*I DON'T OWN POKÉMON OR MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!*
Nadja: [giving a news report on Marinette's computer] Ladybug and Cat Noir have saved Paris yet again.
Ash and Ladybug came through the trap door of Marinette's room as Ladybug transformed back into Marinette!
Marinette: [grunts] And yet again, Marinette hopes she'll finally have enough time to complete her magic box.
Tikki: What's the magic box for, Marinette?
Ash: I was wondering that too! Is it for someone's magic show?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Marinette: [chuckles] Not exactly, Ash. To lock up my diary, and all my secrets.
Ash: Oh, I see! So, how does it work?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Marinette: You're about to find out! Just a few more adjustments and it should be good to go!
Ash: Okay! I never knew you had a diary!
Marinette: It's one way of keeping all my secrets!
Tikki: Every little secret? You're telling me that you write everything down in that thing?
Marinette: Uh... yeah, something wrong? [repeatedly closes and opens her box to test if it works]
Tikki: Well, for one, what if someone finds out you're Ladybug? And two, what if someone finds out you're Ladybug?!
Ash: She's got a point, Marinette! If someone found out you were Ladybug, they would be at risk of being in danger from Hawk Moth and he or she will be out to get you for your Miraculous!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: Not to worry, Ash! That's where my magic box comes to play! Care to test it?
Ash: Okay!
But when Ash stuck his hand in, the box closed on his hand and it was like he was wearing a glove!
Ash: Whoa!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Tikki: Hey!
Marinette: And... it works! [unlocks the box to free Ash's hand]
Ash: Wow! I'm impressed! Now that's what call tight security!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Marinette: Thanks! Unless if you're Gengar!
Ash: True that! [chuckles]
Pikachu: [chuckles] PIKACHU!
Ash: I gotta say, Marinette! Your box is good idea!
Tikki: I couldn't have said it better myself!
Ash: Yeah!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: Thanks, you two!
Marinette then took Pikachu off Ash's shoulder and hoisted him up!
Pikachu: [happy] PIKACHU!
Marinette: And thank you too, [coos] you wittle cutie patootie!
Pikachu: [happy] PIKA PIKACHU!
Marinette began to cradle Pikachu in her arms!
Marinette: You're so cute!
Pikachu: [happy] PIKA PI!
Marinette: I just can't get enough of you, [coos] you wittle cutie pie! [kisses Pikachu on the forehead] Mwah!
Pikachu: [coos] CHA!
Marinette: [giggles] [nuzzles noses with him]
Ash: Wow, Marinette! You sure would make an awesome Pokémon Trainer!
Tikki: I agree!
Marinette: You really think so, Ash?
Ash: Sure do! After all, you really like Pikachu!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: That's true! [cuddles Pikachu] It's just so cute and fuzzy!
Pikachu: [happy] PIKA PIKA!
Ash: Well, I hope you're willing to have one now! [opens his backpack and pulls out a Pokémon Egg in an incubator] Ta-da!
Tikki: [gasps]
Marinette: [gasps] Oh wow! What is that?!
Ash: It's a Pokémon Egg!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Ash: I wanted to give it to you, Marinette! As a way of our two months of us being best friends!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette smiled from this and hugged him!
Marinette: Thank you, Ash! Thank you!
Ash: No problem, Marinette! I'm glad you love it!
Marinette: [takes the incubator] My first Pokémon in this very egg!
Tikki: I didn't know Pokémon lay eggs! I thought only birds and reptiles did that!
Ash: Well, Pokémon do lay eggs! Well, sort of! It's complicated!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Tikki: Oh, I see! [to Marinette] What do you think it'll hatch into, Marinette?
Marinette: I don't know! Maybe a Pichu? Maybe an Igglybuff! Or an adorable little Togepi!
Ash: Who knows! Pokémon are full of surprises! What ever it hatches into, Adrien's bound to be impressed!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: [blushes and starts fantasizing about him] Adrien!
Tikki: Way to use the trigger word, Ash!
Ash: [giggles] I meant to do that, Tikki!
Pikachu: [giggles] PIKACHU!
Tikki: [giggles]
Marinette: How did you even get the egg anyway, Ash?
Ash: I had a little help from Arceus!
Marinette: Really? How?
Ash: Well, it all started a couple of days ago! [as a flashback occurred] [voiceover] I was on my way back from training, thinking about what I should get for you for our little 2-month friendiversary!
Suddenly, a bright flash of light appeared!
Ash: Then, Arceus appeared before me in his medium-height size!
Arceus (flashback): Greetings, Ash!
Ash (flashback): Hey, Arceus!
Pikachu: [greeting] PIKACHU!
Arceus: I have seen that you and your friend have been doing well! And I have also seen how much Miss Dupain-Cheng likes your Pikachu! So I have suggested that it was high time your friend had a Pokémon of her very own!
Ash: [gasps excitedly] Really?! Are you sure?
Arceus: I wouldn't be here if I wasn't, now would I?
Ash: [chuckles] Good point! What Pokémon do you have in mind?
Arceus: [makes an egg appear in an incubator] It's in this egg! I have found this egg abandoned with no family and I have decided to have your friend raise it and take care of it! [floats it to Ash]
Ash: [gasps] [takes the incubator] Thanks so much, Arceus! Marinette's sure to love this!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Then, the flashback ended! Marinette and Tikki were surprised!
Marinette and Tikki: Wow!
Marinette: So it's thanks to Arceus, I'll soon be getting my very first Pokémon! [squeals excitedly]
Ash: Yep!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Tikki: So, now what do we do with the egg?
Marinette: [as she places the incubator in her new backpack that Ash had gotten her the other day] I'm gonna take it with me to school and show Alya and the others!
Ash: Hey, that's a good idea! Maybe Adrien's Litten will be happy to know it'll have a new little buddy!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: Yeah!
Tikki: I agree! But you must be careful! Eggs are very fragile!
Marinette: Don't worry, Tikki! The egg will be safe in my backpack!
Nadja: [from Marinette's computer] Yesterday, Mr. Bourgeois was re-elected as mayor of Paris for the fourth consecutive term. Here we see Mr. Bourgeois with his daughter.
Marinette: Ugh! Look at Chloé, acting as if she were the mayor of Paris!
Ash: I know! If anything, she should be chased out of town! After all, she usually causes nearly every akumatization from Hawk Moth!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Ash: Plus, a monkey would make a much better mayor than her!
Marinette: Agreed!
Tikki: [laughs] A monkey for mayor! You're very funny, Ash!
Ash: Among other things, Tikki! [smiles proudly] Like super strong!
Marinette: [giggles] Absolutely! Oh! Which reminds me, Class Representative Elections are tomorrow!
Ash: Class Representative, huh?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Marinette: Mmhmm.
Tikki: What's so bad about that?
Marinette: Chloé is running for class rep. The one person who cares the least about the students, and the most about herself.
Ash: Not if I can help it! Maybe I should run for class rep against that snob!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: You, Ash?! Are you sure?
Ash: Absolutely! It sounds pretty cool!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Ash: Plus, I would be more fair towards others, unlike Chloé!
Marinette: I couldn't have put it better myself! I'd just love to see the look on her face when she loses!
Tikki: Well then, maybe you should run!
Ash: Yeah, Marinette! You should run, too!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: I totally would, but, don't you think I got enough to do with my duties as Ladybug and all my school work?
Ash: [acting like a certain blue hedgehog] I'm waitin'!
Tikki: Yes, but, if you truly believe in something, you have to try and make it work. It's better to fail trying than not having tried at all!
Marinette: Maybe...
Tikki: [floats onto her head] Don't underestimate yourself, Marinette!
Ash: She's right! Don't give up 'til the very end!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
That made Marinette feel a little more confident!
Nadja: [from Marinette's computer] Armand D'Argencourt, one of Bourgeois's opponents, and fencing instructors of Françoise Dupont High School, was pummeled in the polls. In fact, D'Argencourt acquired the least number of votes in Paris History.
She was right! Mayor Bourgeois had 97% of all votes while D'Argencourt only had 3%!
Ash: Well, that's unfortunate for him!
Marinette looked at the clock in the computer and gasped!
Marinette: I'm going to be late for school! Again! [places her box in a drawer] See, this is what I'm talking about! [grabs her backpack] [turns off her computer]
Ash: Hey! Wait for me! [follows]
[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 14: Darkblade!
Narrator: Our heroes have saved Paris yet again! And Marinette has received a Pokémon Egg! I wonder what else is in store for our heroes today?
Miss Bustier: Chloé is running for the class representative position and Sabrina will be her deputy. Do we have any other candidates?
Kim raised his hand, but Chloé and Sabrina glared at him.
Chloé and Sabrina: Hm!
Miss Bustier: Yes, Kim?
Kim: Um, er... nothing.
Then, Ash and Marinette entered the classroom!
Marinette: Hi! I'm sorry! I-uh, I-uh, the bus, [starts coughing], dry throat!
Ash: [enters] Sorry we're late, Miss- [trips and falls flat on his face] OOF!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ash: [with stars spinning around his head] Bustier!
Pikachu: PIKACHU.
Ash: [shakes it off] [stands up]
Marinette and Ash took their seats! Then, Ash looked over at Juleka!
Ash: [smiles and waves]
Juleka: [smiles and waves back, then blows him a kiss]
Ash: [giggles]
Alya: Chloé's running again! She's been class rep since when? Kindergarten?
Ash: KINDERGARTEN?! She's been running for that long?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Marinette: It's true!
Ash: Well, that's gonna change!
Alya: What do you mean by that? [gasps] Ooh, Ash! You sly fox!
Marinette: Oh! Why don't you run as candidate? You'd make an awesome representative!
Alya: No can do. My blog is a full-time job!
Ash: Is it really, Alya?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Alya: Well, sort of!
Miss Bustier: Alright, I'll give all of you till the end of lunch to decide if you'd like to be a candidate.
Then, everyone got up to leave, and Juleka went over to her boyfriend!
Juleka: Hey, babe.
Ash: Hey, Jules!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Juleka: You wanna try running for class rep?
Ash: [nods] Yeah! I think I just might!
Juleka: Awesome.
Ash: I'm gonna try and get Marinette to run too! And if the votes will be tied with me and Marinette having the most votes, there could be a chance of having two class reps this year!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Juleka: Awesome. I already have my vote in.
Ash: Hm? You do?
Juleka: [hugs him] I vote for you! [kisses his cheek]
Ash: [blushes] Aww, Juleka! You'd vote for me?
