Goldheart/Origins Pt. 1
It was a bright sunny day and the birds were singing as Marinette rose to greet the day. Marinette's mood hardly matched the weather though, as she was about to start her sophomore year and dreading it. All her life Marinette had simply slogged through the education process. It wasn't because of the school itself, she was quite intelligent, and got along with most people. However, she had never gotten along with one girl, Chloe Bourgois. Marinette had been unfortunate enough to wind up in the same class as Chloe every year for the last 4 years and her life was miserable as a result, she took this thought to heart and grew more dejected as she walked down the stairs towards breakfast. Her mother, Sabine, was there, cleaning around the kitchen area.
"Good morning sweetie!" said Sabine.
Marinette mumbled in disagreement.
"Oh. Are you worried about Chloe?"
Marinette mumbled in agreement
"Don't worry sweetie, maybe you won't be in the same class this year?" Sabine said halfheartedly.
"My luck isn't that good mom." said Marinette
"Oh sweetie, there's no such thing as luck." said Sabine. Seconds after that Marinette accidentally set part of the kitchen on fire.
"Well... luck can change." said Sabine.
Marinette mumbled in agreement again and chose to grab some mildly singed toast as Sabine put out the fire currently destroying the cereal Marinette had poured for herself and walked out the door. On the way downstairs she saw her father Tom, who immediately saw she was troubled and put on an air of fatherly concern.
"Hey sweetie, I got up early and made those macarons using those designs you whipped up. They turned out great!" said Tom.
Marinette looked at them and agreed, the macarons had in fact turned out great, her designs definitely drew the eye, she bit into one and confirmed that they were 5/5 in both taste and design. This immediately brightened up her day, and she saw that the macarons were already in a box, Tom had prepared them for Marinette to take to school. Marinette thanked her father and skipped out the door, now energized to greet the day.
Before she left however Sabine called out to her, "Be careful sweetie, come straight home after school. The streets aren't safe with that super villain on the loose."
Sabine referred to the villain "Black Spot" a man wearing a blood red suit covered in the black spots, his face was costumed as well, but there was little red in this area and the face was taken up entirely by a single black spot which is presumably how the media named him. He fought using a spiked ball on a rope and seemingly had the power to spawn objects at will. He had been terrorizing Paris for roughly a month now and seemed to only be stealing random items of very little value or merit. The only one opposing him was the hero Chat Noir, a blonde boy with scraggly hair and green eyes wearing a black leather cat suit. He appeared to be Marinette's age and possessed the power to vaporize things with a touch. Marinette actually had a bit of a crush on him, but would never admit it.
"OK mom." Said Marinette and left for school, quietly eating her toast. Eventually she arrived at school and true to form Chloe was there, Marinette prayed that if she just kept her head down Chloe would leave her alone.
"Marinette Dupain-Chang." said Chloe derisively.
"So much for luck changing." Thought Marinette.
"Don't even think of sitting anywhere near me, my dear sweet friend and love of my life Adrien is starting class today and I want to make sure he can sit near me. Sit with that comic nerd new girl so he has good options." said Chloe, pointing out a dark-skinned girl with auburn hair.
"OK Chloe." said Marinette dejectedly. It was at this point that the dark skinned girl dramatically slammed a book bag down on her desk and theatrically pointed at Chloe, "Who elected you queen of seats?!" she shouted
"Oh look Sabrina!" said Chloe to her friend sitting nearby, "We've got a little do gooder in class this year. Whatcha gonna do super newbie? Fire laser beams from your eyes?"
"Don't tempt me." said the girl
"Girls that's enough!" said the teacher at the front of the class, Ms. Bustier "Chloe we have to go over this every year, stop bullying the other students. Marinette, feel free to sit where you like."
"I actually think I will sit with the new girl." said Marinette somewhat shyly.
"Very well, if that's your decision." said Ms. Bustier.
Marinette walked over to the new girls desk to sit near her, but tripped and spilled macarons everywhere. She hastily gathered them up and apologized to whoever was listening.
"Chillax girl, it's no biggie!" said the new girl.
"I so wish I could handle Chloe the way you do." said Marinette
"You mean the way Majestia does it!" said the new girl, dramatically bringing the cover of a comic book up on her phone, "She says that all it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing, and trust me, that girl is EVIL and as the forces of good, it's up to us to not let her get away with it."
"Easier said than done, her father is the mayor! Once when I tried to get help from my parents, she got him to try and have my family's bakery shut down! Sorry you kinda got dragged into this because of me." said Marinette.
"I don't fear her." said the new girl "My family has dealt with worse than her and if you stick with me, you don't have to worry about her ever again."
