Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! Today, Dragnarok is going to partake in part one of the Queen's Battle trilogy! The first opponent being Style Queen! This will show that the rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Entry #63
The date with Kagami was a semi-success. Thankfully, the akuma showed up when the date was about to end anyway.
Also, side note. Mom recently gained this look of dread on her face. When I asked her if something was wrong, she told me that I'll soon learn that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
Why do I get the feeling that I'll figure it out sooner then I would've liked?
Season 2 Opening Intro(Set It Off by Skillet)(I don't own the song)
In the Grand Palais' dressing room, Drake and Adrien were getting ready, as Gabriel and Hestia's fashion show was about to soon start. As they waited, Drake decided to pass the time by watch a broadcast hosted by Nadja about the show on his phone.
"Tonight, the Grand Palais hosts the most eagerly awaited event of the year! The sensational fashion show of the famous designers Gabriel Agreste and Hestia Firstbourne!" Nadja said with excitement. "And a major event always brings prestigious guests: Mayor of Paris, Andre Bourgeois, is expected to attend the show with his wife,the great and highly respected fashion queen-"
Drake snorted at that, great and highly respected his ass!
"This is it! Here she comes! The international queen of fashion, director of "Style Queen" magazine, Audrey Bourgeois!" Nadja shouted as a car rolled up. Andre opens the door, having Audrey step out, with Chloe following.
"Anthony— Uh… Andre, be a dear and fire the chauffeur. I can't believe Gabriel allows his staff to drive like that!" Audrey said, getting angry grumbling from the Gorilla, who heard the remark from the driver's seat.
"And neither do I!" Chloe piped up.
Yes, of course, Audrey, dear." Andre said, sounding henpecked.
The Bourgeois family walks into the Grand Palais, only for Audrey to noticed the red carpet.
"What is this carpet? Is it fabric? Why isn't the red carpet made out of marble like I said!" She shouted before turning to Roger, who was standing nearby. "You're fired!" Roger gets a indigent look. "Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous."
"Now I'm starting to see what mom meant." Drake said as he turned off his phone, not wanting to watch the rest of the broadcast. "Great... now there are two of them..."
At the Agreste mansion, in Gabriel's atelier, both Gabriel and Hestia were also watching the broadcast.
"Will the famous fashion designers who almost never appears in public show up for the occasion? Stay tuned to find out. Don't be bemu—" Nadja said before Gabriel turned the broadcast off.
"I absolutely dreaded this day." Hestia said. "You know I despise this woman."
"I know. But don't worry, she will soon be our most powerful villain yet." Gabriel said.
"Maybe, but I rather not put up with her." Hestia muttered, crossing her arms.
That's when a voice spoke up.
"I see Audrey came to visit." The voice said. Following it, Gabriel and Hestia saw that it was Richard Mann.
"Who let you in here?!" Gabriel demanded.
"That lovely assistant of your's, Nathalie was it? Told her I had an important meeting with you two." Richard said.
"What's so important for you to come in here unannounced?" Hestia asked.
"Just need to discuss a few things with you two." The blood red-haired man said. "First, it's a pity I couldn't partake in your fashion show, as I'm sure the audience would love my creations."
"Are you sure about that, Mr 3rd place?" Gabriel asked with a small smirk. Hestia let out a small giggle while Richard snarled.
"Anyways..." The blood red-haired man continued. "I sure you already know Audrey came to see the show in person."
"She has just arrived and is already ordering her husband and everyone else around." Hestia said with a annoyed look. At the word husband, Richard began to chuckle, which soon turned into laughter. "What's so funny?"
"Just using the word husband to describe anything about Audrey." Richard said as his laughter died down. He then gained a devious smirk. "Just between the three of us, let's just say, Audrey is a bad wife, but a good woman in certain aspects."
Gabriel and Hestia gained confused looks before the meaning behind Richard's words hits them like a semi.
"Wait... Are you saying..." Gabriel asked, unable to believe what he was hearing.
