Alya glanced down at her phone. She didn't know what was going on with her friends. First Adrian had asked Marinette to partner with him on a homework assignment, and then Marinette had said a whole bunch of stuff that made no sense but that Adrian of all people was able to interpret as a love confession. Then the two of them ran off, and Marinette's only answer to Alya's messages had been, "I'll tell you later." Alya didn't know what on earth was going on, but she was going to find out.

Suddenly she heard a knock on her window. Seeing Ladybug there her eyes widened, and she jumped from her chair to let her in.

"Ladybug! What are you doing here? Is there an akuma? Do you need my help?"

Ladybug chuckled. "No, there's no akuma, but I am going to need you and Carapace for a mission. Do you think you can bring Nino and meet me and Chat in the park across from your school, tomorrow at eleven o'clock? We can bring you up to speed then."

"We'll be there Ladybug! You can count on us!"

"I know I can Alya." Ladybug said, smiling as she walked back to the window. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

Alya nodded. "See you then!" She called, waving goodbye as her idol swung away into the night.

As soon as Ladybug was gone she dived for her phone to call Nino.

"Hi Alya. What's up?"

"You are never going to believe who just showed up in my room!"

"Who was it?"

"Ladybug! Can you believe it? And she wants our help for a mission!"

"Really? Sweet, what is it!"

"She didn't say, but she wants to meet up at the park by Marinette's house at eleven o'clock tomorrow. You'll be there right?"

"Definitely. It's a Saturday morning, I don't have anything else going on."

"Awesome! See you tomorrow Nino."

"See ya, Alya!"

Alya hung up and flopped down on her bed. She still didn't know what was up with Marinette, but that mystery could wait until after tomorrow.

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Marinette watched as Alya pulled Nino into the park. She checked her phone. "Five minutes early, you ready Chat?" She asked, turning to face him.

His face was absolutely gleeful. "So ready milady. I can't wait to see their faces when they find out. This is going to be pawsitively hilarious."

She rolled her eyes, smiling at him. "Really Adrian? I still can't believe that you're actually a complete dork."

He smiled warmly at her. "But I'm your dork, right Marinette?"

Marinette blushed. "Ye-yeah… I guess so… oh look here they come. Hey, Alya! Over here!" She called, ignoring how flustered she was and waving them over.

"Marinette? Adrian? What are you guys doing here?" Alya said, clearly surprised to see them.

"Oh, we're meeting someone here. What about you guys though?" Adrian asked. "You seemed like you were in a real rush, are you meeting someone too?"

"No, we were just… out for a stroll, yeah. We thought it would be nice to hang out in the park, right Nino?"

"Uh, yeah that's right, a nice walk in the park. To hang out, and stuff." Nino laughed nervously. "We just wanted to get here quickly, that's all."

Marinette smirked and turned to Adrian. "Oh, well that explains why Alya was pulling Nino along."

He laughed. "Yeah, it makes sense that a fox would be faster than a turtle."

Alya and Nino froze. "What are you guys talking about?"

Marinette deliberately checked the time on her phone. "Oh look at the time! We should head over to my house. Come on! There's something miraculous we need to show you!"

She grabbed a stunned Alya's hand and pulled her toward the bakery with Nino and a laughing Adrian following. "Yeah, Marinette has some absolutely magical jewelry for you guys to try on. It will probably fit you purrfectly too."

They kept this up and by the time they reached Marinette's family's bakery, their poor friends were completely overwhelmed.

"Hi Papa!"

"Hello Marinette! Are you four heading upstairs?"

"Yep!" She said smiling at him.

"Okay, have fun!"

"We will Papa! Come on guys!" She led them upstairs, where she pulled two very familiar octagonal boxes out.

Alya and Nino stared at the boxes in Marinette's hands. "Where did you get those Marinette?" Alya asked, truly freaking out now.

"Aren't you going to open them?" She asked, before smiling at them. "Trixx and Wayzz miss you guys."

Alya finally broke. "Marinette, what is going on? How did you get these? How do you know our kwamis' names? Where's Ladybug!"

Adrian pointed at Marinette. "She's right in front of you of course!"

"Wait! What?"

Marinette smiled at her. "Hi, I'm Ladybug," she gestured to Adrian, "and this is my partner, Chat Noir! We need your help to take down Hawkmoth. You in?"

"What! That's completely…" Nino trailed off, considering what he knew. "Actually that explains a lot."

"What do you mean that explains a lot? Our best friends are claiming to be superheroes! Admittedly they look a lot like them, and the only time that we saw Marinette and Ladybug together there was a time-travel akuma, but that doesn't… I guess… oh my gosh, my best friend is Ladybug." She buried her face in her hands. "I can't believe it. I made a fan blog on my best friend."

They all laughed. "Don't worry about it, Alya. Chat and I didn't even know until two days ago."

Nino looked surprised. "Wait you two didn't even know each other's identities?"

Adrian shook his head. "Nope. Not until this week."

Alya looked at him. "So what changed? And why are you telling us?"

Adrian shared a glance with Marinette. "Well, we figured out who Hawkmoth is." Marinette reached for his hand and squeezed it. "It turns out that my father has been the one terrorizing Paris this whole time."

"What!"

Adrian gave a small smile. "Yeah, that's about how I reacted too. Throw in a denial that my father couldn't be Hawkmoth and Marinette knew my identity."

"Wow, that's a lot. You okay dude?"

"Yeah. I mean I don't particularly want to throw my father in jail, but I can't let him keep putting my friends in danger anymore. He needs to be stopped."

"How did you figure out who he was?" Alya asked.

"You know how I was akumatized?"

"Yeah?"

"Well after I threw off his first two akumas, Hawkmoth got curious. He tried again, but this time he gave me complete control over the power. I accepted, and was able to find out his identity."

"Our plan is to walk in untransformed and then ambush my father to get the miraculouses. Hopefully, we can get close enough to get his miraculous before he can transform. Are you guys willing to help us?"

"We're with you all the way, dude."

Marinette smiled at her friends and held the two jewelry boxes out once again. "Then Alya Césaire, and Nino Lahiffe, I give you the Miraculouses of the Fox and the Turtle. You will use them for the greater good, and return them to me when I ask." They smiled and gently took the miraculouses from her.

"Yes Ma'am, Ladybug."

"You got it dude!"

A.N. School is back in session and I don't like it.

Thanks for reading!