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

This is a mystery/adventure/romance story.

Last time: Samuel was corrupted by Brittany and Nick, and became Fuego.

This time: Innocent Dianne Matthews is corrupted and becomes Pájaro.

Time to move on to the fourth chapter!


Chapter Four: Pájaro's Corruption

At the headquarters…

Lucciola growled under his breath. "Those pathetic heroes are worthless!" He threw a beer bottle to the ground, shattering it into a million pieces.

"And we can prove that point by expanding our side," Fuego suggested.

"Newbie has a point," Libellula replied. "He should recruit someone."

"I'm down for that," Fuego responded.

Lucciola then reached into his box, and pulled out a pair of clip-on earrings. "Then we can use this. The Songbird Miraculous." He also looked through some files, before pulling one out. "Ah...Miss Matthews. Just beat cancer. She'll be a perfect addition to our team."

"You can count on me to find her," Fuego smirked.

"But you'll have to do it in civilian form. You can't raise suspicion," Lucciola replied.

"To switch back, just say 'Detransform Me,'" Lupo Scuro told Fuego.

The Phoenix Villain nodded. "Detransform Me!" he said, and not long after that, he switched back to Samuel.

"You're getting good at this, Fuego," Libellula smirked at the new recruit.

"Why thank you," Samuel smirked back at Libellula.

Lucciola handed him the clip-on earrings and the file. "Don't let me down," he threatened.

"I won't," Samuel replied with a nod. He left the HQ, in search of Dianne.


Speaking of Dianne, she was in the park, singing to herself. She had a peach skin tone, and round green eyes. Her brown hair was seven inches past her shoulders, and she wore a knitted white sweater, with denim jeans, white socks, and white running shoes. And she was all alone. Nobody else was in the park.

Samuel entered the park, and looked at the file. Good thing a picture was included in the file or he might not know who she was. Putting the file away, he looked around and eventually found the person he was looking for. He walked up to Dianne.

Dianne stopped singing, and looked at Samuel. "Can I help you?"

"I have a question for you," Samuel replied.

Dianne raised an eyebrow. "What kind of question?"

"Have you ever wanted to be noticed?" Samuel asked. "To be able to feel powerful?"

"Sometimes," Dianne replied. "I mean, my cousin is more popular than me."

"And it'd be nice to be more noticed than her right?" Samuel asked.

"Yeah…" Dianne replied.

"I have something that can help you with that," Samuel smirked.

"What is it?" Dianne was even more confused.

Samuel held out the pair of clip-on earrings. "For you," he insisted.

Dianne took the earrings. They did look beautiful….so she slowly put them on. She nearly screamed when dark magic came from the earrings, and consumed the girl.

Samuel smirked. He needed to come up with a name, and fast though. Thinking for a bit, he soon spoke. "Now, rise from your corruption, Pájaro!"

The darkness soon faded. Dianne looked completely different, in a bodysuit, and her hair was covered by a helmet. She had wings on her back, and a bunch of throwing knives as her weapon.

Samuel smirked at this. "Do you want to do this alone, or would you rather have an accomplice?"

"It doesn't matter to me. The more, the better it is," Pájaro replied.

"Then I'll join you. Transform me!" and like that, Samuel quickly transformed back into Fuego. "Ready?"

"I was born ready," Pájaro replied, launching herself into the air.


In the city, people seemed to be arguing with one another. A strange, green mist was coming out from them, and floating up into the air. There was a small hole in Pájaro's costume, which consumed the negative emotions. She smirked as she licked her lips. "All of this negativity is absolutely delicious!" She kept singing.

Also around the city were things burning. Fuego was releasing fireballs and flames. He wasn't going to spend this time focusing on hostages, he was focusing more on the chaos aspect this time.

Running away and trying to hide was Melanie. She groaned when she saw Fuego. "Not this creep again!"

"You know what you have to do," Tikki replied. "Get some more help."

"That way we'll have the advantage! Brilliant idea, Tikki!" Melanie hurried to the teahouse.


Fu and Marianne were in the teahouse.

Melanie hurried in. "Black Cat and I are going to need some help. If we introduce another hero, then we'll have the advantage in this battle."

Fu gave a nod and grabbed his box, opening it. "Pick a Miraculous that could help you during this battle."

Melanie looked at the available Miraculouses, before settling on the Bee. "This should help us! Tikki, Spots On!"

