Two months had passed, and Terra had not called. Master Fu was still waiting for Gabriel's answer. Gabriel knew paying for college was going to be difficult, as he had no scholarships, no financial aid, and his parents were financially strained after Gabriel's father had to pay for property damages due to a car accident. Gabriel was pacing about his room.

"What's going on? Why hasn't she called?"

"I'm sure there's a reason." Duusu said.

"I'm not sure." An alarm beeped. He looked towards his alarm clock. It was 9:30pm. "It's time for patrol. Duusu, feathers up!"

He transformed into Le Paon. He didn't want to think, he just wanted to feel the wind in his hair. But at the same time, he thought Terra may have been more suited for this role.

Terra was supposed to have the Miraculous, not me. She doesn't know the truth and I feel guilty for not telling her. I haven't seen her in weeks, Master Fu's waiting. He thought to himself.

He saw nothing that night. One week had passed, and, reluctantly, he agreed to become the Great Guardian. His first session was to start on his first day of college. He didn't want to, but he feared that Master Fu may die soon (which wouldn't happen for years to come). He wondered if he was really up for the task at hand. Another week had passed, and had still not heard from Terra. Worried about her, he went to her house; a big brick mansion with tan-colored siding with grey shingles on the roof. Le Paon saw Terra in her room through the window. She was crying, but he couldn't hear anything she said. He went to the roof and detransformed. He looked at his kwami.

"Duusu, I need you to sneak into Terra's room without her noticing you. I want you to figure out why she's upset."

"Right away."

She flew into the room, phasing through the window. He waited on the rooftop for a few minutes. About three to four minutes later, the kwami returned to her master with horrible news.

"So what you're saying is that someone found out about our secret relationship, brought photographic evidence to Terra's parents, and they locked her in her room, and grounded her for the whole summer as punishment?"

"Pretty much. She also said that they won't give her a cellphone until she's eighteen."

"Great. Just great." he sarcastically quipped. "Now what? She'll probably forget about me."

"I think that's the idea. Her parents are trying to break you guys up." She started crying. "Why do they have to do this?!"

Gabriel wanted to cry, but he couldn't. He couldn't stand the thought of never seeing his true love again. But what was he to do? College (and training with Master Fu) began in only mere weeks. He went back to his room and thought of a plan. A very bad and risky plan, which would involve sacrificing his dream, but if it worked, he could be with Terra. After many internal debates with himself (and his kwami), he executed his plan. A week after finding Terra trapped in her house, Gabriel got the money he had in his savings account for college (about $7,500) and took it out of the bank. Then he packed his bags. Everything was perfect so far. Other than the fact, that his twin brother, Jacques, had found him while he was sneaking out.

"And where are you going at this hour?" Jacques asked.

"I'm... I'm going to... the cheese shop."

"You're a bad liar, Gabe. It's 10:55. The cheese shop closed nearly an hour ago."

He scoffed. "Why do you care?"

"I don't get it. You drop out of that college that you really wanted to attend, then you take out all your money out of your account. What's going on? I thought you wanted to be a fashion designer."

"Well. I figured... That... since there's only enough money for you to go to college, I figured, that you should attend college. Besides, law school is expensive. I'll wait a year and see if things get better. In the meantime, I'm going to try and get a job."

"Alright. So why do you have that suitcase?"

"Because... I rented an apartment and I'm moving in."

"Now?"

"Yes. Right now."

He looked at him warily, then shrugged it off. "Well, okay then. I'll miss you, Gabe."

His younger brother groaned. "And please, stop calling me that."

Gabriel left the house for last time. Stripping his suitcase to his back, he was ready to go.

Duusu flew into the air and looked at her chosen. "Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"There's no turning back now, Duusu. I've dropped out of college before it even began. I love Terra and I'm not going to let her suffer like this! Duusu, feathers up!"

He transformed into Le Paon and set off for the Baudin residence. He landed on the roof. He could see Terra was asleep. He partially hoped that she would be awake, but he had expected this. He got out his fan.

"Vigorous Gale!"

He activated his wind power, blowing a hole into her wall. Terra woke up in alarm. The superhero entered her room. She looked at Le Paon fearfully.

"Who... who are you? Are you a terrorist?" She got on her knees. "Please don't hurt me!"

"Young maiden. I do not wish to hurt you. I want to aid you. I know you're in love with Gabriel Agreste, and you want to be with him. Do you trust me?"

She looked into his eyes. "I do."

"Good. Now pack your bags."

She took about ten minutes to get her stuff together. She held a suitcase on wheels in her hand.

"Well, that was quicker than I expected. Alright, now to get you away from here."

He scooped her up into his arms and he jumped down. He carried her far from her house.

"Gabriel is waiting for you at the base of the Eiffel Tower. Tell him that you want to run away with him. If you want, I'll even escort you to the Notre Dame so you don't have to worry about any criminals sneaking up on you."

"I appreciate the offer, but I'll be alright on my own.

"Are you sure?"

"Certain. You're a sweetheart, Birdie."

He blushed, but he tried not show it. "Paon. Call me Le Paon."

"Le Paon. I like that."

He secretly followed her long enough to make sure she got there safely. Once she was close enough, he detransformed and went to the Eiffel Tower.

She smiled upon seeing her beloved Gabriel. "I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long."

"You didn't."

He threw his arms around her. She whispered in his ear, "I know this seems sudden, but... I can't live here anymore because of my parents. Will you run away with me?"

He looked at her, his eyes conveying a playful, yet sincere message. "Of course I will."

Gabriel opened his safe and grabbed his book on Tibet. "For about three years, it was the two of us, three if you count Duusu, against the world. We moved from place to place every few weeks, sometimes even months."

Adrien was puzzled. "So... if you ran away with her... how exactly did you become a fashion designer?"

"I'll get to that. Right now, I'll tell you about when this crazy adventure came to an end. After fleeing Paris, we tried living in Lyon, but that didn't work. We moved around from place to place. We tried living in Berlin, Brussels, Athens, Thebes, Rome, Florence, Moscow and numerous other cities I could mention. Since we had to be secret about our true identities, we commonly used aliases and Terra was home schooled for the last three years of her high school career. She never went to college, but she never needed to. Becoming a choir singer was very easy for her. As for the last place we had stopped, that would be Lhasa, a city in Tibet, a providence of China. After moving around for so long, at one point we had considered settling here. This book that I hold..." He held it in his hands for Adrien to see. "Your mother bought it, wanting to learn more about the area."

He put the book down. "So... what happened?"

Gabriel put the book back into the safe. "We had been staying there for five months. That's longer than we had ever stayed in one location on our trip across the world. We believed that nobody here would know us. However, we were wrong."

After Terra earned her high school diploma, they went out to a nice restaurant to celebrate. On the way back from the restaurant, Gabriel accidentally knocked down an old man.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry I..." He gasped. "Master Fu?"

He smiled as he got up. "Fancy seeing you here."