I'm starting the old episodes as I feel they should have been started first. Additionally, the chapters will be going on episode production order, not the day they were released, so the story will make much more sense.
A mysterious man looked down upon a strange bright purple creature with small butterfly wings.
"Many centuries ago, magic jewels bestowing extraordinary powers were created. These were… the Miraculous. Throughout history, heroes have used these jewels for the good of the human race. Two of these Miraculous are more powerful than the others; the earrings of the Ladybug, which provide the power of creation, and the ring of the Black Cat, which grants the power of destruction. According to legend, whoever controls both these jewels at the same time, will achieve absolute power."
The man was looking at a locket with a picture of a beautiful woman, and he probably closed it. "I want that absolute power, Nooroo. I must have those Miraculous!"
"But nobody knows where these Miraculous are!" Nooroo pointed out.
"I found you, though, my little Nooroo," he reminded him. "Your Miraculous… remind me of its powers again."
"The Butterfly Brooch allows you to give someone their own superpowers and to make that person your devoted follower!"
"And when it comes to luring superheroes, what could be better than creating supervillains?"
Nooroo looked at him, horrified. "But master, the Miraculous are not meant to be used for evil purposes!"
"I must have this absolute power!" he yelled, slamming his foot on the floor, causing the pale white butterflies to scatter away. He then pointed directly at Nooroo threateningly. "Your Miraculous is in my control! I am your Master now, and you must obey me."
Nooroo lowered his head sadly. "Yes, master."
The man put the brooch on. "Nooroo! Dark Wings Rise!"
Nooroo then flew into the brooch, and the man began to transform; he was now wearing a dark purple suit, the shoulder blade sticking out like wings. His entire face was covered in a silver mask, and in his hand, he carried a cane.
"From this day on, I shall be known as... Hawk Moth!" he announced that evilly.
In the alleyway of Paris, a pure white portal opens, and then two figures were thrown out of it. It was so dark that no one would be able to see them, but one was clearly a young man, and the other was a girl.
"That was a rough landing," said the girl.
"Could have been worse," said the young man himself up. "Though I think we've landed in the proper time."
"If so, we're going to have to be careful because if memory serves, this is how it all began," said the girl as the young man helped up.
"Which means we have to be careful how we proceed."
"We really should be interfering, at least not yet."
The boy nodded in agreement. "Doesn't stop us from watching from afar and keeping a close eye on them."
The girl looked rather distressed. "We really shouldn't be here."
"I know, but we both know what will happen if we don't interfere."
At the same time, in a Chinese massage shop, a creature similar to Nooroo was sleeping in the horn of a gramophone. However, unlike Nooroo, he was green and had it total like a shell on his back.
He then quickly woke up and flew towards an old man in a Hawaiian shirt named Wang Fu. "Master, Master!"
Sadly the old man had a customer who had heard the creature's voice.
"Master, master… chanting, it's all part of the treatment," he assured the customer. "Master, master…" He then quickly pushed the customer out of the door. "Thank you for coming; see you again next week!"
"Master, the Butterfly Miraculous, I felt its aura," said the creature once the customer had left.
"I thought it had been lost forever!" he said, stroking his beard.
"But Master, it's a negative aura. I fear it may have gotten into the hands of a dark power!"
"We must find Nooroo and his Miraculous. If it has gotten into the wrong hands, there's no telling what evil will come upon the world!" He then held out his bracelet. "Time to transform! Wayzz…"
However, before he could complete the words, he felt a sharp pain in his back.
Wayzz flew down towards him. "Please, Master. Be reasonable. You are–"
"Still young!" he said strongly. "I'm only 186. But you're right, Wayzz. I can no longer do it alone. We'll need some help."
He made his way over to the gramophone and pressed several buttons on its base. It opened up to reveal a chest box with a strange Chinese symbol engraved on it."
At the same time, a young girl with Chinese features was sleeping in her bed when the sound of a phone began to ring.
"Marinette!" said her mother. "Your alarm's been going off for fifteen minutes! You're going to be late for your first day back at school!
Marinette crawled out from underneath bed covers, not looking rather enthusiastic. "Got it, Mum!"
She then began making her way downstairs. "Coming!"
Her mother was a short Chinese woman, and Marinette kissed on the cheek before making her way to the table.
"I bet you anything Chloé will be in my class again," she moaned as he poured out the milk.
"Four years in a row, is that possible?" said her mother.
Marinette then began pouring her cereal into her bowl. "Definitely. Lucky me!"
"Oh, don't say that! It's the start of a new year—I'm sure everything will be just fine!" said her mother encouragingly.
