Time for the big climax scene and finale for the story! Marinette returns home to her family, only for more trouble to start: Félix has gathered up a mob to paint Tom as a maniac, but when Marinette proves Tom's claims to the affirmative, well... Yeah, I'm sure you already get the idea.

Since this is the finale, there's no review goal here. Just enjoy the show!

Marinette rode through the woods, shouting for her family. The snow had died down, too.

"Mom! Dad!" Marinette shouted. "Alya?! Yell if you can hear me!"

"Are you sure we're going the right way?" Tikki asked.

"I'm positive, Tikki!" Marinette said as Levain kept running. "I recognize the surroundings!"

It took a few minutes, but she soon spotted her family, with Tom lying in the snow while Alya and Sabine were standing over him.

"Mom! Dad! Alya!" Marinette shouted.

Alya and Sabine looked over to her, and their eyes went wide.

"Marinette?! How-" Alya began.

"I'll explain later!" Marinette said. "Let's get dad home!"

Marinette rode over to them, got Tom on the horse with Marinette sitting in front of him, Alya and Sabine were flanking them, and they walked Levain back to the cottage.

They stopped Levain, and the group supported Tom as they got inside the house.

The asylum owner - who decided that standing around waiting for them wasn't worth it - was passing by the cottage, and said, "They're back?! After more than a week?!"

He panicked, realizing Félix would want to know, and he dashed off to the Agreste-Graham de Vanily estate.

Tom's eyes slowly opened, his vision blurry, but he could make Marinette out.

"M-Marinette...?" He asked.

"Take it easy, dad," Marinette said. "I'm home now."

He sat up and hugged Marinette close to him, saying, "I was so scared that we'd never find that place! That we'd never see you again!"

"Don't worry, dad," Marinette said. "I'm okay."

"But what about the beast?" Alya asked. "How'd you get away from him?"

"I didn't escape. Luka let me go." Marinette explained.

"Luka?" Sabine asked. "That thing has a name?"

"Didn't he hurt you?!" Alya questioned.

"Oh, not at all," Marinette reassured, waving her hands in protest. "In fact, I had the time of my life in that mansion. He gave me the building's sewing room as a present, taught me some violin, and we just finished a nice dance and dinner before I found out you were in trouble."

Tom and Sabine looked at each other before the former asked, "That... He did all of that? Even though you were taken prisoner?"

"...Actually, he told me I was never a prisoner, and that you were never going to get punished for the rose," Marinette continued. "Turns out the whole thing started from a huge misunderstanding and... Now that I think about, we didn't let him say his piece before I made the deal with him."

"But how'd Tom wind up in the dungeon?" Sabine asked.

"That was someone else's doing," Marinette explained. "I know it's hard to explain, but Luka's an amazing person."

"So let me get this straight," Alya started while pushing her glasses up. "Tom didn't do anything wrong, he wasn't in hot water with anyone, the beast didn't put him in the dungeon, someone else did, you made a deal for no reason, but the beast was nothing but kind and good to you, and when you learned what we were up to, he willingly let you go without expecting you to come back?"

"You're spot on!" Tikki said as she came out of hiding.

"Tikki?!" Marinette shouted as everyone jumped in surprise.

"W-What are you?!" Alya asked.

"I'm Tikki!" Tikki said to Alya. "I'm a kwami!"

"A kwami?" Sabine asked.

"I'm a creature that's magically connected to Marinette's stud earrings, called a Miraculous," Tikki explained. "Luka gave me and my earrings to Marinette when she first arrived."

"He wanted me to have a friend while I adjusted. He gave me my space, too." Marinette said, a smile on her face.

The family fell into silence for a few seconds before there was a knock at the door.

"I'll get it," Marinette said. Tikki hid again before Marinette went to the door. She opened it to see the asylum owner. "Um... Hello?"

"I'm here for your father, Mademoiselle." The owner said, albeit his face was grim and said.

"What, my dad?" Marinette asked.

"Rest assured he'll be... Well cared for." The owner said as Marinette caught sight of the wagon to the asylum.

"What?! My father isn't crazy!" Marinette insisted.

