Disclaimer in the first chapter. Hope you enjoy!
I am so sorry for the late update! I had a really hard time figuring out who will be the akuma in this chapter! But now, I've figured it out!
Chapter Fifteen: Lord Darkness
A male was standing around. He had tanned skin, black spiky hair, and green eyes. He was of average height and was skinny. He wore a blue t-shirt with black pants and black and blue shoes, as well as a black unzipped hoodie that had a rainbow pin on the upper right corner. This was Nikolai.
Not too far from Nikolai were the cheerleaders; practicing their routine. The captain of the cheer squad, had honey-blonde hair, and green eyes. She was wearing a red and gold cheerleading outfit, with a star on it. She had a fair skin tone. This was Kasey Wilson, the most popular girl in school, and the prettiest.
Nikolai watched the cheerleaders practice, however, one in particular caught his eye. That cheerleader was Kasey.
Currently, at that moment, the cheerleaders were practicing their routine. Derek would scowl seeing Nikolai looking at Kasey. He would walk up to him with a frown.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Derek yelled, making Nikolai turn his attention from Kasey to the angry jock in front of him.
"I was...uh…" Nikolai trailed off, unsure of how to reply.
"I know what you were doing," Derek replied, scowling. "You were staring at my ex! You pervert, I hope you realize she's waaaaay too out of your league! She'd never fall for an emo heart like you! And nothing your little goth self could do would change that! She'd never date you. Especially not when it's your fault for making her break up with me!"
Nikolai was crestfallen. He looked down at his feet, trying to avoid having eye contact with Derek.
Seemingly satisfied with the results of his tangent, Derek smirked to himself and walked away, leaving Nikolai alone.
A mechanical whir broke the chamber's silence, and ghastly blue light was allowed into the circular room. The moment the light struck the white forms along the ground, the butterflies, now luminescent, took to the air. They filled the dim chamber as a cloud of beating wings, hovering around the figure in the center of the room. It would soon reveal Hawk Moth.
"Now this young man will be the perfect target for my akumas," Hawk Moth grinned.
He held out his hand for a white butterfly to land on it, and as it did, he would cover his hand, giving it the dark energy to turn it into an akuma. Soon, he uncovered his hand. "Fly away my evil akuma, and corrupt this young man's blackened heart!" Hawk Moth twirled his cane, before letting it stomp on the floor for a bit.
The akuma would flutter out into Paris, to find its victim. Upon finding him, the butterfly would fly into the rainbow pin, and absorb into it.
Nikolai soon looked up, his expression darkening. The area around his eyes seemed to turn a dark rusted color, and soon a light purple butterfly mask appeared around his eyes as well.
"I can sense the burning anger in you, young man. I can give you the power to get your revenge on those who have wronged you. Lord Darkness, I am Hawk Moth. I'm granting you the power to control shadows. As a bonus, I'll let you use your shadows to corrupt the innocent; and turn them into your puppets. Strike fear into the hearts of many! In exchange; bring me Ladybug, Cat Noir, Lionne, and Ocelot's Miraculouses!" Hawk Moth spoke telepathically to him.
"Yes, Hawk Moth," Nikolai declared darkly, as the dark magic came out from the pin and turned him into Lord Darkness. He now had purple eyes, ash gray skin, and his hair had remained black with a few hints of dark gray. He appeared to be slightly taller and had gained some more muscle. He wore a black shirt, black pants, black boots with chains, and black gloves. He also had a black hoodie with the hood up, masking his face. There were some rips on the hoodie towards the bottom. On that hoodie was a purple pin. Around his eyes as well was a dark purple mask. He was now Lord Darkness, and Nikolai was no longer around.
"I can't believe you, Derek Stonewall!" a shrill, female voice shouted.
Derek stopped walking, and nearly groaned as he saw his twin sister, Daniella storm up to him. "It's your fault that Kasey dumped you, and now, you have to mock Nikolai?"
"So what? He's a freak! Kasey shouldn't have dumped me," Derek glared at his sister.
"Oh come on, it's not Nikolai's fault! It was your fault. Kasey didn't want to date a mean boy, so she dumped you. Simple as that," Daniella said.
"Why am I related to you?" Derek scowled.
"It's because I'm your sister," Daniella taunted.
Suddenly, without any warning whatsoever, what appeared to be a shadow got closer and closer to...well. While Derek would be the obvious choice, it actually got closer to Daniella. The shadow then went through her body.
