A/N sorry for the cliffhanger that's lasted three whole weeks. Whoops. I've been busy with something.... Special for y'all.

Ikr I'm thinking about y'all and it's a shocker. I'm granting you all a thing. A thing. Yes.

That thing is a rewrite of the entire miraculous ladybug show.

It's been a lot. It's taken a lot of time to plan it out. I had to build a whole magic system for it so like a that's a bunch of work. And redesigning practically every character including their superhero suits. I've done a lot of studying on Chinese culture for this, I'm prepared... I think.

So far it's got almost four chapters. I actually just finished writing the umbrella scene for y'all and I made it ✨ fluffier ✨

Here's some concept art I made for it if ya'll want it:

Kwami stuff. If you haven't noticed... the kwamis have changed. A lot. Here's some refs I made of A L L of them:

They have a giant godly looking form and then the dumbass chibi form that's the same size as the Kwamis are in show.

Man's ofc we've got Ladybug and Chat Noir.

So if you want to see more of the redesigns (like of the class and the other superheroes), then go follow my tumblr, marvelousartcatastrophe because that's where I'm posting a bunch of updates for it. The blog atm is pretty much centered around this.

I'm not sure when I'll be posting it, probably some time after this fic is pretty much done. I wanna get it out of the way so there's not too much going on for me.

I hope this justifies my absence, and if you read through all that, congratulations you're my favorite child.
-Peter

WARNING: sensitive topics of death and disaster occur in this episode.

"What are you doing- how did you find us?!" Ladybug jumped to her feet.

"I have nearly all the miraculous, did you really expect me not to find you?" Hawkmoth grinned.

"What do you want?!" Chat Noir exclaimed, grabbing his baton.

"I have an offer, an exchange." Hawkmoth said with crudeness.

"What is it?" Ladybug asked, her yo-yo at he ready.

"I will return all of the miraculous to you, in exchange for the two you already have. That's more than unfair for me, but really, it's the only shot you have at getting mine." Hawkmoth smiled.

"Piss off," Chat growled, "we'll get the miraculous back, even if we have to rip them off your corpse!"

"Chat!" Ladybug seethed.

"I'm giving you a gift," Hawkmoth said, "all I want is your miraculous, and just for a moment."

"So you can make a wish that puts the lives of others at stake?! No thank you," Chat snarled.

"You do not even know what my wish would be," Hawkmoth said.

"You know, after all these years, I really thought you were just insane. You think your wish could make me change my mind?" Ladybug said bitterly.

"It's for my wife."

"What? Some anniversary gift?" Chat narrowed his eyebrows.

"She's nearly dead. She draws closer and closer to death with each passing day. Today, she barely had a heartbeat." Hawkmoth said, "I fear she will not make it till tomorrow."

"I'm sorry about your wife, but you realize you'd put someone else in her place by making a wish to save her," ladybug said.

"I do not care! I'm bringing her back!"

"I'd rather die than give my ring to you," Chat said through gritted teeth.

"Then watch me destroy that apartment building full of people, and see if you change your mind," Hawkmoth growled. Just as he said this, the nearby apartment complex started to crumble, threatening to collapse.

"No!"

"It's an illusion Chat!" Ladybug said, "he has the Fox miraculous!"

"Are you so sure! Are you willing to risk the lives of many?" Hawkmoth said with a sinister look.

"You're a pitiful, pathetic man," Chat said.

"We know it's an illusion!" Ladybug said. Hawkmoth pointed to the glasses of the horse miraculous which he wore.

"Is it really?" Hawkmoth's smile grew even wider. Ladybug went pale.

"N-no-" she looked to the building with horror as it caved in on itself, crashing down onto the earth. Beneath it, a portal just big enough to make the apartment fall unsteady.

"No!" Chat Noir didn't waste a single moment. He rushed to the scene. It was no mystery that dozens of people had already died from the impact, but there was no telling who had survived, and how many survivors there were.

"No, no, no!" Ladybug said, jumping to the building herself. It was a pile of rubble on the earth, littered with corpses. "No! Why am I so stupid!"

"We need to find survivors and get them out of here!" Chat said. He could feel Hawkmoths eyes on him, proud of what he had done. Chat began upturning large stone bricks, calling out in hopes of finding anyone. Anytime he did have the fortune of finding a living person, he quickly hurried them away from the dangerous scene. Paramedics were already on the way, he could hear their sirens.

"H-help!" He heard a voice cry out. He searched through the wreckage, trying to find the man who had called. "Somebody! Please!" The man was now sobbing. Chat finally found him, a curly blond haired man who was on his knees, clutching another person in absolute agony. The person in his arms was limp, perhaps unconscious but possibly even dead.

"I'm here!" Chat announced, rushing to the man's side.

"Who are you? P-please- help-" the man said with suffering in his eyes.

"Who am I?! I-" it was then that Chat realized the man was blind. "I'm Chat Noir,"

"M-my husband- h-he-" the blond haired man cradled his husband in his arms tenderly. Chat Noir looked over the body, and his blood ran cold.

It was Mr. Takanashi, his therapist.

"N-no-" Chat stammered, putting a hand over his mouth in shock, "no-"

"Iisan! Iisan! Keep breathing! Please, wake up!" The man sobbed. He had a hand over Mr. Takanashi's heart, feeling his heart beat slowly dissipate. "Breathe for me, please! Iisan! Iisan please!"

