-Julian's POV-

I let out a groan as the alarm clock rings, according to the internet it's healthier to wake up consistently at the same time, so I've been trying to maintain a schedule… But honestly with each passing day the urge to just fling my alarm out the window grows more and more.

"Urghhh, what is that noise!" An unfamiliar voice yells out next to me, causing me to scream and sit up; Hastily rubbing the blurriness out of my eyes, I see… A furry deer creature sitting up grumpily on my pillow.

"Wha… Oh." I finally regained my bearings enough to remember what happened yesterday.

"Kid, would ya please turn off that damn noise maker or I swear I'll-"

"R-right! Sorry!" I quickly slam on the button of my alarm clock, and the room is quiet again. The creature whom I now know is a Kwami lets out a relieved sigh.

"Finally. Humans are so weird sometimes, why can't it play Mozart? Or-" Ossi tries to continue, but suddenly coughs out a bunch of bubbles. "Damn it… I mean, that other famous composer."

I stare at the scene in confusion, wondering if I should be worried about what just happened. (Do Kwamis cough bubbles when they're sick?) "Do you mean Beethoven?"

"Yeah! Yeah that kid, real stand up guy." The Kwami grumbles, before noticing my confused stare. "What's with the look kid? Ya forgot what happened yesterday?"

I shake my head. "N-Not really, no, I just thought that it might've been a dream…"

"Well it's incredibly real, aite whaddya remember?"

A test already? At too early o'clock? "Umm… Okay." I take a deep breath. "So you're a Kwami, who are creatures that have existed for a really really long time. Kwamis can grant super powers to holders who wield their Miraculous, in this case yours is this pen." I gesture to the pen still clipped on my pajamas. "If I want your powers all I have to do is say the code word and I'll transform. Specifically my power is Imagination, which lets me create anything I want as long as it can be pictured with a stick. Did I miss anything?" I can't help but feel a bit smug after saying all that at the crack of dawn (it's 10 am so I'm definitely not exaggerating).

"Ya forgot about the time limit once ya use that ability, if it beeps it means time's runnin' up." My Kwami tacks on.

I yawn, waving him off. "Yeah yeah I got that, it just doesn't seem important if all I'm doing is free running across the city."

"Speakin' of, are ya gonna try it out now?"

I let out a hum, turning to look out the window, the sun's shining, the birds are singing, and there are so many more pedestrians walking around than usual.

Terrifying.

"L-let's not get too hasty now Ossi, I think we should try it out at night, as late as possible, preferably during the time when everyone's asleep?"

"But that's whatcha said yesterday before ya slept right through it!

"Well s-sleep is important, and you overslept too!"

The Kwami flies up to my face, sleep gone from his eyes as he glares at me. "Listen, it's clear now that ya just gonna keep avoiding it, why didcha even say all that yesterday if all ya-" Ossi suddenly stops, his eyes growing wider as he turns to look at the window.

I gulp, wondering if I should say something or take advantage of this time to formulate a good lie for his spot on accusations, but the Kwami looks so worried and even panicked about something right now so I couldn't possibly do that…

"Ossi…?" I ask worriedly, the deer finally snaps out of his, looking at me with wide eyes.

"Kid, I just felt…"

"What? What did you feel?" I ask again, feeling the suspense slowly building.

"Another Miraculous has been activated somewhere nearby." The Kwami says, looking back out the window.

"Oh, well that's a good thing right?"

"Normally yes, but… I have a bad feeling 'bout this one."

I feel a chill run down my spine at the tone of his words. "You mean… it's an evil Kwami?"

"Kwamis aren't evil!" Ossi snaps, sending me recoiling back from him. The Kwami takes a deep breath before sighing. "Kwamis aren't evil, but sometimes their Holders are."

I nod. The two of us sit in a very uncomfortable silence for what felt like hours. I clear my throat. "Well, if they're being used by an evil person, we should rescue them, right?"

Ossi shakes his head. "Normally I would say yeah, butcha way too inexperienced right now, transforming might alert them to ya like how they alerted me."

"So what can we do?"

The Kwami sighs. "For now, we wait, till we get more info to work with." He finally turns to look at me, face not hiding the frustration in his eyes.

I gulp. "I'm sorry…"

"Ain't cha fault kid." Ossi sighs, flying and resting on top of my head. "Let's get some food, we'll talk strategy later."

Deciding that it's best to not push him more than needed, I walk out of my room to the kitchen. Mrs. Rayne should be arriving in an hour or so, until then Ossi and I basically have the house to ourselves, which means an entire hour of awkward silence unless me or him do something about it.

Washing the dishes after breakfast, I finally decide to say something, I clear my throat again. "So, umm… How long has it been since you were last out?"

"Dunno kid, like I said years are just numbers to me."

"Well… do you want to watch a movie then? After my lessons."

Ossi hums. "Sure, what're movies?"

I freeze in place. "You… You don't know movies…?"

The Kwami looks at me with a confused look. "No… Oh, wait! Ya mean Motion Pictures?"

"M-motion Pic-" I could not even finish that sentence, giving the deer an offended glare. "You have a lot to catch up on if you're going to stay here, we'll start with the essentials tonight and go until we pass out." I say, already preparing a top 5 list before dinner, and another 15 for the rest of the night just in case.

-Time Skip to the end of Julian's class-

"You're doing really well today Julian, I think we can stop here." My teacher says brightly, the amount of pride in her words making me blush.

