Note: Abstract was suggested by LiAnne Avian.
Felicity walked to school on a rainy Monday morning, her pink umbrella catching the raindrops before they could land on her school uniform.
September was coming to an end and the autumn weather had started. The leaves on the trees started to turn from green to yellow-brown colour.
During this time the press released several articles about Felicity's alter ego, Wolfette and her partner Tawny Owl. Most of them debating teenagers having superpowers. She didn't take much notice of it, these people didn't know much about the miraculous.
Her best friend Mia started a blog about the new heroes of London. It reminded her of Alya's Ladyblog.
When Felicity arrived at her form room, Mia came over to her.
"Have you seen how many reads my blog has gotten since last week?" Mia asked. "The one titled "Who is Wolfette?" got the most views"
"No, but I had a look and I think it's good" Felicity replied. "Do you really think that it's wise to find out who they are under the masks tho. What if they don't want people knowing"
Mia didn't get a chance to reply. The teacher came in and everyone sat down in their seats. Felicity thought about Mia and what would happen if she found out that her best friend's Wolfette. She didn't want to upset her but she wouldn't break the rules again.
The third lesson of the day was PE, Felicity didn't enjoy PE. For PE, the students got split up into groups. Felicity found herself in a group with Mia and Eliza.
"So, you still up for Robbie's party on Saturday?" Mia asked.
"I'm not sure" Felicity replied.
"I'm going" Eliza answered.
"I think Bens going," Mia said. "Robbie has this really cool games room in the garden and maybe you can talk to Ben"
"Yeah, Ben seems interested in you, Felicity. It's the first time that I've seen Ben show an interest in a girl" Eliza said.
"Ladies, let's see some more skipping and less talking"
Benjamin watched the three girls from the other side of the sports hall. Today's PE lesson was one where the students got to pick what activity they wanted to take part in. One of them was Basketball and the other was a circuit of different activities.
"Ben, come on pass the ball," Tom said.
"Oh, right sorry. I got distracted" Ben replied as he passed the ball to Tom who bounced it before aiming it a the top of the goal post. The ball spins around and falls through the net. The whistle blows to single the end of the lesson.
Ben walked out of the sports hall and made his way to the boys changing rooms. He quickly got changed, picked his school bags up and left. On the way out, he bumped into Felicity.
"Hey," Ben said.
"Hey, how are you?" Felicity said. She found herself looking into his big brown eyes and a blush appeared on her cheeks.
"I'm good. Mia seemed unusually chatty today" Ben said.
"Yeah, Mia doesn't like PE and she talked a lot about her blog this morning. She mentioned Robbie's party this weekend. Are you going?" Felicity asked.
"Not sure yet. My Dad isn't keen on me going but he will probably give in or go out for the night with Linda, my step-mum. Last time Robbie had a party someone smashed the kitchen window and his father went mental," Ben replied.
"Was it someone from this school. His dads the headmaster?"
"Robbie wouldn't tell us anything. From what I've heard this party invites only and his parents are going to be there so hopefully it will be fine" Ben said as they walked out of the PE block, where Felicity saw an older boy walk over to them.
"Ben, are you ready for debate club?" The boy asked. The boy had brown hair, light brown eyes and a mole on his left cheek. He wore a similar uniform to Ben but his shirt was white instead of blue. The students in the school's sixth form wore white shirts.
"Yeah," Ben said as he looked at Felicity. "Sorry, Felicity. I guess I have to go now"
"Fancy joining the debate club. We are looking for some new members," The boy said.
"I'm not into debating. It's nice of you to offer" Felicity said. "You never told me your name"
"Oh, I'm Jayden. I'm head of the debate team. It's nice to meet you, Felicity" Jayden said.
Felicity watched as the boys left and then made her way to the art block to meet Eliza and Mia so they could work on their homework.
In the art room, the girls all sat around a table with some powder paints, a mixing palette and a paintbrush each.
Felicity mixed red, blue and yellow together to make a shade of brown for the tree in the background but she found herself drawing a set of Owl Wings, almost identical to the ones that Tawny Owl had.
"So you're a fan of Tawny Owl then?" Mia asked. "I have to admit that he is super cute but I think he has a thing for Wolfette"
"If only you knew the truth," Felicity thought. It had been just over a month since Felicity met Tawny Owl and they started to understand what it meant to work as a team.
