Last chapter! Hope everyone likes it! It might take a bit (hopefully not another 5 months) but I will have other stories that I will add to Cats Closet. Detecting Ladybugs is updated once a month if you want to read something else I have been writing. Enjoy!
Marinette is a clumsy witch with almost no magical power but has high hopes to one day be a certified stitch witch. Her first step towards her goal is summoning a familiar, but the real question is will she survive the test?
Witches Familiar (Part 6)
The next few days followed the same schedule except, while Alya went to the summonings, Marinette slipped off to the Familiar world with Adrien to practice her magic. Alya had been confused as to why Marinette hadn't wanted to go, but Marinette had cited her changing magic, nervousness about being around lots of people, plus having a black cat familiar, and Alya had rather grudgingly let it go. Alya still wanted to give her the blow by blow accounts of all the summonings though, and Marinette had agreed to meeting up in the evening to hang out and girl talk. Alya had noticed the energy difference in Marinette since she was getting stronger each day and Marinette had told her that by the end of the week that she should be in total control again. Alya was ecstatic, but she demanded that Marinette still go to Chloe's summoning at the very end of the week. Not seeing anything wrong with that Marinette had agreed, successfully getting Alya off her back.
For now she was still practicing battle magic with Adrien, which was not only fun, but it was also good for learning control over multiple spells at once. Up until this point, Marinette had rarely been able to support more than two extremely small spells at once. Adrien had her supporting four plus a shield, which exhausted her far faster than she expected and made the mark on her arm burn.
Stepping out of the shielded area, Marinette dropped to the ground and drank some water. "I don't think it's possible to do what you are asking, Adrien."
"Believe me it is," Adrien answered, slipping into his human form and taking a sip of water from his own bottle. "Once we get that mark off your arm your magic will be completely untethered and you will find this to be a walk in the park."
Marinette hummed in disbelief, but it was nice that Adrien had so much faith in her. Pushing sweat soaked bangs out of her face Marinette lifted up her phone and eyed the screen. It was starting to get late and using her magic she checked for messages. There were about 30 messages from Alya demanding to know where in the heck she was.
"Crap, Adrien, we need to go," Marinette called, standing and calling all her stuff back together in the small bag she carried to the familiar world.
Hearing the annoyance in her tone, Adrien simply switched into his panther form, growing large enough so that she could ride on his back. "What's wrong?"
Marinette scrambled up and held on as Adrien took off through the trees. It had only been a few days, but Marinette felt completely at home riding on Adrien's back through the forest now, and she was able to answer since she no longer had to concentrate to just hold on.
"Alya got bored with the last summonings today and she came searching for us. Mom thought I was with her and now Alya is very curious as to where we are. She tried to use a tracker spell and it keeps bouncing back since we are not in that world. Also Nino slipped and said something about being in his home and she is about three seconds from doing something really rash."
"Right… of course she is," Adrien grumbled and doubled his speed.
They arrived at their normal entry point and Adrien darted through allowing them to come out in the hidden area that Marinette and Alya had used as children.
"What the hell?" A voice screeched, and the two of them turned to find a pale faced Alya and a guilty looking Nino standing in the alley's entrance.
"Oh crap…" Marinette whimpered, before throwing herself off of Adrien's back. Adrien shrank rapidly and spat a hiss at Nino who cringed, tail curling up under his body with a whine. Alya, on the other hand, seemed stuck and Marinette approached her the same way she would approach a dangerous, injured animal. "Alya, its ok…"
"Ok?! OK?! Oh my gods girl, you just came riding a giant freakin' panther out of thin air! What part of this is ok?!" Alya shrieked. "This is amazing! Is this why you didn't want to come to the summonings?!"
Marinette's hands dropped in shock and Adrien leaped to her shoulder grumbling, "Well at least she isn't mad."
"And he talks?!" Alya squealed. "Ok, now I'm mad! What the hell, girl?!"
