"Are you sure you don't want to move back home, Snowflake? I'm sure they can find other models that can sing." Her father asked, his eyes filled with slight concern making the teenage girl turn her gaze from the box in front of her to the laptop screen.

The girl had a sun-kissed tan fitting well with her strong hourglass frame, her eyes were a stunning sapphire blue with a subtle slit to the pupil. Her knee-length hair was a deep black with streaks of pale icy blue, she usually had it up in a high ponytail or as she had it now braided down her back.

She was wearing a black off the shoulder top that had blue roses going down the side making it pop against the starry background, she had white jean capris, for jewelry she had two white cuffs covering her wrist and a collar like a choker around her throat.

She turned to the computer with a smile on her black lips "Dad... I haven't even been gone for a week yet, besides I've already enrolled. Are the boys driving you that crazy?" Her smile slowly turned to a smirk.

"I will never understand how you kept them from killing each other, Tiamat." He said running a hand through his dark hair. "I was the baby and the only girl, also they can't say no to my dragon eyes." Tiamat said, laughing at his misfortune.

"Father! I demand to talk to Tia!" Yelled a young male voice off-screen "Back off Demon Spawn! I get to talk to her first!" Yelled two male voices in unison "The three of you need to knock it off or she won't talk to either of you." Yelled a fourth voice making Tia raise an eyebrow to the silence that followed.

"Where's Alfred and Terry?" Tia asked turning back to the box which had her gear for her nighttime job "Alfred is cooking dinner and Terry is trying to find an apartment for him to move into. When's your next photoshoot?" Bruce asked, making Tia look at the calendar she had pinned on the wall.

"Hmm… I don't know. All I know is I'm doing it with a male model. They said they would call me when it was." Tia said.

"Maybe it's your childhood crush." One male teased, making Tia's face red "Jason!" Tia shrieked, dropping her cloak and making her brothers laugh "Boys lay off your sister." Bruce said.

When her blush finally faded she turned back to the laptop to see the location her father was in changed "Oh I forgot about the time difference. It's only noon here, you guys are going on patrol soon?" Tia asked as she closed the box with her old equipment "That reminds me are you going to be doing your nighttime job?" Bruce asked.

"No. The only job I'm going to be doing is modeling, singing, and maybe something else. I'm going to be as normal as possible and try not to use Dragon Slayer Magic or anything else like that in less I have to. I just hope Gotham can survive without Snowstorm. I'll still carry my belt in my Requip space but that's about it."

Bruce nodded "I respect your decision and I hope you find what you're looking for in Paris." A voice called from beyond the screen "Come on B. Patrol waits for no one!"

"Ok well I'll let you go, I have to go get groceries. Oh by the way dad, try not to run yourself into the ground." Tiamat said. "I will make sure that he doesn't Miss Tiamat." Alfred said coming into the cave with a tray in hand.

"FATHER!" Damian yelled "On that note, I'll let you go. Have fun and stay safe okay." Her father said as he ended the call.

She stood up, stretching out her stiff arms. Tia sighed, so many boxes and these were just the ones that she brought with her. She walked over to where her black converses were, slipped them on and grabbed her purse before heading out.

"Ok, so the furniture is on the way… I should have enough time left to get groceries," Tiamat said to herself. Her stomach growled, "And maybe some dinner." She laughed as she walked.

Living in Gotham the prettiest sites were the ones of no bodies in the alleyways or walking to the store and still having cash (and those happen only if you were lucky enough) in comparison that made Paris the most magical place in the world.

Paris had always been referred to as the city of love only now did she find she had taken that for granted there was something special here, something that just felt right in addition she actually saw people smile. Was that sad? She shook it from her mind, only if she didn't learn to smile with them… right?

She was determined to make most out of living here.

Her thoughts focused on her new home. She barely had time to catch herself as someone rushed into her sending the hurried girl to the ground.

The girl she'd stopped was a small average-sized girl. Her black hair had a strange blue shine. It was short, barely reaching her shoulders in their pigtailed state. "Oh my gosh, are you okay!?" Tia fretted.

"I'm fine." The girl said dazed.

"Do you need a hand?" Tia questioned looking down at her.

"Thanks," she sighed "oh, I'm such a klutz." The girl muttered brushing her newly well-dusted clothing. "It's ok you're fine honestly, I have five older brothers. I'm used to being pushed around." Tia said smiling reassuringly as she helped the young girl up.

"I'm so sorry, you aren't hurt either right?" Tia shook her head "I'm so sorry gosh, ugh." She looked up at Tia. "My name's Marinette Dupain-Cheng." She said with an embarrassed smile.

"I'm Tiamat but I like to go by Tia."

"Just Tia? No last name?" Marinette questioned with a raised brow "It's complicated." Tia grumbled.

"Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" Marinette asked, trying to change the subject.

"As I said, you're fine I should have been paying more attention but if you really want to help... Do you know a good place to eat? I just moved here last night and I'm still unpacking." Tia said.

Marinette's face lit up "Well my parents own a bakery, and if you'd like I can come over and help you unpack." Marinette offered, making Tia raise her brow "Ok… what's in it for you?" Tiamat snapped.

"I just want to help," Marinette said, sounding a little saddened by the retort.

Tia softened. "I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, Marinette. I grew up in a place where you have to question intentions. You know... wouldn't mind a little help." Tia said with her head bowed.

"It's ok I understand, a girl you randomly bump into and hardly know, offers to help you move in." She said, shrugging. Tia hated feeling like this... like she couldn't trust anyone. Marinette seemed like a good person...

"Well I am starving so why don't we go to your bakery?" Tia asked, Marinette smiled and nodded.

"Hey, where were you headed in such a hurry?" Marinette looked at Tia startled. "Oh." She said looking down. "Promise you won't laugh... I was trying to catch my balance." she finished in a mumble.

