This is a fanfic and me having fun so I will follow advice from phoenixdaisy on ao3 about the timeline. Because I was kind of going in production order and some make no sense. Then again this show makes no sense with continuity.

Also I am going to save Dark Cupid for later where they are still clueless but already caught feelings.

And then 3/4 into writing this one I realized they were talking about summer vacations and I went "wait, but origins was the beginning of school year..."

So I'll go along with that, have them start the next school year as with the other chapters and be on my merry way because artistic license.

Also this is a fic, there aren't ground rules, this is me having fun with "what if" situations.

Anyway, hope you like this one!

Stormy Weather

The night was cool and clear of clouds, but the stars were barely visible because of the street lights that illuminated the city. Not that any of the superheroes paid attention to them, as they were currently snuggled up under a blanket to watch the laptop screen, tonight's choice being a cartoon of Adrien's choosing.

"Ready as I'll ever be!" Chat sang along with the video, earning a light jab on the ribs "what? It's a good song!"

"Hm hm" Ladybug giggled "I didn't say it was but keep it low, we might alert someone."

"Only if you promise we can sing this before we wreck Hawkmoth and win the fight."

"Oh my god" she laughed "that is so overly dramatic Chat,"

"But it would be so worth it!" he pouted "please?"

"First we would need to know where he's hiding" she sighed "we've been at this for months and there's no clue of where or who he is."

"That is true" Chat sighed as well "but I must admit these months have been the greatest because I got to meet you and go to school."

"Only you would be excited about school" she giggled "but I get it, I'm glad I met you too."

The episode ended and both teens stretched, Chat Noir making sure to pack the laptop and small speaker. Saturday nights were amazing in the sense they could get to do this, watch movies or cartoons to their contempt after a few rounds of patrol. He loved them, even if he was watching something for the tenth time, he loved his partner's comments afterwards.

"Well then," she packed the blanket in her yo-yo, still surprised at the capacity of the magic device in storing about everything "are you good for tomorrow?"

"The photoshoot?" Chat frowned "I can't believe he scheduled it for a Sunday."

"I'm sorry, it's supposed to be vacation time and you are going to be working."

"It's not your fault bug" he shrugged, his eyes brightening as he snapped his fingers "but it would be such a surprise if you were to be around the park say… around noon?"

"I can't promise you anything" she sighed "I promised a family friend I'd babysit her daughter and Alya is going to tag along at my house" her eyes lit up "I mean I could take her to the park but I don't want you to get in trouble."

"Hey, parks are public spaces, it is bound to happen" he grinned "and it'd be great to see friends outside of school."

"Sneaky, sneaky" she flicked her bell "but you win chaton."

"Don't I always?" he grinned, strapping the bag to his shoulder and ran off before Ladybug could retort.

She just huffed with a smile and made her way back to her home, falling right onto her bed as the transformation faded away.

Marinette knew she had to stand up more for herself in certain aspects of her life. Knowing when to say no was one of those. It was a long path and it wasn't as if she couldn't do it, but sometimes it was too exhausting.

Like right now, as she ran after the little girl going in circles with a prototype hat Marinette had been working on for days.

She could handle akumas, she could handle weird magical disasters. But a girl running around her house while making Marinette trip and bump her head in numerous surfaces was beginning to get the better of her.

"Why did I agree to do this?" she mumbled right as Manon ran away with her hat again.

"If you can handle Manon for a day, any villain here on out will be a piece of cake" Tikki smiled behind one of Marinette's pigtails.

"You read my mind" she smiled just as the doorbell rang "oh that must Alya."

Marinette ran to open the door, relieved to see her friend there.

"So what seems to be the situation?"

"You've said it, you are an expert with your sisters, I need your help."

"Ah," Alya smiled "of course I shall impose my wisdom upon you, my sweet can't say no friend."

Marinette ignored that last part. One step at a time she told herself.

"Besides, Adrien is having a photoshoot at the park and he asked if I could also be around so he doesn't feel so lonely."

"Girl, you have got to work on your time management, but the park is not a bad idea."

Manon took that chance to sneak past Marinette's legs, looking up at Alya with curious eyes.

"And who are you?"