"Adrien…" Marinette whined, and he butted his head against her cheek in consolation.
"She isn't going to believe anything you try and concoct on the spot so we might as well come clean," Adrien answered, then jumped off her shoulder switching into his human form mid leap. Alya gaped at him, one hand rising, and before she could say a word she simply passed out, right on top of Nino.
Marinette had freaked when Alya had passed out and it had taken both Adrien and Nino to calm her down. Adrien found out from Nino that Alya had been up for the past day and a half with no sleep due to a delayed energy overload from getting him as a familiar, and then she had worn herself out further by casting the tracking spells that kept bouncing back on her. Nino expected her to sleep the whole night through and Marinette had taken her back to her house after calling both of their parents to warn them what happened. Alya's parents let her stay over at Marinette's, since she was already there, and Marinette went to bed early, knowing that Alya would probably wake up super early wanting to know every detail of what was going on.
The next morning, Marinette woke to a prodding finger and found Alya wide awake and bursting with curiosity. With a groan Marinette woke up Adrien and together Marinette explained everything that had happened, although she felt bad when she explained what had happened with Hawkmoth when they were children. Alya had been furious, although not at Marinette, and she made Marinette promise not to leave her out of the loop any longer. With a sigh Marinette promised and Alya decided breakfast was in order. Since it was officially the weekend, and summonings didn't start until noon, they had some time to kill before they needed to be at the arena to find seats. Alya dragged Marinette back to their hidden alley and demanded to see some of Marinette's spell casting and Adrien's Halfling form. Both Marinette and Adrien obliged, until they had to get to the arena to find seats for the last of the summonings.
"Marinette, I think you have gone from one of the weakest casters in the class to the strongest," Alya murmured, as they made their way to the arena to find seats.
"I hope not," Marinette sighed. "I have no desire to be watched and prodded magically all the time. I still remember them doing it as a kid and I hated it then too. Plus they expect so much more out of you and I just really want to be a stitch witch. I don't want to have to do crazy complex spells for the rest of my life."
Alya patted Marinette's arm in sympathy. "Too bad, girl. They are probably going to go a little nuts, since your magic went from non-existent to super powered in just a week. No one will believe that he's just a cat either."
Marinette stiffened realizing her friend was right, but before she could ask what Alya thought she should do they got swept up into the crowd heading into the arena.
"Don't worry too much, Marinette. I can hide your magic the same way I can hide what I am. Their test will show nothing but what we want them to see. However you will have to decide just how much power you want them to know about initially. You can always release more magic as you get older since growth is still expected," Adrien murmured mentally, since there were too many people around to talk normally.
Marinette scratched at his ears, the relief already trickling through her. "Thank you, Adrien. I'm so glad you are here with me."
Adrien purred, rubbing his face against hers, making her giggle as they found seats that were surprisingly close to the very front.
"Score! Lucky us, huh, Marinette?" Alya crowed, sliding into one seat and Nino hopped up in the one to her other side.
Marinette sat down in the final open seat at the end of the aisle, humming in agreement, as Adrien hopped down to go wander. Surprisingly, he had no interest in watching Chloe fail and Marinette simply requested that he cloak himself so people wouldn't bother him. The stands around them were packed with people and Marinette thanked every one of her lucky stars that she hadn't summoned today.
"I would have fainted if I'd had to summon today," Marinette whispered, feeling her mouth dry up at the thought.
Alya laughed. "Girl, if you had to summon you today we probably would have had to hog tie you just to get you in the circle!"
The two of them laughed, coming up with even crazier stories and ideas of why the last day to summon was the worst until finally the large clock chimed signifying the start of the summonings. The stands quieted down and a short bugle played before they announced Chloe's name. Slowly she strutted out in a fancy dress that was totally inappropriate for a summoning and would have been more at home in a ballroom.
"Is she allowed to wear that?" Alya asked, as a low buzz of conversation filled the air.
