Gabriel Agreste was not happy.

In fact he was angry.

But what was the source of his of his anger?

Why it was none other than his dearest son Adrien! His attitude was rotten and he did all his jobs terribly. His grades went down the drain. He snapped at anyone and everyone. He simply was not himself. Gabriel thought that it was about time that he had an intervention with his son. A couple of months had been enough for Adrien to have his silly little act. Which brings us to now. Gabriel stood menacing over Adrien and Adrien sat down scowling irritated.

"What do you want Gabriel?" Adrien made no effort to hide his irritation from his tone.

"First off its father, second of all it's your attitude. I demand an explanation."

"Now let's get things straight, father," Adrien said with sarcasm dripping heavily on the word father. "You have no right to demand anything from me."

"I am your father! I have every right to demand anything I want from you so long as you live under my roof, you eat meals paid with my money, and use a single cent of the money given to you because of me."

"Oh dear father! I can simply feel the love! Yes! The love between you and your precious wealth. Oh my poor mother! No wonder she left you, she must have not liked the threesome with you and your money."

"Don't you dare speak to me like that or about your mother that way!"

"I do dare! And do you know why? NO! You don't. You know nothing because you have Natalie to do that for you. When is my birthday? Were you even there or did you have some event more important? You literally know nothing about me except how I look, I make money for you, and my name! That's it."

"That's not true-"

"Yes it is! It's the reason why you were so adamant about keeping me inside of the house to be homeschooled, can't have your moneymaker hurt, now can we?"

"I did it only to protect you! You are important to me!"

"Shut up! You know it's not true." Adrien's constant headache returned with a vengeance. Usually it would come and go but it would be mild. That was not the case today though. Today it was threatening to become a migraine. Irritated he simply walked out the door ignoring all of Gabriel's yells to come back. He stopped caring about his father anyways.

Gabriel sighed when the door had been slammed closed. He was worried about his soon. He felt as if he was losing him. He had already lost his wife. He didn't think he could handle losing his son as well. He called Natalie to look for Adrien. He had work to do.

Truthfully he stopped caring about many things. That included school, his behavior, his friends, and now his father. Adrien wasn't eating enough either. Whenever he tried it would come back up or settle too heavily in his stomach and therefore he was losing weight. His nights were full of restless sleep and he disliked being around bright light. Dark circles appeared around his eyes and became very noticeable as he grew paler from lack of sunlight. He felt terrible and wanted to find rest, to sleep for a whole week, to eat until he was full, and he wanted to spend time in the sun. He knew that what was going on with him was unnatural and would look at the ring on his finger knowing that it was at fault. His hands would shake as he reached to take it off but always, always, a voice would scream at him not to. It tormented him whenever he thought about taking off the ring, his head would feel like it was splitting, and he wouldn't take it off. It wasn't Hawkmoth's voice that would yell at him but his own. The greater part of his mind would want nothing more than to keep that ring on, to feel its power, to be Chat Noir.

Everyone could see that something was wrong with him and everyone worried. Even Chloe was worried, truly worried. She would watch him along with Sabrina and feared that he might be in serious problems, she even came to believe that maybe Adrien had gotten in with the wrong crowd and was introduced to drugs. She wanted to tell Natalie or even the teacher but she wouldn't, she didn't know what to do. Nino on the other hand was trying to figure out what was wrong with Adrien alongside Alya. They asked around and even asked the nurse what could possibly be wrong with their friend. The nurse told them that maybe he was stressed, maybe even depressed but that Adrien would need to go to a doctor if that kept up. Marinette on the other hand was dreadfully afraid that something might be seriously wrong with him. She came up with endless theories but none would satisfy her. Her designs would be no more as every time she would try and distract herself from Adrien's change, she would still be reminded that Adrien was not doing well. One day she even followed him round as both Marinette and Ladybug to see if she could get clues as to why Adrien was acting so strangely but all she got was more worries.

To top it off, Chat Noir was still giving her a hard time. He became cruel in his attempts to get Ladybug's attention and her miraculous. He stopped caring about her safety or that of many others. It frustrated Marinette that she couldn't stop him. She tried her best tro de-evilize him so many times but Chat would always leave before she had the chance to get the ring. It was starting to take a toll on Marinette and she would go home tired every time she transformed to Ladybug. Today was no different when Chat caused trouble.

Marinette got home after another failed fight against Chat Noir exhausted. Her parents had left to spend a night together and Marinette was grateful for that.

She sighed laying down on her bed. "I have to try harder, I don't understand why it's so hard to de-evilize just one person."

