I don't own Miraculous.
Marinette was sitting on her balcony with Tikki, waiting for Adrien to call so the two of them could head down to the ceremony at the park. Recently, a talented artist named Theo Barbot created two, lifelike statues of Ladybug and Chat.
Adrien was at fencing practice, and it was taking longer than expected. "Tikki, when is he going to get here?" Marinette groaned, wiping the sweat off of her forehead.
"I don't know Marinette- I don't see the future or have any special powers! I'm just a kwami."
"Fine." Marinette headed back down into the shade of her room, where there was air conditioning and coolness. Tikki followed behind, and landed on her desk, while Marinette paced back and forth in her pink room, waiting for the call.
"You know what?" Marinette said to her door. "I am going to get some treats! None for Adrien, all just for me!" She opened the door, and ran out, shutting the door behind her firmly.
Tikki laughed at her silly wielder, and began to eat the cookies when-
Miraculous! Simply the best! Up to the test, when things go wrong!
Tikki looked at the silver box that humans called a phone, and just stared at it for a few seconds before-
Miraculous, the luckiest! The power of love always so strong!
"Marinette!" She yelled the loudest that a kwami could. "Your silver box is ringing!"
The bluenette barged into her room, with a plate of macarons balanced on her forearm. "It's called a phone, by the way!" She informed Tikki, but the kwami just shrugged and continued to eat her cookies.
Marinette set down the macarons on the table, and picked up her silver phone. "Hello?" She asked, expecting Adrien's voice.
"Hurry up and get to the school, I'm done with practice!" Adrien told her, running a hand through his hair.
"Okay, be there in five! I'm already on my way there!" Marinette lied, crossing her fingers. Before Adrien could say, "No, you're not on your way there." she ended the call, making Adrien facepalm his forehead.
"Time to transform!" Marinette exclaimed, and Tikki sighed. "TIKKi, SPOTS ON!"
"No, Marinette, wait, my cookies-"
Tikki was sucked into the earrings before she could finish her sentence, and Marinette was transformed into Ladybug.
Ladybug picked up the plate of macarons and inserted them gently into a bag, then ran up the balcony stairs to get to the actual balcony itself. She gripped firmly onto the bag and used her yoyo to swing from building to building, and then she landed in front of the school.
Lots of people were gasping and taking pictures, but she just headed up the stairs and made her way into the main building of the school, where students were hustling and bustling- even though it was lunch break.
Chat was found there too, perched on a bench. It looked like her classmates were questioning him and interviewing him, so she decided to be a buzzkill and run over there. "Ah, Ladybug, my best friend!" Chat made room for the other superhero, who didn't take the seat.
"C'mon you silly cat, we need to get to the ceremony!"
Many people forgot about the ceremony, and started to head out of the school to attend. Alya stayed behind, filming this LadyNoir moment. "Okay, Lady, let's go!" Chat pole vaulted himself near the door, Ladybug trailing behind.
"Great job on these statues, Theo!" Mayor Bourgeois praised the teenager, who smiled at the Mayor in return.
"Thank you, Mayor!" He turned to the piece of paper he was currently holding in his hand. It was a photo of Ladybug jumping in the air. Theo thought she looked beautiful. "I can't wait to meet her. She's my inspiration! I hope she'll autograph this photo.."
"Well, it's nearly time!" Mayor Bourgeois informed him, looking at his watch. "Ladybug and Chat Noir should be here soon..."
Around ten minutes later, Ladybug and Chat landed in front of the two statues, looking at all of the people who came to watch, which was about sixty or seventy people.
"Okay, it is time to start!" Mayor Bourgeois handed Ladybug and Chat a giant pair of scissors, where they worked together to cut the red ribbon. "We pay homage to the people who saved us many times. Thank you, Ladybug and Chat Noir!"
Theo made his way over to Ladybug, who was surrounded by a lot of people. Chat Noir was too, but Ladybug had about five more people than he did. "Excuse me, sorry." Theo said, trying to push his way through the crowds.
When he was finally through, Chat Noir noticed that Theo looked like he really like Ladybug. From the way he looked at her, talked about her, the dopey smile on his face, and the blush tinting his cheeks- well, Chat Noir couldn't take it.
He jumped in front of Ladybug, taking her hand. "C'mon Ladybug, we need to go!"
Ladybug's cheeks soon turned red too. Was he jealous about something, or someone?
Chat Noir himself tried to convince himself he was NOT jealous. Besides, Ladybug- I mean, Marinette was his friend! He didn't want to ruin things with her!
"What was that all about?" Ladybug asked, walking side by side with Chat. Chat flicked one of his silicone cat ears, which bounced back in the position it was previously in. His ears were quite flexible, and he could stretch it a few inches back- but we're getting off topic.
