We start at the Agreste mansion. Adrien is spying on his father, who is talking on the phone while looking at a book.

"Yes, I'm busy. I was right in the middle of something very important. What do you want? What?! This is unacceptable! The sample garment doesn't match at all! All you had to do was follow a pattern. Imbeciles! What am I supposed to do? The show is in three days! No, don't use him, he's completely useless" Said Gabriel.

Gabriel goes to to the painting of his wife revealing a safe behind it, into which he places the book

"Call my assistant, Nathalie. She'll give you some other names" Said Gabriel, as he exits his room.

Adrien steps out from behind a pillar and enters Gabriel's room.

"He hides stuff behind the painting of Mom?" Asked Adrien. "Ooh! I love dirty secrets" Said Plagg.

Adrien walks over with Plagg to the painting and opens it

"Oh, yes! Go on, go on!" Egged Plagg. "I can't do it. My dad wouldn't like me going through his stuff. Besides, I don't even know the code, and my fencing class is about to start" Said Adrien. "You're such a party pooper" Said Plagg.

Plagg phases through the safe door and unlocks it

"Plagg, no" Said Adrien. "My, my, what have we got here? A book on Tibet, an old flyer from a hotel, a load of junk, come on, where's the good stuff?" Said Plagg.

Plagg knocks the book Gabriel was looking at into Adrien's arms

"I've seen this book somewhere before. But who cares? I'm famished! I need Camembert!" Declared Plagg. "Why is my dad keeping this locked in a safe?" Said Adrien.

Adrien flips through the book before ending up on a page with a picture of an ancient Chinese Hawk Moth

"Hawk Moth? What's this monster doing in a book about superheroes?" Asked Adrien. "Cheese! Didn't you hear me?" Asked Plagg.

Adrien gasps after hearing approaching footsteps, and hides the book in his school bag and closes the picture just as Nathalie and Adrien's bodyguard enter the room.

"Adrien? You're going to be late" Said Nathalie. "I was...looking for my homework. Silly me" Said Adrien.

Later at Collège Françoise Dupont, Marinette and Alya are walking up the entrance steps.

"Can you believe Lila knows Prince Ali? She even flew in his private jet with him!" Declared Rose. "Why did Jagged Stone write a song about Lila when he could've written it about me?" Said Chloé. "Lila knows all of the Hollywood directors. She promised she'd mention me to Steven Basielberg himself!" Declared Nino. "Lila?" Asked Marinette. "Yeah, she just started at our school" Said Alya.

Alya points to Lila, who's on the second floor of the school with Adrien

"She even gave me an exclusive interview for the Ladyblog, 'cause Ladybug saved her life once! Watch!" Declared Alya, as she shows Marinette the video of Lila on her blog. "Who is this girl and what is she doing next to the love of my life?!" Asked Marinette. "Lila's got the most incredible life, and now she's going here. She's totally awesome!" Declared Alya. "What?! Don't say that! This is super bad, what if Adrien totally falls for her?! I've never flown in a private jet, nobody's ever written a song about me; and I don't know a single person in Hollywood! Adrien will forget I even exist!" Declared Marinette, daydreaming.

Lila guides Adrien along by the hand, as Hope and Emily enter Collège Françoise Dupont

"Where are they going? Alya, we've got to stop them!" Declared Marinette. "You need to chill out, Marinette. My Ladyblog has the highest number of hits ever after that Lila interview!" Declared Alya. "What's going on? Why's everyone yelling?" Asked Hope. "There's a new girl at school. Lila. Have either of you heard of her?" Asked Marinette. "Lila? Lila who?" Asked Hope. "Lila Rossi. She said that two Kamen Riders once saved her and would know her" Said Alya. "Well that does mean she is taking about us, but it's weird that she referred to us by title and not name" Asked Emily. "Yeah. We should probably go and meet here, see if we recognise her. Where did she go? And where did Marinette go?" Asked Hope.

Meanwhile, in the Collège Françoise Dupont library. Marinette sees Adrien sitting at a table alone. Marinette hides behind a nearby bookshelf.

"Jeez. What's going on? I mean has this Lila girl hypnotized everyone or something?" Asked Marinette. "You wouldn't be a little jealous, Marinette?" Asked Tikki. "Huh! Me, jealous? No way… now, where is she?" Asked Marinette.

Adrien takes the book from his dad's safe out of his bag, and Tikki gasps and leaves Marinette's purse.

Marinette, Adrien's book! I need to get a closer look at it" Said Tikki. "Why are you so concerned about his book? Hide, Tikki" Said Marinette.

