(Two weeks later)

Things had been… hectic to say the least after the events of Stormy Weather, with three heavy hitting akuma's in the span of two weeks. First up was Timebreaker, Alix's akumatized alias. She was akumatized on her birthday after receiving a pocket watch; a family heirloom passed down from generation to generation on their fifteenth birthday; and it was destroyed during a race with Kim. The girl had been given the power to take people's energy; Chat Noir being among the victims; to go back in time to fix the mistake. To say that Chat Noir was happy to see two Ladybugs was an understatement… he was ecstatic. Then after her, was Copy Chat, aka Theo Barbot. The man was assigned to create a statue honoring Ladybug and Chat Noir in the Place de Vogue. Long story short, he had a crush on Ladybug and was sad that she didn't show up; due to Marinette attempting to erase an embarrassing message she accidently sent to Adrien, leading her to steal his phone; and it didn't help that Chat Noir fibbed and told him that he and Ladybug were dating, making him jealous and end up akumatized into a perfect copy of Chat Noir. He then proceeded to rob the Louvre off the Mona Lisa, framing Chat Noir in the process. Then last but certainly not least, was Pharaoh, Alix's older brother, Jalil. His akuma was the most recent, and the most interesting. Turns out, the miraculous have been around for thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years or more. Thanks to Jalil's obsession of wanting to see if a papyrus and Tutankhamun's scepter to see if it could be used in a ritual to bring people back to life, he was akumatized because his dad wouldn't allow it to happen. Once he was transformed, he took matters into his own hands by taking the papyrus and scepter, and taking Alya hostage to perform the ritual. But during that time, Alya saw an image of a past Ladybug miraculous holder depicted on the papyrus, and found out that the miraculous were at least 5,000 years old. And to think it all started with Marinette losing her history textbook, and Alya trying to find out her identity with it… which was what Alya was still trying to do as she opened her notebook to a picture of Ladybug and held a pair of scissors in her hands.

"I'm very pleased with how you all did on your last assignment." Miss Bustier said as Alya cuts out the face from Ladybug picture before she uses the Ladybug cutout and puts it over the student's faces while Miss Bustier teaches the class.

"Some of you have really stepped up, and I do appreciate it. Now it's time to move on to our next assignment." The teacher said as Alya moved her edited picture around the class, holding up to see if any of the girls's faces matched up the best. She had just moved the picture to see if Chloé would be a match, only for the heiress to point at Miss Bustier, making Alya move the picture to Miss Bustier, who was right in front of Alya and with her face filling the hole in picture as she looks at Alya, making the reporter quickly put the picture away.

"Is Marinette still in the girls' room?" Miss Bustier asked, as she glanced at Marinette's empty seat next to Alya while standing at the foot of the stairs to the upper level desks of the classroom.

"Uh, I don't know, miss." Alya said, not knowing the answer to her teacher's question as the bell rings, making the students stand up and pack their bags to head out of the school.

"Tonight I want you all to read chapter three of the breathtaking France, the First Thousand Years. Then, answer this simple questionnaire." Miss Bustier said as she waved the homework assignment in the air for the students to see and collect on their way out.

"See to it that Marinette receives her homework." The teacher said before handing two of them to Alya, one for her, and one for Marinette. Alya nods in understanding and heads out of the classroom, pulls out her phone and tries to call Marinette, but gets her voicemail instead.

"It's Marinette, leave a message. Beep! He he." The voicemail pre-recorded message said, much to Alya's annoyance as she gives up on calling Marinette, and instead heads to the bathroom to see if Marinette was there.

"Marinette?" Alya calls out, poking into the restroom, only for her to not receive an answer, and exit. She soon makes her way down into the courtyard, and sees Rose and Juleka as they stand near a support beam.

"Uhh, have you guys seen Marinette anywhere?" Alya asked, only for Rose and Juleka to shake their heads no. Alya then heads to the locker rooms and walks in, only to arrive at her locker row, and see Chloé at her locker. The reporter quickly backtracks and hides behind the lockers to see Chloé taking something from her locker that looked like… a Ladybug costume and yo-yo; much to Alya's surprise; before walking away, and unknowingly running right past her.

"Chloé's Ladybug?" Alya whispered to herself before running after the heiress as she runs to the school's front doors, down the front steps and boards her limousine, stopping to watch from the top of the steps and pulling out her phone to try and call Marinette again, only for it to go to voicemail once more.

"Hey, Marinette. Ring me ASAP. We gotta talk." Alya said as she left Marinette a voicemail, only to see Nino about to walk past her… perfect timing.

"Nino, wait!" Alya said, much to the DJ's confusion as he turned to face her, eager to help.

"Yeah?" Nino asked, only for Alya to grab his arm and start to pull him with her.

"Come with me, I need your help!" Alya said as she led the DJ to one of the benches in front of the school that sat along the banks of the Seine, and sat down, with Alya placing Marinette's bag next to her feet.

"So–" Nino began to say, only for Alya to shush him as she once more pulled out her phone and tried to call Marinette again, but...

'It's Marinette, leave a message. Beep! He he." The voicemail recording said, much to Alya's annoyance. Marinette was always doing a disappearing act, it was incredibly annoying.

"Ughh. I hate when she goes AWOL. She's not calling me back! Where is that girl?!" Alya grips to Nino, who also knew what it was like to have a friend that disappears all the time.

"Seriously. My man Adrien's the exact same way. But I guess you gotta be sly when Mr. Control Freak is your daddy-o." Nino said, trying to make Alya feel a little better, before the reporter's phone rings. Alya brings it up to hers and Nino's eye level, and clicks on the alert, to be greeted by a news report about the latest feat from Ladybug and Chat Noir.

"Once again, Ladybug and Cat Noir have saved Paris from the clutches of a menacing villain." Nadja said as a video of Ladybug bashfully waving to the crowd while holding her yo-yo played, making Alya look closer and see Ladybug's yo-yo, starting to connect some dots.

"Hey! I think I've just sniffed out who the real Ladybug is!" Alya said as she picked up Marinette's bag, pulled out her tablet, a sticky note and pen, wrote down a message on it, and leaned into Nino's ear.

"Chloé." Alya whispers, making Nino laugh in the most ridiculous thing he had ever heard.

"(laughs) Chloé? Seriously? She's too self-absorbed to think of anyone but herself, much less save the world. You are cray-cray, lady!" Nino said, not believing that Alya would think spoiled brat Chloé would be the selfless heroine Ladybug. Alya only glared at him in annoyance, but then thought of the facts that proved the claim true. Chloé was not the first person someone would guess is Ladybug, due to her bullying ways and selfish nature. Not to mention her hair was the wrong color. But then again, it could be a front, so no one would suspect, and a wig to throw people off. There was only one way to find out.

"I am so not! You'll see!" Alya said as she put Marinette's tablet back into the pink bag and walked away, pulling Nino along with her.

Meanwhile in the city of Paris, Ladybug was currently running on the rooftops, jumping above gaps of the buildings and landing with great skill before jumping off of a rooftop, pulling out her yo-yo and swinging through the city to quicken her pace before coming back onto the rooftops once more. She then proceeds to run and swing through the rooftops before finally leaping off the roofs, towards a building wall, springboards off of it, and flip through the air before she lands behind a billboard and detransforms into Marinette, walking out when the cost was clear, as if nothing had happened.

"Time flies fast when you're saving the world. Day's already over!" Tikki said as she poked her head from Marinette's purse, bringing up how the villain they had just faced cost Marinette a full day's work.

"Tell me about it. I missed an entire half day of school AND half day of seeing Adrien!" Marinette said, looking down at Tikki as she spoke to her and walked towards her home, slouching with a frown at the thought of not seeing her crush as much as she wanted to.

"Whoever's behind all of this sure is keeping us on our toes!" Tikki said as she hovered out just above Marinette's purse and crossed her tiny arms in front of her tiny chest, feeling annoyed at who was sending the akumas, and interrupting their day, while Marinette giggled at her words.

"(laughs) You don't have any toes!" Marinette said with a smile before entering the bakery, making Tikki giggle before diving back into her purse. As soon as the kwami was out of sight, Marinette walked into the empty bakery and towards her mom as she mans the cash register.

"Alya brought your school bag home for you, Marinette." Sabine said as she pulled out Marinette's bag from behind the counter and handed it to her daughter as she yawned in exhaustion.

"Hey mom…" Mairnette said, feeling drained as she takes her bag from her mom, before slouching, sluggish after today's events.

"You seem so forgetful these days. Maybe you just need some fresh air and extra exercise for that growing brain of yours!" Sabine said, offering some motherly advice for her daughter, having no idea just how much fresh air and exercise Marinette was getting these days.

"Good idea, mom. I'll start tomorrow." Marinette said as she walked closer to her mom who walked out from behind the counter and kissed her cheek before Marinette headed up to her room to start her mountain of homework.

"Ladybug saved Paris from destruction once again, but who's gonna save Marinette from her homework?" The aspiring designer said as she sat in her desk chair, opened her bag, pulled out her tablet, placed her bag on the floor and set the tablet down on her desk, only to see a sticky note on the screen.

"What's this?" Marinette asked herself as she grabbed the note and raised to her eye level to read what it said.

" "Call me. I know who the real Ladybug is"?" Marinette reads out, shocking her to her core, knowing that Alya was the only one who could have put it there, and was the only one besides Hawkmoth who would want to know who is behind the mask.

"No way! You think she knows?" Tikki asked, worried that someone found out Marinette was Ladybug, only for Marinette to not seem worried at all.

"I doubt it. Alya's always jumping to conclusions before she has her facts straight." Mairnette said, knowing how eager Alya is when she finds a little piece of evidence to point to who could be related to things she was trying to uncover.

"But just in case…" Tikki said, still worried about the possibility, only for Marinette to begin settling her doubts.

"No worries Tikki. I got it covered." Marinette says as she grabs her phone and tries to call Alya, but there is no signal.

"Dang. No signal." She said before she goes to the balcony to see if there is any signal, but sees a man working on the cell tower that was right behind her chimney.

"Sorry, miss. Cell tower maintenance. The whole neighborhood's down. No signal for the next few hours!" The maintenance man said, much to Marinette's disappointment. The cell tower always took so long to return to normal after its daily maintenance. Not only could she not call Alya, it also meant she couldn't call Jim and Toby tonight too.

