Okay so to start this off this is an AU where the versions of Ladybug and Chat Noir, the ones from the released anime video trailer of the series, and the current Ladybug and Chat Noir exist side by side together in the same universe. From what I know the ones from the anime video trailer are often referred to as 2D and I will be using the name of Felix for the 2D version of Chat Noir.

If I'm misusing the reference wrong I apologize in advance!

This chapter introduces the 2D versions of Ladybug and Chat Noir and the start off of this story.

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MIRACULOUS: TALES OF LADYBUG & CHAT NOIR OR ANYTHING PERTAINING TO IT! NO OWNAGE OF ANYTHING!

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Flashbacks=Flashbacks

It was finally over.

They had won.

With her final Lucky Charm erasing the damage and evidence of their final battle, it was over. They had saved the city and came out victorious in the end. It was over for them.

At first there was silence, the night wind blowing over them as they stared out towards nothing.

Only a few moments ago they had been standing in the midst of a crashed blimp, fire consuming everything as they fought against their enemy. Now it was only an empty street with a few cars parked up against the sides. Her Lucky Charm had always made things go right back to normal and left no evidence of their battles behind. No one would know exactly what happened, only that their city was safe and the heroes they had admired had done their job.

Now...Now there was nothing else to do, but stare at the space where just moments ago they were battling their final enemy.

He could feel his lips twitch and soon he could feel a wide grin form as he turned to look down at the woman beside him.

She had been staring straight ahead as well, but her own head turned towards him upon sensing his stare. She tilted her head upward just a bit in order to look straight at him.

She was a tiny woman clad only in a simple red and black polka dot suit with a bright red mask, but he knew she was more than that. He should know as he was her partner, this masked woman had amazed him when he first laid eyes on her. The way she flew in the air with that smile of hers and her laughter ringing out into the night. It had made his heart pound and his face flush as he just followed after her.

Now his heart was beating as fast as it had on that first night they had met as she gave him her own grin, "We did it," she whispered to which he opened his own mouth to echo, "We did it."

There was silence again and soon they were hugging each other.

Her small form suddenly lifted up from the ground as he spun them around as they laughed and cheered. Their cries would surely have awoken the entire city, but they didn't care. They had done it, it was over...

Everything was over...It was the end...

A shrill ring was heard right by his ear as his dream dissolved away from his mind. The alarm went silent for a few seconds, allowing himself to relax back into the comfort of his bed until it rang out again making him go rigid, this time the sound resembling a rooster. Quietly groaning he reached out and attempted to locate his cell phone before slamming it hard against the mattress in hopes to muffle the alarm.

Of course his attempt did nothing and he was forced to push himself up until he was resting on his knees as his thumb pressed down on the right icon to silence his alarms. His eyes squinted as he brought the glowing screen close to only groan as the numbers formed the time of 4:35 AM.

Too damn early...Why had he decided to set his alarm so early?

Finding no chance of falling back to sleep any time soon the man shoved aside his blankets and stumbled out of bed, his eyes still squinting as he attempted to locate the curtains of his hotel room. Fingers soon found the heavy fabric and he pulled them apart as he blinked away the last lingering sleepiness.

The sky was still dark, but he could faintly make out the usual night sky starting to turn a dark navy as a faint line began to form far beyond the horizon, still it wasn't close to an actual dawn of that day. Sighing he ran his fingers through his hair, combing through the locks and ruffling them as he stared down at his phone.

It was still too early and his plans for the day wouldn't start until promptly ten of that morning, meaning it had been completely pointless for him to be up at this time. However he just couldn't feel the urge to fall back onto his mattress and slip into slumber again. He would be pointlessly staring up at the ceiling so perhaps instead he should just sit and preoccupy himself with something...

Like thinking why he had that dream again.

No...It wasn't exactly a dream, but more of a memory from a long time ago.

It wasn't an ancient thing from the past, but it was the past and having to remember it in his sleep...

The man turned away from the window and settled into one of the chairs in the room, leaning forward as he unlocked his phone and began to search through his pictures. He had many pictures, but there was only one in particular he had been very careful about and just couldn't have the heart to delete it despite the memories it carried. Not to mention it was extremely dangerous he even had that picture still on his phone...But it meant so much to him...

He brought his phone closer as he found the picture he had been searching for and examined the two people in it.

A man and woman, both wearing masks.

The man was on the right, his eyes glowing an eerily bright green as a black mask covered a good portion of his face as he grinned as widely as he could to the camera. Blond hair that was long and tousled had a pair of black cat ears resting on the top of his head, if he stared long enough he could have sworn he saw them twitch just as they always did before. As the picture was taken in a front the collar of the man's black leather suit and a golden bell was all that could be seen of the man's attire.

The woman was on the left with the man's arm draped around her shoulders as he kept her close to himself.

He couldn't help the grin that formed as he stared at her.