"Thank you Mrs. Rayne." I reply, because it's the polite thing to say.

My teacher hands me a couple of worksheets to finish for tomorrow before packing up. "You seem to be in a pretty good mood today too, did something happen yesterday?"

"Huh?" I feel my heart rate picking a little, another rule Ossi told me yesterday is that I can never tell anyone about his existence. "I-It's nothing! I'm just planning another movie marathon after this, I'm excited." I answer truthfully, since I'm actually excited to show all these movies to another person- or, well Kwami, I suppose.

"That's wonderful Julian, but be sure to finish your homework before that okay?" Mrs. Rayne looks at her watch before standing up. "I have to go pick up Juliette, I'll see you tomorrow."

Waving goodbye to her, I clean up the table before leaving for the entertainment room, Ossi flies out of my pocket once the sound of the main door shutting rings up to us.

"So that's the lady that gave me to ya, huh?" He asks.

I shrug. "Kind of, she mentioned the housekeeper passing it to her, but it's my parents who bought the box."

"Hmm."

I decide to ignore his disbelieving tone, flopping onto the best couch in the room and turning on the TV. My parents taught me at a young age that to be worldly I have to keep up with current day affairs, which is the only reason I'm changing to the news channel for a while before moving onto the movies.

"An emergency conference with the Mayor…?" I mutter, raising the volume higher.

"I'm asking all Parisians to stay home until this situation is under control." The Mayor says, the screen minimizing to show the news anchor looking worriedly at the camera.

"As incredible as it seems, it's been confirmed that Paris is indeed being attacked by a supervillain. The police have been struggling to keep the situation under control" the screen changes again, showing a large rock creature throwing a bunch of cars around, civilians screaming and running away from it in terror.

"M-Monsters?" I exclaim in disbelief, jumping at the sudden weight leaving my head.

Ossi flies up to the TV screen, eyes wide before fixing into a glare. "Of course it had to be that one, because being too easy just ain't fun no more." He grumbles.

"Umm Ossi…? What're you talking about?"

The Kwami flies back to me. "I'll explain later! Right now we hafta go!"

I stare at him with wide eyes. "G-Go? Go where?"

"To fight the Akuma!"

"A… kuma?"

Ossi gives me an exasperated sigh, before glaring at me again. "Kid, I promise I'll explain everythin' when we come back, but for now the people in Paris are in danger."

I gulp at the urgency in his tone. "A-Alright, for Paris… right…?"

The Kwami nods, flying under my jacket and pulling the pen out. "Remember, say 'Horns Drawn' and watch the magic."

I nod, feeling my heart beating wildly out of control, this is not what I have in mind for a good first run. "Y-you'll be there with me, right Ossi?"

My heart rate picks up even more at his shaking head. "Sorry kid, won't be able to converse witcha while transformed. But- hey hey!" He headbutts me, snapping me out of my daze, I didn't realize how quickly I was breathing. "Kid you'll be fine! You won't be alone, there'll probably be more of 'em helping ya."

"T-There's more of them?" I manage to squeak out, the Kwami nods and the both of us turn back to the screen, the monster's rampage is still being shown on the TV.

I take a deep breath, it's okay, I got this, I… think I got this, at least… "Okay." I nod to myself, pointing the pen at the Kwami. "Ossi, Horns Drawn!"

Ossi dives into my pen and a bright sparkle envelopes me, and as it disappears, I look at myself, Ossi's right, I've completely changed my clothes. Feeling my face, the mask seem to be securely glued to my face, and the hood-

"Why won't it pull back!" I scream, desperately trying to yank the hood off, before tripping on one of the couches, landing flat on my back and failing to even nudge the thing.

Giving up with a groan, I stand back up, checking everywhere else. My suit consists of a nice green coat with a bunch of buttons, and secured snugly on my back is my Miraculous and weapon, a blowgun.

I look around the room for my Kwami, true to Ossi's word, he's no longer there, absorbed into my Miraculous.

"Okay Julian, you can do this, it's just like in the movies! I-I think…" I say to myself before running to the balcony outside my room.

Looking down the railing, the outside shines back at me intimidatingly, honestly this is the furthest I've willingly traveled outside my house for years now, and I'm suppose to head towards-

A large tower in the distance topples over, I stare at it in horror, the monster is powerful enough to do that !?

I lightly slap my face, no Julian, you have to do this, if what Ossi says is true, you don't have anything to be afraid of except the monster, cars will dent themselves if they hit you.

Climbing onto the railing with that knowledge, I gulp, looking at the nearest possible location to jump to, Ossi mentioned something about increased jumping distance but I don't know how far yet.

"Don't look down, don't fall, don't look down, don't fall." I repeat to myself, crouching down.

Am I really doing this?

I let out a shaky breath, possibly my last one, but still… A small, excited feeling sparks in my chest, it would be so easy to just give up now, to throw the pen away and hide in my room until this all blows over. But…

I realize, standing at the edge, that I don't want to do that, I don't want to turn back.

I want to leave live.

I leap off the railing.

The weightlessness is the first thing I felt, the rush of wind against my face the next, the beating of my chest drowning out any other sound of my surroundings. I completely underestimated my jump, I realized as I completely soar over my intended landing location, but I didn't care.

This feels... amazing!

I laugh, and scream, the adrenalin completely drowning out my fears as I look at the roads beneath me scrolling past at high speeds. There's no turning back, now that I know that I can, how can I possibly give this up? Landing onto another rooftop, I quickly leap again, possibly breaking the roof from that amount of force, but I don't care, I want to fly longer, stronger, faster .

