Time for another original Akuma, Muddy Putty. And like Armor-Geddon, this one will strike Drake in the heart hard. Before we start, I want to address something.
kyrogue23: Maybe, maybe not~
Entry #34
With the power of Earth now by my side, Hawk Moth's world will shake and crumble around him! Anyway, Vesta's gift for Sibling's Day is almost done.
Opening Intro(Could Have Been Me by The Struts)(I don't own the song)
It was early morning at the Firstbourne house, Drake was in his room, putting the finishing touches on his gift for Vesta, as it was "Siblings Day", a made-up holiday that Vesta and Drake made, where they give each other a hand-made gift.
"And... Done!" Drake said, looking over his creation. "And just in time too." The young then puts his gift in a box and quickly wraps it.
"I see you're finished with your gift for Vesta." Spyro said as he and Cynder sat on Drake's shoulders.
"Would've finished it soon, if I have not been busy dealing with the Akumas." Drake said. "Anyway, do you think she'll like it?"
"No doubt about it. You pretty much put your heart and soul into making it." Cynder said.
"I sure hope so..." Drake muttered as he takes the gift, puts Spyro and Cynder in his fanny pack, and heads downstairs for breakfast.
Once he was downstairs, Drake was enjoying some pancakes that his Grandmother made(As well as sneaking some for Spyro and Cynder). That's when Vesta skipped into the room holding something.
"Happy Siblings Day Drakey!" Vesta said before two figures made of popsicle sticks that appear to be holding hands.
"Thanks Vesta." Drake said as he looked the gift over. "Is this suppose to be me and you?"
"Yep." Vesta said happily. Drake nodded behind putting it down and taking out his gift for his sister.
"Now, here's my gift to you." He said as Vesta quickly unwraps it, revealing it to be a hand stitched hair band with a heart ordainment. On the ordainment was "The Best Little Sister Ever."
"Thank you Drakey!" Vesta said before hugging her brother.
"You're welcome." Drake said as he takes the band and puts it on Vesta's middle ponytail. That's when Hestia and Cole enter the room.
"I see you're both done celebrating Sibling Day." Cole said in a amused tone.
"Mommy! Daddy! Look what Drakey made me!" Vesta said as she shows the adults her hair band.
"Well, isn't that pretty." Cole said as looked at the band. "Anyway, when got some news. Vesta isn't going to Kindergarten today, as there as been a few problems with the buildings pipes."
"Aw... I want to see my friends." Vesta said with a pout.
"Drake, we want to to take her to your school and look after her." Hestia said, pretty much dropping the bomb.
"What?!" Drake and Vesta shouted, in shock for the former and excitement for the latter.
"Your joking... Right?" Drake asked.
"I'm afraid not." Cole said. "Me, your mother, and grandmother are going to be busy, and there aren't any babysitters available."
Drake just sighs while Vesta cheers.
Once the siblings got to Francoise Dupont High School, Drake lead Vesta to his homeroom, getting a few stares from passing students. Reaching the door to Ms Bustier's room, the two entered.
"Hello Drake, and this must be Vesta." Ms Bustier greeted.
"Morning, Ms Bustier. I see that you got the notice." Drake said before heading to his spot with Vesta. A while later, the rest of the class came in, looking at the two, mostly Vesta, with surprised and confused looks.
"Hello everyone. I'm sure you all noticed the young girl next to Drake. This Vesta, Drake's little sister, and, just for today, she'll be attaining class with us." Ms Bustier announced, getting surprised looks. "Anyway, we will continue were we left off yesterday."
As Ms Bustier started the lesson, Drake pulled out a coloring book and crayons out of his backpack and handed them to Vesta, giving her something to do. Class itself went on as normal, although, Vesta had to use the restroom as one point, and had to have Drake come with her so she didn't get lost.
A few hours later, everyone was in the Courtyard for break period. Drake and Vesta were hanging out with Marinette, Adrien, Alya, and Nino.
"So let me get this straight. You're family was busy, and weren't able to find a babysitter, so you had to take your sister here with you?" Alya asked the secret draconic hero.
