Hello fellow Miraculers, Merry Christmas (eve).

Where I am, it is Christmas already. I am getting close to the next chapter of my current fanfic Moonlit Dance. If you haven't read it yet, check it out whenever you have the time to.

Here is my Christmas gift to you! An AU of my version of how 2 certain characters met. Enjoy.

It was a bright sunny day in Paris. At a certain park within a city, a young girl, around 5 years old with 2 small pigtails, cries to herself alone behind a tree. She brings her legs close to herself, revealing her right knee all red and scratched up with some specks of dirt around it.

All the girl wanted was to play with someone; her mom let her play at the park right next to their house with her aunt. She even had a new sundress for the occasion - a light blue, short-sleeved sundress up to an inch above her knees with slightly darker blue ruffles at the end of the sleeves and a big red ladybug patch with 3 smaller ones at the right side of her dress.

Though at some point her aunt fell asleep at a nearby bench while the girl was playing by the fountain, she saw 2 other girls and a boy playing and went up to them to ask if she could play with them. Of course she hoped to make new friends. A short version of that story: in the end she realized too late as she fell on the ground in pain with the trio, particularly a blonde ponytail girl, laughing at her as they left. She mustered her remaining energy when they were gone and ran towards a nearby tree, hiding herself from the rest of the public.

As the girl kept crying, she didn't realize another presence close to her until it touched her back. She jerked away from the motion to see a boy, around the same age, with groomed, fluffy looking blonde hair crouching to her eye level. She sees he is wearing a green and black striped polo with light tan khaki shorts, and black and white shoes with white socks. Even though the girl was wary of him and backs away, not wanting to end up like last time, the boy smiles at her before he reaches into one of his pants pocket.

"Here, do you know how to put it on?" to boy says while holding out a Band-Aid in his hand. Looking back and forth between the boy and the object, the girl shakes her head in response.

"I see." He looked dejected for a moment before looking back at the girl with a new look of confidence and reassurance.

"Can you stand?" he says, putting away the bandage back in his pocket and holding out the same hand he held it in. The girl looked back and forth between the boy and his hand, unsure of what to do.

"Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you. I promise." he says.

"… Promise?" she asks with wide blue eyes that looked for some form of hope from the stranger.

"Promise." he cheerfully says. Seeing his smile widen a bit more, the girl hesitantly reached for his hand as he gently pulled her up. He was still holding her hand as he points to the fountain with his free hand.

"We'll just head over there, so hang on for a bit longer- Oh!" The boy looks around before tilting a bit downwards to pick up what looked like to be a medium sized black cat with green buttons for eyes.

"Here, you can hold onto my cat. His name is Felix, and he'll help protect you." The girl took the plushy, amazed by how cute it looked and how soft it was as she held on to it.

"Now, onwards my friend! Our princess here needs help and us, the brave knights, will protect her from evil." the boy shouts, making the girl jump from the sudden volume. He then turns to her, giving her a big grin as she tries hides half her face, giggling, behind Felix.

The two slowly walk to the fountain, the boy trying his best to not aggravate the girl's wounds. Once they got close enough, the boy let go of the girl's hand to search in his other pocket.

"You can sit if you want. Just wait for a bit." he says. The boy pulls out a white handkerchief with outlined with 2 small green stripes. He heads to the fountain and dips the handkerchief into the water while the girl sits with her back onto the fountain. The boy crouches to the girl's eye level.

"Will you let me see your boo-boo please?" the boy asks. The girl nods in response as she holds on Felix slightly tighter. The boy then gets closer to her wound and gently holds her lower leg with his free hand and starts to slowly touch it with the wet handkerchief, making the girl wince at the sudden contact.

"Ah- Sorry. Are you ok? Should I stop?" he hurriedly asks. The girls shakes her head, and the boy smiles at her.

"Don't worry. I've seen my mom do this to me plenty of time when I fell. If it hurts, tell me and I'll stop." he says. The girl blushes at how close he is to her face and mindlessly nods to him before they look back at her wound. The boy then start to touch it again, this time slowly dabbing it to make it clean. He concentrates on the wound, not seeing the girl's blush grow even more red until she pulls Felix closer to her face. Once the boy believed the wound was clean enough, he puts it away and takes out again the Band-Aid.

"May I?" he asks, getting a nod from the girl with a smile. He starts to take off the wrapper and wax paper and gently applied the bandage on the knee. The girl smiles seeing a cat on the middle of the bandage before looking at the boy.

