Ladybug was going to town, jumping on the trees and swinging with her yo-yo. She was really worried.

*FLASHBACK*

- "What´s an akuma?" -Pacifica aske Tikki while they rushed to check on her parents.

- "It's a spirit, like a demon. It's really powerful and if it's not controlled properly, can cause a lot of chaos around it. It possesses a person and gives him powers to accomplish his wishes, but at a price." -Tikki explained when they got in Pacifica's parents' room.

- "Mom? Dad?" -Pacifica called for them, but there was no answer. She turned on the lights and called for them again, but they didn't respond. She went to them and tried to wake them up again, to no avail. Pacifica was getting desperate, but she saw how her parents smiled in dreams, which made her sigh in relief, but still tried to wake them up.

- "It's useless Pacifica. They can't wake up. Not until we break the spell. And, to do that, we have to find the akuma's bearer. Besides, if you disturb their dreams, they could suffer a lot." -Tikki explained.

- "They look so peaceful and happy." -Pacifica said looking at her parents sleeping.

- "They must be dreaming something good. You looked the same before I reached you. Your face looked so content and happy that I regretted having to wake you up. What were you dreaming?" -Tikki asked her and giggled.

Pacifica remembered what she dreamt about and blushed. - "D… Didn't you see it yourself?" -She asked her hiding her embarrassment.

- "No. Just from the moment you called me back. At that moment, I could reach you and see what you were dreaming. But, before that, I couldn't see anything at all." -Tikki said sincerely.

Pacifica sighed in relief. She looked again at her parents. - "Tell me more about the akumas." -She asked.

- "As I said, they're like demons that possess people to help them to accomplish their wishes, at a price. They use an object the person has, it can be anything, a lipstick, a toy, a rock, a parasol, even a spoon can be used to hold the akuma. The bearer tells the possessed his price, and if the victim accepts, he will get powers to do whatever he wants to accomplish his goal." -

- "Wait a minute, what do you mean by bearer and possessed? It sounds like if the possessed is a victim." -Pacifica asked her a little confused.

- "Because it is. The possessed one is a victim. He's tricked to do what the bearer asks, in exchange of some power." -

- "What do you mean by bearer?" -Pacifica asked her next.

- "The bearer is someone else, he controls and uses the akumas at his will, as long as the akumatized person." -

- "How does the bearer control the akumas?" -Pacifcia asked next, fearing the answer.

- "It's not that hard as long as he… ahm…" -Tikki gulped.

- "As long what, Tikki?" -Pacifica asked getting anxious.

- "Sigh… as long as he has the… the… the moth miraculous." -Tikki confessed.

- "WHAT?!" -Pacifica yelled and immediately put her hands on her mouth, fearing to wake up her parents, she then realized her mistake and sighed in relief when her parents didn't react. - "What do you mean by the moth miraculous?!" -Pacifica was stupefied and amazed at the same time.

- "The moth miraculous is the one I've been looking for since your grandma was Ladybug!" -Tikki started to cry.

- "Why?!" -

- "Because Nooroo, the moth's kwami, is… is my big sister and the kwamis' leader." -Tears fell freely from Tikki's eyes then. - "I… I've missed her so much! I never lost hope but… it was getting harder and harder every day, every week… every year. Now! There's a hint! A clue that says she's alive! I gotta try and find her Pacifica! And to do that; I have to find the bearer! And to do that, we have to find and stop the akumatized person, as soon as possible. Please Pacifica, help me with this! I beg you! Pretty please!" -Tikki cried. Pacifica hadn't seen the kwami cry, ever. It startled her.

- "Sigh… Ok Tikki. What do we do?" -Pacifica smiled at her friend.

Tikki wiped her eyes and smiled at her. - "First, let's check the town, maybe the akuma's there. Consider that maybe, we'll be on our own this time. We don't know if The Black Cat and Queen Bee could break the spell or are still asleep, so, get ready for anything and everything. In any case, we'll have to fight the akuma through its victim and find the possessed object and destroy it. Once it's destroyed, the victim will be released from the akuma's influence and said akuma will leave the object, the yo-yo has a special function to trap and purify the akuma and release it. Once it's done, the spell on town will be broken and if we are lucky, the victim could tell us something about who talked to him through the akuma. Don't forget to use the lucky charm if needed, and the miraculous ladybug after the fight to fix everything else. Ok?" -

- "Ok! Let's go! TIKKI! SPOTS ON!" -

Pacifica transformed, looked at her parents, kissed them on their cheeks, which made them smile. - "Don't worry, everything will be fine." -she whispered and smiled at them, she said that to them, but to herself too.

She left the mansion and went to the town.

*FLASHBACK ENDS*

Ladybug approached the town and noticed a light close to the central square. She noticed how some gold glitter gathered there, coming from many directions.

She got close enough to see that someone was there, collecting the glitter and laughing crazily. He was shining like a lamp, as if he was made of glitter itself. The person looked at his hand, where all the glitter was forming a ball.

Ladybug was watching him closely, mesmerized, almost as if she was hypnotized.