It took all Tia had not to snicker "Wow at the speed you were going you could've stopped a train." Tia said unable to hold in the smile on her lips.

"By the way, I love your top, who made it?" Marinette said, changing the topic.

"Oh, my dad had it custom made for my birthday," Tia answered.

"I love that the blue roses compliment the night sky," Marinette said with an approving smile.

"So are you a designer?" Tia asked as they stopped outside of a bakery. It's elegant white walls lined with gold trim and fine shining windows. Even without Marinette's suggestion, Tia would have been drawn to it. For more reasons than one, looking across the street she could see the old building that was to be her new school.

"Yes, but I'm not really good at it," Marinette said. "If you want I can take a look at your designs, I have a little background with clothes," Tia said, trying not to reveal that she was a model.

"That sounds like fun, maybe I can make you something, I'm guessing you like black or maybe something more exotic?" Marinette asked her as she placed her hand on the doorknob.

"I'm fine with blues and white but black is my main color." Tia laughed following Marinette in only to be overwhelmed with the wonderful smell of baked goods. The aroma of the pastries was sweet and warm giving the feeling of love for the cooking art. Tia had always been well fed during her time with Bruce but the pastries here put Alfred's fine culinary skills to shame.

Standing behind the counter stood one of the tallest men Tia had ever seen, fitted with a nice strong build. His light sky blue shirt was coated in flour and sugar making his apron look hardly used. His hair was dark though not nearly as dark as his daughter's at the sound of the bell he turned to the girls with a big welcoming smile. "Hi, Papa." Marinette said, waving "Welcome home Marinette!" He said, wiping his rough callused hands with a towel. "Who's your friend?" He asked, walking over to the two girls.

Tia looked up at the large smiling face. He seemed safe enough but she remained wary, she had her fair share of fighting large men. It usually left her with more broken ribs than she would have liked. "Hello my name is Tiamat but you can call me Tia. I just moved here last night." Tia said, putting her hand out.

"It's nice to meet you. My name is Tom Dupain. You wouldn't have a last name would you?" He questioned, shaking her hand "That is the same thing Marinette said to me." Tia laughed. 'What was it with the last name questions.' Tia thought.

Hoping to ease the awkwardness in the room. Tia continued. "Marinette said that this is the best place to get food. I kind of forgot to eat today because I have been unpacking and had my dad check up on me. By that, I mean trying to convince me to move back home." Tia explained, making the two laugh.

"Well Marinette is right we have a lot of great items here, what are you thinking about getting?" Tom asked.

"Umm… I don't know. There weren't any bakeries where I'm from, my Grandfather made all the treats in our house for my brothers and I... I've never had a macaron before." Tia admitted.

"Well, we have plenty of those. I'm going to go grab my sketchbook, I'll be right back." Marinette said running up the stairs. Tia watched her go and felt more on edge with her gone.

"So is there a reason you haven't told us your last name?" Tom asked.

"Well… I have two and I just met you guys. I want her to get to know me as Tia and not as the titles that come with the names. She will only find out one unless my dad comes down himself." Tia said, rubbing the back of her neck as she looked down.

Tom smiled knowingly grabbing two boxes of macaroons, one a beautiful red velvet, and the other a surprising chocolate chip cookie dough. "Thank you. How much do I owe you." Tiamat questioned, opening her purse for her wallet "It's on the house. Sorry if we made you feel uncomfortable your name just reminded me of something." He said walking back over to the oven.

"Yeah sorry," Marinette said, walking back into the room with a pink journal in her hand. The sight of someone familiar, even someone she'd only met recently calmed her nerves. "Hey Papa, I hope you don't mind but I offered to go help Tia move in."

"That's fine. Your mother is out grabbing some groceries so I will let her know. Just be home before dark." Tom said smiling at the two. "Tia just know, you're always welcome here whenever you'd like."

Tia smiled as her phone binged. "Crap. Marinette, we have to go, my dad just texted me, my furniture arrived at the house." Tia grumbled, "Thank you Mr. Dupain." Tia added, grabbing Marinette's hand and running out of the bakery. She hurried as Marinette followed. Rounding the corner to where her house was, Marinette's voice called to her from behind. "You said you had siblings, what are their names?"

"Well there's Terry, he's 35 and the oldest. Next, we have Richard or Dick as he likes to be called and he's 25. Then we have Jason who's 20. After him is Tim and he's 18. Then last but not least, we have Damian who's 14, and me 13." Tia listed "So why did you buy this big of a place?" Marinette asked, catching her breath as Tiamat unlocked the first floor for the movers.

"My dad bought it for me. It has two stories and a basement, I was thinking of making the basement my workout area." Tia said, putting her purse down on the island.

"Workout area?" Marinette questioned.

"I was on my school's gymnastics team, also growing up with brothers I got into parkour, jujutsu, and sword fighting." Tia explained, with a shrug before turning to the movers "All the boxes should be marked. Anything that doesn't say bedroom, bathroom, office, or outside, stays down here the rest will go upstairs." Tia said, taking Marinette's hand again leading her to the stairs.

"I still have a lot of unpacking to do plus I have to figure out how I'm going to do the roof. Hummmm…" Tia rambled opening the door to her flat only to hit the ground when she was pounced on.

"Eclipse!?" Tiamat yelled looking at the dog on her chest, hearing a meow she saw a panther cub sitting on some boxes "Noire!?" Tia shouted.

"Umm… Tia?" Marinette asked looking at the panther cub and black Golden Retriever Husky mix "Oh sorry Marinette, these are my pets, Eclipse and Noire. I've had these guys since I was little, they were gifts from my brothers." Tia explained, pushing Eclipse off of her.

"That's sweet," Marinette said.

