Bloom heads to the shop that 'Master Wang Fu' told her about, and semi-nervously walks in - its been about a week since she and her two classmates got their Miraculous'…and she really wants to know his reasoning for giving the things to three teenagers going through both school and puberty. They're super-powerful magical items that grant people superpowers, after all!

She might be a logical option - magic, can already see the Kwamis, has experience fighting, and whatever magic it is that's supposed to keep their identities safe doesn't work on her for some reason when it comes to keeping other identities secret - but…why Marinette and Adrien? Yeah, they might have the personalities for being superheroes…but not the circumstances! Adrien Agreste is lodged so firmly under his father's thumb that it would take an earthquake to get him out, and Marinette is…Marinette. She's the nicest girl in class, always willing to help out anyone who asks for it, but she's also a clumsy, klutzy, nervous wreck around Adrien. Her crush…who likes Ladybug.

Just thinking about this ridiculous love square that isn't a square makes her want to bash their heads together before ripping off the masks, just to put everyone out of their misery and end the ridiculousness of it. Adrien loves Ladybug's kindness, compassion, smarts, and resourcefulness. Marinette loves Adrien's kindness, honesty…and, to be perfectly honest, how the guy seems to be absolutely perfect.

Perfect manners, perfect grades, stunning looks…Bloom's not the least bit interested in the guy, and she thinks she's being perfectly objective in saying Adrien Agreste seems to have it all. Cat Noir, the hidden side of him, is a lot more relaxed, outgoing, and personable than Adrien, true, but she's putting it down to 'Cat Noir' being Adrien's escape from his father's rules. And Marinette is much more confident as Ladybug, probably because she isn't worried about what other people will say about her. Bloom's also convinced her Kwami might have some kind of Luck-magic, because she hasn't seen Ladybug take a spill like Marinette does unless its because of an Akuma.

And then she's pulled from her thoughts by a familiar voice asking "Yes? What is it that brings you here, Dragon Fyre?" She sees the elderly little man standing there, Wayzz on his shoulder, and Longg comes out from his own preferred spot in her hair. According to him, it's a bit like a nest right at the base of her ponytail.

Sighing, Bloom says "I've got some questions, actually, and I was hoping you could explain the answers to me." Better than tearing her hair out over it wondering, anyway.

"Ah," Mr. Fu nods, gesturing towards the nearby table where there's a steaming pot of tea already waiting, "take a seat, then. Have a cup of tea, I always find it calms my mind."

Bloom carefully sits down, letting Longg settle on her shoulder, and waits a minute for Mr. Fu to do the same on the other side of the table. After a moment spent staring into her cup of tea, Bloom asks "It's just…I don't understand. Why us?"

Wang Fu raises an eyebrow, and asks "Us?"

"Adrien, Marinette, and I. Before you ask, yes I can just tell its them, they didn't tell me. We're in the same class, after all. Me? I've been living on my own here for the past four years. I've got nobody to come home to, I barely have a home at all - if you can count an abandoned warehouse being used to store ten-year-old clothes a home in the first place - and the first thing my mind jumps to whenever my partners get hurt is making it so that the Akuma can't hurt them again. Adrien, he's nice I admit, but his father controls practically every free minute of his time. As soon as the bell rings, he's out the door for a photoshoot or getting ready for fencing practice. I'm surprised he has any time at all to be Cat Noir, or that he can sneak off to transform with Chloe hanging off his arm half the time! Marinette, again she's perfectly nice, but she's also got almost no self-confidence and is a stammering mess around the boy she's got a crush on. Who just so happens to be Adrien Agreste. I just…I don't get why you chose three people who only have the classes they all attend in common. Or why we can't know each other's identities."

Wang Fu listens to Bloom patiently, letting her run out of steam, and says "I understand it must be confusing, why I picked children to hold the Miraculous' and fight Hawk Moth."

Bloom nods, and says "The way Longg here talked about it, he made it sound like the world was at stake."

Wang Fu nods, and says "He carries the Butterfly Miraculous, one thought lost forever. You know that he uses it to Akumatize people into Supervillains, uses their negative emotions and offers them power in exchange for getting him the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous'."

Bloom nods, and asks "So…why entrust the literal fate of the world to…three teenagers? And more than that, three teenagers who are so different from one another? Two of whom don't even know who the others are?" She's really not getting it. Why can't they know who they're working with? They don't have to tell anyone else, just keep it between the three of them, and it would probably make a lot of things easier - they could cover for one another, set up a time to meet, etc.

So why can't they know?

