Hello everyone, and happy 4 year anniversary! I'm back with more Draconic Miraculous! Welcome to today's chapter, Ladybug!
Entry# 104
Someone had sent a mercenary after me! Dreadrock hasn't said a word on who hired him, but judging from the price for his service, it has to be someone with a lot of money.
Season 3 Opening Intro(Halo by Starset)(I don't own the song)
In his room, Drake was on his laptop, muttering to himself.
"Drake... Are you alright?" Spyro asked as he and Cynder stared at their friend with worried looks.
"Trying to figure out who sent Dreadrock after me." Drake said, not taking his eyes off the screen.
"You have been searching for hours... Don't you think you need a break?" Cynder asked.
Pausing for a bit, Drake lets out a sigh.
"You right." He said as he turns the laptop off. "Plus, I doubt I could find anything, other than his real name, Craig Crumble, and a list of his crimes."
Drake then let's out a loud sneeze before sniffling.
That's right, the almighty Dragnarok, is sick, forcing him to stay stuck in his room for a few days.
Luckily, there hasn't been a akuma for a while.
"You should lay down. Some rest will help with your cold." Cynder suggested.
"It'll take more than a cold to keep me down." Drake said before sneezing again, this time in a tissue he manage to grabbed. "The thing that is keeping me down is the boredom for being cooped up in here!"
"Then maybe practice with some of your psychic abilities." Spyro suggested. "Not ones that's be effected by your cold, obviously."
"Got nothing better to do." Drake said before taking a meditative pose, ready to practice with his Astral Projection.
Closing his eyes for a bit, he reopens them to find himself floating in the air.
However, when he looked himself over, instead of seeing a transparent human, he sees a transparent dragon with a dark purple glow.
"What the-?!" Astral Drake shouted as he looks at his wings. He then looks at Spyro and Cynder, who were poking at his physical body.
"He's out cold like last time." Spyro said. "He's probably out by now."
"Which means we have some time to ourselves~." Cynder said with a slight seductive look before she began kissing her mate's cheek.
Astral Drake, who, in fact, did not leave, had a grossed out face.
"I'm out of here!" He shouted before flying off.
A while later, Astral Drake flies through the city before coming across Francoise Dupont.
"I wonder how everyone is doing." Astral Drake said before flying into Ms. Bustier's room. There, he saw that his classmates had just finished a mock exam. "Great... Now I have to catch up..."
"I've graded your mock exam papers." Miss Bustier said. "Most of you did quite well, some better than others, but before I hand them back, Marinette, could you bring your schoolbag to me, please? I need to check something." When the bluenette hands over her schoolbag, Miss Bustier looks in it for a bit before finding something. "Today, someone placed an anonymous note in my mailbox, claiming that you'd stolen the exam answers, and it looks like the anonymous person was right!"
The students gasp at this while Astral Drake widen his eyes.
"But that's not true! Someone must've planted that piece of paper in my bag!" Marinette shouted.
"But you've answered all of the questions correctly." Miss Bustier said with slight suspicion.
"I did? Yes, but because I've studied." Marinette said.
"Miss Bustier, Marinette always scores high on your tests." Alya said in the bluenette's defense.
"And you know her for how long?" Astral Drake asked, despite knowing no one could hear him. "You should know Marinette would never do something like this."
"This is so terribly unlike you, Marinette. You're usually so well-behaved." Lila piped up.
"Of course!" Marinette shouted before glaring at Lila. "You put the answers in my bag! You're the "anonymous informer"!"
"I'm coming to your defense and you're accusing me?!" Lila gasped in "betrayal".
"You can't accuse someone without proof, Marinette." Miss Bustier said in a disappointed tone.
"But I'm sure it's her! She stole the test answers!" Marinette shouted.
"That's impossible, Marinette. Lila got the worst grade in the class." Miss Bustier said.
"Then... she flunked the exam on purpose!" Marinette said, with a admittedly weak excuse.
"Excuse me, Miss Bustier, but everyone here knows it isn't like Marinette to cheat." Adrien said.
"He's right!" Alya stated.
"It doesn't make sense!" Rose added, with the rest of the class agreeing.