"But that doesn't explain how they got here," Tia whispered, walking over to one of the boxes shocking Marinette when she pulled a long sword out. Tiamat took the pitch-black sword out of its scabbard and looked around "Tia… is that necessary?" Marinette gasped.

"There are only four people who have keys to this place, three of those people should be back home. It puts me a little at ease knowing the person knows my family because of Eclipse and Noire but that…" Tia was cut off when someone grabbed her shoulder.

Tia elbowed the person in the face, turning to sweep the person's legs out from underneath them, and flipping so she was straddling the person with her sword at their throat. When Tiamat got a good look at the person she gasped.

"Damn it, Terry! I could have killed you!" Tia screamed, getting off of him and putting the sword back in its scabbard before turning to her older brother with her hands on her hips and a glare on her face.

"Geez Dragonfly, you have only been gone a few days and you already forgot what I smelled like," Terry said, getting off the floor brushing his leather jacket off.

"That's what you get when you bust into my apartment." Tia snarled, turning her heel to walk back over to a confused Marinette whacking Terry in the face with her braid in the process. "Technically I used my key," Terry muttered.

"Marinette, this is my eldest brother Terrence," Tiamat said, pretending not to hear him as she gestured to the ebony-haired man. Terry was wearing a brown leather jacket with two silver straps on the arms with a T neckline black shirt matched with his dark jeans and brown boots.

"Wait a minute… Dad said you were trying to find an apartment when I was on the phone with him this morning." Tia realized walking back over to the box she grabbed the sword from "Yeah that was a lie. Dad wanted you to have these two rascals so you weren't alone and had a piece of home with you."

"He also knew you needed help moving in and seeing as I don't have to go back to work till tomorrow, I can help with that and see you off for your new school." Terry explained, "Better you than Jason." Tiamat grumbled "Tia?" Marinette asked.

"Oh, it's nothing. She's thinking about the last time our brother Jason tried to help with something that wasn't his job." Terry said.

"Anyway Terry, you can go help the movers and bring anything that's marked office, bedroom, bathroom, or outside up here. Marinette and I will start unpacking the boxes we already have." Tia said gesturing to the boxes that littered her room.

"Sounds like a plan. Dragonfly, do you want the downstairs to look like you had it at home?" Terry asked walking over to the stairs "Umm… if it's not too much trouble for you Terry." Tia said "Not at all. Oh, I would put Night Sky away if I were you." Terry laughed, making Tia look at her hand to see the sword that was still in her grasp.

Shaking her head she leaned it against the wall and turned to Marinette who was opening one of the boxes "Sorry about this Marinette. I wasn't expecting him or any of my family to stop by, for that matter." Tia sighed.

"It's alright." Marinette said, pulling out some shirts "Why do you have stuff to go outside when you don't have a backyard?" Marinette asked.

"The roof is flat so I'm hoping to make it into an outside area, where I can sit out there and watch the stars while I write my songs.

At home, dad made this lounge on my balcony so I could just sit out there and do whatever, 9 out of 10 times Damian would find me asleep with my song notebook on my lap," Tia said, laughing and Marinette joined her.

After a while of organizing all the stuff from the boxes, getting to know each other more and Tia yelling at Terry for putting stuff in the wrong place, the girls moved to put the bedroom/office together.

"So what's with the name Dragonfly?" Marinette asked as she was hanging the fairy lights on the ceiling.

"When I was little Terry had gotten me this dragon plush and I would carry it everywhere, when my grandfather would wash it, I'd throw the biggest fit ever till I got it back.

I would go around the house pretending that I was a dragon and I was flying with Tundra, that's what I named the plush, I did it so much that Terry just started calling me that. All my brothers have different nicknames for me." Tia said, while putting her clothes in her dresser.

"It sounds like you were close with your brothers." Marinette stated.

"I was. They all helped me in their own ways to get me where I am today but I was the closest to Damian. Isn't that right Terry?" Tia said, raising her voice a little at the end.

"What gave me away Dragonfly?" Terry questioned walking into the room with Eclipse and Noire "Your footsteps are too loud." Tia smirked.

"Anyway, I came to tell you that the movers are all done and dad said not to worry about paying them because he already did. Your living room, bathroom, kitchen are all put together like they were at home, all that's left is your room, the guest room, and the roof." Terry said sitting on the steps to her bed.

"Thanks, Terry." Tia replied, noticing how late it's gotten "Marinette, do you want me to walk you home?" Tiamat asked, glancing at her friend "No, I'll be alright. I will have to come over when it's all finished. Maybe we can hang out on the roof and take a look at each other's notebooks." Marinette suggested.

"I'd like that. Oh here's my number if you need anything, Don't hesitate to call me." Tia said, handing her a slip of paper before walking her to the front door. "Hopefully we will be going to the same school tomorrow," Tia called, waving to Marinette as she disappeared around the corner.

When Tia walked back into her apartment Terry was sitting on the couch watching the news, the two animals with him, looking over the room it made her feel like she was back at Wayne Manor.

The room was painted cream white and had three windows, one by the dining table, one in the kitchen by the sink, and the last one in the living room had a window seat for Noire's cat bed.

The T.V was mounted on the wall and underneath was the entertainment center where her PS5 and games were.

At the end of the new couch layed her not so new side tables courtesy of her brother's roughhousing a while back but they matched so... The coffee table stood in all its splendor, next to two bean bag chairs.

To the right of the couch, there was a corner bookshelf with all of her books and a bathroom door to the left.

Eclipse's bed sat nearby, where she could keep an eye on the front door and Tia at the same time.

The kitchen was painted the same color as the living room. The fridge laid at the end by the door leading up to the stairs.

The microwave sat on the counter by the cabinet near the dishwasher and sink, on the other side by the fridge was the stove and oven. In the middle, the island stood with the two animal dishes next to it. Finally, there was a dining table that could expand to fit the whole Batfamily but currently, only four seats were set.

