The episode featured in this chapter will be Startrain because Ladybug was supposed to air right before the season finale. Also, in my universe, there is no Miraculous with the direct power teleport.
This is for two reasons. I found the abstract thought of teleportation to be too modern of a concept to have come into being around the time of the creation of the Miraculouses. The other reason is I felt teleportation was too deus ex machina.
So I do hope you like the Miraculous I've chosen for Max to wield and help save the day.
Lila was very angry. She had searched for all the hidden cameras in her room, but she hadn't found any. The only camera she knew about was the security camera in the far corner of her bedroom looking directly at her bed and curtain door.
She was not happy about the way her life was going. Her grandparents were ready to wash their hands of her and take away her rightful future and inheritance. Her parents were against her, forcing her to go to some dimwit's office in the absurd notion she needed to face reality when she already did.
Making her do volunteer work as a penance for having a little fun with Alya. It wasn't her fault the idiot girl was susceptible to hypnotic suggestion, now was it? She had better things to do than watching bratty little children at the community center.
Life was all about lying and scheming to make it out on top. She was better than everyone and they should be grateful that she even paid a margin of attention to them. It was absurd that she shouldn't take advantage of everyone around her.
Apparently, their feelings mattered and they should be respected. Treated with kindness and she should be supportive of them. Hah! What about her extended family at home? Everyone in Fox Burrows said they were either disenchanted or appalled with her behavior.
She could care less about what her extended family thought of her. After all, she would have been elated for something bad to happen to her cousin Todd. She recalled the family reunion competitions where she had beat him in a friendly spar by attacking his manhood. Ah, good memories.
The school was even worse than at home. No one treated her with the special treatment she deserved. Ms. Mendeleiev, who had to be the nastiest teacher in the world, didn't believe any of Lila's carefully crafted lies.
She never accommodated Lila, who was too busy with her family's business, to study and pass such a hard test. Instead of giving her a passing grade, she made Lila take the tests! Homework, in-class assignments, and even group projects, this barbarian of a woman forced Lila to do what she wanted her to do!
Her classmates also actively blocked her from forcing others to do her work. Her casual insistences, (threats), didn't stop them from reporting her to the teacher or the headmaster landing her in detention.
What little followers she still had abandoned her after the incident with the robot and the complete shutdown of the arrondissement. No one knew she was the one who corrupted Markov, with a little help from a hacker, from the darknet.
However, because Markov's special AI chip came from her family's company they believed she was guilty by association. It was not something she had calculated for. Nor why everyone treated that piece of junk like it was alive.
The worst thing about school was Marinette Dupain-Cheng. It wasn't enough that she was a tattletale and Adrien's girlfriend. She had accomplishments and praises from so many people. Even Jagged Stone called her his honorary niece!
Marinette was a pathetic, doltish, self-righteous termagant! There was nothing exceptional about her. She was an in-proficient, lubberly, and supercilious and it boggled Lila's mind that everyone bought her I am a good person act.
So what if she was a class rep? Any buffoon could do that job and it didn't grant any real power. Her family's bakery was atrocious and it was the same as their baked goods. It made her want to throw up every single time she hear what a good friend she was. How she always helped anyone who needed it.
They even called her, their Everyday Ladybug! If there wasn't video proof that Marinette was akumatized and fighting Ladybug, Lila would have thought they were the same person. Both of them thought they were above the station fate had given them.
Right now, she was trying her best to not growl as Ms. Mendeleiev started talking about some overrated educational field trip the class was taking in a few days.
"We will be joining Ms. Bustier's class on the train to London. While they are visiting the Elizabeth Tower where Big Ben is housed for their literature class, we shall be visiting Tower Bridge to learn more about engineering. I expect each of you to be on your best behavior."
"Yes, Ms. Mendeleiev," the class, except for Lila, responded. The teacher smiled very pleasantly before reminding them she would be pairing them up with a travel buddy once they got on the train.
