*I DON'T OWN POKÉMON OR MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!*
Narrator: Last time, Ash and Juleka had become boyfriend and girlfriend and their love for one another is unbreakable! [as Ash and Juleka shared a passionate kiss on the lips] Our heroes are at school, and they seem to be filming a movie!
Ash: [acting] All clear, boss!
Adrien: Agent Smith, it's too dangerous! We must evacuate!
Mylène: You're suggesting we run, Officer Jones? After it devoured my family, my friends, even my beloved dog, Sniffles? Never! I won't run! I no longer fear it, I'm going to face it, then I'll- [as Ivan looms over her in a monster costume] Waaaaah!
Nino: Cut!
Mylène hid under the desk while shaking in fear!
[Intro: It's Ladybug]
Marinette (speaking):
In the daytime, I'm Marinette,
Just a normal girl with a normal life.
Ash (speaking):
And I'm Ash Ketchum. I'm a Pokémon Trainer, and my goal is to be the very best, like no one ever was.
Marinette (speaking):
But there's something about us that no one knows yet.
Ash (speaking):
'Cause we have a secret.
Chorus:
Miraculous! Simply the best!
Up to the test when things go wrong!
Pokémon! Right by our side!
United as one, we will survive!
Miraculous! The luckiest!
The power of love, always so strong!
Miraculous!
POKÉMON!
[End song]
Scene changes to Pikachu in an open field twirling Ash's hat on its tail and then putting on and smiling as Ash reads the title of the chapter!
Ash (voiceover): Chapter 11: Horrificator!
Narrator: It would seem our heroes were in the midst of making a movie! I wonder what kind of movie they're making!
Ivan: [takes off his monster mask] Sorry, Mylène.
Nino: Mylène! That's like, the tenth take, and we're only on the first scene!
Alix: Fourteenth actually. But who's counting.
Nino: Ughhh...
Ash: Come on, guys! It's not her fault! She's just easily startled, that's all! Besides, I was nervous on my first time doing a movie when I was traveling in the Unova Region!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH!
Nino: Really?
Ash: Yeah! But I got over it and I was a natural! Just took some practice!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
His friends were amazed and intrigued that Ash was in a couple of movies during his adventures! Except for one...
Chloé: [laughs] Who would've thought that the hero was camera shy! Talk about pathetic!
Ash: [blushes in embarrassment] [growls angrily] [pouts] Nobody asked you, Chloé!
Pikachu: [angry] PIKA!
Nino: Anyways, come on, Mylène! You've gotta get a grip!
Mylène: I'm... sorry. I'm gonna do better on the next take, I promise.
Juleka was currently applying makeup onto Adrien, but then she turned to Ash! She then started putting makeup onto Ash now!
Ash: Huh? [giggles] Come on, Jules! You're tickling me!
Juleka: [giggles]
Nino: [facepalms] [groans]
Rose: Anyone want some tea?
Ash: Oh, no thanks, Rose! I prefer a fresh Moomoo Milk or a lemonade!
Rose: [smiles] Okay!
Nino: You're playing a hero from the special forces. You're not supposed to get all freaked out!
Mylène: I know, but... that monster mask he's wearing is so... realistic and scary!
Ivan: Just big ol' me, Mylène. Nothing to be scared of!
He put his fingers through the mask's eyeholes to act funny!
Ash: [laughs] That is pretty funny!
Pikachu: [laughs] PIKACHU!
Chloé: You ask me, he doesn't even need a mask! [as she and Sabrina laugh]
Lucario: [saying "shut up"] MRAH RAH!
Marinette: What a bratty snob!
Ash: I know! Why is she even here?! What's she planning to do?! Steal our movie and either make it her own or have her take all the credit?!
Alya: Oh! Burn! [as she and Ash shared a high-five]
Chloé: Ugh! [turns away] Hmph!
Ash: [to Mylène] There's nothing to be afraid of, Mylène! Just remember! Monsters aren't real!
Mylène: Monsters...aren't...real.
Ash: Now, you're getting it!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Mylène: Monsters aren't real. Monsters aren't real!
Nino: Exactly! Nice job, Ash! Ivan, put the mask back on, you're playing the monster! And Mylène, we need you to stay in character!
Ivan put the monster mask on, which caused Mylène to get scared once again.
Mylène: I need to sing my happy song, it always makes me feel better...
Ash: Who needs a happy song, when you can do this! Gengar, would you use your Psychic and bring over a leaf!
Gengar: [nods affirmatively] GENGAR! [Psychic move] GEN…
Then, from one of the trees in the park, Gengar brought a leaf to Ash!
Ash: Thank you! [to Mylène] Listen to this, Mylène! [puts the leaf up to his mouth and plays a melody known as Oración]
Pikachu: [relaxed] PIKA…
Everyone listening to it felt relaxed and more at ease, even Chloé!
Marinette: [relaxed] Wow...
Alya: [relaxed] That sounds so heavenly!
Rose: [relaxed] Agreed!
Juleka: [relaxed] Yeah.
Even Mylène was feeling better! Then, Ash finished the melody!
Ash: There!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Everyone clapped and applauded for Ash!
Marinette: Ash, that was incredible!
Kim: Yeah!
Max: A shoo-in for the Oscar!
Juleka just smiled, blushed and stared at her boyfriend with dreamy eyes!
Ash: Hm? You good, Juleka?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Juleka: Better than good. I now love you even more than I did before!
Ash: Aww, Jules!
Then, they shared a passionate kiss on the lips!
Rose: Aww!
Alya: They really are made of each other!
Then, they separated!
Nino: We should've gotten that melody on camera! You'd be a music star!
Ash: [rubs his neck sheepishly] Well, I don't know about that!
Kim: You kiddin'? You'd make millions and have a hit album!
Max: Technically speaking, you'll have to go through some procedures in order to do that, but I agree nonetheless!
Ash: Thanks, everyone! I'm glad you think so!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ash: [to Mylène] Whenever you're ready, Mylène!
Mylène: Thank you. [singing] Smelly wolf, smelly wolf, stinky breath and slimy- [bumps into Gengar] Ahh!
Gengar: GEN?
Chloé: And the Oscar for best pathetic scaredy-cat afraid of its own shadow goes to... Mylène! [laughs]
Ash: And the Oscar for the best and only snobbiest person of all her feminine kind goes to Chloé!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Chloé: [gasps offendedly] How dare you!
Adrien: Chloé, seriously?
Chloé: Yeah, so what?
Mylène then ran away in tears!
Ash: Mylène! Come back!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKA PI!
Marinette: Mylène! Anyone gonna go after her?
Ivan: [takes his monster mask off] Mylène, wait! [runs after her]
Ash: [to Chloé] [angry] So uncool, Chloé! Why would you say that to her?! That was completely unnecessary!
Pikachu: [angry] PIKACHU!
Chloé: You're one to talk!
Ash: [angry] I only said what I said about you is because it's true! Now, what if Hawk Moth sensed the sadness coming from Mylène?! What then?! She'd get akumatized and it'll be your fault for letting that happen! Because as I said before, you would give Hawk Moth many reasons to cause havoc in Paris because your heart is either two sizes too small or made of stone!
Pikachu: [angry] PIKACHU!
Ash: [runs after Ivan] Wait up, Ivan!
Gengar: [makes a face at Chloé] GEN! [spanks its rear end at her] GENGAR GEN!
Chloé: [gasps offendedly] Well, I never!
Alix: [snickers] Oh man.
At the Collège's court, Mylène was sitting on a bench, sobbing. Ash and Ivan found her and attempted to comfort her.
Ivan: Ummm... don't listen to those bozos. Easy to judge when they're not in front of the camera. [to Ash] Uh, not you, Ash! You're cool.
Ash: It's fine, Ivan! Listen, Mylène! Chloé's just a bratty snob! I know it's hard to control your fears, but everyone can be afraid of something! Like me! I'm afraid of losing my best buddy, Pikachu! And falling off of high places! But the point is, it's okay to be scared!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Mylène: R-Really?