Marinette smiled at her nodded, setting down the cereal box. In the process, she caused an orange to roll across the table upon the butter knife, pressing its weight against a spoon in the sugar bowl sending it across the table. Finally knocking over the carton of milk, spilling it all over the floor as well as the cereal box and a carton of yoghurt. Marinette groaned upon her clumsiness.
She picked up the cereal box while her mother wiped the floor, and she rubbed her daughter's cheek smiling, cheering her up slightly.
Downstairs they met up with her father, a large man with a bushy moustache. Their house was actually a bakery with a fine reputation known far and wide. He was currently humming the La Marseillaise and held out a box of macaroons to his daughter.
"Dad, these are so awesome!" Marinette smiled.
"Glad you like them," her father smiled.
"Thank you, Dad; my class will love them!" she said, taking the box. "You're the best!"
"We're the best, thanks to your amazing designs," he said, rubbing her head and holding out a notebook with a logo she had designed.
Marinette then hugged her father, causing her to drop the box. Fortunately, he was able to catch it with his foot; he tossed it up into the air, caught the box and handed it back to her.
"Thanks," she said, kissing both her parents on the cheek. "See you tonight!"
Marinette rushed outside and approached the crossing on the street, nearly getting run over by a car. She gave a sigh of relief and then saw an old man, who was Master Fu, crossing the street and a car was coming. No one else seemed to notice this as they seemed to be glued to their mobile phones.
Mariner then quickly grabbed Fu and pulled him to the other side of the street, but in the progress, you dropped the box.
"Thank you, miss," he said and noticed the crushed macaroons. "Oh! What a disaster."
The situation got worse as people began stepping on the macaroons. "Don't worry, I'm no stranger to disasters. Besides, there are still a few left."
Master Fu grabbed one of the macaroons and ate it. "Mmmh. Delicious!"
Marinette then suddenly heard the school bell ring. "Oh no, I'm gonna be late! Ah, have a nice day, sir!"
She then quickly ran towards the school as soon as she could
Master Fu looked at a strange box with Chinese markings. "Thank you very much, young lady."
Marinette had just reached Collège Françoise Dupont and quickly made her way to her classroom.
"Nino, Why don't you have a seat in the front row this year?" said her whole room teacher Miss Bustier.
Nino looked like a D.J., and he didn't look particularly happy changing seats, but regardless he made his way to the front. Marinette then sat down at the seat she had been sitting at the past few years when suddenly a hand slammed the table.
"Marinette Dupain-Cheng," said a snobby looking blonde-haired girl
"Ugh," Marinette groaned. "Here we go again."
"That's my seat."
"But Chloé, this has always been my seat," Marinette reminded her.
"Not anymore!" said Sabrina, Chloé friend and personal servant, sitting down opposite her. "New school, new year, new seats!"
"So why don't you just go and sit beside that new girl over there?" she said, pointing at a girl with reddish-brown hair. "Adrien's arriving today, and since that's going to be his seat, this is going to be my seat. Get it?"
"Who's Adrien? Marinette asked.
Chloé and Sabrina laughed. "Can you believe she doesn't know who Adrien is? What rock have you been living under?"
"He's only a famous model," Sabrina explained.
"And I am his best friend," said Chloé proudly. "He adores me. Go on, move!"
"Hey!" said a voice, and they saw the new girl had approached them. "Who elected you Queen of Seats?"
"Oh, Look, Sabrina! We've got a little do-gooder in our class this year," said Chloé mockingly. "What are you gonna do, super newbie? Shoot beams at me with your glasses?
"Wouldn't you like to know," she said, grabbing Marinette hand and dragging her over to her seat. "Come on."
Marinette was so surprised that she tripped, falling over and spilling all but one macaroon. "Sorry, sorry, sorry…"
"Has everyone found a seat?" Miss Bustier asked.
"Chillax, girl. No biggie," the girl assured her.
"I so wish I can handle Chloé the way you do," Marinette sighed.
"You mean the way Majestia does it." The girl then pulled out her phone, showing her picture of Majestia, a hero within New York City. "She says all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing." She then quickly pointed towards Chloé. "Well, that girl over there is evil, and we are the good people. We can't let her get away with it."
"Well, that's easier said than done. She likes to make my life miserable."
"That's cause you let her, girl! You just need more confidence!"
Marinette smiled and grabbed the last macaroon in the box, splitting it in half and giving one half to her. "Marinette."
"Alya," the girl smiled.
"For those of you who don't yet know me, I'm Miss Bustier," Miss Bustier introduced. "I'll be your teacher this year."
Chloé looked at the empty seat in front of her. "Ugh, he should have been here by now."