Tia turned back to Terry who was fiddling with his jacket "What's wrong?" Tia asked sitting next to him "Dad just called over comms and needs all hands. Sorry, Dragonfly but we're going to have to cut this short. Are you sure you can do this?" Terry asked, walking into her downstairs bathroom to change into his costume.

"We both know I'm older than I look, Terry. I'll be fine. Marinette said she'd help me if I need it. Plus Eclipse won't let anything happen to me on her watch, I swear she's worse than Ace." Tia said.

She bent down to pick Noire up and placed the cub on her shoulders, she continued "Besides if anything gets out of my control I'll call home and let dad know."

"I noticed you're not calling him Otōsan anymore. Any reason why?" He questioned coming out of the bathroom dressed as Renegade.

"No not really I just grew out of it. Be glad the curtains are closed. I don't want to explain why one of Gotham's heroes is in my living room.

You be safe and tell everyone I love them." Tia said hugging him before he put his mask on and pressed his comm "Renegade to Watchtower. Requesting transport." There was a flash of light as Tia was left standing alone in her living room with Eclipse and Noire.

"Well, it looks like we are just going to have to order food tonight and go shopping before school tomorrow," Tia said picking up her phone and looking up restaurants, taking a seat on the couch.

She hummed as she scrolled through her phone "What are you guys in the mood for?" She asked looking at the two pets.

Noire jumped off her shoulders to her lap and placed her paw on Tia's phone. When Tia moved the paw her phone was showing "Wingstop? You want chicken, Noire?" She questioned looking at the cub who meowed "What do you say, Eclipse?" Tia asked and got a bark in return.

"Ok, you both have convinced me." She laughed, getting up and stretching.

When she was done eating, it was almost 9 at night walking up the stairs with Eclipse and Noire following her. She did her nightly routine before heading to her room.

The interior of the room had dark blue wallpaper fitting well with the light brown hardwood. In the center of the room is a circular black rug with blue rose designs running along the edges.

There were two white bean bag chairs by a sliding glass door with two pet beds to the left, on a desk were her computer, books, a jewelry box, and pictures of her family waiting to be hung on the wall. A full-sized mirror was situated near a set of black stairs with a railing beside Tiamat's desk.

The stairs lead up to a loft to her large king-sized bed it's comforter was a swirl of colors and stars making a startling contrast against her black fitted sheets. Above her bed was a small shelf with her notebooks/books, there was a skylight with small fairy lights hanging making it look like the night sky. The glass door led to a small balcony with an encased staircase leading to the roof, opening the door she walked up to the roof for the first time.

There was a brick wall tall enough so that Eclipse could come up and Tia didn't have to worry about her falling off the roof, other than that it was plain. She took one last look before heading back down to her room to change into her pajamas, her pajamas consisted of a black sports bra with the Bat symbol and a pair of black sweatpants "Coming Noire?" She asked walking up the steps to her bed.

Noire meowed and followed her as Eclipse got comfy on her bed. When Tia got comfortable she grabbed her notebook from the bookcase behind her and opened it up, she skipped through a bit before coming to a blank page.

As if she was in a trance she started sketching a face, the male had cat eyes with green sclerae, dark green irises, and oval pupils. His hair was long and untamed and it covered his human ears. He was wearing black cat ears and had his eyes were encased by a dark mask.

Noire meowed again and Tia snapped out of her trance "Whoa..." Tia gasped looking over the picture 'That's a first.' Tia thought tracing her fingers over the masked eyes, her own eyes felt heavy and as she fell asleep there was a faint smile on her lips.

When she woke to her phone ringing, looking at the caller ID she growled.

"Dick… it's two o'clock in the morning! There better be a good reason for this." She snarled when she answered the phone "Told you it was a bad idea." A male voice said "And yet you still let him do it, Tim! What do you guys want?" Tia asked while she walked to her bathroom to get ready for the day.

"Well I can't speak for Jason but some of us wanted to wish you luck at your new school," Dick explained, Tia listened as she brushed the knots out of her hair before putting it up in a high ponytail making the end rest at her back.

"Well now that you have, I have to go because of Terry, I wasn't able to go shopping for groceries yesterday and I have nothing to eat this morning." Tia said changing into her normal clothes "Well look on the bright side you can go flying before school." Tim said, "How do you figure?" Tia questioned.

"Can't you change your scales as you did with your hair? Why don't you just change your dragon scales to all black to blend in with the sky." Dick suggested "Huh… I didn't think you guys would have noticed that I got rid of my scarlet streaks." Tia said walking to the roof.

"Damian and I noticed, the others on the other hand… the only reason I can think of is that you are trying to step out of B's shadow and be your own person like I did when I became Nightwing and a cop. I'm also going to go out on a limb here and say you're not planning on going by Wayne while you're in Paris but the name Tundra gave you." Dick said, making her eyes go wide.

"I...I uh." Tia stuttered looking down it wasn't that she was ashamed it was just...

"It was just a hunch. I will let you go so you can go get groceries, have a good day, and love you Tiny Bat." Dick said hanging up.

"Ya love you to Dickie." She said placing the phone in her pocket, she shook her head before looking around to see if it was safe to change into her dragon form. Seeing the coast was clear, her eyes glowed icy blue and she was surrounded by white smoke leaving behind a black and sapphire dragon standing where Tia was. She took off flying through Paris before landing in an empty alley where smoke surrounded her again 'That never gets old.' She thought with a smile.

As she walked down the street she heard a car honking, looking behind her, she saw an old man in the middle of the road. Without thinking she started running to the man "Ice Dragon's Freeze." Tia muttered making the road she was running on ice over, she fell to her knees into a slide taking the man out of harm's way.

