Hey everyone, I'm back with chapter 5. I apologize for the delay, I've been really busy and I've been struggling a lot with writing this chapter, but it's here now and I hope you enjoy it.
Shoutout again to reddit user Nangbaby for giving me the idea for this akuma.
Hope you enjoy.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug
Zach Petiot was in a dark room, sat in a chair, his hands tied behind his back and his face bruised and bloody.
"So, you going to tell us what we want to know?" asked one of the men stood infront of Zach
"I'll tell you nothing, you and your boss won't get anything out of me" said Zach
"Oh really?" asked someone else
The 2 men stepped aside as a teenage girl, the same age as Zach, with long red hair, wearing a white mini dress with a black leather jacket.
"I believe you'll tell us everything we want to know, one way or another, Zach" said the girl
"CUT!"
The lights in the studio came on as the director walked up to the people on set.
"What? What's wrong?" asked the girl
"Helene, you called me Zach, again, you're supposed to address me by my character's name, not my actual name" said Zach
"Oh, sorry, my mistake" said Helene
"Okay people, let's take it from the top" said the director
"Actually, is it cool if we take a break?" asked Zach
"Sure, why not?"
Zach stood up from the chair and walked up to his friends, who he had invited on set.
"You're doing great, dude" said Nino
"Yeah, this movie seems like it's gonna be a hit" said Alya
"Thanks guys, but I wish my co-star was a bit more...I don't know...professional" said Zach
"She's not THAT bad" said Adrien
"Don't get me wrong, she's got some talent, but we've had to redo scenes 40 times because of her constant mistakes, since this is her first acting job" said Zach
"So why did she get such a big role for her first?" asked Marinette
"Her uncle is the director" said Zach
==Meanwhile==
Audrey Bardet, a Beaumont born actress, walked into the Le Grand Paris hotel. Recently, Audrey had auditioned for a role in a film called Justice Justicière, she had auditioned to be the main villain, but she was turned down for the role. After getting to her hotel room, Audrey took out her laptop and, out of curiosity, looked up who had gotten the roles in Justice Justicière.
CAST:
Zach Petiot as Jesse
Helene Devereux as Vicky
Jean Richard as Omar
Pierre Dujardin as Claude
Audrey kept reading and noticed the cast list seemed pretty strong, she recognized Zach Petiot, having co-starred with him in a horror movie a couple years prior, when she played his character's deaf aunt, but she had never heard of Helene Devereux. She looked up Helene's page on the site and found nothing, no past roles, no notable experience, nothing. Something seemed off. Audrey took her phone out and called her agent.
"Hey, Audrey, what can I do for you?"
"It's about the movie you got me the audition for last week, did they happen to give a reason why they turned me down?" asked Audrey
"Um, yeah, they did, but I don't think you're going to want to hear it"
"What is it?"
"Well, they said they wanted someone with a more..."
"A more what?" asked Audrey
"A more youthful appearance"
"Youthful appearance? Wait, do you mean..." said Audrey
"Yeah, I'm sorry Audrey"
Audrey hung up, she was insulted, they turned her down for the role, just because they thought she was too old. In a sudden outburst of anger, Audrey threw her phone at the wall and shattered a mirror. Audrey took out her compact mirror and checked her reflection.
==Hawkmoth's Lair==
"Age discrimination is an unfortunate thing in today's world, and it looks like it's up to me and my akumas to help this woman do something about it" said Hawkmoth
A white butterfly flew into Hawkmoth's hand, he covered it with his other hand as it was engulfed in a dark energy, turning it black and purple.
"Go forth, my little akuma, and evilize her" said Hawkmoth
==Le Grand Paris==
The akuma fluttered into Audrey's hotel room and into her compact mirror. A purple outline started shining infront of her eyes.
"Madame Mirror, I am Hawkmoth, these people decided to ignore your talent in favour of that other girl, all because of your age, well, I can give you the chance to prove to them that age is just a number, all I ask in return is you give me the miraculous of Ladybug and Cat Noir" said Hawkmoth
"I accept, Hawkmoth" said Audrey
A dark energy enveloped Audrey. Her entire body was now composed solely of mirror shards.