Ash: Of course! I wouldn't be saying it if it wasn't true, right? And if it makes you feel better, [blushes in embarrassment] when I assisted Ladybug and Cat Noir in stopping Mr. Pigeon, I actually kinda became afraid of pigeons!
Mylène: You did?
Ash: Yep! [blushes in embarrassment] It has to be one of the most humiliating things that's ever happened to me!
Mylène: What made you afraid of them anyway?
Ash: [blushes in embarrassment] It's a long story! Trust me!
Ivan: You're doing awesome. Come back! I promise I'll roar more quietly.
Ash: Yeah! Come on! Don't give up until the very end! And remember, there's nothing to fear but fear itself!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH!
Gengar: GENGAR!
Mylène smiled from this, but she still wasn't so sure!
Ivan: [gives her a black skull pin] Here. It's from my favorite band, the Zombie Skull Crushers.
Gengar: [eyes sparkling] GENGAR!
Mylène: Wow... [puts the pin on her hat] Uh, that's, uhh... really sweet of you, Ivan. But... they're right. I can't act to save my life... Excuse me. [runs away, crying]
Ash: Mylène, wait!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKACHU!
Ash was about to go after her, but Ivan stopped him!
Ivan: [sadly shakes his head]
Ash: [sadly sighs]
Pikachu: [sad] PIKA...
At Hawk Moth's lair, his window opened up, indicating he sensed Mylène's fear and sadness!
Hawk Moth: [as window opens] A film shoot... oh, yes. So many emotions. Some fake, yet others very, very real. [turns a butterfly into an akuma] Fly away, my evil akuma, and overpower this young, misunderstood artist...
And the akuma flew off into the city! Back in the classroom, Nino was angry at Chloé for making fun of Mylène!
Nino: Epic, Chloé! Just epic! What are we supposed to do now without our leading actress?
Chloé: Who needs her, anyway? She was totally lame!
Ivan: [angry] YOU'RE LAME! Mylène is crying her eyes out in the bathroom thanks to you!
Ash: [angry] Yeah, Chloé! This is all your fault!
Pikachu: [angry] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [angry] MRAH RAH!
Chloé: Me, lame?! My fault?!
Marinette: Hey, hey! Everyone chill out! You're right, Chloé is lame.
Ash: Which she is!
Marinette: Absolutely! But fighting isn't gonna bring Mylène back. I'm the producer, and I'm gonna do everything in my power to finish filming tonight!
Max: The deadline for the Parisian Student Short Film Festival is tomorrow evening, precisely 26 hours, 15 minutes and 14, 13 seconds from now.
Ash: That long?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Max: Precisely!
Marinette: Thank you, Max! And we still have editing, post-sound, soundtrack...
Adrien: And who's gonna take Mylene's part?
Ash: Yeah, who? I wanna know!
Chloé: Um, me of course!
Ash: Ha! Fat chance! You would just try to do something to Adrien! And I know no one would want to see that! Not even Marinette! [as she blushes madly] Because she clearly has a cru- [as Marinette covers his mouth]!
Marinette: [bonks Ash on the head] Shhhhhh!
Ash: OW! [swirls in eyes] My bad!
Lucario: [facepalms] MRAH!
Alya: You haven't even read the script!
Chloé: Of course I have! The first scene anyway. I can even tell you that it ends with a kiss between Agent Smith and Officer Jones!
Ash: Nope! There's no way that happens!
Chloé: Oh yes it does!
Marinette: [screams] [imagines Chloé and Adrien kissing]
Marinette was frozen in shock and fear!
Ash: No way! There's no Adrien is gonna kiss you! If anyone should be the one to kiss Adrien, [as Marinette blushes madly again] it's gotta be Marine- [as Marinette covers his mouth again]
Marinette: [bonks Ash's head again] Shush!
Ash: OW! [swirls in eyes] Sorry!
Pikachu: [sighs] PIKACHU...
Marinette: [grabs Alya by the shirt collar] You wrote that?!
Alya: [pushes Marinette off her] Hold up! [sees the script] I didn't write that!
Ash: Well, if you didn't, then who did?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Alya: [gives Gengar a look] Gengar, did you write this?
Gengar: [shakes its head no] GENGAR!
Nino: Uh... I wrote it.
Ash: YOU wrote it?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Nino: It was just a little tweak. You know, to move the story forward.
Alya: What?! You edited my script without even telling me? That's low!
Nino: Wait a minute! You mean our script!
Alya: [growls]
Ash: [tries to break them up] Alya! Nino! Knock it off!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: MRAH MRAH!
Ash: Fighting never solves anything!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI!
Lucario: MRAH!
Adrien: [sighs]
Rose: Juice? [gives him a glass of juice]
Adrien: Thanks, Rose.
Ash: May I have some, Rose?
Rose: Of course! [hands him a cup of juice]
Ash: Thank you! [drinks it in one sip]
Chloé: [takes Adrien's glass] Oh, who cares who wrote what? We've got to film this thing, right? [sips the juice]
Max: She's right. [checks his phone] Principal Damocles is only allowing us to use school until 6 p.m. sharp. Which leaves us 9 hours, 12 minutes and 12 seconds. 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6...
Marinette: [grabs Alya] Adrien and Chloé kissing cannot happen! No way!
Alya: It makes no sense story wise anyway. The main character's emotional journey...
Ash: Well, I won't be in any movie if that snob is in it!
Nino: What?! Ash, you're Agent Smith's sidekick! We don't have time to make this kind of change!
Ash: For Mylène's character, yes! For Chloé's, no!
Marinette: Hold on! [runs to where Adrien is] We can't let Mylène just leave just like that, it's... wrong! We all chose her to play the leading female role! And... we're all in this movie together! She needs our support.
Ash: I agree!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: I'm gonna go find her and bring her back.
Chloé: Always trying to save the day, aren't you, Marinette? Good luck finding the filthy hole that scaredy-cat's hiding in!
Ash: [angry] If I were you, Chloé the Snob, I'd muzzle your sound hole before you I have Gengar take your sound box! [about to follow Marinette] Wait up, Marinette!
Ivan: [stops him] No, Ash. Mylène's in the girls' bathroom.
Ash: Oh! Right! I forgot! [blushes in embarrassment] I'm embarrassed!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Marinette: It's okay, Ash! Here! You stay with Juleka!
Ash: [smiles] Fine with me!
Juleka: [hugs his arm] Hm.
Ash: [blushes] [giggles]
Pikachu: PIKA!
The akuma had reached the school and flew into the girls' room!
Mylène: [looking into a mirror] Why are you so intimidated and scared all the time? [cries]
Then, the akuma flew into her pin!
Hawk Moth: Horrificator, I am Hawk Moth. Up until now, you have felt fear. From now on, you will cause fear. And after you show them how they make you feel, you will do something for me in return.
Mylène: Yes, Hawk Moth.
Then, Mylène transformed into Horrificator, and she spat a strange goo at the mirror!
Marinette: Mylène? Mylène?
But there was no answer!
Marinette noticed the goo on the mirror and touched it, causing some to get stuck on her fingers, much to her disgust.
Alya: Marinette! Did you find Mylène?
Marinette: No...
Alya: Well, you better come ASAP, producer! There's some serious lip puckering about get going on! [as she and Marinette leave]
Hawk Moth: Time to use your scare tactics, Horrificator. And thrive!
Back in the classroom, the students were filming again! Pikachu was in Juleka's arms while Ash was acting!
Alix: Horrificator, take 15.
Nino: Action!
Ash: All clear, boss!
Chloé: I'm not scared of that Horrificator thingy, Officer Whatever-your-name-is, [places her hands on Adrien's shoulders] now kiss me! [puckers up]
Lucario: [uncomfortable] [looks away] MRAH RAH!
Gengar: [covering its eyes] GENGAR!
Pikachu: [sticks its tongue out] PIKACHU!
