Here we gooooooooo!
(Also if someone could tell me the name of the jacket thing Marinette wears in the show that would be much appreciated, thx)
-Miraculous Ladybug and Chat Noir-
The blinding, pink, light erupted from Tikki's outstretched palm. The light twirled and twisted through the air, straight towards Marinette. Connecting with her body, the light shot through her stomach. The impact of the light caused Marinette to drop the miracle box. Her face was plastered with shock. With wide eyes, Marinette, stared at Tikki. Did she... Did she just try and attack her? Marinette instinctively tried to step back, but some force had stopped her. She was paralysed, shoulders to toes. The light fully faded and Tikki floated a couple of meters away. Her presence, normally kind and small, was menacing and pressured. Tikki stared at Marinette with a force of an exploding volcano, her eyes shun with creative light. It was beautiful and unnatural. To Marinette it was horrifying. Tikki raised her arm once again and thrust it forward at Marinette. A sharp string of light shot into Marinette and lodged itself into her chest. It hurt. Oh God it hurt. It felt as if her heart had been replaced with a raging flame, bent on destroying her from the inside. It felt as if every part of her body was being obliterated. She screamed out. She yelled for her Papa. Her Mama. The scream of fear and pain struck Tikki like a blow to the face, but she didn't retract her spear of light. Yells sounded from downstairs and Tikki could hear the thudding of footsteps approaching. Using her free hand, she summoned her power to create a block over the trap door. She would not be interrupted.
Tikki focused again on Marinette. The expression spread across her owners face was that of fear and hurt and betrayal. Tears escaped Marinette's eyes. She tried, unsuccessfully, to remove the light lodged in her chest, but she could not touch it. Marinette screamed in agony at the small creature. "NO, STOP PLEASE!"
Tikki remained quiet, eyes still glowing bright. She felt for the light and closed her eyes. Calming her mind, Tikki blocked out the thuds of the Dupain-Chang's attempts to enter the room, along with the pleading screams of Marinette. Tikki focused on her own consciousness. In her mind all was dark. All was black, except for a bright light, that was her soul, and a white tunnel that was the spear of light. Tikki subconsciously pushed the light into the white tunnel. Her soul travelled down the light and flowed into Marinette. A new pain spread from Marinette's chest, an almost icy presence in her body. Marinette felt as if her whole body was being ripped apart. Marinette had felt some presence. It seemed unnatural, disgusting almost. Intruding, definitely. She was so confused. She was in horrible pain, but her fear of the presence panicked her. Overwhelmed her. Marinette forgot she was crying, that she was screaming. Screamimg for mercy. A blackness enveloped her vision.
-Miraculous-
Marinette lay in the dark. At least, she thought it was a dark place. It was completely black no matter where she turned. She looked down at herself and saw that she was as visible as she would be on a sunny day. So it can't be dark. I can still see myself. Weird. Marinette, on a second glance, realised that all the injuries she had sustained where gone, aswell as how she once again wore her pink jeans and jacket. She stood up and had another look around. Still nothing. Her confusion grew. "How'd I get here?" She asked herself. A bright light materialised imfront of her and she rose her arms to cover her eyes. The light faded, and when Marinette looked up from the light, she saw herself. She was standing with the miracle box in her hands. She was saying something, but no sound reached the real Marinette's ears. Suddenly a light shot out from somewhere and shot through the other Marinette. The suddenness of it made the real her stumble. She watched as the duplicate of her was stabbed with a second light, and Marinette realised something. These where her memories. But why where they here. Why where they appearing to her beckon? Standing back up, Marinette felt for her miraculous. Still there. Tikki. What had Tikki done to her? Lifting her hands, she tried to remove the earrings. They didn't budge. It almost made her sick. Her thoughts where interrupted by a sudden shake of her black world. Turning around, Marinette saw that a wall to her world she hadn't seen had a small, white, crack. Another shake of her world and Marinette stumbled. She stared at the wall. The crack had increased in size. Another shake of her world. The crack spread again. Another quake. And another. And another. The crack had grown to the size of a truck and parts of the wall were crumbling. The thundering stopped and all Marinette could hear was her breathing. She stared wide eyed with fear at the wall. What felt like an eternity passed. An eternity of heavy breathing and panic. Suddenly the wall shattered and a white orb shot through, its light invading the dark. The light swirled with a feeling of elegance. The ball gave the sense of something aged, something wise. Where the wall had smashed was a white tunnel. It was completely white, not a single flaw in the white void that looked like it reached out forever. It felt weird. Marinette's focus returned to the orb. It's presence felt... off. Like it was forbidden to be in the confides of this place. A question returned to her. Where was she? That question was followed by a bunch more. Where was Tikki? Why was she here? And what was his weird light orb?
The orb slowly lowered itself to float infont of Marinette. The closer the orb was to her body, the colder she became. Her blood ran cold and she was once again frozen. She stared, fearfully, as the orb began to shrink and change shape. It grew smaller and smaller till it was the size of a large mouse. The orb wriggled and changed, forming limbs, a body and a head. The light began to glow red and soon the shaped light was replaced by the magical Kwami of creation, Tikki. Marinette was filled with anger at once again being paralysed in front of the creature, most likely because of her, aswell. Her young, furious, blue eyes stared into the aged, and sad, eyes of the invasive creature.
"Tikki..." Marinette practically spat. The idea that Tikki had on purposely trapped her in this dark place fuelled her anger, along with the feeling that Tikki was breaking an ancient law while being here.
"Marinette, plea-" Tikki tried
"Save it. Where are we, and what have you done to me?!" She demanded.