"I guess. I've never met him in person but the photos of him on Social Media are awesome." Felicity said as she grabbed a new piece of paper and started focusing on the homework task.
On the other side of the art classroom, a Year 10 student was trying to finish her first piece of work for her sketchbook. Her name is Jekaterina Bronislava.
Jekaterina's one of the top students in her year group and at the end of last year, she got a special award for her work. The girl wanted to be left alone but two girls from her year group walked into the art room and went over to the table she sat at. Their names are Emily and Jessica.
"Hey, Jekaterina, what are you painting?" Jessica asked.
"It's a picture of my family," Jekaterina replied. She didn't look up from her work.
"Oh, look, little miss, A* student is trying to impress the teacher with a silly little picture of her broken family. Such a shame your father left"
Jekaterina didn't say anything she ripped the picture from her sketchbook and with her paintbrush still in her hand, she ran out of the classroom.
"A young artists work was unfairly judged today. Now that's perfect prey for my fireflies" Firefly said as he touched one of them with his wand and then sent it out to find it's target.
In a quiet corner, Jekaterina sat down on a bench. It wasn't her thought that her father left them when she was a baby, he had no choice. Jekaterina didn't like it when people teased her and laughed at the way she chose to express herself. Art helped her through hard times. The teenager didn't see the firefly enter her paintbrush. She only heard a voice in her head.
"Abstract, I'm Firefly. I want to help you ensure that your art is seen by everyone. In return, you will bring me Wolfette and Tawny Owls' Miraculous"
"Let the painting begin," Jekaterina said as she turned into Abstract. Abstract had long maroon hair pulled back in a ponytail, purple eyes and pale skin. She wore a long-sleeve dress with an asymmetrical skirt, fabric patterned with tesselations in red, purple, yellow and green. In her hand, she had the paintbrush.
Abstract started to paint the grass, trees and objects around her in lots of different colours using dots, lines and stripes.
"That's much better," Abstract said as she continued to paint. Abstract mostly painted objects.
Felicity sat in a Business Studies lesson, listening to her teacher. Mrs Watts spent most of the first part of the lesson, telling the students about her weekend tennis match. It wasn't interesting but Felicity thought it was better than doing work.
Some students, who are lucky enough the have a seat close to the window kept staring out the window. Felicity's friend Grace was one of them.
"Mrs, why is there a tree with red spots over it outside?" Grace asked. Most of the students including Felicity got up and walked over to the window.
"Come away from the window please everyone," Mrs Watts said. "We have lots to get through today"
Mrs Watts turned on the smartboard and pressed a few buttons until she managed to get the powerpoint on the screen.
"Ok, so today we will be looking at budgets and why they are important when running or starting a business," Mrs Watts said as the sound of students panicking could be heard outside.
"Look, down there. A girl is painting and vandalising the school gardens" Grace said as the students went back to the window again. Mrs Watts didn't say anything this time.
"I wonder who she is?" One of the students asked.
Felicity and Mia looked at each other as Mia pulled her phone out to video it.
"Mia Smith put the phone away now," Mrs Watts asked.
"Look, isn't that one of the superheroes," Grace said. "The Owl one"
"Where?" Mia asked. "Oh, you're right. I'm not missing this."
"No one is going outside. Not until Mr Milton tells us that it is safe to do so" Mrs Watts said. "
"Mrs Watts," Felicity said as she put her hand up "I really need to go to the toilet"
"You can go but come straight back," Mrs Watts said.
Mia watched as Felicity left the classroom. It was the second time that week that Felicity managed to leave the classroom during one of Fireflys minion attacks. Why did the let Felicity leave but not her?
Felicity entered the toilet, it was her lucky day, the girl's bathroom was empty and the window open. No one would see her transform. She let Rikki out of her pocket.
"Time to transform," Felicity said "Rikki, Paws Out"
Felicity climbed out of the window and went to join Tawny Owl.
"They're made of paint," Felicity said as she joined Tawny Owl on the ground.
"I don't want to find out what would happen if she painted someone" Tawny Owl replied.
Felicity felt a bit worried about that as well. There was only a small audience as most of the teachers kept their students inside the classroom. Hopefully, they would be able to take care of this quickly and get back to class.
