Ugh I am really finding it harder to concentrate will all my family around me twenty four seven, it drives me insane sometimes to the point where I can't think. Sometimes being away from home actually sucks. But anyways, I think there will be 2 or 3 chapters left before the story is completed, I know it's a bit of a bummer but I'm sure you guys understand. Besides, I have other fanfic ideas that I can't wait to do! ^^

I haven't got much left planned for this story, and I don't want to slow the progression of the plot either just to give you guys more from this story. Oh, and no sequel in case you were wondering. I'm trying not to do sequels to any of my stories lately because to me they seem like the creator (or in this case writer) is using old ideas and now creating new ones.

So, here's the next Chapter of Revelations. Enjoy! ^^

Miraculous Ladybug (C) Thomas Astruc/ Zagtoon

Chapter 32 – Hope Restored

The trio made their way towards the school, Adrien worried that Hawkmoth might have a backup plan that no one else knew about, it made him feel more anxious the more he thought about it. His mother saw the worry in his eyes and assured him that things will all work out in the end. Ladybug on the other hand was trying to remain calm, have soothing thoughts but at the same time unleash enough anger to defeat Hawkmoth; she didn't want her emotions to be the cause of her actions.

As they arrived at the school, they looked around with caution, the eerie silence making their hearts race as they looked around each corner to look for Hawkmoth. They made their way to the classrooms but nothing there, however once they returned back outside they saw a shadowy figure in the distance, since it was dark the dark figure looked like a silhouette in the night.

Cat Noir and Ladybug held their weapons by their side, while Nathalie placed her fans by her side with content; Chat looked up at his mother in confusion, worried as to why she placed her weapons away.

"Mom, why aren't you holding your fans?" He asked, gripping his baton with both hands.

Nathalie turned her head to her son, determination and seriousness in her face but with a small smile of assurance to give him certainty that what she was doing was alright and she was aware of the consequences. Ladybug slowly moved closer to Cat Noir while Nathalie stepped forward, her eyes and head facing the ground as she took one slow step at a time.

Ladybug looked at Chat with a confused look, but he shrugged in response, not exactly knowing what his mother was doing. He could see his father in the distance; however it was difficult to make out whether he was transformed still or not.

It was then that Nathalie realised Hawkmoth was not transformed, he was plain old Gabriel with his back turned to all three of them, his hands clenched tightly by his side, the butterfly kwami nowhere in sight. Nathalie took one deep breath before she stopped walking and looked up at her husband with his back turned to her.

"Gabriel...let's start over please. I never wanted any of this to happen." She pleaded, her hand reaching out slightly, the other trying to force her tears from becoming worse.

There was no response; however Nathalie could see his hands move slightly. Chat and Ladybug started to move forward but then Nathalie moved her hand back in motion to the teens to stay there. The two teens were uncertain of where Nathalie was going with this but Adrien had a small idea, the sound of his mother sobbing made his heart break, it was one of the last things he wanted to hear.

"I don't like hearing her cry..." Chat whispered, lowering his baton a little as he looked over at his girlfriend.

Ladybug loosened her grip around her yoyo and tightly hugged him in comfort and support, knowing how much he had been going through with his family. Chat widened his eyes slightly before he felt himself relax into the hug, slowly closing his eyes and smiling as Ladybug returned the same smile.

"Please, I know somewhere deep down you're the man I fell in love with and started a family."

Gabriel's fists tightened even more before he turned, his face full of anger as his full set of teeth were showing grinding themselves together, his eyes narrowed at Nathalie before the kwami revealed himself from Gabriel's coat. Nathalie gasped as she saw the little kwami, his body language reading that he wanted to break free. She knew there was more to this than getting the miraculous back to the great guardian, but she had to get deeper into the problem to solve it.

However the look on Gabriel's face made all that hope the less certain, and his next action made everyone gasp in shock as he tightly grabbed the butterfly kwami, risking to destroy his own kwami just to get what he wanted.

"You hand me your miraculouses or I destroy my own, then no one gets my miraculous!" He declared, his eyes twitching in anger.

