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Year 3000

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"Yo, Ladybug!" The voice was all too familiar, and all too unwelcome. Alix. She thought bitterly, turning with a slight groan.

She swung back over to where Alix had stood, landing before her, arching her eyebrow.

"Can this wait?" Ladybug demanded to know, growling at her menacingly.

"Oh, relax, Ladybug." Alix huffed, shaking her head. "I've been chasing you for a week now; I think you at least can let me speak my mind for, like, thirty seconds."

Ladybug glanced around, growling lightly. The street they were standing on was near deserted; the block was covered with one-bedroom apartments, and it was during the time where people would be at work and any kids would be at school; nobody should be at their homes right now.

Which honestly left the question on why Alix was out of school.

"Fine." Ladybug relented. "I'll be back in two minutes."

"I'll meet you…" Alix glanced around, trying to find an appropriate meeting place. "…in that alley." Alix gestured, pointing to a nearby alleyway.

Ladybug side-lined it, frowning suspiciously. "Alix…" Before she could complain further, her earring let out it's final warning and she squeaked. "I'll be right back. I guess…we can meet up in the alley."

"Perfect." Alix nodded, grinning. "See you in two minutes."

Ladybug grunted, pulling her yo-yo from her thread belt. "Just so you know, I am not looking forward to this."

"Dully noted, ya big cry baby." Alix sniffed in distain, tilting her head. "Now get going."

Ladybug shot her one last scowl, her yo-yo pulling her away to a safe hiding spot.

As she left, she watched as Alix turned and skated toward the alley way, the tomboy reaching into her backpack to withdraw something.

Ladybug landed elegantly on a deserted rooftop, releasing her transformation with the magical words.

Tikki swirled into the air, stretching. "Good job, Marinette!" She congratulated, beaming. "You and Aspik are really learning to become good partners!"

"Thanks." Marinette mumbled half-heartedly, fishing a macaroon out of her pocket and hanging it to her Kwami.

"Oh, Marinette." Tikki sighed, putting down her treat to nuzzle her chosen's cheek. "What's wrong?"

"It's Alix." Marinette responded, not holding anything back from her Kwami. She knew it was worthless. "I don't trust her."

"Ah." Tikki said softly, tilting her head.

As half of Ladybug, Tikki experienced almost everything Marinette did while in costume, only not seeing a few things. Judging by her expression, she had already known about Ladybug's encounter with Alix.

Tikki floated back to the pastry, taking it back into her hands as she watched Marinette preparing to speak.

"There's something about her that just…ticks me off." Marinette confessed, pressing the palms of her hands to her eyelids, lowering herself into a sitting position as she leaned her head back. "Something that makes me uneasy."

"Marinette." Tikki schooled a serious expression, taking a huge bite out of the macaron. "She's more fun loving then you are; she has no rules in her life. Remember what you've told me? Her father didn't approve of her dying her hair or of her 'street art'. And he certainly doesn't like her clothing choice. She's a rebel. Meanwhile, you're rule following; you're, for the most part, an obedient child. Your natures collide violently. You're too different." Tikki finished the macaroon with the next mouthful, humming. "But this doesn't make her a bad person. She's just… special. In a different way."

Marinette grinned warmly at her Kwami, cupping Tikki between her hands as she cuddled her against her cheeks. "Thanks, Tikki."

"You're welcome, Marinette! Now, are you ready to go meet her?" Tikki asked, smiling merrily.

Marinette took a deep breath, nodding. "Yeah. Let's go. Tikki, spots on!"

The flash of reddish pink swept across Marinette's body, leaving Ladybug in her place once again.

Ladybug crossed the buildings back to the alleyway in silence, wishing Chat Noir was beside her.

Chat Noir had been a wonderful diplomat. Before the White Plague, Ladybug had met with a high power of Paris to discuss new ways to deal with akumas, including the bunkers that now sat underneath the streets of Paris; replacing the catacombs. Or rather, built within the walls of the catacombs. During these meetings, Ladybug sometimes lost her temper and yell at her superiors when they made a rash decision, as if they didn't care for the citizens of Paris.

Chat Noir had not only done a superb job at calming her frazzled nerves, but he had also explained the situation to the Parisian powers, and pointed out how their ideas were just…the worst. He found a way to compromise between the two of them, though Ladybug couldn't help but notice that he always made her part of the compromise have more benefits then the other. When questioned, he had admitted it was on purpose, for multiple reasons; one of which being that hers made more sense, and another being simply that he loved her.

