The Temple

Adrien, Plagg, and the old man made it out of the dungeon in one piece. As they made their way out of the kingdom, surprisingly they didn't run into any guards which was a little suspicious at first, but it didn't matter the less trouble the better.

They 'borrowed' a horse from a stable near the outskirt of the kingdom and made their way into the desert.

Adrien pulled the horse througg the desert with the older man riding it and about a couple hours after they were out of the kingdom they arrived to the old temple in the desert that was said to hold untold riches just as the old man described.

Adrien looked up at the large doors in awe as his eyes wandered all over the design of the temple.

"So... what am I getting exactly?" He asked the old man.

"All I ask is that you bring me the silver ring do that and the rest of the treasure you find in there will be yours."

Adrien looked back up at the temple and began to make his way to the entrance.

"Psst Adrien." Plagg whispered from in the blond's vest. "Are you sure we should trust that guy? He's so creepy and he smells like rotten fish."

Adrien glanced back at the old man who ushered him to go on. "You may be right but..." An image of the princess flashed in his mind, the thought of her shy smile and sweet laughter that made him keep moving forward. "I really want to see Marinette again...besides don't you want to see Tikki again."

Plagg made a straight face. "Your right, let's keep going."

When Adrien made it to the door something was written.

Only the diamond in the rough may enter

Adrien lifted an eyebrow and once again looked back at the old man.

"Go on boy!" He called out. "Your treasure awaits and so does your princess."

He blushed and turned back to the door. Slowly he reached out to push it open. He barely had a finger on the door when it started to glow brightly.

The words changed. Touch nothing but the ring. Then the doors were opened.

Adrien gulped as he looked down at the steps leading down to...who knows where. He took a deep breath and began to make his way down.

The more he walked the darker it became every small sound he heard made him flinch and the ominous air sent a shiver down his spine.

Ten minutes of walking down stairs and he finally saw a entrance to a room filled with light. When he made it to the bottom and into the room he marveled at what he found. All kinds of gold, jewels, and riches beyond anything you could imagine was in this one room and it was beyond unbelievable.

"Woah..." Adrien said with extreme awe. "Man...just a handful of this stuff would make me richer than the king!"

Plagg peeked out of Adrien's vest to see what he was talking about. His eyes bulged at all the jewels in the underground cave of the temple.

"Oooooh shiny!" He dashed out of Adrien's vest towards the nearest diamond he saw.

"PLAGG STOP!"

The black cat stopped in mid air and turned to look at the boy who stopped his actions with a pout.

"Whhyyyyy?"

"Until we have the ring, we can't touch anything else. Hands off got it?"

The kwami crossed his tiny arms in a pout muttering a small 'fine' to the boy. Adrien and Plagg made their way through the large room of treasure until they came across a tunnel on the otherside.

Going through the tunnel they came across an even larger tavern with stairs leading to a light at the top.

"Adrieeeeen, I'm tiiiired." Plagg whined from the boy's shoulder.

Adrien lifted an eyebrow. "How are you tired? You haven't been the one walking this whole time."

"Yes but watching you walk this whole time is tiresome. Can we take a break?"

Adrien rolled his eyes at the kwami and grabbed him by his tail and set him down on the ground.

"You can stay here. I'm going to get that ring."

Plagg laid down on the ground as the blond made his way up the stairs, it took a minute given the height but he made it to the top.

There at the top of the steps was a silver ring sitting in the light. Adrien slowly reached out for it picking it up carefully. He scowled when he got a closer look at the object.

This is what we came all this way for?

Plagg at the bottom bored out of his mind sat up and looked around, his head turned to the side to something bright in the corner that caught his eye.

A huge diamond resting in the hands of a statue. He drooled at the sight as he started to float his way towards the huge jewel.

"Soo shiny..."

Adrien put the ring is his pocket as he turned back to make his way back down the stairs.

"Okay Plagg I got it, now we can-" he stopped when he saw the cat heading towards a large diamond at the bottom. What was that stupid cat doing?!

"PLAGG NO!" The blond yelled rushing down the stairs, but it was too late.

Plagg had touched the jewel and in doing so the entire ground began to shake and large rocks began to fall.

With no time to lose Adrien ran down the stairs and grabbed the silly cat before making his way out the temple.

He ran, jumped, leaped, dodged. ( and basically used his cat like parkour skills to get them out because there is no carpet in this story and I couldn't figure out any other means for their escape mwhahahaha. Deal with it. -_- )

Adrien ran up the stairs leading to the entrance of the temple. The stairs were collapsing and he was almost there. The stairs gave way and Adrien jumped taking the leap of faith and grabbed the ledge of the crumbling structure. He tried to pull himself up but to no avail. When he looked up he saw the old man looking down at him.

"Help me up!" Adrien called out to the man.

"Give me the ring!" The old man demanded.

Adrien gave a confused look ,but shook it away "I..I can't! Pull me up!"

"First give me the ring!"

Adrien reached down in his pocket and tossed the ring up to the old man. The man caught it and looked at the ring before a huge smile came across his face.

"Finally...the ring, IT'S MINE!" he laughed maniacally. He looked at the boy hanging for dear life. Plagg had flew out to help Adrien climb out, but was roughly kicked to the side by the old man.

"Plagg!" Adrien was grabbed roughly by the arm and pulled up face to face with the old geezer. "What are you doing?!"

"Giving you your reward." He said with malice in his throat as he revealed a knife.

Adrien quickly realized what was happening. This man was going to kill him, and all because he was stupid enough to follow him out here.

Before the old man could use his weapon Plagg zipped at him and began to scratch his face. The man screamed in the process released Adrien.

Once he finally pulled the cat off of him he threw him down the hole with Adrien who drastically fell into the abyss.