Who saw that coming? Probably all of you, but no matter. I have big things in store for Holly in this story. . . *laughs evilly*

And yeah, in case you haven't noticed, I changed my username to MythGirl the Pokemon Master, if only to make it easier for my friends *cough* DDillonT44 *cough* to distinguish between my regular google plus and the one I am using for fanfiction schedules and update announcements!

The first thing Holly did was go into the bathroom and turn the water off. Her bath could wait for a little while. First she needed to process this. . .new information.

"Okay," she breathed out, sitting cross-legged on her bed. Cierr the bee was floating in place in front of her. "Explain absolutely everything, please, but maybe talk a little slower this time?"

Cierr smiled, inching a little closer. Since coming out of the box thing, her shy voice was replaced by one with more confidence as she spent more time around Holly. "Ya know, you're taking this really calmly. None of my other holders ever really took it this well. I know Tikki's holders generally-"

"Sorry to interrupt, but can we get back on track please?" Holly interrupted, holding up a hand.

"Sure, sorry." If Cierr could blush, Holly was certain the bee's face would be dusted with pink by now. "I tend to ramble sometimes. Maybe. . . How about if you have any questions, ask them. That should limit my rambling, at least a little."

Holly nodded, thinking. "First of all, what exactly are you? You're not like any bee I've ever seen, and I know for a fact that bees don't usually talk."

Cierr's antennae twitched a bit. "I'm a kwami!" She giggled at Holly's confused expression. "We're magical creatures tied to the miraculouses, and we're able to grant people special powers! My miraculous hasn't been used in a while, though."

Flipping the yellow hair comb in her hand, Holly asked, "This is a miraculous, then? Are they all hair combs?"

"Yes, that's my miraculous. I think it's very pretty. And no, the miraculouses for each kwami are different. Tikki has her earrings, Plagg has his ring, I have my hair comb. You need to be wearing the miraculous in order to transform, but I think it'll be better if we wait until after I finish explaining everything. That way, we won't have you ending up like Chat Noir the first time he transformed this era. That was a bit of a mess."

A small rumbling sound came from the kwami. "Sorry, I'm a bit hungry. I haven't eaten anything since the last time my miraculous was used. Do you have anything I can snack on?"

Holly pushed herself off her bed, leading the kwami into the kitchen. "It's alright, I'm hungry too. I never finished my lunch today. Is there anything you want in particular?" She started rummaging through the cabinets, still unused to the new layout. At least she had been diligent enough to clear all the boxes from the floor in her room, unlike Paige.

Cierr phased in and out of the cabinets, much to Holly's surprise. "I normally don't have a preference, but something sweet or salty would be nice." She landed in one of the cabinets Holly had been looking in. "Ooo, how about this?"

Holly reached into the cabinet, reading the label on the bag Cierr had been examining. "Trail mix? Sure, I guess. I think this one has some chocolate in it, too." She shrugged, searching for a small bowl and pouring some trail mix into it for her and Cierr to share.

The kwami immediately dug into the salty and sweet mix, trying a piece of everything. "Mm, this is good! The food in this world has gotten so yummy since the last time I was around!" Her attention was soon brought to the television Holly had left on. The akuma had been taken care of by now, but footage was still rolling that was captured by the news team and various bystanders. "So Wayzz wasn't kidding when he said that Hawkmoth was behind all of this," she said sadly.

"I'm sorry. Wayzz? Hawkmoth?" Holly felt her brain was reaching it's maximum of strange names and information for the day.

"Wayzz is the turtle kwami, and he's with the guardian. Hawkmoth, I believe, has my friend Nooroo under his control and is abusing Nooroo's powers." Her antennae drooped. "He's never been under a control like that before. I wonder how he even ended up with a person as bad as that. All Hawkmoth wants is all of the miraculouses, in order to gain absolute power over everything! He must be really tough if the guardian activated Tikki and Plagg's miraculouses. Since they represent creation and destruction, they're the most powerful, although they sometimes need help from the rest of us." Her big blue eyes met Holly's. "Holly, you've been chosen by the guardian to help Ladybug and Chat Noir bring down Hawkmoth. In your superhero form, you'll be able to help them defeat his evil akumas and restore the balance of the miraculouses. Please say you'll help!"

Holly blinked. "I'm still not really sure why I would be of much assistance. I'm not special or anything. I'm not even that social."

"That doesn't matter!" Cierr insisted, getting uncomfortably close to Holly's face. "The guardian chose you because of your kind heart! That's all that matters, Holly."

Glancing at the television again, Holly noticed the news anchor commenting that the akuma attacks appeared to be getting longer. It looked like Ladybug and Chat Noir could use some help. . . "I don't know how good I'll be at this, but I suppose I could try."

Soon she was knocked back slightly by Cierr tacklehugging her. "Thank you thank you thank you!" she cried out, her short arms spread against Holly's collarbone. "Do we have time now for me to explain everything else before your parents get home?"

A glance at the clock told her that it was around 3:15. "We've got a long time until my parents get home, but my sister should be home in about twenty minutes, so we should make this quick."

Cierr nodded. "Got it. First, the most important thing: you can't tell anyone- and I mean anyone- about your secret identity. Not only would it endanger you, but your friends and family as well."

"That makes sense. I'm assuming since he put the two of us together that the guardian knows who I am?"