I need to defeat the monster so I can do this again, and again, until I pass out, forget the movies, I'm starring in my own.

Landing on what I think is Paris' football stadium, I finally get a glimpse of the creature in the flesh, or should I say stone. The creature is completely made out of rocks, reminding me of that one movie hero. Currently the thing is battling with… another superhero?

There's no doubt that he's like me, the cat ears and leather tail, the bell hanging near his neck and the sheer impracticality of such an outfit pretty much confirms that he's a superhero (seriously who would fight in a coat like mine?)

The cat hero narrowly dodges a punch by the monster before flipping over and smacking him on the head with his own staff. The monster lets out a roar at the impact, before glowing with green energy, growing significantly larger than before, I felt my knees shaking, the monster seems to be growing stronger the more you hit it.

"Where are you partner!?" Cat Hero shouts before dodging another punch.

I take a deep breath to gather my bearings, so Cat Hero has already met another hero who is supposed to be on their way, that's great, less pressure for me, I can just wait until the other one comes and join in! Then it'll be three against one, piece of-

The horrible screeching of metal brings me out of my inaction as the monster picks up one of the goal posts on the stadium, throwing it at-

An innocent civilian whom I didn't even notice until now.

It's going to crush her!

"WATCH OUT!" I find myself screaming, legs moving before I even realize.

"Sticks can be used as… as… a longer and wider stick! A PLANK! MIND'S EYE!" I find myself screaming, my staff quickly widening as I land beside the civilian, slotting the now bright green plank on the nearby railings. The goalpost crashes onto the plank, causing it to bend downwards a little before bouncing the post away from us, landing it in a heap.

"Are you okay!?" I yell at the civilian, the girl frantically nods back.

"Who are-" I hear Cat Hero say, but the monster took advantage of his distracted state, grabbing onto him with one of his rock fists.

I curse under my breath, making sure that the civilian is safe before deactivating the plank, turning it back into the blowgun before charging at the monster myself.

"Just sit tight Cat Boy! I'll getcha out!"

"My name's... Chat Noir!" The blond hero squeaks, and I find it hilarious how he is wasting precious energy correcting me while being crushed by a stone monster.

Putting that thought away for later, I start fighting the monster. Ossi wasn't kidding, transformed like this, I feel so much lighter, faster, the punches the monster throws at me feel like a slow motion film as I quickly duck away from them, looking for any weaknesses I can exploit without hitting him.

Suddenly, a yo-yo wraps around the monster's leg, a red polka dotted superheroine dives under the monster, taking advantage of that, I quickly leap to the monster's face, kicking it as the yo-yo's controller yanks on its legs, toppling the monster to the floor.

Chat Noir flies out of the monster's grip, I quickly leap away from the monster, meeting up with the two other heroes at the other goalpost.

"Sorry it took so long, Chat Noir." The red cladded heroine says, confirming my suspicion that the two have already met.

The cat hero stands up. "It's cool Wonderbug, now." His green eyes looking at me suspiciously, Wonderbug following suit. "Who are you?" The blond asks.

"I'm… Uh…" I panic internally, I completely forgot to come up with a name, I knew I was forgetting something! Well it's too late for regrets now, I look at the heroes with wide eyes. The blond introduced himself as Chat Noir, black cat… I'm a green deer…

"Call me Faon Vert, I'm uh… I'm here to help." I finish quietly, the cat hero still looks a little suspicious, but the monster's roar interrupts our conversation, the three of us quickly turn to see the stone creature slowly standing back up.

"We'll continue this later, but for now, let's kick his rocky behind!" Chat Noir shouts before launching at the monster, but all of a sudden stops in place.

The red suited heroine had grabbed the blond's tail, pulling him back. "Wait! Haven't you noticed? He gets bigger and stronger with every attack. We have to do something different."

"Different how?" Chat Noir asks, looking at both red heroine and I.

I give him a confused shrug. "Beats me, I've been trying to find a weak spot but so far, I got nothing."

"Okay then." Chat says, turning back to the monster. "Let's use our powers. Cataclysm!" He activates what I think is his unique ability from his Kwami, his right hand glowing with dark energy.

"Apparently I destroy whatever I touch." The blond says proudly.

Red Heroine crosses her arms. "I don't need a superpower to destroy anything." She mopes, I raise an eyebrow, she's probably talking about her civilian life, I wonder how clumsy she must be to think like-

"No, don't do that!"

Jumping at Red Heroine's words, I turned to see that Chat had touched the goalpost with his Cataclysm hand. The post immediately turns a rusty black before collapsing, I stare at the destruction in shock.

"Cool. It's just you and me now! Time to rumble, soon-to-be rubble!" The blond yells before charging at the monster.

"Chat Noir, wait!" Both Red Heroine and I yell, panicked.

But it was too late, Chat Noir jumped onto the monster, placing his hand on his foot…

But nothing happened.

"Uh-oh. I guess I only get one shot to use my power." The blond realizes before the monster kicks him back to us.

"And you only have five minutes before you transform back." Red Heroine says.

I nod beside her, showing Chat my blowgun which shows that I have less than three minutes left. "You have a Kwami too right? Did they not tell you?"

The blond hero looks a little sheepish at this, standing back up. "I guess I was a little excited about my new life."

"Well, up to me. Lucky Charm!" The polka-dotted hero shouts, her yo-yo flying in the air, ladybugs flying out of it before creating a suit as it lands in her hands.

