Tia looked down at Marinette with sad eyes, knowing what she was feeling. Tia had felt it many times when she was kidnapped by one of Gotham's Rogues or going out as Snowstorm, heck even when she was back in Earthland when Tundra left. The feeling of helplessness and fear…

Tia didn't want Marinette to feel like this, crouching down she put her arms around Marinette's shoulders.

Tia rubbed soothing circles as she hummed hoping to calm her, Marinette looked up at her, her eyes wide.

"You okay?" Tia asked, Marinette nodded her head slowly.

"I'm doing better."

"Would you like me to walk you home?" Tia questioned helping Marinette to her feet.

"No. I-I think I'm okay you need to get home anyway. It's for the best that I go alone."

Tia nodded in understanding.

Some things needed to be handled alone.

"Walk safe okay." Tia said looking intently.

Marinette looked up at her with a small smile. "Of course."

Tia watched her walk towards the bakery ever so glad Marinette lived so close, it made her feel relieved that her only friend would be safe while everything went down.

After she was sure Marinette went inside Tiamat booked it to her house, she felt her legs burning as she ran.

Turning the corner to her house, she fished her keys out of her purse and unlocked the door.

Running through the house she made her way up the stairs to her room turning on the T.V. as she ran passed, she opened the door to her closet and made her way through the boxes.

Dropping to her knees she reached for one of the boxes she'd shoved to the back, dragging it out from underneath her folded blankets. She let out a shaky breath 'Now is not the time for this!' Tia thought.

Shaking her reservations from her mind. She took a deep breath and looked down to the black cloak in her hands.


Nathalie walked the length of the long dining table glancing at the sleek tablet in hand she asked the next question.

"Who was the first president of the 5th French Republic?"

"Everyone thinks it was de Gaulle, but it was actually René Coty before the first elections." Adrien's eyes gazed out the window toward a school he couldn't see.

"Excellent, Adrien."

But Adrien's attention was already lost. He was so close, so close he had made it to those steps, he had been nearly through the door if he had just left… he sighed he couldn't do that, he was the reason the man was down in the first place.

His throat closed up making it hard to breathe; he'd almost been free, almost escaped only for it to slip away like a dream. He only prayed Nathalie hadn't told his father.

"Is something wrong Adrien?"

He snapped his head up, his muscles tensed. "No nothing. Nothing's wrong." He said, calming himself.

Nathalie didn't seem to buy it but couldn't say more before footsteps sounded from the hall the sharp clicks echoed into the large dining room.

The familiar shadowy form stood like a statue in the previously empty doorway; he stood unmoveable, his face impassive, his eyes as empty as the day she died.

His cold voice interrupted Adrian's thoughts.

"I thought I made myself painfully clear, you were not to leave this house without my consent." His sharp tone bringing frosty air into the room.

Adrian swallowed attempting to dislodge the block in his throat.

"Father I-"

Gabriel silenced him with a look.

"What did I say about talking back to me? You are to stay silent when I speak." His eyes burned.

He calmed before continuing.

"Now look what you've done, if only you had just listened to me. Now I have to think of a punishment."

He sighed.

"I will not have you out there in that dangerous world." His voice turned bitter.

Seeing a chance Adrien continued.

"Please Father, it's not dangerous, I just need something more than this. I can't live like this. Please I just want to be a normal person.."

"You're not allowed to be normal." Gabriel interrupted with a hiss "You are my son and I expect obedience."

Gabriel sighed leaning against the table, a broken man. A pained groan escaped his lips. "You're always upset about something, always playing the victim. I give you everything you could ever want here, I just want to keep you safe."

Adrien's hope was snuffed out like a candle by a breeze.

"Of course Father, I'm sorry."

"It's okay now please, continue your studies. Maybe then you'll actually be able to do something smart." He scoffed.

"And you wonder why I don't let you go to school. You're an embarrassment if people knew who you really were they'd never buy my work."

He turned and left without a backward glance, the ice that held Adrian still, thawed air escaped harshly from the trap in his chest.

Nathalie cleared her throat. "We can leave it there for today, if you'd like." She said softly so her voice didn't carry out into the hall.

