I don't own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir.
"Well, with or without?" Sabine asks, holding up a flower pin to her blue hair as she watches her daughter stare at her in thought. Today was her and Tom's anniversary, she didn't want it to go wrong.
"Uh, with, I guess?" Marinette answers/asks, and her mother looks in the mirror one more time.
"Are you sure it's not better without?"
"Either way, you look great mom!" Marinette smiles, and Sabine clips the flower into her short, blue hair.
"Really?" Sabine questions, still staring into the mirror. "It's not everyday you celebrate your anniversary of twenty years."
"Marinette, could you come here a second?" Tom yells from the bathroom, and Marinette jogs over quickly to help her dad.
Marinette raises an eyebrow. "What is it?"
"My mustache!" Tom points out, gesturing to it. "I trimmed and groomed it a bit! What do you think- is it too short, too long, too-"
"Dad, you look cool, but there's only one thing." The bluenette points at her father's apron, and he runs out of the room.
"Thanks!" He shouts, putting his apron away. Marinette chuckles and heads out of the bathroom, heading back into the living room where her parents are located currently.
"You guys are going to be late!" Marinette points to the clock, and pushes her parents out the door.
"Now don't forget Auntie Nadja is going to pick up the cake in thirty minutes." Tom reminds his daughter, who just grins. "I'm counting on you!"
(A/N: I call close friends of my mom and dad Auntie and Uncle, so that's why I'm saying Auntie instead of Mrs. Chamack.)
"Don't worry dad, now go!" Marinette gives them one more shove, and closes the door behind them.
Tikki flies out of Marinette's purse once the coast is clear, and heads over to a plate where a plate of cookies is placed. "Twenty years, that's actually pretty cool!" Marinette exclaims, closing some cabinet doors.
"Well, you know what they say- time flies when you're having fun!" Tikki chirps, nibbling on a cookie.
"And stays still when you're doing homework." Marinette sighs, heading upstairs with her kwami.
Right now, Alix Kubdel, a friend of Marinette's is sitting at a table with her father. Today is her birthday, (well it's thought to be her birthday,) and she is out with her father since he has something to give her.
Alix notices Marinette's parents walk in, and she gives a little wave before turning back to her father. "Oh, that's Marinette's parents; you know, she's one of my good friends?"
"Right, right, they make the best bread in all of Paris." Mr. Kubdel notes, looking at Alix's sneakers. "Couldn't you have made an effort to dress up today, Alix?" He asks, furrowing his eyebrows.
"What?" Alix says, defending herself. "I took off my cap."
"But this is a very special day!"
"It's just a birthday."
"It's a very special birthday." Mr. Kubdel reaches into his jacket pocket and brings out a silver pocket watch of some sort, making Alix look bored. "This is a family heirloom. It was made by one of our ancestors, so very many years ago. Whenever someone comes of age, they inherit the watch."
"Thanks, dad." Alix says politely, turning him down. "But I already have a pretty cool watch. It's synced up to my smartphone." She taps a few buttons on her touch watch, and her dad sets it in front of her.
"But there's more that meets the eye." He opens the watch for a few seconds, and a blue hologram like thing appears. "Let's just say this ancestor was ahead of his time." He snaps the watch close, and Alix is in awe. "But I understand, unless you want new skates instead."
"No, it's fine dad! It's so cool!" Alix exclaims, grinning at her dad. Her phone rings, and her dad stares at it.
"Are you friends waiting?"
"No, it's fine- I don't want to bail on you."
"Hang out with your friends." Mr. Kubdel hands the watch to Alix, and she takes it carefully while grabbing her cap. "Now take good care of it."
"Thanks dad, I will!" She hugs him for a few seconds, then rushes out of the restaurant.
"Come on Mari, you can remember the formula!" Tikki cheers encouragingly, and Marinette rubs her temples.
"Maybe I would be able to remember if you weren't distracting me with your encouraging words!" Marinette groans, causing Tikki to giggle.
Her phone rings, and Tikki flies over to it and gives it to Marinette. "Hey Alya." Marinette says, playing with a heart charm on her phone that Adrien gave her for when she was sick.
