A bright warm light was the first thing Louis felt after his blackout, the light sounds of busy streets and human chatter followed after. The boy blinked a few times, fixing his vision and taking in his surrounding. Quickly snapping to his senses, he looked down at himself. The red spotted suit was absent and he returned back to his normal red button down top and white t-shirt. The still damped clothing reminded him about the past event. With a sigh, Louis picked himself up and patted the dirt that stuck on to his dark blue jeans and looked around once more. To his relief, his younger siblings seemed to have made it safe and sound as well, Emma still asleep in her wet skye blue plaid top and white shorts, Hugo resting in her arms. Looking up, trees lined up in front of black fences that shined a late day hue. Not far from them, a group of kids were kicking around with a soccer ball with , what Louis assumed, parents sitting not far from them. Sunlight creeped their way passed the leaves above their heads, the new brightness caught him by surprised, raising his hand to cover the light. Louis sighed, picking up the drenched bags that lied against the tree where he woke from and bent down to wake up Emma.
"Hey.. Emma. We gotta get moving" He said softly, lightly shaking her by the shoulder. Her eyes twitched , her lips curled into one of discomfort. Letting out a yawn, she finally found the strength to open her eyes half way. Louis let out a smile, which faded as quickly as it came as he stood back up, his sister looking up towards him.
"Louis?...Where are we?" She asked, rubbing her eyes from the light. Emma remain seated in order to preserve the sleeping Hugo that was still fast asleep.
"I'm sure it's the park mother always use to take us to in the spring. Although, it looked a lot smaller than what I am use to" Louis squinted around the area. Emma looked around, a silence hung between them.
"So, this is how the future looks like.." She muttered under her breath. Suddenly, Emma's nose twitched following a half of a sneeze before she plastered both her hand over her mouth. Eyes locked on Hugo. A short pause stuck around, but the soft breathing of their smallest sibling brings them back at ease.
"We have to get out of these wet clothes before we all catch a cold.." Louis insisted, gently picking up Hugo from Emma and passing the book bags to her as she stood up.
"Master fu may be able to help us" Emma said, stringing the bags over her shoulders. Louis looked down at his gripped hand, loosening it to see the jade turtle shell bracelet before clutching his fist back up again.
"Yeah, he should be still in that red building we found him in before…" He said looking around, however the taller buildings leveled themselves around them, making it just as significantly hard to see past. "Great.." He sighed, pushing back the hair that fell over his eyes, scratching the back of his head. Emma stepped beside him and held up her hand, pointing at the silver ring on her middle finger.
"Maybe just for a moment. We'll just try to stray from anyone being able to see us." She explained. Louis bit on his lower lip before pulling his sister out the park and into a secluded alley.
"Okay. We will have to hurry. Low profiles, remember. Okay?" He strung his little brother on his back once again, Emma rolled up her sleeves.
"Spots on!" Louis called. A bright red spark flew around him and dove into his earrings, five black spots enlarged themselves in its red surroundings. A warm red glow materialized the red and black spotted suit , replacing Louis's original wet outfit with its soft layers. Around his waist, a yoyo spun around and attached itself to its end, handing itself by his side. He looked up to his sister, giving her a nod to proceed.
"Claws out" Emma followed, green sparks spiraled around her from top to bottom. The black suit flexed itself out around her body, phasing out her drenched clothings. A pair of cat ears popped out from the top of her blonde hair, a belt following shortly, attaching itself to her lower back. Flexing out her hands, she looked back at her brother, waiting for his signal.
Louis looked up from the alleyway, with one hand securing Hugo on his back, he threw the spotted yoyo on top, tugged on it a few times to make sure it was safe before looking back to his little sister. She already has out her silver baton.
"Go" He instructed, and the two took flight. Wind soared in front of them as they jumped from roof to roof. They remained behind chimney places when waiting for each other, but primarily tried to stay in the shadows of houses. After passing several streets, the two settled to a safe spot in order to see if any one of them saw the red building.
"I didn't see any" Emma said softly, her eyebrows scrunched up. Louis sighed and looked over one of the roofs, eyeing around their area. Then from the corner of his eyes, a red bricked building showed itself another a few streets more from them. In a gasp, he patted Emma's shoulder and pointed at the red building. Their faces mirrored the same smile before standing back up . But behind them, a loud crash sounded and a visible dust cloud remained as one of the building's fell to the ground. There was a slight shake on the roof below them, but that slight movement caused the younger Agreste to lose balance and, in reflex, step backwards to gain control. However, the ledge fell short and soon, she found herself looking towards the sky.
