"That's easy my name is Ruff Rider." "Okay next question when did you get your power?" "Well I got my power" BEEP. Looking down I see that I am down to just the paw. "Sorry would really love to continue but I have to go." Climbing up a building and down into an alley I detransform with one final beep. Pluto floats down and rests on top of my shoulder, "Hey you want some meat I think there is a butcher shop nearby." As the little dog kwami shakes his head vigorously I make my way to a butcher shop. After buying a slice of ham and getting some weird looks from the butcher for such a small order I finally make it to an empty house. "Pluto so I noticed today that both LadyBug and Cat Noir have weapons that can assist them. Do I have one?" "Yes and no. When you are transformed your body becomes a weapon. You have unimaginable strength and next to nothing can harm you seriously bad." "I guess, and one last thing. How was LadyBug and Cat Noir able to find me. I mean no one knew where I was." "Well that's easy when you're transformed next time take a look inside your necklace." With that I sit down and work on the homework. Thankfully all in english. After I am done with that I check the LadyBlog, I see the interaction already posted up there but the fact people were commenting on my american accent was a bit concerning. After a while I went to bed, complacent about life so far but I still miss my old life.
Ring Ring Ring. Time for school. Arriving at school today I sit in the back of class with no complaint from the teacher, well at least I can sit by myself again I felt bad having Pluto stuffed in a zipped bag all day. While Pluto got seated in a nook on top of my bag that blocked anyone from seeing him I took out my notes. Well class was uneventful but on my way out the teacher called my name. "Caleb I have arranged a French tutor, you will meet them for thirty minutes after class everyday starting today." "Okay, who is teaching me" I ask while sitting back down, "Your tutor will be Adrien Agreste, his father has agreed that teaching someone will do good for his image." Just as the teacher says that Adrien walks back into class with a few French one books, sitting down next to me he puts the books on the desk and opens them up to the first page. "Today I am going to teach you how to introduce yourself" while saying this he writes on a piece paper underneath one of the books in english. It reads, 'Sorry for being so formal but if I act informal my father would veto this faster than you can blink'. "Repeat after me, Bonjour, je m'appelle Caleb" I got this "Bonjour, m'aoppeley Caleb." I don't got this. "That was close but try saying it slowly." "Bonjour, je m'appelle Caleb, is that right?" "Yes that was better now what that means is, Hello, my name is Caleb." This went on for twenty-five more minutes before he quizzed me to see how much I got down from the first lesson. "Comment vous appelez-vous?" "Je m'appelle Caleb." "Now you got it, tomorrow we shall work on your pronunciation." After that he had to go and I followed suit walking home.
Getting home I decide to go on a patrol around Paris, I told Pluto it was to stop potential crimes but it's also because I want to start memorizing the layout of the town and where everything is located. "Time to Play" and with that I am jumping from rooftop to rooftop making a note of every alleyway and street. Thirty minutes later I get a buddy jumping along with me. "Hey Cat Noir do you also transform for fun or did LadyBug task you with making sure I don't break anything", "No I saw you were transformed and decided to join you." "Saw I was transformed, did you see me pass by or something" "No I noticed your icon on the map when I checked my staff" "Your staff has GPS, that is insane, oh wait I just remembered." Stopping I flip the necklace open and a hologram flashes out showing all of paris with a completely detailed map. I see a ring and a necklace where we are. "Huh so that is how you found me, interesting. Hey I think LadyBug is also out" I say pointing to a pair of earings moving west of us. "Cat Noir is nothing without his Lady by his side" Cat Noir declares using his staff to quickly reach her a few miles away. "That dude is crazy" in love my minds quickly adds. Laughing at my own joke I continue on my way enjoying the free fall that happens after a particularly big jump. After a while my necklace starts beeping looking down I see that it is a call from Cat Noir instead of a warning that I am about to change back. Flipping the necklace open a hologram of Cat Noir's face appears "Hey Noir how's it going with your 'Lady'" I say sarcastically. "Oh well it was going Purr-fectly fine I even got her to say her favorite color it'" "Kitty I will personally kill you if you don't stop rambling and tell him about the akuma" "Oh yeah so there is an akumatized villain over here who calls himself Dragon." Hanging up on him I pull up the map and try to pinpoint where they are, finding their icons I hurriedly run over there. Sometimes with so much force in my step the sidewalk cracks or a shingle gets turned to dust.
