Rudi was on his way to class when he thought he heard a scratching sound coming from underneath the stairs. He checked it out and found a boy in a red jacket writing something in a journal. "Marc? What are you doing?
"Gah! Oh, you scared me."
"I try not to. You still didn't ask what you're doing."
"It's, uh..." Marc hid the journal away. Rudi's eyes narrowed at him and he snatched the journal. "Hey, give that back!"
Rudi opened the journal and read it over. "Is this...Ladybug fan fiction?"
Marc swiped the journal back, looking red in the face. "Please, don't tell anyone!"
Rudi said, "Why would I do that? It's just fan fiction. I just hope it's not...inappropriate."
"No! I'm writing it based off of the events that happened with Ladybug and Chat Noir and Big-Head!"
"That's...not a bad idea. You should get it published one day."
"You're just making fun of me."
"No, I mean it! Find someone to publish it! Assuming you give Ladybug some credit where credit is due."
Marc thought it over, then he said, "Well, I feel it would be better if I had some illustrations to go along with it."
"Ah, a graphic novel."
"Problem is, I don't draw that well."
A lightbulb went off in Rudi's head. "Actually, I might be able to help you with that. Come on!" He grabbed Marc by the wrist and dragged him to the art class. He saw three of his friends busy on their projects already. Rose was writing song lyrics. Death metal song lyrics of all things! Alix was doing graffiti style painting. Marinette was drawing sketches for new hat designs. And in the corner was Nathaniel, drawing a comic book. No doubt another Ladybug comic.
"This is a team up of Ladybug and Mightillustrator fighting Big-Head together," he said, showing the drawing to the art teacher.
"You mean Evillustrator?" questioned the teacher.
"He changed his name after Ladybug de-akumatized him and became a superhero."
"Bad guy who comes over to the good side, great idea. You should make a comic book about that."
"Yeah, but I'm only good at drawing stories, not writing them."
"Then you should team up with a creative writer."
"Maybe... But, I don't know anyone who's into that."
Alix said, "Don't worry buddy. There's gotta be somebody out there just waiting to meet you. Red please!" Nathaniel tossed her a red spray paint bottle.
"What are you waiting for?" hissed Rudi. "Go in there!" And he shoved Marc into the room.
Marinette waved to him, "Marc you made it Come meet everyone!" She introduced the boy to everyone in the class. "This is Marc, the boy I told you about! The one who's always writing."
Marc looked like he wanted to run away. "Uh... I'm sorry I didn't want to disturb you."
The teacher put a hand on his shoulder. "Welcome to room 33, you're never disturbing anyone here. You can come whenever you want outside of class time or after school. Anyone can create what they want, anyway they want. Rose is writing lyrics for a rock band." Rose didn't hear him as she wore earphones on. The teacher yelled, "Rose, I would like you to meet Marc."
Rose looked up and said loudly, "Hey there! Nice to meet you Marc!"
From his hiding spot, Rudi sighed. "She's gonna go deaf one of these days."
"Alix is our expert at street art," continued the teacher. "And Nathaniel-"
"He likes to draw people in skinny suits," teased Alix.
Nathaniel threw some paper at her before he greeted Marc, "Welcome Marc. As you'll find out, the good thing about this place is you can say whatever you want and no one will judge you, or only in good fun."
Marc took a look at his drawings and said, a little meekly, "I... I saw your drawings on the school website, but they're nothing compared to the real thing. The movement, the expressions, the attitudes. There all so-"
"Thanks... That's nice."
Marc stammered, "Sorry... But it's true, I-I've never seen drawings so-"
At that moment, Chloe barged into the art room with Sabrina. "So messed up. All he ever draws anymore is Ladybug, ever since she de-akumatized him. As if Ladybug could care less about a guy like him." She laughed at him, and Nathaniel was about to leave when the art teacher stopped him and said to her, "I've already told you, Chloé, if you have an art project you want to work on, you're quite welcome here. Otherwise-"
"Of course I've got a project." She struck some poses. "A unique masterpiece that will revolutionise the art world. Nothing you commoners would have come up with."
