The Games: The Victor
We awoke the next morning to the anthem of the Capitol.
"Tributes," Alec announces, "the rules have changed. If the two remaining tributes are from the same District they will both be named this years victors. Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favour."
"Chat, chat! Did you hear that?"
"They must know, we know."
We decide it's time to leave our cave and head out into the arena ready to finish this once and for all. I have no idea how this is going to end, but I am not going down without a fight.
We walk along the river keeping an eye out for any of the remaining tributes. Adrien's walking is loud ... very loud. I suppose his leg still isn't up to full use of what it was. I decide that it's best we take a rest.
Adrien has the backpack with our food supplies and we stop to eat near the stream. We only have little left and decide to restock before eating.
"Fill the bottles with water." I tell Adrien, "I'm going to search through the woods for any other food."
I look around at the different plants and trees, a lot of them we saw in training. I set up a snare using my yo-yo and manage to catch a rabbit and a squirrel.
A canon sound echoes through the woods.
"Chat!" I shout and start running back towards where I left him. I look around and he's not there.
"Chat! Chat!" My heart is pounding. I am terrified, where is he?
"Ladybug, I'm here! I'm here!" He swiftly comes over to me and wraps his arms round my waist. I give in for a moment and then remember how terrified I felt. I smacked him hard on the arm.
"What was that for?"
"Where were you? You were meant to stay here."
"I saw some berries down the stream so went to collect some." I look at our bag which is open and see the berries surrounding it.
"So you left your spot and ate some of OUR food." I didn't know whether to be relieved or raging, how can this boy make me feel so many emotions.
"I haven't eaten anything. Anyway did you hear the canon? The dragon must be near so we need to move."
I look around at the food and berries on the floor. There's a piece of bread missing along with a macaron. I look up at Adrien and realise what he's holding.
"That wasn't the dragons kill, Chat." I smack the berries out of his hand and guide him to the water to wash his hands.
"It's yours." Suddenly a hovercraft appears around 10 yards away and lowers its claw. It's the goat. As they are lifted into the air the transformation drops and we see a flow of red hair. It's Fox-face.
"What? How?"
"The berries you've picked are poisonous. She must have seen us and followed us. When you left to collect some more it seems she took some of the bread and some of the berries."
"I'm sorry Ladybug, I could have killed us."
"You wouldn't. I know they are poisonous. We call it night lock, it's a quick poison. She didn't stand a chance.." I say.
"Another step closer to District 12, I suppose." He sighs.
We eat our remaining food and leave the bag and berries were we sat.
"Wait down here," I tell Chat as I climb to the top of the tree. I need to find where the cornucopia is so we can head towards it. It's time to go home.
The sky began to grow darker as I made my way down from the trees, a howling could be heard not too far away.
"What was that?" Chat said.
"The finale." I replied. "This way." I grabbed Chats hand and we bounded up into the trees together.
The growling became louder as we jumped towards the cornucopia, it sounded right below us. I looked down and noticed mutts. They had the appearance of a dog but with red eyes.
"Kitty, don't look down."
"I'll take your word for that m'lady."
We continued to make our way towards the cornucopia at speed, landing right by the start platforms.
"Run." We make our way to the cornucopia and start to climb up the golden horns.
I hear Adrien scream and see him trying to kick off one of the mutts who had its jaws clamped around his ankle. I grab his hand and pull it as hard as I can helping him onto the top of the goat's horn.
"Thanks." He says. I can see the pain all over his face. I look down and see that the mutt has bitten straight through his calf.
"Oh no, Chat."
"It'll be ok." He says, his face is telling me everything but that. I grab my yo-yo and use the spray again.
"Ladybug, watch out!" I turn and see the dragon approaching me, sword held aloft. I quickly move to the side as Chat extends his baton, it collides with the sword in a teeth grating sound.
Chat jumps up onto his good leg and battles the dragon. The dragon tries to get a few good swipes in against Chat but each are deflected by Chat's baton. He extends it out and manages to sweep dragon's feet from under him.
A scream is heard from the long grass on the opposite side of the cornucopia. I see the monkey bounding out being chased by mutts, one jumps on top of him, then another. I go to throw my yo-yo to save him but Chat stops me.
"Ladybug, no! You need to leave him."
With Chat being distracted the dragon manages to advance on us. I fling my yo-yo and wrap it around his waist as Chat extends his baton. As we begin to push him off the cornucopia he summons his special ability.
"Wind dragon."
A fierce wind begins to blow around us and I find it hard to keep my balance. Chat grabs hold of me and wedgies his baton into a gap on the cornucopia. I try my hardest to hold on but it's no use. I begin to fall backwards and off the roof of the horn.
"LB hold on!" I can barely hear Chat over the noise of the wind. I need to think of a plan quickly before I plummet to my death. I look at my yo-yo and swing it around Chat's baton, I launch myself forward and swing in the direction of the dragon.
I feel my feet collide with him and it knocks him down. He falls backwards onto a separate part of the goat's horn.
"I've got this." Chat shouts to me.
"Cataclysm!" He shouts and jumps forward placing his hand onto the part of the horn where the dragon is.
Instantaneously it turns to ash and the dragon falls to the ground only to be ripped apart by the mutts.
Chat rolls onto his back and sighs in relief. Placing his hands on his face. I walk over to him and lie my head next to his. It's over, it's finally over.
I roll over and look down at the ground. I can see body parts everywhere on the floor. A mix of what I believe is Cato and Thrush.
The mutts retract from the centre of the arena, running off in the long grass and the woods. I sit up and Chat lifts up next to me. We hug onto each other in desperation as we hear the Capitol anthem sound.
"Attention. Attention, tributes. There's been a slight rule change. The previous revision allowing for two victories from the same district has been revoked. Only one victor may be crowned. Good luck. And may the odds be ever in your favor."
"Ladybug, you know what to do."
"I'm not killing you, Chat! You can't make me."
"I'll kill myself then, either way you're going home. They need to have their victor." Adrien stared at me, he wasn't backing down, I could see it in his eyes.
"Lucky charm." I say and throw my yo-yo into the air.
A pile of berries fall from the sky and land in my hands.
"Night-lock?" Adrien asks and I nod.
"Do you trust me?" I wait for Adrien to respond, my heart beating out of my chest.
"Always."
"They won't have their victor." I say and tip some of the berries into his hand.
"Together?"
"Together." I respond. "1,"
"2," Chat continues
"3" we say together and we lift our hands to our mouths.
Alec's voice panics in the air.
"Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the winners of the 74th annual Miraculous Games."
Appearing as if from thin air, a hovercraft levitates above the cornucopia. It lowers down a rope ladder and I help Chat onto it before climbing up myself. The blood dripping from his leg had began to start up again at a steady speed.
The ladder was pulled into the hovercraft and we were separated.
"Where's Adrien? I need to see him, please!" I was becoming frantic. Where were they taking him? Where were they taking me?
"If you hurt him I swear I will kill you!"
A lady in a white shirt moves towards me and sticks a needle in my neck. A warm fuzzy feeling becomes me and I lose all feeling in my body. I give in to the darkness and close my eyes.
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