Alya kneeled to be on Manon's height and started to say stuff that Marinette had to blink surprised at how easy Manon was hooked to every word. Marinette was not going to deny Alya was good when it came to little kids. Soon she was practically lifting Manon up and hoisting her on Marinette's shoulders, the girl clinging to her hair as they made their way to the park.

It was a nice day out, a little hot but nothing not manageable. As soon as they were in the park, Marinette spotted Adrien posing next to the fountain, no doubt already bored from doing this on a nice day.

"Alright, how about we run you tired first?" Marinette put Manon down, the girl laughing as she pointed at a balloon stand.

"I want a balloon with Mireille's face on it!"

"That's…odd?" Marinette looked at Alya "didn't they were just going to announce the winner today?"

"You know how some places have their merchandise up and ready before they announce a winner" Alya shrugged.

"I suppose," Marinette looked at the red balloons. It was a high possibility but it still stuck as weird in her head. But she hadn't paid much attention to the weather contest since she had been quite busy chasing after Manon back in her home.

"Ok, let's get you one" Marinette took Manon to the stand, looking up just as Adrien sent her a small wave. She waved back and pointed at Manon, her eyes conveying the message that she was going to be around, only to be also pulled by Alya to the balloon vendor.

Adrien was glad she agreed to be around, even if his time was way limited with the amount of shoots the photographer wanted to take, not to mention his bodyguard was there so any possibility of sneaking away was out of the question.

This was boring, not to mention Adrien may have slept a little less than usual thanks to Saturday movie nights, but that was something he couldn't let anyone else know.

"No, no! The boy has eaten too much spaghetti!"

Adrien looked back at the photographer. Oh, he had yawned in between a photo. He apologized but the truth was he was really bored and his brain was not going to cooperate in understand all the pasta metaphors. Around him there were a few people talking and he spotted Marinette with Alya and Manon around the merry go round.

"We need some more energy! Romance!"

Adrien was quite sure that was not necessary for this shoot.

But the photographer was looking around and pointing at Marinette.

"You! You there," he approached her "hm, good contrast, yes, you can pose with Mr. Adrien,"

Marinette jumped, looking at the photographer and then at Adrien and back to the photographer.

"M-me? No way, I'm not that photogenic and- "

"Oh it would be a great idea!" Alya nudged her "you could get to find out about the other side of modeling business,"

"But- "she looked at Manon.

"Hey girl, I got you covered," Alya lifted Manon up to the unicorn on the merry go around "besides it'll be for only a few minutes, I think miss Unicorn and I will be just fine."

Manon laughed, no doubt at Alya's magical story. Well, at least she wasn't turning it into super hero stuff.

"Ok, fine" she turned "but just for a few minutes, alright?"

She turned and made her way to the fountain, only to stop at the loud scream that came from behind, as the merry go round was suddenly wrapped in an icy prison.

Marinette looked up to see indeed an akuma, a girl with a purple dress and umbrella that was sending gusts of winds at people nearby.

"Aurore?"

It had to be her, the other girl that lost the contest. But how devastated must she feel to be akumatized over it?

Marinette would have to think about it later as she ran to a place to hide and transform. She knew Adrien would catch up to her but first she had to make sure Alya and Manon were safe.

Ladybug was glad Alya was with the little girl but that didn't take away the pang of guilt from leaving her alone.

"I'll get you out of there!" she exclaimed and tossed her yo-yo to wrap around the big icicle. Maybe the wire would create enough friction to cut it out?

She pulled hard, only for the wire to slip and throw the yo-yo right on her head.

Ouch, that thing was painful. Ok then, plan B. Purify the akuma and cast miraculous cure to melt the ice.

"Don't worry" she approached the ice wall and crouched to Manon's height "everything's going to be ok."

"Where is Marinette?"

"She hasn't forgotten about you Manon" Ladybug gave her a warm smile.

"How do you know my name?"

Ladybug's cheek twitched. She had to admit it was sometimes difficult to keep the identities separate for the sake of civilians.

"Ah Marinette told me!" she said "she's coming right back, ok?"

That ought to explain it for now. She gave Alya a smile and turned around. She had an akuma to fight.

Adrien on the other side of the park had managed to transform, after bribing Plagg out with cheese, and was facing at the akuma.

"Hey Ice Queen," he called out to her as he slid off the fence "what's with all the terrorizing? Why don't you pick on someone your own temperature?"

