So this story is a random something that refused to be ignored and since I am having some issues with my other one I decided to write this random idea out. Some character powers may be altered and Chat can do a type of cleansing. I have no idea how many chapters this is going to be or if it will even have a true ending. Also since it isn't actually anything more than a couple of cobbled together ideas and scenes in my mind I can't promise I will be posting new chapters every three days. Sorry… In any case I hope you enjoy this odd little runoff. We shall see where it goes together!

KatrinaK14... Nope The hurricane dumped almost no rain on us. We had a few tornadoes and some heavy wind but no flooding due to the hurricane. I do live in Florida though so in the summers when it rains it truly pours. My yard frequently floods in those storms but other than wet socks its not much of an issue.

obsidiandragon182005... Holy cow you reviewed for just about every story on here! I really appreciate the kind words and yes my friends frequently tell me that I am very good at pulling on peoples heartstrings. They also tell me I have a wicked mischievous streak a mile wide. It frequently comes out in my writing in the form of cliff hangers. Which story so far was your favorite?

To everyone else... Thank you for the kind words! On to the Story!

Miraculous Ladybug AU where Hawkmoth has succeeded in taking over Paris and only after his success do the heroes Chat Noir and Ladybug emerge to help combat his tyranny.

A Butterflies War

"All is fair in love and war.' What a stupid quote." Marinette muttered looking out the window of her classroom. War sucked and there was nothing fair about it. Marinette had been born into a world at war and so had her parents. There was no end in sight and everyone held their collective breath waiting for the day when the so called world leaders got tired of it too and simply nuked everything. Marinette was born and raised in Paris but it was no longer technically a part of France. See while the France government dithered about who's side to be on and who to blow up next a madman had waltzed into Paris then took over. Those in the Franciscan government didn't seem to care probably because they figured they could always take the city back later and the madman wasn't doing anything too crazy to their knowledge. The mans name was Hawkmoth and he officially held all the power in Paris. He wasn't your run of the mill madman that could be taken down with a good police force either. Hawkmoth was strangely enough, a man of mystic abilities and he ruled through fear. His first step after he garnered everyone's attention through various random attacks was to literally make the mayor of Paris vanish before a major crowd. It was the one and only time he appeared before the public and that was when he unleashed his first akuma.

The akuma was a stone man that went on a rampage as Hawkmoth vanished into a cloud of butterflies. Paris had gone on lock down and it was then that Marinette had discovered a small insignificant looking box in her room. To this day she had no idea how it got there but if she ever met the person who put it there Marinette knew she would have a few choice words to say to them. Opening the odd thing had been easy. What came after… not so much.

"So let me get this straight. You want me a teenage girl to go out and defeat a magic monster?!" Marinette had demanded from Tiki who nodded.

"I… What?! Really?! I can't do that!" Marinette had cried

Really there had been no choice in the matter for the rampaging stone creature had moments later crashed into her house. Panic had filled her urging her to do the right thing especially when she heard her mom scream in fear.

"Spots on!" Marinette yelped and moments later she was practically flying out of her room swinging on a yoyo string. Twisting midair she saw the reason for the monster to have crashed into her home in the form of a boy dressed like a cat laying pinned under the rock mans foot.

Fury crashed through her at the sight and without a word she plunged towards them snapping the yoyo back into her hand. She smashed feet first into the creatures face knocking it off its feet freeing the cat boy. Marinette leapt off the creature as it slammed into the earth tucking and rolling to a stop on the ground.

"Look out!" The cat boy yelped and in the next second arms wrapped around her body sweeping her out of the way as the stone creatures hand slammed down into the place where she had been.

Somehow (Marinette wasn't really sure how) they ended up on the roof and the cat boy lowered her to the shingles taking a seat next to her. They were hiding as the Stone man smashed his way down the street looking for the two of them.

"Hello My Lady I am Chat Noir. Who might you be?" He asked

Marinette gaped at him flabbergasted

"Ladybug. You are Ladybug Marinette." Tiki whispered in her mind causing Marinette to shriek and jump. Chat did as well almost falling off the roof in the process.

"I can hear you?! In My Head?" She yelped causing Chat to back up slightly.