"T-T-Thank… you." she softly says. Luckily the boy was close enough to hear her, and grinned.

"Hehe- you talked. I'm glad." The boy then crouches on one knee and bows like a knight. "Rest assured my lady. My friend and I have saved you from evil. You are now free from your curse." The girl laughs at the boy's performance, making the boy join her for a while.

"Then, thank you again 'my knight.' And of course to you too Felix." The girl lifts the plushy to thank it before setting it down to look at the boy.

"Um- I-If you still have time, would you like to play with me?" she asks, making a smaller blush appear on both kids. The boy felt surprised for a moment, and was about to reply once he got out of it until he hears someone shout.

"Adie! Where are you?" The boy recognized the voice and looked back. He looked back and forth between the direction of the voice and the girl, confused, until a figure spotted the two kids and approached them.

"Ah, there you are Adie. I was looking all over for you." The figure, a relieved and tidy looking lady, gets closer and crouches next to them. She had brown hair put into a loose side braid and wore a pastel pink cropped blazer that ended midway of her upper body, opened with sleeves going up to her wrists. It was worn over a simple black blouse with a star-shaped pendant with a pearl in the middle that went past the v-shaped neckline. She also wore a matching pastel pink pencil skirt about an inch above her knees and black 1-inch heels.

"M-Maman, can you please stop calling me that?!" the boy whined out loud. While the boy looked appalled and embarrassed, the girl was surprised at how beautiful she was with her emerald eyes shining like the boy's eyes were, and accompanied by a small smile on her pink lips.

"Now would you be embarrassed. I'm your mother; it's how I show my love to you my son" she teases him, cupping his hand with hers while lightly patting it. She widens her smile as her boy's cheeks grow more red before immediately turns to her attention to the girl, glancing for a second on her appearance, before softening the look on her eyes.

"Hello" she says. The girl jumps at the change of the conversation to her and manages to squeak out a few words to her.

"H-hello Madame. I-it's a pleasure to meet you."

-giggle- "Such a cute and polite girl you are" the lady says before putting her hand between her and her son's ear to whisper something to him. "I see this one is a keeper. Take care of her properly ok Adie?"

"M-Maman?!" the boy shouts, making his mother laugh out loud and the girl confused at their interaction, though she smiles a bit in the end at how comfortable she is around them. Before the lady spoke, they get distracted by a voice.

"Lady Stephanie! Master Adrien!" it shouted. Stephanie cringed at the voice, before turning back to the boy and girl.

"Ah, I'm so sorry, but it looks like Adie and I must leave soon" she says. The girl feels tears forming in her eyes, trying her hardest not to let them fall.

"R-really?" she turns to the boy, clutching even harder on the cat plush. "Do you have to?"

The boy himself was also quite upset at the matter, looking back and forth between her and his mom with a worried expression. This made Stephanie worried, because she knew her boy barely got to play with people around his age and she was so happy seeing him with his new friend. Unfortunately, she also knew the voice came from the attendant of the boy's father, her husband. Both knew they cannot keep him waiting and make him disappointed, so she tries her best to calm the children down.

"We are very sorry, but don't worry. We'll be back, and you two can play all day if you want" she says, hoping it wouldn't turn into a lie in the future. However, this small saying brings hope in the children's eyes.

"Promise?" the girl ask. Though all Stephanie could do was nod, unsure of what's to come later, both kids were still very happy with the results.

"Me too, I promise we'll meet again. No matter what" the boy says with no hesitation. The girl makes the biggest smile she ever made that day; the boy sees her to be radiant, like and angel he thought for moment. The girl then looked liked she remembered something before standing up and holding out the cat plush to the boy, prompting him to take back what is his in the end. The boy pauses to think before speaking to the girl.

"Oh yes. Thanks- Hm?" He turns to his side towards the cat plush. "What was that Felix?" he asks his cat plush.

"Hmm. Yes? Oh, I see. Will you really accept? … Ok. I understand." the boy then stands back up right, confusing both females with his actions until he explains to the girl.

"Felix here wishes to stay by your side. We could not risk seeing you hurt again the next time we meet, so Felix wants to protect you until then." he says smiling to her. The girl then flusters at the boy's words.

"Eh?! B-but I… F-Felix is-" she stammers, but the boy interrupts her.

"I know, I know. It seems like a very big job for one cat knight alone, but it's just like what Felix says: A knight will do what ever it takes to protect his princess." He then bows to her again, making the girl blush and his mom smile at his actions, remembering all the stories of knights that she told him before his bedtime.