"Hey girl, when are you going to be here?" Alya questions, holding the phone to her ear.
"The what?"
"The bet for Kim and Alix, aren't you doing the banner? Everyone is counting on you."
"Oh, right, the Kim and Alix's bet- well, uh, I'll be there in around two minutes!" Marinette tries to cover up that she's nervous, and Alya seems to buy it.
"Kay girl, come ASAP!" Alya ends the call, and Marinette looks around for the banner.
"Gotcha!" She snatches the banner from where it is on her desk, and she sets a timer for twenty minutes on her phone.
"Marinette, the cake!" Tikki reasons, and Marinette grabs her and puts her into her purse gently.
"Don't worry, I have time!" Marinette assures her, running down the trapdoor and and into the living room. From there, she makes it out to the front door, running to the park where the bet is held.
"Marinette, you'll never make it there in time!" Tikki informs her, but Marinette keeps running.
Marinette thinks for a moment, then says, "Well, I can get there quicker as Ladybug!" She runs into a dark alley and transforms, much to the annoyance of her kwami. As Ladybug, she whips out her yoyo and swings from building to building, and people start to take photos and videos.
Finally, she gets to the park with the poster, and she hides behind a tree. "Tikki, Spots Off."
Tikki flies out of her earrings, and turns to face Marinette. "See, told you I would get here on time!" Marinette grins, checking her phone. "Oh no, I only have eighteen minutes now!"
Tikki flies into her purse, and Marinette runs over to her classmates with the banner. She unravels it, and her classmates crowd around her to gaze at the banner. "Cool, Marinette!" Adrien compliments, earning a smile from the bluenette.
"You guys on Alix's team chose the wrong side to cheer on." Kim smirks, stretching. "See, she's probably too chicken to race an extreme athlete like me."
"You spoke way too soon, Kim." Alix replies, rolling in with her skates. "Your stupid bets are over."
"Uh, you're no match for me, Alix. My neck is way bigger than your thigh."
"Is that a good thing?" Alix shoots back, getting glares from Kim's side of the race.
Max interrupts the two by stepping in front of them with a small notepad. "Once again, let's review the official rules." Max looks down at the book, and reads the list of rules. "So, both of you will have to do two laps around the fountains. The first one over the finish line wins; if Kim wins, Alix will give her skates. If Alix wins, no more bets for the rest of the year."
"We're through with all of these stupid dares!" Juleka shouts, cheering for Alix.
"Uh huh, that's right!" Ivan agrees, backing up Juleka.
"Oh your marks, get set-" Max is interrupted by Alix skating over to Alya, and Kim falls on his face- making everyone laugh.
"Giving up already?" Kim asks smugly, watching Alix hand her watch to Alya.
"Can you take care of this for me, Alya?" Alix asks, and Alya has a confused look on her face.
"But girl, I can't- I have to-"
"Thanks! Guard it with your life- it's a family heirloom!" Alix reminds the reporter, who still looks confused. The pink haired girl skates back over right next to Kim, and waits for Max to start.
"Hey Mari, watch this watch for me, will ya?" Alya asks, handing the bluenette the watch.
"Alya, I can't- I'm holding up the banner- whoa!" Marinette almost falls flat on her face and almost drops the watch, but Adrien swiftly grabs it before anything bad happens.
"Need help?" He asks with a teasing grin on his face.
"Yeah, yeah, just help me up." Marinette replies, and Adrien pulls her up.
"On your marks, get set, go!" Max yells, letting Alix and Kim race.
The two of them are already on the second lap, and everyone is watching peacefully until-
"Adrikins, what do you have there?" Chloe questions, grabbing at the watch. "Is it some super old case or something?"
"Careful, Chloe, it's Alix's!" He warns her, but she still keeps at it.
"If it's Alix's, it's probably worthless." Chloe inspects the watch for a few seconds, until Marinette jumps in.
"Give it back to Adrien, Chloe!"
