Sheepheadfred/ That question will be answered in the special I'm working on; and in this world, the Miraculous World; New York happened before Season 3 Episode; Ladybug. And just for fun, I threw in two characters from a show that ZagToon has been talking about for years but did nothing that I can see.
So here's the trailer; In New York; Sparrow will face a threat from the ancient past, causing a pair of old rivals of her and her sister to fight side by side with them as they save old foes. When the threat multiplies, what will turn the tide for those against it? Find out in Miraculous New York the Movie; The Coming Darkness. Hoped date October 1st.
But that's enough promotion, for the next two chapters or so, it'll be filler for the last great battle, after that there'll be a what's happening to everyone chapter then next there's the Pride Saga of this series.
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As she looked around the platform on the Eiffel Tower, Salacia was worried. She wanted to believe that the heroes were on the side of the angels, but if they were with the Order then she would deal with it, it would make fighting the Seven harder but then she decided to do this. And her escape strategy would work, all she had to do was jump down and then make it to the river and swim away.
She hoped she wouldn't have to use it, but she learned a long time ago it was always better to have something and not need it than need it and not have it.
A sound caused her to look up and see Rena Rouge, Ladybug, and Chat Noir land on the other side of the platform from her. She swallowed and took a deep breath.
"Hello, it's a pleasure to finally meet you when we can all talk as long as we need to," Chat Noir called out from where he was. Salacia nodded, feeling a little relief that it was only the three of them. But then with the portal maker, they could have all of them here in moments, she needed to know the truth.
"Are you allied with the Order of the Guardians?" Salacia asked as she clenched her hands.
"The Order was destroyed for over a hundred years before Chat and I defeated the Sentimonster that ate them. We work with the sole survivor until I brought the temple back. And we've learned, that the others aren't as on the side of good as the survivor believed," Ladybug said and Salacia went still as she looked at her.
This was better than her worst fear, but then the fact that the temple was back, that might work against her. Okay, from what Bulla said about them, they always talked about Balance and all, balance under them. They might be against them, but I need to tell their Kwami at the very least. She thought as she took a deep breath.
"The user we fought together in the park? She's one of seven who each brought a Miraculous into existence after Atlantis fell. My Kwami said that the line of her last Atlantis holder has fought them for years," Salica said and Ladybug looked at her in shock as Rena Rouge's mouth as Chat Noir dropped to the floor as his legs failed him. "And for years the Order tried to take her to enforce their ideas of 'Balance', and they were not above killing to do so."
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"Okay…" Ladybug said stunned and looked at the others as they stared at the Dolphin-heroine. They had known that the Order wasn't all that Fu thought they were from the way the Kwami had reacted, but this was beyond what they feared. If she was to be right, then the fact that they had been brought back might work against them, if they sent other Miraculous against them!
"Okay, that was worse than we thought, just gonna say that right there," Rena Rouge said softly as she looked at Salica who nodded.
Chat Noir looked down at his ring, wondering just what they had done to his friend. He was worried, more worried than he was before they had come here, this tracked with the information Fu was able to get out of the Kwami before they were silenced by what they now knew of as the spell they were going to break. The last message Marinette and he had sent to Uncanny Valley about how they needed to talk had been sent a replay that her mother was gone, and she was in battle. They hoped to hear from her soon, but until then they could only wait and deal with this.
"How were they even able to create new Miraculous?" Ladybug asked and Salica
"Because my Kwami was part of a group that took relics from the Mage of Atlantis when the island fell," Salica admitted and looked at them and took a deep breath. "She protected an artifact the Mage used as a message in a bottle, he had a warning that in twenty-nine days, a Day of Wraith will happen."
"Day of Wraith?" Chat Noir asked and Salica looked down.
They didn't know what she was talking about, but they had a feeling that whatever it was, it was very bad. The others who were listening in from Rena's flute were probably talking about it too, and Chloe was probably in a frenzy worrying about what this 'Day of Wraith' could mean for Paris.
"My Kwami described it as a day when the world healed, a time of fury when the wounds our planet gained. One single day where the wounds that happened over years were healed all at once. She's told me that the ancient magic users constructed towers to keep it from happening, but they've been destroyed. When it happens, it will be bad," Salica said and looked away.
Ladybug did the numbers in her head. The new moon would happen in twenty-three days, after that this Day of Wraith would happen, which gave them a few days to maybe prepare for it after the ceremony that would hopefully free the Kwami.
"So that's why you wanted to talk to us all?" Rena Rouge asked and Salica nodded.
"Yeah, I needed to tell you that The Mage had a message for all the Kwami, once we trust each other more, we'll hand it over," Salica said and Ladybug looked at the others and leaned against a support beam and held her head.
"The Order cast spells on the Kwami, we're going to break them but we need to wait until the next full moon to do it," Ladybug said Salica sighed and nodded.
"That tracks. My Kwami told me that the Order sent people after them, and sometimes Miraculous users as well. All for the 'Balance' under them of course," Salica said bitterly and Chat Noir growled and Rena Rouge covered her mouth as Ladybug just blinked.
"Okay, that's a lot to unpack," Chat Noir said as every bad feeling he had once Chloe made her 'cult' comment was coming back at him driving a tank.
"The person we fought together, she was one of the Seven then?" Rena Rouge asked and Salica nodded.
