Bloom gets to Marinette's place, hoping to get her and Adrien to talk if nothing else - the girl has been stammering nonstop around him ever since the second day of school, which was weeks ago, its driving her up the wall considering she knows who they are.

Marinette/Ladybug likes Adrien, but Adrien/Cat Noir likes Ladybug. In short, it's the most ridiculous love 'square' she's ever heard of…and its not even really a square. Its incredibly frustrating, these past few weeks they've been training, going to school, and fighting Akumatized Supervillians, and it sincerely makes her want to out the two of them in private just to end the pain sometimes.

When the door gets opened, though, she sees Marinette looking like she's ready to scream, a five or six-year-old girl jumping around the place. Tilting her head to the side, Bloom says "So, uh, Adrien's doing a photoshoot in the park, and I thought you might want to go say hi…" Or whatever version of 'hi' she could get out, anyway.

Marinette winces, and says "I forgot about this little detail…"

Bloom rolls her eyes, and says "Let me guess, you just couldn't say no."

Marinette groans, and nods her head while explaining how she agreed to babysit the daughter of one of her mom's friends.

Bloom lets out a breath, and says "Alright, then. How about this? If Manon here behaves, we can go for ice cream and have a round or two on the merry-go-round near the park."

Manon agrees with a cheer, and they head off. Marinette takes one look at Adrien, though, and completely freezes. Because he's currently at his best, doing a photoshoot with the charming smile, perfect looks likely enhanced by some subtle makeup, and the fountain spraying water behind him.

Bloom facepalms silently, and says "Alright, Mari. I can see this is going to be harder than I thought." And she already thought it was going to be hard, what with her being reduced to stammering every time she looks at the guy all through the school year.

Marinette gets a lovestruck smile, saying "Well, I was thinking we could casually walk by, invite him for a smoothie-"

Bloom cuts off the ramble right there, saying "Alright, let's stop there. Short-term, Marinette." Focusing on one small goal is how she managed not to either literally implode with grief thanks to her magic or go too hard, too fast, too soon and try something she absolutely couldn't handle as she's been learning to control her magic. Baby-steps were the only steps she felt even remotely comfortable taking when she was a living fire-hazard and once gave herself a concussion and made a decent hold in the quarry wall when she got frustrated when she couldn't figure out how to work her magic.

Marinette blushes brightly, and says "Right, short-term…"

They end up watching Adrien as he continues with the Photoshoot, Marinette not responding to anything, so Bloom sighs and says "Alright, ladies, lets go sit in the shade. Manon, you want me to draw you something? I'm good with charcoal." Mainly because nobody notices if a piece of charcoal goes missing here and there. Plus, she can make some soot or a burn mark on the paper to make an alteration.

Manon lets out a disappointed 'Aw!' but follows anyway, with requests to draw unicorns, cute bunnies, and Ladybug, Dragon Fyre, and Cat Noir. Especially Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Dragon Fyre. She's flattered, really.

Bloom chuckles, and says "Alright then. Ladybug, Dragon Fyre, and Cat Noir it is."

Of course, then…some crazy-haired lady flies up and starts changing the weather insanely. Figures.

Cat Noir lands on top of the fence next to the weather-changing girl with the parasol, and says "Hey, Ice Queen. What's with all the terrorizing? Why don't you pick on someone your own temperature?"

She snarls "My name's not 'Ice Queen' its Stormy Weather!"

Cat Noir slides down the pole easily, saying "Listen, I'm feline more generous than usual today, so cool off and we'll call it quits, 'kay?" She gives him an unimpressed glower, points her parasol at him, and unleashes what he swears is a directed typhoon at him that sends him flying. Straight into several cars like a pinball ball.

Ouch…

Ladybug lands next to him right then, and gives him a hand up saying "I thought cats always landed on their feet."

Cat Nir smiles, saying "Thank you, M'Ladybug, but I had it covered."

He moves to kiss the back of her hand, but she pushes his face back by the tip of his nose while saying "No time for your childish charm, Cat Noir. But, your welcome."

And then Stormy Weather flies down and sneers, then says "Forecast calls for a lightning storm - right now!" She raises her parasol to the sky, which then gets suddenly covered in dark storm clouds…and a bolt of lightning suddenly heads straight for Cat Noir! Ladybug tackles him out of the way, making them both roll until they land with him straddling her somehow.

The first thought that goes through Cat Noir's mind is that Ladybug smells like Vanilla and Cinnamon - he would've thought that a Ladybug-themed hero would smell like grass or something, honestly, instead of a highly successful bakery - and the second is that he could lean down and kiss her. She must see the thoughts written all over…well, what part of his face she can see, because she gives him an unimpressed look. He responds with a sheepish smile, and she turns his head to make him look at Stormy Weather flying upwards once more.

And then she gets tackled back to the earth by an orange and red blur, a familiar voice furiously yelling "You like to play with lightning, do you?!"

