Time for a classic tale of a knight battling against a dragon. Only this time, the dragon is the hero and the knight is the villain. Here is Darkblade.
Entry #20
Fear is now mine to command and I'll make Hawk Moth cower in fright. But anyway, I heard that election for Mayor is coming up, and I seriously hope Mr Bourgeois loses just to see Chloe get knocked down a peg.
Opening Intro(Could Have Been Me by The Struts)(I don't own the song)
"Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Dragnarok have saved Paris yet again." Nadja said as she was giving a news report, which Drake was watching from his computer with Spyro and Cynder.
"And yet again, I am still stump as to what those words mean." Drake muttered as looks at a bulletin broad with various strings and pieces of paper scattered across it in a similar style to what a detective does.
"Can you take that thing down? It's giving me the creeps..." Cynder asked, as she stared at it was a uneasy gaze.
"Once I figure out what so special about these words and why I have been muttering them." Drake said. He then looks at a tank that was in the corner of his room. "What do you think Belch?"
Inside the tank was Drake's pet axolotl Belch, who was busy swimming around aimlessly in the water.
That's when Nadja continued.
"Yesterday, Mr. Bourgeois was re-elected as mayor of Paris for the fourth consecutive term. Here we see Mr. Bourgeois with his daughter." The reporter said.
"Great... Now I have to listen to Chloe yammer on about this in school. Speaking of which, I heard Class Representative Election is tomorrow." Drake said with annoyance but remembering the little detail.
"Are you going to run for it?" Spyro asked.
"Nah. Not really interested." The young hero said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Armand D'Argencourt, one of Bourgeois's opponents, and fencing instructors of Francoise Dupont High School, was pummeled in the polls. In fact, D'Argencourt acquired the least number of votes in Paris History." Najda said from the computer, causing Drake to cringe a bit.
"Ouch... Poor guy." He said before noticing the time. "Best get to school."
After collecting his things and having Spyro and Cynder get in his fanny pack, Drake took off.
"Chloe is running for the class representative position and Sabrina will be her deputy. Do we have any other candidates?" Miss Bustier asked. No one rose their hand, as if anyone did, Chloe and her lapdog would send them a threatening glare. Drake rolled his eyes at this, this was going to be very annoying. That's when Marinette enter the room.
"Hi! I'm sorry! I-uh, I-uh, the bus," She stammered before she began coughing. "dry throat!"
Drake shook his head at that. She really needs to think of an better excuse. That's when Miss Bustier continued.
"Alright, I'll give all of you till the end of lunch to decide if you like to be a candidate." She said as the class was let out.
Drake was enjoying his lunch until Marinette ran up to him.
"Hey Drake. I was wonder-." She started, only to be interrupted by Drake.
"No, I'm not going to be a candidate. If you have a problem with Chloe being elected, why don't you run?"
And with that, Drake continue eating, ignoring Marinette's stunned look.
"So, any new candidates who would like to run against Chloe and Sabrina?" Miss Bustier asked, only for everyone to remain quiet. "Given that Chloe and Sabrina are the only candidates, there's no point in voting. So, Chloe and Sabrina..."
"I'll run!" Marinette shouted, raising her hand into the air.
"Wonderful! You'll need to develop your campaign and have a speech ready by tomorrow. We'll have the vote then." Miss Bustier said while Drake smirked, already knowing who he was going to vote for.
Later that afternoon, Drake was in his fencing class with Adrien. Said blonde model was in the middle of a duel with the instructor, Mr D'Argencourt, who used some special move to defeat Adrien.
"Now that was impressive." Drake as he was watching the duel.
"Wow, Mr D'Argencourt, never seen you on fire like this! That was some attack!" Adrein said.
"It ought be. This particular maneuver hither was developed by my ancestor Darkblade." Armand said.
"Darkblade?" Both Drake and Adrien asked.
"In the days of yore, Darkblade conquered Paris and ruled over it with an iron fist. Until he was overthrown vence by a wealthy Frenchman who used his dirty gold to buy the loyalties of the common people. To think that not so long ago, my ancestor's flag was waving above Paris..." Armand said, giving them a bit of history about Darkblade. That's when Nadja suddenly appeared.
