This takes place a few days after the epilogue

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With everything that had happened in the old world, Adrien didn't have high hopes for his father. His father wanted to use the power of the miraculouses to bring back his mother. In a way, he understood. Adrien missed his mother too, but using such power was dangerous. Adrien knew that very well. He lost Plagg, Chat Noir, Ladybug, and all that came with them. He had his memories but there were just there to haunt him. 

So when Adrien walked downstairs to see Nathalie and his father chatting with smiles on their faces, he was more than shocked. His father rarely smiled and his interactions with Nathalie were always professional, so what the hell was going on?

Adrien had stopped midway down the stairs. Gabriel and Nathalie turned to him and both smiled at him. Adrien was bewildered but shook off the look immediately, not wanting to rise any suspicions. 

When he went to go sit down to go eat breakfast, he was shocked to see that instead of standing over him and monitoring his eating, Nathalie was with his father. Not only that, but his father was there. Not to sit and to do work, no, to eat there. Nathalie had her tablet like always but instead of standing, she was sitting on the chair closest to Gabriel.

Adrien didn't know what to say or think, he just sat there in silence eating his food. He knew Jasmine's life had changed due to not having her miraculous, so did that mean his father's changed too?

After finishing his breakfast, he made his way over to school. Nathalie wasn't with him in the car, it was just his driver. Alya and Nino greeted him at the front doors of the school and they all walked in together. 

Marinette showed up late like usual, slipping into her seat next to him sheepishly. Adrien turned to her with a smile and she smiled back. His heart fluttered and he was eternally grateful that he still had Marinette. 

When lunch rolled around, Adrien got a text from Nathalie.

Nathalie: Adrien, your father has requested you join us for lunch. Marinette is more than welcome to come.

Adrien stared at his phone in surprise. Marinette pulled on his sleeve to get his attention. 'What's wrong?' she asked. 

"My dad invited us for lunch," he replied still bewildered. 

Marinette just smiled, 'Oh, that's nice of him.'

Adrien bit back a shocked look. She didn't find it weird?

"Do you... do you want to join us?" Adrien asked. Marinette nodded with a smile.

What the hell? This was not what he expected.

Not knowing what to respond, he just took her hand and walked over to the car already waiting for them.

When he arrived at his place, he was once more shocked to see his father and Nathalie. Only this time there were two chairs at both ends of the table. 

"So good of you to join us, son," Gabriel nodded. 

"And I'm glad to see you are joining us Mlle. Dupain-Cheng," he continued with a soft smile. Marinette smiled back. Adrien kept switching his gaze from his father and Marinette. What the hell is going on? he thought.

"It seemed appropriate to invite Adrien's girlfriend," Nathalie added. 

Girlfriend? Did that mean they approved? Had they known in the old world?

"I suppose so," Gabriel replied. "Mlle. Dupain-Cheng has been a positive influence on my son. It wouldn't hurt to have her here."

"Is... is something going on?" Adrien asked. All of this felt weird. This wasn't the environment he was used to. 

Gabriel fixed his tie before motioning the teens to sit down. Adrien pulled out Marinette's chair and she sat down, smiling up at Adrien. He sent her a quick wink before sitting down next to her. 

The older Agreste did the same, holding out Nathalie's chair and sitting down after her. 

Their food was brought to them and Adrien couldn't process the fact that his father was sitting next to Nathalie. 

Adrien know Nathalie was very trusted by his father, but not once had he seen her eat with them, much less while sitting next to Gabriel. 

Hell, he couldn't even remember the last time he had sat down and eaten a full meal with his father. 

Marinette, Gabriel, and Nathalie all ate like this was casual. Adrien picked at his food, no longer feeling an appetite. 

Marinette turned to him with a worried look and tugged at his sleeve. Adrien turned to look at her.

'Are you ok?' she asked, a slight frown on her face. 

"I'm fine princess, now take that frown off your pretty little face," he grinned.