But Adrien was already headed out the door.


Tia was at a loss of what to do. She was dressed in her Snowstorm costume without her mask, pacing behind the couch, sparing a glance at the T.V that was playing in the background.

Her phone laid on the coffee table on the other side of the couch but that's what the problem was… whether or not to call the Justice League or more importantly, her father.

"What am I going to do? I'm not even allowed to go up against Riddler without help. I know I promised him that I wouldn't use my Dragon Slayer Magic but I already failed on that front." Tia rambled to her pets that were watching her pace.

"Dad always says to assess your situation and then your options. Okay here's the situation: there is a rampaging supervillain that gets bigger with physical attacks and I have no idea how this is happening.

Here are my options: stay out of it, handle it on my own, call the League, or call the League and Dad… but without knowing the cause I can make things worse with having Superman or another powerful member of the League here." Tia said, spinning on her heels and plopped down on one of the bing bags.

Tia pulled her knees to her chest and looked back at the T.V to see the police captain giving an interview with one of his arms in a cast "I can't do this…" Tia sobbed putting her head between her knees.

Noire having enough pawed at Tia's leg "Not now Noire." Tia sighed pushing the cub away gently.

Eclipse trotted over and took Tia's braid into her mouth "OW!" Tia shouted, grabbing her hair from Eclipse.

Tia turned her glowing eyes at her pets, only for the glow to fade when she saw the prism box sitting a few inches from her phone.

"That wasn't there when I set my phone down…" She realized with wide eyes.

Noire jumped on the table right next to the box and meowed.

Tia got to her feet and walked over to the table, being cautious as she did.

She lifted the strange box. It was lightweight, it's sleek black wood shining in the light of the TV, the symbol seemed familiar although it could have just been the fact of it's simple Chinese design one you could find on any knockoff piece, but still…

She lifted the lid gingerly prepared for the worst. Maybe it was a bomb, some trick from somebody back home, or worse. She was met with a blinding light. A flash bomb! The light faded and no one was there… except a tiny white dragon that could just about fit in the palm of Tia's hand, she would know cause that is what she did next.

Tia gripped the little creature tightly in her hand.

"What do you want from me?" Tia snarled, her eyes glowing threateningly.

"Oh Tia it's so good to meet you!" The tiny voice called from inside Tia's hands.

Tia jumped releasing the creature. "What-wha… how?"

"I finally get to introduce myself. I'm Amayadori and I am a Kwami, your new kwami to be precise." She said with a smile spreading across her small face.

'Ok after everything I have been through this isn't the craziest thing to happen to me.'

"What do you mean kwami?" Tia questioned her eyes, fading back to their normal sapphire blue.

"A kwami is a small being created to aid the holder of their Miraculous. Miraculouses were created to help the morals of all realms we were created to help humans exist and evolve. As you probably know from experience humans are not the only species with intelligence." Amayadori finished her smile turning coy.

"But why, why are you here?" Tia demanded.

"Paris needs heroes. A great evil is coming and only you, with a little help can keep these people safe." Amayadori's face turned serious as she spoke.

"But why me? Couldn't you choose someone else?" Tia questioned.

"We have but there is no one here with your experience or abilities. Without you, your partners will not be able to save Paris when it is needed most." Amayadori insisted.

"I left that life behind! I'm not a hero anymore!"

"But Tia, your new home needs you! You left to find a new life right? Well here you are with a chance at a new life and career, a career that cannot succeed without you."

"But I promised… I don't want to disappoint him." Tia whimpered.

"You could never disappoint your father. He chose this life for the same reasons, to make the world a better place." Amayadori said softly.

Tia grit her teeth looking at the choker in her hand "What do I need to do?" She asked, resolve in her voice.

"First your mission is to capture the akuma it will most likely be in the item they hold dear. If not that then probably their weapon. Break the object and your partner, the holder of the Ladybug Miraculous will neutralize it."

Tia listened closely to Amayadori as she spoke, replacing her choker with the Miraculous.