When the bell for lunch rang Lila went to the locker room, figuring it was the one place she could scheme without notice. She stopped before entering when she heard Alix and Mylene talking to each other in the locker room.
"I can't believe that we're going to London and not even getting to ride on the London Eye! A Ferris wheel where you dangle above the river sounds intense."
"Well, I for one, am glad that the class is just visiting Big Ben. I hope that it's safe. I read online there doing renovations to the place. One of us could get injured badly if we don't stay with the group."
Alix assured Mylene that they wouldn't be going into the tower if it wasn't safe. Ms. Bustier would make sure everyone stayed together and no one got hurt. She even joked that if Marinette tripped and caused someone to get hurt she be sued.
Lila backed away from the door and hurried away. She didn't need that she-boy and the whimpering baby finding out she had overheard them. Finding an out of the way spot, she pulled out the note and permission slip to study the details.
"I should have been paying more attention to this earlier. How could I miss the fact the classes will be sharing train cars. This is the perfect time for me to start plotting the downfall of Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
Without Miss Wonderful around, I can regain my power at school. From there I will rise once again to the top and then nothing will stop me from taking my rightful place as the new CEO and owner of Treasure Incorporated!"
Lila's eyes glittered with madness. She would do whatever it took to remind people not to mess with her. Including, a certain supervillain, who didn't take care of her rival, despite the fact she had delivered him the perfect victim a few weeks ago.
Later that day, Marinette was lying in her bed writing in her diary about everything going on in her world. She had started writing in code shortly after Master Fu and Ning had decoded the Miraculous Book, inspired by the depth the Order would go to protect the Miraculouses.
"Every day, I wonder if it will the day my friends and I defeat Hawkmoth and Mayura. Each day it gets a little harder to keep my secret from my parents. As each day passes I fear it might be the day I fail to stop an Akuma."
Marinette paused as she tapped the pencil ideally. She wished there was someone she could talk to about her fears. Sure, she could talk to the other Miraculous wielders, but none of them were under the same pressure as she was.
Even her boyfriend, who had to be very careful with his power to ensure it didn't harm anyone, really didn't understand how she could never fail in any mission no matter how small.
Maybe I should talk to Ning about this next time she's in Paris. She would understand the burden I'm under.
Exhaling, she started to write and read out loud again. "The Akuma attacks are getting harder to defeat without asking for help. Chat and I have been training the core three for a few hours one night a week, but the others should be joining us if we could find a better place to practice.
Kkachi is at a real disadvantage with Honorra only having six power-ups left. She can't use them up for training purposes. Honorra suggested that Kkachi train with her Kwami Charm, but Master Fu ruled that out.
While the Kwami Charms are meant to be used for training purposes, he's afraid of what would happen to Honorra if Kkachi used the Kwami Charm too often in her state of health. The little magpie is not happy about that. She knows he's right, but it doesn't change the fact she's afraid for her temporary wielder falling behind the others."
Tikki phased into the room. She had been on the balcony enjoying the plants. Now, she floated over and looked at what her wielder had written. Her antennas drooped.
"Kkachi isn't the only one with that problem. Fluff's wielder Bunnyx has the same problem. Her powers are strong enough to cause real damage. Only an experienced user of Kwami Charms should use it."
It went without question the only one qualified to use any of the Kwami Charms was Peace Keeper. Her upbringing and keeping Wayzz's charm safe for two decades had made her the most capable charm user in centuries.
Marinette picked up her diary again, this time doing a simple sketch of Ryuko, King Monkey, and Viperion. They had only used their Miraculouses once before and didn't have the limitations Kkachi and Bunnyx did.
She wanted to train them as well, but again there was the question of space. Sooner than later, the rooftops they had been using with the core trio would become too dangerous to use for practice.
"Tikki, with how the team is now, do you think we have a chance of defeating Hawkmoth?"
"A slight chance yes. You all know how to fight and can use your powers reasonably well. What your team is lacking are experience and cohesion. Without those, there's a better chance your team will lose despite having more numbers."