"He's losing his sanity, though," Amélie said. She'd gathered up a huge crowd, with torches in hand. Félix was standing nearby with a smirk. "He was ranting about a beast! My son and I heard him!"

Alya, Sabine, and Tom came out of the house. Tom asked, "Marinette, what's going on?"

"Why Tom," Amélie began. "Could you describe the beast in the estate?"

"Oh, well... He had long fangs, and was about eight or ten feet tall, with murky scales all over his body." Tom said.

Everyone started laughing, and Amélie stated, "Only someone so insane would say something like that!"

Two of the men staffed by the asylum went after Tom.

"Het, let go of me!" Tom shouted.

"Tom!" Sabine shouted.

"No! Dad!" Marinette screamed as she ran after her dad. Félix approached, clicking his tongue.

"I'm sorry about your father, Marinette." Félix said, once again feigning sympathy.

"Félix, can't you do something?! You know my father's sane!" Marinette insisted.

"Well, I guess I could do something..." Félix began, rubbing his chin in thought.

"Really?!" Marinette said, hopeful.

"If..." He continued.

"If what?" Marinette asked, growing suspicious.

"If you marry me." Félix stated, his look growing evil.

"Excuse me?!" Marinette asked, her eyes bulging.

"Just say "yes," and everything will be set right." Félix said, putting his arm around Marinette's shoulder and pulling her close, to the point where he could touch his nose against hers. Marinette didn't hide her disgust.

"So that was your plan?!" Marinette screamed, pushing him away. "Blackmailing me into marrying you by targeting my dad?! Well, too bad! Not happening!"

"Fine," Félix spat with a scowl. "Whatever you want. Take him away!"

"Hands off!" Tom shouted desperately as he was being dragged to the carriage.

"Let go of him!" Sabine demanded, with Alya shouting in agreement.

Marinette was looking on, her mind a total mess. But when Tikki poked Marinette from her hiding spot, the pigtailed girl immediately got an idea, and dashed back into the house.

Félix had a frustrated look on his face, but he was satisfied that he at least got Tom on the way to the madhouse.

But Marinette came back out, with the mirror in hand. She shouted to the crowd, "I CAN PROVE MY DAD ISN'T CRAZY!"

"Huh?" Félix said as he whirled around.

"Show me Luka!" Marinette shouted to the mirror and then the image of her snaky friend, sadly playing his lyre in his bedroom, came upon the glass.

She showed it to the crowd, and everyone (minus Tom, Sabine, and Alya) screamed at the sight of him. Even Félix was surprised at the turn, thinking, 'So Tom was telling the truth...'

"Is it a danger?!" A woman asked while the rest of the people were getting scared.

"What? Luka? Dangerous?" Marinette said with a scoff as she came into the crowd. "No way! He wouldn't hurt a fly! Listen, I know he looks scary, but he's a gentleman. Kind, sweet... Caring... He's important to me."

Marinette started gazing at Luka's sad profile sweetly, and Félix saw the amorous look Marinette was giving the creature in the mirror, as well as the fact that she was referring to Luka as a "he."

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you have feelings for this monster!" Félix said, whirling Marinette around and grabbing her by the shoulders.

Marinette pulled away from Félix, started poking him in the chest with her finger, and barked, "Listen up! His name is Luka, so use it! And he's not the monster around here, Félix! YOU are!"

Everyone gasped, and Félix scowled angrily before grabbing Marinette's wrist and taking the mirror from her.

"She's as deranged as her dad!" Félix roared before addressing the crowd. "Listen, this monster is a threat to all of us!"

Everyone shouted in agreement.

"NO! He's no threat to anyone!" Marinette insisted.

"He'll come after the kids in the middle of the night!" Félix shouted. "He'll eat them alive!"

"No! You're lying, Félix!" Marinette shouted as she tried to shout for calm. Her parents and Alya were also helping her out

"No one in this town is safe until his head is mounted on the tavern wall!" Félix shouted, with everyone chanting in agreement.

"Stop!" Marinette pleaded.

"I say we kill the beast!" Félix roared, and everyone started pumping their fists in agreement.