"Come on, Marinette. Try again later. Let's head down and finish your homework." Tikki said as Marinette slouched in the reality of the situation, and sighs as Tikki zoomed down into her room after speaking. The girl soon followed, went back to her desk and began knocking out her homework, burning the midnight oil as the the day slowly turned into dusk, then night, and falling asleep while doing the assigned homework.

(Time Skip)

The next morning at the school Chloé's limo had just pulled up, and Sabrina rushes to open it, letting Chloé exit the car and start her walk up the stairs to enter the school, with some students watching her, including Aurore and Mireille.

"Hey there! Hi! You look totally fab! Uh, no, not you. Hey, it's still a month from Halloween, you know?" Chloé said as she walked up the steps, insulting and greeting people she walked by, not noticing that Alya and Nino were standing near the school's front door and watched her go in.

"You need to have your head examined. If she's a superhero, then I'm the Wizard of Oz." Nino said, still not believing that Alya thought that Chloé was Ladybug as said reporter was watching Chloé as she walked into the school.

"I'm telling you, she's Ladybug!" Alya said before walking into the school, determined to prove her theory right, even if some of the facts didn't line up.

"Can you prove it?" Nino asked, curious to see what Alya had in mind to prove her theory right, when the girl grabs the front of his shirt and pulls him along with her, much to his surprise.

Meanwhile in Marinette's room, the girl and her kwami wake up from their sleep after a night of using the desk as a mattress/pillow with a simultaneous groan.

"Uh... what time is it?" Tikki asked with a groan, still tired from a night of sleeping on the hard desk, while Marinette grabbed her phone to check the time.

"Uhh, school starts in…" Marinette began; feeling stiff from using the desk as a pillow the night before; as she checked her phone, only to be shocked to see the time.

"AN HOUR AGO?!" The designer cries out in shock, not believing that she was so late. She had been late before, but not by this much!

Back over at the school, inside the locker room, Alya had dragged Nino with her, and ropes him in on her plan to get evidence from Chloé's locker. Now they were standing near another row of the lockers across the row with Chloé's, ready to enact the plan. Well, more like Alya was ready, and Nino was an unwilling accomplice.

"Now don't mess up your lines." Alya said after she pulled Nino closer to her; via grabbing his face with her hands; before she pushed Nino to the lockers, where Chloé was getting her stuff for the day. The poor DJ stumbled to catch himself and crashed into the row of lockers, catching Chloé's attention. All part of Alya's plan.

"Oh, uhhh... Ladybug! Look over there!" Nino said, enacting his part of the plan and pointing behind Chloé to distract her. But when she didn't see anything, Chloé became annoyed and turned back to Nino, her locker door wide open.

"Uhh, what kind of lame joke is this?" Chloé asked, not understanding if there was a joke going on, or why Nino was talking to her, making Nino start to panic. Time to step it up.

"Uhh, what I meant was…" Nino began, before getting closer to Chloé, right near her face.

"Did you see Ladybug yesterday? Isn't she amazing? I wonder who she really is." The DJ said, leaning towards Chloé's face at the last sentence, trying to be mysterious, before she pushed him away by his face and turned back to her locker.

"Uhh... up too late DJ-ing, Nino? Obviously you didn't get your beauty sleep." Chloé said, unaware of Alya sneaking towards her and taking a picture of the inside of her locker, only to be caught by Sabrina.

"Uh... Chloé! Alya's looking in your locker!" Sabrina shouts out as Kim walks in, not knowing what was going on, while Alya starts to panic. So much for her plan. She quickly hid her phone behind her back to try and get herself out of the mess she made.

"Uhh... that's a lie! I so was not! Alya said before Kim walked over and took her phone, wanting to help Chloé since… Alya was technically invading her privacy.

"Hey! Give it back!" The reporter said as she tried to get her phone back from Kim as he handed it to Chloé, who opened it up and found the photo Alya took.

"Who's the little liar now?" Chloé said with a smug look on her face, as she showed the photo right back at the offending girl who took it. Alya… was now busted.

(Time Skip)

Very soon, Chloé, and Alya were sitting in Mr. Damocles' office, in front of the principal himself, Alya's phone on his desk in front of him, and Sabrina and Kim; who had no clue as to why Chloé was making such a big deal out of this; stood behind Chloé's seat.

"She's guilty of invasion of privacy! I have proof!" Chloé said, referring to the phone on the desk, with the photo on display, much to Alya's annoyance. Of course she would make a big deal out of this.

"What?! Seriously! All I did was take a measly photo!" Alya said, not believing that Chloé was being so dramatic about one little photo. Then again, it was a small ignoring of privacy, but still.

"I'm sorry, Chloé. But there's no school policy on invasion of privacy." Mr Damocles said, not seeing any other way to tell Chloé that Alya technically did nothing wrong.

"Then... then breaking and entering!" Chloé said, blowing the whole thing even more out of proportion. What was going on in that girl's head to think that taking a photo was considering 'breaking and entering'.

"I didn't break into her locker! It was open!" Alya said, trying to defend herself, besides… why would she want to break into Chloé's locker… oh, right, her theory. Maybe she needed to think her plan through more, earlier.

"And nothing was stolen?" Mr Damocles asked, wanting to get to the bottom of this so the students in his office could get back to class, and he could go back to work in peace.

"Only my very soul!" Chloé said as she stood up from her seat and slammed her hands onto the principal's desk.

"My locker is my secret garden! He who enters uninvited, burglarizes my inner being and steals my life force!" The spoiled brat said, right before running to Kim to 'sob' into his chest, much to his confusion while Sabrina glares at Alya for making her 'best friend' cry. Mr Damocles and Alya only watched in confusion before the principal recovered enough to get back on track.

"Right. An hour of detention for you, Alya." Mr Damocles said, turning to Alya, who was shocked at his words, only for Chloé to smile to herself, and turn to look back at the principal, feigning shock.

"Are my ears failing me? Did I hear you're giving one miserable hour of detention to a... a heinous criminal?" Chloé said, continuing to overreact to the situation, before turning to face her lacky… uh, 'best friend'.

"Sabrina!" The heiress said with a snap of her fingers, signaling Sabrina to step forward and pull out a clipboard from who knows where and read from it.

"The school rules clearly state that any student guilty of theft should be suspended for one full week." Sabrina said, reading from the school rules, much to Mr Damocles's shock, since Alya hardly did anything wrong.

"Yes, but she hardly stole anything." Mr Damocles said, trying to defend Alya as Chloé stood in front of his desk, arms crossed in front of her and her phone in her hand.

"I'm not sure that my father would share your point of view." Chloé said as she uncrossed her arms and lifted her phone up, prepared to call her father, making the principal very nervous.

"Uhhh, well, now, Chloé, let's not bother your father, I mean, the honorable Mayor with a minor locker situation…" Mr Damocles said, trying to talk Chloé out of her threat, but unfortunately for both him and Alya, Chloé starts calling her father, walking away from the desk and facing the wall.

"Ehhh... what I mean is, you're suspended for a week, Alya." The principal said, falling right into Chloé's trap as she stopped the call, much to Alya's rage as she stood up from her seat.

"What?! That is so unfair! I am so gonna protest this on the school blog!" Alya said, hoping to get the principal to see reason before Mr Damocles looks at Chloé who's smugly shaking her phone, and sighs. His hands were tied.

"The school blog is hereby suspended as well." Mr Damocles said, angering Alya even further as she clenched her fists in anger as she glared at Chloé.

"She's no superhero, she's super-psycho!" Alya said angrily as she grabs her phone from the desk and stomps out of the office in anger.

Meanwhile, in Hawkmoth's lair, the butterfly enthusiast himself could sense yet another opportunity to obtain the miraculous.

"Ahhh... School life. Such a science experiment. A petri dish of cultivating secrets, lies and betrayal." Hawkmoth said as the window of his lair opens up, stirring the butterflies on the floor to flutter in the air around him as he stares out at the city in his cowardly hidey hole.

"The thriving vivarium for my evil akumas." The man who makes Homer Simpson look like a delight, said as he held out his open left palm, allowing one of the butterflies to land on it. He then covered it with his other hand, with his powers transforming it into an Akuma. Once the process was complete, he removed his right hand, allowing the Akuma to flutter free and begin its track out of the lair, towards the window.

"Fly away, my little akuma, and evilize her!" Hawkmoth said as the akuma flew out the hole in the middle of the wind, through the city, and towards the school, intent on akumatizing Alya.

Back over at Collège Françoise Dupont, Marinette is frantically running to the front door, with Tikki holding onto her hair ribbon as her holder runs to get to class.

"I'm late, I'm late, I'm so, so late!" Marinette said as she ran to the school, then up the front steps, and up the stairs to the upper level classrooms. But as Marinette runs upstairs, Alya runs downstairs, and starts running away from the school. She ends up going to the bank of the Seine that sat in front of the school, runs down the stairs and stops at the bottom, leaning against the wall and sliding down to sit on the ground. Alya then pulls out her phone and tries to call Marinette as the akuma flutters closer to her.

"It's Marinette, leave a message. Beep! He he!" Marinette's voice message plays, making Alya drop the call, and bury her head in her arms and behind her knees, just as the akuma then phases into her cell phone, evilizing her and allowing the psychic link to form.

"Lady Wifi, I heard through the grapevine that you're seeking to unmask Ladybug... I'd like to help you if you agree to help me too." Hawkmoth said through the link, eager to help this reporter find out the elusive Ladybug and Chat Noir's identities.

"I'll expose the lies of anyone who covers up the truth! Sign me up!" Alya said, with the link being cut off before she stands up, and the dark purple aura emerges from her phone and starts to turn her into Lady Wifi.

Meanwhile, in Miss Bustier's classroom, Marinette quietly enters the class, and slips into her chair as Miss Bustier writes the lesson on the board, only to see Adrien and Nino, but no Alya, much to her confusion as she leaned down to Nino and softly hits his shoulder to grab his attention.

"Where is she?" Marinette asked, whispering to not disrupt the class, and earn Miss Bustier's ire so early in the day. But nothing could prepare her for the answer Nino gave her.

"She's been suspended…" Nino said, leaning in closer to Marinette's ear to relay the message.

"What?!" Marinette shouts out in shock, standing up from her seat, not believing what she had just heard. Unfortunately, it also was too loud, and brought everyone's attention; Miss Bustier included, making her turn away from the board; right onto her.

