Ladybug landed in an alley right next to her school, transforming back into her civilian form in a flash of bright pink light the moment her toes touched the ground. Now with her suit off, she was wearing a white and pink shirt and blue jeans. She quickly reached out her hands to catch the small exhausted red and black spotted kwami in front of her.
With the kwami now in her hands, she quickly opened up her purse at her side and pulled out a small pink macaroon for her kwami to munch on. "You okay Tikki?" She asked.
"Yeah, thanks Marinette I just needed a snack."
"Who was that new guy? I know there is no shark miraculous in Master Fu's miracle box. Is he like Volpina?" She asked.
Tikki paused for a second. "There were kwamis of every animal in existence, that would include sharks. But all of the other miraculous were destroyed. The miracle box is all that is left." She paused. "We need to talk to master Fu about this." She said worriedly.
Marinette matched her kwamis worried expression. "We will have to do it after class Tikki, I can't be late again." She put Tikki into her purse as she rushed out of the alley towards the school.
As soon as she walked into her class she was relieved to see that Miss Bustier was not there yet, so she wasn't late. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw her best friend Alya waving trying to get her attention while holding her phone in her hand. "Girl! You won't believe what happened today." She started.
"What happened?" Marinette asked, walking over to their shared desk and sat down. Even though she probably already knew what she was talking about.
"There is a new superhero in Paris! I saw him just this morning, and I think I am the only one who got footage!" She squealed happily. "This is my scoop!"
"A new superhero, really?" Kim asked, intrigued. Almost everyone was listening in too now.
"What did he look like?" Rose asked. Her head tilted to the side.
"He was wearing all blue and had raven hair. He also had really sharp teeth. I think he might be a shark or something." Alya explained. She quickly pulled up a sort of unclear photo of him on her phone and turned it around to the class. Most of the teens oohed in unison.
"Queen Bee is still way cooler. And that suit looks ridiculous, utterly ridiculous, and should have gone with a yellow costume." Chloe commented, throwing her wrist to the side and rolling her eyes. "I mean what is a shark going to do in a fight? Bite their toes off?" She laughed. Followed shortly by Sabrina.
"Yeah. Queen bee is so much cooler." Sabrina echoed, crossing her arms.
Adrien turned around to face Chloe in his seat. "Well, I think he sounds cool." He added.
Chloe sputtered for a second before crossing her arms and turning away. Alya chuckled. "Well, I think he is awesome. He also saved my life so I may be a little biased." She tossed her hand to the side.
"You never said his name," Max commented, pushing his glasses up.
"He said it was Riptide. It took me a couple of questions to get it out of him though." Alya shrugged.
Marinette looked her friend in the eye. "Alya you shouldn't have been so close to the fight. What if you had gotten hurt?" She asked.
"Come on girl, I'm fine." She waved her off. "But maybe next time I'll stay at a safer distance." She smiled.
"Somehow I doubt that," Nino commented. Alya hit him on the back of the head playfully. Even if what he said was probably true.
Something popped up in Marinette's mind. "Hey, Alya can I get that footage you took? I just want a closer look."
"Sorry Girl, you are going to have to wait till I post this on the Lady Blog just like everybody else." She poked her best friend's nose. "Nice try though."
Marinette opened her mouth to speak again when Ms. Bustier walked into the classroom. Everyone spun around in their seats and faced the front. Time for class.
X
"What did you think of him Plagg?" Adrien asked the small cat kwami after his classes had finished. Said Kwami was hiding under his shirt eating a piece of camembert cheese and lounging around on his back with his eyes closed, looking like he had no interest in the conversation.
"Who, Flippers?" Plagg opened his bright green eyes to look up at his human. "Well, I have never actually seen someone use the shark miraculous before. But he looks like he can handle it just fine." The kwami flipped over again looking at the back of his paw. "Why, you're not getting a crush on this one too are you?" He rolled his eyes.
Adrien chuckled. "No, Ladybug is the only one for me." He paused. "But Ladybug was acting kind of strange around him though, don't you think?"
"She obviously didn't trust him, Kid. You must be careful when it comes to other miraculous holders, they aren't all good you know. Especially if you are the holders of the Cat and Ladybug miraculous."
"She trusted me when we first met and fought together, this kind of seemed like the same situation." He put his hand on his chin. "Even the same villain."
"She didn't have any experience then." Plagg waved him off. "And wasn't there that illusion girl who pranced around with you, the evil one?"