There was no uniform that one had to summon in, although most people summoned in the most comfortable clothes that they had. No one summoned in anything fancy since there was a high chance you would have to fight whatever you summoned. Chloe's choice of clothing wasn't just impractical it was also bordering on the line of illegal. Marinette winced as she eyed the dress, her magical vision active.
"That dress is absolutely layered with magical energy, and not all of it is hers. I think that's the only way she is going to be able to summon."
"That's cheating!" Alya hissed, as Chloe stepped over the magical lines in the ring.
For once the lines didn't flash in her magical vision and Marinette frowned patting at Alya's hand. "Did you see the lines flash?"
Alya huffed. "No, and I've never seen them flash. Aren't you a little pissed that she is getting away with cheating?"
Marinette shrugged, watching Chloe's every move. "Chloe has always cheated and taken advantage of anyone she can. Why should this be any different?"
But something was different. Marinette could feel it in her bones that something wasn't right below her. Chloe was using air magic to sketch out her lines and from what Marinette could tell she was doing it right but there was something else that wasn't quite right below her power.
"Alya, I think something is wrong," Marinette said softly, starting to stand as Chloe finished the last line and sent what was left of her power out.
The circle blazed in Marinette vision but she couldn't turn away, since suddenly she could see a secondary circle. One that hadn't been there before in any other summonings, and one that Marinette didn't recognize. As the secondary lines blazed it sucked the power out of Chloe's spell, reminding Marinette of what Hawkmoth had done to her for years.
Suddenly Adrien's weight hit her shoulder. "Marinette, we need to get out of here!"
"What? Why?" Marinette asked, as Nino suddenly snarled and Alya looked at them in confusion.
"The wards in place around the arena are gone and someone's tampered with the circle!" Adrien hissed, as a loud boom echoed, making all humans cover their ears.
Chloe dropped to her knees, all the magic that she had carried on her dress gone, as smoke began to rise from the center of the circle. Alarm whispered through the stands as the smoke didn't halt at the assigned warded area and kept climbing all the way to the roof.
"Did she fail?" Alya whispered, as people shifted around them uneasily.
Usually if a summoning failed the lines would simply fall apart. There was no light show and certainly no loud booms. Plus, smoke continued to rise from the ground and at this distance Marinette could just detect the hint of something burning. Marinette fully stood, the sense of something being wrong screaming at her.
"Someone tampered with the circle, and I don't think Chloe failed at her summoning," Marinette uttered, as the stands suddenly shook violently.
Screams filled the air and Marinette was knocked back into her seat where she instantly activated her shields around Alya, Nino, and Adrien. It was a good thing she did because a second later the ground in the center of the circle suddenly exploded up and away, showering people all over with hot debris. Within seconds chaos reigned, as people fled their seats and screams echoed all around as a giant arm seemed to extend up out of the glowing red hole.
"What the hell did she summon?" Alya yelled, holding onto Marinette as the last few people in their row scrambled past them. Neither girl had tried to run away since it had been practically impossible with all the people around them, and since the stands were rapidly emptying Marinette hauled Alya up.
"Chloe didn't summon! There was a secondary circle beneath hers and it siphoned off her power to activate! I don't know what that thing is, but we need to run!" Marinette answered in a panic, shoving Alya out past her.
"Wait, what about Chloe?" Alya demanded, and Marinette turned realizing that instead of running away when the giant arm had come from the ground, Chloe had fainted.
"Adrien!" Marinette yelped, really not wanting to go down there, but she also realized that there was no one else moving to help the spoiled girl either.
Adrien leaped off her shoulder growing huge before his paws hit the ground. Swinging onto his back Marinette was held up as Alya grabbed her foot nearly yanking her back off.
"I'm coming too! You're going to need help!" Alya cried
Marinette didn't bother trying to argue with her, simply swinging her up behind her as Nino gave a sharp bark.
