Alright! Part 2! Miracle Queen! Today is Saturday the 15th of January. Lets see how long it takes me to get this bad boy written and out. Probably awhile. I had to take some time to figure out how to work this chapter in a way that wouldn't make Lucy and mindless zombie the whole time, but also gave her means to be around to see things go down so that we don't have to skip over it all and I think I have a decent idea of how to do that now.
This is the sad chapter. At least, it will be for me. As many of you know, I base my chapters to follow the general tv storyline and with that being said, this episode/ chapter is the downfall of Chloe. That's not a spoiler or anything, it's simply the way it has to be for future chapters that also follow the episodes to make sense.
Someone named Mariah is a regular commenter on fanfiction and in her comments, there is usually a load of questions and theories as to what happens next. In the last one, it was no different but she did write "will lucy still want to support Chloe or be done with her? probably not since timetagger where she was a bridesmaid at Chloe's future wedding?"
The thing about that is that I watch a LOT of shows and movies that involve time travel. Some of them remain simple and easy to understand. Easier than I can actually explain in words. I am pretty sure that is the way Miraculous does it. Being that Ladybug talks to her past self on more than one occasion and thanks to her doing specific things, it doesn't matter. However, in shows more complicated, time isn't so easily fixed. That is because they are adult shows that acknowledge the loopholes. To go back and erase her name from the note, she would have first still had to write it originally, but if she erases it, then the whole event that just involved her going back didn't happen and she wouldn't remember it, yada yada.
In more adult shows this usually leads to splits in timelines similar to alternate universes or alternate realities. You have time A where an event took place, time B, where the event is avoided, and sometimes time C where the two intertwine.
My point is, I have yet to decide how simple or complicated I want time to be in my story. So, although we know an adult Lucy did in fact go to a wedding that an Adult Chloe and Adult Nikolas marry, I'm not sure if that future is the exact future our current Lucy will be a part of or not. And I only say this because I hate fake suspense. What I mean by that is for example, when a tv show ends the season on a cliffhanger where one of the main characters, if not THE main character is in a life or death situation. And although it's fun to watch, because you know there is another season, you know the outcome. This of course is different for side and recurring characters, as they tend to be more disposable but the one the series is based around? Come on.
So, thanks to time travel being the way it is, to answer you Mariah, and anyone else who might be thinking similar. Eh, maybe? Maybe not.
Anyway! Onward!
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Life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to end...
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"Use them well my Queen," Hawkmoth says as he hands the miracle box away. Chloe had transformed into Queen bee and akumatized into an upgraded version of Queen Wasp. She was now the Miracle Queen. The main changes of her akumatized form being she now has black hive-designed shoulder armor, a crown, and bracelets.
Miracle Queen smiled as she held the box containing all the other miraculous in her hands. She had never imagined this would be how it all went down. How she would manage to get everything she ever wanted.
"Are you sick? Did you hit your head on something? Or are you seriously this delusional?"
She flinches at the sound of Lucy's voice ringing in her ears. Ignoring it, Miracle Queen lifts her hand and orders her wasps to sting everyone in Paris. "Sting them! Sting them all and make them mine!"
"You did good today kid." Lucy complimented when she pulled away. Chloe raised an eyebrow at her.
"Did good? I was akumatized. I don't remember anything but I doubt it was anything 'good'." She said with air quotes.
"Before that," Lucy explained.
Miracle Queen growled as she squeezed her eyes shut. "Shut up." She muttered under her breath. Hawkmoth eyed her curiously, noticing his newest ally tense.
"You seriously don't think about anyone but yourself, do you?"
"What are you? New? Spoiler alert, I'm the only one worth thinking about." Chloe spat back harshly.
"Do you ever actually hear the words coming out of your mouth. For crying out loud it's two steps forward, five steps back with you Chloe, I just don't get it."
"Shut up!" Miracle Queen hissed again, this time causing HawkMoth to narrow his eyes at her.
"Is there a problem?"
"Of course not." She said harshly over her shoulder before bringing her head forward again. "Never better." Her head tilted as she let out a calm breath. "In fact, my precious little wasps, find Lucy Shepherd. Don't sting her, but bring her to me."
Hawkmoth raised a brow. "What is it you want with the Shepherd girl?" He asked.
"To prove a point." That was the only explanation Miracle Queen gave. Hawkmoth smirked non the less. Lucy had proven to be of importance to his enemies though there were not a lot of ways he could target her specifically. Now, without even having to, Chloe would be adding another pawn to this game in his favor. Ah, how wonderfully everything was coming together.
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Marinette let go of Luka and stepped away from him in embarrassment. She hadn't meant to unload on him.
"Sorry I- I don't why I did that."
"Are you okay?" Luka asks gently. Marinette smiles at him appreciatively.
"Yes. Thank you, Luka. Oh, uh, by the way, did you find that perfect tune you were looking for?" She asked, wanting to change the subject. If she didn't, he might ask more questions. Questions she wouldn't be able to answer.
"I think I did, yeah. But are you sure you really want to hear it?" He asks, making Marinette frown a little. "You're still thinking of Adrien, aren't you?" His tone held no resentment or anger. The truth was that Luka knew he couldn't force Marinette to feel any other way than the way she already did. If she still liked Adrien, that was something she would have to overcome herself. All he could do was be there for her while she did. Luka sees Miracle Queen's wasps coming toward them suddenly and grabs Marinette while shouting her name. He spins around, using himself as a shield sacrificing his free will for Marinette. Marinette backs up, seeing the now zombie-like Luka as well as the wasps heading her way and bolts.
"Oh, no! Not those again! Tikki, we have to take shelter! Power-up!" She says while she runs, tossing Tikki the aqua power-up. "Aqua-Tikki spots on!" She jumps into the water of the nearby canal and transforms into Aquabug. "I should have known that HawkMoth had a bigger plan all along. The battle's not over!"
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"No!" Adrien says abruptly, stepping away from Kagami before their lips could meet. "I mean... I mean yes! I mean, it's the first time that I... thought it would be different." He explains poorly. This was the first time he was really considering trying to move on from Lucy and it was all just felt so sudden.
"So you're not happy?" Kagami asks, trying to understand what the big deal was.
"Yes, I am! It's just that... I think I wasn't really ready." He tells her sheepishly. Kagami can't help clench her jaw.
"So, when will you be ready?" Adrien looks away, Kagami can feel herself becoming upset. It didn't make sense to her. If you want something, say it. If you don't, then don't. Adrien was giving her mixed signals and she didn't know what he wanted from her.