Marinette was ecstatic, she had always gotten along ok with the other girls at school, but she could tell this new girl was in a league of her own. She took the one unsoiled macaron out of the box and split it in half.
"I'm Marinette." she said offering the other half to the new girl.
"Alya." said the new girl, taking the cookie and eating it.
Miss Bustier took to the head of the class and motioned for their silence. "For those who don't know me yet, I'm Ms. Bustier." she began, but before she could continue a figure clad in red and black swung through the window and interrupted. It was Black Spot "So sorry to interrupt miss." He said in a deep rasping voice. "I understand the value of a good education, but your children shouldn't have phones in class." he said as he took Alya's phone out of her hands and pocketed it. "Now I think I'll be on my-" he was suddenly struck by a large metal pole and forced into the wall opposite the window, from the other side of the pole, somehow sliding horizontally was Chat Noir who followed up his pole attack with a dropkick, throwing Black Spot through the afore mentioned wall.
"Everyone get out of here!" He shouted
"He took my phone!" shouted Alya
"I'll get it back for you, but you need to move!" said Chat Noir, shoving the other kids out the fire escape. He was then shoved out the fire escape and as Alya and Marinette went through the door they heard sounds of a struggle behind them.
"I hate the first day back to school!" Yelled Marinette.
"I can't believe he took my phone!" Shouted Alya "I mean what's up with that?"
"I don't know, but we need to get out of here!" replied Marinette. The girls continued running until they were outside where the rest of the students and faculty were also gathered.
"Go home children." said Mr. Damocles, the school principal "You should remain safe until this is resolved."
The crowd dispersed; all the kids started walking home as the sounds of battle still raged within the school. However, as Marinette was walking away she noticed Alya was staying behind.
"Alya? What are you doing?" she asked.
"I figured I'd wait for the Black Cat Hero to finish the fight and give me my phone back." said Alya nonchalantly.
Marinette was taken aback, this was insane to her and really to any reasonable person. Her new friend was standing in the middle of a clash between two titans over a phone.
"WHAT!?" shouted Marinette, "Alya it's just a phone!"
"Girl, don't you know anything about superheroes? The good guy always wins!" said Alya. At that moment however Black Spot was launched out of the second story window and landed near the fleeing students. Chat Noir leapt out afterwards and did a 3-point landing on the ground.
"It's over Black Spot!" said Chat Noir
"Lucky Charm!" shouted Black Spot, tossing his weapon into the air as he did so. Out of thin air came a large box, which Black Spot then threw to the ground and pressed a button on.
"This is a time bomb, alley cat." said Black Spot, "In 15 Minutes it will go off unless you can stop it, the instructions are inside, and if you think you can just Cataclysm your way out of it, I'd reconsider. Oh, and just for added security..." Black spot reached out into the crowd and grabbed one of Marinette's classmates a girl named Mylene, wrapping his arm over her neck in a threatening manner.
"Come after her at your own risk!" shouted Black Spot as he ziplined off using his ball on a rope.
"Everyone run!" shouted Chat Noir as he knelt down to disarm the bomb.
The others wasted no time in running away, Marinette did not look back, all she knew is she needed to get away from the bomb, she hoped all her friends would get away fine, but what could she do? She was just ordinary.
Then she tripped.
"Ow!" she shouted as she hit the ground. She was in pain, she could not stand up, she felt her ankle and the sharp pain there in led her to the conclusion that her ankle was broken, she was starting to cry when she noticed something that had fallen out of her bag. A small box with Chinese inscriptions on it.
"What... what is this?" she asked aloud to herself as she opened the box, when she lifted the lid it exploded in a ray of purple light and emerging from it was a small butterfly creature.
"GIANT BUG!" Marinette screamed as she frantically crawled away from the creature
"Hello Marinette, do not be afraid." said the butterfly, Marinette screamed again and started to try and back away before barreling over in pain from her ankle and screamed again.
"Marinette, please you have to remain calm. There isn't much time!" said the creature.
"I'll say! That bomb is about to go off." said Marinette, trying to stand again but failing to.
"Marinette, I am sorry to say, but you are the only one who can stop this." said the Creature.
"WHAT?!"
"You are the chosen one mistress. I am Nooroo, your Kwami. My former master has chosen you to wield me and use my power to save Paris from the Black Spot." said Nooroo.
"No! This is crazy! I'm not a superhero, go to Alya or Chat Noir! Anyone would be better than me! Even if I could fight, I'd be no good with a sprained ankle." said Marinette.
"That's the best part mistress! The power you now possess means you won't need to fight. The power you now wield means that the greatest part of you, your kindness and good judge of character will allow you to choose the perfect champion to empower and fight in your place."
Marinette remained silent, deep in thought.
