W.P.(C): Duty

W.P.N&N3(C): Forced into a Closet

Lucille and Lenore were pushed into a closet by an unidentified magic user. “Can you let us out, please?” Lucille asked. “Sorry but there’s been a lockdown and everyone has to stay someplace secure” Poppy’s voice spoke up. “Poppy, I swear to Sorrel and Islesung that if you don’t let us out right now I’m going to..” A cough cut off Lenore’s response.

“You’ll be let out when the lockdown’s over. I have to go check on the students, the closet’s enchanted so you won’t be able to get out until it’s safe” Poppy informed them before her steps sounded further and further away. Lucille grit her teeth, sighing, forehead slumped against the door. Lenore was eerily quiet.

She was whispering. “Come on, just work” her hands emitted a light glow. “Come on, Onsumm Leon”. Nothing happened. She tried again and again, voice wavering.

Breathing deeply before exhaling, she swallowed. ‘It’s fine, you’ve been in this situation before but now you can control the outcome. You are an adult, you can change the outcome’. “Is now a bad time to mention that I like your perfume?” Lucille chimed in. Lenore tried to glance at her in the dark.

“What?” she said, confused. “I like your perfume” Lucille replied. “I’ve been trying to figure out how to ask you if I could try it myself but there was never a right time”. “When we get out of here, I can give you an extra bottle or teach you how to make it” Lenore suggests. Lucille hummed, “I’d like that very much”.

They couldn’t see very much in the dark but they noticed a faint glow around Lenore. “Are you glowing?” she asked. Lenore hummed, looking at herself, the blueish veins in her arms were glowing. “It appears so” she states. “I’ve never noticed it before, it’s lovely” Lucille says wistfully, breath coming out in blue smoke.

“That’s pretty cool” Lenore comments. “What is?” Lucille asks. “Your breath and your eyes” Lenore said. Lenore got closer, hands trying to navigate in the dark. She felt something soft and smooth, a hand then an arm.

She gently gripped the arms, Lucille’s hands held her forearms. Lenore hit something hard. She looked up. Lucille looked at her. Hazel green eyes glowed softly in the limited light.

“Your eyes are pretty up close” Lenore whispered. Lucille raised her head quickly. ‘Damn it, I embarrassed her. Let me try to fix this’ Lenore thought anxiously. “Thank you” Lucille whispered bashfully.

‘Oh, she wasn’t embarrassed at all. I just made her blush’. Lenore realized. Her arms glowed brightly, she placed them behind her back. “Sorry-about the light” she apologized.

“Don’t be, it’s good to have it” Lucille mumbled. “Not that I’m not enjoying this, but could you move your hands?” Lenore asks. Lucille realized her hands were holding some part of Lenore. It was soft and squishy, her stomach. “Sorry” Lucille apologized, moving her hands back.

They both stayed quiet for a moment before Lenore spoke. “Is now a bad time to mention that I’m not fond of dark confined spaces?” Her voice was soft and cautious. Lucille stared, “you’re claustrophobic?” she asks. “Yes” Lenore breathed out.

“But the elevator-“ Lenore cut off her response gently. “I was fine then because I had Leon with me” she replied gently. “You couldn’t summon him before and that’s why you were anxious” Lucille sufficed. “Yes” Lenore said. Lucille breathed deeply before opening her mouth to speak.

“I know you don’t like to be touched, but there’s not a lot that can be done about that now. So, would you allow me permission to hold your hand?” she asked. Lenore said nothing but her arm was moving toward Lucille. “For Lunaris’s sake, just hold my hand” she urged. Grabbing Lenore’s hand, Lucille interlocked their fingers together.

“We never speak of this again, do you hear?” Lenore affirmed. Lucille chuckled, “noted” she acknowledges. It was quiet until a noise sounded near the closet startled Lenore. She gripped Lucille’s hand tightly. She didn’t know when she started shaking.

The noise shouldn’t have bothered her. But it was dark. It was dark and scary and she felt alone. Logically, she knew that wasn’t the case. It wasn’t, Lucille was there.

Lucille was holding her hand. But her emotions were going haywire. Her glowing forearms had dimmed to a low light. It was become too dark. It was becoming too dark.

She felt her panic rise, and with that the shaking. “I’m scared” she whispered in a cracked voice. “I know, but I need you to stay calm, okay? Breathe with me” Lucille’s voice was heard. “Speaking to me like a student will not help, I’m not a child” Lenore snapped, aggravated.

She didn’t like this, the panic that came with a flurry of words that never seemed to stop. “Ok, reassurance won’t help. What can I do?” Lucille’s voice was coming out with worry and pleading. Lenore couldn’t focus on her, too busy trying to figure out the noise outside the closet.

Until Lucille suggested something obtuse. “What if you-“. “If you seriously propose that I let you hug me, I will harm you” Lenore exclaimed, annoyed. Lucille let go of Lenore’s hand to raise her own at her sides. Glancing at Lenore for a moment before copying her movement, pressing her ear against the closet wall.

Footsteps, slow footsteps and humming. Lenore groaned, a frown on her face. Moving away from Lucille to press herself against the wall. Breathing deeply, she pulled out her wand and weapon. It was a silver dagger with gold gems engraved in the swirl carvings in the handle.

Lucille didn’t get closer, keeping her distance. Sighing, she paid attention to the noises outside the closet door. Someone was trying to open it. She whispered an enchantment. Whoever tried to open that door would suffer for it.

A pained groan was heard from the other side of the door. Lenore rushed forward, dagger in hand. Arm around Lucille, and moving them slowly back. Legs wrapped around the other Professor, she glared at the door. Lucille stared at her.