There has to be someplace in Paris with enough space and privacy for us to train in. It wouldn't hurt if it was also up to safety code standards. It would also need to be very secure and have a security system to alert us to dangers while avoiding revealing our identities. If only I could think of one Marinette thought to herself.
"I wish we had a place like Ning's bunker. Not, that I want to live in an underground shelter, but just a safe place that nobody except those who need to know where it is."
Tikki pointed out that she could contact Ning through her Kwamii Charm. "I want to have a better idea of what we need and how we're going to include everyone in the training before I ask her about that."
Back at school Kagami and Adrien were sparing with one another in fencing. Kagami was using her fancy footwork to duck under or pull back from Adrien's attacks.
Kagami went in for the quick strike only for Adrien to leap over her and touch his foil to her back. "How did you like that move?"
Kagami removed her mask and gave him a fierce frown. "Good fencers don't resort to tricks to win a match. Where did you even see that move used before?"
Adrien took off his mask and gave her his signature cat grin. "I saw it in a cartoon. The fencer called it the Flying Stag."
His friend rolled her eyes. "You need to stop watching so many cartoons and anime all the time. Life itself has lessons, not TV."
"I have heard that before." The boy chuckled and then they both lowered their helmets and went for another bout. This time Adrien focused more on scoring points on Kagami's torso in places that weren't easily defended.
The red fencer would not let him get a point in. She blocked and parried until she scored enough points that Adrien gave in. "Your mind is not focused enough today Adrien. What is distracting you?"
Adrien wasn't sure he could word this without letting on who he was? "Oh, I was just thinking about trying to find a new practice space for fencing. A place where I can teach Marinette without being under the supervision of my bodyguard or Nathalie. I know there are public places…"
"You want a place where you can do more than just practice fencing don't you? Are you and Marinette having sex?"
"NO!" Adrien was blushing furiously almost the same color as Ladybug's suit. "We just want a place that's ours. Not my mansion or her room above the bakery. Just a place we can hangout and relax without being constantly watched."
"Apologizes. That was rude of me to ask. I wish I could help you, Adrien. The only places I go to in Paris are places I've been to before with my mother. I hope you do find a place eventually."
Three days later in Buenos Aires at four a.m. one UN agent was up and fully awake. Feeling restless, Peace Keeper was on an early morning run. Wearing her uniform she raced through the streets, climbing up buildings, and doing acrobatic stunts as she went higher and higher in the city.
She leaped across a wide divide shooting out a bungee line. It wrapped itself around a flagpole pulling her towards the next building. Grabbing the flagpole, she shimmed down and scanned the still dark sky looking at the fading stars.
"I should be still in bed getting rest for today's meeting with A.E.S Wydler meeting to discuss the rewritten proposals. Most of them are great except the one about minimizing infrastructure. That section on building materials needs to be very specific and precise. We also need to discuss how to keep the roads open should they be built," she whispered to herself.
She really should go back to the hotel only to hesitate when she was turning around. Something was calling her towards the mountains just outside the city. It sounded like a faint voice calling from miles away.
Father did say not to pretend you don't hear anything if she felt magic calling you. I don't know what's out there, but I sense I need to hurry faster.
Activating her jetpack she flew into the air and she changed the filter settings to pinpoint anything magical. The filters locked onto a target at one of the mountain peaks just outside the city. Pushing her jetpack to the limit, she arrived at a peak within ten minutes. Looking around, she saw nothing of importance here. Why was she here?
Nooroo's Kwami Charm started to glow faintly. She heard a faint voice again. It certainly wasn't Nooroo's voice though. Nooroo's voice was always kind with a tiny bit of fear in it.
No, the voice she heard was getting a bit louder and angrier. She felt her head pounding as someone tried to communicate with her, but it was beyond their limits.
She took the prototype communication booster out of one of her belt pouches. The booster was much smaller than ones for sale at stores and it created a bigger signal that could go much further than before.
She attached it to her minicomputer and turned it on. She could already see how much stronger her signal was and at such a high altitude. She brought her hands around the glowing charm.