"NO!" Marinette shouted, meanwhile Félix was walking around with an evil smile on his face, and the mirror in slipped under his belt.

"We're not safe until he's dead!" One man chanted in determination.

"He'll come stalking us at night!" Someone else sang in fear.

"Set to sacrifice our children to his monstrous appetite!" A mother sang while hugging her baby daughter.

"He'll wreak havoc on our village if we let him wander free!" A man carrying a fiery torch roared in song.

Félix took the torch, started to move to the cottage stairs, then jumped on to the top of it, all while singing, "So it's time to take some action, boys! It's time to follow me!"

Félix then threw the torch into a nearby hay pile, setting it on fire, getting everyone amped up.

"Through the mist, through the woods, through the darkness and the shadows," Félix sang as he started acting like a monster sneaking up on someone, scaring everyone. "It's a nightmare, but it's one exciting ride!"

"Say a prayer, then we're there at the gateway to a mansion and there's something truly terrible inside!" He sang as he playfully chased his mother around before cornering her on the doorstep.

He sat on the step, presented the mirror to his mom to give her a better look at Luka.

"It's a beast, he's got fangs, razor-sharp ones! Massive jaws, killer claws for the feast!" Félix sang, his wicked smile all over his face as he was insulting Luka.

"Hear him roar, see him foam, but we're not coming home 'till he's dead!" Félix sang as he stood up and gathered up a mob, before raising the mirror up high. "GOOD AND DEAD!"

Everyone (minus the Dupain-Chengs and Alya) chanted in agreement.

"Kill the beast!" Félix sang, only for Marinette to charge at him, grabbing his arm and reaching for the mirror, pure, unadulterated rage in her face.

"If you do anything to hurt him, so help me I'll..." Marinette began to threaten, her voice going up.

"If you're not on my side, then you're an enemy!" Félix stated as he grabbed Marinette's other hand and forced her away. "Bring the others!"

The crowd had gathered up Alya, Sabine, and Tom, and dragged them to the opening of the cellar door.

"We can't have them warning the monster! Lock them up!" Félix ordered as they threw all four of them into the open cellar, slammed the door shut, and locked it.

"YOU LET US OUT RIGHT NOW!" The girls screamed.

"We'll rid ourselves of this monster! Who's with me?!" Félix shouted as he hung off the building structure, with everyone chanting in agreement.

"Light your torch, mount your horse!" The chorus sang as everyone lit torches, meanwhile Félix got on his horse.

"Screw your courage to the sticking place!" Félix sang as he started directing his horse to trot.

"We're counting on Félix to lead the way!" The chorus crooned.

With Félix on his horse in front, the crowd was carrying torches and pitchforks while following him.

"Through a mist, through a wood, where within a haunted mansion something's lurking that you don't see every day!" They sang as they were all looking wicked, with smirks on their faces and determination in their eyes. They all wanted Luka dead.

"It's a beast, one as tall as a mountain!" They sang as they started charging through the village. "We won't rest till he's good and deceased!"

People that were hearing the commotion were coming out of their homes and watching as the mob walked through the square. They were wishing the, good luck by waving their napkins in the air and/or cheering for their success.

They started walking along a stone path around a slight mountain, then began going through the woods, but Félix was still in the lead.

"Sally forth, tally ho! Grab your sword, grab your bow, praise the lord and here we go!" The crowd sang as they held up their weapons and were determined to get rid of Luka.

Félix's horse reared up on its hind legs, and he waved the mirror in the air before shouting, "We'll raid that mansion for all it's worth, and bring back his head!"

Meanwhile, Marinette and Alya were scrambling to find a way to get out of the cellar. Alya was jiggling the door, Marinette using the peel handle to bang on the window, etc.

"I have to get out of here and warn Luka!" Marinette frantically shouted before throwing the peel down, and tears were close to leaking from behind her eyes. "Oh, this whole thing is my fault! Why did I expose his existence like that?!"

"You were just trying to protect your family, Marinette," Tikki said. "Don't be so hard on yourself."

"This is no time for a pep talk, Tikki!" Marinette retorted, about to cry.