Tikki was then sucked into the earrings, allowing Melanie to transform into Ladybug.

Ladybug then sent a message to Black Cat. 'Gonna find someone worthy of the Bee Miraculous. Wait for me to bring them.'

Ladybug then left the teahouse to try and find someone worthy enough to hold the Miraculous of the Bee. She hoped that it wouldn't take too long.


Hiding in an alleyway to protect herself from the chaos was Kelly Delacruz. She had shoulder length black hair, and green eyes with a pale skin tone. She was wearing a white button up with blue jeans and black shoes, as well as a black hat for whatever reason.

It took some time, but Ladybug eventually noticed her. "Hey there," she said with a confident smile.

Kelly looked at Ladybug. "Ladybug?" she blinked. "What are you doing here?"

"It looks like Black Cat and I are going to need your help. But before I give it to you, you must promise to only use it for good, and when Black Cat or I call for you. Your Kwami will be able to transmute the message to you," Ladybug said.

"Oh yeah, you can count on me," Kelly replied.

"Then here is the Miraculous of the Bee, which grants the power of immobilizing your opponents," Ladybug replied, handing her the hair comb.

Kelly accepted the hair comb.

Almost immediately, a yellow light appeared from the comb.

Kelly closed her eyes to not be blinded by the light.

Soon enough, a tiny bee-like creature appeared. "Hello, my queen. My name is Pollen."

"Pollen…" Kelly repeated. "What are you?" she tapped her finger against her chin. "And why did you call me 'your queen?'"

"Pollen usually calls her holders kings or queen," Ladybug explained.

"I am your Kwami, and I grant you powers. Yours is the power of Venom," Pollen replied.

"I see," Kelly nodded. She put the hair comb on.

"To transform, say 'Buzz On.' To detransform, say 'Buzz Off'," Pollen said.

"Got it," Kelly replied. "Pollen, Buzz On!"

Pollen was absorbed into the hair comb.

Kelly's outfit changed to a yellow and black striped bodysuit, and she got a bee striped mask. There were bee wings on her back, and by her side, was a yellow and black striped trombo.

"Not bad. Now, what should Black Cat and I call you?" Ladybug asked.

"Honeycomb," the newfound bee hero said confidently.

"Great! Come on Honeycomb, let's go and meet Black Cat," Ladybug said, before hurrying to the scene of the battle.

Honeycomb also hurried to the battle scene.


Black Cat was waiting at the battle scene.

Ladybug soon landed. "Hey, kitty," she said. "Can't believe we have to deal with that creep again," she said, looking over at Fuego.

"At least it's not the wolf guy," Black Cat commented.

Honeycomb soon arrived at the scene.

"And who's this?" Black Cat blinked as he saw the new bee hero.

"Black Cat, meet Honeycomb," Ladybug introduced.

"Pleased to meet you," Honeycomb smiled at Black Cat.

"You too," Black Cat replied.

"Alright, let's get to work," Ladybug said.

Pájaro stopped singing and scowled. "Who are they?!" she demanded, looking at the heroes.

Fuego soon noticed the singing stopping. He looked over and saw Ladybug, Black Cat and Honeycomb. "Great, it's the insect and the pesky cat," he scowled. "And they brought a newbie."

"How utterly ridiculous," Pájaro rolled her eyes. "Oh well, let's destroy them!" She launched her throwing knives at the heroes.

Black Cat and Honeycomb were able to avoid the throwing knives...mostly. They wound up getting a few slashes, but nothing too serious.

Ladybug was able to dodge all of the knives, and used her yo-yo to try and tie up the villains.

Fuego dodged the yo-yo.

Pájaro also dodged the yo-yo. She grinned wickedly. "Let's cause some tension between you three," she began to sing.

Ladybug quickly covered her ears.

Black Cat and Honeycomb also covered their ears.

Pájaro screamed in anger. Her power wouldn't work if they didn't cover their ears. "Do something, Fuego!"

"They need a distraction to prevent them from covering their ears," Fuego mumbled to himself. He launched some more fireballs and more things were set ablaze. Hopefully this would make them not cover their ears.

"Ugh, we've got to do something about those flames! But if we uncover our ears, then that bird's gonna sing, and we might start arguing!" Ladybug exclaimed, looking at her teammates.

"Quickly summon your lucky charm," Black Cat suggested.

