25. Of Royalty & Fragrances

"The masked quartet saves Paris yet again!" exclaimed Thiago, getting into Arianne's house after saving a young man who called himself 'The Magician of Misfortune'.

"I thought you hated that name" said Arianne, giving her friend a quizzical glance.

"I do" he pointed out "But I might as well get used to it. It's obvious people are not gonna forget it"

"You're right on that one" agreed Arianne with a smile, before setting her gaze on the clock on the wall, and her eyes opened wide "Thiago, we're late for class!" she cried, and stood up quickly to grab her bag. He did the same.

"If you hurry you can make it on time, guys!" said Jazmin. Both teenagers got out the door in a rush, and ran towards the school.

"C'mon, Thiag!" urged Arianne, running down the street and giving her friend a glance over her shoulder "The chemistry teacher will kill me if I'm late again!"

"I'm going as fast as I can!" 

"I'm so dead!" cried Arianne, as she rushed up the stairs of the school, but she tripped on a bag and fell backwards, though she never hit the floor. Opening her eyes softly which she had closed when she thought she would fall down, she saw Adrien's face quite close to her. He had caught her.

"Good thing I was here" he said, and couldn't help but smile "You okay?"

"Yeah" breathed out Arianne, and stood up straight "Thanks"

"No problem" he replied "You're late, too?" he questioned, gripping his bag tightly.

"Yes, actually" replied the girl "We fell asleep. What about you? What made you stay up so late last night, mister?" she asked, poking his chest with her finger, and making him blush a bit.

"You know...just playing some video games" he replied nervously, rubbing his neck.

"It's the third time you can't make it to school in time" Thiago chimed in, shaking his head "You are so meant for each other" his words made both teenagers go red.

"W-what?" stuttered Adrien "N-no way" he had no idea why he was so nervous upon hearing Thiago's words, but he did know that he felt really hot all of a sudden "I-I don't know what you're talking about, I gotta get to class!" that being said, he rushed to the inside of the school, with Nino following behind, and Thiago watching after them with a frown.

"Well, that was...something. Maybe" he observed, before looking at Arianne who was still red. He smirked "You okay there, Aria? Need a bottle of water, or a towel maybe?"

"Oh, shut up, Thiago!" replied Arianne, pretending to be mad at him, which made him chuckle.

"You think I wanna get anywhere near this fish funk?" they heard Chloe laughing. They turned to look at her, and saw her breaking a pink envelope, that could only belong to Rose, as, when Chloe and Sabrina left in the limo, she fell down on her knees crying. Arianne and Thiago narrowed their eyes angrily.

"That witch!" exclaimed Arianne angrily, rushing towards Rose, with Thiago following behind "Don't mind them, Rose" said the girl softly, hugging the crying girl tightly.

"Yeah, they're nothing but evil, and definitely not worth your tears" added Thiago, placing his hand on Rose's shoulder. Rose was the sweetest girl he knew, and he could not believe that Chloe was so heartless. She definitely didn't deserve being treated like that "C'mon, let's get an ice-cream or something. Sweet things always can cheer us up"

"No, thanks" she replied sniffing, making both friends give her sympathetic glances "I appreciate what you're doing, but..." she stood up "I want to be left alone" that being said, she walked off, leaving the two friends watching after her.

"She's crossed the line this time!" said Arianne angrily, standing up "I can't believe she did that to Rose. She's the sweetest girl I know, she's never done anything to her!"

"That's Chloe for you" replied Thiago, folding his arms "Only cares about herself, and doesn't care about what other people feel"

"And then you get annoyed when I don't want to help her!" 

"Okay, yes, she's mean and everything, but she's a citizen of Paris just like everyone else, and it's our duty to protect them, not matter how much we hate them" said Thiago logically, and Arianne had to admit that his words held some truth. As much as she hated Chloe with all her might, she did have the duty to protect her if she was in trouble.



"Hey, I don't mean to raise your hopes up and I'll stop if you want me to, but did you see how embarrassed Adrien seemed today when I said that you were meant for each other?" asked Thiago to his friend later that day, at their house.

"I did!" replied Ayu, eating some meat "He was all red and stutter-y"

"Oh, Ayu, get that out of my face!" complained the boy, his face scrunching up in disgust as he stood up "You know that I hate meat!"

"What's wrong with it? It's juicy and delicious!" said the kwami, taking another bite.

"But Thiago is a vegetarian, remember?" Jazmin chimed in "And so am I, so please get that out of here"

"You're weird" replied Arianne, looking at Jazmin "You're the first tiger I know that doesn't like meat"

"Well, I'm not an ordinary tiger!" 

"Fair point" agreed the girl.

"Hey, who's that?" questioned Ayu, staring at the TV screen, which showed Princess Fragrance.

"No idea" replied Thiago "But I think we have to stop her"

"Definitely" nodded Arianne "Ayu, transform me!"

"Jazmin, transform me!"



"Everyone, down!" ordered Tigre Blanco, gesturing to the climbing rope hanging from the window. Loup d'Argent and him arrived in time to see Chat Noir locking Princess Fragrance in the kitchen.

"It's much dangerous for the prince!" exclaimed the assistant. Chat Noir looked around, and saw a metal bow on a cart

"You're right!" he replied, and put the bowl on the prince's head "Safety first!" Tigre Blanco went down first, to make sure that everyone reached the floor safely.

"Any sign from our bug partner?" questioned Loup, looking at Chat Noir.

"Not yet" he replied, just as Princess Fragrance got out of the kitchen. The wolf girl opened her eyes wide.

"Go!" she exclaimed, grabbing a peg, which happened to conveniently be on the cart from where Chat Noir had grabbed the metal bowl, and putting it on her nose so she wouldn't feel the smell of the perfume "I'll try to hold her back!"