"Pretty much." Drake answered, shrugging his shoulders.
"Well, I think it's adorable that you're showing the school while watching her." Marinette said before bending down to look Vesta in the eye. " Hello Vesta, do you remember me?"
"Yeah, you were there when that bad umbrella lady attacked." Vesta said before turning to Ayla and Adrien. "You guys as well."
"Yeah, I was trapped in a frozen carousel with you." Alya said with amusement.
"Until Dragnarok came in and saved the day!" Vesta said with excitement. "He's a true hero."
"Ha! Don't make me laugh!" A familiar bratty voice spoke up. Following it, everyone groan to see Chloe walking up to them with Sabrina. "Dragnarok is no hero, he's nothing but a demon."
"Hey! Dragnarok is a hero! He's stronger then Ladybug and Cat Noir!" Vesta argued.
"Don't compare Ladybug to demon. She'll defeat him and lock him in a dark cell." Chloe said cruel voice. The image of her brother locked up in a dark cell was enough to put Vesta in tears.
"Chloe, everyone has a right to opinion." Drake said angrily as he glare at the blonde brat, his eyes having a small glow, which, nobody noticed.
"Well, what I'm saying is fact. Dragnarok is a demon, and he needs to be put down. He may have fooled Daddy, but he ain't fooling me." Chloe said. This was enough for Vesta, as she took off with tears streaming down her eyes.
"Vesta!" Drake shouted as he ran after her. Marinette, Adrien, Alya, Nino, and everyone else who witnessed what happened glared at Chloe.
"Chloe, you heartless witch!" Marinette growled.
"You really sunken to a new low." Alya said.
"Chloe... Why?" Adrien asked in a disappointed tone.
"Not cool." Nino said.
"Whatever. She needs to learn the facts." Chloe said before walking off. The four friends looked at each other in worry.
Vesta, managing to outrun Drake, locked herself in the girls restroom, crying her eyes out.
"Drakey is a real hero... Not a bad guy..." Vesta said with sniffles. She then clenched her fists. "I'll show that meanie..."
A window opens, letting in little a light into a dark room. The light reveals Hawk Moth standing in the center of a mass of white butterflies. Once again, he was alone, as Damselfly was nowhere in sight.
"We all have someone we look up to, and we all don't like them being talked down upon." The villain said as he held out his hand, letting a butterfly land on it. Hawk Moth then puts his other hand over the bug, corrupting it and turning it into an Akuma. It then flies out of his hand.
"Fly away my little Akuma, and evilise her." Hawk Moth said while twirling his cane, as he watched the Akuma fly out the window and into Paris to find it's victim.
As Vesta continues to cry, the Akuma flies in and lands on the hair band Drake gave her.
"Hello, Muddy Putty. I am Hawk Moth." The villain greeted as a purple butterfly shaped light mask appeared on Vesta's face. "You want to show everyone that your hero is not to be mocked, and I want Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculouses. Perhaps we can come to a agreement?"
"Yes. Mr Hawk Moth." Vesta said as darkness erupts from the hair band. Once it lifts, in Vesta's place was a mass of purple clay. A head-like appendage was on top on the mass, with eye holes and a mouth, as well as three ponytail like tendrils coming out of the head, with the hair band on the middle one. Snaking out of the mass were two arms with mitten-like hands. This was Muddy Putty.
"It's play time." Muddy Putty said as she slithers out of the restroom.
Break period was over and everyone was returning to their classes. Marinette and her friends were waiting for Drake and Vesta, with concerned looks on their faces.
"Where are they?" The bluenette asked in worry.
"I don't know, but I hope they're alright." Adrien said.
"Man, Chloe really done it now." Nino said.
"Tell me about it." Alya said. That's when the four heard a scream. Following it, they saw Chloe, Sabrina, and everyone who was nearby being coiled in clay and were being dragged into Muddy Putty's body.
"This is what you get, you big meanie!" The villain said, causing Marinette, Adrien, Alya, and Nino to gasp when they heard that voice.
"Vesta?!" The four shouted. This causes the villain to turn towards their direction.