"Good you're already one step ahead now how to activate it you have to say, Amayadori Snowstorm." Tia's flinch didn't go unnoticed.

"It's not my normal saying but with your magic it should do the trick, to de-transform say All Is Calm.

Oh before I forget the power the Miraculous gives you, it can only be used once then you have five minutes before you transform back. The way that's activated is you have to say Frost-Bound, it'll bind your enemies but with your power it could be highly dangerous. You need to be sure you will hit your target and not someone else. I suggest using your other spells and saving Frost-Bound as a last resort until we have time to practice when lives aren't on the line." Amayadori explained.

Tia's eyes narrowed.

"Again why are you giving me this? I could do more damage than any of the villains if I don't do this right. Dragon Slayer Magic is unpredictable..." Tia argued.

"Because I know you'll do it right." Amayadori assured.

Tia stood silent for a moment.

"Okay. Amayadori, Snowstorm."

A flash and Tia stood alone, her outfit had completely changed much like how it worked with her requip.

She stood covered in a scaly skin tight suit that stretched from fingers to toes, a tail extended from her back and swished silently behind her, her hair undone from her braid had been done up with a ribbon of an unknown material same as the outfit itself. Looking in the mirror she saw a mask that seemed made of the same scales across her face. It fit snug and familiar over her eyes, but unlike her normal domino mask it showed her eyes which had more of a dragon look to them. She felt uncomfortable and yet totally normal.

Her belt laid at her side with a whip equipped in one of its holsters. Tia groaned, it's not that she was unfamiliar with the whip, it's just it wouldn't have been her first choice. She already missed the comforting weight of Blue Rose Sword at her side.

"Well at least I don't have to worry about getting mistaken for Snowstorm, that would be a mess in itself." Tia finished with a sigh.

Tia sighed again looking down at her two pets, who looked up at her expectantly.

"Well time to go save Paris."


Tia climbed up to her terrace, and looked over the city.

"If I was a supervillain made of rock where would I go?" Tia wondered to herself, couching down on the brick wall.

'How would I know! I just got here. I can barely remember my address let alone what my classmates are doing. This is a mess and I still have to think of a new name… obviously can't go by Snowstorm.'

She sighed looking up only to be met with the strange sight of a young girl in red flying through the air screaming.

'What?'

"Help me!" Was the last thing the girl said before fading from view.

Tia sprung into action.

She managed to make it just in time to see two teens wrapped in a yo-yo string dangling from a bo-staff.

Jumping over, she crouched down on the bo-staff making the two teens swing at her added weight. She couldn't see their faces but from where she was she could tell that their costumes were made out of the same material as her own.

"Well, hey there. Nice of you to drop in." The male joked oblivious of Tia crouched above them.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose." The girl replied, releasing them from the confines of the yo-yo making them fall roughly to the ground.

"I bet you're the partner my kwami told me about. I'm…" he paused for a minute considering. "Chat Noir. Yeah, Chat Noir. And you?"

"This is what I have to work with … inexperienced children? Great…." Tia muttered as both teens jumped, looking at her.

Tia was unfazed at the looks she was receiving from the teens, Tia stood up while balancing on the bo-staff. Using it like a spring board, she jumped into the air doing a double frontflip landing in front of the teens with her knees bent to absorb the impact of her jump.

Tia looked at the teens with a critical eye, she noticed that the other girl's suit would not do well for stealth or anything along those lines in that ridiculous bright red, the girl looked and smelled very familiar to Tia.. she just couldn't think of the name.

She looked to the boy, what confused Tia the most was she knew Chat Noir's face. She couldn't place where but… aside from that she was fairly certain that if Catwoman could do it, he would do fine. As long as he isn't a thief.

Knowing that the Miraculous had to be some sort of jewelry her eyes zeroed in on the girls earrings and the boys ring "I'm confused my kwami only mentioned one partner.." Chat trailed off, while the girl tried to untangle her yo-yo from what Tia could guess was Chat's weapon.

"Your kwami was misinformed. You have two, the name's Reine Dragon." Tia now Reine stated with little to no hesitation.

