I've been staring at the edge of the water for as long as I can remember, never really-...oops wrong water Disney Princess. Never mind. (・_・;)

ADRIEN'S POV:

I hid behind a small pot plant tree in the palace courtyard. Cautiously I checked over my shoulder, looking from left to right I sighed as the coast was clear. My bride to be was luckily no where in sight. I had spent the past hour hiding from her and I was hoping that she had finally given up.

"Hm hm" a voice coughed. I practically jumped as I felt the simultaneous tap on my shoulder.
"Ahhh!—Oh ah.. ha ha heyyy didn't see you there" I said feeling slightly guilty as he raised an eyebrow at me.
"The lady has left if that's what all this galavanting around is your highness" he sighed.
"Galavanting? Who was galavanting? Not me, I'm just here hanging with the plants" I lied unconvincingly. I went to lean on the tree but wasn't looking and ended up leaning against a non-existent object, to which I straight away fell through and stumbled over.

"Of course…anyway sir I'm afraid we've simply run out of options. You must marry soon for the benefit of your kingdom. You need a suitable wife to marry and bear you children so that you can fulfil your duty as King. Frankly at this point just about any woman would do!"
"I can't get married! I have to find my Lady!" I argued with him fed up with all the marriage talk, man this wasn't even my life and it felt just as suffocating as it was back home. Whoever this Prince Eric dude was I could empathise with the guy.
"Your lady? As in you wish to find true love?..Sir, I'm afraid we don't have ti-"
"No no there's only one Lady for me and she's out there right now probably lost. Although, knowing her she's probably handling this better than I am" I smiled to myself just the thought of her brightening my mood.
"Oh your highness this is excellent! Who is this woman that has stolen your heart? We shall find her immediately and plan the wedding!" he clasped both of my hands in his and began to shake them.
For a moment I was swept away imagining Ladybug in a wedding dress, walking down in a beautiful white gown as I stood at the end of the aisle. Our eyes meet as we stand face to face, the two of us both say 'I do' then 'You may kiss the bride' and I lean in for a kis-
"Sir!" I opened my eyes and realised that my lips were puckered and I was leaning forward.
"Ah-ha-ha…ha. You're right…we need to find her, good idea!" This was great, finally I could do something, use my new royalty to find my Lady. Although not that I would tell him, but marriage between my Lady and I was not happening…at least not for a few years.
"Yes sir, what is her name? What does she look like? Who will I have to contact?" he began to bombard me with questions.
Alright my Lady, just hold on. I'm coming to find you!

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MARINETTE'S POV:

I gathered my bearings as I sat in the shallows of the ocean water, the beach waves rolling over my lap. Somehow I had managed to make it back to shore.
"Ariel!" a voice squeaked. A red fish and Sebastian were behind me. Sebastian scuttled across a rock while the fish swam closer to me. In a weird way, the fish looked familiar, and I don't just mean in the way that fish all look the same. I felt as though there was something about this one in particular…
'Tikki?' I asked without thinking.
"What was that?" the fish asked.
'Never mind it's noth-' I stopped myself. There was no sound when I spoke. I opened my mouth further, stretching my lips.
'Oh no' I mouthed. I forgot…no voice.
"That Sea Witch!" Sebastian growled furiously, growing even redder in the face… Can a crab growl?
"Oh child we must find 'dat Prince of yours and get you to kiss that fool before the third sun sets!" he exclaimed.

I stood up, at first kind of shakily but it didn't take long for me to get back in the hang of using human legs.
'Finally!' I silently exclaimed jumping up and down. I ran my toes through the sand and laughed. Gosh I never thought I would miss my toes this much.
But aside from getting my legs back...I seemed to be missing clothes.
So let me get this straight, magic can give me working fins and a clam-shell bra… but can't whip up a simple dress or something?
I saw a white sail piled up with broken wood and rope that had washed up on shore.
My inner fashion designer began to see some possibilities… This may just work.
Now I just needed something sharp. I looked over at Sebastian...

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ADRIEN'S POV:

With all the servants that had been sent out to search for Ladybug, I couldn't shake the feeling that I should have another look at the beach. I mean if what I had seen hadn't been a dream, then it's possible that Ladybug could be around there.
I just told Grimsby that I wanted to go for a walk along the beach. Something tells me that if I had told my apparent personal servant and confidant that the person I was looking for was down on the beach he would have insisted on coming along…Oh yeah turns out the old guys name was Grimsby. It was fun to say. 'Grimsby Grimsby Grimsby'. I couldn't help saying it with a stretched face and english accent.

Walking along the beach was somewhat peaceful. The sunset was slowly setting down across the line of the horizon. The sky looked like it went on forever. Even if this was a fictional world. It sure was beautiful. Like I had been placed straight into a painting.
Then I saw her, sitting on the edge of a jetty-like rock with two feet dipped into the water.
The way the golden light hit her face, how her eyes sparkled with the reflection of the ocean, smiling with such warmth that I had forgotten what the cold felt like. She was wearing some kind of white material that was flatteringly wrapped around her figure. It ran up to the beginning of her neck and seemed to be fastened in place by a collar of rope. More rope formed an 'X' pattern around her waist and the material cut off above the knees.

"LADYBUG!" I called, running over to her. She turned at the sound of my voice and then climbed down off the rock. I couldn't help myself when we met, I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her into an embrace. She returned the hug, her arms wrapping around my chest. We stayed still like that for a minute. Every second of it felt heavenly, I wanted nothing more than to stay like this until the sun had finished setting and the moon took its place.
She pulled away from the hug first.
"Ladybug, I'm so glad that I found you. We need to find a way back home but it's getting late. Come on, I'll take you to my castle" I said grabbing her by the hand.
She raised an eyebrow at me. I gave a smug grin in response, silently communicating 'Yeah that's right. I have a castle'.
I began walking ahead but she pulled my arm back. I turned back to her in confusion.
She held her hand up gesturing 'wait'. She was being oddly quiet…she hadn't said a word since our reunion. Concern began to grow in my chest.