- "Watch out my lady! I don't want you to fall in that insect's lamp." -She heard an annoying voice behind her and shook her head, just to roll her eyes next.

- "Good timing kitty! What are you doing up so late?" -She teased him, crossing her arms. She was happy to see him, but didn't want him to notice that.

- "Hey! Cats are nocturnal, you know?!" -He protested.

- "Sorry! Sorry! How long have you been here?" -She asked him.

- "Just in time to destroy that thing with my cataclysm and wake up everyone in town." -He cracked his knuckles.

- "No! No! No! You can't do that!" -Ladybug stopped him and put in front of him to block his way.

- "Wh… Why not?! That creature has caused a big mess. No one can wake up. Why shouldn't I turn it into dust?" -

- "Because it's a human being! Someone from town that has been possessed." -

- "What?!" -Black cat asked her incredulously. Ladybug summarized what Tikki told her before and he understood, he was terrified, but he understood.

- "Ok, so, how are we going to find the possessed object, take it from him and save him from the a… the aka… the… What is its name again?" -he asked her, still shocked.

- "The akuma." -She explained him.

- "Yeah! Right! Ok! So… What do we do?" -He asked her again.

- "Let's try a direct approach first." -She suggested and Black Cat opened his eyes widely.

- "Are you sure?" -

- "Yeah! Let's try to find out what's troubling him, he may cooperate with us." -She said taking his hand and pulling him with her. Once they were close enough, she called him. - "Hey! Uhm… sir! May you tell us… your name?! and perhaps what is troubling you?" -She asked him very politely.

The man stopped collecting glitter and looked at them, he seemed mad.

- "Why are you awake?! It's late! Kids your age should be on bed, dreaming about your most beautiful fantasies and expectations in life?" -He hissed.

Ladybug smiled at him while Black Cat kept his guard up, just in case. - "Ahm… I appreciate your concern, but we're ok. We just want to know your name and what troubles you. Maybe we can help you." -Ladybug tried again, approaching to him, trying to take his hand, but he backed off.

- "Just one being has offered me his help, he's the only one to has been kind to me, EVER!" -He pushed her away, making her fall on the Black Cat's arms. They looked at each other for a second, and turned to the guy, who gathered power and shone even more. - "Not even one! Not even one of my dreams has come true! NOT A SINGLE ONE! It's painful! I don't want anyone go through that! I'll protect your dreams! I'll keep them safe! You can sleep forever! Dream forever! Everything will be fine!" -He suddenly turned the golden glitter into a whip and tied both heroes with it to a tree, giving their backs to each other. Then created a giant hand with the glitter and plucked it from the ground, then, the hand turned into a catapult, both heroes knew what was coming and struggled to get free, but it was useless. The guy approached to them with a malicious smirk. - "Have you heard about 'living the dream'? Well, now, you can dream your life." -He tensed the catapult. - "I am the sandman." -He said calmly and released the catapult, sending the heroes to fly away, really away. They yelled in fear, not knowing where they would land.

- "Black Cat! Use your cataclysm on the log!" -Ladybug asked him.

- "I can't! He tied me really well!" -He answered and they both yelled again when they started to fall. They got ready for the worst and shut their eyes tight.

SPLASH!

They both struggled to get over the water and don't drown. It took them a moment to get some balance and have their heads over the water. Black Cat was facing the river's course while Ladybug was on the back.

- "BAH! Agh! Ahm! The… The river! There's only one big river in the Gravity Falls valley! And it's at the other side! Out of the town! That guy sent us out of the town with one single attack?!" -Ladybug said after breathing hard a few times to get air in her lungs. She was astonished at how powerful the guy was.

- "So!… Direct approach! BAD! Got it!" -Black Cat bothered with his sarcasm and she rolled her eyes.

- "We have to get out of this and get back to town." -

- "Uh! Oh!" -Black Cat said with a worried tone, his eyes open wide at the moment.

- "Don't tell me. There's a waterfall up ahead?" -Ladybug asked with annoyance.

- "Yep!" -Black Cat answered carelessly.

- "And there are massive rocks at the bottom?" -Even more annoyed.

- "Most likely." -Even more carelessly.

- "Bring it on!" -Ladybug rolled her eyes again, accepting her fate.

- "AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" -Both heroes yelled while falling down the waterfall. They both prayed for help and apologized for their sins.

Suddenly, something hit the log and pushed them away from the rocks, making them fall over the forest, their fall was slowed down thanks to the tree's leaves, but it was not good enough. Then, they saw how a string surrounded the tree and tightened on it to slow their fall even more. The three stopped in the air, over five or six feet above the floor.

Both heroes released a sigh of relief and started to laugh crazily.

- "So good I saw you flying over the town and followed you. And saw you falling on the waterfall to help you, right?" -They heard a voice and turned to the source, where Queen Bee was smirking at them with her arms crossed.

- "Yeah! Perfect timing girl! You saved our lives! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" -Ladybug was really thankful.

- "Ten times what she said!" -Black Cat was as thankful as her.