Alix mocked her, "Let me guess, more selfie collages?"
Rudi snickered. "Nice one."
Chloe was offended. "What?! No, that's ridiculous!" She quickly hid her selfie collage. "Utterly... ridiculous! You don't deserve my art anyway." She stomped out of the class with Sabrina following her.
The art teacher shook his head. "Well Alix if Chloé really did have an art project, it's too bad we didn't give her a chance to tell us about it, is it?"
"Whatever."
"By the way Marc, you've shown up at the perfect time. Marinette told us that you're always writing and Nathaniel is looking for a script writer."
Marc looked pale. "Uh? Me? A script writer? Oh, no. I don't write that kind of stuff, I mean I don't write anything interesting honestly. Sorry. Gotta go. Thanks for everything!" He took off running, but Marinette ran to stop him.
Marc ran out the class and didn't look where he was going and bumped into a pole, dropping the book. Rudi came out of his hiding spot and picked up the book. "So much for that."
"What is that?" Marinette looked over his shoulder and read the cover. "'The Diary of Ladybug'?"
"Oh, yeah. It's just Marc's fan fiction. Follow me." He dragged her under the stairs and opened the book. "Listen to this. ' I saw the Evillustrator again today. Now that he's no longer controlled by Hawk Moth, he's become a true superhero, like Chat Noir and me. I'm sure he'd make an awesome partner, but I'm too shy to ask him. And I don't want to Chat Noir about it either, because I'm worried he'll be jealous.'" He laughed. "This kid's got potential! Normally, this sort of drab would have poorly thought out stories with grammar and spelling errors and canon-breaking Mary Sues that-"
"Stop that!" Marinette snatched the journal out of his hands. "These are Marc's personal thoughts and ideas!"
"Relax, I already read some of it. In front of it, no less."
"How does that make me feel better?"
"Because, I want Mark and Nathaniel to work together. And I know you do too. And I have a plan to get those two together."
Marinette found Marc at his locker. "Looking for this?"
Marc gasped and took the book from her. "Did you read it?"
Rudi sniggered. "Yeah. It was too tempting." Marinette stomped on his foot. Rudi said through a forced smile, "See?"
"Oh, how embarrassing. So, so, lame."
"No, it's not! You should turn it into a comic book. Why don't you team up with Nathaniel," suggested Marinette.
Marc looked unsure. "Uhh, I'm sure he won't like it."
"You should have him read it before you jump to conclusions."
"But what if he doesn't like it?" The poor boy buried his face in his book. "I'll be so embarrassed. I'll have to change schools so I'll never run into him again."
"Dude, don't be overdramatic," said Rudi. "You won't know if you walk up to him and ask."
"I...I can't do it!"
"Now you're being silly. Look, he draws Ladybug all the time and you write stories about her. Oh, I've got an idea; we'll have him read it without telling him who wrote it," said Marinette as she erased Marc's name off the cover. "If he like's it, it's a win-win. If he doesn't, we just won't say anything."
"Do you think it'll work?"
"Trust me on this."
Marinette returned to the art classroom and found Nathaniel still drawing his Ladybug sketches. "Nate! Someone gave me this for you."
Nathaniel took the journal from her and asked, "Who's someone?"
"I can't tell you who just yet. It's a secret. Read it, and then we'll talk." With that, she took off running.
He looked down at the book and his eyebrows raised when he saw the title of the book. "Diary of Ladybug!? Is this... for real?" He opened it and read a random passage from it, "'I call up my lucky charm, while Chat Noir wields his Cataclysm. And together, we defeat the Evillustrator. Pound it! But even though we've won this fight, something keeps bugging me. I can't stop thinking about him. I know his real identity, so sometimes, I try to catch a glimpse of him when I fly over his school.'" As he read the book, he pictured the story in his head and he smiled with bliss.
Marinette met with Rudi and Marc, who were hiding behind one of the school benches. They poked their heads over the bench to see Nathaniel walking down the stairs with a euphoric smile. "Do you think he likes it," the latter asked her.
