Chapter 17: Forgiveness + An Akuma Attack(Adrien's POV)

Adrien does not want to end the embrace with Keith willingly. Because it feels nice to be held that way, and to lean on Keith's shoulder. But a ding from his phone notified him that someone had texted him.

Sitting up, Adrien begrudgingly brings his phone out of his white sweater pocket. When he opens it up he is surprised to see the text message is from Nino of all people. Keith leans over to look at the message.

Together they read, albeit in their minds. Adrien is shocked. Nino had texted him an apology. He had honestly thought that he wouldn't get one from Nino, considering how sad Nino looked when he told them if Nino couldn't accept him being friends with Keith, then he would have to break up their friendship.

"Huh." Keith says, looking just as surprised as Adrien.

"What do you think I should do?"

"I think that if he is being sincere, you should go and hang out with him today."

"What?! My father would…" Adrien starts, but is interrupted by Keith, "Nino was your first friend, and if he genuinely wants to be friends again you should definitely meet up with him. Because making up with friends is a part of friendship…At least I think it is."

"It is. But this isn't like My Little Pony! It's real life and…"

"Look. I don't know how it's going to go down because I can't tell the future. But I know you'll do great, sides this will be a great learning experience for you."

Adrien sighs, he feels like Twilight and Keith is Celestia telling him to go out and make friends. But he hasn't had a fight with a friend to where he and them don't talk for days on end.

"You win."

But first he's got to consult with what the show says about making up with friends. Surely Twilight has had to encounter that type of friendship problem on the show, or maybe in the comics.

"Then I'll leave you to it, meanwhile I've got to start on thinking about Christmas Gifts," Keith says, and moves to the desk beside the bed, and gets a pencil and a sheet of paper.

Adrien quickly puts his password to open up his phone. Then he quickly texts, Hey Nino. I accept your apology and if you're not doing anything I can hang out today. Just got to give my father the slip.

Putting his phone into his pocket, he leaves Keith's room but not without grabbing a handful of MLP comics.

Nino's POV

His phone dings, so Nino grabs it out of his sweater pocket. Just having finished his quick five minute walk. His legs were still freezing, but other than that he was fine.

Adrien had texted him. Expecting the worst, Nino was surprised to find out that Adrien accepted his apology and wanted to hang out right away. Guess he wasn't the only one missing the other's company.

Then he remembered Juklea talking about a boat party yesterday to celebrate Christmas with the class. Meaning everyone was invited, including his ex and Lila. He and Alya had each received an individual invitation before the whole Oblivio thing and he doesn't have to make conversation with any of them. Nino types, There's this Christmas Party happening on Juleka's boat, called the Liberty. I've been there before so I know where it is. If you want you can bring Keith and Chloe since the whole class is invited. I'll come by your place to pick you up, if that's okay.

Zoe's POV

Zoe hugs herself, because despite having a warm pink fashionable coat on, and slim joggers underneath her blue jeans, she is still freezing. Doesn't help that she's on a boat and that's on the water. She's surprised it hasn't sunk due to the Seine River being frozen solid.

The boat has a huge Christmas Tree near the mast in the middle of the boat. Lights decorate it from the top to where the pine needles end. Ornaments in red, gold, and green are strung on the tree.

Looking around, she sighs. She hasn't made any friends lately, in her homeroom class. Too busy with staying on top of Drama class, and her secret job of being a superhero.

Then suddenly Alya slides up to her.

She gives the brunette a quizzical look, they hadn't really spent much time together and there was that time when Alya had accused her of being like Keith and Lila.

"What? Can't I talk to a fellow classmate?" Ayla replies to Zoe's quizzical look.

She shrugs, "I guess so. I just assumed you would be hanging out with your boyfriend and maybe exchanging Christmas presents."

Zoe looks at Alya more closely, she is wearing an orange winter jacket that almost looks like a dress and an orange tuque that is slightly lighter than the coat. Her boots are plain black and she is wearing a regular pair of jeans. Studying her face she notices that Alya seems a little sad, from her closed off body language( Alya having her arms folded, her back slighting hunched over as if Alya is trying to give herself a hug). That and Alya is taking a few seconds more than necessary to talk to her.

"Me and….Nino…we broke…up."

At this Zoe widens her eyes, since from her prescriptive Nino and Alya seemed like a relatively healthy teenage relationship(and by that she means the boyfriend, girlfriend type).

"Why?" she asks out of curiosity.

"We had a fight about whether or not Lila meant what she said yesterday about us being losers and whether or not she would apologise. But she did, at least to me today since she actually came to the party."

"Huh."

Zoe doesn't know how to respond to that. Sure Lila has often, what she thinks, are exaggerated stories but never has she heard someone actively think negative about the girl.

"I know, I couldn't believe it. Lila is one of my only friends in our homeroom class, Nino doesn't count, since Marinette has disappeared."

"Who?"

"Marinette, a girl who used to be in our homeroom and in most of my classes. She's been missing for months, if you look closely at some of the lamp posts you can still see her missing persons poster." Alya says in a sad tone, though Zoe honestly thinks it sounds more like a scenario from a horror movie.

"I…"

Zoe's words are cut off by Julkla shouting, "Welcome, Adrien, Nino! I thought you guys weren't going to make it."

Juklea's girlfriend, Rose nods right beside her.

"Yeah," Adrien replies, "Keith couldn't make it though."

