Neo Origin

This day is unreal. It's crazy. It's ridiculous, completely ridiculous.

Never in a million years would she have guessed that she would be in her limousine breaking every speed limit in French law, escaping from a walking, talking stone.

"Faster!"

"Mademoiselle, I'm going as fast as I can"

"Is not sufficient!" I shout. Superpowers are a real thing. Majestia and the rest of the heroes and villains were proof of that. BUT THEY ARE IN OTHER CONTINENTS. There were never any superhuman conflicts in Europe and now I must not only be at the center of Paris's first supervillain attack, but escape for my life. The interior darkens for a moment and I quickly realize why.

A car went flying over us and fell further down the street giving us time to dodge it.

It was very close. If it fell a few meters closer, we wouldn't have time to dodge it and I would be right now-

I kick the driver's seat "Accelerate! For whatever you want, speed up or I'll fire you "

A worthless threat compared to our current situation, but it did work. The limo moves faster.

I look back and see the supervillain coming in this direction while destroying cars and buildings. I hope this new supervillain, whatever it target is, isn't looking for her. Being the daughter of the mayor of Paris makes her a valuable bargaining/extortion target. Even the president of France would act if that happened. She learned her worth as a child.

In a sharp turn of the limo, I lose my balance and fall to the floor.

I get up as fast as possible about to yell at him to be careful when I see it. A few blocks away is the Agreste Mansion. A mansion looks like a fortress. I think Adrien told me it really is an ancient fortress that dates back before the creation of France.

...That gave me an idea.

"Go to the Agreste Mansion"

Another car was wrecked near us.

"Mademoiselle it is not safe to park in front of the mansion"

Is he really an idiot or is his professionalism stronger than his fear of dying?

"Who said about parking? Accelerate and break that fence"

"But-"

"Just do it!"

"Then Mademoiselle, keep your head down and cover yourself."

Saying that, Jean-Michel presses the accelerator all the way down. I drop to the floor, cover my head with my arms and make myself as tiny as possible.

The impact of metal on metal bounced me off the seats and the clash of metal and stone lifted me up enough to have my back slammed into the ceiling. Then a thud on the floor and the world stopped spinning.

I must have blacked out because the next thing I see when I open my eyes is Adrien's worried look.

"Chloe don't move. You had an accident with the limo "Another day I would be happy to receive Adrien's concern and have all his attention, but not on the debut day of a supervillain in Paris.

"More like me causing the accident" It looks like I'm lying on something. My head doesn't hurt and my eyesight doesn't spin. The most important thing is fine. I try to move my body and a pain runs from my back to my whole body.

He gently puts his hand on my shoulder. "Don't move. You'll keep hurting yourself." I nod and stop moving. I prefer to look around. My eyes scan the room and I only just realize I'm in Adrien's room. On his sofa respectively. I see my bra and shirt on the floor.

My shirt is red.

I shudder to think how that blood got there.

I raise my head enough to appreciate my body. My torso and shoulders are bandaged. Do the Agrestes have a personal doctor at the mansion?

"No, what's up? Nathalie knows how to bandage those kinds of wounds…and I don't want to know how or why she learned that." It seems I said it out loud.

I nod my head. "Where is everyone?"

He does not hesitate to answer "I have not seen my father since the attack began, my mother was working on a film outside of Paris this morning, Nathalie is attending to Jean and Gorilla is preparing the car in case of having to escape"

I sigh in relief and watch his expression.

"You don't seem scared." Adrien always acted like a shy little animal. Coming here, I was prepared to comfort him and have him cry on my shoulder. Maybe share a blanket until the danger is over.

"More like worried, really." There is concern in isr eyes. He could never hide his feelings from me. "My day was no longer ideal since I couldn't go to school and then a villain is destroying the city" He sighs tired, more because of emotional than physical exhaustion. He caresses my cheek tenderly "But seeing you hurt was the worst"

I can only smile at his sweetness and concern "I would tell you not to worry as I'll take care of everything, but this time it won't work" I turn my eyes and look at the television. They're showing the supervillain attack live. I can't hear what Chamack is saying since TV's on mute, but there's no need. The look of terror on her face is all the information I need.

The Parisian forces are not being able to stop it.