Tikki flies over to a bookcase right next to Adrien, as Lila approaches holding history textbooks. Adrien hides the book under other books.

"Now we can get going on our history homework. It's so much more fun doing it together, don't you think?" Asked Lila.

Lila notices Adrien's book and grabs it from under the other book he was using to hide it

"What's that?" Asked Lila. "Uh nothing! Just stories about superheroes" Said Adrien. "I love superheroes!" Declared Lila, as she puts her hand on top of Adrien's.

Marinette gasps from behind the bookcase.

"It's already too late" Said Marinette.

Marinette goes to move towards Adrien and Lila, but she bumps into a book cart, pushing it by accident. Tikki watches Lila as she flips through the book turning to the page on Ladybug.

"Ladybug!" Declared Lila. "She's amazing" Said Adrien. "A girl doesn't need to wear a costume to be amazing, you know" Said Lila, as she scoots her seat closer to Adrien. "Uh, I don't know, I mean, I…" Said Adrien. "So you've got a little soft spot for the bug, huh?" Asked Lila. "Me? Oh, no! Not at all!" Declared Adrien.

The book cart moves closer to them, but is unnoticed.

"You know I actually happen to be very close friends with Ladybug" Said Lila.

Adrien and Marinette both gasp.

"Really?!" Said Adrien. "We can chat about it if you want. Not here though. Why don't we meet at the park after school and I'll tell you everything" Said Lila.

Marinette accidentally slams the cart into the wall, causing Adrien and Lila to stand up in surprise. Marinette has hidden under their table.

"I gotta go! I've got a lesson in 58 seconds" Said Adrien.

Lila causes Adrien to drop his bag on the floor

"So, the park?" Asked Lila, as she pushes the superhero book on the floor away from Adrien's bag with her foot. "Uh sure" Said Adrien, as he leaves the library.

Lila picks up the book.

"A vixen superheroine? Hmm, interesting..." Said Lila.

Lila went to leave the Library, but nearly ran into Hope and Emily.

"Oh, sorry" Said Lila. "It's ok. Hey, are you Lila Rossi? New to the collage, knows the Kamen Riders who have been helping Ladybug and Cat Noir?" Asked Hope. "Uh, yes I am. How do you know that?" Asked Lila. "Oh well, they told me, you know? The Kamen Riders" Said Hope. "Oh, yeah. I know the Kamen Riders. Reborn and Stand. They both look so cool together, don't you agree?" Asked Lila. "Yeah, I especially like it when Reborn summons their jet" Said Emily. "She has a jet? I'm so jealous. Um, I've got to go now but I'd really like it if we could talk some time" Said Lila. "We certainly can. Have fun" Said Hope, before Lila left the library. "Well, she's lying" Said Emily. "Definitely. I've never seen her before. Maybe she's just trying to fit in here" Said Hope. "Most likely. Oh well. Maybe it's nothing to worry about" Said Emily. "Yeah, but… what if she gets found out? She'd be Hawk Moth Bait" Said Hope. "Should we watch her then?" Asked Emily. "No. That might just set her off" Said Hope, before she and Emily left the library.

Meanwhile, Marinette and Tikki talk about the book

"Marinette!" Declared Tikki. "I know. I gotta talk to Adrien before he meets up with Lila in the park. He needs to know that she's a total thief" Said Marinette. "No! You can't say anything to Adrien yet. I need a chance to check out the book first. If it's the one I think it is we have to get our hands on it!" Declared Tikki. "I don't get it? Exactly why would we need it?" Asked Marinette. "I'll explain to you once I know for sure. Please, we mustn't let Lila out of our sight!" Declared Tikki.

Some time later, in the Streets of Paris. Marinette is watching a clip of Lila from the Ladyblog.

"Ladybug and me, we're like this!" Declared Lila, crossing her fingers together. "Liar!" Declared Marinette. "There! She's coming out" Said Tikki.
Lila exits a jewelry store, and walks over to the Place des Vosges. Marinette hides behind a tree. Lila is sitting on a bench.

"We're too far away" Said Marinette.

Marinette uses the zoom on her phone to get a closer look at Lila, who is putting on a necklace with a fox tail charm. Lila pulls out the book, but then quickly hides it when Adrien approaches.

"Oh hi!" Said Lila. "Oh no! He's already here" Said Marinette. "Hey" Said Adrien.

