A shot of space is shown, after a few seconds a godly watcher makes an appearance.
"Time is a fragile thing. It can be broken, split, or there are branches of time. Normally, there's one timeline, but due to the constant use of time travel branches of time have grown creating many branches. That's the focus of our story. Let's look at our first branch."
Branch 1:
Marinette aka Ladybug was dealing with Timebreaker, or well trying to at least. Kim, Rose, Mylene, Chloe, Sabrina, and the hardest to deal with was her best friend Alya and partner Chat Noir had been touched by timebreaker. It looked like Hawkmoth said something to Timebreaker, she couldn't hear, but she had a good idea what he was talking about.
"Go ahead and try!" Marinette says to Timebreaker. Timebreaker lunges for Chat's miraculous, but Marinette throws her away.
"Chill out Hawkmoth, I have a sick plan." Timebreaker tells Hawkmoth to smooth him over. Mari throws her yoyo around Timebreaker's waist, up the Trocadero stairs.
"Here is where the branch is created. In the original timeline, Ladybug follows Timebreaker into the past, but in this timeline what if Mari's other love appears earlier than expected." The godly figure explains.
A blue haired boy ends up crashing into Ladybug, knocking her down on the ground with Timebreaker escaping into the past.
"Oh my gosh, Ladybug! I am so sorry."
Ladybug looks where Timebreaker was but all she sees is no-one around.
"No!" Ladybug falls on her knees and cries.
Meanwhile, in the past.
"Adrikins! What you got there? Some super old case or something?" Chloe smothers on Adrien.
"Careful, it's Alix's." Adrien cautions her.
"If it's Alix's, it's probably worthless." Chloe brushes it off.
"Give it back to Adrien, Chloe." Mari somewhat threatens
Timebreaker jumps down and snatches it from Chloe.
"My watch! My beautiful watch!"
The students run off, with Mari and Adrien running somewhere to transform. Alix beats Kim and celebrates, until noticing everyone is gone, and a new figure holding her watch.
"Hey, what are you doing with my watch!" Alix yells.
"I think you mean our watch." Timebreaker corrects Alix.
"Wh-" Alix starts, but is interrupted by Ladybug's yoyo wrapping Timebreaker and jerking the watch out of her hand, breaking it.
"NO!" Alix and Timebreaker yell
Ladybug and Chat Noir land in between Timebreaker and Alix.
"If you want to get to her, you'll have to go through us." Chat Noir quipped
Alix becomes sad enough that she is able to get under Hawkmoth's influence
"Could this be possible? Do I see double vision in my future, or should I say double villain?"
Hawkmoth infects a butterfly turning into an akuma infecting Alix's rollerblades. The second Timebreaker almost grabs Ladybug's miraculous without her noticing. Chat Noir notices and pushes her away. While that happens, the first timebreaker breaks out of Ladybug's yoyo and joins the new Timebreaker.
"The energy from those two will be enough for us to go farther back in time." Timebreaker 1 explains to Timebreaker 2.
"I want my watch back, let's do it." The 2nd one agrees.
"I'll buy us some time." Chat promises Ladybug.
"Lucky Charm!"
Ladybug's lucky charm gives her two items, a rope and a cone. After checking what to do she sets up a ramp with a nearby ice cream stand sign and joins Chat Noir. Unfortunately while Ladybug did that, the two Timebreakers were building up energy so they were attempting to go back in time, luckily Chat Noir was able to knock down one of the Trocadero structures to block them. Ladybug tied the timebreakers up, making them fly in the air via the ramp. The two rollerblades were broken.
"There's two." Chat points out
"I'll purify one, you Cataclysm the other." Ladybug compromises.
"Got it. Cataclysm!"
"No more evil doing for you little akuma time to de-evilize! Gotcha. Bye-bye little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!"
Ladybug leaves because she starts getting a call from her dad about Chamack's cake. Unfortunately because there was no time portal for the ladybugs to go through, damage done by the akuma was only fixed in the past version, leaving the future Ladybug to be in disaster. Like the original timeline, the two Alix's combined together into one. Alix looks to see her watch intact in a black gloved hand.
