Warning: Some vulgar language.

Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug.

Stoneheart Returns

Flashback 3 Years Ago

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Master Fu and his miraculous's Kwami Wayzz jerked awake at the sound of someone knocking on his door.

"Who could that be?" Wayzz asked rubbing his eyes.

Master Fu yawned and got out of bed putting on a house coat as he headed out of his bedroom and to the front door, he opened it and what he saw surprised him.

"Annette?" He asked surprised. "What are you doing here?"

Annette Agreste stood in front of him soaked to the bone, shaking and her face scrunched up as though she had been crying.

"Something's just happened" She said her voice hitched and shaking.

Master Fu nodded. "Come in, come in" He told her stepping out of the way and letting her inside. "I'll put on a pot of tea, and you can get out of those wet clothes, and then you can tell me everything."

"Sorry, Sorry, Sorry" I told my body guard as I jumped into the car. Cynthia glared at me with quiet glare of disapproval that, had I never seen my father's own stare of disapproval, would have been terrifying, but as it was it just had me lower my eyes, and quietly enter the car.

"Where were you?" Cynthia asked with barely concealed anger. "In case you haven't these stone monsters have popped up everywhere ever since that boy was returned back to normal."

I winced. Yeah I had noticed that people had been transforming into frozen Stoneheart statues. I had wanted to do something but with very little answers, no ideas and no miraculous there wasn't much I could do."

"I was visiting someone" I said I had gone out the backdoor of the school and ran as fast as I could to Master Fu's massage parlor, before Cynthia had a chance of seeing me. "I needed answers on something"

"Who?"

"An old family friend" I winced at this. Cynthia might not know what 'old family friend' meant but I had no problems believing that Uncle Gabriel would.

"Is that so" Cynthia asked I nodded as my stomach dropped into my large intestines.

Cynthia said no more on the topic, but I knew that silence, this was by no means over.

When I entered the house, I headed straight for Adrien's room.

"Avoiding uncle again?" Adrien said with a raised an eyebrow as he let me into his room.

"Shut up" I said pushing him slightly. "I avoided my body guard again, after school let out early."

Adrien nodded. "Yeah Chloe texted me" He said. "A giant rock monster?"

"Do not ask" I said. "He wasn't at school long, but thr principle thought it best to send everyone home early anyway."

"Are you ok?" Adrien said his eyes looking me over; checking me for cuts and bruises.

I nodded. "Not a scratch" I said. "I was in the library when it occurred, and after that I hid in an unused classroom until he was turned back to normal"

Adrien nodded. "Good, Chloé had told me you were ok but…"

"We're all fine" I soothed. "You needn't worry"

"You're the only friends I have" He said. "I'm allowed to worry."

I smiled and hugged him. "I can take care of myself you know"

Adrien returned the hug. "I know" He said softly.

The door opened and Gabriel Agreste entered looking angry. "Annette Catherine Agreste, come here now!"

I smiled guiltily at Adrien and turned to face my uncle. And followed him out of Adrien's room.

"I thought I told you, you were to never go there again" Gabriel asked calmly. I stayed still. Waiting for Gabriel to make his point.

"Not only that but you ran from your body guard too" Gabriel said. "While these… monsters have started to appear everywhere."

"Are you telling me that Ladybug and Cat noir doesn't spark your interest?" I asked him eyebrow raised. "Or that it appears to be the work of the new owner of the butterfly miraculous?" I asked him crossing my arms. "Cause It should"

"I put that part of my life behind me, Annette" He told me. "It is not my concern what someone else does with it, what is my concern, is your's and Adrien's safety, and how you blatently put yourself in danger."

"Wrong" I hissed ignoring his last statement, he and I both knew I could take care of myself. "Had you not lost it, they would not be doing this now."

"ENOUGH" Gabriel hissed at me. "I made my rules, and while you live under my roof you will obey them."

I turned to stare at the portrait of Aunt Vivienne. I wanted to tell him that what he was doing was wrong. That Aunt Vivienne would not have approved of this.

But that would have led to a fight, an angry bitter fight that I didn't think either of us could recover from.