"Marinette, Lila, please go to the principal's office until we get to the bottom of this." Miss Bustier said with a clap of her hands.
As the two girls walked out, Astral Drake had bad feeling in the pit of his stomach as he followed the two into the hallway, where they wait outside of Mr. Damocles' office.
"I swore I'd make your life unbearable, Marinette. Let's see how you get out of this one." Lila threatened.
"I'm not falling in your trap, Lila." Marinette declared.
"Too late. You already have." Lila said before going down the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Marinette asked.
"You're about to find out! Ready?" Lila asked before falling onto her back and fakes an injury. "OUCH! MY LEG!"
"What happened over here?" Mr. Damocles, who just walked out of his office, asked.
"Marinette pushed me down the stairs!" Lila shouted, pointing to the shocked bluenette.
"In my office!" Mr. Damocles demanded as he picks up the "injured" Lila.
Astral Drake was shocked by this. So mush so, that he lost concentration and was forced back into his physical body.
Waking up in his physical body, Drake looks around for a bit.
He soon sees Spyro and Cynder, who were panting and sweating.
"Drake! You're back!" Cynder said in between pants.
"Were you two...?" Drake asked before shaking his head. "Never mind that. We need to suit up!"
"What, why?" Spyro asked.
"Lila has framed Marinette for cheating on a test and for pushing her down some stairs." Drake explained. "This will no doubt get her akumatized. And if she is akumatized..."
"Hawk Moth will get the Ladybug Miraculous..." Spyro and Cynder said at the same time with horrified looks.
"So, we need to go and-ACHOO!" Drake said before sneezing.
"Are you sure you want to turn into Dragnarok? You're still sick." Spyro said in a concern tone.
"A cold isn't going to stop me." Drake said stubbornly. "Henshin!" Once Spyro and Cynder were absorbed into his wristbands, Drake let's out a roar as he turns into Dragnarok. "Unleash the Dragon!"
Meanwhile, in his lair, Hawk Moth, with Damselfly and Nathalie, sensed the negative emotions from the school.
"Lila Rossi was right! This was worth the wait! The downfall of Marinette brings about the despair of everyone who trusted her. I can feel the huge waves of negative emotions as they come crashing down!" He said before creating an akuma. He then faces Nathalie. "Are you ready, Nathalie?"
"More than ever." Nathalie said as she held up a tablet.
Hawk Moth places the akuma onto the tablet, which absorbs it.
"Catalyst, I'm giving you back the power to transform us into Scarlet Moth and Crimson Dragonfly." He said as Nathalie turns into Catalyst.
"From now on, you two are the almighty Scarlet Moth and Crimson Dragonfly!" Catalyst declared as Hawk Moth and Damselfly transformed into said characters.
"Thanks to you, I can now release as many akumas as I desire! Fly away, my little akumas. Find Marinette and her friends and evilize them all!" Scarlet Moth shouted.
"You too my Odonatas! Make them stronger!" Crimson Dragonfly shouted.
Scarlet Akumas and Crimson Odonatas fly out of the window, making their way to the school.
Dragnarok, arriving at Francoise Dupont first, sees the incoming swarm.
"Oh no you don't!" The draconic hero shouted before jumping in front of entrance and releasing a Siren Scream, scaring away the Scarlet Akumas and Crimson Odonatas.
Hearing a gasp, the draconic hero turns around to see Marinette by the opened door. Behind her were her classmates, Miss Bustier, and Mr. Damocles.
Giving them a quick nod, Dragnarok then grasps his pendant.
"Armor Up!" He shouted before the Dark Armor appears on his body.
He then creates a Aether forcefield around the entrance, blocking the Scarlet Akumas and Crimson Odonatas from getting to everyone.
As they swarmed the forcefield, Dragnarok was visibly sweating with a red face.
"Dragnarok... Why must you ruin everything?!" Scarlet Moth shouted in anger before he and Crimson Dragonfly saw that Catalyst started to cough. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, everything's fine. Keep going-" Catalyst said before collapsing onto her knees, going into a cough fit.
"Dark wings fall!" Scarlet Moth shouted.
"Clear Wings down!" Crimson Dragonfly shouted.