"First off, I would like to welcome you all to another year of school," Miss Bustier continued. "And I am also pleased to announce that we have a new transfer student from the United Kingdom. Now I expect all of you to give him a nice warm welcome."
Everyone turned to the door opened and saw a young man making his way into the classroom. He had chocolate brown hair and was quite tall. He was wearing a green T-shirt which was underneath a black jacket with a triangle scarf around his neck, and he was sporting a pair of black trousers to go with it. However, the most notable thing was the fact that he was wearing a pair of dark sunglasses and was holding a cane.
The boy looked towards the class. "I would say it was a pleasure seeing you all, but alas, I'm not able to do that."
No one said a word.
"Am I in the right classroom?" he asked. There were some chuckles. "Ah, so the place is not deserted after all. My name is Jack Smith, and as you can probably gather, I'm blind."
"Welcome to Paris, dude," said Nino.
"It's nice to be here, even though I cannot see it," Jack smiled, earning a few more laughs.
"Okay, everyone, let's begin class," said Miss Bustier. "Jack, there's a sat free just behind Chloé next to Ivan. Nino, if you would be so kind as to show him to the seat."
Nino nodded and began to guide Jack to his seat.
Outside the school, Adrien, a young man with blond hair, was just about to enter the school, but his father's secretary Natalie arrived in the car.
"Adrien, please reconsider!" Natalie pleaded. "You know what your father wants!"
"This is what I wanna do!" said Adrian strongly.
He was about to make his way into the school when he saw Master Fu had fallen to the ground and seemed to be unable to get back up, and no one seemed to be helping him. He immediately rushed over to Master Fu and helped him up, handing him back his walking stick.
"Thank you, young man," said Master Fu gratefully.
Adrien was about to make his way back into the school, but now blocking his path was Natalie and his bodyguard.
" I just wanna go to school like everybody else," he said, approaching Natalie. "What's so wrong with that? Please don't tell my father about all this."
Disappointed, the two of them began escorting Adrian back to the car to be taken back home. Master Fu watched them drive away and then walked off whistling, resting his walking stick on his shoulder.
Within Miss Bustier's classroom, the bell rang for the end of the lesson. Kim then handed Ivan a note with a devious smile on his face.
"Those of you who have P.E., Mr D'Argencourt is expecting you at the stadium," Miss Bustier instructed. "The rest of you can head over to the library."
"Kim!" Ivan roared.
"Ivan, what is going on?" Miss Bustier
"It's Kim!" said Ivan angrily and raised his fist towards Kim. "I'm so gonna get…
"Ivan, go to the principal's office," Miss Bustier scolded.
Ivan angrily crumbled Kim's note and walked off angrily, while a number of people snickered like Chloé.
Within his lair, Hawk Moth could sense this powerful negative emotion and opened the windows in the sunlight sham across the empty room filled with butterflies.
"Negative emotions," he said as the butterflies fluttered away. "This is perfect. Just what I need. Anger, sadness…" A butterfly then landed within his hands, and he began corrupting it with evil. "Burn a hole into his heart, my horrible akuma." The once pure white butterfly had turned dark, and then he released it to the open world. "Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize him!"
Mr Damocles' the school's principal, who strongly resembled an owl, was in his office when Ivan entered without knocking.
"Excuse me, young man," he said, narrowing his eyes. "Hasn't anyone ever taught you to knock? Go on. Out you go, try it again! Go on, knock."
Ivan angrily closed the door, and then the akuma flew into the crumpled note in his hand, affecting it.
"Stoneheart, I am Hawk Moth," said Hawk Moth commune with him telepathically. "I give you the power to seek revenge on those who have wronged you."
"Okay, Hawk Moth," said Ivan, and then darkness began to cover his entire body.
Mr Damocles was still in his office waiting for Ivan to knock and was starting to get a little impatient.
"Well, come on in," he said.
He came all right as Ivan, or rather Stoneheart, punched right through the door. He now resembled a rock golem.
"KIMMM!" Stoneheart roared.
Marinette and Alya went to the library with a few of the other students who hadn't gone to P.E. Suddenly, the entire place shook violently, and the two fell to the floor.
"Come on!" said Alya picking her up.
"Did you hear that?" said a student.
Everyone rushed to the security camera monitor and they saw Stoneheart running amok outside.
"KIMMM!" he yelled.
Mr Damocles was looking outside his ruined office on the telephone. "Hello? This is the police? Give me the army!"
"What's going on? He had Ivan's voice?" Marinette asked, confused.
"Don't know, but it sounds like he's gone through quite a makeover," said Jack.
"It's as if he's been transformed into a real-life supervillain!" said Alya excitedly. "GPS, check. Battery, check. I am so outta here!"