"Your indecision is hurtful, Adrien." Adrien frowns and looks at Kagami, and notices Miracle Queen's wasps. Adrien gasps, and pulls Kagami towards him protectively, much to Kagami's confusion. "What?!" Kagami blurts only then noticing the danger heading for them both. Even if she was upset with Adrien, she could never sit by and allow harm to come to him. "No!" She shouts horrified, Kagami defensively pushes Adrien away and gets stung herself.
"Kagami!" Wasps chase Adrien as he stands and runs. Reaching in his jacket for a power-up Camembert. "Plagg, lunchtime!" He throws camembert which Plagg catches in his mouth. "Aqua Plagg, Claws Out!" Adrien transforms into Aqua Noir, and dives into the water, safe from the wasps.
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"You'd think the couple this party was for would-be back already," Nik said aloud as he watched the people who had been taken by Heart Hunter go back to their business as per usual.
"Maybe they're still fighting?" Lucy spoke, looking at the time on her phone. Nikolas's eyes widen at the sight of some unnatural-looking wasps heading in their direction.
"Or maybe HawkMoth akumatized someone else right away!" He shouted as the wasps began stinging everyone they came in contact with. The two teens shot up from their seats and like a few others tried to get away. Nikolas grabbed Lucy by the hand and bolted for the kitchen only to feel her pulling away from him. His head whipped back to see the wasps swarming, lifting her from the ground and pulling her away.
"Lucy!"
"Nik!" Within that second a wasp stung Nikolas in the neck. Lucy watched as his concern dropped and was replaced with a blank face, his eyes glowing yellow. She shouted his name once more, trying to reach out for him, only to be whisked away by the insects. They took her to city hall and Lucy's eyes widened slightly at the sight of not only an Akumatized Chloe but an Akumatized Queen Bee with HawkMoth beside her. The wasps placed her on the ground in front of the villains.
"Chloe! What did you do!?" Lucy shouted, only to be smirked at.
"I'm the Miracle Queen now." She informed. "I'll also accept my queen and your majesty."
Lucy's shoulders slump and her head falls as she shakes it. "You were supposed to get it together Chloe. You were supposed to be one of the good guys." Miracle Queen snarled at her.
"That's your problem, Lucy, you keep trying to find the good in everyone. Even when it isn't there." Her tone, for a moment, resembled that of pitty or even remorse. Lucy wasn't sure which or who it was really meant for. "People of Paris, listen to Miracle Queen's first order! From now on, no one will have to keep his identity a secret! All the Miraculous wearers, come to me!"
Lucy's head shot up in alert at the demand. "Chloe don't!" Miracle Queen peered down at her.
"See where being good gets you?"
"Yes...yes! No more hiding!" HawkMoth praised in anticipation as slowly those who wore a miraculous made their way to stand before them.
"Nerdy Max? The fake reporter? DJ headache!?" Miracle Queen spat as she went down the line of Max, Alya, ad Nino. "What has possessed Ladybug to choose such losers as her superheroes?" Miracle Queen rips off Alya's glasses, crushing them, then notices Kim. "Oh, simple, little Kim too! For a moment there, I thought you only had to wear glasses to get a Miraculous. Don't know this one." She points to Luka. "He's cute. But he gets his clothes from a dumpster! Oh no, not this one!" She groans as she notices Kagami. "Ugh, my, such ridiculous choices! Utterly ridiculous! Anyway, grab your Miraculous!" One by one, they grab their Miraculouses and step back in line, except for Nino and Kagami.
"Huh? Why don't they take any?" HawkMoth ponders aloud.
"Surely because the Miraculous of the Moron and the Pompous Brat do not exist!" Miracle Queen says, only for HawkMoth to smirk.
"Or maybe someone else is already wearing them." Miracle Queen stands in front of them, holding her arm out.
"Come on, hurry up and transform, my pawns!"
"Trixx, let's pounce."
"Kaalki, full gallop."
"Sass, scales slither."
"Xuppu, Showtime."
"You were once Ladybug and Chat Noir's minions, but from now on, you will be Miracle Queen's royal guard! Ladybug, Chat Noir, I'm gonna use your own weapons to defeat you. You'll so regret not choosing me!"
"Do you have any idea what you have done!?" Lucy shouted at Miracle Queen who rolled her eyes.
"You really are testing my patience. Here I am, standing in front of you, letting you witness my outstanding glory, and instead of rooting for me like the good friend you claim to be, your criticizing me!" She roard in anger.
"What? No pep talk about making better choices this time Lucy?"
Lucy scoffed and looked down at her casually. "What is it exactly that you want Chloe? Anytime I try and give you a word of advice you basically tell me to back off, but now you want me to say something? Is it an attention thing? Is that what all this is?" Lucy moved from her laid-back position and leaned forward on her desk, clasping her hands together. "Tell ya what. You do you, Chloe. You wanna be the shitty person everyone expects you to be? Then go for it. I have tried giving you the benefit of the doubt, I have tried being your friend. I have tried caring. But you make it so damn hard Chloe. I'm done going to you. You can come to me now. When you're ready to be more than the girl everybody loves to hate, you find me. Till then fuck off."
Lucy squinted at Miracle Queen who slammed her eyes shut and shook her head in aggravation. Something was off with her. Lucy just didn't know what it was.
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HawkMoth takes a moment to got check on Mayura who was watching over the guardian on a nearby roof. He had used his Miraculous, the turtle, and created a barrier around himself to protect what secrets he had left.
"Mayura! Now it's time to deal with the old guardian." As HawkMoth speaks, Mayura, still sick, suddenly loses balance. HawkMoth quickly catches her in his arms, worry overcoming his features.
"Mayura!"
"I'm all right." She tells him weakly.
"Of all the plans I've concocted, I never wanted this." He says, still holding her. "Forgive me for needing you again one last time."
Mayura smiles at him warmly, bringing her hand to his face. "Don't blame yourself. From the very first day, I knew that I'd do anything for you." It was a true statement. Even before his days as HawkMoth, Nathalie had been determined to be indispensable to Gabriel as his assistant. His work ethic and passion for his career, as well as his devotion to his family, were things that had built up the image she had for him in all the years they had known one another. Nathalie knew that Gabriel wouldn't stop until he got his wife back, and although she had developed some...less professional feelings for her employer, Nathalie cared about him and Adrien too much not to help in any way she could. Gabriel, Adrien...even Emilie, they were her family. And Nathalie would do everything in her power to help them.
