Everything is as it should be

The Watcher-Regulation/Perception: Falcon-Book of Laws/?

The Pathfinder-Transition/Navigation: Wolf-Compass/?

The Defender-Retaliation/Interception: Porcupine-Interlocking Heater Shield/?

The Embracer-Recondition/Connection: Horned Snake-Satchel/?

The Liberator-Liberation: White Cat, Special Move: Cleanse Claws- can be used in a variety of ways to free targets of perceived mental anguish either by erasing the ailing memories or outright deleting a core chunk of someone's personality. The effects on target varies greatly ranging from almost no recollection of pain to outright vegetizing a person.

Malcolm7281-Thank you! I'll keep trying

Toshiro of the Eternal Dream-Don't worry Plagg will be plenty angry, and Adrien would be to, that is if he could in the first place. As you can probably tell from this chapter, everything is going great for Adrien, but something is not right.

Dark-All question's answered in this chapter. In the next chapter a Miraculous holder will find out his identity, but it won't be who you think it is. Or maybe you'll guess right

OceanButterfly-Thank you! I don't intend to stop.

Guest1-Yeah next chapter it's basically gonna devolve into a finger pointing game of people thinking they did nothing wrong and blaming another party

Guest2-Yeah Moonknight it one of my favorite underrated heroes

Khonshu's Thought-Provoking Questions- Do you believe Kwami's only exist on Earth?

Khonshu Daily Fact: Khonshu believes in true equality, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. And has put down kwami's that have killed humans without a justifiable defense.

Adrien's Thought-Provoking Questions- Do you believe I'm still sane?

Adrien Daily Fact- Khonshu believes that Adrien should use other non-magic based equipment. Resulting in the use of other knick knacks in the next chapter.

Chapter 2 Business As Usual

Marinette's Pov-1 Year after the Incident

Tired and sleepy eyes opened to the sound of an alarm going off. Waking up she turned off the alarm, getting ready for her day. Eyes devoid of any mirth lazily scanned through her closet of apparel, deciding what to wear today. She rummaged through her closet until she came to a section of clothing filled mostly with black clothes with neon green highlights. Deciding to wear a pair of black jeans and a shirt that seemed to have Cat Noir's logo.

Over the course of the year a lot of things had changed. She had began going to a prestigious college for fashion along with doing and internship with Gabriel Agreste. Life as viewed from her civilian life was going great. Her job as Ladybug however had only gotten harder. Akuma attacks were few and far between but for bad reasons. Hawkmoth had taken to Akumatizing criminals that were always a lot more violent, these weren't people that were having a bad they, they legitimately wanted to hurt people, he also targeted the mentally insane at a nearby hospital.

The thing that made them all the more dangerous though, is the fact that they didn't attack people right off the bat, they went into hiding, sometimes for weeks at a time. It would put all of Paris in a state of dread, knowing that there were akumas that would come out of hiding at any given moment, kill a few people, and then go back into hiding before Ladybug and her team could even make it on the scene. Sometimes they would attack in coordinated efforts across Paris at the same time. It happened because no one would notice when 1 person went missing. They slowly built up until people lost track of how many akumas were out. If a person went missing for more than a couple of days at a time then it was safe to say they were either dead or akumatized.

No one knows what triggered such a move on Hawmoth's part. Most speculated that he believed this was his chance to capture Ladybug with Cat Noir gone.

Gabriel Agreste, the company was ran mostly upfront by his assistant Natalie, the man himself however had been seen since the ceremony. Marinette herself still remembering that week, fresh in her mind.

The Night It Happened

Ladybug and her team had just fended of fighting off Mayura, Hawkmoth and a Sentimonster.

"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug yelled as her lucky charm dissolved into a swarm of ladybugs that fixed the surrounding area where they battled. Rena Rouge, Carapace and Viperion and her both landed in a nearby empty alley way. All four superheroes detransformed and high-fived each other. They all congratulated Marinette on her leadership.

"Great job today everyone, we managed to hold off Hawkmoth again today!" Ladybug said

"Yeah, were getting better and better each time." Alya said with everyone agreeing

"Speaking of teams, was that Cat Noir who called you Marinette?" Luka said

"Yes, stupid cat was calling me when he should have been here. Honestly, I don't know what Master Fu ever saw in him. I may need to take the Black Cat Miraculous back. If Chat's not going to do his part then I might as well take it back for safe keeping.

"So same time tomorrow?" Nino said

"Yes!" Marinette said

With that everyone headed back to their homes after a quick recharge.

Marinette went home, tired and sleepy and began to fall asleep. Right before she could however she heard a conversation.

"Plagg what are you doing here!" Tikki said

"Where's your chosen, I need to speak her as soon as possible." Plagg said trying to fly around Tikki

They were arguing and with Marinette trying to sleep, she made her way over grabbing a box used to hold single Miraculouses.

Walking up to the two talking Kwami's, they both noticed her presence

"Marinette!" Tikki said in a tone indicating that she was sorry for waking her up

She's not sure why she made such a mistake, maybe it was lack of sleep, maybe deep down she just didn't care. She tried coming up with a reason, but all she could do was blame herself.

"Ladybug, Cat Noir needs your hel-" Plagg began to say before Marinette plucked the ring from his paws and put it in the box, silencing the kwami.

She gave a yawn before once again laying down and letting sleep over take her.

