AN: So Blogger2007 asked if I was making a part two for this story, and while I'm planning on it, I needed to explore Mari's side of the story first. So enjoy her side and how she got there!

Mari sat up in bed her head and chin throbbing. She looked over to Tiki who gave her those sad eyes that Marinette had gotten so used to seeing in the last four years. When was the last time Tiki didn't look worried about her? Probably before Adrien got married. Adrien had finally worked himself into a drunken slumber. He got so much like his akumatized self when he was drunk. And seeing as he couldn't go a week without getting drunk. He needed help he never really processed his father's betrayal, so he got drunk to forget.

Tomorrow, well technically today, but it felt too early to claim this day yet,  was the sixth anniversary of the night Luka walked out of her life, sure he still showed up as Viperon when she needed him, but she hadn't seen him since her wedding. She knew he was back in Paris for a Roots tour. Her train of thought was interrupted by Adrien jolting awake. "No!" She quickly put an arm around him and shushed him. 

"Love shhh, it's okay. We are here now, everything is over." She stocked his hair and waited for him to calm. 

After he calmed down he looked up at her, "Lovebug what happed to your beautiful face?" He touched her bruise and she flinched. 

"You did Chatton." She moved his hand away, "You were drunk, likely still are. Go back to sleep, we will rehash this in the better hours of the morning." She gently pushed him back to the bed. He didn't fight and just fell back and soon slept. 

She pulled out her phone and looked up Luka's tour, he was gonna be back in Paris which was only four towns away from where she and Adrien lived now, she could make it if she left by 11. She should wait till Adrien woke up, she could always leave him a note. "Marinette" Tiki stopped her thought process, "I know what you're thinking, and just know that I don't approve." 

She said nothing, and got up out of bed and headed to the spare room, the room that should have been a nursery by now. But instead was the Kawimi room. "Tiki I'm the guardian, let me make choices. It could be better this is a nightmare. Adrien can't wear his ring anymore because he can't be trusted." 

"SugerCube, Spots is right. He hasn't been the same. He's too broken, they could save him. And Spots could be happier too. And besides, I miss my Kitten." Plag looked at Marinette. "I trust you to bring him back." 

"I don't want to watch." Tiki crossed her arms. 

"You won't have to." Mari took her earrings out and put them in the box and put the box in her bag. She slipped Sass's bracelet on. "Hey, ready to find your keeper again?" 

Sass gave her a small smile, "We've been training for a long time. It's time to put it to use. And just think how much better everything will go, you are far better prepared." It was three in the morning she should try and sleep some more. But she felt so stiff and clearly sore, she'd been crying, sleep could wait, shower first. After the water warmed her warry body she braided her hair. She curled up into her chair and slept. She woke to the sun streaming into her room, it was 9, she looked over to the bed Adrien had a concerned himself in bed. He clearly wasn't getting up soon. She wanted to get on the road soon. She found a pair of skinny jeans and her dark green Viper-styled hoodie. She left Adrien a note, saying her boss had called her away on a road trip for a client, she would call him tonight after she got settled.

She kissed his forehead, "If this goes well Kitty tomorrow we will wake up in a better world." And she slipped out the door. Just her luck as she pulled out of her town her boss did actually call her, so she had an error to runs, She could still make the show though. 

She pulled up to the small dive bar, this would be a good show she knew it, he loved the smaller shows, she slipped in just in time to hear the opening bars of a Taylor Swift song, the crowd seemed shocked, but she understood. This was her song. 

She listed so closely to the words, his bracelet feeling heavy on her wrist. She thought back to their wedding before she and Adrien knew that his father was Hawkmoth, She wore a dress he insisted on designing for her. It really wasn't what she had wanted but it made Adrien so happy. She found Luka at the reception, "Hey Luka, thanks for coming! How's life? Tell me, how's your family? I haven't seen them in a while." She smiled at him a long deep in her heart, she'd loved him still, but she and Adrien were soulmates, right? Ladybug and Chat Noir were meant to be together. 

He'd told her "I've been good, busier than ever." They proceeded to small talk, work and the weather. For the first time, She hadn't been able to relax worried he'd see her doubts, so her guard was up. He hadn't stayed long after that, he said goodbye, and she never saw him after that.

She remembers the last day they shared in her apartment, they had been dating for two years, this was her first year out of high school, she'd was taking a year off to focus on beating Hawckmoth so she could go to school next year. If she even went, she had quite the following with her online store, so maybe she wouldn't need to. Luka had gotten a deal with Jagged and was going on tour with him! She was so proud of him, but that night still burned in the back of her mind. "Luka!" He walked into her apartment "That press release was amazing! You and Jagged are gonna be an amazing duo!" She kissed him with passion. "Look I bought you flowers! You always buy me flowers so I thought you should get you some." She pointed to the bouquet with all different types of blue flowers on her table.

