The morning of my 15th birthday, I was sleeping quite peacefully when a loud POP! caused me to jerk awake, flailing as I quickly covered Neeks with my sheets so my mom wouldn't see him.

A second later I felt paper confetti fall onto my head and shoulders, and Mom was giggling, one of those party poppers in her hands. "Happy birthday, Jaspie!" She cheered, even as I glowered at her from the annoyance of being awakened so surprisingly. She just grabbed my hand and pulled me to my feet, getting rid of the confetti on my person as my scowl turned into a smile with a roll of my eyes.

"There we go, all nice and happy!" She hummed, lightly patting my cheek before leaning down and kissing my forehead. My smile grew and I gently started to push her outside my room, wanting to get dressed. Mom pouted, turning to look back at me. "Aw, already?"

I nodded, closing the door once she was outside and quickly getting dressed after letting Neeks come out of hiding. The small Kwami immediately flew over, hugging my cheek and nuzzling it. "Happy birthday!" He cheered, giggling and soon flying off to do something as I got dressed. A moment after I finished getting dressed, Neeks flew back over with a feather accessory wrapped with a loose ribbon. "Here's your present!" He chimed, flying over and handing me the hair accessory. It was two, probably medium sized, feathers from a small bird, and a small greenish-blue feather that was undoubtedly from a hummingbird wrapped at the tips with dark metal that made a small loop. They shimmered in an almost magical way when they managed to catch the light.

Neeks looked so proud as he handed it to me, and I smiled at him in thanks. "The big, reddish one is from a Red Tailed Hawk, the slightly smaller black one is from a crow, and the smallest one is from a ruby-throated hummingbird." Neeks explained, taking the accessory once I removed the ribbon and flying closer to my hair. He pushed some aside and started tying it into threads of my hair, being extremely careful as he did. I think he also used some sort of Kwami-magic or something to make it stay, because that was not how these were traditionally put in, I'm sure. "I made it myself, with my powers, which is why it kind of shines a bit." He continued to explain, and soon he moved away from my hair, smiling brightly. "Perfect! Now your really one of my pups!" He nearly squealed, flying around my head happily.

I silently chuckled, looking over to the mirror to see how they looked. They laid flat against my hair, curling inwards instead of sticking far out. They stood out extremely well against the white of my hair, and the small hummingbird feather was able to hide itself surprisingly well, only flashing itself to be seen when I moved my head a certain way. I carefully grabbed Neeks, hugging him tightly and nuzzling him in thanks.

"You're very welcome, Jasper! Now, I need to let you know that this can't touch the ground, okay? It'll be fine if you are laying down on the ground but don't roll over onto it or anything. I used my magic to let it stay on, much like the masks when you and the others are in superhero form, but I just need to be very clear about this."

I gave him and nod, meeting his eyes to let him know I was serious about this, and after hiding Neeks away in my jacket pocket with his daily supply of candy, I walked out of my room.

I was immediately tackled by my mom, once again, and she squealed happily when she saw the feathers. "Oh, is that an early present from someone? It looks so beautiful!" She said happily, leading me to the kitchen and making me sit down before putting a stack of chocolate chip pancakes in front of me and a neatly wrapped present. "Open your first present before you eat! I'll give you the other two after school."

I nodded, carefully tearing open the present. I smiled, looking at the book that had been wrapped. It was a book series I had found interest in a few months ago, called the Brandywine Investigations: Open for Business. I wasn't old enough to buy it, though, because it was an 18+ book. I looked at mom, a little surprised that she even bought it for me. She smiled, laughing softly. "I looked through it a bit before I wrapped it. As much as I don't want you to partake in anything sex-like just yet, I know you're old, and mature, enough to be able to read them. Also, if you don't want to read the sex scenes then you can just skip a few paragraphs." She said, ruffling my hair and being careful not to touch the feathers.