Marinette: [opens the door] [yells] CUT!
Ash: [in his head] Oh, saved by the one girl who has a crush on Adrien!
Nino: Marinette, what gives? We're in the middle of a shoot, and I'm the director, FYI. I say cut, no one else. Comprende?
Marinette: And I'm the producer! Mylène's supposed to be the star of this movie.
Ash: I agree! Not that snobby brat, Chloé!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Chloé: I heard that!
Nino: We're out of time, and from what I can see, Mylène is MIA. Let's take it from the top, people.
Adrien: Here we go again...
Juleka started to apply makeup onto Adrien again!
Ash: [chuckles] That's my girl!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Then, she started applying makeup to Ash!
Ash: [giggles] C'mon! You're tickling me!
Juleka: [giggles] [kisses his cheek]
Alya: This is beat! Agent Smith does not need a man in her life right now! Sniffles just got munched on, remember?
Ash: [sad a bit] I honestly hated to do that scene! Poor Sniffles!
Pikachu: [sad] PIKA PIKA!
Lucario: [places its paw nears its heart in respect] MRAH RAH.
Kim: No denying that!
Nino: Do you wanna finish this film or not?
Chloé: Then let's just make Agent Smith a nurse instead! That'll fix everything.
Ash: [facepalms] [groans]
Alya: Um, I'm sorry. How, exactly?
Chloé: I don't know, but I'm sure I'd look amazing in a uniform.
Nino: Oh, come on! We're not gonna rewrite this script again!
Ash: He has a point! We're way behind schedule!
Alya: I'm not putting my name on those credits!
Chloé: Nobody cares about you anyway!
Alya: What?!
Ash: [angry] That does it! [rolls up his sleeve] When I get my hands on you, you're gonna wish you never met my Pokémon!
Rose: No, Ash! Please!
Marinette: Everyone calm down! This movie's a team effort! [to Chloé] Your nurse idea's perfect, Chloé!
Ash: Huh?! Marinette, what are you…
Marinette: [winks]
Ash: Oh. [winks back] [to Chloé] Yeah, Chloé! Your idea is absolutely perfect!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Chloé: Of course it's a perfect idea. Because it's mine!
Marinette: But, Chloé, you don't have a uniform. [blinks]
Chloé: [gasps]
Alya: Right! Which is why that idea wasn't believable in the first place.
Marinette: I think you and your assistant should go down to the nurse's office and try out some uniforms.
Ash: Right now!
Chloé: Hmm. [snaps her fingers] Kim, Max, Lucario, come with me! You've just been promoted to wardrobe and bodyguard.
Lucario: [growls] [turns head away] MRAH!
Chloé: Hmph! Suit yourself!
Then, she left with Sabrina, Max, and Kim!
Nino: Nice going, Miss Producer! Now we have no lead again!
Marinette: Yeah, but now we've just gotten rid of Chloé!
Ash: Got that right! Now we can find Mylène and bring her back!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Marinette: Yeah! She's here somewhere!
Nino: I told you. Tick tock, there's no time, we need a lead now!
Alya: Marinette can do it!
Marinette: What?! No! I can't act. I'm the producer. [as they turn around]
Alya: [whispering] But you wanna kiss Adrien, don't you?
Ash: [whispers] This could be your chance, Marinette!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: [looks at Adrien] Yes, but not like this.
Lucario: [facepalms] MRAH!
Ash: C'mon, Marinette! Don't you wanna kiss him?
Marinette: Ash, shush!
Ash: [whispers] I'm just saying! This could be your chance!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: [sticks duct tape over his mouth] That'll hold you!
Ash: [muffled]
Pikachu: PIKA!
At the Court, Chloé and the others were walking to the nurse's office!
Chloé: A nurse's uniform. How brilliant am I! Even that dimwit, Marinette, liked the idea.
Little did they know, they were being watched by Horrificator!
Back at the classroom…
Marinette: I'm only doing this as a favor, you know? As soon as Mylène comes back, she'll have her old role back.
Alya: 'Course she will, chill out, and just think. [runs her fingers across the desk] After tonight, you'll finally have kissed Adrien…
She cupped her face to see Juleka applying makeup onto Adrien. Marinette hid behind her script as Alya giggled!
Ash: [muffled giggles]
Alya: Okay, I think he's had enough! [takes the tape off]
Ash: GAH! Ow, that hurt!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Alya: Sorry!
Ash: It's fine! [to Marinette] [pouts] You didn't have to tape my mouth shut, you know!
Marinette: If it'll keep your mouth shut about me and my you-know-what, then I kinda had to!
At the Court, Chloé was about to open the door, but...
Chloé: Hey, wait a minute! Marinette never likes my ideas. Neither does Ash. I think you've all been duped! You guys take care of the nurse uniform thing, just in case. [as she and Sabrina leave]
Kim: Did you hear something?
Max: No. What?
Horrificator appeared behind them!
Kim and Max: [scream]
["Who's That Pokémon?" time]
[as a magnifying glass shows the foot of a purple Pokémon with Pikachu standing by a PokéBall]
Ash and Marinette: Who's that Pokémon?
[Pokémon reveals to be Gengar]
Pikachu: PIKA?
Gengar: GENGAR!
Pikachu: PIKA PIKA!
[End]
Back in the classroom, Juleka was applying makeup onto Adrien, as Marinette gazed up at him dreamingly.
Marinette: Totally unbelievable...
Adrien: What's that?
Marinette: Uh, I said... uh, it's... got to be believable!
Adrien: Don't worry, you'll do fine.
Ash: He's right, you know!
Then, they got into position, and Juleka planted a kiss on Ash's cheek!
Juleka: Good luck, babe!
Ash: [giggles] Thanks, Jules!
Pikachu: [as Alya takes him into her arms] PIKA!
Nino: Ready to roll? Camera!
Alix: Horrificator, take 16...
Nino: Action!
Ash: All clear, boss!
Marinette: I'm not scared of that monster, officer Jones!
Just as they were about to kiss...
Chloé: [opens the door] [gasps] CUT! I knew it!
Nino: What did I say about other people saying cut?!
Ash: Yeah! What's the big idea?!
Pikachu: [annoyed] PIKACHU!
Chloé: Well played, Marinette! All that speech about working together, then you stab me right in the back! Well, your stupid little movie won't make it into the festival if I'm not in it, because my daddy is one of the judges!
Ash: Well, who would want to see a movie with your snobby self in it!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [angry] MRAH RAH!
Gengar: [laughing] GEN GEN GEN GEN GEN!
Ash: I know I wouldn't if I were the citizens of Paris!
Chloé: [angry] Oh yeah?!
Ash: [angry] Yeah!
Chloé: Oh yeah?!
Ash: Yeah!
Suddenly, they heard screams!
Adrien: Did you guys hear that?
Ash: That sounded like Kim and Max! And they sound like they're in trouble!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKACHU!
Chloé: If this is another one of your silly ploys or one of Gengar's lame pranks to get me out of the way, you can forget it! Besides, I—
But then, the screams were heard again!
Ash: Still think this is a silly ploy or prank, Chloé?!
Chloé: It's so-so!
Lucario: [sighs and shakes its head] MRAH RAH…
Marinette: I definitely heard that. We better scope this out!
Ash: You're right! Come on!
Ash and the other students followed Marinette!
Rose: [holds up an orange] A fruity snack for the road?
Gengar: [eats it] GENGAR!
Rose: Oh! [giggles]
GENGAR: [grins] GENGAR!
Ash: [off-screen] [impatient] Come on!
Rose: Coming! [runs after the others] Come on, Gengar!
Gengar: [follows] GENGAR!
The students ran down to investigate, and Nino seemed to be filming it all.
Ash: Nino! Why are you recording this?!
Nino: This could be a better movie!
Adrien: Hey! Anybody here? Kim! Max! Where are you guys!
Marinette walked over towards the strange goo on the ground.