"Hang on!" Adrien snarled before he was off, covering the stairs in a bound and leaping right into the arena where a shoulder and multifaceted eye was rising from the hole. Smoke still poured from the opening as they raced to Chloe's side and Marinette realized that what she thought was a simple hole, was actually an open portal. It was a seething mass of dark colors that only looked black from a distance. Mostly dark brown colors swirled, but a deep crimson and indigos were also present, making the surface of the portal look like waves. A mouth followed the eye, both set into a misshapen elongated head and the beast screamed sending a wall of flames right at them. Marinette swore as Adrien dumped the two of them off his back, practically on top of Chloe and braced his body directly in front of them. Flames engulfed them a moment later and even through two layers of shielding, Marinette could still feel the heat.
The flames cut out and Nino darted up to Adrien, giving a sharp bark. The two of them were nose to nose until suddenly Adrien turned to Marinette, switching to his Halfling form.
"Can you shield us and Chloe Marinette? We are going to have to fight that thing together and I need to talk to Alya." Chat asked
"I'm going to have to." Marinette murmured, swiftly sketching a shielding spell around Chloe with Alya's help. "I'm not leaving you out here alone, since I know you are going to have to fight until the adults can get back in here."
Chat grinned at her, the two of them bumping fists as she took the forward position once she finished, leaving a curious Alya to stare up at him. Nino moved to sit beside Chat and she looked between them and Marinette, who threw up another shield as the demon loosened another attack in their direction. This time Marinette curved the shield, turning the power of the attack back upon the demon beast.
"Alya, you need to trust Nino." Chat said ignoring the demon beast that was trying to pull itself further into their world.
Alya looked up at the two of them confused. "Trust him? Of course I trust him he's… he's mine. He's part of me."
Chat shook his head. "No you need to trust him with your magic. Your bond isn't quite right because you sealed your magic from him instinctively the moment you two connected. Its why you are having such a hard time communicating and stuff."
"I… I did?" Alya gasped looking to Nino who nodded looking rather mournful, "I'm so sorry!"
"He needs to help fight, or else this demon is going to pull free into our world. Trust him Alya." Chat said simply then moved up next to Marinette.
Nino moved forwards until he sat right in front of Alya, head cocked to the side. He whined a little and Alya reached out pressing her forehead to his.
"I didn't know." Alya whispered, reaching down the minute bond the two of them had.
Alya had wondered why the bond between them was so thin. Why the magic shared was so little. Now, she realized that Nino had been sharing all of his magic. He was wide open to her, letting her take anything she needed or wanted while she was totally sealed off from him. It wasn't fair and without a second thought Alya smashed the doors to her magic wide open, making the bond between them swell and snap into its full glory. Magic thrummed between them as Alya opened her eyes, peering into a set of golden pools surrounded by a deep orange color.
"Now that was a head rush." Nino said and somehow his voice was exactly like the one she had heard whispering sometimes in her mind.
"Nino?" Alya asked and Nino pulled back slightly to nod.
"We need to help them fight. Can you, or do you need to freak out first?" Nino asked as fire blazed past them.
"You were a dog." Alya stated still unsure.
Nino shook his head causing ears, fox looking ears to be precise, to twitch and fold flat. "I am a Lycanthrope. Vulpean sub class to be specific. I'm like Adrien, but our bond is still new so I need some of your magic to take my other forms."
"Nino! I could use your help!" Chat snapped, as he was knocked back by a blast of fire. His baton was spinning before him destroying the worst of the flames, while Marinette's pink shield was holding off the rest.
Nino's ears fell flat. "Can we finish this later?"
Alya nodded scrambling to her feet. "Take as much magic as you need, I'll be fine."
Nino nodded and darted out, Chat on his fox like tail as they drove towards the demon beast that was still hauling itself from the portal, inch by inch. Alya practically flew to Marinette side, trying not to gawk as she summoned lightning to smash into the demon, attempting to drive it back into the portal.