"The Sin of Gluttony, the power granted by that Miraculous is to drain the energy from a person, the basic energy we use day by day. They turn it into an 'egg' that they can drain, if I destroy it then the people drained wake up, otherwise, it takes them a week to do so," Salica admitted and looked at the others before sighing. "The minions were created by another of the Seven, not by her power but by her skill."
"What," Ladybug asked faintly and Salica nodded as the others looked at her shocked. The three could hear Master Fu coughing in shock and horror as they listened in.
"The way she tells it, it's some kind of magic that Lust picked up around WW2 in the Pacific, something about a mad monk that she seduced or something…. She said that her sister, the Dove was lost then, and there was something about the Armadillo disappearing," Salica said and Ladybug swallowed and looked at her as Chat Noir looked at Ladybug in concern as Rena Rouge looked at Salica.
"Hey, how many Miraculous were with your group?" Rena called out and Salica nodded.
"Counting her, six. It was sometime after Atlantis fell and the people who became the Seven were fleeing religious prosecution or something. The Dolphin isn't sure what exactly," Salica said and Rena Rouge nodded.
Chat Noir looked at Ladybug as Rena Rouge questioned Salica about the other members of her Kwami's group and he saw the worry in her eyes. If he could see fear in her eye, something was bothering her beyond what he could see.
"Can the Seven bring other Kwami and Miraculous into the world?" Ladybug asked and Salica shook her head.
"No. The way it was explained to me, when her group broke free they took what was needed to do that with them. The group split it apart and two of them took their pieces and hid them away from the Seven," Salica admitted and Ladybug turned and looked out over Paris.
She didn't know what they would do, with Hawkmoth having gained more power with the latest attack, this Giles who escaped while they were fighting the bees, and now six more Evil Miraculous users were out there allied to the who attacked them during the attack of those two Akuma! And to top it off, this Holder before them just said it was possible to bring more Miraculous into being if they had a relic from the mage, that her group split into six parts.
Ladybug didn't know how everything that happened over the last few days would affect the battle against Hawkmoth, but she doubted it would be good.
"Besides telling us about this, why did you want to meet here?" Ladybug asked and Salica shrugged.
"I can escape easily if you drop the rest of your team with the Horse, this way I can keep the fight. And I had to warn you about the day of Wraith, I wouldn't live with myself if I didn't tell you," Salica said as she turned around and looked at them over her shoulder. "See you next battle!"
Before they could say anything, she jumped off the edge! They ran and saw her hit the water, surface, and wave before diving deep and swimming away.
"She's a Dolphin so maybe she can breathe underwater. So see you later guys!" Rena Rouge said and turned away, Chat Noir and Ladybug laughed a little and nodded.
"Everyone, we're heading home too. Master, good night," Ladybug said and they all heard the others' detrasnform commands over their earbuds as each line died.
Rena Rouge grinned at Ladybug and Chat Nori and smirked. "Bye, guys. Don't go making kittens now!"
As Ladybug and Chat Noir blushed Rena Rouge laughed as she jumped away. She was giddy and trying to think out but inside she was as worried as the others. With the sheer chaos and damage that this Day of Fury could cause, Rena could only hope that the Mayor had paid the 'Special Events' insurance so Paris could recover faster.
As Ladybug and Chant Nir jumped away to do a patrol before heading back to her home, she decided to send a text to Eagle about everything once there, hoping that Eagle's Kwami might be able to verify what Salica told them. If such a terror was coming, they had to warn people, and they might have to work with Hawkmoth to survive.
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As the Monday sun shinned down, Lila walked into school, she tried to keep the fear and suspicion she was feeling at bay and off her face. She had been shaking when finished listening to what she had recorded in the kitchen.
She now knew her mother wasn't normal, that she had somehow programmed Lila to act the way she did, and she didn't know how to handle that. But for now, all she could do was try and see if she could find a way to get away from her control and get her first before whatever reason she had to do this was done. Ladybug was out, so the only option she had was to somehow get Hawkmoth to help her. Maybe she could become an Akuma that could force anyone she wanted to obey her orders and interrogate her mother?
She shook her head, she needed to get her head in the game. Right now she had to hope Adrien was back after his… escapade. She had to get him to understand the finer points of living as a modern noble and get him to understand that that baker's brat was nothing, worse than the slime beneath her feet. And with her gone, I'll be able to slowly mold these fools into the perfect worshipers, I've done it before. And that Kim, if he doesn't shape up I'll have to do something to him, maybe get him blacklisted from sports computations if he doesn't fall into line after I threaten him. But to get that kind of power I need these sheep to make me their class representative, and once that happens this school will one day worship me! She thought as she grinned evilly.
She knew most people would fight if they knew someone was controlling their actions, but to Lila, it just meant she had someone to blame if she was confronted, and she would enjoy that boon to the hilt. And the only thing she hated about what her mother had done to her was that she wasn't the one to do it to her.
"Well, time for my first day at this place without that brat Marinette! Goodbye girl, may you take your own life soon!" Lila cackled and entered the building, never noticing someone had seen her and recorded her.
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In Miss Bustier's room, the class was softly talking to each other as Rose was being fussed over by Juleka.