"Of course it's the time for one, Marinette," Tikki argued with a happy tone. "Because I know just how to get you out of this bind!"

"You do?" Tom asked.

The mob was still making their way to the castle. They were walking up a hill, over a river, etc., and basically following the exact same pathway Tom used the first time.

"We don't like what we don't understand. In fact, it scares us," The mob sang. "And this monster is mysterious at least!"

They were a fair distance away from the castle, but now they were using their axes to cut down a nearby tree.

"Bring your guns, bring your knives, save your children and your wives! We'll save the village and our lives!" They sang as the tree fell.

They started sawing through the tree and carving a blunted point on one end of the tree. Once they were done, they all worked together to pick it up and started to continue their way to the estate, all singing, "We'll kill the beast!"

Thunder roared and lightning flashed.

At the estate, Juleka was pacing around on her paws, disappointed in the outcome.

"I should've known my brother would've put his own happiness on the back burner," Juleka muttered. "The minute he has a chance, he lets it go for the other person."

"Would things have been any different if she hadn't come at all?" One snake asked.

The group heard the commotion outside, and Juleka ran over to the rain-soaked window. She looked out of it, and she gasped.

"What isssss it, Juleka?!" Another snake asked, before hope came upon his face. "Isssss she back?!"

"No, we've got trouble," Juleka said as the snakes came to the window to look. "Look!"

"Oh no! Interloperssssss!" Another snake said, and they saw Félix leading the mob with the mirror in hand. "And look - they have the mirror!"

"Something must have happened to Marinette!" Juleka declared. "I'll go warn Luka! You guys go down and fight them guys off!"

One snake gave Juleka a salute before they all slithered off to fight. Juleka then ran for Luka's room.

As the group made it to the door, Félix, who was carrying a rifle, was leading the pack.

Then, with an extremely disturbing look of anger and determination, he declared to the crowd, "Take any and all of the loot you can find. But remember this: the beast is mine!"

"Heartssss ablaze, banners high, we go marching into battle, unafraid although the danger just increassssssed!" The snake servants sang as they slithered down the stairs to go and defend their home.

"Raise the flag, sing the song, we're fifty strong and fifty Frenchmen can't be wrong!" The chorus crooned as Félix let his cavalry and their makeshift battering ram approach the door. They charged. "Let's kill the beast!"

Juleka barged into the open door of her brother's room and said, "Luka..."

"Juleka, please leave me alone." Luka quietly requested.

"But bro, we've got intruders attacking the building!" Juleka informed.

"What?" Luka asked, whirling around to face his sister.

"Kill the beast! Kill the beast!" The mob sang as they kept ramming the door with the log.

Inside, the snakes had gathered up most of the heavy furniture to barricade the door and they were using their weight to keep the furniture in place. But the strength and power from the ramming outside was causing the pieces to move.

"Thissssss isssssssn't doing the job!" The lead snake said as they kept holding their ground.

"But we need to do ssssssssomething!" Another snake added.

"I have an idea!" The lead snake said, an idea popping up in his head.

"Kill the beast! Kill the beast!" The crowd sang again, while still ramming the door.

Up in Luka's room, he was still playing his lyre and talking to Juleka.

"Luka, what should we do?" Juleka asked.

"...Let them come." Luka said, his expression unchanging.

Juleka looked at her brother, her face just screaming, "Are you serious?!"

"Kill the beast! Kill the beast! Kill the beast!" The mob sang before breaking the door down. They put their battering tree down and took out their weapons.

Félix's eyes slowly scanned the foyer. All they could see was a dark expanse of hallway inside the room. Félix gave a "come on/follow me" gesture to his group before slowly walking inside.

One of the mob members took up a candlestick, unaware the snakes' leader was coiled around it to hide.

"NOW!" He snake hollered, triggering the lights to come on.

All of the snakes that were camouflaged and hiding in plain sight on the tiles launched themselves onto the intruders, their fangs bared and hissing loudly. There were snakes on some of the furniture pieces, the banisters and railings on the stairs, etc. In short, the people were getting attacked by snakes that were coming from everywhere.