"Are you ok?" Marinette demanded
"Um… Nino is like Adrien, you just summoned lightning, and a literal demon is clawing its way into our world. I don't think anything is ok Marinette." Alya managed, throwing out a handful of seeds.
"Well, at least you didn't pass out from shock this time." Marinette chuckled as the seeds burst into life swarming towards the demon. "The portal is unstable, if we can shove the demon back into the hole, it should snap back shut on its own."
"What are we waiting for then?! Lets go!" Alya cried running towards the demon, with Marinette rushing after her.
Under Alya's control, the plants swarmed around one of the demons arms and the beast howled when thorns dug in. Nino scurried up the vines, fox fire trailing after him like a curtain, burning at the demon and making it flinch away. Redoubling all of their shields, Marinette looked for Chat, worried that he had gotten hit by her lightning power. She spotted him in an instant as Chat leaped at the demon, his claws fizzing with black bubbles as he struck at the beasts eye. The blow landed, slamming the demon back and for a second Marinette thought that the demon would retreat on its own, fading back into the portal to escape them. Instead the demon seemed to explode, the ground around it bursting outwards in a wall of projections that caught both girls. Hot debris, rocks, and the following concussive wave slammed into them smashing them flat to the stone floor. Marinette's vision darkened as she hit the ground as something black crashed down next to her, filling her field of vision a second later. For a brief moment Marinette thought she had passed out completely, then her hand hit fur.
"A-Adrien?!" Marinette called, forcing herself to a semi upright position.
Adrien uncurled himself from a black ball of fur. "Owww, that would have hurt far more if I'd remained in the Halfling form." He hissed, the two of them looking up to see the demon recovering. Nino was back in a dog like form pawing at Alya. His form was no longer a German shepherd, but Marinette didn't have the time to think of what he now was.
"We need more help Adrien, something isn't right. We should have back up by now. Adults should have arrived to force that thing back into the portal." Marinette hissed looking around the stands to find no one around. No adults were present, no curious eyes or good doers had remained or returned to try and help.
Adrien shook his head. "The wards inside the stands are gone, no alert can get out. Plus I noticed that someone set a locking spell to the outside of the building. Once everyone fled this area, they can't get back in. I think we are on our own."
"Then we need more power." Marinette murmured, cuddling Adrien to her chest as the demon slashed itself free of the thorny vines.
"That can be arranged… just if you lose control, aim it at the demon." Adrien advised pushing at her arm to expose the butterfly mark there. "I'm sorry but this is going to hurt."
Marinette didn't have time to disagree, or ask what Adrien was about to do. Part of her knew it would come to this, and as Adrien slashed his claws over the butterfly mark, Marinette felt her magic buck in answer. The butterfly seemed to wiggle just under her skin and Adrien sank his teeth into the mark somehow not contacting her skin. Marinette bit her lip refusing to cry out, since she didn't want to upset Adrien into letting the butterfly go. With a quick jerk he pulled it from her arm, crushing it between his teeth making it vanish into purple dust. Deep within her as Adrien pulled the butterfly free she had felt a popping sensation, like a cork coming out of a bottle. Now as she sat there magic welled from her very core, free at last as it filled her, burning through any layers of control she had. In an effort to keep some semblance of control, she funneled it down her bond to Adrien and Alya, who sat up with a yelp scaring the hell out of Nino.
"Marinette?!" Alya cried turning to her, because suddenly she was glowing orange and she could feel Marinette's magic permeating though her own, replenishing her energy. "Oh god's girl you are glowing!"
Marinette looked down at her hands and realized she was glowing, a deep crimson covered her skin like she had put on a body suit. Black spots swam across the surface of the crimson and Marinette knew it was Adrien's power mixing with her own helping her keep control. At her side, Adrien transformed into his Halfling form his eyes burning impossibly bright.
"Shall we My Lady?" Chat asked, his tail twitching in excitement as his green aura came to life around him.
"Lets do it before my magic gives out!" Marinette shot back and sprinted forwards as the demon managed to pull a third arm up out of the portal. "Alya! Throw more vines! We need to force it back in!"