The Next Morning

Marinette woke up along with Tikki, she readied herself for school and once ready she went down to meet her parents for the morning. As she made her way down she saw both of her parents intently watching the televisions with somber looks.

Walking closer to the tv she saw that it was Nadja Chamack and as she stared longer, she noticed something that shook her to the core as she read the headline.

CAT NOIR REVEALED TO BE ADRIEN AGRESTE HAS PASSED AWAY

-witnesses say that Cat Noir was fighting a Akuma on his own, and it was thanks to his sacrifice that many were able to escape unharmed. The fight ended upon this bridge where Cat Noir successfully defeated the Akuma, but due to his wounds, was unable to get away from the crumbling structure and plummeted into the Seine.

Nadja was finishing her morning segment as the camera panned behind her to show the demolished bridge with police and construction workers cleaning up.

"Authorities have alre-" Nadja continued

Marinette however fell to her knees trembling as tears fell from her eyes and thoughts flowed through her mind on rapid fire.

She couldn't believe it, she didn't want too, and as much as she wanted to deny it, all the pieces fell into place, as did all the feelings of disgust that welled up within her.

How did she not see it, the hair, the eyes, his kind-hearted nature, the way that he always supported her as Ladybug. Then came the realization of what she had done, the way she had treated him. She had berated him, treated him as if he was not worth her time and told him off whenever he gave a pun. All this time he had just wanted to be himself, he could be himself for fear of what his father would say. And all anyone ever did for him was put him down.

"Ohh Marinette, it's-" her mother started but Marinette already ran back up the stairs.

Quickly opening the box that she had put the Black Cat Miraculous in, Plagg popped back into existence sitting slumped on the desk, eyes wide and leaking tears.

"Plagg, I need you to tell me everything that happened please, I need to know." Marinette said

"Y-you, put me in the box." Plagg said still looking off and not making eye contact, eyes unblinking.
"Plagg please I'm so sorry, but please, there as to be something you can tell me." Marinette said crying even more as she remembered every mean thing she told Cat Noir.

"He's dead, isn't he? I knew the situation was bleak, but I thought…I though that just maybe, we could save him, my kitten. Or at least be there with him, to let him know he wasn't alone." Plagg said still looking off.

"I told him everything would be fine, and you did nothing….absolutely nothing, you didn't even care did you." Plagg said

"PLAGG! Like it or not Marinette is the Guardian, you have to answer her when she asks you a question." Tikki lamented

"Oh yeah, and what a great job she's done so far! Hey Marinette why don't you just give me over to one of your friends I'm sure one of them would just love to be your punching bag!" Plagg said

"I never meant for any of this to happen, especially to Adrien." Marinette said thru tears

"OOOOOOOHHHH yes, that makes everything better." Plagg said

"OH ADRIEN, HE'S SO PERFECT, AH BUT CAT NOIR? FUCK HIM, HE'S A STUPID USELESS SIDEKICK RIGHT? RIGHT? AND THE SECOND YOU KNOW WHO HE IS, LOOK AT YOU NOW! Plagg yelled

"PLAGG YOU LOSE CHOSEN ALL THE TIME, SO WHAT IF ADRIEN'S GONE GET OVER IT!" Tikki said getting in Plaggs face as Marinette was crying.

"Master Fu made a mistake…." Plagg said going silent.

"Wake me up when we have a new Guardian." Plagg said putting his ring back in the box and shutting it himself and disappearing from existence.

2 Day's Later- The Funeral

There had been a funeral ceremony that had been held by the city with Mayor Bourgeois beginning the event. Of course a body and casket were not present because Adrien's father had already given him a private funeral.

It seemed like all of Paris had turned up for the ceremony, everyone except for Ladybug and the other heroes of Paris, instead being there in there civilian personas. People that knew Adrien went up to the podium to speak some words before returning to the crowd. People had been wondering if Ladybug would make an appearance but so far nothing.

The whole thing took about 4 hours and right as the last person spoke, a familiar vehicle pulled up behind the crowd and a familiar figure got out of the driver seat. The Gorilla walked to the back passenger door. Out from the door came Gabriel Agreste and Nathalie Sancoeur both came in their normal attire and Gabriel strode up the podium with Nathalie in tow.

Stepping closer to the microphone he gave a message that I still remembered today.

"Ladybug, I know your out there, listening, and I have only one thing to say. I WILL FIND YOU! AND I WILL MAKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE MISERABLE! What ever your dreams are, and everything that you aspire to be, I'll make sure you achieve none of it. You'll spend the rest of your life scrambling for scraps. It's bad enough that my son has passed due to your ineptitude but to also treat him in such a poor manner as well, this is something I cannot forgive!" Gabriel said before walking off stage silently.

Current Day

Marinette sighed as she walked down her stairs. The reason she had decided to wear Cat Noir clothing today was because the mayor had made today into a Paris holiday in remembrance of Cat Noir/Adrien. Plagg still hadn't come out of his ring, it had just been sitting there, all this time. The other Kwami's including Tikki hadn't been able to communicate with him either.

