Marinette and Lila stood at the train station uncomfortably holding a welcome sign between them. Felix was due to arrive any minute, and the day had been hectic enough even without having to pick him up. A silence stretched between the two, hostile and icy.

At long last the train arrived and what might have been a photocopy of Adrien stepped off. His hair was longer, combed and styled more formally than Adrien kept his, and his face and body was just a little more narrow. He walked over to the two interns, smirking.

"Pleased to meet you," Lila said, dropping the sign so it swung into Marinette's leg and holding out a hand, "I'm Lila and she's Marinette, Mr. Agreste sent us to pick you up."

He took her hand and shook it firmly. "Felix. I have to say, I wasn't expecting my uncle to ask me to model for him."

"I heard it was Adrien's idea," Marinette said, limping a little as she tucked the hard sign under her arm, "I think it's his way of saying he missed you."

"Lucky for him I missed him too," he said, "Shall we go then?"

As they crowded into the car Felix pulled out his phone and started flipping through the news. Marinette and Lila sat on either side of him, pressed up against the windows trying not to crowd the car.

"Hm," Felix said, "This is interesting, have you heard the news about Chat Noir?"

Lila snorted. "What about him? He save another cat or something?"

Marinette grit her teeth, pressing her lips together.

Felix laughed. "No. There's an article here saying he was at that priss Chloe's Halloween party."

"Of course he was," Marinette said, "there was an akuma attack."

"No, I mean he was an attendee," He held up his phone, "see, there's a video attached."

Lila raised an eyebrow in interest, Marinette leaned forward to see better. It was shaky phone video taken in a bathroom stall.

Marinette held her breath as Plagg's distinct voice said "Not a single cheese platter anywhere." It presumably came from the next stall over where the poster was filming. Loud noise banged from somewhere outside the restroom and the phone tilted downwards to see under the stall. A pair of buckled shoes a few centuries out of style flashed green, replaced by Chat Noir's signature black boots. There was a banging as the hero burst out of the stall and a lot of shaking as the camera holder opened his stall as well. It swung open just in time to reveal Chat Noir leaping out the bathroom door above a mob of dancing people before cutting off.

"Whoa," Lila said, "does it say who he is?"

Felix shrugged. "Apparently the person who posted it only saw a snippet of red before Chat Noir entered the next stall. His identity's still a secret."

Marinette let out a small puff of air, relieved. She was the only one whose identity had been compromised. She narrowed her eyes. Chat had to be more careful, he had almost let his identity become known to the public!

Chloe checked her phone again. No new messages. She flopped onto her bed, staring up at the akuma trying to hide behind her lamp. Hawkmoth was watching her again, waiting for her to slip up and ruin someone's life. He had been quiet since Halloween. It felt like something was going on, something she couldn't put her finger on. It bugged her.

Her phone buzzed and she snatched it back up only to see that it was just a news alert. She sighed, about to put it back down, when the title caught her interest.

Chat Noir's Party Transformation

What the heck? She clicked on the notification, the news article popping up. The video was bad quality, but it clearly showed buckled shoes and a strange voice. She knuckles turned white as she watched. The video was legit. The weird voice must have been Chat Noir's kwami. He had been at her Halloween party.

She took a deep breath, tucking her phone away. Hundreds of people had been there and the guest list hadn't exactly been exclusive. But there were limits to who had attended. Her old classmates had all been there. There had been at least fifty celebrities in different areas. Anyone staying at the hotel at the time had also been invited. Then there were her parent's personal friends, their friends, and their families. If she wanted to she could get a list of everyone who could have possible attended that night.

She bit her lip, glancing back at the akuma following her, and getting up. If she let out any inkling that she had the possibility of discovering Chat Noirs identity Hawkmoth would try and use it to his advantage.

She went out to her balcony, shivering a little. The day long heat wave had not lasted. Many of the Parisian roofs below were still sparkling with front though it was well past noon. A breeze blew by and she pulled her yellow sweater closer around her.

If only Marinette would react. Respond. Something! Chloe was ready and willing to help, she just needed a chance. She shivered again and got out her phone, dialing her butler.

"Send up a hot chocolate," she said, remembering herself a moment later and adding a "please." A few minutes later she sat, sipping her beverage.

It was natural for Marinette to doubt her, Chloe reminded herself, she just had to be patient. But in the same way Hawkmoth's recent actions puzzled her, Marinette's recent actions kept something nagging at the back of her mind. Had she always been so jumpy? She had been dating Luka for years now, why were they having problems now?

She opened her mouth, allowing a marshmallow to slide in with the hot chocolate. For now she had done all she could. She had given Luka advice on how to handle the situation, hinted that what Marinette was doing was important. It just didn't feel like it was enough. The problems with Luka and Marinette would only get worse if they didn't stop trying to be considerate of each other and refusing to talk.

The akuma continued to hover as she set down her mug. Something was building, stirring in the late autumn air. Chloe set her jaw. If no one else was going to be prepared for it, she would be.

AUTHORS NOTE: Guess who's going to be uploading every day! I'm still finishing up the last chapter, but the whole story is like 42-43 chapters long so I'm starting to upload now. Whoo! The document I'm typing it up on is just over a hundred pages, way longer than I meant it to be - and that's while leaving out some things I wanted to include. I hope you like it and I love all of your comments so I'm really exited to be able to upload everyday now. Thank's for reading!