Previously on In the End...
He looked up at her. "Yes, Lila is a good candidate. Hm..." he went back into deep thought. He was trying to figure out how he was going to lure Lila in when she wasn't thinking so negatively. "Let's have her rage boil over again. Her deep hatred for Ladybug."
Marinette stood on her balcony in the early morning. She felt like a different person. As in her usual routine to be stalking Adrien and have the habit of being late.
Tikki was still fast asleep on Marinette's bed and wasn't even aware where Marinette was.
The blunette looked at her phone to see the first line of the sonnet she had gotten from her class.
If Luka was here, maybe she would have partnered up with him. As far as she knew, Luka was like two to three years older than her. Yet, he had taken interest in her. Didn't he want some other girl who felt the music like he did?
"No longer mourn for me when I am gone.
Then you shall hear the surely sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled."
Marinette connected more with sonnet 71 over the other sonnets that were presented to them. This one stood out to her more. One day, their beloved Ladybug would be gone because she would be gone. She smiled at that and set her phone down. Then walked over to her balcony railing and looked up at the stars.
She could see how the sunrise began. With blasting vibrant colors of pink and orange off into the distance. It had been a long time since she had seen the sunrise. She had only seen the sunsets. Both were very beautiful.
Her phone buzzed, indicating she had received a message from someone. This early in the morning? She picked up her phone and tapped it to see who had texted her.
Adrien.
Hey, Marinette. Want a ride to school? it said. She only lived five minutes away. Did he forget that?
I can walk. Thank you. She texted back. Everything was all so weird. Adrien wanted to have her in his car. She was honestly very flattered.
Marinette nearly threw her phone over the balcony. What was she doing? She wasn't supposed to be happy with Adrien checking up on her.
She sighed softly and slid onto the ground with her back towards a brick wall. She thought about Tikki and why she was hurt. Why hadn't Tikki given her any answers? Then again, she understood that she was a kwami. There were some untold powers that the kwamis mustn't know in case they end up falling up in the wrong hands.
"Marinette?" her kwami flew to the bluenette's face, seeing her distressed. "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing Tikki," she said with a smile.
For as long as she could remember, holders would do fake smiles. Marinette wanted to learn more. But Tikki refused to tell Marinette that Hawkmoth knew she was Ladybug. She didn't want Marinette to freak out. Anyone else who might use this miraculous might do some harm to themselves and the kwami herself.
Marinette set her hands together so Tikki could settle down. In the beginning, she was so scared of this little creature. And now, they were like best friends. Tikki knew everything about Marinette.
They were helping each other.
She placed a kiss on the kwami's forehead. "You can tell me anything," she whispered. She stood up, Tikki still sitting on her hands. "Let's get you something to eat." she opened the trapdoor that led to her room and climbed inside.
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Hawkmoth de-transformed. He became Gabriel again and Nooroo would fly out of the brooch.
Even without Nooroo knowing how to connect with Ladybug's kwami, he still found a way to hurt the kwami. This Miraculous book...how could he have so stupid? He simply went back into time to learn the secrets of the Miraculous. Though, not very much information was given. He could hurt the kwami and since the kwami and the holder were bonded, the kwami could end up giving in and the holder would be sick.
Just like his wife.
He was going to get her back no matter what. He and Adrien were lost without her. Sad. Separated. Lost.
He was pleased with himself for managing to hurt Ladybug's kwami. Corruption magic.
What he didn't know was that Duusu had been corrupted when the miraculous got damaged. And that he could heal the miraculous somehow lime Master Fu did. All he knew was that there was a guardian out there in all of Paris.
And he was going to use this corruption magic again. He just needed to have her become vulnerable once again. La could retrieve her Miraculous and give it to him. He smiled, thinking if this horrible plan is was going to do to an innocent girl.
He dialed Lila's number and waited for her to pick up the phone.
"I'm so glad you could trust me, Gabriel."
"Hello, Lila. I need for you to downgrade Ms. Dupain-Cheng."
"What reasons?"
"Lila, I am Hawkmoth and Marinette is Ladybug. You want Ladybug to be gone, don't you?"
There was silence at the other end of the line.
"Of course I do! I hate Ladybug! Marinette was too possessive of your son. She's a dummy. I will happily destroy her if that's what it means to get rid of her forever. Then Adrien will be all mine."
"Yes. Protect my son from bad influences like her. Once you do your part, I will do mine. And you take her earrings and bring them to me. I will grant you power."
"Thank you, Gabriel."
He ended the call. Everything was now in progress. He could get her Miraculous today. Then use that as bait to get Cat Noir's Miraculous. This plan couldn't fail.