- "Yeah! Yeah! I know! Please! Don't praise me!" -She showed off, making them roll their eyes. - "Ok then. Tell me what's going on? How did you end up tied to a tree and flying over the town." -She sat up on a rock to listen their story. After half an hour, she was stunned. - "A… A human being?... Akuma?... Possession?... Th… That's too much to take… And he thinks he's doing good?!" -Queen Bee asked them and they nodded at her. Queen Bee then went into a fantasy show, mumbling nonsense and walking in circles. She stopped after a few minutes and looked at them. - "Ok guys! We have to stop that guy as soon as possible. Let's go!" -She turned around and started to walk away.

- "Wait! Queen Bee! Don't go!" -Both heroes yelled at the same time.

- "What?! What is it?" -She asked them stopping on her tracks.

- "Can you do us a small, tiny favor first? Just a little one." -Black Cat said forcing a smile to her.

- "Oh! I just saved your lives guys! What else do you expect from me?! I'm not your mom! What is it? What do you else want from me?" -She showed off even more.

- "UNTIE US!" -They yelled at her angrily at the same time.

- "Uh! Right! Sorry!" -Queen Bee apologized and blushed in embarrassment. She put the tree down on the floor and went to them and held the golden glitter rope in her hands, trying to loosen it, but it was tight, she barely could move it a little bit. She released it, making it spread some golden dust that fell on her face, right then and there, she fell asleep, resting her head on Ladybug's chest and snoring peacefully.

- "OH! Great!" -Ladybug yelled.

- "WHAT?!" -Black Cat asked her.

- "SHE FELL ASLEEP WITH THAT GLITTER'S DUST!" -

- "Dang it! Of Course! The sandman!" -Black Cat realized.

- "Hey! HEY! Queen Bee! Wake up! Come on! Wake up!" -Ladybug called for her, she even yelled at her right on her ear.

- "Hmm… Just five more minutes mom." -Queen Bee snuggled on her, making her blush in embarrassment. Then, she decided to do something rash and bit Queen Bee's ear, hard.

- "YEOGH!" -Queen Bee jumped at the pain, waking up immediately. - "What's wrong with you?!" -She claimed her while rubbing her ear.

- "Sorry! But we have to hurry." -

- "Oh! Right! Sorry." -Queen Bee went to grab the rope again.

- "Be careful. If that thing's dust touches your face, you will fall asleep again." -Ladybug warned her and Queen Bee decided to use her spinning top sharp tip to cut the ropes. It took her two minutes to cut the rope and release them. They loosen up their stiff muscles a little and saw how the golden glitter vanished into thin air.

- "Interesting! When some part of the whole structure is damaged, the rest will fall apart." -Black Cat took note of that.

- "How is that going to help us in this situation." -Queen Bee asked him, rolling her eyes and crossing her arms.

- "Easy. The Sandman uses the glittery dust as a weapon, he can create anything with it, but if we are fast enough to damage whatever he creates to attack us, he won't be capable to stand against us and we'll defeat him sooner. The bad thing is…" -Black Cat was interrupted by Ladybug.

- "That if the things he creates release dust, and if said dust touches our faces, we will fall asleep then and there." -

- "Exactly." -He snapped his fingers and pointed at her.

- "Great! So… We have to break the sandman's toys and at the same time, be careful of the dust his toys release to avoid falling asleep." -

- "Pretty much that's it." -Black Cat praised her.

- "Sigh… This will be a lot harder than we think, right?" -Queen Bee asked them.

- "Yeah." -They answered calmly.

- "We also discovered that physical pain can help us to wake up too." -Black Cat pointed out While they started to walk back to town.

- "And that's useful because…" -Ladybug wondered aloud.

- "Easy. If at some point, one of us gets asleep, the others can help causing him, or her, some pain." -

- "So! If you fall asleep, I can pinch you with my spinning top on the ass." -Queen Bee mocked.

- "Well, yeah! And I can smack you on the head with my iron stick." -He countered.

- "I don't think that would help her to wake up." -Ladybug said getting in front of them.

- "Ha! Ha! You can't hit me." -Queen Bee mocked him.

- "Well then, I'll scratch you in the face." -He threatened.

- "Then I'll bite you on the arms." -

- "Then I'll pull your hair." -

- "Then…" -

- "Would you two stop that?! You act like little kids! As if you were brother and sister mocking each other!" -Ladybug scolded them.

- "sorry mom." -They said at the same time and burst into laughter right after that, making Ladybug blush again.

- "This is serious guys. If we don't stop the sandman, we don't know what would happen with all the people in town." -

- "I'm sorry my lady." -Black Cat apologized and Queen Bee followed him.

- "Yeah. I'm sorry too, Ladybug." -

- "Well then, let's go back to town and stop the sandman." -She encouraged them.

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Back in town, the sunrise was beginning. The sandman finished to collect the dreams. - "Now. No one will suffer for their unaccomplished dreams. They'll have peace. No more suffering. No more struggling. Just peace and dreams." -He was standing in a mount of golden glitter.

- "Remember our deal sandman!" -He heard a voice in his mind.