"He was totally trying to ask you out!" Chat claimed, brushing his blonde bangs out of his eyes. "He's like, eighteen, and we're like fourteen!" The superhero looked down at the ground, trying to avoid the bluenette's bright blue eyes.
"Alright.." Ladybug trailed off, but by the way Chat was talking, she could tell he was jealous. He is actually pretty cute when he is jealous- no, Mari, you have OTHER priorities to care about. Ladybug thought, mentally hitting herself in her head.
"Who does he think he is?" Theo asked himself, pacing back and forth at his studio. He walked over to his desk, slamming his hands down on the table. "I could have had a chance with her, but NO!" Theo looked angrily down at the wooden table, cursing Chat Noir silently under his breath.
The teenager knocked over the mold for Chat Noir's head, sending it flying down to the ground. It landed, all floppy like. It looked like there was a crack in it, but Theo honestly didn't care.
"Chat Noir doesn't deserve her." Theo sneered. "But I do!"
Theo snatched the picture that Ladybug was supposed to sign from the table, and he crumpled it ever-so-slightly before realizing what he did.
I personally, the narrator, don't feel sorry for him.
"Oh great, someone who hates Chat Noir like I do..." Hawkmoth trailed, looking at Theo in amusement through his window screen. He summoned a pure white butterfly, and simply covered a gloved hand with it, turning the milky white bug a dark purplish black color.
"Now, I need you to evilise this man, okay?" Hawkmoth cooed to the butterfly, who just flapped it's wings in response.
"Fly away, my little butterfly and evilise him!"
The dark butterfly flew out a crack in the window, flying off to young Theo's studio.
Theo sat down angrily in a chair, kicking over a few items as he walked by. He was still mad at Chat Noir for ruining things with him and Ladybug, and actually thought for a second for suing him, but that wouldn't make sense, would it?
He gazed down at Ladybug's picture in his hand. She looked flawless, like she always did. He really thinked that the two of them had a chance together. Maybe get to know her, date her- she would reveal herself to him, and they would get married!
It was still a major 'if' though.
Without him noticing, the same black butterfly infected the picture of his beloved Ladybug, turning it a black color. He sat up as someone with a deep and soothing voice talked to him.
"Hello there, Copycat. I am Hawkmoth. Go ahead and replace Chat Noir- I won't stop you." The voice said, and Theo smiled evilly.
"The very thought of it makes me purr."
He sat up, turning into a carbon copy of Chat Noir. It was unreal, he petted himself and felt the top of his head- completely blonde and soft. He walked out, and people started to take photos of the Copycat as he made his way to the museum.
Click, click!
More photos came his way, as he put a straw in his mouth and walked towards a painting. Perfect. He grabbed it, the security guard noticing right away. "Chat Noir, what are you doing?" The police officer reasoned, but Copycat just ran off into the distance.
Ladybug walked through the streets of Paris, for Chat Noir left for some photoshoot of his. She walked over to a big crowd looking at a TV in the middle of the street. What's happening? She thought to herself, walking over to the group.
"What's going on here?" Ladybug asked a local person, looked at her over.
"How do we know it's really her?"
"It's me, I swear!" Ladybug crossed her hand over her heart, and the girl she asked relaxed a tiny bit. Ladybug straightened up her back, trying to look professional, as the citizen looked up at the superhero.
"Well- Chat Noir- he, stole something from the museum!"
"What?!" The bluenette asked, clutching her hair in annoyance. She briefly thanked the citizen, and ran off.
Adrien leaned towards the window of the limo, looking outside of all the fangirls waving. He *sort of* liked Marinette now. He loved his fans, but sometimes he wanted them to BACK OFF.
Nathalie turned up the radio, and Adrien listened intently as Nadja Chamack spoke about a robbery at the museum.
"Anyways, the thief is no other than Paris' beloved superhero, Chat Noir!"
Adrien almost spat out his apple juice, and he set the cup back down in the holder. He listened carefully as the fake Chat said, "This painting is the Cat's Meow."
"Stop the limo, I'm going to the park real quick!" Adrien exclaimed, and the Gorilla stopped the limo at a halt as they pulled over to the right side of the road. Adrien hopped out, and ran to the signature alley where nobody ever went.
"His puns are terrible!" Adrien complained to his kwami who had a small block of cheese in his hand. "He's making a bad image for me!"
Before Plagg could say anything, Adrien yelled quietly, "Plagg, CLAWS OUT!"
The real Chat Noir quietly crept across the museum, waiting for Copycat to arrive. As he walked silently across the deserted halls, he looked around to see if there's any policemen.
Nope, just him and the paintings.
Until he's grabbed by the shoulders. "Whoa!" He fought off a police officer, then backs away, hands in the air. "I'm the real Chat Noir!"
Agent Roger motioned for his policemen to stop, then Chat Noir makes his way to a table with a straw. He inspects it for a moment, until-
SWOOSH!