"My name is not Ice Queen! It's Stormy Weather!"

Huh, ok he was a little far off the name.

"Listen, I'm feeline more generous than usual today," he smirked "so cool down and we call it quits, ok?"

Next thing he knew he was being blasted away by a gust of wind, landing three blocks away from the park.

"I thought cats landed on their feet" he heard Ladybug approaching him, taking the hand she offered up to him.

"I had it covered" he dusted off his suit "she just couldn't appreciate my sense of humor."

"What a shame she mist the opportunity."

Chat grinned.

"See, you do get me,"

"Just not your timing" she shrugged just as the akuma appeared right in front of them, casting her power to throw lightning above them.

"Watch out!" Ladybug tackled Chat out of the way just as one fell on the street.

"That was way too dangerous" Chat turned to the akuma "you just won yourself a cat fight!"

He ran towards her, only for the street's asphalt turning to ice as his feet slipped. Stormy Weather threw another gust of wind, sending him flying back again.

"Chat!" Ladybug used a lamp post as anchor as she grabbed onto Chat's tail, both fighting against the gust of wind until it was done, leaving them face planted on the sidewalk.

"Ok, I'll knock the wind out of her sails," Chat cracked his knuckles, ready to leap against Stormy Weather again, only to be reeled back by Ladybug.

"Woah, wait up" she pulled at his tail "we can't go head first, that didn't work out."

"Right" he frowned "have a backup idea?"

"Follow my lead" she smiled and jumped to start running on one side of the building, Chat quickly catching up to her plan. If they went at her at the same time, then Stormy Weather was not going to know who to defend from first.

The gust of wind that sent them flying and almost crushed by the wrecked cars told them otherwise.

"Hang on!" Ladybug pulled Chat close to her and started to spin her yo-yo real fast above them, just as a bus landed right on top of them.

Either yo-yo's string spun so hard or magic alone but Chat was relieved to see it had done a hole on the metal of the bus, even if it landed on top of his head.

"Ouch!" he rubbed his head "that hurt!"

"I'm sorry" she couldn't help but to giggle a little "I know firsthand how hard this thing is."

"Sure you do" he frowned "so, front attacks didn't work, neither divided ones."

Ladybug pushed the bus window to open it, taking Chat's baton as he lifted her up and allowed her to vault him out.

"What about an ambush?"

"That could be, but we would need to know where she's gone,"

"Say, why do you think she got akumatized?" Chat asked once they were back on the streets, running across the wreckage.

"I'm guessing from the weather contest results?"

"Right, I forgot about those," he shrugged just as the broken screen next to them lit up, showing Stormy Weather broadcasting a snow storm over Paris.

"Summer vacation is officially over!"

"Already?" Chat huffed "but I'd look so good in a swimsuit."

Ladybug laughed "glad to see that's your priority."

"Are you kidding? I'd love to go to the beach" he smiled "but tan lines, you know."

"Bummer, but!" Ladybug smiled just as snow kept falling around them "now we know where to find her."

"What is your plan of action bug?" he asked as they continued running.

"For now? Find the akumatized object and destroy it" she huffed.

They reached the tv network building, the place eerie and quiet as soon as they barged in. There were some fallen chairs and messed papers around, as well as cut out cardboard figures of the weather girl contestants.

"Hey, wait" Chat pointed at one "that girl with the parasol- "

"It's her!"

"Isn't she Aurore from the classroom next door?"

"Yeah, oh she wanted to win so bad, no wonder she got akumatized."

"Let's go save her then" Chat pointed at the door, both nodding as they barged in to what was the main studio, but the place was empty except for a camera recording a laptop.

Stormy Weather cackled from the door as she blasted another lightning towards the reflectors above them, both dodging them by mere seconds. She kept cackling as the power went out, leaving them in complete darkness.

"Frosty the snow girl is getting away!"

"That one is a little of a stretch-ah!" Ladybug squeaked as clattering echoed around them.

Chat looked around to see her on the ground, most likely from having tripped on debris from the reflector. Oh it was good to have night vision in times like this.

"Do I hear a damsel in distress?"

"Oh I'd quote Hercules at you but now it's not the time" she huffed as Chat grabbed her hand to pull her up "lead the way mighty knight."

