So I ain't going to lie when I say that my dream has always been wanting to have one of my stories on TvTropes. Onto the story.
Orion's POV
I was pissed. We had just gotten back from a fight only to find out that Nathaniel had slipped up. Now Alix knew we were the Autobots. This was not good.
Or so I thought. Listening to my friends, I allowed Nathaniel to explain himself.
Nathaniel's POV
Okay, so I know when it comes to making heat-of-the-moment decisions I am the worst person for it. So why did I do what I did? There's a simple explanation for that.
"Are you good for a lay?" I asked, hoping to catch her off guard. Alix simply looked at me as if I grew a second head. Then her expression turned dark as she realized what I meant.
"Are... you trying to bribe me with sex?" She asked, closing her eyes as a dark smile formed on her face.
I sweated. "Depends on what you saw," I replied, switching the screen to a website that I looked up in my room when it was locked and at midnight. Alix simply continued smiling at me as she put her hand on my shoulder. "If you saw what I thought you saw..." I trailed off, realizing that this could be the end for me.
"If by that you mean a website full of Ladybug cosplay, then yeah." She replied, the smile never leaving her face. I turned to my screen and mentally facepalmed. I wasn't on the porn website! I was on the hero cosplay website! "And if you're into what I think you're into, then..." she caressed my shoulder, causing me to shiver. Alix then lowered her mouth to my ear, "I'd be more than willing to take you up on your offer..." She then threw a Chat Noir costume at me. "Put this on," she said, taking out a Ladybug costume, "I've always wanted to do some roleplay..." I blushed as I soon realized what she was implying.
I then thought of an idea, "We do it at my house," I said, hoping that no one would catch me doing... this...
Alix simply smiled and said, "Lead the way... kitty." Once I led her to my place, I closed the door and locked it.
"So I got the costume on," I remarked as I now wore the Chat Noir costume, "So how do we do this? Do I start or-whoa!" I was suddenly grabbed by Alix and thrown onto my bed, who immediately got on top of me with her Ladybug cosplay full-on.
"You've been a very naughty kitty, Chaton..." Alix purred as she rubbed her hand across my chest. "I think a lucky charm should fix that..."
Orion's POV
"And that's what lead to what you just saw..." Nathaniel finished his face now a bright crimson red. "So am I still in or...?"
The three of us said nothing. Then, I spoke. "For now, I don't know," I said, sighing as I pinched my nose, "I'll discuss this with the other Autobots and then we'll determine your future with us." With that, we all got up and went our separate ways. I suddenly felt someone grab my arm. Turning, I saw Ariel with an upset look on her face. Like Dion and I, her eyes were giving off a faded bluish glow.
"You're not thinking about kicking him out, are you?" She asked in Yiddish, her eyes showing concern.
"No, I'm not," I replied in Greek, "But I'm saying it so he can understand how serious this is." I turned away from her and started walking towards our room, "Have Dion come here, so after the three of us enter the room, lock the door and start saying random things in Irish and Yiddish to make it seem like we're arguing about his future."
"Remind me to never cross you, Pax," Dion remarked in Irish, a smirk on his face.
After we had the fake argument we allowed Nathaniel to enter to tell him that he was still a member of the team. We also said that any of us would have probably done the same but would have ended with different results (I would have been slapped in the face mainly due to the curse on the men of my family, Ariel would have destroyed them in bed and still be unsatisfied, and Dion somehow would have been screaming the person's name in ecstasy.)
"I hope you know the seriousness of this though," I reminded him. "Tomorrow, Ariel will confront Alix and see if she knows anything about us." Nathaniel simply nodded in response, his face turning red. "Also," I added, "Do you think you could wash those costumes? I'm thinking about cosplaying and would prefer to not have anything on the Chat Noir costume." He blushed at that so hard I thought steam was going to come out of his ears. I smiled, "I'm kidding." I assured him while I messed up his hair. "Get some sleep, though," I continued, "We have school tomorrow."
Later that night...
I stood by my little brother's side as I saw Fenrir, Jormungandr, and the twins Huginn and Muninn approach our father. Our father, Chief Njal the Bold, stood in front of them with a defiant look and held his battle ax in front of him.
"Pay up," Fenrir demanded, extending his hand for our tribe's Penningar. "We kept our end of the bargain," Fenrir said, "We kept you safe from the iron giants."
Father growled, "You mean the safe from the Metal Giants you summoned!" He then threw what appeared to be a head from the iron giant he had slain earlier that week, (I believe he was called Skytread or Flywheels) which rolled until it stopped at the group's feet. Growling, The Miraculous wielders drew out their weapons and prepared to attack.
If Father tries to fight them, he'll be sent to Valhalla! I thought as I squeezed Arne's shoulder. Thinking quickly, I turned to my little brother.
"Arne," I began looking at him in the eyes, " I need you to go with the others and focus on evacuation."
"What about you, brother?" He asked, genuinely concerned for my fate.
"I'll be fine!" I reassured him, "Now go!" Arne simply gave me a look of defiance before running off to join the others. "I'll handle them, Father," I said, not looking back at him. "You go and focus on evacuation. Use my tool," I threw my chakram at his feet, "It will send you to a safe place and keep you secured until I come."
"Norr!" Father exclaimed, "Your duty is to the protection of the tribe! As the Chief, I shall handle these thieves!" I looked at him with a neutral look. "I lost your mother, I will not lose you too, my son!" I smiled behind my mask.
"No father," I replied, "You won't..." I snapped my fingers causing Lief and Hilda to appear. "For I am not just Norr Thorson, son of Njal the Bold and Gro, I am also..." I then made a motion with my hands, causing a whirlwind to form around me, Lief, and Hilda. When the snow died down, it revealed my new form. "Nova Prime..."
