Arianne groaned for the tenth time that day. She had been practicing 'Guren No Yumiya' for the past hour, and she always failed at the same part. It was extremely fast, and she wasn't used to such a rush.

"Why can't I do it?!" she complained angrily "It's a three minute song, not ten, it shouldn't be so hard!" Ayu looked at her owner sympathetically, as he floated in front of her.

"You are being too hard on yourself, Aria" he observed, and he was right, even if Arianne didn't realize it "It's quick-paced song, you're not used to it. It's only natural that it will take you time to learn it"

"Yeah, but not this long!" she argued. Ayu looked at the clock on the wall, and opened his eyes wide.

"Aria, you're late for Alex's bet with Kim!" he said worriedly. It was Alex's birthday, and Kim and her were going to race across the park, and see who was faster.

At that very moment, her phone rang.

"And cue Alya's call" she said, leaving her violin on the table and grabbing her phone.

As she had imagined it, it was her friend.

"Hey, Alya!" she greeted, trying to sound as cheerful as she could, even though she was in a very bad mood.

"Where are you, girl? Everyone is already here! The only person missing is you!" was her friend's reply from the other line.

"Yeah, about that..." she looked at her violin "I won't be able to make it"

"What?! Why?!"

"Charlotte gave me a new song to practice, and she wants to see me playing it perfectly for Saturday" she replied, and it wasn't a total lie. Charlotte did give her the song, but she had told her to take her time to learn it, since it was hard. And she didn't necessarily need to have it ready for their next class, on Saturday, but Arianne wanted to.

"It's barely Wednesday, Aria!" said Alya logically "You still have time! And you always play the songs right, you shouldn't have to worry about it"

"But this one's gonna take longer" replied the girl shortly "Listen, I'm sorry, I wanted to be there but I can't. Tell Alex happy birthday for me" that being said, she ended the call, not leaving time for Alya to answer.

"Are you really gonna miss the bet because of this song?" questioned Ayu, looking at her in disbelief "There's only one part you are failing at, not the entire song!"

"Yeah, but that part is the most important part of the song. I can't fail at it"

"You said the same thing about the other parts..." said Ayu in a low voice, just as Arianne's cellphone rang again.

"Ugh, what now?" she questioned annoyed, and picked up the phone, to see that the one calling this time was Thiago "You caught me in a bad mood, so if I offend you in any way, I apologize beforehand" was her greeting. She didn't need to pretend with her best friend, and he would see right through her if she was lying, anyway.

"Apology accepted" he replied "What's wrong?"

"There's a song I'm trying to learn, and I'm failing miserably at it" 

"By failing at the whole song, do you mean in just one part?" 

As I said, he knew her perfectly well.

"It has this quick change of notes that I have to do in like just three seconds" she replied, looking at the sheet music "And it's extremely troubling"

"Hey, if you were able to play 'He's A Pirate', then you shouldn't have a problem with this one" he said "Which song is it?"

"'Guren No Yumiya'" replied the girl, frowning as she read the title. She hadn't heard of that song before.

"From Attack On Titan?!" asked Thiago excitedly.

"I guess?" asked the girl unsure, she didn't know.

"You have no idea what that is, do you?"

"Not a clue" replied Arianne with a shake of her head.

"It's one of the best animes of history!" he replied, and Arianne did know what anime was. She had watched a couple, like Haikyuu and Angel Beats "You should watch it!"

"Maybe I will" replied the girls "Anyway, how are things over there? Better than here, I hope"

"Oh, yeah. Just finished battling some akumatized people, as usual" he replied "You know you are welcome here anytime, right?" he questioned. If she needed to relieve some stress, visiting a friend could be a good way to do it "You could use some time off being Loup d'Argent and just be Arianne for a while"

"Don't tempt me" she stated, as she walked through her practice room "I can't. There's a million things I gotta do"

"And by a million things, you mean practice" he guessed, and Arianne smiled a bit upon hearing that he had guessed once more "Aria, you are practicing almost every day. It's only obvious that you are moody, stop being so hard on yourself and have some fun!"

"What will you do if I don't?" she questioned curiously.

"I'll come to Paris and pick you up myself, even if I have to drag you with me to Barcelona!" he replied, making Arianne chuckled a bit.

