Chapter 12: Flora

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Cat Noir and Ladybug shortly arrived at the scene. A girl looking to be in her late teens was obviously the one under Hawkmoth's influence. She had lime green hair with vines and colourful flowers weaved into it. She also wore a light green dress decorated with a lot of blossoms. Ladybug couldn't help but think she looked very beautiful and definitely not one to be at all violent.

Ladybug glanced at Cat Noir for answers but he just shrugged obviously also noticing the slight difference in the girls nature.

The villain finally turned to glance at the two hero's seeming to have just noticed them. Then unlike almost every akumatized villain, she didn't say or do anything she just turned back to what she was doing which looked to be tending to dead plants and planting new ones? Why would Hawkmoth choose her? She seemed totally uninterested in stealing their miraculous and she was using her powers for nothing but good. She was helping the environment! That was literally it!

No one seemed hurt or in distress. Most didn't even seem to scared. Was she just trying to catch her and Cat Noir off guard or was she really using her powers for only good?

"Uhh, what's your name?" Asked Ladybug, for the first time having the urge to be nice to the villain. Could she even call her a villain? She looked so nice and she wasn't doing anything wrong…

"Oh, hi. I'm Flora." The villain greeted with a small smile before turning back to the plants. That smile didn't even seem evil! Ladybug was now starting to doubt the girl was akumatized.

"Maybe it was a false alarm my lady." Cat Noir whispered to Ladybug with a small frown as he tried to find anything bad she was doing.

Then Flora suddenly looked slightly annoyed as she looked back at the two hero's. "Can I have your miraculous please? He says he'll take away my powers if I don't get them and I really like these powers."

"H-Huh?" Cat Noir questioned looking quite confused. Ladybug shook her head with an uneasy smile as she gave a kind reply. "I'm sorry, our miraculous are very special to us and we need them to protect the city."

The girl looked like she was about to nod and comply with their wishes but then she stopped and sighed. "Are you sure. I don't want to fight you. In fact, I'm not going to fight you. It's just that…These powers could do so much good in the world. It's sad to know that there are so many people who don't care about plants or the environment. I met a whole group of people today who utterly trashed a once beautiful park area. They left rubbish everywhere and even went as far as tearing up the plants for fun. I told them off and asked them to clean up their mess but they just left laughing. I picked up all their rubbish but the incident just made me really sad. It reminded me that there were actually loads of people like that. I guess that's why I'm like this now…"

Ladybug and Cat Noir both felt the unavoidable guilt of not being able to help her out. They both knew she couldn't just stay akumatized forever but they'd feel so bad if they attacked her with force.

Then Cat Noir spoke, "We don't want to fight either but we can't give hawkmoth what he wants. You don't need powers to help the environment. You can do good in other ways. I know there are some people who don't care about the environment but there are loads who do. Do you really want to take our miraculous only to be feared and controlled by a villain all your life?"

Flora sighed as she looked down. "No. I just wish everyone cared about the environment as much as I do. Then lots of the world's problems would be solved and the world would become a much better place...But I understand I can't keep these powers. I know those miraculous mean a lot to you two and the rest of Paris." Flora finished with a sad smile.

"Wow, I've never met an Akuma victim this passive or agreeable. We didn't even have to fight!" Ladybug told her with a small smile.

"I'm highly against violence." Flora stated. Then she squinted her eyes tight shut as a look of distress crossed over her face.

"What's wrong?" Asked Ladybug, guilty that she was still ready to battle in a seconds notice. She had to remember that Hawkmoth had somewhat control of her.

"Sorry, he's yelling at me. I hate yelling." Flora responded. Keeping her eyes mostly shut, she took off a pretty butterfly pin she had in her hair then tossed it over to the hero's. Ladybug giggled as she watched Cat Noir struggle to catch. It ended up falling to the bottom of the roof they were standing on. Slightly embarrassed, Cat Noir picked it up with a sheepish smile. Ladybug rolled her eyes fondly as she took the pin of him and broke it in half.