"Calm down Marinette. It's ok. This is normal. Tell Chat who you are." Tiki replied soothingly.

Blinking several times she glanced up to see Chat eyeing her, his head cocked to the side as if he were listening to something. Nodding once he gave her a wry smile.

"Its ok I freaked out a little when Plagg spoke to me the first time in my head too." Chat said and offered a hand. "You still haven't told me what to call you though."

"Its…I mean… I'm Ladybug?" she answered a touch questioningly as she remembered what Tiki had said.

Chat grinned as she accepted his hand and he pulled her to her feet. "Well then Ladybug it seems as if we have a mess to clean up. Shall we get started?"

Ladybug nodded his courage and determination giving her some much needed courage of her own. "Yes let's do this."

They fought the creature twice, each time causing an unholy amount of damage in the process. Finally though, on the third try they managed to strike the creature down, only for it to seemingly explode into a million black butterflies that took to the air. Most of them seemed to scatter across Paris while several dozen formed a face made from flashing butterfly wings.

"I am Hawkmoth and I am claiming this city as mine. Right now I will give you a choice. Join me and you will be able to keep your newfound powers. Refuse and I will destroy you." Hawkmoth said the sound of his voice sending shivers through the hero's bodies.

Both teens had glanced at each other then as one answered "No thanks."

The butterfly face had frowned for a brief second then in the next moment laughed. "How adorable. Out of all the people in the world you kwami have chosen children to finally fight me?" Hawkmoth asked

"I am not a child!" Chat snapped annoyed with the conversation and the butterfly face laughed again.

"OH so what are you then a teenager?!" Hawkmoth remarked snidely and Chat felt himself flush in embarrassment.

"Yes we are teenagers, and because we are young we have the ability to change and grow. We have the ability to become stronger as human beings. We have the ability to see both sides of our hemmed in world and unlike you we will not use our powers for your dirty work." Ladybug snapped and in the next moment she charged in yoyo sweeping before her as she captured butterflies. After a moment of shocked silence Chat joined her and within a minute all the butterflies had been captured.

"Miraculous Cleanse!" Ladybug shouted as Chat called out "Mystic Purge!"

Both of their bodies glowed as their suits absorbed the butterflies energies pink and white for Ladybug while Chat was coated with green and black. As it finished light flashed away from the both of them and the now purified butterflies poured from their weapons. The pure butterflies swooped past them fixing things as they went vanishing into the air as they did. The two hero's stood stupefied watching as everything went back to normal around them. Hawkmoths power was broken before he could even begin and they were proud of themselves.

Chat and Ladybug grinned at each other holding up their fists as one. "Pound It!" they crowed and then their world changed for the worse as their fist collided.

It was their first day and they had done remarkably well for their first day. Unfortunately they were lacking in ways that couldn't be fixed with simple things such as courage or determination. For one thing they hadn't been able to get all the information needed from their respective kwamis due to the immediate danger. For another they had absorbed most of the power from Hawkmoths butterflies in one go. While this meant Hawkmoths power for the moment was broken it wouldn't remain that way and they hadn't known what absorbing that energy had meant. Hawkmoth hadn't been captured simply weakened while they on the other hand had pushed themselves too far. Their bodies began to glow and glancing at each other they realized at the same time that something was very wrong.

"What's happening?" they cried grabbing hands

The kawmis couldn't answer them and as the two newly made hero's fell to their knees a man appeared before them. He was old and the suit that covered his body was distinctly turtle themed. Slowly he reached for them and Chat pulled Ladybug back behind him. Or at least he tried. Belatedly they both realized that they were frozen in place bodies still glowing oddly.

"You two have been chosen to save Paris and quite possibly the world." The turtle man said his voice echoing strangely. "However you will not be able to endure the power you now hold."

The two heros glanced at each other their bodies steadily glowing brighter.

"You two must learn your powers slowly and correctly. Hawkmoth must have known this would be the outcome of this battle." The turtle man looked sad and all Ladybug could think was that he was speaking in riddles.

"What are you talking about!" Chat demanded as the less patient of the two.