"Marinette, if you're going to come late, would you please do it discreetly?" Miss Bustier said, feeling disappointed in Marinette at the moment. She was usually never this late before, much less interrupted class if so.

"Sorry…" Marinette said, before sitting back in her seat, and allowing Miss Bustier to go back to teaching the class. But as soon as she could, she tapps Nino on the shoulder, getting his attention once more.

"What happened to her?" Marinette whispers to Nino, leaning down towards him again to do so. And once again, she was not prepared for the answer.

"The short story? Accused of breaking into Chloé's locker. I mean, Ladybug's locker…" Nino said, telling Marinette what had happened, much to her shock once more.

"WHAT?!" Marinette shouts out in surprise once more, not believing her ears, once again catching everyone else's attention, including Miss Bustier once more, causing her to turn from the board again.. Alya… thought that Chloé… was Ladybug? SERIOUSLY!

"That's it, Marinette! Go to the principal's office!" Miss Bustier said as she pointed at the door, having enough of Marinette interrupting the class. With a sigh and frown, Marinette takes her bag and she leaves the classroom, while Adrien leans over to Nino.

"What are you talking about?" Adrien asked, learning from Marinette's mistakes, and whispering so he wouldn't get caught by Miss Bustier.

"Exactly what I said, bro. Alya says Chloé is Ladybug! She is crazy!" Nino said, as Marinette walks out the door, shocking the model, making him glance over at Chloé before she winks at him, confusing him before he then turns his head towards his tablet, trying to focus on the lesson.

Back over with Marinette, she had just arrived at the principal's office, and knocked on the door.

"Mr. Damocles?" Marinette called out before she opened the door, and walked into the office.

"Sir?" She said before she sees that Mr. Damocles is frozen, and a pink stop icon is in front of him, shocking her.

"Huh?!" Marinette exclaims in surprise, before walking to the frozen man. Once she was in front of the desk, she leaned over and waved her hand in front of Mr Damocles to try and gain a reaction from him, but to no avail. Suddenly, the computer screen on the desk lights up, revealing Lady Wifi, who was dressed in a black suit, with white glove and boots; the boots ending two inches below her knees, and the gloves just below her elbows; with three one inch black stirpes, leaving one inch spaces in between, starting an inch away from the top, a white line around her waist with the line creating a semicircle above a short vertical white line in the front, resembling a power button, while a light pink wifi sign glowed on her chest. Her hair remained the same, but her eyes turned from hazel to a dark magenta with a simple domino mask concealing her identity. Marientte looks at the screen at the new villain, who was ready to carry out her work.

Meanwhile in the classroom, the projector starts up and projects Lady Wifi as well, surprising the students and Miss Bustier.

"I'm Lady Wifi, revealer of the truth! For our first exposé, your principal would like to share a little tidbit with you." Lady Wifi said, facing the camera as the students watched in both confusion and worry as Lady Wifi turned to Mr. Damocles and leaned on his shoulder by her elbow.

"So, Mr. Damocles, is it true you wrongly suspended a student named Alya today?" The internet themed villain said, while everyone in the class watched. Back in Damocles's office Marinette was now leaning closer to the computer as she watched the broadcast.

"Uh... yes, it is." Mr Damocles said, feeling ashamed of his choice, while Lady Wifi grins in sick pride in herself as the man fesses up.

"So, you were biased? Unfair? Totally unjust?!" Lady Wifi said, not moving from her spot, as she continues to question him while Marinette grabs the computer to get a closer look at the villain.

"Yes, I was." Mr Damocles said, as Marinette suddenly notices the phone Lady Wifi is holding and the ladybug charm on it, instantly recognising who was behind Lady Wifi's mask.

"Oh, no! Alya!" Marinette said in worry, now knowing that it was her best friend that she had to fight as she opened up her purse to let Tikki fly out.

"Tikki, time to transform!" The designer said, determined to win this fight as Tikki flew up to float next to her holder.

"You're going to have to fight your best friend!" Tikki said, knowing that this would be a difficult akuma to fight, much like when Nino was akumatized into the Bubbler, and sent her parents into space. Only this time, it was even more personal.

"Nope! I'm gonna have to save my best friend!" Marinette said, knowing that she would not rest until she had her best friend back as she said the words…

"Tikki, spots on! Yeah!" The designer said as she transforms into Ladybug.

Back over with the class, the projector continues to play Lady Wifi's message.

"For my next scoop, I'll be taking you to meet the girl who's been hiding behind the Ladybug mask!" Lady Wifi said as she stood in front of Mr Damocles's desk, right before she turned back to the principal, and swipes up on her phone, sending a pink stop icon on Mr. Damocles, freezing him; shocking those who were watching; before turning back to the camera.

"Stay connected!" The internet themed villain said right before she pushed a button on her phone and turned the screen off, breaking everyone out of their shock.

"Everyone, for your own safety, go directly home right now! And don't forget to read chapters four and five!" Miss Bustier said in a panic, worried for her students' safety. At her words the students all run out, eager not to be caught up with the latest akuma attack.

Meanwhile in the boys bathroom, Adrien had managed to slip away from the crowd during the evacuation, and was thankful that he had the room all to himself as he pulled his overshirt open to let Plagg fly out.

"If Chloé is Ladybug like Alya said, then Lady Wifi's gonna head straight for her house!" Adrien said as Plagg floated in front of him, who was all too eager to use the opportunity to have some fun.

"And it also means you must have a crush on Chloé!" Plagg said, teasing the boy before he laughs, while Adrien grunts in protest. Leave it to Plagg to make a joke out of this. But he didn't let that stop him from saying…

"Plagg, claws out!" Adrien said as he punched his ring hand into the air, causing Plagg to be sucked into the ring, allowing Adrien to transform into Cat Noir.

(Time Skip)

Soon enough, as the day started to turn into dusk, Chat Noir was now running on the rooftops and made it to the rooftop across from the hotel. He then takes out his staff and uses it to zoom in on a window of the top floor and sees Chloé dressed as Ladybug, playing around with a yo-yo as music plays in the background.

"What? This can't be!" Chat Noir said, not believing what he was seeing. It didn't make any sense.

"Who's being a sneaky kitty now?" A voice next to him suddenly said, surprising him and causing him to look next to him, only to see Ladybug as she was crouched next to him, resting her hand on her knees as she smiled at him.

"Oh, Ladybug. But–" Chat Noir said, feeling relieved that it was only Ladybug that was next to him, only to then be confused that she was there, and Chloé was in her room. Thankfully, Ladybug could answer that part for him.

"Come on, you don't actually believe she's the real Ladybug." Ladybug said as she pulled out her yo-yo and zoomed in on a window of the top floor; just like Chat Noir did moments ago; and watches as Chloé keeps playing with her yo-yo, ending up tying herself up and landing on the floor.

"Yeah, of course not." Chat Noir said, seeing that thankfully, Alya was wrong about her theory as he put his baton away with a smile.

"And besides, who would believe that she's the original Ladybug?" Ladybug said as she stood up straight and put her yo-yo away, with Chat Noir following in suit.

"She's obviously just a die-hard fan. A copycat?" The spotted heroine said, referring to Chat Noir's own previous problem with someone copying him, in the form of an akuma.

"Right." Chat Noir said, not only feeling embarrassed that he thought Ladybug was Chloé, but also because she brought up the 'Copy Cat' incident. To be fair, that was his own fault.

Back over in Chloé's room, the spoiled brat that was currently dressed as Ladybug, was trying to untie herself, when her cell phone suddenly rings. Chloé quickly gets back onto her feet, or more like her left foot and hops over to her bag, and takes it out, before answering it.

"Hello?" Chloé said, greeting whoever was calling her, only to be met with silence. Just when she looked at the screen to see who the caller id was, the phone starts to emit a bright pink glow, surprising her and making her throw it to the floor, allowing Lady Wifi to appear from a collection of pink pixels in the girls room, hands on her hips when she lands on the ground a few feet away from Chloé.

"Well, hello there, Ladybug!" Lady Wifi said as she pulled out her phone, just before Chloé tried to run away. But unfortunately for her, Lady Wifi swipes up on her phone and sends a pink pause icon on Chloé, stopping her in her tracks.

Meanwhile outside, night had fallen, and the heroes had watched the whole thing from their perch across the way.

"We got Wifi!" Ladybug said right before she and Chat Noir jump off the roof and head to the hotel.

Back in Chloé's room, Lady Wifi smirks to herself in accomplishment as she swipes up on her phone and sends a camera icon right above Chloé before walking over to the frozen girl and, like earlier with Damocles, leans on the girl's shoulder by her elbow.

"Well, well... So my hunch was correcto-mundo." Lady Wifi said to herself before she started up her broadcast, making the message play on every screen in the city, and be projected into the sky for all to see.

"Everyone thinks the girl beneath the Ladybug costume is a little angel. Think again, people! The real Ladybug is... Chloé Bourgeois, everyone!" The internet themed villain said through the screens, right before peeling off Chloé's mask, feeling proud of herself, only for the real Ladybug and Chat Noir to kick open the balcony door and enter the hotel; landing in a crouch; much to Lady Wifi's confusion.

"Who are you?" Lady Wifi asked, not understanding who was in front of her at the moment, much to the two heroes' confusion as they relaxed a bit, Chat Noir the most as he started flexing his biceps. Thankfully, Lady Wifi caught up to what was happening, and was not pleased.

"But I thought you were Ladybug!" Lady Wifi gripes as she turns to face the still frozen Chloé, feeling like she had been taken for a ride. Of course she wasn't Ladybug, why would she be? Besides, Ladybug saved Chloé when Stoneheart captured and almost killed her. How could she be so blind! And all because she saw Chloé with a Ladybug yo-yo toy.

"Sorry to bust your news story. Next time, double-check your facts." Chat Noir said, bringing up a good tip that all reporters should know, only for that to enrage Lady Wifi even more.

"You'll be sorry." Lady Wifi said, right before she uses her cellphone to delete the pink icons, taking down the camera and releasing Chloé, only for Chloé to resume her running, ending up tripping and falling in a tumble as the projections in the sky disappear and the screens outside go back to normal. Chloé could only watch upside down from her crash spot as the heroes stood in front of the latest akuma.

"Alya?" Ladybug said, hoping that her best friend was still somewhere in there.