She was much smaller, barely reaching the other's shoulders and had a pout on her face making him chuckle. Her mask was a bright red color and bright blue eyes were directed more to the man next to her than to the camera. Dark blue pigtails were held up with long red ribbons and much like the man's suit only a small portion of her red and black suit was seen from her neck and shoulders.

The longer he stared at this picture the more memories slowly began to be brought up into his head, before he shut his eyes and tossed his phone back onto the bed.

"...It's done, it's over and done with," he muttered to himself as he placed his face into his hands, "It was the end of it all..."

It hurt.

It hurt even worse than a hit in the gut or a punch in the eye by some possessed civilian through some twisted negative emotions. Physical pain could never amount or justify how much pain she was feeling. Was that even possible? To feel so much pain that any hurt she felt on her body couldn't ever fit an accurate description to describe it?

This was the end of the road, it was now or never.

She had made it this far and she had to tell him.

This was her final chance and she had hoped that maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't be the last she would see him.

He had been hiding away from the others and slowly making his way towards the school gate, she could never miss him with that tall stature of his and golden blond hair. She had always stared at his retreating form and even after he said his farewells to her she was always following after him. Now her voice finally called out to him, stopping him, and she ran as fast as she could.

From her lips came out a declaration of her love for him.

It was wishful thinking, hoping that perhaps what friendship they had sparked a chance...

"I'm sorry...There's someone else," he whispered to her as her entire heart shattered, "You're a nice girl, but...I can never see you that way. There's someone else who I love and-" Something had stopped him from continuing as he stared at her.Perhaps it was how he realized how much his words were a bullet going through her chest. Maybe the tears slowly dripping down her cheeks finally gave him a sign to halt from saying anything else.

He hesitated, a hand reaching out to perhaps wipe away the tears that had begun to flow out of her eyes. However he pulled his hand back quickly, stuffing it into his pocket before he gave her one last stare and turned away, "I'm sorry. I hope you do well in your future."

And with that, he was gone.

His back to her.

Just as it always had been, and would forever will be.

Her entire body jerked forward as a loud gasp came out of her mouth as she woke up from the dream. Her gasp startled her neighbor next to her, an elderly woman with face in a pinched up expression of disapproval since the beginning of their flight. Said woman only gave her a look before huffing at her actions. "Young people...Can't keep quiet," she could faintly hear her whisper before focusing back down on to her crossword puzzle.

Swallowing down the lump in her throat she whispered an apology to the woman before taking a quick look around to see if she had disturbed anyone else.

Other passengers were too busy asleep or attempting to keep themselves busy by doing crosswords like her neighbor or flipping through the shows provided to them on the small screen in front of them for the flight. It only seemed her elderly neighbor had been bothered by her awakening and she slowly inched herself away from the woman until picking up her legs and hugging her knees to her chest as she curled up into her seat.

Being a naturally petite person had its benefits when it came to cramped spaces and on the long plane ride it had been a blessing as she could curl up in her chair to sleep in a more comfortable position for herself. Though sleep was now the last thing she wanted as she stared at nothing in particular as she waited for the pilot to say something about landing.

It had been a long time since she had that dream.

Or rather a long time since she decided to look back on that memory.

It was time for her to move on from the past.

Or rather she was trying to move on from the past.

Her heart still hurt even after the many dates and a few boyfriends after she tried to forget about the rejection. She had tried to bury herself in figuring out what to do with her life from that point on. No matter how hard she tried to push ahead, the memory of his retreating back always made her halt in her steps forward to only make her step back.

She couldn't allow the past to keep her from moving, but each step she urged herself to take was always accompanied by the rattling of her broken heart made her doubt herself.

Could she ever move forward?

She was never a lucky person to begin with...Especially if it involved her own love life or happiness. She had small bits of it, she wasn't unhappy. It was just when it came to love...Her heart was never fully healed.

Her fingers suddenly reached up and she fiddled with the simple pair of gold hoop earrings she had decided to wear during her flight. She wished to feel the all too familiar cold metal of a pair of circular red earrings she had cherished greatly before the very end. A smile slowly formed as she could just imagine a soft voice whispering to her that everything would be fine in the end.

A beep was heard and the low voice of the pilot announced that their fight was coming to an end and they were to land soon.

The woman quickly rested her feet back down to the floor and refastened her seat belt as she awaited the usual slow drop that would soon follow. Glancing at her neighbor for a moment she quickly leaned forward and urged the small cover of their window to slide up a bit as she peered through. The sunlight came into her field of vision and she smiled as she took in the bright golden light as she stared out.

Even though the clouds still blocked her vision, she could just see the Eiffel Tower just below them as the plane continued downward to land.

And from there the real story shall begin!

I apologize for any misspelling or grammatical errors I may have missed.

I hope you all enjoy the start of this story and please look forward to the next chapter! Until then~!