"That's correct. Next, in order to transform, you have to be wearing your miraculous and you have to say 'Buzz on.' Those words will make me go into the miraculous, and you'll be in your superhero form. I won't be able to communicate with you during this time, and I only have limited vision on what you're doing, so please, make good choices.

"Now, your superhero name is Honey Bee. I designed your outfit myself, and I think it's very bee-utiful. Ha, see what I did there?" The kwami paused to laugh at her own pun, while Holly just rolled her eyes. "Anyway, it's magical, so no matter what the temperature is outside, you'll be comfortable. It also doesn't rip, so there's that. There's a mask to it, too, and I think it should work so that you won't need to wear your glasses with it. Onto your special power next-"

"I get a special power?" By this point, Holly was completely open to this idea and her mind was spinning from how this was so much better than the fictional worlds she usually lived in.

Cierr smiled at her reaction. "Mmhmm. It's called Swarm. Before using Swarm, you can be in your superhero form for as long as you want, I suppose. You'll have an indestructible expandable disc that can be used for transportation- in other words, if you want to get somewhere, you can expand it, stand on it, and ride it kind of like that board on wheels."

Holly made a face. "A skateboard?" Paige had one, but she herself had had some bad experiences with riding them.

"Yeah, those. You can use it for a weapon as well, just like a frisbee, I guess. It'll return right back to you once it hits or misses its target. So really, it works like Chat Noir's staff and Ladybug's yoyo. Oh, and you can use it as a communication device, and it also can locate where the other two are."

"That's a lot of functions," she commented, eyes wide. "So what does Swarm do?"

Popping another piece of the nearly gone trail mix into her mouth and swallowing, Cierr answered, "It's kind of like backup. After you use it, three backup worker bees- not literal bees," she added, noticing Holly's skeptical gaze. "They'll show up and help fight or distract the akuma for five minutes. Speaking of, immediately after you use Swarm, you have five minutes until you detransform. After that, I'll be tired, so I'll need some food so I can recharge. Hopefully more yummy trail mix."

"Alright, I think I've got everything. Is there anything else I should worry about?"

"Well, if an akuma somehow gets your miraculous- highly unlikely, by the way- then you'll detransform. Most of the work with the akuma will be done by Ladybug, because she's the only one who can purify the akumas. If you want to help out with that, you can attempt to find where the akuma is hidden. Most often, it's in a personal item. I think that's everything, though."

Holly nodded with a small smile. "Alright, then. We should try transforming sometime, but I think Paige should be home any minute now. Do you want to find a nice space in my room for your bed?"

Cierr grinned at her new chosen. "Sure, but I think first we need to get you used to wearing the miraculous." She flew into Holly's room to retrieve the hair comb and carried it back into the kitchen, waiting as Holly wiped her salty fingers on a napkin. She set the comb in Holly's hand before floating up to her hair. "I think it would be pretty if. . ." The kwami pushed a part of her hair behind her ear, holding it and signalling for Holly to secure it with the comb. "No, not like that. Here, hold the hair and let me do this."

She took the comb out of Holly's hair, barely waiting for the girl to hold her hair back. Pushing her comb into the hair, she combed it back a little before switching directions and letting the comb go. The hair was secured perfectly, Holly's loose waves falling nicely behind the comb. "Perfect!" she declared, floating back. "Go look in a mirror or something, this is a masterpiece!"

Shooting the kwami a playful glare, Holly went to look in the mirror in their hallway. "Oh, wow," she breathed out, lifting a light hand to touch it. Cierr buzzed over, slapping her hand away. "Hey!"

"Don't touch it! You might ruin it."

"Your faith in me is astounding," Holly deadpanned, turning away from the mirror. "C'mon, we should find you a space in my room before Paige gets back."

X-X-X

Marinette groaned and fell onto her bed. This akuma attack had been absolute torture, and in addition to that, she had heaps of homework to do. She didn't really want to admit it, but the akumas seemed to be getting stronger, getting closer and closer to hers and Chat Noir's miraculouses.

"Any chance that Hawkmoth's gonna take a break for a while?" It was wishful thinking, she knew, but at this point she absolutely would not mind it.

Tikki just giggled, munching on her chocolate chip cookie. "I don't think so, Marinette. If anything, he's getting more persistent. You and Chat Noir are doing fine, though."

She hummed in response. "I don't know, the akumas seem to be getting harder and harder to hold off. Soon enough, I'm not going to have enough time to do my homework."

"If you want time for your homework, do it now," Tikki advised. "Get it done before you have dinner, so then you can have some free time afterwards before patrol."

"Yeah, you're right." Marinette pushed herself off of her bed, going down to her desk to grab her homework. "Besides, at least this time I don't have anything else to do tonight." It was a small comfort at this point, but she'd take it. Alya was sure to be swamped with homework, too, as well as updating the Ladyblog, so there was at least one person who wouldn't call or text her in the middle of her homework.

Tikki sat down on Marinette's desk. "Besides, I don't think you'll have to worry as much soon."

Marinette lifted an eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?"

"You'll see soon enough!"

Tikki knows, of course, because why the heck not.

Thanks to Mata-NuiXIII and ukitakeitalialover041757 for following and everyone for reading!

A little self-promo before I disappear until next week: there is a poll found on both my profile and my Google Plus page (MythGirl the Pokemon Master) regarding a oneshot I am writing for mid-December. If you would be so kind as to vote on it, that would be great!

(I also recently realized that I've passed my one-year mark of being an author on here and didn't notice so that's cool XD)

Now, until next week!