"Mistress, please." said Nooroo, "Chat Noir is talented, but he can't do it alone. The stakes are simply too high this time."
Marinette remained silent, her mind raced trying to catch up to the events unfolding before her, could she do it? Should she do it? Why her? Eventually all thoughts of this vanished though, when all she could picture was the look on Mylene's face when Black Spot grabbed her.
"I understand." said Marinette, and held out her hand.
"Thank you mistress." said Nooroo and placed a brooch into her palm. "This is your Miraculous, it will grant your power, all you need to do is say 'Nooroo, Dark wings rise' and your powers will manifest."
"Ok." said Marinette, trying to keep herself calm. "What are my powers?"
"Once you are transformed you will be able to sense the emotions of all of Paris. Seek out the hearts of the wronged, crying out for justice mistress! These powerful hearts will allow you to empower them by saying 'go forth my Deva, and deify them!' do you understand?"
Marinette was overwhelmed, but knew what she needed to do, she illustrated this point by doing as Nooroo asked and held the brooch close to her heart, then shouted "Nooroo! Dark wings rise!" Upon hearing this Nooroo flew into the brooch and all across Marinette's body a new costume manifested, a floor length purple gown, with the upper body embroidered with silver chains, large poofy shoulders, arm length white gloves, and the brooch itself pinning to the neck of the gown. On her face a shining silver mask appeared, blocking most of her face from view. In addition her pigtails rearranged themselves into a French bun.
The sensation overwhelmed her, all of France was now panicking, thousands of thoughts screamed out in terror, but Marinette knew she had to keep focus and pulled herself back. She searched throughout Paris, sensing the hearts and minds of those she travelled past, looking for Mylene, when suddenly she had to stop. She had found what Nooroo had described a broken heart screaming for justice, these were the thoughts of the boy in her class Ivan. He always seemed so standoffish and cold to Marinette, but she was now seeing a different side of him. She didn't know how, but she could sense his very soul here and knew he would make the perfect champion to oppose Black Spot. She lifted her hand and spoke the words, "Go forth my Deva and deify them!" as she did so a butterfly appeared and became filled with a purple energy before flying off.
Meanwhile Ivan was running after Black Spot, he didn't know what he would do when he caught up, if he could catch up, but he had to try. As he ran something hit him and he heard a voice.
"Goldheart, I am... Butterfly... your heart longs to save the one you love, but you don't know how." said the voice, "I can help with that help you. I will imbue you with a form as powerful as your heart is gold. Do you accept?"
"To save Mylene? Anything." said Ivan. As he said it a surge of power coursed through him; he watched as his skin turned to solid gold and the ground got further away from him. He had grown into a giant made of gold and iron. Marinette didn't know how she did it, but somehow, she knew she could transform him into a form fitting his motivation. Then her brooch began to blink, she knew it was a bad sign but that didn't matter now, she had to act fast.
"Goldheart, despite your size you can move much faster now." Said Butterfly "Black Spot is very mobile, but with a hostage you may be able to beat him in mobility."
Goldheart grunted in agreement and repeated his orders, then resumed running, despite weighing what seemed like tons, he moved with incredible speed, he could no longer see Black Spot, but he remembered where he lost sight of him behind the buildings, Goldheart took a running leap to get a better view of the area, but saw nothing.
"Wait! Look at that statue." said Butterfly, Goldheart directed his gaze to the statue, "Look at those marks, Black Spot uses his yoyo weapon to swing around, the spikes on it must have dragged through it mid swing!" Goldheart repeated the instructions as Butterfly said them and continued in the specified direction.
A few blocks away swinging through the city, hostage still in his arms Black Spot was confident he would soon get away.
"Please let me go! I'm scared of heights." said Mylene.
"I need you for a bit longer, until I'm sure that mangey hero is out of the picture." said Black Spot. Seconds later however, Black Spot's smugness was challenged when a battle cry ringing out from behind him.
"MYLENE!" screamed Goldheart.
"What is that thing!?" exclaimed Black Spot.
"I don't know but it shouted my name!" said Mylene. Goldheart was rapidly gaining speed, Black Spot was shocked such a large creature could move at those speeds.
"Let her go!" shouted Goldheart
"Well... if you insist." Black Spot smugly stated as he dropped Mylene, barely breaking his stride as he swung through the roof tops.
"NO!" shouted Goldheart, he dived to catch her and rolled as he landed in an effort to soften the fall. He unwrapped his arms and saw that she was fine, then breathed a sigh of relief that she was fine.
"Th-thank you." said Mylene, still very rattled and unnerved.
"Don't mention it." said Butterfly through Goldheart, who was still trying to get her heroic bearing.