"Super power." Chat says appreciatively, while I just stare at the new item in confusion.

"My Kwami told me I have to break the object where the whatcha ma-call-it... er, the Akuma is hiding." Ladybug themed heroine says.

That piqued my interest. "My Kwami said something about that too, I thought the monster was the Akuma."

"Well… what he is, is entirely made up of stone." Chat says, pointing at the Akuma who is slowly walking towards us.

"His right hand, it's still closed. He never opens it. It's like the Russian dolls. The object isn't on him, it's hidden in his fist!" Super Heroine realizes, and now that she's mentioned it…

"Huh, makes sense." I agree, preparing to fight him again, Chat following suit.

"So, what's the plan?" The blond asks, and my Miraculous beeps again, whatever plan we get, I hope it's quick.

Red Heroine hums, looking around, before pointing at the hose at our feet. "This." She says, grabbing the hose and combining it with the suit, throwing the yo-yo around Chat's legs.

"Don't resist, trust me." She says before spinning the cat hero around.

"This girl's crazy!" The blond screams to me as she throws him towards the Akuma, who traps Chat in his open fist. The superheroine then launches herself at the monster.

"Catch me if you can!" She shouts. The monster quickly lets go of what he's holding in the other fist, trapping her in his now spare hand too.

"And now… Faon Vert, the tap!" Red Heroine shouts at me.

Oh. I thought to myself, quickly tracing the hose towards the tap, leaping towards it and turning it on, the water quickly pumps into the suit, expanding it and loosening the Akuma's grip enough for the superheroine to escape. She immediately runs to the rock that dropped out of the Akuma's hand, stomping on it. A black butterfly emerges from it, quickly flying away from the scene, and the monster transforms into… a person?

"Woah…" I say to myself, this girl is mad, entirely bonkers…

My Miraculous beeps again, widening in shock, I have less than a minute left before I turn back! I'm not ready to be outside as Julian!

I quickly take a running start before leap away from the scene, pouring as much strength into it as possible, a crater forming at the ground I was standing on. Freediving towards my house, my blowgun beeping rapidly as I pray to whatever deity out there that I make it in time.

Thankfully the deities seem to be in a good mood today, giving me barely enough time to land on my room's balcony, but the amount of speed I built up sends me crashing onto the floor as my suit immediately dissipates. Ossi falls out of the pen, crashing into the glass door to my room.

"Ow!" He yelps, collapsing onto the floor, letting out another pathetic groan. "Kid… Don't overdo it again like that."

"Sure… whatever you say…" I whine pathetically onto the concrete floor of the balcony. Now that the adrenalin has made its way through my system, all I want to do now is collapse onto bed with that movie playlist I made, maybe fall asleep during the dull parts.

A loud growl rings through us again, I reluctantly lift my head to look at the Kwami. "We just… had lunch, how are you already… hungry?"

"Whenever ya use your ability, I need to eat somethin' to recharge." Ossi explains, the growling comes back louder now, the Kwami actually winces. "Kid… Ya haven't gotten to have anymore croissants in the kitchen?"

"I think so… The housestaff always get some for dessert…" I say, slowly standing back up, truth be told it's not really a physical tired I'm feeling, it's more of a mental thing.

Ossi lets out a tired whoop, I chuckle, lifting him onto my head, I'm sure he's playing up the exhaustion a little, but better to be safe than sorry, I carry him all the way down to the kitchen, pulling out a fresh bag of croissants for him to eat and turning on the TV in the kitchen, switching to the News channel.

The Mayor of Paris is on again, looking extremely happy. "I am pleased to announce that we will organize a huge celebration in honor of our city's new protectors. Ladybug, Chat Noir and Faon Vert."

I tense up at the Mayor using my superhero name, even if no one knows that it was me, suddenly being put under so much attention still sends chills through my spine.

"So ya picked the name Faon Vert huh?" Ossi comments, polishing off the now empty bag of pastries.

"I-It was a spur of the moment!" I sputter, embarrassed.

Ossi burps. "I'm tryin' to say it's good kid, real catchy." He looks back at the screen where the Mayor is still giving his speech. "Ya think the celebration will have delicious food like this?"

"I… guess…?"

The Kwami looks at me with mischievous eyes. "Well… ya wanna pay it a visit?"

I look at the deer with wide eyes. "A-Absolutely not! I've been outside enough for a lifetime." I say finally, grabbing the dirty plate from my own dinner and bringing it to the sink.

"Kid, someday we're gonna agree on something without fightin' I can feel it." Ossi says, voice so determined I can't help but snort.

"I'll believe it when I see it." I look at him expectantly. "By the way… You promised that after we defeat the monster, you'll explain everything, so…"

"Right, well…" Ossi looks around shiftily, which makes me even more suspicious.

I narrow my eyes at the guilty deer. "You… do know what's going on, right?"

Ossi looks so caught off guard I would laugh if it wasn't for something so terrifying. "O-Only bits an' pieces! I'm not from here so what I 'ave may be outdated, but…" He looks out the window. "I think the reason a rock monster attacked is because a person was akumatized."

"You said that before, what's an Akuma?" I decide to push, I have to know who or what I would be facing in the foreseeable future, if there is one.

"Akumatisation is the power of the Butterfly Miraculous. It's Holder can detect strong emotions and transform the person having them into super powered beings."

I look at him with wide eyes. "That's… really powerful."