It seemed as if she were always on edge now that Hawkmoth had resorted to a sort of guerrilla warfare. Akuma's would pop up just about anywhere, causing a lot of damage and harming people before disappearing just as quickly. Even if Marinette had Tikki, she always feared that while she was out in public that an Akuma would attack and she wouldn't be able to transform around other civilians, helpless to stop it from harming the innocent. Sure she had her team but since loosing Adrien, the team had been quite tense. In order to protect Marinette had to distribute even more Miraculouses so now the team consisted of Rena Rouge, Carapace, Viperion, Ryuko, Pegasus, and King Monkey. Initially Marinette didn't want to disclose her identity to the 3 newest heroes but she also didn't want to exclude them like she had with Cat Noir/Adrien. She had debated with herself and Tikki for quite a while. While she didn't want more people to know her identity for fear of Hawkmoth finding out she also couldn't afford to treat the three less than the others. She had already gotten herself into this mess, she couldn't afford to make another mistake. It was unfortunately another burden she had to carry as the Guardian. Even though they were her teammates Marinette was always paranoid that one would become akumatized, and although she didn't show it, this had caused her to treat everyone around her with nothing but a grin and a smile, trying oh so desperately to appease everyone, in hopes of avoiding akumatization.

It this what it felt like for Adrien? She thought to herself. Trying her absolute best to make sure everyone on the team was happy. Putting on a smile and a fake air of happiness all the time. Aiming to please everyone…..it was absolutely draining both emotionally and physically. And for all she did,…..for all THEY did. They were no closer to recovering Mayura's and Hawkmoth's Miraculous. She had tried to move on, or at least still trying too, she was currently dating Luka, whom had initially proven to be easier to date with him being Viperion and knowing of her circumstances as Ladybug. Her parents had never really been receptive of them dating and she never understood why, until about half a year in to dating him.

Luka's music career had really started to take of as more people started to take notice of him. This was good,….at first. I guess what they say is true, fame really does change a person. Luka ended up becoming more and more prideful and compounded with the Snake Miraculous with Second Chance. As time went on Luka only got more and more arrogant. At some point Marinette had decided that she may have to take the Miraculous away from him but ultimately decided against it simply because he knew who she was. At any moment if Marinette angered him, he might reveal her secret. Sometimes he'd get angry and sometimes even downright abusive, but this was a position that she put herself in. It was something she'd have to deal with on her own. Alya and Nino had broken up quite soon after Adrien's passing, Nino partially angry and her and rightfully so, and Alya while seeing the incident as unfavorable still tried to convince Marinette that it was not her fault. And neither of them knew of Luka's actions as Marinette tried her best to not show any discomfort for fear of Luka exposing everyone.

This was a position that she had put herself in. Now she felt the full brunt of life's problems. Her beloved kitty was gone, she was under the thumb of a abusive boyfriend. All while still dealing with the overbearing job of being Ladybug and the Guardian.

The only good thing that she had going for her at this point were her parents. But for now, she had to keep this façade going. To show that everything was alright, to show that nothing was wrong, to show that everything was as it should be.

Gabriel Agreste Pov

Laying in a chair, slouched as can be sat a man that reeked of alcohol and looked as if he had not shaved in quite a long time. Empty bottles littered the floor along with scraps of papers that had partial designs of new fashion lines before being crumpled and thrown away haphazardly.

Gabriel had a lot of time to think to himself once his son had passed. He had been shocked at first, so much so that he initially couldn't believe it, but once he saw the body of his son. It was a worse feeling than even the loss of his wife. She who had fallen into an eternal slumber, had done so without pain and even then it was just sleeping. His son however…..his son had not left this world so easily. Everything he had done to keep him safe, even at the cost of his happiness, was to insure something like this wouldn't happen. He blamed himself of course, he could have done better, so much better. He should have paid more attention to his son, interacted more. Perhaps if he had he would have noticed the peculiar habits of his son.

He could not preserve the body of his son like his wife. So he had to do what every parent hopes to never have to, bury their child.

Soon that sadness gave way to guilt, and that in turn gave way to anger. Ladybug! She was the Guardian, she must've known that it was his son behind the mask. Looking back at old news broadcasts he saw how she had treated him. Every insult, every jab, each and every little thing, he nitpicked and his anger only grew. His son, Emile's son, he was an Agreste, to show so little respect to his son and put him down like this. As his thoughts festered even more his mind took his theory even farther. The Guardian before Ladybug, that old man must've known as well and still knowingly gave his son the black cat Miraculous. Ladybug was being cruel, knowing who his son was and still putting him down, humiliating him and leaving him without proper aid in the attack that killed him.

He still blamed himself of course, it was he who sent the Akuma in the first place, however unlike Ladybug, he hadn't known who was behind the mask. But she had excluded him, perhaps even hoping that one of his Akuma's might end him. These thoughts are eventually what gave way to the actions that left Paris in it's current state, pure paranoia.

Everyday he'd send out an Akuma, however there wouldn't be an Akuma attack everyday. He left them to their own devices. 1 Akuma became 2 Akuma the following day, then 3 and so on and so fourth. Ladybug would purify one that they managed to catch every now and again, but with these Akuma's not being controlled by Hawkmoth anymore they ran more that half the time and would successfully hide away. Missing posters littered the city, with the populace knowing that more than likely the person was either dead or Akumatized, stalking the city in the shadows. Paris probably had around maybe 100 or so Akuma's running around right now.