==Studio==
Back in the studio, Zach was shooting a fight scene where he took on two goons, which ended when he knocked one goon out with a spinning heel kick and knocked the other out with a lead pipe.
"AND CUT! That's all for today everyone, great work Zach" said the director
"Thanks, great work guys" said Zach, helping the actors playing the goons to their feet
Zach walked up to his friends.
"Awesome scene, Zach, how did you learn to fight like that?" asked Nino
"I've had to learn a lot of stuff for roles, I've also learned to speak a couple foreign languages, I'm a decent artist and I can pull off moves on a skateboard that would make professional skaters jealous" said Zach
"Ever consider hiring stuntmen for some stuff?" asked Alya
"I prefer doing my own stunts" said Zach
"Is their anything you can't do?" asked Marinette
"Yeah, I actually can't sing, I can't dance..." said Zach
"Can't act" said Chloe, who approached the group
"Well done Chloe, you got me there, I suppose the saying is true" said Zach
"What saying?" asked Chloe
"Every dog DOES have her day" said Zach
"Chloe, what are you doing here?" asked Marinette
"Me, Sabrina and Zach were matched up together for a group project for school, Sabrina's feeling sick so I had to come to find Zach" said Chloe
"And you found me, congratulations" said Zach, sarcastically
==Meanwhile==
Helene was on her way to the green room, feeling embarrassed about how she kept messing up her lines.
"Helene!" called someone
Helene turned around to see her uncle, the director.
"Helene, are you okay? You seem upset"
"Well...I can tell I'm no good, you should have cast someone with more experience" said Helene
"Helene, you are good, I can tell this movie is going to make you a star" said the director
Helene smiled.
"Thanks, Uncle" said Helene
"UNCLE?!"
The two looked to see Madame Mirror across the hall from them.
"Now that makes a bit more sense" said Madame Mirror
"Who are you?" asked the director
"Call me Madame Mirror, and you need time to reflect on your poor decisions" said Madame Mirror
Madame Mirror held up a compact mirror and used it to fire a beam of light towards the director, the beam had the effect of aging him up to a senior citizen. Helene screamed and ran off.
"What a coward, I think she needs to grow up" said Madame Mirror
Helene ran back to the main set, screaming for help, she ended up running right into Zach.
"Helene? What's wrong?" asked Zach
"There's an akuma in the building, she got my uncle, turned him into an old man" said a panicked Helene
"Wow, she really DOES need to work on her acting" said Chloe
"I'm NOT..." said Helene
Helene was cut off when she was hit by a beam of light that turned her into an old woman. The group looked to see Madame Mirror.
"Huh, guess she wasn't acting" said Chloe
"I say we get out of here, now" said Marinette
The group all ran off to hide, except Alya, who hid on set to catch some footage for the Ladyblog. Marinette ran to a nearby prop closet and let Tikki out of her purse.
"What's happening?" asked Tikki
"Hawkmoth's newest akuma is aging people to senior citizens, we have to stop her..." said Marinette
"TIKKI! SPOTS ON!"
Marinette brushed her hair out of the way as Tikki flew into Marinette's earring. Both of Marinette's earrings turned red and 5 black spots donned the surface of the earrings.
Marinette covered her eyes before moving her hands away to afix her mask.
Marinette stretched out one arm as a bright pink light pasted Marinette's suit onto her.
Marinette's Yo-Yo materialized around Marinette's waist.
With a little dance and a high kick, Marinette posed as her transformation into Ladybug was complete.
Meanwhile, Adrien hid in a janitor's closet when he let Plagg out of his shirt.
"You couldn't have hid near the catering? There might have been camembert" said Plagg
"No time for food, Plagg, we have an akuma to stop..." said Adrien
"PLAGG! CLAWS OUT!"
Adrien's ring changed from silver to black before Plagg flew into the ring as a green pawprint appeared on the ring. Adrien shot his hand above his head.
Adrien waved his hand infront of his face as his mask materialized, before running his hands over his hair, forming his cat ears.
Adrien spread his arms as his catsuit manifested from the center of his chest to his hands and feet. Adrien's belt and Bo Staff also materialized around his waist.