Lenore pretended not to notice. Her fear was outweighed by the need to protect her friend. Lucille herself was surprised by how tense she was. They were both incredibly powerful magic users yet Lenore had felt the need to put her first above herself. Lucille felt that same need rise when the closet door was slammed into.

Wand and shield in hand, she placed her arm around Lenore. “I won’t let anything happen to you” she said, determination filled her voice. Lenore nodded once, not acknowledging the arm around her. “Likewise” she states. The door was slammed into again and began to crack.

Shards hitting their feet. The two professors waited patiently for the time to strike. That moment never came. Their was a thud against the door and silence yet again. Lucille moved forward, Lenore letting her go and doing the same.

The closet door opened and the two collapsed against the cold stone floor. Lenore rose quickly, dagger in hand pointed at Aspen Willows. The school janitor had his hands raised at his side. An unknown person unconscious at the closet door. His expression went from tired to confusion.

Lenore’s expression never wavered, narrowed eyes cold before she blinked. Looking at Aspen, she lowered her dagger slowly. Putting it in the sheath at her waist. She glanced at Aspen. “Sorry, I thought you were-just. Sorry”

Aspen didn’t say anything, just nodded grimly. Lucille had restrained the unconscious individual with a chain tying spell. Clicking her heels, a hole appeared from the ground. “I’ll take this one to the Guards”. She stepped into the hole.

Leaving behind a small flower laid against the stone floor. “I didn’t know the warrens were still used” Lenore said thoughtfully. “Most of the staff rarely use them. Lucille and I are the ones who find them convenient” Aspen replied. Lenore hummed, looking around, it was empty aside from her and Aspen.

“The lockdown should be over now” Aspen says. Lenore nods. “I’m going to my classroom” she tells him. Aspen nods and the two go their separate ways.

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Miraculous rewrite

Disclaimer: This was originally going to be a fanfic on ao3 with two storylines that have 40 chapters each.

But anyways, let’s get started

There would only be four seasons, 20 episodes per season

Each episode would take turns focusing on two different developing storylines

The first would be the heroes origins

The second would be of their civillian lives before moving to Marinette and Felix finding out who Hawkmoth is

I would have Adrien being the main character with Luka being the second

Their would only be 10 miraculous, with Hawkmoth being a given and the Ladybug and Cat being distributed to Adrien and Luka

Rabbit-Alix (Bunnix), pocketwatch

Cat-Adrien (Catwalker) ring

Dragon-Kagami (Ryuko) choker

Ladybug-Luka (Red Thread) earrings

Butterfly-Hawkmoth(formerly), Hopefly( currently) brooch

Mouse-Rose(Pink Paws) necklace

Peacock-Nathalie (Mayura) brooch

Snake-Juleka (Purple Scales) bracelet

Tiger-Felix (Tiger Claws) chain bracelet with chains on the finger

Turtle-Marc (Tortoiseshell) shirt pin

Kwami pairings

Tikki and Plagg

Nooroo and Duusuu

Sass and Fluff

Dussuu and Longg

Wayzz and Nooroo

Miraculous also use body horror consequences

Violet and black butterfly outfit with blue green spotted wings for Nathaniel

Whereas when Nathaniel take over a small butterfly is placed over the champion’s cheek or throat.

Sentimonster can exist with or without an amok as long as an emotion is attached to their creation, they are very much real and become a person slowly over time, given 5 years, they become completely sentient and fully aware of what they are, becoming no longer tied to the miraculous that created them or the amok that keeps them alive

Fu had given a miraculous out to both Adrien and Luka after they helped him once

He would be an observer, with a lot of guilt for the actions he had committed against the order of the guardians but he hoped that with these two, he would make things right, unintentionally already placing pressure on them

Adrien would be cautious with the cat miraculous (ring) but take on the mantle of Cat Walker (different design, no bad hair) with his cane (he’s disabled, has a twisted leg that never healed right and experiences frequent chronic pain) become a special weapon, a sword as he’s a fencer and Luka would start getting comfortable with the ladybug miraculous (earrings) having his special weapon being a guitar because he’s a musician (and I find the idea of being hit with a guitar when your an akuma be hilarious like when Puss hit Kitty with a guitar over the head in the puss in boots movie) the miraculous would change his appearance from blue dyed hair to red and he would take on the name Red Thread

Episodes

1.

Stoneheart still happens but the akuma is slowly destroying Ivan’s body if he doesn’t complete the task of retrieving the cat and ladybug miraculous

Cat Walker and Red Thread meet, getting comfortable with their powers but realizing the destruction Stoneheart is causing they act quickly.

People are dying or already died around them, blood staining the streets, screaming is heard, bodies crunched under thrown cars.

Red Thread swallows back the anxiety and dread he feels, shaking and Cat Walker is working on making sure they keep their distance from Stoneheart.

He is internally panicking and it’s difficult to breathe. Red pushes him away before Stoneheart can hit him, Walker stares at him before wielding his sword and stabbing Stoneheart’s fist, the point of his sword activating catacylcym, crumbling the paper in Stoneheart’s fist

Walker rips apart the akuma butterfly before Red can activate his miraculous ladybug, spitting out the remains onto the ground and crushing it with his feet. The magic dissipates but the city is still in ruins.

He helps Red Thread get comfortable sitting up without injuring his leg further and watches as he whispers miraculously ladybug.