"I'm fine Jules, really. I feel great, after my sleep, it's like it never happened," Rose said as she looked at her good friend. Juleka sighed and nodded, turning towards the others as they talked. The few pictures the reporters had gotten before they had been forced away from the battle had been all the news had talked about this morning, So far her classmates hadn't asked what happened, they all knew that at best she would only have impressions of what she had done as her new form. Juleka however blushed a little as she remembered how she felt when she saw the picture of her new form, it was something else and she was thinking about asking Marinette for a dress in that color, something nice to wear for the next time she went to the Teen Casino.
Alya looked down at her desk and tried to keep her mind off last night's revelations from showing on her face. The fact that someone beyond the Mage had brought more Miraculous into the world, that the Mage was from Atlantis and everything, she had no words for it. With the way the past was slowly becoming more active, she didn't know what. And the worse thing was that she couldn't tell anyone outside their circle about it!
Master Fu had taken this information the hardest, last she heard he was poring over the pages of the Grimoire he had, trying to find anything that had the simplest scrapes about the Mage, but so far he found nothing the last she heard from him on the group chat this morning.
Chloe looked down at the front of the class as Sabrina looked over her phone. The two of them had been talking about maybe bringing in the others into their secret, but then she was still unsure what would happen to the two of them if they did win their battle. She wanted to do what was right, and ever since the two of them found out the truth, at least they had found it out after she had her revelations about her actions and how she was acting like her mother. And with the 'Guardian Cult' possibly coming for them, they didn't need her drama before the little ones were freed
Sabrina was looking over disaster drills and possible scenarios, this 'Day of Fury' that Salica told them about had caused their Kwami to clam up, not a good sign. If it was as bad as she feared, then they needed to do something soon. With everything she's heard on the 'Cadet Net' lately, and with the 'Club' sending out notices of coming attractions that made her worried, and then there was her elephant to handle, at least Barkk agreed that something was wrong with how her father had taught her.
Kim meanwhile sighed and looked out the window, after the Lockdown was lifted from the pool, he had tried to ask Ondine out but she said that she had to do something. After that, he had gone to Max's place and they had listened in on the talk with the Dolphin hero, and to say Max's mind was blown was like saying water was wet. He had gone set up a web search for everything Plato had said about Atlantis and with the monsters, he started to look up legends of heroes fighting monsters, wondering what was real or not. All Kim knew, was that the world was a lot bigger than he thought it was.
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As Lila entered the school, she smiled as she looked around. This was hers now, and if anyone tried to bother her, then all she had to do was cry to her pawns and they would be expelled. This was even better
As she walked towards her class, Lila tried to keep focused. Taking Marinette's former position was her goal in the short term, but first, she needed to get rid of any chance that Chloe would take it back. She needed to remind the class how infective Chloe had been when it had been her, based on the stories she heard the mayor's brat did the bare minimal
And the fact that there was a new Bee hero, that was gold. If she could cut away more of Chloe's social power, it would take nothing to step into her shoes once. She stopped before the door and listened in, hoping to get anything that could help her plans.
"I can't believe all three of you became Akumas Rose, I just can't!" Mylene's voice caused Lila to smile, with Hawkmoth getting stronger, soon that Ladybitch will fall like she's meant to, and then she would rule with him until she can take over for him.
She shook herself, slapped her face, and forced a smile onto it. She opened the door and walked in, grinning happily. "Good Morning everyone!"
Lila saw everyone but their teacher and smiled at Chloe, ready to start her plans. "Oh Chloe I saw the news the other day, to think
"Eh, I'm good with that," Chloe said with a shrug and for a moment Lila heard a crack within herself as she looked at Chloe as the others in the room all looked at the conversation. "In fact, I even got a picture that should be going up just about….now!"
A beeping caused them all to look to their phones and saw there was a new photo on the Ladyblog, the photo was of Chloe and Apisera with their arms over the other's shoulders with the caption 'Passing the Buzz'.
"Wait, this is the Ladyblog! Alya you did this?" Mylene asked and Alya nodded.
"Yeah, Chloe called me over and after promising this wasn't a trick I came on over and Apisera turned up! We did an interview that's going up around lunchtime!" Alya said with a grin. As Lila stared at the photo feeling her plan die and break into pieces Chloe spoke, each word causing her almost physical pain.
"Actually, I flagged down Ladybug one night and we talked about it, and I was the one to suggest she find a new hero to replace me," Chloe said and Lila felt the world tilt as the class looked at her.
"You did? If it was me I would be a bit mad even if I went public!" Alix said and Chloe shrugged and smirked up at her.
Chloe looked around as people looked at her and fought down a grin, this was what she liked most of her bad years, people waiting to hear what she said and
"Pinks, let's just say that I spent a bit of time looking back at my actions and well, personality and didn't like what I saw. But I gave the photo and interview to Alya to try to make up for the Lady Wifi thing, and I admit that I went a bit overboard, but why I did so was something she was supposed to know! And I will have a talk with him about it!" Chloe said and the
"Wait, you gave the interview to Alya?" Ivan asked and Chloe nodded.
"Yeah, Ladybug was originally going to come and back me up, but then the new Bee showed up instead and well there it is," Chloe said with a shrug and then she looked at Juleka then looked away.
"Yeah, but back on the why Marinette was able to get so better results instead of Chloe when she was class president?" Lila asked sweetly and Nino scowled at her, remembering a former bully before he and Marinette even joined the same class as Chloe.
