"I've got you now Ladybug and Chat Noir," Snare Master laughed, cornering them in the court yard of Françoise Dupont High School. He pointed his laser beam at the two heroes, his lips curling up into a smirk. "Give me your miraculous or you can kiss your lives goodbye!"

Ladybug narrowed her gaze, clenching her fists in determination. "We will never give you our miraculous!" she twirled her yo-yo, throwing it at him in an attempt to tangle him up in her string.

Snare Master jumped out of the way, landing on the railing of the second floor. He spotted a head retreating into one of the classrooms and grinned slyly. "If you won't hand over your miraculous, then I'll make you," he pointed his weapon at the classroom.

Ladybug caught on to what he was doing and quickly ran up the stairs, Chat Noir close on her heels. "You get the students out of here, I'll deal with this guy," she stopped at the top of the stairs as Chat dashed by her.

"Lucky Charm!" she threw her yo-yo into the air, her special power producing yet another seemingly useless item.

Ladybug stared at the object in her hand, trying to figure out how to use it.

Snare Master drew his weapon, shooting off laser beams at the superhero. She jumped back, barely avoiding getting hit by one of the shots and retreated into the same room Chat Noir had ducked into. As soon as she entered the room, the door shut and thick metal bars appeared outside the window.

The akumatized villain laughed, clinging onto one of the bars. "I have you now Ladybug and Chat Noir. This entire building is surrounded by my cage and once you run out of power, your miraculous will be mine!" he laughed, jumping up onto the rooftop.

"Trapped like rats," Chat Noir jiggled the door handle, but the door didn't budge. "I know what'll get us out of here," he said.

"Chat Noir, no, don't!" she tried to stop him from using his social power, but it was too late. He held the black energy in his hand and touched the door, causing it to disintegrate into nothing. But they were not free. Behind that door was another set of bars. Not only were they trapped in the school, but also in the classroom.

"Nice going," Chloe exclaimed, glaring at the superhero. "Now I'm trapped in here with these, these…commoners!"

"We're not any happier to be stuck in here with you either," Alix huffed, leaning back against the wall.

Ladybug grabbed her partners arm, pulling him to one corner of the room. "What are we going to do Chat, there's no way out and we're going to detransform soon…infront of these people," she whispered rather loudly.

The sound of beeping rang through the room and everyone knew what that meant. Ladybug looked around frantically for an idea, but she couldn't come up with one and the item she had received from her lucky charm still wasn't giving her any ideas on how to use it.

"If you don't get me out of here soon I'll call my daddy!" Chloe exclaimed once again, but was silenced when she received a glare from both heroes.

Ladybug looked around frantically for an idea. She knew they were going to run out of time soon and they couldn't risk revealing their identities, not to their classmates and not to each other.

"Okay, I have an idea," she turned toward her partner. "What if one of us hides in the closet and the other can duck behind the desk. That way we can detransform, give our kwami's a boost of energy and get back into action," she suggested, knowing it was a pretty stupid idea, but it was the only one she had on such short notice.

"Really? That's your best idea?" Chat stared at her in disbelief. His lady, who had come up with inventive solutions to defeat akumatized villains over and over, sometimes without his aid, couldn't figure out how to keep their identities a secret.

"I'd like to see you come up with a better one," Ladybug retorted, crossing her arms.

"Like I said, it's a great idea," he grinned sheepishly, knowing he wouldn't be able to come up with anything.

Ladybug sighed, shaking her head. "Think Chat, we need a plan," she urged as the familiar beeping noise sounded once again. She glanced down at his ring, noticing he only had three paw pads left which meant she wasn't far behind.

Chat Noir snapped his fingers, grabbing the bandana from 's desk. "We can blind fold ourselves, that way we can't see each other," he suggested, feeling a wave of brilliance wash over him.

"Great plan, except for the part where everyone else can still see us!" she exclaimed, motioning toward their classmates.

"That's the best I could think of in such urgency," he admitted.

Ladybug groaned, unable to fully believe what was happening before her. Not only were they trapped, with all their class mates, and their transformations running out, but her partner was still unable to come up with ideas.

The two heroes paced the floor, thinking of a plan of attack. The class watched anxiously, awaiting to see what the duo would come up with to get them out of the situation this time. With their miraculous' beeping once more the class couldn't hold back their curiosity as they awaited to see who was behind the masks.

"Okay, how about-"

"Too late!" Ladybug watched as the magic started to wear off of his feet, slowly making its way up his legs. She quickly turned around so she wouldn't be able to see him. In her haste however, she had forgotten about her own transformation which was starting to wear off itself.

The class gasped as the last of their transformations wore off. The room grew silent, no one made any moments as they stared at the two heroes before them, now without their costumes. No one wanted to shout their names, afraid to ruin the peaceful friendship that had developed between the two or to embarrass Marinette infront of her crush.