A swarm of ladybugs hum a melody with their wings. Red is leaning against Walker and strums his guitar, civilians are slowly begging to find themselves healed of both death and injuries with every single string Red Thread plays, plants grow in place of destruction when everything is healed

The people who were killed have a tattoo of ladybugs on their skin where previous injuries occurred, it’s a sign of healing and a mark on them to convey hope

Whereas the butterfly being misused leaves a purple cracking scar on the victim’s face

Cat Walker and Red Thread help Ivan recuperate

He is horrified at what he is done.

Cat Walker hugs him telling him everything will be okay, he knows what it’s like to hurt people unintentionally, he knows that he didn’t mean it

Red Thread reassures Ivan that he is a good person, that what happened to him wasn’t his fault nor the damage he caused.

He points out the ladybug tattoo on his hand, Ivan stares at it, looking at it before feeling something akin to a sting on his face, he winces and realizing that something had happened

He runs to the fountain,seeing his reflection in the water, he stares at it, the mark of the butterfly on his face.

Cat Walker and Red Thread stay with him when the paramedics arrive to treat Ivan.

Their time of 10 mins almost runs out before they hear Hawkmoth’s announcement

They hide in a secluded alleyway, dropping the transformation and feeding their Kwami before Adrien tells Luka (they don’t know each other’s identities) that he shouldn’t put himself at risk like that again, that he doesn’t want anyone to protect him when he should be able to do that himself

Luka argues that theyre partners in this, that they should protect each other

Adrien agrees but he’s still scared, he confides in him, telling him that almost seeing him crushed made him terrified

Of doing this on his own

He can’t do this by himself but he doesn’t want anyone to die because of him

Luka makes a deal with him, they’ll protect each other when they need defending but if anything happens, when they can’t win, they take the other away and run, they run and hide, kill as a last resort

Adrien frowns but nods, agreeing to the deal

They transform again and Cat asks Red if he’s okay, Red replies that his leg is sore but he’ll be alright, today has been a lot

Cat relates, telling him that chronic pain is a nightmare to deal with, gesturing to his left leg, pulling back the suit zipper at the bottom to reveal a scarred ankle to his kneecap, he tells Red about the car accident he had as a kid that messed his balance and mobility

He offers him his sword, Red takes it and walks forward, hugging him

Cat hugs him back slowly, knowing that they both need the comfort, Red thanks him for telling him

Cat hugs him a bit tighter for that, for not pitying him

He thinks that Red put himself in danger by taking the hit meant for him because he saw that he was scared and needed to act quickly rather than doubting him because of his disability that he hadn’t know about until now, he appreciates it as much as he doesn’t like Red risking his life he knows and understands why he did

The two pull away, telling each other I’ll see you when I see you before going in different directions

Cat Walker becomes Adrien again and is caught off guard when Nathalie comes rushing towards him, holding him in a tight hug and asking him if he’s okay, If he’s hurt anywhere and her hand is resting against the back of his head and she’s talking too quickly, and he ends up crying, because everything is hitting him all at once

She holds him, telling him everything will be okay

People around them have similar reactions, holding their loved ones close and crying or hugging them

Luka goes back to the liberty and vomits in the toilet, everything that he’s seen causing him to shut his eyes tightly, he holds on tightly to his mom and sister, letting them comfort him

His mom (Anarka) tells him everything will be alright

He shakes his head, sobbing into her shoulder, his sister, Juleka wraps a blanket around his shoulders, the small family hold each other for a long time

The episode ends with Ivan in the hospital visited by his friends who all comfort him, his parents talk aloud, grateful that Red Thread and Cat Walker were there to save the day and hope that they’re alright but are grateful to them for saving their son

2.

The Stormy Weather episode starts with the Kids television contest to find a new weather girl

The voting for the final contestants: Mireille Caquet and Aurore Beauréal is up to the viewers at home.

We are introduced to Marinette who is watching the airing with her parents when Alya shows up, telling her that Ivan got out of the hospital and the class is throwing him a small party to help him feel better, Marinette asks her parents to go which they agree, telling the two of them to be careful, making sure Marinette has her phone, charger and lucky charms, one made by herself and the second one made by her parents

Back at the KIDZ+ studio, votes cast Mirielle as the winner

Aurora runs off devastated and Hawkmoth uses that to his advantage, sending an akuma after her.

Aurora now Stormy Weather chases after Mirielle, Luka who set up the location for the party his sister’ classmates made for their friend sees Stormy Weather and tells everyone to hide in the lower deck, they do as told and he hides in the bathroom to transform

Adrien spots the akuma from a report on the tv and is about to transform only for Nathalie to knock on his door, telling him that it’s best he stay home for the day and his fencing competition is cancelled because of the akuma.

Adrien nods, a little disappointed about the competition but otherwise telling her, he’ll stay in his room. She nods, patting his shoulder, sympathetic telling him that she knows how forward he was to it and if there’s anything she can do to make today a bit better, he lights up, wanting some snacks, and she chuckles though her face is blank and agrees

Once the snacks are eaten, he works on escaping the mansion.

Stormy Weather unleashes a windstorm on the people cheering Mirielle’s name, Red Thread plays a quick tune on his guitar, catching the civilians and setting them down on the ground gently before turning his attention to Stormy Weather. Cat Walker joins the fight, crashing into Stormy Weather and engaging in a quick duel, seeing his chance Red Thread hits her over the head with his guitar causing her to turn to him giving Cat Walker the chance to break her parasol, the akuma is released and Red Thread purifies it.