"Because Marinette only asked if it was allowed, and if it was the funding she gathered from her fundraisers were always handled by her as a non-profit that Sabrina helped set up, and she made the goodies with her parent's help here at school," Chloe said absently as she did her nails, blowing on them after a few moments.
"And you couldn't why Chloe?" Lila asked, trying to put some doubt about how Chloe dealt with the position.
"I'm a terrible baker, and the lunch ladies only work part-time, the school won't let them make goods for sales due to insurance issues, plus they won't let them work overtime. And most money that I did collect was always a lot less than Sabrina's figures at the end so I told Marinette to keep the money and use it herself to get what she collected it for. She did but she just bought the materials to make them," Chloe said bluntly and Rose looked down at the pillow she used on her chair and frowned, suddenly understanding why it had a yellow flower on it and she was told to take it home every day.
Max meanwhile nodded to Markov who winked back, hopefully, his friend would be able to hack into the school's servers easily enough, taking a look at where the school's funds went, that seemed like a good way to spend their time while the program he made was running.
A moment later Ms. Bustier came into the room all smiles, but Chloe knew that whatever the worst teacher in the school had planned, she wouldn't like it.
"Calm down everyone, we have a long day. And will anyone who wants to be the new Class Representative please think about it and talk to me at Lunch!" Ms. Bustier said with a smile as she locked her eyes on Alya and Lila. Chloe just barely kept a growl down as Ms. Bustier turned towards the board, not seeing the glares most of the class was sending her.
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A car stopped in front of Francoise-Dupont and three people got out, George plus a woman and a man, all of them in black suits. The woman just sighed and shook her head. "I wanted to never have to come back to this place ever again, at least until I retired at least."
Another car stopped and two men in suits got out and looked at the school behind black sunglasses and the woman nodded at them before one moved towards the back of the school.
"Come on Rebecca, you know you live for this kind of thing like us!" The man who spoke had tanned skin and Rebecca only glared at him and she looked at him, he only laughed at her look.
"Maybe Albert, but I really hate that we have to come back here and with the why!" Rebecca said and Albert nodded as the final member of their group snickered and glared up at the building.
"But you know I was right, this place is trash!" Albert said with a scowl as he looked up at the school. "The only thing that makes this place even halfway decent is some of the teachers, so shall we?"
As they walked towards the school as one, Albert looked at the building and remembered the pain, sorrow, and anger that had caused him to come here. After everything, he was back here again, and from what he had found out this was going to be almost as bad as what happened before.
As they entered the school, Fred Haprele was coming out of a doorway that led into the front office and paused before look
"Hello, can I help you?" Fred asked nervously and Rebecca smiled at him. Fred was wishing there were more security members
"Albert Allberg, with the country's Board of Education, Internal Affairs Division," Albert said and Fred gulped. "We need to talk to all the students and the teachers."
Fred looked at them and swallowed, he hoped privately that they were here about Marinette.
As she entered the main office, Rebecca saw a microphone and grabbed it, the secretary tried to stop her but Albert grabbed her arm. Mr. Damocles came in and scowled at them and was about to speak when Rebecca turned on the intercom.
"Attention all students and teachers, my name is Rebecca and I work for the Country's Board of education. Classes are over, my assonates need to talk to every student, once done talking with them after being called please stay on the premises until the day ends, we might need to talk to some of you again. However you may choose not to talk to us if you like, you may then leave but be aware if we need to talk to you we will find you. All teachers please gather in the teacher's room," Rebecca said and then looked at Damocles as he paled as listened to her.
As the other two people who came with her went off, Rebecca looked at Damocles and smiled evilly. "Now please bring me to your office, I need to look over all your paperwork! And you, Mr…?"
"Call me Fred mam," Fred Harper said and she nodded.
"Yes, please tell the Libran and the lunch monitor that they don't need to come for now, and then please watch over the gym until I send the gym teacher to take over once I'm done with him," Rebecca said and Fred nodded before he winced and looked away.
"Mam, we don't have a lunch monitor," Fred said and Rebecca looked at him for a few moments before glaring at Damocles who swallowed. Rebecca kneaded her eyes before looking at the secretary and sighed.
"Fine, you. Is there a phone in the lunch room? Or can you take that phone and answer it there? Good," Rebecca said as she nodded.
"You cover the lunch room, then I'll send him once I'm done with him, right?" She growled at Damocles who nodded with a fearful look on his face
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Chloe shared a grin with Sabrina as the announcement ended. She had a feeling that this had something to do with Marinette's expulsion and she couldn't wait to tell them everything she saw!
Miss Bustier looked up at the loudspeakers as her class all stood up. This would set them back a bit. They needed to find another Class Representative to be an inspiration for everyone! After Chloe shot down all of Caline's advice, Marinette was the perfect idol for the class until the end. She would have to teach the next one better. She hoped that this wouldn't hurt any of them too much, that they would become people who
As Chloe looked at her jailer teacher she wondered if she should send all the evidence she had gathered against her to the investigators, she knew she hadn't been a good student but even then she had known something was wrong with how Caline Bustier acted.
"Everyone, please go to the library, gym, or cafeteria and wait until you're called, and everyone please read the next chapter and do the worksheet for it on the class page on the school site!" Caline said as she walked out of the room.
Lila went out the other door, Rose saw her leaving the group and called out. "You okay Lila?"