"Marinette, you just need to rest and clear your mind. After that you can try and de-elvilize Chat Noir, your health is more important than anything else. Don't stress yourself too much."

"But Chat Noir is-"

"Alright Marinette, I'm going to tell you a story of one of the previous miraculous holders. Back in the days when knights often went into battle, two miraculous holders were chosen. A Ladybug miraculous holder and a Black Cat miraculous holder. You see Marinette, the ladybug is good luck but it is also the power of creation, the black cat is bad luck and the power of destruction, together they are harmonious. They were partners that protected their land against evil and back then, an evil threatened to crush their country and all of Europe while it was at it. The evil was a person who had been exposed to long to something similar to an akuma. The person as their friends and family knew them had changed to the point where no one knew them. Both miraculous holders were at wits ends as they tried to stop this evil. Finally, after years of trying to stop the evil, the Black Cat miraculous holder found a way to stop the evil. He didn't tell the Ladybug miraculous holder though, because he knew well that if he told her, she wouldn't have hesitated in doing it but it was a dangerous technique to do. Both were supposed do the technique that would stop the evil but only the Black Cat miraculous holder did it. You can imagine how scared the poor man was, it was a stressful technique and his partner's safety was also in the line if he failed. It was a success but…. it ended up killing him, Marinette. He couldn't handle that much power. Nothing was left of him. The miraculous disappeared completely and the kwami was no more." Tikki sighed and looked at Marinette in the eyes. "I am worried about safety. I don't want you to get hurt or killed. Yes, catching Chat is important but don't give yourself less importance. I know this is a big job for you to do alone but don't try to shoulder the world on your own. Please don't hesitate to rely on me or your family or your friends. They all care about you, alright?"

Marinette stayed quiet for a moment and then started to sob. She covered her face with her hands. "I can't take it anymore Tikki. I can't handle the stress anymore. Chat, Adrien, school, Hawkmoth, everything! It's all just piling up and it's all too much for one person to handle." Tikki gently stroked Marinette's hair gently. Marinette cried until she couldn't shed anymore tears. When she finally stopped she let out a deep breath. She whispered a small 'thank you' to Tikki and fell asleep calmly for the first time in months.

Tikki looked at Marinette and flew to the window. She looked to the sky and thought back to all those years ago. How different things had been. Her heart ached when she thought back to the Black Cat miraculous holder and to the kwami. She missed him. Plagg had been very special to her and it left an empty spot in her heart when he disappeared. The miraculous holder had been so foolish but she could not blame him. When someone is in love, they would do anything to protect those whom they care about. She didn't want Marinette to push herself to that extreme. She always grew close to the miraculous holders, Marinette had as bright a heart as all the previous Ladybugs. She was a special girl indeed.

For Adrien there wasn't anyone to lean on. He was in pain. Physically, emotionally, and mentally. His whole arm where the ring was on ached terribly as if it were burning. The last fight with Ladybug left him feeling so tired but he couldn't rest with the ring on. He couldn't take it anymore and ignored everything, he just had to get that damned ring off his finger! He grabbed it and pulled it to take it off but it wouldn't budge. He gasped and tried to pull it off once more with all his strength but it wouldn't come off.

"No, no, no, no!" Adrien ran to the bathroom and poured a generous amount of soap on his fingers ring to help take it of. He prayed that it would come off already. He didn't know what to do. "Come off please! H-hawkmoth! I don't want to be Chat Noir anymore! Take it all back! Please!" He looked closely at his finger and ring and to his utter horror, the ring had fused with his skin. He tugged the ring now desperately. He was panicking but among panicking, he heard laughter. Why?! Why was there laughing, why would they laugh at his misery? Then he realised he was the one laughing. He was the one holding his stomach laughing hysterically as he had known now that Adrien was gone.

Chat Noir had taken over.

Adrien could drown in his own sub-consciousness.

Chat Noir was the only one who could have control now and he was loving it. No one could save him now.

Not even Ladybug.

Hawkmoth had said nothing all this time. He simply watched his little experiment flourish out of control. He was fascinated with how Adrien was reacting to having been akumatized for so long. He wanted Ladybug's miraculous still but this had caught his attention at the moment. What would happen if pushed Chat Noir to the edge? He should experiment with that, right?

A/N:

This was basically a transition and information chapter. I don't like this chapter all that much. Please leave a review to help me out in the next chapter!

In this fic, Hawkmoth is not Gabriel so if thats your theory, it doesn't apply here.