Bloom watches the clip from the Ladyblog Alya Cesaire took yesterday on her phone, sighing in relief when she sees the teenage thrill/scoop seeker didn't get much more than a two-second glance at the book Ladybug accidentally dropped on the ground before she came leaping down and snatched it up.

And, really, she has to wonder just why she had her history textbook in the first place when she was suited up. She's just glad she got to the book before Cesaire, else every single tenth-grade girl in the school would've been grilled by now - if she didn't remember they were all required to put their names on the back of the cover, that is.

Really, the Ladyblog is…on the one hand, it's a lot of hard work on Alya Cesaire's part, and she's going to be one hell of a reporter or detective when she's older. On the other hand…their identities are supposed to be secret for a reason. Not the least of which is keeping their loved ones safe. If the Ladyblog is ever successful, Marinette's entire family will likely be targeted or even kidnapped in order to force her to give up her Miraculous. And any decent person would fold like a cooked noddle at that pressure.

Meaning Alya Cesaire is one person to avoid like the plague while in the suits, no matter how nice or persistent she is. She may mean well, but she's got a bad habit of not thinking things through. Unmasking them would tell Hawk Moth exactly where to go, after all.

Seriously, Mari, you've gotta be more careful...

The entire class is on a field trip to the Louvre, to view an ancient Egyptian art exhibit before the big history test on that subject tomorrow. Most everyone is vaguely interested in the lecture they're getting, bar Chloe and Sabrina who're on their phones, right up until a young-ish man with brown hair bursts into the room.

The director of the exhibit, who's also the one giving them the lecture, pulls him to the side, and he starts animatedly talking about the scroll on the wall next to them and having deciphered the hieroglyphics - according to him, it's a ritual to try and bring back Queen Nefertiti. It consists of a hundred mummies, a ritual sacrifice of another beautiful woman to take Nerfertiti's place, and a spell being chanted…and he wants to try it. The director shuts it down at once, yelling "Get your head out of those papyrus scrolls, and start focusing on the real world!"

Bloom internally groans as the young man runs off, and mutters "You've gotta be kidding…"

Marinette glances over, asking "What is it?"

Bloom glances around, then quietly says "He's probably going to get turned into a Supervillain by Hawk Moth. I've noticed a pattern, by now. Someone gets upset by something, and then suddenly they're given super powers and go tearing up the city with a very literal vengeance."

Marinette grimaces, and says "True…" Now she really wants to sneak off to transform into Ladybug just in case, but she can't. Unless she gets monumentally lucky and times a bathroom break maybe a minute before the Akuma attack happens, that is.

Of course, maybe two minutes later…she's proven right when a guy with a golden mask and Egyptian-style outfit walks in. He presses his hands together, and yells "Tet, give me time!" He then traps most of the adults in the room in glowing orange bubbles, sending them out of the area as the students scatter to hide wherever they can.

The scroll apparently depicting an ancient necromantic ritual of sorts rolls itself up, and the scepter on display floats over to him - Bloom internally curses, hoping nobody draws any attention to themselves. She glances over by Marinette, and sees she, Adrien, and Nino ended up hiding together behind the Sarcophagus, and motions for them to stay down.

Of all the times for Hawk Moth to Akumatize someone…it had to be when we couldn't sneak off to go find somewhere to transform. Wonderful. Because they're currently trapped in a room that's gone into lockdown, thick iron bars that are impossible for…most everyone to move. She could, but that'd be giving herself up as Dragon Fyre unless she made a mirage that took the credit. Alternatively, her two teenaged partners could transform right here and now, giving up their secret identities, and Cat Noir could use Cataclysm on the bars. She's suddenly broken from her thoughts by Marinette's gasp, and looks over to see…the Akuma standing right next to her.

Uh-oh…

He kneels down next to her, gripping her chin between his gigantic fingers, and says "An exquisite beauty, and a pure soul. Fate has put you on my path."

Bloom scoffs, twisting her head out of his grip, and says "Pure stubbornness, maybe. Paws off, big guy!"

And then he…picks her up, slinging her over his shoulder like a sack of grain.

Chloe insultedly asks why she wasn't beautiful enough for him, but Adrien mutters "Chloe, please be quiet…"

Bloom's currently pounding away on Pharaoh's back, yelling for him to put her down, when she suddenly spies a dagger about the length of her forearm displayed on the wall she's about to pass by - King Tut's dagger, to be exact.