"Bathroom, see you later!" Lila called out as she left. Chloe, Sabrina, and Alya looked at her as Kim and Max looked at each other before shrugging.
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Aurore looked around the small room and took a deep breath as she walked to the table and sat before Albert.
"Thank you for talking to me, please state who you are for the record," Albert said and Aurore nodded and sat down before a microphone.
"My name is Aurore, Aurore Beauréal. Class President of class B, teacher Ms. Mendeleiev," Aurore said and Albert nodded.
"Thank you, please tell me everything you know about the incident between Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Lila Rossi," Albert said and Aurore looked at him.
She didn't know who these people were or if they were just trying to cover the school for what they did to Marinette, but she had to take a chance.
"I have to state that I don't know much as my class was not in school for the incident in question," Aurore said and Albert nodded.
"I understand, but please what can you tell me about what happened as you understand the situation from the talk about it around the school," Albert asked and Aurore looked at him with hard eyes.
"Thank you, as we came to school the next day as the trip was for all of the day it was all our fellow students could talk about," Aurore said and a savage glare came onto her face. "And I knew from the beginning that there was no way that Marinette would have done that to Rossi!"
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Lila had slipped away, not bothering to talk to anyone and heading towards the back door. She reached the stars leading out she stopped as she thought she heard someone out there. Opening the door a sliver she brought out a hand mirror and used it to look through the crack and she saw a man in a uniform waiting out there by the door. She moved backward closing the door silently and glared at it as she wondered what to do now. If someone found her before she got away… with everything that was happening she needed to do it now.
As she moved softly away she tried to remember how the school's grounds were set up. The door on the west side was in sight of the front door, so since someone was back here they would see her. The only chance she had was to slip away through an exit on the east side near the gym, she remembered how some kids broke the alarm by a dodge ball hitting it after escaping the gym, that day had been crazy and an Akuma WASN'T involved no matter what some people said, she had that from the psycho himself.
As she moved out of the corridor she saw Armand D'Argencourt looking right at her. He was the Physical education and fencing teacher for the school, considered one of the best fencers in Europe who wasn't a Super. He was wearing his usual white fencing uniform and glared at her. His large curly mustache twitched as he glared at her before he spoke.
"Well, don't just stand there! Go, and find a way to so that little wench will stay out of my school!" He barked and walked past her towards the gym. Lila blinked and looked at him leave, she had always thought the teachers were split into two categories, those who hated her or those who she tricked, she had never seen a teacher who wanted to help her.
Lila shook her head and slipped into the door outside, running towards her home, not expecting that her mother already knew about the hearing and was planning on taking her there, or that she had been seen by and Armand had been heard by someone who had recorded it.
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"When we heard about we couldn't believe it, it made no sense at all," Mirelle said and looked down. She and George sat in a room like the one Aurora was in
"Who is the 'we' in this situation?" George asked and Mirelle looked up from her lap.
"Aurore and myself, we're the president and vice president for our class and we've worked with Marinette and her vice-president, Alya on the council and it didn't make sense given what we knew about Marinette's character," Mirelle said as she looked at the investigator with a sheepish look on her face. "But you don't want my feelings, do you?"
"I do but I deal with facts alone miss," George said as he smiled at her gently. "I just want to know everything you can tell me about what happened as you know."
Mirelle looked at him and smiled a little and looked away, wondering how to even begin to explain what she knew about the school.
"Okay, I guess what we knew was when our teacher came into homeroom the day after, now she… looked terrible. She always smiles and sometimes tells a few jokes before class, when it's chemistry she's always strict but only so we're safe," Mirelle began and the man nodded. He had known teachers like that a lot, they were some of the best as far as he was concerned. A teacher who was human and was able to keep their charges safe even if they were strict.
"That fits with the profile we have of her, a good person and a strict teacher when class starts, but someone who will still show her humanity. Now what could have caused her to feel that?" George asked rhetorically and Mirelle smiled at him.
"First off, do you know what Miss Bustier's class is called by everyone else?" Mirelle asked and George shook his head. "The Akuma Class."
"Lots of drama there then?" George asked with a grin.
"Yeah," Mirelle said with a grin. "But this was beyond anything so Aurora and I decided to ask the principal about the Marinette's hearing. So we headed over to the principal's office and tried to get a meeting, and well…"
Mireille looked away and George felt a headache forming.
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In his office Principal, Damocles locked eyes with Rebecca who had commandeered his school as she sat behind his desk and looked over his files and he was happy that he had put his secrets on lockdown, without the counter code from him if the button was pushed nothing would happen. And moments later she found it and frowned as she looked down and hed bashfully.
"That's the emergency button if I press it when it's working, it sounds the alarm telling everyone to run to safety," Damocles said and Rebecca looked at him with a raised eyebrow and he shrugged. "It was the last project of old Professor Berrymore before he retired, last I heard he was in New Zealand bicycling."
"If it's working?" Rebecca asked dryly and Damocles grinned shakily.
"Well when the First Akuma happened the damage wasn't repaired, and well the budget didn't have it with everything else and since what happened was ruled to fall under the 'Brainwashed are Innocent Act', we couldn't sue Stoneheart, and then since it's all magic…" Damocles said and Rebecca looked away, never noticing him press a small statue's head, deactivating many of the improvements he made off the books.