"Are you all right?" Tia asked looking the man over for any injuries, he was a short Chinese man with his bright brown eyes shining with years. His hair and goatee were a withered light gray, his deep red Hawaiian shirt was in a classic cool dad pattern paired with tan capri pants, dark brown shoes, and a bracelet.

"No, I'm quite alright. How interesting…" He said looking over Tia's shoulder, following his gaze she saw his eyes focused on the ice.

"Umm… do you need any more help, sir?" Tia asked looking back at the man. Trying to turn his attention away from the ice. She told Bruce that she wouldn't use her Dragon Slayer Magic… welp too late now.

"No. I will be fine, young lady." He replied, Tia, smiled before continuing on her way to the store. When she was out of sight a small green creature floated out from hiding.

"What would a Dragon Slayer be doing here?" The turtle muttered "Wayzz?" The man asked the turtle as the girl faded from view.

"Sorry Master Fu. That's a question for the twin dragons. Amayadori had more to do with that universe than the rest of us." Wayzz explained making Fu nod.

Glancing at the box in his hand Fu stated what had been on his mind the moment she saved him. "Do you think she would make a good Miraculous holder for Amayadori?" Fu questioned making Wayzz eyes widen.


On the other side of Paris, Tia just got done getting groceries, she glanced down at her watch as she walked out of the store with her earbuds in seeing it was only 5 and school started at 8:30 she had three and a half hours to kill.

As she walked back to her home she started to hum Waiting For Superman by Daughtry that was playing from her earbuds, soon she was back at her house with Eclipse and Noire.

After putting the food away and feeding her pets she made her way down to the basement to put her gym together, she first put down the mats to cover the floor then she put up her ring set in the middle of the room to give her space to work on her flips. On the right wall was her parallel bars and on the left wall was her balance beam. Last but not least the back wall had a trampoline track with a medium-sized foam pit at the end.

A speaker system was hooked up so there were four speakers one in each corner and a T.V. on the wall. There was plenty of room on both sides of the ring set just in case for tumbling and dancing.

When she looked at her watch the time showed 7:30, nodding to herself she headed back upstairs to take a quick shower before heading out. She grabbed her black purse off the island and an apple, turning to her two pets, she gave both of them a hug and walked out the door.

After walking a little way she came to the building across from the bakery. It wasn't much, it looked better than any school building she saw in the bad parts of Gotham. But by Gotham standards, it looked like the schools she attended before moving.

Walking through the doors she noticed the open interior design. The entrance had an old checkerboard flooring with cream under color. Benches sat at either end occupied by fellow students. Dark green metal staircases lead up to the classrooms above.

Around the perimeter of the courtyard were various rooms with signs saying which each room was, including locker rooms with adjoining bathrooms, and several classrooms, among them a science classroom.

Tia couldn't help the smile that was forming on her face as she walked through the courtyard to the principal's office to get her schedule, but the smile faded when she realized she didn't know where she was going. Looking around she spotted a short boy his long red hair swept to one side of his face. He sat at the nearest bench drawing and seemed to be oblivious to anything else in the world, walking over to him she tapped his shoulder to get his attention.

He seemed to jump at her touch before looking at her, Tia gave one of her model smiles making the poor boy blush.

"Hey, I'm new and I was wondering if you could tell me where the principal's office is?" She asked tilting her head slightly like a cat making her hair fall over her shoulder from her high ponytail.

"Umm… sure. I-I could take you there if you want." He offered, putting his sketchbook in his bag as he stood "That would be great!" Tia exclaimed, clapping her hands together as she smiled, the boy blushed again before laughing a bit.

"My name is Nathaniel." He said holding out his hand for her to shake "Nice to meet you, Nathaniel. My name is Tiamat but I like to be called Tia." She said shaking his outstretched hand, "It's nice to meet you too." He said, "If you don't mind me asking what were you drawing?" Tia asked following his lead up the stairs.

The second floor had a green overhang, cream slate walls, and thin green metal pillars for structural support of the overhang. The platform jutting out from the wall was clearly designed to allow people to get around the second floor.

The second floor also has the entrances to the various classrooms, including an art studio, much to Tia's delight. Most of the classrooms had large windows and a birch door. Other rooms had no inward windows and a dark oak door with a window. At the bottom left of the stairs leading to the library they stopped.

"It was just some random sketches." Nathaniel replied, Tia nodded her head and reached into her shoulder bag pulling out her sketchbook "My brother, Damian got me into drawing when I was younger and it's now one of the hobbies that I do." Tia said, handing him the book. He took it from her with care and flipped it open to the first page only to gasp at the picture.

The picture was of a koi pond they had at the Manor, it showed the fish swimming underneath the surface of the water with a few water lilies on the surface. The water was colored a light blue with some yellow to show the sunlight reflecting off the water, she added a small waterfall in the background to make the picture stand out more.

"This is beautiful." Nathaniel gasped, flipping through the pages, his eyes widened at the pictures of her brothers, pets, sunset, and the night sky she drew from her balcony.

"Thanks." Tia said smiling, he handed her back her book and stopped in front of the headmaster's office "Here's Mr. Damocles' office. It was nice meeting you Tia, I hope we have the same classes together." He said, giving her a wave as he walked away.

Tia put her book back into her bag before straightening out her hair and outfit, shaking her head she knocked on the door. Hearing a 'Come in' she opened the door to the office.

Mr. Damocles' office was a surprisingly square room. A small wooden table was situated to the right of the entrance. The side walls were filled to the top with books, and two old maps of Paris hang on the old walls. The remaining wall space was taken up by pictures of owls. A wooden desk with a large chair behind it, and two smaller ones in front, was the centerpiece of the room, sitting on a red and white carpet. On the desk sat a computer and lamp.

"Mr. Damocles?" Tia asked the man sitting at the desk, walking into the room and closing the door behind her.

