"Well, I guess coming from me, a survivor of having to be the kwami of him, the only advice I could give you—"
"What? He's perfectly normal!"
"Give you is to st— WAIT WHAT?"
"Uh… you're acting as though he is a deranged pchyco who is evil."
"He IS!"
"He's pretty nice. He said I was clever, also he let me help him with his fashion designing. Also he wanted me to tell him stories about my previous holders."
"Wha— that is too good to believe."
"Don't be ridiculous. He's great. One of the most decent holders I've ever had!"
"Hmph!" Nooroo huffed, crossing his arms. "You'll see!"
"Well where are you gonna sleep?"
"Sleep? What's that?"
"It's a human thing. You should try it sometime. It's really satisfying."
"I'll do it with you. You seem like you're an expert at it."
"It's quite hard at the beginning but soon you'll get the hang of it."
They finally fell asleep. Gabriel was typing and editing late into the night. Monaa woke up, and opened her eyes.
"What are you doing so late into the night? Don't humans sleep at this time?"
"Well, not everyone." He chuckled. "I have a lot of work to do."
"What's this?"
"Your hat was so popular that people wanted a matching set. So now I need to get cracking on a t-shirt, a jumper, some jeans, socks and shoes."
"I'll help you." Monaa smiled.
"Uh, thank you Monaa, but I think that isn't necessar—"
"There. That looks cool. I'm just stuck with the border. We could give it a nice contrast, right? Like, something colourful."
"I'm not sure that would go well with the darker col—"
"Sometimes you gotta do the opposite of what people expect you to do, in order to do better. You don't always have to stay on the lines. I like to… Well, wonder… slightly away from it sometimes."
Gabriel smiled.
"There. Done." She sighed.
"Thank you, Monaa. That looks really good. Now that you've helped me complete it, I can go to bed now."
"Goodnight!" she smiled.
"Goodnight."
The next day, Gabriel decided that it was time.
"Nooroo. Get here. Now!" he called.
Nooroo came over. "What? I'm enjoying sleep." He groaned.
Gabriel was absolutely flabbergasted to realise that Nooroo had just said that.
His expression turned into one of lividness. Monaa's confidence and… well, everything must be influencing Nooroo. Immensely.
Nooroo gasped. "I- I'm so sorry master, I- I don't know what got over me, I—" the little kwami stuttered, petrified.
"How. DARE YOU! You are coming with me, whether you like it or not!", he roared.
Monaa watched from the corner of her eyes. She stood up with a yawn to announce her presence.
"Ah, Monaa, you're awake. Do you mind assisting me for a bit, please? It won't take long." His expression lightened. He even smiled.
"Sure!" she grinned, zooming over.
"Wait… so when it comes to me, you'll just wake me up and make me go against my will, but when it comes to her, you'll wait till she's awake and ASK NICELY!?" he whispered agitatedly. He instantly wished that Gabriel hadn't heard that.
He didn't hear him.
"How do I transform?" he asked.
"Well, for me, it's Monaa, wings of colour. But to unify us, say unify."
"Right. And a quick question, what is Ladybug's kwami?"
"Tikki. She is red with black spots." Monaa answered. "Why?"
"A hallucination I am planning on giving Ladybug involves her kwami. It's a risky plan, but I'm sure it will work. I have been planning it."
Gabriel was inspired about Monaa's words about how fighting and succeeding is a balance between meticulously planning and going out there and fighting like a pchyco.
"Monaa, Nooroo, unify!" he transformed.
He sent out an akuma. Anybody would do. He just needed Ladybug and Cat noir's attention.
He akumatised the first person who had a negative emotion, and of course, Ladybug and Cat noir did their job.
"They think they've won." He chuckled menacingly.
"Vision!" he wielded his parrot power.
"Ladybug, I will give you a vision that is personal, something that I know is your weakness- your insecurity and self-doubt."
Cat noir's POV
"Pound it!" I grinned.
"AGH! CAT NOIR! WATCH OUT! AKUMAAAAAA!" Ladybug screamed.
I whipped around. What was she talking about? There was no akuma.
"No! Cat noir! Resist!" She screamed.
"Wha—? What are you talking about, Ladybug? I'm fine! A-are you okay?" I asked.
"Hawk moth is evil! Whatever you do, do not give in. I will break the akumatised object."
I stared and Ladybug incredulously.
Ladybug gasped. Her eyes filled with tears.
"N-no! Stop it! I- I—" suddenly, she bent down, on her knees. She was crying. She buried her face in her hands. "You're right." She sobbed. "Please. Don't do this to me." she grabbed air.
What was she doing? She wasn't even looking at me. She was looking NEXT to me.
"NEVER!" She screamed.
"F-fine, I will. Just stop this!" she wailed. She was reaching for her earrings.
