Miraculous belongs to Thomas Astruc. We don't owe anything at all. Only our OCs.

Summary: Miraculouses have been corrupted. It's up to Master Fu and Marianne to select the holders of the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses to save and de-corrupt them. Will they succeed, or fail?


This is a mystery/adventure/romance story.

We'll be doing a corrupted Miraculous in each episode, but they won't all be purified until the Deer hero makes her debut.


Episode 1: The Debut of the Ladybug and Black Cat

"FU!" Marianne shouted, upset.

"Is something the matter, Marianne?" Fu asked, looking over at Marianne

"My Miraculous box! It's gone! The only Miraculouses left are the Deer, Swan, and Raccoon!"

Fu gasped. "What? But I thought we hid it well!"

"Probably not well enough," Marianne bit her lip. She was devastated.

Fu walked over to a black and red ornate box. "I know this is dangerous," he said as he pulled out two jewels. "But this is the only choice we have."

He placed two earrings in one smaller box and a ring in a different smaller box.

"We'll task these two with bringing my Miraculous box back," Marianne said, as she looked over at the Swan Miraculous, the Deer Miraculous, and the Raccoon Miraculous. "These, we'll save for later."

"Wise decision," Fu replied. "Whoever took your box might want to come after those as well."


Lucciola was in his hidden lair. He took out the corrupted Dragonfly Miraculous, and puts it in a box.

"It's time to find someone to join my cause," he said darkly.


Lucciola was out in an alleyway, hiding. He heard footsteps, and quickly reached out to grab the person, covering their mouth.

That person was an 18 year old girl, whose hair was braided into a fishtail, and she had round, teal eyes. She wore a black blouse, with fishnet leggings, a black skirt, and black high-heeled boots with laces; and it went up her legs.

Lucciola pulled out the box. "Do you see this? What's in here contains unspeakable power. And you know you want it."

"Power? All for me?"

Lucciola smirks deviously. "Yes...power, all for you. No one else but you will have this unspeakable power."

"I accept," Brittany takes the box, and opens it, to see a necklace. "Wow...it's beautiful…" She puts the necklace on.

Lucciola smirks as he watches Brittany put the necklace on.

Suddenly, a dark magic comes from the necklace, covering Brittany's body entirely. "Hey! AHHHHHHHH!" Soon, she was completely engulfed.

Lucciola just watches as the dark magic engulfs Brittany. Sure, that's not a normal thing to see, but hey, extraordinary stuff is fun. "Now...rise from your corruption, Libellula!" he declares.

Almost immediately, the darkness faded, and Brittany looked completely different. She wore a dark green and teal bodysuit, with a mask that covered her entire face. Her eyes were red, and blank. She had gloves, boots, and dragonfly wings on her back.

"I'm ready to serve," she said in a monotone.

Lucciola grins. "Perfect…"


On a rooftop, Libellula reached her hand out, and manipulated her hand movements, facing a car.

The car began moving on its own. People began screaming and fleeing.

One of these people was an 18 year old male, with dark blue eyes, light brown hair and fairly tanned skin. He wore a halfway zipped up gray jacket over a white shirt, blue jeans and black shoes. This was Grayson.

Another girl was running. She was 17 years old, and had a fair skin tone, blue eyes and honey-blonde hair that was waist-length. She wore a white blouse, with white leggings, a lilac skirt, and black flats. Her name was Melanie. She was very afraid. What the hell was going on?

Fu was trying to see who could potentially hold probably the two most powerful Miraculouses. Looking around, he noticed Melanie and smiled to himself. He'd already gotten an idea

Melanie was backed up against a wall. She was afraid.

"Excuse me, Miss," Fu approached the girl. "I need your help."

"Of course sir. What can I help you with?" Melanie asked the man politely.

"Follow me," Fu said and walked into an alleyway. Why? Probably because then she'd be able to transform without being noticed.

Melanie followed him into the alleyway, confused.

Fu handed her a box. "You're going to need this, trust me." And with that, he walked out of the alleyway to find someone else. Leaving Melanie alone and probably even more confused.

"Okay?" Melanie questioned, but looked at the box. It was beautiful. She carefully opened it.

Inside were a pair of red earrings with five spots on each.

"Wow…" Melanie said, looking at the earrings in shock and amazement.

And then a light formed.

Melanie almost dropped the box in shock, and covered her eyes.

When the light faded, a small ladybug creature with bright blue eyes was now there. "Hello!"

"What...what are you? Are you a bug mouse?" Melanie asked.

"I am a Kwami," the creature explained. "I'm Tikki, pleased to meet you."

"Okay … so what's going on?" Melanie asked.

"A Miraculous has been corrupted," Tikki replied. "The Dragonfly Miraculous has the power of telekinesis. You, however, have the power of Lucky Charm, being able to form an object to help you in battle."

"Okay, so what else can I do?" Melanie takes the earrings out of the box, and puts them on.