Lila throws the book in the trash behind her

"She dumped the book in the trash bin! What a brat" Said Marinette. "I'll get it" Said Tikki. "No Tikki" Said Marinette. "I have to get that book! You take care of Adrien" Said Tikki, as she flies to the trash canister. "Tikki!" Exclaimed Marinette, before she runs after hiding behind the trash canister.

Tikki struggles to get the book out of the trash.

"So you do know Ladybug, for real?" Asked Adrien.

Tikki finally gets the book out of the trash, but a force plucks it out of Tikki's hands. Tikki looks at the now floating book, as it floats away behind Lila and Adrien. The book then goes through a gap in a fence before abruptly stopping, causing a flicker of visibility on Kamen Rider Stand Stone Free Form.

"Hope?" Asked Marinette and Tikki.

The book then started to float away from the Place de Vosges, as Tikki returned to Marinette

"Marinette, we have to go after him!" Declared Tikki. "Not only did Ladybug save my life, we've become very close friends because we have something very special in common. It's what I wanted to tell you about. I'm the descendant of a vixen superheroine myself, Volpina" Said Lila. "Volpina?" Asked Adrien and Marinette. "Wait a minute! I think I read about her in my book" Said Adrien.

Lila stops him from grabbing his bag.

"Of course she's in your book. She's one of the most important superheroes. More powerful and more celebrated than Ladybug. Between you and me Ladybug doesn't even make the top ten. My grandma gave me this necklace" Said Lila, angering Marinette. "Wow she's good. Really good" Said Tikki.

Marinette runs just out of the park

"She can't take him from me. Time to transform! Tikki, spots on! Yeah!" Declared Marinette.

Marinette transforms into Ladybug. Meanwhile, Adrien is holding Lila's necklace

"Are you telling me this is a Miraculous?!" Asked Adrien.

Ladybug lands in front of them

Well hey Lila! How's it going? Long time no see. I saw your interview on the Ladyblog, awesome job" Said Ladybug, sarcastically.

Ladybug puts her foot on the bench between Lila and Adrien, and leans closer to Lila

"Oh sure! I remember our instant connection when I saved your life and we've been really good friends ever since! Practically BFF's! Uh actually, when did I save your life again, Lila? I don't recall. Oh yes! Of course, now I remember. Never! And we're not friends either! Miss Show-Off here was trying to impress you and everyone around her" Said Ladybug. "So I guess you aren't the descendant of a superhero either?" Asked Adrien. "She's more like a super liar" Said Ladybug. "How dare you?!" Shouted Lila, as she ran away. "Wait! Lila! Hey, what was that all about? Uh, I mean, weren't you kinda harsh with her?" Asked Adrien. "I...I don't put up with lies, especially when they're about me" Said Ladybug, as she yo-yo'ed away. "What is with you, Ladybug?" Asked Adrien.

On a nearby Roof, Ladybug lands abruptly.

"I may have gone a bit overboard there, but at least I'm not dealing with her anymore" Said Ladybug. "I wouldn't be so sure of that" Said Emily, removing the Stand Driver and holding the book. "Emily? So you were the one who stole the book. Did Hope tell you to do that?" Asked Ladybug. "Sheesh, do you really think he tells me what to do?" Asked Emily. "Hand it over!" Declared Ladybug. "No. Your behaviour, you can't possibly be Ladybug. So, either you've stolen their miraculous… or you've betrayed us" Said Emily, pointing her bladed staff at Ladybug. "What!? I haven't betrayed anyone!" Shouted Ladybug.

Ladybug throws her Yo-Yo at Emily, aiming for the book before Emily teleports away. Meanwhile, in the Streets of Paris. Lila stops in front of a poster of Ladybug.

"My chances with Adrien, gone! I hate you, Ladybug!" Declared Lila, as she throws her bag at the poster.

Meanwhile, Hawk Moth's shop of Akuma's opens up

"Ah...jealousy, deceit, and the desire to be a superhero. This young lady is my perfect prey. Fly, my evil little one, and akumatize her!" Declared Hawk Moth, as he turns a butterfly into an akuma.

Back on the Streets of Paris. Lila is kneeling down on the sidewalk. The akuma lands on Lila's fox tail necklace.

"Volpina, I am Hawk Moth. I'm giving you the power of illusion. From now on, your lies will come to life. Gain Ladybug and Cat Noir's trust and convince them you're a real superhero, then betray them and bring me their Miraculous" Said Hawk Moth. "It would be my pleasure, Hawk Moth" Said Lila.