Rebecca rubbed her eyes as she sighed and sat down. She wanted to hate him but he was right, with insurance Science Villains would be paid right away, but with Magic Villains, they had to be caught before the companies made a payout. And with how Hawky's been hiding so well, that's going to be a very time. So the result is that I can't fault him for that! She thought with a glare as she turned to look at him.
"It was all we could do to fix the cameras, the system still says they're not working when they are!" Damocles complained and sighed as Rebecca looked up at him and he hid a smirk under his beard. "But if you're looking for the views from when this even happened, it's already been erased, again a command from city hall, delete everything every third Friday at closing time."
Rebecca looked at him and glared, prompting him to raise his hands in surrender. "It is a policy that the mayor set up, I have my orders about it."
Rebecca looked at him and sighed as she started to look over the paperwork and frowned before looking at Damocles with a worse glare. "Where is the paperwork on Miss Dupain-Cheng?"
"I was planning on finishing that today, just backdate it to last Thursday," Damocles admitted and Rebecca frowned, he looked away and blushed.
Rebecca wanted to yell at him, but backdating paperwork like Marinette was at the edge of acceptable. She didn't know if he was serious, he forgot about it or wanted to expel her due to being tardy too many times. She had dealt with a few cases like that in the past, and the storm she had rained onto those scum who tried to do that, well most of them couldn't get jobs at dog schools.
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Chloe looked at Juleka and Rose as they came up to her after talking with the investigators as Sabrina came from checking out something. Looking at her friend, Sabrina nodded and Chloe sighed.
"I want to talk to you two, privately," Chloe said and Rose almost said something before Juleka spoke up.
"And we can trust you why? And where" Juleka said with a scowl and Chloe looked away.
"In the entrance way to the basement, and I'll be outside. You can let someone else stand guard with me if you want," Sabrina said and Juleka nodded before spotting Alix walking towards the library and smiled at each other.
Moments later Ax looked at them as she closed the door, leaving Chloe, Rose and Juleka alone n the basement.
"So what's this all about?" Juleka asked Chloe who looked at them and swallowed.
"Well… gah!" Chloe stammered out before she just bowed to both of them. Juleka and Rose just stared at Chloe in shock. Chloe looked up after a few moments and saw how they both reacted she looked away. "Goth-g…Juleka….. sorry about the photo thing, our teacher should have maybe put us last while everyone went to find you at least!"
Juleka blinked and shared a glance at Rose who looked as surprised as Juleka felt. Nothing ever prepared her for Chloe of all people to apologize. And she was right, how Ms. Buister and Damocles dealt with that incident was bad, it was just another mark against them. But it still didn't make what Chloe did any less bad.
"Still that doesn't make what you did any better!" Juleka said and Chloe winced and looked down at the floor.
"Yeah, I know. Well, that was when I was trying to act like my mom would, hoping the witch would like me back," Chloe admitted and Rose winced and Juleka frowned. She was the last person to talk about having a normal relationship with her parents, and she could see why Chloe had thought that she needed to do something for her mother to like her.
But then Audrey was a total bitch, no calling her a bitch was an insult to female dogs! She had seen the woman a few times around the city, and to say that the only reason that she wasn't in jail was that her husband was the mayor was like saying the sky was blue! If that was Chloe's role model who she based herself on, then that explained a lot. But it was the 'witch' comment that bothered Juleka, something about that tickled her senses, it was like she knew was at the edge of understanding something but she couldn't the whole picture yet.
"So why are you apologizing to me and not Rose for her letter?" Juleka asked and Chloe winced. Juleka didn't know what this was, was Chloe trying to turn over a new leaf or was it part of a plot she had going? Either way, Juleka would watch Chloe's reactions, she wasn't her brother but she had a good eye for tells.
"Yeah about that," Chloe said and looked away. "It is hotel policy to not let guests, special or otherwise be given letters by hand, all letters must be sent through the mail and post office. It's because a hotel was sued when a hate letter was delivered by hand, given by someone who said they were a big fan of a guest."
Rose blinked a few times and Juleka's exposed eye went wide.
"OH," Rose and Chloe nodded.
"Yeah, I could have been nicer about it, but after learning about that and the number of close calls the hotel's had over the years, and don't ask what happened okay?" Chloe said and Rose nodded.
Juleka frowned, her mind going strange places as she looked at Chloe. She could imagine a lot of close calls that could happen to have to do with the mail, she had read about a lot of them and heard lectures from family friends. She could accept it, she didn't like it and Chloe could have been nicer about it but then she understood why she did what she did.
Rose meanwhile was worried for the person who had been giving the letter and the person who hand-delivered it. She hoped nothing bad happened to them in the end, and that the person who sent the letter was giving help if he needed it.
"So this was just to apologize then?" Rose asked and Chloe nodded.
"Yeah, I looked at myself and I've got a list of things to make up for. I'm going to be a better person, one that Pollen would have been proud to call a partner! Oh, Pollen was the Bee Kwami," Chloe said smiling as Juleka shared a look with Rose.
"About that Passing posting this morning, are you okay?" Rose asked softly and Chloe smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I'm just fine really. The interview she crashed will tell you all everything," Chloe said and smiled at the girls.