We spend a few minutes in silence, being spectators of the destruction of Paris. I wouldn't want to be in dad's shoes when this is over. The damages are increasing with every minute.

Adrien broke the silence first "A villain is attacking. Do you know what that means?" He looks at me sideways and raises an eyebrow.

"Although your face is pretty to look at, I'm not in the mood for your mood." I'm already feeling the exhaustion all over my body and I don't have the energy to play along.

He drops his eyebrow "Fine. As you wish" Then he smiles "He's a villain. That means there's a hero who's going to stop him." He starts walking excitedly. "A hero. Paris will finally have it own hero "Years of anime have affected him" I hope they are a magical girl "Yep, a lot of anime.

"Agh, Adrian. Although I wish with all my might that it is true, this is the real world. Not like your silly animes." I growled "There's no indication they'll show up at THIS time to save the day. What I do know is the heroes of the United States have already been notified and in 12 hours they will be in Paris" I can't help but watch television "Or what's left of Paris"

I mentally hit myself as his gaze darkens. I quickly change the subject.

"I'll need a new shirt. Mine I don't think it can get the blood off." Even if by some miracle the blood were to disappear, she wouldn't use it either. It have a date with the fireplace when I get home.

"Yes, you're right." He nods and picks up my clothes "I'll take care of this and you rest"He walks towards the door, but he turns around before crossing "Don't move from there and I mean it"

He has the nerve to point a finger at me.

I roll my eyes at that "Yes mom"

Satisfied, he walks away and closes the door behind him.

Being alone, my mind does not have to be distracted and I remember again how many times I was about to die until I crashed the limousine in the Agreste domain.

I make a face.

I must distract myself I tell myself and look around the room.

Nothing has changed. Absolutely nothing. Adrien didn't change from the last time I saw him nor did his likes. No new or own hobby. There are only posters and trophies for the activities to his parents demand of him. The same games of two people who really don't know what they're doing in his room if he's an only child and a total lack of friends except her. A climbing wall, a skate park, a basketball hoop, arcade games, a bookshelf full of movies and animes, a white wooden table, a black box with red decorations on it, the television is new. But it's still a television. At least the black box is new. Point in favor of Adrien.

With nothing to do and having the box at my fingertips, I grab it.

The details seem to be of good quality. A gift from Gabriel perhaps?

I open the box and I go blind...

...Temporarily luckily.

When I regain my sight what I see, well... I don't know what I see. It looks like a chibi black cat. Those big-headed beings from anime. And it is yawning. And now it's looking at me with unnatural feline green eyes.

"Hi, I'm Plagg. Nice to meet you"

It just spoke. Can you blame me for yelling?

I try to run away while screaming, but I don't get far. As soon as I make the move to get up, the pain in my back comes back with a vengeance and I roll instead of getting up. My face kisses the floor.

"Hey, hey. Quiet. We don't want the new hero to get hurt before the match."

Enduring the pain I can only look at it sideways from the ground.

"Fine. Stay lying on the floor while I tell you what's going on." It puts on a military pose or something like that, even it clears its throat with its fist Paw? "I am a kwami. I grant powers and yours is the power to destroy everything physical and metaphysical. You were chosen to be a hero and stop a supervillain with the power to create other supervillains. Do you get it?"

All I can do is look at it and slowly, very slowly shake my head in denial. Hard work when you have half your face on the floor. For some reason, it seemed like confirmation to the flying cat.

"Well. Grab the ring." It points to the box that fell next to my face. The box is open. There's a ring inside. The ring is black with a green symbol similar to the footprint of a cat "Put it on and let's finish with the presentations so we can eat. I am hungry"

"Adrien" I say weak.

"Wow, wait there. Don't call anyone" It tells me as it approaches me

"Adrien" I say louder

"Silence girl. They can't know I exist. No one can know" It voice is serious. Now I am more terrified.

"Adrian!"

"What did I just tell yo-"

"Chloe I heard you scream. You're alright-" Adrien freezes a few steps from the door. I just fell into a position facing the door and I can see his expression. It goes from concern, surprise, fear, surprise again, insecurity when watching television, contemplation, seriousness and, finally, happiness.

It scares me sometimes how well I can read him because I was able to "read" his train of thought.

I have a feeling what he's going to say next by looking at me like that.

"I told you they would be a magical girl"