Lila transforms into Volpina and uses her new power to change the poster of Ladybug into one of Volpina and Adrien. Meanwhile, in a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower, Hope sits in a booth waiting. Emily appears and hands Hope the book.

"I mean, I know I don't read a whole lot anymore but I just don't have that kind of schedule anymore. In fact, why do you have an old book? I thought you were going to spy on Lila" Said Hope, taking the book as Emily took a seat. "Well, I was but for some reason this book started to float out of a trash can so I used Stone Free to grab it and…" Said Emily. "I also thought that you were going to use the Nightclub Custom for that" Said Hope. "I'm not going to use something that will run out of power at some point and I'll have to leave in the middle of the street where someone will just carry it off. Anyway, the most important thing is this. Ladybug might have got her identity jacked. She's acting weird" Said Emily. "Weird how?" Asked Hope, as he started to look through the book. "Well, she yelled at a girl who was hanging out with Adrien. And then when I confronted her about it, she accused you of wanting it and tried to attack me to get it" Said Emily. "Well, you know who's under the mask. Do they normally act like this?" Asked Hope. "Well… not exactly like this. They wouldn't be so… assertive" Said Emily.

Hope looks up from the book to see a meteor in the sky, hurtling down toward the city.

"Emily, we need to go. Now!" Declared Hope, pointing out the meteor. "Right!" Declared Emily.

Hope touches the book, and it teleports away just as he and Emily also teleport away. Meanwhile, Adrien is just getting home, and upon seeing the meteor, runs to his room

"Plagg, claws out!" Declared Adrien.

Adrien transforms into Cat Noir. Meanwhile, Ladybug just arrives home when she also sees the meteor.

"Code Red!" Declared Ladybug.

Ladybug yo-yos towards the meteor, but is surprised by Volpina, who flies under the meteor and catches it before it hits the Louvre pyramid. She hurls it back into the sky, where it vanishes as it hits a pigeon. Volpina flies down onto a building, but is revealed to be an illusion when the real Volpina swats her away. Volpina then addresses the Parisians below.

"I am Volpina, the only superhero Paris needs!" Said Volpina, before citizens chant her name.

"Volpina?" Asked Ladybug, watching on from afar. "Looks like we have a new partner" Said Cat Noir, landing next to Ladybug. "Don't you think it's weird, this superhero just appearing out of nowhere?" Asked Ladybug. "Well, at least she got the job done. If she hadn't been here…" Said Cat Noir. "I could have easily stopped that meteorite myself" Said Ladybug, defensively. "Oh please. Only one of us, alone or otherwise, could have stopped a meteor even a third the size of that one" Said Hope, as he and Emily arrived. "Do you two have that book?" Asked Ladybug. "It's in a safe place" Said Hope, as Volpina lands in front of them. "Hey guys! Glad you all dropped in, I need a hand. Come on!" Declared Volpina.

Volpina flies off with Ladybug and Cat Noir following behind her, as Emily and Hope stay behind.

"Is that the girl Ladybug burned?" Asked Hope. "Yeah. Her clothes even look like she was powered by a Miraculous like Ladybug and Cat Noir, just like she claimed to be" Said Emily. "Alright. Let's transform and get her to confess so that Ladybug will hopefully De-Akumatize her" Said Hope, as he put on the Stand Player. "Right" Said Emily, as she put on her Duel Disk.

Hope inserted the Crazy Diamond Stand Tape into the Stand Player, making it announce "Kono Bīto! Kuruu!", before Hope pressed a button making it announce "Shine! On! You! Crazy Diamond! Exposed in the light! Shine on you Crazy Diamond! Great!", as Hope transformed into Kamen Rider Stand Crazy Diamond Form.

Emily placed Monster Reborn in the graveyard slot, making the Reborn Driver announce "Nekuro Henshin! Ribōnraito!" as Emily gained teal and white armour over a light blue undersuit, with white gauntlets and gloves. A white cross appeared in front of Emily and went through her, making a cross on the front of her armour and becoming two capes on her back. Finally, a red and teal helmet with a white visor appeared on her head. Meanwhile, Ladybug, Cat Noir and Volpina land on a room, as Hawk Moth's figure is on a roof across from them

"I can't believe it! It's Hawk Moth in the flesh!" Declared Cat Noir. "He never shows up! Something big is going on. Really big!" Declared Ladybug. "We can take him down, but it's gonna take all three of us. We better make the most of our individual talents" Said Volpina. "You can count on us" Said Cat Noir. "Very nice to meet you by the way Cat Noir! Cool outfit" Said Volpina. "Why thanks! You too, Volpina" Said Cat Noir, as he scratched the back of his head. "Hum… First the meteorite, now Hawk Moth appearing both on the same day. Don't you think that's a little bit unusual?" Asked Ladybug. "Why would you say that?" Asked Volpina. "I was asking Cat Noir" Said Ladybug, annoyed. "I'm finding you unusual today, My Lady. Everything okay?" Asked Cat Noir. "I'm fine, just fine. Say Volpina, what's your Miraculous?" Asked Ladybug. "My necklace" Said Volpina. "What power does it give you?" Asked Ladybug. "The power of flight and super strength" Said Volpina.