The rain and whirlwinds come to a compelete stop, people frozen in ice are free, a ladybug tattoo etched into their hand and Aurora looks confused

Before Red Thread and Cat Walker have a chance to talk to her, Mirielle rushes over, asking Aurora if she’s alright, hugging her and telling her that she didn’t want to become weather girl, she just didn’t want to lose another job and she didn’t expect to do well with her performance considering her anxiety at being on stage

Aurora listens, feeling bad for misjudging her so severely, the two agree to both be weather girls, doing different tasks but working together as a team

Red Thread and Cat Walker smile, taking off and resting at the top of the Eiffel Tower, coming up with a plan to stop Hawkmoth, patrol routes and contingency plans, as well as a code to share should they be impersonated by an imposter

3.

Nathalie gives Adrien a bag of snacks to share with his classmates and tells him that she’ll deal with his father

But to be careful and be ready to defend himself if necessary

Adrien is introduced to the class as a new student and Chloe being Chloe tells him that he doesn’t have to humour the others and just stick with her

Adrien disagrees, telling her that though they may have been childhood friends, he doesn’t want to be involved with who she is now, causing her to look at him offended and confused

Adrien sits next to Nino who shows him some of his music, he compliments him on his style causing Nino to grin and give him a fist bump, Adrien smiles

Marinette watches the two, surprised that she misjudged Adrien and plans to apologize to him for her assumptions

Kim grabs a snack that Adrien offered to the class and gives one to Ivan

Ivan takes it and is about to eat before Chloe loudly exclaims that the monster shouldn’t be fed

Adrien and Marinette rise up to Ivan’s defense, telling Chloe to keep quiet, that if she isn’t going to say anything nice then to not say anything at all

The rest of the class look at the two of them, Adrien glares at Chloe, Marinette looks worryingly at Ivan

Ivan leaves the room, Mylene hesitates for a second before chasing after him, Kim is about to follow before Marinette raises her hand to stop him

She tellls him that he upset Ivan before, what’s to say that he won’t do it again

Kim points out that he’s sorry

Marinette tells him that it’s not her he should be apologizing to

He frowns, asking her if this about that prank he did in the past

She glares at him, causing him to frown

Marinette sighs, telling Kim to sit down, that Mylene can handle herself and Ivan is going to be alright

Ms. Bustier asks where Ivan and Mylene are, Adrien replies that they’ll be back soon and that he’s the new student in her class, she welcomes him and starts class

Ivan is sitting in one of the benches in the locker room when Mylene comes in

He stares at the floor as she walks to him

He tries to explain himself and she places her hand on his arm

She tells him that she read his song

That it was nice to know how he felt

He points out that Kim ruined it, that that wasn’t how he had wanted to confess his feelings

She tells him that she wouldn’t be against dating him

He looks at her then and shyly asks if she would like to go on a date some time

She smiles and agrees, the two walk back to class, holding hands

School ends and Adrien hangs out with his classmates, getting to know each and every one of them as they go to the Liberty

He is surprised when Juleka asks or more like whispers if she can paint his nails

He grins, telling her to go for it

She smiles wildly, showing him a bag of nail polish, he chooses black and green

Marinette talks with him while he’s waiting for his nails to dry

She apologizes for making assumptions about him because he used to be friends with Chloe

He tells her not to worry, assumptions follow him everywhere he goes,

She frowns, telling him that doesn’t really make her feel better

He shrugs, saying that it’s the truth

But she could make it up to him by showing him what video games she plays

She grins, a look of victory in her eyes before showing him his favorite game

As they are playing, Luka enters the room, looking for his guitar picks

He introduces himself to the class, Adrien smiles at him, ultimately giving Marinette the chance to win

It was a good game he says,

She nods, telling him he did good

Adrien starts talking with Luka who is getting an odd sense of Deja vu and trying very hard to ignore the facts in front of him

He begins playing guitar causing Adrien to get up and move to the small piano keyboard he has in his room, a nod from Luka and he starts playing some keys, noticing a small black paw print on his middle fingertip but choosing to ignore it to test out the rhythm of the keys before a melody begins, adjusting himself on the seat, cane close to his side

Rose, Juleka and Ivan notice the music playing and begin moving around the Liberty, a full on jam session starts with Rose on vocals, Juleka on base guitar and Ivan on drums, Alix begins recording, the class begins cheering as the base drops and Rose sings loudly

The episode ends with the band Kitty Section being formed

4. Evilustrator

Nathaniel doodles in his sketchbook in Ms. Mendeleiev’s class only for the teacher to notices and tells him to go to the principal’s office for disrupting the class. He trips over Mylene’s bag on the way out, Adrien helps him up, holding out his sketchbook to him only for Chloe to take it and skim through it, mocking Nathaniel about his crush on Marinette causing Marinette to look at Nathaniel in surprise.

Nathaniel gets flustered, face red in embarrassment before Adrien snatches the sketchbook back from Chloe when she rips a page out of it.

He gives the sketchbook back to Nathaniel who thanks him before walking out the room.

He is dejected for a bit and Hawkmoth takes advantage to akumatize him, Nathaniel learns about who’s really behind Hawkmoth, mainly Hazel eyes and brown hair, as well as a teenaged girl’s voice, he relays this to Red Thread during a visit to the hospital

Red Thread takes the advice in stride, telling him to get rest and that he’ll keep in touch with him, holding out a small ladybug pin to him.

Nathaniel takes it, attaching it to his shirt and his parents show up, thanking Red Thread for helping their son

Red Thread hoped for their safety, and leaves to catch up with Cat Walker who had taken Marinette home

These are the episodes I have so far considering that this is kind of a half assed idea I came up with at 3am

But this is where things get messy with dialogue and the storyline considering I’m trying to piece all my thoughts together

*Dialogue:

In a real battle, Luka won’t always be there to save you

Yes I will

Luka you don’t know that

Yes, I do

If Adrien and I are going to fight, we’re going to fight together

You shouldn’t be anywhere near the fight, you’re too important

I am not, Luka is my partner and we’re going to fight Hawkmoth together

You don’t know how dangerous he is

Yes I do, we’ll face him together and win

Why won’t you just let me fight for you this once, Emilie!

