In the morning around six, Adrien lay curled up in his blankets happily. As he dreamed, a vague dream he wouldn't remember, suddenly, a voice in his head gently woke him up.
"Wake up, Adrien. It's time for you to get up and get to school," the voice nudged at the boy's conscience.
The boy moaned, and simply thought, "Okay."
As he woke up, he looked at the clock, and realized that he woke up a little earlier than usual. "Hawkmoth, why am I up so early?"
"I must speak to you about what I've planned for you to do, today, if you would gladly accept," Hawkmoth offered.
"Of course," Adrien answered hesitantly.
"Unlike other akumas as you probably have determined, you will be in the akumatized state for a while," Hawkmoth began, hoping that his son wouldn't become too hesitant and pull out of the agreement.
"Yeah, I figured, but why didn't you put me right into action yesterday right after I was akumatized?" the boy asked suspiciously.
"Your goal isn't short term, and you lack revenge which in the past I have often targeted. I also believe that yours and my goals are very similar," the villain explained.
"Huh? You are trying to get Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses. I simply wanted to have a father figure in my life. I don't exactly see how they are similar," the teen frowned.
"You musn't have truly understood my goal. I wish to resurrect my wife, who was a victim of the previous Cat Noir and Ladybug, using the powers of both of their Miraculouses combined," Hawkmoth revealed.
The model could not respond. He never actually guessed that the goal of the man terrorizing Paris was to bring his wife back. They really did have similar goals: to have someone more loving in his life, to finally be with his partner, and to bring back a loved one.
"So, Hawkmoth Jr., or should I say, Cat Noir, would you like to hear my plan to obtain Ladybug's miraculous?" Hawkmoth grinned wickedly as Adrien began trembling. "Don't fret, my son. I won't be needing your Miraculous 'til we obtain Ladybug's as well, and knowing that you are so infatuated with the girl, I've made plans which won't involve any pain on her part."
Adrien's subconscious began blaring warnings, but the akuma in his brooch muffled them, reminding him of his goals. "Of course, father. What's your plan?" Adrien smirked, and his akuma outfit reappeared.
"I plan for you to evilize that girl, Lila, again and turn her into Volpina so we can use her powers to imitate our other identities, if needed."
"When would I do that? In school? It's not like I'll be able to go to school!" Adrien exclaimed.
"That's why we need Volpina. She will imitate that you are there at your house while you are at school," Hawkmoth explained.
"But what if she disobeys me?"
"I will be able to communicate with her and control her as well," the adult reassured. "Go now to where she is, and evilize her with your own, more powerful and controlled akumas!"
The model nodded, teleporting himself to the house which Lila lives at. He peered at the windows trying to find out which one she was behind. He spotted a room which was slightly lit by the light of a phone. He reappeared in that room where he found Lila asleep with her phone buzzing lightly, supposedly being an alarm. The boy clasped his hands together instinctively, and from within, and green and purple butterfly appeared. He let the "fake" akuma out of his fingers, and the creature harbored itself inside the same necklace as it did before, which she was conveniently wearing.
The girl suddenly sat up, looking completely awake with a pale green moth around her eyes as Hawkmoth Jr. spoke to her: "Volpina, Hawkmoth and I, Hawkmoth Jr., need your assistance. We need to use your power of illusions to hide our identities, but you can still seek your revenge against Ladybug, and be with Adrien."
"Yes," the girl hissed, as her fake Fox Miraculous outfit returned.
Adrien dispersed out of the room, and appeared back at his own room with just enough time before Nathalie normally checks up on him.
"Volpina," he called. "Make an illusion of Adrien staying at his house and being home schooled. I have the original Adrien with me." As the illusion appeared in his bedroom, the real Adrien switched to his "normal outfit" of nearly all black. The original collected all of his books and papers, neatly putting them in his bag. As he heard Nathalie knock, he quickly grabbed his kwami who was sleeping on the floor for some reason, and teleported to school.
As he reappeared in front of the school, he looked around, finding no students, but he wasn't alarmed because school started in an hour. The teen decided he'd just sit on the steps and talk with his kwami as he waited for his friends to arrive.
"Plagg," Adrien said, slightly shaking the kwami in his hands.
The kwami moaned.
"Plagg, wake up!" Adrien commanded quietly.
"I'm not feeling good though," the kwami whined.
The model placed the kwami on his lap, and searched his bag, pulling out a slice of cheese. "Plagg, I have some cheese," the boy tried teasing.
"Please just give it to me. I'm not feeling well after you transformed while akumatized, and didn't even give me cheese to let me heal myself over night," Plagg stated raspily. The teen just placed the stinky cheese in little cat's paws, putting the kwami in his bag with the rest of the cheese.
After a few minutes passed, students began arriving at the school. Adrien got out of the way of those walking up the steps, and sat down on a bench beside the steps. As other students walked passed the model, whispers like, "What happened to his hair?" spread. When students were on the steps, they tried sneaking pictures of him with his new look, but Adrien looked over at them and glared at them, startling the kids, and causing them to run into the school.
Finally, Nino arrived, and Adrien got up and walked over to him.
"Hey Adri-. Yo, what happened to your eyes and hair, dude?!" the darker-skinned teen gasped.
"I just changed up my hair up a bit, and I'm wearing contacts," Adrien explained.
"It's an okay look to me, but what does your dad think?" Nino worried.
"Oh, he hasn't seen any of it. But, I guess he'll see it later, after school," he shrugged.
"Dude, what if your dad pulls you out of school because of it?!" Nino exclaimed.
"He already told me not to go to school anymore, but this is the only place that I feel happy at honestly, so I had to break his rule," the akumatized teen told his friend.
"What?! You really shouldn't disrespect your dad, dude," Nino advised.
"But the guy is ruining my life, Nino!" Adrien yelled, and Nino stepped back, and raised his hands up in surrender.
"Dude, please, I'm just worried about, you know. Let's just go to class," the boy's best friend advised. Nino nudged his friend forward, and the two walked up to the classroom.
Meanwhile, Marinette was once more scurrying around her bedroom, almost being late to school. As she collected all of her stuff, her phone buzzed with a message from Alya:
Alya: Girl, look at Adrien's new look. He's going all rebel!(Sent with picture)
Marinette: Oh my gosh he looks so good. But wait, is he okay? It just doesn't seem like him to die his hair and wear contacts.
Alya: Oh, Marinette, don't worry! I'll talk to Nino and see what's the scoop when I get to school, which you're going to be late for if you are still standing around in your room gushing over Adrien!
The girl jumped in panic, nearly dropping her phone, as she grabbed her stuff, and dashed downstairs.
A/N: Hello to any readers who have actually completed this chapter! I hope all of you readers enjoyed this story so far. I'm probably not going to be posting often, with having school, but any reviews you can give me will inspire me to write more. Inspiration is hard for me to get on a regular basis. I've been having some difficulty making a summary of this story which I actually like. If any of you can give me some ideas, I'd be so grateful if you could tell me!