You can all thank my friend Grima for the position Lila is in this chapter. (Insert winky face here.)

Mariposa: Hey. I'm Mariposa. Wanna know a secret? Sorry. I can't tell you. What I can tell you, is that we're going to win. And take the miraculouses of those goody two-shoes heroes. And once we have all 7 miraculouses, it's gonna be awesome! In the meantime, I'm going to enjoy life as a normal, bad, teenage girl.

(Mariposa transforms back into Marinette.)

Alya: Marinette! (Waves at her friend.)

(Marinette smiles and walks to her friend.)


Chloe pinched herself, expecting herself to be disappointed once she realized it was all a dream.

But it wasn't a dream.

Standing in front of her, inside her hotel, was the famous rockstar Jagged Stone!

Okay. She takes back everything she said about Miss Bustier's class working at her hotel; She's gonna do her best, impress Jagged Stone, bring another success to her father's hotel, and win a VIP pass to Jagged Stone's next concert!

She confidently approached the rock-star. Just as she was about to introduce her- welcome him into the hotel, Fang leaps at her.

She braces for impact, but it never came.

Instead, she found Jagged Stone's pet crocodile happily snuggling with Marinette on the floor and giving her a big lick.

"Marinette, you're on pet-sitting duty." Mayor Bourgeois declared, before whispering to the bluenette, "Especially this pet."

Chloe gaped in disbelief. Not only was Marinette going to pet-sit Jagged Stone's crocodile, she gets to spend the entire day with Jagged Stone in his suite!

She crosses her arms and angrily returns to her position in the front desk. There, she found Adrien groaning miserably, his head face-down on the desk.

"Why couldn't Hawk Moth akumatize a vet into an animal-transforming villain or something?" He mumbles miserably.

If he were an actual black cat, Marinette would snuggle with him all day and night!

Chloe rolls her eyes.

Then, an idea came to her.

She managed to convince Adrien that they should do a surveillance check on the guests to add more points to their grade.

Of course, Adrien knew this was just an excuse for her to see Jagged Stone.

And yet, it couldn't hurt to also make sure a certain classmate of theirs wasn't eaten by a giant croc.

Just as they were about to reach Jagged Stone's suite, they saw Lila in front of the door, one side of her head pressed against it as if she was...!

Snooping around...

"Aren't you suppose to be on trash duty?"

Lila jumped, then flinched when she realized Adrien and Chloe were standing in front of her. The latter was giving her stink eyes.

She flashed her best fake smile, "I was just asking the guests if they needed their trash taken out."

Chloe scoffed, "You should've knocked with your hand instead of your ear."

Lila glared at Chloe. There was no way was she going to spend the rest of the day on trash duty.

Before Adrien could stop another catfight, a beam of light hits the three teens, causing them to vanish into tin air.


Marinette laughed as she and Jagged Stone gave Fang a belly-rub.

Who knew something like this would happen to her during a class activity?

She was tempted to take a selfie of the fun and post it online, but she knew it would attract a lot of attention. The kind that would lead to-?

The doors opened, revealing a man wearing what seem to be lens over his right eye.

Fang attempted to tackle the akuma down, only for a beam to hit him, causing him to disappear, much to the dismay of his owner and Marinette.

Jag stood protectively before Marinette. The new villain was about to, in his words, "take their pictures", when Azula Paonne tackled Pixelator's legs, allowing Rena Rouge and Carapace to grab their classmate and Jagged Stone respectively.

The two heroes ran across the roofs, intent to bring the two civilians (one is a famous rock-star) to somewhere safe, and where Pixelator would never find them.

Nino was placed with security, allowing him access to the security cameras.

This allowed him to spot Pixelator by the entrance. The new villain made Kim and the doorman disappear.

He immediately rushed to find his teammates. He managed to find Alya and Sabrina. The three transformed and tracked down Pixelator in Jagged Stone's suite.

While Azula handled Pixelator, Rena Rouge and Carapace brought Marinette and Jagged Stone to the last place a villain would ever find them...

"You sure he won't find us here?" Marinette asked.

"Absolutely." Rena Rouge affirms, "Why would a rock star like Jagged Stone hide in school?"

The principal raised a bushy eyebrow at the fox heroine.

"Other than getting awesome education?" Carapace added, to which Rena Rouge nervously nods to.


Being trapped by a super villain in a blank white world isn't really that bad.

It's the person you and you're childhood friend are stuck with is.

The villain could've just trapped her and Adrien. But no. Poor Chloe Bourgeois had to be stuck with one, annoying Lila Rossi as well.

And then a rather friendly crocodile appeared.

"Just say the magic words and get us out of here!" Plagg floated in front of his holder.

"We can't just do that Plagg." Adrien reasoned, "Pixelator could beam anyone here and our covers will be blown."

"He's right." Azula Paonne suddenly appeared before the group, surprising the two girls.

The peacock heroine had the upper hand on Pixelator. Unfortunately, the villain managed to zap her into his white dimension.

After Azula told them that Pixelator was after Jagged Stone, Adrien became worried, "Is Marinette okay?"

"Don't worry." Azula assured, "They're in the good hands of a trusty fox, and a brave turtle."

"You got that right." Rena Rouge confirms.

...

Rena Rouge and Carapace? If all members of Team Miraculous are trapped inside Pixelator's dimension... then who is left to save Paris?


When Marinette told Jag she wanted to save the people of Paris from a picture-taking villain, he did what a responsible adult would do at a time of crisis:

Come out of hiding, and give himself up to Pixelator.

Pixelator was ecstatic when Jag said that he was allowing him to take his picture.

However... he wanted a picture of Jagged Stone, smiling.

And the rock-star clearly wasn't smiling.

"You know what will make Jagged Stone happy and smile?" Marinette asked rather sweetly, "If you free those innocent civilians."

Pixelator couldn't be that gullible to believe a teenage girl.

But he was. He would do absolutely anything just to make Jagged Stone smile for the camera.

The Team were surprised that they were now back in Paris.

After all members transformed, they went searching for Pixelator.

Thanks to a ladybug-colored mirror, the Team were able to defeat the villain.

The crowd of civilians cheered, not only for the heroes, but also for Jagged Stone and the teenage girl who were brave enough to stand-up to Pixelator.


For their efforts and hard work in the hotel, Miss Bustier's class were awarded with tickets to Jagged Stone's concert!

Adrien was excited; This was the very first concert he has been to, and he gets to enjoy it with his friends.

Especially...

Marinette was fangirl-screaming beside him. He faked a yawn, stretching both arms upward. He brings both arms down. One arm was about to land on Marinette's shoulder...

Adrien suddenly jerks his arm back in surprise, right after Fang gave him a warning snap.

It was cool that Jag allowed Fang to hang out with him and his friends, but for some reason, the crocodile got attached to Marinette.

He snuggles her by her feet, threatening anyone who dares approach her with any ill intentions.

Adrien pouted. The crocodile was making it look like Marinette was his owner instead of Jag.

Well... He guess he can't blame him. She did help free Team Miraculous and saved the day, again.

Despite the unfairness of the situation, Adrien cheered up when Jagged Stone began singing his new song, dedicated to Paris' very own team of superheroes.

Things got a whole lot better when Jagged Stone pulled the entire class for a group photo shot with him.