Well, seeing as this Akuma things he's the real guy…

She quickly swipes it off the wall, motioning for everyone who saw it to be quiet about it. He bends the bars apart, using Sekhmet's strength, and walks through…but, when he turns around to bend them all back, before he can there's a loud banging sound followed by him gripping his head. "Argh! You little-!"

Bloom vaults herself off Pharaoh's shoulder, and he turns around to reveal a large dent in the back of his helmet. "You want me, big guy?! Come and get me!" Bloom's so thankful, right now, that she's good at running - she needs it right now!

Good news, her plan to get 'King Tut's' attention off the others and trapping them in, potentially giving her partners time to sneak off and transform, works like Ladybug's Lucky Charm.

Bad news…he's really after her!

She takes a corner and quickly makes herself invisible, hoping to buy some time and maybe find a place to transform herself.

Adrien watches in no small amount of shock as Bloom distracts Pharaoh, and murmurs "She's one brave girl…"

Marinette scoffs beside him and Nino, and says "If by 'brave' you mean 'stubborn, independent and tough as nails' then…yeah, sounds about right."

Adrien blinks in shock, staring at Marinette this time - she's usually a stuttering, stammering mess around him! Not…cool, calm, and collected. Its like she's a completely different person, actually - if he didn't know any better, he'd say she got hit by a personality-switching Akuma at some point. She worries her bottom lip, just like his Lady when she's concerned, then slips over to the metal bars, slips out of the gap, and then slowly pokes her head around the corner. After a minute, she whisper-yells "He's gone, everyone! Get out of here, hide, wait for Ladybug, Dragon Fyre, and Cat Noir!"

Adrien all but gapes at the change in the nicest girl in class - she's not usually this…leader-like. This confident, calm…she actually reminds him a bit of Ladybug.

No, that's ridiculous. Sorry, My Lady, I'll blame it on the craziness of my classmate getting abducted.

His classmate that reminds him a bit of Dragon Fyre, actually. Same stubbornness, same sharp retorts, same flaming hair, all of it. But…its impossible, right? Most of the others run out quietly and hide, leaving Adrien free to change into Cat Noir and head out to rescue Bloom.

Ladybug lands on the upper balcony of the Louvre, just in time for Cat Noir to get there as well, and says "One of the students on a field trip was taken, Bloom Peters. She went and hid, buying everyone else time, but I don't know how long that'll last!"

Cat Noir nods, and says "I heard as much. Uh…isn't that Bloom Peters?" When Ladybug looks where Cat's pointing, she sees a familiar head of fiery hair running out of the building…with a horde of mummies on her tail. One grabs her, but she whips out the knife she took and swipes it at the mummy's arm in a move that says she has some experience with blades before. She then grabs the end of the bandage and starts pulling, unwrapping the mummy and using the bandages to make a makeshift barrier using two lampposts - unfortunately, Pharaoh appears, grabbing her from behind to trap her and repairing the mummy.

Cat Noir winces, and murmurs "Bad luck on her part…" She's still struggling even now, kicking and thrashing as much as physically possible to try and break free…or at least give Pharaoh a hard time. She even tries stabbing him in the arm that's holding onto her with the knife she took, but it just shatters this time around. About six mummies grab her, lifting her up in the air to keep her from struggling out of their grip, and then Pharaoh starts his ritual.

It…actually seems to work, making the outside of the Louvre light up and shoot a beam of light into the sky that makes a swirl of black energy appear above it like a portal to somewhere.

Bloom stares up at the Louvre, and the migraine-inducing portal above it, and mutters "You've gotta be kidding…it had to be a pyramid…"

And then Cat Noir appears, drawing most of the mummies attentions, and draws them away - Ladybug swings down, and Bloom grabs her arm instantly. Only for Pharaoh to roar in rage, and start flying after them.

Bloom pseudo-casually says "So…don't look back." She quickly fires off a blast, hitting Pharoah square in the face and knocking him down. Hard enough to leave a gouge in the ground.

As soon as they're on the balcony, Bloom says "The pendant, I think the Akuma's in the pendant! Around his neck! GET DOWN!"

Ladybug hits the ground with Bloom, as the Pharaoh zooms past right over her head. "Good reflexes, Bloom. Roll!"