Turning back into their civilian selves, the two helped Catalyst, who turned back into Nathalie, onto her feet.
Back at Francoise Dupont, upon seeing the Scarlet Akumas and Crimson Odonatas disappear, Dragnarok dispels the forcefield and Dark Armor before collapsing onto his knees, starting his own coughing fit.
"Dragnarok!" Marinette shouted as she and everyone else ran up to him. "Are you alright?!"
"I'm fine-COUGH! Just a-ACHOO!-small cold!" The draconic hero said with some heavy breathing.
"It's obvious that you're sick." Ombra said before placing a hand on Dragnarok's head. "You are burning up."
"I'm-COUGH!-fine!" Dragnarok said before facing Marinette. "Marinette. I know you're innocent. Don't let her win."
And with that, he sinks into the shadows.
What no one noticed was Dainn, who watched the whole thing from a distance with narrowed eyes.
A while later, we see Marinette in her room with Tikki. She had been expelled thanks to Lila's trickery with claiming Marinette cheated on the mock exam, pushing her down some stairs, and stealing her fake Fox Miraculous, which was planted in Marinette's locker.
"If you had been akumatized, nothing could have stopped you from having your Miraculous over to Hawk Moth!" Tikki shouted with concern.
"And there would have been no more Ladybug. End of story." Marinette finished.
"We can't let that happen!" Tikki shouted.
"Neither Lila nor Hawk Moth will win. I'm gonna prove my innocence!" Marinette declared. "Dragnarok knows that I'm innocent and that Lila is guilty."
"How is the question." Tikki pondered. "Still, get Alya's help. She is a reporter, right?"
"You're right!" Marinette said before picking up her phone.
Meanwhile, Drake was back in his room, still sick.
This time, he's with Ignitus, who was looking over Spyro and Cynder, as they were now sick due to Drake turning into Dragnarok in a sicken state.
As the Chronicler looks over the sick dragons, Drake was talking to Ombra over the phone.
"That was risky, Drake." Ombra scolded.
"I know, but I couldn't let you and the others get akumatized." Drake said with a slight sniffle.
"How did you know Hawk Moth was going to start another Scarlet invasion?" Ombra asked.
"Well, I didn't know that he was going go Scarlet Moth, but I did know he was going to strike." Drake said. "You see, I was practicing my Astral Projection when I flew by the school. Marinette is right, Lila framed her. I saw her threaten Marinette."
"...I knew Marinette wouldn't do something like this!" Ombra shouted. "What are we going to do?"
"Me? I can't do anything in my current state." Drake said before blowing into a tissue. "But can you and the other sniff around and try to find something to prove of Marinette's innocence?"
"You got it!" Ombra said. "And get well soon!"
"Thanks." Drake said before hanging up.
With Gabriel and Hestia, they watched a doctor look over Nathalie.
"Once again, Mr. Agreste, make sure she gets lots of rest." The doctor said.
"Of course. Thank you, doctor." Gabriel said as the bodyguard escorts the doctor out.
"Perhaps you can still take advantage of the chaos that Lila Rossi has wreaked." Nathalie suggested.
"That plan is pointless without you." Hestia said.
"You're right. Then I have to..." Nathalie said as she tries to get up, but was too weak to do so."
"There will be no more Catalyst, or Mayura. I warned you." Gabriel said as he takes the Peacock Miraculous. "Using a broken Miraculous ends up breaking its wearer. The wounds of the Miraculous are becoming your wounds."
"I don't care, Gabriel. I want to help you." Nathalie stubbornly said.
"Not at that cost. Never at that cost again." Gabriel objected before facing Hestia. "I suggest you head home."
With a nod, Hestia leaves.
A while later, as Alya and the rest of Team Draconic look for clues for Marinette's innocence, Nathalie awakens and takes the Peacock Miraculous from a sleeping Gabriel while silently telling Nooroo to keep quiet. She then goes to Place des Vosges to buy a Eiffel Tower keychain from Theo before heading to the sewers, where she puts the Miraculous on, causing Duusu to pop out.
"Yay! You're feeling better already!" The Kwami cheered, only for Nathalie to start coughing. "Oh no! Spoke too soon! But then, what are we doing here?"