I smiled and hugged her tightly, thanking her for the book. She patted my hair and I let go after a moment, and she hummed. "I'm glad you like it. Now, eat your breakfast and finish getting ready. You have to go to school soon." She kissed the top of my head and went to get ready for her day, leaving me to eat my food. I quickly ate my food, giving Neeks a small piece once more. He ate it happily, tail wagging as he enjoyed the taste.

I petted him gently and when I was done eating went to finish getting ready for school, putting my new book on the top of my bookcase so I remembered to read it. When I was done getting ready, I stopped by mom's studio and kissed her cheek goodbye before leaving for school, smiling when I saw all my friends waiting by the steps. I guess they had all come early today. I smiled and waved to them, running over to them.

"Happy birthday!" They all said, Adrien and Nino hugging me tightly. I hugged them tightly in return, and when they moved back the girls were hugging me next. I laughed breathily and hugged them back as well. When they moved back, Marinette handed me a present, smiling happily. "Here, you can open it now or later, it doesn't really matter."

I smiled and opened the thin box, seeing a red handmade beanie hat inside. On the inside of the edge was Marinette's signature in that fancy spiral pattern in silver thread. I smiled in thanks and put the beanie on, and Marinette clapped. "Oh, it looks great!"

Alya smiled and handed me her gift next. "Here you go." She hummed, and when I opened the small box, found a small metal wolf phone charm, big blue eyes staring up at me. I smiled happily, and Nino gave me his gift next.

When I opened his gift, it was a pair of black, tangle free headphones, which are those headphones that look like zippers. My smile only grew, and Nino smiled as well, giving me another hug before moving back to let Adrien give me his gift.

Adrien smiled nervously, rubbing the back of his neck shyly. "I wasn't really sure what to get you, so... I hope you like this." When he stepped closer he leaned in close to my ear and said, "I have another part to give you later tonight, when we're on patrol." I felt a faint amount of heat settle in my cheeks and I nodded, taking the gift from him when it was handed over. I opened the long and thin box to see a silver charm bracelet with only two charms on it right now; a J with four small red, hopefully fake, crystals running down the side and an intricately made key, spaced evenly apart for another charm or two to fit between them. I glanced up at Adrien, then the charm bracelet, and I think the heat in my cheeks grew even more as I smiled brightly, hugging him tightly in thanks.

Adrien laughed as he hugged me back, patting the back of my head. "You really like it that much?" I nodded quickly, ignoring the small giggles from the other three, and quickly moved back, holding out the charm bracelet and my wrist while giving him a pleading look. The other three laughed a little louder, and I could only assume it was because I probably looked like a small child with the way I was giving Adrien puppy dog eyes while waiting for him to put the bracelet on for me. Adrien laughed and took the bracelet from the box, carefully clasping it around my wrist.

I smiled again and when he was done, quickly began to write in my notebook. "Thank you all so much for the gifts! I love them!" I showed them my message and Alya just ruffled my hair through Marinette's hat, and the topic quickly changed from their gifts to what my mom got me and the feathers in my hair.

"So, the feathers are new! Who gave you them, or was it a self-indulgent kind of thing?" Nino asked as we all walked inside the school. I gave Adrien a knowing look before quickly writing, "A friend sent them to me back from America. They thought they would look good on me."

"Well, they were right! They bring out your hair and eyes, and what the heck is with the way they shine? I don't think I've ever seen feather extensions do that!" Alya said with a bit of surprise, and I just smiled and shrugged, until she looked at Adrien with a sly look. "Don't you think he looks good with feathers in his hair, Adrien?"

"Yeah, they make him look even pr- nicer." Adrien quickly changed whatever he was going to say, his cheeks flushing lightly. "They make him look even nicer compared to before."

Marinette hummed in thought as she looked between us two before nodding in confirmation at whatever the heck she had been trying to figure out, and Nino holding back a laugh while Alya just looked smug.

The day went by like normal, and I guessed good luck was smiling down on me because no Akuma attack happened all day. When I got home, mom fawned over the gifts my friends had given me (which now included a lovely leather bound journal courtesy of Nathanael) and had me open her other gifts. I laughed the best I could at one of them, finding an exact replica of the outfit that one creepy tentacle Akuma destroyed, and the other was a super soft blanket with Jack Skellington's face on it.

