She was thinking about him. Dreaming about him.

Hawk Moth opened his eyes as he disconnected from her. She always had the warmest of thoughts that soothed his irritation regarding certain individuals that refused to be destroyed by his hands.

Just like... her.

If only she was here. Together they would have brought the world to its knees.

But those pathetic Miraculous Warriors had to ruin everything.

If only there was a chance for him to see her again. To talk to her again. Then he can finally...

There it is. The negative energy of his next potential victim.

This could work...

Marinette made a quick dash to school once she has packed everything, including her project and the basket full of treats to share with her friends. Cookie was right behind her as he kept his pace with his owner.

When she was just a few feet away from school, she smiled at the sight of him.

Adrien Agreste. The most chivalrous and brave prince in all the land.

Once Adrien got off the limousine, the first face he saw, was her.

Marinette Dupain-Cheng. The kindest and purest princess in all the land.

Now if only those two could tell each other how they feel...other than just smiling and waving at each other.

"Adrien!"

Adrien groaned.

Lila Rossi.

The long browned haired Italian exchange student approached the young model with a "worried" look, "I dropped my bag somewhere and now I couldn't find it. And we just happen to have a big test today! Do you think, maybe, you could...?"

"Lila!"

Both Marinette and Adrien smiled while Lila groaned as they were approached by a girl wearing blond pigtails, and carrying Lila's bag.

"I found your bag inside Chloe's locker and thought you had misplaced it." The blond said as Lila hesitated to take it back.

"Oh really."

Lila hesitantly turned around, only to find the scowling face of Chloe Bourgeois.

"I didn't know we have the same locker combination, Lila." Chloe remarked, "Maybe you should have yours changed. You know; to prevent any snoopers from sneaking in."

Lila glared at the mayor's daughter.

"By the way, Lila;" Zinnia held up Lila's tablet, scrolling through her notes, "I noticed you were missing a few important notes, so I...?"

Chloe grabbed Lila's tablet and giggled. When Adrien, Marinette and recently-arrived Sabrina, Alya and Nino saw what she saw, they slightly snickered.

On Lila's notes were child-like doodles of a prince defending a princess and fighting off evil monsters, witches and warlocks.

An embarrassed Lila furiously snatched her tablet away from Chloe and quickly left in a huff.

"Nice gallery!" Chloe called.

"Sorry!" Zinnia apologized.

Lila wasn't listening. She was too irritated by the fact that she was humiliated in front of Adrien.

Why couldn't he see that they were meant for each other? Like in her fantasy;

A beautiful princess and a handsome prince. Meeting for the first time. Overcoming any obstacles with their love for each other.

What does she see in that lowly peasant girl anyway?

Someday... SOMEDAY...! He will see... THEY WILL ALL SEE...!

"Did I do something wrong?" Zinnia asked.

"No Zinnia." Alya assured, "That was just Lila being Lila."

Lila came to Collège Françoise Dupont after the summer Marinette's class found their Miraculous Stones. She started causing trouble by spreading lies all over the school. She even lied to Sabrina that Chloe never thought her as a friend, severing the friendship between the two.

Eventually, the Miraculous Team found out her lies and managed to clear things up with her victims. Chloe reconciled with Sabrina and improved her relationship with the class. (Although she can be a little bit stuck-up now and then.)

Ever since that day, Lila labeled everyone in Marinette's class her enemies. Except Adrien.

Except when he's Chat Noir. Lila also hates the Miraculous Team because they always ruin her plans to become popular.

"Here." Marinette gave Zinnia a small package full of animal-themed cookies, "A little gift from all of us."

Zinnia's eyes lit up at the sight of the adorable animal cookies. Marinette beamed, knowing how much Zinnia loved animals.

"Hey!" Zinnia pocketed her cookies before bringing out her phone, "Have you guys seen the latest LadyNoir fanfics?"

Both Adrien and Marinette stuttered in surprise upon hearing that there were romance fanfictions about their alter-egos.

"My favourite is the Medieval AU's." Zinnia continued to swipe her phone, "And the Fairy Tale AU's. And the Detective AU's. Especially the ones where they tie the..."