"Ladybug had an emergency so I stuck around to give it to you." Chat Noir says gently
"Awesome, how'd you fix it? thank you." Alix praises
"The miraculous ladybugs fix the damage done by akumas and well, us when we fight them." Chat Noir answers.
The new timeline continues onward whilst the past co-exists along with it.
Meanwhile in the first timeline, in Hawkmoth's base.
"I… failed. The black cat miraculous doesn't exist anymore. I'm sorry… Emilie. Nooroo, Dark Wings fall." Hawkmoth sighs in shame
"I...I'm so sorry… master." Nooroo tries to console Gabriel.
"No need for condolences Nooroo. I failed. I…. renounce you." Gabriel sulks in defeat
Meanwhile at the Trocadero
Marinette detransforms to talk to Tikki.
"Is it possible to do the miraculous ladybug without defeating the villain?" Mari asks in hopes.
Tikki shakes her head and explains. "The miraculous ladybugs not only come from the lucky charm, but they also feed off of the wave of purifying energy from the villain." (I know that's not a thing in the show, but to make this the way I wanted it, I have to find a way that she just does a miraculous ladybug to fix everything. But right now, you should get to bakery and deliver the cake to Chamack."
Not processing her earlier words, she refills Tikki and transforms to get to the bakery in a short time. After so much apologizing, Chamack finally got her cake. By this time, Marinette processes Tikki's words and bursts into tears.
"A….Alya….Rose….Mylene….Kim…..Chat….Chloe and Sabrina. *sniff* They're gone, forever." Marinette sobs.
"Wait, is… Plagg gone? … the cat miraculous?" Tikki asks
Marinette shakes her head and opens her hand to reveal the Cat Miraculous. She was able to grab the miraculous before it faded away. SHe put the ring on to talk to the Cat kwami.
"A… oh." Plagg sees Mari and Tikki. "What happened?" Plagg asks hoping his hunch is incorrect
"I… let her go. I let Timebreaker go into the past, I couldn't repair anything. My classmates, Chat Noir are all gone. I'm the worst ladybug ever. *sobs*"
Tikki was about to try to cheer Mari up but, what would she say? She lost those she was close to, Tikki had lost previous holders before but that was because she was passed down by owner, by the time her previous owners had died she had committed herself to another owner.
"That's not true, pigtails."
"Plagg! T-"
"Save it, sugarcube. You have been fighting Hawkmoth for a little while now. And doing great I might add. Besides, if news gets out about this you might want to make an announcement about this. You will not be the only one grieving their families will be grieving too"
" *gasp* You're right, umm…"
"Plagg."
"You're right Plagg. I have to tell the parisians about this, even if it hurts me to talk about it."
(Kwami talk "Should I tell her who Chat is?" Plagg asks)
("If she's alright with it." Tikki responds)
"Do you… wanna know who he was?" Plagg asks
"Sure, lay it on me. I need a full list of names."
"Chat Noir… was Adrien Agreste."
has stopped working
1 hour Time skip
At Kids+ Tv News
Ladybug knocks on the door to the media office.
"Come in." Nadia responds
Ladybug opens the door.
"Ladybug, what a pleasure. What brings you here to Kids+ Tv station?"
"Nadia Chamack. I want to make an announcement to the people of Paris. Long story short, there were people I was unable to save, so I want to apologize on TV."
Around half an hour later, tvs around paris switched to the news channel to broadcast the apology from Ladybug.
"Don't be bemused, it's just the news. Ladybug is making an announcement."