Marinette's cheeks turned bright red and she playfully shoved him a little. Adrien chuckled. 

Gabriel raised a brow at their behavior and Nathalie smiled softly. 

Noticing their gaze, the teens stopped. Adrien cleared his throat and sat up straight. Marinette sheepishly placed her hands on her lap. 

"Adrien," Gabriel spoke, setting down his utensils. 

"I have something important to discuss."

Marinette turned to look at Adrien but he continued to stare at his father. 

"I know it's been a few years since your mother's passing..."

Oh, so she's gone in this world, Adrien thought. Even though his mom had been gone in the old world, it still pained him to hear that his mother was dead. He felt his heart ache and Adrien could see the pain in Gabriel's eyes when he mentioned it. 

Adrien felt Marinette's small hand slip into his, giving his hand a soft squeeze. Even if it was just a small gesture, it made him feel better. 

I have Marinette. I have my princess, he thought. 

"And I know it's been hard on you. It's been hard on me too. However, my actions following her passing were wrong. I shouldn't have been so strict and I apologize for taking so long in loosening my restrictions and correcting my behavior.

"It took someone opening my eyes for me to realize how wrong I had been behaving," Gabriel spoke, placing his hand ontop of Nathalie's. Nathalie smiled, a soft blush on her cheeks.

Adrien's eyes widened. Did that mean..? 

Did his father move on in this world?

"I know this may be hard to-"

"Father, if you're happy, then I'm happy," Adrien cut him off, not really thinking about his words. 

His heart was beating fast. If his father had moved on, did that mean he wasn't the evil, corrupt man he was in the old world?

Gabriel and Nathalie stared at him with shocked looks. They had expected some retaliation from the teen, but no, Adrien was fully on board. 

Marinette sat back quietly, watching everything fold in front of her. She smiled when she saw the excitement in Adrien's eyes. 

"Father, if you want to be with Nathalie, I wholeheartedly support you."

Gabriel and Nathalie exchanged glances before their faces relaxed.

"Adri- son... that makes me happy to hear," Gabriel smiled. 

Adrien smiled. 

. 

"Whatcha doing Mari?" Alya asked, leaning over her desk to see what Marinette was sketching. 

This caught Adrien's attention and he turned to look at her sketchbook. To both his surprise and Alya's, it was a wedding dress.

"A wedding dress? It's a bit too soon don't you think?" Alya chuckled. 

"I wouldn't mind marrying her now," Adrien grinned and winked at Marinette. "But I need to get the ring first."

"Didn't you technically give her one? She already wears it on her ring finger!"

"Yeah but I'd want to get her a real engagement ring."

"Ahh, I agree Agreste."

Marinette huffed with flushed cheeks. 

'It's not for me! It's for Jasmine!'

"For Jasmine?" Adrien asked, surprised. 

"The lady you babysit for? Omg she commissioned you for her wedding dress?!" Alya asked excitedly. 

Marinette nodded with a smile. 

"Omg Mari that's amazing!!"

"Wow, that must be a very pricey commission!" Nino, who had been listening, piped in. 

'She couldn't find a dress so she asked me to design it!'

"Well why shouldn't she? My girlfriend is an amazing designer," Adrien grinned. 

Marinette blushed. "Hell yeah! My best friend is the best designer this side of France!" Alya cheered.

"Shh!" the teacher silenced them. The group of friends all settled back into their seats and continued their work. 

Adrien turned to look at Marinette as she would stop her work every so often and start a new quick design or add something to an already existing one. 

"You look so cute when you're concentrating," Adrien whispered. Marinette turned to him, a soft blush and a small smile on her face.

'Finish your work,' she pointed at his half finished assignment. Adrien chuckled soflty before returning to his classwork. 

Adrien insisted on going with Marinette to show Jasmine the designs for the wedding dress. Partially because he wanted to be a supportive boyfriend and partially because he was curious as to how much Jasmine had noticeably changed. Also because it was a Saturday and his father surprisingly had nothing for him to do. 