Mayura stands and takes a couple of steps back, extending her fan, pulling out a feather. Grasping the feather, it then turns blue as she blows it towards Hawkmoth. "Little amok, give body to Hawk Moth's sentimonster again!" The feather flies into HawkMoth's staff, creating a Giant Moth sentimonster. "Sentimonster, I am Mayura! You will now obey HawkMoth!"
HawkMoth doesn't hesitate in directing the monster. "Destroy the shield!"
The sentimonster then begins to attack the guardian's Shell-ter as who now must keep the sentimonster from cracking it.
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"Ladybug!"
"Chat Noir!" The two heroes swim to one another from under the canal.
"There's something wrong." Chat tells his partner. "What did Fu say to you when you gave him back the Dragon Miraculous?" Ladybug, or now, Aquabug, shrinks slightly and grips her arm.
"...I wasn't able to give it back."
"What?"
"Master Fu has disappeared!" She explained. "I worry something happened to him!"
Aqua Noir extends his staff from under the water, surveying his surroundings when his baton beeps.
"Huh! You're right! " Aquabug covers her mouth in fear as they see Miracle Queen with the miracle box as well as all their friends and Master Fu fighting off Hawkmoth's sentimonster on a roof nearby. "They found Master Fu and the Miracle Box! It's a catastrophe! And I just happen to be an expert in cat things!"
"It's... It's my fault." Aquabug told him. "I didn't transform back before I went to find him."
Aqua Noir looked at her in surprise. Ladybug was always so careful. "What?"
Aquabug could feel the guilt eating away at her. She had let her emotions distract her, and in doing so made a huge mistake. "I was... confused. I'm sorry. I'm such a failure." She cries, putting her head in her hands. Aqua Noir swims closer to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. She waited for him to scold her. To tell her that she should have been more careful. After all, if the roles were reversed, that is what she would have done. But Chat wasn't her.
"Hey! The important thing is to save Master Fu before the sentimonster destroys his shield. And we'll need a focused Ladybug for that. Forget what happened, okay?" Aquabug stares at Aqua Noir before hugging him tightly. He was right of course. She had made her mistake, but dwelling on it, swimming in a sea of self-pity wouldn't help fix it.
"Thanks, Chat! You're always here for me!" He smiles and hugs her back.
"Always, Little Bug." They pull away and Aquabug regains her composure, thinking up a plan of attack.
"Okay! We have to free our friends from Miracle Queen. Then we can defeat Mayura, HawkMoth, and his sentimonster. But first, we gotta neutralize those wasps so we can get out of the water. If we get stung, it's all over."
"Sounds easy when you say it!"
"Yes! We're gonna make it easier!" She tells him, putting on the Dragon Miraculous.
"No! It's too dangerous! Too many powers at the same time!" Noir warns her but Aquabug shakes her head.
"We don't have a choice!" Longg comes out of the miraculous and greets his temporary holder.
"Hmph! I'm ready to fight, Ladybug!"
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Chloe, you are...a garbage person sometimes."
Chloe gapped at her. "Excuse me?! I thought you were here to try and make me feel better! FYI you are doing a terrible job."
"I am here to make you feel better but I'm not going to lie to you to do that." Lucy clarified. "You have a lot of growing up to do Chloe. You are mean and selfish."
"Okay, you've said enough. Get out."
"But-" Lucy continued. "I have seen you take the steps to do better. To be better. Your mother might not see it right now. But in time, if you really try, I think you will be more than exceptional Chloe."
"What's the end game here. Chlo?" Lucy asked, slumped down on the steps behind her. "You defeat Ladybug and Chat Noir, and then what? Rule over a bunch of mindless zombies for the rest of your life?"
"How about your worry about yourself?" Miracle Queen snapped back.
"Well, now that you mention it, what about me? Why haven't you had me stung yet? Why keep me coherent?" The anti-hero smiles and lets out a short breathy laugh.
"So you can see, Lucy." She said simply. "See how right you were. You told me I was capable of being extraordinary, and now you get to see it in action. You told me that if I put my best foot forward I would rise to the occasion, and well," She said opening her palms and gesturing the scene around them. "I have risen."
Lucy gritted her teeth and shook her head. "Chloe you-"
"I'm not Chloe anymore! I'm MIRACLE QUEEN. I AM A QUEEN!" She seethed.
"You're the VILLAIN!" Lucy snapped back. Miracle Queen's eye twitched upward once more.
"Well, you know what they say. The villain is the hero of her own story." Chloe inhaled deeply before turning back to the hypnotized heroes in front of her. "It's almost sad," She added. "Because you don't think I'm a bad person," Straightening her posture, Miracle Queen flipped her hair. "And now I have to prove you wrong."
"Spots off/Claws in!" Ladybug and Chat yell as the emerge from the water. They both detransform from their aqua forms.
"Tikki, Longg, Unify!" Ladybug calls out as her appearance changes into a mixture of Ladybug and that of Ryuko. "Water Dragon!"
Dragon Bug creates a water shield, as she and Chat Noir land, sending the water shield flying forward, knocking over Miracle Queen in the process.
"Ladybug!" Miracle Queen hisses from behind the water shield.
"It'll be Dragon Bug to you, Chloe!" Dragon Bug retorts. Chat looks to Lucy who is seated on the floor at the edge of the shield.
"Are you alright Lucy?" Lucy nods.
"I'm fine."
"A few extra powers aren't going to save you, you know." Hawkmoth taunts from the rooftop. "In a few moments, when the old guardian is too weak and his shield is broken, I'll force him to tell me your secret identities, and it will all be thanks to Ladybug. She led you all to your own doom!" He laughs.
"He's trying to divide you! Don't listen to him! I chose you both for a reason! Stay united!" Fu tells them as he continues to try and defend himself from HawkMoth's sentimonster.
Dragon Bug and Chat Noir face each other before grabbing each other hands. "It's us against the world!"
"As always!" Ladybug replies, grateful to know Chat would always have her back.
"Ladybug and I never fight each other! We fight together!"
"Welcome to your Doomsday, HawkMoth!"
"You fools!" Hawkmoth raged. "It's time to take action, my Queen!"
"En garde, my guards!" Miracle Queen commanded her victims. The Miraculous holders activate their special ability, starting with Rena Rouge's Mirage.
