After the surprise mini-meeting the heroes had, Adrien (now Chat) took Marinette back home. Chat placed her down on her bed and covered her up with her blankets. "Again, I'm sorry for taking you out in this cold weather. Man, I really need to start using my brain."

Marintte laughed and gave his hand a small squeeze. Chat smiled and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Now I have to explain to my mom why you kidnapped me, Marinette signed. Chat cringed a little, "Yeah, sorry about that too, do I even know how to think?" Marinette laughed again. Chat grinned. He liked making her smile.

'Are you going to school tomorrow?' Mari asked. "Yes."

'Ok, see you tomorrow then?'

"See you tomorrow, princess." Chat gave Mari a kiss on the cheek before leaving.

Right as he left, Marinette heard her door open. She leaned over and saw her mom peeking in. "Oh good! You're back! I didn't tell your father, but next time he takes you out in this cold weather I will hurt that boy. Tell him that, please?" Sabine said with a smile.

Marinette simply nodded, shocked.

"Good. I'll bring you some warm soup and some more blankets sweetheart."

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The next day at school, both Marinette and Adrien showed up. Alya and Nino were both glad to see them fine.

The teacher gave them their missing assignments. "Some of these required group work, but since everyone has already finished, you two will have to work together. There's no classtime for you to work on it, so you two will need to work outside of class. Since it was a group assignment and not done in pairs, you have the weekend. I am available through email if you need any assistance," their teacher smiled.

Perfect, Adrien thought. The event his dad was going to was over the weekend. They could possibly take that chance.

It was near the end of the school day when an akuma struck. It had been quite a while since one had appeared.

Since it was near the end of the day, classes were dismissed. Adrien and Marinette took this chance to leave and transform.

Ladybug, Chat, and Marinette met up near the location of the akuma attack. "Ok so, what is it this time? Is it noise related?" Chat asked.

Ladybug took out her yoyo and opened it. "Doesn't seem so. Videos show a girl is Alice in Wonderland type clothing."

"Well thank fuck for that, my ears are tired of noise related akumas," Chat sighed.

Marinette laughed and Ladybug rolled her eyes. "Let's get this over with. We have bigger things to deal with." The couple nodded.

The trio made their way over to the nearby back. Just like Ladybug had said, a blonde girl with a blue Alice in wonderland type dress was causing chaos. She was making the plants come to life and turning people into animals.

Ladybug scanned the scene, "Ok, here's the plan: Chat and I will go in, this akuma doesn't seem to be any different that normal."

"What will Mari do?" Chat asked. Ladybug hummed, "She could wait out until we ask for help. She's still a secret from the public, so the idea of her helping civilians is out the window."

"I could do it. Limiting the civilians around the akuma will slow her down. She's turned almost every tree around her alive already, so there's not much more to add to her weird wonderland army."

"That's a good plan. You should really use your brain more often, Chat," Ladybug grinned. Marinette giggled. Chat narrowed his eyes at LB.

"In all seriousness," Ladybug continued, "it's a good plan. It might not do much but limiting her army can help. Let's go Mari."

Marinette nodded. All three heroes jumped into action. Chat ran off to do his best in helping civilians get away.

The two heroines made their way over to the akumatized girl. The blonde girl noticed and grinned widely. "So nice of you to join me! Oh! A little mouse! How perfect!!" the girl squealed. Then she frowned, "But where's that little kitty? He has to come!"

"She has quite a few loose screws," Ladybug whispered to Marinette. The two heroes were in attack positions; both of them had their weapons out and ready.

Ladybug looked around and almost jumped in fear. All the threes had now surrounded them, forming a circle, trapping Marinette, Ladybug, and the akumatized victim.

"Let's have some tea shall we?" the girl beamed. Her necklace shined purple and she outstretched her hand. Cups, plats, and tea kettles formed around the girl and shot at the two heroes.