That night when I went to patrol, I was actually really excited to see what the rest of Adrien's present was for me. We had decided he would give me the rest of it after patrol when we were alone, since Ladybug had no idea when my birthday was.

Reaching our meeting spot, Ladybug smiled when she saw me. "Hey Wolven!" She said happily, waving when I came over.

"Hi Ladybug."

"You got feathers in your hair?" She asked, motioning to the feathers that stayed in my hair. I nodded slightly, smiling.

"Yeah, a friend gave them to me and helped me put them in."

"Well, they look great." Ladybug smiled and hummed, looking out over the town. "Did you have a nice day?"

"Yeah, it was fun. What about you?"

"It was nice. My friend's birthday was today and he liked my gift, so I'm pretty happy."

"That's great!" I smiled, nudging her lightly. "What'd you get him, if you don't mind me asking."

Ladybug giggled and waved her hand dismissively. "I don't mind. I made him a red beanie hat. It goes really well with his hair and eyes."

"Ooh~ you made him the hat?" I smiled, and she nodded, blushing lightly.

"Yeah, he really seemed to like it."

"Well, that's wonderful. Are you planning to become a fashion designer?" I asked, and Ladybug bit her lip.

"Yeah. I want to work for Gabriel Agreste some day."

This time, I bit my lip. "Really? I hear he hasn't been all that forgiving the past few years. Why not start you own brand, instead?" Ladybug seemed hesitant to answer, shrugging in response.

"I don't know. I just think I might be more successful under him."

"That might happen, but I wouldn't hold your breath." A new voice chimed in, making the two of us jump in surprise. I turned to see Chat Noir , my tail wagging excitedly.

"Hi, Kitkat!"

"What do you mean, 'I shouldn't hold my breath'?" Ladybug asked, frowning slightly as she crossed her arms over her chest. Chat Noir bit his lip and rubbed the back of his neck, walking over after a moment.

"I'm sorry, Milady, but I've heard about rookie designers leaving his company with no desire to continue fashion while bawling their eyes out. He's super harsh."

Ladybug huffed softly, her frown growing a little. "Well, he's already seen one of my designs and he liked it! His son was supposed to wear it at a photo shoot but he was allergic to something I added to the hat, so I'm pretty sure they dropped the idea."

I could see Chat's cheeks turn red from his words, and I nodded in understanding. "Well hey, accidents happen. He loved your design, that's all that matters." I smiled at them, crossing my arms over my chest. "Can we patrol, now?"

"Yeah, we probably should." Ladybug smiled and swung her yoyo, letting it catch on the sign she had it on and giving it a tug to make sure it stayed. "You know the drill, call if you spot something that needs our help, meet up at the Eiffel Tower when done!"

I saluted to her, smiling and nodding, and Chat Noir gave her a thumbs up before we all went our separate ways for patrol.

Tonight, unsurprisingly, was a rather easygoing night. No surprise Akuma attacks, and no stupid people decided to try and commit any kind of crime, either. At least not on my end. I did get noticed by people, though, and gladly conversed with a few just to see how things had been going that evening.

While I was talking to one such person, my wolf ears ears picked up the sound of a girl crying, which made me frown. "Sorry," I apologized, smiling at the police officer I had been talking to, "I need to go. Thank you for catching me up on what's been going on, though!" I quickly ran off, following the sound until I found a girl no older than five or- wait a second. This was the same girl from Oogie-Boogie's attack. She was separated from her mother again?

The littler girl was standing against the apartment complex, bawling her little eyes out as she held onto a stuffed beagle and a small dark blue shopping bag. She also had a small scrape on her knee. I looked around to see if I could find the girl's mother, but no luck. I went over to her, crouching down in front of her and wrapping my tail around my legs so it wouldn't get stepped on. There was a surprising amount of tourists around tonight.