- "Yes! Yes! I remember. Once I'm done with this. I'll find a way to bring you to this world." -He answered him. He seemed to suffer while talking to him.

- "Good. Good. I can't wait to be there." -Said the voice.

Close there, hiding in a roof, watching him, were the tree heroes, trying to find an open to attack, or the possessed object.

- "Did you see that? He seemed to be talking to someone else." -Queen Bee said.

- "And it seemed that something hurt him too." -Black Cat pointed out.

- "What I want to find, is the possessed object." -Ladybug said, getting down to not been seen by him.

- "Any idea what could it be?" -Queen Bee asked her.

- "No. It can be anything." -Ladybug said a little disappointed.

- "That just makes it harder to find." -Queen Bee pouted while the Black Cat checked the sandman again, and noticed something.

- "Hey. Ladybug. Does that 'anything' include his clothes?" -He asked her.

- "Uhm… Yeah! I suppose. Why?" -

- "Because he pays a lot of attention to his bowtie." -He pointed out and both girls took a peek.

Indeed, the sandman paid especial attention to his bowtie, touching and fixing it obsessively.

- "Good! That's a possibility. Which other could it be, in case we're wrong?" -Ladybug asked.

- "At this point, we cannot see anything else from here. I say we try this one and have faith." -Queen Bee suggested. Ladybug and Black Cat looked at her, then at each other and nodded.

- "But we need a plan." -Black Cat pointed out, making the girls roll their eyes. - "Oh! Well! Let's try the direct approach again!" -He said sarcastically.

- "Ok! Ok! I get it! We need a plan! Come on! Dazzle us!" -Ladybug countered.

- "Wait! What?! Do you think I have a plan?! I was expecting you to have a plan!" -Black Cat said looking at her.

- "Wha…! What?! Why do I have to have a plan?!" -She asked him desperately.

- "Because you're the leader!" -He held her with both arms and shook her back and forth, as desperate as her.

- "How come I'm the leader now?!" -

- "Because you've always been." -Queen Bee said, also desperate, and Black Cat nodded.

- "That doesn't mean I have a plan already! Why don't you think of something for once?!" -Ladybug yelled, pointing at Queen Bee.

- "M… Me! Why me?! I am just the support hero! The one you call when things get really ugly! I just follow the plan! I don't make the plan!" -Queen Bee defended herself.

- "That's just an excuse to be lazy!" -Black Cat said annoyed.

- "Excuse me!" -Queen Bee was angry.

- "He's right about that. That's just a lame excuse to be lazy." -Ladybug said.

Queen Bee's face was red by anger. - "You know what! I don't need this! I'll go back home and let you two… The great and amazing Ladybug and Black Cat to handle this!" -She jumped off and left.

Ladybug and Black Cat stayed there, looking at the way Queen Bee took. They both sighed in disappointment.

- "Well… Well… Well… It seems you didn't learn your lesson the first time." -They heard the sandman behind them and turned around to face him. The two of them gulped at the same time. - "Now it's time to put you to sleep." -He said forming two little balls of dust over his hand. He held them close to his face and smirked at them.

- "Gotcha!" -Queen Bee said beside him and blew the dust balls to his face.

The Sandman got both dust balls on his face, sneezed and shut his eyes tightly, backing off a little. - "Th… That's… u… unfair!" -He said before falling asleep in front of them.

- "Ha! Ha! What do you think about me now?!" -Queen Bee showed off again, lifting her arms in triumph.

- "Wow! That was easy! Too easy!" -Ladybug smiled.

- "I'm surprised it worked." -Black Cat said crossing his arms and nodding in disbelief. In less than a blink, Queen Bee was in front of, claiming at him for his disbelief, and he backing off.

- "How dare you to say that about my magnificent plan?!" -Queen Bee protested.

- "It's… It's just that it was too silly… That's all!" -Black Cat defended himself.

Ladybug smiled awkwardly and went to the sleeping man and took his bowtie, she cut it in two and… Nothing happened. She shook both pieces to see if something would fall but it didn't work.

- "Guys!" -She called them. They stopped arguing and looked at her. - "The akuma isn't here." -

- "What?!" -Both asked and went to her. She shook the teared bowtie again and nothing happened.

- "It has to be something else. Let's check him out before he awakes." -Queen Bee said a little desperate.

The heroes rummaged through his clothes looking for something, anything that could be holding the akuma, they took his hat, the hat's label, his glasses and tear them apart, but nothing was holding the akuma.

- "Dang it! We have to find that akuma soon, before…" -Queen Bee said, while feeling his shirt and noticed something under it, but was interrupted when the sandman grabbed her wrist.

- "Before I wake up?" -The sandman said, making them gasp, he tapped the floor, causing a big shock wave that pushed Ladybug and the Black Cat away. He got up, holding Queen Bee by the wrist and pressing it, hard. Queen Bee suffered, she thought he would break her wrist if he kept his hold, so she tried to punch him and kick him many times, but all her efforts were useless, as his body turned into dust wherever she threw a blow and reaccommodated right after that. He punched her on the gut, making her gag and spit, and threw her up to the sky. Then, he turned to the other two, who were getting ready to fight. - "Come to me, kiddos!" -He dared them.