"I-I-" Chat Noir didn't know what to do and he was utterly horrified. The situation no longer seemed real. So much death had happened in one day, and now he was about to lose the one person in his life who was doing everything in his power to keep Adrien alive and happy.

"Iisan!" The man shook Mr. Takanashi, trying to get him awake, "baby, please!"

"I-I- here," Chat took action. Mr. Takanashi's legs were crushed under rubble, which his husband obviously hadn't been made aware of yet. Chat raced to unbury his legs and pull him to a flatter surface, guiding Takanashi's husband as he went. "What's your name?" He asked the husband.

"T-Terrance."

"Ok Terrance, are you hurt?" Chat asked.

"I don't think so,"

"Ok, I need you to stay here with Mr Taka- your husband. Make sure he's breathing. Do you know CPR?"

"Vaguely?"

"Well, if you need to.."

"I can do it."

"Good." Chat let out a breath of relief, "I'm gonna go get Ladybug. Her lucky charm could help us, she'll know what to do.., I hope."

"Alright. Please... hurry." Terrance said.

"Don't worry," chat assured, "I'll be right back."

It was when he turned his back on the man that tears started falling down his cheeks. No matter how much he wiped them away, the tears wouldn't stop. Even superheroes could cry, Chat Noir felt like everything was suddenly falling apart. He needed to cry.

"Ladybug!" He foils the red suited hero. "I need you, now!"

"I'm busy!"

"Please ladybug!" Chat said. She looked at him, his crying unmistakable.

"Alright!" She said, gently laying a victim on the safe road. "Where?"

"Come with me!" Chat said, pulling her across the disaster site to where Terrance still cradled Mr. Takanashi, feeling to make sure he was still breathing.

"What do you want me to do?!" Ladybug asked.

"Use your lucky charm!"

"I can't! There's too many people out here, and I'll only have five minutes before-"

"Ladybug, please!" Chat said, his voice trembling. "He might die!"

"Alright, alright," ladybug said, spinning her yo-yo, "lucky charm!" A pair of binoculars fell in her hands.

"Fuck!" Chat exclaimed, pulling at his hair. He started to panic.

"Iisan?!" Terrance said, shaking Takanashi once again, "Iisan?!"

"I..," Mr. Takanashi was now awake, groaning in pain. Terrance immediately pulled him into a hug. Mr. Takanashi winced in pain, his whole body trembling and shaking.

"Careful with him!" Ladybug called.

"Iisan, baby!" Terrance caressed Mr. Takanashi's face. "You're ok-"

"N-no- I-" he grunted, "everything- ... hurts..." tears fell from his eyes which never once left Terrance's face.

"Mr. Takanashi!" Chat knelt down beside him.

"Adrien?" Mr. Takanashi looked to Chat.

"Adrien?" Terrance repeated, unable to understand.

"Where does it hurt?" Chat asked, ignoring the fact that his therapist figured out his secret identity just from hearing his voice.

"E-ev-" blood sputter from his lips.

"Shit-" Chat seethed. "Pl-please no... ladybug! Get help!"

"I AM the help!" She replied.

"Get a towel, water, something!"

"H-hey-" Mr. Takanashi sputtered, "it's alright."

"Why are you saying it like that?!" Terrance said in horror, "n-no you're not gonna die! You're gonna be fine! I swear you'll be fine!"

"Terr, it's ok," Mr. Takanashi weakly brought a hand to Terrance's cheek, "it's ok. You'll..."

"No! I'm not having you die on me!" Terrance said, "we'll get you to a hospital! Chat Noir and Ladybug will help! You're going to be fine!"

"Terr," Mr. Takanashi sighed.

"Mr. Takanashi," Chat said, "don't give up! Please! We need you!"

"Adrien, promise ...me ...you'll get ...away from ...your father." More blood spilled from his lips, flooding his mouth, "use the tools... I gave  you.... You'll be ok."

"N-no! I won't! Please! Keep fighting!" Chat urged, "Ladybug! Do something!"

"I don't know what to do!" Ladybug replied.

"Terr," Mr. Takanashi gently tugged down on his husband's collar, pressing his lips sweetly against Terrance's. "You're the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. I.... I love you."

"Iisan!" Terrance tightened his grip on Mr. Takanashi. Chat froze up, watching as the life in Mr. Takanashi's eyes slowly went out, unable to do anything to fix what had already been done. "Iisan! Stop it! Iisan!" Terrance began to sob, cradling Mr. Takanashi's body tightly. "No, no, no!"

"No... no... FUCK!" Chat pulled at his hair, "damn it! Why!? Ladybug!"

"I'm sorry Chat!" Ladybug quivered. "I- I don't-"

"No- damn it!" Chat pressed his forehead against the ground, his eyes flooded with tears. "This wasn't supposed to happen! Hawkmoth-" he jolted upright, "Hawkmoth." He said in a dead tone. Anger now consumed him, numbing the pain of loss. He stood up, "He's going to pay."

"Chat you can't-" Ladybug tried to stop him.

"He's going to fucking die." Chat said, pulling away from her touch. "He's going to fucking die." He said again, leaping off into the night sky.

A/N
Sorry the chapter is so short, I really am struggling to balance this and the rewrite. Please please please support me on tumblr!
Thanks for existing or something. Congrats on staying alive. Happy disability pride month!
-Peter