"Okay, Z." Alya stopped her Miraculous Blog co-administrator before both Adrien and Marinette could explode internally, "Why don't you delete some of those rude posts on the Miraculous Blog and study for that big test later?"

"Okay" Zinnia waved her friends good-bye, "See you guys later. And Marinette? Good luck on your history report later!"

"Thanks!" Marinette called back. Zinnia can be really weird sometimes, but she can also be helpful.

Especially when it comes to Lila. She drives that Italian girl crazy!

Marinette bent down to pet Cookie, "See you at the park later, Cookie."

Cookie happily licked Marinette good-bye before dashing to his usual waiting spot on the school grounds.

"Why would you give away to those delicious treats to a complete stranger?! Why?!" Plagg whined when they entered the classroom.

"Last time we checked, Plagg, we knew Zinnia since the first day of school." Mika pointed out.

"Don't worry, Plagg." Marinette assured, patting her picnic basket, "I got your Camembert tarts right here."

Plagg swooped towards the basket, and embraced it with so much affection.

"Hey!" Pollen scolded, "My caviar biscuits are in that basket."

She shooed Plagg away... then affectionately embraced the picnic basket.

Marinette giggled, "Don't worry you guys. I have everyone's favourite here."

The Kwamis cheered in delight.

"But you're going to have to wait until lunch." Rose reminded.

"Aww."

The door to the classroom opened, alerting the Kwamis to quickly hide in their holders' purses, hat, jackets, bags, etc.

"Good morning everyone." Miss Bustier greeted with a smile as she entered the room, "Now why don't we continue where we left off with Marinette."

At the mention of her name, Marinette stood up and made her way to the teacher's desk to prepare her presentation.

"Good luck beating my presentation." Chloe teased, lifting her head with pride.

"Yes Chloe." The teacher smiled, "Your presentation was quite... rich."

Marinette motioned for the lights to be turned off. The board behind her was shot with light from the slide projector and a picture of a handsome man appeared, catching the other girls' attention, including Chloe.

Marinette began, "My great-great grandfather, Alvere Cheng, was one of the bravest soldiers who fought to defend their country. Also, he was a very talented artist."

She flashed slides showing various beautiful abstract paintings. The last one was a silhouette of a man and a woman holding hands. The background was a purple hued night in a forest surrounded by a small swarm of ladybugs.

"This was his personal favourite." Marinette smiled, "As well as my own. Miraculous Fate. There's a very interesting tale behind this."

The girls shifted forward, very well interested in the tale.

Marinette giggled in amusement, "At the time when Paris was at its darkest, many brave men sought to fight for the freedom of their country. One of them, was my great-great grandfather. He led his fellow soldiers to so many victories. One in particular, was his greatest victory of all."

A picture of her great-great grandfather with a beautiful woman appeared on the board. The girls (and a few of the boys) awed romantically.

Adrien couldn't help but notice the resemblance the woman in the picture has with Marinette. She even has her smile.

Marinette continued, "When my great-great grandmother was captured by the enemy, great-great grandpa conquered every enemy, every trap, every danger, just to save the love of his life."

Adrien gazed at the girl of his dreams. He'd conquer every akumatized villain just to be with her.

When Marinette finished her report, Chloe asked Miss Bustier if she could be excused, so that she could call her daddy and tell him that Marinette made her cry.

"Thanks for not telling your dad to lock me up in jail." Marinette couldn't hide the amusement in her face.

"You're lucky Daddy is super busy today." Chloe crossed her arms as she looked away from her snickering classmates.

Classes for the morning had ended and the whole class of friends decided to have their pre-scheduled lunch at the park.

Once they stepped outside of school, Cookie appeared from the bushes and jumped on his owner, making her drop the picnic basket. Luckily for everyone, Ivan caught it just in time.

"Hey watch it, Mutt!" Plagg scolded the Pomeranian before hugging the basket, "My poor little cheese!"

The other kwamis rolled their eyes before Adrien pulled his kwami back into his jacket.