Both heroes charged at him and tried to hit him with their weapons, but it happened the same, every hit they threw, didn't affect him, not even those on the face, but his attacks did affect them, hitting them on their faces and body. He again stood up and dared them. - "Is that all you got?" -He smirked.

- "WHAT ABOUT THIS?!" -Queen Bee yelled from above.

They looked up and saw how Queen Bee was falling at top speed, with her spinning top in hand, the sharp point in front, then she started to spin in the air, creating a whirlpool.

- "DAMN GIRL!" -The sandman yelled right before she hit him.

The whirlpool she made, dispersed all the dust, disassembling his body completely, leaving piles of sand around.

Queen Bee was on the floor, squatting, holding her spinning top with both hands, pressing it against the floor, she was breathing hard and seemed very angry.

- "Y… You killed him." -Ladybug said, astonished. - "You… YOU KILLED HIM! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HELP HIM TOO! WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!" -Ladybug was over her.

Black Cat looked around; he was terrified too. He noticed something on the floor and went to pick it up.

- "No! Ladybug. Listen, I… I noticed something, please, let me explain." -Queen Bee backed off.

- "WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY?!" -Ladybug was really mad at her.

- "He had something inside his body, something that shouldn't be there! I wanted to get that thing, that's all. I'm sure that's what we are looking for." -Queen Bee explained, with Ladybug all over her.

Black Cat picked the object. - "A microphone?" -He inspected it closer. - "A very dirty microphone." -He noticed all the sand it had, then the microphone pulled away from him and he tried to hold it. All the sand surrounded them again in a twister, they covered their faces and shut their eyes. Black Cat couldn't hold the microphone; it stood in front of them, glowing, along with the dust that covered.

- "That's it! That's what we are looking for!" -Queen Bee yelled while covering her face.

- "I'M TIRED OF YOU! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DREAM FOREVER! THEN… FACE EVERYONE ELSE'S DREAMS!" -The sandman yelled before form himself around the microphone. He snapped his fingers, and all the dust he had stood up.

The three heroes stood with their guards up and their weapons ready. The dust took form, little by little. The dust shaped itself in a… pizza avalanche?

- "I think we know who's dreaming about this?" -Black Cat said and the girls nodded, they jumped up and surfed over the avalanche, they saw the pizza guy there, swimming on and eating pizza joyfully. Queen Bee poked him with her spinning top and he vanished, along with the pizza, they landed on their feet.

- "That's a funny dream." -Queen bee said smirking and Ladybug and Black Cat nodded at her, smirking too.

Then, they heard wedding bells and turned to their right, they could hear people cheering.

- "Do you, Mabel Pines, accept our lord and leader, king of this land, Gideon Gleeful, taking his name as yours, giving up to your siblings and accepting they become slaves from now on?" -They saw a priest say.

- "I do!" -They saw Mabel in a wedding dress, holding a bouquet, with Gideon in front of her.

- "Yuk!" -Queen Bee said grossed, Black Cat and ladybug were disgusted too.

- "And you, lord Gideon, master and lord of this land, do you… Pop!" -Queen Bee popped Gideon then and there, finishing the dream, her companions noticed her blush, disgust and embarrassment, looked at each other and shrugged it off.

They turned around and saw how pleasant were most of the dreams, they saw people riding any kind of animals, dolphins, dinosaurs, they noticed Tambry riding an unicorn with a broad smile on her face; Robbie V giving a big concert in the towns square, and everyone was there; Wendy having a tea party with all her girlfriends, including Mabel and Pacifica while she wore a princess dress, like the one of princess Peach, from Mario Bros, but this one was light green, her favorite color; Soos getting the Mystery Shack management from Stan; Stan hugging someone they couldn't identify because he was wearing a trench coat and giving them his back, but Stan was beyond happiness.

- "Strange? I thought he would dream about swimming in a sea made of money and gold." -Black Cat thought.

They saw Preston Northwest hugging an adult Pacifica, crying when she gave him her diploma and introducing him his grandchild, Ladybug gulped at that.

- "All these are good dreams, some are fantasies that may or may not come true, but most of these dreams show hope and happiness." -Queen Bee said giggling. Her companions agreed with her. - "How are these supposed to be weapons against us?" -She wondered.

- "ERGGGHHH!" -They heard sandman grinding his teeth. - "Fine! This is useless!" -He snapped his fingers again and all the dust went back to him again.

- "Do you give up? Good! Give us the microphone and I promise you that everything will be fine." -Ladybug offered him.

- "You wish! If dreams can't defeat you, maybe the nightmares will." -Sandman threatened and snaped his fingers again. All the golden glitter turned black, dark black! The sandman became more threatening at that moment, and again the dust, now totally black and dark, stood again.

The dust reshaped and created a giant mass of screams, pain and sorrow, all people's town faces were there, suffering, the sandman above everything, was laughing maniacally. He picked a bunch of dust and threw it to Queen Bee; she jumped back to avoid it. They looked at the pile of dust, that suddenly turned into a ball in the air, but it didn't do anything. The three heroes looked at it intently.