Marinette watched as she ran to the door. "Hey! Where are you going!"
"Where there's a supervillain, there's always a superhero close behind!" said Alya looking back. "No way I'm missing this!"
She then left.
"She seems to be way too excited about this," said Jack.
"KIM!" Stoneheart yelled.
Marinette looks back at the security camera screen. She could see Stoneheart pick up a car and throw it at the security camera, breaking it and showing a rainbow error screen, causing Marinette to wince.
Jack looked at Marinette. "Perhaps this is a good time to check in on your parents."
Meanwhile, at the Agreste mansion, Master Fu was outside with a little Chinese box. Inside, however, Natalie was tutoring Adrian.
"Who was the first president of the 5th French Republic?" Natalie asked.
"Everyone thinks it was de Gaulle, but it was actually René Coty before the first elections," said Adrian looking bored.
"Excellent, Adrien."
Adrian's father was then entering the room, a tall man who looked as if he hadn't laughed a single day in his life.
"Give me a minute, would you, Natalie?" Gabriel asked.
Natalie Natalie nodded. "Yes, sir."
Gabriel then turned to Adrian, looking at him sternly. "You are NOT going to school. I already told you."
Adrien looked at Natalie, who looked to the floor. He then turned and looked at his father with a pleading look. "But Father!"
"Everything you need is right here where I can keep an eye on you. I will not have you outside in that dangerous world."
"It's not dangerous, Father," Adrian argued. "I'm always stuck in here by myself. Why can't I go to school and make friends just like everyone else?
"Because you are not like everyone else! You are my son!" He then turned to Natalie as Adrian slumped back into his chair. "Continue."
Natalie waited until Gabriel had left before looking back at Adrian. "We can leave it there for today if you have–-"
Adrien then ran off, clearly upset.
A few moments later he was in his room, lying down on his bed when suddenly he heard something thundering outside. He quickly rushed outside and saw the police battling against Stoneheart.
"Ready? Fire!" Officer Roger ordered.
The police fired at Stoneheart, but he suddenly got even bigger.
"KIM!" he roared in the police quickly scattered.
Stoneheart grabbed the police van and tossed it at the fleeing officer Roger.
Adrian had made his way back inside and quickly turned on his T.V. which quickly took into a scene at City Hall.
"I'm asking all Parisians to stay home until this situation is under control," said Mayor Bourgeois.
"Mr Bourgeois. Mr Bourgeois!"
Nadja Chamack then appeared, giving a full report of the situation. "As incredible as it seems, it's been confirmed that Paris is indeed being attacked by a supervillain. The police have been struggling to keep the situation under control."
The scene changed to Officer Roger, whose right arm was now cast. "Be confident; the strong arm of the law will come crashing down on the…" He stopped remembering that his right arm was in a cast. "I mean, the other arm."
Marinette was in her room watching the same news report; she had taken Jackson fries and made her way home.
"I hate first days back at school…" she said and then saw a small box on her desk. "Huh?"
Adrien then saw a similar small box on his table. "Huh?"
"What's this doing here?" they said, opening a little box, and they immediately began to glow.
Marinette practically jumped and then suddenly appeared right in front of them was a small red creature with black spots.
"Ahh! Help!" Marinette streamed, backing away from the strange creature. "It's a giant bug! A… a mouse! A… a bug-mouse!"
"Everything's okay!" the strange creature assured. "Don't be scared!"
Sadly this only freaked Marinette out some more, and she began throwing a number of objects at it. Ahh! Bug mouse talks!"
Adrian was astonished as a similar sort of creature appeared in front of him, only this one was completely black with a long Like tail.
"No way…" said Adrian trying to touch the strange creature. "Like the genie in the lamp!"
"I met him once. So he grants wishes. Big deal! I'm way more personable!" said the creature. "Plagg. Nice to meet you." Plagg then began flying off towards the football table. "Ooh, swanky…"
Plagg then bit down on one of the metal footballers.
"No! Don't touch that!" Adrian yelled, attempting to grab him, but he merely flew off. "Come back here!"
"Ohh! So shiny! Can you eat this?" Plagg asked as he approached one of the arcade games and bit down on the joystick. "No, you can't. Ooh, what about this?"
Marinette was a little freaked out by the strange creature that appeared in her room, who was attempting to calm her down.
"Listen, Marinette. I know everything may seem a bit strange to you…" Marinette then trapped the creature within a glass cup. "Okay, if that makes you feel safer…
"What are you, and how do you know my name? Marinette asked curiously.
"I am a kwami, and my name is Tikki," she said. "Now, just let me explain."