"No way! There is no way that MY Adrikins can be that-that, Chat Noir!" Chloe exclaimed, leaning forward so she could get a better look. "And Marinette cannot be Ladybug, she's too clumsy to be a superhero," she laughed.

Alya glared at her, settling her hands on her hips. "Nice going Chloe," she retorted. "And you're wrong. Marinette is totally Ladybug, I can see it. She's brave and selfless just like her, but…Adrien as Chat Noir, still unbelievable," she chuckled.

Marinette tensed, her breath hitched in her throat as she heard the words coming out of Chloe's mouth. She could feel her face heating up and she was sure that it was brighter than her costume. Tiki flew infront of her, urging her to turn around and face Adrien, but her body wouldn't move and she was unable to respond to her kwami.

"Marinette?" Adrien placed a hand lightly on her shoulder. Marinette refused to make any motion to face him, throwing her arms infront of her face when he turned her around. She could feel her arms being pushed away from her eyes, forcing her to look at him.

She grinned sheepishly, unsure of what to say and it looked as if he was just as nervous as she was. He rubbed the back of his neck, looking anywhere but at her.

"Oh for the love of…talk to each other!" Plagg interrupted, circling around his miraculous holders head.

The sound of Chloe shrieking snapped them out of their daze. She jumped into Kim's arms, pointing at the kwami's with disgust on her face. "Get those disgusting creatures away from me," she waved.

Alya pressed a finger to her temple, growing just as tired as the rest of the class was toward Chloe's remarks. "They're not disgusting and they're not just any creatures. They're what give Ladybug and Chat Noir their powers," she informed her, but the daughter of the mayor hardly paid her any attention as she continued to squirm away from them.

"So…you're…" Marinette looked him up and down, unable to imagine him in the tight leather costume that belonged to her partner. She could barely comprehend that he was the same person that made stupid cat puns beside her every day.

"Chat Noir," he finished for her. "And you're, Ladybug."

"Yeah, that's me," she fiddled with the strap of her bag, taking a deep breath before continuing. "Are you disappointed that it's me?"

Adrien looked at her, his face full of confusion. "Why would you think that?"

Marinette looked up at him, then back at his shoes, finding it easier to speak to him when she wasn't looking directly into his eyes. "It's just. Ladybug is so amazing and brave and talented. She's creative and a problem solver and just…not me. I'm not any of those things, I'm just clumsy old Marinette," she sighed.

"That's not true. Ladybug or not, you have the same qualities with or without the suit. It's like, when I'm Chat Noir I feel free and able to really be myself than when I'm just me. When we're superheroes, it's just an extension of who we are," he reminded her.

"I know, but, I still feel like Ladybug is a different person from me. I mean, I know it's the same person under the mask, but it just doesn't feel the same," she sighed, rubbing the side of her arm nervously.

Adrien stared at her, unable to believe what he was hearing. "Even without the mask you are Ladybug. You're both kind and courageous, creative and headstrong. Not to mention, beautiful," he grabbed her hand, holding it in his.

"B-but-"

"Marinette, when I first worked with you as Ladybug to save Paris from Stone Heart, I fell in love with her. And I told myself that I would love her no matter who was under the mask," his voice was full of sincerity and she could see it reflected in his eyes.

"Hate to interrupt this beautiful moment, but there's still an akuma out there and we're stuck in here," Alya reminded them.

Tiki flew between the two, cutting off their moment. "She's right Marinette, you two have to get back out there." Marinette nodded and handed her kwami a macaroon from her purse.

"And what about me? I need my precious camembert, now Adrien!" Plagg whined, flailing his arms frantically. Tiki bit into the macaroon and shoved the other half into Plagg's mouth before he could make a big deal out of his cheese.

Adrien chuckled, giving Tiki a small high-five to thank her for not only feeding his kwami, but keeping him quiet for once. "Alright, we'll transform, I'll get us out of this place and we'll stop Snare Master once and for all," he said, his signature Chat Noir smirk plastered on his face.

Marinette burst into laughter, unable to keep herself together. No, not after seeing the flirty Chat Noir look on Adrien's angel face. "S-sorry, sorry. Let's get going."

"Tiki, Spots On!" the ladybug kwami was sucked into her earrings and in a flash of pink light Ladybug stood in her place.

"Not bad, but I think I got you beat," Adrien winked. "Plagg, Claws Out!" his lazy cat kwami was sucked into his ring and a flash of green light transformed him into Chat Noir.

Everyone stared in awe, unable to process how their classmates were the superheroes of Paris or how they had just transformed and detransformed infront of them. The experience left them not only extremely shocked and in awe, but also dumbfounded at how they could have missed the signs that led to Marinette and Adrien being Ladybug and Chat Noir.

"We'll explain everything to you guys later, promise, but right now we have an akuma to catch," Ladybug turned to her partner, giving him her signature smile of confidence.

"Let's go kitty"

"Right behind you m'lady"