Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly

by bigvic150

A young man is brought to the world of Miraculous Ladybug by Master Fu to help Ladybug and her allies. But the twist is, there's a different kind of Butterfly Miraculous in the Miracle Box that's completely different from the Moth Miraculous. Will Steel Butterfly fulfill his destiny, or will threats like Hawk Moth succeed? Rated T. Chloe redemption. Bunnyx salt and redemption.

28. The Collector

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly.

Chapter 27: The Collector.

(Author's notes: This is it, ladies and gentlemen. Let's see how well Steel Butterfly, Bunnyx, Ladybug and Cat Noir will make themselves below suspicion to ensure the first and final step of defeating Scarlet Moth on Heroes' Day comes to fruition.

Also, in a second bonus scene, Miguel will be revealing important pieces of the future, including the Battle of the Scarlet Army, Gabriel becoming Shadow Moth, Gabriel's actions in New York City, Lila Rossi attempting to get Marinette expelled from school, thereby nearly succeeding in getting Marinette Akumatized in a second Scarlet Akumatization, Felix Graham de Vanily's antics during his mission to recover the Graham de Vanily Twin Rings, Gabriel Akumatizing Adrien in another timeline into Ephemeral instead of Cat Blanc, and Gabriel accessing his final form as Shadow Noir.

Enjoy chapter 27.)

(Quantic Universe Earth 139, Paris, France, May 21st, 2015, third person POV...)

In the recap in Steel Butterfly's lair, the butterfly hero says, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the recap. In the last episode of Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug, Cat Noir and Steel Butterfly, we met Lila Rossi, also known as Volpina, also known as Chameleon, and also known as the Hawk Moth of the future. Believe me; it was too easy to pummel Volpina into guacamole without accidentally killing her just yet, so to speak. Anyway, I'm panicking a bit because when Marinette, Adrien and Alix meet Master Fu, he and I have to reveal the truth about me and my initial crew. That we're secretly from another universe in which Ladybug, Cat Noir and the people in their lives are fictional from the cartoon, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. But anyway, I hope that no bloodshed will be had when Ladybug, Cat Noir and Bunnyx learn the truth. And as we sink closer to the present day, I've come up with plans to make me and Adrien far below Gabriel's suspicions of who stole the Miraculous spellbook and the Peacock Miraculous that rightfully belongs to Master Fu and the Order of the Guardians. Hopefully, Gabriel Agreste will fall for them because despite his strategic brilliance, if you make the right plans no matter how complicated and you have the right plans, the right strategy and the right people, Gabriel will fall for them because he's as idiotic as he looks no matter how smart he is. Find out how my plans will succeed in the new episode, The Collector. See ya."

In Master Fu's massage shop, the Great Guardian is meditating with Wayzz beside him.

Suddenly, Master Fu smiles, causing Wayzz to ask, "Master, are you all right?"

Master Fu replies, "He's here with the three of them, just as he told us."

Wayzz flies off and hides inside of the phonograph just as Miguel knocks on the door.

Miguel, Adrien, Alix and Marinette emerge from the door with their kwamis.

Master Fu remarks, "Hello, Ladybug, Cat Noir, Bunnyx and Steel Butterfly."

Miguel replies, "I told you now was the time to introduce them to you. Besides, you must see what I have stolen from under Hawk Moth's nose without anyone batting an eye."

Miguel takes the Miraculous spellbook and the damaged Peacock Miraculous from his duffel bag.

Marinette says in recognition, "Wait a minute. I remember you! You were that old man I helped cross the street on my first day of school last year!"

Adrien adds, "And I met you after you had stumbled when I was trying to go to the school and I paid the price by being returned home by my father's assistant and my bodyguard!"

Master Fu replies, "Yes, and I'm sorry for that, Adrien. But neither of those were chance meetings either. Marinette, you're always ready to help others. Alix, you were always willing to face challenges head-on even though I only know so much because we have just met. And Adrien, your kindness and compassion has a tendency to transform the lives around you. I knew on that very day, at that very moment, that Marinette and Adrien would make fantastic users of the Ladybug and the Black Cat Miraculouses. On the other hand, Miguel and I knew that you, Alix, would make an exceptional guardian of the multiverse's various timelines, including our current timeline."

Marinette asks, "But, who are you exactly?"

Master Fu stands up and guides Marinette, Adrien and Alix to the phonograph, where he uses the access code to unlock the Miracle Box.

Master Fu takes out the Miracle Box and Tikki answers for him, "Master Fu is the last known remaining member of the Order of the Guardians. They are special Guardians of the Miraculouses."

Wayzz comes out and adds, "They've been guarding the Miraculouses for five thousand years since the jewels were first invented. I'm Wayzz, Master Fu's kwami. It's a pleasure to meet the three of you at last."

Marinette replies, "Uh, you too! Heh heh."

Master Fu explains, "We guardians are responsible for protecting the Miraculouses from anyone who would wish to abuse their powers and we guardians are also responsible for distributing them to worthy champions to protect the world in times of war and in times of apocalyptic danger, for the greater good of all humanity. We are chosen in our childhoods and we are trained for many years, especially for this mission. When we were much younger, I made a mistake during my training. The guardians' temple in Tibet was destroyed, all because of me! The rest of the Guardians are dead. Two of the Miraculouses were lost that day, the Moth/Butterfly and the Peacock. Also gone forever was the ancient spellbook!"

Miguel answers, "Well, thankfully, we found them, but for some reason, the Peacock Miraculous is damaged. And sadly, Gabriel Agreste is Hawk Moth."

Master Fu and Wayzz looked at Miguel in surprise.

Master Fu asks, "Why didn't you tell us this when we recruited you fifteen years ago?"

Miguel answers, "It was the wrong time and place. Attempting to change the timeline in any way, especially including preventing Gabriel from becoming Hawk Moth, could easily have reality-ending consequences. I'm well aware that I should've told you, but I had to adhere to the rules of time travel and interdimensional travel."

Alix asks, "Whoa, whoa, whoa! What do you mean by that, Butterfly Man?"

Miguel looks at his friends with a sad expression as he answers, "That's something that I wanted to tell you guys about when the time was right."

Master Fu explains, "Miguel is not really from this Earth. On his Earth, our world is a fictional television series made by a real life counterpart of the famous movie director Thomas Astruc."

Marinette replies, "Hey, I remember Miguel telling me and Adrien something similar to that when he first warned us about Lila Rossi after Valentine's Day. (She turns to Miguel) Why didn't you tell us about this?"