I turned away from the portrait of my Aunt and sighed. "Of course, uncle" I told him tilting my head slightly. "My I go hang out with Adrien now?"

"This conversation never reaches his ears, and I never want to hear that you've run from Cynthia or to that shop again" Gabriel said having cooled down rather quickly. "But yes, you may go"

I backed out of his office and ran back upstairs. Feeling so very alone again. I remembered the Akuma from yesterday and remembered how the akuma appeared a few moments after Ivan had become angry.

I can't be angry, or sad, or alone. I said distraught. I swallowed heavily and started to do the breathing exercises that my mother had taught me long ago.

After a few minutes my heart rate decreased and I felt a lot calmer then I did.

It was only a quick fix, I knew. I would have to talk to someone eventually about everything. Someone who knew everything, someone who already knew all my secrets.

Eventually I would have to go back to Master Fu's.

But for today, breathing was enough.

"You ok?" Adrien asked. "Father seemed really upset."

I nodded and sighed. "Yeah, I did a lot of things he's not happy about" I said.

Adrien hugged me tightly. "Was it really important?"

I shrugged. "I was more curious about something than anything"

"You know what they say about curiosity" Adrien said in a sing song voice.

"You also know what they say about satisfaction" I replied, then I elaborated "I got curious about the new Ladybug and Cat Noir, and wanted to see if I could meet them in person, but when I got there they were already gone, Uncle Gabe not happy that I put myself in unnecessary danger." I told my cousin. Obviously lying through my teeth. I knew better then to try to figure out Ladybug's and Cat Noir's identity. It could be dangerous for them as well as for me.

Adrien thankfully didn't catch me on the lie. "You could have gotten hurt" He said.

"I went searching after Ivan was turned back to normal, but when I got their they were gone" I pouted.

Adrien laughed. "Maybe you'll see them again, who knows?"

I pushed him away slightly. "So… who was your favorite?"

Adrien got the starry-eyed look he always got when he crushed on a girl. (The most hilarious being a young female 13-year-old model that had rejected his advances so harshly and then had promptly gotten herself fired). It made me worried.

"Ladybug" He said with a sigh. "She's just so amazing, and confident, and they way she stopped Stoneheart!" He sighed love sick. "Amazing"

I sighed. That curse of the black cat, no matter what happened Ladybug would always over shadow Cat Noir.

"What about you?" Adrien said breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Cat Noir" I said with a shrug. Surprised when Adrien looked at me in shock. "What?"

"But all he did was screw up!" He exclaimed.

I nodded. "Yes, yes, he did, but so do all superheroes, besides he reminds me of my dad" I said with a chuckle. "The puns were hilarious, I don't know, I have a thing for puns, and no matter how bad he did, he never lost that confident smile" I told him. "I think that's important, that no matter how bad you screw up you get back up and try again." I told him.

Adrien looked at me in shock.

"What?"

"You sound like you have a crush on the superhero" Adrien said with a smirk.

I looked away "… shut up, I don't."

Adrien laughed. "Aww it's ok Annette, you can have your crush" He teased.

"I loath you" I told him grudgingly. "I don't have a crush on him."

Adrien laughed. "Yes you do" He sang. "You have a crush on Cat Noir, you have a crush on Cat Noir!"

I glared at him. "You really want to test me Cousin?" I asked him. "Me, the girl who kicked your ass not two weeks ago, for eating the last of my macarons?"

Adrien's laughter didn't stop "That is only because you surprised me" He said.

"Well if that's how you want to remember it" I muttered.

"Yep" He said with a smile.

I shook my head and laughed.

The Next Day

"Adrien!" I said giving him a hug as I saw him run into the school yard. "You made it!"

Adrien smiled and put a hand behind his head. "Yeah" He chuckled. "I guess I did"

I grabbed his hand pulled him inside. "Come on!" I said eagerly. "Class is about to start"

Adrien laughed and walked inside with his cousin in his arm.

"Hey Chloé" Adrien once we had seen Chloé.

Chloé's eyes lit up like a kid's on Christmas morning and dove straight into his arms. "Adrikin's!" She screeched.