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Alya sighed as she left the interview room and looked around the cafeteria, at least that was done. The teachers had said that classes were canceled for the day, and everything would instead be free study as long as the investigators didn't need them. She looked around the room, spotting Max and Markov talking to each other quietly as they sat by his computer. If she was a full-time hero, she needed to talk to Max and Markov about a workaround, maybe he could build something and Markov could pilot it remotely? Still, she needed to talk to someone while she waited for Nino to come out.
As she walked she noticed Chloe entering the room at the head of a group consisting of Alix, Sabrina, Rose, and Juleka. She had mentioned apologizing to Juleka and mentioned something about hotel rules to do with the Rose situation and not to ask. She looked around for Lila and frowned when she didn't see her. She thought that the witch would have been watched, but if she wasn't and escaped…
Alya moved towards the doorway and Chloe saw her and stopped, the others walked by her for a few moments before they all stopped and looked from Chloe to Alya as she was walking towards them.
"Something wrong blogger?" Chloe challenged and Alya looked up and nodded.
"Lila's missing," Alya said simply and Chloe looked around the room.
"Fuck," Chloe said and looked at the group.
Alix looked as well, frowning as she looked at the speakers on the ceiling, a frown on her face. "Was she called in already?"
Alya shook her head before replying. "No, I've watched everyone who has, she hasn't."
"Sabrina go check the bathroom on the second floor, Alix the gym. Alya, you're with me on the first floor, Juleka and Rose, check the nurse," Chloe said in a commanding tone and the others nodded
As Alya followed Chloe, she blinked for a moment before chuckling; she just saw how Chloe was the Class President before Marinette. A beeping from her phone caused her to wince, that was her and Chloe's interview, well so much for watching their reactions.
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Marinette sighed as she worked on a design as Adrien did a little research online. After last night they had both asked questions that had gotten Plagg and Tikki to 'go silent, and that answered if the Guardians had killed their wielders to get them under their control. Marinette had asked Master Fu to send a list of the materials needed for the spell to break the enchantments on the Mother Box, hoping that more heads working on it might get the answer faster.
She had spent the last hour on it while Adrien looked up the definition of the words in a French to Chinese encyclopedia, hoping that if they knew the Chinese definition that might help point them in the right direction.
After falling for the hour but having a few ideas, Adrien had taken a turn on the computer to research other modeling agencies he could get a contract with, and he had liked voice acting so he was looking those up too, something about how he would need a job his father didn't control after the hearing, hopefully, if it went well. Tikki and Plagg were in the closet, talking quietly. It seemed they could talk to each other but not them without tripping the spells. She hoped that they were able to break the spells on the next full moon.
A beep caused them to look down at their phones and smile. It seemed the time was right for that 'special' post that Alya had made over the weekend was up. Marinette just hoped the bread crumb they left would lead to where they wanted it to.
"Looks like the interview is live, wanna watch it?" Adrien asked and Marinette giggled and got up and looked at her closet.
"Plagg, Tikki! Come on! Chloe's interview is on!" Marinette called out as Adrien turned the TV on.
As the Kwami flew out Adrien sent opened the blog on his phone and cast the video to the TV.
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Alya's face filled the screen and she smiled as she started to speak. "Hey Ladybloggers, this is Alya here! Rumors of a new Bee hero brought me here to the Le Grand Paris to talk to the Queen Bee herself, Chloé Bourgeois! After a few questions, I learned that this was a bit bigger so I thought, let's have an interview and she agreed!"
The camera panned and showed Chloe sitting in one of two chairs with her back to the door to her balcony smiling. "Hey Alya, glad to have you here! So what's first?"
The Camera panned back to Alya who fiddled with something behind the camera as she smiled and moved to the other chair and looked at Chloe.
"So Ladybloggers I'm using my new phone stand on Chloe's bed so you can see us, might need to fix it if Fang comes and vests us so let's start. Chloe, you said that you were all behind a new Bee hero…." Alya trailed off as Chloe giggled.
"Oh, her? I knew about it even before she did!" Chloe said with a grin. Alya blinked a few times and looked at her in total shock.
"Wait, you what?! How…." Alya trailed off as a knocking was heard and Chloe stood up and walked to the door, she opened it and revealed Apisera herself standing there. Chloe stepped backward as Apisera smiled at her.
"Hello Miss Bourgeois, I hope you don't mind me calling on you….. oh the Ladyblogger?" Apisera asked and Chloe smiled.
"Come in, I was just talking about you, this is perfect!" Chloe said and walked into the room with Apisera following behind. Alya stood up from her chair and went behind the Camera, picking it up as Apisera and Chloe sat down in the chairs.
"Ladybloggers hold on, this is gonna be a double! Both the former Queen Bee and the current Apisera, only on the Ladyblog folks! And I'm workshopping a new name, the Miraculous-Zing? The Hero Watch? The Poll is on the site from the main page, drop by and cast a vote! So first question for Chloe, how does it feel being benched?" Alya asked and Chloe smiled.
"It feels nice Alya, very nice," Chloe said as she smiled. "Looking back I did it for the wrong reasons, and I told Ladybug that she should find a better Hero. One chosen like she was," Chloe said and Apisera nodded.
"So you said for her to find a new Holder for the Bee? Well, I came here to apologize for taking your spot but if you gave the okay," Apisera said and Chloe laughed.
