Hmmm. Hawk Moth is letting Marinette and Adrien get away with the other Miraculous'? Curious…

Chapter 7: More Miraculous

Alya couldn't believe she was sharing a hiding spot with Chloé Bourgeois. Out of all the crazy things that had happened so far today, that was the craziest.

Then again, if it had been Chloé who had found the hiding spot, the spoiled brat wouldn't have let Alya hide in the fountain at Place de Vosges. But it was Alya who was hiding in the empty fountain when Chloé found her. And Alya couldn't kick Chloé out of their shared hiding spot, because Chloé would just ignore her and stay.

And it was very unusual for so many people to be akumatized at once.

And it was pretty strange that both Alya and Chloé hadn't been akumatized yet, even as everyone around them was turning into supervillains.

So maybe sharing a hiding spot with Chloé wasn't the weirdest part of the day.

…

Marinette and Adrien jogged up the steps from the Métro station and back onto the streets of Paris. The first thing they saw was Darkblade walking right toward them.

Marinette sucked in her breath, knowing that she and Adrien couldn't run away fast enough without their Miraculous'. She braced herself, only for Darkblade to walk right past, giving no indication that he noticed them.

"What was that all about?" asked Adrien. "I thought for sure Darkblade would turn us into his knights."

"That was odd," Marinette agreed.

The two resumed jogging toward the park.

…

As they hid, Alya tried to ignore Chloé's complaining. "I'm getting a cramp crouching in this fountain, which hasn't been cleaned in who knows how long!"

"Then walk it off, if you want these villains to catch you. Or worse, for an akuma to turn you back into Antibug," Alya hissed.

"Well, I'm going to stand up anyway, even if it's just for a second," Chloé snapped. As the mayor's daughter rose, Alya heard the whooshing sound of a flying supervillain landing nearby. Peeking over the edge, Alya spotted Reflekta standing a few feet away from the fountain.

"Chloé, get down now!" Alya hissed. But it was too late.

Just as Chloé stood up to stretch, Reflekta turned so that she was looking right at Chloé. "Waa!" Chloé exclaimed as she locked eyes with the akumatized Juleka. Loosing her balance, Chloé fell backwards and landed back into the fountain on her bottom.

Alya braced for Reflekta to turn Chloé into an exact duplicate of the akumatized villain. After all, Chloé was the reason that Juleka was originally akumatized. But to Alya's surprise, Reflekta just walked past the fountain, turning neither Chloé nor Alya into duplicates.

"What was that all about?" Chloé snapped, rubbing her tailbone. Alya shrugged.

Suddenly, Alya felt her phone vibrate. Pulling it out, she found a lone comment underneath the latest vlog entry.

LadyLuv13: Survivors on the way. Need 2 talk.

"More survivors?" said Chloé, reading over Alya's shoulder. But Alya wasn't listening.

Peeking over the edge again, Alya spotted Marinette and Adrien running towards the fountain.

…

"There!" Marinette pointed toward the fountain. She had spotted Alya peeking over the edge.

"I see it, Marinette," Adrien confirmed.

Reaching the fountain, Marinette paused to catch her breath and her thoughts. What would she do? What would she say?

"Hey guys," Adrien greeted Alya and Chloé.

"Adriekins!" Chloé squealed.

"Adrien? Marinette?" Alya stood up. "You two are the survivors? What did you need to talk to us about?"

Adrien glanced at Marinette. "Do you think it's safe to talk here?"

Marinette looked around. A few akumatized villains were walking in the vicinity of the fountain, but none were paying attention to anyone around them. "I think we should be all right."

"But what about the akumas?" Chloé cried.

"Chloé's got a point," Alya agreed, shaking her head. "Those nasty butterflies are everywhere. It's a miracle that the four of us haven't been akumatized yet!"

"It's not a miracle," Adrien smiled. "Marinette and I are immune to these akuma attacks. So are you and Chloé."

"However, while Adrien and I are permanently immune, you two will be akumatized once the day is over," Marinette continued.

"But there is something that Marinette and I can give you so that you stay immune," Adrien added. "You just have to trust us."

Alya and Chloé stared at Marinette and Adrien. No one spoke for a minute.

"All right, dish," Alya spoke up, arms akimbo. "What exactly do you two know about all this?"

Marinette took a deep breath. "I don't know if you and Chloé will believe me, but you two need to know.

"I'm Ladybug, and Adrien is Cat Noir."

Silence.

"Okay," Chloé finally said. "I believe that my Adriekins could be Cat Noir, but there is no way that Marinette could be a superhero."

