I will update the Alpha Miraculous on Friday, same day as I update this fanfiction. Thank you so much for over 500 views! I never knew it would reach this amount! I also hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!

Chapter 11

Adrien's POV

"Wait! Marinette!" I picked up my school bag and chased after her as she sped out. She was very fast. "Wait!" I put my hands on my knees, panting as I caught my breath.

"Whoa!" Nino slapped my back. "What happened with Marinette?"

Alya glowered at me. "What did you do to her?"

I backed away from Marinette's best friend. "I-I didn't do anything!" I squeaked. "She umm just got upset about something and ran away!" For comfort, I rubbed my shoulder, the place where my soulmark was. 

The couple looked at me, suspicion in their eyes. But they let it go. "Soo," they said in unison. "Do you want to go to the park with us? Maybe Marinette would like to come?"

I shrugged helplessly. "I don't think so."

"I'll go ask her," announced Alya. "After all, I am her best friend."

A wave of jealousy swept over me. I bit my tongue in order not to say I'm her best friend as well! I'm even closer to her than Nino! Because we're partners! That word. Friend. Best friend. BFF. I didn't want to be that with her. I wanted to be way more than that.

"What's wrong, dude?" Nino asked.

Swallowing, I said, "She's not going to listen to you, Alya."

They both stared at me like I was crazy. "Pardon?" Alya blinked.

"Marinette is not going to listen to you," I repeated, louder this time. "Maybe I should go comfort her. I'm her best friend as well." That word. Again.

Shaking her head, Alya put her hand on my shoulder. "Look Adrien. Marinette tells me everything. Of course she would tell me. You, however, are a whole different matter."

I turned, clenching my fists. "Fine. Inform me if she tells you anything." I walked away.

"Ooh. Jealous of Alya, aren't you?" sang Plagg. 

My eyes spotted Alya talking to Nino. "Plagg, claws out!"

I transformed and swung myself onto her balcony. Knocking on the trapdoor, I sat back and waited. Moments later, Marinette opened it. 

"Hey kitty. You're just the person I wanted to see."

"Don't you mean cat?" I teased, dropping down. 

She managed a small smile. "The message Master Fu sent me is very puzzling. Come see."

"Plagg, claws in." I de-transformed into Adrien. Slowly, I wrapped my arms around her. Marinette leaned into my embrace. "I'm always here for you, milday."

Marinette giggled, taking the earphone from her desk. It projected a message on to the wall. "Come to the Eiffel Tower at midnight today. I will explain everything," she read.

"Master Fu isn't the mysterious type," I said. "Why would he send it through the yoyo instead of just coming to speak to us?"

"I don't know, kitty." Marinette sighed. "And there's the problem with the miraculouses. What happened to them?" Tears began rolling down her cheeks. "I really am the worst guardian. No one had ever lost all the miraculouses before!"

I hugged her, gently stroking her raven blue hair. "You haven't lost all of them, purrincess. You have the ladybug and I have the cat. And you aren't the worst guardian. No one's perfect. Everyone makes mistakes."

"But this is all my fault!" wailed Marinette, clinging to me. "I had a dream. Or you could say vision. It was telling me what to do! But I didn't do it!"

"Marinette!" Tikki was flying towards us, Plagg behind her. "This can't be Master Fu! No guardian has ever received his or her memory back! But we have been able to get Master Fu's location. It will take two days to get there though."

Pulling away, Marinette ran her hands through her hair, pulling out her hair ties. "We need to take the risk," she decided. "Even one misleading step can guide us in the right direction."

I kissed her cheek and she blushed. "See you later, bugaboo." Then I remembered. "Alya's coming over. You won't tell her anything will you?" My green eyes were filled with anxiety.

"Of course not," Marinette replied. "It would reveal our secret identities."

"Plagg, claws out!" I looked back at Marinette. "See you later, Mari."

TIME SKIP

I met Ladybug at our usual meeting place. "Hello, milady."

She jumped. "You shouldn't sneak up on people like that," Ladybug scolded, turning around.

"Are you ready?" I asked, kissing her knuckles.

"Whenever you are, Chatton." Ladybug winked at me, making me blush. 

"Then let's go!" 

We traveled through the night silently, reaching the Eiffel Tower. Sharing serious looks, we landed on it soundlessly. I clutched my baton in one hand, going into my fighting stance.

"Well, well. Looks like Ladybug and Chat Noir really were fooled." 

I spun around and came face to face with Hawkmoth. "You!" I gasped. "Where are the miraculouses!"

An evil grin spread across his masked face. "I found the Miracle Box lying in the bathroom. Guess someone forgot to take it."

"I didn't forget to take it!" protested Ladybug, tears watering in her eyes. "I was called to the principal's office. And I locked the door!" She narrowed her eyes. "Why were you in the girls bathroom?"

Hawkmoth's grin faltered. "I was looking for something," he mumbled. "But that doesn't matter!" he roared. "Now that I have all the miraculouses, I can create a whole team of superheroes! And you cannot do anything!"

He whipped out a box. The miraculouses clattered inside of it. Beside me, Ladybug fell to her knees, burying her face in her hands, sobbing.

"You need to stay strong!" I urged, tears coming to my own eyes when I saw how heartbroken she was. "You're the leader of our team! We'll fall apart if you don't lead us!"

"You mean only you," Ladybug smiled a watery smile.

"Same thing." I waved my hand dismissively.

"If you don't give up your miraculous, prepare to face the wrath of all the miraculouses!" Hawkmoth declared. "I'll give you three days. Meet you here at the same time and place in three days!" He swept himself away. 

"No!" Ladybug fell into me, clinging tightly on to me, sobbing. "I failed, Chat Noir. I failed!"

"We're a team!" I urged her. "We can do it!"

"On our own? We can't do that! We'll get the citizens of Paris and us killed!" Ladybug buried her face in my chest. "There's nothing we can do."

"Nothing we can do," I whispered, beginning to see the truth in Ladybug's words. "There's nothing we can do."

-Miraculouses4Life