Marinette sat at her desk and started at the miraculous box that sat in front of her. "This is what will tell me who Hawk Moth is. This is going to fix everything."
Tikki emerged from behind her. Compared to the regular bubbly attitude Tikki usually had, she was acting very meek and concerned. "Marinette... I don't know if that's the right idea. This is dangerous."
Marinette didn't care, who else could she endanger but herself? "It'll be fine Tikki. I'll just pop in to see the future and who Hawk Moth is. It won't change the present."
Tikki became slightly more at ease, but remained a bit cautious of the idea. Time travel was dangerous, especially so when you went to the past, considering how drastically it could change the present. One wrong move and someone doesn't exist anymore. In this case, Marinette might end up knowing too much and that knowledge will end up changing how she acts and end up changing her own future from what was destined. Tikki knew enough about time travel to know this was dangerous. "How are you going to find him in the future though?"
Marinette hummed, if her plan succeeded, then future Marinette would know, surely she would tell herself. "If this plan works, then future me should already know who Hawk Moth is, right? I'll just ask future me."
Tikki grimaced, she still wasn't comfortable with the whole time travel idea, but what could she do about it? Marinette was already so sure about it, and she was determined to succeed in her goal.
Marinette opened the miraculous box that sat in front of her to reveal a silver pocket watch. She picked it up and tapped a finger on her desk. "I supposed I should have let Master Fu explain some things…" She trailed off.
Suddenly a bright light emanated from the watch and a small white rabbit appeared in front of her.
"What's tickin'? I'm Fluff."
To her amazement, she didn't need to do anything else to activate the miraculous and release the kwami. Marinette giggled, "It's nice to meet you Fluff, I'm Marinette, and this is Tikki." Marinette guestered toward Tikki.
"Marinette you can't use two miraculous at once! It's dangerous and you could get hurt!" Tikki's concerned cries echoed through the room.
Fluff darted toward Tikki with pure amazement. "Tikki!" She flew back over to Marinette. "Wow! You're the new Ladybug? You must really be something special."
Marinette smiled at Fluff's compliment. "Thanks Fluff, but I need your help." Her tone changed, becoming serious "I need to go to the future and find out who Hawk Moth is so I can stop him."
Fluff gave a salute, "Aye aye! Whenever you want to transform just say "clockwise" then you'll have the power of time travel!"
Marinette didn't feel as though she was so close to finding Hawk Moth's identity as she was. All she had to do was say "clockwise", find her future self, and defeat the scumbag once and for all.
"You can create a portal to the burrow by pressing the button on the top of your watch." Fluff continued.
"The burrow?" Marinette asked.
"It's sort of like a place outside of time. You can look through different timelines and choose where and when you want to go." Fluff explained, "Sorry I can't explain better, it's a little complicated."
Marinette shook her head. "It's okay, I'll figure it out."
She checked the time on her phone, it was only 2 PM on a Sunday. Now was probably the best time, if any. Besides, It's not like time travel would take long if she did it right, plus if it made her tired she had plenty of time to recoup her energy before her parents noticed. She took a deep breath and reached for her earrings.
"Marinette wait! " Tikki cried before Marinette took out the earrings. "Are you sure you can do this? It'll be dangerous!"
Marinette gave Tikki a thumbs up. "I'll be fine Tikki, I'll be with the future me anyway. No one better than Ladybug to protect me, right?" Marinette took out the earrings and Tikki disappeared back into the miraculous and she safely put them back into the miraculous box. She felt bad, like she was betraying Tikki, but if all went as planned she would only be gone for a few minutes, then everything would be back to normal.
"Okay Fluff, let's run through this again." Marinette started as she held the rabbit miraculous in her hand. "I push this button…" She trailed off as she put her thumb on the button atop the watch. "And it takes me to the burrow?"
Fluff nodded, "You got it!"
"Then while I'm in the burrow I need to find the right timeline, and time, then I can just walk through the portal?"
Fluff nodded again. "You can move your hand over the different portals to scroll through time, so to speak."
"Alright, I think I've got it." Marinette took a deep breath. "Fluff, clockwise"
I hate time travel. It's so weird and complicated.
