Disclaimer: A lucky charm means that I now own Miraculous Ladybug! Or maybe not…
AN: Set in an AU I'm working on where Juleka has the Ladybug Miraculous goes by the name The Silent Red and Rose holds the Bee and goes by the name Bee Princess. Chat Noire is a villain and Hawkmoth still exists.
Something was bothering Rose.
You would have to be as blind as Adrien Agreste to not see Rose was worried as Juleka stepped into her best friend's room. In fact, the last time that Juleka had seen Rose this worried, Rose had been terrified that her family were going to be forced to leave Paris.
"Juleka!" Rose said as soon as she saw her friend there, her face brightening up as she hugged the young Goth. (Juleka tried to ignore how Rose's hug made her heart beat double time. She was Rose's FRIEND after all. Even if said friend made her stomach erupt with butterflies. And invaded her dreams. And-well okay, she had it bad.)
"Hey Rose," she said as she returned Rose's hug and ignored the urge to kiss her friend.
"There's something I want to show you and it's very important and I know Pollen says that I'm supposed to tell anyone and that I'm not supposed to tell anyone and-well I should show you really."
"Rose-"
"Pollen, transform me!" Rose shouted and in a blur of gold, Rose was transformed. Gone were Rose's usual pink dress and in its place was the familiar yellow and black striped dress with fuzz at the hem. Through her hair, an all too familiar pair of antennae poked through and a small domino mask sat on her eyes.
Juleka couldn't help it. She burst out laughing and Rose glared at her with a hurt look.
"I'm sorry Rose. It's just…Tikki, transform me!"
As Juleka felt Tikki transform her, she heard Rose gasp.
For a moment, the two girls looked at one another in surprise. And then they both chuckled.