Juleka: Yeah. [as she nuzzles noses with him] You'd be a better rep any day. [mumbles] Unlike Chloé who's a total drama queen.
Ash: I know! She's the worst! [smiles] Plus, you're way prettier than she is!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Juleka: [blushes] Thanks, babe. [kisses him on the lips]
Then, they started to make out!
Miss Bustier: [sees this and smiles] [goes over to them and taps Ash on his shoulder]
Ash: [as they released] Yes, Miss Bustier?
Miss Bustier: I know you two love each other, but please try to keep your love session to a lower level while in school!
Ash: [blushes in embarrassment] [smiles sheepishly] Sorry, Miss Bustier!
Juleka: Sorry.
Miss Bustier: That's alright! Now, why don't you two head on down to lunch?
Ash: Sounds good to me! [to Juleka] [smiles and holds his arm out]
Juleka: [takes his arm] [giggles]
Later on, in the courtyard, Chloé was talking to the other students about the election and threatening them all to not run for candidates! Marinette didn't like this at all! Then, Chloé got to Ash!
Ash: [unamused] Chloé.
Pikachu: [unamused] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [suspicious] MRAH RAH.
Chloé: Let me make this clear for you, Ketchum! You better not run for class rep! Or else!
Ash: Oh really? Well, guess what?! I don't have to listen to you!
Chloé: You had better! Or else you'll regret it!
Ash: Oh, what're ya gonna do? Cry to your precious 'Daddykins'?
Pikachu: [snickers] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [holding in a chuckle] [covering its mouth] [trying not to laugh] [snickers] MRAH RAH!
Kim heard Lucario and was surprised!
Kim: Wow! Lucario actually laughed!
Chloé: [growls angrily] I'm warning you! Stay out of my way or else! [walks off]
Ash: Not happening, snobby pants!
Marinette: [to Kim] So what did Chloé say to you this time? She offered to go on a date with you?
Kim: No, she threatened to tell everyone I'm afraid of spiders.
Rose: She told me that if I ran for the election, I'd get kicked out of scrapbooking club, and you know how much I love all those stickers, colorful scraps of papers, and gluing!
Alix: I couldn't care less about being a candidate, and what's your excuse?
Marinette: Well, uh, um, I'm... really busy! [thinks about being Ladybug and saving Paris]
Alya: With what? Oversleeping?
Marinette: Well, no! But, uh, well, I guess I would run if no one else did.
Ash: And I will too! She's not gonna get away with her blackmailing!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ash: Oh, by the way, guys! Marinette's got something cool to show you!
Pikachu: [smiles] PIKACHU!
Marinette: Oh yeah! I almost forgot! [reaches into her new backpack and pulls out her Pokémon Egg in its incubator] Ta da!
Alya: An egg?
Ash: It's not just any egg! It's a Pokémon Egg!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH!
Alya: Whoa!
Nino: That means she's getting her own Pokémon?!
Ash: You bet! Once the egg hatches of course!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Alya: Wow! That's so cool!
Rose: [kneels down to face the egg] Ooh. I wonder what the egg will hatch into? I hope it's something cute and adorable!
Alix: Maybe a Riolu, just like Lucario was!
Ash: We'll just have to wait and see!
Nino: [to Adrien] Looks like Litten's getting a new little buddy!
Adrien: I guess so! [to Litten] You hear that, Litten? You'll soon have a new friend!
Litten: LITTEN?
The Fire Cat Pokémon then looked at the egg!
Litten: [smiles] LITTEN!
In the classroom, Miss Bustier was talking about the election.
Miss Bustier: So, any new candidates who would like to run against Chloé and Sabrina?
Marinette looks around, looking at Kim and Rose, the latter of whom just let out a squeak.
Miss Bustier: Given that Chloé and Sabrina are the only candidates, there's no point in voting. So, Chloé and Sabrina...
Chloé and Sabrina: [sigh in satisfaction]
Marinette: [panics at the last minute; raises her hand] I'll run!
Ash: [raises his hand] So will I!
Everyone, except Chloé and Sabrina, were excited by this!
Miss Bustier: [surprised] Wonderful! You'll need to develop your campaign and have a speech ready by tomorrow. We'll have the vote then.
Ash: [looks at Chloé] Prepare to get crushed, snobby pants!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: MRAH RAH!
Chloé: [growls]
Later on, in the courtyard, the students were talking about Marinette running for class rep.
Alya: So, let's hear the scoop on your campaign! How are you gonna represent?
Marinette: Represent? Uh, I have no idea. I still can't believe I raised my hand...
Ash: I can! But I know I'm going to treat my friends with fairness and kindness! That's how I would represent myself, unlike Chloé!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Alya: Well, fairness and kindness are one thing! But wouldn't you want to go with something more? Something that could make people want to vote for you even more?
Ash: [places a hand on his chin] Hmm...
Then, they were approached by Nino, Juleka, Rose, and Ivan!
Rose: Way to go, Marinette and Ash! You spoke from the heart, it was truly authentic! [giggles]
Marinette: Huh? Oh, uh... Thanks.
Rose: When you win, can we get more comfortable chairs? They're so hard, I can barely concentrate in class. [gasps in delight] Maybe pink ones!
Ash: Comfortable chairs sound like a good idea! If that doesn't work out, you could always sit in Dragonite's lap!
Rose: EEEEE! [hugs Dragonite] That would be wonderful! [cuddles Dragonite] Dragonite's so squishy and soft! [kisses it on the snout] Mwah!
Dragonite: [happy] BRWAR!
Nino: And it'd be primo if we could listen to our beats while we study in the library.
Juleka: Uh, you know... um, I don't-, you know.
Marinette: Um... [chuckles] Sure, Juleka.
Ash: Hm? What was that, Juleka?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Lucario: MRAH?
Juleka: [whispers in his ear]
Ash: Oh! A chance to watch action or horror movies during free time?
Juleka: [nods] Hm.
Ash: [smiles] You got it! I'll find a way to get you those!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Juleka smiled at this and gave Ash a kiss on his cheek! Then, she hugged her boyfriend!
Juleka: Thanks, babe. You're the best. [kisses his cheek] Mwah.
Ash: [giggles] And not only that, I'll even host a little Pokémon training session after school hours! I can teach you guys about battles and strategies you would need for a Pokémon battle!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ivan: Whoa! Awesome!
Ash: Yeah! And if I could get Mr. Damocles' approval of it and if it will be alright with Adrien's dad, I could probably host it over at the stadium!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: RAH MRAH!
Nino: Cool!
Ash: Not even that snobby brat, Chloé, could come up with something like that!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: I couldn't agree more or have put it better myself!
Nino: Hey, once that egg of yours hatches, the little guy or girl can join in on battles!
Marinette: Come on, Nino! Whatever it is will only be just a baby! It wouldn't want to battle just yet!
Ash: She has a point!
Nino: I guess I never thought of that! But hey! You told us Lucario was always ready to battle, back when it was a Riolu and it only just hatched from an egg!
Ash: Well, some Pokémon are different in more ways than one!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Alya: That makes sense! [nudges Lucario playfully] Lucario is acting strong all the time!
Lucario: [hides a blush] MRAH!
Alya: [chuckles]
Suddenly, Marinette's egg moved!
Marinette: Huh? My egg! It just moved!
Rose: [gasps]
Ivan: Does that mean it's gonna hatch?
Ash: I don't know! I've seen eggs move like that before! A couple of times!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: [starting to panic] W-What should I do?!
Ash: Don't panic! Let's just see what happens and if doesn't move anymore, that means it's not time for it to hatch yet!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Then, they watched the egg, it did move once, but after that, it didn't move anymore!
Ash: See? Nothing happened!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: MRAH RAH!
Ash: You got worked up for nothing!
Marinette: Sorry, Ash!
Ash: [smiles] Hey, don't worry about it! It could hatch pretty soon! But not right now!
Marinette: Okay! Oh, I'm so excited to see what my egg will hatch into!
Alya: [sees Adrien] Adrien! Marinette can count on your vote, right?
Adrien: Sure, depending on her speech. [leaves]
Marinette: [stares at Adrien dreamingly] [rests her head on Alya's leg] Better get cracking on that campaign.
Alya just smiled and rubbed her head!
Ash: [chuckles] I already have someone voting for me!
Alya: Let me guess! Juleka?
Ash: [smiles and nods] Mmhmm!
Alya: I thought so!
Ash: And hey, if Marinette and I tie for more votes than Chloé, we might have two class reps this year instead of one!
Pikachu: PIKA PIKACHU!
Nino: Two class reps?! Is that even allowed?!
Ash: Probably! Max?
He then pulled out his phone!
Max: It doesn't say anything about it in the rules! I suppose it's allowed!
Ash: Then, that settles it!
Chloé: [from afar] I've watched how my daddy wins every election, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps. I know just how to win!
Sabrina: By having the best campaign?
Chloé: Ha! Whatever! The secret to winning in politics is ruining your opponent's reputation!
But then, she noticed Marinette holding her egg in its incubator!
Chloé: And I think I'll take that egg for myself!
Sabrina: [gasps] But that's Marinette's egg! Why do you want it?
Chloé: Don't you know anything about babies?! If whatever's in that egg hatches, they will imprint the first person they see as their mother!
Sabrina: Oh! So YOU plan to take the egg and raise it as your own!
Chloé: Of course! And once it hatches, I might just put it in one of my outfits! I can just picture it now! Whatever hatches from that egg, I'll see to it that I'll make it stylish as moi!
Sabrina: I'm sure you will! And it will make a great ally for us!
Chloé: [as she glares at Sabrina] A great ally for who?!
Sabrina: [nervous] Uh, a great ally for you, Chloé! Oh no, not me! No! Never me! What do you plan to name it?
Chloé: I plan to name it after moi!
Sabrina: The same name as yours?! Incredible!
Chloé: Yes!
Later on, at the Dupain-Cheng residence, Marinette was is in her room, thinking about her campaign.
Marinette: [writing down in her diary] Softer chairs, music in the library, whatever Juleka said...
Ash: A chance to watch action or horror movies during free time!
Marinette: Yes, of course! [writes it down] Watching action or horror movies. [to Tikki] I'm writing down everyone's issues! Now I just have to get all this in my election speech.
Tikki: I'm proud of you, I'm sure you're gonna win! You'll make an awesome class rep! Ash as well!
Ash: Thanks, Tikki! But what we really need to worry about is Chloé and her crazy schemes to try and win the election!