As she suspected, the booster was interacting with the magic from the charm, boosting the telepathic link between the Kwami Charm and Nooroo. Settling into a meditation pose Peace Keeper opened her mind slightly find out who was calling her.
She found herself in the mindscape of her home. Someone was furiously knocking on her door and it was getting weaker. She cautiously walked over as a stun gun materialized her hand. She opened the door and lunged at the person who was in the opening. She wasn't going to take a chance with anyone walking in her mind.
"STOP!" Hawkmoth yelled as Peace Keeper shoved him to the ground reaching for his neck. "STOP! I need your help!"
"Like I'm going to fall for that!" The stun gun was about to connect when Hawkmoth burst into a hundred white butterflies.
The flitter flapped all around her in an enchanting dance. Going to her living room they joined as one becoming Hawkmoth. The difference was the Miraculous was gone and Nooroo was hovering its place.
The kwami opened his eyes and spoke softly. "Peace Keeper, please stand down. Hawkmoth does need your help. You may be the only person on the planet that can save hundreds of lives."
Nooroo's gentle magic gently touched her. She could feel Nooroo's emotions and that on this occasion kwami and wielder shared a common goal. They both needed her help and had no intention to harm her at all.
"You better explain yourself quickly if you want my help. What is going on?"
Nooroo prompted his wielder to talk. The man's expression was torn between pride and worry. He knew he had to speak, but it was humiliating asking a hero for help.
"I can just leave now if you have nothing to say."
"NO! You can't leave! I lost control of one of my akumas!"
"So you lost one butterfly? Why does that concern me?"
"Because it's an akumatized person who I don't have control over and is out of my range of telepathy and getting further away each second!"
Peace Keeper raised her eyebrows. "How far out of range are we talking about? Is the Akuma still in France?"
Hawkmoth shook his head and replied, "The Akuma and everyone on the train that was akumatized with the person is in outer space!"
Peace Keeper's eyes started to twitch and her jaw dropped. Her fingers curled in anger, disgust, and fear. "Show. Me. Now." Each word came out like ice.
Nooroo glowed as he shared with her his memories of current events. His master had been tracking a strong source of irritation. Before this person could be akumatized the akuma changed targets as it sensed stronger darker emotions coming from nearby.
Before he could order the akuma back the little butterfly was out of range. Hawkmoth assumed once he changed back to his civilian form, the akuma would revert to a harmless butterfly.
That was not the case as akuma acted on its own and akumatized the conductor of the underground train and it was now a speeding rocket train getting further and further away from Earth.
The amount of rage Peace Keeper aimed at Hawkmoth for his reckless actions made the man tremble. He was lucky they were in her mindscape otherwise she would have broken every bone in his body.
Nooroo redirected Peace Keeper's anger by getting her to focus on the current problem. "Peace Keeper, you need to connect with the Akuma and convince it to return to Earth. You are the strongest telepath I've ever had a chance to work with.
Even before I blessed you with half of my power, your mind was well disciplined and strong enough by itself. Your reach is far wider than my master's. Please help?"
Peace Keeper assured Nooroo she would help as she glared at Hawkmoth once more. The man had the decency to look ashamed. "I'll fix your mess, but you will owe me a favor understand?"
The man could only nod miserably as sat down on the floor of her mindscape and started praying his enemy was strong enough to get the Akuma to return to Earth with his son alive.
Last night in Paris, Adrien and Marinette had gone to visit Master Fu to see if there was a way they could go on the field trip. If not, they would have to pretend to be sick.
They both wanted to go on the field trip. At the same time, they couldn't abandon their responsibility to Paris. There was no Miraculous that had the power of teleportation as its main power.
Sniffer, the Kwami of Limbo, granted the special ability to teleport to his wielder. The problem was it took up to a year for his wielder to gain the strength and energy to pull off using the ability and it only worked on the wielder.