"That's right... Audrey and I had a affair." Richard said before bursting into laughter once again. "I'm tempted to tell Andre, just to see the destroyed look on his face!" As Richard continued to laugh, Hestia and Gabriel looked at each other in absolute shock. "Anyway, I'd best get going, I've got work to do."
As the blood red-haired man left, Gabriel and Hestia still had the shocked looks on their faces.
"I now despises that woman ever more." Hestia muttered, with Gabriel giving a silent nod in agreement.
Back as the dressing room, Adrien was in front of a mirror, fixing something on his jacket.
"I feel awkward." The blonde said to Drake, who was on his phone.
"I'm sure the feeling will go away." Drake said before there was a knock at the door.
When Adrien opened it, the two saw that it was Marinette, holding the bowler hat she made.
"Hello, Marinette." The blonde model greeted.
"Oh, uh— Hallah…" Marinette stammered before tripping, dropping the hat, which caused the feather to be shaken loose. Luckily, Adrien caught her. "Ooh… sorry."
"No worries." Adrien said.
The two then bend down to pick up the hat, only for their foreheads to bump into each other.
"Sorry." They both said before Adrien picked up the hat while Marinette picked up the feather.
Drake, who saw the whole thing, let out a silent chuckle.
"Oh, no! I hope it's not too hard to fix it." Adrien said, noticing the separate feather.
"Oh, you know, it doesn't really matter. This hat is a complete failure anyway." Marinette said in a dejected tone.
"What, no it's not." Adrien said.
"Why would you say that?" Drake asked.
"Because… the queen of fashion, Audrey Bourgeois, saw it and hated it. I'm sorry, Adrien. I really messed up. I'm a total no-talent. Please don't put it on." Marinette explained.
"Ha! I wouldn't the "Style Queen's" fashion advice if I were you." Drake said, make air-quotes when he said Style Queen.
"Marinette, everything's gonna be fine. Your hat looks great; I think it's awesome; so does my father." Adrien said before putting the hat on. "Otherwise he wouldn't have picked it for me. Look." He then does a catwalk-walk in the room, getting a squeal from Marinette and a thumbs-up from Drake. "See?"
"You got that catwalk down!" Marinette said with a chuckle.
"Really, thank you." Adrien said while scratching the back of his head.
That's when Nathalie showed up.
"We have to go." She said before exiting the room.
"See you later, Mari." Drake said before he and Adrien followed Nathalie.
Deep beneath the Agreste mansion, there is a repository, and it were Gabriel, Hestia, and some sort of object. Gabriel's phone then began to ring. Looking at it, he saw that it was Audrey, which causes him to ignore it.
"I assume Audrey heard about being put in the second row?" Hestia asked.
"That woman always demanded the best of the best. Now we'll what happens when she is denied that." Gabriel said before Hestia's phone ringed. Like her partner, Hestia ignored when she saw that it was Audrey.
Speaking of Gabriel, he held up some flowers and turning to the object. "I'm sorry, it took some time, I know. But today, I can feel my prey has more malice in her than anyone I've ever akumatized before. She will be… my masterpiece." He said before putting the flowers on the object, which is revealed to be a coffin with a glass top, and in it was the unmoving form of Emilie Agreste.
Both Gabriel and Hestia bow their heads.
At the fashion show, Audrey just got Hestia's voicemail.
"Please leave a message." It said. Audrey growled, first Gabriel, now Hestia?!
"I assume from your expression that I'm not fired." Nathalie said, as she was who revealed that Audrey was in the second row, and the style queen wanted to see her fired.
"This is unacceptable! I will not view a fashion show from the second row, ever!" Audrey shouted before stomping off, with Chloe following behind.
In Hawk Moth's lair, Gabriel and Hestia were now in their alter egos, and the former senses Audrey's anger.
"Tell me, my dear Akumas, what will be the trend tonight?" He asked before turning one of the butterflies into an akuma. "Fly away, my little Akuma, and evillize this wonderfully vile queen."
The Akuma then flies out to find it's victim.
At the Grand Parais entrance, Audrey stomps through the door, with Chloe and Andre right behind. The Akuma flies in and lands on the rose on Audrey's hat, causing the woman to stop.