After performing 2 scratch taunts, Adrien posed as his transformation into Cat Noir was complete.
Zach helped Nino and Chloe hide in an empty dressing room before hiding himself in the green room and letting Howll out of his shirt
"Well, at least now, you might get a better co-star" said Howll
"That's not funny, Howll, we have to help Ladybug and Cat Noir stop the akuma and put everything back to normal..." said Zach, removing his bracer, revealing the miraculous underneath
"HOWLL! FULL MOON RISE!"
Howll flew into Zach's bracelet. His Gauntlet formed on his other arm.
Zach snapped his fingers infront of his face as his mask materialized.
Zach ran his fingers through his hair, causing his black, spiked hair to develop purple highlights and a set of wolf ears to form on his head.
Zach raised his right arm above his head and extened the retractable claws in his Gauntlet, before driving the blades into the ground as his suit formed on his body.
Zach waved his arms infront of his waist as his belt materialized.
Zach posed as his transformation into Nightwolf was complete.
Back on set, Madame Mirror had aged up a couple more people when the heroes stepped in.
"That's enough of that" said Ladybug, tying up Madame Mirror with her Yo-Yo
"Sorry, only Madame Mirror can decide when it's enough" said Madame Mirror
"Madame Mirror, our so called heroes have arrived, take their Miraculous and bring them to me" said Hawkmoth
"It's nice meeting you three, but I'm afraid I can't stay to chat" said Madame Mirror
Madame Mirror noticed Alya hiding and noticed Alya's glasses. Madame Mirror's eyes started to get brighter along with the lenses in Alya's glasses, in a bright flash of light, Madame Mirror vanished.
"Where did she go?" asked Cat Noir
"She just disappeared" said Nightwolf
Ladybug heard someone groaning and walked over to the source, it was Alya, she had taken her glasses off and was rubbing her eyes.
"Alya Cesaire, are you alright?" asked Ladybug
"I'm alright, but that flash nearly blinded me" said Alya
"What happened?" asked Nightwolf
"I was trying to get some footage for the Ladyblog when suddenly there was that bright flash, it felt like it was only a couple centimeters from my face" said Alya
"But we saw the flash too, it wasn't that bad" said Cat Noir
"And where did Madame Mirror disappear to?" asked Ladybug
"I'm right here" said someone
Alya thought she heard the voice coming from her glasses. The heroes took a look and saw Madame Mirror in the lens, before she seemed to run off.
"What happened?" asked Cat Noir
"That must be a secondary power, she can make her escape using reflective surfaces" said Nightwolf
"Just like my glasses" said Alya
"And now, she can be anywhere" said Ladybug
"Nightwolf, can't you use your 'Instinct' power to find her?" asked Cat Noir
"Oh, yeah" said Nightwolf
"INSTINCT!"
Nightwolf's wolf ears perked up, as his eyes started to focus and his senses increased.
"Well, where is she?" asked Cat Noir
"I can't find her" said Nightwolf
"She must still be hiding in reflective surfaces" said Ladybug
"Wait, my friend, Nino, he wears glasses too, she might end up finding him" said Alya
"Where are they?" asked Ladybug
"This way, follow me" said Nightwolf, leading the way to the dressing room
When the heroes arrived, Nino and Chloe were safe.
"Ladybug, Cat Noir, Nightwolf, I presume you're here with my miraculous" said Chloe
"Nope, we're here because this akuma can move around using reflective surfaces, such as Nino's glasses" said Cat Noir
Suddenly, Nightwolf's power started kicking in, when he realised something.
"Or the mirrors in a dressing room" said Nightwolf
With that, Madame Mirror lept out of one of the mirrors in the room and fired her aging beam at Nino, aging him to an old man.
"AGH!" screamed Chloe
Madame Mirror fired her beam, which was blocked by Ladybug using her Yo-Yo as a shield. Ladybug tried to catch Madame Mirror with her Yo-Yo, but in another flash of light, Madame Mirror disappeared again.
"Dang it, she got away again" said Nightwolf
"And now, she could be anywhere in all of Paris" said Cat Noir
Ladybug suddenly realised something.