Instead, he gave them the Dog Miraculous which had the Power of Ethics. In an emergency, it could be used to help convince someone that the duo needed to get back to Paris quickly.
So the two had boarded the train and had been catching up on some sleep. No one had noticed Lila entering their car or that she was inching closer to steal Marinette's purse. The liar knew something valuable was in the purse and she wanted to get a look at what it was.
That's when Startrain had taken off and all the passengers on the train started floating in the air. The two heroes had managed to transform in the bathroom and convinced the passengers they had used a magic spell to get on the train.
So now the heroes were making their way towards the driver's cabin, along with Max and Markov to help them along the way, and hoping to persuade Startrain to turn around back towards Earth.
They were floating between cars when the train abruptly stopped. All five of them were flung back into the wall. The speakers were still on so they heard Startrain talking to herself.
"What do you mean I have to turn around? I'm living my dream Peace Keeper!" she wailed.
Max and Markov looked at the heroes in confusion. "Peace Keeper? I thought Hawkmoth was the one who akumatized my mom?"
"He did. Peace Keeper is a different person who was blessed with some of the Butterfly Miraculous powers," Chat explained. He looked at Ladybug anxiously. "Do you think anyone else heard that?"
"Probably not, Startrain has complete control over the train so I think she can control who hears what she says."
Startrain proved that with her next statement. "It's not like I announced your whole presence to all my passengers. The only ones who heard me were Ladybug and Chat Noir."
There was a pause and then they heard her speaking again. "Alright, I'll go back towards Earth, but not before I get a chance to orbit around the moon. Maybe I'll even land on there so I can be the first female on the moon!"
The train started up again and the small group was flung into the other wall. The train picked up speed as it headed towards the moon.
"She's turning around My Lady. Peace Keeper got through to her." Chat Noir said in delight.
Ladybug pointed out that Peace Keeper only was able to persuade the Akuma to go to the moon. They still needed to get back to Earth.
So they entered the next car and made their way towards the conductor's cabin. They were halfway through the car when Startrain's voice was heard again.
"Interlopers trying to stop me from getting to be the first woman on the moon? I think not."
Intense heat started to fill the cabin. Max screamed as the heat started to burn his skin and Markov wailed about him overheating. On the speakers, they could hear Startrain arguing with Peace Keeper, who was telling her to stop.
"Quick, get the door open Markov!" Max told his best friend.
"Markov will save his friends!"
The little robot ignored the heat the best he could as he worked to unlock the door.
Realizing the little robot was going to overheat, Chat Noir managed to maneuver himself directly in front of the robot. He tried to ignore how overheated he was getting, but he knew he couldn't keep all the heat from reaching Markov.
The door opened and they all fell into the small hall between the cars. Everyone took a few minutes to catch their breath. The train bucked up and down a few times.
"What is going on with Startrain? Are we still on a course back towards the moon than Earth?" Chat Noir asked.
"Markov, can you connect to the train's GPS and external sensors to find out what's going on?"
"Of course Max! One second." The little robot connected to the computer and within ten seconds, he had the answers.
"Max! You and the other passengers are in danger. Your mom is diverting all power to the engines so we reach the moon in a matter of minutes!"
"What's her trajectory?" the genius asked already feeling dread in his stomach.
"She plans to land the train in the Sea of Tranquility. The problem is if she lands there won't be any fuel left to take off again! Additionally, with her draining power from all other systems, we'll run out of heat and oxygen a minute before we land which is in seven minutes!"
"We have to get Startrain to take us directly to Earth and skip the moon right now. I don't think Peace Keeper has enough control to force her will onto Startrain's mind."
"Then we're going to need help," Ladybug said while gesturing to Chat Noir's pocket.
Max was stunned when Chat Noir pulled out a small box and held it out to him. "Max Kante, This is the Dog Miraculous. It has the power of Ethics. With it, you can help someone foresee the consequences of their actions. You will use this to help us complete the mission. Once the mission is done, you will return the Miraculous and never speak to anyone to this."