I quickly woke up in a cold sweat, most likely from the dream I just had. What was that all about?! I thought as I entered the kitchen and began to drink from the faucet. It was like I was there, but I know I wasn't! Was that a previous Prime? I gulped down the water and instantly went back to bed. This is the third time that's happened... I thought as I pulled a blanket over me. The first time it was with that silver armor guy, then the Japanese woman... I stopped as I realized something. These memories all had something in common except for the first one: the last two had something regarding this Order. Was there an Order that kept these Miraculous? There were more Miraculous users, there had to be. Otherwise, why else would there be other animal-themed people? Unless there were furries in ancient times, then those people had to be Miraculous users.
The question to me, was why were those Miraculous wielders doing horrible things? Was there something Ladybug and Chat Noir were not telling us? Were they even aware of their predecessors' actions? I sighed, turning on my side before closing my eyes, letting the power of Hypnos overtake me, allowing me to enter the abyss of sleep.
Ariel's POV
I woke up with a smile on my face as I checked the date. I was right. Today was Nathaniel's birthday. I smiled as I looked at my friends, who were still sleeping. Dion had one of his porn novels out, pages open with even a full-on nude body picture. Laughing to myself quietly, I closed the book and shelved it while looking at the title. "The Ninjas of Pleasure" it read. I decided to take a peak, only to close shut immediately, a trickle of blood coming from my nose.
That was... interesting... I thought as I quickly shelved it and walked into the kitchen and pulled out some ingredients to make the cake. Let's see... I was snapped out of my thoughts when I saw Orion and Dion come into the kitchen, each about to eat breakfast when they saw me. Orion held out his arms and slowly backed away, Dion doing the same.
"Ariel," Orion said, grabbing a wrench and holding up. "Put the cake mixer down and slowly back away..." I raised an eyebrow in response. "I mean it, Ariel..." He continued, slowly approaching me like I was some kind of little kid that just found their dad's gun.
"Why do you guys always act like I'm dangerous whenever I try to cook or bake?" I asked, rolling my eyes in annoyance.
"Did you forget the incident with the Red Velvet Cake?" Orion replied. "Because Pyra hasn't."
"I just grew my eyebrows back after they were singed off by your attempts to make pasta," Dion answered, an annoyed tone in his voice being present.
"How was I supposed to know that you're not supposed to mix cooking oil and open flames
?" I scoffed. I turned away and continued to bake. "Besides, I know how to make cakes." I suddenly felt a gag being put into my mouth as I was thrown onto a chair before being tied to it by Orion.
"Sorry, Ariel," Dion apologized, "But we're supposed to celebrate Nathaniel's Birthday, not make it his last day on Earth." He quickly took the spoon from me and began to make "corrections" to my cake recipe. "Besides," Dion continued, removing the eggshells from the apple cake I was making for Nathaniel. "You're still in trouble from the time you nearly blew up my house after trying to make that 'Death by Bomb' chocolate cake."
I rolled my eyes at that. All because I took Coby's suggestion of making exploding cakes too seriously.
"Hey guys," I heard Nathaniel mumble as he walked into the kitchen, his hair all frizzy. He then saw me tied up and gagged. "Did she try to make my cake?" he asked, a nonchalant look on his tired face. A quick nod from the two traitors confirmed this, causing Nathaniel to sigh. "You two did the right thing." He then pulled out a bowl of cereal and began eating from it. "All the better anyways," He said as he munched. "I don't like celebrating my birthday..."
We got silent as he said this. I had by then untied myself and caressed his shoulder. "Aunt Rebecca wouldn't want you to be sad," I remarked in an attempt to comfort him. "She would've wanted you to be happy and celebrate with your friends and family." I smiled, "If memory serves," I sat down and poured myself some coffee. "You had one hell of a present yesterday from that Alix girl." Nathaniel turned red as soon as I said that.
"Th-that was to protect your guys' secret..." he answered meekly, looking at his bowl in embarrassment.
"I'm just playing with you, Cuz." I replied, "Just to make sure, though, Alix and I are going to have one on one time, just to make sure she didn't see anything." I looked at my watch and paled. "We gotta leave," I commented as I grabbed my stuff. "We have school happening soon."
Dion's POV
When we left the house and eventually reached the school, The four of us broke into pairs and went to our separate classes. Nathaniel and I shared the same chemistry class and as a result, walked together.
"I noticed you like to read dirty books..." Nathaniel commented. "Don't you think that might be in poor taste?" I said nothing as we entered the classroom. I immediately sat down next to the blonde kid, Adrien before bringing out one of my more light novels, "Shinigami of Desire".
Momo moaned in ecstasy as Shiro caressed his arms around her waist. "Shiro," she whispered as her bedfellow rubbed his hands on her sides, turning her on and making Shiro even more excited.
"Momo..." Shiro moaned as he brought his lips close to hers-
"-Daisuke," I heard Marinette say, "you're supposed to sit over here next to Chloe-" Suddenly, without thinking, I turned around, grabbed Marinette by her throat, and slammed her against the wall, making web cracks in it.
"HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT NAME?!" I exclaimed in Japanese, my grip around her throat tightening.
"W-what?" She choked out, her face slowly turning a different color from the lack of oxygen.
"How do you know that name?!" I growled, this time in Irish.
"DION!" I suddenly heard Ariel exclaim. I turned in her direction, seeing that she and Orion were looking at me with looks of disapproval.
"Let her go," Orion demanded, his voice now serious and dangerous. Everyone in the class, even Chloe, was speechless by what was going on. "Now." I looked at everyone in the room, realizing that 3 people were close to me with some kind of weapon. Chloe had a knife pointed at my cheek, Rose had a thick rope wrapped around my free arm, and Nino with the class flag pointed directly at my throat. I took a deep breath before letting go of Marinette's throat, color returning to her face. I turned towards my friends, only to realize that they were never there.