The plan was actually quite simple. It was the same at when he became Scarlet Moth except this time the Akuma's would not disappear if they took him out. The plan also had long term pros like putting the citizens of Paris on edge 24/7, meaning that as his plan progressed more people would be easily akumatized. This was not a problem that Ladybug could easily solve. She just like him, lived a civilian life, and if he had to guess she had to be somewhere close to his son's age. The fact of the matter is, she cannot devote her entire life to being Ladybug, she doesn't have the time, the resources or the luxury. She more than likely couldn't disappear for more than hours at a time without people questioning her whereabout. He on the other hand could, and he used it to his full advantage.

The entirety of Paris was divided now on their outlook of the situation. Some now blamed Ladybug for the state that Paris was in, believing that she was not doing enough to curb the ever growing violence. They believed that she had not been devoting asmuch time as she should have been in response to the severity to the situation.

Today was the day, though. The day where he'd finally get his hands on the Black Cat Miraculous and Ladybug's as well.

Marinette's Pov

Marinette was walking through the streets of Paris, intent on finding Alya and Kagami. The three hot really gotten closer. As she walked thru the streets she saw a lot of people wearing black cat noir apparel. Looking around she attempted to find Alya and Kagami. As she was searching she felt someone sling their arm across her shoulder and hug her closer.

"Hi Marinette! Nice of you to show up early." He said gesturing to the side to show a stage that was in the middle of being set up, with even more stalls being set up around the town. The only reason Mayor Bourgeois had allowed the city to go thru with this event is because some believed that the city needed something more positive to happen in the face of adversity.

Marinette tensed slightly at Luka's touch along with her face showing slight fear, and just as quickly she covered it back up with a smile.

"H-H-Hi Luka, I was just looking for Alya and Kagami, we were all going to meet up before your show tonight." Marinette said somewhat uncomfortably.

"Marinette!" Kagami and Alya called out

"Ah there they go, I'll see you later tonight Luka, see you later." Marinette said leaving in a hurry

As she left she failed to notice the huff and narrowed eyes that Luka directed towards her.

"Are you alright Marinette?" Kagami asked

"Yeah girl, you don't look so good.

They assumed that I was probably sad because of the passing of Cat Noir/Adrien. And they were right, but there was something else, the oncoming thoughts that things were bad and that there was no way they were ever going to get better, her life was stuck like this, and she more than likely deserved it.

Somewhere in France

"So remind me again what the plan is." Adrien asked

Khonshu who was looking thru a book, paused in thought before answering with a slight embarrassed and annoyed look.

"Why do I gotta remember, why didn't you remember!?" Khonshu said

"Oh I don't know, maybe because I thought A GOD!, would have a better memory than me." Adrien said raising his voice in a comical and yet frustrated fashion.

Khonshu gave a blank look before glowing slightly and dimming.

Adrien suddenly heard the sound of wind passing him by in tremendous force and he started to slide slowly with the wind. Try as he might to grab onto something, there was none, for the surface was too smooth.

Zooming out, we find our heroes high in the air sitting on top of a flying airliner.

"K-k-khonshu, we can talk about this, I'm sorry ok!" Adrien said slipping even further due to the wind and turbulence.

"Yeah yeah just give me a sec while I look at the plan again, I can't help myself, I'm just soooo forgetful." Khonshu said

"I can look at it, I swear I'll look at it, just turn the physics off please." Adrien said as he started lifting off and right before he flew off, he hit the top of the plane ignoring wind resistance and turbulence again.

Getting up he trudged next to Khonshu, wordlessly shifting to Pathfinder form and pulling out a compass.

"Timeline Navigation!" Adrien called out, causing the compass needle to spin rapidly.

One line or light extended, before splitting in two, and those split as well, and so on and so on. Sometimes all lines intersected at one point before splitting up again. Some lines ended abruptly and just stopped, while others went farther. It really was just a mess.

Khoshu flew up, changing into a more human form.

"Let me apply a few filters, lets get rid of those timelines that "end", the ones with unfavorable outcomes and lets see which ones are left." Khonshu said

The map still showed more outcomes then they were ok with.

"What filters did we use last time?" Khonshu asked

"I don't know." Adrien said

Khonshu then snapped his fingers. "aha"

The map now showed 5 timelines that the both of them had seen earlier that were acceptable.

"Ok, in all remaining timelines we succeed, so here are our options. Keep in mind all remaining timelines have OUR desired outcome and differ in only minor events to how we reach our goal.

Option 1: We complete our mission and Hawkmoth, aka your father, gets both miraculous of creation and destruction, ultimately achieving his goal and destroying the other "heroes".

Option 2: We complete our mission and Ladybug finally achieves victory and defeats Hawkmoth and Mayura, finally recovering the Peacock and Moth Miraculous

Option 3: We complete our mission and every Miraculous holder in Paris dies, resulting in the Order of the Guardians to come and reclaim all Miraculous in Paris.

Option 4: We complete our mission and no one wins, and Ladybug and Hawkmoth continue their escapades.

Or..or Option 5, and my personal favorite by the way. We complete our mission and Paris gets nuked.

"Khonshu, in what timeline would the nuke be a viable option. In fact why is there even the nuke option." Adrien said

"Hey WW3 has to start eventually, also I don't know why its still there. It's just always an option, not exactly sure why its there. But dammit we'll do it one day." Khonshu said

The plane started to descend both individual looking down at the land below.

"Khonshu this doesn't look like Paris." Adrien said

Khonshu said nothing for a good moment before turning to Adrien awkwardly.