"Goldheart, I'm sorry I have to stop this, because it's incredibly cute, but you need to catch Black Spot." said Butterfly
"Oh right... uh... stay safe." said Goldheart as he beat a hasty retreat in pursuit of Black Spot. Far ahead by this point, was Black Spot who was basking in renewed confidence and easily escaping without the added weight and lack of maneuverability caused by his hostage.
"HAHAHA! That bulky chunk of rubble won't be able to catch me now that I'm not carrying any extra weight." he cackled, however if Black Spot ever learns not to tempt fate, it would be today, for only seconds after he said it a voice rang out, "He might not be able to but I can!"
With that Chat Noir vaulted into the fray, landing yet another kick on Black Spot's jaw throwing him to the ground.
"Mangey alley cat!" shouted Black Spot.
"Guess leaving the instructions behind didn't go as purrfect as you hoped?" said Chat Noir.
"Be assured that I won't make the same mistake twice stray!"
"Just tell me one thing real quick spotty face, why are you stealing some high school girls' phone?"
"It's just one piece of a grand puzzle a child like you could never understand."
"Maybe you just need to explain it better."
"Impudent wastrel! I've wasted enough time here, Lucky Charm!" Black Spot thrust his hand into the air and a large object appeared in it.
"Now prepare for your demise furball! This timebomb can't be defused like last time. You'll have to-"
"Sorry to interrupt here spot, but that isn't a timebomb." said Chat Noir. Black Spot looked at the object in his hands and was shocked to find that it was in fact a parachute.
"A PARACHUTE!? WHY ON EARTH WOULD I NEED A-" Black Spot began, but for the second time that day he was interrupted. This time it was due to a giant golden foot rocketing him into the sky and far off towards the outskirts of Paris until he vanished in the distance with a twinkle.
Chat Noir was dumbfounded, he had not expected to see a giant golden golem when he went off to fight Black Spot earlier today. He nervously made eye contact with the creature and asked, "Who are you?"
From the other side of Goldheart's eyes Butterfly was observing the situation unfold. She was staring straight at her crush and couldn't contain herself, so she began to babble to Goldheart, him being the only one who would be able to listen, "Oh, wow Goldheart. There he is! He looks even more handsome in person! And did you see the way he confronted Black Spot? It was so amazing! He saved everyone and just kept going like it was nothing! Oh my god I love him so much he... wait. Why is he making that face... Oh my god Goldheart are you-"
"-Saying all of this!?" said Goldheart
"Yeah he was." said Chat Noir, "Don't worry though I'm flattered. I still didn't really get an answer on who you are though."
"Oh well I'm-" began Butterfly, but before she could finish her new sobriquet the blinking on her brooch sped up and then suddenly stopped. Nooroo flew from out the brooch and the pain in Marinette's ankle returned, causing her to collapse on it, possibly damaging it further.
"I'm so sorry Mistress. I should have warned you! As you are, you can only deify a champion for 15 minutes before my energy runs out." said Nooroo.
"Owowow." said Marinette. "It's OK Nooroo. I'm just glad everyone got out safe."
-oo-
Meanwhile on the other side of Paris, Chat Noir was dumbfounded yet again. The gold giant in front of him had turned into a very tall teenage boy.
"Ugh, what happened?" murmured the boy.
"You don't remember any of that?" said Chat Noir.
"No. I remember a voice... she called herself Butterfly, but she was some sort of angel. She said she would give me power so that I could save a girl that I like." said the boy. From around the corner Mylene appeared.
"You like me?" said Mylene. All Ivan could do was mumble in vague agreement. "Well.. I like you too." said Mylene awkwardly, Ivan proceeded to mumble in far more emphatic agreement.
"Ah, that's cute." said Chat Noir, "I think you two will make the purrrrfect couple. Too bad Black Spot got away with that girl's phone though."
"Umm actually... I kind of stole it back." said Mylene.
"You did?" said Chat Noir, yet again shocked by the day's events.
"Sorry I didn't do more, I was so scared it was all I could think of!"
"Don't worry. You did great, do you think you can get it back to her?" said Chat Noir, Mylene nodded determinedly in agreement.
"OK then, I'm going to see if I can find out if Black Spot is still around, but thanks for your help today! And tell that Angel Butterfly thanks to if you hear from her again." said Chat Noir, pole vaulting in the direction Black Spot flew.
And so the day wrapped up in a neat little package, with the villain defeated, the heroes victorious, and Marinette gaining some confidence in herself, what comes next however remains to be seen.
-oo-
And that is it for the first chapter, I get that there are probably 1000 stories out there with the same plot as mine, but this is mine and that's what matters. This is the first fan fiction I have ever written and hope you enjoyed it, feedback is appreciated, I'll do my best to update at the very least every 2 weeks. Please tune in and enjoy!