One man had two boas on him, constricting his legs tighter and tighter, causing him to loose circulation in his legs. He fell onto his back on the ground as two more snakes bound him by his arms to the floor.

Another person was trying to remove one snake using his pitchfork, but it slithered closer to the man, raised up the top half of his body and hissed at him. He screamed before falling down.

Three smaller cobras were raising up their upper bodies and flaring their hoods as they backed some other mob members in a corner. One person was bitten on the leg by one of the adders (the spell rendered the venom non-lethal to humans, but it was still painful) while one of the anacondas was constricting him by his enormous stomach.

Félix was looking around as the scene, ducking more snakes. in all the commotion, he ran up the stairs to hunt down Luka.

With Marinette and company...

"You know how to get us out of here?" Marinette asked.

"Sure do!" Tikki replied. "Watch this!"

She phased through the lock in the door, a click was heard, and then she phased out before saying, "Ta-da!"

Tom banged the door open and asked, "Wow, how did you do that, Tikki?"

"Just one of a kwami's many abilities!" Tikki said with a giggle before going to hide in one of Marinette's pockets. "Now let's go save Luka!"

Marinette immediately ran for Levain before mounting him.

"Be careful, Marinette!" Tom said.

"I will. Let's go, Levain!" Marinette said. She cracked the reigns and took off running to the castle.

Back inside the estate, people were still fighting the snakes, but losing, and the humiliating incidents for the humans including nonlethal snakebites, near-suffocation from the constrictions, etc.

Meanwhile, Félix was kicking down room doors in the estate. With every door he opened, he raised his rifle, only to find it empty.

Everyone in the foyer was still fighting off the snakes... Or rather they were getting their asses handed to them by the legless reptiles. People couldn't see the camouflaged creatures hiding in plain sight, so the humans were either stepping on them and getting bitten, or missing them completely and getting constricted in places.

Two snakes - a long tail and a short tail boa, respectively - had snagged one of the humans' shoes and were slithering at top speed to escape. They slithered through an open door to the kitchen.

The humans burst the door open and it looked like the two snakes were cornered. Then the drawers and cabinets in the kitchen burst open and more snakes, coiling around large, huge knives and giving sadistic, chilling looks to the humans. Up behind them was a giant shadow of a cobra flaring its hood.

The humans screamed before running out of the kitchen. Overwhelmed by the snakes, the humans ran, crawled, or rolled out of the estate. They were either breathing heavily from trying to catch their breath or limping and dragging limbs due to the snakebite.

"And ssssstay out!" The lead snake said as he and his reptilian companions cheered in triumph.

But they missed someone...

Luka was sulking in his bedroom and facing the window, his lyre in hand.

He heard the door open, and he thought, 'Someone's here.'

Félix had found the room, and his rifle was ready. He saw Luka sitting at the window and aimed it at him. Luka merely looked up at him before turning away. He was about to pull the head of his bangle back, when...

*BANG!*

Félix fired a bullet right into the back of Luka's shoulder. He stood ramrod straight and screamed in pain. Luka started stumbling and reaching for his wound, but Félix instead ran at him, tackling him through the glass window and shoving Luka onto the edge of the balcony.

Félix let out a cackle before jumping out the broken window.

Luka tried to stand back up, but Félix once again knocked him over the edge. Luka tumbled down near the edge of one of the rooftops, ramming into the railing.

Félix approached, and said, "Get up!"

Luka didn't respond, but Félix kicked him, causing him to tumble again.

"What's the matter, beast?" Félix taunted before letting out an evil laugh. "Too kind, sweet, and caring to retaliate?!"

Luka refused to move, instead once again choosing to ignore his attacker.

Félix growled before raising his gun at him.

Marinette had arrived on the scene, and she saw what was going on.

"NO!" Marinette shouted from below.

Hearing her voice, Luka looked down and saw an angry-looking Marinete. Tikki was out there, too.

"Marinette..." He moaned.

"STOP! Leave him alone, Félix!" Marinette shouted as Félix aimed the gun again.