"Look at his face, of course he does."
"It's rude to spy on people." POW! "Ow!" Rudi punched the offender who snuck up on them only to gasp when he realized it was Adrien.
"Oh, I am so sorry!"
Adrien rubbed his sore cheek. "It's fine. What are you guys doing?"
Marinette stammered, "It's not what you think at all! It's just that... it's gonna be... eh... Nathaniel's birthday soon and, ehm, Marc and I wanted... to give him a disguise... I mean, surprise!"
Adrien didn't buy it. Still, he humored her. "Cool! Very typical of you, Marinette. Well, if you need any help with that, let me know."
"Sure won't," she said as he left. "I mean, sure will!"
Marc chuckled. "You're just as shy as I am, aren't you?"
"Brother, she's worse than you," said Rudi.
Marinette met with Nathaniel after school was over. "How's it going?" Nathaniel looked around, making sure no one was listening. "Nate? So...what did you think?"
"It's seriously amazing! But how did you get a hold of it?"
"First, I need to know if you're willing to meet the person who wrote it and then trusted it to me."
Nathaniel looked at the book again. "Is it... who I think it is?"
"I can't tell you anything. Please don't insist."
Nathaniel seemed to get what Marinette meant and gave her a wink. "Sure. Of course."
Marinette did a little cheer. "Awesome! You're gonna make someone very happy." He wanted to give the book back, but she shook her head. "You keep it. You can give it back to the author later today. In person."
"It's my dream come true. This isn't some kind of prank, is it, Marinette?"
"Meet at the Place des Vosges Square Fountain. Trust me, you will not be disappointed."
At the Place des Voges, Marc sat on the fountain's rim, drumming his fingers nervously. He knew Rudi was nearby, watching and waiting for the end result of his and Marinette's plan.
Marinette was at her balcony, watching the whole thing through her binoculars. "Final phase of Operation Comic Book, Tikki."
"It's like a fairy tale come true," said Tikki, who was hiding in Marinette's purse.
At that moment, Nathaniel arrived and he thought he saw someone in red sitting on the fountain. "Ladybug?" Marc turned around to face him. "What?! You're not Ladybug!"
"Of course I'm not, it's me, Marc. Didn't Marinette and Rudi tell you?"
"Marinette, Rudi?" Nathaniel saw Rudi's head peeking from behind a bush.
Marinette gasped when she realized the plan had backfired. "We hit a snag!"
"You were trying to make a fool of me, weren't you," Nathaniel pointed an accusing finger at Rudi, who came out of hiding. "Do you think it's funny to toy with my feelings?"
"No! We wanted to introduce you to Marc! Make you two partners!" Then he realized, "Wait, did you actually think that was really written by THE Ladybug?" He burst out laughing. "You really thought Ladybug would write a diary and leave it around for someone to find?! You're an even bigger idiot than I thought!" His laughter made Nathaniel's face turn red with anger and embarrassment.
"I'm out of here," he snapped.
Marc tried to stop him and said, "Wait! This isn't a prank! I-I just want... to make... a comic book, if you want to, that is."
"Us? Work together? NEVER!" What he did next silenced Rudi's laughter immediately. He tore the book in half. He was about to walk away when Rudi suddenly advanced on him and punched him, sending him to the ground.
"You dare...you dare?!" He kicked the boy in the stomach, then grabbed him by the collar and brought him to his face. "You fucking philistine! All that boy wanted was to ask was to draw illustrations for his story and this is your response?!"
Nathaniel punched him in the face and got back up to his feet. "If that's what he wanted, why didn't he just ask?" he questioned angrily. Rudi suddenly felt bad. Now that he thought of it, maybe this whole convoluted plan was a bit much. Nathaniel scoffed. "Just stay away from me. All of you."
Rudi spat at the ground. "Typical artist. Can't stand even the slightest criticism." When he heard Marc crying, he put a hand on his shoulder. "Hey, listen. It's okay. A little tape and glue..."
"It won't matter," Marc sobbed. "He's right! I should have just asked him in person! I'm such a coward!"