Adrian was attempting to catch Plagg, who was currently biting down on his remote control. He climbed on his indoor climbing wall and jumped down, grabbing Plagg with both hands.
"I still don't know what you're doing here," said Adrian.
Plagg turned to look at him. "Look, I'm a kwami. I grant powers. Yours is the power of destruction, got it?"
Adrien shook his head. "Uh-uh."
"Good. Now, you got anything to eat? I'm starving…"
"My dad's pranking me, right?" said Adrian getting up and then remembering who he was talking about. "Wait, he couldn't be. He has no sense of humour."
Plagg flew out of his hand and looked at him strictly. "Your father must never know that I exist! Or anyone for that matter."
Marinette had decided to call in her parents and began to open the trapdoor in her bedroom.
"Mum! Dad!" she called.
"No!" said Tikki passing right through the glass and appeared right in front of her. "I'm your friend, Marinette! You must trust me. You're the only one who can stop Stoneheart!"
Master Fu had returned the Miracle Box back into its proper hiding place, though Wayzz still had his doubts.
"Do you think they'll be up to it, Master?" Wayzz asked.
"I only got it wrong once. It will never happen again. At least I hope not," he said, closing the box.
Marinette was still trying to process all of this. A magical flying creature had just appeared in her bedroom and told her that she had been chosen to become a superhero.
"This must be some mistake!" said Marinette shaking her head. "The only superpower I could possibly have is super-awkwardness… I know! Alya would know! That's my friend. Well, at least I think she would… She loves superheroes! She'd totally be up for the job! You should totally go see her!"
Tikki flew up into her face. "Marinette, you are the chosen one!"
Adrien also found it difficult to believe that he was chosen to become a superhero, considering that he rarely got outside.
"But I'm stuck here!" Adrian protested. "I'm never even let to go to school! What good is a superhero who's imprisoned in his own house!"
"No good," said Plagg as he rolled around on a roll of toilet paper. "That's why it's all going to change soon. If you're willing to change, that is."
Inside the box was a pair of red and black polka-dotted earrings.
"Okay, so all I have to do is break the object where the whatchama-call-it is hiding?" said Marinette as she placed the hearings on.
"It's called an akuma," Tikki explained. "Which you must encapture."
"Got it! Capture it!" Marinette nodded and then frowned. "And what's that charm thing again?"
"The Lucky Charm! It's your secret superpower!"
Marinette still was uncertain about all of this. "Aww… this is all going too fast, Tikki… I… won't be able to pull this off!"
"Trust yourself, Marinette," Tikki encouraged. "Just say 'Tikki! Spots On'.
"Tikki? Spots On?" Marinette frowned, and Tikki then suddenly entered the earrings, which began to glow. "Whoa! What is happening?!"
She began to transform when she looked into the mirror; she discovered that she now had a domino mask covering her face and wearing a red and black polka-dotted skintight outfit and around her waist was a red and black dotted yo-yo.
Adrian then put on the ring that was inside his box.
"Plagg, Claws Out!" said Plagg poking his head out of the toilet roll. "That's how you transform."
"Got it," Adrian nodded immediately held out his hand. "Plagg! Claws Out!"
"No, wait!" Plagg panicked. "I haven't finished explaining!"
Too late, Plagg flew into the ring, and Adrian began to transform. He was now wearing a black catsuit, with a pair of fake ears on his head, a mask covering his face with the eye sockets resembling that of cat eyes. He had a large bell hanging from his neck, around his waist, he wore a belt that hung down the tail, and he was wielding a silver staff.
"Too cool!" he said, looking at himself.
Marinette was not as enthusiastic when she looked at herself in the mirror.
"Aww… how does this thing come off?" she moaned. "Tikki, if you can hear me, I want my normal clothes back. I'm not going anywhere!"
"Stoneheart is heading toward the Montparnasse tower," said Nadja's voice on her computer. She went to examine it and saw that Stoneheart was still going on a rampage. "The monster seems to be unstoppable!"
Marinette then saw following Stoneheart on her bike was Alya.
"Alya?" she gasped.
"Marinette! Did you get home okay?" said her mother's voice.
"Uhh… yeah, Mum! Just super!" she said nervously.
Knowing that she could let her mother see her likeness immediately ran upstairs to the roof. She had just got outside when her mother opened the trapdoor.
"Marinette? You in here?" she asked and then looked down at her husband. "Tom, we better call the school."
Marinette realised she now had no choice as Alya was now clearly in danger.
"Okay, I have special powers… and apparently this amazing super yo-yo thingy?" she said, playing her yo-yo.