They both turned to the girl pulling at her yo-yo "I'm Ma... err... Mar... uhh…" The teen cut herself off when her yo-yo was freed, bringing down Chat's staff only for it to hit him on the head "Madly Clumsy. I'm so clumsy."

Reine caught the staff after the bounce and handed it to Chat.

"No sweat, clumsy girl. I'm learning the ropes too." Chat said, grabbing the staff from Reine with a thankful look in his eyes.

A rumble sounded in the distance the three turned watching in shock as a building collapsed in the distance.

Reine's muscles tensed, she whipped her head around and hissed "You stupid bakas! Someone might have just died because you're too focused on some silly names! We should have already been there! This isn't some game, there is no reset button!" Reine pulled at her hair.

"Let's go." Reine finished, pulling out her whip. She didn't look back as she ran across the rooftops.

'Dad wouldn't have let that happen! He would have already fixed everything! What happens if more people die on my watch… Is this the pressure he feels every time he puts on the mask?'

Reine shook her head from those thoughts, the one thing her father taught her was never go into a fight without a clear head.

Taking a breath she steeled her nerves, flicking her wrist she sent her whip to the next building. A shadow sailed over her and she reached for her sword hilt only to realize, one her sword was not at her side and two, it was just Chat Noir passing over her.

"Do you have any idea where this supervillain would be?" Chat asked when they landed on the same rooftop, Reine stopped thinking about what transpired today at school and why Ivan was going after Kim… 'Wait, that's it!' Ivan must have been mad at Kim for the comment he made before he was sent to the principal's office!

Reine snapped her head around to the stadium three blocks away where her school was having P.E. cracking her whip she called over her shoulder "He's headed for the stadium!"

Out of the corner of her eye she saw Chat nod before taking out his staff and extended it.

When Reine's feet hit the roof of the stadium she started to wonder where their other partner was, looking down into the stadium she watched Kim run like a chicken with it's head cut off, when Kim tripped Chat slipped in putting more than himself at risk.

"What a baka…" Reine sighed, as Chat began a deeply depressing monologue.

"Hey, it's not very nice to pick on people who are smaller than you." Chat taunted.

"I guess you're talking about yourself." Ivan countered, lunging for Chat.

'I guess…'

Chat doged the blows, distracting the stone being allowing Reine a chance to assess the situation.

The beast was bulky and large getting bigger with every hit. He wasn't the smartest nor seamed the fastest though his thundering movements and long strides made up for it. His right fist was clenched tightly most likely holding the akuma.

'Weakness, target, and what to be aware of.' Rang Bruce's voice in Reine's mind, reminding her of her home.

Chat flipped through the air bringing his staff down launching himself and hitting the stone fiend in the process. "Where are you, partners!?"

Reine sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "He grows with every hit, you baka!" She yelled, her voice echoing across the stadium.

Chat turned and glared.

Reine ignored the stare and jumped into the fray.

Ivan lunged for Chat giving Reine the chance to use her magic. A roar blasted from her lips, throwing Ivan from the ground and across the field.

Ivan tumbled rolling into the stands crushing them with the momentum.

The rock being shook himself out of his stupor and roared back looking around, he grabbed one of the goalies that had been setup for practice and threw it at the heroes.

Reine doged, letting the goal fly over her head and muscles coiled to lunge forward when she heard the scream from behind.

Reine whipped her head around in shock. Alya stood staring as the metal frame rushed at her, her phone in hand, faced to the battle.

Reine was halfway across the field there was no way she'd be able to make it, she was going to lose someone simply because she overlooked a civilian.

Chat threw his staff in time to deflect the goal rendering himself defenceless as Ivan grabbed him glaring as Chat was slowly crushed in his large fist.

Chat gasped for breath, his eyes smarting at the pain.

Reine froze the ground around the stone beast, his balance unsteady, a yo-yo slung from above pulling Ivan to the floor with a crash.

Chat slipped from the stone grasp and flew out into Reine's arms. The girl in red stood next to them actually looking like a hero, in comparison to before when Reine first saw her.

"Animal cruelty how shameful." She said to the pile of rubble lying prone on the ground in front of them.