Marinette: They're more than just crazy! They're downright stupidly chaotic, dangerous, insane, and unbelievable!
Ash: Definitely!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: They're all relying on me to defeat Chloé. Even Adrien, do you realize that?
Ash: I can clearly realize that! [smiles cheekily] You've got that crazy look again, Marinette!
Marinette: And what's that supposed to mean?!
Ash: Oh, nothing! [giggles]
Marinette: [groans]
Ash: Don't worry! I'm sure you'll write a great speech! Adrien's sure to love it!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: You really think so, Ash?
Ash: Sure do!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKACHU!
Marinette: Thanks, Ash!
Ash: No problem! [looks at her egg] And I'm sure your soon-to-be partner agrees, too!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA!
Marinette smiled and scooted over to her egg!
Marinette: I can't wait to see what will hatch from my egg! It'll be the chance of a lifetime!
But then, her phone started to vibrate!
Ash: Now, who could that be?
Pikachu: PIKA?
When Marinette answered it, Alya appeared on screen!
Alya: [from phone] Marinette, battle's on.
Marinette: Why? What's going on?
Ash: Yeah! What's the buzz, cuz?
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Alya: Chloé's invited the whole class to her campaign launch party at City Hall and she's got Jagged Stone coming, too!
Marinette: Seriously? Jagged Stone, my favorite star?! I love him! Oh, and so does everyone else.
Alya: Precisely! She's trying to buy student votes with autographs!
Ash: Who-did-the-what-now?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Alya: 'Fraid so! [smiles] Don't worry, Ash! Juleka wanted me to tell you that you still have her vote! [winks]
Ash: Phew! That's good! But still, I say we put a stop to this!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: You took the words right out of my mouth! [to Alya] Meet you there!
Ash: Let's unscam her scam! [takes out a PokéBall and tosses it] Lucario, I choose you!
Lucario: [appearing] MRAH RAH!
Ash: Lucario, we need you to stay here and guard Marinette's egg! Okay?
Lucario: [nods affirmatively] MRAH RAH!
Ash: Okay! Come on, Marinette! We got a scam to stop!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Marinette: Right behind you!
Marinette and Ash left the house, but Marinette forgot about her diary in the box and left it open. Sabrina, undercover, was about to enter the bakery to look for something to embarrass Marinette!
Sabrina: I'm going in, Chloé. [enters the bakery]
Sabine: Hello!
Sabrina: Hi there! Marinette borrowed my math book for our Geometry homework, but I need it back.
Sabine: Marinette's not here, uh, I've got customers to attend to, but go on up and grab it from her room if you don't mind.
Sabrina: I'd be glad to, thanks!
And she went up to do just that! Meanwhile, at the school, Adrien was in Mr. D'Argencourt's fencing class, having a private lesson with his instructor and dueling him, not knowing they were being watched by Nadja Chamack.
Adrien: Go, Litten! Fire Fang!
Litten: [Fire Fang move] LIT...TEN!
That left a burnt mark on the training dummy!
Adrien: Nice job, Litten!
Then, Adrien continued to duel with Mr. D'Argencourt!
Adrien: [while dueling with him] Use Fury Swipes!
Litten: [Fury Swipes move] LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT LIT!
That left a bunch of scratch marks on the dummy!
Adrien: Nice one, Litten!
Litten: [proud] LITTEN!
Adrien attempted to strike Mr. D'Argencourt, but he blocked him and defeated him with a special attack, sending him on his back!
Litten: [gasps] LIT! [runs over to his trainer] [concerned] [asks if he's alright] LITTEN LIT?
Adrien: I'm good, Litten! [to Mr. D'Argencourt, as the instructor takes his mask off] Wow, Mr. D'Argencourt, I've never seen you on fire like this! [lifts his mask] That was some attack!
Litten: [jumps onto his shoulder] [agreeing] LITTEN!
Armand: [balances Adrien's saber on his] It ought be. This particular maneuver [as Adrien catches his saber] hither was developed by my ancestor Darkblade.
Adrien: Darkblade?
Litten: LITTEN?
Armand: [as a flashback played] In the days of yore, Darkblade conquered Paris and ruled over it with an iron fist. Until he was overthrown vence by a wealthy Frenchman who used his dirty gold to buy the loyalties of the common people.
He didn't know he was being filmed by Nadja Chamack and her cameraman!
Armand: To think that not so long ago, my ancestor's flag was waving above Paris...
Nadja: Is that what you ran in the election, Mr. D'Argencourt? To seek revenge on your ancestors behalf?
Armand: Part le fer! Who dost we have hither?
Nadja: Nadja Chamack. Don't be bemused, it's just the news! Do you have anything to say about your quote un-quote landslide defeat?
Fred: Hey, you! Excuse me! How did you get in the school?
Nadja: I think it's time to get back to the studio! [runs away]
Fred: Get back here!
Armand: Here endeth the lesson.
Litten: LITTEN?
In Hawk Moth's lair...
Hawk Moth: [as his window opens] A loser and an utter failure in an election. But the perfect candidate to lobby my own campaign. [turns a butterfly into an akuma] Fly away, my evil little akuma, and take control of this defeated fighter!
Then, the Akuma flew off into the city! Outside the school, Mr. D'Argencourt was leaving, but was stopped by Nadja Chamack for another interview.
Nadja: Mr. D'Argencourt, it has been said, and I quote, that you're "stuck in the dark ages like a stubborn old rusted battle-axe". What do you have to say to that?
Armand: Poisonous wretch! Darest thou approach with such venomous questions? Be gone now, pestilent pain in the neck! [bumps into a poster with Mr. Bourgeois on it]
When he saw it, he then began to slice it to pieces with his saber! Then, the akuma flew by and entered his saber, with a light mask appearing on his face!
Hawk Moth: Darkblade... In return for the powers I'm giving you, you'll capture Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous for me.
Armand: When the flag bearing the emblem of mine ancestors lies once again upon the roof of City Hall, then to thee I shall indeed be indebted!
Then, he began to transform!
Nadja: [suddenly nervous] Anything y-you'd like to say about your t-transformation into a-
Darkblade: Darkblade! The lord of Paris!
Lucario, who was still on guard duty, sensed the dark aura and he looked out the window and saw Darkblade outside of the school!
Lucario: [gasps] MRAH!
Darkblade shot lasers from his sword, hitting Nadja and her cameraman's eyes, causing them to kneel! Once he tapped both of their shoulders with his sword, the two of them transformed into knights!
Darkblade: Thou shalt become my knights! Soon mine army shalt be immense and unstoppable! [cuts the billboard in half with his sword] We shall take City Hall by storm and reclaim the throne from Bourgeois the usurper!
Lucario heard this and grew concerned! It wanted to jump in and take him head-on, but it's supposed to guard the egg!
Lucario: [concerned] MRAH... [gains a determined look] MRAH RAH!
It leapt out of the window and rushed to battle! Adrien, Plagg, and Litten witnessed what happened!
Litten: [shocked] LIT!
Plagg: Whoa, that's some medieval madness!
Litten: LITTEN!
Adrien: [takes out Litten's PokéBall] Litten, return!
And Litten returned to its PokéBall!
Adrien: [enters the school] Time to transform!
[Transformation Sequence]
Adrien: Plagg, claws out!
Then, he transformed into Cat Noir!
Darkblade: [approaches the Gorilla] Zounds! What a great beast to join our conquest!
Then, he shot a laser from his sword at the bodyguard's eyes, making him kneel! Then, he tapped his shoulders, turning him into a knight, too!
Civilians: [chanting "Part le fer!"]
Soon, Darkblade began to expand his army!
Darkblade: Let us to battle, knights! Part le fer!
Cat Noir was currently viewing this on a rooftop, but then he jumped down to face Darkblade and his army of knights!
Cat Noir: The people had their say and they chose Bourgeois over you, D'Argencourt!
Darkblade: Thy peoples matter not to me. D'Argencourt was defeated, not Darkblade! En garde!
Suddenly, an Aura Sphere was launched at him!
Darkblade: [hit] [grunts] Who be the scoundrel who committed such tyranny?!
Lucario: [jumps down] MRAH!
Cat Noir: Lucario?!
Lucario: [gets into a fighting stance] MRAH RAH!
Hawk Moth: It's that boy's jackal again!
Cat Noir: Lucario, what are you doing?!
Lucario: [saying "Ash is elsewhere right now! I'm here to fight by your side!"] MRAH RAH MRAH! RAH RAH MRAH RAH!
Cat Noir: [smirks] Awesome! Then, let's get 'em, Lucario! [as they placed their arms on each other's shoulders] Let's try and confuse them with a Double Team!
Lucario: [Double Team move] MRAH RAH MRAH!
That made copies of not just Lucario, but Cat Noir too!
Darkblade: What sort of trickery 'tis this?!
Cat Noir and clones: Which one of us is real?
Lucario and clones: MRAH RAH!
Darkblade: Thou shalt not stand in my way! Seize them!
The knights went on the attack!
Cat Noir and clones: Aura Sphere!
Lucario and clones: [Aura Sphere move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
That blew some of Darkblade's army back!
Darkblade: [swings his sword] I shalt deal with thou myself! [charges] [yells]
["Who's That Pokémon?" time]
[as a magnifying glass shows the head feathers of a white Pokémon with Pikachu standing by a PokéBall]
Cat Noir: Who's that Pokémon?
[Pokémon reveals to be Sirfetch'd]
Pikachu: PIKA?
Sirfetch'd: SIRFETCH'D!
Pikachu: PIKA PIKA!
[End]
Meanwhile, Sabrina had snuck into Marinette's room!
Sabrina: [from Chloé's phone] Chloé, I made it in. So, what am I looking for?
Chloé: [from Sabrina's phone] Anything. As long as it's totally embarrassing. And don't forget the egg!
She began to search, however, she came across a hat Marinette had made!
Sabrina: [puts it on and looks at herself in the mirror] Wait, I had one just like this! [continues to search] How about... a ball of yarn! Or a screwdriver?
Chloé: [yells, making her almost drop her phone] 'Course not, dingbat! A disgusting photo of her or some really tacky piece of clothing! Dig around a bit!
Sabrina: [after looking at photos of Adrien; sees Marinette's diary] Ohh... how about her diary?
Chloé: Wow! You can actually accomplish something when you put my mind to it!
But when she went to grab it, the box it was in activated and closed on her hand!
Sabrina: [yelps] [drops her phone]
Chloé: Sabrina? Sabrina?!