Miguel answers, "I didn't tell any of you because Master Fu ordered me not to. It was the wrong time and place for you guys to know about my true origins. We had to take oaths of silence because if either of you had found out during an Akuma attack, Hawk Moth would've also found out and he would've tried breaching the barriers of our respective dimensions to recruit my family and my remaining friends to his cause simply to break me down enough to Akumatize me just so he could add the power of my Miraculous to his own in his quest to revive Mrs. Agreste, in addition to finding a way to abuse my foreknowledge to ensure that the dark futures caused by his many Akumatized victims would come to fruition. And trust me, that ain't good at all."

Marinette, Adrien and Alix looked on at their leader with small expressions of betrayal.

Then, Marinette says, "But how is the spellbook invaluable? All it has is drawings of old superheroes and a bunch of strange symbols!"

Master Fu replies, "Not strange to a Guardian. Back in the days, I was never given the opportunity to even have a look at it. But I've been taught enough to be able to partially decipher the codes. And with Miguel's nearly godlike superhuman intelligence, he was able to teach me how to fully decipher all of the codes."

Miguel happily and carefully hands the spellbook to Master Fu.

Master Fu states, "These pages contain various spells capable of giving you four special abilities we haven't even known about, until now, that is! Obviously, that is why this book is invaluable."

In the Agreste Mansion, Nathalie shows Gabriel the gap in the security footage.

Nathalie says emotionlessly, "Sir, I checked it six times. Absolutely nothing. Whoever did this was smart enough to deactivate the cameras and erase any secret footage in our other cameras, in addition to covering up their tracks in other ways that only the most intelligent mastermind from comic books would actually be able to do without anyone being the wiser."

Gabriel growls as he replies before saying in a calmer tone, "This is a total disaster! My identity is at risk of being blown at any minute! But at least I know Adrien is safe in his room and I literally cannot thank the stars enough to know that Adrien is free from the suspect list."

Back in Master Fu's massage parlor, Master Fu is reading the pages of the Miraculous spellbook.

All the while, Tikki is chasing Wayzz through the air in circles around the main room.

And of course, Plagg and Fluff were having a tickle fight, with the black cat kwami winning.

Master Fu states, "I've always believed that whoever had the spellbook in their possession would also have the Peacock Miraculous and the Moth Miraculous."

Alix asks exasperatedly, "Okay, is it really necessary to call the other Butterfly Miraculous the Moth Miraculous?"

Miguel answers, "The other one was initially called the Moth Miraculous before it was going to be called the Butterfly Miraculous, and when my Butterfly Miraculous came to be, it was decided that the other one would be called by its original name. Think about it, Alix. Think about how confusing it would be if both brooches were called the Butterfly Miraculous. There'd be confusion on which Butterfly Miraculous was more powerful and which one had Nooroo as the kwami desired by the heroic user."

Alix had a curious look on her face as she thought long and hard about the explanation.

After explaining to Master Fu about how the Peacock Miraculous and the spellbook were discovered, Miguel also took the liberty to explain how Gabriel and Emilie Agreste came to possess the spellbook and the Moth and Peacock Miraculouses, how Emilie Agreste went comatose after having used the Peacock Miraculous too much while it was still damaged, how Gabriel became Hawk Moth to revive his wife for himself instead of moving on like a man, and how low Gabriel was gonna go in the years to come if he wasn't stopped sooner.

Master Fu remarks somberly, "To think there was three Miraculouses and the only spellbook in that mansion with a grieving man who doesn't know the meaning of moving on and who doesn't know how to not take his relationship with his only son for granted. And to think that Mr. Agreste was starting to become suspicious of Adrien's dual identity. This is something we didn't count on, no matter how much Miguel and I came prepared."

Miguel assures Adrien, "But don't worry, Adrien. You're gonna keep the Black Cat Miraculous. But the problem is, since your father is a strategic genius like the majority of us, we'll need to find someway to outsmart him. With the nearly godlike superhuman intelligence I have with and without my Butterfly Miraculous, we've got a chance. And as far as Master Fu and I have just noticed right now, what we're being given is a rare opportunity to have secret data about Gabriel's motives and activities from behind closed doors. But the moment something goes wrong, its game over as it happens to be extremely hazardous and perilous."

Alix asks, "Hold on. Are you saying that you want Adrien to put his father on secret surveillance, Miguel?"

Plagg interjects, "It's certainly not gonna be the final time I've had to help my owners deal with criminal relatives. Especially magic-abusing terrorist relatives."

Miguel answers, "Well, on the one hand, I do want Adrien to spy on his own father, so to speak. But on the other hand, I also don't think it's a good idea because of the fact that Nathalie and Gabriel are known to be respectively observant and paranoid. Nathalie in particular always knows that something's not right at the slightest first sign. The moment she sees the first sign that something's not right, she'll immediately suspect something's up, she'll snitch to her boss and then, the next thing you know is the whole operation is a bust. Gabriel in particular is known to be as paranoid as Batman himself. The moment Gabriel finds out Adrien is in league with the Heroes of Paris or discovers Adrien's dual identity, Gabriel will not hesitate to pull Adrien out of school, take his Miraculous away, put cameras in Adrien's bedroom to keep a closer eye on him, and Akumatize him to recruit his own son to his cause."

Leppey replies, "Yes, but it may be our best option for now, Miguel."

Miguel vented before relaxing himself.

At Francoise Dupont, Chloe has informed everyone that there was a mysterious burglary at the Agreste Mansion and Gabriel was keeping Adrien home to protect him.

Chloe states, "I don't know how this came to be, but I do know that I can place my partial faith in Mr. Agreste to keep our sunshine friend safe."

In Gabriel's atelier, Gabriel is looking at the painting of his wife with Nathalie standing behind him.

Nathalie asks, "Sir, what will you do without the book?"

Gabriel opens a blank notebook and then closes it before handing it to Nathalie.

Gabriel replies, "You know where this goes."

Gabriel storms around while Nathalie struts towards the painting to put the notebook inside the safe.

Gabriel grabs a picture of Adrien off the wall and throws it onto the floor, followed by a second photo of Adrien.

Gabriel walks over to a small shelf in a cupboard, and he briefly looks at a drawing Adrien made when he was younger before throwing it onto the floor too.

Gabriel then proceeds to smash other objects to pieces.

In Adrien's bedroom, Adrien's clone is transmitting the whole thing to the real Adrien and to the others at the massage parlor, thankful that Adrien's secret access to the security cameras hasn't been noticed yet because the real Adrien rarely uses it for fear of his access being traced.