"Friends!" Muddy Putty cried as she stretched her arms out to grab them.
Good news, Marinette and Adrien managed to avoid getting grabbed. Bad news, Alya and Nino weren't as fortunate, as they were now in Muddy Putty's grasp. Marinette and Adrien took off in separate directions as Muddy Putty sticks her new captives on her body.
Once she was a safe distance away, Marinette looked around for any witnesses before letting Tikki out.
"How could Hawk Moth akumatize a innocent little girl?!" Marinette nearly shouted.
"As long as he gets his hands on the Miraculouses, he doesn't care who gets akumatized." Tikki said.
Well, it's up to us to turn her back. Tikki, Spots On!" The bluenette said, turning into Ladybug.
Finding his own safe place, Adrien lets Plagg out.
"First Mr Firstbourne, now Vesta..." Adrien muttered.
"Stop muttering and let's save her already. I want some Camembert." Plagg complained.
"Fine. Plagg, Claws Out!" Adrien shouted, turning into Cat Noir.
Ladybug runs through the school's hallways, looking for Muddy Putty. That's when she bumps into Cat Noir, causing her to fall on her rear.
"Well, nice bumping into you, M'lady." Cat Noir said as he helps her up. "So, you know what we're up against?"
"A little girl that was turned into a blob of clay." Ladybug said.
"Sounds about right." The feline hero quipped. That's when the two heard screaming. Following the noise, they found Muddy Putty capturing some of the school staff.
"More friends to play with!" The villain said happily, as her captives were trying, and failing, to escape her clay body.
"You let those people go!" Ladybug demanded, getting Muddy Putty's, as well as the captives' attention.
"Ladybug! Cat Noir!" The captives cried happily. That's when a light mask appears on Muddy Putty's face.
"If you want your hero to be appreciated, then get rid of the competition by getting me their Miraculouses." Hawk Moth said telepathically.
"Give me your Miraculouses!" Muddy Putty roared.
"How about we don't and say that we did." Cat Noir said as he ran that the villain and jabs her with his staff, only for it to get stuck in her clay body. "Um... Mercy?"
Muddy Putty roared as she turns her right hand into a hammer. Just as she was about to turn Cat Noir into a cat pancake, Ladybug wraps her yo-yo around him and pulls him away, just as the hammer hits the ground.
"Wow, that was a close one! Thanks M'lady." Cat Noir said.
"No problem." Ladybug replied as she stares at the clay villain. "This will be tougher then I thought."
"Where is she?!" Drake shouted as he ran through the halls. He was in a full blown panic, as he couldn't find any trace of his little sister.
"You need to calm down. Don't worry, we'll find her." Spyro said as he and Cynder flew out of the fanny pack.
"How could I calm down?! Plus, what are you two doing out in the open?!" Drake shouted.
"Relax, there is nobody here." Cynder said.
"In fact, where is everyone?" Spyro asked. Drake, after calming down for a bit, looks around, noticing that the hallways were eerily quiet. While it was true that it was a class period, there would be a student or two heading to the restroom. Plus, there was no chattering or anything from any of the nearby classrooms.
"You're right, there isn't a soul in sight." Drake said. That's when the three heard a roar. Once Spyro and Cynder were back in the fanny pack, Drake headed towards the source.
Entering the Courtyard, Drake was greeted by the sight of Ladybug and Cat Noir fighting Muddy Putty. What really got Drake's attention was the hair band on Muddy Putty's middle pigtail.
"Vesta?" Drake said in shock. Muddy Putty turned around and spotted her brother.
"Drakey!" The villain said happily.
In her private studio, Hestia was looking over the designs for her new clothes line. Feeling the mood to put on some music, Hestia heads to her computer. Looking for a good song to play while working, she noticed that there was a live stream on Ladyblog.
"So Hawk Moth sent out another Akuma, huh?" Hesta muttered. Clicking on the live stream, the video show her the view from Alya's phone, who had an arms free and was recording what was happening, which was the meeting of Drake and Muddy Puddy.