"Chloé, please don't talk about Marinette like that," pleaded Adrien.

"Wait a minute. If you two are Ladybug and Cat Noir, you should be out there stopping all these akumatized villains." Alya insisted.

"All of these villains are why Adrien and I aren't transformed," Marinette explained. "Hawk Moth took our Miraculous'. They amplified his powers, and now he's going to akumatize the whole world. We need help."

"And you two can help," Adrien added. "You're destined to be our teammates!"

"Here," Marinette dug through her backpack until she pulled out the boxes with the Fox and Bee Miraculous'. As she held in her hands, Master Fu's second pearl of wisdom rang through Marinette's head.

"When the time is right, you will know what to do with the remaining three."

Trusting her instincts, Marinette handed the Fox Miraculous to Alya, and the Bee Miraculous to Chloé.

"Please, open these and put them on," Marinette instructed.

Alya opened her box first. "Whoa!" she cried as light burst out of the box. Once the light faded, a fox-like kwami appeared.

"Hey baby," the kwami nudged Alya's shoulder with its tiny elbow. "Alya, right? The name's Trixx. Want to transform and kick some akumatized butt?"

"Oo, you're feisty," Alya grinned. "I like you!"

After watching Alya start talking to Trixx, Chloé gingerly opened her box.

"EEEEEEE!" Chloé screamed as the light faded and a bee-like kwami remained. "You are so cute!"

"Why, thank you, Miss Chloé," the kwami smiled. "My name is Buzii. How are you today?"

"Oh, you're so polite," Chloé smiled at Buzii. "I think we'll get along just fine."

Alya placed the Fox Miraculous necklace over her neck. Meanwhile, Chloe tucked the Bee Miraculous comb into the hair on the upper right side of her head.

"To keep your immunity to Hawk Moth's akumas, all you guys got to do is transform," Trixx addressed both Alya and Chloé.

"In order to transform, just say your kwami's name and "transform me!"" Buzii added.

Alya and Chloé nodded to their kwamis.

"Trixx!" Alya cried.

"Buzii!" Chloé cried.

"Transform me!"

In a flash, Alya and Chloé transformed.

The tips of Alya's hair turned white. She wore an orange mask with a white bottom half and a black mark above each eye. Two orange fox ears with white insides, black tips, and black edges appeared on the top of her head. The top layer of her suit, akin to an overcoat, was orange with a white front, a black swan-necked collar, and black arms and gloves up to the middle of her upper arms. The overcoat also had a long fox tail-like coattail that ends a bit below her knees at a sharp white tip. The bottom layer of her suit was orange with a white center on the front of the body and black legs starting at a point in the middle of her upper legs. Her soles were orange with black fox paw print markings. A flute was attached diagonally on her back.

Chloé wore a yellow and black mask. Her ponytail was tied with a black hairband, with two black antennae-like ribbons sticking out from the hairband. She wore a yellow costume with three black stripes on her torso and two on the upper thigh. Her upper rib cage was covered by black. The sleeves of the costume were also black, which end in gloves with yellow fingers. Her lower legs were black, starting directly below the second stripe on her thigh. She carried a trompo with a pull string in one hand.

"This is so cool!" Alya cried.

"I'm just like Ladybug! I am awesome," Chloé bragged.

Adrien stepped forward. "So, what shall our new teammates names' be?"

Alya looked blank. "Can I think about it? All I know right now is that I don't want to be called Volpina."

"I know what my name is!" declared Chloé. "Call me Queen Bee!"

"Seems appropriate enough," Marinette muttered.

"I know, right!" grinned Chloé.

Alya pulled her flute out from behind her back. "So what powers do we have?"

Marinette and Adrien blinked.

"You don't know, do you?" Alya said.

Adrien shrugged. "We didn't get a chance to ask."

"Well, that's just great," Chloé snapped. "What now?"

"Perhaps I can be of some assistance," a voice came from the other side of the fountain.

Bracing themselves, the group of four watched as a woman walked over.

The first thing Marinette noticed about this woman was that she wasn't akumatized. She had blond hair in a ponytail that hung over her left shoulder. This mystery lady wore a light pink blazer over a black silk shirt. Her business pants matched her blazer, and she wore black high heels.

She looks familiar, Marinette thought. Have I seen her swinging around Paris as Ladybug? No, I saw her in a picture… a picture of when this woman was much younger… a picture on Adrien's computer…

"Mother?" Adrien gasped.

"Mommy?" Chloé cried.