I mean-let him, why won’t you let Luka fight for you

I’ve spent my entire life having people protect me, from the truth or from tasks they thought were too difficult for me

I want to fight for myself, I need to defend myself

I can’t rely on either of you to protect me forever

I want to fight alongside you, not be forced to watch you die when I could’ve done something to prevent it*

Adrien summons the spirit of Emilie and she sees Nathalie

*I know that I should have listened to your warnings when I used the miraculous

I know that it hasn’t been easy coping with your grief and-and dealing with Gabriel

I know that I left you two to raise Adrien alone, but I thought, maybe, just maybe if I could fix things between us three we could have had the chance to be a family,

If I could use the miraculous one more time, I could fix the mistakes I made, I know that I hurt you and I’m sorry, I truly regret it but, but, damn it! Nathalie, say something! Shout! Scream! Do anything!

You’re as beautiful as the day I lost you

But this has never been about you and I, this is about Adrien and what we can do to help him and Red Thread defeat Hawkmoth

She used the miraculous on me to fuel the idea of a perfect family, she had to have made me for a reason, she wanted me to be the perfect son

No! No, Gabriel wanted the perfect son, Emilie only ever wanted you to be hers, her son, our son.

What-what do you- what do you mean?

Nathalie, please, tell me

Emilie and I, we were in love with each other, but then she met Gabriel and ended our relationship, I stayed because I worried over her

She was, she became different, more withdrawn and less outspoken. I took the position of Gabriel’s secretary to keep an eye on things and I eventually earned his trust after 10 years but that’s when, complications happened

What complications?

It was little things at first, minor disagreements that escalated but the two gave each other small gifts afterwards to make up, so to speak, but it escalated to huge fights over things like missing dates or being too overworked

Emilie began confiding in me and Gabriel became more quiet, secretive

It wasn’t until he gave her a brooch that she changed, she became happy, more genuine but also more tired, she was becoming sick

And Gabriel, Gabriel took care of her and suddenly you were there, Adrien,

You were in her arms, a small baby and the two looked happy but I didn’t understand

Gabriel was sterile, they couldn’t have kids at all, Emilie had shown no signs of pregnancy at all nor would she be unfaithful but it didn’t make sense until, until one night

I woke up to something feeling off, I checked your room, you were sick at the time and I went downstairs to get you a cup of water and some medicine when I realized the painting was open

I should have left well enough alone but I was curious, I’d known every single part of the house, I helped design it after all but I never-I never knew about the second basement

So I went down using the elevator, going to the lowest floor and there they were, just screaming at each other with Gabriel holding their weddings rings and Emilie pleading with him to give them back, they stopped once they saw me

Emilie pleaded with me to take her brooch and Gabriel’s pendant, telling me that it wasn’t too late to make things right and to run and to take you with me, to keep you safe, and I-and I didn’t understand but Gabriel lashed out, he hit her and I reacted

I hit him and Emilie grabbed the rings and we were running but something dragged her back, she pushed me away before I could reach her and shouted at me to take you and keep ourselves safe, to stay hidden

I rushed into your room, trying to wake you up and you weren’t breathing, you weren’t breathing and I was terrified, and that’s when I felt him behind me

Hawkmoth was just standing there, looming over me and I couldn’t move, I tried to think of something but then Gabriel stepped in front of him, he was smiling and his clothes were stained with blood

I couldn’t think, I tried to shield you but Gabriel, he touched one of the rings and you woke up, you held me in a chokehold and I couldn’t hurt you, I didn’t want to hurt you

But you were still bleeding, I don’t know if it was from your mouth or your head but your face was blank, your eyes were white and you were looking at him

Gabriel began talking, explaining things, ordering me to never reveal what happened that night, he explained everything, the miraculous, the rings, who he and Emilie were, how you were created and he ordered me to keep my mouth shout and I couldn’t speak, I was going to pass out, he was going to let me go if I nodded yes so I did

He released his hold on both of us and told me that all of this was just a bad dream, that Emilie was missing and that you and him were grieving, that I was his trustful assistant, that I should follow orders and not say anything

I felt a wave of something dark pass over me and I passed out

When I woke up, I was confused, I could remember what had happened but Gabriel had explained that I had overworked myself, I collapsed and he took me to a hospital

When I asked for you and Emilie, he told me Emilie was missing and you weren’t sick anymore, but that wasn’t right, something about that answer felt wrong but I couldn’t figure it out because every time I thought too hard about that night, a wave of nausea would hit

He made me take a few weeks off, and when I saw you again, you hugged me and made me promise that I wouldn’t leave you behind, Gabriel had nodded and let me hug you but I couldn’t speak because he made you leave before I could get a word out

I could only talk when he wasn’t in the room or when he would let me, he did something to me and I never knew what it was

He kept the wedding rings on him at all times and whenever you disobeyed, he made you complicit, I never could do anything to help you because he used a feather attached to my necklace to make me follow his orders

I only managed to remove whatever curse he placed on me by stabbing myself in my chest

Nathalie, why would you-

It was extreme, believe me I know, but the feather could not be removed through regular means, it was only through my blood staining the feather and breaking the necklace did I break free

I burned both and he found me while I was bleeding on the floor, he was going to let me die but I offered a deal, I’d follow him in whatever he chose to do as long as he never cursed me again

He agreed, on some conditions. I keep you at arms length and help him bring Emilie back, I was to never reveal anything to you and was only supposed to do my job as always

I agreed and he healed me

But you never actaully followed his orders, did you?