Hawk Moth starts to move

"He's getting away!" Declared Volpina.

They all chase after him until he stops again

"Ladybug, go to his left, Cat Noir, you take the right and I'll come from behind" Said Volpina. "No! I...I take the right, Cat Noir goes from behind and you... take the left" Said Ladybug. "Fine. Makes no difference to me" Said Volpina. "Good" Said Ladybug, as Volpina flies off. "Can you chill out a little? She's one of us" Said Cat Noir.

Cat Noir jumps off the roof. Ladybug scoffs before heading towards Hawk Moth. Meanwhile, on another Rooftop. Volpina's illusion lands on a roof where the real Volpina waits and watches Cat Noir running on rooftops

"He's running right into my trap" Said Volpina.

Meanwhile, Cat Noir thinks he has Hawk Moth, but he has vanished again.

"Where did he go?" Asked Cat Noir.

Hawk Moth appears on a different roof

"I'll take him!" Declared Cat Noir.

Cat Noir continues to chase after the vanishing Hawk Moth. Back to Volpina who goes after Ladybug

"Good! Now for the other one" Said Volpina.

Meanwhile, Ladybug is running after Hawk Moth and lands on an empty roof.

"Where did he go?" Asked Ladybug.

Her foot catches in one of Volpina's traps and when she tries to move, various weapons aim at her. Volpina appears.

"I wouldn't move an inch if I were you. Don't worry Ladybug, I don't wanna be your friend. At least now you won't be able to say we don't know each other" Said Volpina, laughing. "Lila?" Asked Ladybug. "You will call me Volpina!" Snapped Volpina. "You're not a superhero. You're another one of Hawk Moth's akumatized victims!" Declared Ladybug. "Everyone thinks I'm a superhero, including Cat Noir. So you won't be able to call me a liar anymore because everyone will think you're the liar" Said Volpina.

Hawk Moth speaks to Volpina

"Take Ladybug's Miraculous. Her earrings, now!" Declared Hawk Moth. "Before I get rid of you, you are going to give me your Miraculous" Said Volpina. "Never!" Declared Ladybug. "Do you really think you've got a choice, Ladybug? You'll give me your Miraculous or the building goes down!" Declared Volpina, pointing to a nearby building. "You wouldn't do that!" Declared Ladybug.

Volpina attempts to blow into her flute, when suddenly a hand covered the lip plate. Volpina looks up and sees Emily, before pulling the flute out of her hand and attempting to strike Emily, witch Emily dodges before she places the Phalanx Pike card in the graveyard, making the duel disk announce "Nekuro Buki! Shugoshin no HokoRaito!" as a golden pike appeared in Emily's hands.

"I think my friend should see just what's real around here…" Said Emily.

Suddenly, one by one, the weapons aiming at Ladybug disappear, and does the device holding Ladybug in place.

"And that confirms it. You don't truely have power. Just like before… all you have are lies!" Declared Emily, as Ladybug stands next to her. "Thanks for the help" Said Ladybug. "Thank Hope. He's taken up position. Now, let's see how solid this illusion really is" Said Emily.

Emily and Ladybugs swing their weapons at Volpina, making her vanish.

"Another illusion. We should make sure that Cat Noir is ok" Said Ladybug. "Go ahead, I'll tell Hope. Let's inform our boys" Said Emily, as Ladybug phones Cat Noir. "He is not my boy!… Uh, is Volpina with you, Cat Noir?" Asked Ladybug. "No! And I can't find Hawk Moth either" Said Cat Noir. "Forget it. He was never there in the first place" Said Ladybug. "What do you mean? But we saw him" Said Cat Noir. "We saw what Volpina wanted us to see. Volpina's power is of lies and illusions. That Hawk Moth we saw wasn't real" Said Emily. "What are you trying to say?" Asked Cat Noir. "She's saying that Volpina isn't a hero. Volpina was akumatized by Hawk Moth" Said Hope, as he walked towards Cat Noir holding the Stand Enforcer in Rifle Mode. "I don't get it? Why did he do it?" Asked Cat Noir. "I think it's partly my fault. I ruined her chances with a guy she likes" Said Ladybug. "Lila?" Wondered Cat Noir. "Don't blame yourself. She seems to be a narcissistic lier, basically a version of this girl I go to school with but the fuse only lights when you reveal her lies" Said Hope. "Ok. I'm sure she's going to his house. I'll send you the address. Meet me there!" Declared Ladybug. "I'll take up position on overwatch" Said Hope, as he left and Cat Noir hung up. "I think I know the way already" Said Cat Noir.