"Vesta?" "Drakey!" Hearing those two voices, Hestia stared at the screen in shock, seeing her akumatized daughter slithering toward her son.
"Hawk Moth..." Hestia growled, grinding her teeth in fury.
"Come play with me Drakey!" Muddy Putty said as she got closer and closer.
"Vesta..." Drake muttered before taking off. Muddy Putty was about to go after him, but Ladybug and Cat Noir got in her way.
"Hey, did you forget about our little playdate?" Cat Noir asked in a cheeky tone. Muddy Putty just let out an angry roar as she turns her hands into hammers and tries to flatten the heroes.
Ducking behind some lockers, Drake let's Spyro and Cynder out.
"Vesta was akumatized..." Drake muttered quietly. Suddenly, his eyes flared white. "HAWK MOTH WILL PAY!"
Spyro and Cynder flinched at the slight demonic voice that came from Drake.
"Drake! You need to come down! We'll return Vesta back to normal." Spyro said.
"Yeah, we got your back." Cynder added. Taking a deep breath, Drake's eyes returned to normal.
"Don't worry Vesta, I'll save you. Transform Me!" Once Drake turned into Dragnarok, he held out a peace sign. "Don't Dare the Dragon!"
Back in the Courtyard, the heroes and Muddy Putty were busy fighting. The villain launched pieces of her at the heroes, only for them to dodge. Cat Noir stuck behind Muddy Putty and tried to get his staff back, which still stuck on her clay body. The villain, however, noticed the feline hero and swatted him away.
"Cat!" Ladybug shouted as she ran at her down partner. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, M'lady." Cat Noir said as he got up. He then looks at Muddy Putty. "Listen, Vesta..."
"I am not Vesta! I am Muddy Putty! And I can be anything I want! Anything..." The villain shouted as she turns her right hand into a ax while turning her left into a giant wrench.
"Then how about you turn yourself back into a nice little girl?" A voice suggested. Following it, everyone saw that is was Dragnarok.
"Drak-Dragnarok!" Muddy Putty cried. This got the draconic hero to look at the villain in surprise.
-It seems that, even when akumatized, Vesta will keep your identity a secret.- Spyro said. Dragnarok smiled a bit, happy that Vesta was still in there.
"Play with me!" Muddy Putty cried as she stretches her arms at Dragnarok, only for the draconic hero to blast them apart with a Earth Shot, sending clay all over the place.
"Only if we play by my rules." Dragnarok said as the scattered clay crawls back to Muddy Putty, reforming her arms. Dragnarok then fires an Earth Bomb, launching Muddy Putty into the air and spinning her around. Once she crashes back down to the ground, she gets up, wobbling around.
"I feel dizzy..." The villain said. She wasn't the only one, as her captives were also dizzy from the ride.
"Glad you joined us." Cat Noir said as he and Ladybug stood next to the draconic hero. "By the way, did you learn a new element?"
"Yeah, Earth." Dragnarok said, before point at Muddy Putty's hair band. "I think that's where the Akuma is, seeing that it's the only thing that isn't made of clay."
"Right." The two said, as the three heroes charged at Muddy Putty, who recovered from her dizziness.
Back at Hawk Moth's lair, the mastermind was witnessing on what was happening.
"It seems that Dragnarok has learned the element of Earth... He is definitely getting stronger." Hawk Moth muttered. "I must bring him to my side, or else, getting those Miraculous will be next to impossible."
"I think that is the least of your worries right now." A angry voice spoke up. Turning around, Hawk Moth froze at the sight of an angry Damselfly.
"I..." Hawk Moth started, only to be interrupted.
"Not once, but twice?! Perhaps I should remind you that dragonflies eat butterflies." Damselfly said in a threatening tone, causing Hawk Moth to turn pale. Raising her scepter, Damselfly creates an Odonata that lands on her left hand, gaining a green glow, before taking off.
Upon reaching it's destination, the Odonata lands on Muddy Putty's hair band.
"Hello little one, I am Damselfly. And I bestow upon you the power to make yourself some friends." Damselfly said.