Ladybug and Chat ran towards him, Nathalie stopped them when they reached the same distance as her, she didn't want them to make the scene any worse, but understanding why they were running head first towards him. The teens stopped and looked up with worry as Nathalie kept her eyes focused on the small kwami yelping as Gabriel tightened his grip around the kwami.

It was then that Nathalie gave Ladybug and Chat a signal of direction before she started to run straight towards him, meanwhile Cat Noir and Ladybug ran opposite directions towards the left and right of where they once stood, and they made their way towards Gabriel from a different angle. Gabriel looked around him and saw exactly what they were doing; it was then that he squeezed the kwami as hard as he could before extending out his arm from behind and releasing the kwami with much force towards the other end of the courtyard.

With her motherly instincts stopping her, Nathalie stopped and ran straight over to the poor hurt kwami, meanwhile Ladybug and Chat had their weapons out and were waving them around ready for battle, but their minds felt more at ease now that Gabriel couldn't transform into Hawkmoth. Ladybug narrowed her eyes at the man as she and Chat ran towards him, closer and closer before suddenly Gabriel took the upper hand and kicked both teens to the ground.

Meanwhile Nathalie had the injured butterfly kwami in her hands, angered by why her husband would do such a thing. She caressed the kwami with two of her fingers as she stood up and turned to the scene presented before her. She cupped the kwami gently in her hands before she ran over, wanting to reason more with Gabriel.

"Gabriel this isn't you, please stop all this and let's all be a family again. You have no reason to be like this." She exclaimed, sadness defining her expression with the butterfly kwami still cupped in her hands.

The man growled at her before he drew a weapon from his pocket, the object turning into a long butterfly themed sword. He swooped at the two superheroes that were getting back up from the kick; he kicked his own son to the ground, while making Ladybug wrap her yoyo around his sword. He pulled hard, his eyes focused on his wife that did nothing but look at him with deep sadness in her emerald green eyes. His strength somehow stronger than Ladybug's, Gabriel managed to pull the yoyo from her hands and send it flying away.

"Now you have nothing! Hand over your miraculous!" He demanding, pointing the sword towards her.

Chat felt the anger beat him up inside, almost ready to burst. But he held it in more as he used his fallen body to his advantage by tripping his father to the ground.

"No one hurts her!" Chat stated, his face full of anger and hate.

Gabriel stood back up, his sword drawn and the two prepared to fight each other. Meanwhile Ladybug ran to reach for her yoyo, but Nathalie stopped her, her eyes widened with concern for the injured kwami in her hands.

"We need to help this little guy, Gabriel hurt him terribly."

Ladybug placed a hand on Nathalie's shoulder in assurance. "Don't worry; when this is all over we'll go straight towards the great guardian to help him." She assured, before letting go and running over towards her yoyo.

Before she even got to her yoyo, a crying scream that sounded a lot like Adrien pierced through her ears and straight through her heart. She turned to see with only the moonlight casting any sort of light to see Chat holding his baton by his side but the other hand tightly gripped around his torso as he grunted in pain.

Nathalie's heart shattered as she saw her own son with a long horizontal cut against his chest, she was truly angry now, she thought she could get through to Gabriel but she could see that she couldn't. Ladybug's anger grew, she never though Gabriel could ever be this dark and evil, risking the pain of his son to get what he wanted. Nathalie wanted to know if there was any hope left for her husband, but with the stinging sounds of her own son in pain made all that hope fade away, it wasn't until what Gabriel said next that made her think otherwise.

"You know nothing about what I went through! I've now hurt my only son just to get what I wanted! All I want is the ultimate power, and none of you are giving it to me!" Gabriel cried, before pushing his own son to the ground.

With every wince in pain Chat made, Ladybug's anger only grew stronger to the point that it was going to burst; it wasn't until she reached for her yoyo that something deep purple seeped into it. Gabriel turned for a moment and grinned, seeing that his plan was slowly working, he remained quiet before Ladybug turned around, completely emotionless, much like a robot.

"Ladybug?" Chat asked, full of pain and worry as to what happened to his lady.