"Uproar!"
"Voyage!"
"Second Chance!"
All Miraculous holders remain in a line, ready to fight, Dragon Bug takes out her sword.
"Viperion is by far the most dangerous! You focus on him! Be careful, Chat!" Ladybug instructs.
"Got it! Cataclysm! " Activating his special ability, they both charge forward as the others do as well. With Dragon Bug fighting her own battle, Chat Noir takes on Viperion. Chat Noir kicks Viperion to the ground.
"Second Chance!"
"Got it! Cataclysm!" They charged once again, Viperion blocks Cat Noir's kick, but gets punched by Chat Noir, failing once more.
"Second Chance!"
"Got it! Cataclysm!" Fighting again, but this time Viperion locks Chat Noir in place. However, Dragon Bug sneaks up beside them.
"Looks like you forgot about me! But I didn't!" Dragon Bug takes Viperion's Miraculous, he de-transforms back into Luka, still hypnotized.
Miracle Queen growls in frustration. "Useless! That snake is utterly useless!"
Dragon Bug toses the snake miraculous to Chat Noir. "Chat Noir! It's your turn!" Putting on the Miraculous, Sass appears exhausted but Chat Noir feeds him a cheese.
"Sass, Plagg, Unify!" Chat Noir then transforms into Snake Noir. Similar looking to when he was Aspik, except his colors now being Blue and black, with cat-like ears on his head. "Second Chance!"
"Stop him!" Miracle Queen demands. King Monkey and Pegasus try to attack Chat but dodge when he notices Dragon Bug fighting Rena Rouge while another snuck up behind her. There are two kinds of guilt, Chloe. The kind that's a burden and the kind that gives you purpose. Let your guilt be your fuel. Let it remind you of who you want to be. Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It's damaged but it's there. Don't let them take it from you. "Shut up Lucy!"
Lucy looked at Chloe confused. "I didn't say anything?"
"Dragon Bug! It's an illusion!" Dragon Bug extended her yo-yo, erasing the illusions only for King Monkey to grab her yo-yo, he reaches for the yo-yo with the stuffed frog.
"No!" The stuffed frog and yo-yo touch, breaking the water shield around them. Wasps swarm in, stinging Dragon Bug in the process.
"Ladybug!" Snake Noir struggles as Rena Rouge traps him, then adjusts his wristband and sends them back in time.
"Dragon Bug! They're illusions!" Snake Noir then falls into Pegasus' portal as he tries to reach her, falling towards the sun in space. He quickly uses his ability again.
"Dragon Bug! They're illusions!" He runs again, this time dodging Pegasus' portal, and grabs King Monkey's arm. "Dragon Bug! Opening! There!" Dragon Bug makes an opening in the water shield. Snake Noir kicks King Monkey's staff through the opened hole, sailing towards Miracle Queen, only she catches it with one hand with ease, and laughs evilly.
"Pathetic! Is that honestly how you think you- Ew!" (The stuffed frog smacks Miracle Queen in the face, turning her weapon into a disco ball, and her wasps into confetti. Dragon Bug releases the water shield, and wraps her yo-yo around Miracle Queen, pulling her forward.
"No!"
Snake Noir cataclysms the disco ball, the Akuma flies out.
"Longg, Tikki, Divide!"
"Sass, Plagg, Divide!"
"No more evildoing for you, little Akuma. Time to de-evilize! Gotcha! Bye-bye, little butterfly." Miracle Queen transforms back into Queen Bee.
"Told you! Welcome to your doomsday, HawkMoth!" Chat shouts up at him, but HawkMoth laughs evilly, sending another akuma for Queen Bee. Both Ladybug and Chat Noir seemed surprised when they saw Queen Bee reaching for the Akuma, desperate for it to give her power once more. But Lucy wasn't. Not with how Chloe had spoken to her while Akumatized. She had chosen to side with Hawkmoth. She still was. Evil consists in intentionally behaving in ways that harm, abuse, demean, dehumanize, or destroy innocent others—or using one's authority and systemic power to encourage or permit others to do so on your behalf. In short, it is 'knowing better but doing worse.'
"Come here! Come on!" Queen Bee jumped for the Akuma.
Looks like you are being given just what you need Chloe," Lucy stated as Chloe smiled at Pollen.
"A Miraculous." She spoke softly.
"A chance," Lucy corrected. "to be better."
"HawkMoth is our enemy, Chloe! He can't get ahold of the Miracle Box!" Ladybug chasted as she captured the Akuma but Queen Bee simply glared at her.
"I'm not on your side anymore! How many times have I asked to fight alongside you? And how many times have you refused to give me back my Miraculous? How many, huh? HawkMoth isn't my enemy, he's yours! And the Miracle Box is mine!"
Being Queen Bee is everything to me." She admitted. "It helped set the affirmations Lucy so desperately tried to lay in my mind."
"Affirmations?" Adrien asked. Icy Blue eyes met green.
"Back when my mom first came to town. Back before we bonded over our hate for pretty much everyone..." Chloe chuckled weakly. "Lucy did what she always does."
"An inspirational pep-talk?" Adrien asked with a small grin. Chloe's expression copied his own.
"Yeah, that. She told me she believed in my ability to be exceptional. And she said it so easy. Like people tell me that all the time." It was only Adrien, who Chloe would ever allow herself to appear so vulnerable in front of. She supposed it was because he knew her before she became...her. "Becoming Queen Bee was like a gateway to a better version of myself. To be more than..." She drifted. "It doesn't matter. As far as Ladybug is concerned I am no longer qualified to hold a miraculous."
Queen Bee slams down the Miracle Box, and opening it, starts putting on all of the Miraculous. Ladybug calls out to her in panic. It was dangerous for them to use two miraculous together, and here she was using all of them. Ladybug had done so herself one time in the past when her teacher was akumatized as Kwami Buster and managed to kidnap Tikki.
"Chloe! No! Don't do that!"
"Oh, yes I will! I'm going to be the most powerful Miraculous wearer there ever was!"
"I don't even need to do anything!" HawkMoth laughs from above. "I knew you were one of us, Chloe Bourgeois!"
"My dear Chloe Bourgeois, this is HawkMoth. " Chloe hears in her head. "Ladybug wants to strip you of your superpowers? Well, I can empower you."Although Lucy could not hear Hawkmoths words she could see Chloe's internal struggle as she clutched her head. Lucy raced over to Chloe and took her by the shoulders. It seemed that Lucy was trying to say something to her, probably encouraging her to fight off Hawkmoths control but Chloe could hardly hear her over the sound of Hawkmoths voice. "Come with me and we can recover the Bee Miraculous together. We'll be a team, and your powers will have no limits."
