Before I start this chapter I would like to say a few words. First, thank you to everyone who has read, reviewed, followed or favourited my story. It really means a lot to me. Any feedback on my writing is appreciated. I understand it has taken a long time to get into the thick of the plot but we're finally here so just enjoy it. I know I am. I was getting frustrated with myself with how long it was taking, but the set up was necessary, in my opinion. As a result of feedback I'll try and keep the story moving at a good pace and add more spaces but you have to understand this is my first story. I've never really done anything like thia before so please be patient. Again your feedback really means a lot to me and I hope you enjoy the rest of the story. Alright, I'll let you get on with the chapter. Enjoy.

-Miraculous Ladybug and Chat Noir-

Controlling fingers was weird. The numerous muscles and joints that allowed their intricate and complicated array of movements. They were uncomfortable to Tikki. She was an ancient creature from the dawn of creation. One of the first organisms to exist. Her own body was small, simple and powerful. Human bodies where large and unique. Their movements took time to develop and needed to be refined over their lifetime. Tikki had never controlled a human body before, so swinging around Paris with a yo-yo was very difficult. The arms, the toes, the length of her spine, all strange. She landed on a building, far away enough from the bakery that the sirens of the police was a faint whale, blown away by the breeze. Tikki took in a deep breath. Air into lungs that were not her own. The air was cold and fresh, but it was tainted for Tikki. The fact she could take in such big breaths was all due to her betrayal to her owner. Her current control of that body was a reminder to what she had done to Marinette. She had shredded and ripped her soul in two, leaving Marinette trapped and in agony in the confined blackness of her mind. She had used her power to force her way into Marinette's soul. And now? Marinette would have to 'live' out her days in never ending pain. Plagued by her torturous memories, her hate will grow, while her innocence will fade. She will become vengeful, and wish for freedom she can no longer have.Tikki had done this to her. To the girl that, for three years, has protected Paris and cared for her. Marinette hadn't deserved this, but their wasn't another choice. With how desperate Hawkmoth has become, a rookie would have no chance against him. The world needed the experienced Ladybug, not another child high off adrenaline. Maybe one day, when Hawkmoth has been defeated and the missing miraculous have been returned to the miracle box, she can try to convince Marinette to stay Ladybug.

A flurry of beeps escaped from the Ladybug miraculous. Controlling a human was very draining of energy, causing the transformation to fade quicker. Using her last moments of control over Ladybug's body, she relaxed the body and lay it on the floor. Tikki released the transformation and zipped out of the earrings, exhausted. Ladybug lay unconscious on the top of the roof as Tikki fell to rest on her stomach. While Ladybug's conscious had not yet filled her body, she still had her body warmth. Feeling guilty, Tikki snuggled into her clothes. A cold breeze washed over the two figures. Out of reflex, Ladybug curled into a ball. Tikki, with wide eyes, looked up at her owners face, tears filling her eyes. This wasn't Ladybug's face, no matter how much she tried to convince herself. It was Marinette's. Tikki closed her eyes and drifted into a tired sleep.

-Miraculous-

Marinette stared wide eyed at the chains that wrapped around her. Pink light seemed to radiate off them as they succeeded to limit her manoeuvrability. As Marinette attempted to struggle, the chains that wrapped around her head, arms and legs, grew hot and tight, seeming to burn her skin. Marinette let out a low whimper, as it was all that she could manage. She stopped moving and the chains loosened a little. The ripping pain in her chest still lingered, the unnatural and painful feeling, like her chest had been opened to the world. Marinette looked down at her chest, half expecting to see some kind of whole to match what she was feeling. There was none. Ripping her attention away from herself, she lifted her gaze to look around the darkness. While the break in the wall, created by Tikki's attack, had healed, but now grey cracks splintered the darkness. They stretched out through all the dark, giving the sense of this place now being broken or fractured. Marinette struggled against the chains again and once again they tightened and burned. She let out a gritted roar. Tikki had left her in this state of pain. Tikki had physically ripped apart her mind and trapped her in chains! In actual chains, as if she where some kind of monster, to be feared and hated. Well Marinette didn't deserve to be in chains. Marinette didn't deserve to be locked away forever, feeling disgusting and hopeless. Marinette didn't deserve to be left in pain, with nothing but her own thoughts to plague her. But here she was, while the creature that had done this to her was free. Marinette didn't deserve this, but you know what? Tikki did. Tikki should be the creature wrapped in chains. After all it was Tikki who was the monster.