But then, Sabrina saw the Pokémon Egg!
Sabrina: The egg! I found it! Now, if I could just get my hand on it!
She then thought of an idea! She used her free hand to scoop the incubator and put it under her arm!
Sabrina: I got the egg! The egg is secured, Chloé!
Chloé: Excellent! Now, get out of there!
Meanwhile, Ash and Marinette had arrived at City Hall!
Ash: Time to go scam-busting!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Mr. Bourgeois: I'm pleased to welcome you all to the official launch of Chloé's electoral campaign. And a special thank-you to world-famous pop-star Jagged Stone for endorsing her.
Students: [gasp amazed]
Chloé: And, when you vote for me, you'll get free tickets to Jagged's next concert!
Then, each student began to get an autographed CD! After Alya got hers, she ran into an unamused Ash and Marinette!
Alya: [yelps surprised]
Ash: Alya!
Marinette: Huh! You got an autograph? [as Alya shushes her]
Ash: Alya! How could you?!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
She then pushed them to another side of the lobby!
Alya: Uh... [pulls out another autographed CD] Yeah, got you one too. Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Marinette was happy and about to take it, but she resisted herself from doing so.
Marinette: Nope, I'm not falling for it. [smirks and wraps an arm around her shoulder] But, I'll consider forgiving you if you vote for me.
Alya: [chuckles and nods]
Ash: And me too! [chuckles]
Alya: Sorry, Ash! You know the rules! I can only vote [boops his nose] for one!
Ash: Aw, phooey!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Then, Juleka came over to Ash!
Juleka: Hey, babe.
Ash: [smiles] Hey, Jules!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ash: I'm glad you didn't buy into Chloé's temptation for your vote! That Chloé will get taken down if Marinette and I tie for first!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Juleka: [hugs him] Yeah. You'll make a better rep than her.
She then cupped his face with her hands!
Juleka: And you'll make a handsome class rep too. [kisses his forehead] Mwah.
Ash: [blushes] [giggles]
Pikachu: [happy] PIKA PIKA!
Ash: Anyway, back to the task at hand! How are we gonna shut down that snob's scam?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Marinette: I don't know!
Alya: Me neither!
Ash: Let's think!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Ash: I know! I say we tricks 'er [as he pulls out a gift box] with a nixel!
Alya: I thought you said you wanted it to be a fair election!
Ash: I did?
Alya: That's what I heard!
Ash: Well, you guys have any better ideas?
Marinette: We'll think of something, Ash! Don't worry!
Meanwhile, at the Lock Bridge, Cat Noir and Lucario were still fighting Darkblade.
Lucario and clones: [Aura Sphere move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Darkblade: [hit] UGH!
Cat Noir and clones: Give it up, tin kettle! You've met your match!
Lucario and clones: RAH MRAH!
Darkblade: Thou shalt not underestimate my blade!
Then, he swept Lucario off its legs!
Lucario: [falls down] MRAH!
Then, all the clones disappeared!
Cat Noir: Hey! No fair!
Lucario: [growls angrily]
Darkblade: Thou has been bested!
Cat Noir: Lucario can't be taken down that easily! Neither can I! [charges] [yells]
Lucario: [Reversal move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Darkblade: [hit] UGH!
Cat Noir and Darkblade began to duel! But then, Darkblade performed the same feint-and-strike he did to Adrien before, making his staff fly out of his grasp and onto the ground, below the bridge.
Cat Noir: Seriously? How did I not see that coming?
Lucario: [growls angrily]
Darkblade: Take them!
Cat Noir: I think it's time for a tactical retreat, Lucario!
Then, the knights charged at them!
Cat Noir: Let's beat it!
Darkblade's knights go after Cat Noir and Lucario, but Cat Noir threw himself off of the bridge!
Lucario: MRAH?! [jumps off, following him]
Darkblade: Nary a minute to be wasted! City Hall awaits us!
And off they went! However, they didn't know Cat Noir and Lucario were hiding beneath the bridge and listening in on where they were heading!
Cat Noir: City Hall, huh? You go first. I'll catch up with you.
Lucario: MRAH?
Cat Noir: Ash is at City Hall!
Lucario: [understands] MRAH!
Back at City Hall, Jagged Stone was still signing autographs. Sabrina then arrived and ran over to where Chloé was.
Chloé: What took you so long? You'd better have gotten her diary and that egg.
Sabrina: I did! Sorta... [shows her the locked diary box on her hand]
Chloé: [gasps and turns Sabrina away from their classmates] What is that?
Sabrina: When I grabbed the diary, [tries to get the box off] this crazy box clipped down around my hand!
Chloé: And I'm supposed to believe you? [facepalms] Ughhh... Why do I bother?
Sabrina: Oh! [shows her the egg] Good news is I was able to get [whispers] "the secret package"!
Chloé: Excellent!
She then took the incubator holding the egg!
Chloé: Perfect! Wait for your new mother, my child! [chuckles sinisterly]
Marinette: [talking with everyone] Do you realize that you're all being bribed? Concert tickets are awesome, but they aren't gonna solve classroom problems.
Ash: That's right! What we need is someone who is more than willing to listen to other peoples' problems and how they're able to solve them in the best way they can!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: I couldn't've put it better myself!
Nathaniel: So what's your campaign then, Marinette?
Marinette: Well, um, I'm, um, thinking that cushions would be more realistic than buying new chairs. [to Rose] Your cushion could be very pink.
Rose: [happily gasps]
Ash: [to Juleka] I'll ask Miss Bustier if we can use the classroom's projector for action and horror movies for whenever we have any free time on our hands or if we don't have any work at all!
Pikachu: PIKA!
That made Juleka smile! Then, she hugged her boyfriend!
Juleka: [cups his face] Thanks, babe. [kisses his forehead] Mwah.
Ash: [blushes] [giggles]
Marinette: [to Nino] And I'll see about listening to music in the library. Through headphones, of course.
Ash: That's a good idea!
Chloé: [sarcastically] Remarkable. You actually sound like a class rep. [places a hand on Marinette's shoulder] Too bad you don't have a chance of winning. A word?
Ash: [raises an eyebrow in suspicion]
Marinette: [gives him a nod in saying that they should do so]
Ash: [nods back]
Chloé shoved Marinette and Ash behind the pillar Sabrina was hiding behind, having Marinette's box clamped around her hand.
Marinette: Oh! My diary!
Ash: How did you get that?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Marinette: What were you doing-?
Chloé: If you don't pull out of the race, all your secrets will be revealed.
Ash: [growls] You little...
Marinette: Don't-uh, I mean, uh, what secrets?
Chloé: Ha! I guess we'll find out... as soon as I get my hands on a chainsaw!
That made Sabrina nervous!
Ash: Are you nuts?! And I thought Lucario was guarding Marinette's room?!
Pikachu: [notices Marinette's egg] PI? [shocked] PIKA!
Ash: Huh? [gasps in shock] Hey! That's Marinette's egg!
Marinette: GAH! WHAT'S IT DOING HERE?!
Ash: [to Chloé] You! You had Sabrina steal it, didn't you?!
Pikachu: [angry] PIKACHU!
Chloé: So what if I did! This egg would be better with moi than with a clumsy baker girl!
Ash: No way! That egg belongs to her! She deserves to have a Pokémon partner! Not you!
Pikachu: [angrily agreeing] PIKACHU!
Chloé: Says who?!
Ash: Says me! That's who!
Marinette: That's right! You're not gonna even care or treat it with respect! What do you plan to even do with it?!
Chloé: Dress it up like me of course! And raise it like it were my own!
Ash: HUH?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Marinette: [shudders] You sound like you wanna make it be just like you!
Chloé: Of course! It'll even be named after moi!
Ash: Nope! Absolutely not!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Chloé: And who says you get to decide?!
Ash: Me! That's who! [takes the incubator] There's no way I'm letting you take this Pokémon egg for your own selfish desires and make it look like a mini version of you! It belongs to Marinette! End of story!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Chloé: [growls angrily]
Chloé then took it back!
Ash: Hey!
Chloé: It's mine now!
Ash: [grabs the incubator with Chloé still holding it tight and starts to pull] No, it's not!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Chloé: [pulls back] Yes, it is!
Ash: [pulls back] NO, IT'S NOT!
Chloé: [pulls back] YES, IT IS!
Marinette: You guys, stop! That egg is very fragile!
Ash: [gasps] You're right!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Chloé: Fragile?!
That made her release it and Ash managed to pull it away safely!
Ash: Ha! Genius wins again!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Chloé: Whatever! I didn't want that ridiculous egg anyway!
Marinette: [takes the incubator] [hugs it] Oh, thank goodness it's okay! But what about Lucario?
Rotom Phone: [alarm sounding] Akuma Alert! Akuma Alert!
Ash: [gasps] An Akuma Alert?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Ash: [pulls out his Rotom Phone] Rotom, identify!
Rotom Phone: Darkblade! This knight villain possesses highly skilled swordsmanship! Any people whose eyes that are hit by his sword's energy shall kneel before him! Once he knights them, they become loyal knights, serving in his army! Real name: Armand D'Argencourt!
Ash: That's Adrien's fencing instructor! Rotom, pinpoint location!
But then, trumpets started playing a fanfare!
Ash: Oh, cheese on bread! He's here!
Pikachu: PIKA?
Chloé and Sabrina hugged each other in fear!
Everyone: [gasps]
Ash: [looks out the window] Aw, nuts! He's here! And he's already got an army!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Everyone peeked out the door to see what was happening!
Knight: O-ye, o-ye! Darkblade shalt speak now! Listen or be imprisoned!
Darkblade: Henceforth, my flag shalt fly over thy kingdom! Bourgeois, pathetic knave, come hither and do battle!
Ash: [blinks] [sweat drops] [smiles awkwardly] I have no idea what he just said.
Pikachu: [sweat drops] PIKACHU.
Mr. Bourgeois: What did he say?
Alya: Basically, he's gonna bust you up.
Mr. Bourgeois: Ehh... Ask my secretary for an appointment!
He and the students immediately shut the doors!
Ash: I think Darkblade needs to have a little taste of 21st century biz!
[Transformation sequence]
Ash: [pulls out the Iron Plate] Iron Plate, [places the plate on his chest] activate!
Then, his clothes gained a silver color scheme and a hexagonal nut decal appeared on his cap! And when the transformation was complete, he posed like he had completed the pose for the Steel-type Z-Move!