"This might be able to help, but you can throw the object up in the air and call out 'Miraculous Ladybug' to fix up the mess."

"Okay, that's awesome!" Melanie grinned. Now, she wasn't afraid, and she was excited for what was to come.

"All you have to say is 'Tikki, Spots On!'" Tikki grinned.

"Okay! Tikki, spots on!" Melanie exclaimed quietly, to not draw attention to herself.

Tikki was sucked into the earrings.

Melanie gasped as she was transformed. Her hair was tied into two double buns with red ribbons, flowing out like the wings of a ladybug. She wore a red and black spotted dress, with long red and black spotted boots, and red and black spotted gloves. A yo-yo was wrapped around her waist.


Meanwhile, Fu saw Grayson, and walked up to him. "Excuse me young man, but can you please follow me?"

"Um, sure?" Grayson replied, a bit uncertain.

Fu walked into another alleyway, and held out the small box. He hoped that he was making the right decision.

"Huh?" Grayson blinked as he took the box.

"Just trust in yourself," Fu winked, before he left, leaving Grayson alone. Well, that's just great.

"Well that's fantastic," Grayson groaned as he opened the box.

A light soon appeared.

"What the hell?" Grayson asked as he covered his eyes. This day just gets weirder and weirder. What was going on anymore?

The light soon faded, and a tiny cat-like creature appeared. He gave a big yawn. "You got any camembert?"

"No," Grayson replied with a groan. "Look. I have no clue what's going on. First it's an ordinary day, but then we got cars going everywhere on their own and I have no clue who or what you are."

"I'm Plagg. I'm a Kwami, and I grant superpowers," Plagg said.

"...Really," Grayson replied, a mix of confused and interested. "What powers?"

"You get the power of destruction, otherwise known as Cataclysm. You can destroy any one object, but you only have 5 minutes before you transform back. And I need camembert; or else I won't be able to give you your powers," Plagg replied.

"Eh, I'm not a 'people person' anyway so having cheese around won't be too hard," Grayson shrugged as he looked at what exactly was in the box, a ring. He took it out and placed it on.

"'Claws out'. That's how you transform. You can say my name too. To detransform, say 'Claws in.'"

"What's more confusing is why are you telling me a detransformation phrase," Grayson thought, but actually didn't end up saying that. Instead, he just said, "Plagg, Claws Out!"

As Plagg was sucked into the ring he was now wearing, Grayson himself transformed. He had a black suit with neon green accents all around, and a piece of fabric from the back of the suit hung loose, like a tail. He had black cat ears atop his head, and also had black gloves with the fingers looking like claws, and black boots. He got a silver staff as well. To top it off, a black mask was now around his eyes, with his eyes having regular blue sclare, darker blue irises, and oval-shaped pupils.


The transformed Melanie looked at herself in shock, and then used her yo-yo. She spun it, and then launched it out. "WHOA!" she shouted, after tugging it back, launching herself into the city of Toronto.

The transformed Grayson was using the staff to vault himself around the city. Unfortunately for him, he'd never tried that before so here he was, trying to make use of the staff but failing. Rip.

"Look out!" the transformed Melanie almost bumped into the transformed Grayson.

"Ack!" the transformed Grayson yelped in alarm, trying to jump out of the way of getting bumped into.

"Sorry!" The transformed Melanie blushed in embarrassment. "I'm so clumsy...and new at this."

"So am I," the transformed Grayson replied, albeit a bit more bluntly than intended.

"Well...I'm…" the transformed Melanie was stuck on a name. God, she should have thought this through. "Ladybug. Call me Ladybug."

"I'm, uh…" the transformed Grayson was stuck too. He hadn't thought of a name either. Why was this so hard? "Black...Cat?" It was the first thing that came to mind.

"We'll come back to that," Ladybug replied.

Black Cat looked unamused. "Well that's just great now isn't it. And here I was thinking that normal names were completely fine."

And then a car being flung could be seen. Not at them, but they could see it.

Ladybug used her yo-yo to stop the car, and she was successful. "Whoa! Okay, we've got to stop this person!"

"Do we even have the slightest idea of where this person even is?" Black Cat asked, dryly.

"Here I am," a monotone voice declared. It was Libellula. And she was now in a fighting stance. "You will not stop me."

"Oh well that's double the fantastic," Black Cat groaned, sarcasm dripping in his tone.

Libellula charged forward.

"Okay, now you've made her mad," Ladybug dodged the punch.

"Well it's not my fault today's just not anyone's day, now is it?" Black Cat snarked towards Ladybug, going to punch Libellula.

Libellula caught the punch, and redirected it toward Black Cat's face.

"Oh screw you," Black Cat told Libellula immediately after he'd punched himself without realizing it. You know how close he was to calling on his Cataclysm? Yeah pretty damn close.

"Stay focused, and stop being an idiot," Ladybug snarked back. "Or are you a scaredy-cat?"