Nathalie and Chat looked at Ladybug with concern and shock as to why all of a sudden she had turned so monotone and emotionless, but when Chat saw the dark purple yoyo in her hand, he knew it was the worst case scenario. He screamed as the pain from the cut stung throughout his body.

Neither of them had to state it, but they knew that if Ladybug was akumatised they would stand no chance as she was the one who done almost everything. But Nathalie knew she had to do something, she gently tucked the kwami into the strap of her belt and ran over to her son, but a sword drawn against her stopped her from going any further.

"You're not going anywhere." Gabriel declared, he grinned evilly at his wife before turning back to his latest akumatised victim.

Chat knew that if Ladybug couldn't do anything, and neither could his mother, he knew that his father would not be expecting his son to fight after being wounded terribly. So with a hand still clenched against the wound, he stood up, keeping the verbal reaction of pain hidden within as he firmly gripped his baton, nodding to his mother in assurance before he slowly walked over towards his father.

But then suddenly, Chat felt a yoyo attack his face before he fell back to the ground, he forgotten for a split second there that Ladybug could see him, this time he quickly made his way back up with the pain screaming for rest on the inside as it almost paralysed his entire body with nothing but a burning sting. He gripped his baton firmly in both hands before whacking the sword out of Gabriel's hands, Gabriel gasped before he turned back to his akumatised Ladybug, her appearance still the same but her face emotionless and her yoyo coated in a dark purple colour.

"Get him, and his miraculous!" He demanded to Ladybug, who was still approaching him.

Chat decided to make a run towards Ladybug, it was one of the last things he wanted to do, while also being in so much pain, but he was willing to fight to the very end. Meanwhile Nathalie wanted to fight, but felt like only reasoning would settle everything.

"Gabriel please, it doesn't have to be this way!" She cried.

The man turned to his wife with gritted teeth in fury. "Yes it does! I need this power, and I will do everything in my power to get what I want!"

"No!" Nathalie cried, running up to her son and huddling him against her chest, tears streaming down her cheeks before she kissed him on the head. "I won't let you hurt our family anymore!"

Chat wanted to fight, but the hug from his mother made it all too painful for him to keep on going. This was it, he thought. This would be the end of it. This would be the part where he would lose everything he ever loved all in one night, he would lose his miraculous, the love of his life and his family. He felt tears cloud his eyes as he closed them tightly, sniffles and pants as he cried out his hopes of this ever turning around, but all hopes destroyed as he soon realised that his mother had given up, and her emotions reflected onto him as well.

Ladybug obliged, her face still with no expression as she passed Gabriel, the man smirking evilly at her before Ladybug looked at him for a brief moment, causing slight suspicion to Gabriel, and then full panic when Ladybug shoved him to the ground. Chat and Nathalie looked up in awe with what just happened, shock came across their faces as they saw Ladybug pin Gabriel to the ground, a cunning grin across her face as she reached for his miraculous. Within a matter of seconds, she found the butterfly miraculous hiding underneath his fashionable tie; she pulled it off and held it tightly in her hand, claiming victory as Gabriel parted his lips with shock and anger.

"This doesn't make sense! I akumatised you!" He cried, wanting to understand why his akuma didn't infect her.

Ladybug stood up, her hands loosened by her side as she lifted up her yoyo, the purple slowly faded as the butterfly fully cleansed of evil rose through the yoyo and into the sky, disappearing into the night as a small glow from the rising sun dawned over the horizon. Nathalie and Chat approached the pair, with an arm still wrapped around her son, she used the other hand to gently grab the injured kwami, Nooroo looked up to see that he was finally free, if he wasn't in so much pain he would rejoice and celebrate his freedom.

"You can't akumatise me, or your own son. We were chosen for a reason, we can't fall into your traps. We're the ones that guide happiness towards others and keep the whole of Paris safe from danger. No matter the severity, Cat Noir and I will be there to save the day. You can't bring us down, and from now on that is how it should be."

Chat and Nathalie smiled; Nathalie nodded, seeing how wise Ladybug was with her incredible words. She knew that if that didn't make Gabriel think twice about what he was doing she didn't know what would help him. Gabriel looked down, unsure of what to say, his face still angered by his loss, but then he looked up at Ladybug, seeing the determination in her face but a small smile as she reached out for him.