Some time later, in Adrien's room. Cat Noir arrives and detransforms.

"Wouldn't Cat Noir be more useful in this situation?" Asked Plagg. "If Volpina's got a thing for me, I can make her see sense without Cat Noir. Maybe then she'll listen" Said Adrien. "You really think you can take down Volpina without your super powers? Without me?" Asked Plagg. "Hide Plagg, she's coming!" Declared Adrien, as Plagg goes in his jacket.

Volpina enters Adrien's room

"Adrien!" Declared Volpina. "Hey! Who are you?" Asked Adrien. "Do you remember this necklace? I didn't know how to tell you the truth, but at least this way you can see for yourself that I'm not lying. I am a superhero" Said Volpina. "Lila!" Declared Adrien. "You can call me Volpina. I'm sorry about the scene in the park earlier today. Ladybug's jealous because she's not as powerful as me" Said Volpina.

Ladybug and Emily arrive at a rooftop where Hope is watching the conversation between Adrien and Volpina.

"Hope. What's going on?" Asked Ladybug. "They are conversing. I don't have ears in there, so I can't tell you about what. Too far to read lips either…" Said Hope. "Ladybug. I think we know what the conversation is about" Said Emily. "Anything good?" Asked Hope. "Basically? Just talking me into the ground while trying to pick up Adrien" Said Ladybug. "Well, I know one girl that would bug. Ok. You two go in, I'm going to set up here" Said Hope. "Alright. Ladybug, let's go" Said Emily, as she moved towards Adrien's house.

Ladybug goes to swing away, only to be stopped by Hope.

"Wait, Ladybug" Said Hope. "What's up, Hope?" Asked Ladybug. "You should know that we are coping the book. We'll give you the original back once we are done" Said Hope. "Oh… thank you, Hope" Said Ladybug. "I'm sorry it was taken in the first place. It must have been very important. It had a bunch of other Ladybugs and Cat Noirs, as well as other heroes. It must have been a Book of Heroes" Said Hope. "A book of Heroes? Uh, yeah. I'm going to go catch up to Emily" Said Ladybug, as she swung away. "… huh. Anyway… time to make some cover" Said Hope.

Hope punched at the rooftop around himself, causing debris to fly up into the air, before it formed into a wall in front of him. Hope then punched a hole in the wall, and poked the Stand Enforcer through.

"I've got you in my sights…" Said Hope, watching Ladybug and Emily swings into Adrien's room. "See what I mean! She's jealous of me, of you, of us, but this time you aren't going to ruin our date Ladybug, and Stand won't stop me either!" Declared Volpina. "You do know I'm Kamen Rider Reborn, right!?" Asked Emily. "Yeah, and excuse me, but it wasn't really quite a date, per say" Said Adrien.

Volpina turns to him sadly.

"I mean- what I meant was it could've become one right? No need to get bent out of shape!" Declared Adrien. "Well, I mean, I guess it could have been one, but there's some… sore spots you'd have to talk about" Said Emily. "Like what!?" Declared Volpina. "All the illusions, for one. You need to stop thinking these falsifications are a reality!" Declared Emily. "Adrien. Please hide" Said Ladybug.

Adrien runs into the bathroom, and shuts the door.

"So, was I right or was I right?" Asked Plagg. "Come on Plagg, Claws Out!" Declared Adrien.

Meanwhile, Ladybug and Emily are fighting Volpina in Adrien's room. Cat Noir lands in the open window before he jumps into the room

"Sorry I'm late. I had some trouble finding the place" Said Cat Noir.

Volpina uses her flute to make a bunch of other Volpinas to hide in. Ladybug, Emily and Cat Noir swats them away.

"Illusions!" Declared Cat Noir.

At that moment, Volpina is seen outside, leaping away with a captive "Adrien".