"No, Hawk Moth!" Chloe defied. "I am a superheroine! I am Queen Bee! Ladybug will come and get me when she needs me! I WILL NEVER JOIN YOU!" She tosses her photo onto the ground as the Akuma exits it. Chloe clutches her chest and pants as Lucy continues to hold onto her. Rejecting Hawkmoth had taken a severe amount of energy and Chloe felt she might lose her ability to stand.
"Chloe..." Lucy spoke. Chloe didn't respond but instead brought her eyes to Lucy's as she continued to catch her breath. "You just rejected an Akuma!"
Lucy's words seemed to finally bring Chloe into a realization of what had just happened as her breath steadied and the wobbliness in her legs went away. She stood on her own and let out an airy breath before her mouth curved into a large grin.
"I did...I just rejected an Akuma! I JUST- Well! Of course, I did! I'm amazing, after all!" She shouted flipping her hair. "What's that Hawkmoth? You wanna akumatize me? Well, you can't!" Chloe spoke aloud, moving her body around dramatically. "Why? Because I'm Queen Bee, that's why Bitch!" She shouted taking her fists and extending her arms horizontally from the ground and moving them in a circular motion.
"Hey," Lucy said, placing a hand on Chloe's shoulder. "I'm proud of you."
The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren't the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. And when anger is the boss, you get unintended consequences. We all make choices, but in the end, our choices make us.
"Well, what are you waiting for?!" Queen Bee asked as the other Kwami's appeared in front of her. "Transform me!"
"She doesn't even know our names!" One argued.
"And you didn't give the right commands!" Roarr told her, crossing his arms.
"Or say please, for that ma-a-atter!" The sheep spoke.
Queen Bee glared at them "I am your queen, the queen of the Miraculous! I command you to tell me how you proceed!"
"There's nothing you can do anyway! I already won!" HawkMoth raved from above as Chat Noir's ring beeps. "It's moments before the shield caves in. Then the guardian will be at my mercy! Your friends are about to transform back! You're on your own. Checkmate, Ladybug!"
Ladybug glares up at HawkMoth. "I still have one move left, HawkMoth! Lucky Charm!" In her hand, a Key Chain appears. "A keyring? What am I supposed to do with this?" She looks around for clues and can feel her heart rate increase as nothing seems to be the actual key.
"Nothing! There's nothing you can do! My plan was perfect! You can't beat me!" HawkMoth taunts, laughing evilly again, Ladybug turns to Chat Noir.
"I can't figure it out!"
"Focus! You can do it!" Chat encourages. Ladybug continues to look for clues but stops at the sight of Fu struggling, she turns back to Chat Noir, and it's clear to him that his partner might be having a panic attack.
"I'm sorry! I'm so useless! If I hadn't forgotten to de-transform myself to go see Master Fu-"
"Ladybug, no!"
"-Hawk Moth wouldn't have taken him hostage. He wouldn't have taken the Miracle Box." She hugs Chat Noir, while crying. "I'm the worst Ladybug that has ever existed!"
"Ladybug, you are the best Miraculous holder I've ever met," Fu spoke from above. "You made mistakes, but who hasn't? What matters is to fix them. And you always, always miraculously knew how to fix everything, right?"
"But what should I do, Master?"
"You hold all the keys, Ladybug. You always have. And you will be the most magnificent of Guardians."
HawkMoth's eyes widened at Fu's words. "What!?"
"Master!"
"No!"
"Don't do it!" Kawmi's tried to argue but Fu had already made up his mind.
"I, Wang Fu, hereby relinquish the Miracle Box," He shouts, his body beginning to glow. "and name Ladybug the new Guardian!" Just then sentimonster shatters his shield, the bright light encasing Jade Turtle leaves, and he collapses.
"NO!" HawkMoth shouts in dissmay. The Miracle Box then lifts to the sky and transforms into a new box, and unconscious Fu de-transforms.
Wayzz looks down at his old holder sadly. "Master!"
Queen Bee catches the new miracle box. It now taking a rounder shape, colored to resemble that of Ladybug.
"No!" Queen Bee shouts. "It's my Miracle Box, mine! I'm the guardian, I'm the Queen! HawkMoth, tell him to give me my box back!"
"How disappointing." HawkMoth declared. Fu was of no use to him now and getting the Miracle box at that given moment was a lost cause. For now, Chloe was no longer of any use to him either. HawkMoth knew that Ladybug would not so easily forgive the blonde for her betrayal, he would call upon her again another time. He picks up Mayura, then jumps onto the Sentimonster, flying away.
"I'll take care of them," Chat said to Ladybug. "you take care of the box!" Queen Bee tries to escape, but Ladybug trips her with her yo-yo.
"You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too-even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling."
"Sorry, but I think this belongs to me now." Ladybug says and picks up the Miracle Box. Queen Bee gets up and glares at Ladybug.
"I don't need all those stupid Miraculous anyway! I only need the Queen Bee!" She throws of all the Miraculous except for the Bee Miraculous as she's talking. "Besides, you're lame, and Paris is lame! I'm going to go to New York with mommy! And I'll be the one and only Queen Bee there! And I'll save the world all by myself, without you and your ridiculous, poorly chosen friends! Utterly poorly chosen!"
Ladybug frowns. She knew that she could have never really given Chloe back the Bee miraculous because of her identity being out in the open, but now...now even with that put to the side, it was clear that Chloe couldn't be given one because she couldn't be trusted. Her emotions, especially the negative ones, played too big a role in her decision-making. She had willingly sided with HawkMoth and that was something Ladybug couldn't look past.
"I'm sorry, Chloe, but I can't let you do that." Ladybug takes the Miraculous out of Queen Bee's hair, who de-transforms back into Chloe. A part of Ladybug wondered if Chloe really had any intent on keeping the Miraculous. After all, she had not even attempted to keep it from being taken back. Maybe it was because in all reality, Chloe knew after all that had just gone down, she didn't really deserve it.
"Well, if that's the way it is, I'm no longer your fan, Ladybug!" Chloe vented. "I don't love you, anymore! And I'm still going to leave with mommy anyway because you don't deserve to breathe the same air I do!" Chloe peeked over her shoulder and stomped away from Ladybug who watched after her sadly. Chloe stood in front of Lucy who had remained on her spot at the bottom of the steps. She sat with her forearms resting on her bent knees with her head down. Chloe crossed her arms and tapped her foot impatiently. "Well, go on then." She said.