Adrien's clone is playing the piano to divert suspicions while Plagg whispers from the other side of the untraceable commlink, "On the bigger bright side, he didn't find out about me! Even if the security footage wasn't erased, it's a good thing that we kwamis can't be filmed or photographed whatsoever, in addition to being unheard in phone calls or seen on Face Time."

Miguel points out, "Yeah, but the rules don't apply if such technology is of magical origin, like the butterfly-camera themed Sentimonster Optygami that Mayura makes after the Battle of the Miraculouses incident to spy on the auxiliary heroes."

Plagg replies, "Ohhh. I see. Well, either way, such a shame that the greatest photographers of the world don't know what they're missing."

Everyone in the massage parlor sees Gabriel throwing a mannequin to the floor, breaking it in two in anger and displeasure.

He proceeds to break another mannequin before moving onto something else.

Miguel says, "He's heading to his lair. Keep watching."

Everyone watches Gabriel in slow motion pressing six buttons on the painting in unison, granting him access to the elevator to Hawk Moth's lair.

In Hawk Moth's lair, Hawk Moth remarks, "I feel... the wrath of a father outraged by a burglary performed in broad daylight with no one being the wiser. What perfect prey for my Akumas!"

A butterfly flies into Hawk Moth's open palm and he turns the butterfly into an Akuma.

Hawk Moth says, "Stay close, my little Akuma!"

The Akuma flies towards the window of Hawk Moth's lair, but the dark butterfly stops and hovers at the small opening.

Hawk Moth calls out, "Nooroo, Dark Wings Fall!"

Hawk Moth detransforms, revealing to everyone watching the secret security footage that Gabriel Agreste is indeed Hawk Moth.

Nooroo asks, "Uh, why is the Akuma still there?"

Gabriel takes off his tie, revealing the Moth Miraculous aka the original Butterfly Miraculous.

Gabriel replies ominously, "I must become someone else to lead every one of the heroes astray."

Nooroo replies back, "I don't understand, Master."

Gabriel removes the locket brooch and says, "Nooroo, I renounce you..."

Nooroo gets sucked into the original Butterfly Miraculous, turning it to its charged form.

Gabriel then puts the Miraculous in a small box.

Gabriel finishes, "...temporarily."

A spotlight in the lair shines onto his blank replacement notebook.

Gabriel walks over to the notebook and grabs it.

Then he opens it and says, "Come to me, my little Akuma, and Akumatize me!"

The Akuma flies into Gabriel's notebook, transforming him into his own Akumatized identity, The Collector.

Gabriel/The Collector remarks, "I am now... The Collector! My book of inspiration has been taken from me, so I shall build a new one for myself! And perhaps pick up a Miraculous or two while I'm at it! (He laughs maniacally in a different way than he does as Hawk Moth)"

Miguel states, "Adrien clone, we have what we asked for. Get out of there before The Collector gets to you."

Adrien's clone teleports himself to Steel Butterfly's secondary lair.

Master Fu remarks, "Now that we know how Mr. Agreste can Akumatize himself, even I have a feeling that spying on him and collecting data of his motives and his crimes to make numerous amounts of evidence for his future trial is now a long-term plan."

Adrien somberly states, "Now, I have to fight my terrorist father as a willing Akuma."

Miguel comes up to Adrien and hugs him, much to everyone's surprise.

Adrien melts into the hug as Miguel says, "You're not alone, Adrien. You're surrounded by friends at Francoise Dupont, and you're surrounded by this family unit Master Fu and I helped to bring together. Don't be afraid to ask us for help. I know this isn't easy, but remember what I told you: everyone handles grief in different ways. Your father may not know of any alternatives to revive your mother, but I guarantee you, by the time of the Battle of the Scarlet Army, we will find a solution."

Adrien thanks his team leader before Master Fu and Miguel told the others their plan.

The plan is to keep the Collector busy while one of Steel Butterfly's clones creates a hyper-realistic illusion of the Peacock Miraculous and the spellbook to give to Gabriel without the illusions disappearing after being touched. Then, after Gabriel puts the fakes in his safe, the illusions will hold until the Syren incident – Miguel says he'll explain later – and by the time Nathalie tries to open the safe to retrieve the Peacock Miraculous to save her boss on Heroes' Day, she'll be electrocuted by a pair of stun bombs to replace the then-useless illusions.

With respective utterances of "Tikki, Spots On!" "Plagg, Claws Out!" "Leppey, Elegant Wings Live!" and "Fluff, Clockwise!" the four heroes set out to deakumatize Hawk Moth without giving anything away.

In the Agreste Mansion, Nathalie is guarding the door to Gabriel's atelier when suddenly, she gets knocked down by the Collector kicking the door open.

The Collector remarks, "Nathalie! You shall be the first of many of my newest inspirations to come starting today."

Nathalie inquires, "Mr. Agreste?"

The Collector throws his sketchbook at Nathalie, who gets absorbed into the book.

The book travels back to the Collector's hand before he throws it at Gustavo.

Then, the Collector goes up to Adrien's bedroom door and knocks on it.

As the Collector knocks on the door, he says a bit sing-songy, "Adrien... I have a great collection that I want to show you."

The Collector kicks the door open and enters the bedroom.

However, he sees no one in the room and he notices that the piano music he heard earlier had actually been coming from a CD player perched on the piano.

The Collector angrily swipes up the CD player in his sketchbook and growls in frustration and anger.

At the Louvre, the unnamed mother of August/the future Gigantitan is taking a picture.

She says, "Cheese!"

However, everyone notices the Collector's sketchbook trap the Louvre pyramid and they start running around screaming in fear.

Inside the Louvre museum, the Collector traps the Mona Lisa painting in his book.

Outside, the Collector traps Jagged Stone and his crocodile Fang in his notebook.

At the TVi studio, Nadia Chamack is just about to make a news report.

She starts to say, "Don't be bemused, it's just the news. I'm Nadia Chama—"

But she doesn't finish as she also gets absorbed into the Collector's sketchbook.

The Collector remarks, "Since the book that used to fill my life is gone, I'm going to use all of your lives to fill up this new one!"

He swipes his notebook at the camera filming him in the TVi studio.

At Hotel de Ville, Mayor Andre Bourgeois is about to deliver a heartfelt speech.

He starts to say, "People of Paris—"

But he doesn't finish as Lieutenant Raincomprix points at the Collector's incoming sketchbook and Mayor Bourgeois gets absorbed into it.