His finger was on the trigger, and was about to fire, but Luka used his tail to knock it out of Félix's hand, sending it out of sight. Luka rose back up and gave Félix the ugliest glare he could muster.

"You've got some nerve, invading someone's house and attacking them unprovoked." Luka lowly growled as he looked down at Félix.

The younger blonde's eyes were wide when he saw just how large his opponent was, and the lighting from the lightning didn't make it any less intimidating.

Down near the gate, Marinette was watching and trying to figure out a plan.

"I won't make it in time if I take the stairs..." Marinette said, before looking at her kwami. "Come on, let's show Félix what happens when you mess with the ones I care about! Tikki, spots on!"

In a bright flash of pink, Marinette was in a red and black-spotted jumpsuit with a matching domino mask and she had a yo-yo in hand.

She shot her yo-yo up to the rooftop rod that was closest to Luka, then "flew" all the way up there. She swung around the cone roof like she was a tether-ball and kicked Félix in the back, knocking him down.

She released her yo-yo and landed in between Félix and Luka. She stood straight and started spinning her yo-yo while staring Félix down.

"Marinette?" Félix questioned.

"That's Ladybug to you, you filthy abomination!" Marinette shouted. "Stop this! Luka's done nothing wrong!"

Félix stood up, took a large, stone fixture off the rooftop, and held it like a club. He tried to swing it at Ladybug, but she used her yo-yo as a shield. Félix swung it again and again, but she kept blocking or avoiding it.

However, when she wasn't looking, Félix grabbed her by the arm, flipped her over his shoulder, and sent her landing a fair distance away, nearly making her lose consciousness.

"Marinette!" Luka shouted, then turned back to Félix, growling. "That's it! No more M. Nice Snake!"

He charged at Félix, then grabbed his club with both hands. He started pushing against it, forcing Félix to keep backing up. At one point, he knocked Félix to the ground, and the blonde started backing away and crawling. He swung his club at Luka, but he was too swift to get hit. Félix then slipped and slid down the roof and onto the next one below. Luka pounced on him, and they both tumbled down further.

Ladybug got up. She started running to the scene of the fight, before watching from her vantage point.

The boys tumbled down to yet another rooftop, and Félix had the leg strength to push Luka off him with his feet. Luka slithered off into hiding.

Félix stood up, picked up his club, and ran at something in the dark. He swung his club and lopped off the head of a gargoyle. Realizing his mistake, Félix snarled angrily.

"Get out here and fight me!" Félix shouted, only for lightning to flash and he saw the gargoyles all lighting up.

He started walking through the statues, unknowingly passing Luka, before taunting loudly, "Were you in love with her, beast? You didn't honestly think that she'd want you when she had me, did you?!"

"Yes on both counts," Luka began from his hiding spot. He made sure his voice was acting like surround-sound so that way Félix couldn't pinpoint the source. The blonde was looking around, trying to find Luka. "She only brought up "Adrien's obnoxious cousin" once, and I'm assuming that's you."

"What?!" Félix asked as he kept spinning around, his face red with rage. "Obnoxious?!"

Luka was silently slithering around in the dark, his eyes on his opponent. Snakes were ambush hunters, after all.

"Yes. If that's how she views you, then what that says to me is that you're not welcome in her world." Luka said again, once again taking advantage of his surroundings to make his voice echo from seemingly nowhere.

Félix kept looking around to find Luka, but he was silently sneaking up on him. He raised his upper body up to get above Félix, who rounded on him and tried to swing the club at him. But Luka dodged, then grabbed the club with one hand. The two of them started fighting and struggling for control, but Luka ended up losing his grip on the club.

Luka was soon backed into a corner. He looked behind him and saw that he was near the ledge of the rooftop, and it was a long way to fall into the nearby ravine.

He looked forward.

"This is the end for you, beast!" Félix roared as the lightning flashed behind him. "MARINETTE IS MINE!"

Luka's eyes narrowed, and in fury, he did what snakes do whenever backed into a corner: he struck.

He lunged at Félix, knocking him down and making him lose his weapon again. This time, however, Luka used his tail and grabbed him by the abdomen. He raised the blonde up over the edge of the rooftop. Lightning flashed again.