Lucy, who had not yet made eye contact with the girl took in a deep breath before bringing her eyes upward. "What?"
"Say I told you so or whatever," Chloe said as if it was obvious, turning away from the green eyes watching her so intensely. "Ugh, Chloe, I'm so disappointed, your better than that, blah blah blah."
Lucy let out the breath she had taken and cast her eyes downward to her thumbs that she was picking at. "I was rooting for you, you know?" These words drew Chloe back in. "You really seemed like you wanted it. To be better." Lucy looked back up at Chloe who tried her best to keep her expression cold. "I rooted for you, and you threw it in my face. Do you remember what you said to me while akumatized?"
Despite the norm, Chloe did in fact remember. That was the perk of going to HawkMoth willingly.
"You said that I don't think you're a bad person and that you wanted to prove me wrong. Well," Lucy said, licking her lips. "looks like you're the one needing to say I told you so. Congratulations Chloe. Point proven."
Chloe could feel it. The guilt rose in her gut. She wished she didn't care. She wished that she could snub Lucy as she had with Ladybug. I don't need you. Chloe wanted to say.
"And you have me too," Lucy stated. Chloe looked up at her with a look of surprise. "Now, I'm not gonna kiss your ass like Sabrina, or look the other way when you're acting foolish like Adrien. I will call you out on your nonsense. Always have, always will. I will hold you accountable for your actions and do my best to help you become the best possible version of yourself."
Chloe rolled her eyes, looking away from Lucy's intense gaze. "What is this, marriage vows?"
"A vow..." Lucy said shrugging her shoulder. "Or simply a promise. To be there, when you really need me." Chloe looked back at her and smiled lightly.
"Oddly enough...always have." She admitted. Lucy nodded.
"Always will."
"Does this mean your not my friend anymore?" Her tone, as a defense mechanism to the answer she knew she would get, came out mocking and sarcastic. Lucy let out a bitter laugh that ended in a way that almost sounded like a cry.
"Do you know how many lives you put in danger today Chloe?" Lucy asked as she looked at Chloe with red-rimmed eyes. She sniffled and wiped at her nose with the back of her hand. "No." She then answered. "No, Chloe, I can't be your friend anymore." The bond the two teens had seemed at one point like something that was set in stone after it was forged. But instead of stone, it was more like the tides, the change of seasons-something immutable, an immovable destiny we could never alter. No matter how cleverly they might shelter it, their delicate friendship wasn't going to last forever. They were bound to reach a dead end. That was painfully clear.
"You promised," Chloe said quietly, almost factually. Lucy nodded.
"I know what I promised. I don't need to be your friend to keep it." Chloe's expression soured at Lucy's words.
"Why even bother then huh!?"
"Because that's what good people do. Chloe." Lucy scolded. "I can pitty you and I can save your life but I don't know if I will ever be able to forgive you. And I hate that." Lucy's lip quivered. "I am in pain and you put us here." Her eyes narrowed at Chloe who fought to compose herself. "I'm not angry, I'm not disappointed. I'm just done." Lucy stood up from her place on the steps. "You made your bed Chloe. Lie in it." With that, Lucy moved past Chloe who squeezed her eyes shut and took two deep breaths before stomping off toward home. She just wanted to leave all this behind.
"Are you alright?" Ladybug asked as Lucy approached, wiping away her tears.
"Been better," Lucy answered as Chat landed in front of them.
"I couldn't catch up." He informed Ladybug before his eyes shifted to Lucy. "Are you alright?" He asks, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I think you should worry about...well...the guardian doesn't seem like the right title anymore." The two heroes looked at one another and nodded. Ladybug yo-yoed her way to the rooftop and Chat wrapped his arm around Lucy's waist. "Wait, shouldn't I stay here?"
"I don't think it matters anymore," Chat told her. "Besides, technically, your one of us." He said, gesturing her pocket watch necklace. Lucy grabbed on to Chat's neck and the two of them vaulted into the air and onto the roof where Ladybug awaited. Her eyes cast over Lucy briefly, but made no protest about her presence and instead knelt down to try and awaken the man.
OoOoO
Gabriel carefully places Nathalie in the car after detransforming and frowns. His plan had almost been perfect. He didn't know that the guardian could so easily pass on their title to someone else. Even if he had, he would have never guessed the old man would give that title to Ladybug. Gabriel didn't know nearly as much about the miraculous as he would like to, but what he did know from questioning his kwami was that gaurdian's lose their memory after releasing their title to better preserve its secrets. (At least, that's what I'm making up because they don't really get into how Gabriel knew Fu's memory would be gone after he gave over his title. He had to have known though, or else he would have stayed and tried to question him anyway.)
"Oh, my dear Nathalie. There are no words to express how sorry I am. I failed yet again, and you have used up every last bit of strength, for nothing." Everything a person wishes to obtain in life in one way or another comes with a price. Some prices are just too high, no matter how much you may want the prize. The one thing you can't trade for your heart's desire is your heart.
"No. Not for nothing. There's a deciphered version of the grimoire stored on the Guardian's tablet." Nathalie informed him weakly, placing her hand over the stolen tablet. "Now we can fix the Peacock Miraculous."
OoOoOo
"Master! Master?" Ladybug calls out, shaking Fu, whos eyes slowly begin to open. open, Wayzz hides behind Ladybug. "Oh! Master Fu!" Master Fu looks from Ladybug to Chat Noir and then to Lucy as they smile at him.
"Oh! Such pretty costumes! Who are you?"
"Has he... lost his memory?" Chat asks. From behind Ladybug, Wayzz answers sadly.
"It's the rule of the Guardians. Their memory gets erased when they pass on the box, to protect the secret identities of the Miraculous holders." Ladybug and and Chat look disappointed, but Lucy can't help but be concerned. She looks from Fu to Ladybug. Ladybug is the new guardian which means one day, she would have to pass on the title to someone knew, and in the process, she too would lose her that information concerned Ladybug, she showed no indication of it as she smiled at Fu.
"It's all good. We're friends, sir!"
"Well, nice to meet you!"
"Goodbye, Master." Wayzz says sadly. Chat perks up.
"Wait! You haven't repaired everything yet. There's still hope!"