Everyone turned to see what was going on and their eyes widened when they saw Adrien Agreste the famous model of the Gabriel Line.

They did the same thing every time they saw my face adorning a magazine (which wasn't common, like maybe handful of times a year).

I stepped out of the way. "I have to get something out of my locker" I whispered. "I'll see you in class"

I turned and walked away.

"No negative emotions Ivan" I over heard inside the locker room. I paused before entering the room. Ivan had been the one turned into Stone Heart. A part of me had felt guilty for not checking on him, he and I had briefly dated last year, before we both decided that we were both better off as friends.

I hadn't spoken to him since summer vacation had started.

"I'm sure Myléné has feelings for you too," I head the female voice said before lowing her voice and whispering something along the lines of "go talk to her." I looked down at my shoes. One of the last conversations I had had with Ivan, had been about Myléné, and her supposed crush on Ivan, it had ended with me suggesting he ask her out.

"Pfft" Ivan said. "I'm no good with words." I bit my lip to hid a smile. That was true Ihad been the one to ask Ivan out, and I had found out two weeks later that he had been working up the courage for several weeks in order to be the one to ask me.

"You don't have to do it with words, you can draw a picture, send flowers" I nodded to myself Myléné did seem the type to enjoy those types of things.

"I… could write her a song" I grimaced. Ivan's singing had little to be desired and that was me being kind about it.

"That's a great idea!" The female said I rubbed my brow in exasperation. "What girl wouldn't want a love song written specially for her, go for it Ivan, and remember stay positive."

Before I knew it, Ivan was running out of the locker room, "Ivan!" I shouted but he had already turned the corner and left.

I sighed and entered the locker room. "Hey Marinette" I said to her entering the combo into my locker and opening it. I carefully took out my lap top before closing my locker. I never brought my laptop home, as I did not want to risk it getting broken.

"That was some interesting advice" I told her.

"Have a problem with it?" I looked at Marinette in surprise.

I shrugged. "His singing might scare Myléné" I said. "She's not all that into his kind of music." I said walking past her and into the hallway.

"And how would you know that?"

"I dated Ivan" I told her bluntly my voice filled with the unspoken 'well duh'. "We broke up a few months ago. As for Myléné, well she and I had a couple of assignments together." I was never going to work with Chloé on another school assignment again. She was my friend and all, but I had my own homework to deal with, I was not going to add hers on top of it.

Marinette looked at me angrily as walked up beside me. "We I didn't see you coming up with any ideas"

I shrugged. "It's a fair idea," I admitted. "Though next time ask what type of song he plans to write for the girl he likes, may save for embarrassment later."

Marinette looked at me in surprise. "Why do you care?"

"Despite popular opinion, I actually don't like seeing people hurt" I told her with a half glance at her.

"But… you hang out with Chloé." Marinette said confused.

I nodded. "We were there for each other during some of the darkest moments in our lives" I said. "She was a dear friend to me when I needed one, I can't just turn my back on her now" I told her.

Marinette frowned. "Your cousin coming in today?" She mocked "I didn't see him yesterday."

"Yeah, he arrived a while ago," I said just as the new girl came into view.

"Hey Alya" Marinette said with a happy smile.

Alya said hello to Marinette before glaring at me. "Hello miss Rich and Famous" She told me.

I scoffed. "Hello, Miss, not worth my time." I said before walking past the new girl and up to class. "See yah Marinette." I told Marinette before rushing upstairs.

"What's going on?" I asked once I was inside my classroom. Adrien and Chloé were facing each other while Sabrina was sitting beside the seat that Marinette and the new girl had been sitting the day before.

"Chloé, just put gum, on some poor girl's seat."

"Oh, Chloé why" I asked. "She moved for you"

Chloé glared at me. While Adrien bent down to take the gum off.

Unfortunately, that's just when Marinette came in.

"What are you doing!" Marinette shrilled, running forward and glaring at Adrien.

"No I was trying to take the gum off your seat" Adrien insisted.

Marinette ignored him and bent down to take a look at the gum before putting a tissue over the gum and sat down.

Adrien turned around and sat back down in his seat his head turned down.