No, I found multiple loopholes in his requests but I made sure to keep it all hidden from him, the leniency I had with Adrien, the subtle hints I gave to Aurelio gave him an idea about what to do, I’d keep Gabriel in check with his plans and make him focus on the company rather than Adrien

Aurelio would make sure Adrien would be cared for outside and spend little time at home, we were both prisoners in that mansion but you weren’t Adrien, and I intended to keep Gabriel trapped in that mansion just as long as he had kept me under his control

He made me hurt you….

Adrien…..

He made me hurt you! He hurt mom! He hurt, he hurt me! He hurts everyone who ever makes contact with him!! I wouldn’t be surprised if he was Hawkmoth himself!!

Nathalie, Nathalie, please, please tell me he’s not…

He-I don’t know if he isn’t Adrien,

He’s-my father, my father is, Gabriel is Hawk…..

It’s a possibility

Did you-did you know?

No, I only knew about your mother

He’s-he’s……

I only recently found out, he had even me fooled

I don’t-I can’t fight him

I don’t think I’ll be able to

Adrien

He’s my father, but he’s a monster, he hurt so many people, he hurt me, he, he doesn’t love me, does he?

Adrien, look at me

Adrien, song chord , you have to breathe

Adrien, please,

Adrien, your father is a powerful man, but he is also just that, a man

You will not face him alone, your teammates and I will help you defeat him

Promise? Promise me that you won’t make me face him by myself?

I swear it

He won’t touch you, mark my words, as long as I’m here he won’t get the chance

Agreed, I’m not gonna let him hurt you, either of you*

*I was never supposed to be the wielder of the ladybug miraculous

What?

Tikki told me it was supposed to be Marinette, that it was always supposed to be her

You were chosen, and it doesn’t matter now because Marinette wouldn’t want it

What she wants it to get payback on Hawkmoth for murdering her uncle and harming her loved ones, a miraculous wouldn’t help her right now not when she knows a miraculous is the reason for her uncle’s death, she wouldn’t even want to wear it

I know it doesn’t matter now, but I-I still have doubts, alright.

Red,

No Walker, just, just let me say my piece alright.

Alright,

I didn’t choose this, I didn’t know what I was getting into and it feels like this is a lot bigger than both of us

We are kids Walker, we shouldn’t accept that we are the only ones capable of handing an emotional terrorist reeking havoc in Paris

That type of pressure shouldn’t be put on us and if we don’t have more help soon we are going to break and I don’t know what if so if that happens

I can’t, I don’t know what to do Walker. I have no idea how to deal with this! And I can usually handle my own shit but this is, it’s just too much sometimes

I know it is, believe me, I do. Is it weird to say that I’m glad you told me about how you felt about this whole thing

What?

Thread, this shouldn’t have been forced on us, it’s a responsibility we didn’t ask for, I don’t want to be a hero but I can’t imagine being partners with anyone else

We share things as much as we can and we rely on each other but it can’t just be us anymore, we need proper help, from the mayor and from other people

We need to give out one miraculous each, have Marinette act as our scout to decide who is trustworthy and keep watch of their performance

Is that really even a good idea, 4 miraculous are being used and anymore will be incredibly risky and a gamble should something happen. And even then Marinette wouldn’t want to be near us

She would if we explain what happened and make sure to show her that we have the same goal. We train in secret, make a hideout of some sorts where we can meet the guardian and train a recruit

How exactly would we even do that, because I don’t know about you, but we don’t have a lot of resources at the moment

We go to the mayor, get a proposal written up and have being heroes be an actual job

That could work, we could even have plans set into place on where exactly to lead the akuma to leave the fight to one place only while making sure it’s secluded and private enough to not harm civilians but to give us time to transform

And maybe support groups to help akuma victims after everything is over

Red Thread pulled out a large notebook and the two began planning, chatting away and throwing ideas off each other.

The only way to even have a conversation with the mayor would be through his daughter, and I’ve heard that she….can be difficult to deal with

I’m an old classmate of hers, I’ll convince her to listen to us

Don’t worry, I’ll keep it anonymous, just tell her that Red Thread and Cat Walker would like her help in talking with the mayor

She’s going to have to be involved in this completely, doesn’t she?

She’ll make things worse if she isn’t, but the two of us can convince her if we show that she has something to gain from it

Popularity and making us be seen as celebrities, are you sure this is a good idea?

No, not really but that’s why you’re here, you help me be present and not spiral into half baked plans, try to make sure I don’t go overboard and plan short term rather than long term and having the plan backfire before it starts

Alright.

We can set the ground rules during the first meeting, when are you free?

The weekends or Thursdays and Wednesdays between 3-8.

Alright, we take with the mayor’s daughter on a Wednesday, that work for you?

Yeah, but Thread,

Yes?

Thanks, for, for just talking to me and telling me how you felt about this whole thing

We’re partners, partners talk and compromise

I’m still learning that

But I should thank you too.

Why?

Because I’m pretty sure I was going to turn in my miraculous after this talk but well, we have a plan in motion and you convinced me not too

I was going to spiral Cat, it is never pretty and you’ve seen how I get when I get overly emotional

It’s not, it’s not a bad thing to feel your emotions, you know that, right, Thread?

I know it’s not, it’s just….

I had to mature early on, I had my sister and mom to look after and I neglected my emotional and physical needs, I don’t want this to become something like that

Damn it, sometimes, sometimes I just want support rather than always being the supportive type. It’s not easy being the go with the flow kind of guy all the time, sometimes-sometimes I need help too, and I’m not just saying this because of this whole thing we have with Hawkmoth but….