Marinette: I saw the same pink goo... [gasps] The bathroom!
Ash: You saw this in the bathroom?!
Marinette: I did! It was all over the mirror!
Pikachu: [spots something] PIKA! [leaps down] PIKACHU!
Ash: What is it, Pikachu?
Pikachu: [picks up an armband] PIKACHU!
Ash: [as Marinette takes the armband] An armband?
Adrien: That's Kim's!
Nathaniel: [starts panicking] They vanished!
Alya: Or they're playing a sick joke on us.
Ash: I highly doubt they're pulling a joke on us, Alya!
Pikachu: [approaches the goo] PI? [sniffs it] [recoils in disgust] [holds its nose] PIKACHU!
Ash: Guess that stuff is smelly! But where did it come from?
Chloé: [gags] I'm not sure if I even wanna find out!
Marinette: We should go to principal Damocles' office and tell him what's going on!
Ash: Good idea! Come on!
Marinette: [notices Nino's still filming] Nino, come on! Stop filming!
Nino: Not a chance! This is just getting good!
Marinette: [to herself] Looks like it's time to bring in the alter ego.
Ash: Come on! Let's get going!
Pikachu: PIKA!
However, Adrien seemed to have other plans!
Nino: Yo, Adrien! Where are you going?
Ash: Yeah! The Principal's office is this way!
Adrien: I left Officer Jones' jacket back there! Should probably wear it in all the scenes.
Ash: Oh! Okay! But be careful!
Adrien: Don't worry, Ash! I'll be careful!
And then, he left! The other students went upstairs to the principal's office. But what they didn't know was that Horrificator saw them, and started covering the school in goo. Meanwhile, Adrien was in the classroom, and he seemed to be taking off his shoe!
Adrien: Time to transform, Plagg.
Plagg: What are you doing?
Adrien: [shows Plagg his shoe] So, they'll think I've disappeared too.
Plagg: And you say I stink of Camembert!
[Transformation Sequence]
Adrien: Plagg, claws out!
Then, Adrien transformed into Cat Noir!
The rest of the students had arrived at the principal's office!
Alya: [knocks on the door] Mr. Damocles? Sir?
Ash: Anybody home?
Pikachu: PIKA?
But when they entered, Mr. Damocles was nowhere to be seen!
Ash: Strange! Nobody home!
Rose: Even Principal Damocles is nowhere to be found!
Ash: [scratches his chin] Hmmm. Very mysterious!
Unaware to the other students, Marinette started to sneak away!
Ash: Huh? Marinette? Where are you…
Marinette: [puts her finger to her lips] Shhhh! [smiles and winks]
Ash: Oh. [winks]
Marinette dropped her phone to make it seem like she disappeared and ran off to the library!
Marinette: [lets Tikki out of her purse] Time to transform.
[Transformation Sequence]
Marinette: Tikki, spots on! Ha!
Then, Marinette transformed into Ladybug!
Nino: Anyone seen Agent Smith? I mean, Marinette.
Ash: [with his fingers crossed behind his back] I don't know!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Then, one of the students noticed Marinette's phone!
Alya: Oh, no! This is Marinette's phone!
Ash: [with his fingers still crossed behind his back] Maybe whatever's here got Marinette too!
Rose: Oh no!
Pikachu: [notices the school's covered in pink goo] PIKA! PIKA PI! PIKACHU!
Ash: What is it, Pikachu?
Pikachu: [points at the goo] PIKA PI!
Ash: [looks at the goo] [gasps] The whole school is covered in that purple goo! We're trapped!
Chloé: What?! [sees the pink goo] Quick, check the windows!
When they did, the windows were blocked with the pink goo as well!
Juleka: Crazy!
Ash: I'll say!
Chloé: [tries to open the window, but it's covered in goo] We're trapped! I'm going to call Daddy! [picks up her phone and calls him]
Ash: I'm not sure that's gonna work, Chloé!
Chloé: Shush!
But he was right! The service wasn't working!
Ash: Told you!
Nino: Dudes, you know cellphones never work in horror movies.
Ivan: No bars.
Nathaniel: No coverage!
Nino: Told you so! Boo-yah!
Chloé: Ash, try your Rotom Phone!
Ash: I'll try! [pulls out his Rotom Phone and dials it]
Rotom Phone: You have no signal!
Ash: Nope!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ash: Looks like whatever's here made sure nobody gets in and nobody gets out!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Alya: What'll we do?
Ash: Right now, we'll need to stay together! And wait for at least one person to show up!
Ladybug: [appears at the door] Is everything okay?
Ash: What I tell ya? Better late than never, Ladybug!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Ash: And, we're okay! Only problem is, a few of our friends are missing!
Ladybug: I know! But don't worry! We'll find them!
Nino: Ladybug in my movie? This is legit!
Alya: And on my Ladyblog!
Ash: Will you two be serious! Sabrina, grab one of the Fire Flowers from my backpack!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Sabrina: Okay! [digs in Ash's backpack and pulls out a Fire Flower] Here you go!
Ash: [takes the Fire Flower] Thank you!
[WHOMP WHOMP WHOMP!]
Then, Ash powered up to Fireman Ash!
Fireman Ash: The heat is on!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Nino: This movie is so gonna rock!
Juleka seemed to like Ash's fiery look!
Juleka: [with hearts around her] Smokin'.
Fireman Ash: Hm? You okay, Juleka?
Juleka: [dreamy-eyed] I sure am.
Fireman Ash: [smiles and chuckles]
Ladybug: We've got to calmly evacuate the building, okay everyone?
Cat Noir: [appears at the door] Uh-uh, easier said than done, Ladybug!
Fireman Ash: He's right! Whatever's here trapped us good! Nobody's getting in and nobody's getting out!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Nino: Double legit!
Cat Noir: I tried to cut through the goo, but it's no good. Totally indestructible. So, looks like we're trapped inside the school for now. Just stay put and try to relax, guys. [to Ladybug] Shall we take a stroll, my lady? Buddy?
Fireman Ash: Okay!
The three of them walked over to the other side of the office!
Cat Noir: We both know that Hawk Moth's taken another innocent victim somewhere in school.
Fireman Ash: Yep! That's definitely for sure!
Ladybug: And there's only one way to get rid of this pink goo and get everyone outta here. Capture that victim's akuma.
Cat Noir: Exactly. I love it when you read my mind...
Ladybug: Ugh... And we better find this thing first, and its prisoners.
Cat Noir: Wow! You did it again!
Fireman Ash: [chuckles] That's Ladybug for you!
However, Nino seemed to be filming them!
Nino: Don't mind me, finding the missing peeps and solving this crazy mystery with Cat Noir and Ladybug... This movie's gonna be so swank!
Fireman Ash: Will you be serious, Nino! There's a time and a place for everything!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [agreeing] MRAH MRAH!
Gengar: [agreeing] GENGAR!
Nino: Ash, come on!
Fireman Ash: [gasps] Hold on! Maybe I can use my fire to get rid of the goo!
Cat Noir: Worth a shot! Go for it!
Fireman Ash: [shoots fireballs]
However, they didn't do much damage!
Fireman Ash: No good! My fireballs didn't even make a dent!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Alya: I know! Lucario, think you can blast us out of here with your Aura Sphere?
Lucario: [nods affirmatively] [smirks] MRAH! [Aura Sphere move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
But unfortunately, not even Lucario's Aura Sphere can bust through the goo!
Lucario: [growls in frustration]
Fireman Ash: Guess that didn't work either!
Ivan: What'll we do now?
Pikachu: [Thunderbolt move] PIKA…CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
But the Thunderbolt didn't do a thing either!
Rose: Not even Pikachu's Thunderbolt can break through that goo!
Fireman Ash: Looks like if we want to get outta here, we're gonna need to take down the source of this goo! But for now, we best stick together!
Chloé: For once, I agree! We don't want anything to happen to us!
Fireman Ash: [with deadpanned eyes] Honestly, Chloé! I could care less about what happens to you!
