Marinette didn't let Hawkmoth take her so easily. It was impossible for him and when he couldn't find her, that only made his anger and frustration worse. She had at least lost him when she had the chance despite all of the scarlet fairies and goblins after her. The bluenette didn't have that silly cat around anymore, but she could at least attempt to transform when they could not see her and she could fight Scarlet Moth on her own. She managed to find a hiding spot that could help her. Silently, she said the few words to make herself become Ladybug.

Ladybug held her yo-yo in one hand. That hand was clutching it as best as she could. She realized she couldn't do this by herself. No, she can't lose hope now. She flew off in a different direction.

Hawkmoth spotted her. "Ladybug? It's a pleasure to finally meet you, young superhero." he could easily tell her age just by looking at her. He had no idea that before him was Marinette. The girl he was looking for. He growled. "Give me your Miraculous!"

"Never!" she swung her yo-yo around at a rapid speed, ready for a fight. Though what she thought was going to be a one on one fight, it turned out to be nearly the whole fairies and some goblins that were also a scarlet color.

"Second thoughts, Ladybug?" he asked her and swung his staff around as if it was a baton.

She had a confident look on her face.

"Meet some friends of mine. I believe you've seen them around. A Ms. Alya Cesaire and a Mr. Nino Lahiffe."

She knew who they were. Her best friends. Alya and Nino. She had heard those names before. She never thought she would see her friends like this. Marinette knew they were better than this. Both of them looked the same from one another. To share the same shadow as Hawkmoth. What foolery was this?

Seeing both like this scared her.

This was unforgivable. She did remember that she could purify where ever these dragonflies were hiding. These objects were supposed to be easy to break. Right?

Ladybug dodged each attack thrown at her. Hand-to-hand combat was easy to block or dodge, but again, being able to hit both of them was nearly impossible. She decided to grab some vines, wrapping them around her two akumatized friends, and led them to a tree. Once they were at the tree, she wrapped the vine around both of the shadows like copies. She tied them up so that this would take them a while to escape even with other help. Their powers somewhat reminded her of something.

Something that Hawkmoth shouldn't have known.

When she was a child, she and her friends played the Miraculous. Each of them taking up their favorite kind of animals. With Nino taking on the turtle under the name of Carapace. This kind of power known to protect and shield others. And with Alya, the power to create illusions with a flute. She took on the name of Rena Rouge. Foxes were her favorite. Hence the themed clothes she had.

She had to protect all the innocent creatures in the Fairy Kingdom and the Dark Forest. Even if it would kill her. She made her way back to the castle. On her way there, she bumped into a familiar black cat.

They both fell to the ground with Chat Noir on top of her.

He gave her a wide smile and she pushed his head away from her's as if she was still mad. It was only playful. His cat ears lowered slightly as if they were real ears.

"I'll give you a kiss when this is all over. I promise." she blew him a kiss, getting up.

"Who are they?" he asked.

"My friends. When we were younger, we always played Miraculous. It's funny that I'm seeing them like this. Then again, it does hurt." she didn't really remember anything though.

He set himself in front of her to protect her. "Well, I'm not letting them get near you!"

"Look out!" she pushed him to the side, seeing one of the shadow minions attack down at them both and another one attacking from behind. She swung her yoyo around and gently elbowed Chat Noir to do an attack or something.

He attacked the shadow that threw herself at them first.

She managed to get the turtle shell shield away from Dark Carapace. When she had kicked it, a black dragonfly flew out. 'De-evilize the akuma.' she heard Tikki tell her telepathically. She opened her yoyo with a swipe to it. She captured the dragonfly, allowing her yoyo to purify the evil dragonfly. She didn't set it free exactly. "Find the akuma!"

He dodged her attacks the best she could, taking her on in the fight he had had with Ladybug before, but this time it was out of anger. He broke her flute, causing another black dragonfly to fly out of it, escaping the area.

She caught that one and let both of them free, causing the two victims to have a black transformation to have them to their normal selves.

"Ladybug? Oh, and who's your friend?" Alya asked teasingly. She didn't even know that she was being used for evil.

"There's no time to explain. You two need to go into hiding."

"But-"

"Go!" she gestured for Chat to follow her.

Alya and Nino went on their way to get other help. Although, someone had escaped from the prison and there would be more additional help.