"Excuse me, little one?" I asked softly, smiling at her as she sniffles and slowly started to meet my eyes. They widened slightly when she realized who I was. "Did you lose track of your mommy again?"

The little girl shook her head quickly, and I hummed a little. "Then, did you lose track of daddy?"

She quickly nodded, a small whimper escaping her as she tried to wipe at her tears. "Tell me what happened?" I asked, moving to sit next to her. She moved closer to me, accidentally stepping on my tail as she did. I held in my wince, and picked her up to set her in my lap, facing me. She stared up at me with watery brown eyes and started her story.

"D-Daddy was t-taking me Christmas shopping, a-and he told me to stay close to him e-even though he agreed I was a big girl now. W-We were in a store a-and when I saw something M-Momma would like in another store I-I went to get it without telling Daddy." She sniffled, starting to cry again. I ran my hand through her hair, trying to calm her down. "When I went back to show Daddy, h-he had disappeared. I tried to find him but I didn't know where I was and I tripped a-and I'm scared...!" She started bawling her eyes out again and I shushed her, pulling her close into a hug.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. I'll help you find him, alright?"

"R-Really?"

I nodded, and checked her scrape. It looked like it would be okay, but some Neosporin would probably be helpful right about now. "Well, I'm afraid I don't have anything to help your scrape. Is there anything you have that might help?"

"M-Mommy always kisses it better... C-Can you do that?"

I nodded, smiling at her. "Of course, sweetie." I had her stand up again, and gently kissed the small scrape on her knee. "Better?" I asked, standing up and lifting her into my arms. She nodded as she wrapped her arms around my neck, which, after a few careful minutes of breathing and making sure I didn't react badly to it in front of the little girl, I was okay with. She wrapped her legs around my waist, and I could feel her shopping bag and beagle lightly hitting my back as I jumped up to the rooftops.

"What's your name?" I asked, and she back a little to look at me as she spoke. "Evangelique." She said softly, a small blush forming on her cheeks when I smiled brightly at her.

"Evangelique? That's a beautiful name for a beautiful girl such as yourself! Do you mind if I call you Angel?" I chuckled softly as her blush only deepened and she ducked her head, trying to hide her face underneath her short blonde hair as she very quickly shook her head.

"What does your daddy look like, Angel?" I asked as I walked along the rooftops, scanning the crowd for anyone who seemed to be frantically looking for their daughter.

She pouted as she thought about this, eyebrows furrowing as she concentrated very hard. "He has blonde hair styled like yours but a bit shorter, and really pretty blue eyes like mommy does! He was wearing a black and white scarf and a long gray coat!"

"Thank you, sweetie." I rubbed her back gently, looking for someone who hopefully fit that description. After a few moments, Angel broke the silence that had fallen on us.

"Wolven, did you get feathers in your hair?" She asked, and I felt the shopping bag change hands before she was reaching up to touch the feathers in my hair. I nodded, smiling as I felt her hands go from my hair to my wolf ears. She let out a pleased sound as she played with them, and I chuckled. It tickled to have her play with them.

"Why'd you get feathers?"

"They were a birthday present."

At that, Angel pulled away quickly, her hands moving to my shoulders as I adjusted my grip on her to keep her from falling. She stared at me with a surprisingly serious look, although it had excitement in it, too.

"Wait, today's your birthday?!"

I nodded, and Angel gasped, hugging me tightly. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" She squealed right into my ear, making me wince and hold a hand up to that ear. She looked at me sheepishly as I rubbed it. "Sorry..."

"It's okay." I laughed softly, ruffling her hair before returning my hand to it's position of holding the girl up. She quickly grew excited again, chattering on about things that I was sad to have to block out. I needed to use my hearing to find her father, and it was difficult to do if she was talking my ear off. She seemed to notice, though, and pouted as she fell silent, poking my nose and then my cheek before she started playing with my ears again.

A few more minutes later and something caught my attention, my ear flicking as it registered the faint sound.