When they arrived at the apartment, the elevator was thankfully fixed and they longer had to climb seven flights of stairs. They rode the elevator up to her floor and made their way over to her apartment door. 

Marinette knocked on the door and a still sleepy Pierre opened the door. His hair was a mess and he was still in pajamas. 

"Oh!" he quickly perked up seeing the teens. His face was flushed a bit. "I forgot you were going to come today! Wait, what time is it?"

Marinette giggled and Adrien raised a brow with a smile.

"It's a little past noon sir," Adrien replied. 

"Really?" Pierre asked, a little shocked. 

Marinette nodded. 

"Who's at the door?" Jasmine asked from inside the apartment. She walked over, dressed similarly as her fiance. 

Adrien had been used to always seeing her all neat and as Ladybug she always had her hair up in a nice ponytail. But now here she was, still in pajamas and her hair all over the place.

Her eye's widened when she saw who was at the door.

"Oh my gosh! Marinette I am so sorry! I completely forgot you were coming today!" she said quickly fixing her hair.

Marinette waved a hand, 'It's ok!'

"Baby issues?" Adrien asked. 

Pierre nodded with a sigh, "Yeah, he woke us up early and he was so fussy all morning."

"But he's thankfully asleep now, please, come in!" Jasmine smiled. 

The teens stepped in and sat down at the kitchen table. Jasmine sat down across from Marinette. 

'I've brought a few designs I've been working on,' Marinette mouthed before reaching for her sketchbook in her bag. 

"I'll just go check on the baby," Pierre spoke before leaving the room quickly.

Jasmine just laughed. 

"Does he believe in that thing where the groom can't see the bride's dress because it's bad luck or something? Is that what it is?" Adrien asked. 

Jasmine shook her head, "He wants it to be a surprise."

'That's cute!'

Marinette showed Jasmine the designs and they went over details and prices.

Adrien sat back, looking at everything going on. His eyes focused on Jasmine and he wondered just how much had changed. There wasn't anything obvious. She still had Pierre and her baby. Her apartment did seem different. He assumed that since she was no longer Ladybug, she had the time for a part-time job. 

Even though her life seemed the same, it still saddened him to know he no longer had that bond they had as Chat Noir and Ladybug. 

It didn't take long for Jasmine to pick a dress from Marinette's designs. Marinette made a few adjustment and a dress was decided upon. 

As they said their goodbyes and rode the elevator down, Adrien turned to Marinette. 

"Are you doing anything after this?"

She thought for a moment. I need to start buying the materials, she signed. 

"Why don't we go out to eat? My treat, then we can go buy your materials."

'Are you sure?' she asked. 

He smiled, "Of course, anything to be with you."

Marinette blushed, looking away with a smile. 

Adrien led her to the car already waiting for them. He opened the door for her and she stepped in. 

They made their way to a local restaurant before going to some shops and buying some materials Marinette needed. 

"Do you have to go home?" Adrien asked, making puppy eyes.

Marinette laughed and shoved him softly. 'Not bored of me yet?' she asked.

"Bored of you? Never, princess," he replied, a cheeky grin on his face. 

Marinette turned to him with a smile before hugging him. Adrien was surprised a little before hugging her back.

"Let's go hang out at my place, we can play some video games."

She looked up at him and nodded eagerly. 

They stopped by Marinette's place first in order for her to drop off her materials, then they made their way to Adrien's. 

They arrived just as Gabriel was stepping out of his office.

"Oh, Mlle. Dupain-Cheng, I wasn't expecting you," he spoke towards her. Then he turned to Adrien. "Where were you? You were gone longer than expected."

"Sorry father, I was out with Marinette. She needed to buy some materials for a commission so I accompanied her," Adrien replied.

"Comission?"

Marinette nodded.

"She got commissioned for a wedding dress."

"A wedding dress?" Gabriel asked, surprised. "That's quite a challenge Mlle. Dupain-Cheng."

I'm up for the challenge, she signed. 