"Leave it to me!" Chat exclaimed as he ran without letting go of her hand, both running up the maintenance stairs after Stormy Weather.

"Duck!" he crouched and pulled her just as a fire extinguisher flew above their heads "hey those things are delicate!"

They reached the rooftop just as the blizzard caught strength, both trapped in what had to be the eye of a tornado.

"And here I thought Sunday's were the hottest days of the week," Chat smiled, ignoring Ladybug's stare.

"Lucky charm!" she exclaimed instead, her hands catching a…

"A bath towel?"

"I have to say, your items are the most unorthodox things I have ever seen" Chat grinned "so we're about to be obliterated but at least we'll be dry."

Ladybug rolled her eyes.

"Hold your whiskers," she wrapped it around her arm and looked around. There was always a reason behind the lucky items, she knew that –and she was not going to go back to the time a single button had fallen on her hand thank you very much- so there had to be something around to help out in this situation.

"Hail!" Stormy Weather called out as baseball sized balls of ice started to fall on them. Chat pulled her towards him and used the same trick she had done with the bus, using his baton as a makeup shield from the projectiles.

"I got it!" Ladybug exclaimed "see that sign over there?"

"Yeah,"

"You know what to do," she smirked.

Chat grinned and summoned his Cataclysm, calling out for Stormy Weather's attention.

"Hey Goldilocks!" he smirked "is that all you've got?"

That seemed to work as Stormy Weather started to throw lightning at him, Chat dodging and running with ease to avoid them, his right hand pulsating with the destructive energy of the Cataclysm. He was never going to get tired of the adrenaline rush that ran through him on these moments, especially when he glided over the side, allowing his hand to slid on the metal beams that held the sign together, the corrosion doing its job on bending it over.

It was all over from there. Chat watched mesmerized how Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around Stormy Weather's ankle and created a make shift pole and vault mechanism that allowed her to catch the akuma off guard and sent her parasol flying right to his hand.

And to think he had had to help her with physics a few weeks ago.

Chat threw her the parasol, smiling as Ladybug did their usual routine of setting free the akuma, purifying it and calling for the Miraculous Cure all over Paris, restoring the city to the sunny day it was.

"Pound it!" they fist bumped with a smile.

"Oh man, have to go back or I'm going to get in trouble" Chat frowned, but Ladybug placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it.

"Hey, I'll see you soon, ok?" she winked at him and went to help Aurore on her feet and get her away from the rooftop.

Chat smiled and vaulted his way back to the park, detransforming just a few blocks away to enter as Adrien. He made up something about hiding from the attack which, by this point, was the default excuse he had to his sudden escapades, but hey, they weren't a lie.

Marinette ran to the park as soon as she turned back, only to be tackled by Manon who ran straight up to her legs. She couldn't help but to lift the girl up in her arms. She really had been worried for her.

"I know what your secret is," she sang in her arms, causing Marinette to panic.

"Huh? Secret, what secret?"

"Ladybug is your best friend!"

Oh, ok so it wasn't so bad. Marinette hugged the girl again and tried not to show the relief of her identity still a secret from Alya, but still owed her big one for taking care of Manon while she was well, saving the city.

"Ah! Hold it right there!" they heard the photographer behind them "that! That is what this needs! Innocence, laughter!"

What in the world, were Marinette's thoughts as she was pulled towards the fountain and asked if Manon of all people could be part of the photoshoot.

"Woah wait, wait" she frowned "she's a child and I'm just her babysitter, not her guardian to say yes or no."

"Ah but it'd be a good addition to the moment!"

Marinette wanted to frown. She put Manon down and retrieved her phone to text Nadja about it. At least the no was already on the table.

She was surprised to see Nadja was totally ok with it.

"Ok…?" she looked at Manon "do you want to- "

Manon had already run off to Adrien's side to introduce herself, leaving the boy with no chance to respond.

"That was…odd," Alya stifled her laughter "at least sunshine boy doesn't look so bored anymore."

"Pff," Marinette held back her giggle "I guess so."

Oh she was so going to save some of those photos later.

Hey if you have suggestions for what these dorks watch on movie night shoot me some on reviews or on twitter, I'm deanwyes over there.

Thank you for reading!