"No, she's still in the building" said Ladybug
"How can you be so sure?" asked Chloe
"Madame Mirror should be able to use her power to travel anywhere in the city, maybe even the world, if she wanted, but when she escaped earlier, she came here, she didn't escape outside anywhere, she stayed in the building, why do you think she stayed here when she could have easily gotten away?" asked Ladybug
"Because Hawkmoth wants her to capture our miraculous" said Cat Noir
"Exactly, as long as we stay in the building, she won't leave" said Ladybug
"But we're faced with a problem" said Nightwolf
"What's that?" asked Cat Noir
Nightwolf showed his bracelet and revealed he only had a couple minutes left before changing back.
"Nearly every room in the building has some sort of reflective surface, there's no way we can get around and hide without her possibly catching us when we turn back" said Nightwolf
"And then Hawkmoth will find out who we are" said Car Noir
"But if you leave for a moment to transform outside, she might think you're trying to escape the building, and she'll escape to the city" said Chloe
"Right, here's the plan for now, Cat Noir and I will try to find somewhere else to hide Chloe, Nightwolf, since your Instinct should still be active, see if you can use it to find a place with no reflective surfaces, so you can transform back" said Ladybug
"Alright" said everyone else
The group split up, Nightwolf searched the building for somewhere to transform back, eventually, finding the costume closet. Hiding behind some of the costumes, just as his miraculous timed out and he turned back into Zach.
"This is bad" said Howll
"Yeah, she can hide anywhere in the building at will, and since she hides inside reflective surfaces, we can't use Instinct to find her" said Zach
"Well, let's quickly get back into it" said Howll
"Sorry, little buddy, I don't have any food to bring your energy up, we're going to have to wait" said Zach
Suddenly, Zach started hearing footprints.
"Howll, quick, hide" whispered Zach
Howll hid in Zach's shirt as Zach put his bracer back on to hide his miraculous, just as he did, Madame Mirror appeared in front of him.
"Ah, Zacharie Petiot, it's been a while" said Madame Mirror
"I'm sorry, do I know you?" asked Zach
"I'm surprised you don't recognize me" said Madame Mirror
It took Zach a moment, but he recognized Madame Mirror.
"Audrey?" asked Zach
"So you do remember me" said Madame Mirror
"Audrey, what happened to you, how did you get akumatized?" asked Zach
"I'll tell you exactly what happened..." said Madame Mirror
==Later==
Ladybug and Cat Noir were searching the building for any sign of Madame Mirror, after hiding Chloe in a storage closet.
"Milady, she could be anywhere in this entire building" said Cat Noir
"And even if we find her, she could just hide again" said Ladybug
"Guys!"
The duo looked to see Nightwolf approaching them.
"What kept you? You've been gone for a few hours" said Ladybug
"Sorry, didn't have any food to help my kwami get his energy back faster" said Nightwolf
"Well, any sign of Madame Mirror?" asked Cat Noir
"Not right now, but I overheard a conversation she had with someone, Zach Petiot" said Nightwolf
"Is he okay?" asked Cat Noir
"He's fine, she didn't use her aging beam on him" said Nightwolf
"Why not?" asked Ladybug
"Apparently, Madame Mirror is actually the actress, Audrey Bardet, she was akumatized because she was turned down for Helene's role due to her age, she didn't age Zach because they have a bit of a friendship after co-starring in a movie together a couple years ago" said Nightwolf
"So we know who she is, but what about the akuma, where is it?" asked Cat Noir
"It must be in her compact mirror" said Ladybug
"Very clever" said Madame Mirror
The heroes looked to see Madame Mirror fire her beam at them, the beam almost hit Ladybug when Nightwolf pushed her out the way, getting hit with the beam himself instead.
"NIGHTWOLF!" screamed a panicked Ladybug and Cat Noir
When Madame Mirror went to fire her beam again, Cat Noir blocked it, spinning his staff to shield him and the others from the blast.
"Let's get out of here and think of a plan" said Ladybug
Ladybug got the elderly Nightwolf to his feet and dragged him away, followed by Cat Noir.