"Mom?" Chloe asked in a concerned tone.
"Audrey, dear?" The Mayor asked in the same tone.
"Style Queen, I am Hawk Moth." Hawk Moth telepathically said as a light mask appeared on Audrey's face. "You've been refused a throne that is rightfully yours as queen of fashion. You will now be able to revenge those fashion disasters, who disrespected you!"
"They'll see who's queen, Hawk Moth." Audrey said before transforming into Style Queen.
Chloe and Andre step back in fear.
Meanwhile, the Fashion Show has started, as Adrien was on the catwalk, showcasing Marinette's hat. Off to the side was Drake, waiting for his turn. With him were his friends.
"Looks like Marinette's hat is a hit." Ingrid said, looking at the cheering crowd. The others nodded in agreement.
That's when Style Queen materializes out of thin air, startling everyone.
"A fashion show without the queen of style? Glitteraly unacceptable!" She shouted.
"Is this supposed to happen? I've never attended a fashion show before." Marinette's father asked.
"Where is that ungrateful Gabriel Agreste and Hestia Firstbourne?" Style Queen demanded. "I demand that they kneel before me!"
"My father isn't here!" Adrien shouted.
"Neither is my mother!" Drake added.
"Well then. If fashion-disaster daddy and mommy aren't here, I'll just have to settle for the Juniors! You're fired!" Style Queen shouted before firing a ray of gold dust at Adrien, turning him into a solid gold statue. As the crowd begins to panic, the villain then fires at Drake.
Before it could hit him, Ombra pushes him out of the way, taking the hit and turning into a statue herself.
"Ombra!" Drake shouted before being grabbed by Maven.
"We'll buy some time. Go!" He shouted.
With a sad nod, Drake took off. Seeing one of her prey escape, Style Queen let out a growl before turning Brandish, Ingrid, and Maven into gold statues.
Back at his lair, Hawk Moth was startled and horrified by what happened to his son.
"Adrien! We no longer have a choice." He said before opening a telepathic link with Style Queen. "Style Queen, you must defeat Ladybug and Cat Noir as soon as possible."
Behind him, Damselfly was praying for Drake's safety.
After running a distance, Drake ducked behind an empty alleyway.
"It's like Bedusatrice, but in reverse..." Drake muttered as he let Spyro and Cynder out.
"Don't worry, we'll save them." Spyro said.
"Yeah! We'll make that golden eyesore pay!" Cynder said.
"Thanks guys." Drake said before taking a stance. "Transform Me!" Once Spyro and Cynder were absorbed into his wristbands, Drake let's out a roar as he turns into Dragnarok. "Unleash the Dragon!" Dragnarok then grabs his pendant. "Armor Up!" That's when the Defense Armor appeared on the draconic hero.
-Good thinking on getting the Defense Armor out.- Spyro said.
~It might give you immunity to that witch's gold dust!~ Cynder added.
"That's the idea." Dragnarok said before taking off.
Arriving back to the Grand Parais, Dragnarok saw that Ladybug was there, on her back with Style Queen in front of her, laughing evilly. The villain fires some gold dust at the spotted hero, only for Dragnarok to fly in front of Ladybug. Luckily, nothing happen, thanks to the armor.
"What?!" Style Queen shouted, shocked that her attack didn't work. She fired another ray, only to once again see that it wasn't doing anything.
"Looks like my hunch was correct." Dragnarok said. He then noticed Chloe standing next to the villain. "Well, it's true then. The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the ugly tree."
"Ugly?! Do you know who I am?!" Style Queen shouted.
"The Golden Witch?" Dragnarok asked in a mocking tone causing the villain to scream in anger. That's when Chloe spoke up.
"Mom! Uh— Style Queen! If you want to find Gabriel Agreste and Hestia Firstbourne, I know where they usually are. You can take care of Ladybug later, she's worthless anyway." She said.
"Hmm... It's not a completely idiotic idea." Style Queen said after thinking it over for a second. She then absorbs Adrien's statue into her wand before turning into gold dust, flying away while carrying Chloe.