- "What is this supposed to do?" -Black Cat wondered aloud.

- "AAAAHHHHH! AAAAAAAHHHHH!" -Queen Bee started to scream uncontrollably. She put her hands on her head and kept screaming. She had her eyes wide open, looking at the dust ball, she couldn't look away.

- "Wh… What's going on?! Queen Bee!" -Ladybug kneeled beside her and tried to make her look away, to no avail. - "What did you do to her?!" -She yelled at the sandman but in front of her was another ball, she just looked at it for a second, but couldn't look away, she was petrified, she couldn't move no matter what she tried. Then, she started to scream too.

Black Cat was terrified; his companions were kneeling on the floor with their eyes wide open, looking at the dust balls, yelling and screaming like crazy. Things got worse when they started to hurt themselves with their nails and weapons. They started to cut themselves, he tried to stop them but couldn't do anything. Then, both girls wound their threads around their throats. At that moment, Black Cat divided his stick in two and put one on each girl's neck to stop them from choking themselves, he avoided the dust ball in front of him and looked at the sandman, with fiery eyes. The sandman just smirked.

- 'The microphone.' -Black Cat thought and charged at the sandman. Black Cat used all his skills to fight him, but nothing worked, the sandman just got all the blows and let the sand blow away and get back to its place.

- "You can't win." -The Sandman said before getting a blow on his face, which made his head vanish, just to reshape immediately. - "look behind you." -He warned him and Black Cat jumped back and looked behind him and gasped, eyes wide open, it was his turn to scream. His teammates were kneeling, but their heads were hanging from their necks, almost completely cut off. His sticks weren't strong enough to stop them from choking themselves and press their throats to the point they cut their own heads off.

He went to them and hugged them, crying his eyes out. He put them in a more comfortable position and accommodated their heads properly, unrolled the strings from their throats and took his sticks and fixed them to make them one again. He kissed both girls gently, staining his face with their blood and stood up again. He turned around to face the sandman again. But in front of him was the girl from his dream. Her body was divided, her left half was the cute little girl that looked a little like Pacifica, and her right half was zombiefied. - "Hi dad." She greeted him.

- "W… What's going on?" -

- "I don't know. This is your dream." -She looked around.

- "Dang it! I fell asleep! When did he…" -Black Cat wondered and looked at the girl. - "Are you real?" -He asked her.

- "What do you mean?" -

- "I mean… Are you just a hallucination? Or some sort of prophecy for me?" -

- "Well… I'm not sure. I'm here to tell you to wake up and help the girls before the sandman defeats them." -

- "Are you… My daughter from the future?" -

- "Yes… No… Maybe… I don't know… Can you repeat the question?1" -She answered jokingly. He smiled at her and put a hand on her head, ruffling her hair and making her giggle.

- "Thanks for helping me, Gwen." -

- "You're welcome dad. But hurry up! The sandman is cornering the girls." -She started to fade away.

- "Will I ever see you again?" -He asked her.

- "I don't know. That's up to you and mom." -She smiled widely and vanished.

Black Cat opened his eyes, he was laying on the floor, he got up with a back flip and stretched his arms and picked his stick from the floor. Then he heard Queen Bee yelling and went to help them.

- "AAAAHHH! Stay away!" -Queen Bee yelled desperate. The Sandman had cornered them. - "BEE STING!" -She yelled and tried to attack the sandman.

He smirked again and let her poke him with her spinning top.

- "It's useless." -The Sandman said, looking straight at Queen Bee, who was terrified.

- "TAKE THIS!" -Ladybug yelled and turned on a red with black spots hairdryer. All the dust was blown away, leaving the microphone vulnerable. Queen Bee went for it. - "NO! Don't touch it! Remember what happened to the Black Cat!" -Ladybug stopped her.

- "Then; What do we do?!" -Queen Bee asked her while the dust was coming back to the microphone. Ladybug kept using the hairdryer to keep the dust away, but that wouldn't last. Besides, they were running out of power.

- "I already told you! It's useless!" -They heard the sandman's voice coming from the microphone. - "Your cat friend must be having an awful nightmare right now, and you're next." -He mocked.

- "Think again sucker! Cataclysm!" -The Black Cat came out of nowhere and grabbed the microphone with his hand charged of power. The microphone turned into dust itself.

- "NNNOOOO!" -They heard the sandman yell in pain and all the dust stopped moving.

- "What did you do?!" -Ladybug asked him, but he wasn't in the mood, extremely serious in his face and not moving anymore, rage in his eyes, he just stood there, looking at the girls, who were starting to scold him for his actions, but he just embraced them and kissed them both on their cheeks.

- "I'm sorry! I… I thought you were… you were…" -He sniffed. The girls realized he was crying and patted his back to comfort him.