"No you're not."
The circular window of Hawk Moth's lair opened and butterflies swarmed around him. "A blooming friendship brutally ripped up. Picture perfect no more." He grabbed one of the butterflies and turned it from white to purple. "Fly away, my beautiful akuma, and evilize him!"
Rudi was helping Marc when he saw it: a purple butterfly heading for them. "Marc, run!"
Too late. It absorbed itself into his book and a deep baritone voice spoke in his head. "Reverser, I am Hawk Moth. You've been accused of pretending to be someone you're not, so from now on, no one will be who they claim to be. I'm giving you the power to invert anyone. The strong will become weak. The brave will become cowards. And the kind will become mean. In return, you will seize Ladybug's and Chat Noir's Miraculous and Big-Head's Mask of Loki for me."
Marc growled as smoke enveloped him. "Nothing will be the same anymore, Hawk Moth." When the smoke cleared, Marc was wearing a black and white costume and hood and was flying on a black and white paper air plane.
At that moment, Marinette arrived. She gasped in horror. "Marc? What happened?"
"He had a bad day," Rudi said nonchalantly.
"I'm not Marc anymore, I am Reverser," said as he flew a few feet off the ground. "And you, Marinette and Rudi, the ones who caused all this! You think you're the super helpful girl who's loved by everyone? Well, from now on, everyone will hate you! Reversion!" He tossed a paper air plane at Marinette, who dodged.
Mr. Ramier, who was minding his own business and feeding his pigeons was hit instead. Suddenly, the pigeons turned on him and began pecking him. "Ouch! What's happening to you, my little pigeons," he cried as he was chased off.
"Dude, didn't you hear me last," Rudi asked. "It's not our fault that Nathaniel thought you were Ladybug!"
"I don't want to hear it from you, Rudi," shouted Reverser. "You made a mockery of both of us! You always think you're so clever with your witty tongue? Well, now everything you say will be stupid! Reversion!" He threw another paper air plane at him, but he dodged it and it hit a tree instead.
Officer Roger, attracted by the commotion, came into the park. "Hey you! What is this thing? Vehicle registration please."
Reverser let out a scoff. "You're all about law and order? Well, we're all done with that! Reversion!"
When the paper air plane hit Roger, he started laughing like a madman and fired his gun into the air. "Do whatever you want with that paper plane of yours. I've got other plans!"
Reverser nodded. "Now where were we?" He realized the targets of his revenge were gone. "MARINETTE! RUDI!"
The two kids ran down the street, panting. "I think we should split up," said Marinette. "He can't get both of us that way."
"Right."
The two went their separate ways and Rudi ducked into an alley and pulled the Mask out of his backpack. "Here we go again. IT'S SHOW TIME!" He slapped it on his face and in a flash of green, turned into Big-Head.
Somewhere in Paris above the road, Reverser was flying on his plane when Ladybug appeared and wrapped her yo-yo around his right arm. "Stop, Reverser, listen! We don't need to fight so please, make the right choice and give up, Reverser!"
"You talk a lot, Ladybug. But what will you do without your powers? Reversion!" He threw paper air planes at her, but she managed to dodge them all. "You can't stay still, can you? Well, let's go for a ride then." He took off into the sky with Ladybug dragged behind him. He flew across the Seine, throwing more air planes at her.
"Be clever, Reverser," Hawk Moth said. "A writer must never be short of ideas."
Reverser noticed a cyclist on the Pont des Arts and came up with an awful idea. "You used to be quick on your feet? Now you've got two left feet! Reversion!" He threw a paper air plane at the cyclist and in an instant, he forgot how to ride a bike.
"Uhh, s-sorry, aah, how do I ride this thing? Uuaaahh!" He swerved to the right, crashed into the bridge's railing and flipped off the handlebars. Seeing he was in danger, Ladybug let go of Reverser's arm and swung across the bridge and grabbed the man before setting him back on solid ground.
And that's when the air plane hit Ladybug. She tried to retaliate by swinging her yo-yo...only for it to hit her in the face. "Hahahaha, how do you like your new role, Ladyklutz?"