The latter had earned an eyeroll, but Ladybug had left those meetings cheerful because of him.

If he were here now, maybe he could make the meeting with Alix easier for Ladybug; as she was positive she and Alix would begin arguing to no end.

Ladybug backflipped into the alley where Alix was, landing gracefully behind the tomboy.

Alix ignored her, a spray paint can in her hand. She sprayed one last light blue line against the brick wall, then capped the bottle, smirking at Ladybug.

"Welcome to the alleyway, Ladybug. While I'm putting away the spray paint, why don't you tell me what this diagram behind me represents?"

Ladybug glared at her, scoffing. "Did you just vandalize an alley way?"

"Hmm? Oh, no, I didn't do it all just now. I've been working on it for a week now." Alix returned, knowing precisely what Ladybug meant but deciding to mess with her.

"That doesn't change my point." Ladybug growled. "You vandalized this."

"Nobody cares about that." Alix rolled her eyes, shrugging. "It's just an alley way where people empty their trash. Besides, I couldn't show you this very easily with just pen and paper. It's easier to look at it big. Now, what do you think it is?

Ladybug regarded it closely, frowning.

Through the middle of the drawing was a long black line, seven smaller black lines sprouting from the top of it.

The first black line, the furthest to the left, had a white circle above it, a purple paw print in the middle of the circle.

Chat Blanc. Ladybug realized. The White Plague.

Her eyes traveled right, landing on the next one, which had three circles. Chat Noir's emblem, with a red 'x' through it, Ladybug's symbol, and a dark aqua circle with a teal 'T' through it. The third has to represent Aspik. Ladybug thought, glancing over it. Chat Noir's circle had an aqua 'X' through it, and Aspik's had a white arrow pointing to the ladybug sign.

The third line was only Ladybug and Aspik's circles side by side.

The fourth had a similar dygogram to that of the second, though this time Chat Noir had an arrow pointing to Ladybug, and Aspik had a black 'X' through his.

The fifth and sixth remained blank.

Finally, on the seventh, sat a Ladybug and a Chat Noir symbol, bigger than the others. Beneath them sat Bunnix's watch.

It's a timeline. Ladybug finally pieced it together, glancing at the numbers below each line.

The first and second had the year '2019' below them. The third and fourth both had question marks, the fifth and sixth had the words 'Blah-blah' beneath, and the final one had the numbers '2029'.

"Alix, what's this timeline for?" Ladybug asked, still confused by the diagram, especially the fourth row.

"Well, Minibug, it's to explain time travel." Alix said, stuffing the last can into her backpack.

"Alix." Ladybug stiffened, frowning. "Did you just call me…Minibug?"

"Yep. I'm using Minibug to tell the difference between future Ladybug and yourself. You're Minibug, and future you is either just plain Ladybug or Megabug depending on how far in the future it is." Alix clarified, shrugging her shoulders. "Easier that way. Besides, Minibug makes you sound tiny."

"Exactly why I don't want you calling me that." Ladybug grumbled, crossing her arms.

"Oh, get over yourself. I'm about to explain time travel to you, and you're going to shut up and listen." Alix commanded, crossing her arms. "Before we get started, let me clear something up. Chat Noir is not in the wrong here. One of the reasons I'm saying this is because I killed people too; and if they blame Chat, they have to blame me, and I don't want to be blamed."

Ladybug arched an eyebrow, smirking. "Good point. I suppose that should be the same for every death-akuma."

"It should be, but it's not. Because Paris are quiznaking idiots." Alix snarled, punching the wall in anger. "They should all go to Hades for being the stupidest people in the world."

"On that we agree." The bluenette relented, standing akimbo.

"For once." Alix returned, before pivoting to wave at the diagram. "Anyhow, let's get back to on topic."

Ladybug shrugged at that, knowing she couldn't really stop the inevitable. "Proceed."

"Okay, first of all, let's go back and recite the latest news. First, you and Chat Noir became a team. A year and a half passed, blah blah blah, and Chat Noir got akumatized. Shortly after, he vanished, and Aspik took his place, so now Chat Noir is out of the picture. We're here." Alix pointed to the first row of four question marks on the third line, tapping it.

"I could have told you that." Ladybug grunted, tone dripping with annoyance and sarcasm.

"Oh, sweet Seklos and Gaylen, Ladybug. Will you let me flicking explain, or else I will spray paint you in the face. Or punch you." Alix glared. "I'm sure someone of your ranking would be used to that."