"See what I mean about respect?" Chloé said with a sneer.

I froze and turned to Chloé and bent down in her ear.

"That was low Chloé" I hissed in her ear before standing straight and walking to my seat.

I took out my laptop and opened it on my desk ready for the day to start barely acknowledging Nathanael's awkward glance in my direction.

Class ended a lot sooner then I expected.

And by that, I mean it ended a few minute's after it started.

Ivan barged into the room in his Stoneheart form angry and yelling for Myléné.

I jumped up and put myself in front of him and Myléné.

"Come on Ivan" I said. "Be rational about this"

"I'm not Ivan, I'm Stoneheart" Ivan roared. "And I want Myléné"

I grabbed Myléné and ducked out Stonhearts grasp.

"Oh hey Ladybug" I said waving slightly.

It gave the intended affect. Stoneheart turned around and while his head was turned I grabbed Myléné and we both ran from the classroom.

"Do you want to go with him?" I asked Myléné as we ran into the nearest Utility closet.

Myléné looked behind her and shuddered. "Not when he's like this" She said.

I nodded. Then I heard footsteps headed this way sounding for to heavy to be the sound of human steps. Myléné stood together silently waiting for the steps to pass before I removed my hand from her mouth.

"Let me go!" I could hear Chloé screaming as the thunderous footsteps of Stoneheart past by. "My daddy will find out about this!" She screamed as loud as she could.

My eyes went wide. But I kept myself still until Chloé's words were no longer heard.

"Chloé." I whispered wideyed and worried.

Myléné looked at me worriedly. "You could go to her"

I shook my head. "I can't fight against two tonne rock, my techniques for dealing with a monster that size aren't going to do much except make him angrier." I said to Myléné.

"You saved me" Myléné said.

"You weren't yet in his clutches." I responded, "Bedside's she'll be fine I'm sure Ladybug and Cat Noir can handle it."

Myléné looked at me unconvinced with my attempts at making myself feel better. She could tell I wasn't buying what I was saying.

"There must be something we can do" Myléné attempted to say. I knew she was trying to make me feel better.

"There's only one thing I could think of and it's incredibly dangerous" I said. "And I'm not doing it."

Myléné looked at me wide eyed. "What is it?"

I sighed reluctantly. "A trade, Chloé for you, Ivan likes you I doubt he would hurt you, but I don't trust him handling Chloé" I told her. I heard a loud blast that sounded like one of the other Stoneheart monsters bursting into the school.

"We don't have much of choice" Myléné said before staring straight at me. "I'll do it"

I looked at her wide eyed. "Ar-are you sure?"

Myléné took a deep breath and nodded.

I nodded "ok,ok" I said. "But we can't just go to him, you'll be taken without a second thought, we need a viable plan"

"Hey dumb boulder, why don't you drop the nice lady and we settle this like gentlemen?" Cat Noir asked I could just imagine him doing that big dumb smirk that the previous Cat Noir had been quite infamous for."

I looked at Myléné in absolute relief.

Just then we heard something heavy hit against the door and a female screaming loudly.

I looked around frantically for something anything to use. When my eyes caught the sight of an air vent. I looked around again and saw a ladder, and yes toolbox.

I ran to shelf and pulled the toolbox down happy and surprised when I found it already opened. I pulled out a screwdriver grabbed the stepladder and placed it just under the air vents.

"Myléné spot me" I told her.

Myléné looked up at me and said nothing as I attempted to unscrew the air vents.

"What are you planning" Myléné asked.

"First we are going to get out of this Closet, via air vents" I said while a screw came loose "Then we are going to find some way to get Ladybug and Cat Noir's attention, because fuck it I'm not doing a thing unless they have a plan to turn Ivan back to normal, and depending on what that Plan is, we're either going to help them or be complete hindrances, then I'm going home and bathing for 3 fucking hours" Another screw fell to the ground.

Myléné looked at me worriedly.

"No, I'm not angry at you" I said. "This is just a very bad day." I finished as I undid another screw.

For the final screw I worked in silence and smiled as the cover fell into my hand I handed it to Myléné before climbing into the air vent.