Max took the box and opened it up. A light brown and white light sparkled in the air before reforming into a small doglike kwami. "My name is Barrk. I can smell how principled you are. Your power is Fateful Choice. Simply make contact with a person and they will experience the different outcomes of any major choice they're making.
You will have five minutes before you need to change back. To transform say my name and Bark Once."
Slipping the collar around his neck Max quickly said, "Barrk! Bark Once!" The kwami flew into her Miraculous as the transformation took hold.
Max's outfit changed into a light brown bodysuit with a white stripe that started at the collar bone and down his chest and abdomen. The sleeves of the outfit ended just past the elbow before turning into white gloves with paw prints on them. The suit cut off at just past the knees before turning into white boots that were paw-shaped.
The back of the outfit was darker and had faux fur on it. A baseball bat was situated on his back. His hair was much longer and fluffier looking forming a dog tail that hung in a ponytail. To complete the look was a pair of floppy dog ears and a white eye mask.
"Call me Sirius."
The heroes nodded and Markov opened the door quickly. The next car was ice cold and there was barely any oxygen left. Ladybug entered first, Sirius in the middle, and Chat Noir at the end.
Markov flew alongside the group. By now there was almost no power left in the remaining cars. He would not be able to open the last door to the conductor's cabin.
Instead, he was keeping track of the time, power levels, and the amount of oxygen in the whole rocket train.
A big flashing five appeared on the robot's face. "Heroes need to hurry! We only have five minutes before the Akuma strands us on the moon."
Ladybug started to call on her power when she weakly pointed behind them. The tiny server robots had been turned on again and they started to attack the group.
Chat Noir and Sirius brought out their weapons and started attacking the server bots with a rush of adrenaline keeping them going as they bashed and smashed the attacking forces.
Knowing that rush would wear off quickly, Ladybug called out, "Lucky Charm!" A red and black spotted police helmet dropped into her hands. "Got to figure this one out fast.
Her vision highlighted the door to the conductor's cabin, the helmet, and Markov. "Of course! Markov get over here!"
Markov swiftly made his way over ducking and dodging all the flying bits of scrap. His screen changed from four to a three as he reached the heroine. "What do you need Markov's help with Ladybug?"
"I need to put this on and hold on tight," she explained as she put the helmet over him. "I'm going to build up momentum with my yo-yo and when I say now, I want you to release from my yo-yo and ram the door as hard as you can."
The robot didn't know if this plan was scientifically sound. He did know when you added magic to any equation you never knew what would happen.
Ladybug's plan worked as the door broke apart. The three heroes quickly rushed inside.
Startrain was bickering with Peace Keeper about her plans to land on the moon. Without wasting time, Sirius activated his power. "Fateful Choice!" His right glove glowed as touched it to Startrain's head.
At that exact second, the Akuma witnessed the consequences would be if she landed on the moon. She saw all her passengers floating dead in their train cars. Her son, whose skin had turned blue, hovering in her cabin forever. That eventually even Markov would lose power and she would be alone on the moon until she too lost her life.
Another second passed and then Startrain was switching gears and redistributing power to the other cars as she pulled out of the dive for the moon heading straight for the train station in Paris.
With one minute remaining on Ladybug's transformation the train landed back at the station. Chat Noir destroyed the akumatized object so she could purify the butterfly and release her Miraculous Cure.
The three heroes pounded it and with thirty seconds to spare Ladybug scurried off quickly before she changed back. This left Chat Noir and Sirius alone as the two jumped to the roof of the station.
Letting go of the transformation, Max smiled. "Thanks for letting me help you Chat Noir. It was nice to meet you Barrk."
"Indeed, it was nice to meet you young Max. Remember to have your robot friend purge his memory of you transforming."
"Yeah, we don't want you to accidentally let critical information out into the public."
Max promised he would and headed indoors so he could make his way back to his mom. Chat Noir pocketed the Miraculous and went to find a good place to change back.