Chloe ignores Marinette and opens the watch, gasping when she sees the blue hologram. Taken aback, she accidentally drops it onto the racetrack, and one of Alix's skates breaks it. "Yeah! I won!" She cheers, until she sees the watch under her feet. She skates over to Alya. "Did you do this?!"
"I had to videotape the race!" Alya explains. "So, I gave it to Marinette, who had to hold the banner, so Adrien took it, then Chloe snatched it and dropped it onto the track, breaking it!"
"My dad gave this to me! It's a family heirloom!" Alix cries, staring down at it.
"It was an accident." Marinette assures her.
"We didn't mean any harm at all, Alix." Adrien says quietly.
"As if, I didn't have anything to do with it!" Chloe scoffs, running away.
"Yeah right! Chloe, this is all your fault!" Alix says angrily, skating away with the pieces of the broken watch.
The whole class watches as she skates away. "Alix, come back!" Marinette pleads.
"Marinette, what about your Auntie Nadja's cake?" Tikki questions, raising a tiny kwami eyebrow.
"There's still time!" Marinette exclaims, staying at the track. "Hide, Tikki!"
"Such disappointment, frustration and negativity.." Hawkmoth observes Alix from his lair, and sees her sadly plop down on the ground, looking at the silver pocket watch.
"Oh, it fills my heart with excitement!" Hawkmoth cheers, summoning a milky white butterfly.
A small one flies over to him in his right hand, and he covers his free hand with it, turning it a dark purple color. "Go ahead my little akuma, go ahead and evilise her!" He cackles, watching as the butterfly flies through a small hole and over the streets of Paris.
"Bon appetit." A waiter reveals some delicious food to Sabine and Tom, and walks away with the remains of their side dish that they ate.
"This looks good." Sabine notes, digging into the soup. Tom is about to spoon some into his mouth, but he gets a phone call. He reluctantly picks it up, wondering who it is.
"Hello?" He asks.
"Hi Tom, it's Nadja." The reporter explains that Marinette wasn't there to give her the cake, and Tom is slightly mad at his daughter right now.
"Uh, Mari should be home- I'll call her phone." Tom assures her, ending the call.
"Who was that?" Sabine asks, taking a sip of her soup.
"Nadja. I'm going to call Marinette right now."
"Maybe we could fix it?" Marinette questions, sitting next to Alix.
"Mari, this watch was sick! One of a kind, my ancestor made it! It can't be fixed." Alix sighs sadly.
"Well, there has to be a way to fix it."
"How? Go back in time? When you can do that, tell me." Alix says, skating away with the remains of the watch.
Marinette sighs and watches her friend skate away, until her phone interrupts her thoughts. "Oh no, this can't be good." She comments quietly, checking the Caller ID. "Hi, dad." She says, picking up.
Alix skates away around the track a few times, trying to fight back her tears, until the black butterfly strikes again and infects her skates. Hawkmoth's signature butterfly silhouette appears around her eyes, as he speaks to her. "Hello there, Timebreaker. I'm Hawkmoth. I'm giving you the power to go back in time to restore your watch, but you must do me a favor in return when Ladybug and Chat come to save the day."
"You got it, dude." Alix stands up, transforming into Timebreaker.
Marinette sighs as she listens to her dad lecture her on responsibility. "Auntie Nadja is outside, waiting for her cake."
"Uh, I've got to go! Can't keep Auntie Nadja waiting!" She laughs nervously, ending the call.
"What was she doing?" Sabine asks, taking a sip of water.
"Listening to music in her room." Tom sighs, enjoying his soup.
Timebreaker speeds towards the students, and Adrien recognizes that it's Alix. "Run!" He warns them, running as far away from the park as possible to add effect; but he was really going to transform in a bush.
Kim runs away, trying to escape but Timebreaker presses her hand to his back. "Stop Alix, what are you doing?!" Marinette shouts, and Timebreaker turns to the bluenette.
"The name is Timebreaker now- and I'm going to go back in time and save my watch! Besides, Kim was a pain in the back and he gave me so much energy! And maybe you will too, with your desire to design all the time." Timebreaker sneers, skating towards Marinette.