"No! Please, let me go!" Félix pleaded, kicking his legs. "Show mercy, please!"

Lightning flashed once more.

"I'll do anything, I swear!" Félix begged again.

"Anything?" Luka asked, quirking an invisible eyebrow.

"Yes!" Félix confirmed, nodding furiously.

Luka brought Félix back on to the roof, pulled him closer to his face, and deeply, sternly, quietly said, "Then use my name: Luka. Now, get out."

Luka dropped Félix unceremoniously before turning his back.

"Luka!" Ladybug shouted from the balcony on the next rooftop up.

Luka turned around, then smiled, saying, "Marinette."

He began to slither up the roof to the balcony. Ladybug reached out a hand as he slowly reached her.

"Marinette..." Luka said as he took her hand into his own. He pulled himself closer using the railing, then put his other hand on her cheek. "You came back."

She smiled as he gently stroked her cheek while putting both of her hands on his arm. The two of them were leaning closer to each other.

"AAGGGH!" Luka screamed in pain as he felt something cut into him. Félix had climbed up after him, took out a dagger, and stabbed Luka in the side near his stomach. Félix was smiling maniacally.

He readjusted the dagger, and was about to go for another strike, but Luka's free arm swayed at him. This caused Félix to lose his grip, and he started flailing his hands frantically.

Luka was swaying back and forth, about to fall, but Ladybug used her yo-yo to pull him closer to her.

She caught sight of Félix screaming, and falling all the way down into the dark, wet ravine below.

That was the end of Félix Graham de Vanily.

Ladybug pulled Luka onto the balcony, just as Juleka ran onto the scene to watch.

"Spots off." Ladybug said, before changing back into Marinette.

She gently laid Luka down on the ground.

He was coughing heavily, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Marinette sitting above him, her face wet from the rain, but tears streaming down her cheeks.

"You... Came back to me..." He said weakly, a smile ghosting on his lips.

"Of course I did, Luka!" Marinette spoke, with Tikki looking over in concern. "I wasn't going to let them hurt you! Not when I care about you so much!"

He coughed again before saying, "I... Care about you, too, Marinette..."

He put his hand on her cheek and wiped her tear away with his thumb.

"You're the most... *Cough* extraordinary girl, Marinette... As clear as a musical note... *cough* *hack* And as sincere as a melody..." He continued, triggering Marinette's face to turn red and for more tears to burst forward.

"He's fading!" Tikki panicked aloud.

"Don't talk! Please, pace yourself! We'll get you help!" Marinette insisted.

"No... You need to hear this..." Luka spoke before gasping for air.

"I'm listening!" Marinette said frantically.

"You're the... *cough* music that's been playing inside my head... Ever since you came here," Luka confessed. "I'm happy that... I could see you again before... *cough* I go..."

His eyes lost their light, rolled into the back of his head, and he fell onto his back. Juleka gasped, let a tear drop down her face, and she sighed sadly.

Marinette's eyes widened, then she covered her mouth in shock.

"No! Not again... Please, don't let this happen to me again!" Marinette cried. "Don't leave me, Luka! Please! Losing Adrien was bad enough, but losing you... NO, I can't live with that! This is even worse!"

Marinette's tears were dropping onto Luka's face, but there was no reaction from his body.

Marinette laid her head against his chest and she wept quietly, "Je'taime..."

As Marinette kept crying, Luka started glowing bright white. Marinette lifted herself up off him and scooted back. The features on his body started changing. The tail started getting shorter, and it split into two. The claws on his hands were receding, and the shape of his face was changing, too. There was something growing on his head. He was also getting shorter, too.

The light started fading, and the person in front of her sat up while resting his hands on the floor. The glowing faded completely and there before Marinette was a very strange sight.

In place of her beloved snake-beast was a young man about a year or two older than her. His hair was black with teal-blue tips, his skin was olive-toned, he had a roman nose, and he had black gages in his ears. His fingernails were black, too. He was wearing the same black pants that the beast was wearing, and the shirt was torn up in so many places that the only thing that was covered on the top half of his body were parts of the arms. His abdomen was very toned.

