The castle was cold, dark, and dusty. Skeletons and corpses were scattered across the floors.
"Creepy! Why couldn't the princess be kept in a medow somewhere?" Plagg asked.
"Hey this will come in handy." Adrien found some armor. He put the helmet on his head. "Okay now you wait here."
"By myself?"
"Unless you'd rather slay a dragon?"
"No I'm good."
Adrien went to look around, at first all he found was the same thing as before. Dust and dead bodies, then he spotted a tower.
"So she's up there. But where's the-"
"DRAGON!" Plagg shouted. Suddenly the ground shook and out of no where a big, red, and spotted dragon hit Adrien with it's tail sending him flying into the tower window waking the princess.
The dragon chased Plagg around the castle until it had him cornered.
"No! Oh no! No!" Plagg shouted.
The dragon roared in his face.
"Oh what large teeth you have...I...I mean white sparkling teeth." The kwami said desperately trying to think of something to save himself. "You probably hear this from all your food but you must bleach or something because you've got one dazzling smile. And you know what else? You're a...you're a."
The dragon smiled at him and began to shrink until she turned into a cute ladybug kwami."
"You're a kwami?" He said.
"Yes." She said in a squeaky voice.
"You're a girl kwami? Oh! sure, I mean of course you're a girl kwami. Because you're just wreaking of feminine and beauty. What's the matter with you? You got something in your eye?"
She nuzzled him, he pulled away. "Whoa! Now! Um...you know I should probably go look for my friend now...heh...heh...Adrien!"
She turned back into a dragon and carried him off.
"Ahh! No! Wait! Stop! Adrien! Help!" Plagg shouted as he was carried away. Back in the tower Adrien woke from his fall and tried to figure out what he was doing before.
Marinette who was thrilled that a knight finally made it this far, quickly made herself presentable, and pretended to be asleep. Adrien looked over at her. She had dark-blue hair that was tied into a ponytail and wore a long, light pink dress, with long white sleeves and white trim on the edges of the dress. Her skin was radiantly white except for her cheeks and lips which were Rose red.
Adrien wouldn't admit it, but she sure was beautiful. No wonder some of these Knights risked their tails for her. He then remembered the objective and approached her. He grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Wake up!"
"What?!" She said.
"Are you Princess Marinette?"
"I am. Awaiting a brave knight to rescue me."
"Oh that's nice. Now let's go!"
"But wait! Sir knight! This be our first meeting. Should it not be romantic?"
"Yeah, sorry lady. So where's the door?"
"There is no door."
"What do you mean there's no door?"
"Why do you think I've never left this place? There's no way out."
He looked around then an idea came into his head. "There's a window." He pulled her close to him.
"Hey what are you doing?"
"Hold on tight." He grabbed the chain of a chandelier outside and swung down from the tower. Then he grabbed her hand and took off running.
"Slow down!" Marinette said. "I'm in heels!"
"Sorry!"
"Um you know we could take a moment to get to know each other."
"Not now."
"Then can I at least know the name of my rescuer?"
"Um...Adrien."
"Sir Adrien." She pulled a hankerchief from her sleeve. "I pray you take this favor as a token of my appreciation."
"Thanks." He took it from her and wiped the sweat off his face.
"Eww." Marinette mumbled. Then the ground shook. "You didn't slay the dragon?"
"It's on my to do list!"
"But you're supposed to try to kill the giant first. That's what all the other Knights did."
"Yeah right before they burst into flames! Now where does this dragon reside?"
"Tikki is just down the hall I guess."
"Great!"
"Where are you going? The exit's over there."
"I believe your giant has kidnapped my cat."
"Your cat?"
"Long story."
"What kind of knight are you?"
"One of kind." He went down the hall, into Tikki's room.
"Look you seem really nice." He heard a Plagg said. "But I'm not ready for a physical relationship."
"You sure are cute." Tikki said back in her kwami form. She nuzzled him again.
"Hey that is unwanted physical contact! Hey! What are you doing?!"
"Giving you a kiss."
"Eww! Back off toots! I'm not that kind of cat."
"Psst! Plagg!" Adrien whispered.
"Adrien! Am I glad to see you!"
"Oh no!" Adrien said. He grabbed Plagg and quickly ran as Tikki turned into a dragon again and chased them. During their escape they pulled Marinette along.
"Hi Princess!" Plagg said.
"It talks!" She said.
"Yeah! It's getting him to shut up that's the trick!" Adrien said. The three of them slid down a pole but one part of it hit Adrien in the soft spot. "Owwww!"
Tikki chased them all around the castle, unknowingly getting her foot caught in a nearby chain. Adrien noticed this and got an idea. "Okay you two! Head for the exit! I'll take care of her!"
He grabbed a sword from one of the dead Knights and stuck it between the chains, then he joined the other two as they ran across the bridge. Tikki was right behind them before she could get too close the chain got hooked on the sword and she was stuck. All she could do was watch the three of them escape.