The bluenette dodges and runs away, and Timebreaker just forgets about her and goes to terrorize some students.
Marinette runs to where Adrien was hiding- which was behind a bush, again- and sits down next to him. "We need to transform!" Marinette pants, and Tikki and Plagg fly out.
"You're right." He says. "Plagg, CLAWS OUT!"
"Tikki, SPOTS ON!"
"Time is out, Timebreaker!" Ladybug shouts, tripping Timebreaker with her yoyo. Chat Noir snickers, and Ladybug throws a 'stop laughing right now, this is serious!' look.
"Help, please help me!" Timebreaker acts, holding out her hand to Rose who reluctantly inches over to help.
The sweet, blonde haired girl grabs her hand, and helps her up just as she freezes. "Ha! Sweet Rose, always thinking of others before herself." Timebreaker cackles, getting up by herself. She checks her time meter which shows one minute.
"I've got to take her akuma before she freezes others!" Ladybug whispers to Chat, who nods.
The two of them sneak up on her, who feels their presence and turns around. "Let me guess, we're all playing a game of tag and you're it?" Chat asks teasingly, and Timebreaker nods.
"Exactly!" Timebreaker sneers, trying to touch Chat. He dodges, and she presses the air instead.
"Missed me." He sticks out his tongue in a child like way. Timebreaker shrugs and turns around to see Alya, who is recording the whole thing. "RUN!" Chat warns her, but Alya's too late. He moves back towards Ladybug, who has a shocked look on her face.
Timebreaker presses her hand gently to Alya's arm, and Alya stops in mid air. "NO!" Ladybug cries, and Chat pats her back assuringly. "And the more people she freezes, the more minutes she gets to go back in time!" Ladybug remembers, watching as Timebreaker almost hits Ivan.
She quickly whips out her yoyo, running up to Timebreaker and tripping her again. Ivan smiles thankfully and runs away, leaving Ladybug and Timebreaker by themselves. "Timebreaker, you're so close! Grab the earrings!" Hawkmoth informs Timebreaker who nods and lunges at Ladybug.
Ladybug closes her eyes, expecting to be hit by Timebreaker's hand.
She feels nothing but a pair of arms wrapped around her.
No. She thinks, opening her eyes. "CHAT NOIR, NO!" She cries into his shoulder, hugging him tightly. He's so sweet, he shouldn't have done that! Ladybug thinks to herself, as Timebreaker checks her meter.
"Oh, wow, six minutes in one person! Must be all his nine lives." Timebreaker snickers, doing a salute with all her hand. "Gotta go back to the past and save my watch. Later, Ladybug."
Ladybug holds onto Chat Noir tightly, until he's almost gone. "Timebreaker, take his Miraculous before he's gone!" Hawkmoth reminds her, and Timebreaker simply laughs.
"Don't worry Hawkmoth, I have a sick plan." Timebreaker says, and Chat Noir is already gone into the air. She turns to see he's gone, then shrugs and skates over to a hole in the middle of the track.
Ladybug frowns and wraps her yoyo around one of Timebreaker's skates, pulling her along into the portal with Timebreaker.
The two are back to the moment where Alix and Kim are racing, and Ladybug gasps as she sees Chloe grab at the watch. "What's that, Adrien?" Chloe asks, inspecting the watch.
"Careful, it's Alix's." Adrien frowns, staring at Chloe as she keeps looking at it.
"If it's Alix's, it's probably worthless." Chloe giggles, as Marinette butts in.
"Give it back to Adrien!" Marinette demands, turning around.
"Chloe!" Ladybug yells, getting their attention. Adrien is in shock as he looks back from Ladybug to Marinette.
"What?" He whispers quietly, and Marinette looks confused as she looks in her bag for Tikki- she's still there.
"Chloe, put the watch down!" Ladybug screams, and Chloe drops the watch in shock.
"NO!" Timebreaker shrieks, looking directly at Ladybug. "Ladybug- now it's YOU to blame! I need more minutes!" Timebreaker looks at her meter count, and waits for Alix to be akumatized.