It was in that moment that Marinette made a rather shocking revelation. She hated Tikki. Her long time companion and friend, who for years had listened to her problems and had been the only one she could trust with everything. And Tikki had broken that trust. She had destroyed their friendship and practically killed her. Marinette would never trust that monster again, but she would very likely never be free again. Marinette broke down into tears, the hopelessness of the situation donning on her. She would only ever see darkness, chains and herself.

In her tears and inner thoughts, Marinette didn't see the cracks in the darkness growing brighter, exploding with black and white streams of light. They shot rapidly around the dark. The light followed no pattern. They where chaotic and furious. They reached for Marinette, her eyes widening as the black and white streams engulfed her. She let out a muffled, but blood curdling, scream.

-Miraculous-

"Marinette, please!" She begged, cradling the lifeless body in her arms. "Please, Marinette. Don't be gone. You can't be gone." Sabine kissed her daughters head, burning tears rolling down her own cheeks. Tom stood behind her, tears filling his own eyes. Two officers stood behind them, taking a look around the room. Tom fell down, his knees giving out as he sat beside his wife, saddened eyes looking down at Marinette. Her face was ghostly pale, all colour and life gone, and a pool of blood formed under her body. A giant gash existed along the side of her torso, while a number of other smaller, but still deep, cuts existed all over her. The Dupain-Cheng's stared into their daughters eyes, searching for any sign of life. There was no life in those eyes. They where empty. Cold blood covered their hands and clothes, but it felt scolding hot. It was their beloved daughters blood, the one they had sworn to protect just earlier that day. And they had... failed her.

The parent's focus returned to the cuts all across. Whoever had done this to her had done it slowly, painfully. The thought twisted their stomachs. The image of their daughter being tortured caused them to break down. They didn't bother to hold back their tears.

In their despair neither Tom nor Sabine noticed a black butterfly, that never left the household of the Dupain-Chengs, land on their wedding rings.

-Miraculous-

"Vengeful failures. I am Hawkmoth. I can sense your pain, your anguish. I can give you the power to destroy who killed you daughter. I can even tell you who did it." Hawkmoth had been confused. He had been mere moments from akumatizing Marinette, before her emotions had suddenly just been gone. Disappeared instantly. Then, soon after, he felt utter dread from a nearby source. It was when the akuma connected with the new source did he understand what happened. Marinette had been murdered before he got to her. And now, the parents where grieving, and feeling like failures as her protector. He could fuel their anger even more, make them have a reason to be akumatized that they could not deny. "It was I. I killed your dear Marinette." He felt a massive spike of fury in the two. "Yes. Now, you will use your power to get me Ladybug and Chat Noir's miraculous and in return I... will let you kill me." Ofcourse that was a lie on his part. He would take the Miraculous and revoke their powers, but his voice was alluring in the way that it sounded like every word he spoke was that of the truth. "Now do we have a deal?"

"Yes, Hawkmoth."

-Miraculous-

A hot, purple, bubbling covered the mourning couple, filling them with an evil power. The two officers turned in horror at the sight, before yelling warning for their fellow officers. Another akuma was awakening.

-End Chapter 13-

I hope you enjoyed this chapter of Forever Ladybug, sorry it took so long to update. I'm sad to say that exams at school are coming around so I won't be able to work on it as much, so for the next month the chapters will probably be released at a slower rate. I've also started a second story that is a bit nicer, that might take a bit of time. Sorry, again for the delay in this chapter and I hope you have a nice whatever time for you it is.