The tv switches to Ladybug as she gets to the stand
"Citizens of Paris. *sob* I have some heartbreaking news today. There was akuma attack around 90 minutes ago called timebreaker which caused people to disappear upon touch. My miraculous ladybugs need the energy of a de-akumatised villain to repair damage, however, Timebreaker successfully escaped to the past, unable for me to follow her. I'm sorry I couldn't save the people she disappeared. I have a list of casualties I will read off. The casualties were Lê Chiến Kim, Rose Lavillant, Mylène Haprèle, Sabrina Raincomrpix, Chloe Bourgeois, Alya Cesaire, and finally, Adrien Agreste. Which... was my partner Chat Noir. I couldn't save them. If your opinion of me deteriorates, I understand. However, as long as Hawkmoth is still a threat to Paris, I will keep being Ladybug, and if I move on from Chat, I will find a new Chat Noir. That's all I wanted to say, bye everyone." The announcement is over and an ad for a car starts playing. Everyone saw the apology and their jaws had dropped and had cried a whole lot.
Meanwhile at the Agreste Mansion
"My… son. Was Chat Noir. I put him in a great deal of danger. I… it… was my fault. It's my fault he is dead." Gabriel mourns
"You couldn't have known he was Chat Noir. There are around 2 million people in Paris." Nathalie tries to console Gabriel. "You could try again. Since Ladybug did say that she would try to find a new Chat Noir, that means the miraculous still exists."
"That still doesn't excuse what I've done. I could harm someone I care for again. I can't make that mistake again. I will give Ladybug the miraculouses."
The Next Day
Marinette didn't want to go to school today. She lost her closest friend and her crush. She needed to grieve, but of course, there was school today. She walks in sulkily, taking a long glance at her surviving classmates. Ivan was a mess, now that he lost his girlfriend, Juleka was sobbing uncontrollably after losing her best friend Rose. Nathaniel was silently grieving about his friends. Max had lost his friend, Kim, so to try to keep himself composed, he was counting the digits of pie. Marinette looks over to Nino, her childhood friend. She could see the tear marks on his cheeks. Nino patted Adrien's seat beforehand to Marinette, signaling her to sit next to him.
"I can tell you need a shoulder to lean on." I'll be here Mari. Nino tries to console her.
Marinette already had her parents try to console her yesterday, but Nino trying to console her actually felt right. She and Nino have been childhood friends, so he knows more about Mari than Alya and Adrien ever did. Nino wraps an arm around her trying to give her some love that she honestly needed.
Because of the events of the previous day, school didn't give assignments, quizzes, projects, anything of what she was used to. Since her class was filled with the lost kids, her teachers put together some projects to remember the friends/students of the class. Since her teachers are caring to varying degrees, there were many different ways her teachers were dealing with the news. D'argencourt was really professional about it, while still showing sadness, Mendeleiev was clearly very upset and whoever tried to comfort her, she snapped at. Ms. Bustier however, when the remaining students walked into her room, they could see the tear streaks down her cheeks. It was clear that she was crying all day. Marinette, feeling a little better thanks to Nino, gave her some encouraging words.
"We may *sniff* have lost the ones we love. *sniff* But, that doesn't mean we sit and sob, never getting stuff done. What we should do is be thankful for the time we have had together." Mari holds Bustier's hand, trying to help her feel better. "*almost sobs* Thanks Marinette, I will be strong." Mari sadly smiles and Ms. Bustier regains composure for class.
After school, Marinette enters her room starting to feel a bit better. She starts knitting to ease some sadness and stress still left. Plagg starts eating cheese while Tikki has something on her mind.
"You should check the news, Paris is likely going to commemorate Adrien. Don't you wanna take part?" Tikki asks her owner.
"You're right Tikki." Marinette turns on her computer and opens up on the news.
"Don't *sniff* be bemused, ACHOO! It's just the news." Nadia Chamack repeats her catchphrase sadly. "Bless you!" Someone off camera calls to her. "Thanks John, Mayor Bourgeois has issued a statue for our once hero Chat Noir, aka Adrien Agreste dedicating his heroism against Hawkmoth for these few months. The ceremony for the statue is being held tomorrow at The Place des Vosges at Noon. Hopes for Ladybug to show up are at a high for the public…"
Marinette drowns out the tv network and transforms into Ladybug.
"Tikki Spots On."
Ladybug called the Kids+ TV network and Nadia picked up the phone.
