Chapter 7: Visiting the Past


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(With Tikki and Plagg)

"I've missed you, you know! I'm so happy to see you again!" Said Tikki, with a warm smile.

Plagg blushed slightly, and replied, "I've missed you too! Life does get a little bit boring when you're trapped in a bag for most of the day with no one to talk to…Well, apart from my Adrien, of course."

Just like Plagg, Tikki blushed, but she didn't really care all to much. She knew her blush wouldn't be as noticeable as Plagg's, whose blush was very clearly visible on his cheeks. "So, what have you been doing for the past year? Well, apart from hiding in a bag or helping Adrien to be Cat Noir." Tikki asked with a giggle.

"Well…I haven't been doing a lot. As you already know I am kind of lazy. I spend a lot of time relaxing or watching TV while eating cheese. Most of the time camembert cheese. I sometimes talk or play games with Adrien. Oh, and I just remembered Adrien owes me some pule cheese!"

"Isn't that cheese really expensive?" Asked Tikki.

"Yep!" Replied Plagg with a smug smile.

"Why does he owe you cheese?" Asked Tikki, curiously.

"What?" Exclaimed Plagg, the smug smile instantly vanishing from his face.

Tikki blinked twice at Plagg making him give her a sheepish smile.

"Well…If you really won't to know...Adrien cracked a raw egg on me, by accident." Plagg said, feeling terrible that he was lying, especially to her. But he had no choice.

Tikki giggled, shaking her head. "So, I guess Adrien's not a great cook?"

"Yeah, he's a terrible cook." Plagg agreed, truthfully. He grinned slightly as he remembered the time when Adrien tried to make spaghetti bolognese for dinner, but failed miserably. Ending up with spaghetti and bolognese sauce all over the floor, walls and even on the roof. When Natalie came into the kitchen and found the horrid mess, she actually screamed in shock. Adrien then begged her not to tell his father. In the end, she agreed and Adrien helped Natalie clean up the mess.

"Uh, Plagg?"

"What?" Asked Plagg, being shaken out of his thoughts.

"I asked you, if you enjoy living in this mansion." Repeated Tikki with a giggle.

"Oh, yeah. I do. This place is filled with secret stashes of camembert cheese and shiny things! It's the perfect place to live!" Replied Plagg with a content smile. "How about your place?"

"It's amazing, even though it's not a huge mansion." Said Tikki with a playful roll of her eyes. "It's quite small, but it's very cosy and well decorated. We can always smell the aroma of freshly baked bread, cakes and pastries coming from downstairs. So, I enjoy living there a lot!"

"That's good. So, I'm guessing Marinette's a good cook, unlike Adrien. Her parents are the best bakers in Paris after all."

"Marinette's an amazing cook, almost as good as her parents. She's just a little clumsy sometimes." Said Tikki with a slight giggle.

"Does Marinette spend a lot of time designing and making things? I've heard she's really good at it." Asked Plagg.

"Yeah, she does spend quite a lot of her time designing and making things, she's really good at it too! You should see some of the sketches in her design book! There excellent! She even designed and made the bag she keeps me in!"

"Really! She must be an amazing designer, unlike me. I'm hopeless at drawing or making basically anything." Said Plagg, shaking his head slightly.

This made Tikki laugh. "I'm not that great at drawing either."

"Well, I guess we have something in common." Said Plagg with an amused grin.

They then both went into a comfortable silence.

"Is there any games or things we could do in here?" Tikki asked with a smile, breaking the short silence and making Plagg look up. Being kwami's and all, they couldn't play many human games due to their size. Plagg then looked around the room in search for something they could both play. His eyes then lingered on the Piano.

Plagg was actually quite talented when it came to Piano, but due to his size, he had to jump on each key instead of using his paws. But he didn't really mind. It was actually quite fun! When Adrien's father tells Adrien to practise Piano, to make it less boring, he and Adrien would sometimes play Piano together.

"How about let's play Piano!" Suggested Plagg, excitedly.

"But I don't know how to play the Piano."

"Don't worry, I'll teach you!" Said Plagg as he took Tikki's hand and dragged her to other side of the room. This made them both blush quite a bit and feel a little dazed, but they both didn't mind. This day was going so much better than they had imagined.

Tikki looked over at the Piano, uneasily. She really hoped that she wouldn't mess up.

Plagg then led her down to the Piano, where they both sat down. "Because our hands are obviously too small to use to play the Piano, we will both have to use our whole bodies to play notes." Plagg explained. Then he floated over to where the notes were and gestured for Tikki to follow. Tikki nervously floated over to Plagg, she doubted she would be able to even play a single song.

"Now all you have to do is jump on a note for it to make a sound. Like this." Said Plagg, jumping on the note he was standing on. Tikki giggled slightly as it made a noise and then she jumped on the note she was standing on and it made a noise too.

"That note you just played was a D. And I played an E. It's pretty easy to learn the notes because it's in alphabetical order, but the hard part is remembering where they are. The note on your left is C." He said, floating over to the note and playing it for her.