"Thank you, Damselfly." Muddy Putty said as piles of clay fell from her body. The piles then turned into small versions of her. "Go and play my new friends!"
Muddy Putty's "friends" (aka minions) charged that the heroes, quickly surrounding them.
"This isn't good." Ladybug muttered. Dragnarok then surrounds himself in a Earth Boulder and rolls into the clay minions, squishing them flat.
"Where was he when we faced against Stoneheart?" Cat Noir asked his spotted partner, who just rolls her eyes in a playful manner.
When the Earth Boulder rolled towards Muddy Putty, however, the villain smacked it away, launching the draconic hero through a window and into the building.
"Dragnarok!" Ladybug and Cat Noir shouted. They tried to retrieve their ally, only to be surround by the clay minions once more.
"Now, let's play." Muddy Putty said as she slithers to the cornered heroes.
"Aww..." Dragnarok groaned as he hold his head in pain. Getting up, he saw that he was in Ms Bustier's classroom.
~We need to get back out there!~ Cynder shouted.
-Ladybug and Cat Noir needs our help!- Spyro added. Dragnarok then did something they didn't expect.
"...Detransform me." He said, turning back into Drake.
"Drake, what are you doing?!" Spyro asked.
"Trust me." Drake simply said as he tucks the two dragons in his fanny pack.
Things were not looking good for Ladybug and Cat Noir, as Muddy Putty's clay minions were pinning them down as their master approached them.
"Excellent! Now, get their Miraculouses!" Hawk Moth telepathically ordered. Just as she was about to take them...
"Vesta." A voice spoke up. Turning around, Muddy Putty saw that it was Drake.
"Drakey!" The villain said happily.
"Vesta... Please listen to me. This isn't you." Drake said.
"I'm Muddy Putty! and I'm-" Muddy Putty said, only to be interrupted.
"No! You're Vesta! My little sister!" Drake shouted. "Please... Be my little sister again."
"But, they..." The villain said, only to be interrupted again.
"It doesn't matter what people say, they have the right to have a opinion." Drake said. "Please. I want my little sister back.
"Drakey..." Muddy Putty said quietly as she shrunk down to her usual size, releasing her captives in the process, and goes up to Drake. "I'm sorry Drakey."
"Apology accepted. And happy Siblings Day." Drake said before wrapping her in a hug. Suddenly, the Akuma erupts from the hair band, as if the hug expelled it.
"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. Muddy Putty then turns back into Vesta.
"Pound It!" Ladybug and Cat Noir fist-bumped.
"It's good to have you back, Vesta." Drake said before hugging her again, with the heroes smiling at them.
"What?! How is possible?!" Hawk Moth shouted.
"His heart." Damselfly said, causing her partner to look at her with a confused look. "Drake was always able to use his heart to speak to those who are troubled, be it human or animal, as I seen him calm down a bull calf once. Your Akumas will be no match for his heart."
"Is that so..." Hawk Moth muttered, seeing that he was unable to akumatize the young man.
"Oh, and one more thing..." Damselfly said. Hawk Moth turn towards her, only for his face to be reunited with her fist.
"So that was your plan, huh?" Cynder asked as she, Spyro, and Drake were in the latter's room.
"I'll admit, I just sort of followed my instincts." Drake said bashfully.
"Well, at least Vesta is back to normal, and Hawk Moth doesn't have the Miraculouses." Spyro said.
"Yep. And this year's Siblings Day was definitely an interesting one." Drake said.
At Fu's Massage Shop, Ashley and Fu were looking at the footage from the live stream and witness the part where Drake expelled the Akuma.
"He truly is a wonderful young man. If he wasn't the Dragon Messiah, he definitely would've been a Miraculous holder." Fu said.
"Yes, and I see he heading towards the path of a Savior." Ashley said.
"Careful Ashley. When there is light, there is shadow, and within shadow, there is darkness." Fu warned.
"Yes... Even the purist of heart can be corrupted and turn wicked." Ashley said with a sigh, hoping her grandson doesn't take the path of the Destroyer.
And that's Muddy Putty. See you on the flip-side~