"Oh! Of course! Miraculous Ladybug!" The ladybugs then repair everything and the teens look at Fu expectantly.
"Master! Do you remember me?" Ladybug asks to which Fu smiles at her gently.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, young lady, but this is the first time I've ever set eyes on you."
" Yes, of course." Ladybug replies softly.
"What happened to him has nothing to do with the damages caused by Chloe." Chat concluded.
"So my magical ladybugs couldn't do anything."
"Ladybug." Lucy spoke, gaining both heroes attention. She made eye contact with the bug themed hero and gripped the watch hanging around her neck. Lucy didn't have to speak for Ladybug to understand what she was asking her. She was asking if Ladybug wanted her to use her miraculous. Ladybug thought about how simple it would be to have her do just that. Lucy could fix all of her mistakes. Fu wouldn't be found out and he wouldn't have had to give up his memories to protect them.
"It's a shame you threw such a pretty keyring away!" Fu interjected before Ladybug could answer. "I could have used it for my key. They were matching too!"Fu pulls out a locker key with a train on it, identical to her Lucky Charm. It was with that, that Ladybug looked over to Lucy and smiled, shaking her head and declining the offer, as tempting as it was. Somehow, someway, for reasons Ladybug may never understand, everything was exactly the way it was supposed to be. She needed to accept that. They all did.
Nobody knows how to say goodbye
It seems so easy 'til you try
Then the moments passed you by
Nobody knows how to say goodbye
OoOOoOO
Nobody knows how to get back home
And we set out so long ago
Search the heavens and the Earth below
Nobody knows how to get back home
In a locker room at the Gare du Nord train station. Marinette opens a locker, showing Master Fu's gramophone, a picture of Marianne Lenoir, and a letter.
Life seems sometimes like nothing more than a series of losses, from beginning to end... One always has to know when a stage comes to an end. If we insist on staying longer than the necessary time, we lose the happiness and the meaning of the other stages we have to go through. Closing cycles, shutting doors, ending chapters - whatever name we give it, what matters is to leave in the past the moments of life that have finished. Did you lose your job? Has a loving relationship come to an end? Did you leave your parents' house? Gone to live abroad? Has a long-lasting friendship ended all of a sudden? You can spend a long time wondering why this has happened.
You can tell yourself you won't take another step until you find out why certain things that were so important and so solid in your life have turned into dust, just like that. But such an attitude will be awfully stressful for everyone involved: your parents, your husband or wife, your friends, your children, your sister, everyone will be finishing chapters, turning over new leaves, getting on with life, and they will all feel bad seeing you at a standstill. None of us can be in the present and the past at the same time, not even when we try to understand the things that happen to us.
Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. That is why it is so important, however painful it may be, to destroy souvenirs, move, give lots of things away to orphanages, sell or donate the books you have at home. Everything in this visible world is a manifestation of the invisible world, of what is going on in our hearts - and getting rid of certain memories also means making some room for other memories to take their place. We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.
Do not expect anything in return, do not expect your efforts to be appreciated, your genius to be discovered, your love to be understood. Stop turning on your emotional television to watch the same program over and over again, the one that shows how much you suffered from a certain loss: that is only poisoning you, nothing else. Even though the world goes on for eons and eons, you are here for a fraction of a fraction of a second. Most of your time is spent being dead or not yet born. But while alive, you wait in vain, wasting years, for a phone call or a letter or a look from someone or something to make it all right. And it never comes or it seems to but doesn't really. And so you spend your time in vague regret or vaguer hope for something good to come along. Something to make you feel connected, to make you feel whole, to make you feel loved.
One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility. There is no silence without a cry of grief, no forgiveness without bloodshed, no acceptance without a passage through acute loss. That is what lies at the root of true harmony...
As we grow old, we realize life doesn't always give us all the gifts we hoped it would. I would have loved to tell you all this in person, Marinette, but if you're reading this, it means I've already lost my memory. But you mustn't be scared, and you mustn't be sad. As I was telling you at the beginning of this letter, experiencing loss is a part of life, but it doesn't define it. Because what really matters isn't whether you win or lose. It's the ability to... accept changes in ourselves. It's accepting that even if life doesn't always give us the gifts we were hoping for, the real gift is life itself.
At the train station's boarding platform. Master Fu sees Marianne for the 'first time' with love.
"It's incredible! I've only just met you and yet my heart is beating as if I've known you forever."
Marianne smiles warmly at him, already very much aware of what has happened to her long-time love. "You should always trust your heart."
"Take this sir, for the journey." Marinette hands him a box of rainbow macarons.
"Mmm-hmm. Thank you, young lady. I will never forget you." Marinette sighs but smiles, Marianne and Master Fu aboard the train, and Master Fu waves bye as Marinette does the same. The train departs the station, and Marinette walks away in tears.
OoOoOoO
Chloe sat on the four sacks in the back of the Hungry Beans cafe storage room quietly waiting for Nikolas to wander in. When he finally did, he paused in the doorway and Chloe rose from her seat. At first, neither of them spoke. Nikolas tapped the door frame a few times before clearing his throat.
"What are you doing here?" Chloe shuffled her feet and lowered her head under his gaze.
"I think I might have royally messed up Niky." She said, lifting her head. "And I don't know how to fix it."
"Maybe you can't," Nikolas responded evenly. "Sometimes, broken things are just...broken."
"Then what am I supposed to do?!" She asked, her tone harsher than she had meant it to be.
"The only thing you can do." Chloe watched him with an expecting look on her face. "Live with it."
Chloe groaned and placed her head in her hands while walking over to Nikolas. "Ugh, you are so unhelpful!" She placed her head in his chest but felt two hands place themselves on her shoulders and push her away gently. She looked up at him with confusion.
"You gotta go Chloe." He said softly to which Chloe stepped back from him and scoffed.
"Are you serious right now?"
"Yeah," He told her firmly. "I am." Chloe crossed her arms and huffed slightly.
"So what? All that stuff you said about..."She swallowed. "loving who you want and all that was what? Nothing?"
Nikolas shook his head. "No, I meant what I said." He leaned his weight against the door frame and crossed his arms. "The thing is Chloe, that I know what I want out of this," He said, gesturing between the two of them with a finger. "The question is, do you?"
Chloe paused, blinking at the boy in front of her but before she could speak Nikolas held up a finger. "Before you answer, remember the one condition of the fortress of solitude. Honesty." He said that so simply. But it wasn't simple to Chloe. Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth-telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. What did she want from Nikolas Thompson?
