Danny landed with a light thud on the roof of the building where he was told earlier to meet the young heroes. He only recognized Chat Noir and Ladybug out of the tree standing on the roof, there was another man with them who was wearing all green and had a shell on his head. He assumed whoever he was, was using the turtle miraculous from the look of his suit design. He was much older than the two teens and Danny quickly connected him to being the guardian they were talking about him meeting.

Welp, let's do this thing. "You miss me?" Danny smiled as he walked forward. The three's eyes were glued to him. Ladybug's gaze was more cautious and distrusting as she looked into Riptide's eyes, whereas the guardian's eyes were thoughtful as he looked Danny up and down, his finger on his chin.

Danny was feeling slightly nervous about this whole thing but tried not to show it. He glanced over to Chat who smiled cheesily at Danny his sharp canines showing as he gave the shark two thumbs up. Danny chuckled before returning the warm smile, stepping slightly closer but still keeping at least a 5-foot distance.

Danny bowed his head slightly towards the elder, something he and the other ghosts often did for greeting someone they respected. "The guardian I presume?"

"Riptide, I have heard a couple things about you. But the opinion of someone is better to be known in person." The guardian returned the nod.

"It's better to not assume the intentions of someone the moment you meet them, but you should always be cautious. Which is why I decided to show up, you need to trust me as much as I need to trust you."

The guardian smiled before walking closer towards Riptide with his hands held loosely together behind his back. Danny tried his best not to try and back away, but he was sure he could get out of here at any moment he wanted so he wasn't too worried. The guardian walked around behind Danny circling him with his thoughtful eye. Danny's head followed the man as he walked around.

The silence lasted for what felt like hours, even if it was only about a minute before the man spoke up again. "Where did you get your Miraculous, son?" His voice was steady and collected with a hint of confusion.

Danny paused, his ear twitched as he decided whether or not to tell the man about Clockwork. He had no idea whether or not he should mention the Ancient. He might not even believe him, but then again they were all wearing suits made by magical creatures that grant you superpowers. Danny shrugged. "An old friend gave it to me when I was having a hard time, he thought I needed it."

The man paused raising an eyebrow. "Do you… know how he got it?"

Danny shifted his eyes to the side. "No, I don't. But he has always been cryptic, he probably could have told it to me in exact detail and I wouldn't have realized. But he is a good- person."

"Who is he?" The man asked looking slightly more troubled.

Danny thought for a second before answering. "I don't think I should tell you, at least not yet. I don't know if he wants to be found out. Or if I can trust you with his name yet." Ladybug's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Well if you can't answer that, what are your powers?" She asked.

Danny tilted his head to the side slightly. "Powers?" He paused. "You mean like the enhanced agility thing?"

Chat Noir stepped forward. "You know like your one power, the one that you can use and then you transform back after 5 minutes." Danny still didn't understand. "I have the kwami of destruction and I can use my powers to destroy anything I touch one time. And ladybug has the power of creation and she can use her powers one time to create something that can help us later. What are your kwami's powers?"

"I don't know, I've never asked. I thought was just the enhanced senses and the weapons." He shrugged. Danny didn't even know if Finn worked the same way their kwamis worked so he would have to ask later if Finn even had a special power like they said. But for now. "But may I ask something?"

The man nodded now putting his hand on his chin again. "Well." Danny continued. "Why is it so strange that I got a miraculous? From what I understand there are hundreds of them, one for every animal, correct? My kwami has mentioned them a couple of times."

Everyone froze looking with a mix of surprise that he and his kwami didn't know, and with sadness for the loss. Danny looked worried by their sudden change in mood, Chat Noir was the one to speak up with his ears drooped down. "The other Miraculous'… Were all destroyed years ago." Danny's eyes widened as he backed up a step, his ears pricking up in surprise.

Ladybug spoke up next. "The guardian's miracle box was the only one that made it out. That's why it is so strange that you got one." She paused. "There is no shark miraculous. And if there was, it would, or I guess should, have been destroyed all those years ago."

"So you can see why there is a caution to meeting a new miraculous holder." The guardian replied. Danny froze slightly, all of the other miraculous were destroyed. That means that Clockwork must have gone back in time and saved Finn to bring him to this time. That's why the Kwami didn't remember anything like that happening.

Danny looked down, the poor guy. Danny will have to talk about this with the shark after. He knew that the kwami heard what they said. His muscles were tightening and he could feel sadness and horror in the back of his mind that was undoubtedly coming from the kwami's emotions of hearing about his past friends. Danny's core lurched as all he wanted to do at the moment was leave and talk to the kwami and help him. But he can't, not now. "I-I had no idea."