"Gabriel and Hestia would never allow me to do this, but I'm going to create a very powerful sentimonster. The most powerful one that's ever existed." Nathalie stated.
"No, don't do that! You should be resting." Duusu objected.
"Gabriel so desperately wants the Miraculous, and I want to be the one to give it to him!" Nathalie declared in a stubborn tone.
"Ah, oh, oh! It's so romantic!" Duusu swooned.
"Duusu, spread my feathers!" Nathalie shouted, turning herself into Mayura. She then plucks a feather from her fan. "Go, my beautiful amok, and bring my creation to life." Turning the feather into a amok, she places it in the Eiffel Tower keychain, creating a sentimonster that looks exactly like Ladybug. "Ladybug, I am Mayura. You are Cat Noir's true teammate, and you've one goal. To get hold of the Miraculous."
"I'm ready, Mayura." Sentimonster Ladybug said.
Meanwhile, at Francoise Dupont...
"It's Marinette. Leave a message." Marinette's voicemail said, as Alya was trying to call her.
"Okay, so here's the skinny on my investigation so far." Alya said. "No fingerprints, no evidence. Whoever did this was very thorough. Ombra, Brandish, Ingrid, and Maven are helping, and even their combine efforts can't find anything. "I'm sorry. We'll be in touch."
Adrien, who overheard this, looks at Lila, who was talking to some teens in the distance. He was about to confront her when he received an alert on his phone.
"This is Nadja Chamack, live from the Arc de Triomphe, where Ladybug is battling against a new supervillain." Nadja said on the news.
Mayura was then shown "fighting" Sentimonster Ladybug.
"I am Mayura, and I'm about to annihilate Ladybug. Mwahahaha!" The Peacock Villain declared.
Putting his phone away, Adrien runs into Ms. Mendeleiev's room, which was empty.
"Don't tell me, we have to go and help your lady." Plagg said as he flies out, easily guessing what Adrien was thinking.
She and I are on the same team, Plagg." Adrien said. "We'll help Marinette, but first... Plagg, claws out!"
Turning into Cat Noir, the feline hero heads out.
As this was happening, Ombra, Brandish, Ingrid, and Maven also saw the alert and went to Miss Bustier's classroom, which was empty.
"Mayura is fighting Ladybug? This doesn't seem right..." Ombra said with slight suspicion.
"Yeah, she was always to hide in the shadows type of villain." Maven said, scratching his head. "Only coming out for a sneak attack, and being sure she isn't exposed to the public."
"Something is up." Ingrid said as she scratches her chin in thought.
"Whatever the case, we can use this save Duusu!" Caww shouted.
"Duusu?" Brandish asked.
"Kwami of the Peacock Miraculous and a good friend of Caww's." Spinni said.
"Best of friends." Berry added.
"Anyway, let's get going!" Cheww shouted.
"Cheww, Teeth Out!" Ingrid shouted before turning into Siorc.
"Berry, Paws Up!" Maven shouted before turning into Grizzly.
"Caww, Sky High!" Brandish shouted before turning into Swallow.
"Spinni, Spines Out!" Ombra shouted before turning into Echidna.
They then take off.
They soon arrived on top of the Arc de Triomphe.
"Cat Noir and friends to the rescue, M'lady!" The feline hero announced.
"Pretend to be hurt." Mayura whispered before stabbing Sentimonster Ladybug with a feather, causing the fake to let out a fake scream.
"M'lady, no!" Cat Noir shouted as he aids the Sentimonster while Team Draconic kept Mayura at bay. "You okay?"
"Don't worry about me. Go after Mayura." Sentimonster Ladybug said before pretending to be in pain, which gets the others' attention, allow Mayura to slip away and hide. "Ow! Cat Noir, I don't feel so good..."
"There's something wrong, we're supposed to be nearly invulnerable!" Swallow shouted with slight confusion.
"He doesn't suspect a thing. Grab his Miraculous, his ring, before the real Ladybug gets here!" Mayura silently ordered from her hiding spot.
"Cat Noir, don't leave me." Sentimonster Ladybug said in a weak voice.
"What? What's going on?" The feline hero asked.