My body must be building up an immunity to those antipsychotics. I thought, sitting beside Nathaniel, trying to cover my head in shame. Scrap, this isn't good... I took antipsychotic drugs to prevent me from having episodic moments of rage. Orion and Ariel didn't know about it and neither did Dad. I'll have to see if they have that kind of stuff here in Paris... These moments were always brought on when someone said something about me they shouldn't know. Like my real name. My real name is Daisuke Ichigo Mcfinnigan. Dion was just a name that Orion and Ariel gave me when they couldn't pronounce my name right. I didn't mind, so I just introduced myself as Dion to everyone I met.
I hated my real name. It just reminded me of the mother I never met. I hated being Daisuke, so I never told anyone my real name. The only ones who knew were Orion, Ariel, my dad, and the teachers. So how did Marinette get a hold of that bit of information?
"Are you alright, Dion?" Nathaniel asked, concerned for me and snapping me out of my thoughts,
"I'm fine..." I whispered, pulling out my water flask and taking a drink from it. "I just lost my temper for a moment. I was about to pull out my smut when I suddenly saw the most beautiful woman to have ever existed.
She was beautiful... an angel. Her brown amber eyes reminded me of a beautiful dark ruby meteorite that fell from the sky as if a goddess had decided to gift it to humanity. Her hair was long, dark, and smooth with a faded violet streak running down the left side of her face.
(Theme: When Doves Cry by Prince)
"Nathaniel," I whispered, getting his attention.
"Hm?" Nathaniel replied, looking at me. "What is it Dion?" he asked, putting his pencil down.
"Who is that angel?" I asked, gesturing at the girl. Nathaniel looked at where I was pointing and started chuckling a little bit. "What?" I inquired, confused about why he started laughing.
"That's Juleka Couffaine," Nathaniel explained. "She lives on a boat with her twin brother Luka." I sighed for a moment, not for the twin or boat situation, but for that publicity stunt I had just pulled. There goes that idea. I bitterly thought as I began to listen to the lecture.
I must have dozed off because the next thing I knew, Nathaniel was suddenly sent to the office after being humiliated by both Mendeliev-sensei and Chloe. She then continued with the projects and began assigning partners. I was assigned to Juleka and Nathaniel on a nuclear fission research project. Marinette from her expression was paired up with Chloe and Sabrina, whom I haven't had the unfortunate encounter to personally interact with.
After class was over, I walked over to my locker and began to pull out my stuff when I heard someone cough behind me. "Excuse me..." I turned toward the voice and saw Juleka there with a somewhat shy look on her face. "Y-you're Dion Mcfinnigan, right?" She held up her notebook to her face as if she wanted to shield herself from me. I simply sighed and looked her in the eyes.
"You don't need to be scared," I remarked, turning back toward my locker and closing it. "That was a freak accident. I don't normally attack people randomly." Juleka seemed to release a sigh of relief as soon as I said that. She seemed quiet for a moment. I sighed, knowing what she was probably going to say. "If you want to ask me a question, just ask. I ain't gonna bite you."
"Are you a fan of Erotica?" She asked, a blush forming on her face.
I wasn't expecting that. I thought as I raised an eyebrow. "I am," I replied unashamedly. "I'm also a fan of fanfiction." Juleka's eye widened at that.
"Enough about me though," I said, trying not to seem too full of myself. "Let's talk about you." I grabbed my backpack and began walking with her. "I heard you have a twin brother." Juleka nodded in response. "How come no one's seen him?"
"Luka doesn't go to school," Juleka replied, "He sees it as a way of limiting his creativity." I raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "He's a musician. He says that he can tell what kind of person someone is by listening to the 'songs' of their hearts." That caught my attention. Someone who could identify someone's true colors through the music of their heart. I wonder how it worked.
"Shall we go to the library?" I asked, hoping to change the subject. Juleka smiled at that, signifying a yes.
Ariel's POV
Now, where is she? I thought as I looked around.
"Looking for someone?" I heard someone say. I let out a small yelp before turning to the voice. I saw a girl who was significantly shorter than I was. She had messy pink/red hair in a bob cut that was partially tied into a small ponytail on the right side.
"I was looking for an Alix Kubdel," I replied, stuttering a little from the initial shock.
The girl smiled and said, "You're looking at her." I sighed in relief as soon as she said this. That just made my job a whole lot easier. "There something you want to talk about?" She asked. I nodded before waving at her to follow me. We walked until we entered the storage room and closed it. Alix and I looked at each other until she spoke. "So what was it that you wanted to talk about?"
I took a deep breath before answering. "Yesterday, you saw something on Nathaniel's laptop that I'm not sure you should have seen." Alix raised an eyebrow at me before I continued. "What I'm asking is if you saw anything... unusual other than the cosplay website that Nathaniel was on." Alix was about to answer when we both heard a scream. Curious to see what it was, we both immediately ran to where it was coming from and saw Chloe running down the hallway, screaming.
Thinking fast, I ran away from Alix before hiding in a bathroom and transforming into Elita-1. I quickly ran toward where Chloe ran from and saw Ladybug and Chat Noir fighting... a giant hairdryer? I looked around and saw someone who looked familiar. He resembles...
No.
It was Nathaniel, who was dressed up as his made-up hero, Super Nathan. Thinking fast, I walked behind Nathaniel and tackled him from behind, only for him to shatter and reveal the real Nathaniel be across the room. He looked at me for a brief moment before suddenly leaving. I ran after him and tackled him to the ground. Nathaniel had already drawn a portal to his room, and sent the two of us through it.
"It's over Elita-1," He taunted, smiling at me. "Once I give Hawkmoth the Miraculous, I get to make Chloe suffer and have Marinette to myself."
I was taken aback by this, Nathaniel had a crush on Marinette?
"Is all this chaos worth it?" I asked hoping to catch him off guard, selling your self-control to Hawkmoth for something so petty?"
Nathaniel's eyes narrowed at me, "PETTY!? IT'S NOT PETTY!" It seemed it no use trying trying to reason with him.
