Alya had to admit to herself that she might not be the best superhero. She had been shocked and ecstatic to find the Ladybug Miraculous in her bag. She loved being the new Ladybug.

However she made a lot of mistakes: she got into trouble at home when she had to bail on them to take care of Akumas, took some time to figure out where the Akuma was and she was not exactly careful about what was in her way or exactly gentle in asking people who the Villain was. Plus she was quick to be frustrated when her lucky Charm didn't give her a weapon and would disregard it.

Plus Cat Noir seemed to be disappointed when he found out his previous Ladybug had been replaced and would argue with her a lot; more than a couple of times he would question as to how she got the Miraculous. Tikki had told her that the previous Ladybug had put the Miraculous in her bag but Cat Noir didn't seem to be happy; it came to the day when he asked how did he know that she did not steal the Miraculous.

She had been upset by the implication but chose not to answer but unfortunately nearby civilians gossiped about it. Her reputation was split; there were people who thought the original Ladybug might not have been that good to quite so soon after her first big blunder, there were ones who thought she could have made a better job and there were ones who agreed with Cat Noir and were demanding that she give the Miraculous back to the rightful owner.

She would just ignore the conversations about the topic when she heard students engage in it at school. She had her close friends at school especially her boyfriend Nino and her best friend Marinette.

She was guilty about the times she had to bail on them (Marinette especially seemed to immediately accept every excuse that was given) but they seemed to be accepting of it. On the topic of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Nino was a fan of them but Marinette was always nervous about the subject and seemed to be frozen when she was nearby as Ladybug. What did she have a crush on her as Ladybug or something?

But nervous, hard to understand and clumsy was just how Marinette was.

But then came recently when that gold armored monkey appeared; she thought it was another Akuma but this one seemed stronger and was looking for something. He actually was not interested in her or Cat Noir; he actually paused when he saw Cat Noir almost hit him with Catacalysm.

He had escaped after that and in every encounter seemed to be able to dodge the Cataclysm (only attack of them that he ever was concerned about when he saw Cat Noir was attempting to use it) or managed to get away. He seemed to be looking for something he called the Zeo Crystal?

However what shocked where was when she had asked Tikki about this Akuma.

"I don't know what he is but I can definitely say for certain that he was not an Akuma." Tikki had told her which made her shaken with shock and a bit of fear. What was he if not an Akuma?

When asked about this Zeo Crystal she had responded with "10,000 years ago a wizard called Zordon had hidden it somewhere on Earth shortly before he imprisoned an evil witch named Rita Repulsa, it was some sort of power source. He has not been seen since and none of the Kwamis have seen him since. I was still in my Miraculous and Plagg was busy causing the Dinosaur' extinction at the time." Tikki had told her and Alya decided that they not only needed to stop this monster but find where this Zeo Crystal is; if Hawk Moth had gotten word that there was another power source he could use other than their Miraculous then who knows what he would do to get it.

Practically every second she was not at school she was out patrolling or trying to find the monster; it had been affecting her schoolwork to the irritation of her family and Tikki who insisted she still needed sleep.

Nino was getting concerned and Alya agreed to try and relax some more; Marinete was even getting worrisome over her health.

Once she got some rest she noticed Marinette was acting even more unusual than even her standards. She seemed to be busy herself and would be seen sharing glances with Kim, Max, Rose and even Sabrina. Of course they were in a project together so Alya could expect that but that was not the end of it.

She seemed to be sporting a new red jumper (from the latest Agreste line) and the 4 other classmates in the group began having more colourful attires lately as well. Kim began wearing more black tops; Max had a new blue jumper and Sabrina a new yellow jacket. Kim's attire did not change as she still wore her pink clothes; honestly Alya doubted she even owned main clothes that were not pink.

Then came the day where she and Cat Noir were going to fight the Akuma only to find 5 similarly costumed individuals having already beaten them to it. They actually destroyed the monster and the red one (seemingly acting as the leader) told Nadja Chamack that they were Power Rangers and they were here to protect the Earth from Rita Repulsa?

The citizens were in awe at their new Superheroes but Alya was both jealous they could do what she could not and concerned; being upstaged by a new Superhero reminded her too much of Volpina.

But from how Cat Noir reacted; it seemed that he thought the Red Ranger was his previous Ladybug. That couldn't be true; could it?

She asked Tikki after de-transforming about Power Rangers.

"They were warriors who helped out Zordon on Earth; there had been sightings of Ranger teams and some teamed up with previous Miraculous users. Last time their energy was detected I believe it was the night of America's Moon Landing." Tikki had told her but Alya was still a bit suspicious.

She would love for there to be more superheroes out there but Volpina showed her that she could not blindly trust every supposed new Hero out there. Still she would be giving them the benefit of the doubt. Tikki had no knowledge of this Rita Repulsa but still she could not help but ask if there was any chance her previous Ladybug was this Red Ranger.

Tikki just frowned and stayed silent; Alya apologised to her as it was a sore subject of the previous Ladybug. Tikki seemed to think she was at fault for pushing her too much into a situation she was not prepared for.

Still Alya hoped there could be a chance to meet her one day but she did not know what exactly would she do. Would she give back the Miraculous or tell her off or what?

At school the classmates loved the idea of new Superheroes in Paris but of course Marinette and her project group seemed to be hiding something about it.

Still she got some more needed rest and resting on this day and decided she needed to call Marinette and Nino to apologise for all the bailing on them that she did. She would give them a day out as friends as she doubted Marinette was up to anything interesting in her project group...

Marinette and the other Rangers were open mouthed as Alpha 5 had shown them their Zords: large mechanical robots patterned after their own robot and color.

"Alpha, you have to let me take mine out for a spin... PLEASE!" Kim practically begged to the laughter of his new teammates.