Cat Noir chuckles, and says "Looks like Dragon Fyre got a little held up, M'Lady." Usually, he'd be spitting mad about someone trying to deep-fry his Ladybug, but Dragon Fyre's anger is much worse than his own. And much deadlier, to. They've decided the Hogwarts motto of 'never tickle a sleeping dragon' is much more serious than at first glance after working with Dragon Fyre

He pulls them both to their feet, steadying Ladybug with a hand at her waist pulling her closer - which gets pushed off with an annoyed, 'really, now?' look from her, he couldn't resist - and they turn...to see Stormy Weather surrounded by...a bolt of lightning?

A bolt of lightning that keeps swirling around her, zapping her and getting frustrated screams out of the angry girl. And then it turns back into Dragon Fyre, who delivers a roundhouse kick to Stormy Weather's side from behind and knocks her down.

Cat Noir finds himself without any of his usual quips and puns, and simply says "Me-wow. My Lady, please smack me upside the head if I'm ever about to get on her bad side like that." He means that perfectly seriously, he'd rather his Lady smacked him upside the head and dragged him away rather than face an orange-eyed Dragon Fyre about to go off on him.

Ladybug instantly says "Noted. Stop me from doing the same?" Were Dragon Fyre any less scary in her anger, Cat Noir would think up some very interesting ways to do as much - as it is, he's settling for clapping his hand over her mouth and dragging his Lady away from Dragon Fyre if such a situation arises.

And then Dragon Fyre manages to knock Stormy Weather into a car, kicking her parasol away from her while yelling "Break it and catch the bug!"

Ladybug breaks the parasol, and quickly catches the Akuma, de-evilizes it, and reverses the damage…bar an angry Dragon Fyre, that is. That's something not even the Ladybug Miraculous can reverse, as they've found out - the effects, yes, but not the detail that she's feeling like blowing something up. And it scales upwards with how bad a she thinks they've been hurt. They figure she goes to that quarry she knew about a lot.

She has a fast temper, but only uses it and her magic on the supervillains…and she's oddly possessive of what she deems 'hers' - like them, for example. Say…if a supervillain tries to fry them crispy with a gigantic bolt of lightning. Apparently, she named herself 'Dragon Fyre' for a number of reasons, having the Dragon Miraculous not even being the first of them.

They honestly don't know much about her - well, that's not quite true, they know plenty about her personality, the kinds of attacks she can do with her own magic that has nothing to do with Longg, and how she's a very independent person - but they know enough. They know she's got little patience for Cat Noir's flirting when there's a villain to fight, they know she's very smart…and they know they can trust her with their lives. She wouldn't deliberately hurt them, would probably kill for them if it came down to it, and she's patched them up after a fight with an Akuma enough times that they know she cares in her own unique way. She's rough around the edges, no question there, but she at least makes an effort for them.

Its more than anyone's done in a long time for Cat Noir, so he relishes it even with Dragon Fyre's independent nature. If Ladybug is the love of his life - she is, she absolutely is - Dragon Fyre is like the sister he's always wanted and never had. Someone that'll stick up for him, someone who'll be there, no matter if it's easy or not.

Not like his flake of a father, who's more invested in his company than his own son's life - a hundred broken promises later, and Adrien's learned that much. The man became a completely different person after his mom disappeared, Adrien hardly recognizes him some days.

Marinette sighs in relief, nearly going weak-kneed when Bloom comes back with Manon. "Oh, thankyouthankyouthankyou..."

Bloom says "See? I took her back to your place and told her not to come out unless it was one of us calling for her. Meanwhile, I was going to keep watch and maybe lead weather-girl away if she came that way." It made her a bit late to find Stormy Weather, but it wasn't like she could just ditch Manon in the park with an Akuma flying around. She'd probably run off, get frozen solid, and Marinette would get in massive trouble.

Bloom, Marinette decides, is utterly brilliant.

They head back to the park, and see Adrien is back at his Photoshoot now that the danger has passed, and Bloom says "Go on, they still need an extra for the photos."

Unfortunately…the director picks Manon as the extra, making for some adorable photos…but leaving Marinette out entirely.

Bloom pats Marinette on the shoulder, and says "Someday, Mari, someday…" But even she's wondering when that day is - Marinette had the nerve, she wasn't about to back out…but Manon, the seven-year-old, got picked instead.

AN: Hey, everyone! Next chapter is up! Trying to go in some kind of semi-chronological order with the episodes, but apparently nobody seems to know which episode actually happened when in the timeline. Honestly, the only Season 1 episodes I can definitively place on the timeline are the Origins ones and Volpina. So...I'm winging it. Hopefully, Season 2 is a bit more stable as far as chronology - I mean, really, Stormy Weather is apparently the start of summer, but the Bubbler is set in school? Riiight. So, yeah, all the timing's basically getting thrown out. Along with Timetagger, considering it's supposed to be next to impossible to break that watch.

Anyway, enjoy! More updates coming soon!