Ash: [eyes sparkle] Whoa! Awesome! I'm so shiny and silver!
Pikachu: [eyes sparkle] PIKACHU!
Marinette: Incredible!
Alya: So cool!
Juleka: [with hearts in her pupils] Awesome.
Ash: [pounds his fists together] [grunts]
Then, his skin became hard as steel!
Ash: That's what I'm talking about!
Kim then pounded his chest!
[CLANG CLANG!]
Kim: Whoa! Sweet! Solid steel!
Ash: Got that right!
Darkblade: Ha ha ha ha ha! Bow down to Darkblade, or feel the wrath of mine sword!
Knights: Part le fer! Part le fer! [as they charge] Dahhh!
Ash: They're coming!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Alya: What's the plan, Metal Man?
Ash: I'm gonna-
But then, Cat Noir and Lucario arrived, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, and Cat Noir threw his staff at the knights like a boomerang.
Ash: Huh?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Ash: Hey! It's Cat Noir and Lucario! So that's why Lucario wasn't guarding Marinette's room!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Alya: Awesome!
Darkblade: Take them!
His army of knights charged in!
Lucario: [rushes in] MRAH RAH!
Cat Noir: [charges] Guys, do you only know heavy metal?
Ash: [rushes out with Pikachu] I've got a ton of it right now! [punches a knight with a metal fist] HA!
Knight: [hit] UGH!
Ash: Now THIS is heavy metal!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Darkblade: What on earth?!
Cat Noir: Glad you could make it, buddy! I'm loving the new silver look!
Lucario: MRAH RAH!
Ash: Thanks, Cat!
Lucario: [apologizing to Ash for leaving its post] [guilty] MRAH MRAH RAH!
Ash: It's okay, Lucario! I completely understand! Don't worry! The egg is safe!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: [nods] MRAH!
Ash, Pikachu, Lucario, and Cat Noir started fighting the knights!
Ash: This ain't the Middle Ages, ya grimy tin kettle!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: RAH!
Darkblade: Thou darest to mock me?!
Ash: Yeah! What're ya gonna do about it, teapot?!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Hawk Moth: [from his lair and through the light mask] Make sure that if you hit the boy to have him come to me! I wish to speak with him about his powers!
Darkblade: It shall be done, sire!
Ash: You want me, Hawk Moth and Darkblade?! Well, you can go lick a Grimer! I won't be forced to do evil!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH!
Darkblade: We shalt see! Thou shalt become one of mine most loyal knights! [shoots energy from his sword]
Luckily, with Ash's metal powers, he deflected them with his wrists!
Darkblade: Impossible!
Ash: Never underestimate my skills, ya geeky tin can!
Cat Noir: [huffs a snicker] [mutters] Geeky tin can! That's rich!
Ash: Pikachu, use Thunderbolt! Lucario, use Aura Sphere!
Pikachu: [Thunderbolt move] PIKACHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Lucario: [Aura Sphere move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Darkblade: [electrocuted] GUUUUUUUUUH! [hit by Aura Sphere] UGH!
Ash: How d'ya like them apples?!
Darkblade: Fool! That may have been a most impressive attack, but thou are no match for mine blade!
Ash: We'll see about that!
He started to move his hands, with a bright silver light appearing. Focusing his power with the power of the Iron Plate, he was able to create a sword!
Ash: Whoa! Sweet! Looks like I can also manifest weapons! [grows a determined look] Let's tussle, [charges in] tin kettle!
Then, they started to clash!
Ash: Give it up, Darkblade! We'll never let you overthrow Mayor Bourgeois! Even though his daughter is the worst!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [fighting knights] MRAH! RAH!
Darkblade: We shalt see, child! Thou scrawny little mouse cannot duel!
Ash: No! But it can do this! Pikachu, Electroweb!
Pikachu: [Electroweb move] PIKA...PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA...CHU-PIKA!
That managed to trap Darkblade!
Darkblade: [gasps]
Ash: That should hold you! Now, hand over your akuma!
Darkblade: Thou shalt not defeat me that easily!
Ash: Oh yeah?!
Darkblade cut himself free, using his sword!
Ash: Oh yeah?! [as he pulls out a PokéBall] Try to free yourself from this! [as he tosses PokéBall] Gengar, use Psychic!
Gengar: [appearing] GENGAR! [Psychic move] GENGAR!
That caused Darkblade to levitate!
Darkblade: Put me down this instant!
Ash: Not until you hand over your akuma!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH!
Darkblade: [shoots energy from his sword at Gengar's eyes]
Ash: Dodge it, Gengar!
Gengar: [dodges] GEN!
Ash: Fire a Shadow Ball barrage!
Gengar: [firing a Shadow Ball barrage] GENGAR GAR GAR GAR GENGAR!
But each one was sliced by Darkblade's sword!
Gengar: [shocked] GEN?!
Ash: Oh no!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Darkblade: Thou has been bested! Carest to faileth again?
Ash: No way! [wielding his sword] [charges] [yells]
Darkblade: [charges] [yells]
Cat Noir continued to fight off the knights, evening tripping one of them, but then, they dogpiled onto them!
Marinette: Ouch! Cat Noir... Hurry!
Cat Noir: [breaks out from under the pile of knights with his staff] That was a nice warm-up!
Darkblade: Part le fer!
Cat Noir: Uh oh!
Cat Noir and Darkblade began to duel!
Ash: Hey! I thought I was your opponent?! [charges in] [yells]
Ash and Cat Noir were both clashing with Darkblade!
Ash: Give up, Darkblade! You're outnumbered!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [swinging its paws] MRAH RAH!
Ash: Now, I'm gonna say this one last time! Hand over your akuma!
Darkblade: Retched brat! I don't take orders from a child!
Ash: [getting irritated] We just wanna free you from Hawk Moth's control! Is that too much to ask a tin kettle like you?!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: MRAH!
Gengar: GENGAR!
Cat Noir: [unamused look] Is that a trick question for a guy like him?
Ash: [sweat drops] [smiles sheepishly] I guess not!
Darkblade: Thou shalt not stand in mine way of vengeance! [clashes with Ash and Cat Noir]
Ash: Listen, Mr. D'Argencourt! I know you're upset! But revenge isn't the answer!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH!
Gengar: GENGAR!
Cat Noir: He's right!
Ash: You don't know what you're doing Mr. D'Argencourt! Listen to your heart and you'll find the truth!
Darkblade: I already know thy truth! I shall become the supreme monarch of all of Paris! [continues to duel with them]
Ash: [clashes with his sword] You asked for it! Lucario, Reversal!
Lucario: [Reversal move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Darkblade: Thou think you're able to reverse- [hit] OCH!
Ash: You were saying, ya walking pile of scrap?!
Cat Noir: [snickers] Ha! Good one!
Ash: Thanks! [to Darkblade] Think my buddy can't duel, huh? Then check this out! Pikachu, use Iron Tail!
Pikachu: [Iron Tail move] CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...PIKA!
Pikachu's Iron Tail clashed against Darkblade's sword!
Ash: Keep it up, Pikachu!
Pikachu: [clashing against Darkblade] PIKACHU!
Ash: Give up yet, Darkblade?!
Darkblade: Never, child! Time for thou to become mine most loyal knight! [fires energy from his sword]
Ash: [blocks it with his metal arm]
Back inside City Hall, Jagged Stone heard our heroes clashing against Darkblade and dropped his pen.
Jagged Stone: Wait, do I hear the sounds of crazed fans? I can totally get them under control. [takes out his guitar]
Then, Jagged Stone went outside and played his guitar while singing off-key, only to see Darkblade, Ash, and Cat Noir fighting, and Cat Noir being chased by the knights.
Darkblade: Behold, a minstrel!
Ash: Pikachu, Thunderbolt!
Pikachu: [Thunderbolt move] PIKACHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Knights: [electrocuted yelling]
Ash: That's showing them!
Jagged Stone: Guys, guys, I know you love me, but no reason to fight over it.
Ash: We're not fighting because of you, Jagged! [gasps] Jagged?! What are you doing out here?! Get back inside before you end up like them!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKA PI!
Lucario: MRAH RAH!
Jagged Stone: And miss out on my crazed fans? No way!
Darkblade: Are you the usurper's champion?
Jagged Stone: Say what?
Darkblade zapped him, making the rocker kneel before him!
Ash: No, Jagged!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKACHU!
Darkblade tapped both of his shoulders with his sword, turning him into a knight!
Ash: NO!
Chloé: Oh no!
Ivan: What are we gonna do?
Marinette: The doors, quickly!
Chloé: [repeating her] "The doors, quickly!"
Marinette: [unamused] Quick, Chloé! [smirks]
Chloé: [repeating her] "Quick, Chloé!"
She realized she'd been tricked!
Chloé: Oh...
Darkblade: [marches towards the door] Kneel before thy flag of Darkblade!
Marinette: [whimpers in fear]
Darkblade: Bow down before mine eyes!
Ash: [kicks him hard] HYAH!
Darkblade: OOF!
Ash: Shut your old timey mouth up!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Cat Noir: Ash, get inside and protect everyone else! I'll hold off these rusty knights!
Ash: What?! But, Cat...
Cat Noir: Don't worry about me! I can handle myself!
Ash: Alright. [to Lucario] Lucario, you go help Cat Noir!
Lucario: [nods] MRAH. [Aura Sphere move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Knights: [getting blown away] AAH!
Ash: [returns Gengar] Gengar, return!
Ash and Pikachu rushed inside, just in time for the students to lock the doors!
Juleka: Ash. [hugs him] You're okay.
Ash: [hugs her back] Don't worry, Jules! I'm okay!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Rose: [runs over to the desk, where Chloé is hiding under] Chloé, what should we do? What would a class rep do?!
Chloé: Well, if indeed you vote for me, I'll provide you with an answer. Tomorrow!
Rose: But we can't wait until tomorrow!
Chloé: Then you're out of luck. [hides back under the desk] You'll have to ask someone else!
Ash: [facepalms] Unbelievable! You're totally useless, Chloé!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Chloé: Nobody asked you, rust rump!
Ash: [pouts] Rust rump?!
Marinette: Hmmm... [goes upstairs] Tikki, we need to talk.
Ash: [sees where she's going] I'd better go with her! [creates a shield, courtesy of the Iron Plate] [gives the shield to Juleka] Here, Juleka! If any of those nasty knights barge in, use this shield to defend yourself!
Juleka: [nods] Hm.
In the City Hall office...