She'd made his favourite meal, his favourite dessert and even wore his favourite outfit of hers. "Mari, I can't do this anymore. We both know distance is gonna kill us, why kid ourselves?"

"Luka, please just let me have tonight... We can deal with that tomorrow." She held him and they both cried, the second time he cried in front of her. They had a great last night together. By the time she woke the next morning he was gone, he left the flowers to die along with their relationship.

However, about six months later when she and Chat ended up revealing themselves and she was staring at Adrien her first love. Suddenly Luka's abrupt departure from her life made sense. He must have found. And though he couldn't keep her with Adrien being Chat. That must have been when fear crept into his mind, she gave him all her love and all he gave her was goodbye.

She also remembered how broken he'd been over finding out Jagged was his dad, and how she held him in her arms that September night The first time she ever saw him cry.

She thought back to happy days of bikes ride and beach days and just listing to him play, god she missed him. He was her inspiration, he made her better, she needs him. As he finished the song she quickly wrote a note and headed towards the stage. 

He opened his eyes and locked eyes with her, she handed him a note. He seemed to be hesitant but he took it. She watched the rest of the show and slipped out to their spot. 

"Mel?" His voice was hoarse, not surprising, but it still made her feel warm and safe.

"Lu." She ushered for him to sit.

He sat down, "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be with Adrien?"

"Nice to see you too." She giggled, "I came to see you, and talk to you, to make you an offer, but I didn't want to do it without you."

"Oh?" He turned to look at her.

"I want to go back too." She looked away.

"Why? You're with you the boy who saved Paris with you, the one who understands you better than anyone." He offered her seemingly hand out of habit.

"Once I learned what I assumed you already knew, I understood why you didn't fight for us. But it isn't the happily ever after we thought it would be." She slipped off her hood, showing off a bruise. He gasped, "Before you ask no he didn't hit me, well not exactly really, he still fights when he's drunk, he refuses to go to therapy and hides away like his father. I know people thought we were soulmates but I don't think I'm the one who can save him from himself."

"But Mar, we can't go back. It's not possible." He hung his head.

"But we can." She rolled up her sleeve and showed off his bracelet. "Sass and I have been training and as the Gardien, I can take us back, and we will see how strong your snake senses still are, and maybe we can make it right. Sure it means going back to our awkward teen selves, deal with a passive kitty and Lila and beat Shadow Mouth all over again, but we could do it right. I could handle Lila better, we could beat Shadow Mouth better and maybe give Adrien a better life, and we could be together."

"What if I don't remember?" He seemed scared.

"I will, and you loved me for years." She smiled. "We don't have to though I just wanted to get away from it all but, I want to do it better not just run away." She hoped he would try with her.

 "Where's Tiki?" He moved her hair away from her ears.

"My earrings are in the box in my bag." she opened the bag and he saw the little black box. "So go back with me?"

"How could I say no? I've hated this day for years. Regretted it since I left you that night. Don't you need to transform?"

"Nope, I've learned how to use a few of them without being in the suit. All I need to do is pick a time to back to and a second chance will take us there." She squeezed his hand, "Any ideas?"

"The day before I become Truth. Let's try this right, go on the date we picked before." That would start a whole new timeline, but some facts wouldn't change, but they would be experiences some things were new together. 

"Hold me." They stood, he wrapped her arms around her waist, "Second Chance."

She found herself in her old room, looking at the box. "Marinette what did you do?" Looked at her. "What was right Tiki," She opened the box, "Do all of you remember?" 

They all nodded answering in many voices, some remember more than others. "Tiki, I'll need you to get Plag to come to talk to me after school tomorrow okay? I need to see what he remembers." 

"Are you going to give Luka his Mirculaous full time now?" Tiki looked really unimpressed. 

"Only after I talk to Chat. But I will probably offer them to both Luka and Kagami, she is the best for Adrien, she will be able to help him in ways I can't. But first, I need to fix this." 

She started to take photos down photo's when she heard the trap door open, quick hide, just in case." The Kawimis all hid. Luka popped his head up through the door. "I'd forgotten how creepy this all really looks." seemed like a safe way to test the waters. 

"Hey, come to the movie with me first, then we can come back and decided how we are gonna play this timeline." He opened his arms wide for a hug.

"I knew you would remember." She embraced him, he felt like home. This time they would make the timeline better for everyone.