"Cat Noir! She's taken Adrien!" Declared Ladybug. "That's an illusion, too!" Declared Cat Noir. "Yeah! It has to be" Said Emily.

Ladybug goes over to the bathroom and finds it empty.

"Really? You don't say! Adrien's gone!" Declared Ladybug.

Ladybug leaps out the window.

"I'm not even gonna try to get out of this" Said Cat Noir. "It's unfortunate, but we need to go after them" Said Emily as she leaped out of the window, with Cat Noir chasing after her.

Volpina continues travelling across the rooftops of Paris, carrying "Adrien" as she jumped from rooftop to rooftop. Suddenly, a bullet hit her in the shoulder, making her lose concentration and land on the next roof on her side, rolling across the roof and dropping "Adrien", making him vanish. Volpina then stood up and looked around, brandishing her staff.

"Well!? Who did that!?" Asked Volpina.

Volpina continued to look around, prepared to fight as a small ripple in the ground appeared behind her. Volpina then swung behind herself, not hitting anything before Hope appeared behind Volpina, leaning towards her ear.

"Sssssssshhh… Crazy… Diamond" Wispered Hope.

Volpina gasped, before she tried to swing her flute at Hope, witch was met with a punch by Hope, snapping the flute in two and knocking Volpina cleanly across to another rooftop. Hope then grabs the piece of the flute on his roof as Ladybug arrives.

"Hope! What happened to Adrien?" Asked Ladybug. "He was another illusion. Volpina is getting away, so lets get after her" Said Hope.

Hope and Ladybug chased after Volpina, eventually arriving at the Eiffel Tower, where Volpina is dangling "Adrien" from a high brace. Volpina laughs evilly as Hope and Ladybug climb up the tower.

Give me your Miraculous now or I will drop him!" Declared Volpina. "I thought you loved him!" Declared Ladybug, as she winked at Hope. "What are your plans with him?" Asked Hope, nodding at Ladybug. "Not as much as seeing the heroes of Paris defeated! No hard feelings, right?" Asked Volpina. "Right. No hard feelings" Said Hope.

Hope throws pieces of red and black material up into the air, witch flew by Volpina.

"Haha! That's it? Your final effort is that?" Asked Volpina. "No. This is!" Declared Hope.

The pieces of material then started to come back down, reforming into a scarf that wrapped itself around Volpina's waist.

"What?" Asked Volpina.

Ladybug then wrapped the two ends of the scarf up using her yo-yo and pulled sharply, pulling Volpina down towards herself and Hope. Hope then presses a button on the front of the Stand Player, making it announce "Sendo! The Bando ensō sai! Crazy Diamond Overdrive! Dora!", as Hope unleashes a flurry of punches at Volpina, before hitting her with a final uppercut to the face witch sent her flying upwards.

"Just remember. Once you get high on your own hype, you'll always go crashing down" Said Hope, as Volpina went through the walkway above them. "Nice shot, Hope!" Declared Ladybug, as Emily and Cat Noir arrived. "Couldn't have done it without that Lucky Charm, Ladybug" Said Hope. "Where's Volpina?" Asked Emily. "Through that hole up there" Said Hope, pointing at the hole. "Right! That leads to the top of Eiffel Tower" Said Cat Noir. "Alright! Let's go!" Declared Ladybug.

They all climb to the top of the tower as Volpina plays her flute to create more illusions of herself.

"I've already used my lucky charm! What do we do?" Asked Ladybug. "I've got an idea. Emily, I'm going to need a obscuring of some kind" Said Hope. "Ok. One obscuring coming up" Said Emily. "I understand. I'll be ready to catch" Said Ladybug. "And I'll be ready to pounce" Said Cat Noir. "Ok. Go!" Declared Hope.

Emily placed the Flashbang card in the Graveyard slot, making the Duel Disk announce "Nekuro Wana! Senkōdanraito!" as an explosion of light happened behind the Heroes, blinding Volpina for a second.

"Ah! I can't see… What the?" Asked Volpina, as she regained her sight.

Suddenly, something hit Volpina, making her stumble before she looked at her hands, revealing the repaired flute in her hands.

"Cataclysm!" Declared Cat Noir, who was now above Volpina.

Cat Noir uses Cataclysm to make a cage around the real Volpina with the tower's metal.

"You've been trapped, like a fox! Your days are over, akuma!" Declared Ladybug.

Ladybug grabs Volpina's necklace and breaks the necklace, releasing the akuma

"Time to de-evilize! Gotcha! Bye, bye little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Declared Ladybug, as Ladybug captures the akuma in her yo-yo, releases the white butterfly and throws the scarf in the air.