The gates close, trapping Chat Noir inside with all these paintings. "But I'm the real one!" He complained, banging on the handles as he watches Agent Roger murmur something into his black walkie talkie.
"The cat's trapped. I repeat, the cat is trapped."
Ladybug rushed over to the museum, seeing blurs of people's faces as they watch, pull out their phones, and take videos and photos. She turns around to see Mayor Bourgeois, who is chatting with Agent Roger. She passes through the crowd, stopping two feet away from where Agent Roger and the Mayor are standing. "Mr. Mayor," She began, getting his attention. "This is ridiculous!"
"Don't worry Ladybug, leave this to the professionals." Agent Roger assured her, as Ladybug stomped away from the crowd.
"Hmph!"
"Ugh, do they really not believe me?" Chat Noir asked himself, pacing back and forth in his cage. He looked out, and sees that nobody is guarding the gate. "I guess that nobody cares to pay attention to this cat!"
He throws his right gloved hand in the air, shouting, "CATACLYSM!" Like always, black dots surround his gloved hand, and he presses it to the gate, turning it all dusty and rusty.
The gate falls down, rust and all as he runs out past the police officers. "Can't keep this cat contained!" He snickered, running off.
"Hey!" A police officer yelled, chasing after the superhero. Grabbing out his walkie talkie, he added, "The cat is out of the bag!"
"Well, if he is so innocent, why is he running away?" Agent Roger raised an eyebrow, waiting for Ladybug's response.
"Well, would you want to be stuck in a cage?" She countered, turning back to her yoyo.
"Miraculous! Simply the best! Up to the test, when things go-"
Ladybug opened up her yoyo, and saw that Chat Noir had summoned her. "Yes?"
"You know I'm innocent, right, Bugaboo?" Chat Noir winked, making Ladybug blush under her mask.
"Stop playing around and calling me Bugaboo!"
"Don't worry, I'll find the thief and the Copycat. You can count on it!" Chat Noir exclaimed, pumping his fist in the air. Oops. He was spotted by a helicopter. The chopper landed, flawlessly with no bumps, as Agent Roger ran out of the helicopter.
"Give up, Chat Noir!" Agent Roger screamed, chasing Chat Noir down the stairs of the building they were on.
Suddenly, the place was swarmed by people, and the police team had to fight their way through as Chat Noir went to the restroom and transformed back into Adrien. "Ah, who is this Copycat?!" He angrily asked Plagg, who shrugged.
"Isn't it that Theo guy?"
"You're right! I'm a cat, I should have known he was fishy!"
"You don't even like fish!"
"Whatever!" Adrien replied casually, as he snuck out from the bathroom. He slid on his hood, watching as everyone rushed by, trying to capture Chat Noir.
He looked around for a few seconds, escaping to the back door of the building where nobody was. It was the perfect location to transform and call Ladybug. "Plagg, CLAWS OUT!"
Ladybug jumped from building to building, concerned. Where was Chat Noir? Did he get captured by the police? All her questions were answered as she received another call from Chat Noir. "Where are you?" She asked, her eyebrows raised.
Chat Noir waved her off, telling her to be quiet. "I found his hideout."
"Who's?" Ladybug questioned, her eyebrows still raised.
"Copycat's!"
"Oh. Send me the pinpoint!" She commanded, ending the call. She inserted her yoyo back into her sash, and continued jumping building to building as Chat Noir texted her the location spot.
Chat Noir jumped into Copycat's lair, searching his surroundings. He saw a table, with a few sculptures on it. Nobody was there, so he continued looking around until-
Ching-ching!
He's surrounded by chains. He lifts up his claw into the air, yelling summoning his power. "CATACLYSM!" Instead of breaking the chains, Copycat places a box in front of him, wasting the Cataclysm.
"Why did you push Ladybug away from me? Do you like her?" Copycat demanded an answer, and he demanded it now, as Chat Noir nodded his head, 'No.'
But Copycat knew better. "You don't deserve her! Besides, you ruined my chances with her." Turning his back, he added, "And why would she save someone as clumsy as you?"
"We're partners; of course she would save me." Chat Noir replied bitterly, a sour look on his face as he faced Copycat. "I bet you don't know the meaning of that word."
"No, actually, she won't save you." Copycat grabbed Chat Noir's staff, and called Ladybug. "Ladybug, I caught the fake! C'mon, Bugaboo, you better hurry up!" He imitated Chat Noir, and actually sounded like him as well.
"Oh, okay. Don't worry, I'm almost there!"
Copycat ended the call before Chat Noir could tell her it was a trap.
Copycat laughed evilly as he realized that Ladybug was almost all his. He was so excited to replace Chat Noir and become her partner, and maybe, just maybe, they would develop a relationship.
In his wildest dreams.