"Alya's been disconnected. I'm Lady Wifi. News flash! Ladybug, let's find out who you really are!" Lady Wifi said right before she swipes up twice on her phone, sending pause buttons at Ladybug, making the spotted heroin jump and dodge them, making them end up on the floor and walls, before landing in a crouch when in the clear.

"Follow me!" Ladybug said to Chat Noir before running towards the room door; with the feline hero following behind; as it was guarded by Lady Wifi. They jump up into the air, towards the ceiling near the room door, and use that to get past the akuma as she sends a pause sign at Ladybug, only to miss once more as they land behind her and escape the room running down the hallway with Ladybug leading. Lady Wifi follows after and sends another pause sign at them, only for them to turn left at the end of the hall, making the pause sign land on the elevator as the heroes make it to the stairwell and start running down.

"So what's the plan?" Chat Noir asked as they ran down the stairs, wanting to know what kind of plan Ladybug had cooking up in her thoughts.

"She gets her powers from her phone, so let's lead her to the basement, where there is no service!" Ladybug said as they continued to run down, only to stop when she finished talking to see if they were low enough while Chat Noir continued going down.

"No service, no power. Nice one, my lady!" Chat Noir said as he continued to run, only for Lady Wifi to appear above Ladybug and send another pause sign to her, nearly hitting her, but she thankfully dodged it.

"We've gotta go lower!" Ladybug said right before continuing to run down the stairs while hearing Lady Wifi cackle above them.

"(laughs) I've got you now, Ladybug!" Lady Wifi said right before sending another pause sign towards the heroes only to see that she had no signal, angering her while Ladybug and Chat Noir were at the bottom of the stairs, weapons out and ready for her attack.

"Get ready!" Ladybug said as she spun her yo-yo, ready for the oncoming attack.

"So, what do you do when you're not Ladybug?" Chat Noir asked, shocking Ladybug before she quickly recovers with a groan and a hand to her forehead to stop an oncoming headache, and turning to face him tensely, retracting her yo-yo as she did.

"Can't you see we're a little bit busy right now?" Ladybug said, feeling annoyed that Chat Noir wasn't paying attention to the task at hand, before looking up to see that Lady Wifi is no longer above them, right before hearing a door open and close above them.

"She's gone back into the hotel!" The spotted heroine said right before the two of them raced up the stairs, only to see that pink lock icons had been put on all the doors, locking them in the stairwell.

"She locked all the doors!" Chat Noir said as they passed the first door, and continued climbing up the stairs.

"Hey, you realize we might actually know each other in normal life." The feline hero said as they passed another locked door, and continued up the stairs.

"Doubt it." Ladybug said as they ran up another flight of stairs, dismissing Chat's remark as quickly as they ran past yet another locked door.

"It's locked!" The spotted heroine said as they ran past it, reaching the top of the stairs, and the top door, which to their surprise and suspicion, doesn't have a pink lock on it.

"She's left this one open." Chat Noir remarks as they stop in front of it, ready to face whatever surprise was waiting for them.

"Get ready for an ambush on 3. 1, 2, 3!" Ladybug said as they got ready to burst through the door, and did so on '3'. They burst through the door to the hotel's dining room, weapons out and ready to defend themselves, only to find that Lady Wifi is nowhere to be found, as cellphones were resting on all the tables.

"Ahhh... So much for the ambush." Chat Noir said as he and Ladybug relaxed and put their weapons away, before Ladybug walked ahead.

"Follow me." Ladybug said to Chat Noir, with him following her immediately after as they headed towards the dining tables of the room.

"Where is she hiding? And what's up with all these phones?" Ladybug questions out loud while looking around, and spying the phones on the tables. But when she looks to her left at another table with a phone on it, a pink light comes out from it like a spotlight, and Lady Wifi appears with a cackle, before she attacks them, swapping up on her phone to send pause buttons at them. They dodge the first one a split up; Chat going to his left while Ladybug went to her right; while Lady Wifi sends more pause buttons at Chat Noir.

"How now, brown cow? I thought it was you she was after!" Chat Noir said as he runs on all fours across some of the dining room tables, jumps up and over a divider wall, and flips over a table to use as a shield, only for it to backfire and push the feline hero into a wall; with him landing on the tile floor; after Lady Wifi shot another pause button at him. Lady Wifi goes to swipe another attack at him while he's down, but Ladybug throws her yo-yo and ties Lady Wifi's hand, preventing her from attacking, but when she tries to pull her away from the table, the akuma disappears, then starts re-appearing above one phone after another as they rest on the undisturbed tables.

"Ha! You can't get me!" Lady Wifi said as she continued to disappear and reappear in showers of pink pixels above the tables.

"Yes I can." Ladybug said, right before she starts to break all the phones with her yo-yo, taking away most of Lady Wifi's portals. Seeing that her strategy was failing, Lady Wifi runs towards the kitchen, with Ladybug following behind after destroying another phone. But when Ladybug follows her in, Lady Wifi swipes an attack at her, but she dodges it, only for the attack to be a lock sign, as it lands on the kitchen doors, locking the door behind her, and locking Chat Noir out, which he soon finds out as he ran to the doors, only to find them locked as well.

"No, no, no... Hold on in there, Ladybug!" Chat noir said; feeling worried; right before he quickly pulls out his staff and opens up a schematic of the hotel and zooms in to find a way in.

"Of course! The service elevator!" The feline hero said, right before running to the stairs, running down to soon find the nearest service elevator, and hops inside.

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Ladybug had grabbed a pot and used it to dodge Lady Wifi's attack, and threw it at her to misdirect her as she jumped onto a countertop, and launched herself at the internet themed villain, trying to get the jump on her. But Wifi only disappears into pink pixels, making Ladybug miss her and barrel roll herself into a space between two storage shelves, before Lady Wifi suddenly appears in front of her, and swipes up on her phone to send a lock icon to pin Ladybug's right hand to the wall, with the left one following after. With Ladybug now trapped and struggling to get free, Lady Wifi smirked to herself in accomplishment as she swipes to the left on her phone and sends a camera icon into the air to the left, right above her and Ladybug, much to the heroines shock as the broadcast began, once again projecting into the sky, and playing on every screen in the city.

"Who is Ladybug? Is she a superhero or a super-weirdo? How can we trust the girl when we have no idea who she really is?" Lady Wifi said, her face taking much of the camera's space before she backed up and revealed the captured Ladybug behind her as she stepped from the camera.

"We have the right to know!" The internet themed akuma said as she grabs Ladybug's face to keep it still before she tries to remove Ladybug's mask, but unfortunately for Wifi and fortunately for Ladybug, it wouldn't come off.

"Why doesn't it come off?" Lady Wifi said, backing a little away from Ladybug, trying to get answers as to why this wasn't as easy as it looked.

"Uhhh... because it's magic?" Ladybug said, stating the obvious, right before the service elevator door at the other end of the kitchen opens, and reveals Cat Noir, and pulling both girl's attention from what was just happening.

"You're out of minutes, Lady Wifi!" Chat Noir said, right before hoping out of the service elevator and pulling out his staff, resting it cockily on his shoulders.

"Oh, how romantic. Tomcat's come to save his love bug." Lady Wifi said; both in an attempt of teasing, and also stating what everyone already knows; as she turned to face Ladybug with a smirk.

"I am not his love bug!" Ladybug said, annoyed that everyone; Chat Noir especially, but mostly Lady Wifi at the moment; was insinuating something that was absolutely not happening… yet.

"We'll come back to that later." Chat Noir said with a wink, as he leaned forward cockily towards her; implying that they would actually talk about it, despite Ladybug's efforts not to; right before Lady Wifi attacked him, swiping a lock sign at him, making him dodge it. But before he could do anything more, Lady Wifi sends another lock sign at him and it knocks him into the freezer room making him crash into the wall upside down and his ring comes off, turning from black back into silver, releasing Plagg, and turning him back into Adrien, as both he and Plagg; who starts shivering from the cold; land on the floor.

"My ring!" Adrien said as he and Plagg; who started floating next to Adrien; got up from the floor and saw his empty hand, immediately going to the floor to find his miraculous.

"Ooh... so chilly in here." Plagg said, feeling the temperature of the room very quickly as he curls up into himself as he floats in the air.

"Where is it? I could use a little help!" Adrien said, asking Plagg for some help in getting the ring, and in turn, getting out of the room.

Back in the kitchen, Lady Wifi looks at the situation in accomplishment. What a day. Ladybug trapped and struggling to free herself in front of her, and Chat Noir locked in a freezer till she went for his miraculous. Not a bad day's work.

"Well, well... what am I gonna do with both of you?" Lady Wifi asked herself as she continued to watch Ladybug try and free herself, desperate to get out and help her partner. As Lady Wifi contemplated what to do next; besides taking the miraculous, which would have been the easiest thing to do in that moment; Hawkmoth decided to but in at that moment.

"Get her to use her Lucky Charm! It'll force her to switch back, and her identity will be revealed, and her Miraculous will be mine." Hawkmoth said through the link, not seeing the obvious golden ticket in front of his latest villain. Seriously… all he had to do was tell Lady Wifi to take her earrings; not that Ladybug would have made it easy for her; and then that's one miraculous down! But like the overcomplicated villainous mastermind he fancies himself to be… Hawkmoth chose the hard way. Not that it mattered to Lady Wifi as the link was severed.

"If you don't get him outta there fast, your crush will soon be slush. Ha ha ha!" Lady Wifi said with a cackle before he removed the locks from Ladybug's hands, releasing her to land in a crouch to the ground in front of her.

"Good luck with your cat popsicle! I have other news to cover!" the internet themed villain said, right before she jumps up into the air and disappears in a shower of pink pixels.

"Huh?" Ladybug said, confused as to why Wifi let her go, instead of taking her earrings, and not to mention leaving the room like that. What did she mean by 'other news'?

Meanwhile outside Le Grand Paris, the mayor and two police cars are there; as well as a news cast crew; as Chloé could be seen running to the front door, and peeking her head out to see if it was safe.

"Come on…" André said, with Chloé immediately exiting the hotel and hugs her father in relief. But suddenly, her phone rings, making the heiress stop hugging her father and check her phone, only for Lady Wifi to come out from it and fly into the sky, landing on the highest point of the hotel roof, where she begins broadcasting herself.

"What's up, peeps! Listen everyone! I present you with the award-winning news story you've all been waiting for!" Lady Wifi said to a camera icon in front of her, while the broadcast was once more, projected into the sky and played on every screen in the city.