Mr. Damocles was a stout man with amber eyes, his hair was well taken care of but still failed to cover his shining head. His suit looked about as old as he did and smelled like it too. At first glance, Tia had all but mistook him for one of the owls that hung on his walls.

"You must be Tiamat Yuki," Damocles said, gesturing to one of the chairs, Tia took that as her cue to sit down. When she sat down she removed her shoulder bag and placed it by her feet.

"So I have your ID card right here all it needs is your signature." He said sliding a card across his desk with a pen, she nodded before singing it and sliding it into the purse at her hip.

"Your homeroom teacher's name is Miss Bustier, and she knows that you might have to miss class because of your job with Gabriel. This is your locker number and your class schedule." He explained handing her two slips of paper, Tia put both of them in her bag.

She stood up and slid her bag back over her shoulder "Thanks so much, Mr. Damocles." She said smiling, she opened the door and went to her next destination classroom 208.

While she was walking she couldn't help but wonder where Marinette was as if she was summoned they both bumped into each other again but this time Tia was able to catch her and the box that Marinette dropped before it fell.

"We have to stop running into each other like this." Tia laughed holding out a hand to steady her. "Good morning to you too, Tia." Marinette greeted, taking Tia's offered hand.

"What's got you in such a rush?" Tia asked helping Marinette to her feet "I slept in." was Marinette's response making Tia laugh again "Oh by the way who's your homeroom teacher?" Tiamat questioned walking with Marinette "Miss Bustier." Marinette said, and Tia squealed "We have the same homeroom!"

Marinette laughed at the way Tia was acting before taking one of the macarons out of the box and handed it to her. Tia smiled and took it "Thanks."

Marinette nodded before opening the door to the classroom, the classroom was large with almost a stadium like seating the desk at the front was covered with an array of items most likely given by previous students.

"Nino, why don't you have a seat in the front row this year?" A tall thin teacher stood at the front, her hair laid in a high bun, fitting beautifully with her teal eyes, thin light pink lips, and freckles. Her light blue jacket was matched with a teal undershirt. For a teacher, her fashion style was quite good.

A tall slender teenager, with short dark brown hair, capped in a red hat, and deep brown eyes groaned before moving to the desk in the first row.

Marinette walked to the desk behind him with Tia following unsure of what she should do, they both sat down.

Marinette let out a soft sigh of relief, as Tia was grabbing her books from her bag there was a SLAM on the desk making both girls jump. Tia looked at the perfectly manicured hand then up to the person it belonged to, a teenage girl of medium height, her light ocean blue eyes staring at the two girls with malice.

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng." The girl growled, Marinette groaned to herself, "Ugh, here we go again." Tia glanced at Marinette "What's wrong? Anything I can do?" Tia whispered "This is Chloé Bourgeois, my childhood bully. No, just stay quiet." Marinette whispered back and Tia gave a small nod, not quite liking that idea.

"That's my seat," Chloé demanded pointing at the bench. "But Chloé, this has always been my seat," Marinette said. The class hadn't even started and already Tia didn't like this chick.

She heard footsteps coming towards her, turning her head away from Marinette she saw a short slender teenage girl 'Ah the goon.' Tia thought.

"Not anymore! New school, new year, new seats." The new girl said, her ginger bob bounced as she plopped down beside them. "Who's this?" Tia asked looking back at Marinette "Sabrina Raincomprix, she basically Chloé's lackey." Marinette explained, Tia, hummed in response. 'It seems like they haven't noticed me. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing yet.'

Chloé tossed her blonde ponytail over her shoulder and adjusted her white sunglasses until they rested on her head. Her blue eyes were smug. "You know, why don't you just go sit beside that new girl over there?" She pointed to another girl who sat on the front row on the other side of the room, who looked up from her phone and gave her a sour glare in return.

The girl had a stunning build, heart-shaped lips, hazel eyes, and a mole above her forehead only added to her look. Her hair was wavy and reddish-brown ombre, growing slightly past her shoulders and giving to light copper-red tips.

"Listen," Chloé interjected, pulling Marinette and Tia's attention away from the girl. "Adrien's arriving today, and since that's going to be his seat-" she pointed at the seat in front of them next to the blue-shirted boy, "-this is going to be my seat. Get it?"

Marinette blinked a couple of times. "Who's Adrien?" Chloé and Sabrina broke out into obnoxious laughter making Tia growl quietly.

"Can you believe she doesn't know who Adrien is?" Chloé asked her friend. Sabrina only giggled louder while Chloé turned her mocking gaze back to Marinette. "Seriously, what rock have you been living under?"

"He's only a famous model," Sabrina cut in. "And," Chloé added, "he's my best friend. He adores me! So, go on!" She waved her hand dismissively. "Move!"

Tia grit her teeth and prepared to say something that certainly wasn't for young ears.

"Hey! Who elected you Queen of Seats?"

Both Marinette and Tia leaned forward to look around Chloé. The new girl stood on the steps behind the bully, giving Chloé the deepest glare. Her hands were folded across her chest, her fingers gripping her plaid shirt tightly.

"Oh, look, Sabrina! Looks like we've got a little do-gooder in our class this year." Chloé turned to face the girl, fluttering her eyelashes innocently. "What are you gonna do, super newbie? Shoot beams at me with your glasses?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" In one swift grab, the new girl reached around Chloé and caught hold of Marinette's arm. "Come on."

Marinette yelped as she was pulled out of her seat with Tia following her again. Marinette was lucky enough to grab her bag, but she missed the macarons. Marinette's bag knocked them to the floor, and this time Tia couldn't catch them as they spilled out of the box. Tia dropped to her knees and tried to pick up the mess along with Marinette.

"Sorry, sorry, sorry," Marinette mumbled to herself as some of the other classmates were stepping over the two girls, finding their seats.

