Chapter 2. Credit for Wraparound's goes to leafgreenflower. Alyssa, however, is my character.

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Alyssa was a perfectly normal elementary school student, if you left out the fact that she was currently being ridiculed for being scared of a movie.

The boy cackled maliciously. "Seriously, it's just a mummy! I can't believe you're such a coward, even if you are a girl! Grow up!"

And he shoved her into the wall before walking away, leaving her to sniffle, neither of them aware of the little black and green butterfly entering the girl's locket.

Wraparound, I am Grayling. You've been mocked for fear, the simplest and most understandable human emotion. I'd like to give you the opportunity to make them all understand you. However, in return, I require one of the hero's Miraculous.

Wraparound lifted her head, smirking darkly. "You got it, Mr. Grayling!"

Dark smog consumed her, and as the boy turned around at the sound of her voice, he was promptly silenced by the little girl's new appearance, wrapped entirely with white linen, except for a pair of eyeholes. Ten long dark threads extended, one from each fingertip, and her locket gleamed silver on her chest. "You think mummies aren't scary? Let's prove that theory!"

She lashed out with a wave of her hand, and the boy screamed as his clothes shifted around him, denim and cotton weaving around him, trapping him in a skintight cocoon.

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Elsewhere, Grayling frowned. "Wait, their costumes are spandex and leather, how is this gonna- eh. It'll work out, and then my lady will love me again once I'm her Cat Noir!"

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Marinette frowned as Marc's phone buzzed. "What was that?"

He looked at it. "Oh, I almost forgot, Trixx and I finished making the website. He can tie it into your kwamis later- Akuma Alert. Someone named Nadia Purgatrio. Apparently it's her little sister Alyssa... who can trap people in fabric cocoons. We'd better go."

"Right. We'll leave from the trapdoor. Alert the others. Tikki, Spots On!"

"Trixx, Let's Pounce!"

Ladybug and Fennec took to the rooftops, joined a minute later by Honeybee and Tortuga, both sporting irritated looks. "We were on a date! You'd think Adrien would wait a little while!"

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They arrived at the scene, and were instantly alarmed by what they saw. People cocooned in their own clothing, lying all over the pavement, and some of them were attached to light posts. Tortuga inhaled. "Holy crap, what happened to this kid?"

Threads struck the ground between the heroes, and four streaks of colour promptly sprang away from the site of impact, the akuma floating downwards- wait, no, she was just balancing on strings emerging from her feet. "Ladybug! I am Wraparound! Give me your Miraculous!"

Ladybug rolled her eyes. "Jeez, like father like son. Where's the other two?"

Honeybee sprang towards the villain. "Let's see how you like this! Venom!"

Wraparound simply flicked her hands, threads whipping through the air and trapping the bee hero in a net of strings. "No."

Honeybee grunted. "This was not part of the plan! Reinforcements, please!"

The air promptly solidified into a leaping Ryuko, slashing through the strings with her sword. The dragon heroine landed with a grin. "And that is how you make a proper dramatic entrance!"

Alley Cat pounced on the akuma, deftly dodging lashing threads. "Eh, I prefer the old-fashioned way."

Wraparound scowled. "No fair! Ganging up on me is cheating!"

"...you're the bad guy! How is this cheating?!"

"You're gonna win if you team up!"

"That's the idea! Lightning Dragon!"

Ladybug gasped. "Ryuko, wait-"

Ryuko did not wait, instead firing an absolutely massive blast of lightning from her sword, blasting Wraparound against the school's wall.

"...Ryuko, you just blasted an eight-year-old!"

The heroine threw her arms up in protest. "She's an akuma! Besides, her outfit isn't made of conductive material! She'll be fine!"

Threads lashed out and snapped around her. "See?"

Wraparound waved her hands like a puppeteer, smashing Ryuko into the ground, then a light post, then a building... you get the picture.

Ladybug huffed. "Okay, this has gone on long enough. Guys?"

Honeybee grinned, holding up her arm, still wielding Venom. "We'll distract her. You use your Lucky Charm. Tortuga!"

"Right!"

The two charged, Honeybee's stinger pulsing. "Eat this!"

Wraparound glared and began using Ryuko as a wrecking ball. The two heroes dodged, springing wildly around her, little more than blurs.

Meanwhile, Ladybug had hurled her yo-yo into the air. "Lucky Charm!"

The ladybugs swirled together, and a picture fell into Ladybug's hand- a little girl with curly black hair, grinning toothily at the camera, with an older girl laughing beside her. "Oh! This must be her sister... I know what to do! Fennec, I need you to make a Mirage!"

"I got it. Mirage!"

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Wraparound was winding up to swing Ryuko again, when a voice interrupted them. "Alyssa?"

The villain turned around, her eyes wide. "Nadi?"

The laughing girl from the picture stood there, smiling. "Yeah. Hey, sis."

The younger girl descended to the ground, looking around at the carnage she'd wreaked. "Did... did I do something bad?"

Nadia rested a hand on the girl's shoulder. "Yeah, you did. But it's okay, 'Lyssa. Ladybug can fix it. You just need to give her your akuma. Do you know where it is?"

