03/18/23
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The very next day, Adrien was at the photoshoot at the park near the bakery. His bodyguard was keeping an eye out to make sure no paparazzi do not go crazy for the famous model.
"Okay just one more" His photographer said, "Hold the rose near your chest"
Adrien did what he was told and gave a seductive smile to the camera.
"Excellent" The photographer took a picture.
From the rooftop balcony, Marinette watched it all, "Such a lovely smile in the photoshoot" She swoons and thought about going downstairs below for a closer look, "Okay Marinette, calm breaths" She said to herself.
As soon as she came down below, she saw his bodyguard guarding the park so no interruptions can ruin the photoshoot, "Aw great" Marinette sighs.
"We need a lady with you, young Agreste. There's gotta be a volunteer for this" The photographer said.
"Oh, take me!" Marinette waved her hand.
"Ah, she's perfect! Come along, mademoiselle" The photographer said and the bodyguard lets her through.
"Uh heh heh" Marinette chuckled nervously.
"Hey there Marinette" Adrien greeted her.
"Hi Adrien" Marinette said.
"You two hold each other's hands and look straight in the eyes. This is so beautiful" The photographer said.
Adrien and Marinette did as they were told, looking into each other's eyes while holding hands. Adrien was a little shy to hold a girl's hands but he was used to photoshoots. So was Marinette with holding hands with her crush she met yesterday.
"This is so cute and beautiful!" The photographer took lots of pictures.
"Thanks" Adrien replied but then felt Marinette look frozen due to her dreamy stare, "Um Marinette?" He waved his hand.
"Huh? What?" Marinette snaps out of the trance.
"Nothing. Thanks for volunteering" He smiled cutely.
"You're welcome," Marinette said.
"Um, I'll see you around" Adrien blushed.
"See you soon, Adrien" Marinette headed back to the bakery.
"She's something special," Adrien said to himself.
Marinette was having a heart attack of love and she couldn't stop thinking about him when he held her hands, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh! I held his hands!" She squeals in excitement.
She got back to her room and lay on her loft bed, "Wow, I can't believe I held his hands" She swoons.
x
With Adrien, he couldn't help but think of Marinette when she looked into his eyes.
They were so beautiful to him, "I really should see her more" Adrien thought.
"Meow" Plagg meowed.
"Hey buddy" He pets his head.
Just then, a spirit of a cat appeared and it wanted Adrien to see something.
"What the?" Adrien followed the spirit.
It floated through the door and Adrien opened it to follow where it's leading him to. It floated downstairs and into the living room, stopping at the fireplace which is on fire and it opened like a flame gate to the underworld.
"Whoa, incredible" Adrien walks into the gate and came up to Charon, the boatman of Styx.
"Ah, the son of my lord. Hop on" Charon bowed.
"Uhhh…..am I really dead? Am I supposed to give you gold or something?" Adrien asked nervously, realizing that this is his father's underworld realm.
"No need this time. I'll take you to him. Hop on" Charon said.
Adrien hops on the boat, being careful to not fall into the river of souls, "Okay, I'm not dead"
"Of course not" Charon paddled the boat over to Hades' location.
It wasn't much like Hell but it was glowy blue and the caverns were filled with dead skulls of those who died. Adrien can hear the moaning of lost souls in the river, shivering from how cold it is in the underworld.
"Man, this feels like a living nightmare," He said.
"Everyone dies in ways, young lord. Some have escaped but some have failed to get past Cerberus" Charon slowly paddles to the cavern that leads to the kingdom of the underworld.
They soon passed by the three-headed dog Cerberus himself. It snarled at the souls trying to escape through the gates.
"Whoa, he's one tough dog," Adrien said.
"And extremely vicious. Here we are, young lord. Your father awaits you" Charon stopped the boat near the temple.
Adrien got off the boat and walks up to the temple to meet Hades. Dead walking skeletons bowed to the young lord to show the respect that he's the son of Hades.
Soon he reached the gates and opens them, seeing Hades appearing before him, "Welcome to the Underworld, my boy"
"Father?" Adrien looks at Hades who look much different than from the movies or mythology paintings.
"Yes. My you have grown" Hades approached Adrien.
"Uh, thanks. You sent the cat ghost to me?" Adrien asked, looking at the portraits of his father's history with defeating Kronos.