"I've always gone out of my way to hide my true feelings for you, but I just can't do it anymore." Sentimonster Ladybug said, with Mayura providing the voice.
"But I thought you said you love somebody else!" Cat Noir shouted in shock.
Team Draconic, meanwhile, had very confused looks.
"It's... it's over. After all this time, I've realized that you're always here for me, even when I keep rejecting you." Sentimonster Ladybug said. "Your feelings haven't changed, and mine are growing stronger every day. I can't pretending anymore."
"Now!" Mayura silently ordered.
Sentimonster Ladybug and Cat Noir close in to kiss, with a former about to grab the latter's ring, only to be separated by the real Ladybug.
"Watch it, Cat Noir! You're confusing fantasy with reality!" The real spotted hero warned.
"You're not Ladybug?" Cat Noir asked as he looks at Sentimonster Ladybug in shock as Team Draconic looks between the to ladybug theme beings in surprise.
"No, she's not me!" Sentimonster Ladybug lied.
She's manipulating you! You know I'm already in love with someone else!" Ladybug shouted.
This just confuses Cat Noir, Echidna, Swallow, Siorc, and Grizzly.
"Listen to your heart!" Sentimonster Ladybug shouted.
"No, listen to your brain!" Ladybug shouted.
"You're just an illusion!" Cat Noir shouted as he throws his staff at the real Ladybug, who catches it.
"See, I'm real enough!" She said as she throws the staff back.
"Impossible! There can't be two Ladybugs!" Echidna shouted.
"She must be a fan of Ladybug who's been akumatized by Hawk Moth!" Sentimonster Ladybug with Mayura providing the voice. "Don't fall for her tricks!"
"M'lady, no!" Cat Noir cried out.
"We've got a villain to fight! We'll take care of me later." Sentimonster Ladybug said with a smile.
"That's the lady I know!" Cat Noir said, falling for it.
Meanwhile, Team Draconic gave Sentimonster Ladybug looks of suspicion.
"Ugh, I can't believe you fell for that!" Ladybug shouted her voice full of exasperation. She then gets an idea. "Okay, good job. You win, I am the fake Ladybug, but there's no way I'm letting you Cataclysm my earrings!"
This shocks Mayura.
"What? Why does she-" She muttered to herself.
"You wanna bet?" Cat Noir asked.
"Over to you, Cat Noir!" Sentimonster Ladybug shouted as she ties Ladybug up with her yo-yo while Grizzly and Siorc holds the real spotted hero in place.
Just as Cat Noir lunges...
"No, not the earrings!" Mayura shouted as she steps out of her hiding place, causing Cat Noir to miss.
"Hello, Mayura!" Ladybug greeted in a slightly taunting tone.
"Mayura? But... she looks so real!" Cat Noir said as he starts putting the pieces together.
"Things aren't always what they seem to be at first sight." Echidna said as she frees the real Ladybug.
"This Ladybug isn't an illusion or an akumatized person!" Siorc stated.
"Uh-huh, she's a sentimonster." Ladybug said.
"But she's so much more elaborate than any of those we've faced before!" Cat Noir stated before looking Sentimonster Ladybug over. "She's so perfect, there's nothing monstrous about her at all!"
"Sorry kitty, but you should have known. I'm nowhere near as perfect as her." Ladybug said.
"I love you just the way you are, M'lady." Cat Noir said with a smile.
"Got a hint of where the amok is?" Echidna asked.
"Look at what Mayura is holding!" Ladybug said, pointing to the Eiffel Tower keychain.
"Whatever it takes, steal their Miraculous and don't hold back!" Mayura ordered, seeing that the trick fail and that now she had to use force.
"Senti Charm!" Sentimonster Ladybug shouted as she summons a blaster.
"I'll show you a real Lucky Charm!" Ladybug shouted as she summons... a fork.
"Okay, you're definitely the real one." Cat Noir said as he and Team Draconic had flat looks on their faces.
Sentimonster then started firing the blaster, which shot red and black balls that cover whatever this hit with a sticky substance. Once of which hitting a unfortunate car driver.
"Hey, I'm stuck!" He shouted.