Alix looks down at the floor, and skates over to the watch. "Ladybug- it's all YOUR fault!"
"Get out of here, and don't let her touch you!" Ladybug informs her classmates, and they all run away, Marinette staying behind a bush waiting with Adrien.
Timebreaker skates over to Alix, who is father away from the bush. Ladybug uses her yoyo to join Marinette and Adrien behind the bush. "Who are you?" Marinette asks, squinting her eyes.
"Look, I'm you from a few minutes in the future." Ladybug says, staring into their eyes. "You need to go and give the cake to Auntie Nadja, so we don't get in trouble by dad."
"How do I know if I can trust you?" Marinette questions, raising an eyebrow.
"It's really you!" Tikki says, popping up from Marinette's purse. "I can feel it!"
"Well, if you say so." Marinette smiles warmly at her future self, then runs off.
"And as for you," Ladybug says, turning to Adrien. "You need to transform!"
"Where am I? I mean- my future self?" Adrien looks around, but there's no one there.
"No time, transform!" Ladybug prompts, pushing Plagg out of Adrien's jacket.
Adrien sighs in confusion and says, "PLAGG, CLAWS OUT!"
Timebreaker skates over to Timebreaker 2 and holds out a hand, and Timebreaker 2 reluctantly takes it. "I'm you, from a few minutes in the future." Timebreaker explains, and Timebreaker 2 nods.
"Well, I want my watch back."
"I do too, we better go and get some minutes."
"Agreed."
The two Timebreakers skate and look for some people to grab energy from.
I don't own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir.
"Let's go!" Ladybug exclaims, running over to the track. Chat Noir nods and follows behind, and the two of them take out their weapons and get ready for any sort of attack.
The two Timebreakers drop in all of a sudden, startling Chat Noir. "Uh, am I seeing double?" Chat asks, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't have time to explain that, either." Ladybug rolls her eyes, watching as the two Timebreakers talk to each other.
"The energy from these two are going to give us enough time to go back!" Timebreaker 1 exclaims, pointing to the two superheroes.
"I want my watch back, let's do it!" Timebreaker 2 sneers, walking towards them.
"Don't let them touch you!" Ladybug warns Chat, and he smiles.
"Don't worry LB, I can handle them!"
"Oh, hold on." Nadja holds the phone close to her ear, and watches as Marinette runs towards the bakery. "She's coming. Thanks, Tom."
"Oh- h- hi, Auntie Nadja!" Marinette pants, setting her hands on her knees. Nadja smiles at the bluenette, and Marinette opens up the bakery doors to fetch the cake on the counter.
It's a Eiffel Tower cake covered with different colored macarons. It's around a foot long, and is set on a white lacey plate. "Here you go!" Marinette smiles, handing the cake carefully to Nadja who takes it graciously.
"Thank you, Marinette." Nadja follows Marinette outside, and she checks the watch on her wrist. "Oh no, it's almost time for the celebration!" She turns back to teenager. "Thanks again, Marinette."
"Oh, no problem, Auntie Nadja!" Marinette says, walking back into the bakery. She runs to the back part of the bakery, where there are no windows. "Tikki, we need to transform!"
"Why?" Tikki furrows her kwami eyebrows, and Marinette groans.
"Because Adrien and Ladybug- I mean, me, need help!"
"Okay, just say the words!"
"TIKKI, SPOTS ON!"
"We have enough speed!" Timebreaker 1 exclaims, checking her time meter. "We should go hardcore on Ladybug and Chat!"
"Agreed." Timebreaker 2 nods, skating towards the cat and ladybug themed superheroes.
"I thought we were chasing them?" Chat asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Ah, no time for messing around!" Ladybug scolds, slapping her hand gently on his head.
"Purr." Chat closes his eyes, and smiles sweetly, while Ladybug just looks at him in confusion.
"Did you just purr?"
The Timebreakers just roll their eyes and skate towards the two of them, holding out their hands. "HYAHHHHH!"
Ladybug and Chat close their eyes, saying their last wishes. "AHH, LADYBUG YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER-"
"PLEASE LORD, SAVE ME AND CHAT, WE DESERVE TO LIVE!"