- "Hey! Look!" -Queen Bee pointed at a little dark butterfly that came from the destroyed microphone. - "That must be the akuma! Get it Ladybug!" -

Ladybug nodded and used her yo-yo. - "No more evil-doing for you, big butterfly. TIME TO DEEVILIZE!" -She caught the Akuma inside the yo-yo. - "Gotcha!" -After a little while she released it again and let it go. - "Bye, bye little butterfly." -The butterfly left.

All the dust formed a twister again to form a body. A man collapsed on the floor, he opened his eyes, wondering what happened.

- "Miraculous Ladybug!" -Ladybug summoned her power and threw the hairdryer up, it 'exploded', fixing everything that was damaged during that night, including the microphone.

They turned to the man and the three heroes were astonished.

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Toby opened his eyes, not knowing what happened. - "Is this yours sir?" -He heard a voice beside him and turned to see that someone was handing him his microphone.

- "Yes it is! Thank y…" -He realized who was talking to him. - "L… La… Lady…" -He stuttered, and then, he saw her companions beside her. - "O… OH!... My… MY!..." -

- "Take it easy man. We don't want you to pass out. We have some questions for you." -Black Cat said with some animosity. He was still a little angry. Then, all their miraculous chirped.

- "Right! We don't have much time. Tell us what's the last thing you remember." -Queen Bee hurried him.

- "Well…" -Toby told them what happened last night.

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The night before, Toby Determined was at the lakes shore, under de moon light, thinking about his life, his broken microphone in his hands.

- "All these years. All these years and what have I done with my life?" -He looked at his reflection on the water's lake. - "Nothing!" -He hit the water with anger, he didn't want to see his reflection. - "A loser. Just a loser." -He remembered all his broken dreams, every single one of them, since the simplest one, as having a family, to his most crazy ones, like being a reporter, or a Broadway professional dancer, that one, broken by an unknown girl that told him it was an impossible dream, and that was ten years ago. Now, he realized that he'd never meet Shandra Jimenez, ever! He had a crush on her and tried to become a reporter to meet her someday, maybe even work with her. But that isn't happening either. He was so frustrated, so disappointed, all that turned in rage in an instant and he threw the microphone away, tears of anger fell from his eyes, he yelled in frustration. - "This is awful! I don't want anyone to go through what I've been through! I wish I could help them to avoid the pain!" - He cried aloud and was about to leave when he remembered that the microphone was a gift from his mom. He went to pick it up, it was covered with sand. - "I hope it still works." - He mumbled and tried to clean it up a little bit, not noticing the little dark butterfly that got inside it.

- "Sandman! I am The Radiance2. I know you suffer for your unaccomplished dreams. I'll grant you the power to help others to live their dreams and not suffer like you. But in exchange, you have to help me to get out of my prison!" -Toby heard a voice in his head.

- "I'd do anything to save people from this pain!" -Toby smirked and suddenly, he was completely covered in a dark stuff and the shore's sand surrounded him and turned his body in sand. He smiled and spread his glowing sand over the town, when everyone was already on their beds.

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- "And that's all I can remember." -Toby explained.

Chirp! Chirp! Chirp! Their time was almost over.

- "Thanks a lot sir. We owe you an interview. Keep fighting for your dreams. Some will come true, I promise." -Ladybug said before leaving. Black Cat and Queen Bee nodded and gave him thumps up and left.

Toby held his microphone. - "Sigh… I better keep trying." -He went to his house, holding his microphone close to his heart. The sun was rising, to a new day full of opportunities and chances for anyone who tried hard, anyone focused on their dreams, and awake.

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Ladybug rushed to the Northwest mansion at full speed. - "Oh! Gosh! Come on! I'm almost there!" -She jumped over the outer wall and got into the garden, her earrings chirping constantly now, but she was still fifty yards away from the entrance. She did a few jumps and then a big one, pointing at her room's balcony, she was really close to it. - "Almost there!" -She smiled. CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! CHIRP! - "No! No! No! No!" -Ladybug ran out of power and transformed in midair. Pacifica grabbed an exhausted Tikki in her hands and got ready for the impact, she managed to land on her back and roll inside her room by the balcony's door, she rolled a few times until she hit her bed frame, laying upside down. She started to laugh, opened her hands to see Tikki laughing too. - "Hahahaha! Are… haha! are you… Haha! ok, Tikki?" -She asked her between laughs and huffs to recover her breath.

- "Y… Hehe! Yeah!... Hahaha! I'm exhausted… Hahaha! And… Hahahe! Starving… but… hihi! I'm fine." -Tikki answered, laughing and huffing too.

Pacifica got up, holding her friend in her hands. - "Do this situation helped you?" -

- "Yes! It helped me a lot! Now I know that Nooroo is alive! But I still have to find her." -Tikki started happily, but mumbled the last part.

- "We!" -Pacifica said.

- "What?" -Tikki asked her.

- "We have to find her. Now it's my turn to help you Tikki, and I'll do it, no matter if you agree or not. You're my friend and need help. So. I'm going to help you." -Pacifica was convinced to do so.

- "R… Really?" -Tikki asked her astonished.

- "Yes!" -Pacifica said proudly.