"I'll protect you from afar, while Felix here protects you by your side. Will you accept this knight's wish, my lady?" he asks. The girl's blush grows, but nevertheless smiles at him.

"I-I see. I-I will kindly accept both your wishes." She then turns the cat plush around to her, thanking it before setting it on the floor next to her. She then takes down her ribbons that held her pig tails, before handing one to the boy.

"T-Then, please take this ribbon, as a s-s-symbol of our promise." She drops the ribbon onto the boy's hand. "Be sure to give it back when we meet again. That way, both of us will sure know it's you and not a witch or anything else."

This time, the boy blushes as he looks down at the ribbon before smiling once again.

"I understand. I promise to return, and to give back your ribbon when we meet again. Until next time my lady, Felix." The boy holds hold's his mom's hand to help her stand up.

"Thank you Adie. And to you too. Goodbye for now." Stephanie says as she and her son leave the park. After a while, the boy turns back one last time as he walks to wave goodbye. He sees the girl making the cat plush wave before she herself waves back at the boy.

Will they see each other again - who knows? Sure the days turn into months and later into years. Nevertheless, even if only one had hope, the light of a fated promise will never fade away.

"Settle down now. Please, sit down" a bustling group of students within the classroom of a certain school began to sit at their seats from the teacher's instructions. The teacher spoke as she walks from the desk to the door.

"Now I know it's been over 2 weeks since school started, although as you may have heard, today a transfer student will be joining our class." Everyone then talked to each other, wildly guessing who it would be before the teacher claps for attention.

-giggle- "Calm down now. I know you are all excited. Well then, let me go get him" the teacher says before opens the door and peeks her head out. "You may come in Adrien." she quietly says to the boy in a white open buttoned shirt over a dark striped t-shirt with dark blue jeans. When he walks in, everyone immediately recognized him as the newest sensation of the model world for a few days now, all except for a blunette girl with pigtails, who was busy drawing the entire time on her sketchbook, while her seatmate sneaked a picture of the boy and wrote on her notebook. Most of the girls mentally swoon (with one fainting in the very front) as he smiles at them once he and the teacher stood in front of the desk.

"I can see a lot of you already recognize who will be joining our class, but let us properly introduce him." She turns to the boy. "If you wish to, I mean."

"Thank you Madame Bustier. I wouldn't mind." Adrien turns his attention to his newest classmates. "Hello everyone, my name is Adrien Agreste. My dad and I just moved here about a week ago. I look forward to getting to know all of you."

Everyone started to talk louder, too excited to keep calm of their new, famous classmate. The girl busy on her sketchbook finally turned her attention to situation of the room, immediately shocked once she laid her eyes on the new boy.

'So cool' she thought. Sure she had somewhat recognized him, seeing his face on a couple of ads before, but nothing felt more exciting once you see them in person. She felt her heart soaring through the roof as a fashion lover, and possibly as love at first sight though at the latter theory, she couldn't help but feel a twinge of nostalgia the longer she stares at him. The girl went back to reality when she hears the teacher clap again.

"Yes, yes. Don't worry, you'll all get a chance to know Adrien during break. Now then… how about you sit right there next to Nino" she says, pointing to the empty seat next to cap and glasses combo boy named Nino, who was waving at the model. Adrien heads to his seat, turning to the girl behind him once he got inside the desk. The girl felt her heart skip a beat as they looked each other for a moment ('how pretty' she thought looking into his green eyes) before he smiled to her.

"Hello. It's a pleasure to meet you" he says before sitting down and greeting his seat mate. This made the girl blush a bit while her seatmate nudges her with her elbow.

"Good for you Marinette!" she hastily whispers, before paying attention to their teacher on the lesson.

That day, for Adrien, he recognized her as the only one who wasn't looking at him like a fan thanks to his father's influence. He thought it would be proper to greet her since he would be sitting behind her from now on and hoped to be her friend. However, for Marinette, she couldn't help but direct her attention towards the boy in front of her instead to the teacher and the lesson. The twinge of nostalgia grew, continuously thinking of his smile… his eyes… and the words much similar to the lady she met when she was younger-

Gasp she did to herself mentally. At the sudden realization- at the sudden possibility, she couldn't help but think to herself:

'Could it be… Adie?'

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No matter what, even if only one had hope, the light of a fated promise will never fade away. And maybe all it took was patience, and a visit not just as a boy and a girl, but also as a cat and ladybug.

I do not own Miraculous, except for the plot idea and to some extent my OC, Madame Stephanie.

I might make a sequel if people want. :)