Okay so truthfully it's been like half a year since this chapter was written, since I was posting this on two other websites. I keep forgetting to post on here, sorry!

It's been a month since the incident with the radioactive tentacle monster, and Halloween was right around the corner; only a day away. Everyone was happy and excited, some people talking about what they were going to be and others deeming to keep it a secret. Personally, I was thinking about either cosplaying as Prussia from the anime Hetalia, or maybe doing some sort of vampire or werewolf thing. Neeks wanted me to try dressing up like a Native America Indian, sometimes flying circles around my head and whining like a child until I promised him that I would think about it. But what no one realized, was that today was going to be one of the worst days ever for practically the entire city- or that a new chapter in their story had begun; exposing secrets and making the lives of their superheroes even more difficult than before.

The worst thing about today, I felt, would most definitely be that Ladybug was stuck fighting off other people's fears that continued to morph into her own fears of Adrien Agreste and her friends- my friends- ridiculing her and hating her, that Chat was in much the same boat, fighting off his own fears that were of Ladybug laughing in his face and full on despising him, and that I was stuck facing down this disgusting, creepy black blob of an Akuma; hunched back, glowing red eyes and sharp, pointy teeth curled into a smirk, that was staring at me like I was his next meal, and he was going to savor every last bit of me, inside and out, that called himself the Oogie-Boogie Man.

The day had started off like any other, with mom helping me get my hair more neat and tidy, with the added addition that she asked if I was willing to let her apply concealer under my eyes to cover just how bad my dark circles were getting, and heading to school a little later than normal. I talked to Nathanael and a few other kids in my class while waiting for Adrien and the others to arrive, not having talked to most of them in quite a while because of how busy I had become. Akuma attacks had started picking up again, and I was trying hard not to seem off even though I was getting pretty exhausted.

I've known since the first time I fought with the superheroes, that his power and my transformation were different than the others. Since a month ago, I've known that my power and transformation focused on the energy I could give him, and in turn, Wolven's transformation could be just as strong as the others, if not more so. That was why I could heal. Why my transformation didn't run out while the others did after five minutes from using their special abilities. Why my right eye was blue with a scar across it. It was a give and take relationship, and if you pushed the human body too far, too fast, then it would start to take its toll.

Truthfully, my mind was becoming muddled. I kept seeing him, felt like I was being watched, and the burn and bubbling in my throat only grew as the day wore on. Neeks wanted to stop, wanted to slow down. He wanted me to take a break from being a hero, and I agreed, if only because that look of terror, fear mixed with worry he wore settled itself so uncomfortably in my stomach I couldn't not agree.

It was clear to me, as it has been for a while now, that the give and take for this relationship was not something Neeks enjoyed, either.

Curiosity bubbled its way up from the darkest corners of my mind, making me want to ask about his previous holders, what they were like, why they were special.

The darker thought of how he lost them stung itself into my tongue, so I kept my mouth firmly shut, as always, and continued on. I made a promise not to speak about it, so I wouldn't. I wasn't going to put Neeks through what so many had done to me. I wasn't going to invade, or remind him of the past. If he wanted to share, he would.

Adrien's voice calling my name pulled me from those thoughts, and I turned to face him, seeing he was alone today. I flipped my notebook to a clean page and began to write, "Where's Nino?", showing it to him once I was finished.

"I think he's running late today. Are you okay though? You don't look so good." He tapped right under his eye, worry etching itself onto his handsome features. "You, um, you have really bad dark circles, and just don't look that good."

I gave him a bitter smile, writing my response.

"Is it really that easy to notice? I've already caused my mom enough worry this morning."

"I'm afraid so." He gave me an apologetic look and a forced smile returned full force with a sharp stab in my gut.

Stop looking at me like you pity me

He's not pitying you, idiot, he's worried

The muddled, exhausted side of my brain and the logical side were at war, and I really just wanted to sleep and spend the next few days relaxing. No fighting, no Akuma, no, well, anything.

"Sorry, I just haven't been sleeping well at all these last few days. I'm exhausted." I wrote, and Adrien nodded, placing a hand on my shoulder, being careful not to let it fall too close to my neck. I shivered faintly, anyway, but not from fear. The touch was so simple but so warm; it felt like home, and I could see just how much he cared in his eyes when I looked into them. It made my stomach feel like there were butterflies flying around inside it and I tried not to think about it.

But today was one of those days where my body and mind forced me to think about these things.

"I understand. Come on, we're early enough that if you wanted, we can go to the classroom and you can take a quick nap. I'll wake you up just before the bell rings."

I smiled, this one a true smile even if it was exhausted, "That would be great, thank you, but... I'll be okay. I want to be with you and the others more than I want to sleep. I'll just take a nap when I get home."