Hawk Moth spoke, "Excellent work, Reverser. Now that she's weakened, get hold of her Miraculous, her earrings!"
"Your Miraculous are mine!"
Before he could grab the earrings, Chat Noir appeared and smacked him aside with his staff. "Nice costume, too bad we'll have to tear it up!" It was then he noticed Ladybug looking weak. "Everything okay, m'lady?"
"So you think you're brave, Chat Noir? Revert from pussy cat to wussy cat! Reversion!" Reverser threw a paper air plane at him, but he casually dodged it.
"Ooh, I'm so scared," he said sarcastically. "Let's wrap this up, m'lady!"
"Chat Noir, wait!"
Chat Noir turned to face her. "What's wrong?" Suddenly, another paper air plane hit him and he suddenly became afraid of pretty much everything. "AAAHHHH!" He jumped into Ladybug's arms and her legs started to give way.
Reverser laughed and mocked him. "What's up kitty, got vertigo?"
Ladybug's strength finally gave out and the two of them fell off the bridge and into the Seine. Reverser flew over to look for them, but they were gone. Hawk Moth snapped, "Locate them, Reverser. The Miraculous are so close!"
"They are powerless now, Hawk Moth. We've got all the time in the world. I'll take care of them as soon as I've inverted Marinette, Rudi and Nathaniel."
"Fine! But hurry, I want my Miraculous and that Mask."
Chat Noir dragged to shore after finding she couldn't even swim anymore. All her strength was gone. Suddenly, he let out a sneeze and wrapped his arms around himself. "Great. Now I'm sure I'm gonna catch a cold," he whimpered.
"How are we gonna defeat him," Ladybug asked as she rested on a concrete block.
"What!? You wanna face him again? I really don't wanna fight that bad guy. He looks so mean..."
We don't have a choice, Chat Noir. Reverser is looking for a boy named Nathaniel. We've gotta find him before he does. Luckily, I know where to look."
He whimpered as she climbed up the stairs that led to street level, "I can't do it, the stairs are too high. It's making me dizzy."
Ladybug sighed and took Chat Noir by the hand. "Come on, little kitty. Here, kitty kitty. That's it, we're good." She gently coaxed him along as she climbed up backwards. "See? You're gonna be just- whoaaa!" She didn't look where she was going and fell flat on her back. "Uugghh...We're not outta the woods yet."
Meanwhile, Big-Head leaped across the rooftops, searching high and low for Reverser. "He shouldn't be too hard to find. He's a kid who looks like he got painted to look like a yin-yang riding on a paper air plane."
Maybe he thinks we're not worthy?
"I don't know. Wait. What's this?"
Big-Head came to a stop and looked to see a protest gathering at the Hôtel de Ville. Some of them were carrying picket signs that read, "Space is no dump!" and other similar slogans. Nadja Chamack spoke to the camera, "As Mayor Bourgeois will later talk about his new space-dumpster program, protesters gathered under the slogan 'Space is no dump' and are walking towards city hall, causing traffic jams in the center of the city."
"Well, this is interesting," said Big-Head as he sat down.
The Mayor eventually exited the building and stepped onto the podium to speak to the booing, jeering crowd. "Thanks to our space dumpster program, all our trash is now stored in orbital dumpsters. Making Paris the cleanest city in the world." No one believed him.
Suddenly, Reverser appeared and hovered just above the Mayor's head. "Paris, the cleanest city? We'll see about that! Reversion!" POW! "UAUGH!" Reverser was knocked off the paper plane after something hit him square in the chest. He looked up to see green-faced lunatic looming over him.
"IT'S BIG-HEAD!" someone in the crowd screamed before they all took off running. The Mayor ran to his cab, screaming like a little girl.
"Well, gotta say, I like the Two-Face look, Marc," said Big-Head as he stalked him. "Though I must say, taking your anger out on innocent people isn't exactly a healthy outlet."