"No more evil-doing for you, little Akuma." Ladybug said.

"Time to de-evilize!" Swinging her yoyo, she caught the purple butterfly and exclaimed, "Gotcha!"

"Bye, Bye, little butterfly!" Ladybug exclaimed with a content smile as the purified butterfly was set free.

"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug cried, before realising she hadn't even used her lucky charm. She had no idea if it would still work. To her relief it fixed the girls pretty butterfly pin. She was, however, surprised when it didn't get rid of the girls work she'd done with her powers. Was it because she had no lucky charm causing her powers to be incapable of fixing up the rest of Paris? Or was it just because what she'd done was good? Ladybug shrugged with a bright smile. It ended well anyway. She still couldn't get over how nice and understanding the girl had been.

Ladybug then looked down at the girl on the ground. Using her yoyo, she swung towards her, while Cat Noir followed with his staff. She was now dressed in a blue dress with a matching flower in her now light brown hair.

"Are you alright?" Asked Ladybug tentatively.

The girl's head, which had recently been pressed against her knees, moved to look up at Ladybug. "Yeah, I guess. Thank you for helping me."

"That's alright, although, we barely did anything. It was you who made the right decision. You really surprised me."

The girl smiled slightly as she stood up.

"What's your name?" Asked Ladybug returning her gentle smile.

"I pretty sure I already told you but it's Flora." The girl told the two hero's.

"Wait, really?" Ladybug replied in surprise.

"That's never happened before." Cat Noir chimed in also looking quite surprised.

"Well he tried to give me a new name, but I found it slightly ridiculous. So I asked him to call me by my real name. I really like my name. I wouldn't want to change it to Plant Girl or something."

Ladybug and Cat Noir nodded in agreement. "That name really suits you." Ladybug told her with a warm smile.

"Thank you." Flora replied acting slightly shy.

"Well, it was nice to meet you and thanks again for helping me but I really should get going." Flora told the hero's.

"Bye!" Ladybug and Cat Noir both exclaimed.

Flora smiled slightly as she waved. She then started to walk away.

"Do you ever get tired of winning bugaboo?" Cat Noir asked with a sly smile.

Ladybug laughed. "We do this together, Kitty. Don't you get tired of flirting with me?"

Cat Noir smirked, "Nope never."

Ladybug smiled before looked down shyly as she tucked a stray hair behind her ear. "Well it's getting late…It's a shame it had to be cut short. Although this…uh…interaction was still fun! It's just…Anyway, it's totally fine if you don't want to…I mean we've been spending a lot of time at each other's places…But…W-Well, my mum's making homemade dumplings tomorrow and you're welcome to come over for dinner…Only if you want of course!"

Cat Noir's face lit up as a red tint was added to his cheeks. "I would love too. Anything for you my lady. I'll be there at 5.00."

Marinette smirked as she nodded excitedly. "You betta."

Cat Noir grinned at her. "Is that a threat bugaboo?" Cat Noir teased.

"Don't call me bugaboo!" Ladybug scolded with a scowl.

"Whatever you say bugaboo."

Cat Noir noticed the deadly look in Ladybug's eyes and slowly backed away as a bead of sweat rolled down his forehead. "Uhh…Bye!"

Cat Noir hurriedly whipped out his silver staff and used it to get away as quickly as possible.

Ladybug smiled in satisfaction as she waved goodbye to her partner.

Adrien decided to use the door as not to seem too suspicious. Till this day, he still wondered how no one noticed that he barely ever used the door anymore. He allowed Natalie to see it was him through the security camera before walking through the gates. As he walked towards the door, he looked up at the giant mansion and sighed. Sometimes he wished he lived in a house like Marinette's. Hers was so warm and welcoming, not empty and unnecessarily big. Adrien then smiled. He really had no reason to be sad. He'd had another perfect day with his lady and was going to have another tomorrow evening.