Red, it’s-its okay. We’ll figure it out, I promise

You can’t promise that Cat

I know I can’t, but I can promise that I’ll be here to support you and I want to make sure you know that I’m always going to be here if you ever just want someone to listen

Thanks Cat

Yeah Red

We are going to figure this out together

We will, it’ll work out *

The twist would be that Lila has been in control of everything, she’s had the peacock miraculous for a long time, she was using Gabriel as a scapegoat for Hawkmoth when in reality, Hawkmoth was a sentimonster that had gained sentience and wanted to change but she wouldn’t let him. She’s based his appearance and characteristics off of Gabriel. But make no mistake, Gabriel is still a piece of shit father abusive distant father but he was also played, he was manipulated with the deal being that Emilie could be revived if he gave SentiHawk a place to do his work and never be disturbed.

Things are complicated however when SentiHawk began forming a connection with Adrien, treating him kindly and getting to genuinely care for him as a father would. Gabriel is essentially replaced by a clone of himself.

The second storyline would have been about Marinette and Felix forming a plan on how to figure out who Hawkmoth is, they give their findings to Cat Walker and Red Thread and are appointed hero scouts, Felix gets to know more about the akuma class and is cautious around Lila due to her carelessness with boundaries and trying to make things difficult for Marinette

She is trying to isolate Marinette and Felix from the class but the class don’t believe her and tell her stop making them doubt Marinette since they’ve known her for a long time, but she rationalizes these doubts by saying that Marinette had changed because of Felix and gotten distant and Adrien notices a wave of transparent blue magic from Lila’s mouth attaching itself to his classmates heads, with him, Felix and Marinette being aunaffected

He confides in Felix about it, and Felix tells him some things about Lila and his findings. Adrien tells him strange behavior he noticed from Gabriel and Felix asks him questions about it, if he noticed Gabriel fiddling with his wedding ring or looking more tired. Adrien says yes and asks Felix what he knows, Felix slowly gives him clues and Adrien pieces it all together, he and Cat Walker reveal themselves to Felix and Marinette as a sign of trust and Marinette tells them about Lila

About her strange behavior and how she breaks any piece of jewelry she can find, how she almost stole Marinette’s earrings if Felix just stopped her

The last remaining Miraculous are given to the main akuma victims who have been the most informed of Hawkmoth, with two restraining Lila and the others going to face Hawkmoth

Hawkmoth reveals himself as a clone of Gabriel Agreste looking sickly and pale, Lila orders him to attack but he can’t bring himself to because he genuinely does see Adrien as his son and he knew he was Cat Walker and had kept it hidden from her for as long as he could, he strikes himself with his cane and attacks Lila only for her to squeeze her miraculously tightly causing him to choke, Nathaniel strikes her, fighting fiercely even as she tries to possess him, Marinette and Felix join him, Cat Walker face his actual father who is trying to take Red Thread’s miraculous, the two engage in a deal which ends with HawkGabe taking a critical hit meant for Adrien, restraining Gabriel

Lila’s miraculous is taken and Nathaniel holds it out to Red Thread to take,

Red Thread smiles at him, clasping the miraculous against Nathaniel’s chest.

Telling him that he trusts him, to do what he thinks is right in making more champions from now on

Nathaniel tells him that he won’t let him down and transforms, Cat Walker reassures him that if anyone knows how to create awesome heroes with great costumes it’s him, Lila and Gabriel are arrested and HawkGabe is given his freedom to do whatever he wishes, he starts a friendship with Nathalie, changes his style, becomes an actual father to Adrien though Nathalie shares custody, the fight has ended with Parisians being free to express their emotions without fear and the couples of the akuma class dancing

The series ends with Luka offering Adrien a dance with Adrien smiling and accepting

The last dialogue spoken is this

*can I have this dance Adrien?

Why me? I mean the most I can do is shuffle from side to side

Then shuffle side to side with me

We’re going to look silly

Then theirs no one else I’d be silly with*

Adrien laughs, and the credits roll

(So yeah this was messy, don’t really know wtf I was going for but if you read this far I hope you liked it)

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(Writing prompt of two OCs, one is a host the other is a worm, they share a symbiotic relationship)

Can I just pretend I’m holding you?

You can, but you know you could just take the reins

No. I mean, I don’t want to, I just, the hologram take to much effort to project and I don’t, it doesn’t feel real

I want to feel you, to hold you

Alright

Too tight

Sorry, it’s just, I’m just really happy you’re here

I’m not leaving, you know that,right?

Synth, I won’t leave

You might, one day

Synth,

I wish I could hug you, I wish I could do something without this useless body intervening

Hey! that’s my bonpair you’re talking about

We’re linked Synth, I’m not going to let anyone seperate us, and if anyone tries, I don’t know, I’ll hurt them

Just-just stop talking bad about yourself because I, I think you’re beautiful

Even with my worm body

Especially with your worm body

But I can’t touch you, I’m literally a worm in your head and I can’t do things other people can do, I can’t touch you properly or tell you lies

What would you even lie about?

When you were, when you were in the research facility and going to chose a pairmatdith to bond with, I saw you

You were unhappy somehow, and I could feel it, I knew you would choose someone opposite to you but I,

I just wanted to drive that misery away, I-I wanted you to chose me

I had only had a couple of hosts, 4, and two golems, neither ever stuck, I only ever wanted one who would stay

I chose hosts but….

But the host never chose you, you were cast out from the pod because you wanted a permanent bond, you wanted to be part of a pair

Yes

That’s ridiculous!

What?