On the rooftops near the Eiffel Tower, the Collector throws his notebook at the famous Parisian monument and the book traps it inside a page.

The sketchbook returns to the Collector like a boomerang.

The Collector catches his book and remarks, "Nothing can truly inspire me more than imprisoning Steel Butterfly, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Bunnyx in these book pages forever!"

On the rooftop of Francoise Dupont High School, everyone is practicing their scripts since they know the Collector will be eavesdropping.

Cat Noir plays along as he asks, "So, who's the suspect?"

Steel Butterfly pretends to answer, "Gabriel Agreste."

Cat Noir gasps and almost trips after hearing the name of the suspect, even though they've been practicing in frozen time.

Cat Noir pretends to inquire, "You got any evidence of this fact?"

Steel Butterfly pretends to reply, "I can't tell you."

Cat Noir pretends to quiz, "So, I'm supposed to just... accept that? Is that what you're telling me?"

Steel Butterfly pretends to acknowledge, "You must trust me on this, kitty cat. But believe it or not, it all makes sense. Gabriel Agreste is a very private man and he never leaves his mansion for anything. And get this. (He shows Cat Noir images of Gabriel's fashion design symbols via ethereal holograms) Check out the symbol of his fashion brand."

Cat Noir somewhat pretends to act stunned as he asks, "A butterfly?!"

Cat Noir has temporary flashbacks of seeing the butterfly pattern on every piece of furniture in his house and on the doors, as well as butterfly symbols on his sneakers.

Cat Noir sighs after the flashbacks end.

Ladybug touches Cat Noir's shoulder armor and pretends to inquire, "Are you okay, Cat Noir?"

Cat Noir pretends to say with fake grim determination, "It's time to get to the bottom of this once and for all."

Ladybug, Cat Noir, Steel Butterfly and Bunnyx fly away from the school to investigate.

Unbeknownst to everyone except Steel Butterfly and Bunnyx, The Collector hides behind a statue of a golden angel and he remarks, "My plan is working perfectly!"

Steel Butterfly mentally retorts to himself, "It might've worked in the original cartoon, but lightning ain't gonna strike the same place twice."

Steel Butterfly whispers to his friends, "You're all doing great, guys!"

Ladybug whispers back to her newly-revealed interdimensional leader, "Same with you!"

In Gabriel's atelier, Steel Butterfly, Bunnyx, Ladybug and Cat Noir a lot of pieces of broken furniture when they come into the room to investigate.

Ladybug remarks in shock, "Whoa! What happened here? Looks like somebody had a little tantrum."

Steel Butterfly points out, "This is not a small tantrum; it's a big one that calls for expensive repairs for the broken property."

Cat Noir sees his drawing of himself and his family on the floor.

Cat Noir sighs in sadness and heartache.

Bunnyx asks, "Are you okay for real?"

Cat Noir answers, "I will be as soon as the Collector gets a proper beating."

The four heroes run towards the front hall until they see the Collector at the top of the main stairs.

Cat Noir plays along according to his script and demands, "Where's Gabriel Agreste?!"

The Collector retorts, "There is no more Gabriel Agreste! There is only The Collector!"

Briefly crossing his armored arms, Steel Butterfly states monotonously, "Not the most original supervillain name, but I'm not complaining."

The Collector throws his sketchbook at Ladybug in an attempt to absorb her, but she manages to dodge the book, causing it to absorb the mansion's entrance doors instead.

Then the notebook flies back the way it came, heading towards Ladybug and Cat Noir.

Ladybug manages to knock her partner/boyfriend to the floor with her before they could get absorbed by the book.

The Collector sneers as he remarks, "You won't be able to escape!"

The Collector keeps throwing his sketchbook at the four heroes, who manage to avoid it successfully multiple times by using their respective ability to fly.

Then, all five combatants come into the Agreste Mansion's large dining room.

Steel Butterfly replicates all of the chairs with his new weapon, a multiplication gun, and throws several of the replica chairs at the sketchbook, neutralizing the pages.

Steel Butterfly leaps over to The Collector and in slow motion, he manages to break the notebook, allowing Ladybug to capture and purify the Akuma and use her Miraculous Ladybug cure to restore everyone and everything absorbed by the sketchbook.

The Collector turns back into Gabriel Agreste.

All the while, Adrien's clone enters the room to further throw Gabriel off his son's trail of his dual identity.

Adrien's clone asks, "Dad? Are you okay?"

Gabriel cries out, "Adrien!"

Gabriel hugs his son's secret clone.

Bunnyx says, "Well, sorry to interrupt, but we gotta go."

The four heroes depart, and Gabriel leaves the room before smiling evilly to himself as he remarks, "See you very soon!"

In Master Fu's massage shop, the four heroes and the Great Guardian watch the footage of Gabriel being informed by one of Miguel's clones, Officer William Bryce, that the stolen property was found and returned to his safe by the auxiliary heroes during the battle with Collector.

Gabriel sees the fake Peacock Miraculous and the fake spellbook.

Gabriel checks the fakes and sees that they're "real."

The security footage ends with Gabriel thanking the "officer."

Miguel remarks, "In my opinion and in everyone else's opinion, Master, the strangest occurrence is that Gabriel fell for it hook, line and sinker. But it's still hilarious! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And now, Adrien and I are far, far below any suspicions of being the ones who '"stole"' and '"returned"' the stolen property that rightfully belongs to the remnants of the Order of the Guardians."

Ryoka advises, "Yes, but don't celebrate too soon; we may have tricked Gabriel twice in one go, but we have to be extra vigilant since his remaining Akumatized champions before the Heroes' Day Battle are a problem that will not go away. And with Gabriel still suspecting of Adrien's dual identity, we have to be sure that Gabriel is tricked into thinking that his own son isn't Cat Noir so that our plans for Heroes' Day succeed."

Master Fu adds while taking pictures of the spellbook's contents with his phone, "I will agree, we will have to exercise caution to catch Hawk Moth off-guard on Heroes' Day this coming October, in addition to preventing him from learning Cat Noir's identity. And I will also admit, these modern inventions are really interesting and remarkable. Hmm."

In Gabriel's atelier, Gabriel is looking through the pages of the spellbook on his computer monitor, revealing that Steel Butterfly was right: in the event Gabriel lost the original book, he had copies of the pages saved on his computer.

Nathalie quizzes, "So then, if you already had a copy of the spellbook, why'd you have to go through all of that trouble, sir?"

Gabriel rejoinders, "I did what I had to do to protect my secret, Nathalie."

Gabriel presses the code into his wife's painting to access his lair and the elevator takes him to his lair.

