"Mother?" Marinette said waking up. She opened the door to her little house and to her shock she was now on the pirate ship. "How did I get here?"
Little did she know that while she was asleep, Chloe had showed Hawkmoth where her little house was after he said he would kill Marinette. Then he had his men carry her house to the ship. She heard piano playing and followed it to the captain's quarters where Hawkmoth was waiting for her.
"Marinette Dupain-Cheng." He said. "Finally we meet. Do come in, there's no need to be frightened."
"Right? Says the pirate who almost killed Adrien." She thought to herself. She wanted to run away but she was too afraid of what they would do to her so she walked in. Mr. Pidgeon pulled out a chair for her, she reluctantly sat in it.
"My, my." He said taking a sip of rum. "You're quite the fetching little thing. No wonder the boy brought you here."
"Why have you brought me here?"
"I just wanted to talk."
"Talk?!" Chloe shrieked. "What are you doing Hawkmoth?! Get rid of her! Take her away! Kill-"
Hawkmoth quickly silenced the fairy and locked her in a cage.
"What was that?" She asked.
"Just a pesky lighting bug. So tell me Miss Dupain-Cheng, how do you like it here?"
"I...I...suppose...it's nice. What's this all about you? Are you going to hurt me?"
"Me? Harm a pretty young lady like you? Oh no." He chuckled. "Why would you think that?"
"You tried to kill my brothers, Alya, and Adrien."
"Well nobody's perfect. Anyway I over heard you and Adrien's little spat and I must say the way he spoke to you, what rudeness. I feel so sorry for you."
"What do you mean?"
"Well you see-"
"Cigar Miss?" Mr. Pidgeon offered her. "Rum? Tobacco?"
"Um.."
Hawkmoth hooked Mr. Pidgeon's throat and pulled him away. "Forgive him Dear he'a a little on the ecstatic side. As I was saying I couldn't help but notice that you seem to have developed a little crush on him."
"Well I mean I...I."
"But you see he doesn't feel things like that. He has no feelings. It's part of who he is."
"I don't understand."
"He wants to stay young forever and he will as long as he never does these three things. He must not things like responsibility, work hard for things he needs, and the most important of all he must never fall in love."
"Why not?"
"Because love means sacrifice and he would never sacrifice eternal youth for anything or anyone."
Marinette began to cry. "I...I think I would like to go back now."
"Oh Dear have I upset you. It wasn't my intention."
"Please let me leave."
"As you wish, after all you probably plan to return home to your mother."
"My mother?"
"Do you even remember her?"
"Of course I...do?" She said unsurely.
"Well I shall have my men bring you back and I give you my word that none of my men will follow you."
She went back to her house and he ordered his men to take her back.
"But captain aren't we going to follow her?" Mr. Pidgeon asked.
"Of course not. I gave my word that none of my men would follow her and I am a man of my word."
"Then what was the point of all this?"
"I said none of my MEN would follow her."
"Huh?"
"Mr. Pidgeon call one of your rats with wings."
"Pidgeons sir."
"Whatever, tell the flying rat to follow her and report back."
"Pidgeon."
"No one cares!"
...
When Marinette returned the next morning she found herself feeling very confused. It had been days since she thought of her mother and her father. Come to think of it, she could hardly remember them.
"Nino." She said.
"Yes?"
"What is your father's name?"
"Adrien."
"Erik, who is your mother?"
"That's easy. You are my mother Marinette." Her little brother said.
"No." She said. "That's not right. I'm not your mother I'm your sister."
"We know it's just pretend."
"But don't you remember our real mother?" She asked him.
"Hmm I think I had a mother once." Ivan said.
"What was she like?" Max said.
"I forget."
"I had a white rat." Kim chuckled.
"That's no mother!" Ivan sai punching him which led to a brawl between the boys.
"Wait! Do any of you remember your parents?" Marinette asked.
The boys stopped fighting and shook their heads.
"Oh no."
"Marinette is everything okay?" Adrien asked.
"No. We've been here too long." She said. "Nino, Erik, we're going home."
"What?!" Her brothers said. "No!"
"We must." She said calmly. "We have forgotten our real parents, it's only a matter of time before they forget us."
"They probably already have." Adrien said.
"How do you know that?" She asked.
"Because that's how parents are they say they love you but once you're gone they forget all about you."
"Not our parents. I maybe starting to forget my mother but I know she would never forget us. Real mothers never forget their children."
"Well mine did!" He snapped. "My mother and father were always fighting and then one day my mother left, after that my father was cruel and uncaring towards me! So I ran away to Neverland and stayed for a few days. But when I came home the window was closed, my mother never came back, and my father forget all about me!"
Everyone went silent at his words. Then Erik and Nino went to their sister.
"Let's go home Marinette." They said.
She hugged him.
"No!" Kim said.
"Please don't leave!" Ivan said.
"I'm sorry boys but we must go back." Then she got an idea. "Why don't you all come with us. I'm sure we could find families for all of you back in London."
"Can we?" The boys said turning to Adrien.
Adrien felt his heart shatter at the thought of Marinette leaving but he would not keep her here against her will. "If you wish it."
All the boys ran to pack their bags and gather their things. Leaving only Adrien and Marinette in the room.
"You...You could come too. I'm sure Mother and Father would gladly adopt you."
"And grow up to be a cold hearted adult? Never."
"I see."