"Mhmm, but ya can stop them, that's where Ladybug comes in, good thing I saw her in the magic mirror, now that she captured and purified the Akuma everything should be back to normal."

My heart stops, and I fumble with the plate I'm holding, nearly sending it crashing onto the floor.

"Woah kid! Are you okay?" My Kwami asks, alarmed.

"I'm fine! I think I'm fine! It's just." I slot the plate onto the dishrack to stall for time. "Umm… What does purifying the Akuma look like?"

"Oh, I dunno, prolly something magical lookin', why?"

"Well… I don't really remember Ladybug… doing that…?" I admit sheepishly.

Ossi looks at me in shock. "Ya what !?"

The TV blares in the background, "BREAKING NEWS" displayed brightly on screen before showing the news anchor.

"Just as Paris is about to celebrate the appearance of our three new superheroes, Ladybug, Chat Noir and Faon Vert, a new wave of panic is sweeping across the capital as dozens of people are mysteriously transformed into stone monsters. It's simply unbelievable."

"Th-This is…" I stare at the TV in horror, true to the news anchor's words, multiple people are being turned into stone creatures, except they're just standing there, for now at least.

"These victims transformed into stone beings are still like statues. The police are perplexed as to what will happen to them. Will they come back to life or be frozen in time forever?" The news anchor continues.

"Ossi… We didn't capture the Akuma!" I say with creeping dread, how could we be so careless!

Ossi looks similarly panicked. "This is bad kid; Akumas can multiply and infect others, if Stoneheart comes back, he can control 'em!"

"I can't believe this! We fought so hard too…" I groan.

"Yeah, can't believe this Ladybug's such a klutz."

I frown at the Kwami, poking him in the forehead. "Hey, she's trying her best, I doubt anyone would be perfect at the start." I look back at the TV. "She probably feels bad about it enough…"

Ossi has the decency to look ashamed. "Sorry kid, didn't mean to be rude." The both of us look at the TV in tense silence, watching Parisians continue to be turned into stone creatures.

"What do we do now?" Ossi asks.

I let out a sigh. "We wait until the Akuma shows themselves again, and when they do, we're finishing what they started."

-Time Skip to the Next Day-

"...This is unrealistic."

Groaning at the billionth complaint from my Kwami, I shoot him a glare. "Aren't you the Kwami of Imagination? Where's your suspension of disbelief?"

"It broke when the children managed to hide from the Velociraptors. Velociraptors kid! Have ya seen them?"

"...No! No I haven't!"

"Oh, right. Well lemme tell ya, those children would've been-"

"Alright I get it! No more dinosaur movies!" I cut him off.

"What? Don't you dare! I wanna see the ending!"

Groaning again, I pause the movie anyways, declaring a bathroom break. I was supposed to have classes today, but Mrs. Rayne decided to cancel classes to stay home with her family (understandable, everything is so crazy right now outside), so I've been keeping true to my word and showing Ossi all known movie classics in the world (He speaks a lot of languages so that really widens the array). I haven't watched a movie with someone that's not my parents in a long while, and never really have the chance to just talk about the movie instead of listening to film/directing lectures, it's nice…

Then the volume in the entertainment room starts to pick back up, and I take back whatever I just thought.

I kick the door leading into the room.

Ossi screams, flying up with the remote in his hands ready to fight with it. "Who!? What!? Kid ya scared the daylights outta me!"

"How… Dare you!" I whisper, betrayed. Noticing his confused look, I point at the screen. "How dare you resume the movie when I'm not back yet! Have you not learned proper 'watching movies with company' etiquette!?"

"Ya know I haven't! And what's the big deal anyways ya said ya already watched the show ten times!"

" Fifteen times, but that doesn't mean you can-"

"Kid wait shut up!"

I raise an incredulous eyebrow, too caught off guard to even be angry. "Excuse me?"

"I mean be quiet! Somethin's 'appening to the statues!"

Widening my eyes, I ask Ossi to pass me the remote, pausing the movie and unmuting the other TV currently broadcasting a live feed of all currently known stone statues.

The statues have started moving! Not only that, but they've begun rampaging through the city, throwing cars at innocent civilians and policemen.

"The Akuma must be back, we need to stop the Stonehearts from hurting anyone else!" I say, reaching for my pen.

Ossi lets out a whoop of excitement. "Now that's what I'm talkin' about! Let's kick some Akuma-"

"Ossi, Horns Drawn!"

Ossi immediately dives into the tip of the pen, causing a deer head to appear in front of it. Swiping the pen across my eyes, the mask gets drawn and materializes onto my face, I drag the pen from my left hand back to my right as a brown suit slowly starts to appear from my arms towards the rest of my body. Twirling the pen around effortlessly as it slowly grows longer, I toss it upwards before reaching towards my back and pulling up a newly made hoodie, ears on its side and antlers on top as I catch the pen which has turned into blowgun as I lean against it with a lazy smile and a peace sign raised in the air.

"WOOO ALRIGHT!" I can't help but yell in excitement, that was exactly how some people in TV shows transform and I'm honestly so excited that I could even do it, let alone actually fighting monsters with it, maybe this isn't going to be so bad after all.

Landing on a nearby building, I quickly take stock of the situation, currently a few of the Stoneheart Minis are in the middle of terrorizing a residential district. Quickly mobilizing, I leap down and grab a few civilians before jumping back up to the rooftop.

"Just stay here alright? And don't make any sounds." I instruct them before jumping down and repeating. Soon enough the ground level district is empty save for the Stoneheart Minis and the destruction it dealt.