"I am not Marc," Reverser snapped as he hopped back onto the paper plane. "I am Reverser! And now everyone will be the opposite of who they are! You're so crazy and whacky, now you'll be sane! Reversion!" He threw a paper air plane at Big-Head...and nothing happened. "What?! Reversion!"
"You're wasting your ammo," Big-Head said as he fired a machine gun at the kid, who quickly dodged the bullets as he circled around them.
"Am I?" Black smoke enveloped him as he transformed into a photo negative version of Marc.
"Uh-oh," was all Big-Head said. Reverser produced an even larger paper plane and threw it into the sky. "Wow, your aiming is way off."
"Not quite," said Reverser. "I just threw it at the garbage containers orbiting the planet! Their trajectory will reverse and crash into Paris, turning it into a giant garbage-filled crater!"
Big-Head launched rockets into the sky. Tremendous explosions were heard all around Paris. "Problem solved." Then suddenly, a banana peel landed on the ground, followed by a soda can and a half-eaten sandwich. Before long, it was raining garbage. "I didn't think this through." He took off running before a huge pile of used diapers landed on him.
At the Lourve, Alix was having a talk with Nathaniel. She had heard about his meltdown with Marc, Rudi and Marinette and she honestly thought he was overreacting. "Maybe you should've given him a chance to explain."
"What's the point? He wanted to tease me. Like everybody else."
"It can't possibly be because of Marinette. It's not like her to make fun of other people. Rudi, however..." Alix shook her head. "Although, he did have a point about Ladybug not having a diary."
Nathaniel thought it over. She was right. "Hmm, do you think I jumped the gun a bit?"
Suddenly, Ladybug and Chat Noir arrived. For some odd reason, the latter had a blanket wrapped around him and he looked as though he was literally afraid of his own shadow. "Nathaniel! We need you, it's an emergenc- whaa!" She tripped on her own feet and fell flat on her face. "This is getting tiring..." Suddenly, someone crashed through the wall. "Big-Head? What are you doing? This is NOT a good time!"
"Well, it just got worse. Look at the news."
Nadja Chamack gave her report. "It's been confirmed, ten thousand tons of garbage have just been released from space is currently raining down on Paris. Blegh! Oh, the smell! We only have fifteen minutes before all of the city is buried in a mountain of garbage. The man behind the chaos: Supervillain Reverser has given an ultimatum."
"Ladybug, Chat Noir and Big-Head, I command you to deliver Nathaniel and Marinette to me, right now! I also demand that you hand over your Miraculous and the Mask of Loki!"
Ladybug face palmed as she and her friends watched the news from her phone. "Please tell me you're also the cause of this."
"Not entirely," said Big-Head. "Turns out the Mayor was going to turn space into a garbage heap using trash-filled rockets. Yin-yang boy was reversed the trajectory and I saw to it to blow them up before they entered the atmosphere. Unfortunately, they were already too close to the planet, so..."
"Figures," groaned Alix. "That explains why you stink."
"Ha, ha, ha. And I thought my jokes were bad."
"We have to try and talk to him," said Ladybug. "And we're gonna need you, Nathaniel!"
"What about Marinette?" asked Chat Noir.
"We don't have time! Reverser will have to settle for just Nathaniel."
"I'm coming with you," said Alix.
"No way! It's too dangerous."
Chat Noir hid under a bench and trembled. "Actually, I'll just stay here too, so I don't get in the way..."
"Oh, no you don't," Big-Head said harshly, grabbing the cat boy's belt and pulling him out. "You're coming with us whether you like it or not, you fraidy-cat!"
"But I don't wanna!"
"Big-Head, leave him alone - WAAUGH!" Once again Ladybug tripped on her on feet and fell on her face.
The green-headed loon chuckled. "I'll never get tired of that."
Alix shook her head at the pathetic sight before her and said, "It looks to me like you're going to need a helping hand. Nathaniel is my friend. I'm not dropping him."
The heroes took a cab and came to a stop in front of the Eiffel Tower. When they got out, Chat Noir shouted angrily at the cabbie, "You're a public hazard!"
"But I never even went over 15 miles an hour."