"I see," I replied, closing my eyes, "Then it would appear I have no choice but to do this..." I stood up straight, eyes still shut, a frown appearing on my face.
"Do what?" Nathaniel asked, confused by what I meant.
I opened my eyes again, staring into his eyes before saying an answer. "This!"
I slammed my hand to the ground and exclaimed, "Impulse Module Deploy!" Suddenly a jet with a pair of black wings with red edges appeared from nowhere before detaching from the jet and connecting to my back, causing the bottom wings to fold out, revealing them to be a jetpack of sorts.
"Elita-1 Force Impulse Mode!" I screamed, my face now in a serious expression. I pulled out my yellow beam saber and ignited it. "I don't want to do this, Nathaniel," I said, tears welling up in my eyes. "But I will fight you if it means I have to!"
"That's a shame," he replied, a smirk forming on his face, "Because I want to fight you!" He pulled out his drawing pad and started drawing on it. "I always wondered who would win in a fight," he began. "You or Optimus?" he finished drawing when suddenly, a familiar outline appeared before filling in, revealing a copy of Orion. It was identical to him save for the color scheme and sigil. His color scheme was black with eyes and red window pecks. One look was all it took to convince me that this guy needed to be removed.
"I know all of Optimus' moves," I reminded him, "This'll be easy!" I pulled out my beam saber and did a stance (Beta-1 stance, Alpha Trion's 1).
"I also made this Optimus a little more of a challenge..." he sneered. Suddenly, the Orion copy did a pose, his armor now glowing before shattering, revealing a new truck body. (Nemesis Prime Armada)
I growled as I realized what he was planning. "That won't work, Nathaniel." I replied, charging at the copy, "Different design doesn't mean different stats!" I slashed at the Dark Optimus only for him to suddenly appear above me, an orb no looking like a Rasengan in his hand before smashing it into me. I instantly hacked up blood as I was burrowed into the ground.
"Maybe not, " I heard Nathaniel say, "But it does mean different abilities!" I got up painfully as I felt my right arm break from that move. Gritting my teeth in pain, I turned toward my Akumatized cousin. "I thought about drawing other different truck forms for Optimus!" Nathaniel smiled cruelly, "Now if you excuse me," He said as he began to draw something circular. "I have a score to settle with Paris' residential Bitch Queen!" He suddenly jumped through a hole in the ground that he had drawn. Before I could follow him through it, I was grabbed by the fake Orion and swung through the wall, throwing me into the street and damaging a nearby car.
Damn it! I thought as I looked at the copy jumping from the hole and landing on a Pontiac Solstice. He's no slouch! I activated my Force Impulse pack and flew into the air, barely dodging his fist. I'm much safer in the air, I thought as Dark Orion looked around to see where I had gone. Though knowing Nathaniel, he's probably come up with a way for this thing to fight me in the air... The Copy Pax suddenly pulled out a beam saber and ignited it, jumping towards me. I dodged quickly and pulled out my Photon Burst Rifle and fired at him, which caused Dark Orion to get hit and splatter into ink, covering me and the surrounding area.
"Aw gross!" I exclaimed as I tried to rub the ink off my face. "I just got my armor waxed too!" I looked around to see where Nathaniel had gone only to see another Dark Orion coming at me. This one resembled a black and blue teal Gundamized version. (Furai Nemesis Prime 1.0)
Growling, I pulled out another beam saber and assumed an Izanagi-1 stance. "I am so done with this," I said under my breath. I hope the others are doing better than I am... I thought as I dodged another slash.
Dion's POV
It was going perfectly until Cat Noir decided to intervene on Nathaniel's date with Marinette, causing him to send us to different locations to fight a illustration he had made. Chat Noir and I ended up up having to fight Saiken from Naruto.
I grunted as I blocked another blow to the face. Chat Noir and I were both engaged in a fight against the Biju Saiken, and we were getting our asses kicked. "Scrap!" I growled as the living drawing spewed acid at us. I was hit by it and as a result, had my armor corroding. Chat Noir was luckier with the fake Biju and threw his staff into one of its mouth holes. Saiken, clearly not liking what we were doing, decided to use all 6 tails and hit me.
"Ultra Magnus!" I heard Chat Noir scream as the acid ate away at my armor.
At this point, I thought as I did a flex. I'll have to resort to that! I crossed my arms and pressed them against my chest. "Magnus Art!" I exclaimed, the seams in my armor beginning to shine through. "MAGNUS CORE MODE!" I began to glow until I uncrossed my arms, causing my armor to shoot off, making it look like I blew up.
Chat Noir
Things weren't looking suitable for the feline hero as he just saw his only ally get crushed by the slug in front of him. Sorry, m'lady... He thought as he saw Saiken throw one of its tails at him. I failed you as a partner and hero... Chat Noir closed his eyes, resigning himself to his fate when he suddenly heard a beam saber igniting and a loud slash in front of him. Confused, Chat Noir opened his eyes only to see an unusual sight: he saw Optimus Prime, except he was now almost completely white save for his window pecks, waist highlights, eyes, and faceplate. His eyes were a deep crimson, not unlike a Decepticon's optics while his faceplate was cyan blue. Attached to his back was what appeared to be a sword version of the Impulse Module with the swords ignited.
"Optimus?" Chat Noir wondered, hoping it was him.
"Guess again," He heard Ultra Magnus' voice emit from the look alike. Before Chat Noir could ask, Ultra Magnus explained to him. "As a Magnus, my appearance, the one you always see, is my armor which protects the real me on the inside."
"Why do you look like a white Optimus though?" Chat Noir asked, not at all wondering why he wore armor over his already armored body. Ultra Magnus simply shrugged. Saiken's roaring got both heroes' attention as they realized that the illustration wasn't down yet.
"Use this," Ultra Magnus said, throwing one of the swords he had at Chat Noir. " I have an idea of how to stop this thing." Chat Noir nodded before noticing something unusual about Saiken. The drawn Tailed Beast was a little off-color, its body now having a yellow tint to it. That wasn't there until the flash of light that Ultra Magnus gave off. Come to think of it, light produces heat...