"Right!" Alya cried scrambling to her feet as Nino transformed and gave her a hand.
Marinette ran full tilt at the demon, the smell of ash making her eyes water even as she conjured. Fresh bladed air blasted away from her slamming, into the demons third arm and making it slip backwards into the portal. The demon howled slamming one of its free arms into the ground, sending a shockwave of rocks at them. This time, Marinette was ready for it, so she blasted the air spell again creating a shield that deflected the stones. Chat pulled ahead, his claws glowing a fierce green as he leaped into the air slashing down to send four green slashes of power right into the demons chest. Nino flew off to the one side, fox fire hammering at the demon as vines sprang to life in his wake. The vines lashed at the demon and Marinette called lightning forth again, striking the demon down as the vines secured themselves across it. Hitting the edge of the circle Marinette slapped a palm to the vines feeling Alyas magic surging through them.
An idea hit her as Chat unleashed another attack and Marinette yelled "Chat, Nino, keep it busy I have an idea!"
Through their bond and magic, knowing somehow that Alya would be able to hear her Marinette called, "We need to weave your vines into a repelling circle. With my power behind it, it should be enough to force this thing back!"
"Lets do it!" Alya agreed her mind fizzing with excitement as Marinette guided the vines into the proper pattern needed to repel.
Chat and Nino did their jobs, keeping the demos attention on them and away from trying to sever the vines as they grew into the proper shape. The boys didn't have a ton of room to maneuver and Marinette poured more magic into their bonds as she tried to hurry the vines growth along.
"Done get out!" Marinette screamed, making both boys leap to the vines and out of the circle. Their feet hit the ground holding onto the vines for support as Marinette joined hands with Alya, before slapping their palms down on the vines.
"Repel!" Both girls yelled as one and the vines blazed into a rainbow, all four of their magic's combining, boosting the spell so not even the demon could resist.
A loud fwump echoed as the vines shredded themselves, tossing all four of them off their feet. The demon had no chance against resisting such power and was slammed back through the portal. The moment the demon sank out of sight, the portal snapped shut leaving deep black score marks and the summoning lines that had been used to summon such a thing. Bits and pieces of the vines collapsed across the marks as all four teens groaned. Their individual glows were gone and Marinette felt strangely empty as she forced herself to sit up.
"Is everyone in one piece?" Marinette called into the silence and groans were her answer.
Chat made it to his feet first, only to move over to Marinette and help her up to her feet. Nino had fallen back into his animal form, although now instead of a dog Marinette realized he held the form of a maned wolf. Alya clung to his fur as he helped pull her upright and she whispered something to him making his tail wag.
"That's going to cause some questions." Chat muttered, wondering why Nino had hidden his true animal form in the first place.
Marinette laughed. "This whole mess is going to cause some questions! Matter of fact we should probably get out of here, before someone figures out how to get in!"
Chat agreed dropping into his animal form, although he grew to be large enough for Marinette to ride. To his surprise Marinette didn't try to argue with him, simply climbing onto his back with a groan.
"Alya we need to leave." Marinette called feeling the first hints of weariness wash through her.
Alya trudged to her but before she could climb on behind Marinette, Nino yipped then grew larger himself. "That works too." Alya chuckled scrambling onto his back.
They all four headed towards one of the open doors since Adrien knew of a backway out, but they paused for a second at Chloe's side, wondering what in the world they should do with the girl. After a swift debate they decided to leave her, while Adrien erased their shielding lines from existence so the girls couldn't be traced by their magic. They made it out of the arena without any problems and Marinette hid the four of them from view, since riding on the back of giant animals was a little obvious. The boys shifted back into their smaller animal forms when they got close to Marinette's house and were immediately swept into a group hug by her parents when they walked through the doors.