It was dusty and I immediately had to stop myself from sneezing.

I ducked back down and held my hand out for Myléné to grasp. She jumped got on the stepping ladder and reached for me. I lowered myself as for as I could and grabbed her hand and pulled her up with me.

"Thank you" Myléné said looking around "What now?"

I motioned with my finger for her to follow me and together she and I crawled down through the vents.

We followed the sound of Cat Noir fighting, and came upon another air-duct opening where we could witness the fighting.

Ladybug by then had now joined the fight. Something that I was thankful for (hey Cat Noir was good but I doubt he could defeat two tonne rock without some form of help). Chloe was still struggling hard against Ivan's grip. My eyes widened and I had to bite hard on my tongue to keep from screaming out.

Out of the corner of my eye I could see a phone peeking up through a window, I didn't focus much on it.

"What now?" Myléné whispered pulling me from my thoughts.

"We wait" I whispered almost reluctantly unable to bear watching one of my oldest friends struggling so much.. "If we do our own thing, we could be messing up their own plan, and we could end up just making things worse, as much as I wish we could, the best thing to do now is wait."

I watched as Chloé struggled hard against Ivan's grip. Demanding that he release her, but by now Ivan had had enough of her caterwauling and through her away.

My eyes widened and I barely concealed the scream that had nearly erupted from my lips.

Thankfully Ladybug caught her and gently placed her on the ground. Chloé hadn't even bothered to thank her before running from the school.

"Myléné!" Stoneheart screamed becoming more and more erratic as the object as his affections was still out of his sights.

"Why does he want me so bad?" Myléné whispered.

I sighed. "Myléné did something happen between you and him this morning before this whole debacle started?"

"Well I uh had left the bathroom, and when I was rushing to class, he blocked me and then just started screaming in my ear, so I ran as fast as I could out of the room."

"Screaming? Or singing?" I asked. "Ivan was probably trying to reveal his feelings to you, but Ivan's not to good with words, so he tried to sing them, but Ivan's singing is a lot more… agrestive, then others so…"

Myléné looked at me widened. "Ivan likes me?" She asked me.

I nodded. I would have said more but by that point Ivan was doubled over in pain before puking up a kaleidoscope of butterflies, and took the shape of a head.

"ladybug and Cat Noir" The giant head said. "I am Hawkmoth"

"Hawkmoth?" Cat Noir, Ladybug and I whispered in confusion.

"Give me your ladybug earrings and cat ring now, you've down enough damage to these innocent people."

I shook my head. "No" I whispered wide eyed and afraid.

Mylene looked at me confused.

"Nice try Hawk Moth, but we know who the bad guy is. Let's reverse the roles here. Without you, none of these innocent victims would be transformed into villains. Hawk Moth, no matter how long it takes, we will find you, and YOU will hand us YOUR Miraculous!" I smiled a little, this Ladybug's fire reminded me of my own mother.

"It's time to 'deevilize'" She yelled throwing her yo-yo and catching as many butterflies as she could.

Once she had caught them all she opened her yo-yo and released them all into the air. Many of them went through the vent. Myléné and I both covered our eyes, the light emanating being quite blinding before they faded away completely.

I had just lowered my arms when I felt the vent give out from underneath me and Myléné and I went tumbling down right in the middle of the fight.

"Ow, ok, that was a moronically stupid plan, I'm sorry." I started slowly standing as pain started shooting up my right leg.

Well that's broken. I thought to myself before turning to Myléné.

"You ok?" I said leaning heavily on my left leg.

Myléné blinked at me but nodded favoring her right arm.

"Uh, guys" I turned toward the male voice to see Cat Noir and Ladybug staring at us in shock.

"Were you really hiding in the air vents?" Ladybug asked.

"Yep" I nodded staring up at the giant hole in the ceiling.. "Not one of my best ideas."

Cat Noir looked at me with a raised eyebrow. Before shaking his head and laughing.

I glared at him.

Ivan growled. "You tried to keep Myléné from me!"

I was in trouble I could not run but... "Myléné… run"

Myléné looked at me in surprise.