"Ultra Magnus!" Chat Noir realized, "I have an idea on how to stop this guy!" He jumped and slid across the street towards the Magnus before getting on his feet. "It still had the same properties as a normal drawing!" The Autobot raised an eyebrow in confusion, causing Chat to explain further. "Heat caused it to yellow!" Ultra Magnus looked at the feline hero before widening his eyes as he began to understand his plan. 'So that means water might work too!" Chat Noir and Ultra Magnus turned towards the nearest fire hydrant and struck at it, causing water to hit the fake Biju. The illustration gave a weakened roar before it was reduced to a pile of black goo.
"Pound it!" Chat Noir grinned as he held his fist out to Ultra Magnus, who simply gave him a dead stare. Realizing what was going on, the feline hero sheepishly put his fist away and asked, "So what now?"
"Right now," Ultra Magnus replied, "We should regroup with Optimus and Ladybug. No doubt they've already figured out a plan and are on their way to Evillustrator." He suddenly felt himself get weaker, making me fall to my knees.
Chat Noir held him up as Ultra Magnus tried to get up on his feet. "Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm fine," was Magnus's response. "Being in this form puts a huge strain on my body, which is why I only use this as a last resort..."
Orion's POV
"Please tell me you have an idea," I heard Ladybug say as we dodged a slash from the faux Arrancar. "Because I'd rather not be reunited with my ancestors so soon!" Nathaniel had drawn an Espada version of Misty from Pokemon and dressed her up as Tier Harribel and a Naruto version of Dawn as Hinata. "How do we even beat these guys?" Ladybug inquired, dodging a strike from Faux-Dawn.
Since this fight started, neither of these fakes has resorted to anything resembling a Ressurección or Jutsu I thought. That could be a weakness we could exploit! I pulled out my beam saber and ignited it. Let's see if they can react to this! I held my beam saber over my head and held out my left arm with two fingers stretched out towards Faux-Misty.
"SOLUS ART!" I screamed, "TENSA AMATERASU!" Suddenly, my beam saber ignited with black flames, causing the illustration to back away. Not leaving anything to chance, I quickly chased after it before slashing her in half, reducing it to sparkles...
...Before I realized it was a water clone and saw the original Faux-Misty put a hand to her sword, activating her ressureccion. "Scrap..." I cursed as I assumed Onyx Stance. Her appearance was now similar to that of Harribel's Released state, save for her still looking like Misty from the original Pokemon show. "ONYX STYLE: WUKONG'S LIGHTNING STAFF!" I screamed, pulling out a second beam saber and connecting it to my first Beam Saber and felt a surge of electricity surging through me as I held my stance, traveling to my beam staff before crackling with electricity. Faux Misty simply pointed her shark tooth-shaped pata at me. That's-! I thought, my eyes widening in realization. A huge torrent of water shot from the tip of the pata, almost hitting me. Instead, it hit Faux-Dawn, causing her to shatter into light particles I was lucky... I thought as I landed on a nearby roof. If I was even a bit slower, that Cascada would've killed me...
"OPTIMUS, LOOK OUT!" I heard Ladybug say. I suddenly felt a presence behind my back. Looking behind I saw Espada Misty slash at me, hitting my mask and breaking a chunk off, exposing part of my mouth. I jumped back towards where Ladybug was. "You alright?" She asked, her expression showing concern. "Your mask is-!" The spotted heroine noticed, pointing at my exposed mouth.
"-Not important," I replied. "Our main priority is taking this chick down and fast!" I gripped my staff and began twirling it, creating an electric disk. Faux Misty opened her mouth and formed a yellow ball of energy. That's a Cero! I thought as she fired at us. Without warning, a green sphere suddenly formed in front of my mouth which then shot off and hit the cero dead on. The two energy spheres seemed to push against each other before the green sphere dispersed the Cero and hit Faux Misty, creating an explosion that engulfed the Trainer-Arrancar Hybrid.
"Think that got her?" Ladybug wondered, holding a hand to her injured arm. The smoke cleared where Faux-Misty was, revealing that she was heavily damaged. "She's still able to stand after that?" Ladybug commented, voicing my inner thoughts as well. Faux-Misty lifted her pata weakly before being reduced to blue light shards.
"Glad that's over..." I sighed, falling to my knees and coughing. I looked at my hand and saw that blood was now on it.
"We still need to find Evillustrator," Ladybug commented. "Marinette's little date with him didn't go well as planned. If only we knew where he went!" I suddenly heard a beeping on my left forearm. Opening a panel, I saw Ariel's face on the screen.
"Optimus," She asked, "Do you read me?"
"I hear ya, Elita-1," I replied. "Ladybug and I just fought an Espada Misty and Hidden Leaf Dawn."
"Not sure what that means, but okay," Ariel replied. "I just fought three versions of you and one of them didn't even turn into a truck!" I raised an eyebrow as she said this. "The third you transformed into a lion. A FREAKING LION!"
"Elita," I reminded her. "Why did you contact us?" Ariel realized that she was getting off track.
"I made contact with Nathaniel and heard him say something about going to meet the Residential Bitch Queen of Paris." She faltered a little bit. I knew how hard this was for her.
"Where's the Akuma?!" Ladybug asked, pushing herself into the monitor's view. "Did you manage to identify the Akumatized object?" I yanked my arm away from her and continued talking to Ariel.
"I think it was his pencil or something..." Ariel answered, "I tried my best to detain him but he got away..." I noticed the tears beginning to form in her eyes. "Aunt Ruth," She whimpered in Yiddish, "I'm sorry. I failed you and Nathaniel..." Tears were running down her cheeks.
"You fought hard Elita," I said, "Go and get some rest. Ladybug and I will regroup with Chat Noir and Ultra Magnus to take down Evillustrator."