Back in the kitchen, Ladybug is trying to break down the door to the freezer room, by trying to punch and/or kick it down. But unfortunately, it wasn't working.

"I'll get you out of there, Cat Noir!" Ladybug shouts through the door, while Adrien continues to search for his miraculous, shivering like crazy in the process.

"Take your time!" Adrien manages to stutter out while he and Plagg are freezing their butts off while they continue their search.

Meanwhile outside, Lady Wifi is continuing her broadcast, via through the camera sign she left behind in the kitchen.

"Don't blink, 'cause Ladybug's about to drop the bomb on her real identity!" Lady Wifi said to the camera in front of her, excited for the mask to fall.

Back in the kitchen, a desperate Ladybug had pulled out her yo-yo and called for her…

"Lucky Charm!" The spotted heroine shouts out as her superpower gives her…a box. Really? Her and Tikki were having a talk after this.

"This better be some lucky box…" Ladybug said before she looked around the room, her 'Lucky Vision' highlighting a 'non microwavable' warning on the box in her hands, the lock icon on the freezer door and a microwave on the counter next to her.

"Of course, the microwaves!" Ladybug said; now having a plan; before she grabs a cart that just so happened to be parked in the kitchen, runs to the counter where the microwave was, unplugs it, puts the box in the microwave, takes the microwave, placing it on the cart and turning to so the front would face away from her, and pushed the cart to the door. Once it was right next to it, Ladybug plugs it back into the wall, changes the setting, and turns it on before kicking it to make the lock icon appear in the inside of the microwave as it heats up.

Meanwhile, inside the freezer, Adrien had finally found his ring underneath one of the numerous shelves in the freezer.

"Gotcha! Gotcha!" Adrien said in delight as he held up the ring in front of him while Plagg floated next to him, covered in frost. How that happened so quickly, this author has no idea.

Back in the kitchen, the microwave has finally melted the lock icon, while Ladybug crouched behind the ready-to-go-bomb about to explode.

"Come on, micro-thingies, jam this signal…" Ladybug said, right before the microwave explodes in a flash of electricity. But that was all Ladybug needed as a sign to move the cart away from the door and throw it open, only to see CHat Noir is shivering while he falls to the ground. Thankfully Ladybug catches him, and holds him in her lap to help him warm up.

"You okay, Chat Noir?" Ladybug asked worried about him, just before her Miraculous beeps, drawing Chat Noir's attention from warming up to the fact that… Ladybug used her lucky charm… to save him.

"You used your Lucky Charm...there's not much time left." Chat Noir siad, feeling both worry for his partner, but also surprise that she would do that for him. Risk her identity… for him. Under normal circumstances, he'd be over the moon, but this time… was not one of those times.

Unbeknownst to them, Lady Wifi was watching the whole interaction from the safety of her perch, smiling like a mad woman at how the plan was coming together.

"Exactly!" Lady Wifi said, feeling excited for the posible chain of events that was and/or could happen.

Back in the kitchen, Ladybug had just helped up Chat Noir from the floor, and they were ready to get back into the game.

"Zap open the kitchen door!" Chat Noir said as they stood in front of the locked door that was a few feet away.

"We can't, microwave's busted." Ladybug said, gesturing to the broken microwave behind them, and looked up at the camera in the corner of the kitchen roof above them. So that's what Lady Wifi meant earlier. She was broadcasting this. But that gave Ladybug an idea, as she gestured the feline to lean down to her so she could whisper in his ear what she had in mind.

"Here's what to do, listen to me…" Ladybug whispers, telling him the plan, making sure Lady Wifi couldn't hear it if she was watching.

"Got it." Chat Noir said; understanding the plan; right before he grabs a pan, and hopes onto the counter to put a pan over the top of the camera icon with a sly giggle and wide smile, blocking Lady Wifi's screen.

Meanwhile on the roof, Lady Wifi was now annoyed to find that her camera went dark.

"What is she up to?" Lady Wifi asked herself before Hawkmoth established the psychic link once more.

"Don't let my Miraculous get away!" Hawkmoth growls out, before cutting off the link again.

"Right!" Lady Wifi said, before heading towards the elevator, intent on getting Ladybug's identity revealed.

Back in the kitchen, Chat Noir and Ladybug are back over at the service elevator, aka the only way out of the room.

"I'll go and jam the wi-fi antenna." Chat Noir said as he got into the cramped service elevator, repeating his part of the plan while Ladybug stood next to the small door and pressed the close button.

"Good luck!" Ladybug said as the door to the elevator closed.

(Time Skip)

A few minutes later, Lady Wifi exits the elevator, just as Chat Noir opens the service elevator door, only to see a pause button fly right past him. He quickly gets out of the tiny elevator, and leaps to the ground, and barrel rolls until he hits the wall opposite of where he started. A second later, Lady Wifi continues to shoot more pause icon attacks his way while Cat Noir dodges her attacks, soon ending up at the stairwell door, and running in just as one of Wifi's attacks hits the service elevator, destroying it and sending a cloud of debris up to Ladybug; who could hear everything from the open shaft; in the kitchen. So much for that way out. With the door locked and the service elevator destroyed, she had nowhere to go. She was trapped.

Meanwhile with Chat Noir, he had just run up the stairwell and reached the top floor of the hotel, spying the wi-fi antenna on top of the stairwell entrance.

'That's convenient.' Chat Noir thought to himself as he leapt onto the top of the stairwell entrance and landed in front of it in a crouch.

"Here you are!" The feline superhero said, right before calling on his…

"Cataclysm!" Chat Noir shouts out, summoning his power, and ready to take out the tower. But before he could even put his hand on it, the tower glowed with pink lightning climbing upward until Lady Wifi appeared at the top of the tower, looking down at him.

"Nice idea, kitty cat, but I'm not gonna let you cut me off so easily!" Lady Wifi said, right before she started firing pause symbols at him once more, defending her source of power, and making him jump away to avoid being hit.

Back in the kitchen, Ladybug's Miraculous beeps again, counting down from three minutes to two remaining.

"Hurry, Cat Noir…" Ladybug said in worry, hoping that her partner could come through. But this was Chat Noir she was talking about… he always did in the end.

Meanwhile on the roof, Lady Wifi keeps attacking Cat Noir from her perch, but he continues to dodge her. He then pulls his staff and throws it at her, but she dodges. The staff then splits into two, but since she saw it happen she destroys them, but she soon realizes it was a diversion when she sees Cat Noir is about to destroy the antenna.)

"Nooooo!" Lady Wifi said as Chat Noir placed his hand onto the antenna and destroyed it, making it fall over and Lady Wifi fall off and land on the ground, while the tower turns into rust, shorting out.

Back in the kitchen, the pink lock and camera symbols disappear, and Ladybug exits the kitchen with a smile, ready to help her partner.

Meanwhile on the roof, the broadcast had stopped playing, while Lady Wifi recovered from her fall and looked at her phone, shocked to see her power was now gone.

"Lost the signal!" Lady Wifi said as the signal bars on her phone disappeared, while Chat Noir jumps from the top of the stairwell entrance and lands in front of her, confident he could take her now that she lost her powers.

"Gimme that phone!" Chat Noir said as Lady Wifi got to her feet, and he lunged at her, trying to take the phone away from her, but she dodged him. It soon turns into a game of 'Keep Away' between the two of them, until Lady Wifi kicks him back from her. Chat Noir quickly recovers, only for Lady Wifi to grab him by the collar and throw him to ground, with the feline hero finding himself defenseless. But before Wifi could do anything, Ladybug appears and uses her yo-yo to take the phone away from Lady Wifi, pulling the villain to the ground in the process. Once it's in her hands, Ladybug breaks the phone, releasing its akuma.

"No more evildoing for you, little akuma!" She said as she used her pointer finger to slide down the middle of her yo-yo to open it up to reveal the sparkling pool of cleansing energy inside. She then let it drop before she started to swing it in a circle behind her, intent on capturing the akuma as it creates a circle of pink light behind her.

"Time to de-evilize!" Ladybug cries out before she throws her yo-yo towards the escaping akuma, catching it in her yo-yo, as it closes back up, before bringing it back towards her.

"Gotcha" She said when she had the yo-yo back in her hand. A second later, she released the purified akuma, setting the white butterfly free.

"Bye, bye little butterfly." Ladybug said as the butterfly flew away. A second later, she throws the box lucky charm; that she had brought with her; into the air.

"Miraculous Ladybug!" She cries out, and no sooner than she did, the miraculous cure sweeps through the city, returning things back to normal. Alya's phone is repaired, the cell tower on the roof is restored, the kitchen downstairs is returned to its former glory, and Lady Wifi turns back into Alya.

"What?" Alya asked herself, wondering how she ended up on the roof of the hotel, before looking in front of her to see Ladybug and Chat Noir.

"Pound it!" The two heroes said as they fist-bumped, feeling proud of themselves for taking care of another supervillain as Alya walked towards them in awe.

"Ladybug! Wow! And Cat Noir! Can I get a quick interview? Just let me grab my phone!" Alya said, right before going to find her newly repaired phone, while Ladybug's Miraculous beeps, leaving one minute left.

"Uhh... gotta go. You've only got a minute." Chat Noir said, right before they left the roof, and Alya all alone.

"So- oh, no! Where did they go?" Alya said when she turned around and saw that they left, feeling disappointed that they didn't stick around. The two heroes race to the ground level of the hotel, and look for a palace for Ladybug to transform back. Thankfully, there was a small janitor's closet next to the stairwell, but before Ladybug is about to enter the room, but Chat Noir stops her.

"Stay!" Chat Noir said, as his own Miraculous beeps, counting down to his own transformation.

"I won't tell anyone who you are. Cat's honor." The feline hero said while raising his left hand up and putting his right over his heart. For a moment, Ladybug thought… maybe she should. Jim and Toby already knew, why not her partner. But considering her brothers were on the other side of the world, they were safe from the chaos of Paris… but Chat Noir wasn't.

"Nobody must know who we really are. Not even us." Ladybug said, before she closed the door, leaving it partly open, deciding to keep her partner safe. Chat Noir then reaches for the handle; hesitating a little in the proces; and grabs it, opening it slightly wider as Ladybug detransforms. But when he was about to go past the point of no return… he stopped. He couldn't do this. He couldn't betray her trust like this. So without a second thought, he closed the door all the way and left with a sigh.