The Miraculous wave puts everything back to normal, including Lila

"Lila?" Asked Ladybug. "Ladybug?" Asked Lila. "I... totally overreacted and... never should've spoken to you like that. I'm sorry" Said Ladybug. "Forget it, Ladybug; you were right. We'll never be friends" Said Lila, as she picks up her necklace and walks away. "Ouch..." Said Cat Noir.

Meanwhile, in Hawk Moth's lair as his window closes…

"She's still angry. You're not done with Volpina yet, Ladybug. You haven't seen the last of her" Said Hawk Moth.

Meanwhile, at the Eiffel Tower. The Heroes of Paris are still there.

"There's one problem we still have to solve. Where's Adrien?" Asked Ladybug. "Well, since Adrien was never out here in the first place then he would be home" Said Hope. "Ok. I should check to make sure!" Declared Ladybug. "Uh... No, don't worry about it! I'll go! You're about to change back" Said Cat Noir.

Ladybug's earrings beep

So are you. No arguing. I'll take care of it"Said Ladybug, as Cat Noir's ring beeps. "Ladybug. Cat Noir and Emily will take care of it. We have something else to do. I'll meet you their" Said Hope. "Alright" Said Ladybug.

All four heroes then jumped off of the Eiffel Tower.

Some time later, at Hope's home in a room with a giant holographic display on the wall. Ladybug enters as Hope sits at a chair looking at the display.

"Hey, Ladybug. Thanks for coming over. I apologise for any weirdness earlier today" Said Hope, as he handed Ladybug the book. "Thanks. Why did Emily take the book in the first place?" Asked Ladybug. "She said she saw it floating out of the trash can. I'm guessing that she thought that it was magical so she took it and gave it to me. After all, you shouldn't just leave magical books around Paris. Especially when they detail all your past variants" Said Hope. "Oh, well thanks again… wait, my what?" Asked Ladybug, as Hope led her out of his house. "Past Variants. It seems that you are a legacy, Ladybug" Said Hope, before Ladybug swung away with her Yo-Yo.

Some time later, on Marinette's roof. She sits perusing the superhero book.

"This book could've been my connection to Adrien without my Ladybug mask for once, but I get that I'm not gonna be returning it to him" Said Marinette, to Tikki. "I'm really sorry Marinette, but its information is invaluable" Said Tikki. "Information? But it's all written in code" Said Marinette. "I know someone who's been looking for this for a long time. He knows how to decipher the codes" Said Tikki. "So what exactly is so special about this book?" Said Marinette. "It contains all the secrets of the Miraculous powers. It's sacred and extremely dangerous in the wrong hands. He needs it back" Said Tikki. "I don't get it, Tikki. Just tell me what's going on. Please, who is he?" Asked Marinette. "The Great Guardian. And I think the time has come for you to finally meet him" Said Tikki.

Meanwhile, in Adrien's room. Adrien is looking through his bag.

"Did you take my father's book, Plagg?" Asked Adrien. "Of course not!" Declared Plagg, mouth stuffed with cheese. "If he finds out it's missing, I'll have something worse than Hawk Moth to deal with" Said Adrien.

Meanwhile, Hope is continuing to look through his copy of the superhero book. Emily walks up behind him.

"So, what have we found?" Asked Emily, taking a seat next to Hope. "Apparently, Lila's lies had some truth to them. There was a Fox Miraculous, or possibly is a Fox Miraculous… in fact…" Said Hope.

Hope pulled up a picture of the symbols of the miraculous.

"Based on these symbols, it appears there's one for the ones we know, the Ladybug, Cat, Butterfly and Fox, as well as several unaccounted Miraculous, witch are the Turtle, Bee, Peacock, Mouse, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig… wait. This is the Chinese Zodiac" Said Hope. "That's not all it is. Some of these symbols, some of these pictures of previous superheroes… they match some of the clothes Gabriel Agreste has made me model" Said Emily. "So then… that book was Gabriel Agreste's. There's one of three possibilities with this then. One. He found this book and uses it for inspiration" Said Hope. "Two. He has all of the unaccounted Miraculous and is hiding them from Hawk Moth, witch is why he is a recluse" Said Emily. "Three, and something we need more proof for. He is Hawk Moth" Said Hope.

Meanwhile, at Master Fu's massage shop. Marinette knocks on the door, before Marinette and Tikki enter the room.

"Hello, Ladybug" Said Master Fu.

The door closes behind Marinette on its own.