Gabriel opens the small white box where he kept the original Butterfly Miraculous during the whole stunt, and Nooroo emerges.

Gabriel smiles evilly as he croons, "Happy to see me again?"

Nooroo replies solemnly, "At your service, Master."

Gabriel calls out, "Nooroo, Dark Wings Rise!"

Just like in the Origins episode, the white butterflies surround Gabriel and encase him in a cocoon of white and purple light for a few seconds before leaving him as he transforms into Hawk Moth and he grunts ferociously.

Hawk Moth monologues smugly, "Steel Butterfly, Bunnyx, Lion Hunter, Blueclaw, Rhinocharge, Cat Knight, Corvo, Ladybug and Cat Noir – you all almost succeeded in discovering who I really am, but now I am way above suspicion for you to be pointing fingers at me. Now, I am more above suspicion than I've ever been before. As of today, nothing will stop me from getting Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses, and making my greatest wish come to life! Now, all I have to do for the time being is wait for my next prey to experience negative emotions, and then, the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses will be mine!"

Hawk Moth cackles deeply.

In his primary lair, Steel Butterfly also monologues smugly, "Hawk Moth, you almost managed to capture us, you almost managed to steal Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses, and your little stunt as The Collector doesn't work this time! Nothing will stop me from putting you, Nathalie and Lila in prison! Nothing will stop me from reviving Emilie myself and turning her against you. After all, both of you brought that future fate upon yourselves. Now, all I need to do is wait, watch and listen. Because if I do enough time from the sidelines, I'll learn a few new techniques. Just gotta be patient, 'cause every supervillain screws up one way or another, sooner or later. And when Heroes' Day comes, the final battle will end, with the Mother Miracle Box completed in the hands of the Order of the Guardians! And then, I'll get rid of Cash, Techno-Pirate, Ignoblia and Future Bunnyx if it comes down to it!"

Steel Butterfly laughs maniacally like the Tengu Shredder during his first nightmare appearance after his resurrection.

The End.

(Omake #1: The surprise everyone was waiting for. Master Fu somewhat allows himself, along with Ladybug, Cat Noir and Bunnyx to be taken by Steel Butterfly to Earth Prime to explain the multiverse after being interrogated about whether or not he – Steel Butterfly – really is from another universe and Steel Butterfly explains the fanfiction stories from his Earth that feature different realities from the Quantic Multiverse.)

In Master Fu's massage parlor, Marinette crosses her arms sternly as she asks, "Okay, Miguel. Spill it. Are you really from another universe where the lives of our team – minus you and your friends – are a work of fiction to entertain children?"

Miguel answers unfazed, "Yes. As I told you guys earlier today, I didn't tell you, Adrien and Alix at first because Master Fu ordered me not to. It was the wrong time and place for you guys to know about my true origins. We had to take oaths of silence to prevent any of you guys from interrogating me about the future because of the fact that my foreknowledge is not exactly a walk in the park. Too much knowledge of the future being revealed to more than a bare minimum of one person is not exactly prudent. And like I also said earlier today, we had to take oaths of silence because if either of you had found out during an Akuma attack and the Akumatized victim heard everything, Hawk Moth would've also found out and he would've tried breaching the barriers of our respective dimensions to recruit my family and my remaining friends to his cause simply to break me down enough to Akumatize me just so he could add the power of my Miraculous to his own in his quest to revive Mrs. Agreste, in addition to finding a way to abuse my foreknowledge to ensure that the dark futures caused by his many Akumatized victims would come to fruition. And trust me, like I said earlier, it would've caused a LOT of complete disasters."

Marinette, Tikki, Adrien, Plagg, Alix and Fluff looked at each other before Alix inquires the Guardian, "Is this true, Master Fu?"

Master Fu answers, "Yes, it is true. We also had to take oaths of silence because Miguel's foreknowledge of our futures can easily be abused by just about anyone in this world, not just Hawk Moth. Besides, for all we know, Lila Rossi could end up eavesdropping on any conversation involving her becoming Gabriel's successor as Hawk Moth in the future and she could end up trying to discreetly do anything in making that future happen much earlier than expected. And, as far as I've been told from Miguel's experiences combined with time travel-related science fiction, I've found that even having foreknowledge of the future can be a difficult thing to live with, and if Miguel didn't handle and use his foreknowledge responsibly, there would've been unknown repercussions to the changes in the time stream."

Marinette, her two allies and their kwamis looked on in understanding before looking back at Miguel.

Miguel then asks, "Marinette, Tikki, Adrien, Plagg, Alix, Fluff, have you guys ever heard of the theory of the multiverse before meeting me and my team and before you guys found out the truth about us? Because I found out the easy way fifteen years ago when I was first brought to your dimension that the multiverse was real."

Marinette, Adrien, Alix and their kwamis had puzzled looks on their faces before Marinette answered, "I used to believe in the theory of the multiverse, but until now, I never realized that the multiverse was real. And until you told us about the power of the Rabbit Miraculous, I never knew how real time travel was, either."

Miguel explains, "As you guys already know, the multiverse is a hypothetical theory about multiple different universes, each with a different reality on Earth. Such as one in which the Nazis won World War II, one in which our respective parents never met and therefore we were never born, one in which Hawk Moth succeeded in his goal of reviving his wife, only for the world to be changed in a drastic way, and so forth. Every version of Earth extends in numbers all the way to infinity. They all occupy the same position in their orbits in space, but every Earth in the multiverse vibrates at differing frequencies so that they can't see each other."

Everyone was amazed at how well Miguel was taught about how the multiverse works.

Miguel elaborates further, "But there's one constant in the theory of the multiverse that happens to be a must: somewhere in the multiverse is an Earth I call Earth Prime. Every variation of Earth originates from this single Earth Prime. And I wish for you all to see it."

Miguel becomes Steel Butterfly and, with Master Fu's signal, SB uses his powers to transport all eight of them to Earth Prime, which looks exactly like the Earth Prime from Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths in the sense that Earth Prime was out of its solar orbit, no signs of life were anywhere on Earth Prime, and everything that was ever built was destroyed irreversibly.

Marinette, Tikki, Adrien, Plagg, Alix, Fluff, Master Fu and Wayzz gasp in shock and horror at the sight before them.

In particular, Master Fu and Wayzz were surprised that Steel Butterfly would actually transport them to Earth Prime instead of SB's Earth.