Arriving at the scene the first thing I see are scorched marks everywhere and what appears to be scratches on the ground. Looking up I see a man standing on a beast of a lizard. "NO one will EVER insult me or my little komodo dragon ever again" Dragon yells. "Now hand me your miraculous now before I burn all of paris" Searching around I see LadyBug and Cat Noir regrouping with LadyBug calling her Lucky Charm. Running over to them "Hey i'm here so fill me in" While LadyBug finds out what to do with her Lucky Charm Cat Noir starts talking "His akuma has to be in the collar around the Komodo's neck. Which is why we haven't got it yet." When all of a sudden LadyBug throws a shoe at Cat Noir "Hurry hit it" Cat Noir on what appears to be pure instinct hits the shoe directly at Dragon knocking him off the giant Komodo Dragon. LadyBug charging in throws her Yo-yo at the lizard but all that happens is the Komodo bites down on the Yo-yo and throws LadyBug a great distance before Cat Noir catches her. Trying my hand at it I run up to the Komodo and use all my strength to knock unconscious. It opens its mouth and bites down on my arm. Feeling a slight pain from this I try to free my arm to no avail. "Hey watch out" is the only warning I get when Dragon swings a broken piece of wood at my head. Ducking to dodge it my arm bends unnaturally at the joint causing immense pain. Standing back up I headbutt Dragon sending him flying a few feet dazed and unable to get up. Getting restless after having my arm in this beast's mouth for while now I take my other hand and place it firmly on its head and start slowly lifting it into the air. Using all my strength which if it was anyone else would be impossible lift Godzilla up, I snigger at that comparison than reprimand myself for getting sidetracked. "This thing is heavy can someone please get its collar" LadyBug jumps up on the beast which is now mostly in the air. She breaks it collar and deevilizes the little akuma. Watching as the lizard shrunk till only a small baby lizard was left hanging from my finger. Walking over to the previously akumatized Dragon I hand him the lizard "Here you go and you should probably teach him not to bite." Beep. Looking down I see that I have completely ignored the first four and that was my fifth and final warning. Running into a nearby building I transform the moment the door is shut only to realize that this is a shed, next to a building. Luckily the door swings inward so I barricade it then yell to see if anyone can hear me "Hello, LadyBug or Cat Noir I need a little help." I hear someone on the other side "Who is out there I could use a little help" "That's funny aren't you supposed to be helping people like me." I recognize that voice is that Alya "Well as funny as it is could you please bring a piece of ham. I can't leave here without it" "Okay but you have to promise to answer some more questions about yourself." Yeah that is definitely Alya. "Okay but whatever you do when you hand me the piece of ham do not open the door any wider than I allow it I still want my identity a secret."
(Were switching to an Marinette POV temporarily)
"Hey Alya, did you see the fight" Marinette asks after finding her friend when she found a safe place to detransform. "Forget the fight Marinette I got something better, I just made a deal with Ruff Rider and all I need to do is get him some ham." "Who's Ruff Rider" Marinette asks slightly confused "He is the new hero helping out LadyBug and Cat Noir, I saw him lift up a giant lizard and I even got video evidence." Oh that is what he is calling himself, Ruff Rider, I swear between Cat Noir and Ruff Rider I don't know whose jokes are worse. "Oh really he must be super strong, but I heard he was reckless" "Reckless no, brave yes. He ran right at the last two akuma's without a thought in the world." Well that is not exactly what I would call brave. "Sorry Marinette I just remembered the deal gotta go."
(Back to our protagonist Caleb)
"Pluto you feeling okay" "Yeah just a little tired" the little dog kwami responds while laying down on my head. "I wonder where Alya is ,she has taken quite a while" "Don't worry she probably got distracted." Well that's the last thing I need, a distracted Alya. Knock Knock. "I have the food now open the door" walking to the door I crack it open just the tiniest bit. "Okay hand it here" suddenly there is a little slice of ham "Pluto there you go" Pluto sweeps down and picks up the ham happily chewing on it. "Now you owe me some answers" "Well if you have questions I might have answers."
"How old are you" "Seventeen" "oh, What grade are you in" "Not telling" "fine, How strong are you" "Strong enough to keep this door close, don't think for a minute I can't feel you trying to open it" I feel the pressure on the door lighten "I-I-It seems like you have an american accent did you live there and moved here" "Can't answer that". Pluto floats up next to me "I'm ready" finally "Time to Play" transforming I open the door to a slightly guilty looking Alya. "Thank you for your help and if I want you to know that I follow your blog" With that I run home, detransform and eventually head off to bed.
"Pluto, that was close today" "It sure was, let's never do that again" "Agreed"