"I know where he's going!" I exclaimed, looking towards Ladybug. "He's going to Chloe's place!" I lifted my arm and shot out a grappling hook, which latched onto a bar weakly before the bar fell off. Ladybug and I looked at each other awkwardly for a moment. "Change of plans," I corrected myself, a sheepish grin on my face. "We'll drive."
Ariel's POV
I fell on my knees and curled into a ball, tears running down my cheeks as I remembered the day I met Nathaniel.
I was just 5 years old. I was playing with some blocks when I heard a knock on the door. I heard Mom answer and say, "Ruth, it's so good to see you!" She gasped, "And you brought Nathaniel?! Ariel," Mom said, "Come down and greet your aunt."
"Coming!" I replied, running down the hall and seeing Aunt Rebecca with some boy I never met before. He wore an orange shirt with a fox head on it and black shorts. His hair covered one of his eyes. He shyly looked at me with a look of confusion written on his face. "Who are you?" I asked, breaking the silence between us.
"Ariel!" Mom scolded, flicking one of my pigtails, "Don't be rude, this is your cousin Nathaniel." I tilted my head as I observed my cousin. I instantly smiled as I hugged him.
"Nice to meet you, Nathaniel!" I exclaimed, "I hope we can be the best of friends!" Nathaniel said nothing.
My mind flashed to a few years later when we were in kindergarten. I was on my way to get some juice when I overheard Mom talking to Aunt Ruth.
"Ruth, it's getting worse..." Mom commented, noticing the amount of pain she was in.
"I'm fine Abby," Aunt Ruth replied, "It only hurts for a moment." Aunt Ruth coughed as she put her cup down.
Mom shook her head. "You need help, Ruth." She grabbed a napkin and handed it to her. "Let Adam examine you. This won't go away by itself." Aunt Ruth coughed while shaking her head.
"I'm fine." She replied as she waved it off, "You sound just like Mordecai..."
"Mordecai is my brother, Ruth." Mom replied, sighing as she took a sip, "If I didn't sound like him in some way, I'd be concerned..."
"I'm fine, Abby," Aunt Ruth said, "if something does happen to me, Mordecai will take care of Nathaniel..."
"And if he's deemed unfit?" Mom asked, "You know those in-laws aren't the best people to be around with..." Aunt Ruth stopped smiling for a moment, almost as if she hadn't thought of that before.
"Then you must take care of him." Aunt Ruth replied, setting her cup down. Mom was about to protest when Aunt Ruth held up a hand. "Look Abby," she said, "I'm pretty sure I don't have that much time left. Before I die, I want to make sure that in the event Mordecai is deemed unfit, you will take Nathaniel in and treat him as one of your own." She got up from her chair and clasped it in Mom's hand. "Promise me you will..."
Mom looked into Aunt Ruth's eyes before ultimately saying yes. Unbeknownst to them though, I made the same vow that day. To allows protect Nathaniel, to make him happy...
I coughed as I got up and tried to stand on my feet. A few attempts failed, but it was something I could deal with. I ain't giving up yet... I thought as I grabbed onto a pole and hoisted myself up. Not until... I've fulfilled my promise to Nathaniel and Aunt Ruth... I limped my way toward the Paris Hotel. I swore to protect Nathaniel... and that's exactly what I'm GOING TO DO!!! Without thinking, I began running before transforming into my vehicle mode and zooming down the road.
I had arrived at the Paris Hotel and found myself inside Chloe's room just as I got hit by giant boxing glove made by Evillustrator. I looked up and saw him with an evil smirk. Growling, pulled out a beam saber and started to slash at him, aiming to disarm him. Orion, Dion, Ladybug and Chat Noir all arrived to help save Chloe and get pummeled by him. Thinking fast, I jumped in front of him and got in his face only to be stabbed by a red beam saber through my side and flung into a wall.
Orion stood there with shock on his face as the reality of the situation of seemed to weigh on him from what I seen. That was nothing to what came next, though.
Binary code swirled around Orion as black smoke erupted from his body. "μαύρη συνοδεία (mávri synodeía)!" The new form proclaimed. The new form was covered in shadows so we couldn't see what it looked like. All we knew was that he had burning red optics and a thirst for blood. This unknown form screamed death for everyone in the room.
Almost everyone.
Nobody moved a muscle. Evillustrator simply smiled as he pulled out his pen. "That won't stop me!" he laughed, unaware of the danger he was in. "I'll just simply-" He started to choke as a smoky hand grabbed him by the throat, cutting off his air circulation and slamming him against the wall, knocking Evillustrator unconscious.
What?! I thought as I looked to where the entity was a second ago. He moved so fast my eyes couldn't follow him!
"Pathetic..." The smoked figure spoke, its voice distorted and hollow-like, almost as if someone else was speaking through Orion. "You call yourself a villain.." I realized he wasn't talking to Evillustrator, but Hawkmoth. "But you're nothing more than a sorry excuse, a wannabe..." The being chuckled darkly as he continued, "A man who won't let go..." He grabbed the pencil and said, "Burn with Fire and Fury, Fuego del Gigante." The pencil burned with cyan hellfire, reducing it to cinders within microseconds. The Akuma began to fly away when the entity grabbed it and said, "Purify, Espada de Angel..." The butterfly then changed from black to white butterfly, which fluttered away as soon as the entity uncurled his hand.
Evillustrator bubbled before reverting to Nathaniel, who was unconscious from the transformation. I quickly caught hold of him as Orion let go and let him drop. "Who or what are you?" Ladybug asked, a look of caution on her face. Chat Noir, held his hand up, ready to unleash Cataclysm. "What's your connection to the Autobots?" The entity simply said nothing as he looked at each of us, almost as if he was studying us.
"No..." The entity suddenly whispered as he looked at the four of us. "It's not time yet..." The smoke around it suddenly dissipated, revealing Orion as Optimus Prime, who had collapsed. Dion quickly caught him as he fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Is he?" Chat Noir wondered, hoping he wasn't dead.