"..lique!... where... Sweetie?!" I smiled a little, looking down at the small crowds of people. I spotted a man with blonde hair running through the streets, hands cupped around his mouth as he continued to call for someone. A black and white scarf trailed in the wind behind him, still securely wrapped around his neck. "Evangelique, where are you?!"

I smiled, nudging Evangelique gently. I could tell she was getting drowsy. "Angel, sweetheart. I think I found your dad." At this, the young girl's head snapped up, all traces of tiredness gone.

"Really?!"

I nodded, jumping down to the ground and starting towards her father. "Yep. Now hold onto your bag and your toy tightly, okay? I don't want you to loose either of them." Evangelique nodded quickly, her grip tightening on her things before I started running after the man.

"Excuse me, sir! Sir!" The man stopped, looking around. Of course, other men on the street did too, but they soon went about their business when they caught sight of me. "Sir, I found something you've been looking for!"

"Daddy!" Evangelique yelled, turning her head to face him. Her father turned at the sound of her voice, his eyes widening when he saw us.

"Evangelique!" He cried happily as I put her down, letting her run the rest of the short distance to him. He knelt down and hugged her tightly, a small sob of relief escaping him. "I was so worried! What have I told you about going off on your own?!"

"I'm sorry, Daddy." She apologized, hugging her father back as tight as she could. She quickly moved back, though, smiling and excitement in her eyes. "Wolven helped me!" She pointed to me, and her dad looked up, eyes widening when he saw me. I held back letting out a surprised whistle. This girl had a gorgeous father. His skin was pale and his hair was definitely shorter than mine, but it framed his face wonderfully, although his bangs happened to hide his blue eyes. If demigod's were real, I would have pegged him as a son of Apollo.

"I- thank you so much. I had no idea where she had gone. I looked away for one moment and she had just disappeared!"

"It's no problem, really. These things happen from time to time. As long as she's okay, that's all that matters." I paused for a moment, before leaning down to Evangelique's eye level. "Promise me you won't leave your mother or your father's side again?"

Evangelique nodded quickly, clutching her doll to her chest as she ducked her head. The tops of her ears were a light pink.

I laughed softly and straightened, her father smiling at me. "I really can't thank you enough."

Young Angel seemed to regain her enters once again, though, as she jumped up and down and tugged on her father's coat. "Daddy, daddy! It's Wolven's birthday! Can we get him a gift? Pleeeeeaaaaasssseeee?" Evangelique asked, whining slightly on her "please".

Her father raised an eyebrow at me, and I blushed from embarrassment, rubbing the back of my head and laughing nervously. "You really don't have to."

The man smiled, laughing happily. "No, you found my daughter. A birthday present is the least I can do."

My eyes widened and I shook my head quickly, gesturing with my arms as well. "No, really. You really don't have to."

The man laughed again and even Angel giggled, making me hide my face in embarrassment. Neeks gently reminded me that I needed to finish patrol, and I sighed in defeat. "Alright," I sighed, lifting up my head as I did and smiling at the two. "If you really want to give me something, meet me at the Eiffel Tower in about an hour. I need to finish patrol and meet up with Ladybug and Chat Noir, but I'll be there for a while."

Evangelique squealed happily, jumping up and down, and I laughed, waving goodbye to the two and jumping onto the rooftops again.

When I made it to the Eiffel Tower, I was the last one to arrive. I hummed as I jumped to the meeting point about halfway up, waving to the other two.

"What took you so long, Wolven?" Chat Noir asked, worry in his eyes.

"A little girl was lost, and I had to help her find her dad."

At that, Chat Noir relaxed, sighing softly in relief. "Oh, okay. Were they alright?"

"The girl had a little scrape on her knee, but other than that she was fine. She probably almost gave her dad a heart attack, though, considering how scared he was when he couldn't find her."

"Well, it's a good thing you found her before someone else did." Ladybug sighed, smiling. Were there no other problems?"

"Nope. Did you guys do well?"

"Nothing special happened in either of our patrol areas." Ladybug smiled, yawning softly into her palm. "Anyway, I think it's time we head home. See you tomorrow, guys."