"Yeah, I guess Volpina did mix some stuff up. But she was akumatized, it wasn't fully her fault." Plagg rolled his eyes. "And we just fought the akuma with him. So that means the miraculous he has must be real." He thought for a second. "Have you ever met the shark Kwami, Plagg?"
Plagg's tail twitched in thought. "Nope, don't think so." He popped the 'P'. "We didn't really get to meet any of the other kwamis that weren't a part of our miracle box." He shrugged. "But I know there was a shark kwami, there was one for every animal alive. I did get to meet the phoenix kwami once but that was about it."
Adrien paused. "Wait, Phoenix!?"
X
It felt like forever for Marinette's classes to be finished. Normally she would love to go to school. Hang out with her friends, learn, see Adrien. But this time she was anxious to go and talk with Mater Fu about this new development. It was crucial that she talked to him immediately.
The moment the bell rang through the school she was the first one out of her seat and out the door, gaining her surprised looks from her friends as she almost ran on top of someone else's desk to get there. But she could care less right now.
She rushed as fast as she could to Master Fu's house. Skidding to a halt in front of the door, almost falling head over heels as she waved her arms around in a desperate attempt to keep her balance. She quickly reached up to the door and knocked as soon as she was standing upright.
Master Fu opened the door a crack with a raised eyebrow. "Who is it?" He asked, quickly looking up to see the blue-eyed miraculous holder that was standing in front of him. His eyes widened slightly before opening the door the full way. "What is it, Marinette?"
"Mater Fu, we need to talk," Marinette said with a little bit of worry in her voice. Master Fu nodded and opened the door fully to let the young teen girl into his home. The moment the door closed behind her, a green turtle kwami flew out of the gramophone on Master Fu's desk and started hovering next to the guardian. Matching Fu's worried expression as they waited for the girl to talk.
"Please, speak Marinette, what is troubling you?" Master Fu asked. Tikki flew out of Marinette's bag and was now hovering next to Wayzz, the turtle kwami.
"There is another miraculous in Paris." Both Master Fu and Wayzz's eyes widened at what the girl had just revealed.
"But all of the other miraculous were destroyed years ago, along with the temple." Wayzz started, a confused and concerned tone in his voice.
Fu nodded at his kwami before grabbing onto Marinette's arms holding them tight. "Are you sure?" He asked.
"Definitely, I saw him just today on my portal with Chat Noir. We saw him on a roof and talked with him for a bit before an Akuma attacked. He claims to have the shark miraculous." She explained.
"Shark miraculous?" Master Fu questioned.
"Yeah, that's how I knew you didn't give it to him."
Fu put his hand on his chin. "This is deeply troubling news."
"What do you know about the shark miraculous, Master?" Marinette asked.
Master Fu turned away from her, picking up a tablet full of illustrations from the ancient book. "That's the problem. I don't. And this book only contains knowledge of the miraculous from this miracle box." He paused after flipping through the photos of the book a couple more times to make his point. "You and Chat Noir need to find him again. As soon as you can. See what you can get out of him. Find out where he got it from, or who."
"But what if he doesn't answer our questions? He seemed very tense around us."
"Well, then we will need to get him to talk to me," Fu stated.
"But we can't bring him here! He will know who you are, and how to find you. Stuff he can feed directly to Hawkmoth!" Marinette panicked.
"We will meet at a secure place. Maybe give him a blindfold."
"How do you expect us to get him to wear a blindfold?"
"I'm sure you will figure it out, Ladybug."
X
"Ugh, I can't believe it!" Danny grumbled, his hands in his pockets as he walked down the sidewalk along the towering buildings.
"Come on Danny, surely it's not that bad," Finn said, tilting his head to the side and his tail swishing back and forth.
Danny looked back down at the small kwami with a 'really?' look on his face. "He wants me to go to school. To school! 'Everything is already arranged'." Danny mocked the master of time's voice before groaning into his hands. "After everything I have been through in the last few days. School is the most important priority. Food, no. A place for me to live, of course not. But Ancients forbid I don't take classes for more than three days!"
"Well, you do have till tomorrow to go to this school thing," Finn commented. "And he is the master of time so I don't think we have a choice in the matter. I am sure it will be fun, you can go out and meet more humans like you." He gestured his flippers towards Danny.
"I highly doubt that," Danny grumbled.
Authors notes
Hello all! I had so much fun writing this I am so excited to be continuing on with this story. There is so much more planned. Please tell me what you thought of this chapter in the comments. I love to read every one of them and take each one into account. I am not the best writer as of yet so I am working really hard to improve my skills for you all to enjoy reading more. I will be getting a beta reader soon. :D
