Marinette/Ladybug's P.O.V

A few moments went by. It was no surprise Adrien was Cat Noir. What intrigued her more was why she woke up in his bed, the batch of cookies and a note.

Then her mind flashed back to last night: how had Cat Noir been so fast and powerful. It wasn't a fluke. Nor was it recklessness. He had truly become stronger. She remembered clearly the she was going to die by his sword. She only remembers darkness after that.

She wasn't dead so Cat Noir hadn't killed her. She pinched herself to check anyway.

She detransformed and Tikki came flying out and she looked like someone who was half starved to death. (Which was precisely what happened).

"Marinette, I need something to eat. I held your transformation all night."

Marinette nodded and brought over the batch of cookies reading the note as Tikki literally ate her cookies like a vacuum cleaner.

The note read:

Dear Ladybug,

Last night you fell unconscious when we fought. If you are reading this, you probably can guess my secret identity by now. I'm sorry for everything I've done. You didn't let me tell you yesterday but the only reason I got stronger was because I-

At this moment she ripped of the note into tiny pieces. Marinette wasn't going to listen to any sap story. But she was a little regretful of her action just then. If she had read on she would have found out the secret to his power.

She would ask him next time. Then she would exploit this trick to triumph over him once again.

It was quite late. School started in five minutes. She got there in time by transforming into Ladybug and then detransforming just before she got there.

When she arrived, students there were crowded around Alya again.

"What sort of video did she get this time?" she muttered as she walked to her seat and squeezed through the crowd.

When she looked at the footage she was shocked to find that it was yet another video of her and Cat Noir have a fight. Yet as she watched she saw that it was footage of yesterday. This was her chance to see what happened last night.

Seeing it for the second time, she still couldn't believe Cat Noir's speed and power then. The class obviously couldn't either. She watched as Cat Noir was about to strike she bit her bottom lip. She was tense all over and then she heard Volpina's cry to try and stop him. He stopped and she watched as she fell unconscious because of shock. She now knew what had happened. Then Cat Noir had a conversation with Volpina but it was inaudible. The footage had ended there.

It had seemed Volpina was becoming more mature as a superhero and had learnt to control her 'wild side' too. It was never completely hidden though as she would sometimes like to say: just under control.

Cat Noir had stopped very quickly with puns. He had become more powerful. Even if he had disappeared without notice.

She was a complete mess.

She glanced at Adrien who was talking with Nino. This was the same person who ran around in black half the time. It almost didn't make sense.

School was over and it wasn't so long before there was a loud bang nearby. Another akuma. She gave Tikki some leftover cookies and then transformed. However when she arrived it wasn't just another akuma it was…

Hawkmoth.

Hawkmoth's P.O.V

Hawkmoth had been watching Ladybug's behaviour and it seemed that through his excessive research, she now hated Cat Noir.

He notices changes in her behaviour. He knew that if Ladybug was changing he would get her to become his ally. Would he risk revealing himself though? If all three came at once he could lose.

Now he was face to face with Ladybug herself.

"Join me!" he tried. There was an obvious refusal. He knew Ladybug on her own wouldn't be able to defeat him. He was way too strong for her. So using his speed, grabbed her by the legs and knocked her out. He had an idea. Be it a dangerous one.

Once he arrived back at his lair he lay Ladybug on the ground and strapped her limbs to shackles. He needed to perform this operation fast before Ladybug woke up. Of course deeming that his luck was worse than Cat Noir's, Ladybug immediately woke up.

Marinette/Ladybug's P.O.V

Marinette knew she was in trouble now. She was shackled to the ground in Hawkmoth's lair.

"Will this work?" she heard him mumble. Whatever he was going to do she wasn't going to let it happen.

"LET ME GO!" she screamed.

"NO, SILENCE YOU INSIGNIFICANT BUG!"

That was enough to silence her unfortunately. Marinette could only hope she was going to get out of this alive. Even Hawkmoth's shouts made her heart stop.

Hawkmoth's P.O.V

His mind had been decided. He was going to do it. Hawkmoth was going to darken Ladybug, the same way he darkened the butterflies. He began to send dark energy into the still struggling superheroine. He found that there was already lots of darkness already so it only made his transformation easier.

It wasn't long until Ladybug was covered in black (no spots). She looked more like a neon woman now. Her eyes turn red. This was the beginning of dark Ladybug…