I wipe a bead of sweat from my forehead, even though I'm technically wearing a coat, I don't really feel as hot as I think I should feel, which is a plus. "Okay, now where is Chat and Lady-"

A loud scream pierces my eardrums and I wince, right, I have super hearing. Tuning into the location of the sound, I realize that it's coming from inside one of the nearby houses.

"S-Stay away! Don't come any closer!" My eyes widen at the familiar sound, that was Mrs. Rayne! Leaping into action, I burst through the door and run towards another scream, turning into the kitchen I see a Stoneheart Mini walking intimidatingly towards Mrs. Rayne, her arms wrapped protectively around her daughter Juliette, both are cornered by the Akuma.

"HEY! Digimon Ripoff!" I yell, grabbing successfully grabbing its attention. "Why don't you fight someone who stands a chance? Like a piece of paper!?"

The silence that follows that remark was humiliating.

"You know. Cause, paper beats rock…" I trail off, gods it's a good thing Ladybug and Chat Noir aren't here right now, I really need to work on my one liners...

"Whatever." I growl, sticking my blowgun under the table and flipping it over at the monster, taking advantage of the distraction to run towards Mrs. Rayne and Juliette.

"Shh!" I say to them, grabbing them both and dragging them out of the room, the monster slowly gaining up on us. Picking up the pace and running towards the front door, almost there…

As soon as we burst through the door and step onto pavement I crouch down and jump, dragging both Mrs. Rayne and Juliette towards the opposite roof, mere milliseconds before Stoneheart Mini crashes on to where we just were.

"That was too close." I mutter to myself before looking at the two civilians. "Are you okay Mrs- umm, random citizens?"

"We're fine, thank you, Faon Vert." Mrs. Rayne replies.

"Anytime, it's the least I could do." I mumble, giving both of them a once over for any injuries, nodding to myself when there's none before looking over the roof to the Akuma…

Who has disappeared.

"What the…" I concentrate on my hearing a little bit more, they're heavy monsters, so their footsteps should be really easy to-

"FAON VERT?" A loud blaring voice nearly deafens me.

Letting out a yelp, I quickly jump to the side to see Juliette standing near me, equally startled, staring at me with wide eyes.

"Sorry! I'm sorry!" She exclaims. It's the first time I've actually seen Mrs. Rayne's daughter in real life and not pictures, she has short auburn dyed hair and freckles, accompanied with light brown eyes.

I take a deep breath to calm down, toning down my hearing. "It's fine, I'm still getting used to these." I smirk, pointing to the ears on my hood.

The girl smiles back, relaxing a little. "I want to thank you again, personally, you saved my life... and my mom's!" She adds at the last second, gesturing wildly at Mrs. Rayne who suspiciously has her back turned.

"It really is no problem..." I mutter again, feeling a little awkward now at being thanked twice, Stoneheart Mini must be long gone by now, and I have no idea where the original one is…

"And I know this is kind of sudden, and it's probably the adrenalin of nearly dying and all, but can I maybe treat you to coffee? You know since I owe you one, and-"

"That's it!" I exclaim, quickly pulling out my weapon and pressing a button, Ossi mentioned that it could also act as a television, turning on the news channel, it shows the original Stoneheart currently walking towards the Eiffel Tower.

Strapping the weapon back to my back, I give Juliette an apologetic look. "Sorry for interrupting you, but I need to go help my teammates…" As soon as I say that, her expression takes a turn for the worse, almost like I just stabbed her, I can't help but panic at the reaction. "A-Actually, I don't drink coffee, but, I guess tea wouldn't hurt…?"

Juliette brightens up significantly after that, nodding enthusiastically. "That would be great!"

I smile, she must be the kind of person to show appreciation through gestures rather than words. "I'll visit you when I can, gotta jump." I say before leaping off the roof, running towards the Eiffel Tower.

Landing in front of the Eiffel Tower, I look at the scene in reverence. The original Stoneheart has a civilian girl in each of its hands, helicopters surrounding it as it… I gulp, as it stands in the middle of the Eiffel Tower…

Despite the extremely life threatening situation I'm in, I shudder with excitement. It's… It's real life King-

"Faon Vert, you made it!" Ladybug interrupts my thoughts as she and Chat Noir land beside me.

"Heya Ladybug, Kitten." I tease, laughing a little at his indignant huff, but the blond does a double take when looking at my face.

"You look… different." He squints, prompting Ladybug to look too, making me feel extremely self conscious.

Her eyes widen as she realizes what it was. "Your eyes! It's brown!"

Chat gasps. "You're right! It was blue when we first met!"

I tilt my head in confusion, my eyes are brown now? I always have blue eyes, maybe the costume changes it time to time…

"I demand my daughter's safe return!" The Mayor of Paris' voice booms all around us, interrupting our conversation.

"Daddy!" One of the girls in Stoneheart's hands screams.

The Akuma looks at the girl in question. "You know what? You're welcome to her!" It yells before throwing the girl towards the Mayor, the three of us let out a gasp, but Ladybug reacts first, jumping towards the falling target and catching her just in the nick of time.

Both Chat and I let out huge sighs of relief, I really need to work on the 'not be paralyzed in fear' part of being a superhero too.

The two of us land next to Ladybug as she releases the girl, who immediately runs into her father's arms.

"We're clear to attack!" A policeman standing on a barricade commands, the national guards taking aim at the monster.