"NOOO! LADYBUG! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? I'M NOT AKUMATISED!" Cat noir shouted frantically. He had to bring Ladybug out of her strange trance and back into the real world.
Ladybug's POV
"Pound it." I smiled.
Suddenly, I saw an akuma. It was heading towards Cat noir!
"AGH! CAT NOIR! WATCH OUT! AKUMAAAAAA!" I screamed.
"AGH! STOP IT! HAWK MOTH, I- AGH!" Cat noir screamed.
"No! Cat noir! Resist!" I screamed.
"I- I'm TRYING, I, I CAN'T!"
"Hawk moth is evil! Whatever you do, do not give in. I will break the akumatised object."
"Why? Why you? Why would that weak old guardian even choose you? You are the worst Ladybug ever. You stupidly led m- Hawk moth to the guardian! If it wasn't for you, EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE! You are a terrible Ladybug. I can't believe I ever trusted you. That I ever befriended you. I hate you, Ladybug. You're a terrible guardian."
"N-no! Stop it! I- I—" I gasped, crying. I buried my face in her hands. "You're right." I sobbed. "Please. Don't do this to me." I grabbed Cat noir's tail. For some reason, it felt… well, it didn't feel anything. I could feel nothing. I ignored this, though.
"GIVE ME YOUR MIRACULOUS!"
"NEVER!" She screamed.
"Then I'll destroy you! Cataclysm!"
"F-fine, I will. Just stop this!" I wailed. I held my earrings, hesitating for a second.
"Wait… you're not the real Cat noir!"
"Yes, of course I am! What are you talking about, you stupid girl?"
"You're.. you're akumatised! You're wrong!" I smiled. "I'm friends with the real Cat noir only".
End of Ladybug's POV
"Monaa, Nooroo, divide!" Gabriel transformed back.
"I know what to do. Make an Illusion of this person." Monaa described the details of them, and explained what he wanted Ladybug to think they are saying.
Hawk moth nodded without questioning it.
(AN: I am switching between POVs and basically Hawk moth is just tricking Ladybug into giving her miraculous. That's the general gist of it If I made this too confusing :D)
"Wait! Mum! Is that you?" ladybug gazed into the distance.
"Marinette! I know it's you. Marinette, are you okay? I know everything"
"Wha—?"
"I used to be a Ladybug superhero. Trust me, Marinette. I need your miraculous."
"I- really?" Ladybug gasped.
"Yes."
"I will give my miraculous to you, mum." She smiled.
Ladybug had just said "I will give you my miraculous, mum."
Cat noir knew that Hawk moth was making some sort of illusion. Tricking Ladybug into thinking somehow that she was giving her miraculous to her mum.
Cat noir had to snap her out of it.
"LADYBUG IT'S NOT TRUE! SNAP OUT OF IT!" Cat noir screamed. He frantically waved his hands in front of Ladybug's face. Even pinched her once.
Was there some sort of object to break with a akuma-sort-of-thing in it? Cat noir desperately cataclysmed her yo-yo, to no effect.
Then, he waved in front of her face again, and started clicking. The moment he clicked his fingers, Ladybug suddenly dropped to the ground.
"My head…" she murmured faintly. She opened her eyes.
"WHAT? CAT NOIR, HOW DID YOU SUDDENLY TURN BACK INTO YOUR UNAKUMAISED SELF? WHERE'S MUM? WHAT'S GOING ON?" She screamed.
Cat noir explained everything.
Ladybug still felt dizzy and slightly ill after that for a few hours.
"I'm sorry. I failed you. My plan didn't work." Monaa looked down sadly.
"No, no, you didn't fail. Thank you, Monaa. You have helped me immensely, as Gabriel Agreste and as Hawk moth. You have helped me. I know what failure is like, Monaa. I have experienced it countless times. You do not need to be regretful, or angry at yourself for it. Thank you. For everything." Gabriel smiled.
Nooroo clenched his fists.
AN: Hope you liked it!
It's not done yet.
Who reading had watched "Annie"? That famous film? The modern recent retelling of it? Where that president starts to like Annie and they become, like, best friends? That's what inspired me to write this. I think Gabriel Agreste could really see that kwamis aren't that bad. That kwamis are actually pretty cool, just like the president in Annie discovered that kids were pretty cool. As well as that, he could also begin to like Monaa.
I had a fun time planning Monaa.
It is the kinda personality I would totally admire.
Feisty, intelligent, very skilled at almost everything, rebellious, cute, noble, fascinating...
Anyway, gotta bed now, it's eight forty five my time. (Yeah, I have to go to bed at that time even though I'm eleven.)
So yeah!
Goodbye!
Thanks for reading my cupcakes!
(I have no idea why I just said cupcakes)