"Of course, I have a gift for you," Hades said.
"I hope it's not a scary death thing," Adrien said.
"Not at all" Hades brought him to the ring and the staff.
"A ring and a staff?" Adrien said.
"It's more than that, my son. For you see, I tried to tell my brother Zeus that the monsters will one day strike again in the modern world but he thinks I'm being paranoid. So, me and my wife went into Paris to mate with a mortal. I met your mother and you simply know the story from her. Anyways, we needed a demigod child to protect the world from threats. You and Persephone's daughter" Hades explained.
"Wait, Persephone has a daughter?" Adrien got curious.
"Yes and she's also a demigod like you. But her identity is secret, much like yours are gonna be" Hades handed the ring over.
"Okay" Adrien puts the ring on, "So what should I do?"
"Just say claws out and you'll see what happens," Hades said.
"Okay, claws out!" Adrien spoke out and he transformed into a cat-themed hero with messier and wilder hair as well cat eyes.
"Whoa! What the hell?" Adrien was startled.
He looks into the mirror seeing himself in the costume, "I look like some kitty cat!"
"Ah, yes. You have destruction powers. Your secret demigod partner is good luck" Hades said.
"Okay. So how do I use these powers?" Adrien wondered.
"You'll know, my son. You can see the dead, destroy things with one touch, and who knows what else. Now let's get to your assignment" Hades made the flames do projections, "Centuries ago, the descendant of Medusa is on the loose and she needs to be stopped. The council gods don't know where she is but we guess she's in human form to blend in" The projection showed the slideshow of flames.
Adrien watched pictures of what the descendant looked like. She was nearly the spitting image of her mother with snake hair.
"So it's true? A real gorgon can turn people into stone?" Adrien asked.
"Yes, as soon as they make eye contact with her stone gaze" Hades explained.
"That's hard to fight someone we can't look at," Adrien said.
"Your partner will come up with something useful to protect your eyes. I can assure you that" Hades said.
x
With Marinette, a magic ladybug made her closet door into a portal. Marinette went through the portal and admired the magical forest like it was a fairytale.
"It's beautiful" She looks through the forest.
She spots a beautiful doe and it gestures for her to follow. So she did and the doe ran up to a beautiful woman waiting near a fountain. By appearance, she slightly resembled Marinette's human mother.
"Mom?" Marinette said.
"My dear daughter," Persephone said and embraced her daughter in a hug.
"Is it really you Persephone?" Marinette asked.
"Yes, it's me" She replied.
"Why did you summon me to this place?" Marinette asked.
"The time has come for you to be like demigods. Only this time, you'll need these, my princess" Persephone hands her the earrings and yo-yo.
"Thank you. Anything special with these?" Marinette puts the earrings on.
"Just say spots on and you'll see," Persephone said.
"Okay, spots on!" Marinette transformed into some heroine with a ladybug-colored suit with a mask, and her hair and eyes became slightly bluer in color.
"Oh my god! What just happened?!" Marinette looked at herself, feeling that the suit won't come off.
"You just transformed into Paris' new demigoddess heroine, the suit is magical and can only come off saying spots off" Persephone explained.
"Wow. This is crazy" Marinette really likes it.
"What does this do?" She picks up the yo-yo.
"It will come in handy one day, my little ladybug. Anyways, let's focus on what you need to know" Persephone made the water into a projection, "The descendant of Medusa is on the loose and we don't know where she is. She's in human form now and easy to blend in the crowd. She has to be stopped"
"Okay. If I'm correct I have to avoid her stone gaze" Marinette said.
"Indeed, my dear. But you won't be alone, you'll have a partner who happens to be my husband's son. He is also a demigod like you too" Persephone said.
"Okay. Who is it?" Marinette asked.
"Let's not go to his actual name but his name is Cat Noir," Persephone said.
"Got it. That makes me simply Ladybug" Marinette made her hero name.
"Indeed, my daughter. But just remember, there could be those monsters from Greek mythology coming to threaten Paris but they are only looking for demigods. My father Zeus refused to listen to my husband and so, the only way to stop those monsters are demigods. Perseus, Theseus, and Hercules were the famous demigods in history" Persephone said.
"Yes, now it's Cat Noir's and my turn," Ladybug said.