"That was years ago, and there is nothing we can do about it now." The guardian spoke of it like it was a painful memory, he instantly started trying to change the topic of conversation. "Riptide, when did you gain custody of the miraculous of the shark?"

Danny paused. "A-a couple of days ago. I don't know much about any of the miraculous magic other than the stuff Finn tells me."

"That recently?" Chat Noir asked. His eyes widened slightly. "But you seem to have so much experience with this kind of stuff."

"This is my first time with a miraculous, but not my first rodeo. I have been doing this stuff for years."

Everyone's eyes widened. "You were fighting without a miraculous? How did you fight?" Ladybug asked.

"You don't always need powers to fight." Not that the powers weren't helpful, but Danny knew that even if he could never use his powers again he would still always help people.

"So you're a hero?" Chat Noir asked. Danny froze his eyes stilling for a second on the ground. There was that word again, 'hero', the word he didn't deserve. Just because his obsession was protection didn't make him a hero.

"I'm not a hero." He answered, his voice was straight but quiet.

Ladybug stepped forward her eyes narrowing. "Then what are you?"

'Freak, whelp, dead, waste… a monster.' Danny sighed "Sometimes, I don't even know."

X

Who was this mystery person that gave Riptide the miraculous, could it have been hawkmoth? Was that why he didn't tell them the man's name. There were just more and more questions going off in her head as she thought more and more into this. How could he not know what his powers were, surely his kwami would tell him right?

There was a lot of awkward silence after the hero question. When no one spoke up, Riptide started to back up. "I... I should go." He quickly turned around and started to leave. She was debating going after him but she didn't think it was a good idea, not now anyway.

After he leaped off the roof and was out of hearing range Ladybug sighed and looked over to Chat Noir who looked slightly troubled. He spun around when she looked at him. "Well, I think that went well." He said with a smile. He was trying to lighten the mood.

"What do you mean went well?" Ladybug asked. "We barely got to ask any questions and the ones we did ask left us with more." She sighed. "But we couldn't have gotten anything more if we pushed him. We will just have to ask more next time we meet."

Chat smiled. "Next time? So your planning on working with him again?" He asked with a light almost teasing tone.

"That is if he shows up again after we scared him off."

"I'm sure he will m'lady. Don't worry, I believe in him."

Ladybug smiled slightly before glancing down towards master Fu, he seemed in deep thought. "Master?" The man looked up to her snapping out of it.

"Sorry Ladybug, just thinking."

"You mean about him getting a destroyed miraculous?" Chat Noir asked.

Fu nodded. Ladybug sighed. "We will have more questions, but those are for another time." She should have thought this through better, she thought their plan was well thought out, but it apparently wasn't.

The whole hero thing threw her off though. Why would he be not sure about being a hero? If he was trying to trick them there would be no hesitation when he said he was a hero, trying to obviously gain their trust. But he didn't, he said he didn't know. It puzzled her. She would have to think over it later.

X

Danny rushed off, he could tell they didn't follow him but he still went quite far from the meeting spot. For that not being an interrogation, it awfully felt like one. He sighed and slid down the brick wall he was backed up against. He wasn't sure exactly where he was but it didn't really matter, he could find his way back later. "Finn, resurface."

The bright light flashed over him and the small shark kwami appeared in front of him, his expression seemed unreadable as he floated there in silence. Danny gulped slightly. "Finn, are you okay?" He said quietly.

The shark froze for a second before flying directly at Danny's chest, wrapping his flippers around as far as he could and he dug his face into Danny's shirt. Danny's core clenched as the shark just hugged him, He pulled his hand up and put his hand around the small kwami as he hugged Danny as tightly as he could. "I'm sorry Finn." Was all Danny said.

They stayed like that, they stayed there for a long while. Danny didn't mind, he was going to sit here as long as it takes. If he could give the Kwami any comforting words he would. But he knew that this situation needed to be silent.

Author's Notes

Beta read by Dragoknitter

Poor Finn! I felt so bad for him while writing this! The poor bean needs some help with this. Maybe he should try and meet up with the other kwamis.

Hopefully, this chapter was good for you guys! I had a bit of a hard time writing it because something felt like it was off, but I wasn't sure what it was. This chapter is important to things later on. This chapter was a little bit more tense and different than some of the other chapters but I still hope it was okay. I would love to hear what you think of it! I love to read the comments and they help me when I am writing the next chapter. :)

Also if anyone wants to make Fan art for it I am always open and love to see it! You guys are amazing. XD