A scream was heard behind Louis before he threw his whipped around quickly only to see his sister falling backwards along with the bags off of the roof.
"EMMA" He cried, diving towards her in hopes of catching her hand, but the chance silently slipped out of his grasp. Louis scrambled to his feet, looking over the ledge in fear but didn't find his sister's body below. He lifted his head back up and looked around but was only greeted to silence.
Soon, a figure started to elevate itself up in front of him. Louis felt air finally continued to travel through his lungs once again when he saw his sister in the arms of the new stranger. In near tears, He rushed over to her examining from top to bottom in fear of damages. Emma had her eyes shut closed, although after a few seconds without feeling the hard ground, she peeked out by her right eye.
Carrying her in a rather bridal style, the tall blonde male looked in shock into the green shaded eyes that mirrored his own. From the collared opening to the cuffs of his gloves, even the bell by his collarbone was all too similar to be a copy of.
"Chat, you're scaring her by just staring for so long" A voice spoke behind Louis. He turned around to see a girl with dark blue hair, similar to his, tied into two low pigtails with a red ribbon holding them together. Her sea-blue eyes surrounded by her red mask decorated with spots, matched her suit. Mirrored to his.
Another crash followed a second after, and another wave of dust rose from the streets. The spotted girl bit down on her lips and raced to throw her yoyo to another end of another roof.
"Chat, bring them to the ground and instruct them to the nearest police. I'll meet you by the bridge in 5 minutes, go!" She ordered, pulling herself away towards the noise. The cat boy nodded into the distance before jumping down to the ground and setting Emma to her elevated himself up once again to pick up Louis by his waist, lightly taking Hugo from Louis's back and placing him on his own back before safely landing to the ground below. Setting Louis down first, then passing his little brother back to him, the boy patted his hand together and held his hands on his waist.
"Okay, so there should be a police group just around this corner that is suppose to guard that certain area. You both can go and find what you need from there' He explained before wielding out his silver baton once again to push him to the roof of the next house and his figure was lost in the distance. The siblings exchanged looks before darting away behind a building next to them.
"That was way too close" Emma let out a sigh. Louis nodded, heaving up the sliding Hugo and looked around before turning back to his sister.
"The building is not too far away from here now, and I got a pretty good picture of where it is. We can de-transform here just in case they get a second thought and come back." Louis explained, the thin trail of light trickled itself from his toes and danced around his body until the red and black spotted suit dematerialize away and was replaced by his former clothes. Emma followed not long after, the lime green light appeared and erased the black suit from her and she was once again in her old wet clothing. Heading back out, Louis took a few steps before looking back to see his sister standing in the same spot without moving behind him.
"Hey Louis…." She began with a small voice. They kept that distance as the silence held longer. Emma took a deep breath before continuing. "Do you think that...maybe..who we saw before..was mom and dad?". The setting sun creeped from behind Louis, making it hard to see his face from the shadow of his own body. Silence resumed itself again.
"Who knows" He finally answered. "There's no real way we can tell if they...were really them. After all, Ladybug and Chat noir's origin extends back to many moons ago." Emma didn't show any signs of relapsing her theory, but tugged up her bags before closing the space between the two. Louis rose his free hand and placed it on top of her head. "I promise that will not happen again. I'll protect you" He smiled. Emma looked up with a small smile and nodded.
Walking out, Louis took the lead into the crowd that surrounded around the area due to the prior attack. Sliding pass the officers there, they managed to travel their way to the next street, where the building of their destination became clear of view. A new rush of relief swept between the two as they darted towards the building without a second thought. Walking in, the building they saw before them was much more grand compared to what they were use to before. The colors looked as if they were just polished, the windows intact as they ever were. The yellow tinted light illuminated the lobby with a few people traveling in and out of the working elevator. The sight of it made the two almost emotional to the scene.
They walked into the silver painted elevators and watched as the door slowly closed before them. Alone in the steel box, Louis let out a sigh.
"We made it to the first checkpoint, Em" He chuckled, watching the numbers blink to five. Emma was grinning herself, the cold that was brought from her wet clothes seemed to have disappeared from her senses. Louis pulled the jade bracelet from his pocket and gripped onto it. The number five lit up and the doors opened.
They stepped out and the image replays in their mind of the hallway leading to the door of Master fu. However this hallway was brighter, the brown tinted wall took more colored from the light on the ceiling above them. The window at the end of the hall displayed the orange tint of the mid-day sky. The two approached the same door that was decorated with the same black pattern of their day.