Bloom rolls out of the way of Pharaoh's grasp, but Ladybug wasn't so lucky and he throws her into the ground. When Ladybug looks up, she hears a familiar voice scream "YOU'VE GOTTA BE EFFING KIDDING ME!" When she looks up, Bloom's once again struggling in Pharaoh's grip. And…he tosses her onto the beam of light, which starts carrying her up towards the ominous black cloud high above.

He then whirls around, making the pendant swing around…and giving Bloom the perfect opportunity to snatch it with a little magic before pushing herself off the beam with a small burst of fire once he's far enough away that he won't notice. While she might not steal much from stores and people just trying to make a living...she can happily make an exception for Akumatized people and the objects those Akumas are trapped in. At least knowing how to steal stuff is coming in handy.

When Pharaoh lands in front of Cat Noir and Ladybug again, Ladybug says "Get the pendant, that's where the Akuma is!"

Cat Noir feels his eyes widen when he sees two things missing from the whole scenario, and he asks "What pendant? And where's Bloom?!"

Even Pharaoh looks backwards, only to go off in a rage when he sees the distinct lack of one fire-haired girl. And then both Cat Noir and Ladybug's tools buzz, and Ladybug quietly reads out "'Got the akuma, don't ask how I got your numbers. Bloom.'"

And then suddenly, the beam shuts off and Pharaoh turns back into Jalil Kubdal. Ladybug quickly uses her Lucky Charm, which turns into a map of the museum with the Egyptian section circled, Ladybug De-evilizes the Akuma, which Bloom somehow trapped under a vase in the museum, and then they use the Lucky Charm to put everything right again.

Cat Noir glances at Bloom, asking "You alright? You were really brave out there." He can only imagine she was scared to bits through all that, he knows he would be if he were chosen to be a sacrificial offering to bring back a long-dead woman.

Bloom shrugs, and says "I've been in worse situations, thanks for asking. You two alright?"

Ladybug nods, and says "Yeah, Cat Noir?" She's not convinced in the slightest that Bloom's actually alright - in shock, perhaps, or coming down from an adrenaline high, but not actually alright. Still, she'll go along with it for now...and corner her, play the 'worried-sick best friend' act she's perfected to keep her secret identity safe and find out if she was hurt between running off in the Louvre and exiting the building with a hundred mummies chasing after her.

"Same. Bloom, you're really alright?"

Bloom waves her hand dismissively, and says "Bumps and bruises, mostly. I'm good. You think school's still on?"

Cat Noir shrugs, and says "Probably not, but I hope so. I don't particularly want to go home just yet, and tagging along with a school field trip sounds fun." Especially since this red-haired girl reminds him of his super-sister - to the point that he's starting to suspect they may actually be the same person. He's never seen Bloom Peters set anyone on fire, but she does give anyone a piece of her mind who she thinks deserves it.

Also, Dragon Fyre didn't make an appearance when Bloom Peters was being chased around the museum by the latest Akuma, and Bloom Peters managed to not only keep the mummies busy long enough for them to get there but also got the Akumatized object from Pharaoh.

Still, he can't just ask her if she's his super-sister, at least not with his Lady right there. Dragon Fyre might be cool about spilling the beans on her identity, at least some of them, but Ladybug most certainly won't be. She's super-serious about their secret identities not getting out - and, sure, he understands why, but he wouldn't tell anyone, ever. Dragon Fyre once theorized that it's some kind of secret test, you only find out once you both trust each other implicitly, but none of them are completely sure. She's told them both the reasons the Guardian of the Miraculous - whoever it is that gave them the Miraculous in the first place, who's identity she's not supposed to reveal right now - gave her, and their own Kwamis have given them similar ones, but if it's a test they can't know about they wouldn't be told.

Kwamis, he hopes its some kind of test he has to pass. He really does - his feelings might've started out as a crush, but they've only gotten stronger with each Akuma they battle together - she's resourceful, confident, compassionate, how could he not fall for her?

AN: Hey, everyone! Next chapter is up, hope you like it! As for why Bloom didn't hide and change into Dragon Fyre...Pharaoh was already fixated on Bloom Peters, if he couldn't find her he would've either destroyed the place looking for her or switched targets. Neither of which she wanted on her conscience. Ergo...no Dragon Fyre this fight, unfortunately. But, hey, realistically its not like they can be in uniform right away for every single battle - take Evillustrator, for instance.

Anyway, enjoy! More updates coming soon!