"What? No, I'm not leaving you!" argued Chat Noir.

"You have to!" replied Loup "Prince Ali must be kept safe!"

"Are you two coming or what?" questioned Tigre Blanco from the ground. Chat Noir groaned and went down reluctantly, before the rope was taken off the ledge.

"Hey, whoever you are, we can fix this!" she hadn't recognised Rose yet "There's no need for this!"

"Nonsense!" said the girl, and turned to look at a man who was under her spell "Get her! I have to reach my sweet prince Ali!" the man did as told, and rushed to attack the hero, as Princess Fragrance went after the car in which Chat Noir and the rest had left.

The man attacked the hero with a broom, and she immediately blocked the attacks with her bow. Then, she jumped on a table, with the man following behind. She kept jumping on the tables around, until she reached one against the wall. She turned around to face the man, who was running towards her and, at the least minute, she jumped off, making him hit the table and fall down on the floor because of the impact.

"Sorry about that!" she apologised, before jumping off the window and from roof to roof, trying to see where the car was. She finally spotted in on a corner, but the car was overturned "Oh, no!" she rushed towards it, and opened the door, to find no one inside "I hope they are fine!" she said worriedly, and then she heard a sneeze. She frowned, and looked around for someone, until she finally spotted a red figure lying on the car's floor. She frowned, and picked it up carefully in her hands. It looked like a Ladybug.

"Tikki!" she heard Ayu's voice in her head, and frowned with confusion.

"Tikki?"

"She's a kwamiI know her!"

"She doesn't look good" observed the girl, shaking her head at the small figure, who sneezed and opened her eyes softly "Are you alright?" 

"Loup d'Argent!" she exclaimed, in a very weak voice.

"That's me" nodded the hero "You need medical attention. You don't look good"

"No" replied Tikki "Princess Fragrance. You have to get to her, she put everyone in this car under her spell, even Chat Noir and Tigre Blanco!" the girl opened her eyes wide upon hearing that "They are in the pont de arts bridge"

"But...what about you?" she asked. She didn't like the idea of leaving the kwami all by herself.

"My master will be here soon. I'm sure. You have to go" the girl doubted a bit, before leaving the kwami on the seat and rushing off.

"I wonder who would be so clumsy to forget their own kwami in a car!" she exclaimed as she ran towards the bridge "Who does Tikki belong to?"

"She's the ladybug kwami" replied Ayu, and Arianne mentally smacked herself. Of course she did, she had black dots all over her body. What a stupid question.

"Then she must be closer than we think!"

Oh, she was. They had no idea how close she was.



"Not so fast, royal pains in the neck!" yelled Ladybug, throwing the padlock in Princess Fragrance hands to the water. She was hanging from a light pole, while Loup d'Argent stood on the rail of the bridge. Princess Fragrance sprayed some perfume at them, but they weren't affected by the smell because of the pegs.

"Servants, attack!" ordered Princess Fragrance "And take their earrings and hairpin!"

Tigre Blanco was the first one to charge towards Loup, but she grabbed his foot and threw him backwards. Then, Chloe ran towards her, but she moved out of the way, making her stumble with the rail and fall down.

Ladybug then threw Chat Noir to the floor, and with smooth movements, pushed the mayor and Prince Ali's assistant out of the way.

Chat Noir then jumped towards her and Tigre Blanco attacked Loup d'Argent from the back, making her fall down.

"Hey!" she cried angrily, as she stood up "It's not nice to attack people behind their backs!" Tigre Blanco charged towards her once more, but she dodged it "Tigre Blanco, snap out of it! You're being controlled!"

"Give me your miraculous!" he sang, making her facepalm.

"Oh my god, just what I needed!" groaned the wolf "What is this? High School Musical? We are all going to burst into songs like Troy Bolton now?"

Tigre charged at her, and they started a hand-to-hand combat. He threw a punch at her, but she grabbed his fist and pushed him backwards, before throwing a kick down his feet. He jumped to avoid it, and then kicked her feet, making her fall down to the floor.

"Using my own tactic against me?" she questioned unimpressed "Nice. Really original"

"I will get your miraculous!" he sang once more, and she took the chance to stand up. She was about to punch him, but some fireworks were shot up to the sky, and a pink mist was approaching them.

"What is going on now?" she questioned, looking at the sky. Her gaze then stood on Ladybug on a boat, as she threw Chat Noir to the water, before landing back on the bridge. With a final explosion, the pink mist vanished.

"We need to get to Princess Fragrance now!" explained Ladybug, and the other girl looked at Tigre, who was still staring at the sky.

"Sorry about this" she apologised, before punching him in the face, and tying him up with some strings against the light post. Then, she looked at Ladybug "Now we can leave"

"Leaving so soon?" asked Ladybug, looking at Princess Fragrance and Prince Ali standing at the balcony.

"Oh, but we were having so much fun!" added Loup in a sad voice "You can't leave now!"

"You!" exclaimed Princess Fragrance, looking at the two heroes "You two are ruining everything! So now I'll ruin you!" she put up her perfume bottle, just as Ladybug invoked her lucky charm, which turned out to be a balloon. 

"I'm not even gonna ask" said Loup, raising her hands up. Ladybug looked around, and saw the things she would use to defeat Princess Fragrance.

"Can you distract her?" she questioned, looking at her partner, who smirked.

"With pleasure" she took out her violin, and started to play the shrill melody. It had been a long time since she had last done it. This made Princess Fragrance cover her ears, face scrunched up in pain.

In the meanwhile, Ladybug managed to get the perfume bottle, de-evilize the akuma, and return everything to normal. Princess Fragrance turned out to be Rose.

"Pound it!" said both girls, bumping fists with triumph, as they stared at their dear friend and what was probably the love of her life.

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