"My question is, are you the scaredy cat for not being brave enough to take that punch?" Black Cat drawled back.

Fu was watching this. "Oh boy...this is not going well…"

"Guess I'll just try and use my power… Lucky Charm!" Ladybug threw her yo-yo in the air. She got a fork in her hand. "Well...now what am I supposed to do with this?"

"Good to know our plan is to put a fork in this villain's actions," Black Cat remarked. "But in all seriousness, I actually have no clue how a fork of all things is going to help us."

Ladybug looked around, and began thinking. "Um…"

Black Cat waited. Not because he cared, but he wanted to see how the hell a fork could defeat this...person.

"I've got it. We can make the staff into a fishing rod!"

"What the hell?" Black Cat blinked. Between flinging cars around, getting a magical jewel and horrible first impressions, this was near the top of his list for 'weird things that happened today.'

"I know, it's weird, but it's our only shot," Ladybug replied.

"Oh, and my power will do nothing I assume," Black Cat remarked dryly. "Because, even though you've activated yours, I've still got mine I can call on at any time. Like how about…" yeah he was actually going to call upon that Cataclysm. That one shot.

"Well? Go on then!" Ladybug said. "Try aiming at her legs, to trap her!"

"Cataclysm!" Black Cat yelled out, as his hand is charged with power. He charges forward and touches the ground underneath Libellula, thus turning it black and having it be destroyed.

Libellula was hit, and she got up with a growl. "This isn't over. I'll be back." She used her wings, and launched herself into the air, flying off.

"...What the hell?" Black Cat blinked. Yep okay this was the weirdest thing he'd seen today. Not cars being flung around, not a fork being summoned by a Ladybug person...it was a Dragonfly person flying.

"Well...I don't think it will be the last time we'll be seeing this Libellula," Ladybug said. She threw the fork into the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!" she declared.

All damages caused by Libellula were fixed.

Ladybug felt her earrings beep. "Guess I've got to go. Try and come tonight, so we can talk more. Bug out." She left to detransform.

Black Cat heard his ring beep. He headed off to detransform.

All the while, Fu had watched this. And it was uncommon to see a Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculous holder not exactly getting along. This will only work out so well in the end…


Ladybug went home, as she felt the last beep, and felt the magic wash over her. "Ugh, that Black Cat guy is so annoying."

"He's your partner," Tikki reminded her chosen. "As much as you don't like him, you're kind of stuck with him."

"Seriously?" Melanie sighed, flopping onto her bed. "Fantastic. Just fantastic."

"Who knows? Maybe he'll change and you and him will start getting along," Tikki replied, trying to remain optimistic. "Just because it was the first time meeting him doesn't mean he can't change as a person."

"I guess you're right, Tikki," Melanie smiled softly. If only it were possible for her to get along with her supposed superhero partner.


Black Cat had reached his room, as the last beep from his ring was heard. He quickly detransformed back into Grayson.

"Ugh," he groaned. "It's official. I hate Ladybug."

"Already?" Plagg asked. "It's only day one."

"ONLY day one?!" Grayson yelped, "you mean I have to tolerate her for even longer?!"

"Well kid, I don't know what to tell you," Plagg replied. "Now about that camembert…"

"Whatever," Grayson shrugged as he left the room to get that camembert for Plagg.


Later…

Melanie transformed into Ladybug inside her room, and headed to the C.N. Tower, to meet with Black Cat; that way, they could discuss how they would patrol the city.

Black Cat had transformed and headed to C.N. Tower.

Ladybug was there, waiting for him.

Black Cat arrived and saw Ladybug. "You again?" he asked, less out of annoyance and more of surprise.

"Yes. Me again. I know, we don't like each other, but we're going to have to just deal with it, and work together," Ladybug replied.

Black Cat let out a sigh. "Fine."

"Alright, so let's discuss patrol routes. We can also supervise when the police have to deal with regular crimes; but we only intervene if the situation is getting bad for them," Ladybug began.

"Yeah, sure, got it," Black Cat replied.

"As for days we patrol… let's start off with every two days. If we need to increase it, then we will," Ladybug continued.

"Fine by me," Black Cat shrugged.

"So...I guess we should start patrolling. We'll do around here for today," Ladybug said, twirling her yo-yo, getting ready to launch it.

Black Cat got out his staff

Ladybug threw her yo-yo at a light pole, and then launched herself through the city of Toronto.

Black Cat extended his staff, and soon enough, was vaulting himself around Toronto.

The two patrolled for about 2 and a half hours, before calling it a night. "Guess I'll see you whenever there's another villain attacking," Ladybug said.

"See you later," Black Cat replied before heading off.

Ladybug also headed for her house.


Author's Notes

LaViolaViolaRosa: First off, Happy New Year everyone! This idea wouldn't have happened without the incredible support of my amazing co-writer, Samantha, aka: GirlPower54. So, I'd like to thank her for the idea.