Ladybug uncovered her ears quickly. "LUCKY CHARM!" she shouted, as the magical ladybugs surrounded the yo-yo until…

"A hair dryer?" Ladybug questioned.

"Use it to blow the flames away," Black Cat suggested.

Ladybug activated the hair dryer and turned it on high.

The flames were beginning to be blown away.

While the villains weren't doing anything, Honeycomb took this opportunity. "Venom!" she yelled out, charging at and soon touched Pájaro on the shoulder.

Pájaro fell from the sky, paralyzed.

Fuego managed to catch Pájaro before she could hit the ground. "We'll be back," he vowed as he headed off, possibly to wait till she wasn't paralyzed anymore. One head versus three wasn't going to be good.

"And there they go," Ladybug sighed, throwing the hair dryer in the air. "Miraculous Ladybug!"

All damages done by the villains were soon reversed.

"Cowards," Black Cat frowned. "The Phoenix couldn't even handle going on his own. Weak."

"One day, we'll find out where they go, and ambush them. But we'll have to wait until we recruit more heroes," Ladybug said.

"Sounds like a plan," Black Cat nodded.

"This bug's gotta go," Ladybug said. "See you!" she used her yo-yo and got away from the scene.

Honeycomb flew away from the scene.

Black Cat used his staff to pole vault away from the scene.


Further away, Pájaro eventually was freed from paralysis.

Fuego set her down. "Good, you're free."

The songbird scowled. "That Bee got me."

"And one day, just like the other heroes, she will be destroyed," Fuego replied. "They won't win in the end."

"You'd better be right," the songbird growled. "What's next?"

"We warn the others that their team is expanding," the phoenix replied.

"There's MORE of you?!" Pájaro asked, shocked.

"Libellula and Lupo Scuro," Fuego replied. "And the boss."

"I had no idea! I thought that it was just us!" Pájaro scowled. "Well, at least I could come up with a small theme song for us."

Fuego didn't really pay attention to the theme song comment. To him, it was irrelevant. "Yeah, the other two just didn't join us for this mission."

"Well one day they should. And the more we get stronger, the more we'll be able to destroy the heroes," the songbird smirked.

"Sounds like a plan," Fuego smirked back.


Grayson was walking in the park.

In the park, he would see Melanie, who was playing the violin. She was calm, and played beautifully.

Grayson noticed her playing the violin but he didn't approach her immediately. He just listened.

The song that she was playing would be familiar. It was My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion.

Grayson hadn't really listened to the song before, so it was new to him. He continued listening.

Eventually, Melanie finishes the song, and puts her violin away.

"Impressive," Grayson remarked.

Melanie gasped as she turned around. "You heard that?" she asked.

"I did," Grayson replied. "Why, is there a problem with that?"

"No...I was just surprised, that's all," Melanie replied. "It's a classical song that I have to play."

"You have to?" Grayson repeated. "Who's making you?"

"And why do you want to know?" Melanie asked, crossing her arms. "We hardly know each other."

"Well then," Grayson scoffed. "Fine by me that I don't need to know. After all, it's not like it's important."

"You wanna know that badly?! My violin teacher. Happy now?!" Melanie shouted at him, crossing her arms.

"I literally just said it was fine by me if you didn't say anything," Grayson remarked, crossing his arms and frowning. "Were you listening or was the violin still playing in your head?"

Melanie didn't reply, instead, she grabbed her violin and stormed away. Looking into her purse, she sighed. "That kid really annoys me Tikki," she said.

Tikki sighed. That wasn't good. "Maybe he'll change over time?" she suggested.

"I hardly doubt that," Melanie rolled her eyes.

"How can you be so certain so soon?" Tikki asked.

"Let's just say mean people and I don't get along well," Melanie replied. "If he wants to win me over, he has to be nicer to a rich girl."

Tikki nodded in understanding.


"Kid!" Plagg flew over to his holder. "Take a look at this article! It mentions that girl you argued with!" He was holding the newspaper article.

"Why should I read it?" Grayson asked.

"There's a party! Maybe you could apologize to the girl," Plagg replied.

Grayson thought for a moment. "I'll consider it," he replied.

"Good! Now where's my cheese?" Plagg asked.

Grayson sighed and pulled a piece of camembert out of his jacket pocket.

Plagg quickly devoured it in one gulp. "That's the stuff." He burped. "Excuse me."

"Glad you like it," Grayson remarked.