"It's fine. I was in some bad head space for a while; I had a revelation about a few things that put everything I did into place, let me see it for what it was. The rest is too personal for this interview, but I have nothing but respect for you, just treat Pollen better than I would have before my head got screwed on right," Chloe said and someone bobbed the camera.
"Okay, let's step back. Who's Pollen?" Alya asked and Chloe looked nervous while Apisera smiled and put a hand on Chloe's shoulders.
"Don't worry about it, Ladybug and the others cleared me to tell. Pollen is a Kwami, entities that give all Miraculous their powers. Hawkmoth doesn't just attack Paris, he holds the entity of his Miraculous hostage and enslaves them. And I will take care of Pollen, she will never have reason to hate me," Apisera said and Chloe smiled.
"Back up, Hawkmoth is holding someone captive?! Forcing them to work for him?" Alya demanded and Apisera nodded.
"Like how the butterflies empowered by Hawkmoth can't appear on cameras, neither can Kwami. They are….. good friends and loyal companions. I just stopped here to talk to Chloe to clear the air so to speak, good luck miss …. Ayla? No Alya right? Well, good luck Ladyblogger," Apisera nodded and got up and Chloe looked at her for a moment.
"Everything okay?" Chloe asked and Apisera nodded.
"Yeah, I just need to complete my patrol," "Apisera said as she left the room and jumped away.
"Well that answered more than I thought it would, I gotta come again if this is what interviewing you will be like Chloe!" Alya said as Chloe nodded.
"Yeah, if something happens that you want to talk to me about, call me Alya. If nothing happens I might be able to squeeze you in," Chloe said and Alya giggled.
The camera turned around and looked at Alya's face. "Well folks that's all the time we've got for now, I want to thank all my viewers and I hope you all have a good day, this is the Ladyblogger signing out!"
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Marinette smiled and laughed as she leaned back on her bed. Adrien was chuckling and he almost laughed as looked at her.
"Calm down milady it wasn't that bad right?" Adrien asked as Plagg started to laugh.
"Not that bad? Kid, you don't get it! Right Bug?" Plagg asked with a grin.
Marinette grinned and nodded as she looked at Adrien. She loved him but he was having a hard time picking up the subtle stuff, but then that was something that could be learned so it was okay for now.
"This will remind people that Hawkmoth is holding a sapient being hostage, that besides all the terror he's done with brainwashing, holding something that can think as a slave is worse. This way people will look, and personally….. if anyone who works for your father finds anything out, then they will tell people," Marinette said and Adrien nodded with a bitter smile.
When Chloe had laid out her idea for the interview, Adrien had asked her to include that bit about the Kwami, hoping to let anything move in their favor. He was convinced that the chance of his father being Hawkmoth was good, and he knew that with how the last few months had been he was very good at keeping to the shadows.
He hoped that this would lead to something, but he didn't trust luck. They needed to track down anything that could lead to Hawkmoth, and he knew it wasn't going to be easy. But then he thought about Sabrina and the Dog Miraculous, if they could find a way to zero in on where Hawkmoth was, and if there was proof that his father was involved….. well a nice Super Human Affairs Search Warrant could find the answer one way or another.
And if Hawkmoth was put off his game if people started to talk about how he enslaving someone, so much the better.
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In their hideout Thunderlord looked at their TV and frowned, he didn't know what he watched. He had heard about the Ladyblog and figured it might be a good way to gather intelligence but that put to rest a few plans he had. Chloe Bourgeois had seemed like a good target for a minion, but whatever that was demolished that idea. He had come back to Paris when he heard about this Hawkmoth and after meeting the man, it seemed that he was completely wrong to take over one of his problems in the Seven, too much Pride in him. And with Lust still trying to take him out, he needed to begin to build up the numbers of his pawns…..
There were always those out there who wanted power, and well the Way of Enchantment made it quite easy to find slaves. All he needed to do was find the few gangs in this city that used this place as a drop-off point for smuggling, there were always people who wanted power among those types. A few backed takeovers, a few enchanted magic items to help them and a few promises of a new life as a 'super', and then the usual.
He had done that with the SSS during the war, playing off the factions that appeared among them and leading a few into ambushes and killed all of them that knew about him once the tide turned all to make sure so no one would know about him or the other six. And now with the time to harvest so soon, he wondered if she would wait until after to strike, yes she probably would do that. Best to know all so she could rule after all, that was who and what she was, even when they were children.
"So that was something, wasn't it?" The voice of Nekhbet caused him to turn to look at her longing on a sofa.
"Yes, it shows that this team might not have as many blind spots as we thought they did. And the Dolphin is probably already telling them all about us," Thunderlord said as Nekhbet laughed.
"That's what you take away from that!? Oh, I can't wait to play with them again!" Nekhbet laughed as she planned.
"Lust barely made enough to guard us Gluttony! Remember we need to prepare for the Harvest soon!" Thunderlord snarled and walked towards his room. Nekhbet laughed as she watched him leave.
"Yeah, yeah. I'll see you later Chief," Nekhbet said as she smiled and leaned back. Riling him up was always fun but maybe she should leave, take her years and go find a nice war to harvest more time, and then take a vacation for the next twenty years or so, maybe write that novel she was always thinking about. Still, she had a feeling that before she left Paris, a lot of things would change. A buzz on her phone caused her to lift an eye, but the ring tone caused her to smile, that one would only phone her because he found something, something that might help his faction of the Seven.