"I'll be fine go!"

Myléné nodded and ran.

"You two go with her" Cat Noir and Ladybug turned to me wide eyed.

"Someone needs to be there to protect Myléné from the hundred other Stonehearts running around" I said. "GO!"

"What about you?"

"I'll be fine"

"I'll follow Myléné you protect this girl" Ladybug said before running off.

"Come on big dumb and ugly" I started to yell. "don't you want revenge on the girl, who kept Myléné from you?"

Stoneheart growled at her and made a swipe at me. I ducked out of his reach. Pain shot up my leg when I did and I hissed when I felt it.

"Could you not piss off the two-tonne rock please" Cat Noir said exasperated.

I didn't look at him. "Focus on the two-tonne rock and not the girl with the broken leg please." I told Cat Noir.

"Your leg's broken?" Cat Noir asked me concerned.

I glared at the Cat themed idiot. "Not. The. Time." I jumped out of the way as Stone heart tried to grab me again. I gasped when I felt pain shoot through my leg again.

"Hey!" Cat Noir said sounding angry jumping between me and him. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size?"

Stone heart growled at him. And made a swipe at him. Cat Noir picked me up and started to run with me in his arms.

"What exactly was your plan?" Cat Noir asked exasperated

"To buy time for you and ladybug to come up with one" I told him as we ran through the hallways. "I was banking far too much on our dating history that he wouldn't hurt me."

"Yes, yes you are" Cat Noir said reproachfully. "It was stupid, and dumb and idiotic, and stupid, and deadly and stupid and and…"

"Stupid?"

Cat Noir glared at me. I looked at him wide eyed. His glare reminding me of my father's own glare. I swallowed thickly.

"I'm sorry," I said with a sigh. "I wasn't thinking,"

Cat Noir's grip tightened. "I bet you have a lot of people that would be sad if you got hurt." Cat Noir said ducking into a classroom. "You should be more careful"

"I couldn't just walk away" I said. "Beside's what would you have done?"

"I have powers, that enable me to defeat the bad guy, you don't."

I looked away. "And today had started out so well too" She said. "My cousin, had just started his first day… and-Oh no Adrien!" I screamed. I stood ignoring the pain in my leg. "My cousin! I have to…"

"This wouldn't be Adrien Agreste would it?" Cat Noir said calmly cutting me off. "Saw him a while ago, he was headed in the direction of the Agreste mansion." Cat Noir told me.

I stared at him wide eyed. "Are-Are you sure?" I asked.

Cat Noir nodded. "You and Myléné are the only one's in danger" He told me calmly.

Ivan then used that opportunity to barge through our door. "Where's Myléné?" He Yelled.

"Oh purrfect" I said.

Cat Noir chuckled as he jumped between me and Ivan. "You like Pun's too?"

"I find punning to be a perfectly reasonable way to alleviate fear and stress." I said with a shrug. Cat Noir started to jump all around Ivan all the while calling him nasty insults.

"Umm, Ivan this is Myléné" We heard over the PA. My eyes widened.

"Ivan I'll go with you, but only if you bring Annette and Cat Noir to the rooftop in 2 minutes" She said sounding scared and nervous. "Prove to me their still alive, and I'll go with you."

Ivan stayed still for a few moments. A butterfly shaped being appearing infront of his eyes.

"O…kay" He said before holding me and Cat Noir in both of his hands taking both of us and walked to the top of the stomach school.

"What is Ladybug thinking" Cat Noir muttered as Stone heart left the building via a window and started climbing upwards. "I mean it's not like she knows you so why...?

I kept my mind focused on the bolder currently cutting into my stomach. It really hurt.

"Ivan, could you please loosen your grip a little, your hurting me." I would have giggled at Cat Noir's look really? The look seemed to scream.

I nodded, but miraculously Ivan did as he was asked. I put my hands firmly on the bolder cutting into my stomach and pulled it upward. By now we had reached the rooftop.

I looked at in surprise. The boulder was purple in color instead of the grey rock that Ivan was currently covered in. I said nothing to Ivan whose entire focus was on getting to Mylene. I took a deep breath and relaxed into Ivan's grip.