Adrien took his time reading what I had written, his eyes going to the paper then me often. He didn't look too comfortable with the idea, but he nodded nonetheless. He gave my shoulder a gentle squeeze and turned so we were heading to the classroom. "Okay, but we are at least going to sit and wait in the classroom. You can sit in Marinette's seat until the bell, since she'll probably end up being late."

"Okay but if she comes earlier than all of us expect she will, then I'm giving her seat back."

"Alright, if that's what I have to allow to get you to sit and rest for ten minutes, then I'll allow it." I smiled and attempted a breezy laugh as Adrien chuckled, nodding.

We walked into the classroom, and the moment I was sitting in Marinette's seat and rested my head on the desk, I slipped into unconsciousness.

Further into the day, after classes and a two hour long nap on my part, Adrien, Marinette, Alya, Nino and I were all out in the park enjoying the remaining sunshine and the nice weather before the large gray clouds in the distance that promised rain managed to make their way to our small little section of Paris along with night. We were all sitting on a large picnic blanket Marinette had brought, and were sitting in a circle; with me between Adrien and Marinette. I could feel the small daggers Marinette gave me when she thought Adrein and I both weren't looking, and more than once heard Alya whisper for her to stop while most likely elbowing her. On any normal day I would have ignored it with ease- even laughed to myself about it because wow is she obvious over her crush for the boy, but today was no normal day and it was frankly making me uncomfortable.

I was listening to Adrien talk about some new anime show he had started recently, nodding every now and then to show I was listening and smiling slightly. Adrien looked so happy as he talked about it, it was infectious. Nino was listening to Adrien as well, adding his own comments about the show here and there, and Marinette and Alya were talking quietly to themselves after the latest glare was interrupted, only for many really, really loud and terrified screams began to break out around us.

Alya's eyes lit up and she shot to her feet, the rest of us following a second later. "It's an Akuma attack!" She yelled above the screams that were getting closer at a rather alarming rate.

"What is it this time?" Nino asked warily, looking around like all the other park inhabitants as we all tried to find the source of the screams. I was looking and waiting for a chance to escape and transform, praying that I'd have enough energy to get through this fight. I could see Adrien looking for the exact same thing.

More people were beginning to scream and run, and my eyes widened when I saw what was causing the commotion. Many abnormally large spiders, snakes, scorpions, and other things, were flooding the park, some chasing after other people and shifting into other things, and in the center of the creatures stood a tall, black blob of... Something.

It's back was hunched and it's head was in the shape of a vulture's skull with an extremely long beak similar to a hummingbird or a woodpecker. It's eyes were large, angry, and glowing blood red. The Akuma threw it's head back and cackled as it's body split into a new creature, it's wide beak splitting open to expose sharp, jagged teeth. The sky darkened drastically and thunder boomed overhead. I quickly tugged on Adrien's hand in warning when I saw it's eyes fall on the five of us and pitch black, dripping wings spread from it's back.

Adrien got the message, thankfully, and he shot into action. "Guys, we need to run. Now!"

The five of us darted from our spot, merging into the crowd of people who were running from the oversized creatures and their creator. I broke off from them in the crowd easy enough, and watched as Adrien also broke away before I ran to a place to transform.

Neeks flew from my scarf and immediately activated the transformation, and when it was done, I rushed towards the Akuma.

"Come one, come all! Step right up, if you dare! Oogie-Boogie Man is here to show you your fear!" The Akuma cackled again; long, spindly and skeletal hands stretching from his sides. He landed with a ground shaking thud, and people screamed as the ground cracked and shook.

"Where be the Miraculous? Come and face me!" He created more of those small blobs, and as they took shape they went towards some of the people still in the park. I could feel my hair and fur bristle slightly from worry and even a little bit of anger. Why was he going after innocent bystanders

"Leave them alone!" I snarled, running and slicing one of the spider in half just before it moved to attack a small girl who looked like she was around five or six. "Find your mother and hurry home." I said to the girl behind me, who looked terrified. I slashed at the minion again as it began to reform, trying to keep it away from the girl. The girl nodded and ran towards a woman with long, wavy brown hair who bent down and picked her up when the girl went barreling into her arms before she went running out of the park after sending me a grateful look. I sighed in relief before I began to attack the other minions that were attacking other people in the park, letting them escape before focusing on the minions again.

After giving a boy around my age the chance to escape, I was unaware of a minion sneaking up behind me until I felt the snake coil around me and pin my arms to my sides. I cursed rather loudly in annoyance as Oogie-Boogie Man came strolling over. "Looky here, looky here! We caught ourselves a beast." He chuckled darkly, clawed fingers coming up to grip my chin so I couldn't look away from him. My nose crinkled in disgust and I growled, baring my teeth. This Akuma smelled like death, and I wanted away from him. I snapped at him when he leaned closer, making him jerk back with a laugh. "A fighter, are ya? Well we'll just have to change that..."