I may not have known what would have happened when I entered the research facility to become a voluntary host but I knew that I didn’t want to be alone, I didn’t need the strongest or the weakest, I just wanted someone to care. Our meeting may not have been planned but I don’t regret having you in my head, it doesn’t hurt

It doesn’t hurt to have you there, just a small being in my head but you talk to me, you listen, you care. You cared about me so much that I forgot what hating myself felt like

I may not have chosen you but I accept you as my bonded pair, Synthweaval-Alethal-Snarlick.

I-I don’t know what to say….

Do you accept me as your bonded pair? Or am I going to have crush any more doubts you have with more speeches because I have two more left

Ha-ha, no, it’s just, I like your rants

Oh

Yeah

So do you?

Do I what?

Accept my proposal? I mean, you’re in it for the long haul with me, I’m not going to let you go anytime soon

Hmm, neither am I

I do, I accept you as my bonded pair, Esther Farleap

Good. Now let’s go grab some food because this took a lot out of me.

Could we get pudding?

You know how you get with pudding?

What if I eat only one cup and give you the rest?

Alright, let’s go.

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He was only in one episode and was a background character but he meant a lot to me

Tiny, you didn’t deserve to die, like that man 😭

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W.P.N&N4(C): What Have You Done?

“What did you do?!” Thistle exclaimed. Rusty stared at her through blood stained hands.

“I figured it out” she whispered, glancing up at her with a manic glint in her eyes. Behind her lay a toy, a blood stained toy with a purple core.

A glass tube containing a weird blob was on the side with wires connecting it directly to the core. “Don’t you get it Thistle, we figured out how to convert souls into pure energy, but with the core, with the core that energy can be converted into electricity, we can give these souls new bodies!!”

She smiled wildly, not quite seeing the horrified look on Thistle’s face. Thistle stepped back, finding it difficult to think.

She tripped over a wire, falling to the floor and crawling back, trying to avoid the scene in front of her. A halo of red light shown over Rusty, whose eyes were glowing in pure manic bliss, arms spread out in front of her.

“Rust-Rusty, what happened?” she choked the words out. Rusty walked towards her, straddling herself in between her legs, hands cradling her face.

“We violated the laws of nature to help people, just think, with this technology, with this new way of creating new life, we can transfer their souls into different machinery instead of clones, we can give them the body that they have always wanted. We can do so much good” she gave her a small peck on the lips.

‘Oh gods, what have we done?’ Thistle thought horribly. Rusty pulled back immediately once she noticed Thistle hadn’t reciprocated her excitement.

Didn’t she understand? They had revolutionized soul transfer!!

It may have been illegal but if they could show this, show that the subjects were aware and living and thinking then the Council would have to accept it. They could give decaying souls a second chance.

Thistle could have that chance, the chance to spend time living her life, no longer in pain when using her powers or intense fear of having her body crumble. She would have the chance to be happy with no worry of fading or living on borrowed time, she wouldn’t be able to change her form but a Mystcreat was creative in what they were given to work with..

And Rusty would be their with her, helping her get used to the new body. It would still be her soul in there and she would adjust, they both would.

It was Thistle that was the partial reason for why she did this. Sure, embedding more consciousness into prey animals wasn’t exactly ethical but she had to make sure they could be able to communicate with her to show that ut had worked when they woke up in new bodies.

Speaking of Thistle, Rusty glanced at her, she was crying, why was she crying? Rusty breathed deeply, rubbing at her dry eyes and smiling warmly.

“I know it’s a lot to process Thistle, but why don’t I get changed and we can go eat some dinner then rest? Would that help?”

Thistle still wasn’t saying anything, only looking at the floor in mute horror, a strange look on her face that Rusty couldn’t exactly decipher. Thistle’s mind was filled with overwhelming thoughts, a puddle of her tears staining her shirt.

‘What we done to us?’ she thought sadly. She finally glanced at Rusty, Rusty who was looking worried.

Thistle swallowed hard, trying to avoid the sinking feeling in her stomach and the lump in her throat. Rusty’s hands were still on her.

She focused on breathing. In then out, a plan was forming.

They’d get dinner, she’d collect every single storage cube they had in the lab and destroy it. They had to destroy their life’s work, she just hoped that she’d be able to convince Rusty.

She was shaking, why was she shaking? ‘Maybe it’s because you knowingly violated the laws of nature and the ethical laws around soul research just because you thought you could buy yourself more time with her?’ her brain thought unhelpfully.

A smile spread on her face, then she chuckled. Then the chuckling became full blown laughter.

Rusty looked worried, a bit of fear in her eyes. “Thistle?” she called out.

Thistle breathed out, feeling the cracks start to spread. ‘It was just, so, fucking, funny how quickly things became fucked up.’

Couldn’t Rusty understand why she was laughing? Didn’t she get why this was funny?

She was nearly out of breath when the laughing became coughing. Rusty patted her back, leaning her head against her shoulder and producing a cloth for her to wipe her mouth.

The coughing becoming hacking then rough breathing. Thistle vomited on the cold gray floor.

Rusty held her hair back and cleaned her face with a new cloth. She was panting but at least it was slightly easier to breath.

“I think-I think it’s best we go to bed, don’t you?” she suggested, giving Rusty a tired smile. Rusty nodded, “let me just clean up then we’ll go” she says, Thistle nodded.

Rusty helped her up and snapped her fingers. The lab was clean free of blood and machinery, all the storage cubes contained in the box in her claws.

Thistle grabbed her staff, placing an arm over Rusty’s waist and leaning against her as she walked. It would be fine, she’d figure out how to convince her.

She had to, for both of their sakes.

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