- "Th… Thank you Pacifica. I really appreciate it." -Tikki sobbed and rubbed her eyes, holding her tears. Pacifica hugged her. And kissed her gently.

Then, Pacifica stretched. - "Mmmmhhhaa! I'm exhausted. Let's try to sleep a little bit." -She said and jumped on her bed and Tikki went to the drawer she used as a bedroom in Pacifica's vanity. They fell asleep in no time.

RIIIINGGG! RIIINGGG!

Pacifica jumped again, waking up abruptly, some drool on her mouth and puffy eyes. It was her alarm clock. It was 9:00 o'clock already. She turned it off, groaned and slumped on her comfy bed again, trying to sleep some more, she was falling asleep again when.

Knock, knock, knock. - "Rise and shine sweetheart, we have a busy day today. So, please, hurry up." -She heard her mom calling for her from the other side of her door.

Pacifica whined and made a big effort to get up.

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Queen Bee was jumping through the forest trees. - "Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" -She mumbled while getting to the Shack. - "I won't make it on time." -She thought.

She was right, she was still far from her bedroom's window, so she changed course and aimed for the bathroom's window. She went through it like and arrow at top speed. She landed on the bathroom's rug and transformed. - "Phew! That was close." -Mabel said and caught Pollen in her hands. The little kwami was huffing and breathing hard. - "You ok, Pollen?" -She asked.

- "I need sugar. Tons of sugar." -Pollen said huffing.

- "Don't worry. I'll get you all the sugar you want." -Mabel smiled at her and kissed her.

- "Thank you, Mabel." -Pollen said smiling back.

- "But… Now that I'm here." -Mabel used the bathroom and peed. Pollen rested peacefully on her head. Mabel opened the bathroom's door.

- "Yikes!" -She heard on the other side.

- "Oh! Sorry Dipper! Do you need the bathroom?" -She asked him when she noticed he was there.

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Black Cat was running at top speed to the Shack. - "Come on! Come on! Just a little bit more." - He barely crossed the main door and transformed right after he closed it.

- "Uuuhhh!" I'm exhausted!" -Plagg whined, resting on Dipper's hand.

- "Sorry Pal! We barely did it on time." -Dipper smiled. - "But tell me. Everything that happened today, was… excellent? good? Bad? Worse?" -Dipper asked him sheepishly.

- "I… I'm not sure. I mean… it was an akuma, that's for sure. And that means that Nooroo, the moth's kwami, is alive, which is good. The bad part is that Ladybug's kwami will want to look for her so much, that won't consider the risks, which is awful." -Plagg explained, pensative, while they went upstairs.

- "Ok, it's good to know that one of the missing kwami's is alive. Bad that Ladybug's kwami will look for her without care. And what's the worst part? You seem really worried for this." -Dipper noticed Plagg's concern.

He looked at Dipper with a very serious and stern stare. - "We don't know who's the moth's miraculous bearer, neither his intentions or goals." -

That made Dipper gulp. They were crossing the hall to their room when someone opened the bathroom's door. - "Yikes!" -Dipper whimpered and Plagg hid under his pajama.

- "Oh! Sorry Dipper! Do you need the bathroom?" -Mabel asked him coming out from there and yawning.

- "Y… Yeah. Sorry. I didn't know you were there." -He yawned too.

- "Yeah! I had a bad night. Couldn't sleep so well." -She explained.

- "Yeah! I can imagine." -Dipper mumbled.

- "What?" -She asked him.

- "N… Nothing! I didn't sleep well either. I had an awful nightmare." -He laughed and yawned again.

- "Yeah! You look awful. Let's try to sleep a little more." -

They went to their bedroom and went to bed again. It didn't take long for both of them to fall asleep.

- "WAKE UP KIDS! We have long day ahead scamming doofuses! Get up now!" -Stan yelled at them while getting in their room with a drum.

Both kids groaned and tried to ignore him, but he was just too loud to ignore. Both kids got up groggily and started their days.

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- "That was a great test. I wonder what could have he done to let me in, in his world?" -The one-eyed triangle wondered.

- "Y… You'll never… Eek! You'll never lay your hands on that world." -Nooroo said, she was trembling in pain and seemed exhausted.

- "Hehe! Don't get your hopes too high Nooroo. That issue is already fixed." -He mocked.

- "W… What?" -Nooroo asked concerned.

- "I've been making deals for a while my dear. I'll get into that world sooner or later." -He explained maliciously. - "By the way, thank you for lend me your powers hehe. Even if it wasn't at your will, I really appreciate your help." -He laughed madly again. Nooroo coughed a few times; every cough caused her pain.

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A/N: I forgot to mention something. The kids named in the previous chapter are OCs' from TurquoiseSpace35 (Gwen, Dustin and their cousins Jake and Sara) and NaniShiiZ5 (Samantha and Fionna). Go check their deviantart and other pages. There's good material there.

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1 Song: Boss of me. Group: They might be giants. Album: Mink Car; 2001; Better known as the Malcolm in the middle main theme.

2 The Radiance, final boss in Hollow Knight, it's a giant white moth. Really powerful and hard to defeat at first.