Steel Butterfly announces and explains while doing his best Owlman impression, "Ladies, gentlemen and Kwamis, welcome to Earth Prime. Before there was rational thought and overall human history in our respective universes, there was this universe. This solar system with only one single Earth with only one singular history. And with the coming and evolution of mankind came the introduction of the concept known to us as free will. And with the concept of free will introduced to the universe came order and chaos as human beings started making choices in the three categories: good, bad and neutral. With each and every decision we make and ever will make spanning over two hundred thousand years since human beings started thinking and talking rationally after coming into existence, we create another Earth in the multiverse. Reality and history are split in two to create two different realities: one in which we made a specific good or bad choice, and another in which we made the opposite choice. That is the secret to the universes that we're most familiar with. Billions of people on countless different versions of Earth making billions of choices all throughout the multiverse, regardless of any consequences afterwards, thereby creating more new infinite Earths. Some of them are eerily indistinguishable to one another that you would have to spend a lifetime to find any distinguishable differences. Other ones are so drastically different to each other that they defy all comprehension and logic."

Master Fu then asks, "So, all of the branches of reality throughout the multiverse began here in this Prime Universe?"

Steel Butterfly answers, "Yes. Every variant of our realities hangs precariously onto the balance of keeping into existence this single original version of Earth."

Fluff then asks, "But what happened to this Earth?"

Steel Butterfly answers, "Just like in the fictional superhero film known as Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths, this Earth Prime has fallen out of its solar orbit due to unknown circumstances. An unknown cataclysm – the disaster, not the superpower – caused this original Earth to fall out of its solar orbit, thereby killing every single creature that ever lived in the present day or ever will live in the future. And it's entirely possible that by the time the people of this Earth found out what the problem to the planet shifting out of its orbit was, it was already far too late to fix the problem and it was far too late to record the final piece of human history detailing the extinction of the human race and every last form of life on Earth vanishing from existence. In addition to that, everything that our dead counterparts' ancestors had ever built and invented or were ever gonna build and invent – trains, fast food restaurants, movie theaters, ice cream parlors, pizza restaurants, burger joints, pretzel food carts, hot dog carts, massage parlors, cars, trucks, airplanes, fighter jets, helicopters, gyrodynes, spacecraft, freeze-dried food, astronaut spacesuits, laser beams, nuclear missiles, x-ray machines, MRI machines, sedatives, surgical tools, microchips for pets and government agents, spy planes, SAM sites, Santa Claus tracker websites, the internet, television sets, console video games, handheld video games, computer video games, swords, metal suits of armor, Kevlar bulletproof vests, riot shields, bulletproof shields, tanks, jeeps, stone tablets, cellular telephones, live gunpowder, explosive devices, modern industries including the modern entertainment industry, comic books, religion books, nice clothes, awesome costumes, apartment buildings, electrical mechanics, the US Space Station, time machines, spacecraft capable of hyper speed travel, every sum of data about the human race and everything that has ever been invented by human beings and discovered by human beings for thousands of years – all of it completely gone. Every human invention either damaged or destroyed beyond even advanced conventional repairs. Most of humankind's paper-written and digitally typed data and most of humankind's technologies of every era are completely irretrievable. Every last form of carbon-based life on Earth Prime exists no longer."

Everyone else was completely horrified by the explanation.

Plagg then inquires shakily, "Wh-what exactly do you plan to do for this Earth?"

Steel Butterfly replies somberly and matter-of-factly, "I'm sorry, Plagg, but I'm afraid that the damage has since been done. Even if we knew what the source of this Earth falling out of its solar orbit was, it's already far, far too late to do anything about it. And if some nihilistic egomaniac were to come to this Earth, he would try to blow up the planet, thereby creating a feedback loop that can destroy every single version of Earth across the multiverse, killing every form of indigenous Earthly life in the process."

After transporting himself and his allies back to their Earth, Steel Butterfly was asked, "Okay, so, since the multiverse exists in our respective realities, does that mean that the multiverse of our reality exists on your Earth?"

Steel Butterfly answers, "Yes, but your multiverse exists on my Earth primarily in the form of fanfiction stories made by people who are very outraged at some of the choices you guys made, including Marinette and Adrien not revealing their identities to each other on their first day as heroes, Marinette and Adrien not exposing Lila Rossi's lies sooner, Ms. Bustier being an enabler of a teacher, both her and Mr. Damocles not suffering the consequences of their respective actions in the past and in the future of the chronological timeline, and of course, Master Fu picking favorites with Marinette compared to teaching them both about their respective powers thanks to the stupid identity rule."

Everyone looks at each other in shock and varying other emotions.

Then, Steel Butterfly explained, "In my reality, there are several fanfiction stories that people on my Earth write for the sole purpose of escaping the cartoon version of your Earth just in case they saw something traumatic, or if they want to vent their frustrations about the choices made on your Earth that people from my reality don't agree with, or if they just want to entertain Miraculous Ladybug fans in general. Of course, in my Earth, several fanfiction stories of your dimension usually detailed alternate versions of your reality that tends to sometimes cross over with other forms of fiction, as long as it has heroes in it. But the majority of the time, it involves either Adrien, Marinette, the Akuma Class, Ms. Bustier, Mr. Damocles, Gabriel, Lila, Marinette's parents, or someone else entirely making the wrong choices that people from my Earth don't agree with and end up suffering the consequences in small and big ways. For example, during the Chameleon episode and Chameleon Akumatization incident, Adrien's primary counterpart told Marinette's counterpart to take the high road with Lila's lies out of fear of Lila becoming Akumatized while being unaware that Lila was willingly working for Hawk Moth at the time to kill Ladybug just to settle a petty and undying grudge for being called out on her lies. At the time, Adrien's primary counterpart was a bit of a sidelines coward because of the fact that his sheltered house life has rendered him unable to comprehend that even if there was a specific amount of time and patience used, not everyone is gonna change for the better, and Lila Rossi is the finest and worst example of that. Adrien's primary counterpart had wanted everyone, including Lila, to be friends with each other, which just about proves how naive he really is thanks to his f****** s***** excuse of a father. At the same time, Adrien's primary counterpart didn't know that the world is not always black and white. His primary counterpart didn't know that people can change for both the better and for the worst. Adrien's primary counterpart also didn't know that the main difference between taking the high road with tabloids and taking the high road with people like Lila Rossi who would willingly collaborate with supervillains and terrorists alike is that lies do in fact hurt people. But bear in mind, that even our current version of Adrien was raised by people – including his father – who didn't want him to be around people his age, who didn't want him to have a normal childhood, and this has rendered Adrien somewhat unfamiliar with social interactions and somewhat unaware that taking the high road with people like Lila and enabling the behavior of bullies, including his childhood friends, all have serious consequences that get worse the more time passes without the proper punishments inflicted sooner. After people on my Earth saw Marinette's primary counterpart accept the high road proposal without a second opinion and without telling him the truth about Lila's Akumatization, everyone got so p***** off that they called out the creators of the show demanding explanations, all while getting answers that only fuelled everyone's rage, and this led to a metaphorical explosion of fanfictions detailing Marinette exposing Lila's lies and true motives before the serial liar could have the chance to cause irreparable harm. And sometimes in these stories, Adrien is described as having gotten worse in his enabling behavior and his entitlement to Ladybug and his desire to know her identity without regard for the consequences all lead to Adrien either having his Miraculous revoked, having his memories of being a Miraculous holder permanently erased, or something else along those lines."