I saw Cat Noir's eyes widen, when he saw the boulder in my hands. I put a finger to my lips.

Ladybug and Mylene had come into view without saying a word I tossed the purple rock towards Ladybug she looked at it wide eyed as it broke on the ground. The butterfly broke free from the object, but Ladybug wasted no time she pulled out her Yoyo and caught it before releasing it. When it was released it was the beautiful white butterfly that I remembered seeing as a child.

Ladybug through something into the air... a key? "Miraculous Ladybug!" She yelled as everything returned back to normal. Including Ivan.

I dropped to the ground as the rock surrounding Ivan disappeared I fell to the ground as did Chat Noir

"You ok?" Chat Noir asked me helping me to my feet.

"Y-yeah, I think the miraculous Ladybug cure healed my broken leg, it doesn't hurt anymore" I said testing it out.

Chat Noir stared at me in surprise.

"Thank you, for protecting me." I said to him. Holding out my hand toward him.

"That's what I'm here for" He said taking my hand and shaking it once.

I heard a loud beeping and turned to Ladybug putting a hand to her ear.

"Ladybug!" I said running foreword. "Thank you... for everything."

Ladybug smiled though I could tell it was a bit forced. "Y-your welcome."

Chat Noir stepped up behind me. "What was your plan?" Chat Noir asked his face emotionless.

Ladybug stared at me.

"It wasn't hers, it was a plan I had revealed to Mylene, shortly before we dropped in on you uninvited, Mylene must have told it to you"

"I didn't sanction it, Mylene panicked I had just locked ourselves into the principles office when she grabbed hold of the PA."

Chat Noir turned toward Mylene who was talking softly with Ivan. He smiled softly as did.

"They both look happy" I commented with a smile. "I hope it lasts."

Shortly after that Ladybug jumped away her miraculous about to run out.

"I guess your clean up" I said with a sigh. "Help us get down?"

Chat rolled his eyes. "What can't jump down your self?"

"Hardy har" I said dryly.

Chat chuckled. "I'm teasing" he said with a hand on my shoulder. He pulled me to the edge of the building and elongated the staff till it touched the ground.

"Anyone want a ride?" Chat Noir said. Myléné and Ivan stared at Cat Noir and the baton that had been extended they looked .

I sighed and took hold of the baton. "Just hold on guys, and you'll be fine" I said before sliding down first.

I so very nearly avoided a grounding by explaining that in my hurry, to escape from the being that had terrorized the school, I had left my phone inside the classroom.

Cynthia had of course been furious. But had let it go when I explained what had occured. That I had run out of the classroom and spent the rest of the attack hiding in the vent system.

I would have told the truth, but knowing Uncle Gabriel that would have meant getting grounded for putting myself in unnecessary danger.

So instead, I lied and when the interrogation finally ended I left.

I lay on my bed my hair soaking yet from the gloriously long hot bath I had given myself.

"Annette?" I sat up to see Adrien looking at me worriedly.

"Yeah"

"Are you ok?"

I tilted my head before shrugging. "Yeah, right as rain."

"I heard you were in the school while uh…"

"Ivan?" I supplied.

Adrien nodded. "Went on a rampage" He finished.

"I'm fine." I said.

Adrien sat on the bed infront of me. "Then why didn't we hang out like we normally do after school?"

I swallowed. "I promised myself I would have a bath after school," I tried.

Adrien raised an eyebrow.

I pulled my knees to my chest. "It's not a big deal, Adrien"

"Wrong, it's a big deal" Adrien said. "Talk to me Annette."

"Do you miss them?" I asked staring at a photo of my parents that I kept on my side table.

Adrien followed my gaze his expression saddened. "You know I do."

"Even after three years when something goes wrong, I still want to jump into my parents arms." I said my eyes filling with tears. "After everything that happened, I just wish they were here right now."

"Me too" Adrien said. "I miss my mother too."

Adrien and I sat there for a moment. "Remember when Aunt Bridgette, Uncle Felix and you came over and I insulted you during dinner, and we engaged in a food fight that ended with us wearing more food than we ate?"