"So….we got on the wrong plane, at least I think we did, but don't worry were still in France, just let me figure out where." Khonshu said looking within his book

"ok so we landed at Brest Bretagne Airport in Guipavas, France…" Khonshu said

"…Khonshu, this is literally the farthest airport in France from where we need to be. What are we gonna do!"

"It's ok, we're just gonna be a little late, just give Henry a call, let him know." Khonshu said

Henry was the name of the father of the family they were on there way to save. Henry being a 5th Generation Child of Khonshu, a descendant of the 6th host. This Family has hosted Adrien twice during his travels.

Adrien then started taking a phone out of his pocket and proceeded to dial a number. The phone began to ring. After a couple of rings the phone picked up.

"Hey Henry!, How's the vacation going!?" Adrien said

"Indescribable Phone chatter"

"Yeah, yeah, were good, but anyways, I'm on my way to Paris as well and well I didn't want to alarm you but there's about to be a Supernatural/Mystical event going down." Adrien explained

"More indescribable chatter"

"Well you see the plan was to get there before everything went under, but we seem to have hit a bump in the road. Not to worry though, we can still save you guys, we might just be a bit late. I advise you to get out of Paris if you can. We'll meet up with you guys when we get there but try to stay out of populated areas." Adrien said

"Indescribable chatter"

"Oh Henry, you know how these things go, Paris's Heroes will handle the situation, I'm just here to make sure you guys are removed from the situation. I should in 4 hours tops, but stay safe." Adrien said hanging up

"Ok so here's what were gonna do." Khonshu said

Marinette's Pov

Marinette had been walking around Paris all day with Kagami and Alya and had actually been having fun. This being one of the few moments that she could take her mind off of the prevalent problems.

"How are things going with you and Luka, at the moment Marinette. It looks like his music career is really taking off." Alya said

"Oh it's going great, Luka's really making some connections and getting his name out there. What about you and Nino?" Marinette said in a sympathetic tone

"We haven't talked in quite a while actually, I've been wanting to apologize but I don't even know how to start. The only time we ever really see him now is when an akuma is out." Alya said

"Perhaps you can work it out after the next Akuma attack." Kagami said offering an idea

However, before they could expand on the idea, Marinette notice something, far to slowly and far to late. All she could do was watch in slow motion as out of a nearby alley way a tall figure walked out with a smirk and fire dancing on his palm. Slowly people in the walking crowd noticed one by one. She could see the realization in there eyes and their bodies slowly move to began running. People pushing and panicking, falling over each other, trampling each other. The Akuma's smirk turned into a gleeful sinister smile and let loose a torrent of fire that raged towards the people, engulfing everyone in a fiery inferno.

However before Marinette could even process the tragedy, more shockwaves shook the city of Paris and the more she looked around and on the street that she was on alone there were 5 Akuma's, some she recognized but others were completely new.

People ran leaving the injured behind, not daring to be caught by some of the more violent Akuma's. There were distinct differences between a Akumatized Parsian citizen that she knew and a criminal/mental patient.

If one were to look a Paris form a higher vantage point, they'd only be able to see rising smoke throughout the city, along with some of the bigger Akumas, accompanied by the screams and sirens of scared people and law enforcement vehicles.

2 HOURS LATER- City Limits of Paris

An unmarked white van pulled to a stop at a sign that read Welcome to Paris.

Adrien gave a long whistle as he looked at the city from a distance.

"This is exactly why I don't involve myself with other Kwami's, one on it's own is fine sometimes but with a group of them they'll always end up in a clusterfuck disaster. Lets grab Henry and his family and get out of here quickly." Khonshu said

"And then we can go to Malibu right?" Adrien asked

"I thought we were going to the Bahamas?" Khonshu asked

"We'll figure that out once were done here." Adrien said

"Let's leave the van here and go on foot to survey the city on a low profile. We can use the Catacombs under Paris to extract them safely here and get out of here, and remember Adrien were trying to get out of here unnoticed, please for the love of god don't blow things up the moment things go south." Khonshu said

"Hey, come on, it was just one time." Adrien said

"You destabilized an entire underground tunnel system and caused it to collapse in on itself, and somehow you didn't die right off the bat, leaving us trapped underground until you died of starvation and I reconstituted your body above ground." Khonshu said deadpanning

"First of all, that was a solo mission so no one got hurt. Secondly, I have learned my lesson, and I can't blow up the catacombs because were gonna have Henry with us anyway, so don't worry I got this." Adrien said while also switching to Watcher and taking out his book.

"…..Hey-" Adrien began.

"No!" Khonshu said

"Come on! It'll be fun." Adrien said

"…..Your gonna do it anyways! I am not fixing you up if you break a bone." Khonshu said

Opening the Book of Laws, that which could be used to change the behavior of the world around him, Adrien could achieve many things, with limitations and stipulation of course. He could make it to appear as if her could fly but in the end he would not be able to control his flight path. He could make it see as if he were as hard as steel or become an untouchable gas.

Adrien used the Book of Laws to not lower the gravity but rather changing the direction in which that gravity would pull him. In the most simplest terms Adrien was falling horizontally. It was a comedic action to be sure. One that would surely boggle the mind of any person that could actually see him, to see a man falling neither up or down but rather sideways. Once they had gotten into the city Khonshu reapplied the laws and Adrien came to a screeching halt.