The group finally made it to the park. After laying down the large picnic mat, Marinette finally opened the picnic basket and the kwamis dived right in.

"Your presentation was so romantic Marinette." Rose sighed blissfully as she petted Cookie.

"Yeah." Juleka agreed, "The part where your grandma was captured was a little bit scary, but at least they still ended up together until the end."

"Now that you mention it, Marinette's report got me..." Max shifted nervously as he took out his phone, "curious. After a thorough research, I can confirm Marinette's great-great grandmother was indeed captured during the war, and her great-great grandfather did conquer every obstacle just to get her back."

The girls swooned/fainted at this.

"And he dedicated Miraculous Fate in honor of their powerful love." Mylene sighed, remembering Marinette's report.

"Miraculous Fate was also his final work before..." Max stopped all of a sudden.

The girls noticed this. Alya asks, "Before what...?

Max tensed when the girls, sans Marinette, stared at him, "Nothing..."

He rushed to hide his phone. Unfortunately, Tamara was faster. She quickly grabbed his phone and gave it to her holder.

Juleka gasped in shock when she read the article, "He disappeared?!"

The other girls gasped as well.

Chloe exclaimed, "But you said..."

"Grandpapa dedicated Miraculous Fate after he saved Grandmama." Marinette explained, "They found the painting finished, but not the painter. And his wife. No one knew what happened to them. They just disappeared without a trace. It's sad, really. The part I never liked the most. That's why I never wanted you guys to hear it."

Her friends glared at Max for that. The smart boy of the team looked down in guilt.

"So... No one saw them ever since?" Rose asked, allowing Cookie to comfort his owner.

Marinette shook her head as she petted Cookie, "I like to think they're still together. And I like to keep it that way."

Max took out the battery off his phone and threw it away.

He'll get it later. When no one's looking.

Plagg groaned as he hovered before the group, "You humans really know how to ruin a nice picnic."

"And you really know how to ruin a touching story." Imp scolded his fellow kwami.

Plagg glared at him before gasping when he saw what the antelope kwami was holding, "That's my Camembert tart!"

Plagg grabbed the pastry, but Imp wasn't planning on letting go. Their little tug-of-war eventually made them loose their grip on the tart, tossing it upwards.

Luckily, Tikki was able to catch it before it could fall any further. She scolded the two kwamis before ordering them to return to the basket before any humans could see them.

"Plagg, there's enough Camembert tart for all of you." Marinette pointed out.

"But not enough for me!" Plagg whined while Imp and Tikki already went inside the picnic basket.

Marinette sighed, "Guess I'll have to make one large tart next time. Just for you."

Plagg hugs her cheek, "Marry me!"

Adrien chokes on his quiche. He manages to swallow it before glaring at his kwami, "She's taken!"

Plagg didn't listen. He kept hugging Marinette until Muria and Daria had to drag him back into the basket. Adrien resisted the urge to suffocate his kwami after what he said next.

"I'm nothing without you!"

That was suppose to be HIS line!

The others laughed at the black cat kwami's drama.

But to Adrien, it was no laughing matter.

"I still think that was awesome presentation." Alya commented.

"Thanks." Marinette smiled back, "They'd love that."

"Alvere..."

Marinette shot her head up in surprise, alerting Cookie and her friends.

"I know that look." Alix pointed, "Kim, you better not made another kid cry."

"I already said I was sorry." Kim protested.

"False alarm you guys." Marinette assured, looking around, "It's... Something else."

Alya sighed, "Girl, you worry us. Every time you go Akuma Face on us, it's either Akuma attack, or nightmares about Butterfly Brains."

"I wish you weren't the only one with the Akuma Face, Marinette." Rose sympathized, "At least that way we'd all have nightmares and you won't be the only one bothered."

Chloe made a slightly disturbed face, "Yeah. You should have just kept those thoughts to yourself."

The others stared at her in disbelief. She groans, hesitating, "We're, a team. One of us gets hurt, we all get hurt. So that... they don't get hurt, for being different..."

Marinette smile's at Chloe's attempts at sympathizing, "Thanks. Now if I could just figure out how I got this sense in the first place."