Back in the mindscape Peace Keeper's eyes opened. She stood up and spoke in a stern voice. "The Akuma returned the train to Paris before being purified. You are extremely lucky no one died. If someone did nothing would have saved you from my wraith."
Hawkmoth nodded his head. He still wasn't looking at her. The only thing he did was let out a breath he didn't know he been holding. "Thank heavens everyone is alright. I suppose you want me to give you your favor now."
"Not now, I want to make you squirm wondering what I'll ask for at a later date. For now, count your blessings and get out of my head!" Two minutes passed before Peace Keeper returned to the real world and blinked a few times.
"Guess I can tell the tech company their booster is incredibly powerful. It reached into space," she chuckled.
Later that day in Paris, Marinette returned the Dog Miraculous to Master Fu. "You were right. It did come in handy. I hope nothing like that ever happens again."
"Indeed, that is one incident that does not need to be repeated. Hopefully, Hawkmoth has learned a valuable lesson."
Hesitating for a few seconds, Marinette asked the question that had been on her mind since hearing Startrain say Peace Keeper's name. "Master Fu, why do you think Peace Keeper was able to contact the Akuma and not Hawkmoth? After all, he created it and should have been in control."
"The Butterfly Miraculous has a limited range for staying connected to its champion. Should the champion or the butterfly itself go out of the wielder's range, both the champion and the butterfly can act independently.
Most likely, Hawkmoth sent the akuma out only for it to go out of range and attach itself to the strongest negative feeling it could find, which in this case, happened to be your friend's mother."
That did make sense. Max's mom had been very anxious about finding out if she passed the test to start her astronaut training. Marinette recalled the woman checking her smartwatch every few minutes.
Each time she didn't have a new email, she had gotten more frustrated. Still, how did Peace Keeper succeed in connecting to Startrain, when Hawkmoth himself couldn't even reach her and he was wielding the Miraculous itself?
As if reading her thoughts, Master Fu supplied the answer. "Even if Hawkmoth had Nooroo's full power, his mind isn't as disciplined or open-minded enough to reach out that far.
Ning, on the other hand, has a fully disciplined mind and has been open-minded since she was a little girl. Having spent most of her life concealing Wayzz Kwami Charm, she has been exposed to Miraculous magic over the time making her even stronger than a normal person."
"Do you think Nooroo convinced Hawkmoth to reach out to her to fix the problem?"
Master Fu nodded with certainty. Nooroo was a very caring kwami and would have done everything in his power to ensure the safety of innocent lives. "Before you go, I thought it was time for you and Adrien to start introducing the EMC to the modern world. Do you think you can give Jill to Adrien? I want you to take after Arron."
Marinette nodded and opened her purse letting the two extra Kwamiis hide inside. She could easily pass by the mansion and send Jill into his room. "I hope you have a good night Master Fu."
Upon returning home she helped her parents out in the bakery and then they had dinner. She finally made it up to her room and released the Kwamiis. "Here, I got you some dinner."
Tikki took her cookie and Arron flew in and took the salt shaker over to the chaise to eat. Marinette settled down to do her homework, one eye keeping track of Arron.
Unlike real rhinos, Arron could see quite well and was looking all over the room admiring the different items on the walls and all the different supplies in the room. Shaking the shaker a pile of salt appeared on the chaise.
He started to lap it up when he felt someone eyeing him. Irritated, he looked up and saw his "cousin" giving him a look of disapproval. "What?! I'm just eating my meal!"
"You shouldn't be inconsiderate to others. How is Marinette going to clean all that salt off her chaise?"
"I'll eat all of it so there is no reason to get in my face about it!"
"You still shouldn't have put your meal on the chaise itself. You could have used a button as a plate."
Arron was about to charge her when Marinette came over. "Okay, calm down you two. Tikki, I can just use a hand vacuum to clean up any leftover salt. Arron, next time could you ask me for something to put the salt on?"
Arron huffed and ground out a yes. Tikki apologized to her "cousin" and went back to her meal.
"Why are female Kwamiis always so uppity?" Arron muttered to himself. He hoped Tikki wouldn't be in his face the whole time he was here.