Adrien walked around the destroyed city of Paris, looking thru broken windows and slowly taking time to look at burned or destroyed vehicles. The city look like a mess, with ice, flood damage, scorch marks, broken building. It looked like a ghost town, but where had everyone gone?

"Oh well, time to find Henry and his family." Adrien said continuing on

Walking even deeper towards the center of Paris he saw a shadow run thru one of the alley ways of Paris, and what followed was a even bigger shadow. Normally he would have ignored such a thing, it did not involve him after all. Or at least, that's what would have happened, had he not heard the scream of a child.

Child's Pov

Things had gotten very bad very quickly. Running thru the alley ways and small streets of Paris.

Fear was the only emotion that filled her mind right now, still being a child, she did not think about all the troubles that had gone down today, but rather was terrified of what had gone down just moments ago. Living every moment of today, step by step, each instilling a new fear each time.

Her parents had given her enough time to escape, fortunately they had met one of the more less violent Akuma's and had been akumatized, as opposed to being killed by one of the more deadly ones.

The Akuma currently chasing her was Darkblade, who was an Akuma Ladybug and Cat Noir had defeated close to when they had just been starting out. Darkblade had in his first akumatization attempted to make all citizens of Paris into his unwilling knights. But seeing as how most of Paris was akumatized at this point, he had significantly less minions then his first attempt.

The little girl kept running, hoping to get away, however her heart dropped when she came to a dead end.

As the knight minions slowly marched towards her she looked on in dread, however her inner turmoil was interrupted by a voice directed at her.

"Hi, how are you?" A voice said

Startled the girl turned to see a figure in white standing next to her looking down on her. She jumped back a bit, but in a dead end there was not much she could do.

"Couldn't help but notice that your in a bit of a pickle here, fortunately for you I just happen to be in the area and decided to lend a helping hand." The figure said before putting his hand on my shoulder.

Unknown to the little girl, the knight that had been chasing her were baffled because as soon as they drew near her the child disappeared.

The little girl herself was preparing for the worst but she then noticed that the knights seemed to be searching for her when she was obviously in front of them. One of them started walked towards her and the figure in white but right when she was expecting a collision the knight phased thru them both, searching the wall she had initially pressed herself up against.

Not finding anything but still baffled the knights quickly spread out in multiple directions searching for her, while Darkblade, the leader of this faction of Akuma's stayed behind surveying the area.

"Don't worry they can't see or touch us. Let's get out of here, yeah." The figure said

Still not quite sure who the figure was she finally decided to ask a question.

"Mister, who are you, are you an Akuma?" She asked

"No, I am not a Akuma, although I understand your worry, though I guess you can call me Moon Knight your personal hero." Adrien said

The little girl gasped in awe at the fact that she had her own personal hero with childlike wonder.

"Are you going to save Paris?!" she asked excitedly

"Woah-hoho, that is not why I'm here, remember kid I'm your personal hero, Paris has other heroes up to the task. I'm just here for a important family and I managed to find you as a bonus, see I only save special people. Its why you could see me in the first place." Adrien said

"So I'm special because I can see you?" the kid asked still confused

"Oh yeah, not a lot of kids can see me, only really special ones, isn't that right Khonshu?" Adrien said as Khonshu popped into existence in his Kwami form, having learned that while he hated his Kwami form, children were more receptive to it than his human one.

"Yes, it's true, there are multiple qualifications needed to see us. First of all the person must have a at least moderate aptitude for magic, then they would also have to have a firm belief in magic or have a good imagination and lastly be under the age of 13. Congratulations, your family will now be protected from any magical/supernatural event, and also be cured of any diseases ranging from the common cold to cancer and even prevents the possession of your body by magical entities, thus allowing you and your loved ones to live long and fulfilling lives. Please note that my protection does not include prevention of death, in the event that a family member perishes their remaining time and life force will be split accordingly between living family members." Khonshu said before spitting on the girls forehead causing a white crescent moon to form on her head that glowed before fading away

"Your cute!" She said grabbing Khonshu and hugging him.

"I don't think she heard a single thing you said." Adrien said.

"I'll explain it to her parents then when we find them." Khonshu mumbled while trying to pry himself away from the girls face.

"Hey little girl!" Adrien began

"My name is Emile, not kid!" She said, briefly stunning Adrien as it caused him to remember his mother, the memories came back as if a fog lifted, but were just as quickly suppressed again, after all whats the use of memories that lead to pain.

"Ok Emile, you said that your parents were taken over by that Akuma over there right?" Adrien asked

Emile nodded

Adrien nodded ushering Emile behind the corner of the alley way.

"I'm gonna take care of that Akuma right quick." Adrien said while grabbing both of the girls hands and placing them on both sides of her head on her ears.

"Now what ever you do, do not take your hands off your ear, and everything will be fine. I PROMISE." Adrien said in a foreboding tone that a girl her age could not comprehend, thus assuming everything would be fine.

She shook her head in understanding and Adrien walked into the alley.

Adrien's Pov

Walking into the alley he walked right up to the Akuma who was still clueless to him. The Akuma was there looking for the child, refusing to believe that a child outsmarted him.

Adrien kept walking closer, until he was right in front of the Akuma, pulling his right hand back.