"After her!" Ladybug shouted before the two went after the villain. They followed her to the Agreste mansion, only to see her take off again. "Can't you stand still for two seconds?"
Ladybug and Dragnarok continued their chase.
The two heroes arrived at the Eiffel Tower, where they saw Style Queen on the tower's top and spectators at the bottom. Sneaking in, they found Chloe banging on a golden force-field that surrounded Adrien's statue. Ladybug then tries to use her yo-yo to contact Cat Noir.
"Cat Noir, I don't know what you're doing, but there's a witch of a villain running loose and I really need you!" She said, only to get no answer.
"Psst! Ladybug! Hurry up! Adrikens is crumbling!" Chloe said when she noticed the heroes.
"Did you see where your mother's Akuma landed?" Ladybug asked.
"It's in the rose she put on him." Chloe said, pointing to the rose which was in statue Adrien's mouth. "Where is Cat Noir?"
"I wish we knew." Dragnarok said.
"You better come up with something fast, my mother is going to see you!" Chloe said. Right as she said that, Style Queen materializes.
"It's really impossible to find qualified staff these days." She said before turning to Chloe. "You're fired!"
"No!" Chloe shouted before being turning into a gold statue.
"Ladybug, hand over those awful earrings and let's get this over with." Style Queen demanded.
"Even your own daughter..." Dragnarok muttered, shocked at how the villain was will to do such a thing. Ladybug throw her yo-yo at Style Queen, only for it to go through the villain.
"You still don't get it, huh, fashion victim? I... AM INVINCIBLE!" Style Queen shouted as she fired some gold dust that Ladybug, only for her to hide behind some metal. "My power is only equaled by my sense of fashion. I... am invincible!"
"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug shouted, throwing her yo-yo into the air, summoning... A mallet. "A mallet? What am I supposed to do with this?" She didn't have time to ponder, as she was forced to dodge a barrage of gold dust rays.
"Haven't you got it already? You. Can't. Beat me. How could you defeat me?" Style Queen taunted before kinking Ladybug. "You can't even touch me!"
"Of course." Ladybug muttered, seeming to have though of something and took off.
Style Queen was about to go after her, when Dragnarok blocked her path.
"Did you forget about me?" He asked. Before the villain could say anything, a Odonata flies in, goes through the force-field, and lands on the golden rose.
"Hello, Style Queen, I am Damselfly. A queen needs servants, and the gold statues you made are the perfect candidates." Damselfly said.
"Indeed. If I can't find good help, then I'll just have to make it!" Style Queen shouted before a green energy wave blasted across Paris, causing all the golden statues to come to life. The Adrien statue walks over to Style Queen and hands her the rose before bowing with the Chloe statue.
"What is your command, my queen?" They asked.
"Get that lizard!" The villain shouted. The two golden statues then pounced on Dragnarok and grabbed on to him, only for the Chloe statue to get thrown aside, and the Adrien statue to be throw at Style Queen.
The thrown Adrien statue actually managed to hit the villain, forcing her on her back, which Dragnarok noticed.
"Aha! Looks like I have to fight fire with fire!" He shouted before picking up the Chloe statue. "Or in this case, fighting gold with gold." He then started waving the golden Chloe around like a club, smacking to Style Queen, which launches the villain off the tower, having her plummet before hitting the ground with a thud.
Dragnarok, while still carrying the golden Chloe, flies down after her. Once he lands, he noticed the spectators and the rest of the gold statues who were brought to life.
"Why you disgusting lizard..." Style Queen growled as she got back onto her feet.
"Not so invincible now, are ya?" Dragnarok taunted.
"You... You...!" Style Queen growled, so angry, that you can almost see steam coming out of her ears. The villain then notices that among the spectators, were Cole and Vesta, who originally came to the fashion show to give Drake their support. "Ah! Maybe this will draw Hestia out!" She fires a ray at them.
"NO!" Dragnarok shouted as they turned into gold statues.
"NO!" Damselfy cried as collapsed on her knees.
