Anything italicized is someone's thought bubble or they're singing

Bold + italicized = flashback/memory

*=lyrics have been changed to fit the story

Adrien sat on the front steps of his mansion, thinking of Marinette. As he was, however, a song kept playing in his head. It sounded like a little girl was singing it. Then, it flashed in his brain where it was.

Atlas walked through the gardens of the Moon Kingdom, before seeing the 10-year-old Andromeda standing there, with her big sister, Serena. There was a party going on in the ballroom and for some reason, these two princesses wanted to be alone together. It was kind of sweet.

"Serena, can you tell me about that Earth Prince you fell in love with?" Andromeda asked eagerly, as Serena sat in the white roses, with Andromeda following suit, her red gown flowing around her like the full moon itself.

"Well, he is charming, handsome, and really, really sweet." Serena began. "I don't see why mother won't let us be together."

"I'm sure she will!" Andromeda yelled. "If she loves you and me that much, she'll let us be with whomever we want to be with, no matter what they are like!"

Serena smiled at her little sister's thought before picking one of the roses and putting it in her hair. "I'm sure you're right." She said.

"Look with your heart/and not with your eyes/the heart can't be fooled/the heart is too wise/believe what it sees/and trust what it knows/look with your heart/the heart always knows..." Andromeda began singing, surprising Atlas to be quite frank.

"...love is not always beautiful/not at the start..." Serena chimed in with a smile.

"...so open your arms/and close your eyes tight..." Andromeda began again smiling the same way as before.

"...look with your heart/and when it finds love/your heart will be right." The two sisters sang together with perfect harmony, it was as if they were the Goddesses of Song. But after a while, they laughed and talked, while Atlas just grinned and walked on back to the ballroom, not noticing a silhouetted girl, with long hair up in pigtails like Serena's but with two pointed bunny ear buns on either side of her head, watching from the shadows.

Adrien sighed at the memory. Princess Andromeda, even at 10, really did have a good singing voice. "If only she knew." He said to himself, not expecting anyone to hear him.

"If only who knew what, Adrien?" A voice asked, making him jump with a start as he looked behind him, only to his father's assistant standing there.

"Nathalie, I didn't hear you come out."

"I figured." She said with a grin as she sat down next to him. "So how's your new girlfriend doing?"

"WHAT?!" Adrien screamed. "How'd you find out about her?!"

"I saw the photo of her in your room." Nathalie answered. "Is it the brown haired girl, or is it Marinette?"

Adrien grinned at Marinette's name, before he looked to the sky again. "It's Marinette." He answered her.

"I see." Nathalie began. "Well...I truly hope you two make it." Adrien looked at her out of surprise. Ever since his mother disappeared, he hadn't really had a good motherly role model. Nathalie was just an assistant. It was rare that she acted like a mom to him out of her own free will.

"Here's a word of advice...don't blow it. I've had plenty of boyfriends that stood me up countless of times." She said as she looked at the sky as well.

"O-okay. Thanks for the advice." He said before screams were heard in the park district, making them both look towards that direction.

"If I can't remember, NONE OF YOU CAN!" A voice screamed, making Adrien's eyes widen. He knew that voice.

"No...Marinette's been..." He began as a tear fell down his cheek. Without Ladybug, there was no way he could save Marinette from Hawk Moth's akuma. She was the only one who could purify the akuma and send it away. How was he going to stop this one!?

"Adrien, get inside! Now!" Nathalie began to say, but he ignored her and ran out of the gates towards the park. He had to save Marinette somehow. "Adrien!" She called for him, but he wasn't listening. He could hear her following him as well, making it impossible for him to transform, but he had no choice. Maybe he could trust Nathalie with this secret as well.

"Plagg...!" He called, getting Plagg to come out of his shirt and noticed Nathalie running after him.

"Dude! No! You can't...!"

"I don't have a choice!" He said as he ran into the park and saw Marinette's akumatized form. Her hair was long now, up in higher pigtails. They were still the black and blue he grew to love, but her eyes weren't the same blue he adored. They were red now, and behind a red eye mask. Her outfit was a black and red gown, with a slit going up her right leg all the way to her hip, showing off her leg with a pitch black pointed toe high-heeled shoe.

"Marinette?" He asked as he felt a hand on his shoulder, making him look up to see Nathalie.

"Come on, Adrien! We have to...!" She began before he yanked himself out of her grip and called on his transformation.

"Plagg...CLAWS OUT!" He yelled as Plagg got sucked up into his ring, protesting the whole way while Nathalie was watching.

She just stood there shocked, as Adrien finished and was now Cat Noir. He looked at her quickly and grinned.

"Please don't tell my father. It's supposed to be a secret from everyone." He said before he ran off towards the akumatized Marinette, being joined by Butterfly flipping in from a tree and running along side him as well.

"He's been Cat Noir this whole time?" She asked before grinning as well. "I'm sure you're proud of him, Mrs. Agreste."