He turned to Marinette and questioned, "Tu... Tu m'aimes?"

"Wait... Who are you?" Marinette asked. Tikki was surprised at the sight, too.

"Huh?" He asked, and looked himself over. Seeing his state, he smiled and faced her again. "You saved me!"

"What?" Marinette asked.

"Marinette... It's me!" He said as he took her hands into his own.

"...Is it?" She questioned as she looked him over. She felt his arms up while examining his clothes. But her eyes locked with his.

Blue. Bright, warm, loving blue. She saw the eyes were human rather than snake, but she recognized those eyes. The same blue eyes that bore into her soul, stealing her heart.

"...It IS you!" Marinette cried happily as she placed her hand against his cheek.

Luka gave her a loving smile as he gently put his hand on her chin, then ran his thumb over her bottom lip. Marinette's tears of joy were no deterrent, as she laughed happily. Luka slowly came in closer, his lips pursed. Marinette didn't resist, and he locked his lips with hers.

Like an explosion, teal blue sparkles blasted from underneath the couple, washing over the estate. All of the eerie gargoyles and dark, gloomy interior decorations were transformed into vibrant human statuettes and everything brightened up. And the weather went from a thunderstorm to clear skies.

All of the snakes glowed white before changing back into humans, and they were all dressed in nice clothes.

Juleka also glowed white, and she also changed into a human. She was wearing mostly black and purple, had long black hair with purple tips, and her bangs covered one of her copper eyes. She smiled a small one as she looked herself over.

Luka looked over at his sister and smiled, giving her a two-finger salute.

"Am I dreaming?" Marinette muttered while still in Luka's arms.

"No," Luka confirmed. "This isn't a dream. It's a miracle."

He picked Marinette up by the waist before spinning her around in the air. Marinette was laughing as she put her hands on his shoulders.

In the next scene, Marinette and Luka were in the ballroom of the estate again. They were in the same clothes as last time, only this time Marinette had a diamond engagement ring on her left hand, Luka's ensemble was altered to fit his body, and this time the outfit was accompanied by black dress shoes.

Luka dropped a kiss onto Marinette's lips, which she accepted and returned with glee. Luka immediately started waltzing with Marinette.

"I'm so glad to be human again," Luka said to his partner. "And I have you to thank for it."

"I understand why you didn't tell me about the spell," Marinette said as they danced. "You didn't want to jinx it."

"Yeah," Luka said. "But I got more than my humanity back by meeting you."

"What else did you gain?" Marinette asked.

"A lifelong love," Luka said as they kept moving around the dance floor, while glancing the ring on her finger. "I'm happy you accepted my proposal."

"I was more than happy to say "yes," Luka," Marinette said as she blushed. "I've healed from my wounds, and you make me happy."

"That's good to hear. Now let's enjoy ourselves." Luka said before kissing Marinette's cheek again. They kept waltzing.

Off the dance floor, Marinette's parents, Alya, and Juleka were wearing their finest and watching the couple. Sabine was crying tears of joy, Tom was hugging his wife by the shoulder, Alya was smiling and had her arms crossed happily, and Juleka was standing next to the latter with a small smile on her face, but her bangs were pinned back.

"They're such a beautiful couple, aren't they?" Alya asked. Juleka nodded in agreement.

"Marinette looks so happy," Sabine said, wiping a tear from her eyes. "I never expected this to happen."

"Funny how things work out," Tom commented. "Those two are going to live happily ever after!"

"Yep." Juleka agreed.

Everyone was watching Marinette and Luka gliding across the dance floor.

"Certain as the sun, setting on the lake. Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme, lady and the snake."

Luka did an underarm turn with Marinette, pulled her back, dipped her down by the waist again, and then pulled her back up.

"Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme... Lady and the snake!"

Luka gently put his hand on Marinette's cheek, then tenderly kissed her on the lips.

And scene! That's the end of this story! I hope you enjoyed it! I know it might seem like I was following the script of the classic "Beauty and the Beast" a little too closely, but I was struggling to really make it fit. Especially since the fight was more between Félix and Luka instead of having Marinette involved.