Tikki moved closer, and Marinette grew even colder and her chest felt as if it were being ripped apart. The pain showed across her face, and seeing it, Tikki floated back to where she had originally appeared.
"We- We are in your mind, Marinette. This place. It's an embodiment of you. This place is almost like an archive. A collection of every event in your life and how you perceive those events. And you. You, in this place, are the embodiment of your soul. Your consciousness. Who you are."
Marinette had another look around, only turning her head as she was still unable to move her body. She returned her attention to Tikki. "Okay... You still haven't told my what you have done to me. And finally, why are you here, if this is my mind?!"
Tikki squeaked. "I have opened your mind to me with my power. I- I pushed my consciousness into you."
A realisation hit Marinette. "Is that why I feel... wrong?"
"Yes." Tikki looked at the ground. "I'm sorry Marinette, but I can't let you give up being Ladybug. You're too strong. Your ability to resist the overwhelming power of wearing a large number of miraculous at any time is too valuable. You giving up, it... it would doom Paris. So, for why I am here. I have decided to force you into staying Ladybug, forever."
"And how do you plan to do that, Tikki? As soon as I am free, I will be removing my miraculous. I will no longer be Ladybug."
Tikki looked back up at Marinette, tears filling her eyes. "I- I'm going to... remove Marinette from your personality. I- I'm going to force you to forget yourself, leaving only Ladybug."
Marinette's anger was replaced with fear. She was at a loss for words.
"Tikki, please!" She pleaded "I don't want to die!" Tears leaked out of her eyes, dripping to the ground.
"I'm sorry, Marinette," She whispered solemnly, "but I'm won't be killing you. I'm so sorry, but killing you would be merciful for what you are going to feel for the rest of eternity. I just can't bring myself to kill you. I'm so sorry" Tikki began to float towards her.
The chest ripping pain grew with every moment Tikki grew closer. It felt as if every fibre of Marinette's body was being ripped apart. The pain was almost undefinable. She screamed for Tikki to stop, but Tikki continued to float forward, face staring down at the floor in shame.
"TIKKI PLEASE STOP!"
"I'm sorry." Tikki whispered. She still moved forward.
Closer. The pain grew even more and Marinette wished she would fall unconscious, but she couldn't. She was her consciousness.
"STOP, PLEASE!"
"I'm sorry."
"PLEASE!"
"I'm sorry"
"STO-"
Marinette stopped as Tikki gave her one last look in the eyes, containing so much sorrow and pity and shame. Tikki looked back down and shot into her chest. The pain was unbearably excruciating. Marinette stared, wide eyed, at her chest as she watched Tikki enter her.
-Miraculous-
Tikki glowed bright, concentrating her power. She thought a single word. Seperate. Light erupted from Tikki, ripping at Marinette's consciousness. Tearing at its being, snapping connections and destroying every connecting branch between Ladybug and Marinette. Tikki felt the pressure of Marinette's consciousness fade. The light faded away and Tikki floated back away from her. She turned to look at her handy work. Two figures lay on the floor. One figure was Marinette crawled into a ball, whimpering. Beside her lay the figure that was Ladybug. She rested, eyes closed. Tikki looked again at Marinette, before raising her palm to Marinette.
"I'm sorry, Marinette." Light shot from the palm and connected itself to Marinette, wrapping her in chains. They pinned her to ground, allowing no movement. They stuck her arms and legs together and a final chain wrapped around her mouth, silencing any sound. Marinette was completely helpless. "You're going to be here a long time."
-Miraculous-
Tikki woke from her concentration with the sight of Marinette laying down on the floor. Marinette's eyes were empty and soulless as they stared up to the ceiling. While the body currently had no consciousness, soon it would hold Ladybug. Till then Tikki would control Ladybug's body. The thudding of the Dupain-Chang's on the trap door still persisted, but she now could hear the distant sound of sirens approaching. They must have request for the police. They can't find Ladybug in this state. I have to get her out of here. Using her fading connection to once Marinette's body, she forced the words 'spots on' and Tikki was sucked into the earings. With the strengthened connection and control, the transformed Tikki grabbed the miracle box and began to crawl out the window. A sudden thought hit her. If they couldn't find Marinette the police would likely conduct a full investigation in finding the girl. Tikki needed a reason for Marinette's end. An idea came to Tikki. Visualizing the dying Marinette from her battle with Concealer, Tikki whispered for a lucky charm. A perfect replica of a bleeding Marinette appeared in Ladybugs arms, currently being controlled by Tikki. Tikki placed the body down. She stood there over Marinette, sorrow twisting in her gut. Finally, Ladybug's voice spoke with a whisper. "I'm sorry, Marinette. I truly am." Tikki crawled out of the window. With a single thought, she made the block on top of the trap door disappear. Tikki, controlling Ladybug's body, swung into the night, miracle box in hand, leaving the Dupain-Chang's to discover their 'daughter's' body.
-End Chapter 12-
(Celebratory dance activate) Thank you for reading this important chapter of my first FanFiction story. This story will be going on for a while, but before I continue I want to clarify a few things after the finally (spoilers ahead). In this series some of the events of the season finale did not happen. So Marinette has not given up on Adrien. Adrien is not going out with Kagami. Chat/Adrien is still I love with Ladybug. And finally, Luka and Marinette did not get together. Master fu has passed on the miracle box and lost all his memories of the miraculous, Chloe did betray Paris and all the super hero identities where revealed (except our favourite duo). I would like to thank you again for reading my story and I can't wait to finish it (in who knows how long).
P.S. to answer a question from a review, burgers without buns are still pretty yummy.
Alright, enjoy the rest of your day
Bye!