He then swung open the door and began to walk up the stairs, humming happily to himself. How had his life become so amazing!

Then he heard a knock on the door. Adrien screwed his eyebrows together in thought. He hadn't seen anyone behind him. Who could it be? Maybe it was Nino or something.

Adrien shrugged to himself as he walked back in the direction he'd came. He doubted anyone else in the house would answer.

He opened the door only to see Ladybug again! Wow, he was really lucky today! "Hey." Adrien greeted politely, but showed her a clearly confused look. Then he noticed her holding a plate wrapped in foil as she almost dropped it.

"Oops. Uh, Hi. I'm sorry for coming back so soon, but I just realised I forgot the pastries. Tikki and I decided you two should have them. We made them for you after all."

"W-What? Thank you?!" Adrien replied slightly stunned. Those two were going to give them all to him and Plagg. They were so kind and generous.

"You're welcome." Ladybug responded with a cheerful smile.

"I'm sure Plagg will eat them all in no time." Adrien told her with a grin.

They both laughed at this. There was no way they'd survive the night.

"Well, see you tomorrow. I can't wait!" Ladybug said genially with a small wave.

"Me either! Bye!" Adrien replied, gleefully. Ladybug smiled at him one last time before using her yoyo to swing from building to building to her home.

Adrien sighed dreamily as he began to make his way back up the stairs. His life was literally perfect!

Adrien arrived in his room and gently dropped his bag onto his bed. "Plagg get out of there! There's cheese!" Adrien informed Plagg enthusiastically. He was slightly surprised that Plagg hadn't come whizzing out already and eaten them all. However, he wasn't at all worried. He'd learnt a lot about Plagg in the past week. He'd realised that cheese wasn't the only thing Plagg loved and that he could definitely go without it if his mind was elsewhere.

Plagg slowly flew out of the bag and turned to the plate of cheese pastries. He grinned as he flew towards it. Although, he's attitude seemed fine, Adrien couldn't help but wonder why he was being so slow. He was probably just tired after the fight. Some cheese would give him his energy back.

Plagg grabbed a pastry and then examined it for a few seconds, before slowly blinking. Adrien noticed this and raised an eyebrow. Was he just being extra slow to irritate him or what? Plagg glanced at Adrien, then at the pastry before chucking it into his mouth.

Plagg let out a small smile. It tasted delicious, just as he knew it would. If only he could fully enjoy it…

"So how is it?" Asked Adrien taking one for himself. He was honestly surprised that Plagg didn't smack it out of his hand and tell him it was his. Although, what Plagg did do was narrow his eyes at Adrien and bring the plate slightly closer to himself.

Adrien smirked at this before trying one. "Wow, I've never liked anything cheese related so much before!" Adrien exclaimed cheerfully as he munched on the cheese-filled pastry.

Adrien went to take another one, but quickly drew back as Plagg hissed. He literally looked like he was about to bite his hand off! "Fine, you have them."

Plagg gave Adrien a smug smile as he caressed the plate. Adrien had already taken one; he couldn't let him take anymore!

Adrien walked over to his piano with a small sigh. "I'll practice my Piano for a bit."

"Whatever." Responded Plagg as he lazily lay down on his back. "First can you put the pastries with the rest of the cheese, I don't want them to get old."

"Huh? Aren't you going to eat them?"

Plagg shook his head, but not even a second later, stopped and put a hand to his forehead.

"Plagg…?" Adrien said, uncertainly.

"Nah, I want to save them for later." Plagg responded with a grin.

Adrien thought about it and knew it definitely made sense… Plagg liked to saver the best cheese related foods he had. Apparently, it gave them more flavour. Although, he wasn't too sure if that would work for the pastries… Adrien shrugged as he walked up to Plagg and took away the plate. Plagg stayed silent as he stared at the ceiling.