23Hello everyone! Welcome to the start of the Miraculous series!
Yes, this is a bit of a short format story, but that is mainly because this was my first Miraculous Ladybug story ever. But as time progresses, so does writing!
Updated 4/14/23: Writing progresses indeed! I've been inspired to go back and update/ rewrite my Miraculous Trilogy (Tetralogy once You're Worth It gets more underway 😂)
Some of the edits will be more subtle while others will be MASSIVE changes. There'll be new adventures for old and new readers alike!
For now, I have the first couple of chapters and wanted to get those out. Hope you enjoy!
May 7, 2015
Volpina cackled maniacally as she dangled Adrien off the top of the Eiffel Tower. "Give me your Miraculous NOW or I will…" She shook Adrien, causing him to slip ever so slightly.
"I thought you loved him!" Ladybug couldn't believe the girl would actually drop him.
Volpina's face swept into a cruel smile. "Not nearly as much as seeing you two defeated." She pulled Adrien up to eye level. "No hard feelings, right?"
Chat Noir knew the Adrien Volpina was holding hostage was a fake; somehow, he needed to convince Ladybug of the fact without revealing his secret identity.
"You're bluffing! It's just another illusion!" He lifted his chin defiantly.
"You wanna bet on that?" The villainess shook 'Adrien' again, gradually loosening her grip until…
"NO!" Ladybug screamed, fear ripping from the deepest point inside her. She couldn't risk letting the boy she loved- her friend- fall to his death on her behalf. She started to remove her earrings.
Chat Noir could not comprehend why Ladybug would give up her Miraculous for Adrien Agreste, but he knew that she should not, could not, give it up for a lie.
"Don't do it, Ladybug!" He had to get her to see that this was a trick. Chat threw his baton as hard as he could at Volpina.
Ladybug watched the baton fly in slow motion. "NOOOO!" she screamed again before seeing Adrien and Volpina vanish in a puff of smoke.
It… it was all… a lie? An illusion? Ladybug knew the rest of her thoughts would have to wait until the end of the battle.
Ladybug was emotionally drained from the battle, but knew she couldn't rest until she checked on Adrien after Volpina and the akuma had been taken care of. When she arrived in his room, she heard the shower running.
"Adrien? Are you there? Is everything okay?" She pressed her ear to the closed bathroom door.
Chat Noir rushed into the massive bathroom, just in the nick of time to turn the shower on. "Yeah, yeah. I just had to grab a shower after all this excitement!"
"Oh, yeah, sure. I'm sorry, I'll be off then…"
"Thank you!"
Unbeknownst to each other, Ladybug and Chat Noir placed their heads on the door that divided them; each pining for the one they knew they could not have.
Ladybug was the first to break away and leapt out the window. Chat Noir came out of the bathroom, sighing as he watched his partner swing away.
"Plagg, claws in." The boy de-transformed as the kwami exited the ring, immediately searching for his beloved Camembert cheese. Adrien had had enough of this.
"Plagg, I need to find out who she is."