Ladybug growled at that, eyeing Alix angrily.

"Well, now that you're as angry as a raging Klanmurl, will you please just listen to my explanation?"

"Fine. I'll try not to interrupt as you explain things that I already know."

"Ugh. So mature."

Ladybug decided to be the bigger person and not retort.

Alix went silent for a few more seconds, as if confirming that Ladybug wouldn't speak up again, then pointed to the final diagram. "I'm going to skip from number 3 to 7 really quick. Panel 7 is ten years in the future; about the age my older self was when she time traveled back in time. Well, really it was eight years from then that she came back – she told me as much – but we don't need to be precise with this. It's just to explain some things." She paused, fingers brushing against the wall as she tilted her head to look at Ladybug. "This next bit is an observation on you that I made."

Ladybug waved her on, her curiosity peaked. "Continue."

"Okay." Alix took a deep breath, squaring your shoulders. "Ladybug, you're unstable. When Aspik first joined you, you insisted that he wasn't replacing Chat Noir; he was just stepping in until Chat returned. For the past week, you've been faltering. You hesitate when saying Chat Noir will return."

Ladybug froze, frowning. Had it really been that obvious?

'Apparently it has been, Bugaboo.' Chat Noir's imaginary voice whispered into her mind.

"Okay, you got me." Ladybug admitted aloud, leaning against the opposite wall as the graffiti. "I'm scared Chat Noir's gone forever. I don't want him to be, but…well…okay. Alix, you cannot tell anyone about this, okay?"

Alix nodded, silently agreeing.

"He visited me – civilian me – before he disappeared. He didn't know it was me, though. But… we're friends. Anyway, when he visited, he told me he's done. That, because the people of Paris hate him and that's probably never going to change, it'd be best if he vanished off the map."

A grin spread across Alix's face, and she let out a cheer. "This only strengthens my point! Okay, so, you're afraid he's never going to come back, right?!"

A blank face from Ladybug.

"Great! Okay, so, in the future, Mega-me came back in time to before Chat Blanc." Alix explained, pointing to a nonexistent point before the purple paw print. "And then, she mentioned that Chat Noir had damaged her Miraculous at some point."

"It could be a different Chat Noir." Ladybug pointed out.

"Ah, ah, ah. I'm not a liar. At least, I wouldn't lie to myself." Alix argued. "She made a big point of it being the same Chat Noir. Thus, it was the same Chat Noir."

"Her memories were messed up from spending five thousand years in those Egyptian hieroglyphics." Ladybug returned.

"I wouldn't lie to myself." Alix glared, her gaze flashing menacingly. "And I wouldn't make a mistake that severe. Remember, Bunnix returned to the future to get Mega-Bug and Big-Noir and didn't tell us she made a mistake about the Chat Noirs when she returned. She let it be."

"Unless if he looks similar to my Chat Noir." Ladybug shrugged, giving herself a hug.

"I'm going to just ignore that." Alix spoke, referring to Ladybug's placement of 'my', quirking an eyebrow. "Now, Ladybug, even if he looks just like Chat, I wouldn't have mixed him up. His costume probably would have changed if he was different. Especially if everyone was bitter about the old one, it'd be like cursing him to have him wearing the same costume."

Ladybug just slow blinked at her, unimpressed.

"Ugh. The point is, don't worry. Chat Noir will return one day."

"Oh." Ladybug stared, suddenly increasingly impressed. "Really? Are you sure?"

"Ladybug. I'm positive." Alix promised, pressing a hand over her heat and raising her other palm to head height. "He will come back. I wouldn't lie about that, adult or not."

Ladybug felt a slight smile tugging on her lips, nodding. "That's…"

"It's a grandfather paradox." Alix explained before she could get a word in. "We know he's in the future. If we somehow altered it, so that he wasn't in the future, we wouldn't remember him being in the future because how wasn't."

"You could have just said that in the first place." Ladybug sighed sarcastically, even though her smile remained.

"I suppose, but where's the fun in that?" Alix shrugged, before pausing. "Okay, I admit, that could have gone a lot quicker if I had just gotten out with it."

"It could have, but…" Ladybug paused, looking at Alix. "Thank…thank you, Alix."

"No problem, LB." Alix saluted, beginning to skate backwards out of the alley. "Though, if you want some of my advice, enjoy the time you have now. Don't let your longing get in the way of you having a good time, yeah?"

"Okay, Alix." Ladybug agreed. "Yeah. I'll try."

Alix smirked, nodding, then was gone.