"I..."She stuttered out. "I...don't..." Nikolas nodded and stepped aside for Chloe to exit.
"Call me when you do." Chloe huffed again and took a step forward with an almost pleading expression.
"Just because I don't..."She sigh. "I still care about you. Against my better judgment, against my natural instincts to tell you to take a hike, I care." She admitted. Nikolas gave her a small, weak smile. He knew that was hard for her to admit, and he appreciated the honesty.
"I care about you too." He admitted, his smile falling. "But I need more." Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself. Chloe once took a moment before she finally moved past Nikolas and out of the pantry. She made her way to the exit only to stop as Nikolas called out to her.
"Hey, Cho?" He said, making the girl look over her shoulder at him. "Take care of yourself sweet cheeks." Chloe didn't give any response as she brought her head forward again, lifted her chin, and made her exit.
Love is deep as the road is long
And moves my feet to carry on
It beats my heart when you are gone
Love is deep as the road is long
OoOoOoOoOoOo
"So you're really done with Chloe?" Marinette asks beside Adrien while Lucy takes her ice cream from Andre the ice cream man. Lucy sighed.
"I don't know. For now at least. She put a lot of people in danger. So much more so than she ever has before. I just don't know where to go from here you know?"
Marinette nodded. "Well, you already know how I feel about Chloe, but," Marintte tilts her head. "you're a good friend to have Lucy, more so than she probably deserves and at the same time it seems that's exactly what she needs. I hope over time Chloe can learn from this experience and you may very well be the person that helps her do that."
Marinette looks between Adrien and Lucy, and then at their ice creams as well as her own. Everything was different than she would have ever predicted. Some how, at least for the moment, she was okay with that. She could only hope that they were too. You are a fortunate person, if you can begin each day accepting the fact that during that day there will be ups and downs, good breaks and bad ones, disappointments, surprises, unexpected turns of events.
As she waved in departure and joined Luka at the end of the canal along the line of other people who had come to enjoy a nice ice cream treat, Lucy found herself looking at Adrien.
"Maybe it's a good thing." Adrien said. "That you know some of the miraculous holders now. Maybe you'll end up being helpful to Ladybug and Chat Noir with that information." Lucy looked skeptical.
"I don't see how. It definitely didn't help while I was there. All I could do was stand there and watch." She figited with her watch, something Adrien had noticed she did when she was uncertain of herself. He placed a hand on her shoulder.
"You really don't see how amazing you are sometime Lu." Adrien told her with a warm smile. "But don't worry. I see it enough for the both of us."
Lucy and Adrien's eyes locked and something inside Lucy stored at the familiarity of it all. She thought back on her conversation with Nikolas. Was he really on to something? So what if Adrien reminds you of someone else? That doesn't make your feelings any less authentic.
"What?" Adrien asked with a raised brow. The way she was looking at him...Lucy bit her lip before opening her mouth to speak.
"You sure you don't wanna come?" Lucy asked from the door way of Nikolas's work place. He sighed and shook his head, no.
"I'm good. But Lucy, did you think about what I said?" Lucy rolled her eyes as Nikolas tossed a rag over his shoulder. "All I'm saying, is its always a little when people can't be honest with themselves and the people they care about." Lucy nodded and pressed her weight off of the door frame and on to her feet.
"You're right. That is sad."
Before any words could form out of her mouth, Kagami's voice rang out towards them.
"Adrien!" She called out, stealing both teens attention momentarily.
"One sec Kagami!" Adrien answered before bringing his eyes back to Lucy.
"So, you and Kagami huh?" Lucy asked, giving the asian girl a wave. Adrien smiled sheepishly at the question, rubing the back of his neck with his free hand.
"Uh, yeah. I guess we are...testing the waters." Lucy looked away from Kagami and back up at Adrien and gave him a gentle smile. Maybe she was destined to forever fall in love with people she couldn't have. Maybe there's a whole assortment of impossible people waiting for her to find them. Waiting to make her feel the same impossibility over and over again.
Adrien eyed her curiously. "What's going on in that head of yours?" Lucy gave a small laugh and shook her head.
"Nothing. It's nothing. I hope it works out." She told him. "You deserve to be happy Adrien."
Adrien continued to look at her as if he was trying to carefully read her mind undetected. Something in his mind was setting off alarm bells at the way she was looking at him, like it was something significant, something to take note of. A story is built from the things that did not happen as much as from the things that did. Evolution is a history of failures; kingdoms fall because fear stills hearts; love wilts for words left unspoken. Sometimes it blossoms for the same. If each of us is a story, then we are the story of the things we did not do. We are the shadows of quelled urges; negative imprints of missed trains ignored smiles and unanswered letters. We are the unwritten ink, colored with events that never occurred.
"Thanks, Lu." Lucy put a hand on his shoulder, giving it a small pat before walking past him and on toward Jacob who was watching the interaction from a distance much as Kagami had been.
"You're right, this is good," Lucy confirmed to Jacob after taking a lick of the ice cream. "Best option I think." Jacob and Adrien made short eye contact before Adrien got a few feet from Kagami and took a seat next to her. Jacob then shifted his eyes back to Lucy who smiled up at him, offering him a taste that he indulged. Jacob looked at Lucy, silently questioning her. Lucy gave a small, almost unnoticeable shake of her head. She didn't want to talk about it, so, at least for now, they wouldn't.
Nobody knows how the story ends
Live the day, doing what you can
This is only where it began
Nobody knows how the story ends
Nobody knows how the story ends
And that's all for season threeeeee. This chapters was a good chunk shorter than the one before it. Probably due to the lack of internal dialogue from multiple people. The next chapter, whenever I get around to that, will be the NY episode. That was a cute one so I'm excited for it. Also, Lucy is starting to recognize her feelings for Adrien might not be so platonic as she once thought! Thats a development!? And it only grows! I have so many plans for chapters in the 4th seasons, I am very excited!
Anyway! Remember to heart and like and all that jazz and please please comment to let me know what you think. I always love to read them. The wattpad ones that comment multiple times through the chapter are my favorites. They usually crack me up. But I love reading them on Quotev and fanfiction too! Some of you guys give me very detailed and positive reviews and I love that!
I was going to do a bunch of art with this chapter but didn't get around to it. Ive been playing around with my drawing tablet, just kinda trying to find my style.
As always! I will see you in the next chapter! Chow for now!
