Honestly, I was hoping to delay this one, because I wanted post this chapter on Valentines Day... Oh well, here's Dark Cupid.
Entry #17
Valentines Day is upon us, and I already regret telling Spyro and Cynder about it. They can't keep their claws off each other and it's starting to drive me a little batty. Now that I think about it... If I ever get a girlfriend, would I have to tell her about my double life as Dragnarok?
Opening Intro(Could Have Been Me by The Struts)(I don't own the song)
At Francoise Dupont, Miss Bustier was teaching Literature to the class.
"In most fairy tales, the prince breaks the spell by kissing the princess. Can anyone tell us why?" She asked the class. Rose then stood up.
"Because only love can conquer hate!" The blonde said in a swooning voice.
"Correct, Rose."
"Technically speaking, this reasoning is only exhibited in about 87% of all fairy tales and-" Max started, only for Miss Bustier to stop him.
"Thank you, Max. That's enough." She said. As Drake listened, he noticed Adrien writing something down. The teacher also saw this as walks up to him.
"Adrien, I hope what you're writing has to do with my lesson. Can you tell me what I just said?" Miss Bustier asked.
"That's why in most fairy tales, the prince breaks the spell by kissing the princess because only love conquers hate." Adrien said without even look up from his paper. Drake couldn't help but give out a impressed whistle.
"Very good, Adrien! Now, everyone, don't forget to finish Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault tonight, and happy Valentine's day, students!" Miss Bustier said before dismissing the class. As Drake was about to exit the classroom, Chloe blocks his way.
"Hey Drake, sign here please." She asked in a rather forced tone.
"Why should I do anything for you?" Drake asked in annoyance.
"This is a petition against cruelty to hamsters. Have you seen some of the ugly sweaters they are forced to wear? It's appalling." The blonde said.
"Whatever it takes to get you out of my way." Drake growled as he writes his name down before marching off. As he walked down the hallway, he could've sworn that he heard Marinette shriek.
As Drake got outside, he noticed Kim and Max talking with the former holding something. Curious, Drake heads over, with Alya and Marinette joining in as well.
"Oh yes Kim, lovely metaphor." Drake heard Max say once he was close enough.
"Meta-who?" Kim asked as he eyed the object he was holding. Alya then grabs his arm, revealing it to be a box holding a jewel of some sort.
"Ooh! Sparkly! Is that for moi?" The blogger asked.
"Negative Alya. The recipient of this gem has already been determined, it's-" Max said, but was cut off by Kim.
"Shh! Keep it on the down-low!" The jock said.
"Scoop! Kim's got a major crush!" Alya said with excitement before taking out her phone. "Who's the lucky lady?"
"It's gorgeous Kim. She's gonna be ecstatic!" Marinette said, with Alya giggling while Drake gives him a thumbs-up.
"Technically, she's still gotta accept it." Kim said as he rubs his head before grabbing Max. "What if she says "no"!?"
"She won't Kim, no way!" Marinette said as she fist pumps. "Don't hold back, Kim. Go for it, no regrets!"
"You got this man!" Drake said with encouragement.
"Operation Valentine's Day is underway!" Kim said as he high-fives Max before he started to jog in place.
"Her route is highlighted here in yellow, yours in red. If you run at ten miles per hour you're going to gain a four and a half minute advance on her. Halt and wait here facing northwest - the third most romantic spot in Paris." Max said as Drake, Marinette, and Alya gave Kim a thumbs-up. "Go go go!"
"Thanks, you guys." Kim said before running off. Drake chuckled before looking at the three.
"I best get going, see you tomorrow." He said as he took off.
Once he got home, Drake sat down at his desk chair and opens a letter sent to him from someone he knew back in the USA.
Dear Drake,
I really hope this gets to you by Valentines Day. But anyway, I miss you and can't wait to see you again. I hope you'll keep your promise.
Love,
Linda Va Crimson
Drake sighed as he puts the letter down and unzips his fanny pack.
"You two better not ruin my pack." He said as Spyro and Cynder flew out with their tails intertwined. All day, the two dragons were showering each other with love, to the point that Drake fears he might have to throw out his fanny pack.