Tikki: What are you going to do?
Marinette: Cat Noir needs Ladybug, but the students need me and Ash, too!
Tikki: Trust your instincts.
Ash: I agree!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: But...
Ash: Don't worry! We're in this together!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKACHU!
Ash: So, come on! Let's be heroes!
Marinette: Right!
Meanwhile, outside, the knights were trying to bust open the doors. The students were scared, but Marinette and Ash arrived!
Marinette: Kim, Ivan, lock the doors! Make sure all the windows are closed too, quickly!
They did just that!
Ash: Nino, Juleka, Rose, Mylène and Alya, you come with me and Marinette!
Alya: Good job, guys! [goes over to the desk Chloé's hiding under] Now there's a future class representative in the making. Two in fact!
Chloé: Well, I was going to say the exact same thing. Sabrina, Ivan, Kim, go lock the doors!
Ash: Actually, I want you and Sabrina to find some things to barricade the doors and windows!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Sabrina: [salutes] Yessir!
Ash: [smiles]
But Chloé on the other hand was being stubborn!
Ash: If we're gonna be battling knights, [takes out a PokéBall] I have just the right Pokémon for the job! [tosses it] Sirfetch'd, I choose you!
Sirfetch'd: [appearing] SIRFETCH'D!
Nino: Oh, I get it! Knight against knight! Sweet!
Alya: Awesome!
Rose: Using Sirfetch'd is a brilliant idea, Ash!
Ash: Thanks, Rose!
He then turned to the Wild Duck Pokémon!
Ash: Sirfetch'd, let's kick some middle ages butt!
Pikachu: [determined] PIKACHU!
Sirfetch'd: [determined] FETCH'D!
Darkblade: Charge!
The knights charged and used one of their own as a battling ram to try and break open the door!
Ash: Uh oh!
Marinette: We have to barricade the entrance!
Ash: I'm already on it! [creates a large, reinforced steel iron door to fit through the doorway, courtesy of the Iron Plate]
Marinette: [gasps] Wow!
Ash: [straining to carry it] A little help please?
Sirfetch'd: [helps lift it] [grunts] FETCH'D...
Juleka: [as she, Kim an Ivan go over to help] Ash.
Kim: Hold on, Ash!
Ivan: We gotcha!
With their combined efforts, they were able to lift and block the door!
Ash: There! [while dusting his hands] That'll hold them!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Nino: I hope they haven't gone too medieval on Cat Noir!
Marinette: It's time to retreat! [to the mayor] Sir, we gotta get out of here!
Mr. Bourgeois: This way! [leads the students to safety]
Ash: Hurry!
Before Juleka joined the others, she took Ash's hands!
Ash: What's up, Jules?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Sirfetch'd: FETCH'D?
Juleka: Be safe, babe!
Ash: [smiles] Don't worry! I will!
Juleka: [smiles and kisses his cheek]
Then, they pressed their foreheads with each other!
Juleka: I love you.
Ash: I love you, too!
Then, Juleka and the others ran upstairs for safety!
Marinette: We'll catch up with you guys! We'll make sure all the windows are closed first! [opens her purse as Tikki appears] They should be safe now.
Ash: Then, let's go kick some middle ages butt!
Pikachu: [determined] PIKACHU!
Sirfetch'd: [determined] SIRFETCH'D!
Marinette: Right with ya!
[Transformation sequence]
Marinette: Tikki, spots on! Ha!
Then, Marinette transformed into Ladybug!
Ash: Now, to fight fire with fire, knight style! [creates a knight suit of armor made in Ladybug's size, courtesy of the Iron Plate]
Ladybug: Ash, what are you doing?
Ash: [while putting the armor on Ladybug] Giving you an offensive and defensive advantage! [finishes it off with the helmet] There! [while Ladybug opens up the helmet front] Now, you won't get hit by Darkblade's blast!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ladybug: I appreciate this, Ash! [takes off the helmet] But is the helmet really necessary?
Ash: [while taking the helmet and putting it back on her head] Would you rather get turned into a middle age knight zombie?
Ladybug: [while taking off the helmet] I'm can assure you, I'll be fine!
Ash: Okay! If you're sure, then I trust you! But just in case, [creates a shield, courtesy of the Iron Plate] take this shield!
Ladybug smirked and gladly took the shield!
Ladybug: Okay! Let's go kick some middle ages butt!
Ash: My thoughts exactly!
Outside the City Hall, Cat Noir and Lucario were being surrounded by the knights!
Cat Noir: Back off, you tin cans!
Lucario: [growls] MRAH!
But then, Ladybug dropped down her yo-yo!
Lucario: MRAH?
Ladybug: Cat Noir, Lucario, over here!
Ash: Ash and Ladybug to the rescue!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Sirfetch'd: SIRFETCH'D!
Ladybug used her yo-yo to drag Cat Noir and Lucario inside, making Cat Noir hit the wall, landing upside down with his legs folded. As for Lucario, it jumped right through the window the second it reached the top!
Ladybug: Sorry, Cat Noir. I was busy doing damage control inside.
Cat Noir: I was managing just fine by myself, you know. But it's always nice to see you.
Ash: Oh? And what about me?
Pikachu: [pouts] PIKACHU!
Cat Noir: You too, buddy!
Lucario: MRAH RAH!
Then, Cat Noir noticed Ladybug's suit of armor!
Cat Noir: What's with the armor?
Ash: I made it for her to protect her from Darkblade's beams!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ash: I even made her a shield too for just in case!
Cat Noir: Ah. An offensive and defensive advantage! I like it!
Ash: Thanks!
Ladybug: Plus, we have a knight of our own!
Sirfetch'd: SIRFETCH'D!
Cat Noir: So I see!
Darkblade: Come, formation!
The knights came into formation by stacking themselves on top of each other, in order to get inside. But Ladybug swung by on her yo-yo and kicked them down, while Cat Noir knocked them down, using his staff!
Ash: Pikachu, Electroweb! Sirfetch'd, Brutal Swing!
Pikachu: [Electroweb move] PIKA...PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA PIKA...CHU-PIKA!
Sirfetch'd: [Brutal Swing move] SIR...FETCH'D!
That trapped some of the knights and knocked down the others!
Knights: [groaning]
Cat Noir: Strike! [lifts Ladybug inside]
Ash: You're out!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Sirfetch'd: SIR!
Darkblade: Cursèd, colorful acrobats!
Then, he went over to two cars and turned them into a pair of catapults, using his sword!
Ash: Oh yeah?! Two can play at that game! [makes two cannons and 30 cannon balls, courtesy of the Iron Plate]
Ladybug: Huh?!
Cat Noir: Well that's convenient!
Ash: No time for talking! Load up the cannons!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Cat Noir: Okay.
And Ladybug and Cat Noir did just that!
Ash: Ready? Aim! FIRE!
They started to fire the cannon balls at Darkblade and his army!
Darkblade: Return fire!
While they were firing at each other, Ash had made a whole sack of bombs, courtesy of the Iron Plate!
Ash: [throwing some bombs] Bombs away!
The knights ran around like terrified chickens!
Ash: Keep going, guys! We've got them on the run!
Ladybug: [gasps] Um, Ash? We're out of ammo!
Knight: Pull!
The knights began to launch themselves up towards the roof!
Ash: Huh? What's going on?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Lucario: MRAH?
Sirfetch'd: FETCH'D?
Cat Noir: Why are they going on the roof?
One of the knights ungracefully slammed none-to-gently into the wall beside a window with an "oof!".
Ash: [cringes while making 60 more cannon balls] Ooh. That's gotta hurt!
Pikachu: [cringes] PIKACHU!
Cat Noir: Well, at least some of them.
Ladybug: The flag!
Ash: What about the flag?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Ladybug: That's what they're aiming for!
Darkblade: Tally ho!
The knights launched him to the roof with the catapult!
Darkblade: [laughs evilly] Ha ha ha! [as he lands on top of the roof] Once these stripes are supplanted [as he slices the flag with his sword] by mine coat of arms, I shalt reign supreme!
Ash saw that the knights were carrying a flag that had Darkblade's emblem on it!
Ash: So that's their game, huh?! Not if I have anything to say about it! Quick, Sirfetch'd! Use your shield!
Sirfetch'd: [nods] FETCH'D!
Ash: Use Brutal Swing!
Sirfetch'd: [Brutal Swing move] SIR...FETCH'D!
The shield was able to knock down the knights carrying the flag!
Darkblade: Don't lose the flag, you fools!
Ash: Hey, you rusty tin cans! [while throwing a bomb] Have a bomb!
But Darkblade sliced it in half with his sword!
Ash: What?!
Ladybug: The akuma must be in his sword!
Cat Noir: How are we gonna get a hold of it?
Ladybug: By getting me close to him!
Ladybug tied Darkblade's arm with her yo-yo, and went to where he was. However, before she could get the drop on him, Darkblade blocked Ladybug with his sword and she ended up falling onto the roof!
Ash: Ladybug, no!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKACHU!
Ladybug: Cat Noir, Ash, don't let him get his banner!
Ash: We're on it!
Cat Noir tried to knock down the human ladder of knights to stop the banner from going up, but it was too late!
Darkblade: Villains! Thou impress me not. By the blade of darkness, I hereby declare all peoples of this kingdom are henceforth mine!
Ash: NO!
Once he put his flag on top, this caused the sky to become black!
Ash: Oh no!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [worried] MRAH!
Sirfetch'd: [worried] FETCH'D!
Darkblade: Bow to King Darkblade!
A black void of energy appeared and began closing in on the city, causing the civilians to become knights!
Ash: This is bad! What're we gonna do now?!
Darkblade: Hahahaha!
Ladybug: Huh?
Darkblade: Soon thou shalt join my army, you venomous insect!
Ash: She'll never join you! And neither will we!
Darkblade: Those who defy their king shall perish before mine blade!
Cat Noir: [knocks down the knights who are holding him] Not so fast! En garde!
Then, Ash and Cat Noir started to clash against Darkblade!
Ash: Tell me, Darkblade! You wanna fight with an actual knight?!
Darkblade: And what praytell does thou mean by that?!
Ash: Sirfetch'd, I choose you!
Sirfetch'd: [gets into a battling stance] SIRFETCH'D!
Darkblade: Does thou try to deceive me?! Tis no knight! Tis a duck! What praytell can it even do?!
Ash: Use Night Slash!
Sirfetch'd: [Night Slash move] SIR…FETCH'D!
That clashed against Darkblade's sword!
