Note: This takes place before the events of the first chapter of season two.
Another day, another mission for the heroes of the Miraculous Team. While Hawkmoth was long gone and Heroes Day was behind them, the Chosen were allowed to remain heroes, as they had proven their worth. It also helped to get jobs done much easier.
Right now, the heroes were all gathered around the abandoned warehouse district where they normally trained in between missions. Due to diverging schedules of their civilian lives the heroes aren't always all together at the same time. But they had kept this slot in their schedules because Ladybug was making a big announcement. However, no one was too sure about what said announcement is going to be.
"They are not going to take Miraculouses...Miraculi? They are not going to take it away from us, are they?" Petit Souris asked.
"Come one, you really think that? We are good heroes...At least I think we are good heroes." Roi Singe said. "I mean we all showed what we could do during Heroes Day and with all those magical beasts we fought lately. Remember when we fell that tree thing the other day?"
"That is called an Ent." Kempfhahn notified.
"You are way into this magical creature thing, aren't you?" Pan asked his boyfriend.
"Hey, it is interesting. It also makes for good inspiration for my artwork." Kempfhahn notified.
"Now, to go back on what Roi Singe told us, and even if I say so myself, I conclude that we have been utterly efficient in our roles as heroes so the chance of being asked to return the Miraculous is 9,57 percents." Pegasus notified.
"Maybe she is going to teach us some new trick? Something important we all need to know? Maybe it is one of those potion things that allow them to have ice and water power-ups. I heard there was a space one too." Porcelet asked excited.
"Please let it not be more studying, after school and fighting that giant mantis earlier today, I don't know if I would be able to absorb anything she says." Bunnix grumbled.
"Maybe she would inform us about our performance today. We did well but there is always room for improvement. She may comment on where we could have done better, what we should look out for..." Ryuko notified.
"But should that warrant all of us being here? I mean, they could be telling us one to one in that regard?" Taurus asked, putting a finger to his chin in a pensive manner.
"Maybe these three can tell us a little bit more?" Tigresse pointed behind her with her thumb. Viperion, Laika and Pipistrello (the latter whom was juggling with a trio of cupcakes of all things) suddenly became the center of attention.
"You three have been awfully quiet. You know something more?" Roi Singe asked with a raised eyebrow and a smirk.
"Laika was working with the Miraculous team before she got her Miraculous so she know more about what it is going to be about." Pegasus concluded.
"I could also understand Pipistrello, she was the last recruit before the rest of us. But what would Viperion know?" Porcelet asked curiously.
"Can't tell, there will be spoilers. I'll just say you are going to be in for a surprise." Viperion said as he just gently strummed his lyre's strings.
"Oh come on, just a little hint?" Tigresse pouted.
"Sorry little sis, can't have curiosity kill the cat." Viperion chuckled.
"It is not going to be long. There are some details that can only be filled in once they have given their announcement. So all I ask you is to learn a bit of patience." Laika noted.
"Hey bat-girl, can you..." Roi Singe asked.
"I know something but I won't tell, I won't tell, I won't tell, I know something but I won't tell, nah-nah-nah-nah!" Pipistrello sang as she did a silly dance to go with it, and poking Roi Singe in the chest with her index fingers.
"You should have known better then to try and get a straight answer out of her." Bunnix noted. "I just hope the big chiefs get here quick because I get quite..." Bunnix, and everyone else for that matter, was startled when Chat Noir came onto the scene...using a Superman-esque landing for dramatic effect. "...impatient."
"Ask and you shall receive." Chat said as he rose up from his pose.
"Sweetheart, you thinking what I'm thinking?" Pan asked.
"Oh I'm thinking what you're thinking." Kempfhahn replied.
"We need to work that in the comic!" they said simultaneously.
"Did you really have to do the Superman intro?" Ladybug said as she flew next to Chat.
"Yes, I had." Chat said, no shame in his voice.
"What do I do with you?" Ladybug asked.
"You could kiss me?" Chat asked with a smirk.
"After we're done here, Kitty!" Ladybug said as she booped Chat's noise and smirked.
"Those two are as sappy as Ad-as a couple I know in real life." Roi Singe noted.
Queen Bee, Rena Rouge and Carapace had followed Ladybug and Chat Noir. "I wanted to do the Superman landing intro." Rena Rouge whined.
"I'll let you do it next time." Chat Noir promised.
"This does take away a bit from the seriousness of the announcement we were going to make." Queen Bee noted.
"I like to think that we are lightening the mood before dropping the bomb." Chat Noir noted.