Ladybug: Great idea, Ash! Stay together, right behind us! [grabs Nino] Means you too, Spielberg!
Fireman Ash: Let's go!
Pikachu: [determined] PIKA!
In the cellar, Horrificator had placed Max in one of the pods!
Horrificator: [growls]
Max: [screams]
His fear made Horrificator grow!
Hawk Moth: Absorb their fear, Horrificator... feed on it! It will give you strength. And soon enough, you will be giving me strength too!
Then, Horrificator spat goo on the pod, trapping Max inside! Meanwhile, with our heroes, they were searching for the monster and the missing students!
Chloé: We're way better off on our own than sticking with the others. Why would we stay with the group when we could just hide out on our own!
Fireman Ash: No, Chloé! Splitting up is a terrible idea! Whatever's in the school might catch you!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Fireman Ash: We need to stick together! For safety in numbers! Besides, I ain't scared of no monster!
Cat Noir: [with a cheeky grin] Says the guy who got scared over pigeons!
That made Ash's face go as red as Ladybug in embarrassment!
Fireman Ash: [embarrassed] I WAS NOT AFRAID OF PIGEONS!
Cat Noir: [cheekily] Yes you were!
Fireman Ash: I was not!
Cat Noir: Who are you kidding? You jumped into Ladybug's arms out of fear from pigeons! [as Ladybug elbowed him and Lucario gave him a stern look] What?
Ladybug: Stop teasing Ash and focus!
Lucario: [sternly] MRAH MRAH!
Cat Noir: [smiles goofily] [giggles]
Chloé: Seriously? Ketchum was afraid of pigeons? Ha! How pathetic!
Fireman Ash: [angry] We never speak of this again! Ever!
Chloé: [as she walks off] Whatever! [to Sabrina] Come on, Sabrina!
And Sabrina followed her!
Fireman Ash: [to the others] Let's check the classroom! We might find something there!
Everyone: Right!
Fireman Ash: And as for you, Cat! I'll deal with you later! [grumbles as he walks to the classroom]
Ladybug: Why did you have to tease him?
Cat Noir: I was only joking!
Gengar: [snickering] GEN GEN GEN GEN GEN!
Cat Noir: [smirks] At least someone has a sense of humor!
Ladybug: [shakes her head and groans]
Soon, the students had arrived in the classroom! Ladybug then saw Adrien's shoe!
Ladybug: There!
Cat Noir: [nervous] Anyone recognize this shoe?
Nino: That's Adrien's shoe!
Fireman Ash: Looks like Adrien was another victim of the monster!
Ladybug: That's weird! There's no pink slime here.
Fireman Ash: You're right! What's up with that?
Nathaniel: [kneeling next to the teacher's desk] Yes, there is.
But then, something snatched Nathaniel!
Nathaniel: [screams]
Fireman Ash: Whoa! Nathaniel? Where'd'ya go?
Pikachu: PIKACHU?
The desk was then thrown across the room, and Horrificator appeared, holding Nathaniel hostage!
Horrificator: [roars]
Fireman Ash: Aha! There's the beast!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Fireman Ash: Let Nathaniel go, you... Whatever you are!
Horrificator: [roars]
Fireman Ash: Pikachu, Iron Tail! Lucario, Aura Sphere!
Pikachu: [Iron Tail move] CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...PIKA!
Lucario: [Aura Sphere move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Horrificator: [roars in pain]
Fireman Ash: That's showing 'im!
Horrificator: [gets in Ash's face] [roars]
Fireman Ash: [pinches his nose] Ugh! Haven't you ever heard of a breath mint? [launches fireballs]
The fireballs went into Horrificator's mouth!
Horrificator: [burps smoke]
Fireman Ash: Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!
Pikachu: [about to use Thunderbolt] PIKA…
Ladybug: No, Pikachu! Stop!
Pikachu: [stops] PI! PIKA?
Ladybug: If you hit that thing, you'll hit Nathaniel as well!
Pikachu: [gasps] PIKA!
Ladybug: Everybody run!
Fireman Ash: Get to safety! We'll handle this overgrown lizard!
Nathaniel: Heeelp, help, help!
Students ran away in fear, but Juleka remained where she was!
Juleka: Awesome.
Fireman Ash: No, Juleka! You have to get out of here! It's too dangerous!
The Horrificator roared at Juleka, blowing some of her hair back, but she wasn't scared a bit!
Juleka: [smiles] So awesome...
That made Horrificator shrink, and then it spat goo at Juleka.
Fireman Ash: [grabs Juleka and carries her bridal style] Let's go!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Juleka just blushed at this!
Cat Noir: Eww! What's your name, Drool-lator?
Fireman Ash: Now's not the time, Cat!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Horrificator spat goo at Cat Noir, but he avoided it using his staff!
Cat Noir: Cats aren't afraid of slimy toads like you!
Fireman Ash: And neither am I!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Fireman Ash: Gengar, Shadow Ball!
Gengar: [Shadow Ball move] GEN...GAR!
Horrificator: [roars in pain]
Fireman Ash: [fires fireballs] Ha!
Horrificator: [roars in pain]
Fireman Ash: [as he continued shooting fireballs] Back you foul beast!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Ladybug: Come on! We better hurry and find out where that akuma's hiding!
Cat Noir: I don't see anything. Just miles of slime.
Fireman Ash: Well, it's gotta be somewhere!
Horrificator spat goo at them, but they avoided it and jumped out of the classroom, and then onto the court!
Fireman Ash: That all ya got, slime bucket?!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Horrificator: [growls]
Fireman Ash: Gengar, use Ice Punch!
Gengar: [Ice Punch move] GEN…GAR!
That froze the monster's lower half in ice!
Cat Noir: Ha! Nice one!
Fireman Ash: That'll hold ya! [to the others] Come on! Let's get to cover!
However, Horrificator broke free!
Fireman Ash: Hey! No fair!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Fireman Ash: Come on, everyone! Duck for cover!
Everyone hid for cover, but Nino kept filming!
Nathaniel: Heeelp! Help!
Horrificator saw the other students hiding from it in fear, causing it to grow!
Fireman Ash: [in his head] So that's what makes it grow! Fear!
Ladybug: Fear! It's fear that gives it its strength!
Horrificator hurled another stream of goo at our heroes, but Ladybug deflected it by charging towards it while spinning her yo-yo!
Ladybug: [yells]
Fireman Ash: Whoa! [to Cat Noir] Now that's impressive!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Cat Noir: I'll say!
Ladybug slid under Horrificator and tied the monster's foot with her yo-yo. Cat Noir tried to attack it with his staff, but Horrificator ended up spiting goo right at him!
Fireman Ash: Oh no! Cat Noir!
Ladybug: [gasps]
Fireman Ash: Quick, Gengar! Free Cat Noir! Use Ice Punch!
Horrificator grabbed Ladybug and spun her around and threw her into the basketball hoop, trapping her in goo.
Fireman Ash: No! Ladybug! [angry] That does it! No more Mr. Nice Guy! [pulls out an Invincible Star and powers up] Time to kick your butt!
Horrificator spat goo at Ash, but due to his invincibility, it has no effect! Then, Ash grabbed Horrificator, lifted it over his head, spun it around and tossed it away, but Horrificator managed to skid to a stop!
Nino: [filming] Awesome!
Fireman Ash: I'll show you what happens when you mess with my friends!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Juleka: So cool.
Alya: I'll say!
Juleka: Go get 'im, babe!
Fireman Ash: [shoots fireballs] Ha!
Horrificator: [roars in pain]
Fireman Ash: Take that!
But Horrificator kept on coming!
Fireman Ash: Lucario, Force Palm!
Lucario: [Force Palm move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Horrificator: [growls in pain]
That left the monster paralyzed!
Fireman Ash: Whoa! What just happened? It's paralyzed!
He then pulled out his Rotom Phone!
Rotom Phone: Sometimes, Lucario's Force Palm can paralyze its target!