"Is it wrong to show a little love?" Spyro asked as Cynder nuzzled him.
"There's showing people it, then there's shoving it down their throats." Drake said in a deadpan tone. "I know Valentines Day is suppose to be all about love and all, but you two don't have to over do it."
"Right... So anyway, what's with the letter?" Cynder asked as she noticed the piece the paper on the desk.
"It's from a friend I have back in America. Although, she always talks about this promise. I don't remember what it is exactly, but I tend to keep it." Drake said.
"You intend to keep a promise that you don't even remember?" Spyro asked in a joking matter. This got Drake to start shuttering.
"W-well, if you're g-going to put it like that..." He stammered, causing the two dragons to laugh. "Well, that's not the only letter I got from my old home."
Drake then lifts out three more letters, and a name was on each on. They were 'Ombra Marauder', 'Sonia Hellgreen', and 'Fiona Naru'.
"Quite the ladies man, aren't you?" Cynder said with a teasing smile, causing her human friend to blush a bit.
Suddenly, Drake's phone went off. Picking it up, he saw that he got a text message from... Chloe.
"Chloe? What does she want?" Drake asked in a bitter tone. Opening the message, Drake and his dragon companions just stared in shock and horror. The message was a picture, and it showed Kim, sitting in a puddle wet and having a empty bag of chips sticking to his head, looking miserable.
"Why that...That..." Cynder said with absolute anger.
"How could she do such a thing?!" Spyro asked with an equal amount of anger.
Drake, however, remained quiet. As he stared at the picture, he felt this... burning in his chest. Feeling anger like he never felt before, his eyes started to glow white. Luckily, Spyro and Cynder noticed this.
"Drake, you need to calm down." Spyro said.
"You don't what to do anything dangerous now, right?" Cynder said. This got Drake to calm down, returning his eyes to normal.
"No doubt this incident will have Kim akumatized." Drake said, getting nods from Spyro and Cynder. "Transform Me!" He shouted before transforming into Dragnarok. Once the transformation was complete, Dragnarok held his hand out into a peace sign. "Don't Dare the Dragon!"
Flying through the air, Dragnarok looked for the akuma.
"Okay, where to find Kim..." Dragnarok said to himself. He then spots the Le Grand Paris in the distance. "Of course! He'll go after Chloe."
Once he got there, he spot the villain taking aim at Chloe with an bow and arrow. But just as he was about to fire, Ladybug intervened, causing him to miss.
"Ladybug!" The villain said.
"Stop, Kim!" The spotted hero demanded.
"I'm not Kim, I'm Dark Cupid! I'll never stop! If I can't have love, then no one can!" Dark Cupid exclaimed.
"Jeez, you have got to be one of the most gloomiest villains I have ever see." Dragnarok said, making his presences known. Ladybug gives him a distrustful look while Dark Cupid and Chloe glare at him.
"Okay, Dark Cupid, I get it. Chloe totally burned you. But that doesn't mean you have to take it out on all of Paris!" Ladybug said, trying to reason with the villain.
"Oh yes, I do! I won't stop until everyone's heart is crushed. Say adios to your loved ones. From now on, you'll hate them!" The villain ranted.
"You really are a bag of issues." Dragnarok said.
Dark Cupid then starts firing at the two, forcing them to dodge. Ladybug using her yo-yo while Dragnarok sent out a wave of fire, burning the arrows. Ladybug then falls before catching herself on a roof gutter.
"Falling for me already, my lady?" Cat Noir asked in a joking matter before getting a serious face. "I need to talk to you."
"Can you tell her some other time?!" Dragnarok shouted as he was busy dodging arrows, having to now out maneuver them since his mana was running low.
"It's going to have to wait. Dark Cupi-" Ladybug started, only to be hush by her partner.
"I swore to myself that I'd tell you as soon as I saw you. Ladybug, I-I-look out!" Cat Noir said before taking a stray arrow that was about to hit Ladybug.
"That's not good..." Dragnarok muttered, as he saw what happened.