"Anyhow!" Ladybug said as she clapped loudly to draw anyone's attention. "Most of you probably wonder why we have all called you here. It is not a bad thing I want to address, per se. But it is something we will need to be careful with. First we got to say, we are proud on the progress all of you have made. You came to us in a time of need, but you stuck around, accepted the possibilities, and you continue to look out for Paris."
Chat continued where Ladybug left off: "Now, remember that during Heroes' Day we were a bit rushed and we tried to gather as many allies as we could. As a result some of you were handed your Miraculouses at the same time. So select few already know one another identities. But us, the Main Five as the media dubs us, we know each others' identities too."
"The world is always going to need heroes." Rena Rouge added. "We all kept track of your progress, and we think that you all are ready...we all are a good team. But to be the best team we can be, there can be no more secrets."
"We know we can trust you to have our backs, we can trust you with the responsibilities, so there is one more thing we can trust you with." Carapace continued. "Our identities."
"NO WAY!" Roi Singe blurted out, excitedly.
"No joke, Roi Singe. Not only we are sharing our identities, you are also all going to share your identities with the rest of the team. At least that is what we ask of you." Queen Bee answered. "It is a big step, we know. But we have made some big steps the last few months, so we can afford to make one more."
"It would be great to know what wonderful people they are behind the masks..." Porcelet muttered softly.
"By my calculations, while there are some additional points to keep in mind, with such a large group of heroes it would be the most beneficial outcome for us all to come clean in this regard." Pegasus said.
"These are people whom we fought beside, had our backs. What do you think?" Petit Souris asked Taurus.
"I think we can do this." Taurus held Petit Souris' hand, whom nodded in return.
After everyone agreed, they would all agree to drop their transformations. "I will count to three, and then we will..." Ladybug said.
"So, is it going to be when you say 'three' that we drop our Mighty Morphs, or are you going to say 'Go Go!' after you counted to three or..." Pipistrello rambled.
"Just drop them now!" Ladybug said, before Pipistrello would go on another tangeant and knowing her they would get way off track if they allowed that to happen. "Spots off!"
Everyone responded quickly with their own detransformation phrase. As soon as various colored lights engulfed the area, the kids all turned into their civilian forms. They looked around a bit. The surprise was there when they saw several of their friends and classmates among them. But when they turned towards where Ladybug, Chat Noir, Carapace, Rena Roue and Queen Bee stood all eyes went wide.
"Er...hi?" Marinette said nervously, feeling the confidence from the mask slip away a bit.
Several people like Max and Kagami kept a neutral look. Luka, Sabrina and Lila didn't look too different since they already knew. Some others looked like they were thinking hard, thinking back to several events which made more sense now with their current knowledge. Some (and with some I mean Kim) looked at them wide-eyed and had his mouth open like a fish.
Now everyone was letting the information sink in, no one dared to talk for a while. They wanted their next answer to come out as something profound and thought out, not as something stupid and bumbling. Unfortunately Kim was the first one to speak up. "HOLY SHIT!"
Some people facepalmed, others ignored him, and otherwise there were a few chuckles. "You know, it makes a lot of sense now. Super Class Prez Marinette and Sunshine Boy and their besties..." Marc said.
"I am not class president anymore." Marinette muttered.
"Still Rose uses your tactics and still asks you for advice." Marc reacted.
"If it isn't broken, don't fix it." Rose said with a chipper smile. "Oh, this is wonderful. The entire class is a superhero class. Er...aside from a few."
"It makes a lot of sense in hindsight. My own research and calculations came close, but for some reason something always went wrong, like a detail I missed. I suppose it may be because of the glamours that were once mentioned." Max noted.
"Believe me, they were a pain to break." Sabrina explained.
"You broke through them?" Max asked impressed.
"I did, but it gives you a headache and a half. I'm pretty sure you would have broken through them eventually as well." Sabrina said as she fumbled with a lock of her hair. Max blushed a bit as Kim chuckled a bit, before a grumpy Max shut him up with an elbow to the stomach.
"I had suspected it too. The way you moved, the way you fight. It is in the body language. My mind was blurred to your facial features, but a fighting style is like a fingerprint. Something you pick up when you are an experienced fencer." Kagami added.
"Of course it is her..." Nathaniel sighed. "Super organized, creative, is able to make the craziest of plans work. My first two crushes were the same."
"Hey, what do I have to say, when I figured out the two most wonderful girls in the world were the same." Chat asked.