"Yeah, see you." We waved goodbye to Ladybug, watching her leave. Chat Noir stretched again, smiling at me. "Alright. Now then, I want to give you your next gift." Chat grinned, opening one of the pockets and pulling out a small box wrapped with a bow.

I laughed softly, taking the gift from him. "What is it?"

"Open it and you'll see!"

I laughed again, nodding and opening it carefully. My eyes widened when I saw another charm for the bracelet he had given me, this one being my favorite so far and obviously custom made. It was a cat with green gems for eyes draping itself over a wolf that was on its back, the intricate details of the charm making it look like the wolf was clearly smiling. The wolf had blue and red gems for its eyes. I looked from the charm to Adrien, and he laughed softly.

"I thought it would be nice to have a charm representing our superhero personas... So, I had one custom made. I know you aid not to spend too much, but I couldn't help it." He said shyly, looking away nervously. I laughed softly and hugged him,chewing careful not to drop the charm.

"Are you kidding? It's perfect! Quick, put it on!" I quickly sat down and had Neeks detransform since we were too high up for anyone to see. Chat's eyes widened and I held out my wrist with the charm bracelet on it as well as the charm, pouting up at him as if to say "Hurry up." Neeks laughed softly beside me, floating over to Adrien. "He's such a child, isn't he?" He teased, making me blush darkly.

Adrien blinked, snapping out of his surprise that I detransformed so readily in front of him. He knelt down to be level with me now that I was sitting. He took the charm and the chain of the bracelet in his hands, before carefully clipping the new charm between the other two. I shook my wrist a little, smiling when I heard them clink together, and hugged Chat. He laughed and hugged me back, patting my back lightly.

"I'm really glad you like it."

"He loves it. I'm pretty sure it's his favorite gift, although mine was a close second." Neeks said cheekily, flying between us when I broke the hug and puffing his chest out proudly. I blushed darkly and poked him, making him laugh.

Adrien laughed as well, reaching out to pet Neeks. "So you're the one who gave him the feathers."

"Yep! Like them? Doesn't he look pretty? I think he looks pretty! He's my pretty pup!" Neeks started to ramble on, shockingly hyper. I frown and feel in my pocket to see if he had somehow gotten into candy he wasn't supposed to, but feel nothing different from usual. I even pulled out the wrappers to check the candy type.

Chat Noir laughed more, his smile still spread across his face as he nodded along with what Neeks was saying before cutting him off. "They look great. By the way, what's your name?"

Neeks smiled brightly, "My name is Mo-" He quickly cut himself off from whatever he was going to say, already continuing his answer, "Neeks. My name is Neeks!" I tilted my head and stared at him, curious about the name that he had started to say. Was Neeks not his real name? That's what he told me to call him when we met, though. After a moment I shrugged, not particularly minding the possible secret as long as Neeks was honest with me about other, more important things.

Neeks told Adrien as much about himself as he told me, then transformed me back into Wolven so that we could wander around town together like we have the past few weeks. I sighed when the transformation was done, smiling at Chat Noir.

"Sorry about that. He was unnaturally hyper tonight. I think he may have found where I stashed the chocolate."

"It's fine. He was actually really fun to talk to. He's a lot nicer than my Kwami." Chat Noir smiled, still chuckling a little from all the laughing Neeks had caused. I laughed too, shaking my head. "He told me about your little black cat. Rather crude, huh?"

"Yeah, that's one way to put it." Adrien sighed, leaning back a little. I gently bumped my shoulder to his, smiling gently at him.

"Hey, he's only doing what he thinks is best for you." I said softly, before my ear flicked as it picked up something.

Chat's ear did the same, and he frowned slightly while I straightened up, a smile stretching onto my face. "Why is...?"