The next few days were utter chaos in their world. When the adults finally broke through the locking spell on the arena, all they found were the scorch marks and Chloe who was still unconscious. This had caused quite a stir since everyone seemed to realize that Chloe certainly hadn't sent the demon back but no one stepped forward to claim they had done it. The mayor had offered a reward for whoever had saved his precious daughter, but other than a few con artists no one came to claim the prize. Marinette and Alya along with their familiars lay low to the point no one even noticed Alyas familiar had taken a different form. Marinette traveled to the familiar world to learn control over her magic and neither Tiki nor Plagg were pleased when they realized what had happened at the arena. The demon had been a plant by Hawkmoth to upset Marinette's summoning, since he knew that she had already bonded with Adrien making her summoning a near certain success. However, he hadn't realized that Marinette had already summoned, so his trap was sprung on the wrong person entirely. It left Marinette confused as to why a powerful wizard would bother trying to sabotage a teens summoning, but Tiki and Plagg explained it to her one evening before she had to return home.
"You have to understand Marinette" Tiki called brushing her sweaty bangs away from her eyes, "You are a rare child who is an endless wellspring of power. You were far stronger than you should have been as a child and you only grew stronger when you bonded with Adrien. Hawkmoths power merely hid your potential, rather that killing it and I think he realized that far too late. You see, there is an imbalance in the magical world right now that Hawkmoth caused and with every imbalance someone is born with the power to fix it. You have that power Marinette, even though it's still very will grow into that power and you will fix what has been broken."
Marinette had balked at the thought of such a responsibility. "But Tiki! I don't want to go saving the world or anything I just want to be a stich witch!"
Tiki had laughed and Adrien had crawled into her lap, giving her comfort while Plagg patted her on the head "That's too bad kid. You can still be a stich witch in your free time, but the older you get the more you will be called upon to fix magical problems along with that fox kit. There are more of you out there, but you will act as the beacon that draws them all together. Don't fret too much. We are here and we will help protect you until you are truly ready to step into your destiny. It won't be for a few years, so for now sit back relax and learn how to fight properly."
Plaggs words resonated within her as she finally got home and slowly went through the motions of getting ready for bed. Since the summoning's had been messed up, they still had several more days of free time while the other kids summoned in private. Chloe hadn't managed to summon when she was given a second chance and Marinette felt somewhat relieved that she would no longer have to deal with the spoiled girl. Finally, Marinette crawled into bed and Adrien jumped up beside her shifting into his human form.
"Did Plagg scare you?" Adrien asked, concerned for Marinette since she had been so quiet.
"I-I don't want to save the world Adrien. I just… I just want to be a stitch witch that earns enough to be happy. I just want to be with you and someday…" Her cheeks turned red and she groaned planting her face into her knees.
Adrien chuckled wrapping his arms around her, pulling her into a tight hug. "Hey don't worry too much. Tiki and Plagg and the other guardians are holding the worst off while we figure out what we are supposed to. We are not going to be called upon tomorrow. Like Tiki said this is a marathon not a sprint. We've got this. One day we will have our own little house, you will have a stich shop, and maybe we can raise a cub or two of our own."
"Adrien!" Marinette yelped her face bright red as she jerked away from him.
Adrien laughed and pressed a kiss to her forehead "It's a good future Marinette. We will make it happen."
Marinette was still blushing furiously when her mom came up to say goodnight and pat Adrien on his head since he had reverted back to his cat form. Flicking the lights off Marinette slumped back into her bed wiggling around to get comfy. The future Adrien had painted was wonderful and with a bit of a start Marinette realized she wanted that future more than anything in the world. It would be hard, but she would do everything in her power to earn it. Acceptance flowed through her as she drifted off to sleep, unlocking her last barrier that had held her magic back. At that moment the call went out, waking the ancient magic's heralding the rise of a new age.
That's it for this story! It up to you guys to imagine all the mischief and trouble these guys get into before finally getting their happy ending. One day I might come back and expand this story but it wont be for a long while. Till next story time!