Fireman Ash: [happily gasps] Wow! That's awesome!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Fireman Ash: That'll buy us some time!
However, it managed to shake off the paralysis!
Fireman Ash: Oh yeah?! Lucario, do a back-to-back Force Palm! And make sure that thing stays paralyzed!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: [complying] MRAH!
Lucario started doing back to back Force Palms!
Horrificator: [roars in pain]
But then, Horrificator swung its tail at Ash, and he hit a wall!
Fireman Ash: [hits a wall and powers down] UGH!
Juleka: [gasps] Ash!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKA PI!
Lucario: [worried] MRAH RAH!
Gengar: GEN?!
Ash: Ouch! Man, that hurt!
Pikachu: PIKA PI?
Lucario: MRAH!
Juleka: [goes over to Ash] You okay, babe?
Ash: Don't worry! I'm okay!
Juleka: [helps Ash up] You sure?
Ash: [smiles and nods] Mmhmm!
Juleka: [sighs in relief] That's good. [kisses him on the forehead]
Ash: [giggles]
Horrificator: [roars]
Ash: [as Juleka led him over to the others] Pikachu, use Quick Attack!
Pikachu: [Quick Attack move] PIKA! PI PI PI PI PI PI PI PI PI PI PI PI PI PI... PIKA PIKA!
Horrificator: [hit] [roars]
Then, Juleka brought Ash over to the others!
Ash: Thanks, babe!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
However, Horrificator saw the other students, who screamed in fear, making it grow more!
Ash: We need a diversion to keep that thing busy! I know! Lucario, do that thing we did when fighting Stoneheart! Use Double Team and run circles around it!
Lucario: [nods] [Double Team move] MRAH RAH!
Then, they started running circles around Horrificator!
Nino: [filming] Aw, yeah! That's it, Lucario!
As intended, Lucario was confusing Horrificator!
Ash: Use Reversal!
Ladybug and Cat Noir: Reversal?
Lucario and clones: [Reversal move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Horrificator: [hit] [roars]
Cat Noir: Whoa!
Ladybug: So that's Reversal!
Ash: Keep it up, Lucario! Keep that beast at bay!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
But then, Horrificator used its tail to whack the clones and the real Lucario!
Lucario: [hit] MRAH!
Ash: Lucario!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKA!
But Lucario didn't give up! But then, the Horrificator started to approach Ivan!
Ash: Look out, Ivan!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKA PIKA!
But strangely, it didn't attack Ivan! Instead, it ended up licking him!
Ash: Huh? What's it doing?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Horrificator then grabbed Alix!
Alix and Nathaniel: [scream]
Rose: Oh no! It's taking Nate and Alix!
Ash: [pulls out a Super Feather] Oh no it's not!
Then, he powered up to Cape Ash!
Cape Ash: [charges] HA!
But...
Horrificator: [hits Ash away with its tail]
Ash: GUH! [hits a wall and powers down again] UGH!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Juleka: Ash! [goes over to him] Are you okay?
Ash: [dazed] [swirls in eyes] I'm okay!
Juleka: [helps Ash up] I got you.
Ash: [dazed] Thanks, Juleka!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Horrificator managed to sneak away into another classroom and spat goo at the door to seal itself in!
Ladybug: The more scared people are of it, the more powerful it gets! By defeating fear, we defeat it!
Cat Noir: Okay, but first we gotta get out of this sticky situation quickly before it dries.
Ash: I got this! Gengar, pull 'em out with Psychic!
Gengar: [Psychic move] GENGAR!
That managed to pull Ladybug and Cat Noir out of the goo as they were levitated over to the group!
Cat Noir: Appreciate the assist, buddy!
Ladybug: Are you sure you're okay, Ash? You took a few hard hits.
Ash: I'm fine! Really! Nothing I can't handle! [rubs his cheek a bit] Just a couple of "ouchies"!
Ladybug: I'm just glad it's not something fatal!
Cat Noir: Same here!
Ash: No need to worry! I'm just fine!
Pikachu: PIKA!
The three heroes rushed over to open the door to the classroom, but it wouldn't budge!
Ash: No good! It won't budge!
Ladybug: Did you see how it just left Ivan alone?
Cat Noir: Yeah, what's that all about?
Ash: Wait a minute! I'm starting to piece together everything that's happened!
Alya: Whaddya mean?
Ash: Think about it! The purple goo, our missing friends, a real live monster that's kidnapping our friends but it didn't attack Ivan! Hmmm.
Cat Noir: What're ya thinking, buddy?
Ash: [figures it out] Hold on! [stands on a bench] [poses] A bolt of brilliance!
Pikachu: PIKA?
Ash: I know what kind of monster we're dealing with! We're dealing with an actual Horrificator! And you might think it's the real deal, but it's not! Since the beast didn't attack Ivan, I think that this Horrificator is actually our good friend, Mylène! And she has become Hawk Moth's newest victim with his akuma!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
The students just blinked in surprise!
Alya: You got all that from everything that happened just now?
Ash: [nods] Yep!
Rose: Wow, Ash! You could probably be a detective!
Ash: Oh! Well! [giggles]
Ladybug: Of course! The monster is Mylène! Ash, you're a genius!
Ash: Well, it just comes naturally!
Juleka was awed and her eyes were sparkling and a blush tinted on her face!
Ash: Hm? Juleka?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Lucario: MRAH?
Gengar: GEN?
Juleka: I have a genius detective for a boyfriend. Awesome.
Ash: [blushes] [smiles] Aww, Juleka! [giggles]
Alya: So, what can we do to stop Horrificator, free Mylène and save everyone else?
Ash: Well, Horrificator feeds off of fear to become stronger! So, we're gonna have to find some way to shrink Horrificator down to size, find the akumatized object, and capture Mylène's akuma!
Cat Noir: Now that's a plan!
Alya: Where are Sabrina and Chloé?
Ash: [gasps] Chloé and Sabrina! [facepalms himself] Ugh! Those chowderheads! I told them that we should stick together as a group and they wandered off! They shouldn't've done that! Not with Horrificator on the loose! Even though it was Chloé's fault for Mylène being akumatized in the first place!
Chloé and Sabrina and were hiding in another classroom, and Sabrina was barricading the door with a locker. However, all Chloé seemed to be doing was painting her nails.
Chloé: [checks her nails] It's a good thing I come up with brilliant ideas like this... [paints her nails] No one's gonna get through that barricade. We can just relax, and let Cat Noir and Ladybug do all the hard work.
But Sabrina was nervous about this!
Sabrina: I don't know, Chloé! What about Ash? Sure he doesn't have any real superpowers, but aren't you at least a bit worried about him? He has saved you a couple of times with Ladybug and Cat Noir! And I think I may have heard him being thrown around by whatever's out there!
Chloé: Are you kidding?! It's probably just his Gengar pulling another prank to scare us!
Sabrina: But why would Gengar create all that slime?
Chloé: Because it's a ghost! And ghosts love slime! Duh!
Sabrina: But I'm not sure I've seen it-
But then, she was grabbed by a familiar tail!
Chloé: [gasps]
Horrificator was in the room with them!
Chloé: [whimpers]
Outside, the others heard her scream!
Ash: That sounds like Chloé and Sabrina! And they're in trouble!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
But when they entered the classroom, they were nowhere in sight!
Cat Noir: We're too late!
Ash: [punches the wall] GUH! We weren't quick enough to save them!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Juleka: Ash, calm down. It'll be okay.
Ladybug: But look! We can track the monster.
Ash: Man, if only I still had my Lycanroc! Its excellent sense of smell can help us track down Horrificator!
Ladybug: Don't worry, Ash! We don't need to sniff it out! Come here!
Ash: Huh? [comes over to her] What are you talking about, Ladybug?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Ladybug: All the pink goo the monster left behind acts as a trail! We just have to follow it!
Ash: Of course! [follows the trail of goo] Let's follow it!