A few hours later, Marinette and Tikki left on patrol leaving Arron to his own devices. The teenager had told him to stay in her room and watch a movie on her computer so her parents would think she was still there.
Arron selected a movie that was about some queen with ice powers and her crazy sister looking for her in the middle of a blizzard.
He watched only ten minutes before he turned the TV off. The movie wasn't to his taste. Instead, he floated up to the balcony to get a better look at the city.
"Humans, why do they like making it so bright at night? Do they need all these lights if they're just going to bed?" he huffed to himself.
He scanned the night sky and tried to picture what it must have been like to be on a train in space. The last time he was active humans hadn't even been able to leave the planet.
How far humanity had come. But why did they want to go into space in the first place? The Kwamiis had all been born in space and he didn't see anything great about it.
"Then again, as the Kwami of Anger, it's nearly impossible to find anything great. Maybe if I see why the conductor lady likes it so much, it will make sense to me."
He phased back into Marinette's room and found her address book. After memorizing Max's address he flew off to the boy's house to meet with his mother so to speak.
Arriving at the Kante home, Arron carefully phased into the apartment through Max's window. He looked around and saw Markov was plugged into the wall with a sleepy expression in his digital face.
He listened for any noises and heard an adult female in the next room talking to herself. His hearing was acute enough to tell him she was alone and not merely waiting for someone to respond to her comments.
Poking his head in the next room, he saw Claudia sitting on a huge bed and was writing something down in a journal. Making sure he wasn't seen, he phased completely into the room and hid behind the headboard.
"I wish I could remember being in space and getting a close up with the stars, but I don't. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise. I don't want to have the memory of Max being scared to death as I piloted a rocket train away from the safety of the Earth."
The woman glanced out her window and closed the journal. "How do I forgive myself for putting my son in harm's way? I know it was Hawkmoth's fault I was akumatized, but if I hadn't been so frustrated and anxious about my test results, this could have been avoided."
Arron could tell she was very angry at herself and she needed to get it out of her and not let her fester in it. Cautiously, he touched the back of the woman's jacket and whispered, "Flaring Temper."
At once Claudia was filled with an intense rage that she needed to get out of her all at once. Grabbing her journal again, she flipped to the back and began to scribble heatedly on the last page.
A minute later the anger was gone and she felt a lot better. Looking down at the scribbles, she realized they were scribbles at all. It was a sketch of her holding her son after they returned to Earth and they were both smiling.
Claudia realized she shouldn't be angry at herself just beyond her control. She should be happy everything was okay now and that Max loved her despite what happened today.
Satisfied with his work, Arron left the Kante apartment and hurried back to the bakery so Marinette and Tikki wouldn't find out he snuck out.
While Arron was out helping Claudia, Ladybug and Chat Noir had finished their patrol and were sitting down in one of their favorite buildings to talk.
"That was a crazy Akuma today huh?" Chat Noir facetiously remarked. He was trying to lighten the mood. Seeing his girlfriend wasn't impressed he became somber.
"Chat, we were in outer space because Hawkmoth lost control of the akuma and it acted on his own. We barely survived and that was because Peace Keeper somehow managed to get control over Startrain.
We may not get so lucky next time. Not to mention now we have another temporary wielder who needs to be trained."
Chat Noir grimaced at that. They had yet to find a place to meet and train without onlookers secretly taking videos of them. Considering how many temporary wielders they had now they all needed to get some training if Hawkmoth was escalating his attacks.
"Maybe we should train in the catacombs. I don't think we'll be bothered there."
"Sure let's train in a place where tons of dirt can collapse on top of us by using our powers."
"Didn't know you could be sarcastic My Lady."
"I have my moments. But now that you mention the catacombs, you've given me an idea. I need to talk with Peace Keeper and iron out some details. Hopefully, everything works out. I let you know in a few days if my idea pans out."
"Until then I bid you goodnight, My Lady."
"You too my Chaton."