"Looks like master fu hasn't been moving around a lot eh" Emma commented as Louis knocked on the wooden door. After hearing nothing for the next few minutes, he proceeded to try the doorknob, which was surprisingly opened already.
"Excuse me.." Louis muttered, pushing the door open and in he found a small old looking man with gray hair along the back of his head, a clear wide bald spot took over the top of his head. The similar red hawaiian shirt decorated with white flowers and the same old pair of khaki pants. The old man's ears perked as he turned to face the visitors by the door.
"And who might you be?" He asked in a soft voice, taking hold of his wooden cane before proceeding to stand up from his spot. The two kids looked at each other , trying to figure out what else to say, but a gradually amplified whine erupted from behind Louis.
"Hugo!" Emma hissed, dumping her bags down to the floor and taking her little brother off Louis and lifted him a few times, rocking him softly while Louis stood up to assist her. The jade bracelet fell from his hand and onto the floor with a clear clank. The old man looked instantly at the floor where the jewelry fell and walked over to pick it up. His eyes traveled between the accessory to his own. A absolute match.
"Children" He started, but the outbreak of the smallest child has gotten both their full attention, the noise coming from him didn't seem to show an end to it any time soon either. The blonde teenager patted rhythmically on the smaller child with bright yellow locks who's crying his eyes out, while the older looking dark blue haired boy rummaged through the bags looking for something that may possibly help with their situation. The old man sighed, beside him was the green turtle kwami floating not far from him. The two exchanged looks before the kwami decided to take matters into its own hands and flew towards the smallest child. Almost in an instant, the cry died down, the child's sea blue eyes locked onto the small fairy and waved their hands in the air in hopes of catching it.
The two elder kids stopped what they were doing and sighed in unison as they both slid to the floor in exhaustion. The old man smiled lightly at the scene, walking over to the eldest one and placing the jade bracelet in front of him.
"If you don't mind, an introduction would be nice." He said with a laugh. Louis looked from the bracelet to the old man and nodded quickly before taking back the bracelet and sitting up from his position. Emma followed shortly after him.
"Where ...should I begin, sir?" Louis asked, scratching the back of his neck. The old man examined the kids before him. The eldest, slick dark blue hair paired with green eyes, just brushed behind his hair is a bold red earring. The girl behind him, wavy blonde hair tied up in two high pigtails, her right hand's middle finger held a silver banded ring.
"How about your names? Seeing that you made your way all the way here , I have a feeling you already know who I am" The old man smiled, looking over at the turtle kwami that was still dodging the hands of the smallest child.
"Ah- Yes. I'm sorry." The eldest said with a stutter but quickly composed himself, taking a deep breath in. "I am Louis Agreste." He answered, then gesturing towards the girl behind him. "These two are my younger siblings, Emma Agreste", the girl lowered her head in a slight bow, "And Hugo Agreste" The sound of his name made the little one turn his head towards them but quickly returned his attention to the shelled fairy.
"Agreste..eh?" The old man scratched his chin. "So you all are relatives of Adrien Agreste" The name struck them to their senses quickly. The little one ears perked up at the sound.
"Daddy?" Hugo asked innocently, looking around. Louis's eyes widen as he spun his attention back to the small old man.
"Master fu, We-" He began but the old man rose his hand for a stop. Silence hung around the room uncomfortably.
"So the future doesn't look too nice does it." Master fu spoke in a low voice, almost like a whisper carried off into the air. A chill fell down the children's bones.
"No.." Emma responded, biting down her lip to prevent the tears from falling. Hugo rejected the floating kwami and locked eyes to his sister, and in a small cracked voice, he asked.
"Where's mommy?" He turned around the room, his siblings stayed quiet, too quiet. "Where is mommy?" He demanded, rolling off from his sister's cradle and looked around.
"Hugo " Emma said softly, trying to catch him, but the youngest Agreste moved away in a hurry, standing up and looked around the room once more. This time, Louis moved towards him as well.
"I'm going to look for mommy!" He demanded, running towards Emma only to jump over her shoulder, hopped off her back and rushed out the door behind them. The two siblings stood up abruptly , only to look back to Master fu, who looked just as distressed as they were.
"Do what you must, your bags will be safe here whenever you come back" He responded, waving for them to go. They both nodded in unison , bolting out the door after their youngest sibling.
