Miraculous: Return of the Dark Moth

Prologue - Shadows of the Akuma Wars

Synopsis: Marinette and Adrien recap the recent events, including the rise and fall of Dark Moth, her battle with the evil clone Phantombug, the revelation of her and Adrien's identities, and their victory during the Akuma Wars. Afterwards, PJ Mills assists in reviving Adrien's mother, Emilie Agreste, without using the Miraculous Wish's ultimate power. The city starts to recover, and Marinette and Adrien begin dating while PJ Mills leaves Paris to prevent his own inner darkness from resurfacing. However, they are getting ready for another conflict should they feel like Dark Moth would return.


"In the daytime, I'm Marinette. Just a normal girl with a normal life… But there's something about me that no one knows yet. 'Cause I got a secret… One I'm sure you already know. Yeah, I'm the Miraculous Ladybug." Marinette narrated.


"A few weeks ago, Paris had been taken over by Dark Moth, a villain higher than Hawk Moth, Gabriel Agreste, when he exposed his and Mayura's identities worldwide, and me, Cat Noir and all our friends in the Miraculous Resistance had to join forces with friends and foes alike to take our town back during the Akuma Wars."

Marinette's voice grew solemn as she recounted the battles she and her friends fought during the Akuma Wars. "I was defeated by Phantombug, a ruthless, evil clone of me that had the power to create virtual reality illusions. My friends in the Miraculous Resistance broke me out of imprisonment. During the fight to save Paris, both me and Adrien revealed ourselves as Ladybug and Cat Noir, and we started to become a couple."

"The battle was intense that Halloween, but we managed to win, just like every over battle we faced. And with help from PJ Mills aka Paint le Panda, Hero of Imagination, we managed to defeat Dark Moth, Phantombug and his Phantom Akuma sentimonster. Paris was starting to rebuild, and our friend, PJ Mills helped bring back Gabriel's wife, and Adrien's mother, Emilie Agreste, and without having to use the Miraculous Wish's Ultimate Power by merging both the Ladybug earrings and the Cat Miraculous ring."

Adrien then takes a turn narrating as they recounted PJ's goodbyes to them as Paint Panda. "After that, PJ made his goodbyes to us as both him and Paint Panda. He felt sorry when Dark Mills, the darkness in his heart caused him to fight us when he was evilised by Hawk Moth in an attempt to get Lila Rossi, Gabriel's spy to talk about what he was planning. To prevent that battle from ever happening again, PJ had to leave Paris with his prototype kwami friend, Inky."

"It was so sad to watch our new friend leave. PJ knew that we were both Ladybug and Cat Noir, and knew that our friends were heroes as well. But we knew it was for the best." Marinette said. "Now, me and Marinette are going to have our date together. But then, my Mom and Father had to make up for lost time. During that time, Mom had my Father make a promise to her." Adrien narrated.

Marinette nodded, understanding the gravity of the situation. "That promise? No more evil Hawk Moth. Nathalie, Gabriel's assistant agreed with Emilie, and Gabriel then made that promise to be a better father, and a better Butterfly Miraculous hero… as Betterfly. And she was getting better from what the damaged Peacock Miraculous did to her." Adrien then took another turn narrating. "We then waited for the next akuma attack. But it didn't come. Father actually changed since Mom came back."

"Deep down I knew Dark Moth was still out there, and that another War was coming to Paris… We were just waiting for someone to pull the trigger." Marinette said.

Adrien nodded solemnly. "But we weren't just waiting around. We were getting stronger, learning new moves, and planning new gadgets. We were ready to face whatever was coming our way, together, as a couple and as Ladybug and Cat Noir." Adrien narrated as he and Marinette were Ladybug and Cat Noir, watching the sun set by the Eiffel Tower.


A train stops at the subway in Paris, and out came a teenage girl with wheat-golden hair. Her name was Zoé Lee, the half-sister of Chloe Bourgeois, and stepdaughter of Andre and Audrey Bourgeois, who came from New York. "So, this is Paris... Can't wait to see how my half-sister, Crazy Chloe's doing." She said as she leaves the subway and walks into the camera.


In the Catacombs of Paris, and a hand comes out of the ground, and the rubble of his destroyed robotic butterfly sentimonster, the Phantom Akuma. Out of it came Dark Mills who came back as Dark Moth, but his appearance had changed in a demonic way.

"Darky's back, Ladybug and Cat Noir. I'll have my revenge, and as for you, Hawk Moo... I'll see to it that your future is set in stone as I take your life and then..." He smiled with a wide evil smile as he takes off his sunglasses, revealing his demonic eyes as they began to gleam. "You can... never... come back..." He said with a demonic, deep voice.

Fade to black as his eyes were glowing, and his evil laugh is heard echoing and fading.


Cue Miraculous logo with the Miraculous theme. Then the title, "Return to the Dark Moth" appears behind roaring flames and purple butterflies.