"Start over; your life could be a lot better than before if you just take my hand." Ladybug gestured with an assuring smile, her hand reaching down to help him up.

Gabriel looked down before he closed his eyes tightly, trying to hold back the tears that wanted to release all the pain he had caused and the guilt that came with it. He had caused so much pain not just to people around the city but most of all to the two most important people in his life. The tears overwhelmed him and they came streaming down his face, the man wiped his eyes as he knelt on his knees in heavy guilt, Ladybug's hand still extended out to him in support, in hope for a fresh start for him.

"In the beginning...it was to help find the love of my life, I couldn't bear to raise Adrien by myself...I didn't want to be alone. All I wanted was the ultimate power to find you and bring you back into my life, but when you did...the need for power overwhelmed me...it gave me so much determination and motivation to do nothing but pursue the miraculous to become the most powerful man in the world." Gabriel explained, his breathing turning into soft pants as he wiped his glasses with his sleeve, placing them back on and looking towards the two main people in his life. "I can't believe I was willing to hurt my own son just to get what I wanted..."

"Father?" Chat forced out over the searing pain from his chest and all the tears he cried.

Nathalie looked down at her son for a brief moment before looking up towards Gabriel with her lips parted slightly, her eyes still filled with tears as she looked at her husband with deep care and worry for him. Gabriel didn't respond, he closed his eyes with content before looking up at what he would have considered his worst enemy, but with his thoughts buried and drowned in guilt, he felt like the only thing he could do now was give in. He had tried everything in his power to get what he wanted but he didn't. He got something much greater than that.

"All this time I was fighting for everything I ever wanted..." He began to say, guilt printed all over his face as he slowly closed his eyes, turning his head towards his son and wife. "But now I see I had everything all along."

A small smile curled against the man's lips, he looked up at Ladybug and grabbed the young heroine's hand, shaking it in respect in the process, showing that their battle against each other was over and it was a battle that no one lost, but a perfect ending to it, with peace on both sides.

Ladybug grasped the butterfly miraculous in her hand tightly, Nooroo had enough energy to fly towards Ladybug and cling onto her shoulder, as the sun rose she decided to leave Adrien with his reunited family for a little while she took off to find the great guardian.

Gabriel approached the two people that completed his world; he couldn't imagine his life without them. He had so much to say to them, and so did they, but all they could do now was cry in tears of happiness and embrace each other in rejoice. The Agreste family was reunited at last as the sun shone brightly in the morning sky, bring a new chapter into their lives.

Meanwhile Ladybug had flew into Master Fu's window, the master himself was meditating in the centre of the room, his eyes closed with content as he heard the familiar steps of a teenager walk into his room. He smiled as he looked up to see Ladybug with something clenched in her hand.

"I believe this belongs to you." Ladybug implied, unfolding her fingers to reveal the miraculous, Nooroo coming into sight, making Ladybug remember the other half of what she had to say. "And someone needs your help."

Master Fu stood up, his hands clasped behind his back as he approached the young girl, a smile of delight swept across his face as he picked up the butterfly miraculous, overjoyed that it was returned to him. He looked up at Ladybug in gratitude before he saw the state of the kwami. He cupped the kwami and placed him on the mat on the floor.

Not long later, Nooroo felt one hundred percent. He was finally happy and free at last.

"Thank you Ladybug." Nooroo said, not long after Master Fu said the same.

Ladybug smiled and nodded in response before she leapt out the window swinging her yoyo to the nearest building. She was extremely glad with how things turned out in the end; she hoped that now everything would be okay from now on.

Okay as much as that sounds like the end, it isn't the end just yet! Unfortunately it does look like that the next chapter will be the last Chapter and I'm so sorry for leaving you guys with such short notice. This Chapter I guess was just reforming the main villain but after this it only gets better.

Now for some reason with the cover contest link it didn't work, basically you can find it on my deviantart profile which is linked on my fanfiction profile. ;) So I repeat, this is NOT the last Chapter! Next chapter is the last chapter. So see you all in a few days time for the final chapter! ^^