Darkblade: This bird can duel?!
Ash: Among other things! Use Brutal Swing!
Sirfetch'd: [Brutal Swing move] SIR…FETCH'D!
Sirfetch'd's shield hit the walls and boomeranged back to Darkblade and hit the back of his helmet!
Darkblade: OOF!
Sirfetch'd: [catches its shield] FETCH'D!
Ash: Nice one, Sirfetch'd!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Sirfetch'd: FETCH'D!
Hawk Moth: It won't be long before Ladybug, Cat Noir, and their metal friend show up to meet their doom! [laughs]
Ash and Cat Noir continued to fight Darkblade, but the dark energy was getting closer!
Cat Noir: We're about to wind up as knights too!
Ash: We have to do something! And fast! Sirfetch'd, Fury Cutter!
Sirfetch'd: [Fury Cutter move] SIR...FETCH'D!
But Darkblade blocked the move with his sword! The black energy reached the students, turning them into knights as well!
Knights: Part le fer!
Ash: [horrified] JULEKA!
Darkblade: [laughs evilly]
Darkblade had made the wrong move! Ash was infuriated now, with fire burning in his eyes!
Ash: [livid] NOW, YOU'RE GONNA PAY! [face burns red] [in a demonic voice] NOBODY DOES THAT TO MY GIRL!
Darkblade: [gulps nervously] Uh oh!
Then, Ash started going on the attack!
Darkblade: I suggest you surrender and bow down to your ki-
Ash: [yells while tackling him to the ground with him on top of Darkblade] [while punching him] YOU LOUSY SON OF A BIDOOF! I'LL DESTROY EVERY LAST PART OF YOUR BODY!
However, he noticed the dark energy was getting closer!
Ash: Uh oh!
Ladybug: [tosses her yo-yo into the air] Lucky Charm!
And the Lucky Charm today was a toy ladybug!
Ladybug: [catches the toy] Uh, okay...
Ash: Hardly think this is the time to be playing with toys!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: MRAH RAH!
Sirfetch'd: SIRFE!
Ladybug: Ha ha. Very funny.
Ash: But seriously, we're running out of time!
Then, Ladybug started observing her surroundings! Her thinking vision highlighted part of the City Hall's roof, some edging, Darkblade's underarm, and the Lucky Charm itself!
Ladybug: Let's hope Darkblade's ticklish.
Ash: Ticklish?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Ladybug: Just follow my lead!
Then, Cat Noir was continuing to clash with Darkblade, just as he was about to pull the same feint he did before!
Cat Noir: Not this time.
Then, Cat Noir went on the attack and before Darkblade could strike him, Cat Noir managed to counter-attack!
Ash: Way to go, Cat Noir! Now, Pikachu! Iron Tail! Lucario, Reversal! Sirfetch'd, Fury Cutter!
Pikachu: [Iron Tail move] CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...PIKA!
Lucario: [Reversal move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Sirfetch'd: [Fury Cutter move] SIR…FETCH'D FETCH'D FETCH'D!
Darkblade: [hit] UGH!
Ladybug winded up the toy and swung over to where Darkblade was and threw the toy ladybug at him. Then, he started feeling ticklish!
Darkblade: [laughing]
Ash: [blinks in surprise] Well, whaddya know! He IS ticklish under that armor!
Pikachu: [giggles] PIKA PIKACHU!
Ash: Now's our chance!
Darkblade threw his sword, due to him being tickled, with Cat Noir catching it and then throwing it to Ladybug.
Ash: [creates a giant hammer] Mind if I smash it, Ladybug?
Ladybug: Be my guest!
Ladybug dropped the sword!
Ash: [wielding the hammer] THIS IS FOR MESSING WITH MY GIRL! [slams the hammer down onto the blade, smashing it in the process] HA!
This depleted the black sky and the dark energy! Then, the Akuma flew out of the now shattered sword!
Ladybug: [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 it as a normal butterfly] Bye bye, little butterfly! [tosses her lucky charm into the air] Miraculous Ladybug!
All the damage was undone and all the people were returned to normal, thanks to the magic ladybugs! Then, Darkblade turned back into Mr. D'Argencourt!
Armand: Hmm? Huh?
Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Ash: [fist bump] Pound it!
Pikachu: [joins in] PIKA!
Lucario: [joins in] MRAH!
Sirfetch'd: [joins in] FETCH'D!
Cat Noir: [looks at his ring] Uh, Gotta take off, see ya!
Then, he leapt away!
Ash: [to Ladybug] We should probably get going, too!
Ladybug: Good idea!
Then, they took off!
Hawk Moth: Our duel is not over yet, my dear Ladybug. At the end of our battle, I will rule!
Then, the window in his lair closed! Back at City Hall, Ladybug and Ash entered through a window, and Ladybug turned back into Marinette, and Ash took off the Iron Plate.
Tikki: Great job, Marinette. You proved that you can be Ladybug and a student leader at the same time.
Marinette: Wasn't easy, but I'm glad I tried. Cause if I hadn't, I never would've known I could do it.
Ash: All you needed was a little confidence!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [agreeing] RAH MRAH!
Sirfetch'd: [nods in agreement] FETCH'D!
Marinette: Yeah!
Ash: [gasps] Marinette, where's your egg?!
Marinette: Oh! Right! I forgot about my egg!
Ash: C'mon! We have to find it!
Marinette: Right! Hide, Tikki!
The Kwami did just that! Ash and Marinette made their way downstairs, where the students were removing the posters and chairs from the door!
Ash: [runs over to Juleka] Juleka! [hugs her] I was so worried! Are you okay?
Juleka: I'm good, babe.
She then placed her hands on his shoulders!
Juleka: I'm okay! [kisses him on the lips]
Ash: I'm just glad you're okay!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: MRAH!
Sirfetch'd: SIRFETCH'D!
Juleka: Likewise, babe.
Chloé: [as Sabrina was dusting her off] [sees Marinette] So where were you? Safely hiding under a rock?
Marinette: Very funny, Chloé. I got transformed... into a knight.
Ash: And I managed to stop her and the other knights!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Marinette: Yeah! You should've seen him become all demonic like because Darkblade turned Juleka into a knight!
Ash: [nervous] GUH! [looks away] [crosses his arms] [blushes in embarrassment] [pouts] I was not demonic!
Marinette: Yeah, right! I heard it in your voice!
Ash: [groans] [blushes] [pouts] So what if you did? Anyone who even thinks about harming my girl makes me mad!
Juleka smiled when she heard Ash say that about her!
Ash: But regardless, I'm just glad everything is okay and back to normal! Oh, by the way, has anyone seen Marinette's egg?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Alya: Don't worry! I have it! It's safe with me! [reveals the incubator] Right here!
Ash: Oh, thank Arceus!
Marinette: [gasps happy] [hugs Alya] Oh, thank you, Alya! Thank you!
Alya: [hugs her back] Don't mention it, girl. I'm not letting anything happen to your egg! You really got transformed into a knight?
Marinette: Uh, [smiles nervously] afraid so!
Adrien: [sprinting downstairs] So did I! What a knightmare! [runs off]
Ash: [snickers] "Knight-mare"! That's pretty funny!
Pikachu: [snickers] PIKACHU!
Marinette: Now that this is all over, I want my personal items back!
The other students gasped and surround Chloé!
Chloé: I really have no idea what you're talking about! I-
Ash: Oh yes you do! Miss Have-Sabrina-Steal-Marinette's-Diary-To-Ruin-Her-Reputation!
Sabrina: [shoves Chloé aside and holds out her hand with the diary box on it to Marinette] Oh, yes! Please take it off!
And Marinette took out the key and unlocked the box, freeing Sabrina's hand!
Sabrina: Thank you! [skips and waves her hand around]
Ash: [to Marinette] [smiles] You had the key with you this whole time! Pretty good thinking, Marinette!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Marinette: Thanks!
Alya: [recording Chloé with her phone] Got an explanation, Chloé?
Ash: Yeah! Don't go making any excuses! We know what you did and you can't deny it!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKACHU!
Chloé: I told you, I never took her diary! And I'm offended that you're accusing me.
Marinette: Then how did you even know my diary was in here?
Students: [gasp]
Ash: [smirks] Yeah, Chloé! Riddle us that!
Chloé: Oh, well, uh... [pulls Sabrina to her] Sabrina told me. It was all her idea!
Nino: So uncool!
Ash: Yeah! Just like how you had her steal Marinette's egg!
Pikachu: [angry] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [angry] MRAH!
Sirfetch'd: [disgusted] SIRFETCH'D!
Chloé: [tries to cover Ash's mouth] Will you shush!
Alya: Wait! You stole Marinette's egg?!
Rose: [gasps]
Alix: [angry] You did what?!
Chloé: [nervous] Um... Uh...
Nino: You stole her egg?! So uncool! Why would you do that?!
Ash: Because of the whole thing with babies! She thought that if she had the egg, the baby Pokémon will imprint her as its mother!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH!
Sirfetch'd: FETCH'D!
Alix: [to Chloé] You be its mother?! You'd make the worst parent in history!
Ash: I couldn't agree more! Seeing as how her heart is two sizes too small!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Alya: No denying that!
Chloé: [gasps offended]
Alya: [to Marinette] At least now we know nobody will be voting for Chloé. You're gonna be our new representative! As well as Ash!
Marinette: Uh... Not so fast, Alya.
Ash: We haven't exactly won just yet!
Pikachu: PIKA?
Chloé: Ha ha ha! See? They're undependable! They're already throwing in the towel!
Lucario: [angry] [red vein] [smacks her back] MRAH!
Chloé: [rubbing her head] Ouch! What did you do that for?!
Ash: He did it because of your attitude! And we're not throwing in the towel!
Marinette: Ash is right! We just wanna be voted in fairly, not because you don't wanna vote for Chloé, but because you believe in the both of us! I'm not gonna make promises that I can't keep, and I'm not gonna be able to get you everything that you want. But I am resourceful and I know how to prioritize. I'm a good listener and a great multi-tasker. Representing you all is something I truly believe in. And most importantly, I believe in myself. So... Vote for Marinette, for class representative!
Ash: And Ash too!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH RAH!
Sirfetch'd: SIRFETCH'D!
The students cheered and applauded for the both of them!
Chloé: [sees Sabrina applauding] What are you doing? Are you out of your mind?! Ugh, what are you even good for?! [walks away]
Ash: [to Marinette] [smiles] Marinette, something tells me that we're both gonna be class representatives!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA!