"I admire your determination Mlle. Dupain-Cheng. Do you happen to have the design on hand?" he asked.

Marinette nodded, taking out her sketchbook. Gabriel approached them and Marinette handed him her sketchbook. 

Gabriel opened the book, flipping through the pages and examining her designs. 

"These are quite lovely designs. I'm very impressed. Which one are you making?"

Marinette stood next to him and pointed at the dress. Next to it where the frabics she planned on using and other notes on the design.

"You have excellent taste. Have you considered applying to my internship program?" Gabriel asked, handing back the sketchbook. Marinette's eyes widened as she shook her head.

"You should. Of course, you being my son's girlfriend won't influence my decision, however, I believe you have a strong chance of nailing the position. Now if you two will excuse me, I have some matters to attend." He gave them a single nod and walked off.

Adrien turned to look at Marinette. Her eyes were wide and her mouth was hanging open.

"Are you ok?" Adrien chuckled. Marinette turned to him before a wide grin spread on to her face.

'Your dad said he was impressed by my designs! Oh my god, oh my god. Gabriel Agreste wants me to apply to his internship program!' Marinette jumped up and down a little in excitement. 

"Well, you are an amazing designer princess," he grinned. Marinette jumped into his arms. Adrien laughed and hugged her back.

Maybe this world wasn't so bad after all. 

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Maste Fu walked alongside the Agreste mansion. He stopped and turned to look at it, a small smile on his face. 

Adrien wasn't the only one to remember what happened. As the guardian of the miraculouses, Master Fu remembered all that happened. 

When Adrien made his wish, the miraculouses were returned, including the peacock miraculous and the butterfly miraculous. 

Wyazz flew out of Master Fu's pocket. "Is something wrong master?" the kwami asked. 

"Nothing is wrong Wyazz, I was just thinking," Master Fu replied.

"About what?"

"Perhaps it might be time for a new guardian."

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Hi

I wrote a thing (:

It's not as long as I wanted it to be, but I just haven't had the time to come up with many ideas so I wrote what I already had in mind. 

Please don't hate me for the ending lmao

I got the idea from season 3. I didn't watch the episode but I know Marinette ends up being the new guardian and I was like omg what if I make one of the characters the new guardian.

Will I do something with it? Probably not. I don't have the inspiration to do it, but I do like the idea of Marinette and Adrien getting back the miraculouses and being the guardian allowing Marinette the ability to become Ladybug. If I were to ever do something with this, it would be a spin-off rather than a sequel, but for now, don't expect anything. I have too much stuff I'm working on to do this. 

Now as for the characters in this chapter. 

In the show it's been a year since Adrien's mom was gone and Gabriel held out because of the miraculouses. Emilie is presumed to be in some coma like state due to the peacock miraculouses and Gabriel only knows of the LB and CN miraculouses bc Nooroo told him. Well in this alternative timeline, Gabriel never got the miraculouses and Emilie really did pass away. Having no way to bring back his wife, Gabriel was able to move on and form feelings for Nathalie and, as we saw in the show, Adrien was 100% up for it. 

Ladybug, well her life didn't change much, at least to Adrien. Traces of magic are still present in the alternative universe so she and Adrien were bound to come across each other again (platonic red string type of thing). In the old timeline, she just simply hooked up with Pierre but in this one, her alter-ego wasn't there to distract her from her social life so she actually got engaged prior to getting pregnant. 

Marinette, well she's still Marinette! Seeing as she was with the heroes for only a few months, it affected her the least.  With no Chat Noir, she fell for Adrien. She still met Jasmine the same way (at the party) and began babysitting. Of course, with no Hawmoth and Gabriel being nicer, she has no reason to fear him and he's still her idol. Gabriel approves of the relationship as he is trying to be a better father.

Will I ever write another part to His New World? I'm not sure, but for now, this is it (:

Thank you all so much for your patience and kindness <3 

I really appreciate! <3

~ mistressdemalchance