And they did just that! The goo eventually led to the workshop!
Nino: I'm so amped!
Cat Noir: Turn your amp down to about 4, will ya?
Ash: He's right! We need to be very very quiet!
Nino: [rubs the back of his head sheepishly] My bad...
Ash: Time to use another plate! [pulls out the Dread Plate] Huh. Haven't used this one before! But it'll be worth a shot! [places the plate on his chest] Dread Plate, activate!
Then, his clothes gained a black color scheme, and he seemed to have shadow decals as well!
Ash: [smirks]
Juleka: Awesome.
Ash: You like it, Juleka?
Juleka: Love it.
Ash: [giggles]
Nino: [filming] Sick! What can you do?
Ash: Let's see! [goes over to Nino's shadow and sinks into it]
Nino: Huh?! Where did he go?!
Ash: [appears by poking his head out Nino's shadow] Right here!
Nino: GAH!
Ash: [laughs] Apparently I blend in with the shadows!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Ash: And here's where I have some fun! [takes control of Nino's shadow by moving his body, as he hands Nino's phone to Alya] Hold this for a minute, Alya! And make sure it's recording!
Alya: [takes Nino's phone] Okay! [snickers]
Ash: [moves Nino's arms, making Nino hit himself] Why ya hitting yourself? Why ya hitting yourself? Why ya hitting yourself? Why ya hitting yourself?
Nino: Ow! Ash, quit it!
Alya couldn't help but chuckle at this!
Ash: [releases] And that's the powers I get from the Dread Plate!
Cat Noir: You basically got the appearance of a ninja!
Ash: [eyes sparkle] A ninja?! Awesome!
Cat Noir: But the best part of it is, you can manipulate others movements! I'm pretty jealous myself! [chuckles]
Ash: Well, at least I'll be able to get the jump on Horrificator!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Alya: Then, what are we waiting for! Let's go!
Then, the eight of them entered the cellar, and they saw strange goo pods everywhere!
Ash: What's with all these pods?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Cat Noir: Don't know!
Ladybug: These must be what are holding our friends!
Ash: Yeah! Let's see! [calls out] Hello?
Hawk Moth: [from his lair] Their fear will make you powerful enough to defeat Ladybug and Cat Noir. Now, bring their Miraculouses to me!
Ladybug: Anybody in here?
Ash: Say something! Anyone!
Chloé: Ladybug, it's me, Chloé Bourgeois!
Ladybug: Don't worry! We'll get you out of there!
Chloé: Well, hurry it up already! [paints her nails]
Ash: [whispers to Ladybug] Do we really have to save her? It was her fault Mylène got akumatized in the first place!
Ladybug: [sternly] Ash…
Ash: I'm just kidding! How exactly are we gonna break down these pods?
Ladybug: We know Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Lucario's Aura Sphere and your fireballs didn't work! I know! [to Gengar] Gengar, do you think you can break open these pods with your Ice Punch?
Gengar: [grins] GEN! [Ice Punch move] GEN…GAR!
However, the goo was too thick!
Gengar: [waving its hand around in pain] GENGAR! [blows on it] GEN... GEN...
Ash: It must be too thick!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ladybug: Is everyone here? Mr. Damocles? Alix? Nathaniel? Adrien! Adrien?!
Ash: Adrien, if you're here, please respond!
Cat Noir: [hides behind a goo pod] ...Yeah yeah, I'm fine!
Ladybug: [sighs in relief]
Ash: That's a relief!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Cat Noir: What about Marinette?
Ash: [nervous] Uh... I'm sure she's okay and around!
Ladybug: Yeah, we've got everyone! [trying to break a pod open] Ugh, they won't budge!
Pikachu: [ears perk up] [alerting] PIKA!
The students started to cry for help!
Ladybug: Just try and calm down, we'll find a way to get you out of there!
Pikachu: [ears perk up] [alerting] PIKA!
Ash: What's up, Pikachu?
Pikachu: [Thunderbolt move] PIKACHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Horrificator: [roars in pain]
Ash: It's Horrificator!
Ladybug: Nice shot, li'l Pika!
Pikachu: [proud] PIKACHU!
But then, Horrificator spat goo at the exit, trapping them!
Ash: Oh no! We're trapped!
Then, the monster jumped down to our heroes!
Ladybug: Okay, now this is getting scary.
Ash: Too bad for this big galoot, I'm not scared of anything!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [getting in a fighting stance] MRAH!
Ash: Time for some "shadowboxing"! [disappears into Horrificator's shadow]
Then…
Ash: [manipulating Horrificator's body making it hit itself] Why ya hitting yourself? Why ya hitting yourself? Why ya hitting yourself? Why ya hitting yourself?
Pikachu: [laughing] PIKA PIKA!
Ladybug: [chuckles] Now that's funny!
Lucario: [smirks] MRAH RAH!
Hawk Moth: [from his lair] Horrificator, what are you doing?! Stop goofing off and get Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous!
Horrificator was able to break free from Ash's shadow control causing him to be flung out of its shadow!
Ash: Whoa! [lands on his bottom with a 'thud'] OOF!
Ladybug: What?!
Ash: [shakes it off] Well that happened!
Horrficator was about to attack them, but Cat Noir threw a goo pod at her!
That only made Horrificator angrier, as it shot goo and went to attack Cat Noir!
Ladybug: [throws her yo-yo into the air] Lucky Charm!
And the lucky charm was guitar strings!
Ladybug: [catches the guitar strings] Guitar strings? Are you kidding me?
Ash: Wait a minute! Maybe these could help us with our fear problem!
Ladybug: How?
Ash: [as a thought bubble appears and shows an images of Roxie and her band, as Roxie played her guitar] To make a long story short, if you look right at this thought bubble, we may need to rock'n'roll!
Ladybug: Guitar, music... Mylène's song!
Ash: Exactly! But what exactly are we gonna use to play?
Ladybug: Instruments of course!
Ash: But where are we gonna get instruments?
Ladybug: Simple! We'll make some!
Ash: With what?
That's when Ladybug began observing her surroundings! Her vision directed towards a desktop with different supplies! Then, she yanked the cart over with her yo-yo! Meanwhile, Horrificator was chasing Cat Noir and spat goo at him, but he dodged it using his staff!
Cat Noir: That's it. Enough's enough. Cataclysm!
Then, his hand glowed a black bubbly energy!
Cat Noir used his Cataclysm to make the bars rusted, trapping Horrificator!
Ash: Looks like Cat Noir's kept the beast at bay!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: RAH MRAH!
Ash: That should buy us some time!
Ladybug gave trashcan lids to Rose, traffic cones to Nino and Alya and a box to Juleka!
Ladybug: Okay, we're all going to sing.
Cat Noir: Sing? So that's your plan?
Ash: Yep! If we sing Mylène's song, it'll render the beast powerless!
Ladybug: The only way to get through this to get your fear under control. You all know Smelly Wolf, don't you?
Cat Noir: Seriously? Smelly Wolf?
Ladybug: Care to join us?
Ash: We could use an extra musician!
Cat Noir then made a drumset with the pots and trashcan lid, and he used his staff as drumsticks!
Ash: Okay! Ready, gang? Let's rock'n'roll! A-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!
Ladybug: [strums her guitar/broom] [singing] Smelly wolf, smelly wolf, trapped in the stinky hut...
Everyone: [singing] Smelly wolf, smelly wolf, I'm gonna kick your...
Smelly wolf, smelly wolf, stinky breath and slimy drool,
Smelly wolf, smelly wolf, you are just silly!
Ash: [in his head] The indignity!
Horrificator roared at them, but it started to shrink!
Lucario: [gasps] MRAH!
Cat Noir: Wow, it's working!
Ash: Keep playing, gang!
They finished playing, and Horrificator had shrunken down to size!
Ash: Wow! It's just a mini lizard now!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Gengar: [scares it] GENGAR!
Horrificator: [scared chitter]
Horrificator leapt into Ivan's arms and hugged him!
