(Sunday)
Waking up I look at my alarm clock and see that I have slept through most of the morning and a tiny part of the afternoon, sitting up I see Pluto on my computer scrolling through the LadyBlog.
"What are you doing Pluto" I say stretching as I get up
"When your asleep I like to keep an eye on the LadyBlog so I can wake you the moment any akuma activity is posted" Pluto says not looking away from the screen, laying a bag of jerky next to him I walk downstairs to eat breakfast or maybe lunch since I am clearly unable to eat at normal times and instead keep eating in between normal times. Deciding on brunch I get everything ready when Pluto flies down into the kitchen. "Caleb you must see this" Pluto says dragging me to my room, thinking something bad has happened I rush to see what the problem is "Hurry look" Pluto says pointing to the screen. Looking at the screen I see nothing out of the ordinary except for an advertisement for some flower festival near where I live
"Pluto what's the deal" I say not seeing anything bad
"Caleb can't you see there is a festival with flowers isn't that just the greatest" Pluto says bursting with joy
"Why do you like flowers so much" I ask my kwami giving him a weird look
"As a dog I can smell really good and flowers they just smell amazing" Pluto answers barely able to contain his excitement
"You like flowers because they smell nice" I say in disbelief "Well if you want to go I guess I can take you" I end up saying, I think Pluto just likes flowers because he's a dog and dogs like everything but I keep that comment to myself. Getting ready to head out to the festival I leave with an excited Pluto in my pocket, getting near the festival I don't need to have a strong sense of smell to clearly tell I am going in the right direction. Arriving where all the festivities are and most of the flowers I slip Pluto out of my pocket so he can discreetly go around and do whatever a dog kwami does when surrounded by flowers. As I was walking around in the general area Pluto promised to stay in I see Marinette with some sort of sketch book. Walking up to her I say "Hey what brings you here"
Marinette putting the sketch book behind her back says "I'm just here to get some ideas for a flower themed outfit"
"That sounds cool do you have any good ideas yet" I ask raising an eye as I see Pluto dart from one flower stand to another in the blink of an eye
"I have a few sketches but nothing solid yet so if you don't mind I have some flowers to look at" Marinette says before walking away to go look at different types of flowers.
(Pluto's POV)
Enjoying the flowers I fly over to another stand when I catch a familiar scent, looking around with a sly grin on on my face I start tracking it, quickly flying around tracing it till I find the owner of the familiar smell. "Hello Tikki" I say as I see the ladybug kwami
Tikki turning to look at me just sighs "Hello Pluto I see you are disregarding the don't talk to the other kwamis unless the holders know each other rule again, I swear you're worse than Plagg sometimes"
"Technically our holders know each other they just don't know each others secret life" I say floating in the air lazily behind a bunch of flowers.
"They do well that's interesting but do not tell me, just because you have a great sense of smell doesn't mean you can find me and the other kwamis whenever you want" Tikki says motioning for me to be less noticeable
"I think that is exactly what it means, and since when were you the one to leave your holder" I ask knowing I hit a soft spot when Tikki looks at me disapprovingly
"You know I can't sit still when there are so many flowers but at least I know where my holder is where is yours, perhaps sitting at the top of the Eiffel Tower untransformed" Tikki says crossing her arms
"That's so cold besides I could locate my holder in a second and be there in two" I say puffing up my chest before laughing.
"Since your so good at finding people why don't you find Hawkmoth" Tikki says no longer playing around
"I don't know it's like something is stopping me from locating him even on the map when my holder is transformed it doesn't show him" I say thinking about Nooroo and how I can't find and protect him from Hawkmoth. At this moment I hear screaming as the victim of an akuma starts to transform.
(Caleb's POV)
Walking around I see Chloe at a flower stand yelling and throwing flowers screaming that these were not the ones she ordered. After Chloe leaves the flower stand is a mess with all the flowers ruined and the owner sitting on the ground looking defeated with the only remaining intact flower in their hand, about to see if she is all right I see an akuma fly right into the flower. Realizing what is about to happen I start looking everywhere for Pluto when people start screaming. When she finally transforms I see she is wearing an elegant black dress with flowers spiraling down each sleeve and thorns wrapping around the base of the dress, the flower is now a long staff with a flower orb on top.