From the front of the room, their teacher clapped her hands. "Alright, class. Has everyone found a seat?" Tia raised a brow 'Here I thought Gotham teachers were bad.' She thought, helping Marinette up.

Once seated, the new girl put a hand on Marinette's shoulder. "Hey, chillax, girl. No biggie." Marinette fiddled with the almost empty box as she spoke and Tia placed her hand on Marinette's other shoulder. "I do wish I could handle Chloé the way you did."

"You mean the way Wonder Woman does it." The girl held up her phone to reveal an all too familiar picture of a family friend.

Now Diana was a wonderful person she was just very very common to see... especially in the superhero world, or when Bruce needed someone to look after her when the boys were gone. Oh, the nights she would spend listening to the teachings of the Amazon warriors.

"She says all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing."

'Ah yes, that sounded like Diana..'

She looped an arm around Marinette's shoulders and pointed at Chloé, who was in the middle of checking her blue eyeshadow in a handheld mirror. "People like her don't care about anything but themselves, and won't care who they hurt to get what they want. We can't let her get away with it."

"Well, that's easier said than done." Marinette couldn't help but sigh. "It's like her personal mission is to make my life miserable."

"Hey, you can only be miserable if you decide to be. You don't need to take this, you're a person too." Tia countered.

"Yeah," the girl said smiling at Tia, "You just need more confidence!" She gave a supportive punch to Marinette's shoulder.

The sentiment seemed to lighten Marinette's mood. Marinette reached inside the macaron box and pulled out the last treat. Tia saw this and took out hers as well and they broke them in three.

"I'm Marinette," she said with a smile.

The girl smiled back. "Alya."

Alya looked at Tia "Oh uh... Tiamat but you can just Tia."

Alya nodded in acknowledgment and smiled. She took the cookie and the three of them ate their part.

At the front of the room, their teacher started writing on the chalkboard as everyone settled in. Her hand flicked as she underlined her name on the board before turning around to face the class.

"Good morning, students. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Miss Bustier. I'll be your teacher this year. The first thing on our list today, we need to do a roll call. Please say present if you are here."

"Mylene Haprele?"

"Present."

"Chloé Bourgeois?"

A dramatic huff. "Present."

"Juleka Couffaine?"

There was a small peep from a few rows behind Tia.

"Tiamat Yuki?"

"Here."

"Alya Cesaire?"

"Present!"

As the names were called Tia began to keep a mental note of the name and attitude before she hurried to calm her nerves, focusing on something else she began to think of lyrics to the new song she was writing.

About halfway through the role, Chloé raised her hand.

"Miss what-ever-your-name-is, where's Adrien? He should be here by now!"

'This Adrien guy, there seemed to be something about him that… maybe it's the fact that he was friends with Chloé.' Tia thought dismissively.

Miss Bustier gave Chloé a patient smile as she set down the roll on her desk.

"I'm sure he'll be here soon, Chloé. I was informed he might be a little late."

Chloé looked disappointed at the news but kept her mouth shut. As Miss Bustier continued with the roll.


Adrien skidded to a stop at the crosswalk. He was so close, he could see the school just on the other side of the road. He bounced on his tiptoes as he waited for the crosswalk light to turn white. He had been waiting for this day all summer, and to think that his future was right across the street had him in giddy fits!

Besides, it would be the first time he'd be around people his age in almost three years. His father had insisted he be homeschooled after his mother passed away, but Adrien couldn't stomach the idea of being trapped in that giant house for much longer.

Nathalie, his father's secretary, and his driver, who he'd nicknamed Gorilla, had been nice company, but he was ready to meet people his own age.

He glanced over his shoulder to check the street behind him. He'd been able to lose both Nathalie and Gorilla a few blocks back, thanks to a lucky change of the lights, but he knew they'd be on his tail any second now.

There. The sleek silver car had just turned the corner. He couldn't let them stop him!

The light turned.

Adrien took off like a bullet. With his eyes glued on the front steps of the school, he plowed his way across the street. He was so close, just a few more steps. Once inside, he was sure Nathalie and Gorilla wouldn't follow. He just had to make it.

His shoulder slammed into someone.

"Sorry!" He called out, though he wasn't paying attention.

"Oooouuugggghhh!"

The cry came from directly behind him. Adrien pulled himself to a halt and looked behind him, an old man laid on the ground. He looked hurt, his face twisted in agony as he reached for his cane. A sinking dread-filled Adrien's stomach.

He'd pushed the poor man down.

In desperation, he looked over his shoulder to where the silver car was. He had to go now if he was going to make it. But the man...

Pushing the thoughts of the car aside, Adrien quickly dropped to his knees and helped lift the old Chinese man off the ground. He didn't weigh much, thankfully. No broken bones seemed to be present. As the gentleman got his feet under him, Adrien passed him his cane.

With nothing but gratitude in his eyes, the man said, "Thank you, young man."

The look made Adrien smile. "Think nothing of it."

As the man started to walk away, Adrien turned back to head into school, but what he saw made his hopes crumble.

Nathalie and Gorilla stood on the steps to the school, both with deep frowns set on their faces.

Sadly, Adrien walked up to them. He stopped a couple of paces in front of the pair, his eyes on his shoes.

"Adrien," Nathalie started, "please reconsider this nonsense. You know what your father wants."

Adrien squeezed his eyes shut, cursing against the stinging. "But this is what I want! I'm so tired of sitting around in that cold, empty house." He lifted his gaze to Nathalie's. He was met with a stone-cold determination.

"Please," he pleaded. "I just want to go to school like everyone else. What's so wrong with that?"

Gorilla let out a grunt and looked away from Adrien. Nathalie, however, softened her hard gaze to a more understanding one.

"I'm sorry it has to be this way, Adrien, but your father knows best."