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Marinette, not knowing what she was doing, was making it hard for everyone to remember distant family or their immediate family entirely. They were acting like they had amnesia or something, and she even made them forget childhood memories.

"Try remembering your family now!" She yelled as she laughed, before being tripped from behind, and making her fall down to the grass. She looked up with a growl as she stared daggers at Cat Noir and Butterfly standing there.

"Marinette, snap out of it!" Cat yelled as he started to walk towards her.

"Marinette is no more. Ladybug is no more!" She began as she stood up and held out her blackened compact broach, letting the crystal inside glow with dark powers. "It's Forget Me Not now. And I will make EVERYONE feel how I feel!"

"Marinette!" Serena's voice was heard as they all looked to see her running in as Sailor Moon. "You're stronger than this! I know you'll be able to remember me more so in due time! Just please...come back to us!"

"Forget Me Not will not listen to your lies. I'LL NEVER REMEMBER!" And with that, she shot some of the dark magic at Sailor Moon, sending her into a tree with force.

"Sailor Moon!" Butterfly yelled as she ran over to the future queen.

"Marinette, stop it!" Cat yelled as he grabbed her arm, making her look at him in the eye. And it was just about to work as she stared at his green eyes, feeling the butterflies in her stomach fly all around like they did when she first kissed this man outside of costume. "It's me...Cat Noir...you know...Adrien..." He mumbled his name to her. "...your boyfriend."

Forget Me Not stared for a while before screaming and pushing him away with so much force that it sent him into a tree, making him knock his head on the bark...hard. He fell to the ground unconscious, as Nefari appeared from behind the same tree.

"Well done, Forget Me Not." She said with an evil giggle following suit, before swiping her hand in the air, making smoke surround herself, Cat Noir/Adrien, and Forget Me Not/Marinette, and the disappeared.

"No!" Serena yelled as she tried to stand up, but failed to do so. "Adrien...Marinette!"

"They'll be fine, Serena. Let's get you back to the hotel room." Butterfly said before helping Serena stand up and walk her back to the hotel as their transformations fell.

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Hawk Moth saw the whole thing. He saw Nefari appear in her own clock tower with Forget Me Not and...Adrien. His eyes widened at the sight of the young boy as she threw him in a cage and locked it up. She smirked as she looked out her window and disappeared from it.

"Hello, Hawk Moth." Nefari said, making him turn around to see the young villainess standing there in the shadows, still being lit up by the window's light.

"What the heck do you think you're doing, Nefari!?" Hawk Moth yelled with anger as he stared at his partner in this whole thing.

"You know exactly what I'm doing." Nefari answered with a smirk. "I just got Cat Noir's Miraculous. And soon Ladybug's will be mine too. I just have to make sure that silly boy doesn't stop me...and make it permanent."

"No...don't hurt Adrien!"

"Why so worried? Are you terrified right now, Gabriel?" Hawk Moth's eyes widened as he heard her say that name. He never told her who he was behind the hood or mask. He never even mentioned Adrien to her! Everything seemed to be going south for him at this moment.

"How'd you figure it out?"

"Simple..." Began Nefari. "...the way you're acting about Adrien's safety."

"Let him go. And give me the Miraculous!"

"Oh...you still want it. Well...then forget it."

"What?!"

"You heard me. I'm betraying you." Nefari giggled evilly at her statement before turning her back to him. "Besides...I work better alone." And with that, she walked away with Adrien's ring in hand and in a cloud of smoke.

"No...Adrien...my son."

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Adrien woke up after a while and looked around. He found himself in a cage of some kind and was in a dark room, the only light was from a big window in front of him. He grimaced at the bright light, knowing fully well that his eyes weren't used to it yet. Then he realized...he wasn't in his Cat Noir outfit.

"Plagg? Plagg?!" He called out for his Kwami, before noticing his ring was gone too. "No...no..."

Laughter was heard as the sound of heels was heard clicking on the ground, making him look up to see Nefari standing there with the still akumatized Marinette by her side. "Well, well, look who finally woke up. It's about time you did." Nefari said as Forget Me Not started walking towards the other side of the cage.

"What do you want with me?!" Adrien yelled with anger in his voice. "And where's my Miraculous?!"

"Oh, you mean this?" Nefari began as she held up the black ring in front of him. It still had full power with the green paw print in the center of it. "I have to say, I was in shock when I found out that it was you under the mask, Adrien."

"Why is that?! Give that back!" Adrien yelled.

"Well, I sort of know your father. Though he never mentioned he had a son." She smirked as she said this, which made Adrien calm down with a gasp.

"How do you know my father?"

"Well isn't it obvious!? He's Hawk Moth!" She yelled as she palmed the ring once again. "I swear, you are just like Forget Me Not...not seeing this twist of events coming."

"My father is Hawk Moth?" Adrien asked as he backed up from the bars some. "But...why...?"