Daniella let out a silent scream. She was completely terrified. But suddenly, her eyes turned fully black.
"Daniella?" Derek asked. As much as he didn't want to show it, he was terrified. What was going on and why were his sister's eyes suddenly black?
Daniella just stared at her brother, a glare on her face.
"Fool," came a voice that was most definitely not Daniella's. However, it was coming out of her mouth. "Tell me where the Miraculouses of Ladybug, Cat Noir, Lionne and Ocelot are."
"Look, I don't know what you're talking about," Derek replied. "Can't we just, ta-"
"You idiot," the voice came again. It seemed to be a masculine voice. "Stop covering up your lies with excuses. Now, tell me, where are the Miraculouses of Ladybug, Cat Noir, Lionne, and Ocelot are?"
Derek took a few steps back, and whatever steps he took back, Daniella took forward as an attempt to corner him.
"I don't know what you want!" Derek exclaimed. "Really!"
"Ugh! YOU IDIOTIC FOOL! You're proving to be a useless piece of time. Just tell me where you think those Miraculouses are! I need to get them for Hawk Moth!"
"And I just said, I don't know!" Derek refuted.
"Well then," Daniella growled. "I see no point in continuing this conversation."
Derek was completely freaked out by this. "Somebody, help!"
The akuma alert would go off, and Marinette, Adrien, Roland, and Juliette each went to hide in order to transform into their alter-egos.
"Another akuma?" Marinette groaned, hiding in the bathroom. "Well, let's get going, and find out what's happening. Tikki, Spots ON!" Marinette declared, transforming into her alter-ego: wearing a red superhero jumpsuit covered in black spots and with a black collar/turtleneck. Her yo-yo was wrapped around her waist with a red string. On her face is a red mask with five black spots that are in a symmetrical design, and the waterlines of her eyes are coloured black. Her earrings are red with five black spots in a quincunx pattern, and the bands holding her hair back become red ribbons, resembling a ladybug's antennas or a ladybug flying when she's moving. Her eyes became a vivid azure. She would pose at the end of her transformation.
Adrien hid in the locker room. "No time to lose. Plagg, Claws Out!" His ring would turn black, and gain a green paw print on its face. He has cat eyes with green sclerae, dark green irises, and oval pupils. His hair becomes longer and untamed, and it covers his normal ears. Cat Noir wears a textured black skin-tight catsuit with metal details. He wears matching gloves that have claws on the fingertips and boots with a hidden wedge, silver toes, and paw-shaped treads. He has a golden bell on his neck, connected to a zipper on the front of his costume, and a long belt that wraps around his waist and hangs out from the back like a tail. He wears black cat ears and a black mask around his eyes. He'd pose at the end of his transformation.
Roland would find a place to hide, and let Occa out of his scarf once the coast was clear. "Occa, streaks on!" he declared, as Occa is absorbed into the silver oval hair clip: which turns black and the inside turns a golden yellow. It has 5 rosettes inside.
Roland soon wore a golden yellow suit with large streak spots on the arms, torso, back, and legs that have a thick black outline and are light yellow in the middle. He has a light yellow middle section down his middle that goes slightly down his thighs before curving under him and partly up his butt. Around his waist is a belt-like structure that holds a long tail that is golden yellow with black spots. His tail is very heavy and usually used for leverage, but can be removed to wield like a flail. He wore tall boots that point up to his knees with a black heel and a light metallic yellow toe that are fashioned like paws.
The sole of his boots also have paws on the bottom. His collar is black and goes up his neck; though it comes down in the middle with a diamond shape around the middle of his collar bone. His mask is heavily marked like an ocelot's face with black and white markings on golden yellow. His eyes gain a blue sclera and turn to slits like a cat's do. He has fake ocelot ears including oceli on the back of them. His hair also gets long and shaggier, the longest parts on both sides of his head gain a golden yellow ombre at the ends. He has gauntlets with heavily armored fingers joints and knuckles that end with sharp claws at the ends. He would pose at the end of his transformation.