"Cat Noir!" Ladybug gasped. The feline hero then glares at Ladybug, his lips turned black.
"Ladybug, I—I loathe you!" He shouted, getting shocked looks from the other two heroes.
"Cat Noir, snap out of it!" Ladybug said. Cat Noir then grabs Ladybug and squeezes her incredibly close to him, as if trying to suffocate her.
"You're nothing Ladybug, and nothing to me! I hate you!" The feline hero yelled. Dragnarok then appeared behind him and bopped him in the head, causing Cat Noir to left go of Ladybug.
"Sorry, but I have to interrupt this lover's quarrel and take Ladybug somewhere else." Dragnarok said as he grabbed Ladybug and flew off. They soon arrived at Le Grand Paris.
"Ladybug, it's about time, where have you been?" Chloe said, as she and Sabrina saw them arrive.
"You gotta get out of here. Your friend Kim's turned into Dark Cupid and I don't know what he'll do if he finds you here." Ladybug said, once she and Dragnarok settled down a bit.
"Moi? But how could he possibly have a vendetta against me?" Chloe asked, as if she didn't do anything wrong.
"Who doesn't?" Ladybug muttered as Dragnarok gave her one of the most hateful glares he ever given.
"Duh! It's because of this. Everyone would love to get their hands on it." Chloe pointed to a poster of Adrien and Drake, posing back-to-back. On it was 'To Chloe, the most awesome girl in the world and the love of my life. Signed, Adrien.', with 'I 100% approve this couple. Signed, Drake.'. Dragnarok couldn't believe it, Chloe tricked him! He was now very tempted to leave Chloe to deal with the akuma herself.
-Don't think like that.- Spyro said.
~Yeah, you'll be no better then her~ Cynder said.
Dragnarok took a deep breath as Chloe continue clamoring on.
"That's Adrien, a super hot guy in my class. And rich, too! He's hot for me of course. The guy next to him is Drake, handsome and rich as well, but needs to adjust his attitude." She said. Dragnarok shot her another glare for that last part, while Ladybug mutters something. The poster then begins moving.
"It's alive!" Sabrina cried as the poster started to "walk". Emerging behind was Dark Cupid, who started firing arrows at the four, only for Ladybug to deflect them with her yo-yo. The spotted hero then lassos Chloe and drags her out of the hotel with Dragnarok carrying Sabrina.
"Daddy!" Chloe cried as she and Sabrina were put on the sidewalk by the two heroes.
"Run Chloe! Run!" Ladybug said, causing the two to take off. Once the two girls were gone, Cat Noir then drops down in front of the heroes.
"Well, well, Ladybug and Dragnarok." The feline hero sneered.
"I don't want to fight you, Cat Noir." Ladybug said.
"Just let us deal with Dark Cupid and we'll get you fixed up." Dragnarok said.
"Ugh, that friendliness. It's so revolting. You are definitely not my friends!" Cat Noir said before leaping into the air and swings his staff at Ladybug and Dragnarok. The two dodge by jumping to a rooftop, then making a run for it, with Cat Noir pursuing behind them. Ladybug then uses her yo-yo to grab Cat Noir's staff and pulls him towards them.
"Why are you so full of hate, Cat Noir?!" Ladybug asked.
"Because hate conquers all!" Was Cat Noir's reply.
"You really need to mellow out." Dragnarok said.
"I hate to burst your bubble, but hate doesn't conquer all. Love does!" Ladybug said. She then seems to realize something.
"You're just buying time! Fight!" The feline hero demanded.
"If that's what you want..." Dragnarok said, marching up to Cat Noir, only for Ladybug to stop him.
"I'll do better than that." She said, getting confused looks from the two guys. "Come on, kitty kitty, just a peck..."
She then tries to kiss Cat Noir's lips, only to miss. Dragnarok and Cat Noir just stared in shock.
"Get back, you savage!" The feline hero yelled before running off.
"Here, kitty kitty kitty! Come here!" Ladybug said as she runs after Cat Noir, trying to kiss him. Dragnarok just stood there in stunned silence. Even Spyro and Cynder couldn't speak.
