who was holding the piece of the pendant in her hand.

"Great. Now, we just need to assemble it and see what happens." -Grizzly said.

"Alright, gather around and let's see how this is assembled." -Ladybug declared.

Gathering around in a small circle, they gave Ladybug the other three pieces and she immediately began to assemble it. Trying to remember how the pendant looked like when Spectrum projected its image in the air, she did her best to figure out how to fit the pieces. And though she felt a little pressure, by having her friends all staring at her in silence, she did not say a word. One or two of them wanted to ask her if she needed any help, but refrained on it, letting her do it alone. After about a minute or so, she had managed to assemble it, and held it on the tips of her fingers, admiring it. Though it was something conjured and created by an evil creature, aesthetically, the pendant was quite beautiful, representing the spirit of what Halloween truly was.

"Done!" -Ladybug could not help but to smile at job well done, while she kept admiring it.

"Uh… shouldn't something happen?" -Forest Doe asked her.

"Yeah, I was expecting something to happen, once we assembled that thing." -Arachnid agreed with Doe.

"You ain't the only one." –Queen Bee declared. –"After all the work we had to find those pieces, so we could assemble them, you would expect it to, I don't know, sparkle or light up in flames, or something else." -she said.

"Well, I wasn't expecting it to sparkle or light up in flames, but…" -Flamingo said.

"I told you this was one big wild goose chase." -Dragonfly sighed. –"This was just a way for that creature to…"

Dragonfly had not finished talking, when the pendant in Ladybug's hands began to glow, floating a few centimetres from the palm of her hand, before shooting itself into the air like a rocket, scaring them all. With their hearts still ticking at an incredible speed, they had not recuperated from that scare, when in the evening sky, a giant image of Spectrum showed up, smiling creepily at the whole city. The heroes could not help but to remember Madame Romani had done something similar a few weeks before, when she kidnapped Manon and tried to force them to surrender their miraculouses in exchange for the little girl's life.

"Congratulations, Miraculous Team. You have managed to complete the quest I assigned you earlier this evening." -the giant Spectrum exclaimed with a booming voice. –"I'll be honest. I was expecting that you would not be able to get all of the pieces… well, not without one or two of you dying in the process." -he said with a cold and creepy voice. –"But, who cares? You all survived the quest, and now you have earned the right to face me!"

"I knew it! That guy really sent us on a wild goose chase, to see if he could get rid of us, without having to dirty its hands!" -Dragonfly exclaimed.

"Quiet, Alix, and let us hear it!" -Antelope shouted at her.

"Don't give me orders! You're not my mom nor my dad!" -Dragonfly shouted back at him.

"Shut up, both of you! This isn't the time to be arguing." -Louve Grise snapped at them. She did not want to mishear a word coming out of Spectrum's mouth.

"And so, I come here to invite you to come to my encounter." -Spectrum declared. –"To do so, come to the Place de la Concorde, where you'll find something awaiting for you. Don't take too long, now." -he said, just before he disappeared.

At the same time, in Master Fu's place, the old master had the company of little Manon and Marinette's parents, who had taken the little one trick or treating, and saw themselves finding refuge there. After the giant image of Spectrum in the night sky disappeared, things became a little quieter. The street looked deserted, with a scream or a howl being heard from time to time. Still, no one dared to even ponder the idea of going outside. Seconds looked like hours, as Sabine tried to reach her daughter over the cell phone. But no matter how many times she looked at it, she kept reading "No Signal". And after seeing that monster's face appearing in the sky, Sabine became even more worried than ever.

"No Signal?" -Sabine asked out loud, in frustration. She'd been checking her cell every ten seconds or so, for any changes.

"Sabine, honey, try to calm down a little." -Tom told her. –"I'm sure Marinette is alright." -he said in a gentle tone.

"How do you know that, Tom?!" -Sabine snapped at her husband. She did not want to, but her nerves got the best of her. –"I-I'm sorry… it's just that… I'm so worried about Marinette. For all we know, she could be injured… or worst." -she said, as she tried not to cry. She knew that if shed a single tear as it was, she would start crying uncontrollably, and she did not want that to happen. She did not want to cry around Manon and worry her.