Ladybug: [to Gengar] [sternly] Gengar!
Gengar: [chuckles] GEN!
Ivan: [sees the button on Horrificator] That's the same button I gave to Mylène!
Ladybug: That's where the akuma is! [grabs the pin and breaks it]
Then, the akuma flew out!
Ash: Alright! Go for it, Ladybug!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Ladybug: On it! [opens her yo-yo] No more evil-doing for you, little akuma! [swings her yo-yo around] Time to de-evilize! [catches the akuma and purifies it] Gotcha! [releases the butterfly] Bye-bye, little butterfly! [tosses her lucky charm into the air] Miraculous Ladybug!
Its energy turned everything back to normal, all the goo disappeared, and everyone was freed! Horrificator turned back into Mylène, and she and Ivan were holding hands!
Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Ash: [fist bump] Pound it!
Pikachu: [joins in] PIKA!
Lucario: [joins in] MRAH!
Gengar: [joins in] GENGAR!
Nino: [filming, as Ladybug rolled her eyes] Awesome.
Lucario: [exasperated sighs] MRAH!
Hawk Moth: [from his lair] You don't scare me, Ladybug. I know I'll destroy you in the end! Someday, somehow, I'll destroy you! [as his window closes]
Back with our heroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous began beeping!
Ash: You guys better beat feet before you transform back!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Ladybug: Way ahead of you, Ash! Catch you later, everyone! Bug out!
And she and Cat Noir took their leave! Then, Ash took off the Dread Plate and he transformed back to his regular colors!
Ash: [to Mylène] I'm glad you're okay, Mylène!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH MRAH!
Gengar: GENGAR!
Mylène: Thanks, Ash!
Ivan: Me too!
Ash: [looking at Nino, who was looking at his phone] Got enough footage, Nino?
Nino: [nods] Uh-huh!
Ash: Well, I hope you have enough cellular data for one more movie! Because I have an idea for a movie that will knock the socks off those judges twice as hard once we turn in two movies!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Nino: Huh?
Alya: Two movies?! Is that even allowed?!
Ash: I don't see why not! [to Max] Max?
Max pulled out his phone and looked at the rules!
Max: It doesn't say anything about not doing more than one movie in the rules!
Ash: Awesome! That means we can do it!
Alix: But what's the other movie gonna be about?
Ash: Let's head back to the classroom and I'll explain everything!
Soon, they were back in the classroom, along with Marinette and Adrien!
Ash: So, here's what I'm thinking! Since we're making another movie, I'm thinking we could have Mylène be the star of this movie!
Nino: What are you getting at?
Ash: Well, picture this: A young girl ready to take on the world with a Pokémon partner by her side as they make new friends and traveling companions! And as for the villains, I know two people in this room who can play the perfect role! [digs around in his backpack] Let's see here! [finds it] Aha! [pulls out two costumes made for a girl that has the letter 'R' on them] And I bet nobody can guess who will play the role of the two villains in this movie idea?
Pikachu: PIKA!
That made everyone in the room look at Chloé and Sabrina!
Chloé: Uh, what are you looking at us for?!
Ash: [with a mischievous smile] How would you and Sabrina like a wardrobe change, Chloé the Snob?
Pikachu: [giggles] PIKACHU!
Chloé: Uh, you expect us to wear those things?!
Ash: [hands one of the uniforms to Alya and the other to Alix] Oh, we don't expect you to! Because that's what you're gonna do! [puts up changing booths over them] Wardrobe change time, girls!
And Alya and Alix went in and got to work! One forced clothes swap later, Chloé and Sabrina were in the Team Rocket costumes! Sabrina liked the outfit, but Chloé did not! She was furious!
Sabrina: [puts her gloved hands on her cheeks] I look so cute!
Chloé: [furious] Cute?! You call this cute?! [to Ash] My original outfit costs a lot of money! You'll be hearing from my father about this, Ketchum!
Ash: [innocently] Now, don't be like that, Chloé! I think you'd make a great villain of an evil organization!
Pikachu: [giggles] PIKACHU!
Gengar: [rolling across the floor] [laughing hard] [crying] GEN GEN GENGAR! GEN GENGAR GEN!
Marinette: Well, it does suit her!
Alya: An evil-themed uniform for an evil girl! And I think I may have an idea for a romantic scene for Ash and Juleka in his movie!
Ash: Huh?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Alya: Juleka can be the young girl also setting off on a journey and she'll fall in love with a guy they run into in a field, which is Ash, and at the end, smooch! Love kindling!
Rose: Ooh! How romantic!
Alix: But we don't have a script! And we don't know who will be the partner Pokémon for Mylène's character in the movie!
Ash: [pulls out the scripts] I already got that covered! And as for the Pokémon partner! Pikachu's gonna be Mylène's character's Pokémon partner!
Pikachu: PIKA?
Rose: But why Pikachu?
Alix: Couldn't she just use another one of your Pokémon or borrow Adrien's Litten?
Ash: Nah! This movie is basically a remake of when I first started out on my journey with Pikachu being the only one left! Besides, I plan to use Lucario in the movie!
Lucario: MRAH RAH!
Ash: Whaddya say, guys? Wanna make this movie?
Pikachu: PIKA!
Everyone agreed on it and they decided!
Ash: Great! Max, how much longer until the festival?
Max: [checks his phone] 7 hours, 24 minutes, and 13 seconds.
Ash: Then, we better start filming right away! Let's get to work!
And set to work they did! They dressed Mylène and in Ash's original clothes and they dressed Juleka as a girl named Leaf! Then, they did each scene from the beginning at Mylène's house to the final scene at the Eiffel Tower! And soon, the movie was complete! The next day, at City Hall, Nino was showing the finished movie of Horrifcator to the Mayor, as it ended with Ivan and Mylène kissing! And Juleka and Ash were hugging each other in the movie! Then, Juleka grabbed Ash by the cheeks and kissed him on the lips!
Ash: [giggles]
Nino: Well, Mr. Mayor? What do you think? Off the hook, right?
The mayor just gave him an awkward look! Later on, everyone was watching Ash's movie! The Mayor was intrigued by the action and adventure that was made in the movie and the art of good guys against bad guys! And he loved the romance too! And he liked that her daughter got a starring role! As for the ending, he liked how the ending was quite dramatic as the main characters walked into the sunset as the movie fades to black! Later on, outside of City Hall, Nino was upset that their first movie didn't make the cut!
Nino: We didn't make the cut! He said the monster was a horrible replica completely unbelievable! No joke!
Adrien: Don't worry, bud. This is how all good movie directors start out.
Ash: Yeah! Don't take it personally!
Nino: Easy for you to say! He said your movie would be a shoe-in for an Oscar!
Ash: [excited] [eyes sparkle] Really?! An Oscar?!
Alya: Guess that means he loved it!
Adrien: Definitely!
Litten: [embarrassed about playing the part as Meowth] LITTEN!
Adrien: Don't worry, Litten! Focus on the positive! You still did great!
Litten: [proud] LITTEN!
Ash: Yeah! You did awesome, Litten! [to Juleka] [smiles] Especially you, Juleka! You looked so beautiful in that outfit!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Juleka just blushed and smiled at that! Then, she hugged Ash and kissed his cheek!
Juleka: Thanks, babe.
Ash: [blushes] [giggles]
Marinette: I liked it too! I especially like the ending! Very dramatic! Especially that kiss!
Rose: Me too!
Alya: Yeah, [looks at Marinette] even if that final kiss wasn't quite what we thought it would be.
Ash: [giggles]
Marinette just smiled anyway!
The scene ends with Ladybug and Cat Noir playing their instruments, Ash and his friends singing, and Ivan and Mylène hugging each other!
Narrator: And so, once again, the day was saved again! And Ash's movie was a success! And Mylène now realizes that there is nothing to fear, but fear itself! As the journey continues!
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it! And there's more to come! So until then, see you all next time!