Almost immediately, the heroes were overwhelmed by a powerful stench in the air. "Retreat, it's a gas attack!" exclaimed Big-Head as he put on a gas mask and handed more to the rest of them.
"This is getting worse," said Ladybug. "It's only a matter of time before all of Paris is buried in garbage! LUCKY CHARM!" She twirled her yo-yo and its magic created... "A vacuum cleaner? Well, I suppose I could clean this garbage, but..." Her lucky vision highlighted Big-Head. ONLY Big-Head! "A-Again?! How?!" She sighed, realizing she had no option. She handed it to Big-Head and said, "Please, don't make the situation worse than it already is."
A thought bubble appeared above his head. It showed Ladybug offering Nathaniel and Chat Noir to Reverser as a sacrifice while Big-Head and Alix snuck up behind him and blew garbage at him. The thought bubble popped as he formed a wicked grin. "I know what to do."
Ladybug spoke into a bullhorn, "Reverser! We're over here! I've got a deal for you. We're going to hand ourselves over to you now! In exchange, you'll help us clean up all this garbage!"
Chat Noir gave her a look that said, "Why are we doing this?!"
Reverser appeared and said, "I'll do it only if I have you, Chat Noir and Nathaniel. Then I'll reverse Nathaniel, and he'll have no choice but to make a comic book with me."
"Deal!" Ladybug escorted Nathaniel and the shivering Chat Noir to the Eiffel Tower's elevator.
"M'lady, I'm too scared," whimpered Chat Noir.
"And I don't wanna be reversed," said Nathanel.
"This is gonna work. Trust me," said Ladybug. They exited the elevator, stepped onto the viewing platform and she shouted through the bull horn, "We're here!"
Reverser appeared and threatened, "If you try to trick me, it'll cost you, dearly."
"What tricks do you actually think I can pull, Reverser? With the scaredy cat and me, super klutz, we don't stand a chance."
"That hurt," whimpered Chat Noir.
What Reverser didn't know was that Alix and Big-Head were right above him, hiding on one of the support columns with the vacuum cleaner in hand. "Wait for him to reach out for the Miraculous," whispered Big-Head. Alix nodded. Reverser flew in a little closer with his arm reached out to grab the earrings off Ladybug's ears. "NOW!"
Alix threw the vacuum cleaner in reverse and spewed garbage at Reverser before he could get the chance to retreat. "Ugh! This stench!"
"Now, Chat Noir!"
"C-C-CATALYSM!" Chat Noir activated his power and touched the paper air plane, disintegrating it and releasing the butterfly.
Big-Head tossed her the vacuum cleaner. "Do your thing!"
"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!" The vacuum cleaner exploded into a wave of black and red spots that removed all the garbage and restored Ladybug's strength and Chat Noir's bravery. Now she can begin the purification process. "No more evil-doing from you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize!" She caught the akuma with her yo-yo, turning it from purple to white. "Gotcha!" Then she released it. "Bye-bye, petit papillon!"
Marc turned back to normal and looked around, confused. Then Ladybug walked up to him and said to him and Nathaniel, "Marc and Nathaniel? By now you realize there was a big misunderstanding, but if you give each other a chance, I'm sure you'll find out how well you can work together."
The two boys looked at each other, smiled and shook hands.
"Well, at least now those two will get along," said Big-Head. "I'm actually looking forward to reading their next fan fiction."
Hawk Moth swore as the circular window closed, "Some day soon, Ladybug and Chat Noir and Big-Head, the order of things will reverse and I will win!"
The next day at school, Nathaniel showed his and Marc's story to the art teacher. "Next, they team up with the Mightillustrator and de-akumatized Reverser. Then he joins the team."
"Wow, great job, boys!"
"Thanks."
"None of this would have happened without your help, Marinette and Rudi," Marc said to them.
"I'm so relieved you're not mad at us, guys," she said.
"In fact, we've dedicated our first issue to you," said Nathaniel.
Rudi took it and read the front page. "'To Marinette, who would make a super superhero if she wasn't such a klutz.' They've got you pegged."
Everyone laughed.