"Khonshu! Phase of the Waxing Gibbous!" Adrien said suddenly becoming visible to the Akuma, startling him. His hand already on the Akuma's face, and he uttered one word.

"Overhaul!" Adrien said, as his palm glowed blasting the Akuma to the end of the alley way slamming against the dead end and crashing thru the brick wall.

The Akuma felt incredibly weak, lying on its back as dust and debris fell on it. How could he be defeated in only one move, he thought to himself, he was Armand D'argencourt, one of the, if not the best fencer in Paris. Anger boiled up to the surface of the creature brought into existence by that very emotion, however that's all it was, anger.

The Akuma knew who he was as a human, what Akuma doesn't. This transformation was simply a gift from Hawkmoth, and that's exactly why, when the dust cleared, he felt fear. Fear of the uncertainty, what he saw in front of him he could not describe.

In front of the Akuma was the white figure that had attacked him. It looked like a Miraculous wielder from what he understood. Wearing a suit that had some designs and markings signifying that the animal was a horned albino snake of some kind, while still being predominantly made to look like a World War 2 era medic, carrying a satchel. However this was not what scared him, for in front of the figure in white stood a figure that was just a confused.

It…it was himself. Darkblade was looking at himself, his human self. Darkblade and Armand D'argencourt, two sides of the same coin, were now split.

"You must be so confused." Adrien said walking towards the Akuma that seemed to be suffering a mental breakdown. As little white specks of light slowly started to come off his body, similar to other Miraculous heroes when their Kwami run out of power. This was however simply a slower transformation into a different phase. Adrien slowly shifted into his Chat Blanc.

"I'd like it if you'd look at this moment, and realize that in the final moments of your existence, that you are nothing more than mask for Monsieur Armand, a mask made of nothing more than a brief instance of anger." Adrien said stalking ever nearer to the Akuma

The Akuma got up trying to run. Wonder what would become of it if that figure got a hold of him.

"Hey, why are you running, can't you tell, I'm doing you a service. Don't you get it! No one wants you here! Your just a small part of Armand's personality, the part that everyone has, the parts that everyone wishes would just disappear. I'm not killing you, I'm liberating you." Adrien said flexing his claws as they glowed with ethereal white energy.

Adrien then quickly appeared in front of the Akuma who was once again startled and was about to let out a scream before Adrien covered his mouth with one of his hands.

"Shhhhh, you'll scare the children." Adrien whispered to the Akuma before plunging his claw thru the being. It's eyes widening before the Akuma popped, silently, into dust. All then black knights that Darkblade had created reverted to their regular selves. They were all just as confused and soon got into a small group.

Adrien rushed out of the alley way to meet them grabbing Emilie and raising her above his head.

"Excuse me, is this anyone's child, please step forwards, the rest of you can just be on your merry way." Adrien said

This seemed to be the wrong course of action as people swarmed him with questions which he ignored for a bit before Emile's parents came pushing thru the crowd. However before the could say much else Khonshu applied the same mark on their forehead as he did for Emile and they all disappeared from the publics eye.

"Ok let's go, come on we don't got all day, Khonshu will explain everything just listen to him and let me do my thing." Adrien said

Right as they were about to continue their trek, Emile pulled on his cloak lightly and asked him a question, that her parents were wondering also.

"Are you Cat Noir?" she asked looking hopeful

"What could possibly make you think that?" Adrien asked

"You walked around in a white version of his suit, without the hood." She said

Adrien leaned in close to her, his face obscured by the darkness caused by the cowl, with the only thing being visible being his glowing green eyes that pierced the darkness.

"Why yes I WAS Cat Noir, BUT as you can see I'm doing pretty good for myself, new suit, new powers, no rules that keep me from doing as I please." Adrien said

Walking deeper into the city they eventually came across Dupont High School. The compass had led Adrien here. It had not been wrong before but he was wondering why Henry and his family was here.

Coming into the main area of the school Adrien looked around an noticed that doors were barricaded with tables and chairs, the windows blocked off as well, with the wind blowing slightly causing wind chimes and window curtains to sway slightly.

"Ok, you guys stay here, Khonshu, you can stay with them, get me if anything happens. And before you guys start to panic, don't worry nothing short of a Miraculous wearer will be able to see you, so unless Hawkmoth is wandering around Paris, your relatively safe, just don't touch anything. I should be out in 10 minutes." Adrien said He then ushered Khonshu to come closer

"If I don't come back in 10 minutes, just assume I died and revive me pls." Adrien said while Khonshu nodded

Adrien then walked around the school looking for a opening, walking until he came to the back he found a window that was open on the second floor. Giving a light jump he slowly floated up to it and gently pulled himself in. He entered a dark class room that looked to be in disarray, his boots crushing glass beneath his feet.

Switching to his Pathfinder Aspect, Adrien slowly walked into the hallway keeping an eye on his compass. H walked down the hall surveying the debris. There were books and papers sprawled everywhere with lockers left open. The Pathfinder Aspect was birthed when Khonshu had a women in Ancient Greece be his host, she had been an extraordinary hunter, and good at sneaking.

It can be said that each Aspect is an imprint of Khonshu's former hosts, each one bringing something new to the table. Each mask, serving a purpose, all in one being, and yet with differences so miniscule you'd never notice. After all, who could, if you never knew his true self in the first place.