Inside the closet, Ladybug had transformed back into Marinette and was holding an exhausted Tikki in her hands to her eye level.

"Phew, that was too close for comfort!" Tikki remarks, feeling drained from the fight as Marinette keeps holding her.

"Tell me about it." Marinette said as she looked back at the door, gently placed Tikki into her purse, opened the door, and saw nobody outside, much to her relief as she walked out of the closet and out of the hotel with a smile.

Meanwhile outside of the hotel, Adrien had just run out of the hotel, having transformed back a few seconds ago, and looks back at the building fondly as Plagg flies out of his overshirt to float next to him.

"That was the chance to find out who the love of your life really is! What were you thinking?" Plagg said, questioning his holder as to why he didn't take the chance. He was so close, so why didn't he take it?

"That's the thing, Plagg. I wasn't thinking. I was following my heart." Adrien said, knowing that he made the right choice. He'd find out Ladybug's identity one of these days. But when that happened, it would be when she was ready to tell him herself. And for that… Adrien was willing to wait, no matter how long it took.

Meanwhile, in Hawkmoth's lair, the super villain himself was once more enraged that his latest akuma was defeated, as he is surrounded by the white butterflies that fluttered around the lair, and gazing out into the night through the window in front of him.

"Your mask will fall one day, Ladybug. You'll have no choice then but to hand over your precious Miraculous!" Hawkmoth proclaims as the lair window closes up, leaving the man in total darkness among the fluttering butterflies.

(Time Skip)

The night gives way to a new Saturday; beginning yet another weekend; that seems to fly by quickly, as Marinette is gazing out at the city from her balcony, with Tikki on her shoulder.

"Is that true? You're gonna tell him? Is that what your heart's saying?" Tikki said, wondering if Marinette was serious about what they were referring to… which was most likely about Adrien.

"Sometimes your heart tells you one thing, but a great superhero always listens to her head." Marinette said to her kwami, knowing that she did need to listen to her head more often when it comes to Adrien.

"Got it!" A voice behind Marinette said, surprising the poor girl and her kwami, making Tikki fly to hide behind her holder, as Alya climbed up onto the balcony and walked towards Marinette, making the girl relax.

"Wanna see my new smartphone? It puts my old phone to shame! Just look at these pics!" Alya said, excited to show off her new phone, and ends up showing off a numerous amount of pictures of Adrien, much to Marinette's surprise.

"Huh? What's with all these photos of Adrien?" Marinette asked, playfully pretending to be jealous, while teasing her best friend while grabbing the phone so she could make an attempt to see them more closely.

"Well... with a mask and a costume, don't you think he looks a little bit like Cat Noir?" Alya said as she showed Marinette an edited photo of Adrien she made that showed just how similar the 'two' boys looked with the boy now wearing a black mask, cat ears and costume with a gold bell, much to Marinette's horror.

"Are you out of your mind? He's tons more legit than Cat Noir!" Marinette said as she looked away from Alya, not believing what her best friend was suggesting. As if the love of her life was the punny superhero she worked with on the daily.

"Hey! I happened to think that Cat Noir is pretty slick." Alya said, defending the feline hero as Marinette looked back over at her.

"Anyway, stop taking photos of Adrien. Well, unless you give them to me, afterwards." Marinette said, right before she snatches Alya's phone, shocking the reporter.

"Give it back!" Alya said, only for Marinette to run away with a smile, making Alya run after her, matching her smile as well.

"Nope!" Marinette said as she started to play 'Keep Away' with her best friend, trying to keep her from getting her phone back, running towards her balcony hatch.

"Oh, come on, Marinette! What if you drop it? Everyone knows how clumsy you are!" Alya said, as Marinette climbs back into her room, with Alya following after, with the both of them laughing as they continue the game in the ground level of Marinette's room, continuing their fun.

"You sound just like my brother!" Marinette said with a laugh, making Alya stop in her tracks at the words. Wait… what?

"I'm sorry… brother? You have a brother?" Alya asked, making Marinette realize what she had said… and that Alya had no idea.

"Oh yeah… I didn't tell you, did I?" Marientte said as she held Alya's phone out to her with a nervous smile, in an attempt to smooth things over. Hopefully it will work.

"Uh, I don't think so!" Alya said with both excitement and shock as she snatched her phone back from Marinette.

"Since when have you had a brother?" The reporter asked, wanting to know everything about the brother Marinette claimed to have.

"Actually, two brothers." Marinette said, shocking Alya even more to the point that she dropped her phone, and her jaw dropped in disbelief. But it only lasted a second before Alya recovered, picked up her phone, and closed the space between her and Marinette before grabbing her collar.

"Two brothers? Why haven't I met them before? Are they older, and studying abroad?" Alya asked, quickly falling into her reporter habits, much to Marinette's fondness. Of course Alya would want to know as much as possible.

"Yes, I technically have two brothers, and the reason why you haven't met them is because, yes, they are older and are studying abroad in a sense." Marinette said, answering Alya's questions to the best of her ability. But it only confused Alya even more, making her let go of Marinette's collar and back up a bit.

"You… technically have two brothers, and they are technically studying abroad? How does that work?" Alya asked, trying to piece together everything Marinette was saying.

"It's a long story." Marinette said, knowing that there wouldn't be enough time at the moment to explain. But it soon gave her an idea.

"But my brothers and I can tell you about it tonight when we have our nightly video call tonight." The designer said, making Alya's eyes widen in excitement.

"Really? I can meet your brothers?" Alya asks, once more closing the space between them and grabs Marinette's upper arms in her excitement instead of her collar this time, making Marinette smile at her excitement.

"Yep, we call every day at noon and night at 9pm. We can have a sleepover and you can meet them. I've already told them about you, and they have been dying to meet you too." Marinette said, remembering how Jim and Toby found how Alya handled Pharoah; and a few other akuma situations she was involved with; so well, to be a good quality in Marinette's best friend. Especially when Alya helped pull Marinette out of her shell, letting her grow into the wonderful woman they knew she could be. Her brother's words, not hers. Either way, they wanted to meet her as well.

"Wait, noon every day? Are they the ones you call at lunch everyday?" Alya asked, finding out that little mystery about her best friend when Marinette nods in confirmation.

"Yep, we set up the system a while ago. It's so we can catch up during lunch and before going to bed. Pretty much the only times we are free. So… interested?" Marinette asked, eyebrow raised with a smirk on her lips, already knowing that Alya's answer would be…

"Of course! I just need to go home and tell my parents that I'm having a sleepover here. Not to mention get some stuff to actually spend the night here." Alya excitedly said as she quickly walked to the trapdoor to the living room below Marinette's room and opened it to start her descent down the stairs.

"Take your time, you still have a bit of time before they call." Marinette said with a smile, giggling at Alya's excitement as the reporter went down the stairs, closing the trap door behind her, allowing Tikki to come out of her hiding place and float next to Marinette.

"You're really going to introduce her to your brothers?" Tikki asked, wondering if Marinette would actually do it, since from what Marinette has told her about… that certain family story was not something they really talked about. Not out of embarrassment, but more out of wanting to keep it private unless they trusted who they told.

"Yes, it's about time I told her. I couldn't exactly keep the reason why I disappear during lunch a secret, especially when I let it slip out. Besides, I've been meaning to introduce her to Jim and Toby for a while. This is actually the perfect opportunity." Marinette said as she walked to the trapdoor, and opened it up before turning back to her kwami.

"Now all I need to do is let my parents know Alya is sleeping over." Marinette said with a smile before disappearing under the trapdoor, closing it behind her and leaving Tikki alone in the room, who merely flies over to Marinette's loft and settles on the girl's pillow in a small spot of fading sunlight, waiting for the girl to return.

(Time skip)

Soon enough, night had fallen, Marinette had gotten persimmon for her and Alya's sleepover, and the reporter was currently downstairs, getting snacks ready for the sleepover that would properly take place after the video call. So Marinette was now at her desk, in her pajamas, ready to call her brothers, hoping to use the time it took for Alya to get the snacks to brief her brothers about the akuma the previous day. After the cell tower maintenance on Thursday, it had taken a while for the wifi to work properly once again, and she was sure that they saw the news about Lady Wifi by now, and were probably dying to know her side of the story. And also about her exploits the day before Alya was akumatized. So without further delay, she opened up her computer, clicked on the video call app like she had many nights in the past, and waited for Jim to answer.

Meanwhile in Arcadia, Jim and Toby were just getting out of history class and were walking towards the bike racks, talking about the news they had watched that morning.

"It's crazy that Paris was in danger twice in the span of two days. I honestly don't know how Mari Fairy does it." Toby said as they arrived at the bike racks and sat down.

"Speaking of which, it's weird that we haven't been able to call her all this time. I hope she's okay." Jim said as they took off their bags and pulled out their lunches. The menu today consisted of two small barbeque pulled pork sandwiches with lettuce, tomato, and onion, with an apple and pudding cups for dessert.

"Well, she must be busy. I wouldn't blame her for falling asleep before we called her." Toby said, right before Jim's phone rang right after he spoke. Jim pulls out his phone, and low and behold, it was Marinette's contact on the screen.

"Speak of the devil, she's calling right now." Jim said as he held his phone up while he and Toby pulled out their first sandwich as Jim hit the receive button, allowing Marinette to show up on the screen.

"We were beginning to think something had happened to you, Mari Fairy." Toby said before biting into his sandwich, while Marinette smiles at the two of them.

"Good to see you guys too. Sorry for not calling these past two days. Cell tower maintenance." Marinette said, explaining what had happened to cause her not to call the past two days and they immediately knew.

"How long was it this time?" Jim asked before biting into his own sandwich, both of them knowing that the cell on Marinette's chimney takes forever to let people use the wifi after maintenance. It was a pain in the butt every time.

"Two days. Started the day before Alya was akumatized into Lady Wifi." Marinette said, nonchalantly mentioning that Alya had been akumatized.

"We were wondering if it was Alya that was behind the Lady Wifi mask. What happened that caused her to be akumatized." Toby said before taking another bite out of his sandwich, with Jim following in suit.

"Oof, where to begin." Marinette said, leaning back in her chair, and resting her hands behind her head in the process.