Adrien's grip on his book bag tightened. He looked away, not wanting Nathalie to see his sudden flare of frustration.

"Please don't tell my father about this." Was all he said.

He heard Nathalie move and soon, Gorilla's hand was firmly placed on Adrien's back, guiding him back to the silver car. As the three of them got in the car to leave, Adrien couldn't help but take one last longing look at the school.

He'd get there one day. He would make sure of it.


"Those of you who have P.E., Mr. D'Argencourt is expecting you on the buses for the stadium." Miss Bustier said as the students gathered up their belongings. "The rest of you can head over to the library."

Tia scooped up her bag and threw it over her shoulder. As Marinette was collecting her things, Tia caught a glimpse of Chloé still sitting at the bench she'd stolen, watching the empty bench in front of her sadly. Tia sighed, some things were best left unbothered.

Just as she turned away, she heard one of the boys… Ivan yell, "KIM!"

The whole class turned to see Ivan holding (who Tia could assume was) Kim up by the collar of his red jacket. Despite being almost a foot shorter than Ivan, Kim had the nerve to have a smug grin on his face.

"Ivan, what is going on?!" Miss Bustier asked, her voice shocked and stern.

"It's Kim!" Ivan insisted.

"Whatcha doing to do about it, wuss," Kim taunted under his breath so Miss Bustier couldn't hear but he didn't count on Tia's Dragon Slayer hearing.

Ivan's scowl deepened and he reeled back a fist for a punch. "I'm going to knock your shiny teeth out, you little-"

"Ivan!" Miss Bustier interrupted. "Violence is not acceptable in the classroom. Put Kim down this instant and go to the principal's office."

As the girls watched Ivan trudge out of the room, Tia couldn't help but wonder what had made him react that way.

What had riled him up so much? Did it have to do with what Kim said under his breath?

"Come on, girls," Alya said, wrapping her arms around the two. "Let's head to the library."

They nodded and followed Alya out of the room, though Tia couldn't help but look back at Kim. His know-it-all grin was all she saw before the door closed behind her.

"I hope Ivan is going to be okay," Marinette said.

"I'm sure he will," Alya assured.

"Besides, I doubt that he'll get much of a punishment." She said, sending a reassuring smile to Marinette and Tia.

Marinette shrugged. "I hope you're right about that."

The three girls walked into the library. About half of their class was there, as well as a few students from the other grades. After searching for a bit, they found a table and got comfortable.

Marinette turned on one of the lamps on the table, Alya had pulled out her phone and was flipping through a few online comic books. Tia sat staring at the two before looking down at her bag.

It was nice to have a friend again, Tiamat decided. It felt better than sitting alone, doing one of her hobbies, or having her brothers bug her. Her heart swelled with hope as she thought of the things she could do again: go out for ice cream, sleepovers, spa days, and maybe a shopping spree if Marinette was into that sort of thing.

After a few years of being alone, Tia had given up on those dreams altogether, especially after she had a falling out with her old best friend. All because they had found out Tia wasn't a normal girl. She hoped she'd never had to go through that with Marinette.

Tia looked up to see Alya turning to show Marinette a comic on her phone when the ground shook.

Marinette yelped and grabbed the table. The lamp she'd turned on earlier toppled to the floor, the glass breaking into a million pieces. Books toppled from the shelves and students screamed.

Another rumble shook through the building. Tia caught herself as the sudden thump of the impact threw both Alya and Marinette out of their chairs. Marinette's head smacked against the floor, thankfully missing the glass by a foot or so. She groaned, rubbing her forehead with a dazed expression in her eyes.

"Are you guys okay?" Tia questioned pulling the two up to their feet "Come on!"

Tia dragged the girls through the chaos, calling out encouragement.

"It'll be okay." Though she didn't know if she could be heard above the noise.

With a jerk, she was stuck in front of the main checkout desk. Alya had stopped entranced by what she saw on the TV screen where security footage played above the desk.

Another boom sounded.

"Did you hear that?" A student said, "It sounds like steps!"

Tia's attention turned to the screen that had stolen Alya's focus. In the frame, she could see a large dark figure, appearing to be made out of giant boulders 'Nothing new in Gotham,' why did they seem so shocked?

"KIIIIIMMMM!" the large thing shouted.

"What is that, and why does it sound like Ivan?!" Marinette panicked.

Alya gasped. "It's as if he's been transformed into a real-life supervillain!"

'Wait, what! This was the caliber of supervillain here in Paris?!'

Alya pulled out her phone once more and started going through her settings.

"GPS, check. Battery, check. Perfect, I'm ready to go!"

And with that, Alya bolted toward the library entrance.

"Where are you going?!" Marinette shouted after her.

Alya turned, the biggest smile stretched across her face. "Where there's a supervillain, there's always a superhero close behind! There's no way I'm missing this!"

She threw the doors open and disappeared around the corner.

"Alya, wait! That's not safe!" Marinette called after her, but she didn't respond.

Tia watched as she ran out of view. One of the many reasons she came to Paris was to get away from these responsibilities. She left being a hero in Gotham, she left it all to be normal and not a freak.

Tiamat groaned, she had to get back home to her gear. She couldn't put innocent people's lives in danger simply for her own pleasure.

Looking back behind her she saw Marinette had wrapped her arms around herself, her head between her legs.

'She never experienced anything like this, had she? She didn't know what it was like?!'

It seems like trouble followed her wherever she went whether it be in Gotham or Earthland. She sighed looking out.

Her previous hope at a normal life crumbled to dust… maybe she should have stayed in Gotham…


A/N Hey everyone we have been getting messages asking about Tia's name and heritage.

Tiamat is technically Japanese as is the original Fairy Tail dialogue, Tia is also a Ice Dragon Slayer we are so sorry about the confusion.

Sincerely, TiamatNoire and Jackline Cain.