"Just unconscious," Dion replied, holding him up. "Whatever he just did seemed to take out a lot of energy.
"What do we do with Nathaniel?" Ladybug asked, more concerned with Nathaniel, "Whatever Optimus did just knocked both Nathaniel and himself out." I picked up my unconscious cousin and looked toward the duo.
"I'd be more worried about Chloe..." Dion said, causing us to turn toward where she was. "When Optimus turned into that unnatural form," he explained, "It sent off a wave of power so intense, anyone who wasn't enhanced in some kind of way was instantly rendered unconscious."
"I'll personally take Nathaniel back to his place," I answered, "He's been through enough today..." I turned my back and began to walk away from the others before I felt a hand grasp my shoulder. Looking back, I saw Ladybug, who had a saddened look on her face.
"Can you give this to him?" She asked handing me a box with the Star of David on it. On the cover was the phrase "יום הולדת שמח" written on it. My eyes widened a little when I realized what it meant. It was Hebrew for Happy Birthday. "Marinette gave this to me and said she thought Nathaniel should have it, for giving her a good time." Ladybug explained, a slight blush forming on her cheeks. I said nothing, instead nodding in response before grabbing the box, and inserting it into my chest compartment.
"Thank you..." I whispered before I transformed into my alt-mode and drove off to Nathaniel's apartment. Damn it! I thought as I stopped at a red light. I hate that I couldn't do anything to help him! It was at that moment that I swore vengeance on Hawkmoth for what he did to my cousin.
I noticed as we got closer to the apartment, Alix was standing by the front door with a melancholic expression. When she saw the state Nathaniel was in, she said nothing, instead taking Nathaniel into her arms, allowing me to open the door and us to enter. We continued to say nothing until I laid Nathaniel in his bed. I sat down on a chair, Alix doing the same. We were quiet, neither willing to break the silence.
She spoke first. "I just want to say that I did see something else on Nathaniel's laptop, but didn't think of it much until you came to talk me." My eyes widened in response as I mentally facepalmed. So I just revealed that Nathaniel and my friends were the Autobots. "He's lucky to have a cousin like you..." She said, getting my attention, "Mine would have just ratted me out." She looked at me, I ain't gonna rat you out or anything. I respect you guys."
I simply smiled as Alix and I started to talk to each other.
Hawkmoth Sanctuary
"NO!" Hawkmoth exclaimed angrily, "I was so close this time!" He transformed back into Gabriel and looked at Nooroo. "Nooroo," He began, looking at the Kwami of Transmission, "What was that?! I thought you said Primes couldn't purify Akumas!" He was, of course, referring to what he had just witnessed with Optimus Prime and what the boy did.
"M-master," Nooroo stuttered, "A Prime cannot purify Akumas," he gulped as he continued, "But that wasn't a Prime. It was... something else." He shuddered as if recalling a traumatizing memory. "Something...not even the Guardians or Prima knew about..." Gabriel growled, knowing full well what the Kwami meant. The Guardians only told so much to the Kwamis, lest they should be used for nefarious purposes. The fact that this Prima character and all Primes after him were considered enemies of the Order did not help.
"I'm going to assume that Optimus and his friends know nothing about this?" Gabriel asked, pinching the bridge of his nose. Nooroo shook his head, giving the man his response. "I see..."
From what I saw just now, that form was incomplete, almost as if it is held back by something else with Optimus... Gabriel thought as he exited his private sanctuary. For now, I'll have to keep an eye on him and the other Autobots... If Optimus can do that, then there's no telling what the others are capable of...
Cybertron
Starscream shuddered as he saw the battle that had just unfolded between the Heroes and the Akumatized villain. That form that Optimus had taken... It wasn't natural... "How long are you going to stand there and watch?" Starscream asked what appeared to be no one in particular. He heard someone drop from the ceiling behind him, causing him to turn and face the eavesdropper.
Nightbird said nothing, instead walking towards the monitor and replaying the battle, her optics focusing on Optimus Prime. "It was him wasn't it?" she finally asked, not looking at Starscream, "This young Prime is the reason why my love is in stasis, isn't he?" Starscream did not speak, letting his silence determine her answer. "Let me go after him, Starscream." Nightbird suddenly growled, turning toward him. "I will avenge my love by taking him out!"
"How, Nightbird?" Starscream asked, "How will you kill Optimus Prime? Did you not see how he easily took out that enhanced human by turning into that unnatural form?" Starscream walked toward Nightbird, "If he was able to put Megatron into stasis, what makes you think you can stand a chance against him?" Nightbird lowered her optics in shame, realizing that the Seeker commander was right.
"What should we do?" Nightbird inquired.
Starscream sighed, "At the moment, nothing. We simply acquire battle data from the drones that we send to Earth." He hated to tell the ninja bot this, knowing full well she would disagree with it. "The drones will spy on the Autobots and download their battle tactics along with these Miraculous Wielders..."
Nightbird said nothing, silently agreeing with the seeker commander before leaving.
Ladybug recalled the events of today as she swung to her house. She immediately shivered when she remembered the unknown entity that appeared after Optimus saw Elita-1 get hurt. That form was unnatural. The strange part was that it didn't feel like an Akumatization. If it wanted to, She thought as she landed on a roof to take a moment of rest. I'm sure we would have been dead by that thing's hand... That thing practically oozed killing intent and zero remorse.
When Ladybug entered her room, she transformed back into Marinette and threw herself on her bed. She turned her head and saw Tikki shivering. "What's wrong Tikki?" Marinette asked, concerned for her kwami.
"That form, Marinette..." the Kwami stuttered, "It brings back bad memories... Memories of... what another Ladybug did to a woman's son..."
Chat ran to his room and turned into Adrien Agreste, instinctively throwing the cheese toward Plagg before going to his bed and wrapping himself in his sheets.