"I am Marigold and no one will ever ruin my flowers again" Marigold yells pointing the flower in her hand at the ground growing a gigantic monstrous like tree from the ground which soon comes alive. About to tear the place apart looking for Pluto I spot him flying towards me, running towards him he hides in my pocket as I look for a place to transform when I see Marinette.
"Marinette there is an akumatized person you have to leave" I yell running up to her
"I know Caleb but I forgot something back there" Marinette says before running off, choosing between going after Marinette or find a place to transform I decide I could be a lot more helpful as Ruff Rider. Transforming behind a booth I run back to where I last saw Marigold just in time to see LadyBug arrive.
"LadyBug the akuma is in the flower in her hand" I yell running over to the tree monster which is currently destroying everything, reaching the gigantic tree monster I try to punch it's midsection only for leaves to wrap around my hand which start to bloom into flowers letting out a purple pollen, when I inhale everything in my body screams in pain, holding my breath I try to rip my hand away but it is stuck firmly in place. Desperately needing air I am about to inhale when all of a sudden Cat Noir is next to me twirling his staff creating a fan that blows the pollen away. Taking a breath I pull one last time tearing my hand away and using the momentum to knock the tree monster down, before it can get back up Cat Noir takes his staff and smashes it through the head of the tree monster destroying it
"Would you look at what the cat dragged in" I say to Cat Noir "Than again you just saved me a lot of pain so thank you"
"No problem now let's go help LadyBug" Cat Noir says running off to join the fight against Marigold. Following him I can't help but feel the pollen still inside my body, as we arrive to help LadyBug, Cat Noir runs over to LadyBug and she tells him where the akuma is hiding.
"No one will ever hurt my preciouses again" Marigold yells pointing her flower staff at me which causes the pollen I inhaled to burn like a thousand suns and the pain travels to my head until the pain abruptly stops and I hear her voice in my head. 'Get my LadyBugs and Cat Noirs miraculous'. My body responding, ignoring my mind, doing whatever Marigold wants as she is imprisoning me in my own body, trying my hardest I mentally try to hold back my strength as much as I can. Rushing towards LadyBug I try to make a grab for her when Cat Noir trips me with his staff causing me to lose balance and allowing enough time for LadyBug to move out of the way. When I hit the earth I immediately get back on my feet when I see movement behind a stand, running towards it I lift the stand up off the ground into the air with one hand and look down to see a polka dotted wind-up toy robot. Confused I turn around just in time to be wrapped up in LadyBugs yo-yo, trying to break free with all my strength the cord does not break leaving me trapped. Marigold seeing that I failed releases control of me just in time for Cat Noir to sneak up behind her and break her flower staff, LadyBug releasing me from being tied up deevilized the akuma. Looking at all the destruction I caused while being manipulated is both amazing and terrifying, I can see where I took every step because a sizable crater was left wherever my foot touched and the spot where I fell looks like a small meteor landed there. Walking over to LadyBug who is using her lucky charm which was the wind up robot to restore everything back to normal.
"Sorry for almost killing you both" I say feeling really bad that I could've hurt one of them
"Don't worry Cat Noir has tried to do that quite a few times now" LadyBug says
"Only when an akumatized person makes me, and besides it was crazy to see you go all out Ruff Rider, I mean the thought never even crossed my mind that you were holding back" Cat Noir says in a bit awe, after he says this LadyBugs earrings beep.
"Got to go" she says before running and Cat Noir soon leaves in the opposite direction. Left with only my own company I begin to walk over to a secluded area and detransform. Walking home with Pluto in my pocket eating some jerky I can't help but think to what Cat Noir said because even then I was holding myself back with all the control I could muster while Marigold controlled me, and that is what scares me the fact that I could do a lot more damage. Going to bed that night I fall into a dreamless sleep.
I have a lot of power in my hands, now all I have to do is learn how to use it.
(Quick question, do you readers want to see more Ruff Rider x Alya sooner or should I keep slowly building it up?)