Alyssa, no longer Wraparound, frowned for a moment, then slowly removed her locket, handing it to her sister. Nadia nodded and held it out for Alley Cat's Cataclysm-equipped hand for disintegrate. The black and green butterfly flipped free, winging it for all it was worth-

"No more evildoing for you, little akuma!"

If the butterfly could scream in frustration, it probably would have as Ladybug's yo-yo captured it. The teenage hero grinned triumphantly as she released the insect. "Bye-bye, little butterfly! Miraculous Ladybug!"

A whirling loveliness of ladybugs swirled across the street, unsewing people's clothes and setting them free, restoring any damage the fight had caused, and restoring the little girl to her normal appearance. Ladybug smiled and held out a hand for Nadia to shake. "Thanks for helping us with that."

Nadia nodded. "Don't mention it. Thanks for saving my sister."

Alyssa timidly leaned into her sister's side, a far cry from the vicious supervillain. "T-thank you, Miss Ladybug."

"No problem. Incidentally, if you don't mind... what caused you to be akumatized?"

Alyssa tried to hide behind Nadia, but the older girl easily forced her back out. "'Lyssa, you aren't going to get in trouble. The ones who should be in trouble are the ones who made you upset."

Alyssa was quiet for another moment, then spoke. "O-one of the kids in my class was being really mean. The t-teacher was showing us a movie a-and there was a mummy, a-and I couldn't help it! It was r-really scary! B-but no one else was afraid, so t-they just laughed at me! A-and then Mister Grayling told me he would help me, b-but he was lying!"

Ladybug's brows furrowed as she glared up at the school. "I think I need to have a talk with your classmates."

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One merciless lecture on why bullying was bad that reduced an entire classroom to tears of shame later, the heroes were meeting up in Marinette's room. "Okay, first Alya was Vixen, but she didn't seem as strong as she could have been."

Luka made a note on the large piece of paper they were making notes on. "It's possible he was just testing his limits, seeing what kind of powers he could and couldn't give."

"Right. Then he makes Wraparound, a more powerful villain who's able to swing Kagami around like she weighs nothing, and that was after she took a lightning bolt to the torso."

"Please, do not remind me of that. It was not one of my proudest moments."

"Understandable. So it looks like we'll be facing more powerful akumas in the future, especially if Adrien's getting used to his new Miraculous."

"That's about the sound of it."

Marinette nodded. "Then we need to prepare. I'll get in touch with Master Fu about taking out some of the Miraculous for training purposes. Since we don't currently have any temporary wielders, some of us might have to try and use multiple Miraculous at the same time. It's supposed to be dangerous, but as long as we keep those instances few and far between-"

Her phone buzzed. "Huh. Speaking of Master Fu- oh my."

Rose frowned concernedly. "What is it, Marinette?"

"Well, that's that problem solved."

Marinette grinned. "Master Fu wants to officially trust me with the Miracle Box."

There was silence for a moment, then Luka grinned. "Well then. All hail Ladybug, Guardian of the Miraculous."

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Marinette arrived at the massage parlour that evening for the ritual. "But Master, why are you trusting me with the Miraculous?"

Fu sighed. "I am old, Marinette. Nooroo was stolen from right under my nose almost immediately after we retrieved him from Hawk Moth. I cannot properly care for the Miraculous anymore. I will not simply stand by. I will do what I can to assist and guide your team. But it is for the best that the Miracle Box leave my possession and enter yours."

"...alright, Master."

Fu nodded and opened all the containers on the box, before sitting in a meditative position. The kwamis all spiralled out of the box. Kaalki frowned. "Are we gonna have enough for the ritual?"

Duusu nodded. "Don't worry, Kaalki! We only need twelve kwamis, and I can easily take Longg's place for this!"

Fu nodded and held up his hands. "I, Wang Fu, Guardian of the Miraculous, do acknowledge my shortcomings! I declare before the kwamis now that I can no longer be their protector! I now select my successor, and allow the Miraculous to pass onto her! Behold Ladybug, Miracle Box! And judge her worthy to be your Guardian!"

The Miracle Box blazed with every colour of the rainbow, red designs and dark wood fading, replaced with pink. Within moments, the Box had taken on its new appearance: a spherical shape, bright pink with designs in dark magenta, opening to reveal neat little velvet containers in which the Miraculi were resting. Marinette grinned. "It's perfect!"

Fu nodded and attempted to stand, then suddenly collapsed. "Oh dear. That took a little more out of me than I expected."

"Not to worry, Master. I know just the remedy."

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Sabine smiled warmly as she walked over to the little old man sitting at her kitchen table. "Would you like some more tea?"

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And... that happened! Wraparound was cleansed, though I doubt this'll be the last time she gets akumatized. And Marinette is the Guardian of the Miraculous. I decided not to do what they did in the show, because even if Master Fu isn't fit enough the guard the Miraculi, he can still be pretty helpful, so he's keeping his memories of the Miraculous, and staying at Marinette's house where he can be protected more easily. Adrien's... really stupid in this, but he's smart enough to realize what an advantage it would be to have Fu as a captive. And that's pretty much it, so... stay tuned!

Next Chapter: Pink Slip