"Is that what you ran in the election, Mr D'Argencourt? To seek revenge on your ancestors behalf?" She asked as everyone just stared at her appearing act.
"Part le fer! Who dost we have hither?" Armand asked.
"How long has she been hiding here?" Drake whispered to Adrien, who just shrugged.
"Nadja Chamack. Don't be bemused, it's just the news! Do you have anything to say about your quote un-quote landslide defeat?" Nadja asked. Suddenly, one of the other school instructors appeared.
"Hey, you! Excuse me! How did you get in the school?" He asked in a angry tone.
"I think it's time to get back to the studio!" Nadja said before taking off. The instructor followed in pursuit.
"Get back here!"
"Here endeth the lesson." Armand said in a sad tone.
As Drake exited the school, he noticed Nadja is continuing to pester Mr D'Argencourt.
"Mr D'Argencourt, it has been said, and I quote, that you're "stuck in the dark ages like a stubborn old rusted battle-axe". What do you have to say to that?" She asked, getting on Armand's nerves.
"Poisonous wretch! Dares't thou approach with such venomous questions. Be gone, now, pestilent pain in the neck!" The fencing instructor said, only to bump into a poster of Mr Bourgeois. Using his saber, he cuts it into pieces. That's when a Akuma lands on his saber, causing a purple light mask to appear on Armand's face.
"Darkblade... In return for the powers I'm giving you, you'll capture Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous for me." Hawk Moth told him telepathically.
"When the flag bearing the emblem of mine ancestors lies once again upon the roof of City Hall, then to thee I shall indeed be indebted!" Armand said as a cloud of darkness engulfs him. Once it clears, standing in his place was Darkblade. Upon seeing the new villain, Nadja started to get scared.
"Anything y-you'd like to say about your t-transformation into a-" She stuttered nervously.
"Darkblade! The lord of Paris!" Darkblade said before pointing his blade at Nadja and her cameraman, turning them into knights. "Thou shalt become my knights! Soon my army shalt be immense and unstoppable! We shall take City Hall by storm and reclaim the throne from Bourgeois the usurper!"
The villain and his minions then marched off to City Hall, cutting a bill broad in half in the process. Sneaking behind a tree, Drake let's Spyro and Cynder out.
"Great... Another akuma to deal with..." Drake groaned.
"At least we know where it is right off the bat." Spyro said.
"Plus, it'll give you the chance to test out your new Fear powers." Cynder said.
"True and True. Alright, Transform Me!" Drake shouted before transforming into Dragnarok. Once the transformation was complete, Dragnarok held his hand out into a peace sign. "Don't Dare the Dragon!"
"Zounds! What a great beast to join our conquest!" Darkblade said as he turns the Gorilla into a knight as the other knights chanted "Part le fer!". Darkblade then faces his knights. "Let us to battle, knights! Part le fer!" That's when Cat Noir appeared.
"The people had their say and they chose Bourgeois over you, D'Argencourt!" The feline hero said.
"Thy peoples matter not to me. D'Argencourt was defeated, not Darkblade! En garde!" Darkblade said before charging at Cat Noir. However, Dragnarok landed between them, leaned back, and stuck his foot out, causing the villain to trip.
"Once your trip is over, how about facing a powerful dragon like me, just like the knights of old?" Dragnarok said as the villain got back on his feet.
"Indeed... In order to be a true knight, I must slay a mighty dragon." Darkblade before pointing his sword at Dragnarok. "En garde, foul beast!"
Darkblade swung his sword at Dragnarok, but the draconic hero dodged. The villain was about to go for another, but Cat Noir blocked the sword with staff.
"Don't leave me out of the fun." The feline hero said before getting into a duel with the villain while Dragnarok kept his minions at bay. The managed to move to the Pont des Arts bridge. Darkblade then performs the move he used on Adrien and knocks Cat Noir's staff out of his hand and into the air.
"Seriously? How did I not see that coming?" Cat Noir said.