(SONG: "Open up your eyes" – Emily Blunt – MLP: The Movie)* [Don't ask]

"I asked him the same question." Nefari said still smirking. "He didn't answer me."

NEFARI: It's time you learned a lesson/it's time that you understand/don't ever count on anyone you love/in this or any other land/I once hoped for a mother/one who could always show me love/but instead she showed me evil/of someone who was a queen/CHORUS/Open up your eyes/see the world from where I stand/me among the mighty/you caged at my command/open up your eyes/give up your sweet fantasy land/it's time to grow up/and get wise/come now little one/open up your eyes.

We all start out the same/with simple naïve trust/shielded from the many ways/that life's not fair or just/but then there comes a moment/a simple truth that you must face/if you depend on others/you'll never find your place.

Nefari ran up to the scene of Princess Serena and Prince Darien dead and floating up towards the sky. She watched with venomous intentions before looking over and see Queen Serenity, on her knees with her moon wand in hand and the silver crystal in the center.

"No..." She said as she went to run towards her to stop her from doing what she knew was coming, when Serenity stood up and held it up.

"Cosmic, Moon, Power!" Bright pink light surrounded the kingdom and castle...as well as the fallen scouts and royals...as Nefari quickly watched her mother dissolve into oblivion, with her army as well. She fell to her knees as the light surrounded her too, destroying her on contact.

NEFARI: And as you take that first step/upon a path that's all your own/you see it all so clearly/the best way to survive is all alone.

Nefari spun around and looked at Adrien, standing in the cage before her, as her already bright red eyes glowed even brighter as she walked up to him.

NEFARI: Open up your eyes/see the world from where I stand/me among the mighty/you caged at my command/open up your eyes/and behold the fading light/it's time to grow up/and get wise... (Grabs his jaw line and chin, holds it up to her face.) ...come now little one/open up your eyes. (Throws him back, making him hit his head on the bars, hard.)

ADRIEN: Ow.

NEFARI: Open up your eyes!

(End of song)

"Forget Me Not..." Nefari began as her eyes went dim again. "...make sure he doesn't escape." And with that, she tossed her his ring and walked away from him, with an evil giggle coming from her lips.

"Marinette!" Adrien called to Forget Me Not, but she just turned her back on him as she held onto his ring. "Marinette! It's me! Adrien Agreste! Your boyfriend!"

"The only people I want in my life right now is my family. The one from my past life."

"You have them! Serena, or Sailor Moon, is on her way here to save her future brother-in-law!"

"Brother-in-law?" She said that so formal that she had to look at him. "What do you mean?"

"That prince you keep seeing in your dreams and daydreams...that was me! I'm Atlas! You just can't remember!"

"Stop telling me lies!" Forget Me Not yelled as she turned away. Her akuma was fading now, she could feel it. But she had to keep strong and be the villain she was created to be.

"I'm not lying!"

"YES YOU ARE!" She screamed. "Now be a good little kitty and be quiet!" And with that, she kept her back to him, keeping her anger painted on her face. She wasn't going to let the unlucky Cat Noir, or in this case, Adrien Agreste tell her what she knew and didn't know. She was Forget Me Not after all. She made everyone forget who they were and where they were from. But something changed after a while.

"Look with your heart/and not with your eyes/the heart can't be fooled..." Adrien began to sing, making Forget Me Not perk up and look at him. The upside down black crescent moon flickering as it started to fade.

"...the heart is too wise."

ADRIEN: Believe what it sees

FORGETMENOT/MARINETTE: and trust what it knows

BOTH: Look with your heart/the heart always knows.

"That song...I remember it." She said as the moon faded away completely now and was replaced with the golden U shaped crescent as her akuma form shattered, revealing Princess Andromeda in its place.

"Andromeda..." Adrien began, getting her attention. She smiled as she saw his smiling face staring back at her. She remembered that smile of his. "...it's good to see you again."

"Atlas." She spoke softly as she handed him his ring, which he gladly took and slipped on his finger, right as Princess Andromeda melted into Marinette. "What just happened? Adrien?!"

"Yeah, Mari." He said as he transformed into Cat Noir and used Cataclysm on the bars, breaking free. He quickly changed back to his civilian form and ran up to Marinette, hugging her with all his might. "I was so worried about you."

"I'm fine." She began as they pulled away. "But what happened?"

"You were akumatized thanks to Hawk Moth." Adrien answered. "Luckily, I saved you."

"Yeah right!"

"By the way, do you remember that time in the white rose garden in the Moon Kingdom with your older sister, Serena?"

"I do!" Marinette began. "We were hanging out while a ball was going. And she was telling me all about Prince Darien, her beloved." With her saying this, her eyes widened. "I remembered something."

"You've always had, Mari. Your family was just illusive for a little while."

Marinette looked at him and smiled before she kissed his cheek and they ran out of the room together, hand in hand. The world needed Ladybug and Cat Noir once again.

~END OF CHAPTER~