"Need a hand?" Ladybug 2 swings in, landing next to Ladybug and Chat. Her yoyo flings back Timebreaker 1 and Timebreaker 2, and they're sprawled on the floor.
"Thanks!" Ladybug 1 smiles, waving at Ladybug 2.
"They're unstoppable on their rollerblades.." Ladybug 2 notes, thinking deeply.
"And insanely fast on the ground!"
"So what if they're not on the ground?" Ladybug 2 rubs her chin, Ladybug 1 doing the same thing.
"Two Ladybugs?" Chat questions, a grin on his face. "HASHTAG, BEST FRIEND SQUAD!"
Both Ladybug 1 and 2 roll their eyes, looking as Timebreaker 1 and Timebreaker 2 get back on their feet. "There's been a change of plan." Timebreaker 1 glares at the three superheroes, while Timebreaker 2 quirks her head to the side.
"We should go back in time, there will be less of them!"
"Good idea." Timebreaker 1 smirks, while they both skate away.
"They're planning to go back in time again!" The two Ladybugs tell Chat, who smiles in amusement. "LUCKY CHARM!"
A bicycle lock and a traffic cone fall from the sky, appearing into the Ladybugs' arms.
"Got any ideas?" Ladybug 1 asks, and Ladybug 2 nods 'no.'
"While the two of you figure it out, I'll go ahead and buy you some time." Chat does a two finger salute, and runs towards the two skaters, his staff in his hand.
The two Ladybugs use their vision, which highlights a ice cream sign. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Ladybug 1 questions, looking at her other self.
"Of course!"
Chat Noir creeps behind a wall silently, looking over at the two Timebreakers. "CATACLYSM!" He shouts, throwing his right hand into the air. Small black dots surround his gloved hand, while he presses his hand firmly to the wall he's currently hiding behind.
The concrete crumbles at once, almost trapping the two Timebreakers. "Huh?" They say at the same time, looking behind them as they skate faster, missing the concrete. They look ahead, seeing one of the Ladybugs. "Let's freeze her on our way!" Timebreaker 1 points to one of the Ladybugs, while Timebreaker 2 nods.
While the two of them are so concentrated to freeze Ladybug, the two Ladybugs are setting up the trap. One of the Ladybugs set down the bicycle lock down, while the other Ladybug takes the ice cream sign and sets it on top of the cone to make a ramp.
"We're going too fast!" Timebreaker 1 shrieks, tangling her arms with the other Timebreaker's arms.
The two get flung onto the ramp, and their feet get trapped by the bicycle lock.
Ladybug 1 grabs their skates handing the other pair to the other Ladybug while they both rip it open. "No more evil doing for you anymore, little akuma." They both say in unison, while they take out their yoyos.
"Time to de-evil-ise!" They yell, catching the butterflies with their yoyos. "GOTCHA!"
At the same time, they gently tap their yoyo. "Bye bye, little butterfly." They both grab their lucky charms, throwing them up into the air. "MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"
Little ladybugs whir around, fixing everything up- the concrete wall, the two Timebreakers are together, and just before the two Ladybugs are back together, they do a little fist bump. "Pound it!"
Ladybug walks over back to Alix, who is sprawled on the ground, rubbing her head. "Here." Ladybug smiles, handing Alix the watch.
"Oh, cool! How did you fix it? Thank you!" She pauses for a minute, looking at the watch. "I should have never have given it to someone else to watch. It was my responsibility."
"Responsibility isn't something to be taken lightly. I should know."
"Right! Thanks again, Ladybug!" Alix grins, running off with her skates.
"Aww, what actually happened to my other self?" Chat Noir asked, leaning his head on Ladybug's shoulder.
"Uh, you don't want to know." Ladybug displays a sour look, then pushes Chat's head gently off of her shoulder. "We should go."
"Okay, but you'll have to tell me later!" Chat says, sticking out his tongue childishly while Ladybug runs off. He chases after with a smile on his face.
Next episode: Copycat
~Mia