After about a few hours in frozen time, Steel Butterfly explained that there are several fanfictions in his reality that feature the Akuma Class and the members doing something wrong and getting punished for it, up to and including Alix/Bunnyx attempting to change the past to preserve her future and ending up being erased from existence or permanently replaced, sometimes a little bit of both.

It was tough for Alix to restrain herself from attacking Steel Butterfly, but when Steel Butterfly mentioned that he had still faith in the current user of the Rabbit Miraculous in the current timeline, Alix tearfully hugged the taller butterfly hero.

After another half hour in frozen time, everyone read the majority of the fanfiction stories from Miguel's Earth that he spoke about, and while Adrien didn't appreciate his counterparts being treated like dirt, he had to bear in mind that the multiverse works by splitting reality in two to create an alternate reality where his opposite choices had opposite consequences. Up to and including his counterparts joining forces with his father and being arrested for aiding and abetting a terrorist, reckless endangerment, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and so forth.

But eventually, Marinette, Adrien, Alix, Miguel and Master Fu made plans to prepare for any more of Hawk Moth's Akumatized victims and to learn more about their respective Miraculouses to ensure that no one abuses a Miraculous jewel again and to ensure that the legacy of the Order of the Guardians remains strong and endures.

(Omake #2: Miguel shares large bits about the future with Marinette, Adrien, Alix, and Master Fu in reference to Gabriel Agreste's crimes as Hawk Moth, Scarlet Moth, Shadow Moth and Shadow Noir. Along with the antics of Felix Graham de Vanily, the crimes of Lila Rossi, possible scenarios of Lila as the Hawk Moth of the future, explaining the purpose of the Ultimate Miraculous Absolute Power, and explaining the consequences of any wish Lila makes in her quest to have everything she ever wanted.)

Marinette asks, "So, how will Gabriel be able to Akumatize an army of supervillains?"

Miguel answers, "Well, since Gabriel can't Akumatize an army of supervillains on a whim, he will have no choice but to Akumatize Nathalie into a supervillain with the ability to upgrade the powers and abilities of any hero and villain, Miraculous user or otherwise. Thus, as Scarlet Moth, Gabriel will able to Akumatize an army of supervillains on a whim. And in that scenario, he's not above using dirty and unfair tactics in the Battle of the Scarlet Army on Heroes' Day. But here's the catch: in normal Akumatizations, Hawk Moth's villains retain their powers even when his Miraculous is inactive and even when his Miraculous has been destroyed, but when Scarlet Moth detransforms, willingly or not, his Scarlet Akumatized victims return to normal instantly."

Adrien then asks, "And will we be able to help throw my father behind bars during Heroes' Day?"

Miguel answers, "As long as the Peacock Miraculous remains here, your father being in prison along with his assistant and his collaborator is a strong possibility. Besides, if Nathalie got her hands on the Peacock Miraculous, as Mayura, she would create a Butterfly Sentimonster to save her boss, thereby prolonging his reign of terror by another two years."

Alix then inquires, "And what would happen if Hawk Moth had the power of the Peacock Miraculous to add to his own?"

Miguel replies, "He would be able to use the power of emotion to create Sentimonsters to help his villainous champions while taking on the identity of Shadow Moth."

Master Fu then quizzes, "And will Mr. Agreste stoop to any lows to get what he wants?"

Miguel rejoinders, "Yes. Chief among them being Akumatizing Adrien in a different timeline into Ephemeral, a supervillain who has the ability to make people go faster in time by touching them. And if Ephemeral touches a Miraculous user, he can accelerate the time it takes for a Miraculous user to detransform after using their powers. And in that same timeline, Gabriel would end up stealing the Black Cat Miraculous and adding its power to the power of the Moth and Peacock Miraculouses as Shadow Noir, whose outfit is reminiscent of the Marvel character the Black Panther. For Shadow Noir, it's not the most original supervillain name, but anyway, with Lila being the new face of the Gabriel Agreste brand at the time of the season four finale called The Last Attack of Shadow Moth in the primary timeline, let's just say it was only a matter of time before Lila got the Moth Miraculous and became the new Hawk Moth from the shadows."

Tikki quizzes, "And what are some of the things that Lila Rossi has done?"

Miguel responds with, "Among the things Lila has done includes framing Marinette for cheating on a mock exam test, framing her for assault and framing her for theft all in one day just to get Marinette expelled from school and so Scarlet Moth can Akumatize Marinette into Princess Justice, a supervillain capable of forcing people to tell the truth and capable of inflicting five ancient Chinese punishments upon the accused. But because Nathalie had been adversely affected by her usage of the Peacock Miraculous after the Reflekdoll incident, her powers as Catalyst weren't gonna hold and Scarlet Moth detransforming to check on Nathalie ensured that Marinette's Akumatization was interrupted and never completed. But let's just say if Marinette's Akumatization hadn't been interrupted, that incident would've been just like that what-if fanfiction I showed you guys. And none of Marinette's contingency plans in that scenario were gonna last for long because of the fact that Scarlet Moth's victims are completely under his control, and therefore, with the fact that the small free will they had in a normal non-Scarlet Akumatization is not in a Scarlet Akumatization whatsoever, that means that Scarlet Moth's army doesn't carry out his orders incompetently and they don't try to fulfill their secondary missions if they involve the cause of them getting Akumatized, not without Scarlet Moth knowing about it."

Marinette, Master Fu, Alix and Adrien looked at each other in shock at the explanation of a large piece of the future.