Wang Fu sighs, seeing that this is the big question on her mind, and says "I did not make that rule, Bloom Peters. It is one that has been passed down from Guardian to Guardian, in the Order that guarded the Miraculous' for centuries. As you must know, by now, Hawk Moth can Akumatize people, and communicate with them telepathically. Were one of you successfully Akumatized, he could make you hand them over easily. Or your Miraculous, should he know who you are."

Bloom blinks in shock, her expression turning to horror, and she asks "If he wants the Ladybug and Cat Miraculous' so much…"

"Why activate them?"

Bloom nods silently - she doesn't want to sound rude or ungrateful, but still. Bringing out exactly what this Hawk Moth wants, making it nothing more than two needles in the haystack that is Paris for him to search for, that seems….kinda ridiculously stupid, actually. Why not hide the Miraculous', bring out two different ones?

Fu Wang sighs, and says "Unfortunately, the Ladybug Miraculous is the only one that can undo the damage that Hawkmoth causes. Only Ladybug can purify the Akumas, or reverse what damage they've caused. As to the identities of your partners…" Wang Fu sighs, shaking his head as he takes a mouthful of his tea, and says "It is an old rule, one I didn't understand the reasoning behind until recently as no situation like this has ever arisen before to my knowledge. If your identities were revealed to the public, your enemies could use your loved ones as leverage to obtain your Miraculous. And we've gone over how Hawk Moth could pry it out of your minds, should he get the chance."

Bloom sighs, figures Hawk Moth would be able to do something like that - she already knew that bit about their families being used, her partners' families anyway, but the bit about ripping it straight out of their minds is news to her. She groans, rubbing her temples to ease a building migraine, then asks "So…why do I know? Longg said there's some kind of magic that conceals the identity of a Miraculous Holder, along with the Miraculous itself. Keeps people from connecting the dots, so to speak. But…it just doesn't seem to work on me. I can see Kwamis, I could immediately tell that Ladybug is also the girl I sit next to in class, Cat Noir's voice is near-identical to Adrien Agreste's and his eyes are the same color. I…why am I different?"

Why has she been different ever since that night on the bridge? Those four creeps sucked her into that weird wormhole, only for her to get flooded with so much heat she was probably on fire in there…and then it spit her out into water she could barely feel, a current taking her downstream even as she heard yelling. She doesn't know, has never known what that wormhole did to her - if it gave her these fire powers or if she already had them and they just woke up - and something tells her she'll never find out.

Especially since she has no intention of ever trying to track them down, or doing anything other than unleashing a fiery demise on the four of them if she ever sees them again.

Two hours and four pots of tea later, along with a plate of small sandwiches, Bloom leaves Mr. Fu's shop with a racing head and a heavy heart - seems her magic and her personality makes her the ideal Holder for the Dragon Miraculous, as its more focused on attack and defense rather than strategy, but her magic lets her see right through the concealment magic of the Miraculous' as well as augments her own ability to fight.

Which is extremely annoying, then, when all Hawk Moth would need to do to get that information would be successfully Akumatizing her - apparently, it can be fought off…not easily, it takes a great strength of will, but there have been a few recorded cases where exceptionally strong-willed people rejected the Butterfly Miraculous' effects.

She's not sure if her own magic will help or not, and she's not eager to find out. She could lose control and destroy everything, for all she knows.

Also, some girl in the other 10th grade class - Alya, Bloom thinks is her name - has started a website called the 'Ladyblog' to document them, record Akuma attacks, and potentially…figure out their secret identities.

GREAT! As if we don't have enough to worry about, between the timers, Hawk Moth, and school…

What she needs, Bloom decides, is to head to the park and start sketching. Drawing always takes her mind off things.

AN: Hey, everyone! Next chapter is up! Hope you liked it! Decided I'd have Alya in the story still, just not in Ms. Bustier's class - she's in Ms. Mendeleiev's class, still just as interested in all things superhero...just not as prevalent as in the show itself.

Also...is it just me, or would Bloom be an overpowered goddess in the show? Magic, plus the power over three other elements? Seriously, she's got telekinesis, fire powers, aura reading...Hawk Moth, you are in serious trouble. In the series, he can't beat the two of them...and the only magic they have is what their Miraculous' give them - now he's got those two plus an already-magical girl who's got some idea of how to use that magic.

Also, is it just me...or did they really miss the mark on Longg's powers? Yeah, we've seen the bubble shield, and the wind and all...but I've also seen clips of Miraculous Shanghai, and the dragon transformation is supposed to be the strongest because it uses those same elements. I get that the Kwamis that have the powers of creation - life - and destruction - death - would be the most powerful, but the difference between Longg and Long Long's power levels seems kinda iffy to me. Sounds more like a case of thinking outside the box after the reveal, to me. Just saying.

Anyway, enjoy! More updates coming soon!