"Don't worry. So, this will be all over." Hawk Moth said while placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Haha! How do you like... that... Hestia?" Style Queen gloated before she and the spectators noticed a dark mist surrounding Dragnarok, who was standing still, emotionless, and having his eyes closed. When the draconic hero open his eyes...
They were bright, white, and soulless.
Dark Dragnarok was back.
"I... am going... to rip you...APART!" He shouted before launching a sphere of purple energy at Style Queen.
When it hit her, the villain screams out in absolute pain as she fall on to her knees. Before she could get back out, she was kicked in to face, launching her onto her back.
"Don't just stand there, protect your queen!" Style Queen shouted, causing the living gold statues to spring into action.
However, they weren't much help, as Dark Dragnarok blasted them away when a wave of purple energy.
"You can't do this to me! I'm a queen! I'm invincible!" Style Queen shouted as she scooted back in fear.
"You are no queen. You are not invincible. You are Nothing!" Dark Dragnarok roared as he used his right hand to grab Style Queen's neck while using his left to grab the rose on her hat.
Letting out one more roar, Dark Dragnarok performs the Blood Fury. Blasting Style Queen, and a few of her minions that tried to rescue her, away while as pushing a few spectators onto their rears.
When the attack ended, Dark Dragnarok, who had droplets of blood floating around him, looked at spectators, who had shock and fear all over their faces. He then spots Ladybug, who had return, also having the look on her face. She seemed to be holding something, but the draconic hero didn't care. As the dark mist dispels, returning Dragnarok to normal, he tosses the rose at Ladybug.
"Get... Akuma..." He growled before flying off. Once he was got, Ladybug breaks to rose, 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, putting the animals back into their pens while also returning everything back to normal. The gold statues turned back into normal people and Style Queen turns back into Audrey.
"Style Queen was my greatest masterpiece. How could she have failed? How could I have failed? What should I do now?" Hawk Moth asked himself, shocked that his greatest creation had failed.
"We try to get Dragnarok on our side." Damselfly said, getting partner-in-crime's attention. "Did you not see that power? Style Queen didn't lose to Ladybug or Cat Noir, she lost to Dragnarok and his strange power."
"Yes, your right!" Hawk Moth said before getting a defeated look. "But... I am unable to akumatized him..."
"One way or another, we'll find a way to put him under our control." Damselfly said. "Besides... Don't we have material for ever better masterpiece?"
"That's right... Richard." Hawk Moth said as the window closes.
Later that day, Drake was in room, laying on his bed face-down.
"Drake... You haven't said anything since the fight... Are you okay?" Spyro asked as he and Cynder had concerned looks on their faces.
"What do you think?" Drake asked in a glum tone.
"Look, if it's about what had happened..." Cynder said, only to get interrupted.
"What have happened is that I let my anger get the best of me again!" Drake shouted. "I've could've hurt someone!"
"But you didn't" Ignitus' voice spoke up before his hologram appeared. "You were in enough control to not go on a rampage."
"Yeah... But still..." Drake muttered.
"We all have our darkest moments. Most of which we like to have never existed." Ignitus said. "All we can do is put it behind us and move forward."
"I guess you're right..." Drake said before remembering something. "Hey... When I was in a... frenzy... I use this purple energy. What was that?"
"Do you remember the element you weren't ready for?" Ignitus asked, getting a nod from Drake. "The energy you used was that element. The Element of Aether."
"Aether..." Drake muttered as he looked that his hand in wonder.
"I will tell you more some other time, but for right now, try to keep your anger in check." Ignitus said before dispelling the hologram.
"The Element of Aether..." Drake muttered, as that word circled in his head.
At Gabriel's atelier, Gabriel and Hestia were listening to a call from Nathalie.
"Sir, you took a big risk today, especially regarding Adrien." She said.
"If only I could tell Adrien why I'm doing this." Gabriel said before looking at a picture of Emilie. "He would understand."
"I'm sure he would." Hestia said, patting Gabriel's back.
And that's that! Hoped you all enjoyed, may 2021 not suck, and I'll see you next time!