"Honey, honey, please. Don't say that. I know you're scared. Believe me, I'm also scared and although it doesn't look like it, I'm also worried about our little girl. But, we must believe she's alright and that she'll eventually call us to say where she is and that she's alright, or we manage to contact her." -Tom tried to calm her down. –"We just have to believe that."

Taking a deep breath, she hugged Tom with all her strengths. It was times like those she knew she had married the best man in the world.

"Yes, we have to believe." –Sabine agreed, while holding her tears.

She had just finished speaking, when Master Fu entered the room, carrying a tray with a tea pot and several tea cups, with Manon by his side. As always, the old master felt that a nice cup of tea was the ideal way to calm ones' nerves, and Manon had been helping him with it. Setting the tray on the small table that was on the centre of the room, he smiled at both Tom and Sabine.

"The little one felt that we all needed something warm to calm us down, so, I decided to make some tea." -Master Fu said, as he picked up one of the cups with his right hand. –"I didn't know what you liked, but from personal experience, though people have different tastes when it comes to tea, I know that almost everyone enjoys Oolong tea." -he said, as he poured the steaming tea into the cup.

"Thank you." -Sabine smiled, as she grabbed the cup. –"For the tea, and for helping us."

"Oh, no need to thank me. I was taught that no matter the time or the occasion, one must always show kindness towards others." -Master Fu said, as he handed a cup to Tom. –"Besides, I was not going to let you stay outside. I'm only sorry that my humble home isn't bigger, so other people could have come and seek refuge in it." -he declared. –"But, at least it's big enough for the four of us. Would you also like something sweet to go with your tea, little one?"

"No, thank you." -Manon waved her head, as she took a piece of candy from her bag of treats.

"Manon, what did we talk about, before we went trick or treating, sweetie?" -Sabine asked her, as she saw the little girl eating some of the candy she had won that evening.

"Leave her be, Sabine. It's just a piece of candy, and besides, after that scare, I think she's entitled to some candy." -Tom told his wife, before sipping his tea. –"But, don't eat too many of those, Manon, or else, you'll get a tummy ache." -he warned her.

"Okay." -Manon waved her head.

As she ate the piece of candy, Manon went to the window and stared outside, thinking on where Ladybug and the others were right then. In her young mind, she imagined they would be fighting one or several monsters that came out of the shadows that night. When she saw Spectrum's giant image on the sky, she did not say a word, but she was scared, and she walked to the kitchen, where Master Fu comforted her and assured her that the miraculous heroes would prevail.

"Marinette… no, Ladybug, wherever you and the others are, please, don't get hurt." -Manon thought to herself, as she kept staring out the window, hoping that all of that would end soon.

As they made their way to the Place de la Concorde, all the members of the Miraculous Team knew they were walking right into a trap. They knew that whatever Spectrum had in store for them, it would not be something good. They could already imagine what fiendish trap he would have waiting for them. But even knowing it was a trap, they pressed forward. They knew they were the only ones who could put an end to that Halloweenesque madness that Spectrum had unleashed upon the city. Jumping from building to building, they rushed the pacing to get to their destination. The faster they got to that square, the faster they would find out what Spectrum had prepared for them.

"Whatever that creep has in store for us, he's going to be sorry for messing with us and with our city." -Ladybug thought to herself.

"If Hawk Moth thinks he's going to win tonight, he better think twice about it. As long as we're around here, no matter what he throws at us, we'll just take it down and send it back from where it came." -Chat Noir thought to himself.

As they crossed the Jardin des Tuileries, or what it once had been that place, they could not help but to feel they were being watched. By who or what, they did not know, but they all felt like they had several pairs of eyes looking at them. It would not surprise them if something came out of the bushes or the creepy looking trees, hungry for blood and attacked them. Still, that did not prevent them from continuing their way towards the place where Spectrum had told them to go. As for what was waiting for them, they had all silently decided that whatever it was, they would worry about it, when the time came. Arriving at the Place de la Concorde, they saw this one filled with numerous creatures roaming around. Most of them looked like they were in another world. Only when the first of the heroes stepped into the square did they react, growling and snarling at them. When this happened, they all readied themselves to fight them, believing that was just part of Spectrum's welcoming wagon. Yet, as they waited for any of the creatures to attack them, this did not happen. They just stood there, staring at them.