"If it isn't the little wolf," Abstract said, "I think you would look lovely in red stripes"
"I prefer my own outfit" Felicity replied while moving out the way before the red paint could touch her.
"The paintbrush, that has to be where the dark firefly is"
"Yeah but I don't think Abstract is going to hand it over" Tawny Owl replied.
The villain needs to have the magic paintbrush to be able to paint and summon colours. What if she didn't have the magic paintbrush?
"Got it," Felicity said, "I just need some water and a fake paintbrush"
Felicity looked around her. The wasn't much on the ground but her eyes landed on a twig. She picked it up.
"Will this do? It must have fallen on the floor" Someone said. Felicity looked up and noticed that Mia had found a way out of the classroom. In her hand, she had a bottle of water.
"Thank you, Miss," Felicity said. "Now, please stay away"
"Tawny, I need you to take this and..." Felicity whispered the rest of the plan.
"Abstract, if you stop painting school property then I will hand you my miraculous" Felicity said. "But first how about you hand me the paintbrush"
"Not happening," Abstract said. "Hand me your miraculous"
Felicity opened the bottle of water and tipped it all over the paintbrush and Abstracts outfit.
"I still have my paintbrush. Shame your little distraction failed" Abstract said as she tried to paint a pattern on the water bottle but when she tried to use her power to control it she couldn't.
"I think you mean this paintbrush," Felicity said as she snapped it in half. While Abstract tried to get the water off her, she had dropped her paintbrush on and Tawny Owl grabbed it but not before swapping it with the fake one.
"I free you from evil," Felicity said as she touched the dark firefly with a whip, turning it into dust which dissolved and vanished. Around them, everything went back to normal and in Abstracts place, Jekaterina stood.
Felicity and Tawny Owl smile at each other and then walk over to Jekaterina.
"What happened? Did I miss art class?" Jekaterina asked.
"Firefly turned you into his minion but don't worry, everything's ok now," Tawny Owl said.
"I'm sorry, I guess I wanted people to like my artwork and not make fun of it," Jekaterina said.
"They're probably jealous. Don't let others stop you from doing something you love" Felicity said.
"That's right" Tawny Owl added.
"I guess you're right. Thank you for the advice Wolfette, Tawny Owl." Jekaterina said as walked away.
Felicity and Tawny Owl still had one problem to deal with.
"Oh my gosh, Wolfette, Tawny Owl, I can't believe this. Can I ask you some questions for my blog? My names Mia."
If they weren't standing in the middle of a school then Felicity would have agreed to it but Mr Milton came outside.
"Ok, students, please return to your classrooms and wait for your teachers to dismiss you," Mr Milton said. The students did as they were told including Mia who didn't want to get in trouble with Mr Milton for using a phone during school time.
Firefly turned his light out and walked out of the hidden room.
"Wolfette, Tawny Owl, you may have won the past couple of times but let me assure you next time I will get your Miraculous and my dream will come true"
Felicity released her transformation once she was in a safe place and Rikki hid in her pocket. As she entered the classroom, Mrs Watts had just finished giving out the research homework for the week. Felicity took the paper from her desk.
"Felicity, can you stay behind please?" Mrs Watts asked.
Felicity wondered what excuse she was going to come up with about why it took her so long in the bathroom. She needed to come up with better excuses otherwise the school would call her parents.
"There's no need to be scared, you're not in trouble. I just wanted to check on how you're doing with your work" Mrs Watts said.
"Oh, yeah, I've almost finished the first unit and making notes on the second" Felicity said.
"That's good. The notes from today's lesson have been emailed to the class" Mrs Watts said.
Felicity left the classroom where Mia stood outside waiting for her.
"I got some really good videos and pictures of Wolfette and Tawny Owl today. I'll send them to you and then put them on my blog when I get home" Mia said as she showed Felicity some of the pictures she took. One of them was taken just after Wolfettte (Felicity) had freed the girl from Firefly's control. The other was an action shot.
"I know that you want to see them up close but I don't want you to get hurt Mia," Felicity told her friend as they left the school.
"If Mr Milton didn't come out of his office, I would have totally got an interview with them" Mia complained
"I'm sure you will get your information eventually, Mia," Felicity said as they walked to the bus stop.
Note: This chapter introduces Jayden, another character who will have a key part later in the story.