Ladybug holds her hands out. "Wait! No, don't attack them! You know it'll only make it worse!"

The policeman doesn't budge, glaring at Ladybug. "I have a new plan, unlike you! Move aside and let the pros do their thing. You've already failed once!" I internally wince at his words, he doesn't need to straight up eviscerate Ladybug like that…

As expected, Ladybug visibly flinches, looking at Chat and I with dejected eyes. "He's right, you know. If I had captured Stoneheart's Akuma the first time around, none of this would have happened! I knew I wasn't the right one for this job…"

"Hey." I nudge her lightly with my shoulders, giving her my best smile. "We all make mistakes, but that's how we get better. Besides, without you, who would save the Mayor's daughter?"

Chat Noir grabs her by the shoulder. "I hate to admit it, but he's right." He says without much heat to his words, I give him a lighthearted glare but he ignores me, spinning Ladybug around to face the Mayor and her daughter. "Without you, she'd no longer be here. And without us, they won't make it, and we'll prove that to 'em. Trust us on this. Okay?"

Ladybug blinks, and gives me a questioning look too, I give her an overly serious, sagely nod, standing beside Chat, causing her to giggle. "Okay!" She says, finally smiling like a real superhero.

A loud groan interrupts our bonding moment, turning around, Stoneheart appears to be in pain, hacking out coughs before finally, a kaleidoscope of black butterflies bursts out of his mouth, forming the face of a man I've never seen before.

"People of Paris, listen carefully. I am Hawk Moth." The butterfly image declares.

"Hawk Moth?" The three of us say in shock.

"Ladybug, Chat Noir, give me the ladybug earrings and the cat ring now. You've done enough damage to these innocent people!"

"What am I, a mushroom?" I grumble, crossing my arms indignantly.

Ladybug however, starts clapping (can clapping sound condescending or is it just her?), walking towards the butterfly image. "Nice try, Hawk Moth, but we know who the bad guy is. Let's not reverse the roles here. Without you, none of these innocent victims would be transformed into villains. Hawk Moth, no matter how long it takes, we will find you, and YOU will hand us YOUR Miraculous!" She jumps towards Hawk Moth.

"Time to de-evilize!" She shouts, swiping her yo-yo across the many Akumas, Hawk Moth lets out a pained yell as all of his butterflies get trapped in her weapon, until none is left. Ladybug stands where Hawk Moth was, looking at the cameras. "Let me make this promise to you. No matter who wants to harm you, Ladybug, Chat Noir, and Faon Vert will do everything in our power to keep you safe!" She clicks on her yo-yo, and the purified butterflies explode out, flying everywhere in a shock of white.

Immediately the entirety of Paris erupts in cheers at their brand new heroes. Even I can't help cheering a little.

Chat Noir takes a different approach, looking at Ladybug with silent admiration. "Wow. Whoever she is beneath that mask, I love that girl." He mutters, clearly opting to play the part of a smitten superhero, a little cliché in my opinion, but I guess someone has to play the part.

Suddenly Stoneheart animates again.

"Help me!" The other victim screams from his left hand. The three of us immediately mobilize, landing in front of the Akuma.

"You'll never take Mylène from me!" He jumps onto the wall of the Tower. "Come to me, my stone beings!" He orders, climbing up the side, the Stoneheart Minis climbing up the levels beneath us.

"We're surrounded! What do we do now? We can't attack him." Chat Noir asks.

"Yes, but we know where the Akuma is." Ladybug replies.

I look up at the main Stoneheart. "In his clenched fist, right? I think it's the hand he's using to hold Mylène in…"

Ladybug nods now. "We know he's in love with her…" She thinks for a moment before letting out a gasp. "That's it! We don't separate Stoneheart and Mylène: we bring them closer together! They're made for one another! It's just that they don't know it yet." She exclaims before following Stoneheart.

Chat and I stare at each other in confused silence. I give him a shrug. "I guess it's like last time, we just hafta trust her."

"Something tells me that this is how it's gonna be from here on out." The blond muses, proceeding to jump up the Tower, following Ladybug with me right behind him.

The three of us climb up the tower with haste, each of us using a different approach with Ladybug's yo-yo that acts as a grappling hook, Chat Noir's feline-like wall running abilities and me just jumping from one beam to the other. At the top of the tower, Stoneheart is surrounded by helicopters, Mylène helpless in his clutches.

"This is… exactly like the movie… But with superheroes !" I can't help but fanboy over the situation, we better succeed, I would prefer to keep this memory a happy one.

Landing on the roof platform with Chat Noir, Ladybug takes it a step further and stands on the tip of the tower itself.

"Help, I'm scared of heights!" Mylène shouts.

"Everything's gonna be alright!" Ladybug shouts back.

Stoneheart lets out another roar, the helicopters actually flying back in fear. I nearly jump out of my skin when another rock hand slams onto the railing behind Chat and I. The two of us immediately jump back, weapons at the ready.

"How are you planning to get them closer than they already are?" The blond yells at our leader.

"By using our powers! Lucky Charm!" Ladybug activates her ability, ladybugs flying out of her yo-yo and creating a parachute in her hands.

Internally questioning the actual specifics of her ability, I suddenly feel a rocky hand grab my leg and yelp, a Stoneheart Mini throws me in the air, along with Chat too apparently, according to his screams.

"Sticks can be used as umbrellas, Mind's Eye!" I quickly activate my ability, the stick turning into a bright green umbrella as I open it, gently floating back to the ground as Chat Noir grabs a pipe, spinning around before landing on his feet.