Adrien stalked through the hallway, putting his hands together quickly, he parted them and a bow appeared in his hands and a quiver on his back. Popping around the corner of the hallway quickly and quietly, he heard a door slam shut in a hurry. He instantly aimed and slowly inched forward. He still kept a lookout on his surrounding as he inched closer to the door. Finally reaching the door he managed to nudge the door open with his foot while still keeping his bow and arrow out. Heart pounding he kicked the door the rest of the way open and notched an arrow only to come face to face with…Henry.

They stared at each other for a good 5 seconds before both parties calmed down and Adrien noticed the rest of Henry's family huddled behind him.

"Jesus Christ, Henry I thought I told you to get to your hotel room, why are you in this school!? Nearly gave me a heart attack." Adrien said

"Shhhh, Adrien, there might be one of those things running around here!" He said in a hushed tone

"Yeah, it's called an Akuma, but now that I'm here, you got nothing to worry about. Now that I'm close enough to you guys your practically invisible to the things. How did you end up here by the way?" Adrien asked

"We were seeing the sights of Paris when I got your call, we were going to head back when all of a sudden those monsters came out of nowhere and started tearing the city apart. They started picking off people left and right. We made our way here along with some other people because it seemed like the safest building to hide in. It wasn't really safe to go outside." Henry explained

"Well at least your safe, come on lets make our way out of the city before anything else happens." Adrien said

Henry stepped out of the room and his family after him. His wife gave Adrien a hug and a quick thank you, while Henry's two kids looked slightly shook up.

Most families that Khonshu watches over, knew of mystical and supernatural occurrences, but they were ever hardly involved in one. Adrien usually handled any event before it endangered families. Meaning that while they knew Adrien could fight forces like this, they themselves had never seen it in person and neither had his kids. Most of the information they knew on Adrien and the role of Moonknight was old stories passed down from parents or grandparents of the amazing things previous Moonknights had done. Therefore it was expected to have some skepticism in a mystical event this large.

"Are you going to beat all the monster's Adrien?" Henry's 7 year old son Jeremy asked

"Don't worry Jeremy, you've never seen me in action, but I assure you, you are in capable hands." Adrien said in a self-praising manner, bringing both hands to point at himself." Adrien said

"Are you sure, the most amazing thing I've ever seen you do is stay asleep on our couch thru a whole day." Said Kathy their 16 year old daughter who had always been skeptical of magic.

"I was tired OK! Listen the only reason you guys don't see all these magical things is because I keep you guys safe…. most of the time." Adrien said

"So your saying all those monsters out there are magical beings, and they aren't mutants, beings from another dimension, or aliens." Kathy said disbelievingly

"Technically, their citizens possessed by a crazed man that releases power butterflies that prey on those with weak wills. Anyways we should really get out of the city now, come on lets go." Adrien said

"Wait what about everyone else here, we can't just leave them." Kathy said

Adrien looked at Henry with a I told you face.

"Henry, this is exactly why I told you to be by yourselves." Adrien said putting both hands on his face and pulling the skin down in frustration.

"Listen kids." Adrien began

"Your only 3 years older than me." Kathy said quickly

"…..Ok, listen. I'm not going to be able to protect everyone, and Paris has their own heroes, and if they do their jobs correctly, then everything should be fine." Adrien said

Henry's younger son, Jeremy seemed to accept this but not his daughter.

"So your solution to this is to just leave and hope that everything turns out alright." Kathy said accusingly

Her father tried to stop her but she had already spoken her mind.

"Listen Kathy, I know you think you know what's best, and your right, I should help them, that is the best decision to make at the moment. However with Khonshu, I see the bigger picture, things that may come to pass, that I can assure you are far worse than this. You think a few people dying is bad…huh.. I assure you it can be worse. Every choice I make ensure that you see tomorrow. I do only what I know I can do, and that's protecting the few families under Khonshu's care. You should consider yourself lucky, that you have the honor of putting your faith in Khonshu, rather than hoping Paris's heroes MIGHT save you." Adrien said in a calm and collected voice, almost as if her earlier statement didn't bother him in the slightest.

"Now come on Khonshu is waiting outside with another family." Adrien said reaching his hand out.

However as he did a red blur crashed into him. Kicking him hard in the chest, throwing him across the hallway, crashing and denting the lockers he hit.

Adrien laid in the dent, dazed, before his vision focused again and he saw exactly what he had been trying to avoid.

Standing next to Henry's family in a fighting stance was none other than Ryuko, who looked slightly battle worn, brandishing her sword.

"I will not let you harm this family, you vile Akuma." Ryuko said with conviction

As soon as she said these word more families came out of hiding from other rooms huddling behind her, as if to wait on her word to escape.

Pulling himself up he stretched out his arms and legs, feeling a pop as his bones ached slightly.

"So she thinks I'm an Akuma, good. That means I won't have to kill her, I just have to win." Adrien thought

Ryuko: Holder of the Dragon Miraculous

Assessment: High Damage Output

Phase most appropriate: The Defender

"Khonshu! First Quarter!

In slow transformation speed for added intimidation the lightweight Pathfinder form changed into a slightly bulkier, but far more intimidating white knight armor, with a white fur cape and a red plume coming from the top of his helmet. On each arm he seemed to have a giant blade that looked to be half a shield each. Slamming his arms together the pieces interlocked and formed a Medieval Heater Shield that had the insignia of a porcupine on it.

3….2…1…FIGHT!