Both he and Plagg were quiet for a little bit before Adrien broke the silence. "Plagg," he began, "What the FUCK was that?" Plagg's eyes widened at his holder's foul language. "What was the hell was that form that Optimus took?!" He turned to Plagg, "I thought I was going to die just by being near that... thing!"
Plagg simply shook his head, "I don't know kid," he replied eating his cheese. "All I know is that we have to be careful..."
Nathaniel's POV
I slowly opened my eyes, finding myself in my apartment with Ariel and Alix at my bedside. "-to be sure," I heard Ariel say to Alix, "You're not going to tell anybody?"
"Of course," Alix replied, "I ain't the type of gal who rats out her friends." I heard her reply. I sighed when I heard that. It seemed she wasn't done though."Between you and me, he's good at what he does."
Ariel seemed confused by what she had said, "Huh?" she asked, hoping to confirm what we both had just heard. "Good at what?" She must have made a motion with her hands indicating what she implied because I heard Ariel suddenly yelp in surprise. "Are you serious?!" she whispered. A satisfied sigh came from Alix.
"Now, onto the nosy birthday boy over there." I suddenly started to sweat realizing my cover was blown. I suddenly felt a weight land on my crotch causing me to shoot out of my bed and scream my head off. "You really shouldn't listen in on other people's conversations, you know..." I quickly turned away in shame. "Especially if you're not wearing anything..." My eyes widened as I looked down and saw that I was in my underwear, causing me to blush and wrap the blanket around me.
"I'll give you two some family time," Alix commented leaving the room and closing the door. The two of us were quiet, unsure of what to say to each other.
I started. "I just wanted to say, I'm sorry for anything I said as Evillustrator and-" Ariel held up a hand, interrupting me.
"Don't apologize." She said. "You weren't yourself at the time." She smiled softly. "You didn't say anything bad," Ariel continued. "But just so you know, We all consider you to be a valuable member of the team."
I smiled back at her. "Thanks, cuz..." I got up to hug her when she backed away.
"I'd put some pants on if I were you."
"Right," I answered, "Sorry."
Ariel looked at me for a moment, "I noticed when we fought you, you didn't say anything about knowing the Autobots' secret identities."
I rubbed the back of my head, "I guess it's because you guys are like a family to me. I wouldn't rat out my family."
Ariel smiled at that. "You truly are one of a kind, cuz..."
So Evillustrator was, to me, an important chapter because of the titular villain. Ariel didn't want to fight her cousin because she knew that was still Nathaniel. Unfortunately, Nathaniel didn't see it that way. Now Ariel has a personal vendetta against Hawkmoth.
So the next Episode will show a trio of certain characters from a certain Mecha series. Hint: Chaos, Gaia, Abyss.
Something I wanted to say also is that some of these chapters will switch between the Autobots fighting Decepticons, solving crimes by teaming up with the police force, or fighting Akumas. I want this to sort of go in a dark and horror direction, not unlike the PV version of Miraculous Ladybug. You could tell by watching the original 2d version, it was supposed to be more mature with a hint of dark tone. So don't expect every chapter to always be about the Autobots and Miraculous Duo teaming up to defeat an Akuma.
So, that cameo though... Did anyone catch that Digimon: Ghost Game reference? Let me know if you catch other references from other franchises.
Another thing I'm sure you all want to know is: Will Orion, Ariel, or Dion be akumatized at some point? I'm not going to say anything regarding spoilers but I will answer in individual chapters.
Responses to Reviews
Aztec 13: Well, this was an interesting chapter with the flashback that Orion had learning a bit about the past. I wonder will the other Autobots will have flashbacks like that too? The fight with the Predacons was awesome. Especially with Predaking becoming Thunderking. I like Optimus' new mode I wonder if he can fly with the jet on his back?
Another thing I liked was the argument between Optimus and Ladybug with her thinking that Transformers are just mindless Machines. I bet it would take something big for her to realize that she is wrong.
I also like the Daniel Witwicky Cameo plus it looks like the team is going to have a new member I can't wait to see what happens next.
Please continue.
MVMZ-710 Star Convoy: A lot of things did go down in this chapter for sure but to answer your question regarding the memories it's no. Only Orion can access these memories because they are stored within the Matrix. The memories that he sees don't belong to some random person but the previous Matrix bearers. In other words, only a Prime can access the memories of an earlier Prime.
The fight with Thunderking regarding Ladybug and Chat Noir's part was somewhat of a challenge to write because I had to rely on my knowledge of their fighting styles and how Combiners fight smaller opponents. I will say this though: If the Autobots hadn't interfered, those two would have been dead by the time he was Akumatized.
Optimus can fly with the Blast Impulse Module but only to a certain height. Any higher, and he would have to switch to another Impulse Module more suited for flight. Another point I would like to bring up is that Optimus won't be the only one with access to the Impulse Modules. One thing I didn't like about the past Transformers series was the lack of power-ups for other characters. I for one would have loved to see Ultra Magnus or Bumblebee have some kind of Flight Mode or power-up. So be prepared to see Elita-1 and Ultra Magnus have access to the Impulse Modules too.
I wrote the argument between Ladybug and Optimus to illustrate their viewpoints. Orion believes that Cybertronians are alive due to firsthand experience (ie: the Predacon in the cave and facing off against Megatron) while Marinette views them as mindless machines due to her natural views telling her that only Organic lifeforms can be alive. Tikki not telling her anything doesn't help either. It's going to take something of titanic proportions to make her realize she's wrong.
Daniel isn't going to be the only human from a previous series in this fic. I also have plans for him too. As for a new member... we'll see about that.
I will continue.
Aztec 13: I can't stop laughing at this omake I remember watching those Troopers videos they're really funny. I hope there are more omakes like this later just fun shorts of everyone being in funny situations.
Please continue
MVMZ-710 Star Convoy: I am glad that you liked the Omake.
I will continue.