The skies have darkened quickly during the fall times and in almost no time, the young Agreste found himself in the middle of nowhere. The streets quiet themselves after a long days of work and the streets were now less crowded than it is use to. Hugo spun around in his spot, looking for something familiar but failed to find any. The streetlights lit themselves as the day passed itself by. Attempting to hold himself together, he started to call for his siblings.
"Louis….Emma?" He cried weakly, stepping forward slowly. His knees were scraped by the few instances that he has tripped during his scavenger. He repeated their names a few more times before switching to occasionally for his parents.
"Mommy...Daddy…." His voice carried only slightly but soon fell apart. It is not long before he fell to his knees under one of the street lights. A new rush of tears fell , replacing his old trail and with only the strength to cry, that was all he did.
Not far from him, a black butterfly flutters from the clouds and flew towards the small boy, it's figure melted into his shoes. A red hue brushed against his eyes and a glowing purple butterfly mark hovered over his eyes. A voice then spoke in his mind.
"Roadrunner, My name is hawkmoth. I will give you the power to run on forever to achieve your goal, but in return, I need you to bring two things for me" Hugo's lips stretched into a grin as the dark matter took over his body. As it faded, the boy was now wearing a dark blue suit, glowing goggles hovered over his eyes, and his shoes were now a shade darker with black wings stretched out to the sides. Taking on his newly found energy, Hugo sprinted down the block, leaving nothing but dust behind.
Looking now at the more crowded area of the streets, the young boy leaped from his spot and looking at every person that passes by. Skipping through the streets carelessly, unaware of the uncontrolled cars that trailed behind him that crashed either into each other or into a building. Lights erupted to the scene in red, policemen racing their way to the little boy. The leader of the police force ran up to Hugo and grabbed his arm, holding the child up so that his feet was not touching the ground.
"Hey, What do you think you are doing?" The officer yelled. Hugo merely looked at the larger man and narrowed his eyes.
"You're not my mommy" He said simply before kicking the man in the blue uniform in the nose and using it as leverage to spring out of his grip. The officer fell backwards with his hands over his nose, crying in agony. The rest of the police force surrounded the little boy, but only to have him step onto their heads in means of escaping. Not far from them, a figure flung itself from one roof to another with another pushing bouncing off a extending pole. Arriving to the scene, the red uniform decorated with black spots showed itself accompanied by one in full black.
"My lady, did you see that?" The blonde masked boy asked , his ears twitched. The girl nodded , spinning around her yoyo while she contemplated.
"With such strength in his legs, the akuma must be in his shoe." She noted aloud. The boy nodded in agreement.
"Which shoe though, my lady?" He tilted his head, only to earn a smack on his head. "What? It was a legitimate question" He pouted, rubbing the spot on his head.
"We can take both just in case, Chat. But for now, let's focus on getting it off his feet, alright? " She side smiled towards him before flinging her yoyo to another roof. With a smirk, he followed behind her.
Now walking along the long bridge that covered itself with locks, Hugo proceeded to stick his face in front of every possible person he came across but neglecting them a moment later. He stopped for a minute when he saw three people leaning against the bridge fences, a mother with one of her arm resting behind the father who was carrying his child on his shoulder. The cheerful laughter between the group renewed the tears the fell on Hugo's face. Heart shattered.
"Your evil deeds are over, Little Akuma!" A voice called from behind turned around only to see two dark shadows. Now in the dark clouded nights, the only source of light came from the eiffel tower. Anger rose from Hugo as the glowing purple light hovered over his eyes once again.
"There they are. Take their miraculous and I promise you that you will find your parents." Hawkmoth tempted. The wings on his shoes gave him his own light and in a roaring cry, Hugo ran straight for them in the pitiful darkness. The two jumped away from his charge, only to hear him come around once again.
"You!" He screeched "You are in my way!" Throwing himself towards them, foot first.
One of the figures jumped in front of him, eyes glowing green, and blocked his path. Hugo proceeded with a jump and swiped his right leg into the air, causing a blast feathers from his shoe to push the figure.
"I will find my parents" He cried. "I will find Mommy and Daddy!" Landing back on his feet, he ran in a even faster pace towards the other standing figure just to jump again with another flock of feathers aimed towards them.
"Cataclysm" The fallen one shouted, flipping back to their feet and rushed between the two. The feathers charged ahead but at the instant falls to the ground and dissipates into ashes in front of the pair of green eyes. Hugo jumped back in surprise.