His beak split into a fang-filled grin, and I felt his hands moving up my face, felt his long fingers get closer to my eyes as he turned his head a little to the side to expose one of his glowing red eyes better. I snarled and leaned away the best I could from his hands, squeezing my eyes shut. Where were Ladybug and Chat Noir?!

"Wolven!"

I gasped as I suddenly felt nothing holding me in place, eyes flying open as I tumbled backwards onto the ground. The snake that had been constricting my movements was a pile of reforming black tar in front of me, and Chat Noir was fighting Oogie-Boogie Man. A hand covered in red and black popped into my field of vision and I looked up and to the left to see Ladybug holding her hand out to me. "You okay? Didn't hit your head, did you?"

"I'm okay. What took you guys so long to get here?" I asked, taking her hand in my own and letting her pull me to my feet.

"Uh, well, I as having a hard time finding a place to transform, and I guess Chat Noir was too." She said sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head. "You're doing a good job, though. I passed the stragglers and saw that all of them were unharmed!"

"Compliment him later, Milady! I kind of need some assistance right now!" Chat grunted as he dodged a swipe of Oogie-Boogie's claws and Ladybug and I tensed in embarrassment.

"Sorry, Kitkat!"

"My bad, Chaton!"

The two of us went over to where Chat was fighting, each taking on our own bundle of minions, which, thankfully, weren't growing from their already large number. Not too long after we rejoined the fight, though, did I hear Chat's baton clang onto the ground. I destroyed another minion and was turning to look and see what had happened when a body slammed to me and we both crashed to the ground. I groaned softly and when I blinked the spots from my vision, found that it was Chat Noir that was thrown into me. His hands were on either side of my head as he shook his own while he sat up, his legs slightly tangled with mine. The position we were in would have made me blush if not for the hurt, scared look in his eyes as he checked to make sure I was okay.

"What's wrong?" I asked quickly, grabbing his shoulders and pushing him back as I sat up so I didn't slam my forehead into his. He looked like he was about to answer when a feminine laugh stopped him. "See! I knew it! You're disgustingly weak!" I stared in shock at the person who had been laughing behind Chat Noir, Ladybug. She had a sneer on her face and looked at Chat Noir like he was gum stuck to the bottom of her shoe.

Anger flared in my chest and a snarl formed in my chest. "What the fu-"

"It's not me!" A second Ladybug yelled, popping up from behind the one staring us down. The second one was fighting the minions and the curse disappeared from my lips as I quickly figured out what was going on, instead growling as Oogie-Boogie laughed and morphed back to his regular look, a minion breaking away from his body and morphing into Ladybug.

Chat Noir and I stood up, and when I was about to go after Oogie-Boogie, a yoyo wrapped around him and pulled him from us. "I'll handle him, you two focus on the little guys!" Ladybug shouted, and in the brief glimpse I got of her, she was really mad about Oogie-Boogie saying those things as her. I shivered slightly when I remembered her little threat when I first came her and the look she had given to me, even if it was a hallucination on my part, and knew I did not want to go against her right now.

I picked up Chat's baton and handed it to him, offering him a gentle smile as more minions began to take Ladybug's shape. "Ignore them. Don't listen to whatever the copy of Ladybug says. None of it is true." I said softly, ruffling his hair playfully.

"I know, but... It still hurts a bit." He murmured, before shaking his head and smiling his cocky grin at me. "Let's go!" I smiled, nodding and together we attacked the minions. I focused on the Ladybug minions to save Chat from getting too upset or frozen, and he took on the others so Ladybug had the chance to fight Oogie-Boogie.

Once again, a few minutes after this setup began, something unexpected happened. Ladybug let out a strangled cry and when Chat and I looked over, Oogie-Boogie had shifted into Adrien, then Alya, then Nino; each one saying something cruel and heartless to the superheroine. He grabbed her arm and tossed her to the side, and I groaned as another minion was created with Ladybug's fear as its new form.

"Don't look him in the eye!" Ladybug called as I decided to take her place since I was the only one he didn't know the fear of yet.

"Got it!" I said quickly as I slashed my claws at Oogie-Boogie. My claws clashed with his, a surprising clang resounding through the air. I growled lowly and quickly muttered, "Arcessere: Wolf!" under my breath as I jumped back, away from the Akuma.

Immediately I felt the change coursing through me as I picked the animal of my Kwami. I felt my teeth and actual nails grew sharper, my tail grew bushier, and my body automatically went down on all fours in a surprisingly comfortable position. My lips were pulled back in a snarl and I waited for him to make his move.