"Take him!" Darkblade ordered, having his knights charge at the feline hero. Dragnarok got between then and, using his new Fear powers, unleashes a barrage a Siren Screams, causing the knights to cower in place. Dragnarok then grabbed Cat Noir and flew under the bridge to hid.
"Nary a minute to be wasted! City Hall awaits us!" Darkblade said as he and his army marched to City Hall. Once the coast was clear, Dragnarok and Cat Noir came out of hiding.
"City Hall, huh?" Cat Noir muttered before looking at Dragnarok. "You go first. I'll catch up with you."
"Roger." Dragnarok said, but as he was about to leave, Cat Noir grabbed his shoulder.
"Before you go, quick question." The feline hero said. "I see you learned a new element, but what is it?"
"Fear." Dragnarok simply said before taking off.
Following Darkblade, Dragnarok landed on top of City Hall and waited for Cat Noir to arrive. That's when trumpets started playing, signaling Darkblade's arrival.
"O-ye, o-ye! Darkblade shalt speak now! Listen or be imprisoned!" A knight said as the villain approaches the people.
"Henceforth, my flag shalt fly over thy kingdom! Bourgeois, pathetic knave, come hither and do battle!" Darkblade demanded, only to get a confused look from the Mayor as he and everyone else came out of the building.
"What did he say?" He asked.
"Basically, he's gonna bust you up." Alya said, clearing things out.
"Ehh... Ask my secretary for an appointment!" The Mayor said nervously before he and student shuts the door.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! Bow down to Darkblade, or feel the wrath of mine sword!" The villain said.
"Part le fer! Part le fer! Dahhh!" The knights said, only to get hit by Cat Noir's staff.
"Take him!" Darkblade ordered, causing the knight to approach the feline hero.
"Guys, do you only know heavy metal?" Cat Noir joked. Just then, Dragnarok lands next to him.
"About time you'd showed up." He said before firing a few blasts of Phantom Fright, which home in on the knights and caused them to cower in fear. The knights that weren't hit dogpiled to two heroes, only for them to break out.
"That was a nice warm-up!" Cat Noir said.
"Tell me about it." Dragnarok agreed.
"Part le fer!" Darkblade said as he charged in, ready to fight the two himself. That's when Jagged Stone came out and started playing music for some reason, only to stop when he saw what was happening.
"Behold, a minstrel!" Darkblade said once he spotted the guitarist.
"Guys, guys, I know you love me, but no reason to fight over it." Jagged Stone said, thinking this was just a bunch of fans fighting.
"Are you the usurper's champion?" The villain asked, only to get a confused look.
"Say what?" The guitarist asked, only to get turned into a knight. The villain then turns to City Hall.
"Kneel before thy flag of Darkblade! Bow down before mine eyes!" He said. Half of the knights started beating the door down while the other half surrounded Dragnarok and Cat Noir.
"Back off, you tin cans!" The feline hero said as the knights got closer. Suddenly, a familiar yo-yo wraps around the two.
"Cat Noir, Dragnarok, over here!" Ladybug said as she yanks the two inside, only to have them crash into a wall. "Sorry, guys. I was busy doing damage control inside."
"We were managing just fine by ourselves, you know. But it's always nice to see you." Cat Noir said.
"Better late then never, I suppose." Dragnarok said.
"Come, formation!" Darkblade ordered as the knight did just that, only to for the heroes to knock them down like bowling pins.
"Strike!" Cat Noir said before lifting Ladybug and carried her inside City Hall with Dragnarok following behind.
"Cursèd, colorful acrobats!" The villain said before turning two cars into catapults and launches the knights onto City Hall. Suddenly, an Odonata appears and lands on Darkblade's sword.
"Greetings Darkblade, I am Damselfly. And I bestow upon you the power to make your army even bigger." Damselfly said.
"Thank you, Damselfly." Darkblade said he turns even more civilians into Knights, who marched over to the catapults and were launched at City Hall.
"Why are they going on the roof?" Cat Noir asked, just before a knight flies face first into a wall. "Well, at least some of them."
"The flag!" Ladybug shouted, realizing what the villain was planning.