"I had to live with the fact my dream boy was a huge dork with a love of puns. And the worst part of it is I love the dorky side of him." Marinette quipped.
"I totally fangasm'd. " Alya admitted.
"Yeah, my eardrums are still recovering from that squeal." Nino added.
"I needed smellingsalts." Chloé admitted.
"Chloé-girl, I was giving you a hard time during a period where you were genuinely doing some good as a hero, I am a bit scared to think that I pulled stupid pranks on you. And you Lila..." Alix said, running her fingers through her hair.
"Water under the bridge." Chloé said, waving her hand dismissively.
"You knew all along, did you?" Juleka asked Luka.
"A heartsong is like a fingerprint, just like Kagami says a fighting style is. It cannot be altered or faked." Luka said. "And I'd recognize my Angelbee's song everywhere."
"This...makes things somewhat easier. I mean, I'm happy there are no total strangers among us. Everyone knows each other already. But on the other hand, when we rush into danger, I know it is going to be my friends risking their lives beside me." Ivan said.
"Yeah, it weird. Certainly when you got used to having friends again, and sometimes fearing that those can be ripped away again. We got a dangerous job after all." Lila admitted.
"But we should feel honored. I am glad I have also finally made real friends, but they trusted me to fight beside them. To have someone put this must trust in you feels...wonderful." Kagami noted.
"Wait, does that mean that Hawkmoth was beating on his own son?" Juleka asked with a gasp.
"He was no father of mine. Just a sperm donor." Adrien scoffed.
"Oh...sorry." Juleka said sheepishly.
"It's ok, really. Don't pity me. He was dead to me before I even realized he was Hawkmoth. Things have been a lot better for me ever since I dropped him out of my life." Adrien assured her. "I had a lot of time to get over it. He was not a father, he was Gabriel Agreste, and he had to be stopped."
"Well, maybe he should have been dropped of the Eiffel Tower. In a barrel full of rusty razorblades." Rose said. The fact her chirpy smile didn't leave her face had some others a little bit disturbed.
"This just got crazy!" Kim blurted out.
"Please, crazy is my roommate." Lila noted.
"So...Alya how do you make that footage for your blog when you are out fighting yourself?" Nathaniel asked.
"The weapons aren't just tools or communicators, they also scan the surroundings. I just leave the recording on each time I transform. And since things like your phone also gets absorbed in the transformation, after turning back to normal, my phone still has the footage I need." Alya explained.
"Does anyone else know?" Mylène asked.
"Of course I have mentioned a guardian. I should introduce all of you to him soon. We suspect Miss Bustier may know but we haven't been able to confirm it. And my parents, but that was because they were former wielders." Marinette explained.
"Wait, what? Your parents were heroes too?" Marc asked with wide eyes.
"Well, you see Marinette's dad? And the moves her mom has? I can see it." Alix said. She sighed. "This is a lot."
"We know that it is. But hey, we could always count on all of you to have our backs or help us out. So of course we didn't want to keep you out of the loop. We're all in this together now." Nino said.
"Yeah, we are one big happy sickly sweet family. Yay!" Chloé droned.
It was a bit quiet for a while after that. The processing wasn't still fully done. After a few minutes someone spoke up again. "So, what do we do next?" Juleka asked.
"We continue like normal. We hang out as friends and fellow students. We fight together as heroes. Though communicating when thing take an unexpected turn will be easier." Sabrina noted.
"I...am glad you all made it here. And...we'e grateful you put faith in us." Adrien said.
"The part of us that thinks the worst thought you may have been disappointed it was us." Marinette noted.
"Disappointed in you guys? Never!" Marc noted.
"We are all grateful as well to have this much faith put into us." Ivan added.
"You guys deserve it." Marinette said with a warm smile. "For now, I suggest we all head home, let things sink in. Afterwards, we live our lives to the fullest as civilians and train for what may to come as heroes. Knowing that whatever comes next, it will be faced by all of us together."
"So, whose up for a an eighteen person fist-bump?" Alya asked as she raised a fist. All of them raised their fists and stood around in a circle and put their fists together. "One, two, three..."
"POUND IT!" they all said simultaneously.
After that, the heroes all went their own ways again. Any lingering confusion and shock would leave their body overnight, but they would come back together again, as a solid group of friends. It could be said for sure, anyone trying to mess with this group would have a hard time.
NOTES
I wanted to do this after 'Latombe' but the Nino and Marinette interludes took priority. But here it is! The chapter that explains the reveal between the Main Five and the rest of the team.
Last interlude for now, next is the new episode