"My Lady?"

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MARINETTE'S POV:

I was so glad to see Chat safe. I had walked along the beach and all over the small town a few miles away from the sea, hoping to find him. But trying to explain who I was looking for was near impossible. So I had returned to the beach where we had last seen each other to take shelter for the night before searching again.
My heart had skipped a beat when I saw him run up to me. I don't know what had happened. Apparently my heart was acting separately to my brain now. Maybe it was all the salt water that I had consumed…yeah that must have been it. After hugging I realised I would have to explain to him that I couldn't talk. When he began to pull us off to his 'castle' that he had somehow acquired I stopped him.
I began to try to communicate to him of my situation. Time for an interesting game of charades.

I placed my hand to my collar bone then opened my wide mouth as though to sing a note. Then shook my head with a mixture of annoyance and sadness in my expression.

"You…You can't speak?" He slowly put together. I nodded my head then shrugged.
"What do we need to do to get it back?" he said with a determined look in his eyes.
I couldn't help but blush as I thought back to what Ursula had said to me. 'A kiss of true love'…what should I do? Just grab him and plant one one on his lips right now? Would that be enough? I mean we'd done it before on valentines…not that he remembered it.
Maybe it was worth a try.

"Hm can't tell me like this huh? Alright we'll go to the castle and find something for you to write on!" Chat said excitedly. I laughed silently. I looked up into his eyes, getting a confused but entranced expression in return. I felt my heart flitter in my chest like a nervous butterfly. I placed one hand on his chest, feeling his pulse suddenly pick up.
"…Ladybug?" I leaned in closer, our lips only an inch apart. His eyes widened.
Then after a few heart beats went by he tilted his head slightly.

"Prince Eric?" an elderly voice called. We both pulled back with a startled jump. Chat coughed, practically choking, and turned around frantically. From behind I could see that the top of his ears were a bright pink.
"Your highness where are you? It is getting late!" it called out again.
"…Over here Grimsby." Chat finally replied, a hint of annoyance in his voice.

The voice belonged to a man dressed in a somewhat old fashioned outfit, I mean he was wearing a cravat. He looked me up and down in assessment but seemed excited after he'd had a full examination.
"Oh you're majesty, what a lovely young lady you have here. Looks befitting a queen." he nodded in agreement with himself…Did he just say queen? Well in the weird titles department, I would say that mermaid probably wins the prize. But the idea of someone as clumsy and dorky as me being a queen... now that was crazy.

"Come we must get you prepared for your royal wedding!" he said matter-of factly. Wedding…marriage?
Chat turned back to me, giving an exhausted look of 'I'll explain it later'. I was too tired and had been through so much in one day that I was finding it hard to be surprised by anything right now.
I nodded taking in a long breath.
"May I ask your for your name my lady" the elderly man asked. Chat glared at him with what looked like anger for a few seconds before hiding it again.
I went to speak but remembered my condition.
"Her name is… Lady…Scarlett" Chat came up with as an alias. Ladybug. Red. Scarlett. Ok I could see where the fabricated name was coming from.
"Hm interesting. I don't believe I have ever heard of such a name." he looked as though in thought. "Come this way, we will escort you to the palace."

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ADRIEN'S POV:

Was this real life? Well I suppose it wasn't…But Ladybug; the most amazing, beautiful, smart girl in all of existence had nearly kissed me!
Well I think she would have if it hadn't been for Grimsby! Seriously a few more seconds and who knows what could have happened! Speaking of the old servant, he had called Ladybug 'my lady' and every fibre of my being reacted with a bitter rage.
To hear someone else refer to the title I had given her felt so wrong. I had to stop myself from doing anything rash.

I exhaled a deep sigh as we journeyed up a short path towards the castle gates. It was amazing how close it was to the beach. This was obviously a fishing town with all the boats and proximity to the water. I wondered which story had a prince living near a beach.

When we finally got back, I asked a servant for a pen and paper. She looked at me mystified, then I realised my mistake. Correcting myself I asked for a quill and parchment. Ladybug smiled at me with amusement as I rubbed my head in embarrassment.

When the servant had returned I told her to hand it to my Lady. She sat down at a desk and began to write her story. I was about to look over her shoulder when she turned back and shooed me away. Then gave me a look saying 'You can read it when I'm finished'.
"Awwww come on." I complained. She looked like she was about to say something in response but sighed instead as she appeared to remember that she couldn't talk.
"What is it? Do I leave you speechless my Ladybug?..Cat got your tongue perhaps?" I teased.
'How long have you been holding that one in?' she seemed to ask me.
"Too long...Oh come on I'm purr-ious as to what you're writing" I tried to catch a glimpse of the paper but she just smiled at me like 'just try it kitty'.

I held up my hands in defeat backing off.
"Fine fine. I'll be on the balcony. Just call me when you've finished…I mean! Don't call obviously you can't call but ah- ugh I'll be outside" I groaned lowering my head in shame.
She giggled silently. Man she was cute.

Walking out to the balcony at night the whole beach was painted blue and black. I could hear the sound of waves lapping over the shore… then there was something else…not just the water. It sounded like…singing? Someone was crooning a tune down below the castle balcony. It was so melodic, I found myself lingering on every note. The voice of a beautiful woman echoed in my ears. It reminded me of my Lady, the way her voice sounded, the way she laughed and said my name. It was so…hypnotic.

Ok ok.. I know I'm a cockblock to the Lady/Chat kissing.
Muahahaha I hold all the power! ( ` ∇ ´ ) ... besides there may be one coming later... heheheheh