Marinette: [wraps an arm around his shoulder] Absolutely!
Ash: [giggles]
Suddenly, Marinette's egg started to glow!
Ash: [gasps] Marinette! Your egg!
Pikachu: [gasps] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [shocked] MRAH!
Sirfetch'd: [shocked] SIR!
Marinette: Huh? [gasps] Could it be time already? [sets the incubator down and takes off the top]
Then, they egg glowed a bright light and what hatched from the egg was a certain Sea Lion Pokémon!
Popplio: POP?
Marinette: [gasps in awe]
Ash: [eyes sparkle] It hatched into a Popplio!
Pikachu: [awed] PIKA!
Lucario: [awed] MRAH…
Sirfetch'd: [amazed] SIRFETCH'D!
Alya: Wow! Good thing I got it on camera! Best scoop ever!
Nino: So cool!
Rose: Oh, it's so cute!
Popplio: [looking around] POPPLIO?
Marinette: Hi there!
Popplio: POP? [backs up nervously] POPPLIO! POP!
Marinette: Don't be scared! I won't hurt you, Popplio! My name's Marinette!
Popplio: POP?
Then, it cautiously started going over towards Marinette!
Popplio: POP…
Marinette: [as she kneeled down to its level] [holds out her hand for Popplio to sniff it]
Popplio sniffed her hand and began to view Marinette as a mother figure!
Popplio: [happily gasps] POP… [nuzzles against her hand] POPPLIO POP POP!
Marinette: [giggles] You're so cute!
Popplio: [jumps into her arms] POP!
Marinette: Whoa!
Popplio: [happily nuzzles against her] POP POP! POPPLIO!
Ash: Well, whaddya know! It likes you!
Pikachu: PIKA PI!
Alya: It would seem so!
Ash: [pulls out an empty PokéBall and gives it to Marinette] Here, Marinette! To make things official with your new friend!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Marinette: Okay! [takes the PokéBall] Whaddya say, Popplio? You wanna be my new friend?
Popplio: [happily claps] POP POP!
Marinette: Okay then! [taps the PokéBall onto Popplio, and it got sucked into it]
With a few shakes and a successful 'ping', Popplio was caught!
Ash: Congratulations, Marinette! You caught your very first Pokémon!
Pikachu: [happy] PI PIKACHU!
Marinette was delighted!
Marinette: [squeals excitedly] YES! My very first Pokémon! [opens the PokéBall]
Popplio: [appearing] POPPLIO!
Marinette: Popplio, you and I are gonna be great friends!
Popplio: [happily jumps straight into her arms and nuzzles against her] POP POPPLIO!
Marinette: [giggles while hugging her new friend]
Popplio: [blowing a bubble with her nose] POP…PLIO!
Marinette: Wow!
Nino: It can blow bubbles with its nose?
Ash: More like water balloons!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Marinette: That's pretty cool! [to Popplio] You really are amazing, Popplio!
Popplio: [happily claps] POP! POPPLIO!
Ash: I think this is the start of Pokémon powered friendship!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Unknown to our heroes, they were being watched by a certain trio of villains not like Hawk Moth, but much of Ash's enemies!
James: So, this is where the twerp has been!
Jessie: And it would seem he's made some more twerpy friends!
Meowth: And he's got himself a special one, too!
Wobbuffet: WOBBUFFET!
James: Should we strike now and grab Pikachu while we have the chance?
Meowth: I think we should give it more time! We'd have those "so-called superheroes, Ladybug and Cat Noir" to rumble with!
Wobbuffet: WOBBUFFET!
Jessie: Let's retreat for now!
And they did just that!
Marinette: I still can't believe I have my very first Pokémon! This is so awesome!
Ash: Not only that, but we're both gonna be class representatives together!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Chloé: Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous! I deserve to be class representative and have a Pokémon! Not some lousy and clumsy baker girl who can't even say her words right! She's useless! Utterly useless! And that goes double for Ketchum who's pathetic! Utterly pathetic!
Popplio: [shocked] POP?!
Ash: [pouts] [angry] I AM NOT PATHETIC!
Pikachu: [angry] PIKACHU!
Marinette: [growls angrily]
Popplio didn't like how Chloé was talking to her new trainer!
Popplio: [angry] POPPLIO! [Bubble Beam move] POP! POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP!
Ash: It's using Bubble Beam!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Chloé: What?! [being hit by Bubble Beam] [gargling]
Chloé was completely soaked!
Chloé: [gasps in horror] My hair!
Alya: [snickers]
Popplio: [bows] POPPLIO!
Marinette: Nice shot, Popplio!
Popplio: [happily claps] POP POP!
Everyone: [laughs at Chloé, even Sabrina]
Chloé: SABRINA!
Sabrina: Sorry, Chloé! But you gotta admit, it is pretty funny!
Ash: [laughing] Hilarious!
Pikachu: [laughing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [chuckles] MRAH RAH!
Chloé: [snarls angrily] [yells angrily and storms off]
Ash: Well, anyway! How about we head on home! And I can treat everyone to some fresh MooMoo Milk ice cream! Made by yours truly!
That got everyone excited and intrigued about that!
Nino: I'm down!
Ash: Well then, let's get going!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Marinette scooped up her newly born Pokémon!
Marinette: Let's get going, [nuzzles noses with her] my little girl!
Popplio: [happy] POPPLIO!
Juleka was walking out with Ash right beside her!
Juleka: I didn't know you could make ice cream, babe?
Ash: [smiles] Let's just say I have tricks up my sleeve!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Juleka: Awesome.
Ash: Yeah! Oh! By the way, Juleka! I have a present for you!
Juleka: Hm?
Ash: [presents Juleka a wrist mirror] Here, Juleka! It's a wrist mirror!
Pikachu: [smiles] PI PIKACHU!
Juleka: [gasps] For me?
Ash: Of course! Because you're the most awesome girlfriend I ever have! And this gift is for our two-month anniversary of us being a couple!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Ash then attached the mirror to Juleka's wrist glove!
Ash: There! A perfect fit!
Juleka: Thanks, babe. You're the best. [hugs him]
And Ash returned the hug, but Juleka started to pelt his face with kisses!
Ash: [giggles]
Pikachu: [giggles] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [chuckles and shakes its head amusingly] MRAH RAH.
Juleka: [rests her head on Ash's shoulder] I love you, Ash.
Ash: I love you too, Jules!
Juleka: Now, I kinda feel bad that I don't have a gift for you.
Ash: [smiles] Hey, don't worry about it! You being there for me all the time and how you understand how I feel is more than enough for me! [blushes] Plus, I enjoy all the attention you give me! A LOT!
That made Juleka smile! Then, she kissed him on the forehead!
Juleka: [hugs him] You're the best boyfriend ever.
Ash: [hugs back] You're the best girlfriend ever!
Then, they released!
Juleka: You know, I kinda wish I had a Pokémon partner, too.
Ash: Don't worry, Jules! In time, I'm sure you'll get a Pokémon partner of your very own!
Juleka: You really think so?
Ash: Of course! I know so! Plus, you're more than welcome to cuddle Pikachu anytime you like!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Juleka: Awesome.
But before she could do anything...
Pikachu: [while leaping off of Ash's shoulders and onto Juleka's] PIKACHU! [while nuzzling up against Juleka's cheek] [coos] CHA!
Juleka: [giggles]
Ash: [holds out his arm] Shall we?
Then, she hugged his arm and smiled!
Ash: [giggles]
Then, they headed off! The next day, at Collège Françoise Dupont, Marinette and Ash ended up both being elected as class representatives. The whole class, except Chloé and Sabrina, clapped for Marinette, Ash, and Alya!
Miss Bustier: It would seem we have a tie! Usually, we don't have two class representatives, but I believe it's time for that to change! Marinette and Ash are the new class representatives, and Alya will be their deputy.
Ash: [holds up two fingers for victory] Yeah!
Pikachu: [happy] PIKA PIKACHU!
Lucario: [raises its fist in triumph] MRAH RAH!
Ash: We won't let you guys down!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: Agreed! [to Alya] You'll be able to do your blog and be deputy. [wraps her arm around her shoulder] We can do anything if we put our minds to it!
Alya: [wraps her arm around her shoulder] I'm with you, girl!
Ash: [smiles] So am I!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Popplio: [jumps into Marinette's arms and nuzzles against her] POPPLIO POP!
Marinette: And it will be even better with my little Popplio by my side too!
She then hoisted the little Water-type into the air!
Marinette: And I couldn't be happier than to have my very first Pokémon! [hugs Popplio] I love you, Popplio!
Popplio: [happily nuzzles back] [saying "I love you too, mama!"] POP POPPLIO!
Marinette: [giggles]
The scene ends with Marinette and Alya wrapping each other's arms around their shoulders with Ash smiling and standing proud, and Ladybug in the background of City Hall with the French Flag waving! And Marinette hugging her Popplio!
Narrator: And another happy ending is made! Marinette and Ash are now class representatives and Marinette has a new Pokémon partner! But hold on! What about Team Rocket?
Turns out, Team Rocket was hiding out in the sewer line in a locker room!
Jessie: [opening up a hamburger wrapper] At least we won't have to worry about Morpeko eating our food here!
James: I couldn't agree more!
Meowth: [having a bowl of ramen] That little garbage disposal can't find us here! Now, we can have a nice meal in peace!
Wobbuffet: [tears of joy streaming down its face] WOBBU WOBBU WOB!
James: What should our plan of action be now that we're in another dimension?
Meowth: What else? We snag Pikachu!
Jessie: Well, Pikachu could wait a bit! [remembers seeing an image of the superheroes' jewelry] I'm more interested in those jewels! They could probably be worth something!
Wobbuffet: WOBBUFFET!
Meowth: Are you outta your mind?! What about Pikachu?! What about Matori?!
James: He's right! Have you lost it?!
Jessie: But just think, if we had those jewels and sell them on the pawn market, we could probably make millions in cash!
James: Wait, you're not serious?!
Jessie: Of course! When it comes to money, we know the price!
James: But what about Pikachu?!
Meowth: We're still sticking with our top priority, ain't we's?
Jessie: Of course! We can multitask!
James: We'll snag both Pikachu and those interesting-looking jewels! In this world, new opportunities for villainy!
Team Rocket: Hey hey!
Wobbuffet: [salutes] WOBBUFFET!
Narrator: As the journey continues…
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it! Especially the plot twist! And there's more to come! So until then, see you all next time!