"Aren't they going to attack us?" -Corbeau Noire asked the others.

"We spent all night fighting these things, who just want to make a meal out of us, and now, they stand there, just looking at us?!" -Panda Rouge asked, intrigued by the scenario in front of them.

He had just finished talking, when the creatures began to move, forming a corridor all the way to the Luxor Obelisk in the middle of the square. Seeing this happening, the heroes wondered why they had done this.

"I don't like this." -Ladybug whispered to Chat Noir, who was by her side. –"What do you suppose this means?"

"I don't know, really. But, I think they want us to head towards the obelisk." -Chat whispered back at her.

"Would you guys care to share with us what you're talking?" -Antelope asked them.

"I was saying that it seems these things want us to go to where the obelisk is." -Chat answered him.

"And are we going?" -Arachnid asked him.

"Yes. Follow me… and no, no flying, Chloé." -Ladybug told the bee heroine, after she noticed she was about to take off. –"I don't think these things will attack us while we're on the ground or flying, but let's not give them a reason to do it." -she explained. –"And that goes for everyone who can fly, float or swing, okay? We don't want to give these things a reason to attack us, plus, we need to keep our strength."

Following the scarlet heroine's orders, they all moved behind her, while not taking their eyes of the living skeletons, zombies and werewolves that were starring them. Even knowing they could take them all down with their powers, that did not prevent the young heroes' hearts from pounding inside their chests, in fear of what might happen next. The walk towards the obelisk, which took them only a couple of seconds felt like an eternity. When they stopped in front of the stone monument, they were able to see up-close just how much this one had changed. Though the stone's colour had not changed, the Egyptian hieroglyphs carved on it had been replaced by what they thought were either northern or Celtic runes. Its base was also larger, and on the ground, you could see various offerings displayed, as if they had been placed there for the gods of old.

"Well, we're here. Now what?" -Rena Rouge asked Ladybug.

"I don't know, but… wait, do you hear that?!" -Ladybug asked her, as she heard something approaching.

"Heard what?" -Carapace asked her.

"That!" -Flamingo exclaimed.

Approaching from the north side of the square, seven carriages appeared out of nowhere, being pulled by skeleton horses, their footsteps echoing in the air. Upon arriving where Ladybug and the rest of the heroes where, they stopped. Looking at the carriages, they did not know what felt more surreal, the horses or the carriages themselves. The skeleton horses had red glowing eyes and every time they neighed, bursts of fire came out from their nostrils. All in all, they looked like something that had come from straight from the bowels of Hell or sprung from a horror videogame. As for the carriages, these could be described as something Count Dracula would have in his garage. The most distinctive features in the carriages were their spiked wheels, as well as the metallic body, which had been done to look like a twisted orange pumpkin. They also noticed the unique coat of arms on the doors, which resembled the Samhain pendant once assembled. Sitting on the box of each carriage was a driver, whose appearance could be described as a gloomy figure dressed in a black cloak, which prevented anyone from seeing their faces. The only clue as to what they looked like under the cloaks were their grey hands, that looked more like claws, leaving the rest of their true appearance to the heroes' imaginations.

"What do we do? Do we enter them, or not?" -Rena Rouge asked Ladybug.

"I don't think we have much of a choice." -Ladybug declared.

Finally... it took me forever to finish this one. Work, combined with a little exhaustion and a temporary lack of inspiration... that's a pretty powerful combination, that will make any writer not want to write. Let's just hope it won't take me this long to update this story, because I've been dragging this one for longer than I wanted to. Especially because I already have three other sequels to this story planned. Anyways, Sorry for the lack of updates, but I'm sure you all understood what a pain it is to work shifts. It sucks your energy dry, whether you like it or not.

Oh, and for the record, there really was a Luna Park in Paris (the whole story behind its opening and closing is true, check it out if you doubt me).

Even so, I've been watching the whole season, and so far, I'm loving it and I have to say, somehow, someway, I accidentaly guessed the future of the series, with this story, by predicting the existence of more miraculouses. It's not the first time I do this... I already did something similar with my original graphic novel, but that's another story. Hope you guys enjoy reaging this chapter, as much as i enjoyed writing it.