"Tally ho!" Darkblade said as his knights launched him to the roof. "Ha ha ha! Once these stripes are supplanted by mine coat of arms, I shalt reign supreme!"
"The akuma must be in his sword!" Ladybug said as she, Cat Noir, and Dragnarok headed to the roof.
"How are we gonna get a hold of it?" Cat Noir asked.
"Without getting sliced and diced?" Dragnarok added.
"By getting me close to him!" The spotted hero replied.
"I said without getting sliced and diced!" Dragnarok shouted.
Once the three got to the roof, Ladybug ties her yo-yo around Darkblade's arm, only for the villain to block with his sword.
"Cat Noir, Dragnarok, don't let him get his banner!" The spotted hero said. The two guys tried to knocked down the human ladder of knights to stop the banner from going up, but it was too late.
"Villains! Thou impress me not. By the blade of darkness, I hereby declare all peoples of this kingdom are henceforth mine!" Darkblade said on top of the human as he puts his flag up, causing the sky to go black. "Bow to King Darkblade!" A black void of energy appears and begins closing in on City Hall, causing civilians inside to become knights. The three heroes just stared in shock.
"Soon thou shalt join my army, you venomous insect!" Darkblade taunted.
"Not so fast! En garde!" Cat Noir said as he knocks down some knights. He then notices more civilians getting turned into knights. "We're about to wind up as knights too!"
"Ladybug! Use your Lucky Charm!" Dragnarok said as he launches a few Siren Screams.
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug shouted as she throws her yo-yo into the air, creating... A toy Ladybug.
"Why did I suggest that?" Dragnarok groaned. Ladybug looks around for a bit before forming a plan.
"Let's hope Darkblade's ticklish." She said. Said villain was about to use his special move again, but this time Cat Noir noticed.
"Not this time." He said as he avoids the attack. As the feline hero and villain battle, Ladybug throws the toy version of her at Darkblade, tickling him and causing him to laugh. As he laughed, he threw his sword into the air, which Cat Noir catches and throws to Dragnarok, who throws it to Ladybug, who breaks it, releasing the akuma.
"No more evildoing for you, little akuma. Time to de-evilize!" Ladybug 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. Darkblade then turns back into Mr D'Argencourt, who looks around confused.
"Pound it!" Ladybug and Cat Noir said as they fist-bumped, while Dragnarok takes off.
"Our duel is not over yet, my dear Ladybug. At the end of our battle, I will rule!" Hawk Moth shouted in anger.
"It has only just begun." Damselfly sneered as the window closes.
After turning back into his civilian self, Drake entered City Hall, were he saw Marinette and Chloe squabbling yet again.
"Then how did you even know my diary was in here?" Marinette asked while holding up a box of some kind. This causes the other students to gasp while Drake looked confused.
"Oh, well, uh... Sabrina told me. It was all her idea!" Chloe stammered, trying to shift the blame.
"So uncool!" Nino said.
"At least now we know nobody voted for Chloe. You're gonna be our new representative!" Alya said.
"Uh... Not so fast, Alya." Marinette said.
"Ha ha ha! See? She's undependable! She's already throwing in the towel!" Chloe shouted, trying to put in a last ditch effect.
"No, I'm not! I just wanna be voted in fairly, not because you don't wanna vote for Chloe, but because you believe in me! I'm not gonna make promises that I can't keep, and I'm not gonna be able to get you everything that you want. But I am resourceful and I know how to prioritize. I'm a good listener and a great multi-tasker. Representing you all is something I truly believe in. And most importantly, I believe in myself. So... Vote for Marinette, for class representative!" Marinette said.
This got the rest of the class to start clapping, even Drake, who, while not knowing what was going on earlier, was happy for Marinette.
Later that day, the class representative was about to be elected.
"By majority vote, Marinette is the new class representative, and Alya will be her deputy." Miss Bustier said, getting cheers from the girls. Drake, Spyro, and Cynder (The latter two were peeking out of the fanny pack) gave the bluenette a smile.
And that's Darkblade. Hoped you enjoyed.