He then continued to play all the notes. And Tikki listened closely. She didn't really know why, but she felt that she had to remember all the notes and where they were on the Piano. When Plagg finished he said, "And that's all you really need to know for now. I don't expect you to remember were all the notes are. I'd be surprised if you could remember half of them. Do you remember any?

"That one's C. That one's D. That one's E. That one's F. That one's G. That one's A. And that one's B."

"Wow! You actually remembered all of them!" Said Plagg, impressed.

"Don't look so surprised." Tikki giggled her cheeks burning.

Plagg smiled and then said, "You're a very fast learner, so I think you're ready to play a song. This song is called, 'Hot Cross Buns.' It only uses these three notes." He said pointing to the notes. "I'll show you what it sounds like." He then played the song. It sounded really simple, but she knew it would be harder when she was actually playing it.

Plagg played it perfectly, which made Tikki nervous. She had to get it right.

"Ok, now you try! It's pretty fun when you get the hang of it. So just play this note." Plagg played an E and then gestured for Tikki to come over and play it. They kept on doing this until they had completed the whole song.

"Good job! You played the whole song! But now you can try playing it by yourself." Tikki looked nervously at Plagg and then at the Piano. "You don't have to learn Piano if you don't want to…" Said Plagg, noticing her fearful look at the Piano.

"No, I want to learn how to play."

"You sure." Asked Plagg. He would be a little disappointed if she didn't want to play. He truly did want to play Piano with her, but he didn't want to push her into doing something she didn't want to do.

"I'm sure. I do want to play." Tikki replied. She truly did want to learn how to play Piano, she just didn't want to stuff up, especially in front of Plagg.

Tikki then flew over to the note Plagg said was an E and then started playing the song. When she finished she was surprised that she hadn't even stuffed up once. She looked over at Plagg who gave her a wide smile.

"That was amazing! It was your first time and you didn't even make one mistake!"

Tikki returned his smile her cheeks heating up with something she hoped wasn't a strong blush.

'Wait, was Tikki blushing.' Plagg asked himself. He'd only seen her blush very few times. It was quite rare to see her blush. He guessed it was either because of her red skin tone covered most of them up, so he could barely ever notice them or because she just barely ever blushed around him. He desperately hoped it was the first one. But right now, he could see a blush quite clearly on her cheeks. 'And I thought she couldn't get anymore cute.' Plagg thought as she looked at the blushing kwami.

"Well, I couldn't have been able to play that song without such an amazing teacher!" Said Tikki with a grateful smile.

She watched as Plagg's cheeks went red and smiled in a slightly dreamy manner. She was so happy to see him again.


(With Adrien and Marinette)

Adrien led Marinette through the house, naming objects and rooms as he passed them. They finally stopped at a door, it looked like all the other rooms, but when Marinette looked over at Adrien, she was sure this room was special.

Adrien gazed at the door nervously, and slightly afraid. He hadn't been in this room for a year and a bit. But although he was a little nervous and frightened, he knew deep down he wanted to go inside. He looked over at Marinette who looked back at him with slightly confused expression. "This was my mum's room. I haven't been in here ever since…it happened." Explained Adrien, looking down at the floor.

"We don't have to go in if you don't want." Said Marinette, gently.

"No, I want too." Said Adrien, softly as he looked into Marinette's light blue eyes.

After a few seconds, he tore his gaze away from her eyes, to look at the door. He took a deep breath and tightened his grip on Marinette's hand. Then he gently pulled the handle allowing the door to open.


Marinette looked at Adrien, uneasily. This must be hard for him. She wanted to help him in any way she could, but she knew she couldn't do much but be there for him. She was then slightly surprised as Adrien tightened his grip on her hand. She watched as he took a deep breath and used the handle to pull open the door.


Adrien turned on the light to look around the familiar room. Unlike the rest of the house, this room's walls and floor were painted a dark blue and had few windows to give the room light. The roof was also painted dark blue, but had a forest green pattern on it that reminded him strongly of vines. In the middle of room was the most beautiful chandelier. It was made out of coloured jewels and when the sun shined on it the room would always be covered with colourful spots. On the right side of the room there was a large queen-sized bed with a bedside table. And on the left side of the room there was a walk in wardrobe, a small book shelf and a large dresser full of drawers. It was very stuffy in the room and everything was covered with a heavy layer of dust.

Adrien slowly let go of Marinette's hand and walked over to the bookshelf. He remembered when he was little he used to curl up on to her bed and listen to her read stories to him. He then walked over to her beside table to see a small antique lamp and a photo of her, his father and himself. They all looked so happy. He slowly reached out and held the photo. He then blew away the dust and smiled. Even his father was smiling. He then put the picture back down and looked over at Marinette.

She was standing behind him also looking at the picture with a sympathetic look on her face. Adrien gave her a small smile. Marinette was such a great person. She's always so understanding and there for him. He then took Marinette's hand and walked over to the dresser. He let go and bent down to open one of the draws. There was only three books in there. Adrien carefully took them out and brought them over to the bed. He then sat down on the bed and gestured for Marinette to do the same.

With Marinette sitting close beside him, he picked up one of the books and wiped of all the dust. They could both just make out the title. 'Gabriel Agreste's Fashion Designs.' Adrien looked up at Marinette and smiled, "These are my father's old fashion design books."