"It's lovely little Angel!" I cheered with a laugh, tugging gently on Adrien's wrist as I slipped off the edge of the beam we were on to drop down to the ground. Instinctively Chat quickly wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me close, grabbing his baton and extending it so we'd land safely. I laughed happily the entire time, and knelt to the ground when he landed, holding out my arms to let the small girl run and hug me. Her father had a wrapped box in his hands, and was walking instead of running towards us. I hugged Evangelique back and stood up, turning to Chat to explain. "This is the girl I told you about earlier. See, she found out it was my birthday, and she and her father were adamant on giving me a birthday gift in return for helping her."

Chat's confusion was quickly replaced with understanding, and he smiled, taking the girl's hand and kissing it like he would a princess. "Well then, it's so lovely to meet you, young Angel. Thank you for being so kind to my friend here." Evangelique stared at him in awe, her cheeks red from both cold and Chat's innocent kiss to her hand.

Her father reached us a moment later, chuckling into his scarf now that it was pulled up closer to his face. "Goodness, boys, stop making my daughter fall head over heels for you or she'll never fall for anyone else."

"Daddy!" Evangelique cried, her face turning red so fast steam nearly puffed out from her ears. Chat and I laughed , and I set her down again.

"Sorry, sir. I'm also sorry to keep you out so late. I'm sure your wife must be worried."

The man waved his hand dismissively, a smile on his face as he pulled his scarf down a bit. "I called and explained things to her. Also, she isn't my wife, just my girlfriend. Eva here just likes to call her mommy since it's easier than "Daddy's Girlfriend"."

"Ah, I see. Sorry for assuming, then." I apologized, bowing my head a little. The man chuckled again.

"No worries. Anyway, here is your gift. Eva insisted we get you this."

The box was definitely the biggest one I received today, making me curious as to what it was. It made me feel bad, though, because I'm sure whatever it is was expensive. "Really, you didn't have to spend so much-"

"Oh, shush. Just open it, okay? To be honest, it probably isn't as expensive as you're thinking." Evangelique's father said sternly, the kind smile still on his face as Angel clung to my side.

I bit my lip, nodding, and opened the package to see a medium-sized stuffed wolf inside of it. The wolf was grey, and it's eyes were blue. I lifted it from the box, and Evangelique nearly screamed, "Press it's paw!"

I did as she said, feeling for a place to press and finding it in the left front paw of the toy. I pressed the paw and Evangelique's voice chimed happily, "Happy Birthday! Thank you for helping me!" At the top of her lungs. At that moment, I realized that this wasn't any stuffed animal, it was one from Build-a-Bear. My eyes widened, looking down at a proud Evangelique to her father. He smiled knowingly, and I smiled back.

I don't know why, but I was starting to feel my eyes fill with tears as I hugged the toy close with one arm and hugged Evangelique with the other. "Thank you, Evangelique. You really are a sweet little angel." I said softly, making her giggle and hug me tighter.

"I'm really glad you liked it, Wolven." She said happily, before I let her go and moved back and down to be at her height.

"I loved it. But you know what I want you to do now?"

"What?" She asked innocently, tilting her head to the side.

"I want you to go home with your father and get some sleep, alright?"

Angel nodded quickly, giving me one last hug before shyly going over to Chat Noir and holding her arms out for a hug. Chat Noir smiled, laughing faintly as he hugged her tightly, ruffling her hair afterwards. "Will I see you guys again?" She asked softly after going to back to her dad.

"Hopefully. But this time, Angel, please do try to let it be with your family instead of away from it, okay sweetheart?"

She nodded quickly, blushing lightly, and her father picked her up. "We'll be sure to keep her in our sights from now on, I promise."

With that, they went on their way, Chat Noir and I waving goodbye. When they were gone, Adrien looked over to me. "You okay? You looked like you were going to cry."

"Yeah, I'm okay... I don't really know what happened there."

"Well, happy birthday, Jasper. It was great experiencing it with you." Adrien hugged me tightly, and I couldn't help but agree.

Crow feather: balance, release from past beliefs, skill and cunning
Hawk feather: guardianship, strength, and far-sightedness
Hummingbird feather: love, beauty, intelligence- a spirit messenger and stopper of time