There were two things happening to Felix that he had never expected in his lifetime.

1. Talking cats.

2. Becoming a magical boy.

He watched with great astonishment as the ring began to glow. A strange opalescent light enveloped his body. Felix winced, but the power overcoming him was rather exhilarating. Nimbus' blue eyes stared unblinkingly up at him until the light vanished.

He felt strange, as a new surge of adrenaline overcome his body. He glanced down at his hands, noticing he was now wearing the white opera gloves he had received yesterday. Wait, what? They hadn't been on him earlier…

"These gloves—"

"Wow, you look so cool!" her little voice exclaimed. Felix teetered to his feet.

"Do I?" he muttered aloud, examining his appearance. He wasn't wearing a body fitting costume like the other two superheroes. Instead, his garments were flowy, black and white fabrics. He noticed he was wearing a long, black cape. "Do you have a mirror on you? Let me see."

"Err, now probably isn't the time to be checking yourself out." Nimbus said nervously, shifting her focus over to the Akuma.

Felix felt his stomach drop with realization. "Wait, you can't seriously mean I have to fight that thing. I barely know what I'm capable of."

"Oh, don't worry about that! It should come naturally to you. I mean, at least I think that's how it works."

"You worry me, cat."

Nimbus ignored his last statement and pointed a paw towards the battle. "Alright, Felix, show meow what you've got!"

Felix groaned. "Ugh, stop with the cat puns, please."

"Hey, My Lady. Check meowt!"

"Now isn't really the time, Chat."

Ladybug was trying to execute her next move. She groaned at her partner's attempts to impress her, but mostly at his puns. There had been an influx of Akuma attacks as of late and she was wondering why that was.

It's her headpiece, Ladybug thought. "Chat, the Akuma is in her tiara!"

Chat grinned, cracking his fingers. "Alright, My Lady." he cooed playfully. She wasn't really in the mood to take his shit today. Chat turned towards the Akuma. "Sorry, Le Cygne Noir, the only princess in my heart is the spotted beauty you see here."

Ladybug rolled her eyes.

Le Cygne Noir pressed a delicate hand against her lips and laughed. "My, how charming of a prince you have, Ladybug."

"He's not my prince."

Chat grinned wider and winked. "Oh, we'll see about that."

The black winged bird woman smirked, holding out the palm of her hand. A plume of dark black smoke erupted from her palm, solidifying into a dagger-like object. She wrapped her cold fingertips around the crystalline dagger, her eyes enlarging and her teeth appearing razor sharp. "Yes, if he truly isn't your prince, then allow me to take him from your hands." she hissed, preparing to throw the dagger at Chat.

Just as Ladybug was about to call on her Lucky Charm a mysterious object flew through the air, knocking the dagger out of the Akuma's hand. It shattered midair like a glittering rainbow, its shards cascading downwards. The Akuma was just as shocked as Chat Noir and Ladybug, as they glanced down at the object that had pierced the dagger. It was a rose, or something akin to a rose, white and glittery, dissipating as it hit the ground.

"What?!"

"I think I might make for a better deal over him."

Off to the side, they saw the mysterious opponent. A taller young man stood there, draped in a long, black cape and flowy formal clothing. He wore a half white mask on his face, his shaggy long blond hair covering the other half. He stood positioned with an arrow pointed towards the Akuma, smirking.

Yet internally, the confident young man behind the mask was wavering. He could feel the sweat beads permeating on his forehead as he panicked. SHIT, what did I just do?!

But before he could think, the others were already reacting. Ladybug and Chat glanced at one another, awestruck but unable to allow their defenses to fall. The Akuma was the most stunned, taken back a moment before she began to rage. That was a good thing, right? Felix hoped it was a good thing, yet he had to dodge before she tossed another similar purple crystal in his direction. As he strode sideways, avoiding her weapons, he pointed the arrow up at her. The arrows were white roses with black thorns, the ends sharpened. Good thing I took those archery lessons. As he prepared to launch he felt something wrap around his body, pulling him to the ground. Ladybug stood over him, pulling him towards her with her yo-yo.

"Hey, let me go!"

"Why should I?" Ladybug asked inquisitively. She seemed concerned. "And who are you? What are you doing get involved"

Felix felt like telling her, "Well, I'm a superhero, kind of like you." But he figured if he said that out loud it would come across as too sarcastic. Who am I? He wasn't even sure what it was he looked like at that moment. He tried to look around for some reflective surface. He spotted a nearby restaurant with a big glass window and glanced at his newfound appearance. His hair was slightly longer and curlier, still loosely tied in a low ponytail. When he tried to whisk the stray hair across his eye away he realized that by doing so he might reveal his identity. Why is it only a half mask?

He remembered the opera gloves and looked Ladybug in the eye. "I am… Le Fantome."

Ladybug felt something was off. All this time, the only superheroes in Paris she had known of were her and Chat Noir. Then again, it wasn't impossible for there to be other people in possession of miraculous in the world. Yet the timing of this guy's appearance struck her as… random. Well, it all was quite random. She pondered whether to let him go but was given little of a choice when Chat had to block her from another attack.

"I'm here to help you," Felix said, as he tried to wriggle out of the string. "Now let me go."

She finally heeded his pleas and released him, although she remained suspicious. It didn't appear like he was an Akuma, and she had never experienced two Akumas being released at once before either. Still, something was off. She somewhat welcomed the idea of a third teammate but had never expected it to occur like this. It was already strange enough how she and Chat had come together.

"Just don't get in the way." she warned him. He took that as a good sign and leapt to his feet.

It was all very surreal, and Felix felt his head was spinning. Yet when the adrenaline kicked in it all did seem to come naturally to him, just as Nimbus had said. He wondered briefly about the cat hiding in the bushes, what she was thinking of this whole ordeal. He almost wanted to check in her direction, to see if she was staring but before he could so much as cast a glimpse someone was calling to him.

"Watch out!"

Felix held his breath, having come eye to eye with the Akuma. She was smirking as she grabbed hold of his wrists, causing him to drop the bow and arrow. Felix froze. He could feel her icy presence piercing him over. Yet he didn't move or attempt to. Everything was moving in slow motion. And then his eyes glowed. He felt himself chanting something quietly but couldn't understand the words he was saying.

Felix disappeared inside the Akuma.