Ladybug spun her yoyo and Marinette used her jump rope as shields.

Seeing as the necklace glowed, LB assumed that must be where the akuma is.

The girl kept throwing glass at them. Ladybug had to step back, bumping into the trees. She looked up at them right as one of the trees moved it's branches and grabbed her.

The girl stopped throwing glass, allowing Marinette to stop using her jump rope and run over.

"No! Stay back, they'll grab you too!" Ladybug yelled. Marinette stopped, the trees narrowingly missing her.

"You're no fun!" the akumatized girl huffed. Marinette turned back to the girl, not knowing what to do.

She hadn't faced an akuma alone before, she didn't even have the ability to hide and sneak up on her!

The girl simply smiled seeing Marinette's worried face. "What, cat got your tongue?" the girl grinned.

Marinette held her rope tight. LB was right, this chick is crazy.

Marinette heard a thump next to her and turned around to see Chat. "Missed me?" Chat grinned. She sighed in relief. "About time! We need a kitty!" the akumatized girl said excitedly.

Before Marinette or Chat could react, two trees moved in and grabbed them both.

Ladybug didn't notice in time to warn them, she was trying to see if she could call on her lucky charm.

"I got you!" the girl grinned. "Now for your miraculouses!" She walked over to Chat and began to reach for his ring. "Cataclysm!"

The girl jumped back in fear. Chat touched the tree and it withered away. The girl stepped back. "Get him!" she pointed at him, her necklace glowing.

The other trees began moving in, but Chat got out of the circle before they could form another. The trees dispersed. The trees holding Marinette and Ladybug dropped them.

"No! No, no, no! Keep them!" the girl yelled at the trees. Ladybug and Marinette had fallen to the ground. The trees were unable to bend down so the girls were able to escape.

With most of the trees distracted with Chat, Ladybug focused on the akuma. Marinette took advantage of the situation and hid. The akuma was too upset to notice.

"You guys are ruining everything!" she screeched. The girl began to form and throw plates at Ladybug again. Ladybug spun her yoyo to protect herself.

Knowing the akuma was in the necklace, Marinette snuck up behind her. Marinette used her rope to wrap it around the girl, stopping the glass and allowing for Ladybug to stop spinning her yoyo.

Ladybug walked up to the girl and took the necklace, throwing it to the ground and stepping on it.

The akuma flew out and Ladybug purified it.

"We make a great team," Chat beamed. Marinette simply smiled and Ladybug responded with a "hell yeah we do."

Having not used her lucky charm, Ladybug simply threw her yoyo up to make everything go back to normal. Ladybug helped the akumatized girl to her feet and, after making sure she was ok, sent her on her way.

"Well, today's work is done. Today was strangely, normal?" Ladybug spoke up. "Considering everything that's been happening."

"Yeah, we haven't had a non-crazy day in quite a bit. It feels refreshing," Chat added.

All three heroes ran off into hiding to detransform.

Won't this go away if our plan works? Marinette signed. "What do you mean princess?"

If we get the 'miraculous' from 'Hawkmoth', there won't be someone for us to fight. Wouldn't we have to return these ours as well?

Jasmine and Adrien looked at each other. "She's right," Jasmine said solemnly. "If there's no one to fight, there's no use in us having our miraculous."

"That's. . . not something I had thought about," Adrien's face saddened. "Perhaps we should talk to Master Fu about our plan? He is the guardian of the miraculouses, shouldn't he know about this?"

Jasmine nodded, "He should. When are you two available?"

"Friday after class," Adrien replied. Marinette nodded, 'Me too.'

"Ok then, it's settled, we'll go talk to Master Fu on Friday, stay safe you two."

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I'm not dead, I promise lol

The story is wrapping up soon! I really want to finish before summer ends and I think I can do it, the book isn't going to go over 60 chapters. It might not even reach 60 chapters.

We'll see (:

Until next time ♡

~ mistressdemalchance