She wasn't entirely sure how useful yo-yo was going to be as a weapon, but at this point, she had nothing to lose. She swung her yo-yo directly towards Notre Dame, and it went quite a fair distance. The yo-yo then wrapped itself around a gargoyle statue, and with one good yank, it whisks her to the other side with her screaming.
Adrian was now outside as well; he discovered that his staff was able to extend itself and now was walking across two buildings using his stick as a tightrope.
"I'm starting to get the hang of this," he said. He looked up and saw a girl flying directly towards him, which was not the strangest thing he had seen today. She crashed right down on top of him, and the two of them fell, with her yo-yo wrapping around them and on his staff. "Well, hey there. Nice of you to drop in."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose," said Marinette apologetically.
After they untangled themselves, they hit the pavement.
"I bet you're the partner my kwami told me about," Adrian assumed. "I'm… Cat Noir. Yeah, Cat Noir. And you?"
"I'm Ma… err… Mar… uhh…" She managed to stop herself before by voting her real name and was desperately trying to get her yo-yo free. She managed to accomplish this, though it did hit Cat Noir on the head along with his staff. "Madly Clumsy. I'm so clumsy."
Cat Noir shook it off and grabbed his staff. "No sweat, clumsy girl. I'm learning the ropes too."
The entire ground then shocked, and the two of them witnessed as a building toppled over. Upon seeing this, Cat Noir extended his staff and pole-vaulted over the buildings.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Marinette called.
"To save Paris, right?" Cat Noir stared back.
Marinette wished that she had his confidence. "Trust yourself, trust yourself…" she said to herself.
At Parc des Princes, the students had just finished their P.E unaware that a supervillain was heading towards them. However, they soon became aware when Stoneheart jumped onto the stadium, shaking the entire ground.
"KIMMM!" Stoneheart roared. "So, who's wuss now?"
All the students began running away except for Kim, who was too shocked to run. Stoneheart landed in front of them, and suddenly, his legs began to work again. Unfortunately, he tricked, and Stoneheart was now directly above him.
Stoneheart was just about to reach him, but then Cat Noir's staff appeared out of nowhere, knocking his hand away. Cat Noir then landed behind Kim, who immediately took this opportunity to run away.
"Hey, it's not very nice to pick on people who are smaller than you," said Cat Noir.
"I guess you're talking about yourself," Stoneheart sneered.
He then swiped at Cat Noir, who quickly jumped out of his grasp.
Hawk Moth was now aware of Cat Noir's presence and was smiling. "Everything's going to plan. The Miraculous of the Ladybug and the Black Cat have been activated. Here they come to save the day, and now my supervillain will destroy them."
Cat Noir was proving to be far more agile than Stoneheart and managed to jump into the air. He then swung his staff down right on top of his head and then landed directly behind him. However, a few seconds later, Stoneheart began to increase in size, and he soon realised that he was in trouble.
"Where are you, partner?" Cat Noir asked, fending off Stoneheart.
Marinette was looking down from the stadium, looking very much concerned but had no idea on what to do,
"Oh, I can't. I'm not gonna be able to do it…" she said.
Then Stoneheart grabbed a goal post, ripped it from the ground and tried to use it to flatten Cat Noir. Cat Noir was able to dodge it, but it bounced and was heading straight towards Alya. Fortunately, Cat Noir saw this and quickly tossed his staff extending it across the stands; the goal bounced off the staff before it crushed Alya.
Unfortunately, Stoneheart had used this opportunity to grab hold of Cat Noir.
Alya had noticed Marinette looking down from the stadium, though why she remained stationary, she had no idea. "What are you waiting for, super red bug? The world is watching you!"
Marinette was still scared, but she realised that inaction could be just as dangerous. After all, she had just witnessed Alya nearly getting crushed, and now Cat Noir was in trouble. She swallowed her fear and jumped into the stadium. She flung her yo-yo, wrapping it around Stoneheart's legs; she then skidded between them, so she was facing him.
"Animal cruelty? How shameful!" she said, yanking on the string.
Stoneheart then suddenly found himself tripping over, falling on his back, freeing Cat Noir in the process.
"Yes!" Alya cheered.
Cat Noir rolled across the field until landing in the other goalpost.
"Sorry it took so long, Cat Noir," said Marinette approaching him.
"It's cool, Wonderbug," said Cat Noir getting to his feet. "Now, let's kick his rocky behind!"
He then dashed towards Stoneheart; the Marinette quickly grabbed his belt and pulled him back.
"Wait! Haven't you noticed?" she said. "He gets bigger and stronger with every attack. We have to do something different."
"Different how?" Cat Noir asked.
"Uhhh… I don't know."
"Okay then. Let's use our powers. Cataclysm!" Dark energy then began to cover Cat Noir's right-hand or, more precisely, around his ring. "Apparently, I destroy whatever I touch."