~-"What the Hell?!"-~ The three of them shouted.
After regain his composure, Dragnarok flew after the two. After a while, he spotted them, with Ladybug hiding behind a tree while Cat Noir teamed up with Dark Cupid.
"How you gonna fight both of us now, bug eyes?" The feline hero asks before fist-bumping the villain.
"By making this a two vs two fight!" Dragnarok said as he lands next to Ladybug. "Ladybug! You take on Cat Noir, I'll handle Dark Cupid."
Ladybug nods as she runs towards Cat Noir while Dragnarok took to the air to fight Dark Cupid.
"I shouldn't be bothering with you, as all a demon can have is hate." Dark Cupid sneered.
"Just shut up and fight!" Dragnarok said. He then notices the jewel on the strap for the villain's quiver.
-That must be were the akuma is hiding.- Spyro said. Dragnarok tried fired a fireball, only to send out a small flare.
"Damn, low on mana..." The draconic hero muttered to himself.
"Losing your breath, dragon?" The villain taunted. Suddenly, an Odonata flew in and lands on the jewel.
"Hello, Dark Cupid. I am Damselfly, and I bestow upon you the power to create powerful gusts of wind with your wings." Damselfly said.
"Thank you, Damselfly" Dark Cupid said before he began flapping his wings, blowing gusts of wind at Dragnarok, nearing blowing the draconic hero out of the sky. Luckily, Dragnarok manages to stay in the air. Seeing that he had no other choice, he has to use his Fury attack.
"Sorry, Kim..." Dragnarok muttered as he flew to the villain and swiped the jewel.
"Hey! Give that-." Dark Cupid shouted, only to be interrupted by Dragnarok grabbing on to him. The draconic hero then performs the Electricity Fury, shocking the villain to kingdom come. Once that was done, Dragnarok, with sparks dancing off his body, spots Ladybug and cured Cat Noir staring at him in shock.
"Catch..." Dragnarok growled as he tosses the jewel to them. Ladybug catches before she puts it on the ground and stomps on it, releasing the akuma.
"No more evildoing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize!" She said before throwing her yo-yo, capturing the akuma. "Gotcha!" She then releases the now purify butterfly. "Bye bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug throws her yo-yo into the air, returning everything back to normal. Dark Cupid then turned back into Kim, who looks around in confusion with a numb body.
"Pound it!" Ladybug and Cat Noir fist-bumped as Dragnarok took off.
"Grrr... blasted Ladybug! Blasted Valentine's Day!" Hawk Moth shouted, furious about another lost.
"Truly a heartbreaking experience..." Damselfly muttered as the window closes.
After that was over, Drake got home and was busy staring at one of the letters he got. Specifically, the one he got from Ombra.
"Ombra... What I wouldn't give to see you, Brandish, Ingrid, and Maven again..." Drake muttered softly, remember the fun times he had with his old friends.
"Is everything okay, Drake?" Spyro asked as he and Cynder noticed the gloomy face their human friend was making.
"Just wallowing in the past." Drake replied. "It's nothing to really worry about."
"If you say so." Spyro said before looking at Cynder lovingly. "Now, where were we?"
The purple dragon started nuzzling Cynder again, getting a giggle from his mate while get a annoyed groan from Drake.
Later that night, when everyone was asleep, Drake rolled around in his bed, talking in his sleep.
"Adaptability, Evolution, Land, Sky, and Sea..."He muttered as he continue to roll around in his bed.
And there's Dark Cupid. As you can see, we get a peek into Drake's old life from New York. As for the Adaptability, Evolution, Land, Sky, and Sea thing, it will become clear... In time.
Since this is a love themed episode, here is a list of canon characters who are candidates for Drake's love interest. Here are a few things to note. I will do a list for OC charaters, once more of them have been revealed. Anyway, here's the list:
Kagami Tsurugi
Aurore Beaureal
Alix Kubdel
Lila Rossi
Sabrina Raincomprix
There's the list. Stay tuned for more~