Meanwhile, at the Agreste Mansion, Gabriel wakes up and goes to check on Nathalie, only to see she was missing.
"Nathalie?" He asked before getting an alert on his phone. Looking at it, he saw the newscast. "Nooroo, why didn't you wake me up?!"
"I couldn't bring myself to, Master. You were sleeping so peacefully." The Kwami meekly said.
At the Firstbourne residence, Hestia was looking over a sick Drake, who was sleeping. She then getting a alert on her phone and sees the newcast.
"Nathalie, what are you doing?!" She muttered to herself.
As she walks out of the room, Spyro and Cynder peek out from behind some pillows, watching Hestia with slight suspension.
Back at the Arc de Troimphe, our heroes were still under fire by Sentimonster Ladybug.
While dodging, Ladybug seeing that Mayura was in declining health.
"Mayura looks exhausted. That's our chance to bring her down. And find out who's behind the mask." She said before noticing a glass board and gaining an idea. "Cover your ears!" She then scratches the glass board with the fork, creating an ear-piercing sound that causes everyone to cover their ears, including Mayura and Sentimonster Ladybug, the former dropping the Eiffel Tower keychain, which Ladybug grabs.
"No!" The Peacock villain cried out as Ladybug was about to release the amok, only to stop.
"What's going on?" Cat Noir asked as he and Team Draconic gave her confused looks.
"You're right. There's nothing monstrous about her. Whoever possesses this controls the sentimonster, she couldn't help but follow orders." Ladybug said as she walks up to her sentimonster copy and give her the keychain. "Sentimonster, you're free now. I won't give you orders, but I ask you, help us grab Mayura's Miraculous."
"Thank you, Ladybug. I will help you." Sentimonster Ladybug said as she stands with the heroes.
"Are we cool, or are we cool? We could call ourselves Cat Noir and his Ladybugs. Starring Team Draconic." Cat Noir said with a smirk.
"I prefer the Bugettes and Kitty cat, starring Team Draconic." Ladybug said before facing her Sentimonster lookalike. "What do you think?"
"You're in charge, Ladybug." Sentimonster Ladybug said.
"Ugh, I should've guessed." Cat Noir groaned, seeing that he was outvoted.
Team Draconic simply snickered at the sight.
Our heroes then approached Mayura, who was backed into a corner. Seeing that they were about to confiscate her Miraculous, the Peacock villain clenches her hand, causing Sentimonster Ladybug to collapse in pain.
"I release you from existence." Mayura said before snapping her fingers, destroying Sentimonster Ladybug and causing the amok to fly out of the Eiffel Tower keychain.
"How could you!?" Cat Noir and Echinda shouted in a enraged tone.
The two charge at Mayura, only for Hawk Moth and Damselfly to appear and knock them aside.
"Getting sentimental on a sentimonster?" Hawk Moth asked in a mocking tone.
"Hawk Moth!" Ladybug shouted as she and the others took a stance.
"You're the real monster!" Cat Noir shouted in anger.
"Oh, that? You'll find out very soon." Damselfly said before taking on Swallow, Grizzly, and Siorc while Hawk Moth took on Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Echidna.
"We've missed you, Grandpa! You don't mind me calling you Grandpa, right?" Cat Noir asked in a mocking tone.
You won't be joking around when I take your Miraculous!" Hawk Moth threatened as he kicks Ladybug away.
Ladybug then glances at the weakened Mayura before gaining an idea.
"Guys, cover me!" She shouted as she ran to Mayura.
Swallow, seeing what Ladybug has planned, also ran to Mayura.
The two capture her, only to see Hawk Moth capture Cat Noir and Echidna while Damselfly captures Siorc and Grizzly.
"Check, Ladybug!" Hawk Moth taunted with a laugh.
"No!" The spotted hero shouted.
"Let them go!" Swallow demanded as he held out his bashosen in a threating manner.
"You're in no position to make demands." Damselfly said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And Dragnarok is not here to help you this time."
"You're sure about that?" Swallow asked before activating his power. "Sky Descent!"
Firing a horizontal tornado, Swallow knocks Damselfly on her rear, causing her to release Siorc and Grizzly, who ran next to their friend.