"Your deaths." The turtle man answered and if the hero's hadn't already been frozen in place they probably would have been by his words at that moment. "However you two have been chosen by the gods of destruction and creation. As such their powers far outweigh the creative butterfly. You two have a choice now. You can let this be your only battle return to your previous lives with no knowledge of any of this. Know this though part of the reason you were chosen is because you were fated to die in that first attack."

"Die?!" the two teens yelped and the man nodded "Fate may be changed but time has a funny way of repeating itself."

"Will you please stop speaking in riddles?" Ladybug asked feeling what little patience she had for this day swiftly dwindling "What's our other option?"

The man blinked at her a smile lifting his elderly lips. "You get your powers later but Hawkmoth has a foot hold in the city. Your lives will be far more dangerous but in the end I believe things will work out for the better."

Ladybug nibbled on her lip then glanced at the boy who had been her partner for all of a day. He had a distinctly determined expression on his face.

"I'm sorry My Lady but I'm in. I don't want to live in fear of this war like my father is, or a crazy madman and if I was fated to die anyways I'd rather give the world a better chance of coming out in one piece." Chat said his voice soft.

Ladybug squeezed his hand, she didn't know if she would regret her decision or not but Chat was right. "I'm in as well." She said and the turtle man smiled at them.

"Your kwamis chose well. Trust in each other. Keep each other safe." The turtle man raised his hands pressing a finger to each of their foreheads and in the next instant the world seemed to blink out around them.

Ladybug came to in an alley blinking and sitting up as she heard a groan next to her. Chat stirred by her and Ladybug was happy to see that he was ok.

"Marinette you're going to de-transform soon and so is Chat. You two need to get someplace safe now." Tiki murmured and somehow her voice seemed weak and exhausted.

"Oh now you speak?! Tiki what the heck happened and where are we?" Ladybug hissed

"You're in Paris but its not the same Paris you knew. Time is paused still but you two have to get back to your house or somewhere just as safe because I don't know the rules of this world yet." Tiki answered and Ladybug hid her face in her hands with a groan. None of this was making sense and yet she realized all she had was Tikis words to go on. With a sigh she turned to her partner who was still waking up beside her.

"Chat… Chat come on you have to wake up. We need to move." Ladybug hissed the eerie quiet of the world finally starting to get to her.

Chat groaned again his eyes fluttering open. "Did we win?" He groaned

"Not yet and apparently we need to get under cover." Ladybug answered helping him to his feet.

Together once Chat found his balance they moved into the empty silent street. "I… I know where we are. My house is nearby." Ladybug said softly as they ran forward.

"My house is nearby as well. If you want we can split up." Chat said his voice the only other sound besides their pounding feet.

Ladybug winced "We just got transported to a possible alternate world where our hero forms may be hunted for who knows what reason. I really don't think splitting up is a good idea even if it compromises our identities."

"Valid point." Chat chuckled and as they turned the corner they came upon a bakery and some frozen people.

"Whoa… time is literally stopped…" Ladybug whispered edging up to a man who was reaching for the door.

They were frozen one hand holding a phone to his ear as the expression on his face read somewhere between annoyed and exasperated. About to reach out and touch him Chats voice made her think again.

"Ladybug I feel as if we are being watched and I think Paris is starting to wake again." Chat called shifting uneasily as he looked about them.

Ladybug went back to his side immediately noticing what he had picked up on. The sky had been an odd off grey blue color when they first woke but it was slowly shifting to its proper shade. The air around them was changing as well an oddly charged sensation passing through them as a breeze began to blow.

"Follow me!" Ladybug yelped and slung her yoyo for the roof. Zipping up onto her balcony she landed awkwardly on the railing and wind milled her arms as she tilted backwards. Chat landed perfectly balanced beside her and caught her in his arms pulling them both to the safety of her balcony.

"Thanks Chat. Tiki says we have but a few moments. Get inside!" Ladybug hissed pointing to her trap door as her feet hit the solid balcony floor.

Chat nodded darting to the door and tossed it open diving through in a heartbeat. Ladybug followed and less than a minute later a shiver ran through the air bringing with it the sounds of life. Horns honked outside people could be faintly heard yelling and normal house sounds echoed around them. The two heroes slumped in relief then jumped as their miraculous beeped in tandem. There was no warning no time to turn away as all at once green and pink light flashed leaving two teens staring at one another in surprise...

To be continued...