"I'm here!" Ladybug exclaimed, going through an opening in the ceiling. She landed down on the ground, and Chat Noir sighed in relief, thankful that she was here to save him. "Wow, he looks exactly like you!"
"I know, right?" Copycat smiled goofily and rubbed the back of his head. "Isn't it amazing?"
"Um, sure." Ladybug tittered, obviously taken aback by his response. "What's his akuma?"
"It's his ring." Copycat smiled, pointing to Chat Noir's ring.
As Ladybug was taking it off, Chat Noir uttered, "C'mon, if you don't believe it's me, ask him for our friendship!" Chat Noir winked, and Ladybug realized that the one that was awkward was the Copycat.
"Fine.. How close are we, Chat Noir?" Ladybug leaned into Copycat's face, making him nervous.
"Uh, we're um, good friends, and uh-"
"Wrong! We're best friends. Besides, losers are liars, and even though the real Chat Noir annoys me to death, he has NEVER lied to me." Ladybug smirked at Copycat, who suddenly had a bitter look on his face.
"Sorry Ladybug, but I love you! Nobody else can have you!" Copycat raised his right hand into the air, screaming, "CATACLYSM!"
Chat Noir cringed. This fake Chat Noir was really trying hard.
"LUCKY CHARM!" Ladybug threw her yoyo into the air, and like always, little hearts surrounded it. From the sky dropped a spoon, and she looked at it in disbelief as Copycat rushed towards them. "A spoon?"
Quickly, Ladybug reacts by holding up the chains; wasting Copycat's own Cataclysm. The chains turn to dust, freeing Chat Noir. "Great job, Lady!" Chat Noir cheers, doing a quick little dance.
"Okay, now where's his akuma?" Ladybug asks, raising an eyebrow.
"The photo of you in his pocket." Chat Noir informs, pointing to his look alike's pocket. Inside, you could barely see the piece of paper, but it was still there.
Before Ladybug grabs the photo, Chat Noir's ring beeps. "Ha!" Copycat scoffs, flipping a piece of his short hair. "You're going to change back before me! And everyone will see your identity!"
"I already know his identity, so it wouldn't really matter." Ladybug shot back, rolling her sky blue eyes.
Chat Noir charges towards Copycat, and he responds by taking out his and Chat Noir's own staff that he stole. Ladybug jumps in, using her yoyo to stop them. "He's pretty good." She remarks, rubbing her chin.
"Don't need to rub it in!" Chat Noir exclaims, rolling his green, emerald eyes.
"Told you I'm better than him!" Copycat snickers, and Ladybug uses her yoyo to take away Chat Noir's staff from Copycat. She throws it at Chat Noir, who catches it and grins. "Thanks!"
The two Chats fight, and then Ladybug grabs Chat Noir's arm. "Hey, I'm the real one!" Copycat claims, stopping the two of them, and grabbing Ladybug's arm.
"He's lying, I'm the real one!" Chat Noir claims, stomping his foot.
"Now the two of you are both annoying me to bits!" Ladybug stomps both of her feet, startling the two cats. "Okay, show me your ring, how many pads do you have?"
Without any reluctance, Chat Noir shows his ring, and Copycat holds back his. "Ha!" Ladybug throws her yoyo to catch Chat Noir, then she releases him towards Copycat. "Chat Noir, scratch attack!"
"Gladly." Chat Noir lunges towards Copycat, knocking him to the ground.
While the two of them are distracted, Ladybug uses her lucky vision to show her Chat Noir's staff, a wooden rod, her yoyo and the spoon. She uses all of these objects to make a fishing rod. "Time to go akuma fishing!"
Ladybug uses the fishing rod to latch Copycat onto the ceiling, and she tears the photo away from Copycat. "No more evil doing for you anymore, little akuma." She spins her yoyo in a spiral, and capture the black butterfly. "TIME TO DE-EVIL-ISE!" She catches her yoyo base, ready to release the butterfly. "Gotcha!"
She gently presses the yoyo, the dark butterfly is now a milky white color. "Bye bye, little butterfly." She whispers, throwing the spoon into the air. "MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"
Everything is returned back to normal, including Copycat who is now Theo. "What in the world happened?" He asks, lying down on the floor.
Chat Noir and Ladybug inch towards them. "Here, sorry I didn't get to autograph your photo." Ladybug grabs a nearby pen, using it to sign the photo. "I loved the statues you made!"
Her earrings beep, signifying it's time to go. "Well, we're off. Let's go, Chat!"
Ladybug runs off, and Chat Noir is about to go before he's summoned by Theo. "It's okay Chat, I know you like her."
Chat Noir nods his head no, and pats Theo on the shoulder reassuringly before racing off to find his best friend.
He still has the same thought over and over again; does he really have feelings for Marinette?
Next episode: The Pharaoh. I don't really like this episode, and I find it will be pretty difficult to write. (Ugh!)
~Mia