Chapter 2: Introductions( Marinette's POV)
Marinette stands awkwardly amidst a group of mostly guys and only one girl. They're all waiting for Shiro to stop explaining his side and for her to introduce herself. Which makes sense as Keith wasn't with them. And who is Keith anyway? Why did the akuma switch her and him? Hawkmoth wants her Miraculous. Unless he got tired of fighting and her dodging and delivering blows equal to his.
Great. That's the only reason her friends and Keith's are in this situation. It's gotten quiet. And all of them are staring.
"Hi. Shiro already knows this, but my name is Marinette Dupain-Cheng. I lived in Paris, France with my Mom and Dad who own a bakery. I went to school as a normal person but a little while ago I got the Miraculous of Creation and I now have to save Paris from Hawkmoth and his akumas. He wants me and my partners Miraculous but for what we don't know. I'll show you what I mean. Tikki Spots Off!"
She heard gasps as she changed back into her civilian self. Yes, a girl is behind the mask. Tikki floated beside her, and when Marinette looked at her she could see the shock on the kwamis face.
"This is my kwami Tikki. She allows me to transform into the superhero Ladybug. Everyone who gets a kwami with a Miraculous can choose their superhero name for the identity of the superhero. In my world I cannot reveal my identity as Ladybug to my partner as if Hawkmoth finds out he could do terrible things to our friends and families. I chose to reveal this to you as it's clear we're from different worlds or at least you are currently separated from Earth. As such Hawkmoth can't do anything and you can't reveal my secret. After all, the only purple men I've seen are an akuma and Hawkmoth and the ones here don't seem to be an akuma. The akumas are butterflies that Hawkmoth gives the power to turn your negative emotions to whatever into a supervillain. I believe that is how I got here. By an akuma I was fighting, I think he wanted to switch friends. And I stopped him before he could, but not before he blasted me and so with my injuries, which are only really bad bruises, I ended up here. Me and Keith were chosen by something by something red, and had injuries from fighting someone so he was the perfect candidate for me to switch with. Any questions?"
"You're only a highschooler?"
"Yeah and so is all of you and that boy in the green and mostly white sweater looks twelve or thirteen. And you have to fight evil aliens!"
Tikki nods, "At least Master Fu choses teenagers that are fully grown to wear Miraculouses. But I am worried about your friend. If he somehow proves himself to Master Fu he might get a Miraculous himself and we get very attached to our owners."
"What are you though? How'd you come into existence? And how'd you end up with Pigtails?" asks a dark skinned boy wearing a brown sweater and white shirt with blue jeans.
"Lance!"
The boy looks innocently at Shiro.
Tikki giggles, "The Kwami are a race that are formed whenever a thought becomes a really big human idea. I am the kwami of creation. Plagg is the kwami of destruction. And our other brothers and sisters all have different concepts behind them. That is what gives the holder their power. With Ladybug's lucky charm you can defeat a villain in a pinch if you're intelligent enough to figure out how to use it. The cleansing spell is to remedy any damage caused during the spell after you lift the lucky charm into the sky and say miraculous ladybug."
The boy in the green sweater comes up to Tikki. "How do you work? Does that mean you're really old as your the creation kwami? And creation has been a concept since the beginning. So? How does that work?"
"It just does. And many millions of years ago someone found that our individual strength was too much for the world and tied us down to the miraculous jewels, giving people power. And we take the form of any animal, and sometimes there are kwamis of the same breed but look different. But that is very rare. And each miraculous is separated into a box and is protected by a guardian. Master Fu is the guardian of the box Marinette's earrings came from."
"That is so cool! Tikki, you are a wonderful lady kwami."
"Thank you Lance," Tikki bows her little head.
Marinette sighs in relief. Seems things are going well and Tikki isn't mad that she broke the rule of not revealing her identity. Introductions have gone smoothly considering her track record. Though it helps that Tikki is a calm and controlled kwami.