"Thanks dude." Grizzly said before he and Siorc glare at Hawk Moth, who was about to take Cat Noir's ring.
"Cataclysm!" The feline hero shouted as he activated his power, covering hand in energy, protecting it from being taken.
Echidna, meanwhile, covers her diadem with spines.
"Good move, guys. Now all I have to do is grab Mayura's Miraculous and it's over." Ladybug said before glaring at Hawk Moth. "Checkmate, Hawk Moth. You better surrender."
"All I need to do is wait a few minutes until you and your pet transform back into regular kids. So fragile, so easy to break." Hawk Moth taunted with a laugh.
"Release them!"
"Release her!"
"Don't mind me." Mayura said as Swallow, Siorc, and Grizzly kept an eye on her and Damselfly.
"Don't listen to him." Cat Noir said.
"Look. We're at in impasse." Siorc said, causing everyone to look at her. "Let's just release our captives and continue to fight for another day."
Seeing that she had a point, the two sides released their captives, with Ladybug and Hawk Moth briefly staring at each other as they resuce their comrades.
"You had Mayura right where you wanted her. I could've managed by myself. Why'd you do that?" Cat Noir asked as the heroes watch Hawk Moth and Damselfly carry Mayura away.
"Because we're Ladybug and Cat Noir. Ladybug by itself doesn't sound half as cool." Ladybug said before facing Team Draconic. "Plus, I doubt Dragnarok will be happy with me if I let one of his teammates get hurt."
"You got that right." Grizzly said.
"You shouldn't say things like that to me." Cat Noir said before leaning in for a kiss, only for Ladybug to stop him.
"But the real Ladybug's heart still belongs to someone else." The spotted hero said.
"I should've guessed that, too." Cat Noir said in down tone.
"Miraculous Ladybug!" Ladybug shouted as she uses her power to repair everything.
"I guess even your Miraculous Ladybug can't bring our Bugette back." Cat Noir said with a sad look.
"The Peacock's superpower can be so cruel when wrongly used. Even more than the Butterfly's one." Ladybug said as she and Team Draconic had the same sad look.
A while later, we cut to the Agreste Mansion.
"You've disobeyed me again, Nathalie. And you put yourself in danger for nothing." Gabriel scowled as he and Hestia look over Nathalie, who coughs, causing her glasses to fall off. Gabriel picks them up and puts them back on. "Your idea was brilliant, but you don't need a Miraculous to help me."
"We already lost Emilie, we don't need to lose you as well." Hestia said with a frown.
"There is something else you needed Mayura for. To find the Guardian." Nathalie said.
"I'm not so sure anymore." Gabriel said with slight concern.
"If you ever need Mayura again, I'll be here for you." Nathalie said as she hands the Peacock Miraculous back.
Sometime later, Adrien was being driven to Canal Saint-Martin by Nathalie and his bodyguard, heading there for a photoshoot. Drake wasn't able to come, as he was still sick.
"Thank you." The model said as Vincent walks up to him.
"Oh, Adriano! ¿Cómo estás?" Vincent asked.
"I'm good. Thanks, Giuseppe." Adrien replied before spotting someone familiar.
"Do you know each other?" Vincent asked. "Oh my, your papa's new muse is incredible! She's been all around the world, she knows all the celebrities, and she's Italian, just like me!"
"Hi, Adrien. You're gonna give me tons of tips, because I'm not as experienced as you are." Lila said as she walks up to the model. She then looks around. "Where's Drake?"
"Still sick." Adrien answered before facing Vincent. "Would you mind leaving us alone for a second?"
"Sure." Vincent said as he leaves with the makeup artist.
"I warned you once already, Lila, but you didn't listen. You hurt my friend Marinette, and that's not okay." Adrien said in a light, scolding tone.
"Me? Hurting Marinette?" Lila asked in surprise. "But she's the one who-"
"I don't know how to prove you lied, Lila, because you're good at it." Adrien said. "So you'll just have to come up with another lie, just as convincing. Only this time it's gonna prove Marinette's innocent."
"Why would I do that, Adrien?" Lila asked with a slight glare.
"Because we're friends, aren't we?" Adrien asked.