"You and us." Nathaniel added.

Even before the day they became heroes, Marinette was able to sense when Hawk Moth was going to turn an innocent civilian into his unwilling minion. And thanks to that ability, she can also sense the villains' next move.

Unfortunately, it also gave her nightmares. At most times, they were about Hawk Moth, not akumatizing someone.

Last night, was more disturbing than the last.

If only she knew why she was the only one in the team that had the ability in the first place.

And whose voice was that just then?

Her thoughts were interrupted by Cookie's barking. The little Pomeranian was pointing his paw at her phone, which she didn't hear ringing.

When she answered the call, she smiled at the voice from the other end, "Hi Uncle."

Her friends shot their heads up when they heard "Uncle".

"Baker Uncle?" Sabrina whispered to Chloe, "Or crazy previously-evil chef Uncle?"

Chloe hopes it wasn't the last uncle. She still has nightmares about being dropped in boiling soup.

"How's my super group of super fans?" Jagged Stone's voice came from the other side.

Chloe sighs in relief. Superstar uncle.

"So listen," Jagged continued, "you think you can drop by at the hotel after school, Skipping Stone? I got a big job for a big girl like you."

Marinette turned to find her friends giving her pleading looks. She smirks in amusement, knowing they want to say "hi" to their favourite rock-star, "Sure. What kind of job?"

"You're asking her to pet-sit your croc?!" Alya exclaims in surprise.

After classes ended for the day, the group of friends arrived at Le Grand Paris, only to find out that Jagged Stone wanted his niece to pet-sit his pet crocodile Fang.

"It's nothing personal, Fang." Mayor Bourgeois apologized, "You were just too... friendly with one of our important guests."

Fang gave a sad, guilty rumble. Cookie manages to cheer him up by rubbing his nose with his snout, causing everyone to awe at the adorable scene.

"But don't you usually ask Ms. Facad to...ohhhh..." Chloe realized.

This wasn't the first time her daddy asked Fang to, take a vacation from his owner. Every time Fang gets too friendly with one of the guests, a short old lady would arrive at the hotel and take the crocodile away for a certain number of days.

As it turns out, the short old lady was Marinette. In disguise. Since she didn't want anyone to know about her and Jag being niece and uncle.

No wonder she looked young for an old lady. Marinette sure knows how to disguise herself.

"I hope you don't have any problems with this, Marinette." The mayor turned to his daughter's classmate.

"Oh come on." Marinette bent down to hug Fang's head, "How bad is it to take care of this little cutie-pie?"

"Bad!"

Marinette swore she heard the synchronized voices of the hotel staff. But when she looked around, they were busy doing their job and weren't even looking at her.

Except for the family butler.

"Have fun Fang." Jag affectionately patted his pet's head, "I'll get you back once the mayor tells me to."

The crocodile stuck his tongue out and wagged his tail as a way of saying good-bye. Cookie jumped on top of him and they followed Marinette out the door.

"Wait." Mayor Bourgeois stopped them. He whispers, "Any tips on how to properly disguise in public?"

Tom and Sabine happily welcomed Fang to their home, just like they always do whenever...you know what.

This time, it was Marinette's turn to let Fang sleep in her room. Cookie had no problem with the croc sleeping with him, his owner, and Tikki. In fact, later at night, Marinette finds the two animals and one kwami all snuggled together on the floor.

Tikki, Fang, and Cookie were suddenly awaken by the sound of a hairbrush dropped. When they opened their eyes, they found their owner/holder staring at the mirror as if she had just saw a ghost coming from it.

"Marinette! What's wrong?" Tikki flew to her holder and landed on her hair. Fang and Cookie comforted the teenage girl by rubbing her legs.

Marinette stares at the mirror for a few more seconds before finally calming down, "It's, nothing you guys."

"No its not." Tikki shook her head in worry, "You saw Hawk Moth again, didn't you?"

Marinette wanted to insist she was okay, but the way her two pets and kwami were gazing at her with worry in their eyes, made her finally admit, "It's not Hawk Moth. But I think I just saw my great-great grandmama."