"I can confirm Nadia, that I will be there. Chat has been there for me, so I will do everything I can to show up on time." Ladybug hangs up and looks at the network.
"There it is everyone, Ladybug will be showing up…"
Ladybug turns off her computer and goes to do a patrol.
Meanwhile at the Agreste Mansion
"I want to give up the miraculouses and grimoire, but if I publicly announce myself, it'll catch the press and I'll have a bad rep with that. I will privately give it to Ladybug, that way I'll minimize the damage."
Gabriel grabs the peacock and grimoire from his safe and transforms into Hawkmoth. "Nooroo, Dark Wings, Rise!"
20 minutes later, on a Paris Rooftop
Ladybug is sitting on the ledge of a building when she hears a sound to her right
"Psst."
Ladybug looks down into the alleyway seeing Hawkmoth, she automatically goes into a defensive stance until she processes the white flag he is holding. Still wary, she drops down into the alleyway.
"Whatever you're planning, Hawkmoth, it won't work." Ladybug flatly decrees
"There's no plan, Ladybug. I surrender. And to prove it, I will detransform and give you my miraculouses and the grimoire along with it."
Ladybug just had to process a lot there. Wait, he had two miraculouses? A grimoire? And he's giving up, just like that?
"You're probably wondering why I am giving up now. *Ladybug nods her head* You will know, when I transform. Nooroo, Dark Wings Fall."
Ladybug sees GABRIEL AGRESTE standing where Hawkmoth was a second ago. She immediately slaps him.
"What the heck was that about?!"
"Oh, I don't know, the terrorizing you've been doing these past months?" And the fact Adrien didn't have the best life because of you.
"Touche. *He takes off the butterfly miraculous and gives the miraculouses and grimoire to Ladybug* The other miraculous is the peacock, however it's damaged. It's what caused my wife to… fall into a deep coma. I wanted your miraculouses to bring her back and have my family whole again. However, I destroyed my only son with determination to bring her back. I never thought my own son would be Chat Noir. I'm stupid, I never should've gotten those miraculouses in the first place." Gabriel sits down in despair
Ladybug felt split. She is still mad that Gabriel had been terrorizing Paris for a few months, but her sympathetic heart started to feel bad for the man. She walks over and sits right next to him.
"I get it, I do. In fact I did lose some loved ones in that attack, but what's best is to remember the special times you had together. I know everyone grieves differently, and it's okay to grieve but you shouldn't dwell on it too much that it makes you terrorize people. Smile… because it happened."
"Thanks Ladybug. I just don't know what to do, the only people I have left are my assistant Nathalie and the bodyguard I hired."
This was the straw that broke the camel's back. This man was in full despair that he seeked out the miraculouses and not only didn't give him what he wanted, but made his situation worse.
"What if I told you that you may know me outside the mask? Someone, that could make you less alone." Ladybug starts her small reveal with a hopeful tone.
"That would be… nice." Gabriel gives her a smile.
"Spots off." Ladybug let's her transformation go.
Gabriel smirks seeing who Ladybug is
"Hello, Marinette."
"Hello Gabriel. Now, what you did while grieving is illegal. But you know what, I'll make sure the surrender of Hawkmoth is under wraps and no one really knows what happened. You already had too much happen."
"Thanks."
"No problem. But, where am I supposed to take these miraculouses and the book?"
"The guardian didn't reach out to you? He only dropped the miraculous off and that's it?"
"Guardian?"
"Gabriel's right Marinette. We must take these back to the guardian. I'll show you where he lives."
Marinette nods and gets up.
"Do you need a ride back home?"
"No, I'll let Nathalie grab the limo and pick me up. By the way, Marinette."
"Yes Mr. Agreste?"
"After the hat competition, I believe you have a great future in my company."
"Thanks."
Marinette runs off to the guardian.
"Off on a bittersweet ending, Marinette and Gabriel became boss and worker, making the Agreste brand and eventually the Dupain-Cheng brand the most successful fashion company in the world. However, she never forgets the ones she lost all those years ago."