"Okay, I don't know the full story, but after getting back home from the emergency on Thursday, the school day was over, and Alya had dropped off my bag. When I got ready to do my homework, I saw a note that Alya worte saying that she knew who the real Ladybug was" The designer said, shocking Jim and Toby to the point that they stopped eating and looked at her in disbelief.

"She found out you're Ladybug?" They both whisper shouted, in case anyone was around. Thankfully, nobody was.

"No, but when I arrived at school the next morning, after being an hour late, I found out she actually thought Chloé was Ladybug." Marinette said, causing the two to start laughing. That was the funniest thing they heard since finding out Chat Noir was allergic to feathers.

"Chloé being Ladybug?! Ha, that is the most ridiculous thing ever. She's way too bratty to be a hero, much less a good hero like you." Jim said, making Marinette blush at the complement.

"Thank you for the flattery Jim. How Claire hasn't noticed you by now is a crime." Marinette said, bringing up the boy's crush, and making him blush at the thought, making things even between them.

"Me neither. But don't change the subject. Tell us what happened next!" Jim said, before he and Toby finish their first sandwich and move onto their next one.

"Right, so when I found out, I had arrived at class; sneaking in since I was ridiculously late; and I saw that Alya wasn't in her seat. So I asked Nino what had happened, and he told me that she had gotten suspended for breaking into Chloé's locker for evidence to prove her I found out, I kind of responded too loud and was sent to the principal's office and that's when I saw that Mr Damocles was frozen in place by one of Lady Wifi's powers, right before she made her pre recorded announcement. After that I transformed, and headed to Chloé's place for obvious reasons. When I got there, I saw Chat Noir was there, and we waited for Wifi to show up and attack. Once she did, we went into the hotel and tried to use her powers against her. But she managed to separate us, captured me in the kitchen and tried to reveal my identity, though my miraculous made it harder than pulling off my mask to do so." Marinette said, while Jim and Toby sighed in relief. Marinette was very lucky this time round.

"Thank goodness for that. Imagine if that was the case. Hawkmoth would have won." Toby said, after swallowing another bite of sandwich, making the three of them shudder at the thought.

"Yeah, not a pleasant thought. So after he attempted, Chat had found a way into the kitchen through the service elevator, but before he could help me, he got locked in the freezer. After that, Lady Wifi let me go and left the kitchen, leaving me to use my Lucky Charm to free him." Marientte said, before looking at the matching smug grins on the boy's faces.

"What's with the grins?" The designer asked, an eyebrow raised in confusion, wondering what was going on in their thoughts.

"Nothing, just wondering… if you really do have a crush on Chat Noir. I mean, you used your Lucky Charm to free him, risking your identity in the process." Toby said, while finishing off his second sandwich, voicing what both he and Jim could see, and what Marinette was possibly denying.

"You sure you don't have feelings for him, sis?" Jim asked, adding his own thought as he finished off his second sandwich, which brought a shocked look to Marinette's face.

"No! Why would you say that? You guys know I'm in love with Adrien!" Marientte said, not believing what they were saying.

"Yeah, but I still say that he's a better match for you than Adrien. You've had a crush on the blonde for how long, and he still hasn't noticed you." Jim said, feeling like Marinette could do better than Adrien, and repeating what he had said to her on their night call after Copy Cat. The woman had to steal the boy's phone! Of course he would think Adrien wasn't right for his sister if he made her think she needed to do that.

"I could say the same about Claire, Jim." Marinette said, bringing up his weakness, making Toby laugh as he bit into his apple.

"(Laughing) She's got you there, bro. But I'll have to go with Jim on this one. A guy that makes you think you need to steal his phone to delete an embarrassing message isn't the right guy." Toby said, much to Jim's amusement as he bit into his own apple, while Marinette rolled her eyes at them.

"Yeah, whatever. So after that, we came up with a plan to take out Wifi's powers, with him using the service elevator to get out of the elevator. But when he got out and I was about to use it, it was destroyed, trapping me in the kitchen. I don't know what else happened after that, but it only took a little bit for the kitchen door to open and the camera Wifi left there to disappear. I raced to the roof and helped Chat stop Wifi and capture the akuma, then turning everything back to normal. After that, we raced to find spots to transform back. When I found a spot in a janitor's closet, Chat stopped me from going in and asked me to stay. But I told him I couldn't and closed the door. After I transformed back, and looked out the closet, no one was there, so I went home." Marinette said, ending the recap, while Jim and Toby continued eating their apples.

"Wow, that sounds like a challenge. How was Alya afterwards?" Toby asked, wondering if Alya was okay after her akumatization.

"She's great. She even came by today and showed off her new smartphone to me. We're even having a sleepover right now." Marinette said, much to the boys' surprise as they continued eating their apples.

"Really? Nice. Should we let you go so you guys can enjoy your sleepover? Jim asked, hoping that they were not ruining their sister's sleepover, before Marinette smiled at them.

"Actually, I kind of let it slip earlier that I had brothers, and Alya being Alya wanted to know everything. So I told her that I would tell her everything she wants to know with you guys. Now she wants to meet you." Marinette said, making their eyes widen at her words, if what she was saying was true, then…

"Does this mean we are finally meeting the famous Alya?" Toby asked, forgetting about his nearly finished apple and leaning in closer to Jim to fit in the screen more, nearly pushing Jim out of the way. To say that Toby was excited to meet the girl who dealt with Marinette's antics in the romance department more than he did, was an understatement.

"Yes, and she is excited to meet you guys too." Marinette said, knowing just by his reaction, Toby was excited to have someone else know what he commonly referred to as his 'struggles' when dealing with hers and Jim's flops of romance. He had been dealing with it alone for years; with Marinette adding onto it that year with her crush on Adrien; so it was understandable. But a second after she spoke, the trapdoor opened and Alya came up through the door, dressed in her pajamas, and arms full of snacks, making Marinette turn her chair to face her best friend.

"Speak of the devil, here she is." The designer playfully said before getting out of her seat, walked over to Alya. helped her put the snacks on her chaise.

"Sorry for taking so long. Didn't know what to get, so I got everything." Alya said, making Marinette smile and shake her head fondly at her.

"It's okay, I'm used to it from my brothers." Marinette said, right before pointing behind her computer, where Toby was smiling widely and immediately, Alya's eyes widened in excitement and her lips turned into a wider grin when she saw who was on the screen.

"Are those your brothers?" Alya asked, right before she grabs Marinette and sits the both of them in front of the computer.

"Yep, though quick question, how good is your English?" Marinette said, to which made Alya raise her eyebrow at her in slight confusion.

"Uh, my English is very good." Alya said, answering the question, despite it confusing her with its seemingly randomness.

"In that case, Alya I would like to introduce you to my older brothers, Jim and Toby." Marinette said, turning from Alya and gesturing to Jim and Toby on the screen, pointing to the boys when saying their respective names before turning to face them.

"Boys, meet Alya, my best friend." The designer said through the screen, gesturing to Alya as she sat next to her.

"It's nice to finally meet the girl who has gotten Marinette out of her shell." Jim said, waving through the screen before finishing off his apple.

"And it's nice to finally meet Marinette's brothers." Alya said, with a smile, hoping to make a good impression. But soon, her curiosity got the better of her

"Though, I do have to ask, how much older are you? Is English your first language? Where are you studying if you are at college, and are you fraternal twins?" Alya asked, having so many questions that needed answering for her curiosity to be satisfied.

"Well, that's why I wanted to introduce you to them. But before we start, you have to promise me something, Alya." Marinette said, placing her hands onto her shoulders, and looking her dead in the eye. Oh man, this must be serious.

"Of course, anything. What is it?" Alya asked, knowing that whatever Marinette was about to say, it was big.

"You have to promise that you will not say anything about what you are about to learn to anyone without mine, or my brother's permission ." Marinette said, which made Alya even more confused. What is it that Marinette was so secretive about?

"Um, yes, I promise. But I do have to ask why though." Alya said, to which Marinette, Jim and Toby sighed at the same time. Every time. Every single time they told people, they had to tell the person they were about to tell, why they had to keep it to themselves.

"Let's just say that this isn't something we are embarrassed about, but if Chloé or someone who can't keep their mouth shut finds out… it would not be pretty." Jim said, much to Alya's surprise, since he had been quiet all this time. But even if the request and reason was weird, Marinette was her best friend, and she would honor hers and her brother's request.

"Okay then, I promise. Now will you please tell me what is it that you don't me blabbing about?" Alya asked, causing the three siblings to look over at each other and nod. They were all in agreement, as Marinette looked back over at Alya.

"Well, the truth is, when I said I technically had two brothers, I meant that Toby is my oldest friend, and that I consider him my brother." Marinette said, causing Alya's face to twist in confusion. That was it?

"So Toby isn't related to you by blood, but you consider him family?" Alya asked, trying to get all of the facts straight on the first try.

"Yep, but that's not all." Toby said, knowing what was going to be said next. He's been through this enough times to guess that she would ask…

"What else is there?" Alya asked, going the exact route Toby predicted she would go. Every time.

"Me and Marinette are half siblings." Jim said; almost nonchalantly after saying it a few times to other people; causing Alya's jaw to drop in shock as she looked over at Marinette with wide eyes.

"Want us to explain?" Marinette said as she used her hand to close Alya's mouth. When her jaw was closed again, Alya nodded, not having the right words at the moment. But it didn't last long.

'Um yes. But quick question, Jim. How old are you?" Alya asked, turning to face Jim as he and Toby pulled out their pudding cups and small spoons.

"15, turning 16 this year." Jim said right before opening his pudding cup, with Toby having some trouble at first, but soon did the same.

"But I thought you said your mom and dad were married for 20 years." Alya said as she looked back at Marinette, having more questions, and started to make assumptions.

"Did one of your parents…" The reporter began, wanting to know if her hunch was right, but didn't want to make an assumption like she did with Chloé earlier.

"No! Technically." Marinette and Jim said at the same time, interrupting Alya so they could clear the confusion.

"What do you mean 'technically'?" Alya asked, even more confused than before, which gave the three siblings their chance to explain.

"It all started 20 years ago. My Mom and our Dad had just gotten married, with our paternal grandmother, and Jim's Mom, Barbara being the only two witnesses on our Dad's side to come." Marinette said, starting to explain the story that her and Jim have had to explain quite often.