The rocks shifted and began to stand the glowing empty holes of it's eyes burned with anger.

"We can't attack it head on, it'll just grow. We have to think of a new strategy." Reine said but even as she said it she couldn't think of anything.

Her experience didn't go very far with superpowered villains.

"We can use our powers."

Reine's head shot up right. Their special power, if she could find out their power she could use it to their advantage.

"CATACLYSM!"

Chat's hand turned dark and a dark aura showed from it, he laid his hand on the only remaining goal post and it disintegrated into nothing.

"I have the power to destroy anything I touch." He said with a smile.

Reine pulled at her hair "You can only use it once you baka. Now you only have five minutes before you transform back! Didn't your kwami tell you anything!"

Chat looked down at his hand "Opps."

Reine sighed and looked at the bug girl, "What do you have?"

"Oh uhh..."

There went the illusion.

"A lucky charm?" The girl said, still not completely sure.

A flash and a diving suit laid in bug girl's hands

"Okay welp now we have that." Reine said no more hopeful than before.

"My kwami said that we need to break the object that the akuma is hiding in in order to defeat the villain." The girl in red said determination in her eyes.

Reine breathed a sigh of relief she could work with this.

"The akuma is in his fist I figured that out while Chat was fighting." Reine confirmed.

"Well at least I did something useful." Chat mumbled.

"In more ways than one, he only has two hands if we can get him to grab us he'd have to let go of it." Reine said her mind fixing everything together.

"Chat, I'm going to need you to get caught again."

Reine turned to bug girl only to find she was one step ahead having tied the suit closed and attaching it to the field's hose. Reine reached for the suit, "I've got it."

"Are you sure?"

"What are you scared to turn on a tap?" Reine said a joking smile on her lips.

The girl in red smiled back in turn.

Chat ran forward toward the stone beast taking the bait, he swept him up holding him tight.

"Be quick girls, not sure how much my ribs can withstand."

Reine jumped into the air and was instantly crushed by the force of the beast's stone fists.

"Now!"

Water rushed into the fist that held Reine. For a moment Reine feared he wouldn't open his fist and her brilliant plan was going to crush her.

She was released and the air rushed back into her lungs. Reine lunged for the small piece of paper and crushed it beneath her foot.

A woosh and Ivan dropped. Chat, struggling to breath wouldn't be able to catch him.

Reine slid over to catch the confused young boy, Chat landing nearby with no incident.

"Are you okay?"

"Where am I?" The boy said, wiping his head around in confusion.

Close enough.

Gently laying the boy down Reine turned back to the girl to see her letting a small black butterfly go, the calm she'd made burned into anger, a dragon roar shook the stadium "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

Reine ran up to the teen, tears in her eyes "You weren't supposed to let it go! You have the Ladybug Miraculous, your only job is to purify the Akuma!" Reine hung her head, she didn't have time for this. She had to find that butterfly before more damage could be done, her tearful gaze landed on Chat.

Reine cracked her whip, sending her to the stadium roof without a backwards glance she took off after the Akuma.

Reine raced across town her eyes darting around hoping for a glimpse of the black bug. Her eyes stung with tears making it harder than it needed to be.

She willed herself to calm, finally catching sight of the black speck in the distance. Her legs pumped and her muscles burned as she raced against the clock, she wasn't sure what would happen if she got there too late but she knew she couldn't let it happen.

Her heart pounded in her chest, slowly creeping into her throat... she was catching up. She was nearly there it seemed as though the world held its breath, as her hand closed over the small creature.

For a moment a sigh of relief, everything was going to be fine, no one would know of the incident, her father would never know of her failure, she would train the bakas and the problem would never occur again, the small butterfly phased through her hand and the hope was lost.

She landed, her knees buckled giving way beneath her. She looked up as the butterfly landed and split. Her eyes flooded with more tears, her sight blurred the whole world seemed black through her lashes.

"I failed."

The world was faced with a new threat, as the two new heroes escaped to their homes unknowing what was to come with the dawn. Reine kneeled and stared, a weak chuckle left her lips.

"Of course I did."