Episode 2: Rena Rogue and Carapace

Sophie liked her school okay. Especially since her friends and boyfriend went there. Speaking of friends since her boyfriend was busy with his photography club she was getting lunch at a local cafe with her best friend, Nina Lahiffe, Who was on her conspiracy theory about the superheroes.

Nina's mother was successful journalist who was always obsessed with heroes, so her habits seemed to rub off on her.

"So," Nina pulled out cut up pieces of paper, Each with a rough drawing of miraculous jewelry on them, "What we know currently is this: 8 miraculous have been stolen. Monkey, snake, bee, dragon, mouse, dog, sheep, and pig."

Nina dramatically moved the 8 pieces representing them to a pile near so chocolate, "They were stolen by a thief, or thieves, that must have studied them for quite a while to be able to steal them!"

Sophie nodded her head, sipping her coffee. Usually she would only be half listening to her friends crazy conspiracies but now being Ladybug she figured she should listen more.

"Then we have the heroes, those entrusted to protect the city. Turtle, fox, horse, rooster, ox, rabbit, and tiger. Those trying to keep it together!" Nina explained as she piled the stated Miraculous near her coffee, "Now that leaves these four!"

Sophie looked down at the scraps of paper, "The butterfly, peacock, cat, and ladybug?"

Her friend nodded, "These I feel like are the wildcards."

"How so?" the blonde asked raising an eyebrow.

"Think about it. We have no idea how that final battle went down with Hawk Moth and Mayura! All we know is that one day, Ladybug and Cat Noir just said they defeated them and their were no more Akumas or Amoks. No more Hawk Moth or Mayura sightings nothing. Their were sparse sighting of Ladybug and Cat Noir mind you but around 2026 no morning sightings. Nothing. So, what happened to those Miraculous, I ask you?"

Oh no , Sophie thought, she's going deep in this one.

"Well, well we have theories now," The theorist continued, she picked up the cat and ladybug pictures, "Without a doubt there in the hands of new people and they have chosen to be heroes. But the question is how did they get them. One, they were given to them by the old Bug and Cat or two, something happened to them and these kids stumbled across them. Or three, maybe it is all a ploy to make people trust them but there really villains!"

"Not this again!" Sophie complained.

"It happened once it could happen again, Sophie," Nina argued.

"Continue please," the blonde waved off as she slipped a listening Tikki a cookie.

"Fine," The other girl muttered, "Look, the big piece here is are the peacock and butterfly. We all kind of assumed that Ladybug and Cat Noir had them but yesterday akuma appeared. After almost 20 years an akuma. That means someone has it that does not have good intentions, meaning the new Ladybug and Cat Noir don't have it. So, who has it? I want to say the thieves but how do we know truly know and also where does that leave the peacock!"

Clapping was heard and they turned around as a blonde boy with dyed purple tips and blue eyes walked up, "Nice tin foil discussion."

Nina glared at him, "Zacharie Couffaine I will end you."

Zacharie smiled playfully, "You may try but I now have a human shield!"

At that the girl that had been standing behind him leaned around him to speak, "Am I the human shield?"

Sophie looked at the girl then her face broke into a smile, "Emma hey!"

Emma smiled too noticing Sophie, "Hey, Sophie."

Nina looked between Emma and Sophie. "You know the new girl?"

"We've met a couple times. Saved me from some disasters,"she explained.

Emma looked down, a slight blush her face, "I wouldn't call them disasters. Anyway, what are you guys up to?"

"Nina and I are just grabbing lunch," Sophie explained to the two, "You?"

Zacharie answered for them, "this poor girl was going to try to eat a school food and I refused to let that stand!"

That caused Emma to give him a look, "He sits next to me in class. Zach said 'dude let's go out to lunch. My treat'."

The boy looked at Emma, "You looked like a sad lost cat."

This caused a giggle to erupted from the other girls as Emma just sighed.

"So, your in Zacharie's class Emma? That means your in the grade ahead of us?" Nina asked as she pulled out the chair next to her to ask them to sit down.

Emma nodded as she pulled out the chair next to Sophie while Zacharie to the seat next to Nina, "Yeah. It's a little different than my last school but I'm catching up."

"Hey, Zacharie I've been meaning to ask how's your uncle doing?" Sophie asked earnestly.

With that question the boy got sad look on his face.

The black haired girl looked confused at them, "What happened to your uncle?"

Nina stepped in on that one, "You didn't recognize the last name?"

Emma took some of the chips from the plate Sophie offered with a soft smile, "I just moved back to Paris from New York."

"Well, my uncle is in the hospital. He was that hero that got his miraculous stolen yesterday," Zacharie explained sadly, "He's out of ICU but hasn't woken yet."

"Your uncle was Viperion?" Emma asked surprised.

"Not only that one of his moms was the hero Piglet!" Nina exclaimed, "and I'm also convinced his other mom is a hero too!"

"For the last time enough with that," Zacharie complained, "My mom is not Fang."

"You apparently missed two kwamis flying around," she smirked, "Why not one more?"

That pretty much ended the conversation as Emma's phone went off and she looked at, "Well this is fun and all but I got to jet. Apparently my youngest brother left his lunch, I'm going to see if I can grab him something before his lunch is up see ya."

Emma got to leave but paused for a moment as she pulled out a bag from the Dupain-Cheng bakery and handed them to Sophie, "Here, I mean to give them to you this morning. Bye!"

With that Emma was gone, leaving the blonde girl to look inside the bag to see a bunch of sweets in there, she also heard a little whine from Tikki.

Nina and Zacharie shared a look before looking back at Sophie, "Um, what was that?"

"Nothing! Nothing I swear!" Sophie promised blushed.

Zacharie and Nina didn't buy that for a second.

…..

"Can you even make it to Hugo's school and back for the bell?" Plagg asked as they left the cafe.

"No, but Cat Noir can," Emma smirked as she walked into an alley.

"Oh no."

"Plagg, Claws out!"

…

That night Nina was sitting at the table with her parents at the dinner table with her little brother as he was rattling on about his friend's cool older sister that had dropped by during lunch to give him his food.

Nina and Alain's father looked at the picture that Alain had taken on his phone and Nino did a spit take, "Dude, is that Emma Agreste? When did she move back?"

Alya simple looked at the photo, "She looks so much like Adrien."

Nina curious looked and her jaw drop as she saw the Emma she had met during lunch. The Emma take seemed to really like Sophie and who was apparently the older sister of Hugo Agreste. And Louis Agreste.

"Oh no."

This was not going to end well.

….

How well this would end was discovered when Emma and Hugo Agreste walked into the living room about 5:30 that evening covered in sweat from playing soccer in the park. Laughing as Hugo complained that he just had to get taller to stop her 'mad shills'.

"Just wait! I'll hit my growth spurt!"

Emma laughed at this. She was a bit tall for her age but she was sure Louis and Hugo would eventually be taller than her.

"Emma!" her grandmother called from the kitchen, "Come meet Louis's girlfriend!"

She looked at Hugo confused, "Louis has a girlfriend?"

The boy nodded as they walked from the doorway, "She's really nice but Louis almost never brings her over."

Emma shrugged wondering what it would be like to bring a girl over, maybe Sophie one day.

The two siblings entered the kitchen area and froze as she saw the girl sitting next to Louis, his arm around her.

"Emma, meet Louis's girlfriend, Sophie Léon."

Oh.

Author's Note

Thanks to all of you readers and for all the reviews, favorites, and followers. All please review some more it makes my day.

Also am I a monster? Yes. Yes I am. Sophie and Louis are dating. See more of that reveal next time.