"My Mom and our Dad have been friends for years before he met Aunt Sabine, and she was happy that they were getting married. But a few years after the wedding, Aunt Sabine and our Dad went to Arcadia; our hometown; to celebrate my Mom's birthday. They went to a bar, and one thing led to another, they all got wasted and my Mom and our Dad slept together." Jim said, as he ate his pudding cup, explaining the more awkward part of the story. A long time ago, they agreed then Marinette would be the one explaining the full situation if necessary to people from Paris; but in this case he decided to be the one telling it, considering how akward she felt.

"Now I get why you don't want Chloé to find out. This is pretty awkward." Alya said, starting to understand their want of secrecy, and their story, but still wanted to know more.

"Yep. So after a very awkward conversation between our parents, Dad and Aunt Barbara stayed friends and Mom forgave them, considering she got wasted as well. But soon after that, Aunt Barbara was pregnant." Marinette said, continuing to explain the story, and satisfying Alya's curiosity even more.

"Then after another even more awkward conversation, their Dad agreed to be there for Jim's Mom and him as much as he could. Then two years later, Marinette came along." Toby said as he ate his own pudding cup, knowing this story by heart by now and decided to pitch in.

"As soon as she was brought home, we were inseparable. Mom even tells me I slept with Marinette in her crib till she, Aunt Sabine and our Dad went back to Paris." Jim said as he finished his pudding cup, putting the plastic into the paper back his lunch was in.

"So after that, Jim and Marinette started to video call each other when he turned 8 and she turned 6, setting up their system that they use to this day, and Marinette and her family come over to Arcadia every summer since her birth so Tom could spend time with Jim, and so Jim and Marinette could too. One of those summers was when I joined in on the dynamic." Toby said, right before finishing his own pudding cup, while Alya was entrapped in the story.

"What do you mean by that?" Alya asked, wanting to know how Toby became their honorary brother, cause it was confusing at first to say the least, unless you knew the full story.

"When Jim turned 5 and I had turned 3 the week before, Toby had just moved into the house across from Jim, and they had become fast friends. When I came to visit that summer, me and Toby hit it off right away, and we've thought of each other like brother and sister ever since." Marinette said, taking it from there, and wanting to explain this part of the story.

"You got that right, MariFairy." Toby said, making Marinette blush and hide her face at the nickname he used when they were talking to each other in private.

"Tobes, not in front of Alya!" Marinette said, trying to avoid Alya's amused smile at her direction.

"MariFairy, huh? Care to explain that little nickname, Toby?" Alya asked as she looked back at the screen, a sly smile on her lips, while Toby grins. He'd been waiting for this.

"Okay, there's a few reasons why I call her that. One, she had a childhood dream of becoming the 'Knitting Fairy' a magical creature who knits clothes all day long. Two, she always wore a pair of fairy wings on her back when she was 6. Three… she was so tiny as a kid, like a little fairy." Toby said with a chuckle, making Alya's smile widen and Marinette's blush deepen, till she had enough.

"I was a kid, okay. But Toby insisted for the nickname to stick." Marinette said, trying to defend what little honor she had left.

"You still are tiny." Jim remarked, making Marinette slightly irritated at him.

"I'M ONLY FOUR INCHES SHORTER THAN YOU!" Marinette shouts, trying to once again defend her honor as she pouts at them, but it only causes her brothers to laugh. Whether she liked it or not, she was so cute when she was mad. Like an angry slice of pie.

"You guys done?" Marinette asked, her face neutral for their laughing, and dropping the angry pout as she waited for her brothers to stop laughing.

"Yeah, we're good." They said, as they stopped laughing, only for Alya; who had been watching the whole exchange; starts to laugh as well.

"What's so funny?" The three of them asked, only for Alya to laugh even more.

"Is… this what it's… like with all of… your video calls? If so… it's hilarious!" Alya manages to say through her laughter, holding her gut to stop it from aching from her laughter.

"Pretty much. When it's not filled with talk about romance." Toby said, immediately catching Alya's interest. This was her chance to find out more about Marinette's previous love life.

"Romance, huh? Does Jim have a crush on someone, and does Marinette have past crushes I should know about?" Alya asked, now getting very invested in this conversation, while Toby shook his head in fondness. Marinette did warn them about this, but he was waiting for this question for the whole call.

"Yes, Jim has a crush on a girl in our class, and no Marinette hasn't had any crushes on anyone before this year." Toby said, shocking Alya with his answer. Was he serious?

"So, you mean to tell me that Marinette… my best friend… who is so boy crazy that she imagines her life with them, but can't even speak a full sentence to them… has not had a crush before Adrien." Alya said, as she looked back over at Marinette as she rubbed the back of her neck in embarrassment.

"Yep. Though for your information, I think I'm handling my first crush very well." Marinette said, making Alya, Jim and Toby laugh again, much to her annoyance as she waits for them to stop.

"You done now?" Marinette asked, her face deepened once more, as she waited for them to cease their laughter.

"You seriously think you're dealing with your crush on Adrien in a good way?" Alya asked, not believing that her best friend actually believed that.

"I'm doing a step up from my brother." Marinette said as she gestured to Jim through the screen, making him stop laughing right away.

"He can't even talk to Claire; the girl he has a crush on; without talking in bad Spanish. And she speaks Spanish. At least I don't speak another language when doing so" the designer said, pointing out that Jim was worse off than her, while Alya rolled her eyes at her best friend.

"That's up for debate. The way you talk to Adrien, I can honestly think you are speaking a different language." Alya said, to which Toby nodded his head in agreement.

"Now you understand my pain." Toby said, finding Alya and him had more incomon than he could have thought.

"Pain? You said that you find all of this entertaining." Jim said, bringing up Toby's own words from a few months ago.

"Yeah, I do find this funny, but for the most part, after a while, it starts to hurt to see you guys go through this." Toby said, with Alya nodding in agreement. She knew all too well what he meant.

"Tell me about it. Every Time Marinette attempts to get close to Adrien, something always seems to happen. But I still can't believe that Marinette never had a crush on anyone else before. That seems a little too unbelievable." Alya said, still finding that her best friend was currently going through her first crush, a little too far fetched.

"I swear on our pact as the 'Arcadia Oaks Troublemakers' that I'm telling the truth." Toby said, making like a boy scout and putting his right hand over his heart and left hand into the air while making his claim. But his choice of words intrigued Alya.

"Arcadia Oaks Troublemakers, huh? Care to explain that?" Alya asked, wanting to know what it meant exactly, but before any of them could say anything, the bell rang.

"Looks like it will be a story for another time. We've got to get to class." Jim said, as he started to pack up his bag, with Toby following in suit.

"Aw man, seriously?" Alya said, not wanting to stop the call. These guys were hilarious, Toby especially.

"The bell is our signal to stop the chat. Always has been." Toby said, before looking back at the phone in Jim's hand.

"We could exchange contact information. I honestly want to know everything that Marinette doesn't mention when it comes to her 'Adrien' exploits." The geology nut said, making Alya smile brightly.

"Of course, I can give it to Marinette who can give it to you. Then she can give me yours." Alya said, finding the idea appealing, much to Marinette and Jim's fondness. It was a bad idea to get these two to meet, now they would have to deal with both of them finding entertainment in their love attempts.

"It was a bad idea to introduce you guys." The two half siblings said at the same time, regretting their meeting, while Jim saw that most of the other kids were heading to class.

"We got to go. Talk to you tonight Mari." Jim said, causing Toby to get closer and stand next to him so he could show up on the screen too.

"Bye you guys. See you tomorrow." Marinette said, right before she started waving at them through the screen, with Alya following in suit.

"Nice meeting you guys." Alya said, as she waved back at them with a smile.

"Bye girls." The boys said, waving back right before the screen turned black, signaling the call was over.

"We finally got to meet Alya! About time if you ask me, she was a riot." Toby said, as Jim puts his phone back into his bag, and they walk towards their next class of the day.

"Yeah, of course you would like her. She seems to be a lot like you when it comes to dealing with Marinette's flops in the love department" Jim said before he and Toby reached the fork in the hallway that led to their respective classes.

"See you later, Tobes." The junior chef said, before he started to walk towards Home Ec while Toby went towards his French class.

"See you later, Jimbo." Toby said, as they parted ways, heading towards different directions. But while Toby was walking down the hall, his phone buzzed. He takes it out of his bag, and opened it up to see Marinette had used the group chat

Group Chat: Arcadia Oaks Troublemakers

MariFairy: (Contact info) Here's Alya's contact info. I hope you use it wisely.

Toby laughs to himself, copies the contact info and puts into a new contact for Alya on his phone. As soon as that was done, he copied his own info and put in the chat with a text to Marinette.

Group Chat: Arcadia Oaks Troublemakers

Toby Pie: Thanks MariFairy. Here's my contact info for Alya (Contact info)

Meanwhile, back over in Paris, Marinette had gotten the text, copied the info and sent it to Alya.

"Toby sent his info, and I just texted it to you." Marinette said as she and Alya sat on her chaise, causing Alya to pull out her phone, and check to see that Marinette's text had gone through, and low and behold, the alert was on her lock screen.

"Thank you." Alya said before opening her phone, copying the info, and putting into a new contact for Toby on her phone. Then she put her phone away and looked back at Marinette.

"So… Arcadia Oaks Troublemakers… What's with that? You have a dark past I should know about?" Alya teasingly asked, making Marinette giggle. Leave it to Alya to have her curiosity get the better of her.

"Like Jim said, that's a story for another time." Marinette said, knowing that Alya would absolutely hate that answer, but said it anyway to just be mean.

"Oh come on girl!" Alya pleaded, wanting to know the story behind the story. But Marinette wasn't budging.

"I'm not talking. Now how about we start our sleepover?" Marinette asked, making Alya slump a bit when she didn't get her answers, but nodded.

"Yeah, okay. Now what movies have you got?" Alya asked, making Mariettte smile and grab some of the moves she had on hand.

"Okay, it's a choice of How to Train Your Dragon, Tangled, Brave, or Kung Fu Panda 2." Marinette said, holding out the four movies to Alya, who was now making her choice.

"I'm thinking… How to Train your Dragon. I haven't seen it yet." Alya said, shocking Marinette. She really hadn't seen it?

"Well, we are changing that right now." Marinette said, right before putting the other movies down on her desk and putting How to Train Your Dragon into her computer's dvd player, and the movie started. The girl only had a few seconds to sit down with Alya and start digging into the snacks before the movie went through the beginning titles and actually started, leaving the two girls in silence as they watched the movie play together.