"Lucky Charm!" The figure behind shouted, a bright light sparked itself for a second but died down just as quickly. "A flashlight?" Hugo heard them mutter. although, just before he sprinted again, a bright light flashed at him from the surrounding darkness and in instinct, Hugo hovered his arms over his eyes. Getting use to the gradual brightness, Hugo peaked over to two figures he fought not long ago. His eyes alerted to the faded red suit decorated with black spots.
"Mommy!" He cried, running towards her and jumping into her arms. The pair's eyes widen as they looked at each other.
"My lady, is there something that you didn't tell me?" Chat asked folding his arms.
"What?! Of course not! I don't even know who this child is" She hissed at him. Hugo hung on to her with all the strength he had left, constantly repeating 'mommy' while his lips curled into a smile. The dark matter soon oozed from his body, dripping off his small form , and the black butterfly broke from its contact with his shoe.
"My lady!, The Akuma!" Chat cried. On que, the yoyo slip it's top cover in two,illuminating its white glow.
"Time to de-evillize" The girl said, throwing her yoyo to the air and successfully capturing the insect in one swoop. Watching the now white glowing butterfly, Hugo turned towards it and waved at it.
"Bye bye little butterfly" He said with a grin, face still drenched in tears. A certain beeping caught their attention as the two looked at each other again before looking down at the child.
"Miraculous Ladybug" The flashlight took flight into the air and dispersed into a large group of ladybugs.
"Now...What do we do with this one.." Chat muttered, bending down to their eye level.
"We don't have time to discuss this here" She responded, "Let's get out of here first" And with that, they both raced off the bridge and paced to an abandoned street before releasing themselves from their transformation. The red glow faded while replacing the black collar jacket with white shirt under along with the pink pants and slippers. Besides her, the green glow followed the red , replacing itself with the original white over shirt, and light blue jeans. The pair decided to find a seat at the nearby park, in hopes to get some answers out of what just happened.
Hugo felt the last bit of his tears run dry before he lifted his head from the girl's chest and looking up. The gentle smile formed on his mother's face gave him relief as he smiled back at her.
"Hey...are you better now?" She asked with a gentle voice. Hugo nodded contently, still hugging his arms around her waist.
"I am always better when I'm with my mommy" He laughed weakly, drained from the past event. He turned slightly to see the blonde sitting besides them and gave him a small smile as well. "Daddy is here too" his words fell loosely. The two exchanged confused looks.
"Adrien…? What do we do..This child thinks we're his parents" The dark haired girl whispered to her neighbor.
"I'm not sure, Mari.." His lips thinned. "What's your name?" Adrien asked, leaning towards the smaller child.
"Hugo!" A shout yelled from the other side of the park. Two figures showed themselves before them. A boy with dark blue locks and emerald green eyes while besides him was a girl with short pigtails on either side of her head, eyes mirroring a clear blue ocean.
"Louis! Emma!" Hugo jumped off from his spot and hopped over to them , gathering together in a group hug. Louis proceeded towards the two sitting down while Emma took hold of Hugo in her arms, the two indulge in a conversation.
"I'm terribly sorry for my younger brother" He said, bowing down before the two. "You see, our parents….passed away not long ago. He didn't accept it when he found out they were gone.." Louis explained, holding back from looking at the two. Even from afar where they spotted Hugo, both him and Emma nearly broke on the spot when they saw the resemblance the two had with their parents. The pain continued to renew itself.
"I'm...so sorry for your lost" Mari spoke, holding both her hands over her chest.
"Is there anything we can do to perhaps help you?" Adrien continued, leaning forward. A loud growling sound erupted from Louis's stomach. Face in a deep shade of red, Louis held down the sound, but was unable to keep it in as the pair laughed.
"You must have been chasing after your brother all night.. How about this" Mari stood from her seat and placed her hands on her hips. "I can treat you all to some of Paris' best pastries " Hugo cheered at the sound of food.
"W-Why? You don't even know us" Louis looked up, eyes widen. The dark blue haired girl turned to him and simply smiled.
"After the tragedy you went through, this is the least i can do" She responded softly.
"But you...you have nothing to do with it" Louis's voice cracked. It was like talking to his actual mother.
"I don't have to have anything to do with it. But if I can do something that can even make one out of the three of you happy, is it wrong of me to do so?" She replied turning her heel and walking out the park, the blonde right besides her. Hugo hopped off Emma's arm and trailed behind them. Emma walked next to Louis with her hands behind her back.
"Should we go?" She asked patiently standing there. Louis looked down to hide the tears that fell from his eyes.
"Yeah.." he found himself saying. "Let's go"