Juliette hid in an empty classroom. "Leena, let's roar!" Leena would be absorbed into the barrette, which turned gold, and looked like a lion's paw. Juliette's eyes turned hazel, and became cat-like, and her platinum blonde hair was taken out of its braid, turning auburn, and becoming straight. Her clothes would be soon be replaced with a sleeveless golden and strapless dress that reached to her knees, and golden arm-length gloves with black claws on them. She also had long black boots, that had a golden lion logo on the back of each boot. A golden belt would be wrapped around her waist, and it had a long, lion tail attached to it. There were two holsters on her dress; each of them contained a dagger. Finally, a golden superhero mask would appear over her face. She would pose once her transformation was complete.
The four heroes would make their way to the scene.
"Something's wrong with that cheerleader," Cat Noir said.
"Well, let's go and sort that problem out," Ocelot said, nodding.
Lionne would jump down. "Hey there," she said to the possessed Daniella. "Um, can you please stop?"
"Stop? Really?" 'Daniella' spoke up darkly. "Oh, you're that pesky lion girl. Where are the other stupid heroes?"
"Um, we're not stupid," Ocelot pointed out, as he jumped down, along with Ladybug and Cat Noir. "Like what Lionne said, stop what you're doing!"
"Oh yeah? And how do you plan to stop me?" the possessed Daniella asked, chuckling menacingly.
"With our superpowers, duh," Ladybug said.
"Well, in that case, let's make things more interesting, shall we?" 'Daniella' spoke up, before letting out a battle cry. Multiple shadows would start attacking the heroes, who all managed to dodge.
'Daniella' growled. "Stay still, you pesky brats!"
The butterfly outline would appear around the possessed Daniella's eyes.
"Lord Darkness, don't make me take away your powers! Get the Miraculouses, now!" Hawkmoth ordered.
"Already on it, Hawk Moth," 'Daniella' spoke darkly, grinning. The possessed girl would use more shadows to attack the heroes.
"This is getting really bad!" Lionne said.
"But we don't know where the akuma is located!" Ladybug exclaimed.
Suddenly, without warning, it appeared as though a shadow had just left Daniella's body. The shadow formed a person. That person being Lord Darkness. "As if I'd give you an answer!" Lord Darkness laughed, creating monsters out of shadows.
Daniella held her head, confused. Then, she looked up. "Nikolai, you've got to stop this!" she begged.
"Nikolai's no more. I'm Lord Darkness," he responded coldly.
"Lord Darkness?" Cat Noir said, a bit confused.
"Don't you dare insult my name, you pesky cat!" Lord Darkness snarled.
"I'm not pesky!" Cat Noir glared.
Lord Darkness laughed. "Um, yeah, you are. I think one of you felines will be the perfect body for me to control next." With that, he turned into a shadow, and started moving towards the heroes.
"Don't let him get to you!" Ladybug shouted, as the heroes tried to run.
Daniella ran over to her brother, grabbing her brother. "Run, you doofus!" she shouted.
Derek would run with her, completely terrified.
The shadow monsters would follow them, and one of them would pin Lionne to the ground.
"Hey, get off of me!" Lionne shouted.
"Oh no, Lionne!" Ocelot shouted, trying to go up to her.
"No, don't! It's too risky!" Ladybug stopped him.
The shadow would soon approach Lionne, and went through her body!
"NOOOOOOOO!" Ocelot let out.
Lionne's eyes would turn fully black! "Oh, this is just perfect! Now, I can easily grab the rest of your Miraculouses!" the possessed heroine grinned.
"Ladybug, what did you do when Cat Noir was affected by Dark Cupid?" Ocelot asked.
"I used true love's kiss, why?" Ladybug looked at Ocelot.
"Maybe that will work on Lionne!" Ocelot said.
"Ha! You really think that'll work?" 'Lionne' asked darkly. The possessed heroine would summon shadows to fight.
"Ladybug, get ready to use your lucky charm when I get Lord Darkness out of Lionne!" Ocelot shouted.
The butterfly outline would soon appear over the possessed lion heroine's eyes.
"Don't let him kiss you!" Hawkmoth shouted.
"Oh, don't worry, Hawkmoth, my shadows will prevent that loser from freeing his girlfriend." 'Lionne' would say darkly.
Ocelot blushed. "She's not my girlfriend! Well, not yet anyways."
"Ocelot, focus," Ladybug said.
"Right," Ocelot nodded. The heroes would fight their possessed teammate. The latter would be using their shadows to attack.
"Stay still you pesky heroes! I need your Miraculouses for Hawkmoth!" 'Lionne' growled.
Ocelot would manage to grab Lionne. "Sorry about this, Lionne," he said, before leaning in and kissing her.