"I don't need a superpower to destroy everything," Marinette sighed.
To demonstrate his power, Cat Noir reached out towards the goalpost.
"No, don't do that!" Marinette yelled.
Too late, Cat Noir had already touched it, and the entire goalpost began to crumble into dust.
"Cool," said Cat Noir excitedly and looked at Stoneheart. "It's just you and me now! Time to rumble, soon-to-be rubble!"
"Cat Noir! Wait!" Marinette yelled as Cat Noir – towards the villain.
Cat Noir launched into the air and placed his hand down upon his leg, expecting to defeat him with one blow. However, he quickly discovered that nothing had happened, and he nervously looked up at Stone Heart.
"Uh-oh. I guess I only get one shot to use my power," he said just before Stoneheart kicked him.
Ladybug winced and watched as Cat Noir skidded across the ground until he stopped next to her. "And you only have five minutes before you transform back. Didn't your kwami explain anything to you?"
"I guess I was a little excited about my new life," Cat Noir admitted looking embarrassed.
"Well, up to me. Lucky Charm!" she said and tossed her yo-yo into the air.
The yo-yo sparkled, and then suddenly appearing in Finnair was a wetsuit.
"Superpower?" Cat Noir questioned.
"My kwami told me I have to break the object where the whatchama-call-it… er, the akuma is hiding," Marinette frowned.
"Well, he's made entirely out of stone."
Marinette looked at Stoneheart closely and noticed that he clenched his right hand throughout the entire battle. "His right hand, it's still closed. He never opens it. It's like the Russian dolls. The object isn't on him; it's hidden in his fist!"
"So, what's your plan?"
"Hmmm…" Marinette pondered and began looking around the area. Her eyes turned to the Stoneheart's clenched fist, Alya, the tap, the hose and the wetsuit and an idea formed in her head. "This!"
She grabbed the hose and inserted it into the wetsuit. Then to Cat Noir's confusion, she began tying his feet with her yo-yo.
"Don't resist," she said. "Trust me."
"This girl's crazy!" Cat Noir screamed as Marinette began spinning him around.
He then found himself flying towards Stoneheart, who then caught him in his hand.
(gets thrown, and Stoneheart gets him)
"Catch me if you can!" Marinette challenged as she leapt towards him.
Stoneheart had no choice but to unclench his right fist, causing the akumatised object, but he was able to capture her.
"And now…" She then turned to Alya. "Hey, you! The tap!"
Alya did what she was told and ran towards the tap opening it. The water ran down the hose and into the wetsuit, inflating it. This eased Stoneheart's grip creating an opening for Marinette to slip through. She then promptly ran towards the akumatised object and smashed it with her foot. She watched as the Akuma flew away and Stoneheart transformed back into Ivan.
"This girl is awesome," said Cat Noir. "She's crazy awesome."
Marinette then watched as the former akumatised object reverted back to normal.
"What's going on?" Ivan frowned. "What am I doing here?
"You were incredible, miss… uh… Bug lady. You did it!" said Cat Noir
"We both did it, partner."
The two of them then bumped fists. "Pound it!"
Cat Noir's Miraculous then began to beep.
"You should get going," Marinette advised. "Our identities must remain secret."
"Farewell, m'lady," Cat Noir bowed before running off. "Let's do this again soon, okay?"
"Not too soon, I hope." Marinette then lifted Ivan, who looked rather miserable and began to read through the crumpled. "'You haven't even got the guts to tell Mylène you love her, wuss.' Aw…"
She soon realised what set him off and approached Ivan.
"Kim wrote it," Ivan explained as she bent down towards him, gently placing a hand on his shoulder. "He's always making fun of me."
"You know, you shouldn't get so bent out of shape about that," Marinette advised. "There's no shame in telling someone you love them, Ivan."
Ivan frowned. "Hey, how did you know my name, miss?"
"Uh…" said Marinette trying to come up with an excuse.
Fortunately, Alya provided with a well-timed distraction.
"Uncanny, amazing, spectacular!" she said, using her phone to video Marinette. "Are you gonna be protecting Paris from now on? How did you get your powers? Did you get stung by a radioactive ladybug? Oh, I've got a ton of questions to ask you, uh, miss… uhh…"
Marinette was about to leave, realising she hadn't given a superhero name. "Uhh… Ladybug! Call me Ladybug."
"Ladybug… Super awesome!" Alya excitedly as Marinette left the scene.
Unbeknownst to anyone observing them from the very top of the stadium was a young man in a purple trench coat, beneath that he wore a silver suit, a silver mask completely covering his face, resting on his head was a purple trilby hat and on his suit, he wore the Butterfly Miraculous. Covering his eyes was a purple visor, and he was wielding a purple cane within his hand.