"I'll think about it" 

"Alright" he agreed reluctantly "But if you don't say yes, I'll kidnap you"

"Whatever you say, Thiag" she said with a roll of her eyes, but with a smile nevertheless. Talking with Thiago always cheered her up "Talk to you later"

"Adios" he replied in Spanish, before ending the call.

"What do you think, Ayu?" questioned the girl, looking at her kwami.

"I think you need to relax a bit, and visiting Thiago and Jazmin is a great way to do it"

"Yeah, maybe" replied Arianne, tilting her head to the side in consideration "I still need to practice, though" Ayu groaned annoyed.

"Aria, you're so stubborn!" complained the kwami "I will end up pulling a Thiago on you and dragging you out of this house!"

"Have you looked at yourself?" asked Arianne, good-heartedly "You don't have the strength to drag me out of this house"

"No, but I have the magic" he shot back logically "And I'm not afraid to use it"

"Can you do that?" she asked, truly curious. She didn't know the extent of her kwami's power yet.

"You bet" he replied with a smirk "C'mon, Thiago is right. You need to relax, and going to Alex's birthday is a good start"

"Alright, alright" Arianne finally gave in, making Ayu smile "Let's go. There's nothing to lose"

When she arrived to the park, her classmates were running around in panic, and she was extremely confused.

"What is going on here?" she questioned.

"Aria, watch out!" she heard Adrien's voice, and she was pushed to the floor as what looked like a roller-skater rushed by.

"What is that?" she questioned, looking at her friend besides her. He was the one who pushed her to protect her.

"Alex" he replied "Something's wrong with her. She's freezing everyone" Arianne opened her eyes wide. Adrien knew that Alex had been akumatized, but he couldn't say that to Arianne.

"Thanks for saving me!" she said with a smile, and Adrien smiled back.

"No problem" he replied "You should probably get away from here. It's dangerous"

"No need to tell me twice!" she replied "See ya later!" she stood up and she went to find a secluded place to transform.

"Is this some sort of tag game?" questioned Loup, wrapping her long hair around Timebreaker's roller-skates, and making her fall down.

"She must be it, then" came Chat Noir's voice from besides her.

"Exactly" replied Timebreaker, and ran towards Chat Noir.

"Don't let her touch you!" warned Ladybug, and Chat Noir jumped just in time to dodge her.

"Missed me!" he bragged once he was safe "Just for a second too late!" Timebreaker's gaze then stood on Alya, who was filming the whole thing. She ran after her and froze her, too "Well, she wastes no time, does she?" questioned Chat Noir as they ran after Timebreaker, but she was too fast for them.

"The more people she freezes, the more minutes she gets to go further back in time!" explained Ladybug.

"Those poor kids frozen in time..." Loup spoke up "We have to help them, or they'll disappear forever"

Timebreaker was about to go after Ivan, but the wolf girl wrapped her hair around her wrist.

"Don't you dare!" she warned. Timebreaker just snickered and dragged Loup towards her. Good thing her hair was long and it didn't hurt.

Once she was in front of her, she let her go, as Loup narrowed her eyes angrily at her. Timebreaker was about to touch her, but Chat Noir acted as her shield, and he was the one frozen in time now.

"Kitty!" cried Loup with tears on her eyes "Chat Noir, answer me, please!" but she knew he wouldn't. The girl hugged her frozen partner as a single tear fell from her eye.

"Woah! Six minutes and a half!" said Timebreaker, staring at her watch "Must have been those nine lives!" she gave her a murderous glance.

"Shut up!" she snapped angrily, standing up "It's pitiful that you had to freeze him to steal the miraculous. You couldn't face him, so you had to leave him defenceless. Well, guess what, he's not. If you even try to take one step forward, I will make you regret it!"

Ladybug had never heard Loup d'Argent so angry before, and it did surprise her.

Timebreaker ignored her words and attacked, but Loup grabbed her wrist and threw her far away from them, making her fall to the ground.

"I warned you!" she said "You do not want to mess with an angry wolf!"

Then, Timebreaker started to run to go back in time, but Ladybug grabbed her partner's hand, wrapped her yoyo around Timebreaker's waist, and they were dragged behind.

Then, they were gone.