The lion heroine would stiffen at first, before melting into the kiss. As Ocelot pulled away, 'Lionne' let out a cry of anguished pain, as the shadow left her body!
"That was disgusting!" Lord Darkness nearly vomited.
"Oh, my head," Lionne groaned.
"Lionne, thank goodness you're okay! I'm so sorry, I had to kiss you so that Lord Darkness could get out of your body!" Ocelot exclaimed.
"Whoa, whoa, what?!" Lionne was shocked.
"No time now, we need to defeat Lord Darkness!" Cat Noir shouted.
"LUCKY CHARM!" Ladybug shouted, as she threw her yo-yo into the air. Magical ladybugs would surround it, before an item dropped into her hand.
"A hairdryer? What am I supposed to do with this?" Ladybug asked.
"Oh, we can blow the shadows away!" Cat Noir said.
"Good thinking, kitty cat," Ladybug said. "But the only thing is, we need an outlet."
"Ladybug, this hairdryer doesn't need an outlet," Lionne giggled.
"Oh right, I keep forgetting about the magic," Ladybug sighed, turning it on, to start blowing away the shadows.
"MY SHADOWS!" Lord Darkness yelled, growling. "Oh, you're going to pay for this!"
"Kinesis!" Ocelot shouted. A fiery power engulfed the gauntlets on Ocelot, as he charged forward with a punch, causing Lord Darkness to be taken aback.
"You're really annoying, you know that, right?" Lord Darkness growled.
"Cat Noir, aim for the pin!" Ladybug exclaimed.
"But before that," Lionne growled. "Cover your ears guys!"
The heroes would immediately do so.
"Oh, what's the pathetic little lion going to do, huh?" Lord Darkness taunted.
Lionne growled once more. "First of all, I'm NOT pathetic. Second of all, you're going to pay for possessing me! MIGHTY ROAR!"
The loud roar would paralyze the villain.
"Cat Noir, do your thing!" Lionne said.
"CATACLYSM!" Cat Noir shouted, activating the destructive power.
"Aim for the pin, Cat Noir!" Ladybug shouted.
"You've got it," Cat Noir nodded, and touched the pin with one finger. It would turn black, and shatter.
"No more evildoing for you, little akuma," Ladybug began, swiping her finger across her yo-yo to open it. She would drop it down, and spin it behind her for a moment. "TIME TO DE-EVILIZE!" She threw the open yo-yo at the akuma, capturing it. "Gotcha!"
She turns around and taps her yo-yo to open it, to release the now purified butterfly. "Bye bye little butterfly."
Ladybug would soon grab the hairdryer, and throw it up in the air. "MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"
Magical ladybugs would go around Paris, and fix all of the damage that had been done. The magical ladybugs would pass by Lord Darkness, changing him back into Nikolai.
"Huh? What am I doing here?" Nikolai asked, confused.
"POUND IT!" the four heroes exclaimed.
Under the fluttering wingbeats, Hawk Moth growled and his cane creaked under the pressure of his grip. He clasped a hand over his brooch, and his voice rumbled against the metal walls, "Curse you, Ladybug. Your luck won't last forever." He then shouted to the window, as the metal shutters began to close, "I shall have your Miraculous one day!"
Later that day, Kasey was drinking some water. The rest of cheerleading practice had been cancelled because of the akuma attack.
Nikolai was near the area Kasey was at. He was still confused as to what had happened. It was as if he had blacked out.
Kasey soon noticed Nikolai, and stood up. She walked up to him. "Hey, I've seen you watch the cheerleaders practice," she commented.
Nikolai looked at her. "Yeah," he nodded. "I tend to stick around to watch them practice. What made you bring it up?"
Kasey shrugged her shoulders. "You seem like you wanted to talk with one of them." She sat on the ground near him, patting the spot next to her. "Talk to me. Which one of the cheerleaders did you want to speak with?"
"You," Nikolai answered simply.
"Me?" Kasey was confused. "What for?"
"I kinda...like you," Nikolai answered. "I mean, you're so sweet and unlike most cheerleaders...I admire that and that admiration ended up turning into feelings."
Kasey blushed. "You're so sweet. I like you too. But how about we take things slow?"
"Yeah," Nikolai replied, blushing a light pink. "Taking things slow sounds good."
Thanks so much for reading! Stay tuned for Chapter 16!