Lila looks over at Nathalie, who gives her an approving nod from the Agreste car.
We later jump to Mr. Damocles' office, where we seeing Lila talking to Marinette and Mr. Damocles.
"And because of this rare disease, sometimes I can't control things I say." Lila said before facing Marinette. "I'm really sorry, Marinette."
"Thank you for your confession, Lila. It's very moving." Mr. Damocles said as he wipes the tears from his eyes with a tissue. "Marinette, you will of course be allowed back in the school tomorrow."
He then blows his nose into the tissue.
Once the two girls sided out of Mr. Damocles' office...
"People should know better. Things aren't always what they seem to be at first sight." Marinette said. "So look, I don't know why you felt the urge to start all this, or why all of a sudden you lied to fix this mess, but I'm glad to see you're capable of coming back to your senses. Sometimes."
"As you said, things aren't always what they seem to be at first sight." Lila cryptically said before walking off.
We soon jump to Marinette's house.
"I knew my daughter was innocent all along." Tom said with a smile.
"Oh, aren't those your classmates?" Sabine asked as she points to the TV, which showed a picture of Adrien and Lila.
"And this week, we'll be visiting the set of Gabriel Agreste's most recent photoshoot for an exclusive interview with his new muse, Miss Lila." Alec said.
I'm glad her disease doesn't stop her from following her dreams." Sabine said with a smile.
What she and her husband didn't notice was Marinette was glaring at the picture of Lila in anger.
At the Place des Vosges, Dainn was sitting on a bench, watching the newscast on his phone.
"So, she'll be a new modeling partner, huh?" He asked before trying to call Lila, only to get her voicemail. "Lila, it's me. I heard your expulsion plan failed. But listen. I think Dragnarok might be on to you. Remember what he said to Marinette? "I know you're innocent. Don't let her win"? I don't know how, but I think he somehow managed to find out about the plan. We'll need to think of ways to work around him from now on."
Meanwhile, Drake, Spyro, and Cynder also saw the newscast, with the former letting out an annoyed grunt.
"Great... Now I'll have to be working with her." Drake said, his words laced with annoyance.
"At least this give you a chance to keep an eye on her." Spyro said.
"True." Drake said with a shrug before sniffling.
"I see your cold is starting to get better." Cynder said. "In fact, I starting to feel better myself."
"Me too." Spyro added.
"And that means I can finally get out of the house." Drake said. "At least I could leave in a different way."
Taking a meditative pose, Drake closes his eyes and uses his Astral Projection.
When Astral Drake opens his eyes, he found himself not in his room, but in a town.
He wasn't in Paris anymore.
"Where am I?" He asked himself as he looks around, seeing the various people and architecture. "Am I... in Australia?"
He then noticed a building, one that was strangely reminiscent of the letter D.
Curious, Astral Drake flies to the building.
Once he was inside, he saw that it was a school.
Astral Drake then saw a kid around his age walking down the halls.
The kid was 6'1" and had a skinny build. He also ghostly pale skin and short, unstyled brown hair. He had brown eyes that were relaxed, yet cautious and alert. Finally, he was wearing dark clothing, as he had a black T-shirt, jeans of a darker shade, and blue joggers.
Before Astral Drake could say anything, there was a flash of light, causing him to close his eyes. When he opened them, he saw that he was in his room, back into his physical body.
"Who the hell was that guy?" Drake quietly muttered to himself.
And that's that!
I'm back, and if you could who that character was at the end, points for you.
Also, I'll like to admit something.
After the mediocrity of Season 4 and the absolute trash of Season 5, I was seriously thinking of quitting after seeing the series suffer from seasonal rot. Just do one last chapter that'll explain how the rest of the story would have gone. Thankfully, some hope was restored when the Ladybug and Cat Noir movie turned out to be a succuss. Hopefully, this convinces Astruc and his team to at least let Jeremy Zag have some involvement for upcoming seasons. I'm going to give the series one last chance. If Miraculous World: Paris, and Season 6 turns out to be at the very, very least, better the Season 5, then I'll continue with some slight gusto.
But anyway, I hoped you all enjoyed, Happy 4 year anniversary, and I'll see you next time!