"Huh, I suppose I could've done that too…" I mumble, a little embarrassed, Chat gives me a smug look before looking back at Ladybug.

"You sure you know what you're doing!?" He yells up at her.

"We'll find out soon enough!" Ladybug then winds up her yo-yo, launching and wrapping it around Stoneheart's arm and shoulder. "His hand, get ready!" She yells before pulling, slowly forcing the Akuma's hand and Mylène closer to Stoneheart's face before the two of them kiss. Surprised, the stone monster lets go of Mylène and the item, the former still gripping tightly on the monster's hand while the item starts falling.

I immediately leap down the tower, diving towards the crumbled rock. Approaching it, I quickly bat the rock back up to Ladybug, before opening my umbrella again as I slowly start to descend to the floor, that's my job done I suppose.

"Home run!" I hear Ladybug say as she grabs the rock, a black butterfly flies out of it as she activates her yo-yo. "No more evil-doing for you, little Akuma. De-evilize— Huh?" Frowning at her sudden surprise, I look up, and promptly feel my heart stop.

Stoneheart had turned back into his human form, and both him and Mylène started falling from the top of the tower.

Cursing, I start to jump up the tower again, but thankfully I don't seem to be needed. Ladybug jumps down from the tower, grabbing onto Mylène and capturing the Akuma at the same time, deploying her parachute as the two of them start floating down. Chat goes after the boy, activating his Cataclysm to create a rusted pipe out of the Eiffel Tower, hanging from it as he grabs the boy.

I decide to continue jumping up anyways, landing on the rusted pole to look at Chat and the de-evilised target.

"Want an express ticket down?" I ask, smirking a little.

Chat huffs before looking up at me, eyes widening. "Your eyes, they're blue again!"

"Huh?" I tilt my head in confusion, feeling a little annoyed that I can't confirm this for myself right now. "I guess, when I activate my Mind's Eye it turns blue? Who knows…" I end up shrugging, I'll have to double check this when I go home.

Chat and the de-akumatized victim end up accepting my offer, the two of them clinging onto me as we float down with my umbrella. Landing on the floor, the two of us help the boy walk towards Ladybug, before a large wave of ladybugs swarm us, flying around everywhere in the city and repairing all the damages.

"Woah… Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Chat asks no one in particular. I nod beside him, mouth agape.

"Yeah. It's beautiful and amazing. It's… uh… Miraculous!" Ladybug exclaims, the ladybugs energizing even more as it spreads all around Paris.

Watching Ladybug console Mylène and the boy, I turn to Chat. "I guess we're going to be partners from now on, or… co-workers? Under the leadership of One Dynamite Gal Ladybug."

The blond gives me a confused look and I sigh internally, does no one watch movies anymore?

Suddenly my Miraculous beeps, giving it a look, I realize that I have very little time before I change back!

"I gotta jump, till we meet again Kitten." I say finally before leaping off to the nearest rooftop, running back home as quick as I can.

-The Next Day-

Heavy rain has been pouring the entire day today, usually I would be taking advantage of the precious peace to read a couple books in the library. However my concern for everyone the day before during the attack had me traveling to and fro as Faon Vert, checking to see if everyone is okay, this is my last stop.

"So this is a school…" I mutter to myself, standing over the roof and watching everyone walking to their cars, waiting for the right person. Finally, Juliette leaves the school, a transparent umbrella in her arms as she walks to Mrs. Rayne's car, showing up to school is a good sign, no signs of trauma like sleep deprivation, skittishness or anything at a glance, that's a relief. I'll probably wait a while before getting tea with her, give her some time to unwind, maybe we can become friends too by the end of it.

"Hey." A random voice got picked up by my super hearing. "I just wanted you to know that I was only trying to take the chewing gum off your seat. I swear. I've never been to school before. I've never had friends. It's all sort of new to me." The voice continues.

He sounds cute. I smile, lying back on the roof to avoid being seen, turning off my super hearing, the conversation sounded private, so it wouldn't be polite of me to eavesdrop like that. Instead I look up at the sky, my eyes protected from the rain by the hood covering my face. I can't help but sigh happily, who knew that I would be lying on a rooftop, miles away from the comforts of my own home to enjoy rain again, how long has it been…

Hearing a car drive away, I decide that it's safe to look out again, seeing someone under a dark umbrella walk away from school. I wait a moment before landing on the floor, looking at the main entrance to the grand building, I wonder if I would ever be brave enough to enter here on my own…

"Faon Vert?"

Jumping at the voice, I spin around to see an elderly man with an umbrella looking at me with knowing eyes.

I smile at him. "That's me, do you need help with anything?"

"Oh not at all, I just wanted to meet you in person, your presence had indeed been a surprise, but a welcomed one…" He explains so cryptically that I can't help but narrow my eyes a little. The old man ignores my look, spinning around and walking away. "They say friendship doubles your joy and divides your sorrows. Be sure to look after yourself, and your teammates." He finishes before walking away.

"Well, duh, I guess…" I trail off, tilting my head in confusion, should I stop him, or…

Whatever, he doesn't seem evil, and if this is a movie I'm sure I'll meet the mysterious old man again, sometime soon, hopefully…

Leaping off towards my house, I feel the rain pouring against me, the dull scent of earth and the sound of the rain drops like a mellow harmony soothing my worries.

If I keep going like this, can Julian one day step out on his own too…? And for the first time in a long while… I truly believe he can.