"Both our mothers were angry" I laughed. "I have no idea who was angrier though, you're mother, or mine."

Adrien rubbed his ears a smile on his face. "My ears are still throbbing by how hard my mother was tugging my ears."

I laughed. "Or that time when we were like five, and I gave you that horrifying hair cut?"

"While I was sleeping" Adrien interjected. "father and mother were horrified."

"I was grounded for 3 weeks for that!" I said. "I still don't see what the big deal was, you looked cute with a buzz."

Adrien hit me in the face with a pillow. I laughed.

"Another memory I have, is going to this house by a lake, oh it was amazing, it would get so dark and the stars would shine so brightly…" I started. "We'd go swimming in the lake every morning right after breakfast, momma would scold my father and I about waiting an hour before eating…" I looked toward my bedroom window.

"What was your best?"

I smiled sadly. "A few days before momma and papa died, we went to this little meadow that they constantly took me too, papa and mama had packed a lunch and we had a picnic their in the meadow. I remember picking flowers, and weaving them into a crown for momma, she looked so beautiful like that like a fairy princess, papa and I wrestled on the dirt floor. At the end of the day I was so tired and I ended up being carried in my father's arms all the way back home…"

I blinked and stared back at Adrien. "It wasn't much, but it was the last time before the day they died that we did something together, like a family…"

Adrien put a hand on my arm his face showing nothing but compassion.

I pulled away and coughed slightly.

"What about you?" I asked. "You're mother disappeared what six months ago? If anyone should be talking about missing parents it's you" I was being blunt and possibly hurtful, but I knew Adrien wouldn't take it to seriously, I was always like this after I had been made vunerable.

Adrien blinked at the sudden bluntness of my statement but let it pass.

"Well there was this one time, when I was about 6..."

The next day went by without so much as a problem and hey! As a plus, Adrien didn't have to sneak to school, he was ridden there with the promise that he could stay, so long as his body guard picked him up to and from school everyday, and he still continued all his other extracurricular activities.

The down side was that whenever he tried to speak to Marinette. Marinette would turn her head away from in anger.

I had tried to explain what had happened but unfortunately, my relationship with either Chloé and Adrien didn't help matters. Marinette thought I was just lying to protect my brother, or just down playing the seriousness of what had occurred. Neither of which was true.

For me things had stayed relatively the same with a few small changes.

Myléné had started sitting beside her boyfriend. Even took the chance to thank me for what I had done for her during the attack.

The second thing to change, was Alya. Generally I wanted nothing to do with the press, but Alya was relentless in wanting the full scoop of what happened on the roof of the school. I spent the rest of the day avoiding and evading her to the best of my abilities.

Beside's it wasn't like she would believe if I told her if I was the one to have destroyed the thing that held the akuma.

At the end of school, I saw Adrien and Marinette talking together. They seemed to be finally getting along and it even ended with Adrien handing him her umbrella.

I smiled and ran after Adrien and hugged him from behind.

"That looked like it went well." I whispered to him.

"Shut up, she's just a friend" Adrien said rearranging his shirt.

"I know" I teased throwing an arm around his shoulders.

"S-see tomorrow you!" Marinette yelled down to us. "You see tomorrow!"

"Ahh look at that you got her stuttering, what exactly did you say to her dear cousin?"

Adrien nudged me with his shoulders. I laughed as we ran together to get out of the rain.

If anyone had any doubts about who Annette's parents were this section pretty much absolved you of them.

A part of me was tempted to have their names by said at the end of a chapter like a dramatic reveal. But, this isn't really that much of a dramatic reveal.

Also as I've stated in this chapter. Bridgette and Felix are dead. That was something I thought had been made clear but I realize that it wasn't so I'm making it clear now. They are dead.

I have no idea if in Origins part 2 the scene the end scene happens the next day or after lunch. So I made a snap decision and decided to have the ending take place the next day.
If it turns out I was wrong just... let it go... please?

Also I'll be following this timeline: thewalkingweapon . tumblr post / 154556232149 / miraculous - ladybug - timeline - complete (Unless for reasons I change my mind).