Miguel then announces, "Oh, and there's this: about a few weeks after the averted Cat Blanc incident, Adrien's aunt from his mother's side of the family, Amelie Graham de Vanily, will be coming to Paris alongside her son, Adrien's cousin Felix, to retrieve the Graham de Vanily Twin Rings from Gabriel. However, Felix is especially cold to Adrien not just because of how... ahem... pampered Adrien is, but also because Gabriel refused to allow Adrien to attend his uncle's funeral. And therefore, since Felix and his mother's arrival takes place on the two year anniversary of Emilie's death, Felix won't also hesitate to actually impersonate Adrien to make himself seem ungrateful to his friends just to ruin his life out of jealousy. You see, when Felix's father died, he turned mischievous and rude and pushy, thus making him lonely because of his sudden change in demeanor and behavior. Unfortunately, Felix is so pushy in the quest to retrieve the rings that he would willingly make an alliance with Hawk Moth, thereby putting everyone in danger. And after stealing Gabriel's ring, Amelie and Felix agree to let Felix keep it as a memento to honor the Graham de Vanily family, completely oblivious and uncaring about whether or not they could get arrested or placed on Hawk Moth's kill list."

Even Adrien didn't look happy at the explanation of Felix's actions after the death of his father.

Leppey then announces, "But wait, there's more. Miguel told me that in the Gabriel Agreste titled episode of season 4 from Miguel's Earth, Felix is the only one in the episode who becomes aware of Gabriel's then new identity of Shadow Moth, and thereby forms an alliance with him... with Felix unaware of Gabriel planning his demise to settle a score for stealing back a family heirloom that Gabriel has no right to claim possession of, no matter how much he tries to claim that the rings belong to him regardless of whether Emilie is alive or dead. Sadly, before the two parter season 4 finale known as The Last Attack of Shadow Moth, there was also some speculation that Felix would become Hawk Moth in the future since his goals after losing a relative are somewhat similar, but that didn't sit right with people on my Earth."

Alix quizzes, "Why is that?"

Miguel answers, "Because after the Timetagger episode, there was an explosion of theories about how Lila would become Hawk Moth in the future, and a few fanfiction stories actually explored that possibility becoming a reality under different circumstances. Up to and including Future Lila killing Gabriel in the future and stealing the original Butterfly Miraculous to become Future Hawk Moth, often nicknamed Futuremoth."

Everyone looked surprised that some versions of Future Lila Rossi would actually betray her boss and steal his Miraculous just to become his unofficial successor.

Miguel then continues, "And that's not all. As the Hawk Moth of the future in some timelines, Lila managed to get her hands on the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses to give herself a wish. And so far, there are only two different scenarios of Lila's wish. One involves her becoming the most beloved celebrity in the entire world, with everyone believing every single lie she spews and every one of her enemies either socially isolated, murdered, driven to obscurity or outright driven to commit suicide. And the second scenario involves Lila... LITERALLY WISHING TO BECOME A GOD."

Miguel's radio drone plays a dramatic DUN DUN DUN sound effect for added drama effect.

Master Fu asks, "Considering how sinister Lila Rossi really is, it's nearly impossible to deter her from making a wish in either of those situations, isn't it?"

Miguel replies, "Unfortunately, yes. As it turns out, if one makes a wish with the Ultimate Miraculous Absolute Power, not only will they rewrite reality, but the wisher will also destroy the current universe and create a new one with the effects of the wish being revealed to the wisher at a time and place preceding the wish taking place. Like say, a few months or a few years before the time that involves the wish taking place in the then destroyed timeline. In the two scenarios involving Lila's wish, there are only two different prices to her two different wishes. For the first scenario, the price for being the most beloved celebrity in the entire world could be everyone on Earth being dead. And if everyone on Earth was dead and Lila was the only one still alive, who would be there to inflate her ego and pride?"

Tikki remarks before inquiring, "That's a good point. And what of the second price for the second wish scenario?"

Miguel explains, "For the second scenario, the price for Lila wishing to become a god, thereby rendering her immune to changes in the timeline, could possibly be giving someone else an equal level of divinity and immortality to combat her. Perhaps as some kind of Anti-God or something along those lines."

Everyone was so shocked at the explanation that they literally almost peed themselves.

After another few minutes, Miguel and Leppey explained to their teammates and benefactor everything they needed to know about Gabriel's crimes. Including nearly destroying the United States and starting a nuclear World War III in New York City with the assistance of an Akumatized Techno-Pirate with the added power of the Eagle Miraculous from the Native American Miracle Box that was in a history museum.

To say the least, Adrien was so borderline p***** that his father would actually attempt to start a nuclear World War III in his quest to revive Mrs. Agreste in the original timeline. And Miguel said to blame it on Marinette for nearly revealing her identity to him on their first day, to blame it on Master Fu for picking favorites and for the stupid identity rule for if either of their identities got revealed to each other before Hawk Moth was defeated, and to blame it on both him and Marinette for not recovering the Miraculous spellbook and the Peacock Miraculous before Heroes' Day to prevent Mayura from rescuing Hawk Moth from the team.

After seeing the logic of the faults and flaws from the original timeline, Miguel also added that when he saw the Ephemeral episode on his Earth, he was excited to see Marinette and Adrien reveal their identities once again. But because he didn't know the adjective definition of the word ephemeral, and because his world's version of Thomas Astruc loves to ruin the expectations of Miraculous Ladybug fans on purpose just because he thinks he can do whatever he wants with the expectations of the show's original timeline without considering the consequences of doing so, let's just say Miguel was sorely tempted to bring the Butterfly Miraculous to his Earth and Tenshize a former Miraculous Ladybug fan into a replica of Judge Dredd to sentence Astruc to death or something worse.

But thankfully, Miguel was much better than that, and in this timeline, he has the power to make the rules in a sense.

Miguel then announces, "That's all the spoilers I'm giving away for the time being. There are some things about the future that I will tell you guys about when the time is right."

Soon, plans were made to actually teach Marinette, Adrien and Alix about the Miraculouses and the associated kwamis.

(Author's notes: The next four chapters will take some time to make since they revolve around the events of the Miraculous Adventures comics, and I don't care if they're not chronological to the correct timeline order. Point is, the Miraculous Adventures comics provide some background on what happened after The Collector and before Prime Queen: Marinette learning about the kwamis and the associated Miraculouses, the battles against Replay and Silurus, the introduction of the United Heroez, and the battle against the Trash Krakken before the heroes returned to Paris.

However, I don't know how long it'll take to make the next four chapters because of the fact that the majority of the comics are EXTREMELY difficult to find on the internet these days, and some that are still available for purchase may not be available for purchase for long.

See you all in chapter 28: Steel Butterfly vs. Replay. Hopefully.)