Rose sighs, but then cheerily says, "But at least you came! There are refreshments and drinks in the hull. Enjoy yourselves."

With that Adrien and Nino take to just wandering around the deck of the ship and stopping to converse with a classmate or two.

"How dare Nino show up here." Alya says gritting her teeth.

"Now hold on. This Christmas Party is for all the people in our homeroom. So Nino can be here, though you don't have to talk to him if you don't want to." Zoe replies sternly. Geez, it's like Alya has never had a bad experience with someone before. People are allowed to go anywhere they want, as long as it's not private property.

And she knows from experience.

She shudders remembering her old bullies, but quickly composes herself before Alya can see her vulnerability. As she doesn't like being vulnerable in front of people, unless it is on a stage.

"I know, but I just don't want to see him right now and possibly never." Alya says with bitterness.

Zoe sighs, she has had that same feeling with all the girls and boys she has dated in New York, them breaking up with her or vice versa. High school relationships, to her anyway, always seemed to last only for a few months before the couple got disinterested in their partner.

Even though she was upset about moving here, she is glad for the fresh start it provided for her. No need to deal with any of the people who have caused her harm because she is on the other side of the world(not really but Paris is a good distance from New York, about seven and a half hours in flight time).

"Anywho," Alya says, interrupting her thoughts, "What would you like to be when we graduate highschool?"

"I want to be an actress, so I am going to take Drama through this Grade Ten year through Grade Twelve and participate in some plays."

"That's so cool! I wanna become a journalist and report on stuff going on in the world. That's way I started the Noirblog, formerly named the Ladyblog."

Zoe inwardly laughs, Alya wants to become a journalist but can't fact check if Lila is telling the truth about her main story, which is that she is friends with Ladybug. But the Noirblog is truly an amazing piece of work. Alya is a good detective, when she thinks things logically, Zoe thinks remembering seeing Alya comment on her akuma, Lady Wifi, on the Noirblog(that isn't the best example since Alya failed as a detective, but it still proves Zoe's point that when Alya isn't thinking about things logically she is an absurd detective).

"Your.."

Before she can answer, some dude with a black winter coat, his hair mostly purple but the front is black, and has a black beard that stops at the edge of his chin, runs across the deck, clearly flustered, straight to Julkla's mom.

"Anarky, plz, you have got to be my main guitarist!"

Julekla's mom, a woman with dark grey hair, red glasses and a grey winter coat, with black pants and black boots, responds, "Jagged I am not being your guitarist again."

"Plz, Vivica quit on her own…"

Juleka's mom snorts, "We both know that that probably isn't the case. You've fired her on multiple occasions always begging me to be guitarist and then somehow you've always rehired her."

Zoe tries to stifle her laughter, because seeing Jagged Stone, the most famous Rock Player in Paris, France, begging an old looking woman is just hilarious.

But before Jagged has a chance to beg some more, an akuma appears. But this akuma is somehow flying and has made a trumpet appear in her hands. The akuma looks like a woman, but she has a white face, a skeleton nose(which means she has no nose), musical notes on her cheeks, a black suit jacket with a golden top which you can see since her black suit jacket has a low cut v-neck shape, with a small black skirt, black leggings and black dress shoes. The black suit jacket has golden bones on the trim of the jacket collar.

Honestly it was one of the better akuma outfits she has seen, on the Noirblog and the ones she has fought as Rouge Renarde.

But before she could escape she was hit with this golden magical energy and she lost consciousness.

Adrein's POV

Darn it! Can't he catch a break! Especially since he is trying to hangout with his best friend, who he recently made up with. Though it was over text.

He wishes Keith would've come, but he wanted to practise some piano and maybe hangout with Chloe. Though Keith coming wouldn't have not made this current akuma who is attacking all the passengers on the Liberty not come by at all.

Adrien's current theory is that the akuma is mostly after Jagged Stone, since he did overheard Jagged's conversation with what he assumed is Juleka's mom. Though he is pretty sure all of his classmates heard that.

He runs into the ship's hull and tries hurriedly transforms while everyone else is still running around and panicking. "Plagg, Claws Out!"

Running back onto the deck he sees the akuma has disappeared. She must have got Jagged.

Quickly he scans the hull of the ship, looks like Nino and some boy with blue highlights in his hair managed to avoid getting hit by the akuma. Which is a relief.

"Did you two see where the akuma went?"

"No, I was too busy running and trying not to get hit, what about you dude?" Nino asks, facing the boy with blue highlights.

The boy shakes his head, "Neither did I."

Adrien tries to calm himself down, since his breathing has gotten faster, it's fine, it's okay. This gives you time to check and see what Master Fu says, assuming the akuma is now looking for Team Miraculous.

His breaths become normal and he speaks, "Alright, I'm going to get some assistance, you two stay right here."

Without waiting for their reply Adrien begins the journey to Master Fu's place.

Author's Note: So sorry for not posting in a while, but like I said with my update chapter I have been super busy with Math and Drama, but it will die down after the 17th of June(As High School officially ends for me on that day). After that all I have to worry about is getting a job, so I should be posting more chapters regularly. Also Season 5 ep.1 of Miraculous was so good and has given me some new ideas for what to incorporate for this fic. Also spoiler but Season 5 of Miraculous will start the next arc once I get there(since I plan on ending this arc with Season Six of Voltron and Season 4 of Miraculous). Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter:)