"I'm surprised you didn't jump in," said a female voice in his ear.
"You know full well we can't intervene, Lady P, at least not yet," said the mysterious man. "Our two heroes have just broken out of their cocoons; they need the chance to learn how to fly."
"Still, don't you think it's dangerous to be involved?" Lady P asked.
"It's the only way to keep them close; we just have to be careful how we proceed as we agreed."
"So when do you plan to show yourself?"
"When the time is right."
Marinette was soon back in her room, feeling rather pleased with herself.
"So thanks to this amateur footage, the Parisians now know the identities of their heroes!" said Nadja on the news showing footage of Alya recording.
"I did it, Tikki!" Marinette smiled.
"You see? You were up to it!"
"Marinette! Dinner time!" her mother's voice yelled from downstairs.
Marinette then quickly made her way downstairs, and they began listening to the T.V. while they had dinner.
"I am pleased to announce that we will organise a huge celebration in honour of our city's new protectors. Ladybug and Cat Noir," said Mayor Bourgeois.
"Ladybug. Her name is Ladybug…" said Adrian with a dreamy look.
Plagg wasn't too pleased with the meals that Adrian had provided.
"Eww, what is this?" Plagg asked, holding up an ice cream sundae.
"Seriously? My personal chef made all this!"
"If you expect me to get my energy back after the transformation, I need to eat something more… delicate!" he said, dropping the Sunday on the floor.
"Okay. What do you want?" Adrian sighed.
At the top of the Eiffel Tower, the akuma which Ladybug had failed to capture had reached the top of the pole. It then began to multiply and swarm all over Paris.
Marinette and her family had finished dinner, and she was cleaning the dishes.
"Oh my!" said her mother looking at the T.V.
Marinette turned towards the T.V. which showed an emergency news report.
"Just as Paris is about to celebrate the appearance of our two new superheroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir, a new wave of panic is sweeping across the capital as dozens of people are mysteriously transformed into stone monsters. It's simply unbelievable," said Nadja showing videos of people turning into Stoneheart the moment an akuma touched them.
Her parents hugged one another, looking rather distressed and there quickly rushed to her room.
Adrian couldn't believe that Plagg's chosen food was a stinky piece of cheese.
"Camembert cheese," he moaned. "Fantastic. All he eats is Camembert, which means I'm gonna smell like stinky old cheese."
He stopped complaining when he saw on the news people were transforming into Stoneheart.
"These victims transformed into stone beings are still like statues," said Nadja. "The police are perplexed as to what will happen to them. Will they come back to life or be frozen in time forever?
"Plagg? What's going on?" Adrian asked. "I thought we defeated him."
"Did you capture the Akuma?" Tikki and Plagg asked their owners.
"What's capturing the akuma got to do with the other stone beings?" Marinette frowned.
"An akuma can multiply; that's why it must be captured. If Ivan's emotions become negative again, then the akuma will turn him back into Stoneheart!" Tikki explained. "He'll control all the stone beings and bring them to life to serve as his army!"
Marinette eyes widened in horror. "So that means… this is all my fault? I knew it! See, Tikki? I'm not cut out to be a superhero! I'm only gonna keep messing up."
"Keep calm. It was your first time," said Tikki gently. "You're going to go back and capture Stoneheart's akuma and do it successfully!"
"I can't! I told you, I'm clumsy! I create disasters all the time! I'll only make things worse for me, for you and for everyone. Cat Noir will be better off without me. I'm quitting."
"SO I can't do anything without Ladybug?" Adrian asked.
Plagg nodded. "Only Ladybug can capture akumas and repair damage caused by supervillains."
"If Cat Noir can't capture the akumas, then… just find another Ladybug," said Marinette looking at the mirror before turning back to look at Tikki. "I told you, I'm not cut out to be Ladybug!" Tikki stared in horror as she removed her earrings. "I'm sorry, Tikki."
"No, don't do tha—" Tikki pleaded and then stopped.
Marinette looked around and saw that Tikki had vanished. "…Tikki?" She then placed the earrings back into the box, putting it in her drawer. "I'm really sorry, Tikki…"
Hawk Moth was still rather confident despite that small setback.
"Ivan has a sensitive heart. It won't be long before anger and sadness strike again," he said as the akuma flew back to him and entered into his cane. "And he and the stone beings will come alive. Then we'll see how long you will remain hidden, Ladybug and Cat Noir. Once I have your Miraculous, you will be powerless against me. Everyone will be powerless against me! I will have absolute power! Mwahahahaha!"