"They're forced into retreat, their miraculous will be mine" said Hawkmoth
The heroes ended up hiding in another room with a big mirror at one end.
"What room is this?" asked Cat Noir
"My dressing room" thought the elderly Nightwolf, but he didn't say anything
"We need to think of a way to stop Madame Mirror, but if she can find any type of reflective surface, she'll just escape" said Ladybug, locking the door
"Well, there is one thing you can do, bugaboo" said Cat Noir
"Right..." said Ladybug
"LUCKY CHARM!"
Ladybug flung her Yo-Yo high into the air. Energy shot out from the yo-yo before creating a Roll of Cling Film.
"Cling film? What am I supposed to do with this?" asked Ladybug
"You need to think of something" said Nightwolf
Ladybug looked around the dressing room, noticing the cling film, Cat Noir and the mirror in the dressing room.
"I have an idea" said Ladybug
Ladybug quickly wrapped the mirror in cling film.
"Alright, here's the plan..." said Ladybug
==Meanwhile==
Madame Mirror searched the building for the heroes, but couldn't find them anywhere, eventually, she jumped into a reflective glass frame in the hallway and started searching that way, until she found the heroes in the dressing room.
"Hey, Madame Mirror, you want our miraculous, come and get them" said Ladybug
When Madame Mirror jumped out of the mirror, she got caught in the cling film, while Madame Mirror was distracted trying to get out of the cling film, Ladybug took the chance to stop her from escaping.
"Now, Cat Noir" said Ladybug
Cat Noir jumped out from behind the mirror.
"CATACLYSM!"
Cat Noir raised his hand above his head as his hand was infused with negative energy.
Cat Noir used his power to destroy the mirror, leaving no reflective surfaces for Madame Mirror to escape.
"Nice plan, Bugaboo" said Cat Noir
"Now let's capture the akuma" said Ladybug
"You haven't won yet, Ladybug" said Madame Mirror
Madame Mirror raised her compact mirror and tried to fire a beam at Ladybug and Cat Noir, only for her arm to be quickly pinned to the ground by Nightwolf's gauntlet, with her wrist stuck between 2 of the blades.
"But, how? You're too old to fight" said Madame Mirror
"Age is just a number" said Nightwolf
Ladybug took the opportunity and grabbed Madame Mirror's compact mirror, before dropping it back on the ground and stomping on it, releasing the akuma.
"No more evil doing for you, little akuma" said Ladybug as she opened her yo-yo
"Time to de-evilize!"
Ladybug captured the purple akuma in her yo-yo.
"Gotcha!"
Ladybug released the akuma, now pruified into a white butterfly.
"Bye-bye, little butterfly" said Ladybug, before throwing the Lucky Charm into the air.
"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"
An explosion of pink energy dispersed into a swarm of ladybugs that flew around the studio, repairing all the damage caused by Madame Mirror, and reverting everyone's ages back to normal, including Nightwolf, and reverting Madame Mirror back to normal.
"Huh? How did I get here?" asked Audrey
"Pound it" said the trio of heroes, fist bumping over a job well done
==Hawkmoth's Lair==
"You may be the stars today, but I swear this, Ladybug and Cat Noir, one day, your miraculous will be mine" said Hawkmoth
==The Next Day==
Zach and the others were back at the studio to finish some more scenes. Helene had improved quite a bit since yesterday and she wasn't making as many mistakes. Zach and Helene had just finished shooting a scene to finish shooting for the day.
"And cut, perfect you two" said the director
"Thanks sir" said Zach
Zach walked over to his friends.
"Nice work, Zach" said Alya
"Yeah, and seems like Helene's gotten better" said Marinette
"Yeah, she has, thanks to a friend" said Zach
The group looked over at Helene, who was talking with Audrey. After the akuma attack yesterday, Zach had convinced the director to let Audrey work on set as Helene's acting coach.
"Helene's not a bad actress, she just needed a little help, I remember experiencing the same thing when I was just getting started as an actor, back when I was just 7 and I was starring in a comedy movie in Italy" said Zach
"I can tell this movie's going to be a hit" said Nino
Hope you enjoyed, let me know what you think.
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